Ocean City Mayor Harry Headley (left) presents the national rowing championship trophy to Bob Stretch (second from the left) and Bert Loeper 80 years ago on July 26, 1934. OCBP Captain Jack G. Jernee looks on.
Two years ago, OCBP’s Joe Schmitt (left) and former North Wildwood Beach Patrol lifeguard Jack Devine won the national championship in the doubles rowing race in the 70-and-over bracket.
Jack Devine, a 32-year veteran agent with the Central Intelligence Agency, Ocean City resident and author of the recently published memoir “Good Hunting: An American Spymaster’s Story,” will be the guest speaker at the Ocean City Historical Museum’s 51st annual luncheon at noon, Wednesday, September 17, at the historic Flanders Hotel. For more information, call the museum 609-399-1801.
— A weekly feature from Ocean City Beach Patrol historian Fred Miller
