Tag: City Hall

George Genge School Postcard
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George Genge School

George Genge School was the first school of Camden City. It was razed for construction of the current City Hall.

The Clock above Camden's 1876 City Hall. This building was in use until the present City Hall was finished in late 1930.
Posted in Historical Accounts

The Clocks Atop City Hall

The first clocks appeared above City Hall in 1876. Camden’s new City Hall opened early that year, although the clock was not yet in place. The first town clock in the tower of the City Hall was placed in position in May of 1876. It cost $3,575, and rang out the hours for the first time on May 26, 1876.

Biagio 'Benny' Acquaro
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Biagio ‘Benny’ Acquaro

BIAGIO ‘BENNY’ ACQUARO was born in Philadelphia PA on March 22, 1906. His mother Nunziata passed away at the age 45 when Benny was only two years old, on August 22, 1908. His father Giuseppe took him and his two sisters, Mary and Catherine, to Italy. All three worked the fields in the valley of Accettura.

Charles A. Aceto
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Charles A. Aceto

CHARLES ANGELO ACETO was born in Italy on April 16, 1891 and came to America with his father in 1900. He threw himself into his education and into becoming proficient in the English language. He went into the bus and taxi business for himself with one station wagon, and by 1924 was operating a fleet of eight buses, providing regular service between the Market Street ferry and Parkside.

Charles Haines operates Haines Clock Repair and for 24 years has maintained the four clocks atop Camden City Hall.
Posted in News Articles

Repairman Found Time For a Second Career

If you are looking up at the skyline of the city, it’s hard to miss one of the four clocks that grace the top of City Hall. They’re a good indicator for 1-676 commuters as to whether they’ll be on time.

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Top Cop

Robert E. Allenbach ’95, Camden’s chief of police, is laying down the law in one of the country’s most crime-ridden cities. Since Allenbach took command in 1998, Camden’s homicide rate has dropped from a high of 64 in one year to seven for the first six months of this year. In addition, the average police response time has dropped from 33 minutes to eight. Allenbach has also increased police presence on the streets and reinstated many crime prevention programs like the Multi-Agency Life Line project which identifies and helps troubled youths before they become career criminals.

E George Aaron Dead
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E. George Aaron, Ex-Camden Aide, Attorney, Is Dead

Camden Courier-Post – May 13, 1960 Public Safety Director for Nine Years E. George Aaron, former public…

Nine Safety Aides Sworn by Aaron (2 of 2)
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Nine Safety Aides Sworn by Aaron

Camden Courier-Post – August 12, 1950 Five recently-appointed policemen and four firemen were sworn in today by…

East Camden used to have three parks "in the old days" -- and to hear a veteran like Police Sergeant William C. Horner tell it -- they certainly kept the police force "on its toes."
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Old Stockton’s Three Parks Kept Police Force on Jump

East Camden used to have three parks “in the old days” — and to hear a veteran like Police Sergeant William C. Horner tell it — they certainly kept the police force “on its toes.”

Trio Accused of Murder, Coursey Firing the Shots
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Boy’s Brutal Murderer Collapses At Hearing

Two men were charged with killing an 18-year-old. The victim volunteered to escort two young ladies home and was shot by the two men when he was returning. The murder was brutal and, initially, the police had no clue where to start the investigation.

Eighty years will have passed on Friday, February 14, since Camden became an incorporated city, and just now the citizens are looking back over those years and recalling with a pardonable pride the epochs that have made it a community of homes, of splendid industries and of clean, progressive government.
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Camden, Now Eighty Years Old, Is Proud of Its Wonderful Growth

Eighty years will have passed on Friday, February 14, since Camden became an incorporated city, and just now the citizens are looking back over those years and recalling with a pardonable pride the epochs that have made it a community of homes, of splendid industries and of clean, progressive government.

** City Hall. Cooper. Pyne Point and Forest Kill parks were thronged yesterday.
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Doings in Camden

** City Hall. Cooper. Pyne Point and Forest Kill parks were thronged yesterday.