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Saturday and Sunday, December 5 and 6

Holiday Weekend features tales of Christmas past Christmas season has always been a highlight of the Museum calendar. For 25 years, we filled the auditorium of the old Oakhurst School the first weekend in December with exhibits, trains, crafts, and handmade goodies. We continued the tradition in our new home, transforming the Woolley House into a holiday showcase for two days each December.

On Saturday and Sunday, December 5 and 6, the Museum holds its 31st Holiday Weekend. Model trains and Christmas collections fill the Our Town Gallery. On the porch, the Ocean Township Garden Club sells freshly made wreaths. The Hearth and Home Gallery is emptied to make way for an expanded Museum Shop and Bakery stocked full of homemade treats and one-of-a-kind gifts hand-crafted by Museum quilters. Children search the house for hidden nutcrackers in a “Holiday Hunt.�

Sunday afternoon, the winning quilt raffle ticket is drawn. All this is followed by the lighting of the Township Christmas Tree on the Museum grounds Sunday at 4:30.

Something special This year, there’s something special.

Our Holiday Weekend pays special tribute to the season we celebrate. Christmas has become a American cultural and economic juggernaut. Our talented “living history� actors explore the historical roots of its traditions. We’ve conjured up the spirits of Woolley family members from the 18th and 19th centuries to entertain visitors with stories of the holiday customs of their times.

A peek at Colonial Christmas Phoebe Woolley, third wife of Thomas (who built the oldest part of the Woolley House) will describe Colonial Christmas.

them “Sinte Klass,� but our plump, redsuited American Santa did not take shape until the 19th century.

The Victorians set the stage

Thomas Nast’s iconic portrait of Santa Claus, 1881. Although our American Santa can trace his roots to the Dutch “Sinte Klass,� the jolly old elf we love owes its image to the description in Clement Moore’s “A Visit from St. Nickolas� (1823) and Thomas Nast’s illustrations in Harper’s Weekly between 1863 and 1886. Nast dressed Santa in red, invented his workshop and elves, and had him track the naughty and nice.

Mary and Sarah Woolley, Eden’s daughters, will be on hand to explain the customs, popularized in the 19th century, that largely define how we celebrate today.

Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, published in 1843, was an instant best seller. It elevated public interest in the season and helped redefine it as a time of giving.

About the same time, that Christmas tree the German settlers couldn’t get their neighbors to adopt caught on, helped by widely circulated photos of Queen Victoria and her German husband with theirs. In 1856, President Franklin Pierce brought the first tree into the White House.

On June 26, 1870, Christmas was declared a federal holiday. That same decade, Americans began sending Christmas cards.

Santa emerged as a cultural icon. Gifts and gift-wrapping took center stage.

Join us to learn more, shop local, and start the season in style. Recommended donations: adults, $3; children, free. Those paying their 2016 membership dues at the door are admitted free.

European settlers brought to the New World the holiday customs (and attitudes) of the Old. The Puritans would have nothing to do with it. In fact, in 1659, they outlawed the celebration of Christmas altogether.

The Anglicans in the southern colonies were more receptive. They celebrated with festive feasts, music, and gift-giving that Saturday and Sunday foreshadowed today’s customs.

December 5 and 6 German colonists decorated 11 to 4 with Christmas trees, as in their The Eden Woolley House home country. But the custom was not widely adopted by their neighbors, who rejected its pagan roots. The Dutch brought with

Holiday Weekend

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Members of a Monmouth County founding family gather

Full house for the Woolley Family Reunion

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t was a “build-it-and-they-will-come” moment. When we announced that the Museum would host a Woolley Family Reunion on Sun., Aug. 16, we had no idea who (if anyone) would show up. But show up they did. More than 60 Woolleys came to learn what we knew about their family and share their own research and stories.

They spent time at the tents set up on the Museum grounds. One displayed the Woolley family tree, as far as we have taken it. Another offered tools for those just starting their family research. A third unveiled our research on “Potter’s Cave,” the recently discovered primitive home of the Township’s earliest European settler (whose daughter married a Woolley).

Inside, guests toured the galleries, and took advantage of Museum experts stationed upstairs with genealogical research programs, ready for on-the-spot searches.

Best of all, Woolleys met other Woolleys for the first time. “Can we do this again next year?” one asked.

If the Woolleys build it, we will host!

