Little Ray Smith
RAYMOND F. “LITTLE RAY” SMITH was born in Chicago, Illinois on December 3, 1894. He enlisted in the 3rd Regiment of the New Jersey National Guard in Camden in 1912, and saw duty with General Pershing’s expedition to Mexico and in France during World War I. While in France began his professional boxing career. On January 1, 1926 former AEF champion lightweight boxer Little Ray Smith was assigned to Engine Company 8. He remained with Engine 8 until July of 1939, when he was promoted to Captain and assigned to lead the city’s Fire Training Academy. He was living at 111 North 6th Street in 1942, when he registered for the draft. He later re-enlisted and although already in his late 40s was accepted into the Coast Guard.
Local Legion Post to Put On Fight Show
Camden Courier-Post —
Sergeant Ray Smith Heads Committee In Charge of Arrangements for Jousts
Not to be outdone by any local organization, Corporal Raymond C. Thoirs Post, of the American Legion, passed a resolution last night in favor of staging a monster boxing show at Convention Hall sometime next month. Half the receipts will be donated to further the Boy Scout Movement.
Sergeant Ray Smith, former heavyweight boxer and now a licensed referee, was elected to head the committee on arrangements, which consists of ten members; Judge Frank F. Neutze, Dr. Irwin B. Deibert, Tom Taylor, J. Harry Ashton, Harry E. Bayne, George P. Rothermel, Albert Wehner, Fireman Ray Smith and Jack Weinberg will assist the sergeant in making the show a success.
A businessmen’s committee also will be appointed, but as yet has not been named by the legion committee members.
It is the intention of the committee to bring some of the best boxers in the country here for the show, which they will make an annual affair providing the initial one is a success. Chairman Smith stated today that he would apply for a boxing permit from Deputy Boxing Commissioner Edward A. Welsh at once.
Little Ray Smith Named Boxing Instructor at 'Y'
Camden Courier-Post —
Former Camden Scrapper to Teach Sport at Local Y.M.C.A.
Ray Smith, well-known in Camden boxing circles, has been appointed to the position of boxing Instructor at the Camden Y. M. C. A. That post has been vacant since Max W. Younger left to accept a berth at Temple University.
Smith, who is known as ‘Little Ray’ to distinguish himself from Sergeant Ray Smith, is going to get together a boxing team to represent the Y. M. C. A. in club competition.
Ray has had a number of ring bouts, including one with Willie Davis in Norristown; Tony Angelo and Tommy Sharkey, at Atlantic City; Joe Elliott and Frankie Nelson in Camden; Tommy Lyons in Gloucester; Joe O’Keefe in Clementon; Jimmy Magee in Philadelphia; and Willie Preston and Francis DeSilver, in France during the World War.
Sgt. Ray's Chatter
Camden Courier-Post —
A letter from “Sunny Miami” brings a note from Little Ray Smith, now a city fireman and one of the writer’s best friends. Little Ray, his wife Helen, and daughter Joan, are sojourning in the Southland during Ray’s vacation. Enclosed in a letter are two snap shots taken of Joan and George Bernard Shaw. Ray says he met an old friend of mine, Jimmy Maloney, who now is a policeman. And that brings to mind a story. Jim, a good Irishman, and a few years back one of the best heavy-weights ever turned out of Boston.
It was in 1927 when I last saw Jim Maloney, a fine husky lad who on the night of May 20 that year, was to meet an old rival, Jack Sharkey, from his home town in the ring at Madison Square Garden. These two had been bitter enemies and I feel that Jim resented the fact that Sharkey, a Lithuanian, had taken an Irish moniker when he took up fisticuffs. These two had met twice before in the squared circle in Boston. In 1924 Jim gained the decision in 10 rounds. In 1925 Jim again won, this time on a foul in the ninth round. And so on May 20, 1927, these two were to meet for the third time. To the winner was to go the distinction of being a runner-up for the heavyweight title.
After shaking hands with Maloney at the weighing-in ceremonies, I walked across the ring where Sharkey was addressing Jimmy Johnston, the matchmaker of the Garden, presented me to the garrulous gob.
I told Jack that I was a newspaper man and asked him how he felt about the encounter scheduled for that evening.
“I’ll knock that big Irishman right into your lap in about three rounds,” Sharkey told me.
Jack was the underdog in the fight, all the sports scribes around New York labeled the match as just a warming-up process for Maloney who they thought was a great prospect to annex the heavyweight championship of the world.
The night of the fight I was at the ringside with my nose literally in the resin box in Maloney’s corner. Jack got away to a fast start and was well out in front when near the middle of the fifth round, call it imagination if you please, but Jack looked down at me, winked and shot over a terrific right cross that sent Maloney sprawling to the canvas just a few inches from where I was sitting. That ended the fight and also the career of a great Irishman who always gave his best in the squared circle, and I’ll bet that there is no finer bluecoat in all Miami than Jim Maloney.
Incidentally that was the first fight that started Jack Sharkey on his climb to fame that resulted in his winning of the greatest of all fistic baubles—the heavyweight championship of the world.
Gloucester County Graduates Firemen
Camden Courier-Post —
Demonstration of Work Will Be Given at Woodbury High School
Paulsboro, Feb. 8.—Examinations were held recently by the Gloucester County Firemen’s School. The graduates will give a public demonstration of their prowess February 19 in the Woodbury High School gymnasium.
The following passed their examinations: Frank Janney, chief; Leslie Elberson, assistant chief; Gerald Mingus, chief engineer, of Colonial Manor; William W. Armstrong, lieutenant; Phillip Smith, engineer; Alber Maier, hoseman; John Miller, hoseman; Willis Reeves, hoseman, all of National Park; Horace Mahley, engineer; Joseph Steele, assistant engineer; Raymond Hill, hoseman; Harry Hancock, hoseman, of Woodbury.
Howard McMaster, hoseman, of New Sharon; Elmer W. Mattson, nozzleman; Franklin Yandach, nozzleman; William Rile, hoseman, and Joseph Hurst, horseman, of Paulsboro; Clyde Shivery, chief; Harold Wohlrab, assistant chief; Herbert Hoyt, ex-chief; Edward Finnan, foreman, and George Gibson, nozzleman, of Gibbstown; Matthew Taylor, chief; Leonard Lawless, hoseman, and Joseph Piel, hoseman, of Bridgeport; James Rowe, ladderman; William Parks, hoseman; Raymond Hires, nozzleman, of Thorofare.
Ralph Owens, assistant chief; Herbert Owens, foreman, and Michael Morrison, hoseman, of Clarksboro; Charles Blakeley, chief; Harry Wernert, captain; John Groske, hoseman, of Mt. Royal; Mervin Brown, chief; Samuel Parrish, assistant chief; Carl Grubb, captain; George Aldrich, first lieutenant; Walter Trout, fireman; John Hoffman, fireman; Stanley Lechner, fireman; Samuel Lanzollotti, fireman; Adelbert Crist, fireman; George F. Reitz, fireman; George Degler, fireman, of Williamstown.
Domenick Montemurro, ex-chief; William Schellinger, ex-assistant chief; Paul Montemurro, ex-foreman, and Joseph Coroso, fireman, of Sicklerville; Albert McMichael, of Woodbury Heights; Benjamin and Franklin Kircher, William Leslie, Richard Schwartz, Howard Clark, Raymond Miller, Joseph Wurst, of Mantua; Roy Quinn, driver; Robert Quinn, ladder man; Wilbert Koehler, driver, of Westville; Robert Adams, lieutenant; John Albers, lieutenant; John Ryan, fireman; Alvin Carter, fireman; Paul Dole, fireman; Frank Carter, fireman; Herbert Duncan, captain; Harold Ewe, assistant chief; George Fletcher, fireman; Marshall Joyce, fireman; William Michael, engineer; Lester Munyon, driver; Earl Park, lieutenant; James Parker, captain; William Smith, lieutenant; John Taylor, fireman; Ervin Thibault, fireman; Winslow Waters, fireman; William Pfizemaier, fireman; Frank Howey, engineer; Robert Black, fireman; John Young, fireman; Walter Poole, fireman, and George Duncan, fireman.
EXAMINERS
The examiners at table 1 were as follows: Chief Howard T. May, Woodbury Heights; Russell Morgan, assistant chief, Pitman; Elmer A. Suthpin, assistant chief, of Pitman; James Hunter, ex-chief, of Billingsport. Table No. 2, Chief David Johnston, of National Park; George Walters, ex-chief, of National Park; Chief John Urban, of Blackwood Terrace, and Charles Leisiz, of Mantua. Table No. 3, Albert Held, ex-chief, of Mt. Royal; Robert Gibison, ex-chief, of Gibbstown; Dudley Richardson, of Mickleton; Charles Bradway, captain, of Salem.
Table No. 4, Wayne B. Ralston, marshal, Wenonah; William E. Williams, captain, of National Park; Stephen Doughty, of Glassboro; Charles S. Little, assistant chief, of Paulsboro. Table No. 5, Morris A. Armbruster, assistant chief, of Billingsport; Francis MacAnnally, assistant chief, of Sewell; Harry Smith, lieutenant, of Paulsboro; Leroy Herlacker, of Lake Tract. Table No. 6. Chief Frank Ramsey, of Mantua; William C. Munyon, captain, of Paulsboro; Chief Russell Norris, of Mt. Ephraim; Chief Alvin Stiles, of Mullica Hill; Chief Albert Grey, of Audubon.
