A Look Back
By Fred Miller
The 77th annual Margate World War II Memorial Lifeguard Championship will be held Friday, August 4, 2023 on the Decatur Avenue beach in Margate. The doubles rowing race will start at 6:30 p.m.
As the Ocean City Beach Patrol celebrates its 125th anniversary they remember their past. Bob Harbaugh was OCBP’s first Margate champion. He won the 1948 singles rowing event, after Jim Macallister and Frank Schiesser placed second in the doubles rowing race giving Ocean City the team title in the 3rd annual tournament.
The following Ocean City lifeguards have won at Margate: Quinn Cassidy, Sid Cassidy, Charles Bowman, Tim Broderick, Kevin Daly, Aaron Eckstein, Ted Evans, Bill Fallon, Ron Kirk, Dan Garbutt, Matt Garbutt, Bob Harbaugh, Scott Heery, John Herron, Marty Jackson, Dave Lill, Paul Mangen, John Millar, Chris Oves, Tom Oves, John Ridgway, Joe Sheffer, Tom Stephanik, Rocky Weber, Chip Weichec, Bruce Wigo, and Peter Wright.
Many of these champions will be attending the 125th OCBP anniversary celebration on Saturday, August 12, 2023. It will begin at 5:30 p.m. in the Ocean City Historical Museum, 1735 Siimpson Avenue, and at 7 o’clock move to the American Legion Post, 4562 West Avenue. Reservations are not required—show up ready to celebrate the Ocean City Beach Patrol’s history.