Top: Dallas Grove searches geneaologybank. com for siblings Robert Earl and Shari Woolley. Middle: Barbara Hudson gives a Museum tour to George and Dianne Woolley.

Bottom: Jim Foley, Rich Fernicola, Brenda Wityk, and Diane Gentile present their Potter’s Cave research.

Definitive Woolley geneaology now in Museum

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he Woolley Family Reunion had an added benefit. It prompted Trustee Marge Edelson to act on an intention she’d harbored for years: Contact a former teaching colleague, whose father, Ken Woolley had done extensive research on his family. The result is a fully indexed, multi-volume study of the Woolley family going back centuries, now on the shelves of the Museum’s Research Library.

“About 20 years ago, my father started to ‘fill in what he knew about his ancestors’ to help my husband who thought he might take up genealogy in his retirement,” Ken’s daughter Karen Petillo explained.

“My father caught the bug (and my husband has yet to put a name in his family tree). From 1994 until his death in 2005, genealogy was his passion.”

Karen and her mother Jacqueline have let us copy and digitize the extensive, meticulous, fully documented study Ken produced.

Museum Director Ginny Richmond stands behind Karen Woolley Petillo and her mother Jacqueline Curtis Woolley as they look through three volumes of Ken Woolley’s family research.

Message from the Museum

President

“Democracy alone, of all forms of government, enlists the full force of citizen’s enlightened participation.”

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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s we gather with friends and relatives during this holiday season, take time to reflect and appreciate the “miracle of America.” Even if our ancestors arrived here on the Mayflower, we all came from someplace else. Different cultures, different languages, different religions, and different ambitions. And despite serious conflicts (even the Civil War), we have learned to respect our differences, work with our opponents, and compromise to create a nation like no other.

With the 2016 election year on the horizon, the media promises to raise our awareness of issues, opinions, and political philosophy. It’s another opportunity to join our neighbors in deciding the direction of our country at the ballot box.

The political chatter will only increase as the election draws near. Listening to all sides and cutting through to essential facts will not be easy. But like generations before us, it’s our responsibility to shape our country for the generations to come.

Participate in the process. Let your own “enlightened force” be felt.

Paul Edelson

Ocean’s Heritage is published quarterly by the Township of Ocean Historical Museum

Museum President, Paul Edelson Newsletter Editor, Peggy Dellinger

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Unseasonably cold weather couldn’t chill guests’ enthusiasm

What was it about this year’s History Ghost Walk?

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1. Heather MacDonald and Claire Taylor as Elizabeth Woolley and daughter Mary; 2. Elizabeth Yaccarino and Danielle Horowitz as Claire and John Morris (Long Branch farmer and Union soldier); 3. Ali Natanagara as nurse Mary Dunbar, Kate Apostolacus as Middletown Ladies Aid Society leader Brazilla Taylor, and Marc Natanagara as Lincoln friend Dr. William Newell; 4. Claudia Arias as wife of Jacob Schenck, Union soldier ambivalent about “Mr. Lincoln’s War;” 5. Gary Edelson as General Horace Porter of Elberon, being interviewed by Claire Taylor as Mary Woolley. (See the slideshow and video at oceanmuseum.org.)

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aybe it was the Presidential visit. Or the costumes.* Or the new stage set for the outdoor ghosts. Whatever the reason, there was something special about this year’s History Ghost Walk, held Sun., Oct. 18. The ghosts played real historic characters and told local stories of the Civil War. Guests were moved, amused, and surprised by what they heard.

Inside Inside the Library’s Terner Gallery, guests attended a reception for President and Mrs. Lincoln, hosted by Catherine Taylor of Elberon, wife of prominent banker and Civil War financier Moses Taylor. Mrs. Taylor set the stage for the Lincoln’s arrival and invited waiting guests to listen to a “live” performance of a Stephen Foster song--one of the President’s favorites.

Outside Outside, Mrs. Eden Woolley and her daughter Mary, who lived in the Woolley House during the war years, hosted guests at a stage set in front of the newly renovated Pool House (between the Library and the Museum). They took turns interviewing the Civil War spirits, among them: • Dr. William Newell, who served New Jersey in Congress and as our 18th governor. He told of his friendship with the Lincolns who appointed him White House physician in 1865.

• General Horace Porter, buried in West Long Branch, aide to Grant during the war and during his Presidency.

• Mary Dunbar, also buried in West Long Branch, Army nurse who died destitute, forgotten by the government she had served.