Table No. 7. Chief Clarence Turner, of Hurffville; Melvin Powell, George I. Myers, Gibbstown; Frank Morstall, Woodbury Heights.
ORAL EXAMINERS
The oral examiners, a special group selected for the final tests, was formed of the following men: Freeholder Hugh S. Mehorter, chairman of the fire marshals’ committee of the County Board of Freeholders; Chief Edward Hull, of Audubon; Chief Jacob Weiss, of the Philadelphia Navy Yard department; Battalion Chief Charles Errickson, of Camden; Ray Smith, hoseman, of Camden; Chief Rudolph Rurfer, of Stratford; Battalion Chief Rollo Jones, of Camden; Chief George Holmes, of Wildwood, and Morris Sevekoff, lieutenant, of Wildwood.
$100,000 Fire Sweeps Store of Antrim Co.
Camden Courier-Post —
Several Firemen Hurt; Oil Plant and Homes Are Menaced
$100,000 Fire Sweeps Store of Antrim Co.
Camden Courier-Post —
Several Firemen Hurt; Oil Plant and Homes Are Menaced
BLAZE WORST IN 18 MONTHS
Fire swept the wholesale store of Antrim Hardware Company, 1514 and 1516 Federal street last night, damaged the stock to the extent of $100,000, injured several firemen, menaced homes and the plant of the Standard Oil Company opposite. It was the first three-alarm fire in Camden since January, 1937.
One of the firemen, Ralph Bingaman, of Truck Company No. 1, was cut severely on the right hand and foot by falling glass and went to the Cooper Hospital. Another hoseman, Ray Smith, of headquarters, also was cut on the right hand but stuck to his fire fighting after his wounds were dressed.
Huge choking billows of smoke that rolled over the fighters balked them several times in their efforts to check the fire, but they remained at their posts and finally subdued the blaze after a battle of several hours.
Spread Rapidly
Chief John H. Lennox declared the fire started midway on the first floor from some unknown cause and spread so rapidly before its discovery efforts of the firemen were greatly hindered. Louis Gold, proprietor of the Federal Automobile Company, which adjoins the Antrim place, discovered the blaze and sent in an alarm at 7 p. m.
He then telephoned to Councilman E. Hulings Antrim, of Merchantville, treasurer of the concern, who raced to the fire, together with his mother, Mrs. Elwood Antrim, widow of the founder of the firm. Later B. Frank Antrim, president of the firm, arrived. The members of the family conferred and decided to reopen today their other store at Twenty-sixth and Federal streets, and to secure if possible an unoccupied floor of a chain store building to carry on the business. The stock, according to Antrim, was fully insured.
The firm was created on December 1, 1889, and had made arrangements to celebrate its golden anniversary. Mrs. Antrim, mother of the treasurer, stated she had half the anniversary number ready for publication “but the first fire we ever had has ruined all that now.”
Smashes Windows
When Gold, accompanied by his son, Marvin, discovered the fire, the latter smashed in two front windows on the first floor to permit the smoke to roll and and [sic] to prevent an explosion inside, he said. Meanwhile, Leroy Garrison, who lives at 50 South Twenty-fourth street, was driving past in his automobile.
He saw smoke rolling upward from the first floor and ran to the rear of the structure and threw open the door to permit the smoke to roll free at the rear.
Eight minutes after the first alarm was sounded Chief Lennox ordered a second, then a third at 7.33 p. m. Eight engines and two hook and ladder trucks responded and the fight began to keep the flames from spreading in the neighborhood. With the wind blowing north, the tanks of the oil company across the street seemed threatened, but the interior of the structure was bulked with two firewalls which held and gave the firemen a chance to get into action and beat down the flames.
Paint, chemicals and tar paper stored on the second floor made a dense, choking smoke that completely concelead [sic] the neighborhood and the hundreds of spectators that thronged the vicinity to watch the fire. Two tenants in nearby houses, Miss Agnes Mitchell and Mrs. Roy Dilks, 72, living in 1510 and 1508, respectively, were unaware of the fire right next door until the police sent them to safety.
Miss Mitchell said she was in the shed in the rear of her home and the first she heard of the fire was when a policeman ordered her to get out.
Refused to Leave
Mrs. Dilks, alone in the house at the time, refused to leave. She told the police she didn’t want to go, because the family had lived there but a month and her relatives were away. Finally she was urged to depart and did, finding refuge with Mrs. Albert Bowne, whose husband runs a printing shop a few doors below.
When Councilman Antrim arrived on the scene he attempted to rescue records of the firm which he said could never be replaced. Five times he entered the smoking building and five times he was turned back by the firemen.
Finally two firemen, Andrew Ballantine, who drives Chief Lennox, and Ladderman John Strauss, of Truck Company No. 4, forged their way through the dense smoke and retrieved the records.
Antrim fixed his damages from smoke and water at $100,000 which he said was the amount of stock in the building. Mrs. Antrim, his mother, stood under an umbrella near the burning building, and refused to go back.
“We’ll open tomorrow,” said the energetic woman, “and not let this bother us. This firm was created in 1889 when Hulings, my son, was four, and B. Frank Antrim, now president, and myself ran the businees [sic] and we’re not going to let this get us down, you bet.”
Antrim said he was the last person to leave the building at 5 p. m., and everything appeared to be all right then. The burglar alarm with which the building is equipped did not sound, so Antrim says no one could have entered the building after he departed.
Truck in Collision
Truck in Collision
After Engine Company No. 10 was sent home the apparatus was sideswiped by a traveling sandwich wagon, owned and driven by Emido Martelli, of 1315 Thurman street, at Eleventh street and Newton avenue.
Martelli’s wife and 25-months- old son were aboard the wagon at the time but none was injured. Police took Martelli to City Hall where he was asked for a statement as to the accident. According to the persons on the scene, Martelli was driving on Eleventh street when the engine came along Newton avenue, with its siren open.
The wagon driver did not seem to pay attention to the screams of the whistle and continued, the front of his car grazing the side of the apparatus.
When Engine Company No. 9, at Twenty-first and Federal streets, the first engine to respond to the alarm, reached the hydrant the firemen found an automobile parked there, and locked. They had to push the car out of the way, in order to get a hose to the hydrant.
Chief Lennox said the last time the department received a third alarm was when fire gutted the store of the McCrory Company at Broadway and Kaighn avenue.
Changes Announced in Fire Department
Camden Courier-Post —
Truck Disbanded, Engine Company Created; 13 Men Transferred
Commissioner Mary W. Kobus yesterday announced a number of changes in the fire department, including the disbanding of Truck Company No. 4; creation of a new engine company, No. 10, and the transfer of 18 officers and men, 12 of them captains.
Most of the new captains have been serving as acting captains and promotion to full rank will involve no pay increases, inasmuch as the men signed waivers foregoing the raises.
Commissioner Kobus explained most of the changes were made to conform with regulations of the National Board of Fire Underwriters. The board, Mrs. Kobus explained, made a survey of the department and advised appointments of acting captains to full rank.
The commissioner also announced she had appointed Junior Captain Raymond Smith as director of the school for firemen at Engine Company No. 10, Ninth and Morgan streets. Smith, one of the youngest at the recently appointed junior captains, will succeed the late Battalion Chief Rollo Jones.
Senior Captain Leonard Megee was appointed acting battalion chief to succeed Jones. He will continue at the Fifth and Arch streets fire headquarters.
Junior Captain William Spencer, of headquarters company, was named relief captain.
Engine Company No. 10 will use the headquarters of the old truck company, at Ninth and Morgan streets.
To the new company Mrs. Kobus assigned Senior Captain Mortica Clark and Firemen frank burt, Frank Esperance and Clifford Lane.
Junior Captain Frank Oberman was transferred from Engine Company No. 10 to Engine Company No. 1, at fire headquarters.
Other assignments are as follows:
Junior Captain robert wonsetler, Engine Company No. 11, to Engine Company No. 2.
Fireman harry kleinfelder, Engine Company No. 6, to Engine Company No. 2.
Junior Captain edgar ellender, Engine Company No. 2, to Engine Company No. 6.
Junior Captain ralph bingemann, Truck Company No. 2, to Engine Company No. 7.
Fireman david humphries, Truck Company No. 3, to Engine Company No. 11.
Junior Captain nelson andrews, Engine Company No. 2, to Truck Company No. 1.
Fireman albert dukes, jr., Truck Company No. 1, to Engine Company No. 2.
Junior Captain winfield levisuer, Truck Company No. 2, to Truck Company No. 3.
Junior Captain Edward McDowell retains assignment to Engine Company No. 3.
Junior Captain Maurice O’Brien assigned to Engine Company No. 10.
The changes were contained in notice to the Civil Service Commission, are effective as of June 1 and will appear on the June 15 payroll.
Pair Believed Seeking to Rob Numbers Auto
Camden Courier-Post —
Flight Ends with Crash into Pole; One Captured in Newton Creek Swamps
MASKED MEN PURSUED WHILE CHASING VICTIM
Pistol shots spitting from a speeding sedan at a fleeing coupe ahead—
Police in red cars and private motorists in wild pursuit—
A splintering crash against a pole, two men firing in the air to scatter playing children as they ran in headlong flight—
One frightened fugitive captured by a doughty citizen trying to hide in a garage.
