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unprecedented and perhaps unmatched time of celebration, gratitude, and joy. Housing shortages, unemployment, labor strife, and civil injustices faced the nation. But for a few weeks, the country could put its challenges aside and rejoice in the war’s end and the return of loved ones.

Our “Home for the Holidays” week-end captures the spirit. •A mini-exhibit contrasts the bitter-

sweet war year holidays with the exuberance of 1945.

•War-era model trains, doll houses, andtoysfilltheOurTownGallery.

• AHolidayShopandBakery--filledwith one-of-a-kind, handmade crafts (perfect for gift-giving) and home-made goodies to eat and share--take

At no time were the separationandsacrificesofWorld War II more acutely felt than at Christmas. In the four years--from the December 7, 1941 attack

on Pearl Harbor to the surrender of Japa-nese forces in August 1945, the country struggled to keep the spirit of the season alive despite shortages, uncertainties, and missing loved ones.

Imaginethen,thejoyofthefirstpost-war Christmas celebrations. Better yet,joinusthefirstweekendofDecem-ber when the Woolley House is trans-formed to tell the story of “Home for the Holidays, 1945.”

For two days, 11 to 4, Saturday and Sunday, December 1 and 2, the Museum becomes a stage for telling the story of the local homefront and recreating the joy of Christmas and Hanukkah, 1945.

It was an extraordinary time in our history. At war’s end, the U.S. govern-ment went to heroic lengths to get GIs long separated from loved ones home for the holidays. “Operation Magic Carpet” returned tens of thousands of GIs from Europe and Asia. “Operation Santa Claus” expedited their discharge.

Veteransfilledtheairportsandthetrainandbusstationstooverflow-ing in their rush to get home. Strangers hosted stranded veterans. Neighbors reached out to those who had lost loved ones.Forthefirsttimeinyears,goodsonce needed to supply the warfront were becoming available on the homefront.

Hanukkah, 1945, fell early and was celebrated on November 29. It held specialsignificanceforfamiliesinlightofthe horrors of the Holocaust.

The holidays of 1945 were an

“Home for the Holidays, 1945” Exhibit, Saturday and Sunday, December 1 and 2

Museum transformed for two days

HeritageThe Township of Ocean Historical Museum Vol. 29, No. 4, Fall 2012

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The face of this young girl captures the delight of families reunited for Christmas morning, 1945.

over the Hearth and Home Gallery. •The Garden Club sells fresh-made

wreaths on the porch.•There’s a “Santa Hunt” for the kids,

caroling by the Ocean Township Choir at 2 on Sunday, walking tours of the Museum grounds Saturday and Sunday, and, as always, the drawingofthewinningquiltraffleticket Sunday at 3.“Home for the Holidays” is another

in the Museum’s series of exhibits and programs exploring the World War II local homefront. Our major exhibit, “Loved Ones Go to War: Local Stories of World War II” forms a backdrop for this two-day event.

Start the celebration of this year’s holiday with a visit to the remarkable season of 1945. Consider holiday shop-ping for locally crafted, hand-made gifts from our Holiday Shop.

Please join us.

Home for the Holidays,

194511 to 4

Saturday and SundayDecember 1 and 2

The Eden Woolley House

$3 suggested donation(Children free)

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Quilt raffle books are mailed each year to members and friends whose

support helps make the raffle a major fundraiser. Thanks to so many who have returned their ticket stubs and money. If you haven’t already, please send yours to:

Twp of Ocean Historical Museum, P. O. Box 516,

Oakhurst, NJ 07755.

The winning quilt ticket will be drawn at 3, Sunday, December 2, during our annual holiday exhibit weekend and craft sale.

If you have questions or would like more books, please call Mary Hill at 732-389-5318.

Reminder to return stubs2012 quilt raffle tickets

Each year for the past quarter of a century, talented Museum volunteers

have worked for months hand-piecing and hand-stitching the queen-sized quilts weraffleoffattheHolidayExhibitthefirstSundayofeveryDecember.Thepro-cess has become a cherished tradition and a major fundraiser for the Museum. Itallbeganin1987.Thethen-fledging

It all began in 1987: The history of the Museum’s quiltMuseum quilters carry on a 25 year tradition of craftsmanship

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By the NumbersMuseum Quilt

25 Yearssincethefirstmuseumquilt(1987)

$75,000+ Amountraisedbyour25quiltraffles

12 Number of crafters who created this year’s quilt

35 Number of crafters over the past 25 years

15 Yards of fabric in each quilt

$4 to $5 Cost of a yard of cotton quilt fabric in 1987

$10 to $12 Cost of a yard of cotton quilt fabric in 2012

22 Local quilt winners

2 Out-of-state quilt winners

40% Shareoffund-rasingincomefromourquiltraffleandcrafts

Thank you for your support. Please purchase your quilt chances and return unused chance books.

