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Mrs. Stella M. Beach, 47, of 702 Carman Street, a lifelong Camden resident and charter member of Camden Aerie 065, FOE Auxiliary, died at her home in September 1958; services were held at the Frank J. Leonard Funeral Home, 1451 Broadway.
George W. Spicks, 85, who retired as a Camden hotel keeper in 1923, died at his home, 52 South Twenty-eighth Street, after a long illness. He had owned a hotel at Twenty-first and Federal Streets for 40 years.
The City of Camden scheduled a public auction of two Broadway landmarks it had taken over for non-payment of taxes, the Labor Temple at Broadway and Royden Street and the Eagles Home at 413-15-17 Broadway, with minimum bids of $10,000 each. The article describes both buildings in detail.
Camden Chief of Police Arthur Colsey, a 27-year veteran of the department, died of a heart attack in his sleep at his home at 2937 Stevens Street. The Courier-Post traced his career from merchant at Ninth and Market streets and Second Ward councilman to patrolman in 1912 and permanent chief in 1934.
Camden Courier-Post - June 12, 1933 Francis J. McHugh Takes Over as Head of Aerie Here Newly elected officers of Camden Aerie, Fraternal Order of Eagles , will take over their official duties at the next meeting of the organization.
About 2,000 costumed dancers attended the Camden Eagles' fourth annual grand mass ball at their aerie on Broadway, with music by Prof. Anthony J. Oberst's orchestra. Camden Daily Courier, November 1, 1912.
A Philadelphia Inquirer "Camden News Notes" column of September 2, 1904, reporting the deaths of Annie Smith of 308 Mechanic Street and Daniel Bromley of 1500 South Tenth Street, and the injury of 12-year-old Benjamin Eppinger of 1159 Federal Street, jolted from a brewery wagon at Twelfth and Federal Streets.
Funeral notice for Daniel N. Bromley, 49, who died September 1, 1904; services on Sunday, September 4, from the residence of his brother-in-law Alvin Wilke at 1503 South Tenth Street, with interment at Evergreen Cemetery.