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By Ronald G. Van Tine Restrictions on nightlong parking on principal streets in the business district will be tried out early next year as a major step in a campaign to make Camden a cleaner city in which to live and work.
Mayor Brunner called a July 1950 conference to coordinate city departments in clearing high grass and weeds from Camden — a campaign during which crews uncovered and destroyed more than 200 wild marijuana plants on a city lot at Chelton Avenue and Arlington Street.
Robert Gess, 63, foreman at Howland Croft Sons & Co. for 32 years, died at the plant on Broadway and Jefferson Street in June 1950.
Camden Courier-Post, June 5, 1948 — funeral notice for Mrs. Emma G. Woods of 618 South Fifth Street, a life-long Camden resident, with Requiem Mass at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception and burial in Calvary Cemetery.
A June 1939 Camden Courier-Post account of Kobus Twilight League baseball, in which St. Joseph's Polish routed the Polish American Citizens Club, 13 to 1, at Broadway and Everett Street, and Campbell's Soup beat the Twelfth Ward.
S. Herbert Taylor, assistant county engineer, will explain his proposal to widen Broadway as a state highway project to property owners and Broadway business men.
Albert Corito, 48, a cement finisher of 1865 South Fourth Street, was killed when struck by an automobile on a Saturday night in February 1938.
Camden Courier-Post - February 14, 1938 Plans for two modern stores on the site of 213-15 Broadway , have been approved by Commissioner Frank J. Hartmann .
Brunner Lauds Rulers for $40,000 Saving by Co-operation in Offices $302,000 IS VOTED ON STREET BONDS All departments of the city government were operated within the budget appropriations during 1937 and the city's saving, as a result, was $40,000, Mayor George E. Brunner announced yesterday.
William H. Filer, 19, of 500 Branch Street, held in $1,000 bail for Grand Jury action after firing a gun into a telephone trunk cable at Broadway and Lansdowne Avenue.
Camden Courier-Post - February 7, 1938 Theft at 418 Broadway Reported to Police; other Homes Robbed Two garages and several homes were entered over the weekend by thieves who escaped with cash, jewelry, and other articles.
Haig Kapigian of 1251 North 28th Street reported to police that eight steam radiators worth $25 had been stolen from a vacant building at 2210 Broadway since January 30.
Obituary of Carl Weiwadel, 45, of 138 North Twenty-second Street, a Spanish-American and Philippine Wars veteran and member of VFW Post 980 who died at Cooper Hospital.
Chigger Pup Tent No. 7, the Camden branch of the Military Order of the Cootie, prepared to initiate a class of 18 V.F.W. candidates in January 1938; Howard Bean served as an officer of the branch.
Mrs. Anna F. Schultz, 56, wife of George R. Schultz of 523 Grant Street, died in 1936 and is survived by four sons and four daughters.
Camden police, including Patrolmen John Kaighn, Oliver Morgan, Earl Wright and John V. Wilkie, seized a pin-ball slot machine in a raid on a store at 1806 Broadway.
Test Case Decree Awaits Jurist's Signature Today On Federal Employment Camden Group Endorses Action of Philadelphia Martine The Philadelphia veteran of the World War who was responsible for obtaining a court ruling safeguarding veterans rights for preference on Federal employment projects, last night told his story to Camden ex-service men.
Again choosing a Sigmund Romberg operetta for its annual musical production,the senior class of Camden Catholic High School will present The Desert Song tonight and tomorrow night in the high school lyceum, Broadway and Federal Streets .
The Tenth Ward Republican Organization Club named committees for its tenth annual ball, held February 28 at Eagle's auditorium on Broadway. Earl Wright served on the program committee.
Outgoing Officers Honored at 5th Annual Event in Eagles Hall ---- More than 1000 persons last night attended the fifth annual hall of the Zuni Athletic Association in honor of their outgoing officers at the Eagles Hall, 415 Broadway .
Aloysius "Patsy" Mozier , 30, of 3006 Hartford road , a former boxer, who was arrested Monday night after he is said to have threatened a man, was released In his own recognizance by Police Judge Pancoast yesterday.
Patrolman John V. Wilkie climbed over the roof and across a narrow ledge to an open second story window at King jewelry store, 4 Broadway, to investigate a false burglar alarm that drew several hundred spectators.
Charged with threatening to kill a North Camden man, Aloysious 'Patsy' Mozier , former boxer, of 3006 Hartford Road , was arrested last night, held in default of $1500 bail for a hearing in police court this morning.
168 Shoemakers in Three Counties Form Code; Big Firms Sign Pacts Honor Roll Lists 1749 The personnel of the National Recovery Act campaign committee for Camden city and county was announced yesterday by Chairman Clinton L. Bardo .
Drive in Camden County Forges Ahead as More Firms Sign Camden Courier-Post - August 8, 1933 The N.R.A. recovery drive in the Camden area forged ahead on three fronts yesterday.
Camden Courier-Post - June 23, 1933 A black leather pocketbook containing $5.50, papers and house keys, was stolen Wednesday night from the parked automobile of Violet Byers, 413 Broadway , on Park Boulevard near Kaighn Avenue .
Camden Courier-Post - February 4, 1933 John F. Rittenhouse , 53, store proprietor, of 941 Point Street , who died Thursday, will be buried Monday.
