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V. Raczykowski Dies at 78
Camden Courier-Post - January 1964 Vincent Raczykowski, 78, founder and owner of the Newport Bottling Works, 1101 Morton Street, died Wednesday in West Jersey Hospital.
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Two Bandits Rifle Shop Cash Register
Two holdup men interrupted a woman's telephone conversation and scooped $25 from a cash register in a Camden candy store Saturday night.
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Mrs. Marie E. Simon Dies at 68; Beloved 'Mayor of Fogarty Ave.'
Mrs. Marie E. Simon, 68, of 20 Fogarty Avenue, known to an earlier generation of Camden newspapermen as "Mame Kenney" and to her neighbors as the "Mayor of Fogarty Ave.," died at West Jersey Hospital in February 1959.
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Flood on Kaighn Avenue — August 11, 1958
On August 11, 1958, a major flood inundated Kaighn Avenue. Bob Bartosz documented the flooding with an extensive series of photographs from South 8th Street to Mt. Ephraim Avenue.
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John S. Zmuda
Obituary of John S. Zmuda, 61, of 1066 Everett Street, past commander of the Laskowski-Wojtkowiak Post 74, American Legion, a native of Poland, retired leather glazer and Army veteran of World War I. Camden Courier-Post, December 26, 1957.
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City Court Scene: Judge Holds Engineer in Child Deaths
Municipal Judge Marino held PRSL engineer John C. Gillon for the grand jury in December 1957 on a manslaughter charge in the deaths of John and Karen Wawrzyniak on the trestle at Mechanic and Louis streets, along with a motorist in a separate death.
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Ransackers Tour Building on Market St.
Burglars took $30 to $40 in cash and 200 three-cent stamps after ransacking office and warehouse space of five firms in a building at 10th and Market Streets, entering by a ladder at the rear of 1011 Market Street.
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Rites Slated Tuesday for Train Victims
A requiem high Mass at St. Joseph's Church was set for John Wawrzyniak Jr., 14, and his sister Karen, 9, killed in December 1957 by a train on the trestle over Louis and Mechanic streets near their Orchard Street home.
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Pope Blesses Pair Here on Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Jan J. Pawelek of 1256 Whitman Avenue received a special papal blessing certificate from Pope Pius XII for their golden wedding anniversary. Camden Courier-Post, July 19, 1957.
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Mrs. Mary Lambert
Obituary for Mrs. Mary Lambert, 67, of 1219 South Tenth Street, a member of St. Joseph's Church societies, survived by her husband John, son Conrad, and four daughters.
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Tipsy Driver Jailed, Others Will Follow
Camden Courier-Post, January 4, 1955: Municipal Judge Benjamin Dzick jails a drunken driver for 30 days and announces that all drivers found guilty of drunken driving will be jailed.
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Two Men Beaten And Car Stolen; One Is Robbed
Angel M. Rodriguez, 35, of 300 Penn St., and Fernando Reyes, 52, of 708 Carman St., were beaten in January 1954; Rodriguez's car was stolen and Reyes said he was robbed of $150.
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Spending Two-Week Vacation
Mr. and Mrs. John Shelton of 922 Ferry Avenue and Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Williams of 1187 South 10th Street spend two weeks vacationing at Hot Springs, Arkansas.
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Frank Zurinski
Frank Zurinski, 68, of 852 Woodland Avenue, a retired Baldwin-Lima Locomotive Co. employee and Camden resident for 37 years, died at home. A Solemn High Mass of requiem was set for St. Michael's Ukrainian R. C. Church, with burial in Calvary Cemetery.
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Woman Gas Victim Saved by Camden Rescue Squad
The hour-long effort of a fire department rescue squad saved Mrs. Florence Marshall, 46, of 330 North Tenth street, who had locked herself in the bathroom and turned on a gas jet.
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Fire at 1132 South Front Street
A Camden fire-alarm list recording two alarms for a fire that damaged the interior, exterior, and contents of 1132 South Front Street.
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Nine Safety Aides Sworn by Aaron
Camden Courier-Post - August 12, 1950 Five recently-appointed policemen and four firemen were sworn in today by Public Safety Commissioner Aaron in his City Hall office.
