Introduction
George Weber Jr. was born July 31, 1912 in Camden to George and Mary Weber. George Weber Sr. had lived with his parents, John and Barbara Weber, his entire life at 712 Walnut Street in South Camden. By 1898 John Weber had died. His widow and son remained at that address through 1910. City Directories and the 1910 Census show George Weber Sr. living with his widowed mother, Barbara Weber, at 712 Walnut Street. He worked as a machinist, in 1910 at an iron works, later at a shipyard. The family was still at 712 Walnut Street as late as 1914.
George Weber Sr. married shortly after the 1910 Census was enumerated. By September of 1918 he was living with his wife Mary at 739 Spruce Street, working as a machinist at New York Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard. The January 1920 Census shows the Weber family, which included son George Weber Jr. at the Spruce Street address. The Webers had three boarders living with them at that time. Mary Weber gave birth to two more sons, Leo, on June 11, 1920, and Harry, on May 8, 1923. The Weber family remained at 739 Spruce Street into the 1930s.
Sometime after 1920, George Weber Sr. took 6 years off his age, probably in connection with obtaining his job on the police force. George Weber Sr. joined the Camden Police Department on May 17, 1922, and was still with the department as late as January of 1949.
George Weber Jr. married prior to the 1940 Census. He was living with his wife Johanna in Cramer Hill at 1231 North 30th Street when the Census was taken.
George Weber Jr., who appears in City Directories as George T. Weber, joined the Police Department in 1940. The 1947 City Directory states that George T. Weber lived with his wife Johanna at 737 Line Street.
George Weber Jr. had retired from the Camden Police Department by June of 1968. He passed away in December of 1978.
Mrs. Kobus to Ask More Cops, Firemen for City Next Year
Camden Courier-Post —
New Appointment Return Forces to 1938 Status; Defense Increases Need
Appointment of 22 patrolmen and 10 firemen by City Commissioner Mary W. Kobus during the past three months has brought the personnel of the public safety department to figures comparable to 1938.
That announcement was made yesterday by Commissioner Kobus, who expressed the hope the city could afford additional members of both departments in the near future “as a safety measure and because of the great national, State and local defense programs, in which we must participate.”
Appointments Listed
The new policemen appointed by Commissioner Kobus were:
Joseph Caputi, 332 Mt. Vernon street; Joseph M. Carroll, 427 Lansdowne avenue; Roland Comerford, 2931 Cramer street; Vincent Conley, 423 Beideman avenue; James Eskridge, 716 North Seventh street; Joseph Hooven, 501 Beideman avenue; Julius Kaunacki, 1183 Sheridan street; William E. Kelly, 55 State street; William F. Large, 729 Mickle street; William H. Neale, 773 Line street; Francis J. Nelson, 720 Penn street; John E. Opfer, 323 North Second street; Cecil H. Picou, 1127 Cooper street; Earl Quinton, 687 Jefferson avenue; Edw. W. Tatem, 565 Mt. Vernon street; Harry Tracy, 2003 Federal street; Harold I. Vecander, 1039 North Twenty-sixth street; John H. Watkins, 2902 Constitution road; Edward Watson, 1048 Haddon avenue; Donald R. Watson, 841 Lois avenue; George T. Weber, 1231 North Thirtieth street; Stanley Zuckowicz, 1157 Thurman street.
The new appointees to the fire department are:
Philip H. Farrow, 529 Newton avenue; Anthony W. Bretschneider, 1621 Louis street; John Gryckiewicz, 810 North Front street; Thomas Winstanley, 329 Bailey street; William Palese, 900 South Fourth street; Anthony Dzinski, 1230 Atlantic avenue; Joseph R. Guarino, 25 Morse street; Martin B. Nelson, 561 Spruce street; William Cleary, 614 Federal street; and Otto Kaiser, 904 North Twenty-sixth street.
Mistaken Identity Lands Driver in Jail
Camden Courier-Post —
Resemblance of C. C. Chalfonte, state motor vehicle inspector, to a salesman, resulted yesterday in an automobile driver being arrested on charges of drunk driving.
Chalfonte was sitting on his porch at 752 Wright Avenue when Raymond Stafford, 26, of 218 Glenwood Avenue, Merchantville, drove up in a car.
Stafford had an engagement to meet a salesman at Haddon and Wright avenues, and on seeing the inspector, thought he was the person. Stafford urged Chalfonte to “hurry up and get in the car,” but the inspector, observing Stafford’s condition, called police.
Patrolmen John Trout and George Weber Jr. took the driver to police headquarters where he was ordered held for a hearing in police court this morning.
Named Acting Police Chief
Camden Courier-Post —
[Group photograph of Donald Watson, Keith Kauffman, William Yeager, George Weber, Harold Melleby, Thomas Kelly, and William Neale]