Parkside Methodist Episcopal Church
Parkside Methodist Episcopal Church first appears in City Directories in 1916 on Haddon Avenue near Kaighn on the east side of the street. A new building was built and most likely complete in 1919 on the southeast corner of Kaighn and Kenwood Avenues.
In Memory of Rev. Paul P. Miller
Philadelphia Inquirer —
In memory of Rev. Paul P. Miller, members of the congregation of Parkside Methodist Episcopal Church, Camden, joined in a special service last evening. A marble tablet had been erected by the members of the church in memory of Rev. Dr. Miller and was dedicated at the service.
He was a victim of the influenza epidemic, which swept the country in the fall of 1918 and died at the very beginning of what promised to be a very successful career.
An address was delivered by Lee Carpenter, of Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church, and the memoir adopted by the New Jersey Conference was read. Rev. Dr. Hand, the rector of the church, took as the subject of his sermon, “A Good and Faithful Servant.”
Miss Helen Baird Peak Weds
Philadelphia Inquirer —
Miss Helen Baird Peak, daughter of Mrs. Alice E. Peak, of 1455 Belleview avenue, and a niece of former United States Senator David Baird, became the bride of Joseph H. Stewart, son of Mrs. Emma Stewart, of 1312 Green street, last night. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Leslie L. Hand, pastor of the Parkside M. E. Church, at the bride’s home. Miss Alta Osborne, was maid of honor, and the best man was Slayton Stewart, brother of the groom. After a honeymoon trip to Niagara Falls, Mr. and Mrs. Stewart will live at 511 Linden street. The groom is an overseas veteran and is in the U. S. mail service.
Edwards Endorses M. E. Church Stand
Camden Courier-Post —
Camden Congregation Urges All Laws be Enforced, Solon Approves
By George H. Manning, Courier’s Washington Correspondent
Washington, D. C., Jan. 31. — The views of the Parkside Methodist Church, of Camden, on the subject of law enforcement meet with the unqualified approval of Senator Edwards, New Jersey, wet leader in the U. S. Senate.
Recently the Camden congregation, numbering 125 persons, unanimously decided that it is the duty of all citizens and true patriots to support the Constitution and its Amendments “including the Eighteenth and all law enforcements.”
The New Jersey senator, notified of the action by T. H. Davis, of Camden, declared the action “meets with my unqualified approval.”
“While I have been an insistent and persistent anti-prohibitionist since I entered the United States Senate,” he said, “no one in this nation has ever heard me raise my voice against law enforcement. I believe just as does the Parkside Methodist Church, that when a law is placed upon our statute books one of two things should be the result—either strict and honest enforcement of that statute or absolute repeal.
“My position in regard to prohibition and the Volstead Act is that both should be repealed,” the Senator added. “The Eighteenth Amendment, in my opinion, has no place in the Constitution of the United States, and as long as it remains there this nation will be confronted with the same condition of corruption and crime which has bedeviled both federal and state law enforcement officers since prohibition was adopted.”
Senator Edwards said it was unjust and unfair for prohibitionists to brand honest and sincere anti-prohibitionists with the charge of nullification, pointing out that the “Congress has the same inalienable right to repeal legislation as it has to enact it.”
The Volstead Act has become “a farce and fraud,” he said, adding that he would continue to advocate its repeal. “But as long as it remains on the statute books, I shall never as much as raise my little finger to cripple its enforcement,” he said.
Senator Edwards is seeking renomination on the Democratic ticket.