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A Page from History: The renaissance of the Ocean Beach Woman’s Club
Point Loma/OB Monthly - by Eric Duvall, July 14, 2024
In the early days of the Ocean Beach Historical Society, it met in the Ocean Beach Woman’s Club clubhouse. In the early days of the Ocean Beach Woman’s Club, it met at the Alligator Rock Lodge (aka Collier’s Shack). Think about that. When I first started spending...
New beer collaboration honors Ocean Beach Woman’s Club
Point Loma/OB Monthly - OB Happenings, June 20, 2024
OB Brewery and California Wild Ales are getting together on a new beer to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Ocean Beach Woman’s Club. “Making Waves Blonde” ale will be unveiled at around sunset Friday, June 21, at the rooftop bar at OB Brewery, 5041 Newport Ave. The name is a reference to the Woman’s Club slogan “Making Waves Since 1924.”...
Ocean Beach Woman’s Club celebrates 100 years with new brew
SDNews.com - by Dave Schwab, June 13, 2024
Marking its centennial this year, Ocean Beach Woman’s Club has something special to help its celebration along with its milestone brew. Bill DeWitt of California Wild Ales, and Jim Millea, head brewer of OB Brewing have collaborated to craft “Making Waves Blonde,” a centennial-hops ale made especially for OBWC’s centennial anniversary. The new brew will officially be dedicated on the summer solstice from OB Brewery’s rooftop bar....
77th Ocean Beach Kite Festival
Fox 5 San Diego KUSI News - by Bowie Fertig, May 18, 2024
Bowe Fertig was live from the Ocean Beach Kite Festival with Ocean Beach Woman's Club Vice President Katherine Benson with more on the event...
Ocean Beach Kite Festival
Ocean Beach Living YouTube - by Ocean Beach Living, May 18, 2024
The Ocean Beach Kite Festival has been going for 70 years, and is the oldest children"s kite festival in the United States. Thousands of people enjoyed the perfect day with free kite supplies and prizes....
'Fun that doesn’t cost you anything’: Hundreds flock to the 77th annual Ocean Beach Kite Festival
The San Diego Union-Tribune - by Natallie Rocha, May 18, 2024
After days of “May gray” weighing on San Diego, the sun was shining over Robb Field Saturday where the blue sky was dotted with white diamonds and cherry red streamers gliding in the wind during the 77th Ocean Beach Kite Festival...
Mad about hats: Contestants try to top one another at OB Woman’s Club party
Point Loma - OB Monthly - by Milan Kovacevic, April 9, 2024
The Ocean Beach Woman’s Club drew the colorful and the creative to its fourth annual hat contest April 4 at Dirty Birds restaurant. The free competition, which also commemorated the Woman’s Club’s 100th anniversary, was open to everyone to wear a favorite hat or create a new one and possibly win a prize...
100 years and counting for Ocean Beach Woman’s Club
SDNews.com - by Dave Schwab, February 23, 2024
Commemorating its centennial, Ocean Beach Woman’s Club received a proclamation on Jan. 30 from the City honoring its milestone anniversary and citing the organization for its continuing public service and community advocacy...
Ocean Beach Woman’s Club celebrates a century of sisterhood and support for community
Pt. Loma-OB Monthly - by Regina Elling, February 11, 2024
For 100 years, the Ocean Beach Woman’s Club has stood for friendship, philanthropy and sisterhood. The club is well-known across OB for its community advocacy, and it was honored recently with an official proclamation from San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria....
Ocean Beach Woman’s Club celebrates Women’s History Month and 98 years of community service
Pt. Loma-OB Monthly - by B. J. Coleman, March 12, 2022
The Ocean Beach Woman’s Club has a motto, “Making Waves Since 1924.” This refers to OB as a beach town, of course. But the phrase further points to the volunteer community service the organization has performed across nearly a century. The club plans more programs...
Ocean Beach Woman’s Club brings back ‘Hat Competition’
SDNews.com - by Tech, April 24, 2019
On Thursday, May 9, the Ocean Beach Woman’s Club is bringing back a tradition from the past: the annual Hat Contest! The event is free, open to the public and everyone is invited to enter the contest. Even if hat-making isn’t your thing, stop by for a cold beer, delicious food...
Laying a new foundation for Ocean Beach Woman’s Club (pt 1)
SDNews.com - by Tech, May 14, 2017
(The following article is the first in a series about the history and significance of the Ocean Beach Woman’s Club.) The Ocean Beach Woman’s Club, established in 1924, has served our community for 93 years. In the next few months, we will highlight some of the major...
Ocean Beach Woman’s Club – Laying a new foundation (pt 2)
SDNews.com - by Tech, June 10, 2017
“On this beautiful Sunday morning came the news that Pearl Harbor had been attacked by the Japanese-and very shortly-our country was at war against the Axis powers.” That was how the meeting notes dated Dec. 7, 1941 began. It was the beginning of a story that unfolds...
Ocean Beach Woman’s Club – Laying a new foundation (pt 3)
SDNews.com - by Tech, August 5, 2017
There are more than four boxes of archival history on the fire that nearly consumed the clubhouse on Sunday, Sept. 21, 1997. It is believed the fire began when a couch, that stood over an open-grated floor furnace, caught alight. It took 20 firefighters about 20 minutes...
Ocean Beach Woman’s Club – Laying a new foundation (pt 4)
SDNews.com - by Tech, July 8, 2017
Burning the flag. With the 4th of July celebration just behind us, we thought it would be fun to share this story from 1962 when the OBWC burned the American flag. As most people know, the correct and appropriate way to dispose of an American flag is to burn it. It is a sign...