Museum, just three years old, was search-ing for fundraising ideas. Members Marge Edelson and Ann Stiles, the gifted crafters who led the effort in 1975 to create Township of Ocean Bicentennial Quilt, conceived the ideaofaquiltraffle.

They sent out the word and ten experi-enced stitchers stepped forward. The work of

Museum Quilters began. Year after year, a

committed team of quil-ters has shown up week

after week to stitch fabric into a one-of-a-kind masterpiece for some lucky winner. To date, two dozen winning tickets have been drawn. What fun to think of those lovingly crafted quilts in use in each of those winning homes!

Over the years, quilters have come and gone. Three have been with the group from the beginning: chairman

Marge Edelson, Ann Stiles, and Lois Lan-dis. Every year a dozen volunteers--some new, some veterans--commit their time and skills to help the Museum.

The quilters don’t stop when the quilt is done. They continue to meet weekly to work on the hand-crafted items sold in the Museum Store and at Museum events.

Their work has contributed to the Mu-seum’sfiscalstabilityanditsreputationfor quality and creativity. We are grateful for their talent and commitment.

New crafters are always welcome. If you have skills--or an interest in acquiring them--join us. The group meets Tuesday afternoons at the Museum.

In addition to the 12 current quilters, 23 other women have been members of the Museum Quilters over the years: Ginger Bergeron, Sally Bonner, Katy Dorsett, Yolanda Emanuel, Carmen Escandon, Maryann Farry, Agnes Frick, Anne Gasparini, Judy Hansen, Beverly Itell, Addie King, Nora Kirlew, Carol Mauch, Lou Olenick, Addie Pellacani, Lena Pryor, Connie Rasp, Thea Schardelmann, Eleanor Serine, Betty Shea, Phyllis Spohrer, Grace Van Brunt, and Carol White.

The Museum quilters pose in front of their 2012 “By the Sea” quilt. From left to right: Marge Edelson, Lois Landis, Marion Vogler, Sarah Salmon, Hilda Vafiadis, Ann Stiles, Betty Wilder-otter, and Jeanne Ribsam. (Not present: Gerri Applegate, Eileen McCormack, Jane Young, and Joan Wobser.)

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Take advantage of the high price of gold and help out the Museum

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Heart of Gold FundraiserFor the fourth time, the Museum is partnering with local jeweller Earth Treasures in a “Heart of Gold” fundraiser, scheduled for 6 to 9 p.m. , Thursday, February 7, at the Eden Woolley House. It hasbeenasuccessful(andrelativelyeffortless)waytobenefitboth the Museum and those who participate.

Here’s how it works. Bring any gold and silver jewelry or items that you no longer wear or use to the Museum February 7. An appraiser from Earth Treasures--a licensed and bonded jeweller in business for 35 years --privately assesses your items and gives you cash if you choose to sell them. Even broken, mis-matched, and small items (rings, earrings, necklaces, and watches) can add up to surprising value. White gold, silver, platinum, coins, dental scrap, antiquejewelry,gold-filledandgold-plateditemsarewelcome.

Best of all, you receive the full value for your items. The Museum receives a donationfromEarth’sTreasureswhichtheytakefromtheirprofit.

Friday Flag-Raising At 5 every Friday evening through Dec. 7A flag is raised in memory of deceased World War II veterans. Public welcome.

General Meeting and Speaker Event Living Voices: Memories of Jewish War Veterans Tuesday, November 13, 7:15—Oakhurst School Auditorium.

Gift-Wrapping at Barnes & NobleNov. 23, 24, 30; Dec 11, 15. Fundraiser. Volunteers welcome. Call 732-531-2136

“Home for the Holiday, 1945” Holiday Exhibit Weekend Sat. and Sun., December 1 & 2, 11 to 4—Eden Woolley House. Miniatures, trains, dolls, and a holiday boutique and bakery.

