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The Eden Woolley House

Ocean’s Heritage, Fall 2012

Heritage

The Township of Ocean Historical Museum

Vol. 29, No. 4, Fall 2012

“Home for the Holidays, 1945” Exhibit, Saturday and Sunday, December 1 and 2

Museum transformed for two days At no time were the separation and sacrifices of World War II more acutely felt than at Christmas. In the four years--from the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor to the surrender of Japanese forces in August 1945, the country struggled to keep the spirit of the season alive despite shortages, uncertainties, and missing loved ones.

Imagine then, the joy of the first post-war Christmas celebrations. Better yet, join us the first weekend of December when the Woolley House is transformed to tell the story of “Home for the Holidays, 1945.”

For two days, 11 to 4, Saturday and Sunday, December 1 and 2, the Museum becomes a stage for telling the story of the local homefront and recreating the joy of Christmas and Hanukkah, 1945.

The face of this young girl captures the delight of It was an extraordinary time in our families reunited for Christmas morning, 1945. history. At war’s end, the U.S. governunprecedented and perhaps unmatched ment went to heroic lengths to get GIs time of celebration, gratitude, and joy. long separated from loved ones home for Housing shortages, unemployment, the holidays. “Operation Magic Carpet” labor strife, and civil injustices faced the returned tens of thousands of GIs from nation. But for a few weeks, the country Europe and Asia. “Operation Santa could put its challenges aside and rejoice Claus” expedited their discharge. in the war’s end and the return of loved Veterans filled the airports and ones. the train and bus stations to overflowOur “Home for the Holidays” weeking in their rush to get home. Strangers end captures the spirit. hosted stranded veterans. Neighbors • A mini-exhibit contrasts the bitterreached out to those who had lost loved sweet war year holidays with the ones. For the first time in years, goods exuberance of 1945. once needed to supply the warfront were • War-era model trains, doll houses, becoming available on the homefront. and toys fill the Our Town Gallery.

Hanukkah, 1945, fell early and was • A Holiday Shop and Bakery--filled celebrated on November 29. It held with one-of-a-kind, handmade crafts special significance for families in light of (perfect for gift-giving) and homethe horrors of the Holocaust. made goodies to eat and share--take The holidays of 1945 were an

over the Hearth and Home Gallery.

• The Garden Club sells fresh-made wreaths on the porch.

• There’s a “Santa Hunt” for the kids, caroling by the Ocean Township Choir at 2 on Sunday, walking tours of the Museum grounds Saturday and Sunday, and, as always, the drawing of the winning quilt raffle ticket Sunday at 3.

“Home for the Holidays” is another in the Museum’s series of exhibits and programs exploring the World War II local homefront. Our major exhibit, “Loved Ones Go to War: Local Stories of World War II” forms a backdrop for this two-day event.

Start the celebration of this year’s holiday with a visit to the remarkable season of 1945. Consider holiday shopping for locally crafted, hand-made gifts from our Holiday Shop.

Please join us.

Home for the Holidays, 1945 11 to 4 Saturday and Sunday December 1 and 2 The Eden Woolley House $3 suggested donation (Children free)

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Museum quilters carry on a 25 year tradition of craftsmanship

It all began in 1987: The history of the Museum’s quilt Museum, just three years old, was searching for fundraising ideas. Members Marge Edelson and Ann Stiles, the gifted crafters who led the effort in 1975 to create Township of Ocean Bicentennial Quilt, conceived the idea of a quilt raffle.

They sent out the word and ten experienced stitchers stepped forward. The work of The Museum quilters pose in front of their 2012 “By the Sea” Museum Quilters began. quilt. From left to right: Marge Edelson, Lois Landis, Marion Year after year, a Vogler, Sarah Salmon, Hilda Vafiadis, Ann Stiles, Betty Wildercommitted team of quilotter, and Jeanne Ribsam. (Not present: Gerri Applegate, Eileen McCormack, Jane Young, and Joan Wobser.) ters has shown up week after week to stitch fabric into a one-of-aach year for the past quarter of a kind masterpiece for some lucky winner. century, talented Museum volunteers To date, two dozen winning tickets have have worked for months hand-piecing been drawn.

