Tag: Abraham C. Corotis
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Neigh, Nay
It’s All In The Game, by A. Charles Corotis Venus. Paris was the judge and Helen of Troy the pawn. Result: the Trojan War. Somebody always gets hurt. This is all by way of explaining that when I accepted Sam Walker’s invitation to a party at Monmouth Park I was motivated solely by a desire…
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Get Thee Behind Me
It’s All In The Game, by A. Charles Corotis They swooped down on me with the horn of Ray Prideaux’s new Cadillac calling enticingly, alluringly, like the siren-song of Homer’s sea-nymphs. “Come and join us this sunny weekend in Atlantic City,” the fluted notes seemed to say. Realtor leaders from upstate, they were on their…
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It’s All In The Game – Preface
By A. Charles Corotis Preface It was a long, long time ago under circumstances of exceedingly pleasant remembrance that I once was told, “You make love like you write: sometimes tenderly, sometimes violently.” The combined limitations of literary dissemination and advancing age make academic the most intriguing phase of that analogy. What follows on these…
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Abraham C. Corotis
Abraham Charles Corotis, born on January 29, 1907, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was the eldest son of Benjamin and Dora Corotis. His brother Sidney joined the family in 1909. The Corotis family resided in Philadelphia according to the 1910 census. In 1920, the Corotis family was recorded at 100 Virginia Avenue in Haddon Township, New Jersey,…
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Cowgill Sues Leon E. Todd for Corotis Libel Fund
Camden Courier-Post – December 22, 1957 Charges Plan to Thwart Payment State Sen. Cowgill filed a cross claim in Superior Court today seeking to collect from Leon E. Todd the full amount of a $98,000 libel judgment returned in April against Abraham C. Corotis. Cowgill’s suit charges he has been unable to collect the amount…
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Walsh Blocks Coup By Baird In Freeholders
Camden Courier-Post January 2, 1940 PROCEEDINGS OFF TILL NEXT MONDAY By A. Charles Corotis An attempted coup by David Baird in his drive to rebuild his fallen fences for the primary election next May was frustrated yesterday by one lone freeholder, and the baby member of the board, at that. Edmund A. Walsh elected from…
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School Bill Averts Rise in County Tax
Camden Courier-Post – Feburary 16, 1938 Brunner Asks Support for A-122, Which Bars Interest on Scrip ByA. CHARLES COROTIS Camden City will save $83,239.35 in interest on state school taxes if Assembly Bill 122, awaiting action in the Legislature, becomes law. In addition, passage of the measure would permit Camden county to increase its appropriation…
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Tax Title Liens Net $112,311 in Month
Camden Courier-Post – February 11, 1938 Collections on Liquidations Set Record for City, Brunner Reports By A. Charles Corotis Liquidation of tax title liens produced $112,311.70 for Camden’s treasury during January, Mayor Brunner announced yesterday. “The figure represents the greatest revenue from this source in any one month of the city’s history,” Brunner added. In…
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City Revenues Rise $1,268,771.83 In 1937 Over Previous Year
Camden Courier-Post – February 1, 1938 Gross Receipts Tax Windfall Provides Half of Gains in Record-Breaking Total MAYOR ISSUES REPORT By A. CHARLES COROTIS Camden City collected $1,268,771.83 more in current and delinquent taxes and miscellaneous revenues in 1937 than in 1936, it was revealed in an official report prepared by Comptroller Sidney P. McCord…