The second trapped in the swamps of Newton Creek by squads of police and firemen and finally tracked down in the glare of floodlights as hundreds of curious watched—
Real-life Drama
That’s the outline of a real-life melodrama enacted on the southern fringe of Camden last night with the resultant capture of two ex-convicts and subsequent detention of a third man in what detectives believe was an attempt by hijackers to rob a numbers writing banker believed to be carrying a large sum of gambling money.
The spectacular shooting—at 80-miles-an-hour—started near Gloucester and the grim man-hunt ended in the marshes of Newton creek south of Collings road, Fairview, with half a dozen public servants and private citizens performing heroic deeds at the risk of their own lives in a drama whose meaning they did not learn until hours afterward.
The two men held as the attempted hijackers are Stanley Geda, 25, of 1273 Whitman avenue, a paroled convict, who only last Monday was held without bail in Camden police court on a charge of holdup and robbery, and Stanley A. Gasior, 25, of 930 Mechanic street, another police character with a criminal record.
Bullet Hole in Car
The man taken in custody for investigation as the intended victim of a number bank hijacking, is George Pestridge, 46, of the Milner Hotel, Second and Penn streets, who was convicted of number writ-
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ing and fined $50 in Camden police court October 8, 1937. Police say they recovered his coupe with a bullet hole through the right side window and other marks of having been the target of marksmen.
The alleged hijacking attempt first came to notice at Crescent boulevard and Market street, Gloucester, about 4:10 p. m. Edward Garrity, 21, son of Chief of Police James Garrity, of Bellmawr, said he was driving his father’s car and had stopped for a red light.
“I saw two speeding cars cutting in and out of traffic from Gloucester,” said Garrity. “One man in a coupe seemed to be trying to get away from two pursuing men in a sedan, each of whom wore Halloween masks on his face. The coupe sped through the red light and swerved in a sharp turn on two wheels into Crescent boulevard, headed for Fairview. The sedan followed it an instant later through the red light and around into the boulevard.
Joins in Chase
“My father’s shotgun was in the car and I gave chase. I opened up the siren (my father uses his car for police business) and we did 80 miles an hour to the West Collingswood Circle on the Black Horse pike, with the masked man beside the driver in the sedan blazing away out his window at the coupe ahead with a revolver, and the coupe swerving from side as if to duck the bullets zig-zagging.
“At one point I saw the coupe miss a woman pedestrian by inches. At the pike both cars ahead swung around the island at the circle and the coupe suddenly pulled by with screeching brakes before a row of stores. The men in the sedan, seeing they were being pursued, swung off the pike into one of the streets of Fairview. I followed them and a moment later saw the sedan, approaching a right angle turn in the rear of the Church of St. Joan of Arc, leap the curb, dash across the lawn and smash against a pole. The two men got out and ran.”
Fire Into Air
Accounts varied as to exactly what happened there, but several Fairview residents said the two fugitives from the badly damaged sedan, still wearing false faces, flourished revolvers and fired into the air to scatter children playing on the lawn of the combined church and school at Collings and Alabama roads as they darted toward the Fairview baseball park and adjoining swamps along Newton creek.
George Hess, Sr., 38, of 1332 Merrimac road, a husky electrician at the New York shipyard, who was a Summer cop from 1927 to 1930, saw the first fugitive run past his windows, then the second. At some distance back came a group of citizen pursuers. Hess, shirt-sleeved, dashed after the fugitives and caught the second as he tried to hide in a vacant private garage. That man was Geda.
Struggles With Suspect
Hess struggled with the suspect and was aided a moment later in subduing him by George Datz, High street, Mullica Hill, and Elmer Ulrich, 119 Virginia avenue, Audubon, both used car salesmen at a lot on Black Horse pike near Alabama road, and other citizens who had joined the chase.
The first fugitive—Gasior—disappeared into the high reeds of the creek bank with a dozen or more men at his heels as Geda was taken prisoner to a telephone in the candy store of William Hastings, 73, at 1384 Collings road. Hearing Haddon township police had been chasing the men, Hess telephoned the police there and Patrolman Charles Craig, who had joined in the chase himself, only a short time before, arrived and handcuffed Geda.
While Geda was being taken to Haddon township police headquarters and then to the Camden city hall detective bureau, the alarm was spread and Camden police red cars began arriving with sirens screaming to join in the search. Public Safety Commissioner Mary W. Kobus sped to the scene, surveyed the situation and called out first one, then a second fire department emergency squad, with powerful flood lights on long extension cords.
Blaze of Light
As police deployed along the north bank of the marshland to prevent the fugitive from circling around and escaping, Junior Captain Raymond Smith, of the fire emergency squad, in hip boots and carrying a powerful hand flood light, worked his way into the mud of the swamp and beat the reeds to east and west while more powerful lights atop the roofs of the high emergency trucks pierced the blackness in wide sweeps.
In the course of the search, Garrity had fired several shots at suspected movements with his father’s shotgun and policemen had let loose occasional barrages of pistol fire to keep the fugitive from breaking cover.
After approximately two tense hours combing through the reeds and sloshing hip-deep in mud, John Githens, 1032 Monitor road, a Public Service bus driver among the volunteer searchers, came upon the figure of a frightened, coatless fugitive, more than half-buried in the water and mud of the creek’s edge. It was Gasior, shivering and shaking, and he cried, “Don’t shoot! Don’t shoot!” Githens did not even have a weapon. He brought his prisoner to shore. Gasior was rushed to the detective bureau, stripped of his wet clothes and in nothing but an overcoat taken to Cooper Hospital for treatment for exposure by orders of Mrs. Kobus.
Detective Sergeant Murphy said Geda refused to answer any questions or make any kind of a statement, while questioning of Gasior was postponed until the danger of pneumonia was past. From descriptions detectives obtained of the coupe that had been pursued by the men in the sedan, detectives went to the West Jersey Cafe, Third and Market streets, and took Pestridge into custody for questioning.
At City Hall he told them his car was parked near that corner. It was taken to City Hall and, reputedly, three bullet holes were found in it. Murphy would not reveal for the present whether Pestridge gave them any information. One report had it he is prominent in a numbers bank in or near Gloucester, was known to carry large sums of money at that hour in the afternoon, representing collections from numbers writers, and had been pursued by the men in the sedan for several miles on roads south of Gloucester before young Garrity joined in the chase. It was reported Pestridge had several narrow escapes from being shot and also forced off the road by his pursuers.
‘Looking for Trouble’
According to Patrolman Craig, the coupe disappeared after having stopped in front of the Crescent Theatre on the Black Horse pike in West Collingswood, as the pursuing sedan swept past it with bullets spitting from its right side window at the coupe. Daniel Campbell, 30, of 306 Landis avenue, Woodlynne, proprietor of the gasoline station there, ran up to
the coupe and asked the driver what was wrong, Craig said. The answer was, “They’re looking for trouble,” then the coupe sped off, turned into a side road, and disappeared.
The sedan, an almost new car is owned by Harvey E. Stewart, a commission merchant at 123 Dock street, Philadelphia, and was stolen from the driveway at his home at 430 Thomas avenue, Riverton, sometime between 10 p. m. Monday and 3 a. m. Tuesday, he said. He discovered it was gone when he arose to go to business at 3 a. m. Tuesday.
**Threw Away Guns**
Detectives said Geda and Gasior apparently threw away their guns as they ran from the wrecked sedan. A Halloween false face was found in Gasior’s water-soaked clothes. Patrolman Craig said Geda threw away a similar mask as Craig was taking him, handcuffed, the [sic] police station, leering.
“See, I don’t have anything!”
Haddon Township Patrolman George Hyrup was cruising on Crescent boulevard and saw the speeding coupe, sedan and Garrity’s car in hot pursuit. He joined the chase but his gears inexplicable slipped from high into low as he was making top speed and were stripped, putting the car out of commission.
**Record Listed**
Geda’s police record was given out at the Detective Burea [sic] uas [sic] follows:
Sept. 27, 1930, Camden, larceny; disposition not given.
March 9, 1931, Camden, larceny of auto; disposition not given.
April 8, 1932, Camden, atrocious assault and battery; disposition not given.
July 11, 1932, arrested at Vineland; charge, burglary, nol-prossed.
Nov. 14, 1932, arrested by State police at Bridgeton; charge, burglary; disposition not given.
Nov. 26, 1932, returned to Camden county jail; chair [sic], attempted breaking and entering; disposition not given.
July 7, 1933, arrested in Atlantic City; charge, breaking and entering, released on bail; same date arrested Somers Point; charge, disorderly person and suspicion of breaking and larceny; sentenced to 90 days in Atlantic county jail.
Jan. 22, 1934, arrested in Gloucester; charge, loitering and attempt to steal; fined $25 and costs.
June 18, 1934, arrested in Philadelphia; charge, holdup and robbery and fugitive; turned over to Camden police; June 21, 1934, sentenced to seven to 10 years in state prison.
**Held Without Bail**
Geda was held without bail for the grand jury in Camden Police Court by Judge Gene Mariano only last Monday morning after John Miller, 39, of 2827 Clinton street, who operates a used car lot at 2031 Federal street as the M. and M. Motors identified him as one of two masked robbers who held him up at the point of revolvers and robbed him of $2046.49 in the driveway of his home October 12.
On parole from the state prison, Geda was arersted [sic] when he reported to Albert Brager, parole officer, after Miller had identified his photograph in the rogues’ gallery. He denied the charge and offered and alibi. In court Monday, Miller charged Geda was trying to disguise his voice.
