OCNJCARE, a group of community volunteers with partner organizations, continues to help residents recover. At this time, the need is for cash donations to help people find temporary housing and to cover disaster-related injuries. To assist those in need, a check may be sent to OCNJCARE, P.O. Box 807, Ocean City, NJ 08226; dropped off at Ocean City Home Bank, 10th and Asbury Ave.; or by visiting www.ocnjcare.org.
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Lee Ireland, author of Place Names of the Jersey Shore – Why Did They Name It That? was the guest speaker at the November meeting of the Historical Preservation Society of Upper Township (HPSUT). Ireland, who was “born in Atlantic City,” and “raised in Ventnor,” has been “collecting information for 20 years.” The book “covers Brigantine to Cape May, all Atlantic and Cape May County inland towns, as well as Delaware Bay communities.”
Ireland quoted Nicholas Cage from the movie, National Treasure 2, “Everything I am is because of my ancestors.” Ireland said, “I would add, to a significant degree, the places that your ancestors named described those places. They named them for recreation, sustenance, and faith.”
Ireland divided his talk into various categories, one of which was “Not So Obvious,” that included the Boardwalk in Atlantic City, which “is named for Alex Boardman, not the boards you walk on.”
Another category was “Corrupted Names” and included Marven Gardens. “Misspelled, Marvin Gardens on the Monopoly game board, this is a housing development that borders Ventor City.” Marven Gardens is a “combining form of the words Margate and Ventnor.”
Tuckahoe, included in the “Native American” category, “is derived from a Lenni Lenape Indian tribe word, meaning, ‘Where the deer are shy and hard to approach.’”
Ireland’s book, “which is thoroughly researched and documented, includes many photos,” and “each entry contains GPS coordinates.” His book may be purchased at http://tiny.cc/nn4z7.
The book on which Ireland is currently working is titled America’s Pirates, Volume One, The Central Atlantic States, and “publication is expected in September of 2013.” “The America’s Pirates book series will eventually cover the entire east coast of the United States and Gulf of Mexico in five volumes.”
Ireland’s “family in New Jersey goes back to the 1700s.” He “has served his country through the nation’s fire service for the last 40 years.”
At the conclusion of Ireland’s talk, Sonia Forry, Historian of the Society, presented him with a copy of the book, A History of Upper Township and Its Villages, which was compiled by members of the HPSUT.
For information about the Historical Preservation Society of Upper Township, visit www.uppertwphistory.org.
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The seventh annual Last Cast Striper Tournament, sponsored by the Strathmere Fishing and Environmental Club (SFEC), starts at 6 a.m. on Nov. 23, and ends at 5 p.m. on Nov. 24. The entry fee is $15; one category, heaviest striper or blue, first, second, and third place. The location is from the GE Inlet to TI to 3 NM offshore and back bays.
A captains’ meeting will be held on Nov. 23 starting at 5:30 p.m. at the Strathmere Volunteer Firehouse on Commonwealth Avenue. Weigh in will be on Nov. 23 and Nov. 24 at 5:30 p.m. at the Firehouse, and an awards’ barbecue will take place there at 5:30 p.m. on Nov. 24.
The tournament is open to all members, non-members, friends, families, and guests. For more information, contact Rob Coffey at 609-231-3303 or email him at robertcoffey01@hotmail.com. Please contact him prior to start time for head count for barbecue. Visit www.strathmerefishing.org for information about the SFEC.
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