early multiple-room houses, people moved from room to room more in pursuit of sun-light and warmth than specific activity.activity.activity Ineffect, all rooms were “living rooms.”

Revolutionary new technologies --indoor plumbing, central heating, and electric light, in particular--made room specialization practical. The bathroom, bedchamber, dining room, library, and par-lor emerged as distinct spaces in ways that both reflect andinfluence life style.

Take the living room (aka parlor, drawing room, sitting room, and salon). Ithas come full circle.As parlor,parlor,parlor it was aroom often reserved to receive visitors.Intime, it became the place where the fam-ily “withdrew” to gather around the piano --later the radio and then television. Today, the “great room” has assumed that role and in many homes, the liv-ing room is again a more formal space reserved for entertaining guests.

The exhibit makes that case that every house has a story, every room has a history. Join us June 29 to learn more. “The History of Houses and the Things that Make Them Home” will be up through June 2015.

Since prehistoric times, where we live has been about much more than shelter (think of those cave paint-

ings). A new exhibit explores just how our human instinct to nest has played out in the structures we inhabit and the stuff we put in them. “The History of Houses and the Things that Make Them Home” opens Sunday, June 29, in the Richmond Gallery of the Eden Woolley House.

The new exhibit examines the influ-ences on the design and content of the American home--from the traditions early settlers brought with them, to the availability of materials, to the transform-ing power of technology.technology.technology It takes guestson a virtual house tour, revealing room by room how things have changed and how those changes have shaped our lives.

What is home?It’s where the heart is and there’s no

place like it. Beyond shelter, our homes express our tastes, values, and social status. Our neighborhoods abound with

Major exhibit opens at the Woolley House, Sunday, June 29Exhibit explores the history of houses and the things that fill them

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homes that illustrate the point, and the new exhibit asks us to see our familiar surroundings in a new light.

It reveals the lineage of familiar housestyles--colonial, neoclassical, Victorian, and modern, for example. It explainsthat the colonists of the new world built houses in the style of the old. That the founding fathers, all men of the Enlight-enment, adapted the designs of Greeks and Romans whose rationality they ad-mired. That the clutter and ornamenta-tion of the Victorians expressed their fas-cination with goods made possible by the Industrial Revolution and made availableby the railroads. And that twentieth cen-tury architects rejected Victorian fussiness in favor of designs that challenged old assumptions and took advantage of new technologies and building techniques.

The exhibit takes us insideHouse design is just the beginning. The

exhibit takes us inside, room by room.For all but the rich, our earliest homes

were one-room dwellings. The very concept of a single-purpose room (living, dining, bathing, etc.) is relatively new. And even in

Even through the darkest days of the Revo-lution, Washington wrote home weekly to direct work on his beloved Mt. Vernon. He spent 30 years remodeling and expanding the original farmhouse in the neoclassical style he admired. It is arguably the most copied house in the country.

The oldest portion of the Woolley House (right-most in the photo) was built in 1749-- within memory of the New Amsterdam community --in the Dutch American style. Seventy or so years later, Eden Woolley built the large addi-tion in the Greek Revival style much admired in the fledging democracy and appropriate to his rising status in the community.

Exhibit Opening“The History of Houses and the

Things that Make Them Home”

Sunday, June 291 to 4

Eden Woolley House

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On Saturday evening, July 26, the Ocean Township Historical Museum is raising the flag to honorvet-erans of the Vietnam War, both living and deceased --and the families who supported them through their service to the country. The ceremony begins at

6:30 on the grounds of the Eden Woolley House. The Vietnam War was a prolonged struggle that started in

1960 and was declared over on April 30, 1975. It pitted nationalistforces fighting to unify the country under the communist regimein the North against a South Vietnamese government closely allied with the United States.

Nearly 2.7 Americans (9.7% of their generation) served in South Vietnam dur-ing the war. Of these, more than 58,000 died or remain missing, and 300,000 were wounded. Our flag-raisingceremony includes a special service to honor those Missing inAction (MIA) and those heldas Prisoners of War (POW).

