The summer of 1920 focused national attention on the Jersey Shore – first for the construction of the huge hangar at Lakehurst, and then for a daring rescue of the crew of the submarine S- 5. The editor of the Tuckerton Beacon wrote with pride on Aug. 5.
“We here in Ocean County, particularly those who have been natives for years, do not realize, or perhaps do not to stop to think of the vast number of improvements that have been, or are now being added of National importance that is bringing…
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