Remembering the Park Theatre fire
A Look Back By Fred Miller “Park Fire Loss Set at $75,000” was the headline on the September 12, 1930, Ocean City Sentinel-Ledger. The article reported, “Less than 48 hours (after) it had closed for the season, the Park Theatre, at Park Place and the Boardwalk, was...The Excursion House, Ocean City’s first amusement park
A Look Back at Ocean City By Fred Miller All the amusement centers on the boardwalk trace their roots to the Excursion House. It was built in the spring of 1886 by Anderson Bourgeois for the Ocean City Excursion Company. The company was headed by Ezra B. Lake, S....When Dr. Booker T Washington visited Ocean City
By Fred Miller One hundred and ten years ago, Dr. Booker T. Washington, the most prominent African- American leader and educator in the United States, visited Ocean City. He arrived by the Pennsylvania Railroad shortly before noon on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 1914. He was...Ocean City Beach Patrol Hall of Fame inducts new members
A Look Back By Fred Miller The Ocean City Beach Patrol celebrated its 126th anniversary at their annual Reunion/Hall of Fame Party on August 10 at the American Legion Post, 4562 West Avenue. This summer OCBP Alumni directors Jack Brooks and Vince Hink inducted the...Ocean City lifeguards shine at the 1936 Democratic National Convention
A Look Back By Fred Miller Eighty-eight years ago, the 1936 Democratic National Convention was held in Philadelphia. The chairman of the huge event was John B. Kelly, a longtime supporter of the Ocean City Beach Patrol. Kelly used the national stage as a place to show...