Heart of Gold Fund-raiser Thurs., Feb. 7, 2013, 6-9--Eden Woolley House

General Meeting and Speaker Event Lenape Indians of the Jersey Shore. Tuesday, March 12, 2013, 7:15—Oakhurst School Auditorium.

Coming Events

Mark your calendar

The final chapterSuperstorm Sandy clears Takanassee

Genealogical search leads to the Eden Woolley House

When her high school teacher asked Florida teen Donna Renninger to

write her family history, she didn’t sus-pect the assignment would continue for the next forty years.

Donna was hooked. She tracked down what she could from Florida then took to the road, visiting England, Ger-many, France, and states through the U.S. in her search.

Clues led to Ocean Township. In April of this year, Donna contacted Ellen Gulick, our head Research Librarian. They spoke by phone and discovered to their mutual surprise and delight that they share a common ancestor.

DonnadrovenorthtoconfirmherNew Jersey roots. While here, she visited the Museum and met Ellen. She got what sheneededtofinishherwork.Since,shehas sent the Research Library the 862-page book documenting her four decades of research.

The book, The Family of John F. White of Brooklyn, New York, New Jersey, and Ohio, and John Valentine Swertscope of Ger-many and Brooklyn, will be added to our collection. It opens with a photo from the 1891 Red Bank Register of triplets Albert H. White, Margaret (White) Stanhope Applegate, and John H. White. It has a complete index of names, 4,000 footnotes, and a foreword detailing the research process.

Last year’s Museum exhibit, “The Story of Takanassee” told of shipwrecks along the Jersey coast and the heroism of the U.S.

Life-Saving Service. The focus of the exhibit was the

station at Takanassee Beach in Elberon. Until last summer, three structures of unique historical and architectural interest stood on the site, which has been approved for development. The development permit stipulated that two of the buildings be moved and saved. (They were moved to private property in Elberon this summer.) The third (pictured above) was to be restored on site.

Awaiting that restoration, the building--built in 1903 and known as the Coast Guard Boat House-- sat neglected,damagedbyfireandtheelements. On October 29, superstorm Sandy made the timing of its restora-tion moot.

Pippa Hlatky sports her one-of-a-kind hand-knit hat from the Museum Shop and invites you to shop the Museum for the holidays!

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Museum membership* is low (just $15) to be affordable and welcoming to all. Many members (listed below) go above and beyond, supple-menting that basic membership with extra gifts. Their generosity boosts membership to nearly 50% of our income and helps fund the

programs and exhibits that have won us “Best Museum in Monmouth County” three years running. Thank you for your support, at whatever level. Please know that we are an all-volunteer operation and every penny you give goes to running the Museum.

Above and beyond 6

Platinum $1,000.00Patricia Cernigliaro

Gold $500.00Rosalie Harvey Howard & Virginia Richmond

Silver $250.00Don & Diane BrockelJohn & Judy HussPhyllis Fyfe

Benefactor $100.00Mike & Joan BerzanskySandy & Joan BrownGeorge Cook, Jr.Florence DanielsonRonald DanielsonTed & Peggy DellingerPat & Delores D’EspositoJohn DurocherPaul, & Marge EdelsonDelores & Fred FraterrigoCarin & Sol GreenspanSteven D HowlandFenton HudsonTobi & Dave KochelDavid LipkinWilliam & Helen LittsEleanor MillarCliff & Pam MillerMonmouth Medical CenterGlenn & Peggy MorganDorothy O’DonnellKathy & Phil ParrattWilliam PrihelJane Etta SegalPaul & Carmel SmithFrank & Claire SteimleRichard D StoutDorothy TrumbowerBrenda & Marko WitykWoman’s Club of Asbury ParkJonathan Woolley

Patron $50.00Charles & Angela AlcottCarlton R & Nancy Bakley JrWilliam BarrettJerry & Beth BradyAndrew & Diane BrannenMalcolm BrophyMorton Burke

