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Saturday and Sunday, December 3 and 4

Holiday Weekend and mini-exhibit premiere

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or the past 31 years (25 in the Oakhurst Schoolhouse and more recently in the Eden Woolley House) the Ocean Township Historical Museum has rung in the holiday season in style.

Again this year, Saturday and Sunday, December 3 and 4, we are decking the halls and opening the doors for our annual Holiday Weekend.

And, as is also our custom, the Holiday Weekend coincides with the premiere of new mini-exhibit— this year, “Remembering Ross Fenton Farm.�

our cable- and web-cast program, “Hometown Histories.�

The new exhibit features photos and artifacts, video of Charlie and Mabel themselves, and an exploration of the music and celebrities featured at the Farm.

An appearance by Mabel

Transformation The Woolley House is transformed for the occasion.

Model trains and Christmas collections fill the Our Town Gallery. 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.

On the porch, the Ocean Township Garden Club sells freshly made wreaths.

The 1915 silent movie, How Molly Made Good, features cameo appearances by the top entertainers of the era, including Mabel Fenton and Charlie Ross (circled in red).

A scene from the film shot on location at Ross Fenton Farm showing Mabel, Charlie, Asbury Park mayor Clarence Hendrick, and Baby Parade beauty pageant winner Queen Titania is part of the mini-exhibit premiering in the Our Town Gallery, December 3.

Special events Beyond the shops, trains, and collections, the Holiday Weekend features special events. Children search the house for hidden sleds 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.

The Ross Fenton Farm mini-exhibit This has been a year of remembering Ross Fenton Farm, the storied nightclub that flourished on Deal Lake in Wanamassa the first half of the 20th century. We’re adding a mini-exhibit to recent homages that include our November 13 “Evening at Ross Fenton Farm� dinner dance and an episode about the nightclub on

Our Living History Director, Heather MacDonald (you may know her better as Phoebe or Elizabeth Woolley) has added Mabel Fenton to the cast of colorful characters she channels from our regional history.

Heather has studied all she could find about her faHeather MacDonald mous vaude- as Mabel Fenton villian alter ego and will be there at the Holiday Weekend to bring Mabel to life.

Join us Dec. 3 and 4. Bring the children and your holiday shopping list. Admission is free. Donations are always welcome!

Holiday Weekend Saturday and Sunday December 3 and 4 11 to 4 Eden Woolley House

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Peggy Dellinger receives the Jane G. Clayton Award

Museum’s exhibit director honored by the county

Award recipient Peggy Dellinger, Ocean Township Mayor Chris Siciliano, County Clerk Christine Hanlon, and Freeholder John Curley at Archives and History Day, October 8, Manalapan.

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t’s a day when Monmouth County historical organizations gather to network, exhibit their wares, and learn from the experts. This year’s Archives and History Day, October 8, held an extra attraction for our Museum. At a ceremony celebrating special achievements, our co-founder, trustee, exhibit director, and newsletter editor Peggy Dellinger received the Jane G. Clayton Award, given to individuals who have made significant contributions over a substantial number of years to the awareness and understanding of Monmouth County history.

The award, created in 1997, is named for former County Clerk Jane Clayton, who was the force behind the creation of the Monmouth County Archives. The Archives is a rich repository of historical and genealogical documents, including

deeds, court cases, naturalization papers, maps, newspapers, and more—among the best in the state.

In presenting the award, current County Clerk Christine Hanlon cited Peggy’s work to research, design, and install more than 35 exhibits for the Township of Ocean Historical Museum, including the permanent installations in the Woolley House and the long list of changing exhibits since our incorporation in 1984. She also mentioned Peggy’s role as newsletter editor.

“When Monmouth County Archivist Gary Soretzky called to tell me about the award,” Peggy admitted, “I was honored—and uncomfortable. The list of previous winners is an impressive one. And there are others in the county— several my mentors and role models--who are the real experts. It helps to think of the honor as recognizing a devoted team of volunteers who have done so much to save the Eden Woolley House and bring the history of coastal Monmouth County to life.”

Museum volunteers at Archives Day: Gary Edelson, Ginny Richmond, Heather MacDonald (as Mrs. James Garfield), Peggy Dellinger, Sergie Conklin, and Nancy Emmons.

