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Morton Street

Benjamin Wallace Bonk, U.S. Navy
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Benjamin W. Bonk

Seaman First Class Benjamin Wallace Bonk of Camden, NJ served aboard the submarine USS Escolar (SS-294), lost with all hands in the Yellow Sea in late 1944. He is memorialized at the Tablets of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery.

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Robert P. Olesiewicz, 1418 South 10th Street, Camden Fire Department
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Robert P. Olesiewicz

Robert P. Olesiewicz (1919–1983) served the Camden Fire Department for nearly 30 years, reporting for duty on January 1, 1951 and retiring as a Captain on March 1, 1980. A Camden Catholic High alumnus, he was a standout basketball and baseball player in the 1930s.

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Henry E Zook - Engine Company 7
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Henry E. Zook

Henry Evans Zook was born on March 29, 1888, in Evesham Township, New Jersey, to John Trimble Zook Sr. and Mary B. Evans.

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Royden Street
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Royden Street

Royden Street , which was improperly spelled on the city plan, was named in honor of William Royden, who in 1681-82 became the owner of all the land between the present Cooper Street and Line Street .

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Camden Fire Department promotions, February 1966, newspaper clipping
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New Captain Named

Robert Olesiewicz, 47, was promoted from fireman to captain and assigned to Ladder Company 1 as Public Safety Director Keith Kauffman swore in seven new Camden firemen.

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V. Raczykowski Dies at 78

Camden Courier-Post - January 1964 Vincent Raczykowski, 78, founder and owner of the Newport Bottling Works, 1101 Morton Street, died Wednesday in West Jersey Hospital.

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Service flag unfurled by St. Joseph's Church, Tenth and Mechanic Streets, Camden, August 31, 1943
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1150 Camden Poles In Service Honored

A service flag honoring 1,150 St. Joseph's Parish men and women in the armed forces was unfurled at Tenth and Mechanic Streets, where Mayor Brunner pinned gold stars on the mothers and a brother of parishioners killed or missing in World War II. Courier-Post, August 31, 1943.

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Camden Courier-Post, July 24, 1941 — 7 Camden Women Pass State Tests
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7 Camden Women Pass State Tests

Trenton, July 24.—Helen M. Redfield, 624 Royden street, Camden, scored first out of a list of seven women who passed the examination for information clerk in the Camden Welfare Department, the State C

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3 Friends Fail To Save Youth Drowned Here - Camden Courier-Post, June 2, 1938
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3 Friends Fail To Save Youth Drowned Here

Front-page Camden Courier-Post account of the June 1, 1938 drowning of 18-year-old Pasquale Barbalace of 1551 Norris Street in the Delaware River near Petty's Island, while three companions — among them Joseph Piotrowski of 1167 Chase Street — tried in vain to save him.

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