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The Resorter … Revisited – May 3, 2019
Summer of 1970Volume XVIEdition 6Issue HighlightsThis week’s “Resorter Girl” was Diana Holmes, who was also featured in the Hess Apparel full-page ad.Hosts Mr. and Mrs. R. Marbury Stamp invited guests...
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The Resorter … Revisited – May 24, 2019
Summer of 1972Volume XVIEdition 2Issue HighlightsAt this time, Ames Discount Department Stores were advertising specials at three locations — Seaford, Del., Salisbury and Pocomoke City.Among Dick...
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The Resorter … Revisited – May 31, 2019
Summer of 1977Volume XXIIIEdition 7Issue HighlightsThis week’s “Resorter Girl” was Linda Dilks from Wilmington, Del. She was 22 years old and spending her summer working as a waitress at the...
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The Resorter … Revisited – June 7, 2019
Summer of 1961Volume VIIEdition 6Issue HighlightsNew this year at Frontier Town was the Longhorn Saloon & Beef House.The Diplomat Motor Hotel on 26th Street billed itself as “Ocean City’s Smartest...
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The Resorter … Revisited – June 14, 2019
Summer of 1963Volume VIIIIEdition 10Issue HighlightsAn editorial, “The Vacant 8 Months,” read, “Late last spring the Mayor and Council were practically forced into hiring a much needed publicity man...
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The Resorter … Revisited – June 21, 2019
Summer of 1977Volume XXIIIEdition 1Issue HighlightsThis week’s “Resorter Girl” was Diane McCall of Baltimore.The Surf and Sands Motel and the Satellite Resort Motel were teamed as “The Ocean Motels”...
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The Resorter … Revisited – June 28, 2019
Summer of 1956Volume IIEdition 4Issue HighlightsBill’s Famous Ship Café on 14thStreet offered the following, according to an ad: cocktail lounge, bar, dining room, Maine lobsters, efficiency...
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The Resorter … Revisited – July 5, 2019
Summer of 1965Volume IXEdition 6Issue HighlightsThis week’s “Resorter Girl” was Terri Steele, who was also featured in Hess Apparel’s full-page ad.New at Frontier Town this year was a prairie dog...
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The Resorter … Revisited – July 12, 2019
Summer of 1960Volume VIEdition 4Issue HighlightsBernies on Baltimore Avenue was selling beach umbrellas for $7.95, beach chairs for $1.49 and surf mats for $4.95.Jarvis Realtor was announcing “Mallard...
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The Resorter … Revisited – July 19, 2019
Summer of 1959Volume VEdition 1Issue HighlightsSome of the new enhancements made to private sector businesses before the 1959 season was “a complete rebuilding program with new units being added on...
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The Resorter Revisited – July 26, 2019
Summer of 1977Volume XXIIIEdition 5Issue HighlightsSome notable conventions planned for the rest of the year in Ocean City included The Maryland Oil Jobbers Council, Sheraton; Square Dancing–OC...
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The Resorter Revisited – August 2, 2019
Summer of 1971Volume XVIEdition No. 13Issue HighlightsThis week’s “Resorter Girl” was Ann Nugent (the boy was not identified).The Aqua Thrill Circus was about to begin its nightly run at Ocean City...
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The Resorter Revisited – August 9, 2019
Summer of 1972Volume XVIIIEdition No. 4Issue HighlightsThe Resorter cover girl this week was Beth Lauden of Parkersburg, W.Va.Caliban Corporation announced the selling of High Point North on 112th...
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The Resorter Revisited – August 16, 2019
Summer of 1978Volume XXIVEdition 3Issue HighlightsThis week’s “Resorter Girl” was Terry Wooten.An ad featuring Ames Discount Department Stores promoted two stores – one on Route 50 in Berlin and...
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The Resorter Revisited – August 23, 2019
Summer of 1972Volume XVIIIEdition 7Issue HighlightsRow boat rentals were available from Capt. William Bunting & Son on Talbot Street.Weekly rentals for $175 were being offered at Three Cheers...
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The Resorter Revisited – August 30, 2019
Summer of 1968Volume XIVEdition 1Issue HighlightsThis week’s Resorter Girl was Susan Richardson, who was also featured in the Hess Apparel full-page ad.English’s Chicken & Steak House was open for...
