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As many as eight decades of Wrightsville Beach lifeguards will come together Nov. 14 to share stories of working on the island.

The reunion has been a long time coming, former guard Jim Arnold said. The last reunion was six years ago and more than 90 lifeguards attended.

“It’s open to everyone who has ever lifeguarded at Wrightsville Beach,” he said. “Current guards, old guards, hotel guards. The Surf Club had their own guard for years.”

Arnold said often the best stories come from the oldest attendees, some of whom guarded as early as the 1950s. Everything was run so differently back then, he explained. One of the guards might even regale attendees with his memory of the first bikini sighting on Wrightsville Beach.

“He went and got her phone number, of course,” Arnold said.

The reunion starts with a group photo at the Wrightsville Beach Museum of History at 3 p.m. and then moves to Sweet n Savory Café for “drinking, eating, and lying about our youth,” Arnold said, laughing.

He encouraged guards interested in attending to contact him at
[email protected]

email [email protected]

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