Our intent is to recognize the service of Vietnam veterans, many of whom returned to a country itself in conflict about thewar.In particular,particular,particular we are honoring veterans with a special con-nection to area families. We’veWe’veW reached out to local veteransgroups. And we invite our members, friends, and neighbors to submit the names of loved ones they would like to honor (see sidebar).Information on those honored will be documented ina “Vietnam Veterans Memory Book” to be kept in the Museum Research Library.

Please join us on July 26 to acknowl-edge the contributions of the Vietnam War veterans who served their country with honor and distinction.

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Museum to honor Vietnam vets and their families at July flag-raisingSaturday, July 26, at 6:30, at the Woolley House grounds

From the visitors’ log . . .

Museum crafters complete the 2014 quilt

Did you know that the Museum opens by appoint-ment to host local groups? Recently, the Township of

Ocean League of Women Voters and classmates from the Asbury Park High School took us up on the offer.

Call the Museum (732-531-2136) to arrange for your group to tour and hold a meeting at the Museum.

League of Women Voters members: left to right (standing) Ted Del-linger, Robert Grove, Dallas Grove, Bill Madden; (seated) Don Curtis, Marie Curtis, Sally Madden, Anne Freeman.

APHS Classmates: left to right (standing) Ann McKee, Rose Val-pone, Joanne Falcone, Barbara Rutan, Clara Smith, Betty Napolitano, Peggy Jones, Delores D’Esposito, Vera Ciavaglia; (seated) Lois Malm-berg, Marlyn Michaels, Barbara Metcalfe, Joan Dilloian

This year’s quilt (to be raffled offoffof in December) made its pre-miere at the April 26th Spring Tea.Tea.T Its brown, beige and black

fabrics are stitched together in “An Evening Garden” pattern. The photo shows (left to right) Hilda Vafiadis,Vafiadis,V Betty Wilderotter,Wilderotter,W GerriApplegate, Marion Vogler, Marge Edelson, Sergie Conklin, and Jeanne Ribsam adding its final touches.

The last American combat troops left Vietnam in March 1973.

Send the name, service, and rank of Send the name, service, and rank of the veteran you would like to honor to: TOHM, PO Box 516, Oakhurst, NJ 07755, or e-mail: oceanmuseum.org, or call 732-531-2136.

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the Oakhurst Schoolhouse is a special place. We know because many of those alum were among the Museum’s chartermembers. Now we’d like to hear fromthem--and others--for help with two things.

First, in anticipation of the upcoming exhibit, we are in search of the Oakhurst School’s oldest living graduate. And next,we’d like to hear your two-or-three-linememory of the Oakhurst School.

Send your candidate for most senior alum and/or your personal memory to peggydellinger@gmail.com or TOHM, P.O. Box 516, Oakhurst, NJ 07755.

If you haven’t already, please send inyour 2014 membership dues. Member-

ships (which runs for the calendar year) are our largest single source of support. They allow us to maintain the Eden Wool-ley House, open it to the public more than 50 hours a month, install a major and sev-eral minor exhibits a year,year,year and fill the cal-endar with interesting, fun events.

Please help us ensure the Museum is here to tell the story of our community for generations to come! Fill out and return the membership form on the back of this newsletter with your check today.

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Coming Events

Mark your calendar

General Meeting and Speaker Event An architectural history of homes Tuesday, June 10, 7:15—Oakhurst School. Architect Frank Tomaino high-lights local homes of interest.

Exhibit opening “The History of Houses and the Things that Make Them Home”Sunday, June 29, 1 to 4—The Rich-mond Gallery of the Eden Woolley House. A look at the evolution of what we call home and a close-up of several houses of interest.

American Doll TeaSunday, July 13 (Rain date July 20)—The Woolley House and ground. Tickets ($30 for one child and her favorite adult) go on sale June 1.

Vietnam War Veterans Flag-RaisingSaturday, July 26, 6:30 p.m.—The Woolley House and grounds.

Museum 30th Anniversary LuncheonSunday, August 17, 1—The Deal Golf and Country Club.