What fun to think of those and hand-stitching the queen-sized quilts lovingly crafted quilts in use in each of we raffle off at the Holiday Exhibit the those winning homes! first Sunday of every December. The proOver the years, quilters have come cess has become a cherished tradition and and gone. Three have been with the a major fundraiser for the Museum. group from the beginning: chairman It all began in 1987. The then-fledging

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2012 quilt raffle tickets

Reminder to return stubs

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uilt raffle books are mailed each year to members and friends whose support helps make the raffle a major fundraiser. Thanks to so many who have returned their ticket stubs and money. If you haven’t already, please send yours to: Twp of Ocean Historical Museum, P. O. Box 516, Oakhurst, NJ 07755.

The winning quilt ticket will be drawn at 3, Sunday, December 2, during our annual holiday exhibit weekend and craft sale.

If you have questions or would like more books, please call Mary Hill at 732-389-5318.

Marge Edelson, Ann Stiles, and Lois Landis. Every year a dozen volunteers--some new, some veterans--commit their time and skills to help the Museum.

The quilters don’t stop when the quilt is done. They continue to meet weekly to work on the hand-crafted items sold in the Museum Store and at Museum events.

Their work has contributed to the Museum’s fiscal stability and its reputation for quality and creativity. We are grateful for their talent and commitment.

New crafters are always welcome. If you have skills--or an interest in acquiring them--join us. The group meets Tuesday afternoons at the Museum.

In addition to the 12 current quilters, 23 other women have been members of the Museum Quilters over the years: Ginger Bergeron, Sally Bonner, Katy Dorsett, Yolanda Emanuel, Carmen Escandon, Maryann Farry, Agnes Frick, Anne Gasparini, Judy Hansen, Beverly Itell, Addie King, Nora Kirlew, Carol Mauch, Lou Olenick, Addie Pellacani, Lena Pryor, Connie Rasp, Thea Schardelmann, Eleanor Serine, Betty Shea, Phyllis Spohrer, Grace Van Brunt, and Carol White.

Museum Quilt

By the Numbers 25 Years since the first museum quilt (1987)

$75,000+ 12 35 15 $4 to $5

Amount raised by our 25 quilt raffles

Number of crafters who created this year’s quilt Number of crafters over the past 25 years Yards of fabric in each quilt Cost of a yard of cotton quilt fabric in 1987

$10 to $12 Cost of a yard of cotton quilt fabric in 2012 22 Local quilt winners 2 Out-of-state quilt winners 40% Share of fund-rasing income from our quilt raffle and crafts Thank you for your support.

Please purchase your quilt chances and return unused chance books.

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Heart of Gold Fundraiser

For the fourth time, the Museum is partnering with local jeweller Earth Treasures in a “Heart of Gold” fundraiser, scheduled for 6 to 9 p.m. , Thursday, February 7, at the Eden Woolley House. It has been a successful (and relatively effortless) way to benefit both the Museum and those who participate.

Here’s how it works. Bring any gold and silver jewelry or items that you no longer wear or use to the Museum February 7. An appraiser from Earth Treasures--a licensed and bonded jeweller in business for 35 years --privately assesses your items and gives you cash if you choose to sell them. Even broken, mis-matched, and small items (rings, earrings, necklaces, and watches) can add up to surprising value. White gold, silver, platinum, coins, dental scrap, antique jewelry, gold-filled and gold-plated items are welcome.

Best of all, you receive the full value for your items. The Museum receives a donation from Earth’s Treasures which they take from their profit.

Genealogical search leads to the Eden Woolley House

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The final chapter

Last year’s Museum exhibit, “The Story of Takanassee” told of shipwrecks along the Jersey coast and the heroism of the U.S. Life-Saving Service.

The focus of the exhibit was the station at Takanassee Beach in Elberon.

Until last summer, three structures of unique historical and architectural interest stood on the site, which has been approved for development. The development permit stipulated that two of the buildings be moved and saved. (They were moved to private property in Elberon this summer.)

The third (pictured above) was to be restored on site.

Awaiting that restoration, the building--built in 1903 and known as the Coast Guard Boat House-- sat neglected, damaged by fire and the elements. On October 29, superstorm Sandy made the timing of its restoration moot.

hen her high school teacher asked Florida teen Donna Renninger to write her family history, she didn’t suspect the assignment would continue for the next forty years.

