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Charles A Wolverton

Casimir Pulaski Monument, Pennsauken
Monuments

Casimir Pulaski Monument

The Casimir Pulaski Monument was dedicated in Camden, N.J. on October 11, 1936 at Pulaski Park (Benson Street and Haddon Avenue), the former City Hall site. In 1984 it was moved to Cooper River Park in Pennsauken, where it stands as part of the Polish Heroes War Memorial.

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People

Admiral Henry B. Wilson Jr.

Henry Braid Wilson Jr. was born on Mount Vernon Street in Camden, NJ, on February 23, 1861, to Henry Braid Wilson Sr. and Mary Ann Wilson.

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Historical Accounts

City Farm Gardens

This post is an excerpt from the Book History of Camden County in the Great War , published in 1917-1918 Another weapon to defeat the enemy was the establishment of City Farm Gardens in the country.

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Walter P Wolverton - 1931
People

Walter P. Wolverton

Walter P. Wolverton was the son of Martha and Charles S. Wolverton , a lifelong resident of North Camden .

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Charles A. Wolverton

Charles Anderson Wolverton was born in Camden, NJ in 1880 to Charles S. Wolverton and Martha Anderson Wolverton. In 1880, Charles S. Wolverton worked as a steamboat pilot, and the family lived at 313 Birch Street in North Camden.

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Lawrence T Doran - 1930-04-01
People

Lawrence T. Doran

Lawrence "Larry" T. Doran was born in 1879 in New Jersey. He married his wife Catherine shortly after the turn of the century.

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Edward J Borden, Sr, 1933-06-09.  Edward J. Borden who was the guest of honor at a testimonial dinner in the Camden Club last night on the occasion of his election as president of the New Jersey Real Estate Commission. The dinner also marked his twentieth wedding anniversary, and Mrs. Borden was similarly feted at another dinner.
People

Edward J. Borden

EDWARD J. BORDEN SR. was born in Boston, Massachusetts on January 12, 1888 to John and Beatrice Borden, both of whom were born in Canada. The elder Borden was a boilermaker by trade.

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Camden National Bank, 2003-11-22
Banks

Camden National Bank

1123 Broadway (Broadway and Sycamore Street), Camden, NJ Established in 1885, the Camden National Bank opened at 259 Kaighn Avenue on August 13, 1885. Zophar C. Howell was the first President.

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Samuel T French Sr - 1926
People

Samuel T. French, Sr.

Samuel Jones Tilden French Sr., born into the family of William Nelson and Mary Caroline Collins French on January 23, 1877, carried a significant historical legacy as a great-great-grandson of American naval Captain Micajah Smith.

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Historical Accounts

My Camden Heritage

By Dr. Samuel Zuckerman As published in the Jewish Community Voice , January 5, 2005. I am sitting in my den and close my eyes, I see the city as it was in my youth and recall the many people that crossed my path.

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PACC hall dedication - Camden Courier-Post, March 18, 1950
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Polish American Community Hall Opens Tonight

A March 1950 Camden Courier-Post notice of the banquet opening the Polish American Citizens Club's new $130,000 community hall at Warsaw and Lowell Streets, with Congressman Wolverton and Monsignor Strenski as speakers.

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Historical Accounts

Happenings in Washington

by Charles A. Wolverton Separate Air Force Introduction by Senator McCarran of a bill to create an independent air force co-ordinate with the Army and Navy as arms of defense, has served to revive a long and bitter controversy dating back to the stirring days of General William Mitchell, former head of the Army Air Corps.

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Crippled Children to Attend Outing

100 Little Folks to Be Guests on Sgt. Ray Smith's Birthday More than 100 crippled children from this vicinity will be entertained at the seventh annual Sgt. Ray Smith 's crippled children's day and birthday party, next Monday.

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V.F.W. Plans Ball on Armistice Night

Report of the February 4, 1938 Camden County Council meeting of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, which set the fourth annual military ball for Armistice night and pressed a county-wide membership drive; Howard Bean served as publicity officer of Corp. Mathews-Purnell Post No. 518.

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VFW Post Auxiliary Stages Party for 16th Anniversary

Parents of Three World War Heroes Honored by Women of Mathews-Purnell Unit Mrs. Kobus Lauds Civic Work of Organization Sixteen years ago the Ladies Auxiliary of the Mathews-Purnell Post , Veterans of Foreign Wars, was instituted.

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Polish Hero Honored Here
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Polish Hero Honored Here

More than 5,000 persons — the biggest Polish gathering in Camden's history — attended the October 11, 1936 unveiling of the Casimir Pulaski monument in Pulaski Square, with speeches by Mayor Frederick von Nieda, Monsignor Arthur B. Strenski, Congressman Charles A. Wolverton, and Polish consul Dr. Szygowski.

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Fleet Adequate to Defend U.S. and Maintain Peace Urged by Wolverton in Navy Day Speech

Congressman Praises Theodore Roosevelt for Interest in Nation's Marine Forces; Parade And Dinner Conclude Celebration in Camden Congressman Charles A. Wolverton , in an address yesterday commemorating Navy Day, urged the United States to "maintain a navy of sufficient strength and effectiveness for the adequate defense of the nation." The address featured a program sponsored by the officers and enlisted men of the Second Battalion, U. S. Naval Reserves, for the observance of the 160th anniversary of the establishment of the U. S. Navy.