Mini-Exhibit opening“The Story of the Morro Castle”Sunday, September 7, 1 to 4—The Eden Woolley House.

History Ghost WalkSunday, October 19--Woolley House Grounds; Terner Gallery Characters from local history come “back” to tell their stories and enter-tain our guests.

Holiday Weekend and Oakhurst School Mini-Exhibit

Saturday, Dec. 6 and Sunday, Dec. 7--Eden Woolley HouseFor two days, the Museum is trans-formed for the holidays. Handmade gifts, homemade goodies, quilt raffle.

Getting ready for an Oakhurst School Exhibit

Your 2014 Membership

Vintage clothing donated

Share your memories and help us find the oldest living alum

Each year, as part of our December Holiday Week-end, we premiere a new exhibit. This year, the Holiday Weekend falls on December 6 and 7, and

the exhibit, “The History of the Oakhurst School,”is one we’d like your help with.

Of course, the old schoolhouse is dear to our hearts. It was the Museum’s homefor our first 25 years.But we are not alone.For all those who worked or learned there,

What happens when a museum no longer needs items from its collec-

tion? In the case of the WayneWayneW HistoricHouses, they generously offer them to other historical institutions.

On March 29, Heather MacDonald and Cheryl Miller traveled to Wayne on our behalf and returned with more than a doz-en late 18th and early 20th century articles of clothing--including several from the personal collection of Wayne Museums Coordinator Car-ol D’Alessandro.Heather even returned a few weeks later for more treasures!

Heather MacDon-ald sorts through vintage clothing from the Wayne

Historical House Museums.

The 1957 eighth grade class was the largest and the last to graduate eighth grade from the Oakhurst School. In January 1958, the new school on Dow Ave. opened. It drew all students, grades 5 through 8, from the dis-trict and marked the end of the kindergarten-through-eighth-grade elementary school de-sign. In 1978, Oakhurst School closed and has since housed the Board of Education of-has since housed the Board of Education of-has since housed the Board of Education offices.

Two-year-old Pippa Two-year-old Pippa Hlatky enjoys the Hlatky enjoys the newsletter--one of newsletter--one of the benefits of Muthe benefits of Mu-seum membership.seum membership.

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More than 90 guests sat down to tea, sandwiches, andsweetsattheMuseum’sSpring Tea, Saturday, April 26, at the West Park Ave. Recreation Center. Live per-formancesfilled theairwith

music. Colorful tables and handmade quilts lining the walls set the mood.

The gift auction offered dozens of tempting choices, and the Museum Shop was stocked with handmade works of art. And the good sports entering the fancy hat competition entertained everyone.

Event chairs Marge Edelson, Joal Le-one, Ginny Richmond, and Brenda Wityk (gift auction) declared the event an unqual-ifiedsuccess.Itearnedravereviews--and$3,000 for the Museum.

“So many hands go into the day, Marge explained. “The crafters who stock our Museum Shop. The volunteers who bake, make sandwiches, and clean up. The members who enlist the support of area businesses and put together our gift bas-kets. Our junior docents, and more. But when it all comes together as beautifully as it did today, we forget all the hard work and delight in what we have cre-ated!”

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Sold-out crowd enjoys the 10th annual Spring Tea Delectable tea sandwiches and scones were just the beginning

Left: Guests were served by junior docents (left to right) Kylie Richmond, Natalie Chant, September McCarthy, Noelle Chant, and Allison Hecht. Center: The room buzzed with lively conversation. Right: Brenda Wityk (left) and Marge Edelson pose with U.S. Representative Frank Pallone--a loyal buyer of the hand-quilted work of our crafters.

