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Dr. Henry H. Davis
Physician, pharmacist, and Camden's first Medical Inspector; later Health Director and chief school physician who shaped public-school health care in Camden for a generation.
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Arthur L. Stone
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Arthur L. Stone
Dr. Arthur L. Stone held the position of City Health Director in Camden from 1923 until his passing in 1945.
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David Helm Jr.
DR. DAVID D. HELM JR. was born in Camden NJ on May 31, 1895 to David and Barbara Helm. The Helm family had been in Camden as early as 1867.
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Measles Spreads Here, Health Aide Reports
Camden Courier-Post - February 8, 1938 Dr. Arthur L. Stone , city health director, yesterday revealed that 217 cases of measles have been reported to his office since January 1, compared with two cases for the same time last year.
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Stone Leads War on Social Diseases
Calls Nationwide Crusade One of Most Forward Steps Yet Taken Observance throughout the United States of "National Social Hygiene Day" was lauded by Dr. Arthur L. Stone , director of the city health bureau, as one of the most forward steps taken to bring out in to the open a nationwide crusade against social diseases.
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Unemployed Union To Plan For Fourth
Leaders Aim to Have Demonstration Similar to That of Labor Day Plans for a Fourth of July demonstration, similar to labor demonstrations staged throughout the world each year on May 1, will be formulated tomorrow night at a mass meeting conducted by the Unemployed Union of New Jersey, according to an announcement yesterday by Frank J. Manning , president.
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Jobless Relief Among Court House Garbage
Jobless Applicants Compelled To Wait Beside Garbage Cans In Court House Basement Dr. Stone Calls for Removal of Refuse After Complaint Stench Menaces Health of Tattered Relief Seekers; Custodian Denies Anything Wrong Charges that unsanitary conditions exist in the basement of the old court house building where hundreds of needy receive clothing and shoes were made yesterday by Clarence E. Moullette , secretary of the Unemployed Union.
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Stricken by Food in Camden Factory
60 Overcome While At Work in RCA Victor; Probe Started New York Ship Employees Sent to Hospital From Ptomaine Workers of 4 Firms Listed Among Victims Sandwiches Served by Philadelphia Caterer Believed to Be Responsible Nearly 100 Camden factory and shipyard workers were poisoned yesterday after eating food contained in box lunches.
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Block-Aid Funds, Used for Homeless
Dr. Stone Reveals $32,312 Has Been Spent to Help Evicted Families Funds raised in Camden's recent Block-Aid campaign are being used exclusively by Dr. A. L. Stone , city emergency relief director, to help in the housing of evicted families.
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Hatch Estate Drives Jobless From Gardens
Gives Them 24 Hours to Get Out; City Offers Aid to Victims Sixteen unemployed gardeners have been given 24 hours' notice by the city to vacate their plots on the Hatch estate, planted under supervision of the Camden City Emergency Relief Administration, it was revealed last night.
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Cramer Denies County Relief Bureau Allied With Sweatshops
Charges Agitators Seek to Destroy Faith in Future Dr. Stone Invites Jobless Union Officials to Conference and Inspection Promises Baker Inquiry Wayland P. Cramer , director of the Camden County Emergency Relief Administration, yesterday ridiculed charges his bureau is allied with sweatshops, as publicly issued by the New Jersey Unemployed Union, at a mass meeting here.
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Cramer Upheld in Keeping From Public Relief Payroll and Job Holders
STATE DIRECTOR SAYS SECRECY AIDS 'LITTLE FELLOWS' Denial Made That Politics Has Part in Naming of Emergency List REMOVALS DEMANDED Wayland P. Cramer , Camden county relief director yesterday was victorious in his policy of secrecy in affairs of his relief administration when he won authority from John Colt, state relief director, to suppress from newspapers a complete salary list of relief employees.
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25 Camden Boys to Be Guests of Health Farm at Millington
Dr. Stone Says Arrangements Have Been Completed to Send Delegation From July 1 to 15 Camden city's health camp will not open this summer, but 25 boys will have an outing for two weeks as guests at the Bonnie Brae Farm for Boys at Millington, above Somerville.
