Tag: Garden State Racetrack
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Tom Bergbauer
With a dedicated service spanning 37 years at the Courier-Post, Tom Bergbauer made a lasting impact. Even in retirement, his commitment endured as he penned the “Tracking History” column for the Courier. This column expertly delved into local occurrences, locations, and individuals. It is a privilege to present excerpts of his remarkable contributions here. Here…
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Garden State Park and Racetrack
State Highway 70 East & Haddonfield Road Garden State Park opened in 1942 after delays caused by raw material rationing at the United States’ entry into World War II. Due to the seizure of 30,000 tons of structural steel by war authorities, developer Eugene Mori mostly constructed Garden State Park’s ornate Georgian-style grandstand of wood.…
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Auto Gunmen Fell Racetrack Figure
Charleston, WV Daily Mail – August 27, 1944 Camden NJ, August 26 (AP) — Five automatic shotgun blasts from a speeding automobile felled Robert Francis Curran, 44, of Silver Spring MD, a race horse trainer at Garden State Park, as he left the Walt Whitman Hotel in downtown Camden Saturday. Thirteen pellets hit Curran, but…