Allenhurst Dry Cleaners Main St., Allenhurst

Boardwalk Cafe & Pizzeria Monmouth Rd., Oakhurst

Colonial Terrace Golf Club Wickapecko Dr., Ocean

Caramel Shop Hwy. 35, Ocean

Cravings Main St., Allenhurst

Criterion Chocolates Lewis St., Eatontown

Cynthia Salter Lewis, MD Rte. 9, Marlboro

Giannias Pizzeria Monmouth Rd., Oakhurst

Houlihans Hwy. 35, Ocean

Imperial Martial Arts Shrewsbury Ave., Shrewsbury

The Jewelry Broker Hwy. 35, Ocean

Monmouth Bottle Shop Monmouth Rd. Oakhurst

Monster Golf Hope Rd., EatontownNikki’s Hair Salon Dow Plaza, Oakhurst

Nino’s Coal-Fired Pizza Hwy. 35, OceanPanera Bread

Hwy. 35, OceanRichard’s Deli

Brighton Ave., West EndSalon L

Corlies Ave., AllenhurstSea Grass

Main Ave., Ocean GroveShore Cake Supply

Hwy. 35, Ocean

Shore Fit Club Hwy. 35, Oakhurst

Shore Lanes Bowling Hwy. 35, NeptuneSickles Market

Harrison Ave., Little SilverSilverball Museum

Ocean Ave., Asbury ParkSwagger Blade

Wickapeckko Ave., WanamassaTaylor Hardware Main St., Belmar

Twp. of Ocean Pool W. Park Ave., Oakhurst

The Turning Point Ocean Ave., Long Branch

Wegmans Hwy. 35, Ocean

Thank you to these contributing businesses

Jazz Panel with a bonus

Photos courtesy of Kevin Burkitt (wordontheshore.com) and Gary Edelson (oceanmuseum.org)

A full house turned out at the Oakhurst School, March 11, to hear Gladstone Trott,

Clifford Johnson, Dorian Parreott, and modera-tor Jon Leidersdorff discuss the Asbury music scene. All four men are musicians and their ex-periences and recollections span seven decades.

The panel insights were fascinating, but perhaps the highlight of the evening was an im-promptu jam session by Dorian Parreott on so-prano sax and Gladstone Trott on keyboard.

Top (left to right): Gladstone Trott, Clifford John-son, Dorian Parreott, and Jon Leidersdorff).

Bottom: Dorian Parreott and Gladstone Trott

Elaine Slocum, winner of the

Most Humorous Hat Prize.

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that you see in the picture [left]. After 20 years, some did sag and were repaired. Leon was right!”

Frank To-maino is a Deal native who now lives in Oakhurst. In his distin-guished 45-year practice. he has designed homes, schools, and pub-

lic buildings throughout the country. His awards include the NJ Society of Architects “Architect of the Year (2001).”

The sixth annual American Doll Tea Party takes place Sunday July 13 from 1 to 3:30 ( rain date July 20).

Children and their favorite adults gather under tents on the lawn of the Eden Woolley House. The dolls and their young owners are the main attraction. Children show off the outfits of their favorite dolls(or teddy bears) in a charming fashion show. They make a craft, hear an origi-nal story of the Woolley Sisters, and enjoy a tasty tea party.

On Tuesday, June 10 at 7:15, in the old Oakhurst school auditorium at 163

Monmouth Road, architect Frank Tomaino hostsavirtualtourofthesomeofthearea’smost fascinating houses. His talk, “An Ar-chitectural History of Homes,” draws on rich examples from nearby communities.

The examples span the centuries and the range of architectural styles--from the earliest colonial, to Levittown-inspired tract homes, to the boldly modern. Along the way, Frank talks about the build-ing techniques, materials, and aesthetic trends that shaped the shore’s built en-

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Speaker, June 10

The American Doll and Teddy Bear Tea is scheduled for Sunday, July 13

Architect to share insights on some of the area’s most interesting houses

On this day, the Museum Shop fea-tures handmade doll clothes and ac-cessories. Inside theMuseum,dollandteddy bear collections are on display.

Tickets are $30 and admit one child (5 years and older) and one adult. Tickets for additional children are $10 each and additional adults are $25. Seating is lim-ited. Reservations are a must. Tickets go on sale starting June 1st. Call 732-531-6040 or the Museum at 732-531-2136.

An event to delight children, 5 to 12--and their favorite adults!

vironment. He highlights houses designed by some of the world’sbest architects, and shares his personal stories.

