The Jernee Manor
Jernee Manor community memoir page....sharing stories and historical information about an Ocean City landmark from years past.
14/04/2023
Ocean City Academy "crew" parade the Colors.
13/04/2023
Visitors to OCA enjoy a meal in the station mess hall. This was the same mess hall used by the crew when OCA was the USCG Pecks Beach Station. Notice the walls are decorated with airplanr insignia recognition posters and other nautical items.
The catering service for OCA was provided by Truxton Showers pictured in the serving line. Truxton would later operate a "Sub" (hoagie) shop in the building where OCCC is located on Asbury Ave.
12/04/2023
Opening Day for the Ocean City Academy
06/04/2023
Taking down the USCG Pecks Beach sign and getting ready for the opening day for the Ocean City Academy.
04/04/2023
After WWII the USCG decommissioned Station 127 and moved to a new station on the bay. Chief Warrant Officer Jack Jernee (former Capt of the OCBP from 1920-1942) was able to purchase the station and start the Ocean City Academy, a boy's camp for teaching nautical skills and discipline.
03/04/2023
USCG - PECKS Beach - boat practice
03/04/2023
The U.S. Coast Guard took over the station in the early 1900s - Station 127.
03/04/2023
Jernee Manor was originally built as a station for the Life Saving Service in the 1800s.
27/07/2021
Capt Jack Jernee recognized as the restarting annual boat parade, Night in Venice. Thank you OCBP and OC Sentinal! Please check out the Jack G Jernee webpage at jackgjernee.com
05/02/2019
Congrats to my daughter Brittany upon here retirement from the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after 25 plus years on active duty.
Brittany followed in the steps of her great grandfather Capt Jack Jernee, Grand uncles - Jack Jernee, Jr. and Andy Jernee and father, Tom Speers.
Both Brittany and her sister Brooke co-own a condo in Ocean City and visit whenever possible. Kohr's cones and Johnson's popcorn is always the first stop when returning from their deployments. Then breakfast at Arlene's (chipped beef is Brittany's favorite) and lunch at Sac-o-Subs.
Brittany served at Walter Reed (Wash, DC): Brooke Army Medical Center, Texas; Fort Bragg, NC; Iraq - Combat Hospital supporting 101st Airborne; Fort Campbell, Tenn.; Fort Belvoir, VA; Fort Drum, NY and Fort Wainwright, Alaska.
A true big sister, Brittany led the way for her younger sister, Brooke, Maj USMC, and younger brother, Matt , Cpt USMC, to serve in our Armed Forces.
Pics: Brooke and Brittany as childhood pals, in uniform and meeting Matt on his return from Afghanistan.
Thank you for your service and sacrifice (missed her daughters first day of kindergarten while in Iraq). And a well deserved "BZ" from your family and friends.
And thank the Lord for Ocean City where one can clear ones mind after an overseas assignment (Brittany, Brooke and Matt have served a combined total of 11 deployments to either Iraq or Afghanistan)
Love you - Dad
Note: "BZ" - navy code for "Well Done".
31/05/2018
This is my favorite picture of Capt Jernee. Here he is repairing a life saving can that the beach patrol used for years. Two of these cans sat on a rack which was positioned right in front of the lifeguard stand. If someone was in need of rescuing The life guards would jump down off the stand and grab a can and head out into the water. The Victim could be propped up on the can or if they were able they could just hold onto the can. It is My understanding that Captain Jernee invented this life saving device. You will notice quite a bit of paint on Captain Jernee‘s coveralls. This would be from painting the lifeguard boats during the off-season. Captain Jernee loved to paint. We used to say that if it doesn’t move Captain Jack will paint it :-)