Cape May County Herald, 11 July 1984 IIIF issue link — Page 27

Herald & Lanlern 11 luly '84 dining & eiltertai 11 tHCIlt 27

Museum Opened For Second Year

SEA ISLE CITY - The Sea Isle City Museum opened for the second season June 25, in the Public School at 45th and Park Road. The museum Will be open through July and mid-^_ August. Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.ift. There is no admission charge. Many "old" items have f been acquired over the winter and are on display. Long-time county resident Everett Townsend donated a stool, hoe and woven basket that 'were used on Seven Mile Beach < Avalon ) by his grandparents, who. in 1874. were caretakers on the island for its founders, the Tathem family. Some of the other items donated by Dr. Townsend include jewelry, a Pennsylvania Reading Railroad

pin, a metal Lit Brothers charge, books dating back to the 1870s and a World War II shoulder patch and Convention Hall admission badge used by Everett ,-when he was in basic training ip an Atlantic City Hoteiynow converted to a casuM. ^_J>tfoTHING items donated tfy Mrs. Loretta King inpfude a large collection of/flannel underwear, seven*! dresses-and coats. Tne ctottfmg is displayed on mannequins acquired this winter. Mr. King also gave the museum some items from the Maurice Lake family Fish Market. Among the old bills was aq invoice (1915) for 200 lbs of bass from the Sea isle Pound. On loan from Gus DiVincenzo is a reproduc

tion of a Saxony flax wheel used by German immigrants in the 16th century. An old Spanish American War uniform and a Sea Isle police uniform dating from the 1940s are other items of clothing along with a black wool bathing suit of the early 1900s. Some dishes, old medicines and kitchen utensils are displayed along with jars and milk bottles. MANY OLD newspapers have been added to the museum collection. Several bound volumes of the Cape ' May County Times are available for visitors to read including one very early 1889 copy of this local paper. Pictures and write-ups of the resort from itsJaeginning in 1881 to the present day can be studied and enjoyed. Postcard scenes of the beach and boardwalk

are especially favored by visitors. Of special interest to local residents are school photos dating from 1919 were donated by Mrs Alma Cholerton. former teacher and principal of the Sea Isle City Public School. u THE MUSEUM is the outgrowth of the Sea Isle City Centennial Celebration in 1982. The commissioners gave the committee a small building near City Hall on 45th and Landis Avenue and the group is in the process of converting it into a museum. The committee hopes to be in the permanent location in the fall. Copies of the 1982 Centennial Booklet can be purchased at the museum for $2 along with sheet music and records of * >

"Smile. You're in Sea Isle City" and "On the Way to Cape May". Memberships in the Sea Isle City Museum are offered at $2 per person All funds collected will go toward the completion of , the museum building. Pocmont Trip Villas — a Pocmont trip Oct. 29 Nov. 2 will be sponsored by Holy Spirit Lutheran Church. There are a few seats left, for information cpntact Mrs. Cass Tamm. 886-8302 or Mrs. Marge Bonawitz. 886-9227.

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