Donna was hooked. She tracked down what she could from Florida then took to the road, visiting England, Germany, France, and states through the U.S. in her search.

Clues led to Ocean Township. In April of this year, Donna contacted Ellen Gulick, our head Research Librarian.

They spoke by phone and discovered to their mutual surprise and delight that they share a common ancestor.

Donna drove north to confirm her New Jersey roots. While here, she visited the Museum and met Ellen. She got what she needed to finish her work. Since, she has sent the Research Library the 862page book documenting her four decades of research.

The book, The Family of John F. White of Brooklyn, New York, New Jersey, and Ohio, and John Valentine Swertscope of Germany and Brooklyn, will be added to our collection. It opens with a photo from the 1891 Red Bank Register of triplets Albert H. White, Margaret (White) Stanhope Applegate, and John H. White. It has a complete index of names, 4,000 footnotes, and a foreword detailing the research process.

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Mark your calendar

Coming Events Friday Flag-Raising

At 5 every Friday evening through Dec. 7 A flag is raised in memory of deceased World War II veterans. Public welcome.

General Meeting and Speaker Event

Living Voices: Memories of Jewish War Veterans Tuesday, November 13, 7:15—Oakhurst School Auditorium.

Gift-Wrapping at Barnes & Noble Nov. 23, 24, 30; Dec 11, 15. Fundraiser.

Volunteers welcome. Call 732-531-2136

“Home for the Holiday, 1945” Holiday Exhibit Weekend

Sat. and Sun., December 1 & 2, 11 to 4— Eden Woolley House. Miniatures, trains, dolls, and a holiday boutique and bakery.

Heart of Gold Fund-raiser

Thurs., Feb. 7, 2013, 6-9--Eden Woolley House General Meeting and Speaker Event Lenape Indians of the Jersey Shore.

Tuesday, March 12, 2013, 7:15— Oakhurst School Auditorium.

Pippa Hlatky sports her one-of-a-kind handknit hat from the Museum Shop and invites you to shop the Museum for the holidays!

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Above and beyond

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useum membership* is low (just $15) to be affordable and welcoming to all. Many members (listed below) go above and beyond, supplementing that basic membership with extra gifts. Their generosity boosts membership to nearly 50% of our income and helps fund the programs and exhibits that have won us “Best Museum in Monmouth County” three years running. Thank you for your support, at whatever level. Please know that we are an all-volunteer operation and every penny you give goes to running the Museum.

Platinum $1,000.00

Steve Carton Mary Jane Celli Sergie Conklin Gold $500.00 Anthony J Covino Rosalie Harvey Barbara Davis Howard & Virginia Richmond Ed DeNoble D’Esposito (Sunset Farm Market) Silver $250.00 Jeanne E Diamond Don & Diane Brockel Bonnie Dietz John & Judy Huss Ron Gorsky/ Abbie Carthy Phyllis Fyfe Gerald Gregory Ellen Gulick/ Robert Gouley Benefactor $100.00 Nancy & Charles Manfredi Mike & Joan Berzansky Paul & Kathy Manganelli Sandy & Joan Brown Millicent Herbert George Cook, Jr. Janice & Dave Hiers Florence Danielson Mary Hill Ronald Danielson Bev & Steve Itell Ted & Peggy Dellinger Mr & Mrs Peter Jungkunst Pat & Delores D’Esposito Ira & Joan Kreizman John Durocher Robert & Lois Landis Paul, & Marge Edelson Trudi & Bill Larkin Delores & Fred Fraterrigo Catherine & Henry Lawrence Carin & Sol Greenspan Bill & Sally Madden Steven D Howland Tony & Maura Marrucca Fenton Hudson Murray D Marx Tobi & Dave Kochel Ric Martel David Lipkin Jan Masucci William & Helen Litts Nicole Mauro Eleanor Millar Mary Ann & Alan McKean Cliff & Pam Miller Tom & Anita Means Monmouth Medical Center Bill & Donna Nurthen Glenn & Peggy Morgan Frank & Denise Parlamas Dorothy O’Donnell Elizabeth Peet Kathy & Phil Parratt Karen Poorvin William Prihel Jim & Sheryl Powers Jane Etta Segal Melody & Jeff Ragle Paul & Carmel Smith James & Felicia Serano Frank & Claire Steimle Mary Osborn Siver Richard D Stout Daniel & Connie Skinner Dorothy Trumbower Patricia Harris Slaughter Brenda & Marko Wityk June Smith Woman’s Club of Asbury Park Robert Speck/ Mary Ann King Jonathan Woolley “Gypsy” Fe Martin Tilton Rita Weinstein Patron $50.00 Marianne Wilensky Charles & Angela Alcott Betty Wilderotter Carlton R & Nancy Bakley Jr Joan Wobster William Barrett Michael Woolley Jerry & Beth Brady Andrew & Diane Brannen Supporter $25.00 Malcolm Brophy Carol A Allen Morton Burke Mary Pat Angelini Patricia Cernigliaro

