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Pinkston and Trotter Promoted
Paul B. Pinkston, Jr. of 1440 Sheridan Street and Thomas W. Trotter of 1185 Sheridan Street were promoted to Army Specialist Four while serving with signal units in Germany.
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Services Are Planned for Sgt. Wesley Faust
Funeral arrangements for Sgt. Wesley Faust of the New Hanover Township police, a Camden native, Camden High School class of 1940 and ten-year Camden fireman.
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Wesley Faust, Ex-Fireman
Camden Courier-Post obituary for A. Wesley Faust, a former Camden City fireman who died of an apparent heart attack while working a three-car accident as a New Hanover Township, Pa. police sergeant.
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Camden High School Purple and Gold Yearbook Excerpt - 1960
Ronald Smith , Sam Fisher , Ralph Heath, Golden Sunket, and Reginald Hammond compose the team whose spectacular ball playing has won a record of 48 wins 0 loses for Camden High School.
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Two From Camden Get Optometry Degrees
Joseph J. Guetherman, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Rouh of 35 North 26th Street, and Lawrence A. Ragone, son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Ragone of 568 Pine Street, received Doctor of Optometry degrees from the Pennsylvania State College of Optometry in Philadelphia.
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Camden's Own 'Miss Chips'
Lucy Dean Wilson, who taught music, public speaking and dramatics at Camden High school for 37 years beginning in 1896, recalls her career as former pupils plan a testimonial dinner for her at the Walt Whitman hotel on April 22.
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St. Joseph's Church Keeps in Touch with Men and Women in Armed Forces
A 1944 Camden Courier-Post feature by Frank Sheridan on St. Joseph's Church (the Polish parish at Tenth and Mechanic Streets), whose 1,154 mothers gave sons and daughters to the war — four killed, two missing, one a prisoner — among them Joseph Piotrowski, lost when the cruiser Helena was sunk at Kula Gulf.
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Camden Prisoner of Japanese Urges Dad to Keep on Ship Job
Camden Courier-Post, September 8, 1943 — Lieut. Brunislaus S. Ulak, a South Camden Army officer held prisoner by the Japanese in the Philippines, sent his parents his first word in 17 months on two prison-camp postcards, urging his father to keep working hard at his shipyard job.
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Funeral Tomorrow for Sgt. Dzingoski
A January 1943 Camden Courier-Post notice that Sgt. Gus Dzingoski — the first World War II casualty of St. Joseph's Catholic Church — would be buried with full military honors, with an American Legion ritual in his mother's home and a Solemn High Mass of Requiem at the church.
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Camden Man Killed with 10 in Air Crash
A January 1943 Camden Courier-Post report that Sgt. Gus Dzingoski, 31, of 1476 Louis Street was one of 11 army men killed when a bomber crashed at White City, Kansas, while returning to its base at Topeka.
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Lieutenant Ulak Listed Jap Prisoner in Philippines Battle
Camden Courier-Post, December 1942 — The War Department listed Lieutenant Brunislaus S. Ulak of 914 Atlantic Avenue as a Japanese prisoner in the Philippines, and the Navy reported Irwin R. Clark of 826 State Street killed in action.
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Walter Francis Bubien
Senior page entry for Walter Francis Bubien of 1263 Atlantic Avenue in the Camden High School Purple and Gold yearbook, June 1942.
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Mrs. Kobus Names 3 Cops, 4 Firemen
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.
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Soldier from Camden to Take Plane Course
Frank Jackson of 128 North 24th Street, who enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps in January 1940, was selected to take a six-month airplane mechanics course at Mineola, N.Y., one of 25 chosen from Mitchell Field.
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Marriage Takes Place Today
Miss Eleanor Marilyne Homan, daughter of Edward T. Homan of 1118 North 28th Street, was to marry Dr. Montague A. Cashman of New York City in a quiet ceremony in Washington, D.C., on February 26, 1938. The couple planned to reside in Washington.
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Catholic High Has Plenty At Stake in Series Finale
A preview of the City Series finale between Camden Catholic and Camden High. Catholic's Bob Olesiewicz, with 37 points in three games, stood within striking range of Woodrow Wilson scoring leader Ray Dixon's 40.
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'Y' Varsity Conquers Coaches
The Camden Y.M.C.A. varsity beat the South Jersey Coaches 55–51; in the preliminary game, Bob Olesiewicz led Camden Catholic High past the Y.M.C.A. Limited Seniors, 35–27, scoring 16 points.
