The Buzz

Somers Point may not have an official Web site, but one hometown page is getting a lot of attention lately.

www.somerspoint.org was created on a whim two months ago by a former Somers Point, now Fresno, Calif., resident who simply wanted to keep in touch with hometown friends and news.

Bill Winslow, 63, and two Somers Point friends e-mailed stories and old pictures to one another. After a while, Winslow decided others might be interested in seeing the photos and hearing about people.

He developed the Web site with friends Joan Bird Wilson and Bill Carr. In just one month it received 300 visitors.

"People have contacted me that I haven't heard from in 45 years," he said. "This site has taken off beyond my wildest dreams."

Who said reunions can't be virtual?

      Treasure Found in
           Somers Point

Somers Point NJ--Negatives have been found  after  fifty   years  in  a closet   by LouAnn and Richie Rest.  LouAnn is  a     Grand-daughter  of   Sherman  S. Winslow Sr.   Winslow  was      the     last   of   the   all-round photographers.     His   photographs  can  be   seen   in   many  reference   books  in   the  local  library.  Many  of       his    customers    were    local   townspeople      wanting        family  portraits.
During    the    war  pictures  of  our fighting   men  could   be found on a table,  piano or   fireplace  mantel in  their  homes.         The newly-found negatives are of those men.

Also   among   the   two    hundred plus     negatives    are      assorted   pictures  of   people,  places   and  things,  treasures  of  interest  to all Pointers.
This   editor   will  begin to sort and convert       these    negatives    into  pictures for your Pointers WebSite.

If  a  picture   appears without  a name   please  contact  the  editor
if  you can identify the subject.

The new library opened in the old city hall building on October 2, 2000, receiving rave reviews by "The Current" newspaper. A formal dedication of the building is scheduled for November 11, 2000, at 12:00, following the Veteran's Day ceremony.

  The new state of the art library has many new computers, one of which was donated by Marta Martin in memory of her husband, our former Mayor Tony Martin. The new building is fully handicapped-accessible, including an elevator. The view from the second floor windows overlooking the bay has attracted many daytime readers who sit in the lounge area by the hour.