Board hosts reception to thank Museum volunteers

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e hear many kind words about the Museum. A member of a nearby historical society told us, “We’re working to restore an old farmhouse and you are our inspiration. You moved into the Woolley House in record time and keep it relevant with a full schedule of events and exhibits.”

Nice to hear. And important to acknowledge what makes it all possible: the exceptional team of more than 120 volunteers who do all the work. Their collective hours add up to nearly 9,000 a year. They guide guests, manage our collection, maintain four buildings (the Woolley House, Playhouse, Pool House, and Tower), arrange speakers, quilt and make crafts, fill the calendar with events, handle member-

ship, produce a television show (“Hometown Histories), keep our books, feed our guests, staff the Research Library, install exhibits, teach 3rd graders, “inhabit” the characters of historic figures, and more.

To say thank you, the Museum Board held a “Volunteer Appreciation Reception” at the Terner Gallery Sunday, September 18. The volunteers had time to relax, enjoy each other’s company, and reflect on the accomplishments of the year. They were impressed by what they created.

So are we.

Top: President Paul Edelson velcomes the volunteers. Below: Volunteers Bob and Lois Landis, Marge Edelson, and Ellen Gulik pose in front of the slideshow highlighting the year’s events.

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Bess Peterson remembers her family’s restaurant business. Bruce Horn and Ron Gorsky talk Ross Fenton.

“Hometown Histories” produces two new episodes

Left: Dallas Grove interviews Bess Peterson during the videotaping of “Hometown Histories.” Right: Brenda Wityk (seated) prepares to interview Bruce Horn and Ron Gorsky. Host Dallas Grove (standing) looks on.

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he Museum’s cable- and web-cast program, “Hometown Histories,” hosted by Dallas Grove, captures personal recollections of events and characters well worth remembering. On October 7, Dallas sat down with Bess Peterson, who grew up Greek in Asbury Park in the 1930s, to record her memories of the city and her stories of life as part of the once-familiar local chain of Peterson family restaurants. Dallas was back in the studio a week later to produce a second interview, conducted by Museum Vice President Brenda Wityk, of Bruce Horn and Ron Gorsky sharing their memories of Ross Fenton Farm.

Asbury Park and the Peterson restaurants Ninety-one-year-old Bess Peterson was born and raised on the west side of Asbury Park. She describes the diversity of the neighborhood, “We walked to the school in a gathering wave of children— from Greek, Jewish, African-American, and Catholic families. Greek was my first language. I didn’t learn to speak English until I started school—and it took just a few weeks.”

At 19, she married Frank Peterson and helped build the family business. Restaurants started by the Peterson brothers were in Red Bank, Asbury Park, Shrewsbury, Colts Neck, Brick, and

Lakewood. Bess creates a vivid picture of the life of a 20th century restaurateur. And whether or not you remember the Peterson eateries, you’ll find her walk down memory lane a charming stroll.

Wanamassa and Ross Fenton Farm Brenda’s interview of Ocean Township natives Bruce Horn and Ron Gorsky explores 1950s Wanamassa—when many side roads were still unpaved. When boys took their rifles to hunt on the land west of Route 35 that is today’s industrial park. When the abandoned buildings of Ross Fenton Farm (which closed in 1947 and burned in 1950) were play sites filled with adventure and treasure.

The men describe the ruins and share their knowledge of the old nightclub. Bruce remembers his father (a member of the Wanamassa Fire Department for which Bruce is today the historian,) fighting the blaze at Ross Fenton. For Ron, the site’s history remains close to home—he lives today in Mabel and Charlie’s Farm “cottage.”

The men have offered to share treasures they found as young boys: the poker chips and old tools they salvaged will be on view at the Museum’s upcoming exhibit on Ross Fenton Farm.

See “Hometown Histories” on Ocean TV (Cablevision Channel 77 and Verizon FiOS Channel 22.) or at oceanmuseum.org.

Private Gallery Talks available to members

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embers are the Museum’s beating heart. Our nearly 500 members (from 350 households) supply almost a third of

our operating budget. They include the more than 120 volunteers who give their time and talent to keep the Eden Woolley House running. And they don’t ask much in return.