Detective Sergeant Thomas Murphy, in charge of the Detective Bureau last night, said he knew nothing of Geda having been released after Monday’s hearing until Geda was brought in under arrest last night. He said he had no idea how a paroled convict with a long police record, held without bail on a holdup charge, could have obtained his liberty.
Two Ex-Convicts Seized in Gun Chase
Figures and Scenes in Chase and Capture of Suspects
Top view shows flight’s finish for fugitive Stanley Gasior (center), suspected would-be hijacker of a number writing banker, as he was brought out of the swamps along Newton creek, south of Collings road, Fairview, last night, after a two-hour chase and search, by Fire Captain Raymond Smith (right), and a patrolman. Lower photo shows part of the crowd of 300 Fairview residents who watched the manhunt by the light of powerful flood lights brought into play by the Camden fire department emergency squad.
Camden’s First Volunteer Firemen Receive Diplomas
Camden Courier-Post —
Members of Camden city’s first volunteer firemen to be graduated from the Camden Fire School, Ninth street and Morgan boulevard, are shown above going through demonstrations of their teaching during the last seven weeks.
Edward Friant, of 124 North Thirtieth Street, descending from a tall building on a rope by using a life belt.
Charles Geitz, of 465 Mechanic Street, left, and Nicholas Iacovelli, of 1303 Decatur Street, using asbestos suits in the middle of roaring flames. The suits, according to Fire Captain Ray Smith, instructor at the school, are able to withstand 1,750 degrees of heat.
Ernest Wilkinson, of 1304 Park Boulevard, is the man behind the mask on the right shown emerging from a building filled with formaldehyde gas.
50 Volunteer Firemen Complete Training for Emergency Duties
Camden Courier-Post —
Graduates First of 500 to Be Trained by City for Huge Reserve. Similar to that in London; Defense Officials Praise Work
Camden’s first group of war and emergency volunteer firemen received their “diplomas” last night on completion of their training at the fire school in No. 10 firehouse, Ninth Street and Morgan Boulevard.
They are the initial volunteers to be trained as a reserve for the city fire department in an emergency. The volunteers, 50 of them, will be on 24-hour call. Eventually more than 500 men are expected to receive the training course for a huge reserve similar to the corps of firemen now being used in London.
The men range in ages from 11 to 59 years with Charles Smith, son of Sgt. Ray Smith, being the youngest, and Harry L. Freidel, the oldest.
The training course started May 12 and the trainees have attended three sessions a week, Monday, Wednesday and Friday nights, for seven weeks under the direction of Fire Captain Raymond Smith, no relation to the sergeant, who is director of the training school. Smith is a graduate of Class 56, of the Philadelphia Fire Training School.
Each volunteer fireman will be issued an identification card which will hold his fingerprints.
Class Praised
Among those congratulating the graduates were Herbert E. Harper, chairman of the Camden Defense Council; William C. Schriver, council member; Fire Chief John Lennox and Captain Smith. Howard Odrain, deputy chief of the Philadelphia Fire Department with 31 years of experience in fighting fires, attended as an observer.
“In behalf of the Camden City Defense Council, I want to thank you men for the hours and days you have put into taking this course,” Harper told the graduates.
“You have been prompt in attendance and have been attentive. We don’t anticipate any air raids or any acts of war-invasion, but we have an important problem in enabling national defense industries in Camden city to make load in their jobs.
“The sabotage committee of the defense council has been visiting the local industries encouraging the plants to set up their own fire fighting squads and many are doing so. You men will be needed in times of an emergency to aid these forces and to assist at industries where there is no fire fighting squads.”
Chief Lennox termed the volunteers “our second line of defense” and thanked them for their cooperation.
Training Complete
The course included training in all phases of fire-fighting from operating pumpers to climbing ladders and combating incendiaries. Rescue work also was included. The use of gas masks and asbestos suits in chemical fires, how to approach delayed bombs with snubbers and the proper methods of using extinguishers were taught. A demonstration was held outside the firehouse by the volunteers. Their activities included scaling ladders, using gas masks to enter a smoke house, climbing and working on the top of the fire tower, using an aerial truck, tying tools for the lifting to tools, working on the end of water lines, working on pumpers, hooking up to stand pipes, jumping into life nets, tying life ropes and using asbestos suits through flaming gasoline and oil.
The Class
The graduates included: George D. Wilkinson, fire marshal of the RCA Manufacturing Company, and his two sons, Ernest and George; Garfield Watson, sergeant of police at New York Shipbuilding Corporation; Lieut. George Hamilton, Jr., of the 157th Field Artillery; Captain William Hare, of the Kaighn Avenue-South Street Ferry.
Harry B. Thompson, Earl Denby, Lester W. Giberson, Norman P. Maull, Joseph Leone, Samuel Schuele, George P. Smith, Joseph Marchese, Nicholas A. Messaro, William S. Martz, William E. Doan, Elwood P. Martz, Jr., Clyde Getzinger, George W. Grove, Stephen Kirby, James W. McCracken, William Watkin, Manuel Weiss, Riccardo DiGiacomo, Louis Cimini, William P. Walter, Sigmund Yakaski, Nicholas Iacovelli, Robert Holmes, Walter D. Lohrman.
Myer J. Mutter, Charles Geitz, Charles A. B. Smith, Howard Doerschner, Harry L. Freidel, Franklin L. Wright, Paul W. Kessler, Warren I. Carter, Creston Polland, Edward E. Friant, Frank F. Shropshire, Charles Gall, Albert E. Pine, Nicholas Cerasoli, George W. Williams, Joseph G. Foster, Joseph Elliott, George Hance and Irving L. Stiefel.
50 Volunteer Firemen Complete Training for Emergency Duties
Camden Courier-Post —
Graduates First of 500 to Be Trained by City for Huge Reserve Similar to that in London; Defense Officials Praise Work
Camden’s first group of war and emergency volunteer firemen received their “diplomas” last night on completion of their training at the fire school in no. 10 firehouse, Ninth street and Morgan boulevard.
They are the initial volunteers to be trained as a reserve for the city fire department in an emergency. The volunteers, 50 of them, will be on 24-hour call. Eventually more than 500 men are expected to receive the training course for a huge reserve similar to the corps of firemen now being used in London.
The men range in ages from 11 to 59 years with Charles Smith, son of Sgt. Ray Smith, being the youngest, and Harry L. Freidel, the oldest.
The training course started May 12 and the trainees have attended three sessions a week, Monday, Wednesday and Friday nights, for seven weeks under the direction of Fire Captain Raymond Smith, no relation to the sergeant, who is director of the training school. Smith is a graduate of Class 56, of the Philadelphia Fire Training School.
Each volunteer fireman will be issued an identification card which will hold his fingerprints.
Class Praised
Among those congratulating the graduates were Herbert E. Harper, chairman of the Camden Defense Council; William C. Schriver, council member; Fire Chief john lennox and Captain Smith. Howard Odrain, deputy chief of the Philadelphia Fire Department with 31 years of experience in fighting fires, attended as an observer.
“In behalf of the Camden City Defense Council, I want to thank you men for the hours and days you have put into taking this course,” Harper told the graduates.
“You have been prompt in attendance and have been attentive. We don’t anticipate any air raids or any acts of war-invasion, but we have an important problem in enabling national defense Industries in Camden city to make load in their Jobs.”
“The sabotage committee of the defense council has been visiting the local Industries encouraging the plants to set up their own fire fighting squads and many are doing so. You men will be needed in times of an emergency to aid these forces and to assist at industries where there is no fire fighting squads.”
Chief Lennox termed the volunteers “our second line of defense” and thanked them for their cooperation.
Training Complete
The course included training in all phases of fire-fighting from operating pumpers to climbing ladders and combating incendiaries. Rescue work also was included. The use of gas masks and asbestos suits in chemical fires, how to approach delayed bombs with snubbers and the proper methods of using extinguishers were taught.
A demonstration was held outside the firehouse by the volunteers. Their activities included scaling ladders, using gas masks to enter a smoke house, climbing and working on the top of the fire tower, using an aerial truck, tying tools for the lifting to tools, working on the end of water lines, working on pumpers, hooking up to stand pipes, jumping into life nets, tying life ropes and using asbestos suits through flaming gasoline and oil.
The Class
The graduates included: George D. Wilkinson, fire marshal of the RCA Manufacturing Company, and his two sons, Ernest and George; Garfield Watson, sergeant of police at New York Shipbuilding Corporation; Lieut. George Hamilton, Jr., of the 157th Field Artillery; Captain William Hare, of the Kaighn Avenue-South Street Ferry.
Harry B. Thompson, Earl Denby, Lester W. Giberson, Norman P. Maull, Joseph Leone, Samuel Schuele, George P. Smith, Joseph Marchese, Nicholas A. Messaro, Willam S. Martz, William E. Doan, Elwood P. Martz, Jr., Clyde Getzinger, George W. Grove, Stephen Kirby, James W. McCracken, William Watkin, Manuel Weiss, Riccardo DiGiacomo, Louis Cimini, William P. Walter, Sigmund Yakaski, Nicholas Iacovelli, Robert Holmes, Walter D. Lohrman.
Myer J. Mutter, Charles Geitz, Charles A. B. Smith, Howard Doerschner, Harry L. Freidel, Franklin L. Wright, Paul W. Kessler, Warren I. Carter, Creston Polland, Edward E. Friant, Frank F. Shropshire, Charles Gall, Albert E. Pine, Nicholas Cerasoli, George W. Williams, Joseph G. Foster, Joseph Elliott, George Hance and Irving L. Stiefel.
