Summer of 1971Volume XVIEdition 3Issue Highlights• The Resorter Girl this week was Kathy Forbes, who was also featured in Hess Apparel’s full-page advertisement.• New for the summer at Mr. and Mrs. L.W. Moore’s Gateway Motel on 48th Street was the addition of five-channel color televisions to the rooms and telephones in all units.• Among… Read more »
Summer of 1973Volume XIXEdition 3Issue HighlightsFeatured in Fran Huntt’s After Dark were Mary Jane Nelson and Dennis Swin-del, Paddock nite club; Fred Musiani, The Embers; Moe Galante, Pelican Grille; Brent Woodall and Rob Greenberg, the Pier; and Bobby Plegert and Ed Bradley, the Hurricane.The Sandpiper Restaurant was offering cocktails seven days a week on 33rd… Read more »
Summer of 1958Volume IVEdition 1Issue HighlightsBill’s Famous Ship Café, located at 14th Street and Synepuxent Bay, was open from 6 a.m.-2 a.m. and home to the New Bill Jim, which was billed as the “Fastest Boat in Ocean City Marlin Fleet.”A story, headlined “New Buildings, Projects Spotlight 1959 Season,” included mentions of the new Ocean City… Read more »
Summer of 1963Volume XIVEdition 8Issue HighlightsDaniel Trimper Real Estate on 9th Street and Baltimore Ave. was advertising Captain’s Hill in West Ocean City. It was marketed as, “The gracious new waterfront community boasting Ocean City’s perfect blend of smart summer and year around homes.”An editorial, headlined “The Vacant 8 Months,” read, “Late last spring the… Read more »
Summer of 1979Volume XXIVEdition 6Issue Highlights•This week’s “Resorter Girl” was Lisa Coffman, a 20-year-old Baltimore resident who was working at Phillips Crab House during the summer of 1979.•Gabriel’s on the Ocean was serving breakfast and lunch inside the Dunes Motel on 27th Street.•The Wharf on 128th Street was offering 20-cent clam or oyster on the… Read more »
Summer of 1964Volume XEdition 1Issue HighlightsThe new Royal Palm Court on the bay at 12th Street was unveiled in an advertisement.Courtesy of Herbert Berger Ltd. Sportswear of Ocean City, the Lifeguard of the Week was Bill Marshall Jr.Bailey’s Drug Store on 8th Street was featuring Russell Stover candies, Wilkerson blades, fountain service, beach supplies, cosmetics… Read more »
Summer of 1979 Volume XXIV Edition 7Issue Highlights• This week’s “Resorter Girl” was 21-year-old Kim Waters, who was a waitress at the Hayloft this summer and was planning to travel to New York City to pursue a modeling career. She was photographed in Fenwick Island by Mark Bernard.• Jarvis Real Estate was advertising “only five… Read more »
Summer of 1969 Volume XVII Edition 2Issue Highlights• Hastings Real Estate Inc. listed a one-bedroom oceanfront condominium for sale for $19,950, including “wall to wall carpet” and “paneled walls.” • A free coupon for the Sky Monorail was included in the bayfront Playland Amusement Park’s ad on 65th Street. • In his After Dark column,… Read more »
Summer of 1971Volume XVIIIssue 7ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS This week’s “Resorter Girl” was Althea Rutherford, who was also featured in a full-page advertisement from Hess Apparel, which had a store on 9th Street and the Boardwalk at this time. Jolly Roger, which called itself “The Family Playground” at this time, was where the Arnold Palmer Putting Green… Read more »
Summer of 1965Volume XIEdition 2Issue HighlightsBobby Baker’s Carousel was calling itself the “most luxurious year around resort motel on the coast.”Welsh Pharmacy on 28th Street was happy to announce it was now an “authorized Kodak dealer.”In his customary blunt ways, Editor Dick Lohmeyer’s After Dark began, “So summer has arrived. The cobwebs of winter have… Read more »