Police searched for a blonde girl, about 18, and two youths who abandoned a stolen automobile after crashing into a taxicab at Morgan Boulevard and Broadway. The cab was driven by Duncan MacKenzie of 1154 North 34th Street.
Camden Courier-Post - June 11, 1932 Offer of $5,300,000 for Catholic Church Property Disclosed in Court.
A June 1, 1932 Camden Courier-Post advertisement for the architectural firm Byron H. Edwards, Inc., 130 North Broadway, Camden — filed by the source under the Wilson Building at Broadway and Cooper Street.
Camden Courier-Post - October 31, 1931 Gloucester Republicans concluded their final Baird rally of the campaign last night at their headquarters, 101 North King Street.
Towers Theatre Packed at Climax of All-Day Invasion Here TOURS SMALLER TOWNS By RANSLOE BOONE Demanding a fair election and protection to Democratic voters, A. Harry Moore was greeted here last night by the largest crowd to gather at a Democratic meeting in Camden's recent history.
An architect's conception of a proposed bus terminal at 201–217 North Broadway, published in the Camden Courier-Post on October 27, 1931, and a rendering of the Terminal Block at Broadway and Cooper Street, which the source dates 1947–2000.
An October 23, 1931 Camden Courier-Post political column noting, among other items, that the Polish-American Women's Citizens Club had endorsed David Baird for governor — the first endorsement in the club's six-year history.
Convention Hall Crowded, Several Thousand Dollars Realized Beatrice Funk Most Popular Event So Successful It May Become Annual Affair The relief fund of the Camden Shrine Club, which will aid its unemployed and distressed members, was swelled by several thousand dollars last night from the receipts of one of the greatest vaudeville shows ever seen in the Convention Hall.
Shrine Club to Select Contest Winner at Convention Hall Show Sixteen South Jersey girls are competing in a popularity contest which closes tonight at the first annual professional show and dance of Camden Shrine Club in Convention Hall .
Two persons were injured when the American Legion Post ambulance of Gloucester collided with a truck at Broadway and Pine Street. The truck was driven by John Max, 46, of 928 North 30th Street.
Pair Held With Camden Boxer Admit Landisville Robbery - Fifth Man Hunted With four suspects, including Roxie Allen , Camden welterweight boxer, still held without bail, the State Police today continued their search for the fifth bandit in the $200 holdup of a Landisville poolroom Sunday afternoon.
Pugilist and Pal Identified as 2 of 4 bandits in Landisville Robbery Players Lined Up, Relieved of $200 Robbers Flee in Stolen Car With Crippled Man at Wheel Roxie Allen , Camden's famed welterweight boxer, and one of his pals were arrested last night and Identified, according to police, as two of four men who held up a craps game early yesterday at Landisville.
Three Pals of Camden Boxer Also Jailed at Shore for Grand Jury Quartet Identified by Poolroom Owner Limp Betrays Fighter at Landisville - Says He Did Not Aid Holdup Identified as four of the five bandits who held up and robbed 15 men at a craps game in a Landisville poolroom yesterday, Roxie Allen , well-known South Jersey boxer, and three other South Camden youths are under arrest today.
A weekend crime sweep in Camden: two alleged Philadelphia gangsters were trapped in Harleigh Cemetery by Patrolman Howard Bean and others, while a South Camden grocer routed two holdup men — four suspects held for the Grand Jury.
Doris Kin Held in Attempt to Rob Store Here newspaper clipping Camden Courier-Post, June 2, 1930 George Doris was arrested for looting a Broadway apparel shop…
Damage in Fire at Sixth and Bulson Streets Estimated at $45,000 Four Men Risk Lives to Save Two Horses Boys Believed by Police Probers to Have Been Smoking in Building Three boys are being held and two others are sought in the investigation of the $45.000 fire which today destroyed the warehouse of Sitley & Son , wholesale hardware, roofing material and grain dealers at Sixth and Bulson streets.
Camden Courier Post, April 12, 1930 Suit to break the lease held on the Pekin Cafe , 818 Broadway by James Richardson, proprietor, has been filed by Mrs. Emma J. Lickfield, owner of the property.
Head of Delicatessen Company Came to America From Germany in 1889 Camden Courier-Post - February 6, 1928 Less than two weeks after the death of his brother, Adam , with whom he had been closely associated for many years, Edward Schlorer , former Camden resident and business man, died yesterday at his home at Overbrook.
A Philadelphia Inquirer report of April 28, 1922 on a fatal fire at 1009 Broadway, Camden, in which iron bars from the building's former use as a bank prevented the rescue of a sleeping boy. Six firemen, including Captain Charles Watkins of No. 7 Engine Company, were injured.
Boleslaw Ziemba confessed to Captain of Detectives Schregler that he set fire to 1426 Broadway at the instigation of his employer John Makel, so Makel could recover $3,000 Ziemba had put into the business.
Captain of Detectives Schregler helps identify William Wentz and Camden clerk Edward Davenport, burned to death with a woman under a blazing automobile near Absecon.
Superintendent William L. Miles of the MacAndrews & Forbes Company hosted a banquet for Engine Company No. 3 at their headquarters at Broadway and Emerald Street; Engineer Daniel Smith was among the company.
Broadway Trust Company Broadway below Walnut St . Camden, N.J. J . J. BURLEIGH President ANTHONY KOBUS Vice President WM. J .