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Page 29 of the 1943 St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church Golden Jubilee Year Book: advertisements for Algo Welding Co., M. Lasala & Co. tailoring at 508 Broadway, Malatesta's Parkway Villa and the Victoria Bar & Grill, around an installment of the parish history telling how the Pavonia Mission began holding Mass in Wright's Hall in 1892.
Page 50 of the 1943 St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church Golden Jubilee Year Book: advertisements for the Belgrade Wagon Works, J. J. Inglesby and Sons funeral directors of Merchantville, the Ave Maria Shop of Trenton, and funeral director Frank J. Leonard at 1451 Broadway, Camden.
Page 64 of the 1943 St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church Golden Jubilee Year Book: advertisements for the N. Y. Fur Factory at 719 Broadway, Marchisello Bros. scrap iron at 319-325 Pine Street, Louis DiNunzio's Broadway Beer Garden at Broadway and Liberty, the Ferry Ave. Liquor Store, John's Diner in Fairview, and Betty's Cafe on Mt. Ephraim Avenue.
Page 65 of the 1943 St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church Golden Jubilee Year Book: a "Best Wishes from A Friend" greeting and advertisements for John J. Conley plumbing at 3008 Alabama Road, Hathaway Lodge at 5 Points, Keating's at 20th St. and River Ave., realtor James J. Scarduzio at 1809 Broadway, Bobby's Auto Parts, realtor Edmund J. Lenny of Fairview, and the Camden Iron & Metal Co.
Page 70 of the 1943 St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church Golden Jubilee Year Book: advertisements for the Westfield Acres Community Store at 402 N. 32nd St., The Select Shop, the Jos. Campbell cigar store, the Swiss Watch Shop at 419 Broadway, Blue Ridge barber shop, Buddy's submarine sandwiches, Marty Segal, DiMona's furniture and jewelry store at 921 Broadway, Eddies men's and boys' store, and Bill's Cafe.
Page 71 of the 1943 St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church Golden Jubilee Year Book: advertisements for the Garden State Amusement Co. at 338 N. 7th St., Daly's, the Budget Plan Corporation at Broadway and Carman St., the East Side Italian Democratic Club at 2316 Mickle Street, the Quality Drug Company, Small's at 2750 Federal Street, J. M., Lou's Family Liquor Store at 2301 Federal St., Heller's Pharmacy at 3631 Westfield Avenue, and Haller's Bakery at 2940 Westfield Ave.
Page 73 of the 1943 St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church Golden Jubilee Year Book: advertisements for Kernan's at Second and Market Sts., Billie's millinery at 453 Kaighn Avenue, barber Sam Bosco at 1444 Haddon Avenue, Hempel's Meat Market at 2606 Federal Street, Melvin and Sam, the Gold Seal Food Market at 2513 Federal St., Jean's at 1105 Broadway, Mary Naden's Naden Store on Kaighn Ave., Massi's Shoe Repairing at 2716 Federal Street, and Harry Chu.
Page 76 of the 1943 St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church Golden Jubilee Year Book: advertisements for T. L. Bear, jeweler, at 204 Market St., M. J. Jubanyik, Inc. at 6th and Penn Sts., John W. Kile's Walt Whitman Flower Shop at 625 Cooper Street, Siris Abbatoirs at Broadway and Jackson St., roofer Max Reihmann, Jr., Y&B roofing and siding, Louis E. Schimpf, florist C. Jackel and the Belfi Insurance Agency, with the compliments of Chief of Police George W. Frost.
Page 77 of the 1943 St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church Golden Jubilee Year Book: advertisements for Joe's Barber Shop at 2748 Federal Street, Vogt's Bakery, Lee's Millinery Shop, Tilo Roofing Co., Standard Markets, R. T. Jermyn, Martin's, Dr. Rosen, the Morris Tomar Department Store, Earles Shoes at 1136 Broadway, the DiJulio-LaSala Co. at 812 Broadway, Lewis Variety Store, C. Roselli, Gray Service, Bill Shoeffling, McCrory's at Broadway and Kaighn Avenue, Mohawk Market, Charles' Credit Jeweler, the Peerless Restaurant and Fliegelman's.
