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Raymond H. "Mike" Stark Sr. served 27 years in the Camden Police Department, appointed April 11, 1917 and retired on pension May 15, 1944, serving as traffic officer, district detective, patrolman and sergeant, and as a sergeant of the Camden Bridge police during a 1926 leave of absence (his 1953 obituary says he organized that force).
A Camden Post-Telegram report of January 25, 1915 on the funeral of Fireman Robert B. Steer, a twenty-five-year member of the Camden fire department. Charles Watkins Jr. served among the pallbearers.
Camden Post-Telegram, January 2, 1914: James White of 330 Penn Street returns from visiting his parents in Virginia; Alonzo Wood of 614 State Street returns from New York City; Mr. and Mrs. Davis of 713 North Seventh Street entertain guests on New Year's Day.
Death notice for Alfred Cramer, husband of Priscilla, aged 68, who died December 15, 1912; funeral services were held at his residence at 433 Penn Street, Camden, with private interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
Boilermaker Crawford Smith had Policeman Ulie Andrews lock up a drunken namesake, Andy Smith, who put a brick through a front window of his home at 729 Carman Street; Recorder Stackhouse sentenced him to two months at the paper picking plant, and James Davis and James Carter got a month each. Camden Post-Telegram, November 30, 1910.