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John Francis Letts (1918–1984) served the Camden Fire Department from 1952 to 1981, rising to Battalion Chief. He grew up at 2208 Howell Street, was a founding officer of IAFF Local 2578, and took part in the Easter Monday rescue at North 6th and Penn Streets in 1970.
Charles H. Lawyer (1924–1994) served with the Camden Fire Department from 1948 to 1974. Appointed on March 2, 1948 to Engine Company 9 in East Camden, he was promoted to Captain on April 1, 1956 and spent most of his career with Engine Company 6 at Front and Linden Streets. He grew up on North 35th Street in Cramer Hill and later lived at 1032 North 22nd Street.
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.
Henry Joseph "Beanie" Keating Sr. (1920–2002) was a Camden firefighter who joined the Camden Fire Department on December 1, 1953, transferring from the police department, and served with distinction for over twenty-five years before retiring January 1, 1979.
John McKay was born on October 22, 1891, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Malcolm and Mary McKay. Along with his brothers Malcolm, Thomas, and Stanley, John grew up at 362 East Indiana Avenue in Philadelphia, as recorded in the 1900 Census.
Christian Samuel Stark Sr. was born on September 1, 1857, in Philadelphia, to Henry A. and Rebecca Stark. In the 1870s, he married Eliza E. Leech, and their family expanded with the birth of their son William Leech Stark before the 1880 Census.
35th Street runs from the Delaware River south to River Avenue, then resumes east of the Pavonia railroad switching yard and again beyond Westfield Avenue, reaching Federal Street and continuing three blocks to Highland Avenue at the Pennsauken border. It is North 35th Street above Federal and South 35th below.
Four children of Mrs. Geraldine Binder died in a 20-minute fire at 433 Garden Avenue in East Camden; Battalion Chief Thomas Blair said all four appeared to have died of smoke inhalation and that the blaze likely started near the living room couch.
Death notice for David W. Humphries of 113 South 35th Street, a member of the Camden Fire Department for 26 years, who died April 19, 1974; interment at Arlington Cemetery.
Death notice for Thomas J. Driscoll, 72, of 2030 Arlington Street, Camden, who died June 22, 1972. Survived by his wife Virginia, one son, two daughters, two sisters, and five grandchildren. Mass of the Resurrection at Sacred Heart R.C. Church.
Death notice for Margaret M. (nee Pepeta) Eckel, 68, wife of William H. Eckel of 2719 Pierce Avenue, Camden, with Mass at St. Anthony of Padua R.C. Church and interment at Calvary Cemetery.
Death notice for Harry F. Juckett, 81, of 15 North 35th Street — a World War I veteran and retired Public Service Gas & Electric employee — with Requiem Mass at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception and interment at Calvary Cemetery, Cherry Hill.
Death notice for David R. Ayres, 76, of 712 N. 27th Street, Camden, a retired Prudential Insurance agent who died July 19, 1969, with funeral arrangements by the Edward P. Leonard Jr. Funeral Home.
Funeral services for two rookie Camden policemen gunned down in a senseless killing early last Saturday morning, July 5, were held for one Wednesday and the other will be held today.
Acting Battalion Chief Arthur Batten requested an arson investigation after two fires damaged bedrooms at 223 Milton Street in North Camden and injured firemen Richard Francesconi and Truman Maples.
Three graduates of the Camden City Fire Training School received their company assignments in July 1964 — Truman Maples of 1024 North 35th Street, Ernest A. Fagan of 105 South 35th Street, and Spencer Smith 3d of 1523 Collings Road.
Spencer Haines Smith 3d, 22, was sworn into the Camden fire department in June 1964, following his father, Spencer H. Smith Jr., and grandfather, Spencer H. Smith Sr.; an uncle, Earl A. Smith, was also a city fireman.
Courier-Post profile of George Baxter, Camden's new chief combustible inspector (fire marshal) and a 13-year fire department veteran who relaxes by reading fire books.
Nine of Camden's newest firemen, including Wayne Kraft of 1052 North 35th Street, graduated at fire headquarters at 3rd and Arch Streets and received their company assignments.
A two-alarm fire tore through the Cartun Hardware Store warehouse at 14 South 35th Street on the night of December 21, 1961, fed by an estimated 10,000 to 12,000 gallons of paint. One Engine Company 11 hoseman was hurt, and the alarm was sounded by a teenager who spotted the smoke while listening to Christmas carols outdoors.
Obituary of Mrs. Mary J. Love, 74, of 113 North 26th Street, an Irish-born Camden resident of 47 years and member of St. Joseph's Church.
Obituary for Miss Katherine Murphy, 71, a lifelong Camden resident and member of the Rosary Society of St. Joseph's R. C. Church and the 12th Ward Democratic Club, whose niece Mrs. Bette Murray lived at 237 South 35th Street.
Camden marriage licenses published March 13, 1956, including Margaret J. Land of 644 Ferry Avenue and Charles Williams of Philadelphia.
Judge Benjamin Dzick ordered a passenger who refused a $3.95 cab fare to pay driver James Garber of 26 South 35th Street $5 — the fare plus the $1.05 tip — before he was released.
