SEA BRIGHT: MAINSTAY HELPS CLUB REBUILD
Chubby Marks at the rebuilt Edgewater Cabana Club, above, and working in a construction trailer at the club this winter, below. (Photo by Wil Fulton. Click to enlarge)
By WIL FULTON
Standing beside a freshly installed, jumbo-sized kiddie pool at the newly renovated Edgewater Cabana Club in Sea Bright on a sun-drenched June afternoon, Chubby Marks can barely go a second without being greeted by passersby.
With a seasoned politician’s flair, the 83-year-old beach club manager shakes hands, coos to small children and remembers everyones name without exception.
Samuel Chubby Marks has been general manager of Edgewater Cabana Club formerly Waters Edge for 18 years, and the lively, personable 83-year-old Sea Bright mainstay said that he has no plans of slowing down anytime soon after playing a pivotal role in the reopening of the club, which held a ribbon-cutting ceremony this weekend to celebrate its first full week of operation.