Ocean County , NJ History

 

New Jersey Courier 1 Sep 1904

from the New Jersey Courier 6 Oct 1910 Clarence and Eugene Phillips and wife, and John Newman and family have moved to Bayville. Mr. Crabbe has had his men and teams repairing the road out to Toms River and it is now a fine gravel road, good as can be found most anywhere. A party from here who spent Sunday at Forked River were: George Wainwright and wife, Miss Mabel Worth, Frank Kegle and Fred Wilbert. Mr. Crabbe picked about a thousand bushels of fine cranberries this fall and is about finished up. John Plummer and family have moved to Pleasantville.

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 the New Jersey Courier 30 Mar 1911 Edward Crabbe on Saturday last let the water off the big mill pond which he partially set out in cranberry vines last summer. He has two hundred barrels of vines which he will now set out on the bottom of the pond. During the winter sand was carted out on the ice and dumped over the muddy spots, and is now in the places where it is wanted to be spread. The water that was run off the pond was run on the east bog of 200 acres, which was flooded last summer. This will be ready for setting out after another summer under water. When Mr. Crabbe gets through with bog building he will have about 500 acres of vines. The mill is busy on cedar lumber. A neat bungalow is being built on the shore of the lake. Some say the builder expects to have a bride to occupy it with him. From the New Jersey Courier 29 Feb 1912 Jesse Taylor [ of Forked River] and family spent Sunday at Double Trouble.