Little Ray Smith, Hero of 2 Wars, Off to Serve His Country in 3rd
Camden Courier-Post —
Head of Camden’s Fire School and Veteran of Mexican Border and France Enlists in Coast Guard
Left to right—Little Ray Smith: “Little” Ray as he appeared in overseas cap during World War I and as he looked yesterday when he took a leave of absence from his post as captain in charge of the Camden firemen’s training school and became Coxswain Raymond F. Smith of the Coast Guard.
By Ray Howay
“Little” Ray Smith is going to his third war.
Veteran of the Mexican border, battle-scarred hero of World War I, Captain Smith, head of Camden firemen’s training school, enlisted in the Coast Guard yesterday. He’s gone today.
At 48 he opens a new page in his book of memories.
Other pages chronicle following General Funston across the Rio Grande on the futile chase after Pancho Villa, through Cantigny, Soisson, St. Mihiel, the Argonne, the Watch on the Rhine; serving under General Summerall and Capt. Kermit Roosevelt.
Enough for most men, but not for the former 125-pound champion of the AEF; not enough for the only living man of six among whom a Hun plane dropped a bomb; not enough for a man who helped train a French 75 into the mouth of a cave in which 625 Boche were hiding and firing until they surrendered.
“Why are you going again, and why to sea this time?” we asked.
Expects Long War
“Because it’s going to be a long conflict, and the quickest way I can get into it and help get it over is on the sea.”
It was almost 30 years ago, on October 21, 1912, that Raymond F. Smith, a lean boy of 18, enlisted with Company F, 3rd Infantry, New Jersey National Guard, and marched away. He drilled and trained under the broiling sun at Nogalez, Ariz., until Villa went on the rampage.
Then his outfit followed General Bob into Mexico. His regiment was in reserve. The two regiments in front of him saw some action, and he heard the guns.
On Oct. 20, 1915, he was back home, mustered out and telling the boys around town about the senoritas below the line—tales of frijoles, enchiladas, tamales, black eyes—and sand jiggers.
Then came May 14, 1917, after ruthless sinkings of ships and killing of innocent men, women and children by German submarines had aroused a long-suffering nation to war. “Little” Ray, an apparently puny sort of a cuss, enlisted again.
Joins Field Artillery
With Battery D of the 7th Field Artillery, First Division, he was off again to the hot sands. This time to Camp Travers, later known as Camp Wilson, now called Fort Sam Houston, in Texas. Time was most essential then, as it is now, and with an outfit which was composed largely of border veterans, he soon found himself in France.
He landed at St. Nazaire on July 17, 1917, hardly more than two months after his enlistment.
Those early days in France were a lark, when the boys paid for vin blanc and vin rouge with Mexican money, until the French learned it was as worthless as the cigar coupons with which others had bought cognac.
But time was speeding by, the Allies were calling for help and General Pershing rushed the Seventh up to Valduhoun, near the Swiss border. There they moved into a French area as the French moved to the front and continued their artillery training.
Move Into Action
Four months after arrival in France, the First Division moved into the Nancy sector on Oct. 21, 1917. Two days later there was a tremendous roar from C. Battery of the Sixth Field Artillery to the left of the Seventh. “Little” Ray saw the flash, he heard the report—the First Division was in action.
Following Summerall; Col. Lucius R. Holbrook, Major Francis Ruggels and Roosevelt, Ray went through Cantigny, April 15 to July 9, 1918; Soisson, July 15 to July 23, 1918; St. Mihiel, Sept. 12 to mounts as they watched the German bomber at Cantigny on June 6, 1918. The firing into the cave at Soisson on July 18, 1918, until three Huns came out under a white flag, and two days later Ray’s detachment were housed in the same cave. The shooting out of the horse from under him in the Argonne.
Memories of Tom Ryan, now Courier-Post sports editor; E. Allen Hughes, Post reporter; Herman Silvers, now dead; Paul Campbell, now watchman at the Camden Coke Co. plant; Louis Leigh, now in government service in Africa. He soldiered with them and at reunions has been swapping tales ever since.
Enters Department
Back home there was a variety of occupations, until July 1, 1923, when Ray went to work in the city repair shops, repairing busted fire equipment. On Jan. 1, 1926, he entered the fire department and was assigned to No. 8 fire house, Sixth street and Kaighn avenue.
In July, 1938, the city of Camden sent him to the Philadelphia firemen’s training school. A year later he had qualified for a captaincy under Civil Service examinations, was elevated by Commissioner Kobus and placed in charge of the Camden fire school.
In between soldiering and fire-fighting there was love and the marriage with Helen Appleton, YWCA swimmer and holder of the 10-mile championship for New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Later little Joan, now 10, arrived at the home on 111 North Sixth street.
Accident Hero
On Dec. 7, 1940, Ray found himself on the front pages of the newspapers. A car had skidded on the ice-covered pavement on the boulevard and plunged into Newton creek. An alarm was sounded and Ray was among those answering. He plunged into the icy water and saved the life of Ralph Gaudio, a commission merchant of 1291 South Merrimac road.
Came the second emergency. “Little” Ray, partly bald, no longer weighing 125 pounds, as he did when he took the AEF title from Francis de Silvers in Germany, felt he had better get prepared. He went to the State Council of Defense Fire Instruction School in Trenton last year and specialized in fighting incendiary, scatter and ground fire bombs.
After that he graduated from the FBI traffic school and then started to train volunteer firemen for war work. Three hundred auxiliary firemen now are prepared to fight Axis bombs, while thousands of civilians have witnessed bomb fire fighting demonstrations he has staged in all parts of South Jersey. He has done this on his own time; paid his own traveling expenses and received but $20 in 13 months from the Camden Defense Council for the materials with which he demonstrated home protection.
Gets War Itch
Two months ago “Little” Ray got the war itch. He could have gotten into the Army at Fort Dix. “But I would have had to stay there,” he said. “I wanted to get into service quick, so I accepted a coxswain’s berth in the Coast Guard. I’ll see plenty of action there, soon.”
“And your wife?” we asked the captain.
“We had a long talk,” he replied. “She wants me to go, because she knows I can do some good and will not be happy unless I do.”
“And where are you going?”
“Far away. I hope. I want action, nothing nearby, but out there where the home ties won’t pull too strongly. Away—”
The voice faded. There was a far away look in the eyes, a touch of sadness on the features as he may have been looking again upon Flanders fields. Then the smile returned.
“It’s got to be,” he said. “We must win the quickest way.”
And so today he’s Coxswain Raymond F. Smith, USCG.
13th Annual Banquet Program
Veteran Boxers Association Ring No. 6 —
Veteran Boxers Association
Ring No. 6
13th Annual Banquet
Honoring
“Man of the Year - 1961”
Sunday Evening, May 7, 1961
Moffa’s Farm
Blenheim, N. J.
“One For All - All For One !”
Picnic Grove
Open Sundays - 1 to 12 P. M.
Moffa’s Farm
Banquet Center
Cocktail Lounge - Dinners - Parties
DINNER RESERVATIONS - CAnal 7-0400
ALMONESSON ROAD
BLENHEIM, BLACKWOOD, N. J.
New Jersey Veteran Boxers Association
Ring No. 6 - Camden, New Jersey
Officers
JOE (Kid) MURPHY, President
LES CRANMER, Vice President
NEIL McLAUGHLIN, Recording Secretary
AL DALY, Financial Secretary
FRANKIE RAPP, Treasurer
PEE WEE ROSS, Sergeant-at-Arms
CHARLES BAUERS, Sergeant-at-Arms
Golden Glove Members
FRANKIE CONWAY, Sgt. RAY SMITH, LEON LUCAS, NEIL McLAUGHLIN, ANGELO MALANDRA, EDWARD C. GARRITY, JOE CERVINO, JOE (Kid) MURPHY, LEW SKYMER
Lifetime Members
JOE MORAN, JOE SPEARING, PEE WEE ROSS, Sheriff MARTY SEGAL, Commissioner FRANK (Chick) ABBOTT, Congressman WILLIAM T. CAHILL
Counsellor - FRANK M. LARIO, Esq.
Welfare - LEW SKYMER
Good Will Ambassador - DAVE MOORE
Congratulations and Best Wishes
Compliments of
LADIES AUXILIARY - RING NO. 6
Veteran Boxers Association
Officers for 1961
ANNA MAZZILLI, President
MARIAN MARTIN, Vice President
DAISY MARCHESE, Secretary
MARY L. VITARELLI, Treasurer
MARY ROSSI, Financial Secretary
NETTIE ANGELASTRO, Sergeant-at-Arms
Past Presidents
MARIE FARRIES, MIRIAM GLEASON, STELLA PIETRAFESA
Members at Large
MARY ROSSI, MARGARET PELLE, MARIAN MARTIN, PEARL SEUM, ELAINE CRESCENZO, GILDA DI SALVIA, SHIRLEY MANCINI, ROSE BALLENTINE, MARY VITARELLI, LENA ROSELLI, IDA PELLE, IDA HURT, MARGARET PIZZUTO
GREETINGS
In behalf of Veteran Boxers Association - Ring No. 6, I wish to extend our thanks and appreciation for the help and cooperation we have received through the years. We are celebrating our 13th Annual Banquet and it is gratifying to know that we are progressing steadily forward, for the Veteran Boxers and for the good of our city in which we live.
