People
Ethan P. Wescott
Ethan Pryor Wescott, born in 1883 in New Jersey, was the son of John W. and Frances Oatman Wescott.
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Joseph A Varbalow
Streets
Baird Boulevard
Baird Boulevard (originally Baird Avenue) runs diagonally through the Parkside and East Camden neighborhoods, named for Camden businessman and U.S. Senator David Baird Sr. It begins at Kaighn Avenue, crosses the Cooper River and Admiral Wilson Boulevard, and terminates at the intersection of Federal Street and 27th Street in East Camden.
People
Firmin F. Michel
FIRMIN F. MICHEL was born in New Jersey around 1900. He married his wife, Gertrude, about 1927. At the time of the 1930 Census, Mr. and Mrs. Michel were renting at 518 Essex Street in Gloucester City NJ.
People
Joseph A. Varbalow
Joseph A. Varbalow, born in Russia on January 15, 1896, alongside his twin sister Anna, emigrated to America with his family in either 1897 or 1898, initially settling in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
People
Samuel P. Orlando
Samuel P. Orlando, born on April 26, 1900, in Italy, was the son of Tony and Fortune Orlando. He immigrated to the United States in 1909, along with his family. In the 1910 Census, the Orlando family was residing in Bridgeton, New Jersey.
Historical Accounts
My Camden Heritage
I am sitting in my den and close my eyes, I see the city as it was in my youth and recall the many people that crossed my path.
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Henry Magin Laid to Rest by War Veteran Buddies
Funeral services for Camden City Commissioner Henry Magin were held in August 1941, with trucks of flowers in the funeral cortege and his war veteran comrades among those paying final honors.
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125 in County Form U. of P. Alumni Club
More than 125 Camden county graduates and former students of the University of Pennsylvania last night completed organization of an alumni club and became charter members of the organization, with the rolls held open for an expected 300 additional charter members.
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Gloucester Group to Give Ball Here
Camden Officials to Attend Barbers' and Beauticians' Fete Monday More than 700 persons, including Camden city and county officials, will attend the first annual ball of the Beauticians and Barbers Association to be given Monday night at the Moose ballroom, 808 Market street , Camden.
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Keown May Quit Solicitor Post Clearing Path For Democrat
Coalition Majority Reported Agreed on Successor as County Legal Aide CAUCUS ACTS TO CUT $77,000 FROM BUDGET By W. OLIVER KINCANNON Walter S. Keown, of Haddon Township, is ready to resign as county counsel to make way for a Democratic successor: That was announced at a Democratic freeholders caucus last night by Edward V. Martino, an assistant city solicitor and a lieutenant of City Commissioner Mary W. Kobus , after a caucus of Democratic freeholders at the home of Judge Joseph Varbalow , 2636 Baird Avenue .
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Noted Rabbi Speaks in Camden Tonight
Rabbi Israel Goldstein of New York, president of the Jewish National Fund of America, was to speak at a mass meeting at the Hotel Walt Whitman celebrating the fund's 35th anniversary, preceded by a dinner given by members of Camden's Jewish community.
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U. of P. Graduates Meet Here To Form Newest Alumni Body
Judge Clifford A. Baldwin, designated by Thomas S. Gates, president of the university, to head Camden activities in connection with the bicentennial in 1940, presided at the meeting. It took the informality of a smoker, then developed into the serious purpose of bringing the 800 Penn alumni in Camden county into a group that eventually should form one of the largest alumni clubs anywhere in America.
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Democrats Arrange for 'Maloney Day'
"Harry L. Maloney Day" will be celebrated by South Jersey Democrats, Sunday, July 9, when the newly-appointed collector of internal revenue will be guest of honor at a picnic at Silver Lake Park.
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Democrats to Hold Meetings Tonight
The campaign for A. Harry Moore, gubernatorial candidate, and local Democratic candidates, will be carried into six wards of the city and in seven communities of the county tonight.
