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Morris McMeekin Odell was born June 24, 1915 in Camden, New Jersey, and was appointed to the Camden Fire Department on July 31, 1941. He served as Battalion Chief's Aide and Chief Engineer's Aide before retiring around 1968. He died February 4, 1980.
Sycamore Street is one of Camden's "tree" streets, originally running east from Front Street to Haddon Avenue; its intersections at 7th, 8th and Louis Streets were hubs for different ethnic and cultural communities.
William Van Pfefferle was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on February 17, 1891. William Van Pfefferle married Elsie Maxwell. Her father, Joseph Maxwell , was a career Camden Fire Department fire fighter.
Edward E. Peraria Sr. of 2927 Mickle Street retired from the Camden fire department March 1, 1952, after missing only 62 days of work in 30 years; Chief William V. Pfefferle presented him a cash token at Twenty-seventh and Federal streets.
A three-alarm fire swept the S. S. Kresge building at 29-33 Broadway, threatening Camden's central business district; five firemen were burned, and a second blaze at the Camden Foundry Co., Front and Elm streets, called out the city's remaining fire companies.
More than 60 comrades honored Fire Capt. Herman Kreher of Engine Company No. 11 at a dinner marking his fiftieth birthday and the eve of his retirement.
Fire Chief Peter B. Carter reported six resignations, two deaths and one vacancy from the draft as the shipyards drew men from Camden's Fire Department; Lieutenant Walter Mertz was made captain and the Fire Committee appointed seven new firemen.
Fire Chief John A. Stockton resigned after thirty-one years of service and City Council chose Deputy Chief Peter B. Carter as his successor, setting off a general move up in the Camden Fire Department.