Tag: The Oasis Motel
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The Oasis Motel
2000 Admiral Wilson Boulevard, Camden, NJ After the erection of the Hotel Walt Whitman and the opening of the Admiral Wilson Boulevard, many of the same individuals involved in the hotel project became interested in establishing an athletic club on the new thoroughfare. This group was originally known as the City Athletic Club, and among…
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Ralph W. Wescott
Ralph W. Wescott, born in New Jersey in 1883 to John W. and Frances Oatman Wescott, was a prominent figure in Camden’s legal and civic spheres. His father, John W. Wescott, was a distinguished trial lawyer, judge, and a notable figure in President Woodrow Wilson’s political career, giving nominating addresses for Wilson and later writing…
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Man Flees State Facility in Winslow
Philadelphia Inquirer – April 23, 1988 By John Way Jennings, Inquirer Staff Writer A Pennsauken man, charged last year with having set a Camden motel fire that killed one person and injured 16 others, escaped yesterday from Ancora State Hospital in Winslow Township, according to Camden County police. A broadcast message by the Camden County…
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Arson Arrested Sought in Motel Fire
Associated Press – March 28, 1987 Mary Helen Gillespie, Associated Press CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) – A guest who escaped a fire that injured 16 people at a motel and go-go lounge complex has been charged with setting the blaze that forced other patrons to jump from windows and roofs to escape, officials said. Wade Ray…
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Motel, Go-Go Lounge Fire Injures 16 in New Jersey
Los Angeles Times – March 28, 1987 CAMDEN, N.J. (AP)- Sixteen people were injured Friday when fire swept through a motel and go-go lounge, forcing visitors to jump from windows, officials said. Arson investigators were searching for the cause of the fire at the two-story Oasis Motel and its five-story Harem Lounge.
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Motel, Go-Go Lounge Fire Injures 16 in New Jersey
Mary Helen Gillespie, Associated Press – March 28, 1987 CAMDEN, N.J. (AP)- A suspicious fire swept through a motel and go-go lounge early Friday, forcing visitors to jump from windows and injuring 16 people, and a motel guest was arrested and charged with arson, officials said. Wade Ray King, 30, of Pennsauken, was arrested Friday…
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City Athletic Club Plans Refinancing
Camden Courier-Post – February 8, 1933 Members Approve Proposal to Provide New Capital to Finish Building A Plan for refinancing of the City Athletic Club was approved by several hundred members who met Monday night in the building at Admiral Wilson and Baird boulevards. The plan was submitted by Samuel P. Orlando, secretary of the…
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City Athletic Club to Act on Opening
Camden Courier-Post – February 1, 1933 First Unit of Building About Ready for Occupancy; Meeting on Monday Plans for early occupancy of the City Athletic Club’s building at Admiral Wilson and Baird boulevards, will be submitted to members at a mass meeting Monday at 7.30 p. m. The first unit of the $1,000,000 structure is…
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New Athletic Club Here is Inspected
Camden Courier-Post – February 1, 1933 Members Visit Building and Discuss Plans for Opening The new City Athletic Club building at Admiral Wilson and Baird boulevards was inspected last night by the membership, when plans for immediate opening were discussed at a mass meeting attended by 100. The structure, the first unit of a $1,000,000…