Thomas W & Joan Applegate Florence Apy Robert & Linda Armstrong Shirley Bailey William Ball Rosemary Baram Gayle Billows Heidi Bisbee Maria Pontones Bonenfant Susan Boreo Margaret Boyce Caroline Brady Donald R Bruno Ann Marie Cappadona Eric Capponi/Annmarie Catuogno Joseph Carey Nancy Conn-Levin Marie & Dave Darouge Julia Davidow Deal Historical Society M.M. Douglas Nancy Ehrich Nancy Emmons Maryann Farry Michael A Fiorentino Frances P Fluhr Peggy & Charles Foster Harold Gabel MaryEllen & Edward Gibbon Robert & Dallas Grove Sylvia Hadowanetz Robert Lee Hefter Pamela & Allen Hirsh Lois Holden Charles & Barbara Hoppin Dorothy Hughes Kay Jannarone Johnson Family Ken & Mary Johnson Celeste Jones Ellen Kale Stanley & Delores Kolodjeski Arlene LaBanco Levinson LLC Fran Lambertson Joal Leone Barbara Lomasson John Lord Arlene & Kenneth Lutz Heather MacDonald Diane Maher Les & Suzi Mathis Lorraine McCarthy Eileen & John McCormack

Raymond P McKernan Mary Ellen McNamara Charles Meehan Barbara Metcalf Robert & Cheryl Miller Viola Miller Gene A Minor George Murphy David H Osborn Esther Paddock Gloria Parisi Elizabeth Pawlukanis Jean Perkins Michael Petito Donna Renninger Tom & Cathy Reu Sarah Salmon Janet & Hoody Sexton Norma Shafto Stevie Shutman Marie Siciliano George Sofield Susan P Spengeman Lois Stewart Robert Stewart Joyce Sueta Chryssa Telonidis Julia Telonidis Alice Timms Tom Vignola Barbara Villapiano Donald Vineberg Marion E Vogler Thomas & Madeline Walsh Phyllis Walters Susan Weller Carol S & Howard White Patricia Whitney Frances Wolak Peter & Beth Woolley Kenneth Wright

Business Partnerships

Thomas R. Rich DPM ($500) Ansell, Grimm & Aaron

Foundation ($250) Food Circus Super Markets ($250) Paduano, DiTommaso &

Golda, LLC ($100) Widman, Cooney &

Wilson LLC ($50)

* Museum membership runs on the calendar year. If your gift is not listed, we apologize. It may be that it was made at the end of 2011.

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Longwood Gardens

Spring bus trip

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e are headed to Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday April 17, 2013.

It’s a perfect time: the conservatories are abloom with spring flowers and the grounds are alive with tulips, dogwoods, wisteria and more.

The bus leaves at 8:30 a.m. and returns about 6:00 p.m.

The trip costs $70 and includes transportation, all admissions, optional guided tour, gratuities, and lunch in the cafeteria dining room. (Quite a bargain!)

Call the Museum 732-531-2136 to reserve your place.

Our trip is planned at a time when garden paths should be vibrant with spring color.

Send us your story

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ur thanks to Museum member Maryann McKean for sharing her mother’s letter to her daughter.

We’d love to publish your story. Send us a photo and memory of vintage Ocean Township by email to oceanmuseum@verizon.net or call the Museum at 732-531-2136.

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Margaret Larkin Lyle McCall, 1987.

Margaret (1911-1997) grew up in a long-gone farmhouse on West Lincoln Ave., Oakhurst. “I Remember...” shares a letter she wrote in 1984 to her granddaughter, Peggy McKean--then age 14.

I Remember . . .