The stories were compelling. The actors--teens and adults, professionals and amateurs--touched their audience. “This was amazing,” one guest was overhead telling her companion. “This kind of event is why I love living in Ocean Township.”

Gristly story gives reason for hope

D Inside ghosts: Abraham and Mary Lincoln, played by Bob Costello and Cheryl Mustachio; Mrs. Moses Taylor played by Cheryl Miller; pianist Bill Madden, and songstress Ellen Berenberg.

Abe and Mary swept in and allowed guests to eavesdrop on an intense exchange. The President told his wife of their son Robert’s intention to enlist. Mary’s reaction and her husband’s response bore witness to the uncertainty and sacrifice of the times. *Costumes were loaned to us by Laurie Smith of the Shore Antiques Center and Kitty Cleary of the Premiere Theater Company.

r. Gary Scharfengerger, Archaeology Professor at Monmouth University, spoke to an audience of Museum guests, Tues., Oct. 6, about his work to identify the remains of more than 4,000 bodies buried in the Secaucus Potter’s Field.

The site was a burial ground for inmates of a poor house, prison, quarantine hospital, and insane asylum.

“As grim as conditions were at these institutions,” he explained, “we found bodies lovingly prepared and buried with items of considerable value. Clearly, these people had been cared for and cared about. It’s a hopeful story.”

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High School exhibit extended through February

“OTHS at 50” exhibit opened Sept. 6

Left: Junior docent McKenna Real with Cheryl Miller. (McKenna was hoping OTHS grad Wendy Williams might drop by so she could give the television personality a Museum tour.) Middle: Members of the Class of 1969 (the first to spend all four years at OTHS) Susan Salzman Henely, Peter Okun, Wendy Sloter, and Harvey Shooman. Right: Katie Nguyen, asst. editor of the 2016 OTHS yearbook, snapping shots of the exhibit.

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he Museum’s newest mini exhibit, “Ocean Township High School at 50” opened in the Our Town Gallery, Sunday, Sept. 6. It documents the 1962 campaign for the Township’s first high school and follows the sociological, demographic, and technical changes that shaped the school as we know it today.

Members of the Class of 1969 were well represented. Wendy Sloter, of that class, co-chaired the exhibit. She tapped the memories and collections of her classmates for help to tell the story.

Exhibit up through February The OTHS exhibit, which continues to draw visitors, has been extended through the end of February. (“Local Stories of the Civil War” is rescheduled to open March 6.)

In the crowd The opening drew dignitaries and fans. Mayor Chris Siciliano (OTHS grad) was on hand to present a proclamation from the township. Freeholder John Curley came with a proclamation from the county.

School Board members, school superintendents (present and emeritus), teachers, students, and graduates stopped by.

Ocean Township High School Social Studies Department, October 1

MARAC Award

District social studies faculty visits the Museum

F Museum volunteers show off the MidAltantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC) Innovation Award presented to the Museum at Monmouth County Archives Day, Oct., 3. Left-to-right: Heather MacDonald, Sergie Conklin, Ginny Richmond, Joe Carey, and Nancy Emmons.

rom the beginning the Museum has been committed to creating new generations of history lovers. We’ve hosted more than 6,000 visiting thirdgraders, involved teens in our ghost walks and teas, trained junior docents, supported student research, and benefitted from Eagle Scout projects. But over the years, we’ve struggled to build a formal alliance with the high school.

That changed when Social Studies Supervisor Chris Wilson accepted an invitation this summer to visit the Mu-

seum. He was enthusiastic about what he saw and eager to explore possibilities for collaboration. As a first step, he held his Social Studies staff meetings for the high school (Oct. 1) and the intermediate school (Oct. 19) at the Museum.

Judging from their reactions, the teachers shared Chris’s enthusiasm.

They lingered to tour the galleries and brainstormed potential projects with our docents.

The door is open. More to come.

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Michael Uslan, Class of 1969, turned his life-long love of comics into an award-winning career. He is the Originator and Executive Producer of the Batman/Dark Knight movie franchise, winner of a 1995 Emmy for his “Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego?, “an author, and the creator and teacher of the country’s first accredited collegelevel course on comic book folklore.

I Remember . . .

Challenging the rules at Ocean Township High School (OTHS)

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was a freshmen in 1965, the year OTHS opened. That made ours the first class to graduate having spent all four years in the new school. This distinction--or maybe memories of what we look back on as a more innocent time--seems to have given our class a strong connection to OTHS, one that shows up in our frequent, well-attended, often memorable reunions.

