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Morris M. Odell, Camden firefighter, circa 1947
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Morris M. Odell

Morris McMeekin Odell was born June 24, 1915 in Camden, New Jersey, and was appointed to the Camden Fire Department on July 31, 1941. He served as Battalion Chief's Aide and Chief Engineer's Aide before retiring around 1968. He died February 4, 1980.

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Grainy 1952 aerial view of Main Street at Point Street, Camden, with rows of buildings and streets.
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Main Street

Main Street is a diagonal street in North Camden running southeast from State and Point Streets. The 1878 city directory listed it as starting at the Vine Street Ferry.

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Newspaper clipping, "Funeral on Friday for Fireman Toy," Camden Courier-Post, April 27, 1948
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Funeral on Friday for Fireman Toy

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.

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