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5 Cops, 4 Firemen, All War 2 Vets Named by Aaron
Camden Courier-Post - August 1, 1950 Replacements Listed For 8 on Pensions, One Resignation Director of Public Safety Aaron this afternoon announced the appointment of five new patrolmen and four new firemen. All are War II veterans.
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So. Camden Man Dies On Job at Shipyard
Samuel Napierkowski, 60, of 1257 Morton Street was fatally stricken on his job in the power house of the New York Shipyard and pronounced dead at West Jersey Hospital.
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Rites Wednesday For Miss Johntra
Services for Miss Anna M. Johntra, 90, of 732 Market Street, who taught in Camden public schools nearly 40 years and was principal of the Linden School from 1905 to 1916.
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Konstanty Roginski
Obituary for Konstanty Roginski, 59, a Polish-born stevedore and 34-year Camden resident, who died at 1550 South Tenth Street and is survived by his widow Wanda and four children.
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Stanley Poduszczak
Obituary of Stanley Poduszczak, 55, an RCA toolmaker for 18 years, who died of a heart attack at his home at 1544 Louis Street, Camden, in October 1949.
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Poduszczak
Paid death notice for Stanley Poduszczak, 55, of 1544 Louis Street, Camden, who died suddenly October 29, 1949, inviting RCA, union and Polish organization members to his funeral.
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Pfc. Louis Bontkowski Rites Set Thursday
A requiem high Mass for Pfc. Louis Bontkowski of 1191 Liberty Street was set for St. Joseph's R.C. Church, with burial in the veterans plot of St. Joseph's cemetery at Chews Landing and military honors by Laskowski-Wojtkowiak Post 74, American Legion.
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Military Rites Set For Pvt. Gdowik
The Camden Courier-Post announces a full military funeral for Pvt. Chester J. Gdowik, killed in action in Italy on May 25, 1944, with High Mass at St. Joseph's Church and burial at St. Joseph's cemetery, Chews Landing.
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Alfred Taylor and the Confidence Game
An old confidence game led to the arrest of Alfred Taylor, 51, of 1735 South Seventh street, on a charge of maintaining a disorderly house, after Dewey Sasnett was steered to the home and robbed of his billfold.
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Thief Takes Nickels Left for Drinks
United States Gasket Co., 600 N. 10th Camden. Advertisements from New Jersey Bulletin, 1955, and a Camden directory, August 1957.
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15 Dead, 2 Missing from South Jersey
The War Department's June 13, 1944 casualty list named fifteen South Jersey men killed and two missing, among them Corporal Stephen V. Koscianski of 966 Bulson Street, Camden — one of twelve on the list who had been lost with the troopship HMT Rohna in the Mediterranean seven months earlier.
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1150 Camden Poles In Service Honored
A service flag honoring 1,150 St. Joseph's Parish men and women in the armed forces was unfurled at Tenth and Mechanic Streets, where Mayor Brunner pinned gold stars on the mothers and a brother of parishioners killed or missing in World War II. Courier-Post, August 31, 1943.
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Blast Injuries Kill Soldier From Camden
The Camden Courier-Post reports the death of Staff Sgt. Roman Drapinski, 1468 South Tenth Street, killed by a premature dynamite explosion while giving instructions in its handling at Camp Campbell.
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Funeral Tomorrow for Sgt. Dzingoski
A January 1943 Camden Courier-Post notice that Sgt. Gus Dzingoski — the first World War II casualty of St. Joseph's Catholic Church — would be buried with full military honors, with an American Legion ritual in his mother's home and a Solemn High Mass of Requiem at the church.
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Edward A. Quinlan
Page 25 of the 1943 St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church Golden Jubilee Year Book: a "Compliments of" advertisement for Edward A. Quinlan, the continuation of "The Origin of St. Joseph's Parish," and the start of "The Story of St. Joseph's Parish, East Camden."
