[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 72 (Tuesday, May 18, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E994]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


  CENTRAL NEW JERSEY CELEBRATES THE SESQUICENTENNIAL OF OCEAN TOWNSHIP

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                           HON. RUSH D. HOLT

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 18, 1999

  Mr. HOLT. Mr. Speaker, I rise to direct the attention of my 
colleagues to the celebration of Ocean Township's sesquicentennial and 
the re-enactment of the historic first town meeting.
  Created by enabling legislation on February 21, 1849, Ocean Township 
is a community located in central New Jersey between the mouth of the 
Shrewsbury South River and the river to Eatontown Landing Creek. The 
precise boundaries, however, were originally described in relation to 
farms and properties that no longer exist.
  In honor of Ocean Township's founding and its first town meeting on 
March 13, 1849, the Council sponsored festivities reminiscent of that 
day a century and a half ago. The mayor and council members dressed up 
in period costumes while elementary and intermediate students sang 
songs and recited accounts of life in the mid-nineteenth century.
  Mr. Speaker, Ocean Township is just one of the historical treasures 
in central New Jersey that continues to thrive to this day. I know that 
the people of the community, by observing and respecting their history, 
will be well-equipped to face the challenges of a brand new century.
  I hope that my colleagues will join me and other central New 
Jerseyans in extending our congratulations to the people of Ocean 
Township and wishing them another successful one hundred fifty years.

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