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Ott Laxton
Samuel Arthur "Ott" Laxton (1904–1983) was one of Camden's finest semi-pro basketball players, starring with Pavonia, Broadway Cycle, Oaklyn, and a dozen other teams from 1918 through the 1930s.
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Charles L. Humes
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Charles T. Humes, Jr.
Charles Taylor Humes Jr. was born in Camden, New Jersey, to parents Charles T. and Mary Humes. At the age of four during the 1880 Census, he was the eldest child in the family, with his younger brother George born in 1879.
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Charley Humes Succumbs After Valiant Battle
Courier columnist Charles L. Humes, author of Life Hereabouts, died Friday night at Hahnemann hospital in Philadelphia at age 46, following an operation. Courier-Post obituary by James M. O'Neill.
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Koerner Made Police Chief; Carroll, Mattison Promoted
Capt. Gustav Koerner, a 26-year veteran of the department, was named Camden police chief by Public Safety Director Aaron and sworn in by County Judge Sheehan. Detective Capt. Edward Carroll was promoted to police inspector and Lieut. Walter Mattison to captain. Camden Courier-Post, November 29, 1949.
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Life Hereabouts
Charley Humes's "Life Hereabouts" column of May 14, 1949, recalling the Broadway Cycle-Union basketball team that won the South Jersey semi-pro championship on April 11, 1924, and announcing the first reunion of its players, later the First Ward Club, that night at Kenney's Restaurant, with Ott Laxton among those named.
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Life Hereabouts
Charley Humes's "Life Hereabouts" column of March 19, 1949, recalling Camden and Gloucester City's fight days — bouts at the Armory on Haddon Avenue and the ball park at Twelfth and Federal Streets — and the boxers, promoters and referees of the era.
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200 at Party Honor Air War Hero Kelly
Air war hero Staff Sgt. William "Bill" Kelly was honored by more than 200 friends and neighbors at the First Ward Republican Club, 47 York Street, March 1944.
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Is Zat So!
Gordon Mackay, Camden Courier-Post, February 25, 1938: "Fair, charming and clever, Mrs. Rocco Palese is one of my 'favorite girl friends' — this is rather an exclusive organization — to be found in South Jersey."
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Checked and Double-Checked
James M. O'Neill's "Checked and Double-Checked" column, signed JIMINY, in the Camden Courier-Post of February 19, 1938: a courthouse joke from the "bingo" numbers racket arrests, David Baird's plan to replace registrar Harry Ecky with Bill Lehman, and a run of social notes, including an old photograph found near Broadway and Federal Street.
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Johnson Gets Ward's Job as Kobus Orders Cop Shakeup
By Charles L. Humes In a shakeup of Camden police officials yesterday afternoon Lieutenant Samuel E. Johnson was named acting chief of detectives by Commissioner Mary W. Kobus , director of public safety.
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Who's Who Among So. Jersey Stars
Charley Humes profiles Arthur "Otts" Laxton in his "Who's Who Among So. Jersey Stars" column, calling the Camden forward without a peer in local basketball. (Source dates this clipping only to the 1930s.)
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City League Clubs Begin Second Half
Camden Courier-Post - January 10, 1928 Two Games at Convention Hall Tonight; Two New Clubs Join Circuit Second-half competition in the Reesman basketball league will begin tonight with a twin bill at Convention Hall .
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Hambleton Co-Stars with "Worm" and Laxton
Abe Corotis reports Camden's 28–13 Camden County League win over Pennsauken on December 24, 1927, with Frank Hambleton, Grover Wearshing and Ott Laxton starring.
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Cupid Conquers Entire First Ward Cage Team
A humorous 1926 Camden Courier-Post story reporting that Ott Laxton, the last bachelor of the First Ward Republican cage team, eloped to Elkton with Helen Kocher — leaving Cupid "batting 1,000."
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Voodoo Man Confesses Bigamy
Camden Courier - April 10, 1925 Cops Discover Secret Vault, Baby Skeleton Police investigating the "voodoo den" of H.H. Hyghcock , 413-15 Liberty Street , whose arrest on suspicion of murder made several important discoveries today.