Ocean County , NJ History

New Egypt Press 31 Jul 1924

Tuckerton Beacon 19 Feb 1920: ANOTHER COUNTY PAPER SUSPENDS PUBLICATION The Eatontown Advertiser, a Democratic weekly newspaper which has been issued for nearly half a century, has suspended publication because of the illness of the editor, William T. COLE. Mr. Cole is 78 years of age, and in addition to his duties as editor and publisher, comprised the mechanical force as well. The Advertiser is the seventh Monmouth County weekly to suspend publication since the commencement of the war. LAST OF A.E.F. HAVE LEFT CAMP DIX: Last week saw the last of the A.E.F. demobilization at Camp Dix, where half a million soldiers have been converted into civilians. As there are several thousand wounded Americans in hospitals and convalescent stations the demobilization department will not close at once, as groups of these men are arriving at Camp Dix every week.

New Jersey Courier 1 Sep 1937 Westfall Sandlin, 14, who was missing for two days from his home in Camp Dix, was found dead in one of seven sewage disposal tanks on the reservation, at 7.30 on Thursday evening. The tank is 75 feet long and 12 feet in depth. It is believed he fell into the tank accidentally. The boy's father, First Sergt. Matthew Sandlin, of Co. E, 18th Infantry, and Capt. Edward T. O'Neill, provost marshall of the camp, found the body. Coroner George Whomsley, of Burlington, said death was due to accidental drowning. Young Sandlin went to visit friends in Pointville and when he did not return his parents learned the boy had never reached the designation. It was believed he might have gone hitch-hiking when word reached the state police that Clarence Cliver, 15, of Pointville, with whom young Sandlin was friendly, also had disappeared from his home. Cliver later was found at the home of relatives. They had not been togethe