Steve CartonMary Jane CelliSergie ConklinAnthony J CovinoBarbara DavisEd DeNobleD’Esposito (Sunset Farm Market)Jeanne E DiamondBonnie DietzRon Gorsky/ Abbie CarthyGerald GregoryEllen Gulick/ Robert GouleyNancy & Charles ManfrediPaul & Kathy ManganelliMillicent HerbertJanice & Dave HiersMary HillBev & Steve ItellMr & Mrs Peter JungkunstIra & Joan KreizmanRobert & Lois LandisTrudi & Bill LarkinCatherine & Henry LawrenceBill & Sally MaddenTony & Maura MarruccaMurray D Marx Ric MartelJan MasucciNicole MauroMary Ann & Alan McKeanTom & Anita MeansBill & Donna NurthenFrank & Denise ParlamasElizabeth PeetKaren PoorvinJim & Sheryl PowersMelody & Jeff RagleJames & Felicia SeranoMary Osborn SiverDaniel & Connie SkinnerPatricia Harris SlaughterJune SmithRobert Speck/ Mary Ann King“Gypsy” Fe Martin TiltonRita WeinsteinMarianne WilenskyBetty WilderotterJoan WobsterMichael Woolley

Supporter $25.00Carol A AllenMary Pat Angelini

Thomas W & Joan ApplegateFlorence ApyRobert & Linda ArmstrongShirley BaileyWilliam BallRosemary BaramGayle BillowsHeidi BisbeeMaria Pontones BonenfantSusan BoreoMargaret BoyceCaroline BradyDonald R BrunoAnn Marie CappadonaEric Capponi/Annmarie CatuognoJoseph CareyNancy Conn-LevinMarie & Dave DarougeJulia DavidowDeal Historical SocietyM.M. DouglasNancy EhrichNancy EmmonsMaryann FarryMichael A FiorentinoFrances P Fluhr Peggy & Charles FosterHarold GabelMaryEllen & Edward GibbonRobert & Dallas GroveSylvia HadowanetzRobert Lee HefterPamela & Allen HirshLois HoldenCharles & Barbara HoppinDorothy HughesKay JannaroneJohnson Family Ken & Mary JohnsonCeleste JonesEllen KaleStanley & Delores KolodjeskiArlene LaBanco Levinson LLCFran LambertsonJoal LeoneBarbara LomassonJohn LordArlene & Kenneth LutzHeather MacDonaldDiane MaherLes & Suzi MathisLorraine McCarthyEileen & John McCormack

Raymond P McKernanMary Ellen McNamaraCharles MeehanBarbara MetcalfRobert & Cheryl MillerViola MillerGene A MinorGeorge MurphyDavid H OsbornEsther PaddockGloria ParisiElizabeth PawlukanisJean PerkinsMichael PetitoDonna RenningerTom & Cathy ReuSarah SalmonJanet & Hoody SextonNorma ShaftoStevie ShutmanMarie SicilianoGeorgeSofieldSusan P SpengemanLois StewartRobert StewartJoyce SuetaChryssa TelonidisJulia TelonidisAlice TimmsTom VignolaBarbara VillapianoDonald VinebergMarion E VoglerThomas & Madeline WalshPhyllis WaltersSusan WellerCarol S & Howard WhitePatricia WhitneyFrances WolakPeter & Beth WoolleyKenneth Wright

* Museum membership runs on the calendar year. If your gift is not listed, we apologize. It may be that it was made at the end of 2011.

Business PartnershipsThomas R. Rich DPM ($500)Ansell, Grimm & Aaron Foundation ($250)Food Circus Super Markets ($250)Paduano, DiTommaso & Golda, LLC ($100)Widman, Cooney & Wilson LLC ($50)

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I Remember . . .

Dear Peggy,

You ask if things have changed since I was a child—good heavens, they sure have! Horse and buggy, candles and kerosene lamps, wood stove, pump outside the door, and at a little distance the privies.

Our home had a few more conveniences. My father was a caretaker on the Seligman estate in Elberon. We had inside plumbing and gas lights. But the coal stove in the kitchen was the only source of heat. It sure was cold getting up in the morning. We got dressed quickly and, believe me, we washed up in a hurry.

The street lights (what few there were) were gas. The lamp lighter came aroundonhisbicyclewithalittleladderandliteachonemanually—aboutfiveo’clock in the afternoon. We used to watch for him and check our clocks.

Our family lived about two and a half miles from school. The only bus was for the Wayside “Hayseeders.” There were not enough kids to run a bus for us “Clamdiggers.”

The newspaper cost two cents. Bread was ten cents (but my mother made her own). Milk was ten cents (but we had a cow and later goats). Men were lucky to earn $25.00 a week.

