As the Rehoboth Beach Patrol celebrated its 100th anniversary, generations of guards who descended on the town shared their stories.
Except, of course, that’s only half the picture. And this weekend, as the Rehoboth Beach Patrol celebrated its 100th anniversary, generations of guards who descended on the town were eager to share stories about the other half: the riptide rescues, the punishing daily workouts, the long rainy days on duty, the lost kids , the jellyfish stings, the airborne beach umbrellas.
Safety is his top priority, but Giles has also made a concerted effort to connect patrol alumni with current guards. He invites them in to talk about their career paths and how their guard experience influenced the choices they made.“The common denominator is still the same for lifeguards 50 years ago and the lifeguards right now,” he said. “You still have to have a human sitting on the stand paying attention — and, on the rough days, being ready to go.
Bill Collick, another African American lifeguard, joined the patrol in 1969 after the beaches had been desegregated. Collick, who would later go on to be the head football coach and athletic director at Delaware State University, said he never felt anything but welcomed as a member of Rehoboth’s beach patrol.“When I look at the people that I met there and the structure and the camaraderie, it’s like we really had an esprit de corps there,” said Collick, 71.
Herb Miller, 84, was one of the oldest lifeguards to return for the reunion. When he was on the Rehoboth Beach Patrol in the 1950s, Miller made $49.95 a month. He rented out a room for $7 a week and paid another $7 a week for meals. That included just one glass of milk per meal. At the morning briefing the next day, the guards were told that if the woman wore a bikini on their beach, they would have to ask her to cover up.Jerry Rapkin, who at 92 is the patrol’s oldest alumni and almost as old as the patrol itself, started as a junior lifeguard at Rehoboth during World War II, when Coast Guard troops would patrol the beach on horseback to watch for enemy submarines and German spies.
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