Page 78 of the 1943 St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church Golden Jubilee Year Book: advertisements for C. Miller fine furs, John F. Gorman, Finkelstein's shoe bargains at 1114 Broadway, Lester's at 2637 Westfield Avenue, Local No. 880 of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees, Budget Food Market, Savitz, Wm. Pepeta, Jr.'s cafe at 1101 N. 27th Street, the Bismarck Tavern, Shapiro's Shoe Store at 219 Broadway, Kogan's Drug Store, Dannenhower Sports, Anne Doris Beauty Shop and Danny's Floral Shop.
The City of Camden scheduled a public auction of two Broadway landmarks it had taken over for non-payment of taxes, the Labor Temple at Broadway and Royden Street and the Eagles Home at 413-15-17 Broadway, with minimum bids of $10,000 each. The article describes both buildings in detail.
The clothing and jewelry store of S. Lester at 713 Broadway was destroyed by a two-alarm fire of undetermined origin following an explosion. Eight companies fought the fire for seven hours, and damage was estimated at $100,000.
A Towers Theatre advertisement at Broadway and Pine Street from the Camden Courier-Post, February 1942, for Hal Roach's Niagara Falls and Geo. Houston in "Wallaby Jim of the Islands," with Big Bargain Night and a Talent Scout Nite on the stage.
Patrolman John McTaggart, 53, died in Cooper Hospital after 31 years in the Department of Public Safety, 12 as a fireman and 19 as a policeman walking the same Broadway beat from Kaighn Avenue to Line Street. He was the guest of honor at the annual St. Patrick's night party "A Nite in Ireland."
Services were to be held at the Frank J. Leonard funeral home, 1451 Broadway, for Mrs. Gladys M. Gilkey, 44, of 560 Fairview Street; she was survived by her husband, John D., three children, a sister and a brother.
Obituary of Mrs. Stella Wright of 1139 North Twentieth Street, mother of Patrolman Earl Wright, who died July 30, 1941.
Services for Mrs. Gladys M. Gilkey, 44, of 560 Fairview Street, were set for Thursday at the Frank J. Leonard funeral home on Broadway, with burial in Arlington Cemetery.
Death notice for Gladys M. Gilkey (nee Wrench), 44, wife of John D. Gilkey of 560 Fairview Street, who died July 27, 1941; funeral services at the Frank J. Leonard funeral home and interment in Arlington Cemetery.
Acting City Counsel John J. Crean was authorized to hold a public sale of 11 city-owned tax title lien properties and lots, including 325 Mickle Street and a lot at Ninth and Everett Streets. Camden Courier-Post, July 25, 1941.
More than 1000 persons attended a "Night in Ireland" party at Labor Temple, Broadway and Royden Street, in honor of Patrolman John McTaggart, "Broadway's Irish Cop," with former Governor Harold G. Hoffman and Acting Chief of Police Ralph Bakley among the guests.
Camden Courier-Post, April 8, 1940. Capt. George M. Townsend, 45, of Fire-Engine Company No. 3 at Broadway and Emerald Street, died at his home on Stevens Street days after the death of Battalion Chief Rollo R. Jones of the same station.
Nick Scarduzio, 39, a former Summer policeman, was held without bail for grand jury action after a gun-play row in Mike Patsourakas' restaurant at 1806 Broadway, while Commissioner Mary W. Kobus promised to investigate the police failure to report the shooting.
A 1940 Packard advertising postcard from Henry S. Volmer of 1621 Haddon Avenue, Camden, mailed to Clarence Burricheter of 711 Broadway.
Death notice of Herman G. Rohde of 2033 Arlington Street, who died December 5, 1939 — father of the professional wrestler Herman "Dutch" Rohde, better known as "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers.
