Henry S. Ford
HENRY S. FORD was born in New Jersey in 1870 to Benjamin and Christina Ford. An only child, his early years were spent in Bridgeton NJ, where his father was a nail cutter.
Henry S. Ford came to Camden at the age of 22 and opened a real estate office at 504 Federal Street. He remained active in the real estate business for over 50 years. In January 1920, when the Census was taken, Benjamin Ford had passed away. Henry S. Ford had established a real estate business, and lived with his mother at 504 Federal Street.
Henry S. Ford married late in life. At the time of the April 1930 Census he was still engaged in the real estate business in Camden, where he owned a property at 802 Market Street with his wife Mae C. Ford.
Mr. and Mrs. Ford had moved to 206 Cooper Street by October of 1936. Henry S. Ford passed away at Cooper Hospital on December 14, 1947.
2 Men, 2 Girls Jailed; Nabbed in Apartment
Camden Courier-Post —
Arrested last night in an apartment house on Federal street, two Gloucester men and two young Camden girls were found guilty of disorderly conduct after a hearing before Judge Bernard Bertman in police court this morning.
Martha O’Hara, 22 years old, of 804 Federal street, was sentenced to 30 days in jail; her 15-year-old sister, Anna, was sent to the Detention Home; George Mickle, 28 years old, of 305 Mercer street, Gloucester, was sentenced to 30 days in jail, and Edward Jones, 33 years old, of 518 Ridgway street, Gloucester, received 20 days.
Henry Ford, owner of the apartment house at 638 Federal street, said that tenants had complained that a party in the third-floor suite disturbed them. He called Policeman Charles Stone and later summoned Policemen Walter Patton and Raymond Stark, members of the First district patrol crew.
Stone testified that the men were intoxicated, and that he and Policeman Stark found the girls, scantily clad, hiding behind clothing in a bedroom closet.
4 Pedestrians Hurt Crossing Streets
Camden Courier-Post —
Four pedestrians were injured last night on Camden street intersections by automobiles.
Frank Woodall, 52, of 407 Velde avenue, Delair, and his wife, May, 52, were struck while crossing Broadway and Market street by an automobile driven by Raymond Price, 7221 Park avenue, Pennsauken, according to police. Price took them to Cooper Hospital, where Woodall was treated for cuts of the left leg, right knee and nose. Mrs. Woodall was treated for injuries to her leg.
Woodall said his view was obscured by traffic and he failed to see the couple until too late. He was not held by police.
Samuel Bell, 74, who resides at the Camden Y.M.C.A., was struck at Broadway and Mechanic street by a car driven by Lawrence B. Clapp, 32, of 50 Washington avenue, West Collingswood, police said. Bell was treated at West Jersey Hospital for bruises of the face and ear. Clapp took him to the hospital and told police the man stepped from between parked cars below the intersection.
Henry S. Ford, 66, of 206 Cooper street, was struck at Third and Market streets by an automobile operated by Delbert Hill Smith, 20, of 2330 Forty-sixth street, Pennsauken, police reported. Ford was treated at Cooper Hospital for cuts of the head, nose and hands. Smith, who took Ford to the hospital, said he was making a left turn into Third street at the time of the accident. He was not held.
New Club Sends Its First Mother On Paid Trip to See Soldier Son
Camden Courier-Post —
Group Organized by Camden Woman Pays 25 Cents Weekly Dues, Enabling Parents Unable to Finance Journey to Visit Offspring in Camp
By RAY HOWAY
Mother love last night voiced one of its grandest expressions—sacrifice.
It voted to send Mrs. Nellie Dix, 205 Linderman avenue, Merchantville, to visit her son, Harold, at Fort Bragg, N. C. He is attached to Company G, 60th Infantry.
Mrs. Dix will leave Friday night. Her expenses will be paid by other mothers who have sons in service and by contributions from some who have no sons but want to make some mother and son happy.
She wept when she realized her good fortune.
The visit plan is part of the program of an organization which was launched last night in the home of Mrs. Mae Ford, 206 Cooper street. Mrs. Ford was the originator. Recently she visited her son at Fort (Continued on Page 3—Column 2)
Selectee Mothers Form County Club
Camden Courier-Post —
Audubon Woman Chosen as Second to Go on Trip to See Soldier Son
A permanent organization “for the duration” to provide the means for visits of mothers to their sons at distant army camps was effected in Camden last night.
The Selectees’ Mothers Club of Camden county organized in the Hotel Walt Whitman with Mrs. Mae Ford, of 206 Cooper street, originator of the idea, as president. The plan is for mother-members to pay dues of 25 cents a week, and this money, added to contributions and revenues from social affairs, is used to send mothers for visits to their inducted sons.
The second mother, Mrs. Alice Harris, of 235 Chestnut street, Audubon, was chosen by lot last night. She will visit her son, Clinton, a private in Battery F, 22nd Coast Artillery, Camp Langdon, New Castle, N. H. Mrs. Nellie Dix, of 205 Linderman avenue, Pennsauken, who visited her son Harold, at Fort Bragg, N. C., last week, related her camp exeperience [sic] to the mothers. She returned home on Monday.
Officers in addition to Mrs. Ford are Mrs. Ethel Down, 217 North Forty-second streets [sic], Pennsauken, vice president; Mrs. Margaret McSwiggan, 2823 Carman street, recording secretary; Mrs. Ada Kuhs, 4529 Remington avenue, Pennsauken, corresponding secretary; Mrs. Bertha Hunsberger, 932 Newton avenue, treasurer. Mrs. Goldie Turkin [sic], 2365 Kaighn avenue, was appointed as an “Investigation Committee of One.”
Donation of $10 by the Ladies of Coll-Fair Unit, Bundles for Britain, was announced. Offers of meeting space and rooms for social affairs were made by Townsend C. Young Post No. 362, V. F. W., Gloucester; Star of Promise Lodge No. 14, Gloucester, and Post No. 324, V. F. W., Runnemede.
Last Rites Held For H. S. Ford
Camden Courier-Post —
Services for Henry S. Ford were held today in the funeral home of Joseph H. Murray & Son, 408 Cooper street, with burial in West Laurel Hill cemetery.
More than 200 persons paid their respects last night in the funeral home, including students from the College of South Jersey and members of the Selectees Mothers club.
Mr. Ford, a Camden real estate broker more than 50 years, died Sunday in Cooper hospital.
Born in Bridgeton in 1870, Mr. Ford came to Camden when 22 and opened a real estate office at Fifth and Federal streets. He lived at 206 Cooper street.
One of Camden’s oldest and most ardent proponents of the single tax, Mr. Ford was interested in political economics. He was a graduate of Peirce Business school, Temple university and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Mr. Ford was the husband of Mrs. Mae Ford, the organizer of the Camden Selectees Mothers club.
A son Frank, of Merchantville, also survives.
206 & 204 Cooper Street
206 & 204 Cooper Street – February 7, 2004