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The Resorter Revisited – September 6, 2019
Summer of 1971Volume XVIIEdition 1This was the first year in 18 that The Resorter published 15 issues rather than the usual seven.Singer Jimmy Holmes was set to perform at the Ships Café Lounge for...
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The Resorter … Revisited – September 13, 2019
Summer of 1962Volume VIIIEdition 6Issue HighlightsThe Frontier Town Can-Can show featured dancers from the Broadway show “Oklahoma!”With 280 rooms, the Plimhimmon Hotel on the Boardwalk at 2nd Street...
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The Resorter … Revisited – September 20, 2019
Summer of 1979Volume XXVEdition 6Issue HighlightsJean Bourne, 19, Miss Maryland USA, posed for the cover of this issue. Borne studied radio and television at the University of Maryland to one day be a...
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The Resorter … Revisited – September 27, 2019
Summer of 1973Volume XIXEdition 7Issue HighlightsOcean City’s newest pharmacy, Fenwick Pharmacy, was celebrating its opening in the Resort Shopping Plaza on 143rd Street.A case if Schmidt’s in...
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The Resorter … Revisited – October 4, 2019
Summer of 1969Volume XIVEdition 6Issue HighlightsHastings Real Estate listed for $42,000 a four-bedroom cottage 75 yards from the ocean.Welsh Drug on 22nd Street was offering 48-hour “Kodachrome...
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The Resorter … Revisited – October 11, 2019
Summer of 1971Volume XVIIEdition 5Issue HighlightsAt Davis Promotions’ Rod and Custom Show at the OC Convention Show, “The Original Corvette” was being featured with $1,000 in prize money and trophies...
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The Resorter … Revisited – October 18, 2019
Summer of 1962Volume VIIIEdition 4Issue HighlightsBeginning on Friday July, 6, Ocean Downs Raceway hosted nine races every night.Ocean City Day Camp offered vacationing parents a vacation from their...
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The Resorter … Revisited – October 25, 2019
Summer of 1965Volume XIEdition 2Issue HighlightsIn his City Hall Report, Councilman C.H. Shuey wrote, “Since you were here last summer, Ocean City has come of age – no longer is it a narrow strip of...
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The Resorter … Revisited – November 1, 2019
Summer of 1970Volume XVIEdition 5Issue HighlightsThis week’s “Resorter Girl” was Nancy Arenzm who was sporting Villager Swimwear.Mr. and Mrs. R. Marbury Stamp invited guests to their North Winds Motel...
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Summer of 1972Volume XVIIIEdition 9Issue HighlightsA new seawall was under construction at the Inlet. The 300-day job was estimated to cost $374,535, or $1,250 a day. The new structure, replacing a...
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The Resorter … Revisited – November 29, 2019
Summer of 1968Volume XIVEdition 5Kathleen Harman of the Ocean Mecca motel was praised with the “Prettiest Lobby Award” in the Salt Spray column. Ocean Mecca’s lobby boasted Tiffany lamps, Indian...
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The Resorter … Revisited – October 20, 2017
Summer of 1977Volume XXIIIEdition 7Issue HighlightsThis week’s “Resorter Girl” was Linda Dilks from Wilmington, Del. She was 22 years old and spending her summer working as a waitress at the...
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The Resorter … Revisited – October 27, 2017
Summer of 1961Volume VIIEdition 6Issue HighlightsNew this year at Frontier Town was the Longhorn Saloon & Beef House.The Diplomat Motor Hotel on 26th Street billed itself as “Ocean City’s Smartest...
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The Resorter … Revisited – November 3, 2017
Summer of 1963Volume VIIIIEdition 10Issue Highlights• An editorial, “The Vacant 8 Months,” read, “Late last spring the Mayor and Council were practically forced into hiring a much needed publicity man...
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The Resorter… Revisited – November 10, 2017
Summer of 1977Volume XXIIIEdition 1Issue HighlightsThis week’s “Resorter Girl” was Diane McCall of Baltimore.The Surf and Sands Motel and the Satellite Resort Motel were teamed as “The Ocean Motels”...
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The Resorter… Revisited – November 17, 2017
Summer of 1971Volume XVIIIssue 7ISSUE HIGHLIGHTSThis 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...
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The Resorter … Revisited – November 24, 2017
Summer of 1979Volume XXIVEdition 7Issue HighlightsThis 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...
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The Resorter … Revisited – June 29, 2018
Summer of 1961 Volume VII Edition 6Issue HighlightsNew this year at Frontier Town was the Longhorn Saloon & Beef House.The Diplomat Motor Hotel on 26th Street billed itself as “Ocean City’s...
