Cambridge Time Machine: Oakley Beach Burns
On December 6, 1954, the half-century old Oakley Beach Hotel burned to the ground. The Choptank riverfront establishment was owned by Harold and Celia Ashmore, who had bought it in 1947. Local newsboy Sewell Frey, Jr., spotted smoke in back of the building around 7am. He ran in, yelled “fire,” phoned the police, and went […]