A three-alarm fire swept the wholesale store of the Antrim Hardware Company at 1514 and 1516 Federal Street, damaging $100,000 in stock, injuring several firemen and menacing nearby homes and the Standard Oil plant across the street.
As part of the government's plan to index the fingerprints of all citizens, Camden police took prints of patrons of the Lyric Theatre at Broadway and Newton Avenue, with Sergeant Rox Saponare fingerprinting theatre manager Birk Binnard.
Lyric Theatre manager Birk Binnard arranged for Camden police to fingerprint citizens free of charge in the theatre's lobby, in conjunction with the FBI's nationwide registration drive and the showing of "Under Cover Doctor."
A June 1939 Camden Courier-Post report on the Municipal Alcohol Beverage Control Board's ruling that even giving away liquor on Sunday breaks the law, in a hearing that reviewed several licensees including the Polish-American Citizens Club.
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.
A June 1938 Camden Courier-Post advertisement in which Borstein Electric Company, 201 Broadway, offered to put a Bendix Home Laundry in readers' homes free for a week's wash, with no obligation to purchase.
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.
Gordon Mackay, Camden Courier-Post, February 25, 1938: "Fair, charming and clever, Mrs. Rocco Palese is one of my 'favorite girl friends' — this is rather an exclusive organization — to be found in South Jersey."
The second matches of the South Jersey Golden Dart Tournament were scheduled for February 24, 1938, with 24 contests in five districts; finals were to be played at Eagles Hall, near Broadway and Washington streets. Camden Courier-Post, February 24, 1938.
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.
Four men arrested in a raid on 433 Broadway, who said they were only listening to a radio broadcast of War Admiral's latest turf triumph, were held for grand jury action by Judge Gene R. Mariano. Camden Courier-Post, February 22, 1938.
Police raided a room in the rear of a cigar store at 433 Broadway and arrested four men, confiscating a telephone and horse-racing sheets as evidence of bookmaking on races. Camden Courier-Post, February 21, 1938.
The Eighth Ward Beneficial Association announced a ball, variety show and "Big Apple" contest at Eagles Hall, 415 Broadway, with music by Jimmy De Muro and a 12-piece orchestra. Camden Courier-Post, February 21, 1938.
Camden Courier-Post, February 21, 1938: the Knights of Columbus planned a pre-Lenten Washington's Birthday ball at the Walt Whitman Hotel, opening with a military pageant escorting Miss Alice Dolly to lay flowers at the Washington statue at Broadway and Federal Street.
The Camden County Grand Jury cleared Ralph Bantivoglio of 1538 South Tenth Street in the traffic death of New York Shipbuilding Company employee Leonard Mislich.
James M. O'Neill's "Checked and Double-Checked" column, signed JIMINY, in the Camden Courier-Post of February 19, 1938: a courthouse joke from the "bingo" numbers racket arrests, David Baird's plan to replace registrar Harry Ecky with Bill Lehman, and a run of social notes, including an old photograph found near Broadway and Federal Street.
Camden hotel, restaurant and cafe proprietors and their employees were invited to an open meeting of Local No. 263, Hotel and Restaurant Employes and Bartenders International League, at the Camden Labor Temple, Broadway and Royden Street, with John Daly, Neil Deighan and other speakers scheduled.
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.
Luigi Tortu, 21, of 426 Line Street, and two girls, Pearl Wills of Delair and Evelyn Buffa of 810 Florence Street, were held by Camden city and county police after Angelos Malagas, a restaurant cook shot in the January 11, 1938 holdup of a card game at 725 Penn Street, died in Cooper Hospital 13 days later.
Angelo Margolis, 38, of 1112 Langham Avenue, a chef and father of 13 who was shot when two bandits held up a card game at 725 Penn Street on January 11, 1938, died in Cooper Hospital, and a murder warrant was issued for his assailant.