Rules, rules, rules It was the 60s. Like the decade, we started out conforming to a pretty constricting set of rules. And like the decade, we came to challenge and change things.

Mr. Fredericks, the OTHS principal, set the tone for the early years. He was conservative, dour, and strict—the enforcer of an elaborate code of behavior. There were rules that required boys to wear collared shirts. There were rules that set a limit on how short girls could wear their skirts.

(Teachers actually used a ruler to measure the height of a hem--and sent offending girls home to change.) Jeans, shorts, and sneakers were all forbidden.

There were even rules on how to walk the halls. We had to stay in “lanes” delineated by the second row of floor tiles.

corridor and it took a half a dozen teachers to break things up.

Our protests were intense—but fun and respectful.

And things did change. Superintendent Scott wrote me to acknowledge my letters to the press. The rules were eased.

When I spoke at graduation about student rebellion and the turmoil across the country (it was 1969), the speech received enthusiastic applause. The English teachers were especially supportive.

Last of a generation

In his book The Boy Who Loved Batman, Michael Uslan (circled) includes this photo of the 1968-69 school newspaper staff with advisor Marty Lefsky (unaware of the halo and angel wings Michael had drawn for him).

Mounting a challenge Some of us led a rebellion. I wrote letters to the Asbury Park Press and Home News arguing against the dress code. We instigated “Hall Jams” where hundreds of students clogged a

Ours was the last of the “Leave It to Beaver” generation. The last to wonder if there were canals on Mars. We were smart and worked hard. Academic as well as athletic competition was keen.

We had fun with teachers, but always with respect. Several had a lasting impact.

Mr. Lefsky made me fall in love with history—my passion in life. Bless him for having a sense of humor and encouraging mine.

A reunion to remember

For our 30th class reunion, I rented the school and held our dinner in the cafeteria: 35 cents for Salisbury Steak, apple crisp, and a vanilla/chocolate Dixie cup.

We tracked down the original cafeteria workers and hired them for the night—complete with uniforms and hairnets.

We were back in 1969, remembering an Ocean Township and a school life hardly recognizable today.

Michael Uslan

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artin Lefsky died September 16. He was on the OTHS faculty for 36 years--from OTHS’s opening day until his retirement as Social Studies Supervisor in 2002. He was a favorite teacher of many, including Michael Uslan, and holds a special place in the history of the Museum. It was an oral history project in 1984, funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and led by Marty, that inspired the founding of the Museum. A place was needed to give the oral history tapes a proper home.

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Above and beyond

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useum membership* is low (just $15 for a household) 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 30% of our income and helps fund our programs and exhibits. Thank you for your support, at whatever level. We are an all-volunteer operation; every penny you give goes to running the Museum.

Platinum $1,000+ (2) Patricia Cernigliaro Rosalie Harvey

Gold $500+ (4) Phyllis A. Fyfe John Huss Jules L. Plangere III Howard & Virginia Richmond

Silver $250 + (5)

Richard R. Stout, Jr. Dorothy Dale Trumbower Barbara & Guy Villapiano Howard & Carole White Marianne Wilensky Woman’s Club of Asbury Park Wood Family Wilma Wright

Patron $50 + (79)

