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William L. Adams Sr., 61, of 553 North 28th Street, died at home. Born in South Camden, he was a longtime East Camden resident, former Standard Oil employee, and Holy Name Society member. Survived by widow Mary C., two sons, five daughters.
Mrs. Anna E. McDermott, 80, wife of retired city fireman James H. McDermott of 23 North Twenty-eighth Street, died Tuesday after a long illness. Funeral at Harry Leonard Funeral Home; solemn requiem mass at St. Joseph's Church.
Eighth graders at St. Joseph's School, East Camden, planned a February 1938 debate on the Ludlow Bill, which would have required a national referendum before the country could go to war.
Father Joseph Turner, C.SS.R., a pioneer of the Laymen's Retreat movement, was the principal speaker at the Camden Knights of Columbus Retreat Club's "East-Side night" at 603 Penn Street in February 1938.
The Parent-Teacher Association of St. Joseph's School met in June 1933 to plan the supper for the parish carnival of July 12–15, with Mrs. George Meidt as committee chairman.
St. Joseph's parish in East Camden fixed July 12–15, 1933 for its annual carnival, with suppers by the Parent-Teachers Association, nightly races, pony rides and musical entertainment.
St. Joseph's parochial school students staged the rural musical comedy "Watch Yer Step" at 29th Street and Westfield Avenue in June 1933, repeating the performance after commencement exercises.
Forty students were to graduate from St. Joseph's School, East Camden, in June 1933, with the musical comedy "Watch Yer Step" presented after the exercises.
St. Joseph's parish of East Camden met in June 1933 to plan its annual carnival on the school grounds at Westfield Avenue and 29th Street, set for July 12–15 for the benefit of St. Joseph's School.
The St. Joseph's Dramatic Club announced a return performance of its cabaret show at St. Joseph's Auditorium, 29th Street and Westfield Avenue, in June 1933, with vaudeville star Walt Stanton as master of ceremonies.
Pupils of St. Joseph's School, East Camden, rehearsed the rural musical comedy "Watch Yer Step" for performances on June 15 and 16, 1933 in the school auditorium at 29th Street and Westfield Avenue.
More than 200 friends and clergymen attended the June 1932 farewell dinner at St. Joseph's School, East Camden, for Rev. William J. Brennan, newly appointed pastor of St. Cecelia's Church at Iselin.
A June 1932 farewell party for Rev. William J. Brennan, assistant pastor of St. Joseph's Catholic Church in East Camden, transferred to St. Cecelia's Church at Iselin; Bernard J. Tracy served as toastmaster.
The Sodality of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, East Camden, staged a minstrel show in the parish's new school hall at 29th Street and Westfield Avenue on June 27, 1929, with music by the Black Cat Serenaders.
St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, the first Catholic parish in East Camden, was founded in 1893 at 25th and Howell Street and celebrated its Golden Anniversary in 1943. A new church built in 1952 at 2907 Federal Street became St. Joseph's Pro-Cathedral.