In Recognition
Camden Fire Department — Fire Watch Magazine, Spring 1977
Members listed below have anniversary dates which fall during the first quarter.
Camden Fire Department Recognition
Anniversary dates from Fire Watch Magazine, Spring 1977
35 Years of Service
| Description ↕ | Title ↕ |
|---|---|
| Deputy Chief | Anthony C. Saponare |
30 Years of Service
| Description ↕ | Title ↕ |
|---|---|
| Battalion Chief | Robert E. Dukes |
| Inspector | George C. Hennessy |
| Deputy Chief | Daniel F. Jiannetto |
| Deputy Chief | Theodore L. Primas |
29 Years of Service
| Description ↕ | Title ↕ |
|---|---|
| Firefighter | Eugene F. Alston |
| Battalion Chief | Biaggio P. Ardire |
| Firefighter | William R. Harring |
| Firefighter | William E. Hinch |
28 Years of Service
| Description ↕ | Title ↕ |
|---|---|
| Captain | Herbert J. Schott |
26 Years of Service
| Description ↕ | Title ↕ |
|---|---|
| Firefighter #5 | Howard G. Brickner |
| Firefighter #186 | Harvey J. Fisher |
| Captain | James W. Smith |
| Firefighter #183 | Andrew H. Foreman |
| Firefighter #120 | William J. Stibi |
| Firefighter #34 | Henry S. Keubler |
| Firefighter #29 | William M. Stone |
| Firefighter #50 | Joseph J. Lesniewski |
| Captain | William G. Winstanley |
| Firefighter #70 | Phillip MacDonald |
| Firefighter #62 | Adolph S. Zubrzycki |
| Firefighter #26 | Joseph J. McTaggart |
| Battalion Chief | John J. Mogck |
| Captain | John E. Moore |
| Captain | Robert P. Olesiewicz |
| Captain | Anthony T. Orme |
| Firefighter #46 | Ralph H. Palmer |
| Battalion Chief | Charles A. Bates |
21 Years of Service
| Description ↕ | Title ↕ |
|---|---|
| Battalion Chief | John J. Giuliano |
| Inspector #76 | Alfred D. Nigro |
| Firefighter #100 | Leon Puszczykowski |
| Firefighter #73 | John L. Sterner |
| Firefighter #143 | Francis P. Stibi |
| Firefighter #95 | Carl R. Szalkowski |
St. Joseph Pro-Cathedral School Fire
Camden Courier-Post —
A blackened window is evidence of one of two apparently deliberately set fires at St. Joseph’s Pro-Cathedral School in Camden last night that heavily damaged a classroom and a supply closet. Teachers and others watch from a distance after the building was evacuated. Today’s classes were canceled.
Two Fires Set at St. Joseph’s School
By MARY E. PEMBLETON, Of the Courier-Post
CAMDEN — Two separate fires believed to have been deliberately set heavily damaged a classroom and a storage closet at St. Joseph’s Pro-Cathedral School at 29th Street and Westfield Avenue here last night.
No injuries were reported in the 7:30 p.m. blazes. But because of heavy smoke damage, all classes for the 487 kindergarten through eighth-grade students were canceled today, said Monsignor Charles P. Barth.
About 10 firefighters using three pieces of equipment fought the one-alarm blaze for about 30 minutes before declaring it under control.
“I was cooking chicken for an end of the (school) year party for our teachers,” Barth said. “In fact, it was a cookout — then someone saw flames coming from the seventh-grade classroom.”
Fire officials said the first of the two blazes originated in a supply closet in the rear of Room 10 on the second floor of the building.
“After the men put that one out, about 10 minutes later they discovered another one in the first floor auditorium in a supply closet in back of the stage,” said Battalion Chief Biaggio Ardire.
While firefighters from three engine companies battled the two blazes, about 35 patrons of a weekly bingo game reluctantly left the first floor basement cafeteria where the game was being held.
Although the fire did not spread to other areas, the smoke-filled school building was evacuated as a safety measure.
“I don’t understand why we have to leave. After all, the fire isn’t down here,” complained a participant.
Fire officials said they did not discover evidence of gasoline or other such flammable materials at the scene of the two blazes.
“It wasn’t necessary. There were lots of papers and books, all it took was a match to ignite the whole thing,” Ardire said.
Fire officials said they will continue an investigation into the cause of the early evening blazes.
“The fire was set. But by who we don’t know,” said Camden County Fire Marshal George Hennessey.
Classes Resume at City School Shut for Fumes
CAMDEN — Classes resumed this morning at the Forrest Hills Elementary School in the Parkside section following cancellation yesterday morning because of freon fumes from a broken air conditioning system.
Dr. Charles C. Smerin, school superintendent, said the fumes escaped from a compressor that had broken. Repairs were made during the afternoon, Smerin said.
The Nice Thing About the Jungle
Camden Courier-Post —
—Courier-Post Photo
THE NICE THING ABOUT THE JUNGLE is that there are no firemen in it. This was the opinion of the monkey (in the cage) who is being escorted to the ground by (left to right) acting Capt. James Jones and Firemen George Hennessy and Wesley Faust. The monkey, who had been hiding out for five days on the rooftop at 333 Mickle st., was captured in an SPCA wire and wool trap today.
Monkey Is Trapped by Banana
Camden Courier-Post —
By WARNER OLIVIER
Human beings today won another round in their perpetual struggle to prove they are smarter than other primates.
A fire truck with an aerial ladder, three sweating firemen, two perspiring Courier-Post photographers and an SPCA task force were required to bring to earth (in a cage) a monkey who, up to this morning, had been making monkeys of all the well-meaning folk who had been trying to trap him on the rooftop of 333 Mickle st., where he had gone five days ago for whatever purpose monkeys do go on rooftops on Mickle st.
Near Whitman House
The whole performance would have tickled Walt Whitman across the street from whose house it all happened. The good grey monkey -- for that’s the color he is -- was not noticeably amused. He had a rather thoughtful look.
It was hunger that finally proved the hefty young simian’s undoing. The SPCA had rigged a wool and wire trap, baited with bananas, on the rooftop Wednesday. This didn’t seem very promising because the monkey merely reached in and took a banana without springing the trap. John Adams, of the SPCA staff, then made some improvements in the trap and this morning it worked. The monkey got the banana but the trap got him.
Since children of the neighborhood had been maintaining a constant vigil, some of them even climbing to the roof of the house, the SPCA was promptly notified and the rescue battalions began to converge.
No. 1 Truck breezed down to Mickle st. So did Courier-Post photographers. The heavy aerial ladder was run up to the roof of 333. Up the ladder went acting Capt. James Jones and Firemen Wesley Faust and George Hennessy to join forces with Adams, who was already there. On the sidewalk stood Mrs. Agnes Stack, supervisor of the SPCA Shelter. In the street also stood probably a hundred spectators, of all ages. The photographers deployed themselves. One lunged boldly up the ladder. The other, just as bold, but frustrated, mounted the truck to get a picture of the monkey on the way down the ladder.
Owner Unknown
A safety rope was tied around the big cage in which the monkey cursed in a restrained fashion and occasionally tried to sock a fireman. Fireman Faust, carrying the lower end, backed down the ladder. Fireman Hennessy came down face first, carrying the upper end of the case. Capt. Jones held the safety rope from the roof.
Cameras snapped.
Once on the street, the monkey looked at the little throng of human beings as if they were something in a cage. Then he was whirled away to the Shelter in the SPCA cage.
The owner of the monkey has not come forward to claim him. The two are reported to have parted on bad terms.