Public Safety Commissioner E. George Aaron promoted three hosemen to fire captain and announced six new firemen — including Henry J. Keating of 3316 Lemuel Avenue, transferred from the Police Department — and two new policemen. Camden Courier-Post, November 30, 1953.
Prosecutor Replaces DiMona; Anthony Lario Is Chosen Benjamin J. Dzick , city prosecutor since 1942, today was named municipal judge of Camdent [sic] by Director of Public Safety George Aaron , replacing Police Court Judge John R. DiMona.
A Camden Courier-Post service note of October 10, 1944 on Pvt. William R. Van Istendal of 1183 North Thirty-fifth Street, who entered the Army in April 1944 and was serving with an armored unit at Fort Meade, Maryland.
Page 68 of the 1943 St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church Golden Jubilee Year Book: advertisements for Cartun wholesale wall paper, paint and hardware at 3507-09 Federal Street, H. Trautenberg's Federal Pharmacy at 35th and Federal Streets, Star Ice and Coal Service at 126 and 141 North 26th St., Barry's Clothes at 21st and Federal Sts., the Camden Welding Co. at 1301-1307 South Sixth St., funeral director Antonio Mecca at 819 South Fourth Street, the Federal Liquor Co. at 24th and Federal Streets, Parkview Stables on Route 40, Tiedeken Bros. at 429-31-33 Van Hook Street, and M. Barbell, P.T.
In memoriam notice published July 29, 1941, by the wife of George A. Titus of 554 North 35th Street, Camden, on the twelfth anniversary of his death in 1929.
Mr. and Mrs. Seth Boone of 487 North Thirty-fifth Street announced the June 1941 marriage of their daughter Doris E. Boone to Ernest W. Hess, son of Mrs. Julia Hess of Pennsauken, in the rectory of the Sixth Street Methodist Church.
Camden fireman Clarence E. McMullen of 486 North Thirty-fifth Street was awarded a final decree of divorce from Josephine G. McMullen of Oaklyn in February 1939.
Courier-Post excerpt reporting that Mrs. Kobus announced two Department of Public Safety appointments: Charles S. Lawyer as patrolman and Edward Y. Scott as fireman.
The Camden Courier-Post births column of February 17, 1938, under the headings "Births — West Jersey" and "At Home" — among them a son born to Mr. and Mrs. William Griffin of South Thirty-fifth Street.
Herbert G. Meeks of 1017 North Thirty-fifth Street testified in Chancery Court in February 1938 that his wife's beauty work had left their household neglected; Advisory Master William B. Knight recommended a divorce decree.
Commissioner Mary W. Kobus swore in two new members of the Camden Fire Department in April 1937 — Edwin W. Judd of 1052 North Thirty-fifth Street and Joseph A. Gforer of 1461 Pershing Street.
John W. Coleman, 87, of 31 North Thirty-fifth Street — a Civil War veteran, former Camden councilman and retired Southwark National Bank assistant cashier — died in February 1935 after 45 years in East Camden.
Virginia Foulds Simmons married Eric Leonard Moss on the evening of June 10, 1933 at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Simmons, 27 North Thirty-fifth Street, with the Rev. John Pemberton Jr. officiating.
Military and Civic Organizations Parade in Camden and Join Services Addressed by Clergy and Congressman Wolverton More than 2500 persons attended a joint veterans memorial observance in Convention Hall which followed a parade of veterans and civic organizations yesterday afternoon.
William A. Reed, son of Mr. and Mrs. William F. Reed of 24 North Thirty-fifth Street, headed the 1932 graduating class of Wenonah Military Academy.
Hugh W. Wall of 1199 North 36th Street was arrested after his car collided with another at a State Street intersection, injuring two people including Michael O'Connor of 1136 North 35th Street. Wall was charged with having fictitious license tags.
The funeral of Edward Matlack, 66, who died at Bellevue Hospital following a stroke, was held from his late residence at 25 North Thirty-fifth Street on May 1, 1923, with interment at New Camden Cemetery.
Charles R. Evans, 19, of 139 South Thirty-second Street in East Camden, broke through the ice on the lake at Forest Hill Park and drowned while 300 fellow skaters looked on. Four would-be rescuers — Harry Haas, Graham Wishart, Wilbur Crane and Matthew Yingling — were dragged from the freezing water by a park guard and a policeman.
A Philadelphia Inquirer news note of August 27, 1906 reporting a reunion of the Miss Josephine M. Brown Bible class of the old Eleventh Baptist Church at the home of Councilman and Mrs. John W. Coleman, 37 North Thirty-fifth Street, East Camden.
East Side police and court items from Camden, including the robbery of Charles Eckler of Polk Avenue on the North Cramer Hill ferryboat and the placing of new Gamewell police boxes in the East side.
A Philadelphia Inquirer death notice of March 19, 1899 for John W. Coleman Jr., aged eight, son of John W. and Anna B. Coleman of 27 North Thirty-fifth Street, Rosedale, New Jersey.
A Philadelphia Inquirer death notice for William H. Wilkins of 29 South Thirty-fifth Street, South Rosedale, who died February 18, 1896 in his 40th year; services at St. George's M. E. Church and interment at Bethel Cemetery.