“I believe members join because they value the work we do and want to support it,” Museum President Paul Edelson explained. “They’re not looking The first members-only private gallery talk, scheduled for February 10, will be on the “Presidents at the Shore.”

for perks. But, how nice to find ways to give back.”

With “giving back” in mind, we began two years ago to hold a members-only, private premiere and wine-and-cheese reception for each major exhibit opening.

Starting in 2017, we’re adding another membership advantage: small, private talks on our major exhibits. The first is scheduled for 1 p.m. Friday, February 10, 2017.

Call 732-531-2136 to reserve your seat.

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Museum members Pete and Beth Woolley volunteer their expert services

Ross-Fenton gravesite restored

Message from the Museum

President

“A good land to fall in with . . . “ Henry Hudson

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rom its earliest settlement, Ocean has been a community of families.

Emanuel Woolley purchased land as early as 1667, but it was his son John Woolley who moved here in 1697, to property that stretched along the Poplar Brook from today’s Poplar Road east to Palaia Park. It was his grandson Thomas who built the oldest part of our Museum and a great grandson Eden (for whom the Museum is named) who built the larger portion of the house in 1839. Woolleys have been living in the area ever since.

In 1687, Gavin Drummond, a surveyor from Locharbour, Scotland, found fertile land along the banks of what is now Deal Lake. In accordance with English Colony law, he purchased the land from the Lenape Indians living here. The deed of record lists three Lenape chiefs: Wanamassa, Waywinotunce, and Wallammassekem. The lands included the present Wanamassa, Interlaken, and West Allenhurst. As every third grader who has visited the Museum can tell you, Drummond traded one gun, two pounds of gun powder, five coats, and one kettle for the land. The Drummond home stood on Wickapecko Drive near Darlene Avenue before burning in 1933. All that is left of the Drummond land today is a small family cemetery on Wickapecko Drive near Roseld.

As local families search for their roots, some may discover the Shore’s earliest settlers in their “family tree.” As Henry Hudson wrote when he sailed around Sandy Hook in 1609, “This is a good land to fall in with and a pleasant place to see.” . . . And a good place to raise a family.

Paul Edelson

Pete Woolley (left) interrupts work for a photo, having raised and leveled Charlie’s and Mabel’s footstones. The pictures on the right show Mabel’s stone before and after cleaning.

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he Museum’s recent focus on the history of Ross Fenton Farm caught the attention of Pete and Beth Woolley, Museum members and owners of Peaceable Kingdom Memorials in Neptune City. Pete and Beth were familiar with the Ross-Fenton family gravesite in Glenwood Cemetery, West Long Branch. And they knew that it was in need of some tender loving care.

Vaudeville stars Charles Ross and Mabel Fenton share the gravesite with Charlie’s nice Rita Ross and her husband, baseball player Mike Donlin. The footstones marking their graves were in bad shape—

sunken, askew, and covered in mold.

The Woolleys contacted the Museum to volunteer their firm’s professional services, pro bono. Peter got to work raising, leveling, and power-washing.

The Ross-Fenton family monument and the four footstones are now handsomely restored.

The gravesite is easy to find. It sits at the first intersection of the middle road into the cemetery, which is entered from Monmouth Road, just before the Rte. 36 intersection in West Long Branch.

Consider paying Mabel and Charlie a visit to see the restoration for yourself!

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ap quilts, baby quilts, table runners, place mats, ornaments, doll clothes, and knitted hats and scarves—all one-ofa-kind gifts, hand-made

by Museum artisans, just in time for holiday giving and home decorating.

Find these items at the Museum Shop, Holiday Weekend, Dec. 3 and 4. Shop the Museum for hand-crafted gifts at attractive prices.

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Justina Vickerman is the great-great-grandniece of Mabel Fenton, famed vaudevillian and co-owner of the Wanamassa nightclub Ross Fenton Farm. Justina works as a stage hand in Madison, Wisconsin. For 10 years, she was Stage Manager for the Children’s Theater of Madison and has credits in costume, prop, lighting and sound design, and play-writing.

I Remember . . .

Mabel Fenton (nee Ada Mae Towne)

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abel Fenton, turn-of-the-century vaudeville star and co-owner of legendary Ocean Township nightclub Ross Fenton Farm, was my great-great-grandaunt. Mabel Fenton was her stage name. She was born Ada Mae Towne in rural Michigan 151 years ago—so my memories of her are really memories of family stories about her. The stories were loving, full of glamour, and fascinating. And for me, their fascination has grown as I’ve poured through newspaper archives and family documents to learn more.

