Apr 1966 - On-Line Newspaper Archives of Ocean City

History
l CMy Uaittuuu like to begui (Mr chronicle
r ^ tottl » °* «* 'winding of the resort
mtaiit** in MM. This practice of dating
f y frooi ftb) i«teHi«tji BMMra event tends
to 1M* MNHMked the writer days of Peck s leach and
mmm ef lit colorful character* wtio left thetr footprints
to Ifta Salt Mad* of ti» tfaad,
the
Tls* *mmi sunny beach on which hundreds of thous-
_ the summer months ©net reflected
and the nuod of buccaneer-, whalemen, sea-
^ !••. >W*nW« and a few other species of
that early total society who are better htft unmentioned
It mm a tootb-and nail distance along the strand of
Peek's Btatti MO yean ago, and day-to-day Uving was
haardMM to the least. They say the character of a com-
•MattyJi Nteeted in Ma history. This is not so for Ocean
«ty. tmmk goodness The antics of some of our fore,
fathen M the beach here are enough to bring the Chamher
of Comtoeree to tears
Wlif art we to say from our perspective in history
that Uw dee* o/ the early residents of Pecks Beach were
not in the tart behaviour The deeds, it seems, are commeotarjr
on the dangerous days of their lives.
Walter A. Dittrich, Inc.
rate w. KLIIN
GEORGE A, CLEAVER
Col. U.S^. (Ret.)
M iMl ftfoto A /n*«ranc« SfftM 1906"
SAlfS - IWTAIi - M0RT6AGES - APPRAISALS
ITN sneer A WESLEY AVENUE
h N, J. Dial 399-4055
Particular
Properties
for
PqjLlicular
People
Peck's Beach
Sighted
300 Years Ago
Watte maM modern historian*
date Ocean a«y history from UT9
when four Methodist founded this
as a Oirwtian Haven, refer.
to the Maud on which the
stands can be found in
_ nOffieh. Swedish and £_
Msh M B win sailed the roast
more than too yean ago
"dime at eveninc to the mouth
of feif Harbor. axuid between
Ope May and Xgg Harbor flat
•and beaelM with low bilk*,"
This entry dated VS33 1B the
journal of David PMtersaon Oe
Vriea, Dutch explorer, is the first
reference ever made to Ocean City,
Octmn Oty dM noc come into
official existence until 1879 when
tour Methodist ministers came by
rowboat from the Atlantic County
mainland to establish a Christian
Prior to this Hnte. the Island on
which Ocean Qty Is located was
called Peck's Beach, The origin of
the name Peck's Beach is shroud.
been many versions penned by
historians of the
Detailed Model Of
TNI OMAN CITY SENTtNCL LtDOCR
One of the more popular legonris
eenneeted with the original nam«?
of the island concerns a r«1ogbtabte
whaleman who aperau-d in
this viciniry about the year 1W
John Feck wait to court at Burlington
to claim ownenshjp >f i
stranded srtale on the beach hen-,
ft B' prt*aBf»* Ihaf flip name
Peek's Beach evolved from
l proceedings.
!» -.->• "»*»•.
few And I Were Yeyrig—Iffi tt. and 'Walk,J905
Arcordms
Swtid«>s and
now
And On Display In The Qtman City Museum
to h:-; r-iw
Barque Sindia Grounded On Beach
Since 1924 |65 Years Ago; Now T
SEE US TO
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AD Pokes of Red £*ute
ASSOCIAT IS
LUKE P. MAYER
GfOftOE I, BOOTH
A, BRUCE KING
S33 W«ley Aft. DijJ 399-5233
Lite mast aceanfide towns,
Qcw Ojy can boast of its ship,
wrecks, The most famous wreck
and one wMeh provides an interesting
story for the native tongue
and visiting car ii the grounding
of the barque Sindia.
On the early nwrnin*- erf December
25 uoi, the Sindia was bound
for New York Qty with a hold-
Oiled witti camphor oili china
^m, tanibuu aatf jMBumrn ****
Irom Kobe, Japan.
A howHng Atlantic storm forced
the Sindia off her course and she
oatiMr aground on the beach of
Ocean Oty off 17th st, Whm the
men of the Ocean City and Peck's
ssssssaasssJsl I IsssHslslass^s— flii •( " "-
on the scene with daylight, the
feet at wnd, Therp was 14 feet
of water In her hull.
Tht heavy m made a breerhei
bwy lifeJme from thr hrmc-h f*i
Um *cfc of the ahlp impoMibh>: AU
day long, men of the hfc-saving statimm
nmai bo«ts back and torth
between the beach and the snip,
fcrryiflg the er#w to wa/ety.
