Ocean County , NJ History

from the Ocean Emblem 23 May 1855

from the New Jersey Courier 21 Mar 1965 LONG BRANCH-- James Clifford Van Brunt, 44, of 490 Atlantic Ave, died Saturday at Monmouth Medical Center after a short illness. Mr. Van Brunt was born in Sea Bright and had lived here nearly all his life. He was a World War II veteran and a civilian employee at Ft. Monmouth. Mr. Van Brunt is survived by his wife, Mrs. Eleanor Jones Van Brunt; four sons, James Clifford, jr., Ronald, Stephen, and William, all here; a daughter, Nancy, here; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Van Brunt, Oceanport, and a brother, Donald E. Van Brunt, West Long Branch. The Flock Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Picture appeared in the 5 Nov 1915 issue of the New Jersey Courier:

from New Egypt Press, 10 Mar 1905 HOMES-JONES William Homes, of Forked River, and Miss Stella Jones, of Waretown, were married at Barnegat last Thursday.

From the New Jersey Courier 28 Sep 1905 Mr. Crabbe made a trip to New York this week. Mr. Porter has returned to this place. Dr. Jones gave us a call last Monday. Howard Lee was over to Toms River on Saturday last. Bennie Havens has been on the sick list but is slowly recovering. Samuel Estlow and family are visiting relatives in Waretown. Mr. Richmond of Forked River was here Friday, with a load of fruit and vegetables. Mrs. Crabbe and family drove from Toms River on Wednesday. Messrs. Crabbe and Porter are continually making improvements in their Double Trouble property. Quite an exciting time here last Tuesday night when one of the iron gray horses deliberately walked out of the barn and gave the men quite a long chase before he would allow them to catch him. N. Herbert spent Saturday evening in Toms River.

from New Jersey Courier 6 Apr 1905 The entertainment in the school house last Friday evening was very good. A large audience greeted the performers. The Township Committee are fixing the roads, and in consequence all who wish to work have a job. Mail Clerk Corlis has moved into the Wright Predmore house. Through the kindness of Mrs. J. S. Storms, postmaster Collins has on exhibition an old bill dated February 27, 1875 advertising a performance of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" in Union Hall, by the Barnegat Dramatic Troupe. The cast includes the names of some of our citizens who have long since gone to their rest, and it recalls to mind others who are growing old. Quarterly communion was celebrated in the Presbyterian Church on Sunday last. The Art Club will hold its annual reception on Tuesday this week. W.G. Conrad and wife, John Predmore and wife, and Charles M. Conrad and wife are home from Trenton. The Board of Education organized on Tuesday evening, March 28, by elect

From the New Jersey Courier 17 Jan 1901: The Tom Thumb wedding in the Methodist Church last Friday evening was a perfect success in every way. The bridal party composed of the little ones dressed to imitate their mommas and papas looked very sedate and ministerial. A reception was held after the ceremony and even to the wedding breakfast was reenacted, the bride cutting her wedding cake in the latest fashionable cut. The other parts of the program given by older talent was well rendered and received by an appreciative audience. The entire program was repeated on the following evening to as large if not larger audience than attended the first. Mrs. F.K. Cranmer of Beardsley, Minn., has been visiting Mrs. A.M. Cox. Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Spader and daughter are visiting at J .S. Storm's. A donation was tendered to the Rev. O.W. Wright, pastor of the Presbyterian Church on Tuesday evening of this week. Extra meetings are being held in the Methodist Church. There has been consid

An admitted killer who walked away from a southern New Jersey psychiatric hospital over the weekend has been captured, CBS 2 and wcbstv.com have learned. William Enman was found in Ancora, wearing camouflage clothing in a wooded area behind the Ancora Psychiatric Hospital, where he had escaped from on Monday, authorities said. He was taken into custody without incident. Enman now faces charges of escape. "He banged his head after scaling a fence the first night and remained in the area ever since," State Police spokesman Steve Jones said. Enman, 64, was taken back to Ancora after being discovered by a State Police detective and two Human Services police officers. Jones said he was unarmed and taken into custody without incident. The arrest ended 48 hours of frantic searching that had authorities chasing several leads that ended nowhere. Now that Enman has been caught, he will likely face criminal charges of escape. If convicted, it is possible he will end up in a state pris