Summer of 1972 Volume XXIII Edition 5 Issue Highlights • The Caliban Corporation was advertising its latest oceanfront condominium, High Point North, on 112th Street. Prices for one- and two-bedroom units began at under $40,000. • Featured in the “Many Faces of Ocean City” were Mary Gunion, South Moon Under; Ronnie Bassett, Parker Real Estate;… Read more »
Summer of 1975 Volume XXI Edition 4 Issue Highlights •Captain Bill Bunting’s Restaurant and Marina on Talbot Street and the bay opened at 5 a.m. every day. •Sixteen varieties of pancakes was offered till 2 p.m. at the Stokes’ Steak & Sea “behind the pumps” on 67th Street. •Owners/Managers Bill and Jean Fleming invited guests… Read more »
Summer of 1967 Volume XIII Edition 2 Issue Highlights “The newest, most modern lanes on the shore” was marketing the new Ocean Lanes on 71st Street. In Dick Lohmeyer’s Salty Spray column were a number of tidbits, including this: “pity poor Halcolm Bailey. Since the remodeling of the beautiful new 8th Street Bailey’s Drug Store, Halcolm, like… Read more »
Summer of 1975 Volume XXIV Edition 6 Issue Highlights This week’s Resorter girl was Sharon Brudnicki, a 22-year-old Milwaukee native. The Carousel Center Hotel on 118th Street was stressing location in its full-page ad. “Out of this world is up at 118th Street … Out of this world is not far away.” Two bedroom luxury suites were… Read more »
Summer of 1965 Volume XI Edition 6 Issue Highlights Host John Dale Showell III invited guests to his Castle in the Sand Apartment Motel, which was featuring free umbrellas and lounge chairs and fully equipped kitchens. Alongside Paul’s Tackle Shop at the corner of St. Louis Ave. and Talbot Street was Paul’s Aqua Shop, specializing… Read more »
Summer of 1970 Volume XVI Edition 3 Oceanfront apartments were renting from $125 to $400 per week at the Caliban at 67th Street John Rolfe, Lloyd Lewis, Dave Hazzard and Bernie Rodden were manning the phones and the sales at Resort Realty on 26th Street. Mr. and Mrs. R. Marbury Stamp were serving as hosts at the… Read more »
Summer of 1971 Volume XVII Edition 5 Issue Highlights This week’s “Resorter Girl” was Anita Smith. John, Tommy and Nicholas Arrington were inviting guests to their Ocean Park Motel. Tapped to perform at Ocean City Convention Hall for the remainder of 1971 and early 1972 were Woody Herman, Tex Beneke, Ray McKinley, Guy Lombardo, Les… Read more »
Summer of 1978 Volume XXIV Edition 8 Issue Highlights This issue’s “Resorter Girl” was April Dalrymple. Located in the 45th Street Village, Jill Higgings Tennis Unlimited was holding its 1st Annual End of Season Closing Sale this month. Sound Waves in the Gold Coast Mall was offering LP’s, 8-Tracks and cassettes. With locations in Ocean… Read more »
Summer of 1955 Volume 1 Edition 1 Issue Highlights This was the first issue ever of The Resorter. The covers in the early days of The Resorter were quite different than the later years. At this time, it was published by Wm. A. Dryden and owned by the Eastern Shore Times. Miss Ocean City 1955 was… Read more »
Summer of 1979 Volume XXIV Edition 11 Issue Highlights This week’s “Resorter Girl” was 19-year-old Jean McVeigh, an Arnold, Md., resident who took part in the Miss Maryland-USA Beauty Pageant held in Ocean City in March of 1979. An article on real estate in Ocean City included Mallard Island, which “consists of homes in the… Read more »