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The Resorter … Revisited – May 19, 2017
Summer of 1973 Volume XIX Edition 3 Issue Highlights Featured in Fran Huntt’s After Dark were Mary Jane Nelson and Dennis Swin-del, Paddock nite club; Fred Musiani, The Embers; Moe Galante, Pelican...
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The Resorter … Revisited – May 26, 2017
Summer of 1971 Volume XVI Edition 3 Issue Highlights • The Resorter Girl this week was Kathy Forbes, who was also featured in Hess Apparel’s full-page advertisement. • New for the summer at Mr. and...
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The Resorter … Revisited – June 2, 2017
Season of 1959 Volume V Edition 7 Issue Highlights Manager Bob Harman welcomed guests to the Sea Scape Motel, “The Finest Ocean City has to offer,” according to its advertisement. The ad copy read,...
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Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – June 2, 2017
Georgia native Jodie “Joe” Thrasher, Sr. came to Ocean City in 1930 to run a baseball pitching machine game in the Pier building. He didn’t begin his French fry stand until 1939 when he began cooking...
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Summer of 1971 Volume XVII Edition 5 Issue Highlights • At Davis Promotions’ Rod and Custom Show at the OC Convention Show, “The Original Corvette” was being featured with $1,000 in prize money and...
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Season of 1972 Volume XVIII Edition 12 Issue Highlights This week’s “Resorter Girl” was Sally Lester. Photo by Dale Timmons. Weekly rentals at the Three Cheers Condominium on 31st Street and Balti-more...
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The Resorter … Revisited – June 16, 2017
Summer of 1962 Volume VIII Edition 8 Issue Highlights This week’s “Resorter Girl” was Sandra Glee Miller (Jones). An editorial, “Pride In A Job,” read, “Perhaps the dulllest, most unrewarding job in...
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The Resorter … Revisited – June 23, 2017
Summer of 1961 Volume VII Edition 5 Issue Highlights In his column, “The Boardwalk Parade,” Editor Dick Lohmeyer wrote, “Mr. Dan Trimper gets as much pleasure out of watching the youngsters ride the...
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The Resorter … Revisited – June 30, 2017
Summer of 1975 Volume XXI Edition 7 Issue Highlights This 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...
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The Resorter … Revisited – July 7, 2017
Summer of 1965 Volume XI Edition 7 Issue Highlights An editorial opined, “The thing is the entire beach is there for public use and no one has the right to reserve a choice area as the beach umbrella...
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The Resorter … Revisited – July 14, 2017
Summer of 1979 Volume XXIV Edition 11 Issue Highlights This week’s “Resorter Girl” was 19-year-old Jean McVeigh, an Arnold, Md., resident who took part in the Miss Maryland-USA Beauty Pageant held in...
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The Resorter … Revisited – July 21, 2017
Summer of 1955 Volume 1 Edition 1 Issue Highlights This was the first issue ever of The Resorter. The covers in the early days of The Resorter were quite different than the later years. At this time,...
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The Resorter … Revisited – July 28, 2017
Summer of 1978 Volume XXIV Edition 8 Issue Highlights This issue’s “Resorter Girl” was April Dalrymple. Located in the 45th Street Village, Jill Higgings Tennis Unlimited was holding its 1st Annual End...
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The Resorter … Revisited – August 4, 2017
Summer of 1971 Volume XVII Edition 5 Issue Highlights This week’s “Resorter Girl” was Anita Smith. John, Tommy and Nicholas Arrington were inviting guests to their Ocean Park Motel. Tapped to perform...
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The Resorter … Revisited – August 11, 2017
Summer of 1970 Volume XVI Edition 3 Oceanfront 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 – August 18, 2017
Summer of 1965 Volume XI Edition 6 Issue Highlights Host John Dale Showell III invited guests to his Castle in the Sand Apartment Motel, which was featuring free umbrellas and lounge chairs and fully...
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The Resorter Revisited – August 25, 2017
Summer of 1975 Volume XXIV Edition 6 Issue Highlights This week’s Resorter girl was Sharon Brudnicki, a 22-year-old Milwaukee native. The Carousel Center Hotel on 118th Street was stressing location in...
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The Resorter Revisited – September 1, 2017
Summer of 1967 Volume XIII Edition 2 Issue Highlights “The newest, most modern lanes on the shore” was marketing the new Ocean Lanes on 71st Street. In Dick Lohmeyer’s Salty Spray column were a number...
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The Resorter … Revisited – September 8, 2017
Summer of 1975 Volume XXI Edition 4 Issue Highlights •Captain 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...
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The Resorter … Revisited – September 15, 2017
Summer of 1972 Volume XXIII Edition 5 Issue Highlights • The Caliban Corporation was advertising its latest oceanfront condominium, High Point North, on 112th Street. Prices for one- and two-bedroom...
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