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Stockton Annexed Against Protest of Democrats
Fifty years ago, the old town of Stockton was annexed to the City of Camden over the protests of Democratic members of the town council.
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Cpl. J.J. Gorman Rites Thursday
Camden Courier-Post notice of the solemn requiem Mass for Corporal John J. Gorman of 1040 North Nineteenth Street, killed at Aachen, Germany, held at St. Anthony of Padua Church in November 1947.
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A Friend
Page 65 of the 1943 St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church Golden Jubilee Year Book: a "Best Wishes from A Friend" greeting and advertisements for John J. Conley plumbing at 3008 Alabama Road, Hathaway Lodge at 5 Points, Keating's at 20th St. and River Ave., realtor James J. Scarduzio at 1809 Broadway, Bobby's Auto Parts, realtor Edmund J. Lenny of Fairview, and the Camden Iron & Metal Co.
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T. L. Bear
Page 76 of the 1943 St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church Golden Jubilee Year Book: advertisements for T. L. Bear, jeweler, at 204 Market St., M. J. Jubanyik, Inc. at 6th and Penn Sts., John W. Kile's Walt Whitman Flower Shop at 625 Cooper Street, Siris Abbatoirs at Broadway and Jackson St., roofer Max Reihmann, Jr., Y&B roofing and siding, Louis E. Schimpf, florist C. Jackel and the Belfi Insurance Agency, with the compliments of Chief of Police George W. Frost.
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C. Miller
Page 78 of the 1943 St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church Golden Jubilee Year Book: advertisements for C. Miller fine furs, John F. Gorman, Finkelstein's shoe bargains at 1114 Broadway, Lester's at 2637 Westfield Avenue, Local No. 880 of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees, Budget Food Market, Savitz, Wm. Pepeta, Jr.'s cafe at 1101 N. 27th Street, the Bismarck Tavern, Shapiro's Shoe Store at 219 Broadway, Kogan's Drug Store, Dannenhower Sports, Anne Doris Beauty Shop and Danny's Floral Shop.
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East Camden Coal Co.
Page 42 of the 1943 St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church Golden Jubilee Year Book: advertisements for the East Camden Coal Co. at 24th St. and Marlton Pike, Nick's Town Tavern at 7906 River Rd., Delair, Howard Johnson's Royal Cafe at 3827 Marlton Pike, Pennsauken, and Ben Niewinski's Cafe at 1898 River Ave., around an installment of the parish history telling how Father Shuvlin bought the former Saint Patrick's cemetery site for a new school, completed in 1929, and how the Rev. Charles G. McCorristin became pastor in January 1930.
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Inter-Urban Real Estate and Insurance Offices
Page 44 of the 1943 St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church Golden Jubilee Year Book: advertisements for the Schmid family's Inter-Urban Real Estate and Insurance Offices at 26th St. and River Ave., John Lynch's Boulevard Grille at 27th and Federal Streets, Mary Hinkson's Hinkson's Cafe at 27th St. and Marlton Pike, Pennsauken, and builder Joseph Munger & Son, around an installment of the parish history telling of the new rectory and convent of 1930-31 and the assistant priests who served under Father McCorristin.
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Gustav Roedel & Son
Page 66 of the 1943 St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church Golden Jubilee Year Book: advertisements for Gustav Roedel & Son funeral directors at 804-06 North 27th Street, Ernest Holcher's Crescent Bottling Co. at 25th St. and River Rd., The Farm Beer Garden near Haddonfield, Joe's Chateau, David V. Murray's Murray's Inn, Gus Saccomanno's Gus' Barber Shop at 26th Street and River Road, Kooker's at 2614 River Avenue, and Bantle's hardware at 513 N. 6th St. and 2318 River Ave.
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Suttill Skeptical of Explanation for Ablett House Flaw
Camden Housing Authority member Frank J. Suttill publicly doubted officials' explanation that weather, not foundation settlement, caused numerous cracks in the newly built Ablett Village buildings. Camden Courier-Post, November 1942.
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Ground Is Broken for More Housing
Excavation began at River Road and State Street for a $1,677,000, 306-family defense housing project to be known as William Stanley Ablett Village. Camden Courier-Post, June 11, 1942.
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Contracts for 306 Homes Here Awarded by Housing Group
The Camden Housing Authority awarded four contracts totaling $1,224,841 for 306 homes on the Moro Phillips tract, to be known as the William Stanley Ablett Village. Camden Courier-Post, April 25, 1942.
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Housing Plans in East Camden Okayed by U.S.
The Camden Housing Authority announced U.S. Housing Authority approval of a $1,566,000 defense housing project of 306 units on the south side of East State Street between Cooper Creek and River Avenue. Camden Courier-Post, January 17, 1942.
