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William L. Adams Sr., 61, of 553 North 28th Street, died at home. Born in South Camden, he was a longtime East Camden resident, former Standard Oil employee, and Holy Name Society member. Survived by widow Mary C., two sons, five daughters.
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.
Funeral services for veteran Camden fireman William Earl Toy, fatally injured when the car of Acting Chief William Van Pfefferle he was driving collided with a bus at Sixteenth and Federal streets, were set for Friday at his home, 607 West Street, with fellow firemen as pallbearers.
Camden Courier-Post notice of the solemn requiem Mass for Corporal John J. Gorman of 1040 North Nineteenth Street, killed at Aachen, Germany, held at St. Anthony of Padua Church in November 1947.
George W. Spicks, 85, who retired as a Camden hotel keeper in 1923, died at his home, 52 South Twenty-eighth Street. He had owned a hotel at Twenty-first and Federal Streets for 40 years. Survived by two daughters and one granddaughter.
The War Department's June 13, 1944 casualty list named fifteen South Jersey men killed and two missing, among them Corporal Stephen V. Koscianski of 966 Bulson Street, Camden — one of twelve on the list who had been lost with the troopship HMT Rohna in the Mediterranean seven months earlier.
Lt. Edward C. Hahn, a 22-year veteran of the Camden police department, collapsed and died of a heart attack outside a drugstore near his Third District station house on April 2, 1944.
Mrs. Anna E. McDermott, 80, wife of retired city fireman James H. McDermott of 23 North Twenty-eighth Street, died Tuesday after a long illness. Funeral at Harry Leonard Funeral Home; solemn requiem mass at St. Joseph's Church.
Services for Mrs. Florence C. Baragwanath, 80, of 53 North 33rd Street, who died after a months-long illness. A member of St. George's Methodist Church for 30 years and the Frances Willard Chapter of the WCTU. Burial in Bethel Memorial Park.
Camden Public Safety Commissioner Mary W. Kobus announced in December 1940 that her appointment of 22 patrolmen and 10 firemen had restored the public safety department to 1938 strength, and said she would seek money for more officers because of defense needs; John Gryckiewicz of 810 North Front Street was among the fire appointees.
A fire of unknown origin destroyed the three-story home of Mrs. Edith Saunders at 744 North 24th Street in February 1939, narrowly injuring fireman Walter Eastlack when the rear roof collapsed.
Carl Barker was sentenced to state prison for 1½ to four years, while Adolph Lemm Jr. of 221 Burns Street received 60 days in county jail for the larceny of paint from a Federal Street store.
Three women and two men injured in automobile accidents over the weekend. Walter H. Holler of 884 Beideman Avenue was involved in a collision near Haddon Avenue and Line Street; two others were hurt at Ferry Avenue and Charles Street.
Brunner Lauds Rulers for $40,000 Saving by Co-operation in Offices $302,000 IS VOTED ON STREET BONDS All departments of the city government were operated within the budget appropriations during 1937 and the city's saving, as a result, was $40,000, Mayor George E. Brunner announced yesterday.
The Ladies Auxiliary of the Corporal Mathews-Purnell Post No. 518, V.F.W., marked its sixteenth anniversary with a banquet at O'Donnell's Restaurant in February 1938; Mrs. Carrie R. Bean was among the guests.
Angelo Margolis, 38, of 1112 Langham Avenue, a chef and father of 13 who was shot when two bandits held up a card game at 725 Penn Street on January 11, 1938, died in Cooper Hospital, and a murder warrant was issued for his assailant.
Junior Fire Captain Eli Hunt of Engine Company No. 3, 1813 Broadway, retired March 1 for disability, took formal leave of his comrades as Battalion Chief Charles Erickson and Commissioner Mary W. Kobus praised his service since 1918.
Two drunken drivers were given the alternative yesterday of Police Judge Lewis Liberman of paying fines of $200 or spending 90 days in jail.
Camden police Chief Arthur Colsey's "Secret Six" squad raided a cigar store at 217 Market Street, arresting Oscar Bendler of 310 Erie Street on gambling charges and seizing horse racing sheets and $114.
Assault charges against Police Inspector John V. Wilkie, stemming from the July 1936 RCA strike riot, were dismissed after the complainant failed to appear for the eleventh time. Patrolman Earl Wright had made the original arrest.
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.
Alcohol Control Board Issues Order After Horse Race Sheets Are Found Joseph Manfredini , saloon operator of 306 Federal Street , must close the doors of his place for the next fifteen days by order of the Municipal Alcoholic Beverage Control.
Waiving a police court hearing, Edward Markowitz, 38, proprietor of the Wall Street Club, 340 Federal Street, was held in $1000 bail for the Grand Jury yesterday by Police Judge Lewis Liberman.
Again choosing a Sigmund Romberg operetta for its annual musical production,the senior class of Camden Catholic High School will present The Desert Song tonight and tomorrow night in the high school lyceum, Broadway and Federal Streets .
Camden Courier-Post - December 15, 1934 Injured when his car overturned after a collision at Third and State streets yesterday, William Russell, Jr. , 907 York street , is in Cooper Hospital with a fractured skull.
Camden firemen and policemen gave Jack, the Airedale mascot of the Headquarters Fire Company at Fifth and Arch Streets, a hero's funeral in November 1934 after he was crushed under the wheels of his own truck. An estimated 3500 people passed his bier, and taps were sounded over his grave at sunset; Arthur Batten was among the honorary bearers.