We are a non-profit organization, our past and present is a matter of record, we have worked and our contribution was greatly appreciated by the Drop-a-Buck Club; we sponsor a team in the Morgan Village Little League; last year we fared four buses of boys over to the Phillies ball park; we take care of our own when they are down, and work to curb juvenile delinquency, for our motto is “One For All - All For One”.
Tonight we are doing honor to one of our own - a Camden boy - Frankie Conway.
I wish to thank the chairman of this banquet, Lew Skymer and two co-chairmen, Frankie Rapp and Pee Wee Ross and the rest of the committee for a job well-done.
I also like to thank our advertisers, patrons, boosters and everyone that has lent their assistance to make this affair a success.
So let us break bread, have joy and merriment, and hope you all have a happy time, and that we may all look forward to meeting again in the future.
Thanks to you all from all of us,
JOE (Kid) MURPHY
President, Ring No. 6
“OUR MAN OF THE YEAR”
Our Guest of Honor, Frankie Conway was born in Camden on November 3, 1900 and in his pre-teen days when he wasn’t selling newspapers down at the Pennsylvania Ferry, he was either playing on one of the city playgrounds, or boxing with the neighborhood kids in some back yard, or in the street. At the age of fifteen, after having a dozen or so amateur bouts, Frankie boxed his first professional bout with Kid Dougherty at the Douglas A. C. in Philadelphia and after six tough rounds he received the handsome sum of $5.00. Now Frankie thought that was better and much quicker than selling papers. He sometimes didn’t earn that much in a week standing outside in all kinds of weather.
So Frankie embarked on a boxing career that took him from one town to another meeting the top contenders in both the bantamweight and featherweight classes. Among some of his bouts were the rough and tough Whitey Fitzgerald, Benny Valger, Harry “Kid” Brown, Bennie Kauffman, Battling Murray, Frankie Jerome, Maxie Williamson and the Gloucester blacksmith, K. O. Joe O’Donnell (a few of these old timers are here tonight).
After almost ten years of boxing and close to 200 bouts and in the early part of 1924, Frankie was not yet 24 years old, when he had the misfortune of losing the sight in his left eye, and shortly after, the same happened to his right eye. Several operations by the best eye specialists in New York proved futile. But Frankie didn’t give up . . . being young and ambitious, he tried his hand in the cafe and night club business and today he is the proud owner of the 11 O’Clock Club at 18 West Cuthbert Boulevard in Westmont.
The petite gal that you see with him constantly is his lifetime manager, trainer and wife who before she became Mrs. Conway, was the former Maude B. Stiles.
Also here tonight are his two sisters, Mrs. Louise Ricciardelli of Westmont and Mrs. Della Uhorchek of Trenton and brother Tony, also of Westmont.
And this in brief, is the story of our Honorary President, the Champion of Champions. Yes, we of V. B. A. - Ring No. 6, are indeed proud and greatly gratified to have you Frankie Conway as “OUR MAN OF THE YEAR - 1961”.
God Bless You!
FRANKIE CONWAY
HONORARY PRESIDENT
RING NO. 6
Banquet Committee
LEW SKYMER, Chairman
FRANKIE RAPP, Co-Chairman
PEE WEE ROSS, Ad Chairman
JOE (Kid) MURPHY, AL DALY, CHARLEY BAUERS, LES CRANMER, TOM RYAN, SHAMUS McGUIRE, EDDIE CHANEY, TOMMY DUNDEE, FRANKIE DELMONT, JOE VITARELLI, DANNY DI MONA, DAVE FERRIS, NEIL McLAUGHLIN
BOOSTERS & MEMBERS OF Frankie Conway’s 11 O’Clock Club
Max Goldsmith, Frank Mihalick, Robert Taylor, Edward Lynn, Ralph T. Moyer, Walter E. Guenther, Vincent Colangelo, Billy Logan, Barney Kelly, Frank Fannelli, Charlie Kaplan, Trenton Beverage, Jay Stanger, Oscar R. Pabst, Bill Starr, Edward Quinlan, Ed Weisbrot, Dan Iacovone, Angelo Cocozza, Lew Skymer, Frank M. Lario, Frank V. Blanco, Charles E. Burroughs, E. R. Plasket, Joe Maker, B. Fitzgerald, Guy Clokey, Eleanor Pfannenstein, Erv. Pfannenstein, Ray Bencroft, Jack F. Smith, Murry Hirshorne, Adolph, Joseph Rapp, Emil Schlosser, Jr., Harry Wright, Almond Glass Co., Inc., Gus P. Jacobs, John Parker, Joe Berger, Frank Schuler, Sid Luber, Jack Atkinson, Norman Rose, Johnny Attell, Tommy Skymer, Vincent the Barber, Joe Joy, Anthony Pontifino, Terry Di Fronzo, Robert Devone, William Haines, Fred Di Piero, Joe (Kid) Murphy, Shamus Maguire, Frank Valenti, Skilly, Joseph Pacelli, Tony Ricciardelli, Tony Conway, Frankie Rapp
Best Wishes to a Grand Lad - Frankie Conway
FROM
RENE
AND THE
SARGE
Sgt. RAY SMITH
RING NO. 6 FIRST PRESIDENT
1959 Man of the Year
1958 - Vice President - Ring No. 6
Mr. & Mrs. Lou Ragone, Mr. & Mrs. Fred Gorman, Charlie Urban, Ray Ford, Frank Clark, Al Long, Alec Meloni, Walt Bishop, Jack Cassidy, Bill Sheffer, Chuck Guest, John Blourne, Frank & Peg Pers, Tom Lillie, Norman Steffen, Bill Johnson, Harry Ames, Jack Kelley, Miriam Gleason, George Esler, Pee Wee Ross
COMPLIMENTS OF
Italian Organization Association
President, GUIDO MASSO
1st Vice President, FRANK BILOTTA
2nd Vice President, FIORE C. ROSSI
Secretary, DOMINICK GREGORIO
Treasurer, JOSEPH DENTINO
Fin. Secretary, WILLIAM POLIDORA
Sgt.-at-Arms, FRANK CAPALBO
My Compliments to Frankie
From “Willie”
Windsor - Fifth Avenue, Inc.
APPLIANCES
11th Street and Wright Avenue
Camden 3, New Jersey
CHUBBY’S 1 1/2 TAVERN
FEATURING ALL CHARCOAL COOKING
Steaks - Lobster - Shrimp
ENTERTAINMENT NIGHTLY
VISIT OUR WISHING WELL
Watch Your Steak Being Cooked on Our Giant Old Brick Open Charcoal Hearth
Black Horse Pike at Collings Ave.
West Collingswood, N. J.
Boosters of Pee Wee Ross
Buck Mucci, Lew Skymer, Joe MacDonald, Elmer Herritt, Frank Annibale, Ed Patterson, James Bunker, Chester Willhem, Al Corbett, Skilli, Joseph Dentino, Nicholas Iacovelli, Frank Bilotta, Louis Day, William Polidora, Nunzio Viggiano, Nick Acciola, Gabe, Tom McCann, Al Maiorano, Aarry [sic] Featheer, Arnold Canzanese, Jim McFadden, Joseph Di Paolo, Pat Vitarelli, Pat Ambrosino, Tony Abiuso, H. G. Skilton, Joseph J. Iatorola, Joe Di Martine, Pee Wee Ross, Jr., Mike and Rox, Danny (Kid) Paolino, Pete Rabbit, Vic Righter, Googie Vit, Chas. Bauers, Ray Savidge, Woody Sherman, Jim Talucci, Frank Padulla, Frank Devone, Don Padulla, Tony Pietrafesa, Don Pearson, Bobby Zimmerman, Caesar Campana, Sr., Frankie Conway, Les Cranmer, Elwood Weeks, Doris A. Braun, Ernest J. D’Antonio, Joseph Affrunti, Rudolph Masso, Frank R. Di Maio, Dan Nasuti, Guido Masso, Skip, Tony Gresk, John Fargnoli, Wes Kenworthy, Joseph Ferri, Joe Labbs, Skinny, Grab, Nicholas J. Navarra, Lou Ambrosino, Bruno Ferretti, Ferdinando Senese, John Opfer, Bon Bon, Angelo, Patsy Carlo, Tony Ottaviano, Bill Bill, Jack Gleason, Ray Mulcahy, John Vit, Andy Corey, Al Pitner, Da Da Palmer, Nick Salerno, John Mazola, Danny Galasso, Al Martin, Al Daly, Harry Powers, Caesar Campana, Jr., Joey Powell
We Remember When . . .
Your names are on our Clubhouse wall under the word “Deceased”. At every meeting your names are read aloud while we stand in a moment of silence to your memory.
You were a paid up member when you retired from this life.
You may be the fellow who said we couldn’t last.
The one who paid his dues faithfully, whose job would not permit him to attend our meetings.
The chap with all the ideas, who, was too busy to serve on any committee.
The quiet fellow with the pipe, who was always willing to help.
Or the guy who was sure to jump up and say, “I’m against it, it won’t work!” but he put forth every effort to make sure it did work, because it was for the good of the organization.
The member who always promised to do it, but didn’t always get around to it.
You may have been the champ or the preliminary boy. The good member, faithful in attendance and always ready to help. The lax one who would come around once in a while.
Big man in the community, small fish in a big pond but we who remain standing say . . .
