Introduction
CHARLES SCHULTZ was born in Pennsylvania of German immigrant parents on April 4, 1865. He appears to have been the son of Charles and Eva Schultz, and the youngest of four children. The family was living at 26 South 4th Street in Camden when the 1880 Census was enumerated. Charles Schultz was then working as an apprentice printer. He was still at the South 4th Street address and working as a printer when the 1882 City Directory was compiled. Charles Schultz stayed at that address through at least 1885. The 1887 City Directory shows him residing at 227 Taylor Avenue. By 1890 he had moved to 324 Federal Street. He married Jennie Goodwin in Camden on March 30, 1891. Their first son, Charles G. Schultz, came the following year. The 1894–1895 Directory shows Charles Schultz at 1162 Maple Street. The Schultz family was living at 1141 Maple Street when the 1896 and 1899 City Directories were compiled. A second son, William E. Schultz, was born in Camden on December 12, 1902.
By the time the Census was taken in 1900 the family had moved to 214 North 11th Street. Interestingly enough the next door neighbor at 210 North 11th Street was Elmer E. Burkett. Both Schultz and Burkett would go on to long careers as members of the Camden Fire Department. Charles Schultz would remain at 214 North 11th Street through at least 1943.
On November 27, 1907 Charles Schultz was appointed to the Camden Fire Department. He began service on January 1, 1908. He worked at Engine Company 5 and later with one of the companies north of the Cooper River in East Camden and Cramer Hill. Charles Schultz was still working for the Fire Department as late as 1931, retiring on April 7th of that year. He was an active member of the Tenth Ward Republican Organization Club, and was still involved with this group as late as 1936. Jennie Schultz passed away in July of 1936. Charles Schultz was still living at 214 North 11th Street when the 1943 City Directory was compiled. He is not listed in the 1947 edition, and most likely had passed away.
Son William E. Schultz was appointed to the Camden Police Department in 1926, and graduated from the New Jersey State Police Academy on March 14, 1929. He soon was noticed for his expertise with firearms and as an expert marksman. William Schultz retired as a Lieutenant from the Camden Police Department in 1965.
Fire and Police Forces Increased
Philadelphia Inquirer —
Named: Newton Ash, Ephraim Hires, Gardner Corson, John H. Lennox, Herbert Hibbs, Dr. A. Haines Lippincott, Charles H. Ellis, E.G.C. Bleakly, and Charles Schultz.
Engine Company No. 5
Engine Company No. 5 at 14th and Federal Streets, with newly converted hose wagon – From left: Chief Peter Carter, Fireman W. Scott Franklin, Chauffeur Bert Coffman, Firemen Edward Kelley, William Buzine, John Prucella, Charles Schultz, Horace Cairns, Daniel Grimes and Chief’s Aide, Fireman Harry Hankins
Notes of 3 and 9 Firemen
Camden Daily Courier —
Notes of 3 and 9 Firemen
Lieutenant Scott Franklin, formerly of the East Camden house, is invited to visit his old command. Scott has been absent for almost one year.
Dan McCurdy, of Baileytown, used no less than three good brooms in the recent epidemic of prairie fires.
Nine spic and span chairs have been installed in the house, replacing the same number of time-worn seats.
George Schultz told a wierd tale of a trip to Mars, but it occurred, alas, in a dream.
Albert Dukes announced rather proudly to his mates he had finally caught the pike at Grenloch, for which he has been angling during the past year.
Maurice Foley and Gardner Corson, who are on the hospital list, have sent word they are well on the way to recovery.
Ex-sergeant Jake Woodside sprang the surprise of the week when he bested Captain Robinson, house champ, in a series of three pinochle matches.
Firemen Prepare Toys for Poor Children
Camden Evening Courier —
Firemen Prepare Toys for Poor Children
—Courier-Post Photos
If there is to be a cheerless and toyless Christmas anywhere among the poor, it will not be in the easterly section of the city. That is, not if the firemen of East Camden’s two firehouses and business men know anything about it. For many weeks now, the smoke-eaters from the fire stations at Twenty-seventh and Federal streets and Twenty-seventh street and Hayes avenue, in co-operation with the store-keepers, have been collecting toys, which have been tossed aside by more fortunate children, and have been reconditioning them, so that those who gave them up as “junk” could not now tell them from new playthings. In the two photos above it can easily be seen that the fire-fighting Santas are determined to make many children happy on Christmas Day. In the upper picture, Firemen William Foehl (holding sled) and Charles Schultz are shown at work on some of the toys, etc. In the lower picture, Firemen Newton Ash and Irvin K. Lederman have just finished piling up a part of the completed gifts. The toys will be distributed the day before Christmas to children who write to “Santa Claus” at his headquarters at the Federal street firehouse.
Committees Named for Tenth Ward Ball
Camden Courier-Post —
Republican Club Will Be Hosts at Eagles Hall February 28
The tenth annual ball of the Tenth Ward Republican Organization Club, Fifth and Pearl Streets, will be held February 28 at Eagle’s auditorium, 415 Broadway.
William Dolan, Jr. is chairman; William B. Sullender, treasurer, and Fred Becker, secretary of the general committee.
The members of the other committees are as follows: Hall, Louis Kahnweiler, chairman, Harry Everhart, James Flaherty; advertising, Henry W. Aitken, chairman, John Stringer, Frank Sheridan and Andrew Robinson; door, Alonzo Hires, chairman, Andrew Robinson, Jacob Strecker; music, Becker, chairman, William B. Chain, William Robinson and Andrew Robinson; printing, Stringer, chairman, Dolan and Harry Harwood; refreshment, George Morgan, Ralph Shill, Charles Bowen, Harry Harold, Edward Stafford, Henry Clevenger and Frank Turner; program, Stafford, chairman, Charles Marsh, John Hedegan, Otto E. Braun, George Zietz, William Hughes, Earl Wright, Albert C. Raeuber, Charles Schultz, Stringer and Dolan; floor, Becker, chairman, Garwood, Judson Solley, Howard E. Baird, William Lafferty, James F. Lovett, Henry I. Haines, William Robinson, Braun and Samuel J. Edwards audit, Dolan, Garwood, William Robinson, and Aitken; wardrobe, Marsh, chairman, Benjamin Harvey and George Cox; tickets, John Winstanley, chairman; executive, Dolan, chairman, Stringer, William Robinson, Sullender and Haines. The Penn Troubadors will play for dancing.