Group Gaining Weight in Vermont Mountains as They Clear Timber to Make Way for Jam, And Sleep Under Heavy Blankets Forty-three Camden city and county men with Company 2204, Citizens' Conservation Corps, are now located at Knapp Andrew Camp, Montpelier, Vt., word received here yesterday disclosed.
Camden Courier-Post - June 29, 1933 Louis Fox, 23, of 2406 Federal Street , whose unsuccessful attempt at suicide landed him in Cooper Hospital suffering from inhaling gas fumes, is out of danger.
Vice Chancellor Orders Transport Corporation to Pay Girl $10,000 Damages Agreeing with the contention that transfer of the Public Service Cab Company to Public Service Coordinated Transport was fraudulent, Vice Chancellor Francis B. Davis late yesterday ordered the latter to pay $10,000 in damages to Ralph M. Chorpenning for injuries suffered by his daughter, Ida M., when she was struck by a taxicab.
A bee-stung Scott Powell dairy horse ran away on South 24th Street near Federal Street in June 1933, striking two automobiles before Policeman Walter Christy seized it at 25th and Federal after being dragged several feet.
Camden fireman John C. Voll of 1230 North Nineteenth Street was involved in two successive accidents that injured four people near River Road in June 1933.
Stanley Powell of 1256 Whitman Avenue, released in connection with the Camden Radio Condenser Company holdup, was rearrested and held in $3000 bail for robbing Marty's Olde Tappe Room at 1990 Federal Street in East Camden.
Joseph H. Fisher, 81, a lifelong Camden resident and former farmer of the Stockton section, died at the home of his son-in-law Albert Reed at 103 North 33rd Street. He had farmed land at 30th and Federal and the future site of Central Airport.
An amnesia-claiming prisoner known only as "Mr. X" tried to leap from a window in February 1933 while being taken to the Bertillon room; Detectives William Boettcher, Clifford Del Rossi and Clarence Arthur subdued him.
Camden Courier-Post - June 11, 1932 Offer of $5,300,000 for Catholic Church Property Disclosed in Court.
After a March 1932 collision near Leonard Avenue and Federal Street, Basil P. Cook of 449 North Fifth Street and James Fenton of 834 North Sixth Street were arrested on charges including assault, threat to kill, and reckless driving, on complaint of C. N. Morrow of 7 North Twenty-eighth Street.
Ben Courter's 1931 Camden Courier-Post reminiscence of four leading South Jersey physicians — Drs. Godfrey, Iszard, Davis and Gross — recalling how Dr. H. H. Davis transformed health care for Camden's schoolchildren.
Sergeant Horner Recalls Days When Horse-Drawn Patrol Toted Woozy Celebrants From Moist Recreation Centers to City Hall 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." Sergeant Horner, who has seen more than a quarter century of service on the police force in East Camden and is now head of the city missing persons bureau, often tells of those days.
The American Jewish Yearbook, 1931–1932, published by the Jewish Publication Society of America, lists 40 Camden annual members with their addresses, including Lewis Liberman, 307 Market Street.
A weekend crime sweep in Camden: two alleged Philadelphia gangsters were trapped in Harleigh Cemetery by Patrolman Howard Bean and others, while a South Camden grocer routed two holdup men — four suspects held for the Grand Jury.
Two Camden cigar stores were robbed overnight; a would-be break-in at Mary Meksa's home at 1453 South Tenth Street was thwarted by a barking dog.
Camden Courier-Post - February 10, 1930 A parade is being planned by the Patriotic Order of Sons of America for Washington's Birthday, when a flag will be presented to the new Woodrow Wilson Junior High School by Camp No. 25.
Tony Bercilo, 18, of 507 South Fourth Street and William Spragola, 21, of 420 Royden Street were identified as two of three men who robbed a gasoline station at Delaware Avenue and Arch Street.
Former Maine Ringster Wins Four Rounds, Loses Three, Splits One in 8-Round Fuss A chorus of 1500 enraged voices, raised in a discordant unison, greeted the announcement of a draw decision handed down by Referee Ray Smith at the conclusion of eight rounds of legal assault between Roxie Allen and Emory Cabana at Twelfth and Federal streets last night.
Camden Courier-Post, April 4, 1928. John H. Lennox was promoted to deputy chief and Rollo Jones to battalion chief of the Camden Fire Department, eight men were elevated to senior and junior captain, and eleven new firemen were appointed.
A night attendant at Herman Z. Cutler's garage at Fifth and Arch streets saw a man carrying a box up an alley and called police, frustrating a second attempt within ten days by thieves to steal whisky from George Beringer's drug store at Fifth and Federal streets.
Two Gloucester men and two young Camden girls arrested in a Federal Street apartment house were found guilty of disorderly conduct before Judge Bernard Bertman. Policemen Walter Patton and Raymond Stark were summoned by the building's owner.
Two Camden men missed by relatives and friends were found dead of heart disease. Patrolman Raymond Stark broke down the door at 907 Federal Street to find barber Thomas Green; John Curran was found in the yard of 286 Liberty Street.
'Five-and-Ten' to Occupy Proposed Building at Twenty-Sixth St. F. W. Woolworth is invading East Camden with his "five and ten.
Joseph Cimini, 31, declared by police to be a Philadelphia gangster, was killed in the Sixth Ward Republican Club, 908 Broadway; Joseph "Polack Joe" Deven, who fired the shot, was held on a murder charge, declaring he had fired in self-defense.