Shoobie (1962)

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15 August 1962, Clearfield (PA) Progress, pg. 10, col. 2:
_College Students Flock to Ocean_
_City, N.J., Despite Its Strict Laws_
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But there are almost as many boys as girls in town from Friday night  through
Sunday, while the "shoobies" are here.
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These are boys, also mostly college students, who spend the summer within
driving distance of Ocean City and come here for the weekends.
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They get the nickname from the term "shoebox lunchers," for people who come
to the shore for a day, bringing their lunches in shoeboxes, or more loosely
to  anyone who doesn't stay for at least a week.

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