One such tells of the time Frank was called in by Leon Avakian, a prominent lo-cal civil engineer, to review plans for a Deal home drawn up by Paul Rudolph. Rudolph was an internationally renown architect acclaimed for his striking buildings of the 1960s-70s Brutalist period thatpre-datedPostmodernism.Rudolph’sworks included the Yale School of Archi-tecture Building, the Orange County New York Government Center, and a great glass tower in Hong Kong.

“LeondidnotthinkRudolph’sstruc-ture worked and asked me to look at it with him,”Frankrecalls.“HeaskedRudolph’soffice to beef up some of the cantilevers

The talk, part of the Museum Speakers’ Series, is open to the pub-lic, free of charge. Donations are ap-preciated. Refreshments are served. (We collect and welcome non-perish-able items for the FoodBank of Mon-mouth and Ocean Counties.)

“All houses share the basics. But they get dressed up.

What distinguishes them are their ‘hats and belts.’”

Frank Tomaino

This 1971 Deal home was designed by Paul Ru-dolph, dean of the Yale School of Architecture from 1958 to 1965 and a leading mid-century American architect known for his use of concrete and complex floor plans.

Phoebe Woolley (aka Heather MacDonald) demonstrates spinning to young guests at

last year’s American Doll Tea.

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Mark your calendars! On Sunday, August 17, at 1, we are hosting a sit-down luncheon at the historic and elegant Deal Golf and Country Club to cel-

ebrate the 30th anniversary of the Township of Ocean Historical Museum. And we’dloveyoutojoinus.Thethirtyyearsofourownhistoryarefilledwithmilestones,successfulevents,

and--most importantly--talented and dedicated volunteers and supporters. This celebration honors them all. We are recognizing the exceptional people who led the way from the 1984 beginnings in the former Oakhurst School, to restoration and opening of the Eden Woolley House in 2009, to our award-winning status today. Displays of pictures and artifacts from the last 30 years and a silent gift auctionarepartoftheafternoon’sactivities.

Everyone is welcome--from founding members to the latest visitors. Tickets are an affordable $45 to encourage all to join in the recognition and celebration of this cultural addition to our community. Tickets go on sale June 1. Call the Museum at 732-531-2136 to make your reservations.

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PresidentMessage from the Museum

Happy Anniversary to us! And just how did this journey begin?

TheTownship’s interest in localhis-tory predates the founding of the Mu-seum.Intheearly1970s,thenCouncil-man Joe Palaia encouraged a group of citizens to start a local historical society to get ready for the 1976 national bicen-tennialcelebration.Interestedresidentsvolunteered, a book was written, and century-old homes were marked. In1983,aneweffortemerged,build-

ing on the work of the Historical Soci-ety. The Board of Education agreed to provide space for a local museum in the building that had recently become itsoffices,theformerOakhurstSchool.Over the summer, volunteers met and developed a charter. Months later, in 1984, the Ocean Township Historical Museum was incorporated.

The Museum made its home in the OakhurstSchool for25years. In2009,we moved into the Eden Woolley House on Deal Road,which we had worked so hard to restore. The charter members and loyal supporters who began this remarkable journey have grown to our present talented and hard-working membership of over 400 households.

Ours is an American success story. A credit to the volunteer spirit of a com-munity where individuals share their talent, time, and resources for a com-mon goal.

Come join us, at Deal Golf and Coun-try Club, Sunday, August 17, to cel-ebrate our first 30 years. We’ll honorthe people and events who got us here --and look ahead at the exciting road before us.

Paul Edelson

30th anniversary celebrationJoin us at Deal Country Club Sunday, August 17

By the NumbersHouses

35%

60%

U.S. households with electricity in 1920 (including only 1.6% of farms). By 1956, 98.8% of all households were wired.

U.S.homeswithaflushtoiletin1940.(70%hadrunningwater.)