An early 20th century childhood in Oakhurst

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ear Peggy,

You ask if things have changed since I was a child—good heavens, they sure have! Horse and buggy, candles and kerosene lamps, wood stove, pump outside the door, and at a little distance the privies.

Our home had a few more conveniences. My father was a caretaker on the Seligman estate in Elberon. We had inside plumbing and gas lights. But the coal stove in the kitchen was the only source of heat. It sure was cold getting up in the morning. We got dressed quickly and, believe me, we washed up in a hurry.

The street lights (what few there were) were gas. The lamp lighter came around on his bicycle with a little ladder and lit each one manually—about five o’clock in the afternoon. We used to watch for him and check our clocks.

Our family lived about two and a half miles from school. The only bus was for the Wayside “Hayseeders.” There were not enough kids to run a bus for us “Clamdiggers.”

The newspaper cost two cents. Bread was ten cents (but my mother made her own). Milk was ten cents (but we had a cow and later goats). Men were lucky to earn $25.00 a week.

No radio, no telephone, no TV. But I don’t remember being bored. I read a lot. We played cards. My sister, Mary Larkin, and I loved walking along the ocean, particularly after a storm. We would find so many things interesting to us—all kinds of shells, maybe a ball, sometimes bananas and oranges—some salt water in them, but edible. They were delicious. We did have a phonograph, but for a long time we only had one record, the Shiek of Araby.

Did we have dates? Well, not in the current sense, not until I was 19 or 20. The boys didn’t have cars—most parents didn’t either. We did get to see the boys occasionally at parties or football games.

When I was about your age [14], we finally got a telephone, electricity, and a car. These things had been invented years before, but only the wealthy had them.

If we were deprived, we didn’t know it!

Some things haven’t changed: the pleasure of coming home to a nice warm kitchen, meeting our friends at school or a party, the delight of the ocean both summer and winter, walking and playing in the snow.

I am glad I was born when I was. I lived for a time just as people had for hundreds of years and now I am witnessing wonderful achievements, like going to the moon, or just the pleasure of turning on the thermostat and having instant HEAT. Grandma

Thurs., Nov. 22 (Thanksgiving) Tues, Dec. 25 though Tues., Jan. 1 Enjoy your holidays

December 2, 1984

The road leading from West Lincoln to Beecroft Place was named Larkin Place, after Margaret Larkin and her sister Mary.

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Message from the Museum

President

When we opened “Loved Ones Go to War: Local Stories of World War II” in July we had no idea where it would lead us--or how many lives we would touch. We started out to honor the sacrifices and tell the stories of those who served and those who stayed behind. Building on the exhibit, we began raising the flag every Friday night in honor of deceased veterans. To involve a new generation in the story, we designed the Ghost Walk to “bring back” the spirits of the World War II homefront.

We did not imagine the response!

Hundreds have visited the exhibit. By our last flag-raising on December 7, we will have honored nearly 100 veterans.

Families tell us that their participation in the program reunited loved ones and resurfaced forgotten photos and treasures. Our Ghost Walk immersed our young actors in the personal stories of the War and gave them a chance to share those stories with more than 80 guests.

There could be no better reminder of why I love my volunteer “job.” It’s hard to describe how I feel when I hear the feedback of visitors to the exhibit, see teen “spirits” delighting ghost walkers, or fight back tears at a Friday night flag-raising. I know then that the Museum is--as our vision promises--opening the door to history.

As always, I am grateful to the volunteers and visitors who bring it all to life. Let me add another acknowledgement--to those who have offered the photos, treasures, and memories that enable us to create authentic programs and exhibits. Thank goodness for those of you who save good “stuff” and find it in your hearts to pass it on to the Museum for others to enjoy. (Give us a call before you toss that old photo or artifact. Who knows, your attic find may be just what our next exhibit needs!)

Brenda Wityk

Wanamassa’s Bud Lambertson (left) carried this photo of his neighbor and fiancée Peggy Reynolds (right) with him into battle. Bud was killed in action on Omaha Beach. The photo was discovered on the ground days later by another GI who returned it to the name and address written on the back. After 68 years, the Reynolds family gets to say “thank you.”