May You Rest In Peace
CHARLES HUMES, WALTER WEST, CHARLES COYLE, EARL HIBBS, HENRY McATEER, FRANK RYAN, PHILIP (Nick) RAY, LITTLE (Ray) SMITH, FRED SMITH, ARCHIE McNEW, ED HEPPELEIN, ANDY MARTIN, TOMMY REITZES, WALTER VECANDER, BENNY KRAMER, BOBBIE O’DONALD, HARRY RASMUSSEN
Veteran Boxers Association OF NEW YORK, INC. - RING 8
Clubrooms: 300 West 55th Street - New York
Incorporated 1953
Founder and First President - JACK GREBELSKI
BUSHY GRAHAM, President
FRANKIE JACOBS, 1st Vice President
PHILLY GILLESPIE, 2nd Vice Pres.
IRV SILVERMAN, Secretary
ABE WOLINSKY, Fin. Secretary
BENNY NABERS, Treasurer
JIMMY GRAY, Sergeant-at-Arms
WALTER UNGER, Sergeant-at-Arms
WOodlawn 6-0021
FREE DELIVERY
MY FRIENDS (Ray & Frances)
Formerly of 5th and Mickle Streets
NEW JERSEY’S MOST BEAUTIFUL DRIVE-IN SELF SERVICE
Liquor Supermarket and Bar
500 CASES - ICE COLD BEER
2643 Mt. Ephraim Avenue
Camden, New Jersey
Finest Food Anywhere
Air Conditioned Bar and Dining Room
Package Goods Sold at Regular Retail Store Prices
SEAFOOD : STEAKS : CHOPS : FRIED CHICKEN
Johnny Capone at the Piano - Thursday, Friday and Saturday Nights
FIFTH & MICKLE STREETS
CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY
NOrmandy 5-3008
Jewelry and Novelties - Cards by Hallmark
Joan’s Card & Gift Shoppe
GIFTS OF DISTINCTION
6231 WESTFIELD AVENUE
PENNSAUKEN, NEW JERSEY
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Marchisello Bros., Inc.
PAPER MILL SUPPLIES - U. S. STEEL BALE TIES
317-25 PINE STREET
CAMDEN 3, NEW JERSEY
Office - WOodlawn 4-6385
Home - WOodlawn 4-4049
Chestnut Coal and Fuel Oil Co.
425-27 CHESTNUT STREET
CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY
To My Good Friend “Frankie” - From
Sheriff Martin Segal
LIFETIME MEMBER - RING 6
WOodlawn 3-1300
CHRISTIAN WEBER, Prop. - Member of I[?]
Federal Oil Company of New Jersey
ESSO AGENT
RIVER ROAD AT FEDERAL STREET
CAMDEN, NEW J[ERSEY]
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A CITY OF BARGAIN SHOPPING . . . UNDER ONE HUGE R[OOF]
ON CUTHBERT ROAD - Between Routes 38 and 70
SOUTH MERCHANTVILLE
1/2 Mile from Garden State Race Track
COMPLIMENTS OF
Billy Logan
OF MAPLE SHADE
Member of V. B. A. Ring No. 6
Menu
Fresh Fruit Cup
Minestrone Soup
Radishes, Celery, Olives
Spaghetti
Roast Sirloin of Beef
Pan Baked Potatoes, Green Peas
Farm Fresh Salad, Rolls and Butter
Spumoni, Coffee
Mints, Nuts
Honored Guests and Speakers
INVOCATION
Rev. Father CHARLES KEISER, Pastor of St. Agnes and St. Jude Churches, Blackwood Area
TOASTMASTER
FRANK M. LARIO, Esq., Counsellor - Ring No. 6
Honorable WILLIAM T. CAHILL, Congressman, First District, N. J. - “Man of the Year, 1960”
MARTIN SEGAL, Sheriff of Camden County - “Man of the Year, 1957”
Sgt. RAY SMITH, Ring No. 6 First President - “Man of the Year, 1959”
JOE SWEENEY, President, Ring No. 1 - Philadelphia, Pa.
JOE (Kid) MURPHY, President, Ring No. 6
BUSHY GRAHAM, President, Ring No. 8 - New York City
ODIN DUDRICH, President, Ring No. 9 - Garfield, N. J.
JAMES O’NEIL, Executive Editor - Courier-Post
TOM RYAN, Sports Editor - Courier-Post
PETE LATZO, Former World’s Welterweight Champion
Corporal IZZY SCHWARTZ, Former World’s Flyweight Champion
JOHNNY JADICK, Former Junior Welterweight Champion
BATTLING MACK, Camden’s Leading Featherweight Contender in the 1920s
K. O. JOE O’DONNELL, Gloucester City, N. J.
EDWARD KNIGHT, Garden State Park Official
JOE McCAULEY, Radio Announcer - Station WIP
Best Wishes to Our Good Friend, Frankie Conway
Mike Bolletino and Sons
FORMER BOXER - MIKE DALY
MEMBER - RING NO. 6
WOodlawn 4-7349
Low Cost - Automobile and Truck Painting
Clarkey’s
AUTO BODY and FENDER REPAIRS
814 LANSDOWNE AVENUE
CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY
COMPLIMENTS OF
V. F. W. Post No. 2685
FIFTH & PINE STREETS
CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY
Camden - WOodlawn 4-7787
Philadelphia - MArket 7-3821
Diane Furs
PAT and JERRY
208 SOUTH BROADWAY
CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY
John Burns, Inc.
GLOUCESTER CITY, NEW JERSEY
Wholesalers
SCHLITZ - RHEINGOLD - HEINEKEN BEERS
LA BATTS ALE
Congratulations Frankie . . . On Your Day . . . From
Mike Hayes’ Sport Shop
A COMPLETE LINE OF ATHLETIC EQUIPMENT
Largest Display of Trophies in South Jersey
LIncoln 7-0020 - LIncoln 7-777[?]
256 WHITE HORSE PIKE
AUDUBON 6, NEW JE[RSEY]
NOrmandy 5-1025
Thomas W. Baker, Jr.,
Baker Lanes
52 AIR CONDITIONED ALLEYS - WITH UNDERLANE RETURN
Open Bowling 10 A. M. to 2 A. M. - 7 Days
CUTHBERT ROAD - Between Routes 70 and 38
DELAWARE TOWNSHIP[, CHERRY HILL, N. J.]
Martella’s Motor Freight
NICK MARTELLA - Member, Ring 6
854 CHELTON AVENUE
CAMDEN, NEW JE[RSEY]
WOodlawn 3-4917
SKILLFUL FITTING
RAPP’S - Regular & Orthopedic Shoes
SPECIALIZING IN MEN’S LARGE SIZES - 13, 14 & 15
517 BROADWAY - CAMDEN 3, N. J.
Treasurer - Ring No. 6
LO 1-9604
Mickey Mouse Bar and Grill
JIM and HELEN PENROSE
BLACK HORSE PIKE
FOLSOM, NEW JERSEY
WOodlawn 3-9530
WHERE GOOD FRIENDS MEET
Germino’s Victory Cafe, Inc.
DARTS - SHUFFLEBOARD - YEAR AROUND ACTIVITIES
NORRIS & DECATUR STREETS
CAMDEN 4, NEW JERSEY
EMerson 5-4020
WAlnut 5-7734
William Bryen Co.
WHOLESALE MEATS, POULTRY & PROVISIONS
Serving Restaurants, Hotels and Institutions
1230-36 SOUTH SECOND STREET
CAMDEN 4, NEW JERSEY
FIGHTERS OF YESTERYEAR
Members - Ring No. 6
TOMMY DUNDEE
CAESAR CAMPA[NA] (Young O’Connors)
FRANKIE DELMONT
BEST WISHES
Joseph P. “Joe” De Luca
Frank J. Leonard
FUNERAL HOMES
10 WHITE HORSE PIKE
HADDON HEIGHTS, N. J.
1451 BROADWAY
CAMDEN, N. J.
COMPLIMENTS OF
Leon Lucas and Family
Golden Glove Member and Past President - Ring No. 6
HADDON AVENUE AT LIBERTY STREET
CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY
GOD SPEED “FRANKIE”
Pipecoverers - Phila. Navy Yard
Reds Williams - Joe Garraty - Jack Driver - Bill Donahue - George Watts, Jr. - Ed Coigne - Ed Kaminski - Bruce Levering - Mickey Shannon - Pee Wee Ross
Boilermakers Lodge No. 801
AFL - CIO
2332 BROADWAY - CAMDEN 4, NEW JERSEY
William Powell, President
Toby Caprarola, Vice President
Philip Mueller, Rec. Se[cretary]
Joseph La France, Treasurer
Leon Johnson, Executive Secretary
GOD BLESS YOU “FRANKIE”
Anthony Marino
Sherman’s Cafe, Inc.
601 SOUTH FOURTH STREET
CAMDEN, NEW JE[RSEY]
A GREAT GUY “FRANKIE”
Ang Malandra
Don’s Delicatessen - Luncheonette
204 SOUTH FIFTH STREET
CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY
WOodlawn 4-7512
Residence - NOrmandy 2-8920
Lucy’s Sportswear
SKIRTS - BLOUSES - SEPARATES - ETC.
