A Look Back at Ocean City
By Fred Miller
Seventy-eight years ago, November 11, 1945, Ocean City’s annual Armistice Day ceremonies were led by Mayor Clyde W. Struble. The program was held on the lawn of City Hall in front of the World War I monument and the World War II Honor Roll.
Struble began the program expressing optimism as to Ocean City’s future in a world again free of war: “After all, we are a family resort where people own their homes, and come to visit with us each year during the summer months. Peace will find us continuing to grow along the same lines of family atmosphere and home ownership as have marked our progress in the past.”
Struble ended his speech saying, “We should be deeply thankful that the end has finally come, whereby our boys who risked their lives to fight a treacherous enemy can return to their homes, and we can all begin thinking of getting back to the American way of life.”
Commissioner Henry Roeser Jr. and Commissioner Edwardl B. Bowker read the names of the men who lost their lives during World War II.
The program ended with the singing of God Bless America.
The following Ocean City men who died in the service of America were remembered on Armistice Day:
World War I—Wesley R. Cordery. Lawrence Russell Henry, Nicholas Impaliazzo, Abram N. Morgan, Elmer E. Ranck;
World War II—Seymour Arnold, Norman Blackman, Robert M. Breckley, William Blair, Arthur M. Bryan, Edward Clark, Harry P. Clark, John Collins, William Fehrle, Edgar Ferguson, Richard H. Fife, Joseph A. Foglio, Harry V. Fraser, Robert Fullager, Edmund Eliason Jr., John R. Groves, Allen S. Herring, Bertram Hillman Jr., Hugh A. Jack, Delbert James, Raymond L. Jones, Edward J. Lawson, Delmar J. Leach, Peter P. Migliaccio, John M. Mintzer, Edgar D. Morris Jr., Byron Nichols, John O’Brien, Anthony Paone Jr., Robert G. Powell, Harry G. Ross, Oliver Sack, Charles E. Selby, James M. Stevens Jr;, Harold C. Sumpter, Harry Thorpe Jr., J. Richard Townsend, Stanley C. Townsend, Thomas H. Turner, John C. Watchko;