Exhibit and flag-raising led to discovery

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he story of Wanamassa native Dave Reynolds, who served in the Pacific Theater during World War II, is one of those featured in the Museum’s current exhibit. He and several of his Wanamassa buddies are also among the deceased veterans who have been honored at our Friday evening flag-raising ceremonies.

Part of Dave’s story is the touching account of a photo returned to his sister Peggy from a stranger who found it on the battlefield after the D-Day landing on Omaha Beach. The photo belonged to Peggy’s fiance and neighbor, Bud Lambertson, who was killed in action just days after the invasion. The Reynolds family has kept the photo and the note that arrived with it all these years--grateful to the stranger, but unable to find him among the 29 soldiers named “Gerald Davis” in the records.

That changed the night of the Museum flag-raising. Mary Ellen McNamara, whose research on her uncle Dave is on display in the exhibit, had reached a dead end trying to locate the good samaritan who returned the photo. At the flag-raising, she met a member of Bud Lambertson’s family who had details about Bud’s service that gave her the clues she needed.

Mary Ellen found the right “Gerald Davis” and contacted his family. She learned that he had died in 2001, but she got to thank his family.

“I told his sisters about your WWII Exhibit and how their brother’s story is part of it,” Mary Ellen told us. “They are from Ohio.

He was one of ten children and has sons living in Texas. They are proud of Gerald and delighted his story is being told.”

Flag-raising continues through December 7

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ow starting at 5 (rather than 6:30), Friday evening flag-raising ceremonies continue at the Museum. There is still time to honor your loved one. Call the Museum 732-531-2136 to learn more.

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Sell-out crowd gathers to meet the spirits of the local World War II homefront

Halloween History Ghost Walk brings spirits to life

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he force was with us. Sunday, October 21, was one of the year’s ten best days. The weather was perfect, the trees were ablaze with color, and the local fauna (a herd of deer and a lone fox) were on hand to witness history come to life on the Museum grounds. “Spirits” from our local past returned to entertain and educate a sold-out crowd at this, our fourth annual Halloween History Ghost Walk.

This year, the not-so-scary ghost walk “brought back” characters from the World War II Homefront. Guides Heather MacDonald and Dan Weeden (left) led guests along the path to the tower--stopping to meet talented teens (right) channeling the spirits of Rosie the Riveter, a Victory Gardener, USO volunteer, Civil Defense warden, Army wife, and a National Guardsman.

And that’s just the half of it. Guests got to sit in on a “live” radio broadcast of a World War II USO Camp Show in the Terner Gallery, hosted by Cheryl Miller (left). Our partners at InfoAge sent up period radios playing war era broadcasts.

Our own Abbott and Costello recreated “Who’s on first?” (below). Volunteers from Brookdale Community College’s Center for WWII Studies led the audience in wartime songs. A dance team from the Fred Astaire Dance Studio of Manasquan danced to “In the Mood,” swing-style.

Nick Marchetti (left) and Mario Delano recreate Abbott and Costello’s “Who’s on first?” at the USO camp show in the Terner Gallery.

On top of that, guests were treated to cider and donuts--and had a chance to buy a chance on the 2012 quilt and shop for hand-made gifts.

The history walk is a fundraiser, and we estimate we made about $800. But clearly, that’s not the only goal. Put it this way: Revenue to Museum, $800. Value to the community, priceless.

Ghost walk players, top row, from left to right: Megan Kelleher, Anna Weeden, September McCarthy. Bottom row, from left to right: Lucas Angelo and Madison Spoonire (Actors’ Workshop), Abby Wilson.

Junior Docent Program

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nstilling a love of history in the next generation is a vital part of our mission--and a responsibility that’s a joy to meet. The teens who work with us as “ghosts,” guides, and helpers at fund-raisers are much more than extra hands. They are the future of the Museum and welcome source of talent and new ideas.

Our Junior Docent Program is a way for teens 13 to 17 to get involved. It’s fun, informative, and a great way to serve the community.

We train these young volunteers to guide visitors through our changing exhibits, assist in the research library, and bring characters from local history to life.

We call on them to lend a hand at fund-raisers and work projects.

If you or someone you know would like to know more, call the Museum 732-531-2136 for details.

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Sat. and Sun., Dec. 1 and 2

“Home for the Holidays, 1945”

Trains, miniatures, craft shop, home-made bakery, tours, music, mini exhibit on Christmas and Hanukkah, 1945

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