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aka Claudius W. Bradshaw School; aka Challenge Square Academy; aka Met East High School 1151 Kaighn Avenue Camden had become an industrial city by the 1880s, and although the country went into an economic slump in the early 1890s, generally referred to as "the panic of 1893," the city continued to grow and with it the need for new schools.
Central School, named for Camden's Middle Ward, opened in 1877 near South 4th Street; its building was razed by 1965 after the school's long decline.
Juvenile authorities questioned two boys, 9 and 11, who set a debris fire with motor oil behind the abandoned Stevens School at 4th and Berkley streets; Detective Nicholas Pavlak investigated.
Mayor Brunner has appointed Mrs. Dollie Santone, 564 Pine st., a trustee of the City Board of the Free Library to fill the vacancy created by the death of Mrs. Marie K. Verdiglione.
Miss Carolina W. Taylor retires from the second grade class room at the Broadway School, where she taught for 35 years, and plans to keep house at 104 Powelton Avenue, Woodlynne.
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.
Three Veterans of Central School Receive Gifts At Walt Whitman Event Three veteran teachers of the Central School , Fourth and Clinton Streets , who will retire this month were dinner guests last night of the faculty at Hotel Walt Whitman .
Ten-year-old Rafael Petito of 237 Pine Street took $6 from his teacher's desk at the Central School; she guessed he was at a movie theatre, and Police Judge Pancoast sent him back to the Detention Home.