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George Schatz (1903–1987) was a Camden entrepreneur who founded George's Auto Service in 1924 and grew it into one of South Jersey's largest and most modern automobile service businesses. He lived at 29 South 38th Street in East Camden from 1936.
Frank Guetherman joined the Camden Police Department on March 1, 1928 and rose to sergeant. He also boxed professionally under the ring name Tip Gorman during the 1920s, competing as a welterweight in the Camden and Philadelphia area.
Charles E. Gibson (1947–2003) was appointed to the Camden Fire Department on September 5, 1973, when he was living at 219 North 38th Street in East Camden. He retired on January 1, 1999, having spent his last 20 years with Ladder Company 1.
Battalion Chief, Camden Fire Department. John J. Giuliano (1927–1996) served the Camden Fire Department for 36 years, rising to Battalion Chief in 1966 — the youngest person to hold that rank to that time — and retiring in 1992.
Forty-First Street runs from Jersey Avenue to Poplar Avenue in East Camden, crossing Westfield Avenue and High Street, then picks up again at Federal Street for one block to Myrtle Avenue.
Fremont Avenue, also known as Fremont Street, runs southeast through East Camden from Garden Avenue to South 38th Street, parallel to Federal Street.
Vincent Scola, born on June 16, 1911, according to Social Security records, was the oldest son of Domenico and Maria C. Scola. However, census records and newspaper accounts suggest that he was actually a year younger.
Thirty-Eighth Street runs south from Jersey Avenue to Camden Avenue in East Camden, crossing Westfield Avenue and High Street, then picks up again for one block between Federal Street and Fremont Street.
A May 1964 Camden Courier-Post advertisement in which Modern Lumber and Woodworking Co. of 226 N. 38th Street congratulates New Jersey on its 300th anniversary and announces a new retail division in Berlin, N.J.
A March 1954 Camden Courier-Post advertisement for Rosedale Homes, twin brick houses at 413 38th Street in East Camden, offered at $10,250 through realtor Philip B. Tannenbaum.
Marriage licenses published in the Camden Courier-Post, November 17, 1949, including Russell E. Mattson of 333 North 38th Street and Ruth M. MacDonald of 46 North 33rd Street.
A December 1932 Camden Courier-Post report on a head-on collision between a bus and an automobile at Eighth Street and Kaighn Avenue; city fireman George W. Garner suffered a fractured arm, and the bus was driven by J. S. Harrison of 311 North 38th Street.
A June 1932 Camden Courier-Post advertisement for Prince Concrete Co., contractors and builders at 212 N. 38th Street, offering garages, porches, drives, waterproof cellars, steps, walks, curbs, lawn seats and bird baths.
Funeral services for Charles H. Valentine, 67, for 42 years an engineer on Pennsylvania Railroad ferryboats, held at 319 North 38th Street. He was survived by his widow Martha A. Valentine and three sons. Burial in Evergreen Cemetery.
A March 1930 Camden Courier-Post advertisement for Prince Concrete Products, Inc., makers of concrete blocks, at 212 North 38th Street in East Camden.
Local briefs from Philadelphia Inquirer, February 11, 1917: Miss Eveline Pratley of 221 North 38th Street lost three fingers in a machine accident at 38th Street and Westfield Avenue. Also: a tugboat injury, a business incorporation, and a child's broken arm.
Local notes from East Camden: Nicholas Donahue elected to Board of Trade; Harry Lake ill at home; Ezra Wallace of 38th Street and Westfield Avenue confined to home with sickness; James N. Lloyd of 2831 Concord Avenue seriously ill with pneumonia.