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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
Charged with possession of stolen goods, Leon Grenkwicz, 21, of 1213 Louis Street, and George Sanders, 22, of 307 Walnut street, Haddonfield, yesterday were held without bail for the grand jury by Police Judge Lewis Liberman.
John Gargano, 63, of 823 South Fourth Street, secretary of the First Italian Republican League for 25 years, died of pneumonia in February 1935 after a seven-day illness.
Camden firemen and policemen gave Jack, the Airedale mascot of the Headquarters Fire Company at Fifth and Arch Streets, a hero's funeral in November 1934 after he was crushed under the wheels of his own truck. An estimated 3500 people passed his bier, and taps were sounded over his grave at sunset; Arthur Batten was among the honorary bearers.
A victory parade after a bitter Eighth Ward Republican primary set off a street riot at Sixth and Viola Streets in front of William Tansky Jr.'s saloon; a boy was hit by a ricocheting bullet and detectives questioned the rival faction leaders.
Two South Camden men were arrested on suspicion of robbing the Lyric Theatre at Broadway and Mt. Vernon Street, where a safe was forced open and a radio receiver stolen. Camden Courier-Post, April 2, 1934.
Miss Elizabeth McCreight, 65, a North Camden music teacher, was found dead by gas in her home at 321 State Street; funeral services were set for the Holl Funeral Home, 1401 Princess Avenue. Camden Morning Post, October 20, 1933.
Camden Courier-Post - August 11, 1933 William B. Nece, 50, of 30 Strawbridge avenue, Westmont, was found dead last night at the wheel of his automobile, parked near Fourth and Penn Streets .
First Victim Carried Away After Punch, Second Is Arrested for Carrying Riding Crop Loaded With Lead Attacks on President Roosevelt's N.R.A.
Three people were hurt when an Audubon motorist lost control on the trolley tracks on Mt. Ephraim Avenue near Decatur Street; among the injured was Miss Dorothy Conroy, 19, of 507 North Fourth Street.
With all of Camden's apparatus at the Kaighn's Point conflagration, three off-duty firemen, Captain Clarence Madden and Firemen John Mulligan and George Garner, broke into the discontinued Fourth and Vine streets firehouse, drove its truck to headquarters at Fifth and Arch streets and stood by on call; Chief John H. Lennox commended them.
Three Veterans of Central School Receive Gifts At Walt Whitman Event Three veteran teachers of the Central School , Fourth and Clinton Streets , who will retire this month were dinner guests last night of the faculty at Hotel Walt Whitman .
Camden Wrestler and Bridge Are Given Dinner Attended by Notables Miss Emma Palladino , one of the fairest daughters of Camden's "Little Italy" yesterday became the bride of Joseph Montana , heavyweight wrestler, at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church , Fourth and Division street s. Idol of Italian youth in this city Montana was hailed by hundreds of them outside the church.
Fourth Street Houses Between Main and Linden Considered Valuation Last Year set at $133,875, But May Go to $110,000 For 1933 Landmarks Included Twenty-seven properties, some of which are landmarks of generations past, are to be acquired by the Delaware River Joint Commission to make way for the proposed North Fourth Street underpass beneath tracks of the Camden bridge rapid transit line.
Sergeant Thomas J. Murphy and switchboard operator Joseph "Si" Pedigree of 49 South Twenty-seventh Street were among 13 Camden policemen and firemen retiring on pension before the first of 1933, and Mayor Roy R. Stewart said none of the vacancies would be filled. Camden Courier-Post, October 8, 1932.
Six-year-old Floyd Rochester of 734 Elm Street suffered a fractured leg when struck on Elm Street by a car driven by the Rev. Joseph Rigney of 101 Fourth Street, Riverton.
A June 1932 funeral notice and paid death notice for Mrs. Catherine C. Obenhaus, widow of Frank Obenhaus, of 932 North Fourth Street.
Camden Courier Post - June 11, 1932 Frank Abbott , recently elected Democratic county committeeman from the Fifth ward, will be honored Tuesday night at a testimonial dinner at 941 South Fourth Street .
Two youths found in a stupor from drinking liquor, George Burrell of 1208 Thurman Street and Dominick Ravieri of 325 Division Street, were held in $500 bail each while Judge Garfield Pancoast ordered police to find the speakeasy that sold it.
Three Camden men — William R. Davies, Walter W. Crim, and Joseph Newman of 49 North Thirty-sixth Street — enlisted in the U.S. Coast Artillery for three-year tours in Panama, departing Fort Slocum on June 18.
Burglars took $200 in loot in two early-morning robberies — jewelry and a revolver from Frank Manfrieda's soft drink parlor at 301 Chestnut Street, and cigars and cigarettes from the Sons of Italy Hall at 905 South Fourth Street.
Ten-year-old Rafael Petito of 237 Pine Street took $6 from his teacher's desk at the Central School; she guessed he was at a movie theatre, and Police Judge Pancoast sent him back to the Detention Home.
Three men described as members of the late "Shooey" Bonner's gang, among them Harry Metzler of 1138 South Fourth Street, were given state prison sentences for beating and robbing a North Camden couple.