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John S McTaggart - 1934-03-10
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Banquet to Honor John S. M'Taggart

Popular Patrolman Will Be Guest at G.O.P. Club in Sixth Ward A testimonial dinner will be tendered Patrolman John S. McTaggart , well known member of the Camden police force, at 8 p.m. next Friday at the Sixth Ward Republican Club .

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Jobless Son Kills Jake Schiller Wo Saves Boys Wife From Gun

SLAYER CRAZED BY SEPARATION, RELATIVES SAY Dazedly Insists He Had No Intention of Shooting Sire ESTRANGED WIFE SEEN IN SUICIDE TRY Slain Man Long Was Prominent Figure in Camden Politics Jacob Schiller , 72, for 45 years a political figure here, is dead, shot by his own son.

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Horse Trading - 1933-06-30
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Baird, Stokes Lash Richards Ambitions And 'Horse Trading'

Dinner to Reesman and Mrs. Verga Packs Whitman Local Delegates Get High Praise Ex-Governor Denounces Roosevelt Program, Hits Inflation By Ransloe Boone Bitter criticism of the "horse trading" of the Legislature and the gubernatorial aspirations of Senate President Emerson L.Richards, were coupled with appeals for party loyalty and praise for Camden county's leaders at a dinner of the Camden County Republican Committee in Hotel Walt Whitman last night.

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Salvation Army Names Lippincott

Camden Unit Makes Real Estate Broker Chairman of Advisory Boards Earl R. Lippincott, real estate broker, has been named chairman of the advisory board of the Camden unit of the Salvation Army, succeeding William D. Sayrs .

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Campaign Planned by Salvation Army

Executives of Organization Discuss Budget for Camden and Propose Drives Plans for a campaign to raise funds to cover the budget of the Salvation Army Corps here were discussed yesterday at a meeting of members of the executive board at Hotel Walt Whitman .

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Vets in Colorful Memorial Crowd Convention Hall

Military and Civic Organizations Parade in Camden and Join Services Addressed by Clergy and Congressman Wolverton More than 2500 persons attended a joint veterans memorial observance in Convention Hall which followed a parade of veterans and civic organizations yesterday afternoon.

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Brooklawn Owners Victims of Tricks Says Judge Neutze

Judge Frank F. Neutze told 500 Brooklawn residents that homeowners facing foreclosure had been "sold out to professional money-lenders by a gang of local political tricksters," attacking the sale of 72 Brooklawn houses and 262 mortgages to the Tower Company of Newark and gubernatorial candidate David Baird's role in it.

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Political Paragraphs

An October 23, 1931 Camden Courier-Post political column noting, among other items, that the Polish-American Women's Citizens Club had endorsed David Baird for governor — the first endorsement in the club's six-year history.

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Camden Centennial will Start Feb 13. Week of Celebration at City's Convention Hall to Mark Anniversary
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Camden Centennial Will Start Feb. 13

Camden Courier-Post - January 28, 1928 Week of Celebration at City's Convention Hall to Mark Anniversary Camden's centennial will be observed during the week of February 13.

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Changes Ordered In Camden Police
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Changes Ordered in Camden Police

The police committee of Camden City Council directed Solicitor Bleakly to draft an ordinance partially reorganizing the Police Department, reducing the number of captains to one and retiring seven veteran officers on pension.

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Here and There in Camden - 1918-05-17
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Here and There in Camden

Philadelphia Inquirer - May 17, 1918 The woman who operated the booths during the Third Liberty Loan drive have formed an organization for the purpose of raising a fund with which to purchase an ambulance.

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Forger Thompson Still at Liberty

No Trace Yet Found of the Ashbridges Pal in Sensational and Tragic Escape From the County Prison on Monday Night FOOD SHUNNED BY YOUNG MURDERER Evidently in hiding, George E. Thompson, who escaped from prison with Wilson Ashbridge on Monday night after Murdering one jailor and wounding another, is still at liberty.

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Portraits of Harry Duffield, Fred Coursey, and Linnans Staley
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Boy's Brutal Murderer Collapses at Hearing

Fred Coursey and Harry Duffield collapse in Police Court as Detective John Painter recounts the robbery killing of 18-year-old Karl Kellmann at Twenty-seventh and Sherman streets; Linnans Staley is committed as a principal.

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Police Court

William May pleaded guilty to threatening the life of Elsie Staley and was sentenced by Judge Joline to three months in the Camden County Jail.

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Their Life's Work Ended — Peter Wolverton, Philadelphia Inquirer, December 11, 1909
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Their Life's Work Ended

Death notices for two Camden octogenarians — Peter Wolverton, 80, of 615 North Front Street, father of former state senator Charles A. Wolverton, and John W. Cotner, 81, of Vine Street.

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Woman's Suspicious Death

Mrs. Leon Sanoski of 1146 Sycamore Street died at Cooper Hospital under suspicious circumstances while her husband sat in the county jail. Captain Stanley had found her unconscious at home; her ante-mortem statement alleged eight years of weekly beatings.

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