Rita Abrams Carlton R. & Nancy E. Bakley Joyce Barrett Gayle Billows Michael Booth Susan Borea Carolyn J. Brady Benefactor $100+ (47) Jerry & Beth Brady Chuck & Angela Alcott Andrew Brannen Asbury Park Historical Society Malcolm & Kathleen Brophy William L. Barrett Morton H. & Yvette Burke Mike & Joan Berzansky Lois & Steve Carton Sandy & Joan Brown Dr. Mary Jane Celli Sergie and Bob Conklin Donna Cetrulo Marie A. Curtis J. Anthony Covino Pat & Delores D’Esposito Anthony & Toni D’Esposito Ronald Danielson Barbara Davis Mrs. E. Jeanne Diamond Mr. & Mrs. Ed DeNoble Julia & Greg Edelson Bonnie Dietz Paul & Marjorie Edelson John & Louise Durocher Pat & Harry Grasso Sue & Steve Edelson William & Dorothy Gray Nancy Ehrlich Ira Haupt, II Lewis & Cindy Fisher Fenton & Barbara Hudson Fred & Dolores Fraterrigo Bev & Steven Itell Dorothy & Jerry Goodrich Bernard D. & Renee Karasic Robert & Dallas Grove Thomas & Marie Kenney Janice & David Hiers Robert & Lois Landis Mary Hill Thom, Susie, Tommie & Colin Lavin Kay Jannarone David Lipkin Nadine & Don Jeffrey Wlliam & Helen Litts Charles Kachnoskie Nancy & Charles Manfredi Laurel King & Thomas Fee Eleanor Millar Stanley & Dolores Kolodjeski Cliff & Pam Miller Monnmouth Medical Ctr./Barnabas Health Ira & Joan Kreizman Trudi & Bill Larkin Glenn & Peggy Morgan Catherine Lawrence Bill & Sandy Mullaney Kenneth & Arlene Lutz Mrs. Dorothy O’Donnell Bill & Sally Madden Joan C. Olson Kathy Manganelli Phil & Kathy Parratt Claudio & Geralyn Marchini William Prihel Maura & Anthony Marrucca Jeff & Melody Ragle Murray D. Marx Joseph & Sally Renzulli John & Eileen McCormack Jano Segal Mary Ann & Allen McKean Dan & Connie Skinner Tom & Anita Means Paul & Carmel Smith Charles Meehan Frank & Claire Steimle Larry Menditto Don & Diane Brockel Ted & Peggy Dellinger Sean & Cathy Moore Jane E. Neuman, MD Dr. & Mrs. Libero Marx Renzulli

Mr. and Mrs. George Michals David Irwin Miller Tom & Paula Milmoe D. Anita Nelson William & Donna Nurthen Arthur & Anastasia Pappaylion Frank & Denise Parlamas Bess C. Peterson Karin & David Poorvin Jim & Sheryl Powers Anne Pulos Dorothy Schofield Mrs. Felicia Serano Bob & Holly Simmen Mary Siver Patricia Harris Slaughter George & Jeannie Sofield Anne Marie & Gene Sparaco Robert W. Speck Sandee & Thom Steckbeck Robert W. Stewart “Gypsy” Fe Martin Tilton Patti Delaney & Frank Tomaino Marion E. Vogler Sally Carr Welch Phil & Betty Wilderotter Brenda & Marko Wityk Joan M. Wobser Frances Wolak Jonathan Woolley Michael & Mary Woolley Linda Wright

Supporter $25+ (123) Carol A. Allen Mary Pat Angelini Joan Appleby Carl & Gerri Applegate Florence & Chester Apy Ms. Shirley Bailey William Ball Rosemary Baram Lois Barr Barrett Linda & Robert Beauchamp Janet Beringer Heidi & Jack Bisbee Rich & Kathy Bisbee Mr. Earl Brousell Arline Broza Mr. Donald R. Bruno Jean Ellen Byrnes Carl & Ann Marie Cappadona Eric & Annmarie Capponi Joseph Carey Stuart Chavis, DMD Barbara & John Coats

Josy Conklin Marie & David Dahrouge Susan & Joe DeAngelo Mr. & Mrs. M. M. Douglass Anne Edelson Nancy M. Emmons Ms. Maryann Farry Mary Lou Feindt Mike & Ellen Fiorentino Fran Fluhr Peggy Ann Foster Joe Frankel Anne Freedman Marjorie Diggs Freeman John & Claire Garland Irwin & Nancy Gerechoff Maryellen & Edward C. Gibbon Judy Gorra Abby Carthy & Ron Gorsky Carin & Sol Greenspan Rosemary & Gerald Gregory Charles & June Griffiths Ellen Gulick Judy & Bob Hazelrigg Dee Hearne Joan Heldreth Pamela & Allen Hirsh Historical Society of Ocean Grove Dallas, Kris & Pippa Hlatky Barbara Hoelle Lois F. Holden Edward M. Jeffrey Ken & Mary Johnson Susan & Kenneth Johnson Margaret Jones Ellen W. Kale Demitri P. Karagias Jerome & Loretta Kessel JoAnne Krulikowski & family Fran Lambertson Mr. & Mrs. Calvin W. Larkin Joal Leone Arlene LaBanca Levenson, LLC Sandy Loefflad Barbara Lomasson Heather & Susan MacDonald Diane Maher Marilyn H. Major John Mamula Ric & Carlene Martel Marty & Patricia Martino Les & Suzi Mathis Nicole Mauro Raymond P. McKernan Jean McMaster Renate Mesnikoff

* Museum membership runs on the calendar year. If your gift is not listed, we apologize. It may be that it was made late in 2015 and applied to 2016.