TOMMY DUNDEE, Member of Ring 6
2624 FEDERAL STREET
CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY
COMPLIMENTS OF
“REDS” - Proprietor
THIRD & ROYDEN STREETS
CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY
MY BEST WISHES TO MY PAL - FRANKIE CONWAY
From
Bob Kerr
NEW YORK CITY
COMPLIMENTS OF
Dottie and Al Chapman
WOodlawn 4-0246
Fountain Supplies - Soft D[rinks]
Jacob Denbo and Son
WHOLESALE CANDY and TOBACCO
701-703 CHESTNUT STREET
CAMDEN 3, NEW JE[RSEY]
Fred Gelber Opens Store
834 NORTH SECOND STREET
CAMDEN, NEW JE[RSEY]
FURNITURE : HOT POINT APPLIANCES
Zenith TV - Radio
Custom Living Room Suites to Order
Clothing - Jewel[ry]
WOodlawn 6-6900
Cash or Credit - Bank Financing Available
NOrmandy 3-8135
Open Tuesday, Thursday, Friday [Nights]
Hair Styling by Mr. Joseph
COMB and CURL
3913 MARLTON PIKE
PENNSAUKEN, NEW JE[RSEY]
BEST WISHES TO FRANKIE CONWAY
Polish-American Citizen Club
WARSAW & LOWELL STREETS
CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY
EMerson 5-1488
Alan’s Automatic Car Wash, Inc.
WALT MAGANN, President
60 NEWTON AVENUE
CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY
EMerson 5-9505
Chris Columbus Bar
IRENE ROBINSON, Prop.
2nd and York Streets
Camden, N. J.
GLenview 6-9891
Weez’s Jumbo Sandwiches
1st Stop on Black Horse Pike off Walt Whitman Bridge
West Collingswood Hts., N. J.
CAnal 7-3936
The Gondola Restaurant
THE FINEST IN ITALIAN FOOD
Served to the Sounds of Strolling Mandolins at Your Table
Black Horse Pike
Blackwood, N. J.
BEST OF LUCK TO A GREAT GUY AND A GOOD SPARRING PARTNER
Pee Wee Ross
WOodlawn 4-7157
EMerson 5-[?]
Ralph Cataudo
Wholesale Boneless Beef Cuts, Beef, Veal, Lamb, Pork and Provisions
1317 and 1318 SOUTH MERRIMAC ROAD
CAMDEN 4, NEW JE[RSEY]
WOodlawn 3-0736
Myron W. Miller Electric Company
CONTRACTING ENGINEERS
407 ARCH STREET
CAMDEN, NEW JE[RSEY]
SERVICE WITH A SMILE
George and Marty’s Jackson Cafe
Broadway & Jackson Street
Camden, N. J.
WOodlawn 3-9569
Steve’s Tavern
CHOICE WINE - LIQUOR & BEE[R]
Hot and Cold Sandwiches
6th & Pine Streets
Camden,
Standard Quality Over 30 Years
Millside Farms
VISIT OUR MODERN DAIRY BAR
U. S. Route 130
Riverside, N. J.
HObart 1-0046
EMerson 5-9632
Camden Liquor Corp.
YOUR FRIENDLY LIQUOR DEALE[R]
306 Broadway
Camden,
COMPLIMENTS OF
Walter H. MacNamara
IT’S ME FRANKIE
YOUR OLD FRIEND
“Young Lawrence”
LAWRENCE G. ALEMI
Syl Malandro’s Tavern
Newton and Trenton Avenues
Camden, New Jersey
COMPLIMENTS OF
A Friend
F. P. C. B.
COMPLIMENTS OF
Bill’s Bar
600 CAFE
6th & Royden Streets
Camden, N. J.
COMPLIMENTS OF
A Friend
COMPLIMENTS OF
Tony’s Grill
6th & Clinton Streets
Camden, N. J.
COMPLIMENTS OF
Garden State Restaurant
224 North Broadway
Camden, N. J.
COMPLIMENTS OF
Ray Savidge
MEMBER OF RING NO. 6
WOodlawn 4-2820
Member, R[ing No. 6]
Danny’s Flower Shoppe
CREATIONS THAT ARE DIFFEREN[T]
717 South 4th Street
Camden,
WOodlawn 3-0600
F. N. Bruno
REALTOR - INSURANCE
Mortgage Service - Rentals
2628 Federal Street
Camden 5, N. J.
EMerson 5-[?]
Prompt Service
Quality Cleaners
SUITS & DRESSES DRY CLEANED
Slip Covers - Blankets - Drapes
1406 Collings Road
Camden, N. J.
WOodlawn 3-9581
Tasty Sandwiches
LEN TON, Inc.
Color TV
Shuffleboard
4th & Arch Streets
Camden, New Jersey
EMerson 5-9495
Free Pick-up & Del[ivery]
Pat Rovere’s Gulf Statio[n]
TUNE-UP
LUBRICATION
Brake Service - Open 24 Hours
Broadway & Mechanic St.
Camden,
WOodlawn 4-3975
M. La Sala & Company
EXCLUSIVE TAILORING
516 Broadway
Camden, New Jersey
WOodlawn 4-1367
Camden Bar & Restaurant Supplies Co., Inc.
FOOD SERVICE EQUIPMENT
N. W. Cor. 4th & Kaighn Ave.
Camden, N. J.
HAzel 8-4555
Oil Burners Installed
Arman Mignogna
Registered
PLUMBING and HEATING
173 Grant Avenue
Erlton, New Jersey
EMerson 5-4555
WOodlawn 3-[?]
Penn Fish Company
WHOLESALE and RETAIL
1223 Broadway
Camden, New J[ersey]
COMPLIMENTS OF
Anthony (Tony) Georgette
GLenview 6-3630
Heim’s Pure Foods
POTATO CHIPS - PICKLES - PRETZELS
422 Hudson Street
Gloucester City, N. J.
EM 5-9802
Tomato Pies - Package Goods
THE BEST IN DRINKS & FINE FOODS
To Greet You - Sam Lennox
12 Hudson Street
Camden, New Jersey
Rear of High Speed Line
NOrmandy 2-4955
Free Parking & Del[ivery]
Mazie’s Liquor Store
LIQUOR - WINE and BEER
4709 Westfield Avenue
Pennsauken, N. J.
EMerson 5-2963
Package Goods
Massi’s Pine Grill Bar
SPECIALIZING IN ITALIAN FOOD
Air Conditioned
5th & Pine Streets
Camden, N. J.
WOodlawn 4-1955
WOodlawn 4-1957
Rocco Fanelle’s Sons
PAPER STOCK - SCRAP IRON - METALS
Andrew R. Fanelle
217 Line Street
Camden, New Jersey
Crystal Cleaners & Dyers, Inc.
WE OPERATE OUR OWN DRY CLEANING PLANT
1012 Broadway
Camden, New Jersey
Grand Bar
JOHN CRANE - MATT POWERS, Pr[ops.]
2nd and Federal Sts.
Camden, New J[ersey]
Gloria Food Market
Specializing in ROAST BEEF IN ONE LB. PACKAGES
Free Gravy
1101 South 4th Street
Camden, New Jersey
EMerson 5-0575
A. Pietrafesa,
Valeriani Bottling Co.
DISTRIBUTORS OF CAMDEN BEE[R]
Member of Ring 6
414 Pine Street
Camden, New J[ersey]
WOodlawn 3-9849
George’s Luncheonette
MEMBER - RING NO. 6
500 Haddon Avenue
Camden, New Jersey
ULysses 4-4470
Thos. Aj[...]
Franklin Cleaners, Inc.
3016 Mt. Ephraim Avenue
West Collingswood, N. J.
COMPLIMENTS OF
John Daly’s Grill
2898 Mt. Ephraim Avenue
West Collingswood, N. J.
WOodlawn 3-5900
Louis Di Fronzo
FLORIST
Flowers For All Occasions
835 South 4th Street
Camden, New [Jersey]
To My Buddy - Frankie Conway
FROM
YOUR PAL
GENE AUSTIN
Recorded “My Blue Heaven”
SOLD 7 MILLION RECORDS
WOodlawn 6-0325
EDDIE CHANEY, Prop. - Member of Ring 6
Chaney’s . . . The Friendly Bar
SANDWICHES : SHRIMP : HARD SHELL CRABS
MT. EPHRAIM AVE. & MECHANIC STREET
CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY
OUR BEST WISHES TO FRANKIE CONWAY - FROM
O’Donnell’s Family Restaurant
K. O. JOE O’DONNELL
GLenview 6-9814
401 NORTH BROADWAY
GLOUCESTER CITY, NEW JERSEY
Joey Powell
“Youth Must Be Served - We Are Hap[py]
To Assist” - V. B. A. Ring 6 Member[s]
COMPLIMENTS OF
Morgan Village Little League
HOME FIELD - 9th & MORGAN ST[REETS]
Behind No. 10 Fire House
COMPLIMENTS OF
1701 Ferry Avenue
Camden, New Jersey
To You Frankie - My Best Wis[hes]
YOUR FRIEND
Congressman Bill Cahill
RING NO. 6 - MAN OF THE YEAR,
WOodlawn 4-7150
Garden State Liquor Store
LIQUORS - WINES & BEER
234 North Broadway
Camden, N. J.
AUTOGRAPHS
Printed by Diamanti Commercial Printing - 6924 Westfield Ave., Pennsauken, N. J. - NO 3-6939
Best Wishes to Frankie Conway and Ring No. 6
FROM
Schillig’s BLACK HORSE FARMS
VISIT
THE ALPINE ROOM
SEATS 500 PERSONS
Black Horse Pike
Mt. Ephraim, New Jersey
Everyone’s calling for - the Beer with the MILLION DOLLAR COLLAR
its Fabulous Foam means Flavor!
6-PACKS | QUARTS
CASES | DRAUGHT