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Cramer Opens Door to Newspapermen; Controversy Over
Dr. Stone Insists on Clear Division of Authority In City, County Relief COLT'S 'EYE ON CAMDEN' With peace restored in the Camden County Emergency Relief Administration yesterday, Director Wayland P. Cramer announced he would grant interviews to newspapermen.
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Father Is In Jailed Support
Ten dollars a year is a lot too little for support of a wife and twin sons, Police Judge Pancoast decided when he ordered John Hunkapillar, 24, to pay $5 a week, and sent him to jail when he could not provide a $300 bond to insure the payments.
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Suit to End Relief Secrecy Planned by Civic Congress
Irregularities Are Charged North Camden Association Told Affidavits Are Being Taken; Cramer and Howard Accused Of Evasion; Protest Rally Called Court action to force the Camden County Emergency Relief Administration to reveal its books for public inspection is planned by the Congress of Civic Associations of South Jersey.
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Dr Stone Keeps Job as City Relief Chief
Cramer Takes Back Request For Resignation After Parley Surprise Action Revealed by State Director Following Conference Colt Hits News Ban; Says Public Must Know County Office Issues Prepared Statement on 'Campfire' Case Dr. Arthur L. Stone , who "let his heart rule his head," will remain director of the Emergency Relief Administration in Camden city.
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Where Is the 'Charity' In Relief Methods
Camden Courier-Post - June 6, 1933 THE MAIL BAG Who Founded Church of England - Reforestation and Economic Recovery But the Greatest of These is Charity To the Editor: Sir-Beautiful words, well spoken.
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11 Families Cook in Yards; 36 Children Suffer Until Paper Guarantees Gas Bill
Mothers Forced to Use Make-Shift Means When Public Service Cuts Fuel Supply Pending Assurance of Payment by Emergency Relief Officials Uncivilized hardship forced on eleven poor North Camden families has been alleviated.
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Head of Pyne Poynt Garden Group Says Relief Job Needs "More Heart"
Demand that Dr. Arthur L. Stone be retained as Camden city director of emergency relief was made by Walter S. Agin , president of the Pyne Poynt Garden Club, at a meeting of the Cox Garden Club at Twenty-first Street and Harrison Avenue .
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Stone Ousted for Humanness
'Gave Too Much Milk to Poor Children' Jobless Union Hears Cramer Refuses Detailed Statement, but Intimate Ex-Director of Relief 'Let His Heart Run Away With His Head' Editorial: ' -- But the Greatest of These is Charity ' appears on Page 10 Dr. Arthur L. Stone resigned as director of emergency relief in this city because of opposition to his humanness.
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-But the Greatest of These is Charity!
Camden Courier-Post - June 3, 1933 Editorial "He let his heart rule his head!" That is the astonishing reason given by County Relief Director Wayland Cramer for demanding the resignation of Dr. Arthur L. Stone as city relief director.
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Stone Quits Relief Job in Mystery Clash
Jobless Union Demands All Facts Public City Director Refuses to Discuss Battle with Cramer Reporters Forbidden to Attend Meetings County Chief Continues Secrecy, Refers Queries to State Head Dr. Arthur L. Stone last night resigned as Camden city director of the Emergency Relief Administration.
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Cramer Asks Stone to Quit Relief Job; Dodges Questioning
Slams Door on Reporter; City Director Sees State Chief After Request to Resign Post He 'Never Formally Accepted' Wayland P. Cramer , director of the Camden County Emergency Relief Administration, last night continued to be secretive regarding his request for the resignation of Dr. Arthur L. Stone , director of relief in the city.
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Stone Discounts Fumigation Value
Health Head Says It Gives False Sense of Security Fumigation as a method of preventing disease was discounted by Dr. Arthur L. Stone , city health director, in talk yesterday before the Y's men's Club at the Hotel Walt Whitman .
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Not 1928's First Born After All
Fond Parent Seek Honors For City's First 1928 Baby Who is Camden's first 1928 baby? A contest which nearly every employee of the city health department is earnestly watching has been started in the bureau of vital statistics in city hall .