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7 Camden Women Pass State Tests
Trenton, July 24.—Helen M. Redfield, 624 Royden street, Camden, scored first out of a list of seven women who passed the examination for information clerk in the Camden Welfare Department, the State C
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Local Stores Looted of $64 Cash, Stock
Thieves looted two Camden businesses overnight, stealing cash and goods from a cigar store on Mount Vernon Street and approximately $50 in merchandise from Samuel Brahen's grocery at 1100 South Tenth Street.
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Boleslaw Glembocki
Obituary for Boleslaw Glembocki, 52, of 1508 South Tenth Street, a member of the Polish National Alliance and the Polish-American Citizens' Club, with requiem Mass at St. Joseph's Church.
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Speakeasy Proprietor Fined After ABC Raid
Camden Courier-Post, June 25, 1938: Joseph S. Waligorski, 27, of 1498 South Tenth Street, was fined $200 or 60 days in the county jail by Police Judge Gene R. Mariano for maintaining a speakeasy after a state ABC raid on his store.
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Speakeasy Charge Follows Store Raid
Charged with conducting a speakeasy at the rear of his grocery store, Joseph S. Waligorski, 27, of 1498 South Tenth street, was arrested yesterday in a raid on his place.
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Snatched Purse, Jailed
George Gibbs, 39, of 311 North 11th Street was sentenced to thirty days in jail for stealing a purse from Mrs. Susie Lovett on Penn Street near Tenth.
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Dance Chairman
Henry Szczesniewski of 1855 South Tenth Street was chairman of St. George's Holy Name Society's pre-Lenten dance at New Hall, Tenth Street and Kaighn Avenue, held to raise funds for an organ for St. George's Church.
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Jury Frees Motorist in Camden Auto Death
The Camden County Grand Jury cleared Ralph Bantivoglio of 1538 South Tenth Street in the traffic death of New York Shipbuilding Company employee Leonard Mislich.
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Michael Nowacki
Memorial death notice for Michael Nowacki, beloved husband and father, who lived near South 10th Street and died February 13, 1936, placed by his wife and children in the Camden Courier-Post.
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Woman's Yells Scare 2 Bandits From Store
Two armed robbers fled a grocery store at 1466 South 10th Street after the proprietor's wife, Mrs. Mary Marchlik, screamed and frightened them off in February 1938.
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Mrs. Cora P. Huston
Death notice for Mrs. Cora P. Huston, 59, widow of Philip Huston, of 314 North 10th Street, Camden, who died in February 1938.
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Elimination of 20 City Blocks Urged by Housing Committee
The Camden Housing Advisory Committee recommended that the city clear 20 blocks of sub-standard properties, 895 dwellings in two areas, to save on municipal service costs; Mayor Frederick von Nieda favored eliminating the areas but opposed spending city money without assurance of a return.
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Polish A.A. to Hold Pre-Lenten Dance
A February 1936 Camden Courier-Post notice that the St. Joseph's Polish Athletic Association would hold its annual pre-Lenten dance at St. Joseph's Parish Hall, Tenth and Liberty Streets, featuring an exhibition dance by walkathon favorites Mary Jane and Art Mason and music by Walt Leopold's Orchestra.
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Couple Celebrate 50th Wedding Year
More than 50 relatives and friends shared in the celebration of the 50th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Dahl staged last night at the home of the couple's son, Howard Dahl, 126 North T
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Waligurski
WALIGURSKI — On September 22, 1935. Joseph, beloved husband of Eva Waligurski, age 46 years.
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Two Camden Men Injured in Auto Collision
John Kroszewski of 1485 South Tenth Street and driver Stanley Wrotny were treated for bruises after their car overturned in a collision with a truck on Crescent Boulevard in West Collingswood Heights.
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4 Men, Woman Jailed on Disorderly Charges
Four men and a woman arrested in a fight at Tenth and Market streets received suspended sentences on disorderly conduct charges from Judge Garfield Pancoast in Camden police court in August 1933.
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Dan Cupid Gets Flying Start With Bow and Arrow
Marriage license applications filed in June 1933, including Helen Graczyk, 23, of 1581 South 10th Street, Camden, and Robert Alberts, 31, of Billingsport Avenue, Paulsboro.