North Wildwood Centennial

N. Wildwood history put to paper
From Press of Atlantic City staff reports
Published: Friday, April 28, 2006
Updated: Friday, April 28, 2006

NORTH WILDWOOD — No more wondering what happened when.

The city's history, all 100 years of it, has now been placed in a book in honor of North Wildwood's centennial celebration.

Jacob Schaad Jr., the city's public relations coordinator, and Robert J. Scully, curator of the Wildwood Historical Society, worked together along with longtime resident Anna M. Vinci to put the town's story down on paper.

Although it has been called the first comprehensive book on the resort, Scully noted there is more to be written.

“I call it bits and pieces of North Wildwood,” Scully said as copies of the book were handed out at Margaret Mace Elementary School Thursday.

He joked that would give the town's next generation plenty to write about in 50 years for the next big town anniversary.

North Wildwood gained its name May 16, 1906, after many years of being known as Anglesea.

Schaad said news of the name change, however, didn't reach the state government for another six years, so the town could celebrate a second centennial a few years from now.

Copies of the book are being sold for $5 to support the centennial celebration, which will include a parade and townwide picnic in May.

They can be purchased at City Hall, the Hereford Inlet Lighthouse and at the city's annual Beach Writers Conference in June.