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Cooper River Park

Portrait of Gustave Dziengowski
People

Gustave Dziengowski

Private Gustave Dziengowski of 1476 Louis Street, Camden, served with the 469th Flying Training Squadron, U.S. Army Air Forces. A Camden High School athlete who worked twelve years for Public Service before his induction in April 1942, he was killed on January 6, 1943 when his B-24D broke up and crashed near White City, Kansas.

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John Fitzgerald (left) and Ron Blizard — Easter, 1956
Historical Accounts

East Camden Memories

Ron Blizard's recollections of growing up in East Camden in the 1950s and 1960s — Tony the Barber's shop on Westfield Avenue, Mrs. Molotsky at Garfield School, Brand's grocery on Dudley Street, a boy's life around Dudley Grange Park, and Mr. Motzer's Latin class at Davis Junior High School.

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Headline: 5 Children Die in South Jersey Waters, Camden Courier-Post August 12, 1954
News Articles

5 Children Die in South Jersey Waters

Three Drummond children of 912 Chestnut Street drowned in the Cooper River at Camden County Park while fishing; two more children died at Sea Isle City the same day. Camden firemen including Wesley Faust worked the recovery.

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