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Above and Beyond, continued from page 6 Supporter $25+, continued Barbara Metcalfe Marlyn Michaels Robert & Cheryl Miller Fran Minor Madeline Molloy David H. Osborn Phil & Beverly Palumbo Gloria J. Parisi Betty Pawlukanis Jean Perkins Lucille Petillo Michele Petito Charles & Gail Plumeri June & Frank Pomilla Maria Pontones

Bruce & Lois Pyle Mark Ratcliffe Jules Resnick Mrs. Jeanne Ribsam Marc & Judy Rubenstein Sarah Salmon Janet & Hoody Sexton Stevie & Jon Shutman Alan & Bonnie Skolnik Ms. Catherine T. Spalding Sophia & Daniel Spector Susan P. Spengeman Carl N. & Risa Steinberg Don & Vivian Stine Jennifer Sundock

Chryssa Telonidis Julia Telonidis Alice J. Timms Herb & Jean Tomer Thomas J. Vignola Madeline Walsh Phyllis Walters Jason & Sharon Watt Mary Robin Whitney Patricia Whitney Eleanor & Ralph Williams Peter & Beth Woolley Kenneth D. Wright William Zieman Milton & Clara Gee Ziment

Thank you, Business Partners

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oin us in expressing our appreciation to our 2015 Business Partners. The generosity of these professionals and enterprises helps us maintain the Woolley House and offer a full calendar of events and programs.

Ocean Township Society ($250) Ansell, Grimm & Aaron Fire and Safety Systems Co. Dr. Thomas Rich

Community Member ($25-99) Super Foodtown Widman, Cooney, Wilson, LLC

Community Leader ($125) Golda & Golda, CPAs

“Hometown HistorIES” on website and TV

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he latest episode of the Museum’s “Hometown Histories,” now on Ocean TV and our website oceanmuseum.org, features an oral history interview with World War II combat veteran and Museum Trustee Bob Landis.

Mark your calendar

Coming Events Holiday Weekend: ”Spirits of Christmas Past” 11 to 4, Saturday, Dec. 5 and Sunday, Dec. 6--Eden Woolley House The Museum is transformed for the holidays. Hand-crafted gifts, homemade goodies, quilt raffle.

Holiday and Winter Hours The Museum closes for the holidays Tuesday, December 22 and reopens Sunday, January 3.

We also close Thursday evenings for the winter beginning December 17, reopening Thursday evening March 17.

Host Dallas Grove thanks Bob Landis at the end of a successful video-recording session.

Museum reopens after holidays Sunday, January 3, 1-4 Mini-Exhibit Opening

“Local Stories of the Civil War”

Think Gift Memberships For neighbors, family, and friends.

In memory William F. Gray. 89, died Oct. 7, in Mt. Dora, Florida. He was a World War II combat veteran and an Ocean Township High School teacher and coach from 1952 until his retirement in 1989. Bill was a long-time member of the museum.

Susan P. Spengeman, 69, died Aug. 30. Susan supported the Museum from its start, both as a member and as a donor of artifacts. She was a graduate of Oakhurst School and Asbury Park High School.

Bette Barthelemy, 93, died Aug. 21. Bette and her deceased husband George were long-time members of the Museum. They lived on Schnells Lake in Oakhurst and shared memories with us of the development of Oakhurst Manor in the 1930s and the digging of the lake.

Marie Henderson Magnier, 83, died Aug 14. She was a generous supporter of the Museum.

For 40 years in the mid 20th century, her family owned the house that is today the Museum (for many years referred to as the Henderson House).

Sunday, March 6, 1-4--Eden Woolley House What role did New Jersey and its families play in the Civil War? A new exhibit highlights local stories.

General Meeting and Speaker Event

“Life of a Civil War Soldier” Tuesday, March 8, 7:15--Oakhurst Schoolhouse Auditorium Civil War authority and living history interpreter Arthur Green shares his expertise and items from his collection.

Reminder Please return your Quilt Raffle books/stubs! Drop by or put them in the mail. State law requires that we account for all books distributed.

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Saturday and Sunday, December 5 and 6

Museum Holiday Weekend “Spirits of Christmas Past�

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