Far aevcrai days, the Sindia
ppov«d a tmnentfou* tourist at-
Vhtt OCEAN CITY in '66
"AMBUCA-S ouAmt rumr mom"
We are P*OUD of OUR RECORD
mmme OCMN an
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From all sufmundirh;
areas the curious earn©
to Ocean Cily to N
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wide a/niilships and narrow at !he
hr»w Urtl siiTn that she
in the mnri htilh fnrr 1 anrt af»,
ritnaifk^i
on fh»' *.
Cii^ks i.nfaininc the ,..,.,
nil burst and the r'nur hMs •
The i-rt-w. wiuch hguJvpH «f ih^
Swarf Kin-ire hi-n' left Tui-sdaj ,«f.
'ttm*m for NPW York '*i th«' tt'i"st-
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TWO NAMES YOU
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Conj/j/enf and Covrteout Service
As Usuaf Sine* 1936
DAVID V. BRADFORD
REALTOR
— 19M
Brothers First Eyed Margate
Ite Of Their Planned Community
. fl| vm, WUliam
FWlsdelphia, and S.
_* mm ttniHam tliniiuiilii i «K_ u _. ,
, attended a rest
Ocean Grove,
discussed between
themselves the Idea of establishing
a summer resort founded on what
ttey described as Christian principle!.
They agreed their community
should be on the Southern
New Jersey coast.
Ulling History Of Ctdar frm
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Van a lookout la m him\ atm INSURANCE AMPtC FRII
der«d the fan. It is beb>ved that oat tor
*• watrti
•rX* J- •fi^.tr'Si
n the State l^jiaiatiiM
ilng the project, the Lake
family selected a site on the south
portion of Absecon Island on which
Is now located the city of Margate.
However, investigation revealed
that the land was held by an
estate with a number of minor
heirs, It was decided to abandon
this site because of the difficulty
in obtaining inclusive title.
Later the same summer, the
Lake brothers left their Pleasantville
home and headed for South
S»«vi!le in ape May County to
afiifid a camp meeting. They were
sailing across Great Egg Harbor
Bay when their attention was at.
trailed to the tree^bvered island
known m Peeks Beach,
On September 10. W9, Enm B.
. MtHc, S, Wesley Luke aol f "»—
E, Lake, in the company of WUiittm
H. Bum-ll, also a Methodist
minister, sailed from the mainland
to Peck's Beach on an inspetUon
trip.
They landed on the bay side of
the island and followed a cow
path to a bluff on the north point
itt the island. There under a cedar
trf»- they held a conference whic-h
was evened by prayef for divine
guidance and Messing,
There they made ihelr historic
derision. Perks Beach was to be
ihe location of the Christian sea«
shore resort. The job confronting
them was formniable and prepon*
(itTiiuM *1th /etail. Thiy had to
ncjiuire fuJ^Gtle to the entire island
to monopolize the land but
the island had to be owned in
toto if the plans they had in mind
were to succeed.
Ten days later, September 20,
a meeting com'i'ned in the home
of the_Ri-v. Wood at 17» N. 7th
si. In Philadelphia, There the gathering
considered ways and mi-am
of orgmnizing a land impruwmmt
und camp nieefinR a.§»iciBtion to
be lormted on Peck's Beoih.
Bit by bit ov-er the rwxi dwa/le
the AMfK-itttkwi cleared titles and
• *,
THE OCEAN CITY SENTINEL-LEDGER
.*'
|t.«r . • -.«iv
i/it'r.
Under This Ancient Cedar Tree Still Standing
At 6th st. And Atbury av. The Founding Minister*
Knelt In Prayer.
acquired the pruprrly until cvt*ry
inch of pj-ck's Beach was subji-ctfd
to the nsstricfions nf the Association
Intended to impose and
which were the basis cin which the
entire development was advam'Kl.
Founders Insisted On
Observance Of Sabbath
The founders who Incorporated
(kcan Oty decreed mat forevwr
it « mi-aninfiless
w.i>nIs OVCT the yenrs huvv
been painfully
no taprooms or liquor si< «•wnMv b«s>n
ovwKh-rttbly moriifiivi fiver the
yean. But their influence is still
by the fact thsif mosics
djs*> arr ft»rbidden in Sinn's. In
fact, all but a few Sinn's arc
closed on the Sabbath,
Resort visitors ran patnxuze
rmtaurants as usual, but mwne essential
foods, gasoline and other
Items, and ti caurae em>iy bnthinK,
boating, nsMng and other n.
This was a result of the former
President'* orM vi«U to Ocean
Qty last August. Lee wrote to Mr,
Eisenhower that, as a historian of
note, he might want to know a
community.
Brig, Got. Robert L. Srfwte,
Mr. Eisenhower's executive asatetant,
sent an acknowledgement of
the gift and added that it would
be Included with other Elsenhower
personal possessions and historical
items in the Presidential Library,
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NOSTALGIC BAYFRONT SCENE, This U the old
shore Club House of the Pennsylvania Railroad YMCA of
Philadelphia on the Ocean City bayfront at the tain of ths
century.
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• MpsrniMiiT ovoivci.
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