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Private Edward Kasper, born Edward Kasperowicz to Vincent and Estella Kasperowicz of Camden's Polish St. Joseph Parish, served as a radio operator with Company I, 324th Infantry Regiment, 44th Infantry Division. He was killed in action in France on October 27, 1944, at the age of 24, and is buried at St. Joseph Cemetery in Gloucester Township, NJ.
Technical Sergeant Benjamin William Dyl of Woodlynne, New Jersey, who grew up at 1524 Mount Ephraim Avenue in Camden's Polish community, served with the 47th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division. Wounded and captured while leading a patrol in January 1945, he died in a German prisoner of war camp on February 5, 1945, after only ten months in the service.
Private First Class Louis Bontkowski of 1191 Liberty Street, Camden, NJ served with Company A, 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, joined the division in April 1944 in time for the D-Day landings, and died of wounds on September 13, 1944. He is buried at St. Joseph Cemetery, Gloucester Township, NJ.
Joseph Anthony Hooven Jr. (1915–1996) was a Camden police detective who graduated Camden Catholic High School in 1933 with a Villanova scholarship, joined the Camden Police Department in 1940, and rose to Detective Sergeant by December 1957.
John Martin Peterson (1892-1971) served the Camden Fire Department for 36 years with Engine Company 11, from his appointment in 1919 to his retirement on pension in 1956. A veteran of the First Division in France, he was twice wounded in World War I and received the Order of the Purple Heart with oak leaf cluster.
Harvey W. Blackwell Jr. of Camden, NJ served as a Private in the 13th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Division. He was killed in action May 30, 1944 during the breakout from Anzio and is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing at the Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy.
Harry E. Harker of Blackwood, NJ served as a Private in Company C, 133rd Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry Division. He was killed April 20, 1944 during the defense of the Anzio beachhead in Italy and is buried at Beverly National Cemetery, Beverly, NJ.
Public Safety Director Harold Melleby suspended four veteran Camden firemen over a July 21 fight at Engine Company 9, 27th and Federal Streets, including acting captain John Kolessar and Deputy Chief Frank Deal. Camden Courier-Post, October 14, 1969.
Herman O'Neal, 41, of 139 Spruce Street was seriously injured on Kaighns Avenue near Locust Street by a hit-and-run driver; Det. Sgt. Joseph Hooven of the accident division described the car sought.
The Drop-a-Buck Club began distributing collection containers to Camden taverns to raise Christmas funds for needy families, and Chevrolet dealer William Rohrer offered a new showroom on Federal Street at 15th as campaign headquarters. Camden Courier-Post, November 6, 1953.
A requiem high Mass for Pfc. Louis Bontkowski of 1191 Liberty Street was set for St. Joseph's R.C. Church, with burial in the veterans plot of St. Joseph's cemetery at Chews Landing and military honors by Laskowski-Wojtkowiak Post 74, American Legion.
Camden Courier-Post obituary notice announcing funeral services for Pvt. Harry E. Harker of Blackwood, killed in action in Italy in 1944.
A solemn high Mass for Pvt. Edward Kasper, killed in action in France on October 27, 1944, was set for Friday morning at St. Theresa's Church in Runnemede, with burial in St. Joseph's cemetery at Chews Landing.
Obituary of John S. Corkhill, 64, who died at his home at 38 Church Street, Camden. A member of the Calvary Baptist Church, he was formerly a coppersmith at New York shipyard. Camden Courier-Post, December 17, 1947.
A July 1945 Camden Courier-Post report that Technical Sergeant Benjamin W. Dyl of Woodlynne had died of wounds on February 5 in a German prison camp, after being wounded and captured while leading a four-man reconnaissance patrol.
The City of Camden scheduled the sale of a one-story public garage building with 28 individual garages at 2626 Carman Street, acquired for unpaid taxes, along with seven other tax-delinquent properties including vacant land on Twenty-seventh Street south of Garfield Avenue. Camden Courier-Post, July 4, 1941.
Camden Public Safety Commissioner Mary W. Kobus announced in December 1940 that her appointment of 22 patrolmen and 10 firemen had restored the public safety department to 1938 strength, and said she would seek money for more officers because of defense needs; John Gryckiewicz of 810 North Front Street was among the fire appointees.
Commissioner Mary W. Kobus announced the appointment of three Camden policemen and four firemen in November 1940; among the new firefighters was John Gryckiewicz of 810 North Front Street.
A Camden fire engine bound for the fire training school and a Public Service bus collided on wet pavement at River Road and Federal Street, injuring fireman Harry Hess and four bus passengers.
More than 60 comrades honored Fire Capt. Herman Kreher of Engine Company No. 11 at a dinner marking his fiftieth birthday and the eve of his retirement.
A Camden Courier-Post notice of June 9, 1933: Crescent Chapter, No. 35, Order of the Eastern Star, will serve a baked ham supper at 3910 Westfield avenue, with Mrs. Margaret Fullerton as committee chairman.
Funeral services were held in Camden for Nicholas Romaine, 48, a member of Engine Company No. 11, who died of injuries suffered fighting a junk-shop fire nearly eight years earlier.
Sergeant Thomas J. Murphy and switchboard operator Joseph "Si" Pedigree of 49 South Twenty-seventh Street were among 13 Camden policemen and firemen retiring on pension before the first of 1933, and Mayor Roy R. Stewart said none of the vacancies would be filled. Camden Courier-Post, October 8, 1932.
Camden firemen John M. Peterson and Herman Dreas, both of Engine Company No. 11 and members of Corp. Mathews-Purnell Post 518, Veterans of Foreign Wars, received the Order of the Purple Heart for wounds suffered in France.
Camden Courier-Post reports of June 1932: Miss Eleanor M. Hillman, 20, and her mother, Mrs. Mary Hillman, 46, of 810 Howard Street were killed at Lansdale, Pa., when an electric train on the Philadelphia and Western Railroad struck the automobile they were riding in; a double funeral was planned, with burial in Harleigh Cemetery.