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John C. Voll Jr. (1900-1979) was born in Camden and served the Camden Fire Department for 40 years, entering the department on January 15, 1925 and retiring on December 1, 1965. He lived his later years at 2737 Garfield Avenue in the Cramer Hill section of Camden.
Robert Gess (1887-1950) was born in Pennsylvania and worked for many years at the Howland Croft Sons & Co. textile mill at Broadway and Jefferson Street in Camden, becoming a foreman there about 1918. He suffered a fatal heart attack at the plant on June 28, 1950.
Kenneth Jennings Netherby of Camden, NJ served as a Motor Machinists Mate Third Class in the United States Navy during World War II. He died of causes not related to combat while serving, survived by his wife, of 936 North 19th Street in the Cramer Hill section of Camden.
Harry W. Horst (c. 1873–1949) was one of Camden's first hardwood floor contractors, establishing his business in the city in 1910. He lived and worked out of his homes at 1240 North 19th Street and later 1021 North 32nd Street in the Cramer Hill section of Camden.
Joseph Xavier Voll (1925–1945) of Camden, NJ served as a Fireman First Class in the United States Navy and was one of the original crew of the USS Caswell (AKA-72). He was killed in an accident at Riverton, New Jersey on January 12, 1945, less than a week short of his 20th birthday, and is buried at Beverly National Cemetery in Beverly, NJ.
Joseph Anthony Hooven Jr. (1915–1996) was a Camden police detective who graduated Camden Catholic High School in 1933 with a Villanova scholarship, joined the Camden Police Department in 1940, and rose to Detective Sergeant by December 1957.
John Paul Gryckiewicz (1918–2006) served 40 years with the Camden Fire Department, rising to captain of Engine Company 6, and was decorated for heroism in multiple rescues. A World War II Navy veteran, he served as a chief machinist mate aboard the Camden-built USS South Dakota.
Edwin Stanley Wirtz (1914–1975), son of Camden policeman Stanley R. Wirtz and grandson of Camden fireman James McDade, was appointed to the Camden Fire Department in October 1943 and served 22 years, retiring in October 1965 as an inspector in the Fire Marshal's office.
John J. Gorman (1922–1944) of 1040 North 19th Street in the Cramer Hill section of Camden served as a Corporal in Company C, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. He was killed October 2, 1944 during the siege of Aachen, Germany, and is buried at New St. Mary's Cemetery in Bellmawr, NJ.
A. Wayne Kraft (1934–2007), born Adelbert Wayne Kraft in Camden, grew up at 903 North 19th Street in Cramer Hill and served in the United States Army as a Specialist 4th Class. Appointed to the Camden Fire Department on June 29, 1962, he served more than 25 years before retiring on pension on February 1, 1988, and died on June 9, 2007.
Officer George E. Schultz Jr. (1942–1969) joined the Camden Police Department in November 1968 and was killed by a gunman on July 5, 1969 at the age of 26, alongside his Academy classmate Officer Charles Sutman.
Nineteenth Street runs from the Pavonia railroad switching yards across River Avenue north to Harrison Avenue in the Cramer Hill section of Camden, New Jersey.
One of Camden's oldest and most storied streets, named after the Cooper family. Covers the full length from the waterfront to the 2000 block, including the Victor Talking Machine Company, Esterbrook Pen Company, Johnson Park, the Hotel Plaza, the Walt Whitman Hotel, the Elks Lodge, and East Camden's other Cooper Street.
Death notice of Joseph E. Desrocher Sr., 85, of 924 North 19th Street, Camden, who died April 26, 1970.
Death notice of John Moellers, 77, of 1018 North 19th Street, Camden, who died July 19, 1969, survived by a brother Henry of Camden.
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Wirtz, formerly of Camden and then of North Cape May, planned a New Year's Eve golden wedding anniversary dinner at Kenney's in Camden, hosted by their son Edwin of 1227 North 19th Street.
Obituary of Mrs. Josephine R. Sowney of 933 North 19th Street, Camden, who died at her home in December 1957.
A Courier-Post account of a Pearl Street fire in which Capt. John Gryckiewicz carried a resident to safety; District Chief Howard Gick described the blaze.
Robert Gess, 63, foreman at Howland Croft Sons & Co. for 32 years, died at the plant on Broadway and Jefferson Street in June 1950.
Obituary of Otto Engler, 66, of 1110 North Nineteenth Street, a resident of East Camden for 31 years, who died July 9, 1949.
Camden Courier-Post notice of the solemn requiem Mass for Corporal John J. Gorman of 1040 North Nineteenth Street, killed at Aachen, Germany, held at St. Anthony of Padua Church in November 1947.
Commissioner Mary W. Kobus announced the appointment of three Camden policemen and four firemen in November 1940; among the new firefighters was John Gryckiewicz of 810 North Front Street.
Obituary of Mrs. Effie E. Horst of 1240 North Nineteenth Street, who died after a short illness in April 1937.
Camden fireman John C. Voll of 1230 North Nineteenth Street was involved in two successive accidents that injured four people near River Road in June 1933.
Camden police sought help locating Robert Briley, 15, of 1225 North Nineteenth Street, reported missing for several days in September 1918.
Marriage license notices issued by the Camden City Clerk in October 1913, including Madeline Brion of 656 Grant Street.
Brief news items from Camden including the burial of Fireman John W. Vanhart of 326 North Tenth street, a locomotive-sparked fire at Nineteenth and Bulson streets, and the sentencing of Walter Scott Miller.