No radio, no telephone, no TV. But I don’t remember being bored. I read a lot. We played cards. My sister, Mary Larkin, and I loved walking along the ocean, particularlyafterastorm.Wewouldfindsomanythingsinterestingtous—allkinds of shells, maybe a ball, sometimes bananas and oranges—some salt water in them, but edible. They were delicious. We did have a phonograph, but for a long time we only had one record, the Shiek of Araby.

Did we have dates? Well, not in the current sense, not until I was 19 or 20. The boys didn’t have cars—most parents didn’t either. We did get to see the boys oc-casionally at parties or football games.

WhenIwasaboutyourage[14],wefinallygotatelephone,electricity,andacar. These things had been invented years before, but only the wealthy had them. If we were deprived, we didn’t know it!

Some things haven’t changed: the pleasure of coming home to a nice warm kitchen, meeting our friends at school or a party, the delight of the ocean both summer and winter, walking and playing in the snow.

I am glad I was born when I was. I lived for a time just as people had for hun-dreds of years and now I am witnessing wonderful achievements, like going to the moon, or just the pleasure of turning on the thermostat and having instant HEAT.

Grandma December 2, 1984

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An early 20th century childhood in Oakhurst

Spring bus tripLongwood Gardens

We are headed to Longwood Gar-dens, Kennett Square, Pennsyl-

vania, on Wednesday April 17, 2013. It’s a perfect time: the conservatories areabloomwithspringflowersandthegrounds are alive with tulips, dog-woods, wisteria and more.

The bus leaves at 8:30 a.m. and returns about 6:00 p.m.

The trip costs $70 and includes transportation, all admissions, optional guided tour, gratuities, and lunch in the cafeteria dining room. (Quite a bar-gain!)

Call the Museum 732-531-2136 to reserve your place.

Our trip is planned at a time when garden paths should be vibrant with spring color.

Our thanks to Museum member Maryann McKean for sharing

her mother’s letter to her daughter. We’d love to publish your story. Send us a photo and memory of vintage Ocean Township by email to [email protected] or call the Museum at 732-531-2136.

Send us your story

The road leading from West Lincoln to Beecroft Place was named Larkin Place, after Margaret Larkin and her sister Mary.

Thurs., Nov. 22 (Thanksgiving)Tues, Dec. 25 though Tues., Jan. 1

Enjoy your holidays

Museum Closed

Margaret Larkin Lyle McCall, 1987. Margaret (1911-1997) grew up in a long-gone farmhouse on West Lincoln Ave., Oakhurst. “I Remember...” shares a letter she wrote in 1984 to her grand-daughter, Peggy McKean--then age 14.

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When we opened “Loved Ones Go to War: Local Stories of World War II” in July we had no idea where it would lead us--or

how many lives we would touch. We startedouttohonorthesacrificesandtell the stories of those who served and those who stayed behind. Build-ing on the exhibit, we began raising theflageveryFridaynightinhonorofdeceased veterans. To involve a new generation in the story, we designed the Ghost Walk to “bring back” the spirits of the World War II homefront.

We did not imagine the response! Hundreds have visited the exhibit. By ourlastflag-raisingonDecember7,wewill have honored nearly 100 veterans. Families tell us that their participation in the program reunited loved ones and resurfaced forgotten photos and treasures. Our Ghost Walk immersed our young actors in the personal sto-ries of the War and gave them a chance to share those stories with more than 80 guests.

There could be no better re-minder of why I love my volunteer “job.” It’s hard to describe how I feel when I hear the feedback of visitors to the exhibit, see teen “spirits” delight-ingghostwalkers,orfightbacktearsataFridaynightflag-raising.Iknowthen that the Museum is--as our vision promises--opening the door to history.

As always, I am grateful to the volunteers and visitors who bring it all to life. Let me add another acknowl-edgement--to those who have offered the photos, treasures, and memories that enable us to create authentic programs and exhibits. Thank good-ness for those of you who save good “stuff”andfinditinyourheartstopass it on to the Museum for others to enjoy. (Give us a call before you toss that old photo or artifact. Who knows, your at-tic find may be just what our next exhibit needs!)

Exhibitandflag-raisingledtodiscovery

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PresidentMessage from the Museum

Brenda Wityk

Wanamassa’s Bud Lambertson (left) carried this photo of his neighbor and fiancée Peggy Reynolds (right) with him into battle. Bud was killed in action on Omaha Beach. The photo was discovered on the ground days later by another GI who returned it to the name and ad-dress written on the back. After 68 years, the Reynolds family gets to say “thank you.”

