People
Orris W. Smith
Orris W. Smith was born in Camden on September 8, 1920, to Edward and Catherine Smith. The 1924 City Directory lists the family at 1113 Carpenter Street .
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Concord Avenue
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29th Street
29th Street runs from the Delaware River south across River Road to the Pavonia railroad yards, then from Pleasant Street to Westfield Avenue and from Federal Street to Clinton Street. It is North 29th Street above Federal and South 29th below.
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Beideman Avenue
Beideman Avenue runs through Camden's Cramer Hill and East Camden sections, east of North 32nd Street, from the Delaware River south to Cleveland Avenue and from Lemuel Avenue through what was Westfield Acres to Westfield Avenue. It was named for the Beideman family, who owned a great deal of land in northern Cramer Hill before its residential development.
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Police, Fire Tests Take Heavy Toll
Camden Courier-Post coverage of the June 1968 Civil Service results for the Camden fire captain and patrolman examinations, listing every candidate who passed — including Anthony D. Moffa of 23 Leonard Avenue, who scored 73.3 on the fire captain's test.
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Oscar J. Olson Jr.
Obituary of Oscar J. Olson Jr., 66, of 2830 Concord Avenue, a Swedish-born rigger who lived in Camden 42 years and retired from the New York Shipyard Corp. in 1948.
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Baby Parade at Wildwood
Patty Reed, 2, of 2818 Concord Avenue, and Marilyn Richter, 3, of 827-A Beideman Avenue, captivated crowds at Wildwood's Boardwalk during the fortieth annual baby parade at the shore.
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Home Owners' Loan Corporation Listing: 2831 Concord Avenue
Home Owners' Loan Corporation property listing of January 11, 1940, offering the one-family frame house at 2831 Concord Avenue, Camden, for sale "as is" at $900.
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Wife Spiritualist, Man Asks Divorce
One of six divorces recommended before Advisory Masters William J. Kraft and William B. Knight on May 15, 1936 — among them that of Charles Piper of 910 North 33rd Street, whose wife left him after 31 years of marriage.
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Cops Nab 14 Nudists After Criticism for Vandalism, Bathing
Citizens Complain to City Commission and Give 'Hot 'Tips' $500,000 DAMAGE TO HOMES CHARGED Police Act Quickly on Objection to 'Buck' Swimming The Camden police were criticized yesterday at a meeting of the City Commission for relaxing their vigilance in halting damage by vandals in vacant properties which have caused total losses of $500,000 in the city.
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Pneumonia in Camden Claims More Lives
Philadelphia Inquirer report of pneumonia deaths in Camden, including Mrs. Joseph Schlitz of 2731 Concord Avenue and her newborn daughter at Cooper Hospital, and Mrs. Margaret Hunt of 403 Chambers Avenue.
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East Side Notes
Local notes from East Camden: Nicholas Donahue elected to Board of Trade; Harry Lake ill at home; Ezra Wallace of 38th Street and Westfield Avenue confined to home with sickness; James N. Lloyd of 2831 Concord Avenue seriously ill with pneumonia.