Remebering OCBP Captain Oliver Muzslay 1941-2024
A Look Back By Fred Miller Oliver Muzslay, an Ocean City Beach Patrol legend, died on Oct. 4, 2024 at the age of 83. He joined the patrol in 1957, promoted to lieutenant in 1962, and he was appointed captain in 1983. He retired in 2000. The 2001 OCBP yearbook devoted...OCBP One Hundred Years Ago
A Look Back By Fred Miller “Finest and Safest Bathing Beach Along the New Jersey Coast” was the headline on the front page of the April 18, 1924, Ocean City Sentinel-Ledger. The article praised the efficiency of the local lifeguards. “Ocean...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....
