1964: A look back at OCNJ in pictures
The 80-page 1964 Vacation Guide featured the beach front, the bay front, and the world-famous boardwalk. The Moorlyn Theatre was one of the four boardwalk theatres. The others were: the Strand, the Village, and the Surf.
When the Drifters’ recording of “Under the Boardwalk” hit number four on the Billboard Chart during the summer of 1964, everyone in Ocean City thought the song had been written for them.
The cover of the August 22, 1964, Weekly Guide of Ocean City, N.J. featured surfers. The caption reported, “Hundreds of surfers take over the 14th Street beach every evening to try their skill at this popular aquatic sport.”
This is a photograph of the Ocean City High School’s state championship basketball team. Pictured, left to right, front row, manager Mark Graham, Barry Banks, Randy Fox, captain John Cranston, Coach Fred “Dixie” Howell, Ed McClain, Bill Haynes, John Laudenslager, and manager Fred Moyer; standing, Ricky Howell, John Gleason, Craig French, Jim Wimberg, Dave Mazzoni, Don Swan, John Steumpfig, Ronnie Fox, and Ken Holland.
This photograph of an Ocean City junior baseball team sponsored by St. Augustine’s Church was taken in 1964. Pictured, left to right, front row, Michael Sannino, Carmen Costanzo, and Scott Vanderslice; second row, John Andrews, Joe Allegretto, Dave Andrews, Jim Marshall, George Duncan, Dave Clunn, and John Vanderpool; third row, Frank Sannino, Larry Pardee, Harry Vanderslice, Joe Florentine, Bill Lefleur, Steve Kyle, and Don Johnson; back row, Coach Naz Costanzo, Coach Harry Vanderslice, and Coach Frank Sannino.
The centerfold of the 1964 Vacation Guide featured The Flanders Hotel. Under the pictures of the hotel, it reported the following information: “A popular spot for thousands during the warm summer days and evenings is the Flanders Hotel swimming pools, 11th Street and Boardwalk. There are three pools, suitable for swimmers of all sizes. In addition to the Olympic sized 50-yard chest-deep pool, there is a smaller and deeper pool used for high and low diving, and a third pool with about 18 inches depth for the very small children.”
On August 14, 1964, the Ocean City Beach Patrol won their fourth straight South Jersey championship. From left, Captain George T. Lafferty, Radio-TV personality Phil Sheridan, South Jersey swim champion Dick Thieler, and Mayor B. Thomas Waldman.