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Board of Education Shifts 14 Teachers
The Camden Board of Education last night approved transfers of 14 teachers, the appointment of two new instructors and the retirement on pension of two others.
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Woman, Students Taken in House Raid
Three Camden women and two Temple University students were arrested in a raid on an alleged disorderly house at 1450 Kenwood Avenue last night.
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Camden High Girls to Push Campaign for 'Play Streets'
Members of Health Class Urge Areas to Cut Down Juvenile Delinquency MRS. KOBUS' AID SOUGHT By E. CECILIA CUMMINGS Camden High School senior girls in 12th year health classes recommend play streets, especially in South Camden, as a preventive measure for juvenile delinquency.
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Julius Kasinski, Camden High School Yearbook Entry
The 1936 Purple and Gold yearbook entry for Julius "Kas" Kasinski of 1218 Whitman Avenue, Technical Course, Camden High School, with his school activities and a classmate's handwritten inscription.
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Camden Men Back from World's Fair
John A. Burke of 516 Gordon Terrace and his grandson Hobart M. Luther, 17, of 807 Morgan Street, share their impressions of the 1933 Chicago World's Fair after a week at the exhibition.
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More Religion Needed, Graduates Here Told
The need of more religious education was stressed by Judge Harold B. Wells, of Bordentown, in addressing 264 graduates of Camden High School and more than 1500 relatives and friends who attended commencement exercises yesterday.
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Principals Fete Retiring Members
Association Gives Banquet and Entertainment for 8 at Hotel Here Eight retiring school principals were honored last night at a banquet in the junior ballroom of Hotel Walt Whitman by the Camden Principals' Association.
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Bride Elect
Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Venn of 1112 North 28th Street announced the engagement of Mrs. Venn's daughter, Miss Weldin, to A. Joseph Lillie, affiliated with the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Moorestown.
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Joe Montana Wet to Miss Palladino
Camden Wrestler and Bridge Are Given Dinner Attended by Notables Miss Emma Palladino , one of the fairest daughters of Camden's "Little Italy" yesterday became the bride of Joseph Montana , heavyweight wrestler, at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church , Fourth and Division street s. Idol of Italian youth in this city Montana was hailed by hundreds of them outside the church.
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2 Towns to Pay Fees And Keep 164 Pupils On Camden High List
Less than 24 hours after the Camden Board of Education had warned school officials of Pennsauken township and Woodlynne borough that 164 pupils from those towns faced dismissal from Camden Senior High School, officials of both communities last night promised that money owed the local board would be transmitted today.
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MacDonald-Sharp Wedding Will Be 7 o'Clock Event
Wedding announcement for Miss L. Jeannette Sharp of 819 Morgan Boulevard and James O. MacDonald, married at the Woodland Avenue Presbyterian Church in June 1932.
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Laura J. Rosengarten
Yearbook entry for Laura J. Rosengarten of 1129 Langham Avenue, from the Camden High School Purple & Gold, June 1932.
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C. F. Johnston, Painting and Decorating
Advertisement in the June 1931 Purple and Gold, the Camden High School yearbook, for C. F. Johnston, painting and decorating, 14 Church Street, Camden, N. J.
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Wearshing Ready for Opening Night
By STEVE O'KEEFE, Morning Post Sports Editor Temple Hero Enlists With Lobley for Eastern League Fray With Kennett Square Huge Crowd is Expected Grover Wearshing , whose football feats and dazzling play on the basketball boards, form a glowing part of the athletic history of Camden High School and Temple University, has enlisted with the Camden Club in the Eastern League and will join the team when the inaugural skirmish with the Kennett Square (Pa.) quintet is staged at the Convention Hall annex tonight.
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George Edmund Duble
Yearbook entry for George Edmund Duble of 213 North Twenty-eighth Street, Technical Course, Camden High School class of 1930. He transferred from Hayward High School in Wisconsin and served as President of the English Club.
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Pavonia Ice and Coal Co.
Advertisement for the Pavonia Ice and Coal Co., Louis W. Everly, proprietor, main office and yards at 23rd and Howell Streets, Camden, from the Camden High School Purple & Gold Yearbook, January 1930.
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Enos B. Dellmuth Dies from Stroke
Enos B. Dellmuth, 43, civic leader, former Ninth ward councilman and foreman of the June term Camden county grand jury, died at his home at 426 Chambers street after a stroke suffered at the jury's last session. Camden Courier-Post, September 10, 1928.
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George Torgun
George Torgun, originally named Gieorgiej Torgun, came into the world on April 23, 1923, as the child of Grzegorz and Marja Torgun in what is known today as Worotinici, Belarus.