Ada’s kindness extended beyond her own family. She raised her husband’s two nieces, Marguerite and Blanche Herlehen (I’m still researching the correct spelling), as her own daughters. Both girls went on stage using the name Ross.

her generosity to her loved ones than of her fame.

My grandfather (Ada’s grandnephew) told of how she paid the mortgage off on her parents’ Michigan farm. I learned that her youngest brother Delbert and his wife were living with her in New Jersey when their second daughter was born. That other brothers stayed with her as well. That in 1900, her blind grandfather David Guemsey and her grandmother Achsah were living with her at Ross Fenton Farm.

“Ada” lives on

When Mabel met Charlie

I recently came across a 1913 article in the Cleveland Leader recounting, in his own words, how Charlie met Mabel.

It was Deadwood, S. Dak, 1887. Charlie was performing at a local “theater” that was A multi-talented family little more than an annex to a dance hall, Ada was one of six children, the only one door down from a gambling den.

“One day, the stage drew up before the daughter of Ralph Towne and Mary Ellen theater and out leaped the prettiest girl I Guernsey. They were a multi-talented family. had ever seen.” Mabel had arrived, misled Two of her brothers were portrait painters. by the theater operator who had promised Five of her nephews took to the stage for some her a leading role in a legitimate play. He part of their lives. (No one in the family has had loaned her the money for her ticket been able to find the name of their act).

Ada, as Mabel Fenton, was the star. She west and taken her trunk in payment.

Charlie came to the rescue, finding her and her husband Charlie Ross (born Charles lodging and demanding repayment from Kelly) headlined as the wildly popular comthe manager. Four days later, at 4 o’clock edy team Ross and Fenton in vaudeville This photo of Mabel Fenton was likely in the morning, Mabel and Charlie were houses across the country. sent to a family member since it is married by a justice of the peace. signed “Ada,” her given name.

Beloved by family “That was my courtship and the start For the last years of the 19th century and of my honeymoon. Last summer when we the first decades of the 20th, Mabel (Ada) and Charlie toured had our silver anniversary, over 600 came down to the farm the nation and retreated to their “farm” in Ocean Township to congratulate us. Over 250 stayed to dine with us. I believe in the summer. But wherever she was, her Michigan family in love at first sight and last sight and all the time between.” stayed near to Ada’s heart. Our family stories speak more of The family’s affection for Ada is evident in the number of female relatives named for her. Two of her brothers (including my great-great-grandfather Bion) christened their daughters “Ada.” And the name lives on. One of my cousins just announced that her soon-to-be-born granddaughter will be given “Ada” as one of her names!

Justina Vickerman

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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 basic membership with extra gifts. Their generosity boosts membership to more than 30% of our operating budget and helps fund our programs and exhibits. Thank you for your support, at whatever level. Every penny you give goes to running the Museum. Donations are tax deductible as allowed by law.

Platinum $1,000+ (3)