50% U.S. homes heating with coal in 1940. (Another 25% used wood)

4.5 Average number of people in a U.S. household in 1900. (By 2012, the number had dropped to 2.6.)

10% Households with people living alone in 1940. (By 2000, the percent of single-person residences had grown to 25.)

$750 Costofthefirstcommerciallyavailablerefrigerator(1920)

2,392 Average square footage of single-family home built in the U.S. in 2010

The Deal Golf Club dates to 1898. Its clubhouse is the oldest in con-tinuous use in the state. Over the years, members have included Robert Todd Lincoln (the Presi-dent’s son), George Harvey (editor of Harper’s Weekly), William Du-rant (founder of General Motors) and honorary members, former Presidents Benjamin Harrison and William McKinley.

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It was 1963. My young family was in the market for an older house.Afixer-upperinaquietneighborhood.OnSeptem-

ber 9, we closed on an “old cottage” with a big barn in the Shadow Lawn Manor section of Ocean Township. Soon after, we moved into an apartment over the barn where we would livewhileweworkedonthehouse.Thoughwedidn’tknowit at the time, our life-changing adventure had begun.

“You’ve bought half a house!”We knew the house was old, but it

wasn’tuntilIreadadescriptionoftherestoration of the Hendrickson House inHolmdelthatIrealizedjusthowold.The similarities were striking.

I contactedEdFeltus,Director ofthe Monmouth County Historical As-sociation, the group working on the Holmdelproject.Irememberthedayhefirstsawourhouse.Workwasun-derway.Plasterdustwasflyingaboutus. He reached up and put his fistthrough the ceiling, exposing lovely blue-green beams. He found more clues. “This is only half of it,” he an-nounced, “You own a half a house!”

Ed was right. We uncovered the foundation and roof line of the missing section--likely, originally, a one-room house.

Together with the panes of hand-blown glass, wideplankfloors,hand-made nails, and walls insulated with mud and straw, these discoveries confirmed that we hadan historical and archi-tectural gem. Deeds dat-ing back to the late 1600s showed the property be-longing to Francis Jeffery (spelled Jeffrey in later generations). It seemed

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IRemember...Finding a house and discovering a history

Kay Zimmerer is a founding member of the Mu-seum and co-author of two books on the history

of the Township. She and her family lovingly restored one of Ocean’s oldest houses. Kay turned

90 on New Year’s Day and now lives near her son Karl in Centre Hall, Pennsylvania.

the earliest structure dated back to 1712.Itwasdecisiontime:renovation or restoration? Were we

content to simply make a charming, livable home? Or, were we up to restoring the house accurately--true to its unique and colorful history?

Restoration wonEd Feltus guided us through the work, which took near-

ingfiveyears.Weremovedsun-porches,replicatedthemiss-ing wing (based on an old photo), duplicated molding, recreated chair rails, and rebuilt damaged cup-boards. We found period archi-tectural salvage from an old farm house being razed. We moved 200 years of paint and discovered and matched original colors.

We made the house whole. A center hall now divided the old and new sections. We had six rooms (in-cluding two parlors typical of hous-esof theperiod), threefireplaces,ahuge country kitchen and “keeping

room,” and two bedrooms.

Living with historyGenerations of Jeffries had lived in the house before us.

IcouldimaginethedescendantsofFrancisJefferyhandcut-ting the lumber and cleaning the 100-acre parcel to build the house that was now our home. Researching their history be-came part of our history. We learned that Francis was a Quak-er who, along with many other Monmouth County settlers (includingEdenWoolley’sancestors), leftNewEnglandforlands more welcoming to his faith. We got to “know” former occupants Mary Jeffrey Mount and her sea captain husband through the logs and letters their descendants shared with us.

That September day 50 years ago, we had no inkling of thechallengesandhardworkahead.ButIdon’tforasecondregret our choice. We lived in a house where the walls did talk, and the stories they told enriched our lives.

Kay Zimmerer

A rendering of the Zimmerer house by Marge Edelson showing the post-project, restored structure.

Kay Zimmerer (left) and Marge Edelson, co-authors of two books on the history of the Township, from a 1973 Asbury Park Press article on the restoration.