Memorial Day Weekend Clippings from Friday, May 26 through Sunday, May 30, 1978

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May 27, 2023

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The Memorial Day weekend may be the unofficial beginning of the Summer season but it is definitely the start of Summer business along the New Jersey shore which is where I grew up. Get out the whites. Get the pool uncovered and cleaned up. Get to a boardwalk. All hallmarks of a NJ shore Memorial Day weekend.

In 1978, it was no different except that the b…

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