The Trimper Family

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1. 1900 · 1900-08-23

   A vaudeville carnival and an eleven-couple cake walk fill the Atlantic Casino; the season's last ball is held at Trimper's Auditorium.

   "The superb carnival given by [Hamlin's] big vaudeville [company] at the Atlantic Casino Thursday" was, The Colored American reported on 25 August, "a just recognition of ... colored talent." The bill: Sir Julius Matoca, "the well known tragedian"; Miss Hattie Robinson in a sketch; Mrs. Mary Covington singing "The Warmest Baby in the Bunch"; Hy Pride, late of the National; a soprano from Snow Hill; Fawcett, Holland and Edward Allan, "the great black face and character comedian." "The leading feature however was the grand cake walk composing 11 couples." It was not the only one: a grand cake walk at the Seaside Hotel in late June drew "artists from Baltimore, Philadelphia and Wilmington," and a ball was given for the waiters of the Plimhimmon Hotel in August that "eclipsed any that has been given here this season." The same column supplies the year's other landmark: "the last grand ball of the season took place at Trimper's Auditorium Tuesday night" — the earliest reference this campaign has to a Trimper hall at Ocean City. Meanwhile the white season's set piece was "the first subscription german of a series" at the Plimhimmon Casino, twelve figures long, the stage decorated with ferns, palms, potted plants, Japanese parasols, lanterns and smilax. — 1900 FULL PASS, 2026-08-11 [reviewed]: Names the company and the framing. The Colored American's Ocean City letter of 25 August 1900 calls the carnival "a just recognition of [the bes]t colored talent" and lists the bill: Hamlin's vaudeville company at the Atlantic Casino on the Thursday; Sir Julius Ma[t]oca, tragedian; Miss Hattie Robinson in a sketch; Mrs. Mary Covington singing "The Warmest Baby in the Bunch"; a Pride, "late of the National", who "had no difficulty in convincing some that minstrels have some [things] that are elevating"; a soprano from Snow Hill; Edward Allan, "the great black face and character comedian"; and "the leading feature however was the grand cake-walk composing 11 couples." Music at the accompanying ball was by the Hall Orchestra. The OCR of this column is badly damaged and several performers' names are recoverable only in part; the page image would settle them.

   Plimhimmon Hotel / Plim PlazaTrimper RidesAtlantic HotelRosalie Tilghman Shreve

   Source · checked 2026-08-06

2. 1919 · 1919-01-05

   "Granville O. Trimper, Ocean City, Md." appears on a Washington casualty list — the campaign's first named Ocean City war casualty.

   The Washington Herald of 5 January 1919 printed "Today's Casualty List" from the War Department. Under "Wounded Slightly," among the privates: "Granville O. Trimper, Ocean City, Md." (and, two lines above, "Denard J. Baker, Showell, Md."). Trimper is the man the Messenger listed in December 1917 among the Worcester County men certified to the service. The 1917 pass closed with the question of "which of the twenty-odd named draftees served, and who died"; this is the first answer, and it is a wounding rather than a death.

   Granville Trimper

   Source · checked 2026-08-06

3. 1923 · 1923-02-18

   Daniel Trimper turns seventy-two, surrounded by four generations, and is still running the amusement park himself.

   Worcester Democrat, 24 February 1923: "Mr. Daniel Trimper celebrated his 72d birthday on Sunday, surrounded by his children, his grandchildren and his great grandchildren." The paper names the party — Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Trimper, Sr.; Mrs. Margaret Gordon with her son William, his wife and daughter Elizabeth; Mrs. Katie Trimper and her daughters Katherine and Matilda; Mr. William Turner; Mr. Howard Turner; Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Scott and their sons Edward and William; Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Trimper, Jr. and their son Daniel 3d; Mr. Granville Trimper; Miss Elizabeth Laws; Rev. Edmund Burk and Miss Mary Burk — and adds: "Mr. Trimper bears his seventy-two years splendidly, being hale and hearty and actively engaged in the work of his Amusement Park on the Boardwalk." The same winter he "altered the basement into a complete apartment, and built a sun parlor of stained glass at the rear of his cottage on Baltimore avenue."

   Trimper RidesOcean City BoardwalkDaniel W. Trimper, Jr.

   Source · checked 2026-08-06

4. 2019 · 2019-11-04

   After Chris Trimper's death the council agreed to ask the town's state legislators for a law letting private businesses administer an EpiPen, and to call it Chris's Law

   Comments from the Mayor and City Council, Regular Meeting of 4 November 2019: "Mayor and Council acknowledged the tragic, tremendous loss of Christ [sic] Trimper, not only to the Trimper family, but to the Town of Ocean City. Council Secretary Knight noted there are 14 states, Maryland included, that do not allow private entities to administer an EpiPen. She requested Mayor and Council send a letter to Senator Carozza and Delegate Hartman encouraging legislation to change the current law and permit EpiPen administration, further suggesting the legislation be named 'Chris's Law.' Secretary Knight will encourage the HMRA, Chamber and Downtown Association to send letters as well. Mayor and Council concurred." A month later, on 2 December, the mayor thanked the negotiating committee for the new 25-year pier franchise with the Trimper amusement interests, "preserv[ing] two iconic structures in downtown Ocean City, the pier and amusement park."

   Source · checked 2026-09-10