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    The Story Of Cape May Diamonds...plus Ten More Stories TT#6
    The Story Of Cape May Diamonds...plus Ten More Stories TT#6
    The Story Of Cape May Diamonds...plus Ten More Stories TT#6
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    The Story Of Cape May Diamonds...plus Ten More Stories TT#6

    By Terrance L. Weber

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    Here are eleven short stories you can read and then re-tell the next time you get together with your friends and family so they will admire you and your wonderful story-telling ability...
    1. Cape May Diamonds
    2. North American Indian Handcrafted Flutes
    3. A Christmas Story
    4. Pittsburgh's funny way of talking
    5. Double Trouble in Pine Barrens of New Jersey
    6. All about Mugwumps
    7. The greatest Dog Story
    8. How Eagles learn to fly
    9. Homing Pigeons as life savers
    10. The life of an Oyster
    11. How to make Sentimental Wood

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTerrance L. Weber
    Release dateOct 6, 2012
    ISBN9781301803637
    The Story Of Cape May Diamonds...plus Ten More Stories TT#6
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    Terrance L. Weber

    Born in Moorestown, NJ in 1927. Served 3 years in USN during WW2. Attended several colleges: U of P, Rider, Rutgers, Nwk Coll. of Eng. all under GI Bill (Sales, Marketing, Business Writing). Owner: Weber & Sons,Inc. Printing & Direct Mail Advertising business for 30 years. Writer: Award winning (National DMAA)Sales letter copywriter with: Yeck & Yeck in Dayton,OH (1966-'67). Worked with author and Creative Direcctor, Darrell Hare at Graphic Service; EzinesArticles.com Diamond Expert Author status (Best of the best of 478,000 article writes wolrd-wide), Author with 62,857 views of my 168 articles. Some of my inventions are:(Pat.Pend.; NoLabeSystem, Tydee Stamp, LabelPeeler, Tymindex Time Card File System sold nationwide for 40 years, Weber Original Disposable Sleep Masks, Event Blindfold Masks, Dry Eyes Syndrome Sleep Mask, Weber Denture Liners (to help people with loose dentures), Weber Wrist & Ankle Wraps (to help people with Raynauds Syndrome & cold hands and feet). Volunteered with Habitat For Humanity for 10 years as RV-Care-A-Vanners,where we helped build 39 houses nationwide for low income families. Non-fiction books: "How To Cope...with life"; A "Terry Talks Series" of four books and have set up and offered my other personal comfort products and inventions on my website ,all designed to help people feel and/or look better. My website(http:www.dentureliner.com) has been on the Internet since 2000. Interests: My wife and I have lots of fun in our blended family with eleven children, I am an avid sailor, writer, pilot, artist, shorebird wood carver, and recently, a hang glider pilot. Active Prayer Warrior for many years. I have been awarded Diamond Writer status with EzinesArticles.com where many of my articles are listed. Note: As a "Diamond Status Writer" I am rated as one of the top 20 writers in a world-wide competition with over 435,000 other EzinesArticle writers.

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      The Story Of Cape May Diamonds...plus Ten More Stories TT#6 - Terrance L. Weber

      The Story Of Cape May Diamonds…plus Ten More Stories

      #6 in Terry Talks Series

      Terry Weber

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      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright 2012 Terrance Weber

      License Notes: This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this ebook with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each person you share it with. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then you should return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Table of Contents

      1. Cape May Diamonds Story

      2. Flutes of North American Natives Story

      3. Christmas Story

      4. Pittsburgh-ese Story

      5. Double Trouble NewJersey Story

      6. Mugwumps Story

      7. Dog Story

      8. Eagles Story

      9. Homing Pigeon Story

      10. Oyster’s Life Story

      11. Sentimental Value of Wood Story

      The Story Of Cape May Diamonds

      By Terry Weber

      In Cape May, New Jersey, at Sunset Beach on the shore of Delaware Bay you can see the sunken wreck of the World War One concrete ship, Atlantus. She lies there, half submerged, a few hundred feet offshore. The weather worn wreck is all that remains of an experimental World War I concrete freighter. She was towed there in 1926 to be intentionally sunk as a breakwater and protection for the entrance to the then new, Cape May Canal. During a sudden storm on Delaware Bay, she broke free of the towboats and was washed into the shallow water a mile or more west of her intended resting place near the Canal.

      As it happens, this un-natural, man-made barrier is the happy accident that makes Cape May Diamonds available to you. Here is what we believe to be the origin of these unique Cape May

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