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Captain Mortica M. Clark, Camden's oldest fire captain in point of service, retired after more than 30 years and was honored with gifts presented by Fire Chief John H. Lennox at his company's headquarters, Ninth and Morgan streets.
Camden Public Safety Commissioner Mary W. Kobus announced in December 1940 that her appointment of 22 patrolmen and 10 firemen had restored the public safety department to 1938 strength, and said she would seek money for more officers because of defense needs; John Gryckiewicz of 810 North Front Street was among the fire appointees.
The Camden Courier-Post funeral notice of February 18, 1938 for Mrs. Annie M. Johnston, wife of Daniel A. Johnston, who died at her home at 904 Howard Street; requiem high mass at the Church of the Holy Name and burial in Calvary Cemetery.
Three youths, including Vincent St. John of 843 Grant Street, received suspended sentences for larceny of copper from the Highland Worsted Company.
Brunner Lauds Rulers for $40,000 Saving by Co-operation in Offices $302,000 IS VOTED ON STREET BONDS All departments of the city government were operated within the budget appropriations during 1937 and the city's saving, as a result, was $40,000, Mayor George E. Brunner announced yesterday.
The funeral of Samuel Saunders, 37, of 523 Grant Street, killed in a runaway accident, will be held Monday at the Joseph H. Murray and Son funeral home.
Harry Carle, 54, of Eighth and Linden streets, died after an illness of several months. He was survived by his widow, Bertha Stein Carle, two brothers and four sisters; burial was in Calvary Cemetery.
Francis Drury, 66, scared off two youths who tried to hold him up on Eighth Street between Vine and State Streets by pretending to reach for a gun. Camden Courier-Post, October 27, 1936.
Democratic Assembly nominees Henry Lodge, Bartholomew Sheehan and Harry Roye were to speak at Roosevelt rallies in Magnolia and Camden's First and Ninth wards on October 26, 1936, among many other ward and borough rallies.
A former U. S. marine who spent a week in the basement of city hall helping veterans make out their bonus applications while police searched throughout the city for him, was arrested by Acting Detective John V. Wilkie Saturday night.
Camden Courier-Post - December 15, 1934 Injured when his car overturned after a collision at Third and State streets yesterday, William Russell, Jr. , 907 York street , is in Cooper Hospital with a fractured skull.
Miss Elizabeth McCreight, 65, a North Camden music teacher, was found dead by gas in her home at 321 State Street; funeral services were set for the Holl Funeral Home, 1401 Princess Avenue. Camden Morning Post, October 20, 1933.
Sergeant Thomas J. Murphy and switchboard operator Joseph "Si" Pedigree of 49 South Twenty-seventh Street were among 13 Camden policemen and firemen retiring on pension before the first of 1933, and Mayor Roy R. Stewart said none of the vacancies would be filled. Camden Courier-Post, October 8, 1932.
Seven people were injured when a car carrying a Camden Minor Baseball League team was dragged by a shifting train engine; Albert Blair, 17, of 1144 North 24th Street suffered a fractured skull.
Hugh W. Wall of 1199 North 36th Street was arrested after his car collided with another at a State Street intersection, injuring two people including Michael O'Connor of 1136 North 35th Street. Wall was charged with having fictitious license tags.
Announcement of the marriage of Miss Edna Mae Smith of 132 State Street to Alfred Thomas Adams of 2930 Cramer Street, celebrated at St. Paul's Episcopal Church.
Camden Courier-Post - October 21, 1931 Crossing Where One Was Injured in Train-Bus Crash One man was seriously injured last night when a passenger train and a school bus crashed at the East State Street crossing of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
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.
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.
Thieves looted an East Camden chain store and three North Camden residences of more than $400 in cash and jewelry worth nearly $500 during the night.
Camden Courier-Post - January 24, 1928 Charles Danenhower, resident of Camden for nearly fifty years, died early this morning at his home on Park Avenue, Merchantville. He had been ill for nearly four weeks, suffering from the ailments of old age.
Camden Post-Telegram, January 2, 1914: James White of 330 Penn Street returns from visiting his parents in Virginia; Alonzo Wood of 614 State Street returns from New York City; Mr. and Mrs. Davis of 713 North Seventh Street entertain guests on New Year's Day.
Philadelphia Inquirer — April 2, 1910 ** In memory of Policeman Casper Hart, who was fatally injured in a collision between a trolley car and the Second District patrol wagon at Broadway and Benson streets , flags at all the station houses were placed at half mast yesterday and the headquarters of the Second district police draped in mourning.
A Philadelphia Inquirer column of Camden news for May 16, 1906, including a planked shad dinner at Chew's Landing attended by Mayor Charles H. Ellis and city officials, plans for a new daily newspaper, and Dr. Ernest Ramsdell's rescue of a boy from beneath a team of horses.
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.
Five armed desperadoes hold up a bridge tender, blow up a safe at the Pavonia station, and battle police across East Camden before escaping.
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.
A Philadelphia Inquirer column of September 11, 1891: the end of the Camden dog catcher's season, the death of liquor dealer Hugh Morgan, a Ladies' Base Ball Club game ending with stones thrown at Haddon avenue station, and a false-arrest suit against Policemen Ben Thomas and Josiah Sage.
Camden Post advertisement of May 6, 1888: W. T. Bailey, owner, offers newly finished model homes on Bailey, Grant, York and State Streets between Fifth and Sixth Streets.
A December 1881 Philadelphia Inquirer column of Camden news: the annual election of officers of Post No. 37, G. A. R., with Christopher J. Mines, Jr. as Quartermaster, a delay in paving Federal Street with Belgian blocks, a new bridge planned across Cooper's creek on State Street, and other local items.