Tag: Camden Catholic High School

  • Kotlikoff’s

    25th & Federal Street, Camden, NJ Louis Jacob Kotlikoff was born in Kiev, Russia, in 1879. After immigrating to America, he married Clara Hager, another Jewish immigrant, around the turn of the 20th century. With $250, Louis opened his first store at 2511 Federal Street in Camden, New Jersey, and the couple lived in the…

  • Bishop George V. Murry

    Bishop George V. Murry

    Bishop George Vance Murry, S.J., was born in Camden, New Jersey, in 1948. After graduating from Camden Catholic High School, he attended St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and St. Mary’s Seminary and University in Baltimore, Maryland. In 1972, he entered the Society of Jesus, commonly known as the Jesuits, and was ordained to the…

  • Bartholomew A. Sheehan

    Bartholomew A. Sheehan was born on December 18, 1907, to Jeremiah and Mary (McCarthy) Sheehan. The family lived at 882 Haddon Avenue in Camden, where Jeremiah worked as a mechanic in one of the city’s shipyards, along with four of Bart’s five older brothers by 1920. Bart also had an older sister and a younger…

  • John L. Westcott

    John L. Westcott

    John Leighton Westcott, notable for his tenure as Mayor of Camden from 1892 to 1898, should not be mistaken for John W. Wescott, who served as a judge in Camden for many years starting in 1885. Born on June 10, 1850, in Cumberland County, New Jersey, John L. Westcott relocated to Camden with his family…

  • Camden Catholic High School

    Camden Catholic High School

    Broadway and Federal Street, Camden, NJ The first Camden Catholic High School was built in Camden in 1896, and was known as the Lyceum. A new school was contracted for in 1923, and the cornerstone was laid at North 7th and Federal Streets in October 18, 1923. The school, which included the former Lyceum and…

  • David Baird Sr.

    David Baird Sr.

    David Baird Sr. was one of Camden’s leading citizens for well over 50 years. Born in Ireland in on April 7th of 1839, he came to America in 1858 after the death of his father, and settled in Camden the following year. After working in a Philadelphia lumber yard for 13 years, he opened his…

  • Federal Street

    Federal Street

    Federal Street was originally called Joseph Cooper’s Lane, and ran from the river to the old Haddonfield Road. In 1803 Joshua Cooper, who was an ardent Federalist, called it Federal Street. His father, Daniel Cooper, had, in 1764, built a large three-story brick house and established a ferry about the same time to Philadelphia. This…

  • 25 Years Later, Prep Football Game Shootout Resonates

    Camden Courier-Post – November 21, 2004 By Kevin Callahan Although he would rise to the pinnacle of college football just four years later by winning the Heisman Trophy, Mike Rozier‘s last play for Woodrow Wilson High School was spent looking down in the dirt on the field that would later bear his name. "I never…

  • Joe Acquaro Anecdote

    My father, Biagio Acquaro, had a self-owned business at 2713 Federal Street in East Camden, from the 1940’s through the late 1960’s. His establishment was called “Federal Hat Cleaning.” My Dad would clean and block felt hats for people located all over the tri-county area. Even people from Philadelphia would come over and take advantage…

  • Catholic High Band Wins Fans Plaudits

    Camden Courier-Post – February 12, 1938 Bugle Corps Also Scores in Appearances at City Court Games Clad in natty green and white uniforms and led by a drum major who steps high, wide and handsome, the Camden Catholic High School Band has been winning loud applause from spectators at recent City Series basketball games. No…

  • Camden Catholic High to Give ‘Desert Song’

    Camden Courier-Post – February 20, 1936 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. Leading roles will be sung by Florence Sensor and Alfred Homan. Others in…

  • 195 Get Diplomas at Catholic High

    Camden Courier-Post – June 19, 1933 Largest Class in History Is Graduated as 2000 Gather for Tribute Diplomas were awarded to 195 graduates of Camden Catholic High School at annual commencement exercises held yesterday in Convention Hall, where nearly 2000 persons gathered to pay tribute. The class, comprising 99 boys and 96 girls, was the…

  • 75 Students Gain High Rating In Catholic High Senior Class

    Camden Courier-Post – June 16, 1933 195 Graduates to Receive Diplomas Tomorrow Afternoon at Convention Hall; 15 to Be Given Gold Medals Out of a class of 195 graduates to be presented diplomas tomorrow at the commencement exercises of Camden Catholic High School, 75 have finished with scholastic averages better than 85 percent. Seven recorded…

  • 43 Receive Letters at Catholic High

    Camden Courier-Post – June 16, 1933 Miss Downs to Captain Girls; Vandy, Wodoloski, Hartman Boys’ Leaders Forty-three varsity insignias were awarded, several special prizes were bestowed, and four captains-elect were chosen at the annual Letter Day exercises which were conducted yesterday at the Camden Catholic High auditorium in a gala program headed by three speakers…

  • Medals Presented to C.C.H.S. Pupils

    Camden Courier-Post – June 16, 1933 Honor students and Athletes Hear Phil Lewis on ‘Letter Day’ Led by the boys’ band of 37 pieces and the girls’ fife and drum corps, the Camden Catholic High School student body paraded into the school auditorium at 10.30 a. m. yesterday to pay tribute to the athletes and…