Lieutenant John M. Burdge Jr., a former Camden resident whose family lived at 636 North 4th Street, was named a student in the 1932-1933 battery officers' course at the Field Artillery School, Fort Sill.
With the death toll from the gas blast at the Public Service Electric & Gas Co. plant at Locust and Cherry streets increased to 15, families began burying their dead; Spiro Cecich, 37, of 1815 Salem Street died in Cooper Hospital.
John Paradise, 84, of 607 South Fourth Street, one of the oldest Italian residents of Camden and a founder of the Italian Republican League, died after a two-week illness.
Rallies in the interest of A. Harry Moore, gubernatorial candidate, and local candidates on the Democratic ticket will be conducted tonight in Ashland and in three wards of the city.
The campaign for A. Harry Moore, gubernatorial candidate, and local Democratic candidates, will be carried into six wards of the city and in seven communities of the county tonight.
An April 1931 Camden Courier-Post marriage license notice for Frank W. Hohenstein of 314 South Fourth Street and Jane Bradbury of 362 Burwood Avenue.
The American Jewish Yearbook, 1931–1932, published by the Jewish Publication Society of America, lists 40 Camden annual members with their addresses, including Lewis Liberman, 307 Market Street.
Roxie Allen, Camden's famed welterweight boxer, and Carmen Passarella of 1227 Broadway were arrested and identified by police as two of four men who held up a craps game at Landisville, where the loot was said to total between $150 and $200.
Roxie Allen, well-known South Jersey boxer, and three other South Camden youths were held without bail after being identified as four of the five bandits who robbed 15 men at a craps game in a Landisville poolroom.
The contract to clear ten buildings, including the old Temple building, from the site of Camden's new $1,100,000 postoffice and Federal building at the northeast corner of Fourth and Market streets went to Fidelity Builders, Inc., of Philadelphia, lowest of 13 bidders at $2583.
The will of Domenico A. Loscalzo of 1016 South Fourth Street, admitted to probate in October 1930, left a $23,000 estate to his widow Filomena and cut off his son Juliano with $5.
Tony Bercilo, 18, of 507 South Fourth Street and William Spragola, 21, of 420 Royden Street were identified as two of three men who robbed a gasoline station at Delaware Avenue and Arch Street.
Speakeasy patrons, proprietors and 13 youthful craps players paid $1020 in fines and forfeitures after weekend police raids across Camden, including cigar stores at 2318 and 2314 Federal Street and Joseph Dugan's oyster saloon at 2222 Federal Street.
More than 1500 guests attended the reception at the Sons of Italy Hall after Miss Jennie Maroccia of South Third Street married Louis Cavallo of 314 Kaighn Avenue at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church.
Dr. Silas H. Quint, a retired Camden physician noted in local Democratic circles, died at his home at 726 North Fourth Street after an illness.
A fruit dealer named Caruso, of 1131 South Fourth Street, practiced his truck driving on the freshly groomed baseball diamond at Broadway and Everett Street and was fined $50 plus $50 for repairs. Camden Courier-Post, April 25, 1928.
Eugene Marshall, 21, of 404 Jasper Street, admitted he was the man Camden police sought after an anonymous letter named him the "phantom sniper," but charged he was framed by an enemy he believed to be the real sniper. The same day a fire-alarm box at Kaighn Avenue and Hyde Park was drilled, and a weekend shot narrowly missed Joseph Carone.
Thieves looted an East Camden chain store and three North Camden residences of more than $400 in cash and jewelry worth nearly $500 during the night.
Louis Massio of 1902 South Fourth Street fired a revolver at three men who tried to jimmy his window shortly after midnight; the trio fled over the back fence and nothing was stolen.
Camden Courier-Post - January 24, 1928 Charles Danenhower, resident of Camden for nearly fifty years, died early this morning at his home on Park Avenue, Merchantville. He had been ill for nearly four weeks, suffering from the ailments of old age.
Thieves ransacked the home of Rudolph Lankenhoff at 622 North Fourth Street while the family was out, escaping with two suits of clothing and two diamond rings valued at $250.
A 1926 Camden Evening Courier death notice for William James, a retired operator who died at the home of his son-in-law James H. Sweeney at 903 North Fourth Street.
Capt. W. Scott Franklin of Fire Engine House No. 1, Fourth and Pine streets, was to get a hearing before Commissioner Hitchner on charges of being intoxicated while on duty, after a suspension the previous week.
Hoseman Roscoe Tribbett of Engine Company No. 1, Fourth and Pine streets, was suspended on a charge of being drunk and disorderly on duty, preferred by Captain W. Scott Franklin.
Three August 1921 personal notices from the Camden Post-Telegram: a firefighter's family, Fireman Benny Waters of No. 1 engine house at Fourth and Pine streets, and two No. 8 Engine Company men vacationing.
Seven classified business notices from the Camden Post-Telegram of February 14, 1920, including a sign painter named Goldy at 21 Wood Street.
Grover C. Bennett and Mrs. Maggie Toudy were taken into custody in a Broadway apartment house and held for trial on a complaint by Bennett's wife, Mrs. Ethel Bennett, of 606 South Fourth Street.