Kathy & Phil Parratt William Prihel Jeff & Melody Ragle Joseph & Sally Renzulli Daniel & Cornelia Skinner Gold $500+ (2) Patricia Harris Slaughter John Huss Paul & Carmel Smith Howard & Virginia Richmond Thomas & Sandra Steckbeck Frank & Claire Steimle Silver $250 + (5) Richard R. Stout Charles & Angela Alcott William & Jean Thompson Don & Diane Brockel Dorothy Dale Trumbower Ted & Peggy Dellinger Barbara & Guy Villapiano The Jeffries Family Foundation Howard & Carole White Dr. & Mrs. Libero Marx Renzulli Marianne Wilensky Woman’s Club of Asbury Park Benefactor $100+ (57) Wood Family William L. Barrett Wilma N. Wright Mike & Joan Berzansky Joan & Sanford Brown Patron $50 + (73) Lois & Steve Carton Rita Abrams Marie A. Curtis Bob & Linda Armstrong Pat & Delores D’Esposito Carlton R. & Nancy E. Bakley Ronald Danielson Joyce Barrett Randy Danielson & Aldo Suarez Susan Borea Jeanne Diamond Carolyn J. Brady Bonnie & Walter Dietz Jerry & Beth Brady John Durocher Andrew & Diane Brannen Paul & Marjorie Edelson Morton & Yvette Burke Mary Lou Feindt Mary Jane Celli Fred & Dolores Fraterrigo J. Anthony Covino Harry & Patty Grasso Barbara Davis Ira Haupt, II Virginia & Ed DeNoble Mary Hill Sue & Steve Edelson Steven D. & Winnie Howland Nancy Ehrlich Fenton & Barbara Hudson Lewis & Cindy Fisher Beverly & Steven Itell Joe & Susan Frankel Kay Jannarone Anne Freedman Renee & Bernie Karasic MaryEllen & Ted Gibbon Thomas Kenney Dorothy & Jerry Goodrich Robert & Lois Landis Abbie Carthy & Ron Gorsky Thom, Susie, Tommie & Colin Lavin Robert & Dallas Grove Gail Levenson Janice & Dave Hiers David Lipkin Nadine & Don Jeffrey William and Helen Litts Ellen W. Kale Nancy & Charles Manfredi Stan & Dolores Kolodjeski Tom & Anita Means Ira & Joan Kreizman Eleanor Millar Trudi & Bill Larkin Cliff & Pam Miller Catherine Lawrence Thomas & Paula Milmoe Bill & Sally Madden Monmouth Medical Center Kathy Manganelli Glenn & Peggy Morgan Claudio & Geralyn Marchini Bill & Sandy Mullaney Anthony & Maura Marrucca Jane E. Neuman Murray D. Marx Dorothy O’Donnell John & Eileen McCormack Joan C. Olson Raymond P. McKernan Patricia Cernigliaro Phyllis Fyfe Rosalie Harvey

Charles Meehan Larry Menditto Renate Mesnikoff George & Elvira Michals David Irwin Miller Sean & Catherine Moore D. Anita Nelson William & Donna Nurthen Phil & Beverly Palumbo Arthur & Anastasia Pappaylion Frank & Denise Parlamas Bess Peterson Karin Poorvin Jim & Sheryl Powers Anne K. Pulos Dorothy Schofield Felicia Serano Bob & Holly Simmen Mary Osborn Siver George & Jeannie Sofield Anne Marie & Gene Sparaco Robert W. Speck Robert W. Stewart Don & Vivian Stine Chryssa Telonidis Gypsy Tilton Patti Delaney & Frank Tomaino Marion E. Vogler Jason Watt Sally Carr Welch Phil & Betty Wilderotter Brenda & Marko Wityk Joan M. Wobser Frances Wolak George & Dianne Woolley Michael & Mary Woolley Linda Wright

Supporter $25+ (119) Tom & Lora Acerra Carol A. Allen John Altobello Joan Appleby Carl & Gerri Applegate ShirleyBailey William Ball Rosemary Baram Lois B. Barrett Linda & Robert Beauchamp Paul F. Benoit Janet Beringer Gayle Billows Heidi & Jack Bisbee Rich & Kathy Bisbee Michael Booth Maggie Boyce

Malcolm & Kathleen Brophy Arline Broza Don Bruno Carl & Ann Marie Cappadona Eric & Annmarie Capponi Joseph Carey Donna Cetrulo Stuart Chavis, DMD Barbara & John Coats Marie & David Dahrouge Susan & Joe DeAngelo Andrew Dorsett Anne Edelson Daniel Edelson Katherine Edward Nancy Emmons Dave & Maureen Enderly Maryann Farry Michael & Ellen Fiorentino Fran Fluhr Peggy Ann Foster Jim & Rose Frick John & Claire Garland Carin and Sol Greenspan Rosemary & Gerald Gregory Charles & June Griffitts Ellen Gulick Haacker Family Judy & Bob Hazelrigg Joan Heldreth Pamela & Allen Hirsh Historical Society of Ocean Grove Hlatky Family Lois F. Holden Barbara & Chris Hoppin Ralph & Claire Jeffers Edward M. Jeffrey Ken & Mary Johnson Sue & Ken Johnson Celeste Jones & Jenna Horner Charles P. Kachnoskie Jerome & Loretta Kessel JoAnne Krulikowski Fran Lambertson Thomas Landes Calvin W. Larkin Joal Leone Arlene Levenson Sandy & Larry Loefflad Kenneth & Arlene Lutz Heather & Susan MacDonald Diane Maher Marilyn H. Major John Mamula Ric & Carlene Martel

* Museum membership runs on the calendar year. If your gift is not listed, we apologize. It may be that it was made late in 2016 and applied to 2017.