The story of Wanamassa native Dave Reynolds, who served in the Pacific Theater during World War II, is one of those featured in the Museum’s current exhibit. He and several

of his Wanamassa buddies are also among the deceased veterans who have been honored at our Friday evening flag-raising ceremonies.

Part of Dave’s story is the touching account of a photo returned to his sister Peggy from a stranger who found it on the battlefield after the D-Day landing on Omaha Beach. The photo belonged to Peggy’s fiance and neighbor, Bud Lambertson, who was killed in action just days after the invasion. The Reynolds family has kept the photo and the note that ar-rived with it all these years--grateful to the stranger, but unable to find him among the 29 soldiers named “Gerald Davis” in the records.

That changed the night of the Museum flag-raising. Mary Ellen McNamara, whose re-search on her uncle Dave is on display in the exhibit, had reached a dead end trying to locate the good samaritan who returned the photo. At the flag-raising, she met a member of Bud Lambertson’s family who had details about Bud’s service that gave her the clues she needed.

Mary Ellen found the right “Gerald Davis” and contacted his family. She learned that he had died in 2001, but she got to thank his family.

“I told his sisters about your WWII Exhibit and how their brother’s story is part of it,” Mary Ellen told us. “They are from Ohio. He was one of ten children and has sons living in Texas. They are proud of Gerald and delighted his story is being told.”

Flag-raising continues through December 7

Nowstartingat5(ratherthan6:30),Fridayeveningflag-raisingceremonies continue at the Museum. There is still time to

honor your loved one. Call the Museum 732-531-2136 to learn more.

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Sell-out crowd gathers to meet the spirits of the local World War II homefront

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The force was with us. Sunday, October 21, was one of the year’s ten best days. The weather was perfect, the trees

were ablaze with color, and the local fauna (a herd of deer and a lone fox) were on hand to witness history come to life on the Museum grounds. “Spirits” from our local past returned to en-tertain and educate a sold-out crowd at this, our fourth annual Halloween History Ghost Walk.

This year, the not-so-scary ghost walk “brought back” characters from the World War II Homefront. Guides Heather Mac-Donald and Dan Weeden (left) led guests along the path to the tower--stopping to meet talented teens (right) channeling the spirits of Rosie the Riveter, a Victory Gardener, USO volunteer, Civil Defense warden, Army wife, and a National Guardsman.

And that’s just the half of it. Guests got to sit in on a “live” radio broadcast of a World War II USO Camp Show in the Terner Gallery, hosted by Cheryl Miller (left). Our partners at InfoAge sent up period radios playing war era broadcasts.

Our own Abbott and Costello recreated “Who’sonfirst?”(below).VolunteersfromBrookdale Community College’s Center for

WWII Studies led the audience in wartime songs. A dance team from the Fred Astaire Dance Studio of Manasquan danced to “In the Mood,” swing-style.

Halloween History Ghost Walk brings spirits to life

Nick Marchetti (left) and Mario Delano recreate Abbott and Costello’s “Who’s on first?” at the USO camp show in the Terner Gallery.

Ghost walk players, top row, from left to right: Megan Kelleher, Anna Weeden, September McCarthy. Bottom row, from left to right: Lucas Angelo and Madison Spoonire (Actors’ Workshop), Abby Wilson.

On top of that, guests were treated to cider and donuts--and had a chance to buy a chance on the 2012 quilt and shop for hand-made gifts.

The history walk is a fundraiser, and we estimate we made about $800. But clearly, that’s not the only goal. Put it this way: Revenue to Museum, $800. Value to the community, priceless.

Junior Docent Program

Instilling a love of history in the next generation is a vital part of our mission--and a responsibility that’s a

joy to meet. The teens who work with us as “ghosts,” guides, and helpers at fund-raisers are much more than extra hands. They are the future of the Museum and welcome source of talent and new ideas.

Our Junior Docent Program is a way for teens 13 to 17 to get involved. It’s fun, informative, and a great way to serve the community.

We train these young volunteers to guide visitors through our changing exhibits, assist in the research library, and bring characters from local history to life. We call on them to lend a hand at fund-raisers and work projects.

If you or someone you know would like to know more, call the Museum 732-531-2136 for details.

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Sat. and Sun., Dec. 1 and 2 “Home for the Holidays, 1945”

Trains, miniatures, craft shop, home-made bakery, tours, music, mini exhibit on Christmas and Hanukkah, 1945

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