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The Resorter … Revisited – July 6, 2018
Summer of 1967Volume XIIIEdition 5Issue 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...
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The Resorter … Revisited – July 13, 2018
Summer of 1975Volume XXIEdition 3Issue HighlightsAt the Longhorn Steak House on the Boardwalk at 15th Street, an eight-ounce Filet Mignon dinner was going for $4.95.At this time, A&P had three...
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The Resorter … Revisited – July 20, 2018
Summer of 1975Volume XXIEdition VIIssue HighlightsThis week’s Resorter Girl was 22-year-old Diane Simpson, an Ocean City resident who spent the summer of 1975 working as a cocktail waitress at the...
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The Resorter … Revisited – July 27, 2018
Summer of 1963Volume VIIIEdition 6Issue HighlightsThis week’s model for the Hess Apparel store on 9th Street’s full-page ad was Genevieve Sapia.The Syl-Mar Shop was advertising “Buy It Where You Wear...
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The Resorter … Revisited – August 3, 2018
Summer of 1961Volume VIIEdition 7Issue HighlightsThe Diplomat Motor Hotel on the Boardwalk at 26th Street was calling itself “Ocean City’s Smartest Holiday Address.”An editorial, headlined “A Glass of...
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The Resorter … Revisited – August 10, 2018
Season of 1977Volume XXIIIEdition 6Issue HighlightsThis week’s “Resorter Girl” was Balti-more resident Dottie Caldwell, who was 21 years old when pictured.Herb Reed of the Original Platters was...
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The Resorter … Revisited – August 17, 2018
Season of 1977Volume XXIIIEdition 5Issue HighlightsThis week’s “Resorter Girl” was Kim Seibert, 21, of Devon, Pa., who was spending her summer working at the Sheraton in Ocean City.Two hours of free...
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The Resorter … Revisited – August 24, 2018
Summer of 1971Volune XVIIEdition 5Issue HighlightsThis week’s “Resorter Girl” was Anita Smith.John, Tommy and Nicholas Arrington were inviting guests to their Ocean Park Motel.Tapped to perform at...
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The Resorter … Revisited – August 31, 2018
Summer of 1967Volune XIIIEdition 4Issue Highlights•This week’s “Resorter Girl” was Margaret Norman, who was also featured in Hess Apparel’s ad marketing its 9th Street store.•Frontier Town, at this...
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The Resorter … Revisited – September 7, 2018
Summer of 1969Volume XVIIEdition 2Issue HighlightsHastings Real Estate Inc. listed an one-bedroom oceanfront condominium for sale for $19,950, including “wall to wall carpet” and “paneled walls.”A...
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The Resorter … Revisited – September 14, 2018
Summer of 1970Volume XVIEdition 3Oceanfront apartments were renting from $125 to $400 per week at the Caliban at 67th Street.John Rolfe, Lloyd Lewis, Dave Hazzard and Bernie Rodden were manning the...
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The Resorter … Revisited – September 21, 2018
Summer of 1975Volume XXIEdition 7Issue HighlightsThis week’s Resorter Girl was Nancy Spires, who was spending her summer working as a desk clerk at the Sheraton.At this time, Sea View Beach Shoppes...
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The Resorter … Revisited – September 28, 2018
Summer of 1975Volume XXIVEdition 6Issue HighlightsThis week’s Resorter girl was Sharon Brudnicki, a 22-year-old Milwaukee native.The Carousel Center Hotel on 118th Street was stressing location in its...
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The Resorter … Revisited – October 5, 2018
Summer of 1975Volume XXIEdition 4Issue HighlightsCaptain Bill Bunting’s Restaurant and Marina on Talbot Street and the bay opened at 5 a.m. every day.Sixteen varieties of pancakes was offered till 2...
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The Resorter … Revisited – November 2, 2018
Summer of 1972Volume XVIIIEdition 5Issue HighlightsThe Caliban Corporation was advertising its latest oceanfront condominium, High Point North, on 112th Street. Prices for one- and two-bedroom units...
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The Resorter … Revisited – November 23, 2018
Summer of 1972Volume XVIIIEdition 7Issue HighlightsInitial offering prices for two-bedroom, two-bath units in the new Oceana Oceanfront Condominiums were advertised at $44,000. Spring 1973 occupancy...
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