Tag: Convention Hall
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Argonne Street
Argonne Street, named in honor of the World War I Battle of the Argonne Forest, where American forces demonstrated remarkable valor, spanned just one block. It stretched between St. Mihiel Street and Memorial Avenue, positioned north of Line Street. Interestingly, while the original street address of the Camden Convention Hall was 1065-1075 Line Street, this…
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Herman Z. Cutler
HERMAN Z. CUTLER is best remembered in Camden for the company he founded, Cutler Metal Products Company, which operated at 1021-1025 Line Street into the 1980s. Herman Cutler was born January 6, 1888 in the town of Ilintsy, in what is now the Ukraine. This town had a relatively large Jewish population at that time,…
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Convention Hall
Locations: Camden has had two buildings known as Convention Hall, which can get a bit confusing, and the issue gets even more confusing when you add the fact that Camden had four different armories in the years between 1880 and 1960, and one of them was also called Convention Hall! It doesn’t help either that…
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Broadway to Glitter with Yuletide Lights
Camden Courier-Post – November 27, 1963 Camden’s Broadway will burst into a red, green and yellow explosion of lights at 5 p.m. Friday as it prepares to welcome Santa Claus. The Chritmas [sic] lighting display, stretching over two miles and burning 61,000 watts of electricity, has been heralded by the Camden Business Improvement Association as…
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Camden Reached Peak in Boxing in 1919-20
Camden Courier-Post – July 26, 1955 Standout Performers Appeared in Bouts Held at Armory Camden has had its ups and downs in the boxing game, but probably reached its peak so far as performers are concerned when bouts were held at the Haddon Avenue Armory during 1919-20. However, a number of clubs flourished in the…
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Life Hereabouts by Charlie Humes
Camden Courier-Post – March 19, 1949 Down Memory Lane with that Old Gang of Yours… in a few of the years when Our Town was as good a sport town as any in the land… from the time that Taylor and Gunnis promoted fights through the years to Roxie Allen… Mickey Blair… Eddie Chaney… Shamus…
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City Revenues Rise $1,268,771.83 In 1937 Over Previous Year
Camden Courier-Post – February 1, 1938 Gross Receipts Tax Windfall Provides Half of Gains in Record-Breaking Total MAYOR ISSUES REPORT By A. CHARLES COROTIS Camden City collected $1,268,771.83 more in current and delinquent taxes and miscellaneous revenues in 1937 than in 1936, it was revealed in an official report prepared by Comptroller Sidney P. McCord…
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Facts Twisted by PS in Fight on Light Plant, Von Nieda Says
Camden Courier-Post – October 29, 1935 Corporation Fails to Tell About Drop in Florida Rate, Charge BENEFITS TO TAXPAYERS POINTED OUT BY MAYOR “In presenting figures to influence the voters of Camden on the light plant referendum, Public Service Corporation has cooked its own goose in an electric roaster.” That was the declaration of Mayor…
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Unemployed Union To Plan For Fourth
Camden Courier-Post – June 28, 1933 Leaders Aim to Have Demonstration Similar to That of Labor Day Plans for a Fourth of July demonstration, similar to labor demonstrations staged throughout the world each year on May 1, will be formulated tomorrow night at a mass meeting conducted by the Unemployed Union of New Jersey, according…
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195 Get Diplomas at Catholic High
Camden Courier-Post – June 19, 1933 Largest Class in History Is Graduated as 2000 Gather for Tribute Diplomas were awarded to 195 graduates of Camden Catholic High School at annual commencement exercises held yesterday in Convention Hall, where nearly 2000 persons gathered to pay tribute. The class, comprising 99 boys and 96 girls, was the…
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75 Students Gain High Rating In Catholic High Senior Class
Camden Courier-Post – June 16, 1933 195 Graduates to Receive Diplomas Tomorrow Afternoon at Convention Hall; 15 to Be Given Gold Medals Out of a class of 195 graduates to be presented diplomas tomorrow at the commencement exercises of Camden Catholic High School, 75 have finished with scholastic averages better than 85 percent. Seven recorded…
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Camden Catholic High to Graduate Largest Class In Its History
Camden Courier-Post – June 14, 1933 195 to Get Diplomas Sunday in Exercises at Convention Hall; Three Get Scholarships;. Medals for 15 The largest class in the history of Camden Catholic High School – 195 students – will receive diplomas Sunday afternoon at the annual commencement exercises to be held in Convention Hall. Ninety-nine boys…
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Catholic High Alumni to Hold Student Dance
Camden Courier-Post – June 13, 1933 A reception and dance to 195 students of Camden Catholic High School will be held Friday night at the Walt Whitman Hotel. The event is the annual greeting of the school alumni association to the graduating class. The students will receive diplomas at the commencement exercises to be held…
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195 Catholic High Students at Mass
Camden Courier-Post – June 12, 1933 Graduates to Receive Diplomas Sunday Night at Convention Hall One hundred and ninety-five students of Camden Catholic High School yesterday attended solemn high mass at the Church of The Immaculate Conception and heard Rev. Father Anselm, of the Franciscan Order,deliver the baccalaureate sermon. The graduates will receive diplomas next…