BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:SoDel X-WR-CALNAME:Rehoboth Beach Museum Oral History Program BEGIN:VEVENT UID:38272019-11-15 DTSTART:20191115T180000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20191115T050000Z SUMMARY:Rehoboth Beach Museum Oral History Program CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:The Rehoboth Beach Historical Society invites members of the pu blic to\nlisten to a recorded oral history of Mr. Ed Hill conducted by Jam es\nMeehan in 2004 in\npreparation for the book “Rehoboth Beach Memoirs. ” The audio\npresentation will take place a the historic Anna Hazzard ho use at 17\nChristian Street at 1 p.m. on Friday\, November 15.\nBorn in 19 06\, Mr. Hill remembers that he bought his first car for\n$300.There were no street lights in the winter\, and he was paid $5 to\nlight half the gas street and boardwalk lamps all summer. Mr. Hill’s\nfather was the first police chief in town and later owned a restaurant\nthat served oyster ste w that sold for ten cents.\nAt Rehoboth Elementary School\, Mr. Hill remem bers there were “…six\nor seven in a class. They had the eleventh grad e for quite a few\nyears. I graduated from the eleventh grade\, and the ne xt year they put\nin a twelfth. So\, I went back and graduated twelfth. So \, I graduated\ntwice\, once from eleventh\, and then from twelfth.”\nSo ciety director\, Nancy Alexander\, says\,” We are pleased to have\nbeen given the original cassette tapes from the interviews done for\nthe book. They are a great addition to our permanent collection. We\nare fortunate t o have a donor who supports our oral history program\nand to be able to br ing these voices to a greater audience.”\nThe program is free for societ y members and there is a suggested\ndonation of $5 for non- members. Space is very limited. The audio\nrecording is approximately 50 minutes long. L ight refreshments will be\nprovided. Please call (302) 227-7310 to reserve a seat.\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Rehoboth Beach Historical Society invit es members of the public to listen to a recorded oral history of Mr. Ed Hi ll conducted by James Meehan in 2004 in
\npreparation for the book “Rehoboth Beach Memoirs.” The audio presentation will take place a the historic Anna Hazzard house at 17 Christian Street at 1 p.m. on Friday\, November 15.
\nBorn in 1906\, Mr. Hill remembers that he bought his f irst car for $300.There were no street lights in the winter\, and he was p aid $5 to light half the gas street and boardwalk lamps all summer. Mr. Hi ll’s father was the first police chief in town and later owned a restaur ant that served oyster stew that sold for ten cents.
\nAt Rehoboth El ementary School\, Mr. Hill remembers there were “…six or seven in a cl ass. They had the eleventh grade for quite a few years. I graduated from t he eleventh grade\, and the next year they put in a twelfth. So\, I went b ack and graduated twelfth. So\, I graduated twice\, once from eleventh\, a nd then from twelfth.”
\nSociety director\, Nancy Alexander\, says\ ,” We are pleased to have been given the original cassette tapes from th e interviews done for the book. They are a great addition to our permanent collection. We are fortunate to have a donor who supports our oral histor y program and to be able to bring these voices to a greater audience.”\nThe program is free for society members and there is a suggested don ation of $5 for non- members. Space is very limited. The audio recording i s approximately 50 minutes long. Light refreshments will be provided. Plea se call (302) 227-7310 to reserve a seat.

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