{"id":1444,"date":"2021-05-12T12:53:36","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T12:53:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sunbythesea.com\/ww\/?p=1444"},"modified":"2023-06-12T21:32:12","modified_gmt":"2023-06-12T21:32:12","slug":"the-doctors-prescription-a-home-by-the-sea-for-charles-cook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sunbythesea.com\/ww\/the-doctors-prescription-a-home-by-the-sea-for-charles-cook\/","title":{"rendered":"The Doctor\u2019s Prescription: a \u201cHome by-the-Sea\u201d for Charles Cook"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Young Charles Cook on the back steps of his cottage  c1925<\/em><\/strong>
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As is true of the greatest Wildwood stories, there\u2019s an undercurrent of love for the island that tells of how people have always been drawn to the healing power of saltwater & sunshine. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Charles and father Charles.   c1925<\/em><\/strong>

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At the advice of his physician, Charles\u2019 parents were told that the health benefits found in the fresh, healing saltwater, would be the best medicine for their son, they purchased a lot in the Anglesea section of North Wildwood and built a lovely beach cottage.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2 Mace Ave, the early years<\/em><\/strong>
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Now in its 6th generation, this quaint & humble cottage, still residing at 2 Mace Ave. in the Anglesea section of North Wildwood, has amazingly stood the test of time, enduring many coastal storms, including the infamous Storm of \u201962.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Evidently it did young Charles good to be by the sea! He was not expected to survive childhood, but thanks to the magic of Wildwood by-the-Sea, he lived a good long life.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Good times on the<\/em> front walk   c1925<\/strong>
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This is the account of Charles and his summer cottage as told by his cousin Steve, the current keeper of 2 Mace Ave. (the 6th Generation in this beautiful little seaside cottage.)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to Debbie Mooers of Grassy Sound Marina for connecting us<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As is true of the greatest Wildwood stories, there\u2019s an undercurrent of love for the island that tells of how people have always been drawn to the healing power of saltwater & sunshine.  At the advice of his physician, Charles\u2019 parents were told that the health benefits found in the fresh, healing saltwater, would be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[7,1,4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sunbythesea.com\/ww\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1444"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sunbythesea.com\/ww\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sunbythesea.com\/ww\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sunbythesea.com\/ww\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sunbythesea.com\/ww\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1444"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/sunbythesea.com\/ww\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1454,"href":"http:\/\/sunbythesea.com\/ww\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1444\/revisions\/1454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sunbythesea.com\/ww\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sunbythesea.com\/ww\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sunbythesea.com\/ww\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}