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Farragut Avenue

Cramer Hill

Farragut Avenue

FARRAGUT AVENUE in Cramer Hill runs north from North 29th Street along the Delaware River to North 36th Street. The avenue was named after Civil War hero Admiral David G. Farragut, who won great victories for the Union at Mobile Bay and New Orleans.

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Intersection of North 24th Street & Farragut Avenue

2900 Block of Farragut Avenue

Intersection of North 25th Street & Farragut Avenue

Intersection of North 26th Street & Farragut Avenue

Intersection of North 29th Street & Farragut Avenue

2900 Block of Farragut Avenue

Intersection of North 30th Street & Farragut Avenue

Intersection of North 31st Street & Farragut Avenue

Intersection of North 32nd Street & Farragut Avenue

3200 Block of Farragut Avenue

Residents Protest Spilling of Sewage Water in Street

Camden Courier-Post

SAMPLE OF SEWAGE WATER being scooped from the gutter along the 3200 block Farragut Avenue by Mrs. Marjorie Albertson

East Camden residents in the 3200 block on Farragut Avenue protested to city health authorities today the spilling of several thousand gallons of sewage water into the street.

The water was pumped from the grit chamber of the eastside disposal plant, opposite the homes, and caused pools four feet deep, residents claimed.

Frank Gondolf, city superintendant of sewers, blamed it on the oversight of an employee who failed to shut down a pump being tested.

He explained they planned to empty the grit chamber into the by-pass leading into the Delaware River. He said he ordered the pump tested while he went for a fitting to complete the connection. During the interim, the pump was draining the waste water onto a plant driveway 10 minutes, he said. It spilled into the street from the driveway.

Complaints were voiced Mrs. Margaret Scharr, mother of nine children, of 3226 Farragut Avenue, who said it was impossible to keep neighborhood children from playing around the puddles, and by Fred Cassidy, 3230 Farragut Avenue, who stated:

“It smells terrible. The City tells us to cut the grass around our homes and keep our properties clean and then they spill this filthy water on our street.”

Gondolf said the puddles will be cleared and lime spread over the street, which is unpaved.

SAMPLE OF SEWAGE WATER is being scooped from the gutter along the 3200 block Farragut Avenue by Mrs. Marjorie Albertson, 3230 Farragut Avenue. Residents said the ‘waste’ was spilled into the street by employees of the city disposal plant, which fronts their homes. Mrs. Albertson said the will be sent to health authorities.

3230 Farragut Avenue — Wallis Cassidy Family

By Tiffany Carroll

3230 Farragut Avenue — William Fritschie, grandson of Wallis Cassidy 3230 Farragut Avenue — Wallis Cassidy Family, January 9, 1998 3230 Farragut Avenue — Wallis Cassidy Family, January 9, 1998 3230 Farragut Avenue — Margaret Fritschie & Tiffany Carroll, December 1991 3230 Farragut Avenue — Wallis Cassidy Family, January 9, 1998 3230 Farragut Avenue — Wallis Cassidy Family, January 9, 1998 3230 Farragut Avenue — Wallis Cassidy Family, January 9, 1998 3230 Farragut Avenue — Wallis Cassidy Family, January 9, 1998 3230 Farragut Avenue — Wallis Cassidy Family, January 9, 1998 3230 Farragut Avenue — Wallis Cassidy Family, January 9, 1998

3230 Farragut Avenue — Wallis Cassidy & Family, 1947–January 9, 1998; grandson William Fritschie

These are pictures from my Grandmother, Margaret Fritschie’s house 3230 Farragut Avenue, on the corner of Bergen and Farragut Avenues. They lived in Ablett Village until my mom was in her early 20’s. Then moved in with my maternal Grandfather, Frederick Cassidy. A little bit about the house: The story of this house is that my Grandfather’s mother put a hex on the house because she did not approve of him dating my grandmother. The house had all types of problems and was believed to be haunted. In the early 90’s, it caught fire while no one was home and burnt to the ground. My grandmother believed it was the hex. My mother believed it was the wrong doing of my uncle Bill’s drug dealers that he never paid. Neither were ever proved. The house is still an empty lot to this day.

— Tiffany Carroll, September 2010

Intersection of Bergen Avenue & Farragut Avenue

3200 Block of Farragut Avenue

Intersection of North 33rd Street & Farragut Avenue

3300 Block of Farragut Avenue

3312–3314 Farragut Avenue

Philadelphia Inquirer

3312-3314 Farragut Avenue — Real estate ad, Philadelphia Inquirer, 1922

CRAMER HILL, N. J.—3312-3314 Farragut ave., twin houses, facing beach; 8 rooms, water and gas; $1900. Cramer Hill car. Market st. ferry, Camden. WILLIAM SCHMID, cor. 26th and River ave., Camden.

Adolph J. Dimter Sr.

Camden Courier-Post

Adolph J. Dimter Sr. obituary — Camden Courier-Post, October 4, 1957

ADOLPH J. DIMTER SR.

Adolph J. Dimter Sr., 84, died Thursday at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Anna Collet, Pinehurst ave., Atco, with whom he lived the past four years. He previously lived in Cramer Hill for more than 20 years. He was a retired stationary engineer.

Also surviving are two sons, Adolph J. Jr., of Woodlynne, and Edward, of Hollywood, Fla.; another daughter, Mrs. Caroline Brittin, of Delair; fifteen grandchildren and twenty-one great-grandchildren.

Solemn high requiem Mass will be celebrated Monday at 9 a. m. in the Church of the Assumption, Atco. Friends and relatives will meet at 8 a. m. in the Leroy P. Wooster Funeral Home, White Horse pk., Atco, where friends may call Sunday after 7 p. m.

3339 Farragut Avenue

1930: George W. Rush & Family — Helen M. Rush, William Rush

Intersection of North 34th Street & Farragut Avenue

3400 Block of Farragut Avenue

Intersection of North 35th Street & Farragut Avenue

3500 Block of Farragut Avenue

3516 Farragut Avenue

3516 Farragut Avenue — Adam Kelhower Family, 1890s–2005

3516 Farragut Avenue — Adam Kelhower Family, 1890s–2005

‘June Bride’ Season Opens as 5 Couples Seek Licenses Here

Camden Courier-Post

Dan Cupid scored five “hits” in Camden yesterday as the month of June brides and roses began, Lewis A. Lee, chief clerk in the city health bureau, received applications from:

Robert Alberts, 31, of Billingsport avenue, Paulsboro, and Helen Graczyk, 23, of 1581 South Tenth street;

Warren A. Spruill, 22, of 3522 Farragut Avenue, and Alice V. Slemmer, 20, of 1189 North Thirty-sixth street;

Otto Buschmann, 46, and Bertha Schafer, 26, both of 814 Locust Street, Germantown, Pa. John Anderson, 40, and Jessie Evans, 44, both of 322 Division Street;

Samuel G. Clark, 28, of 906 Grant avenue, West Collingswood, and Virginia R. Watson, 22, of 3129 Atlanta road.

SPRUILL-KING

Camden Courier-Post

Announcement has been made of the marriage of Miss Bertha King of 2872 Buren Avenue, and Henry Clifton Spruill, 3532 Farragut Avenue, which took place on June 3 in the parsonage of the Broadway M. E. Church, Pitman, with the pastor, Rev. H. J. Belting, officiating. Miss Sarah Britt and Lucas Britt of this city, were the attendants.

3532 Farragut Avenue: Andrew McBurney — son of Anthony McBurney & Family, 1910s–1929

Intersection of North 36th Street & Farragut Avenue

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