Township of Ocean Historical Museum163 Monmouth Road, Oakhurst New Jersey 07755(732) 531-2136

August 4, 2004Volume 19, No. 3

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Tuesday, August 247:30 PM

GENERAL MEETING FOR ALL MEMBERSAuditorium, Old Oakhurst Schoolhouse.

Sunday, September 12 6 PM

Museum’s 20th Anniversary Dinner Deal Golf & Country Club

Saturday, October 2 Ocean Township Community CelebrationCommittee presents “Fall Fest”

Friday, Saturday & SundayDecember 3, 4, & 5

Annual Exhibit - “The Sixties, A Decade of Change”

VISIT OUR BRAND NEW WEBSITEwww.oceanmuseum.org

Thank you to Doc Richmond for his many hours spentbuilding our new website. Also thanks to Verizon forthe e-grant to finance the website.

MUSEUM’S ANNIVERSARY DINNER JOIN THE CELEBRATION 1984-2004

SUPPORT THE VISION: Restoration of the Woolley House

Hurry, reservations are going fast but there’s still timeto join our celebration on Sunday, September 12. Onthis occasion we will recognize our founding membersand those members whose leadership brought us tothis 20th anniversary. Our special guest of honor willbe Senator Joseph A. Palaia who has always had adeep interest in preserving Ocean Township’s historyand who obtained a $100,000 legislative grant for therestoration of the Woolley House.

A patron page will be included in our Dinner Journal.For $25.00 your name or one line greeting will beincluded supporting the restoration of the WoolleyHouse. So whether or not you plan to attend thedinner celebration, be sure to send a check to theMuseum to have your name added to all the otherson the patron page.

Tickets for the dinner are $55.00 per person, whichincludes 2 hours of cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, dinnerand dessert. Send in your reservation and checktoday. Call 732-531-9187 for further information.Deadline for reservations is August 25, 2004.

DUESOnce gain we thank all those members who havepaid their dues for the year. Dues are $10.00 for anindividual or household, $25.00 patron, and $100.00benefactor.The Museum gratefully acknowledges the followingmembers as Patrons for the year 2004.

Joan & Mike Berzansky Kathi BradyMabel Brockel Sandy & Joan BrownGeorge Cook Jr. Anthony & Mary CovinoJulia Davidow Peggy & Ted DellingerTom & Lesley Dorsett Fran FluhrPhyllis Fyfe James & Sylvia GarryTina Gordon Barbara GouldRon Gorsky & Abbie Carthy Rosalie HarveyNancy Oster Heydt Oliver & Millicent HerbertBeverly & Stephen Itell Joan & Ira KreizmanJean Kotch Robert & Lois LandisWilliam F. Larkin Kathy & Paul ManganelliMary Ellen McNamara Marian & Al MearnsGene & Fran Minor Kathy ParrattElizabeth Pawlukanis Rebecca & Art ReillyVirginia & Doc Richmond Ed & Barbara SchmidtJim & Felicia Serano Janet & Hoody SextonStevie Shutman Paul & Carmel SmithSusan Spengeman Marie A. SylvesterHelen C. Tantum Sharon & Jason WattCharles K. Wells Joan Carmody Wobster

ANNUAL EXHIBIT DEC 3, 4 & 5.

The exhibit committee is working on this year’stheme, “The Sixties, A Decade of Change.” If youhave any interesting photos or artifacts from the1960s that we might borrow for the December exhibit,please call the museum at 732-531-2136 or GinnyRichmond at 732-531-4295. Thank you.

Our talented Quilters Group under the direction ofMarge Edelson will soon complete another lovelyqueen-size quilt called, ‘The Flower Garden.’ In thenear future, the raffle ticket chairpersons will beassembling our annual mailing of raffle tickets for ourmembers. This is the only time during the year thatwe call upon all of our members to assist yourmuseum with this very important fundraising effort.Please do your best to sell or purchase at least onebook of raffle tickets. If you can sell more, we will bedelighted to provide you with them. Many of ourmembers sold multiple numbers of books in ourprevious raffles. Last year we sold a total of 3616raffle tickets = $3,616.00. Please help us beat lastyear’s record. We have 4500 total tickets to sell.

HISTORY OF THE NEW LIBRARY SITE

Some museum members have been researching thehistory of the land and buildings on the Deal Road siteof Ocean Township’s new library. The Stucile Farmsign, thought to be long gone, was located in anAllenhurst antique shop by Museum Trustee, MargeEdelson. The sign has been completely restored andwill be preserved. The property was called StucileFarm by the Ira Haupt family when they were theowners from 1931 to 1964

In 1964 the Haupt family sold the property to EmanuelTerner and the property was then called Poplar BrookFarm. Two signs hung at the entrance on Deal Roadfor many years. These signs have been thoroughlycleaned and will also be preserved.

Watch for more about the history of this site when our new library opens.