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Political Paragraphs
An October 23, 1931 Camden Courier-Post political column noting, among other items, that the Polish-American Women's Citizens Club had endorsed David Baird for governor — the first endorsement in the club's six-year history.
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7 Democrats Rallies in County Tonight
Democratic speakers, urging suffrage in the interest of A. Harry Moore, gubernatorial candidate, and the local Democratic ticket, will invade seven political clubs in the city and county tonight.
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Democrats to Stage Meetings Tonight
Camden Courier-Post - October 20, 1931 Six meetings, three in the city and three in the county, will be conducted by Democrats tonight in the interest of A. Harry Moore, gubernatorial candidate, and local candidates on the Democratic ticket.
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Woman Says Bus Crash Hurts Caused Her to Age 20 Years
Alleging that she has aged 20 years since she was injured in a Public Service Coordinated Transit accident two years ago, Mrs. Anna C. Oriol, 42, of 1088 North Nineteenth streets , asks $50,000 damages from the bus company in a suit begun today in a Circuit Court before Judge Francis B. Davis.
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'Polack Joe' Enters Plea of Not Guilty
Joseph "Polack Joe" Devon, who shot and killed Joseph Cimini of Philadelphia in the Sixth Ward Republican Club at 908 Broadway, entered a plea of not guilty to a manslaughter charge before Judge Samuel M. Shay.
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Polack Joe Out on Bail Despite Murder Charge
Although still technically charged with murder in the Sixth Ward Republican Club slaying, Joseph ("Polack Joe") Devon was released from the Camden county jail under $2,500 bail fixed by Assistant Prosecutor Joseph Varbalow, without Judge Samuel M. Shay or Prosecutor Ethan P. Wescott being consulted.
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Colanduno Guilty of Dope Peddling
Jury Out Less Than Hour; 'Babe Paradise' Up Next Week Convicted by a Criminal Court jury of conspiracy and the possession and sale of narcotics, Joseph Colanduno, 29 years old, 431 Walnut Street , said by police to be a member of a powerful dope ring in Camden, will be sentenced by Judge Shay tomorrow morning.
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Judge Shay to be Next Prosecutor
Camden Trenton Bureau Trenton, Jan. 31 - The name of Judge Samuel M. Shay , of the Camden County Court of Common Pleas, has been handed to Governor Moore as the choice of the Camden Democratic organization for prosecutor, succeeding Ethan Wescott .
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Grand Jury Will Consider Slaying After Probe Ends
Camden Evening Courier - January 18, 1928 Investigation in the slaying of Joseph Cimini in the Sixth Ward Republican Club Saturday, is "far from completed," Assistant Prosecutor Joseph Varbalow announced today.
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Battle Echo of Murder at Club
Mrs. Rosalie and Her Rival for 'Chick' Hunt Describe Event in Court Pretty, piquant Katherine Rosalie - for love of whom men are declared to have fought to the death in the rooms of the Sixth Ward Republican Club , today waged her own fight against her self-avowed rival for the attentions of Charles "Chick" Hunt .
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Love Plot Fades as Motive Behind Clubhouse Killing
Camden Evening Courier - January 17, 1928 Mrs. Katherine Rosalie Denies She is "Chick's Girl" or "Anybody's Girl," But Thinks Flannery and Cimini May Have Used Her as Excuse for Starting Fatal Fight.
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Phila. Rabbi Urges Freedom for Youth
Rabbi William H. Fineshriber of Philadelphia told Camden Lodge, No. 915, Independent Order of B'nai B'rith, that freedom for youth makes for better citizenship than repression, at the installation of Meyer L. Sakin as lodge president in the Hotel Walt Whitman.
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Camden B'nai B'rith to Install Officer
Meyer L. Sakin was to be installed president for 1928 of Camden Lodge, No. 915, Independent Order B'nai B'rith, at a meeting at the Hotel Walt Whitman on January 8, 1928.