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Community Center Plans Youth Outing
Boys and girls who attended the Community Center at 2818 River Road were to be the Center's guests at a picnic at Garrison's Lake, with former Mayor Frederick von Nieda in charge of the boys and Mrs. Noel Magnus in charge of the girls. Camden Courier-Post, July 26, 1941.
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Underpass Sought for Cramer Hill
Possibility of amending existing statutes providing state aid for elimination or grade crossings to permit financing, an underpass in Cramer Hill was suggested by City Commissioner Hartmann to State Senator Burling and Assemblymen Lawrence H. Ellis and Millard E. Allen at the weekly legislative forum.
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Two Firemen Injured in East Camden While Fighting Grocery Blaze
Two hosemen of Engine Company No. 9, Harry Leigh and Albert Dukes, were injured fighting a slight grocery store basement fire at 2401 River Avenue, Camden Courier-Post, October 13, 1936.
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Cramer Hill Stores Praised by Officials
An open-air meeting of the Cramer Hill Businessmen's Association at Veterans Park praised local business, with Mayor Frederick von Nieda among the speakers; prizes were awarded including a vacuum cleaner to George Blanck of 1026 North Twenty-first Street.
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Youth Races Death to See Mother Here
Edward J. Staepel, 19, of 1033 North Twenty-third Street made a 3,000-mile trip from a C.C.C. Camp in Washington State to reach Cooper Hospital, where his mother lay near death from a fractured skull.
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Painter Is Injured in Fall from Roof
George Brown, 62, of 1013 North Twenty-first Street was hospitalized at Cooper Hospital with a dislocated shoulder and head lacerations after falling from a roof at Twenty-first and River Avenue.
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Old Stockton's Three Parks Kept Police Force on Jump
Sergeant Horner Recalls Days When Horse-Drawn Patrol Toted Woozy Celebrants From Moist Recreation Centers to City Hall East Camden used to have three parks "in the old days" — and to hear a veteran like Police Sergeant William C. Horner tell it — they certainly kept the police force "on its toes." Sergeant Horner, who has seen more than a quarter century of service on the police force in East Camden and is now head of the city missing persons bureau, often tells of those days.
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11th Ward G.O.P. Club to Discuss Boulevard
The Eleventh Ward Republican Club, with president Edward Peard presiding, met to discuss the city's plans for a northeast boulevard from Eleventh and Linden Streets to River Avenue and East State Street, connecting with the proposed Linden Street bridge over the Cooper River. Camden Courier-Post, April 3, 1928.
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Guns Await Sniper in Suburban Towns
With orders to "shoot on sight" issued to suburban police hunting South Jersey's "phantom sniper," a man giving a fake name reported a 16th shooting that investigators could not verify, while a 15th victim came forward separately in Collingswood.
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Wedding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rodgers of 131 North Twenty-third Street celebrated their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary with a large gathering of relatives and friends. The same column reports that St. Andrew's P. E. Mission was conducting a carnival at Reservoir Park to raise funds for a new house of worship.
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Girl Killed by City Ambulance
Seven-year-old Barbara Johnson of 1896 River Avenue was killed when a Camden police ambulance transporting Richard Gardiner of 2820 Adams Street struck her in the street, as reported in the Camden Post-Telegram of February 22, 1919.
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St. Patrick's Celebration at the Eleventh Ward Republican Club
A March 17, 1917 Philadelphia Inquirer item reports preparations for a St. Patrick's celebration at the Eleventh Ward Republican Club headquarters, 2818 River Avenue.
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Camden News Notes
Philadelphia Inquirer Camden briefs of August 7, 1909: Humphrey Lynch of 410 Viola Street treated for a Fourth of July cannon-cracker wound, a drowning in Cooper Creek, a car-barn injury, and the deaths of Benjamin Derndinger and George Westcoat.
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Hugh Hatch and Sister Hurt in Trolley Collision
Brick manufacturer Hugh Hatch and his sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Haley, were thrown out and severely injured when a trolley car struck their wagon at Twenty-fourth Street and River Road, Camden. Philadelphia Inquirer, December 15, 1906.
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Say Bandit Hunt Points to Marine
Camden police grew more positive that William Thallman, an escapee from the League Island Navy Yard, could throw light on the hold-up at Pavonia, while a derby hat found in a ditch on State Street near River Avenue was thought to have been dropped by the bandits. Philadelphia Inquirer, December 15, 1903.
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East Side Jottings
East Side police and court items from Camden, including the robbery of Charles Eckler of Polk Avenue on the North Cramer Hill ferryboat and the placing of new Gamewell police boxes in the East side.