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Above and Beyond, continued from page 6

Mark your calendar

Supporter $25+, continued Les & Suzi Mathis Nicole Mauro Jean McMaster Mary Ellen McNamara Barbara Metcalfe Marlyn Michaels Robert & Cheryl Miller Marjorie & Linn Mollenauer Madeline Molloy David H. Osborn Frank Pallone, Jr. Gloria J. Parisi Betty Pawlukanis Jean S. Perkins Michele Petito Charles & Gail Plumeri

June & Frank Pomilla Maria Pontones Bruce & Lois Pyle Mark Ratcliffe Jeanne C. Ribsam Ken & Tammi Richmond Marc & Judy Rubenstein Sarah Salmon Norma J. Shafto Stanley & Carole Shapiro Frances F. Shebell Stevie & Jon Shutman Marie Siciliano Margaret Simpson Alan & Bonnie Skolnik Wendy Sloter

Sandra & Milan Sowis Catherine T. Spalding Carl N. & Risa Steinberg Julia Telonidis Alice J. Timms Ruth M. VanHouten Thomas J. Vignola Madeline Walsh Phyllis Walters Patricia Whitney Robin Whitney Peter & Beth Woolley Virginia E. Woolley Kenneth D. Wright Milton & Clara Gee Ziment

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Ocean Township Society ($250) Ansell, Grimm & Aaron Dr. Thomas Rich

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Holiday Weekend and “Ross-Fenton” Mini-Exhibit Opening Saturday, Dec. 3 and Sunday, Dec. 4-Eden Woolley House. Handmade gifts, homemade goodies, quilt raffle.

Bus trip

New York Botanical Gardens Thursday, December 8.

January 1

es helps us maintain the Woolley House and offer a full calendar of events and programs.

Community Leader ($100-$249) Golda & Golda, CPAs Super Foodtown

District social studies faculty visits the Museum or the second year, the Social Studies teachers of Ocean Township’s intermediate and high schools held their October department meetings at the Eden Woolley House.

“The teachers approached me at the start of the school year and asked that we return to the Museum,” Department Supervisor Chris Wilson explained. “I receive the newsletter and knew the two current exhibits [“Presidents at the Shore” and Local Stories of the Civil War”] would be of particular interest.”

Judging from the reaction, he was right. After an overview of the “Presidents” exhibit, the teachers spent time in the galleries on their own. They left exploring ideas for collaboration—ways to

Coming Events

2017 Museum membership due

Thank you, Business Partners oin us in expressing our appreciation to our 2016 Business Partners. The generosity of these professionals and enterpris-

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tap the resources of the Museum to benefit their students.

Museum reopens after holidays Tuesday, January 3, 1-4

Private Gallery Tour Friday, February 10, 1 p.m.

A private talk on the “Presidents at the Shore” exhibit for Museum members, only. Call the Museum (732-531-2136) for reservations.

General Meeting and Speaker Event

“Submarines Off the Jersey Coast” Tuesday, March 14, 7:15--Oakhurst Schoolhouse Auditorium Military historian Joe Bilby shares the surprising story he and co-author Harry Ziegler document in their new book, A History of Submarine Warfare Along the Jersey Shore.

Holiday and Winter Hours The Museum closes for the holidays Tuesday, December 22 and reopens Tuesday January 10. We also close Thursday evenings for the winter beginning December 15, reopening Thursday evening March 16.

Supervisor of World Cultures Chris Wilson and 7th grade social studies teacher Julie Alexander at the Museum, Oct. 24.

Think Gift Memberships

Reminder

A gift membership to the Museum is a thoughtful (and tax deductible) gift for neighbors, family, and friends. Gift Membership Cards are available at the Museum Welcome Desk.

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.

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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Saturday and Sunday, December 3 and 4

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“Remembering Ross Fenton Farm�

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