Marlton Avenue
MARLTON AVENUE begins at Federal Street, and is for all practical intents and purposes an extension of State Street, which runs east from the Delaware River, across the Cooper River and the Pavonia railroad yards to Federal Street. Marlton Avenue continues eastwards to the city limits at Highland Avenue. Marlton Avenue is one of the five major streets in East Camden, the others being Westfield Avenue, Twenty-Seventh Street, Baird Boulevard, and of course Federal Street.
The intersection of Marlton Avenue and Federal Street has over the decades been quite prominent. Various businesses have located there, including a saloon, a car dealership, a 7-11 convenience store, a fast-food restaurant, and a laundromat. In 2009 a new elementary school, the Thomas H. Dudley School, was erected on the southeast corner. This school replaces the school which bore the same name and which was located on North 23rd Street between High Street and Federal Street.
Intersection of Marlton Avenue & Federal Street
Intersection of Marlton Avenue and Federal Street, July 2004. The twin frame and houses to the right were razed around 2006 to make room for the new Thomas Dudley Elementary School, which opened in September 2009.
Marlton Avenue Between Federal Street & Baird Boulevard
Map published in 1946
Map of Marlton Avenue between Federal Street and Baird Boulevard, published in 1946.
Unit Block of Marlton Avenue
All odd-numbered buildings on the south side of the street up to 33 Marlton Avenue that were still standing in 2000 were razed to clear land for the new Thomas Dudley Elementary School, which opened in 2008.
Unit Block of Marlton Avenue
City directory records, 1899–2009.
5 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1929 | No Listing |
| 1947 | No Listing |
| 1969 | Save-Sum Service Station |
8 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1906 | William T. Comerford & Family |
| 1906 | William & Ida Comerford |
| 1906 | Theodore Comerford |
| 1906 | Charles Comerford |
| 1906 | Howard Comerford |
| 1906 | Blanche Comerford |
| 1906 | Paul Comerford |
| 1906 | Pauline Comerford |
| 1906 | George Comerford |
| 1906 | William T. Comerford Jr. |
11–13 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1924 | Thomas Parry & Sons — metal goods |
| 1924 | Thomas Parry & Sons |
| 1929 | No Listing |
| 1941 | Barry's Clothes, Inc. |
| 1947 | W&W Plating (rear of building) |
| 1947 | W&W Plating |
| 1955 | Marlton Army & Navy Store Co. — canvas goods |
| 1955 | Marlton Army & Navy Store Co |
| 1969 | Tire Sales & Service |
| 1970s–1980s | Kentucky Fried Chicken |
| 1990s | Laundromat |
| 2008 | Razed for Thomas Dudley Elementary School |
15 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1924 | Emil Kartscher |
| 1929 | Vacant |
| 1936 | Edward Laird |
| 1947 | Michael Mazzilli |
| 1969 | B.J. Dudley |
17 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1924 | George Colling |
| 1929 | William Toole |
| 1947 | Howard Palmer |
| 1969 | B.J. Dudley |
19 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1924–1929 | Hugh Woods |
| 1947 | Charles H. Haubois |
| 1969 | B.J. Dudley |
20 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1924 | Charles F. Marsheall |
| 1929 | Mrs. Elizabeth Frenoy |
| 1947 | No Return |
| 1969 | No Listing |
21 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1924 | James Clement |
| 1929 | Charles Hellings |
| 1947 | Henriette Woessner |
| 1969 | T.E. Tabb |
22 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1924–1929 | John DiLorenzo |
| 1929 | Louis Schlam & Walter Smith |
| 1947 | No Return |
| 1969 | No Listing |
23 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1924–1929 | Leonard Clement |
| 1947 | Vacant |
| 1969 | Mrs. E. Martin |
24 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1924 | John C. Zane |
| 1929 | Michael J. Rowley |
| 1947 | Howard Pyne |
| 1969 | No Listing |
25 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1924 | Arthur Miller |
| 1927–1929 | Edward Menzies & Family |
| 1947 | Mrs. Florence K. Eichenberg |
| 1969 | A.E. Weeks Sr. |
26 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1918 | William Banford & Family |
| 1918 | William & Verna Banford |
| 1918 | Raymond E. Banford |
| 1924 | Vincenzo Paletto |
| 1929 | Vacant |
| 1930s–1940s | William K. King — movers |
27 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1924 | Anna Reeves |
| 1929 | Harry W. Price |
| 1933 | Walter Connell |
| 1947 | Harry A. Fink |
28 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1924 | Silas A. Braley |
| 1929 | Charles Goll |
| 1947 | No Listing |
| 1969 | No Listing |
28–30 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1924 | Charles H. Lee — printer |
| 1924 | Charles H. Lee |
29 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1890s–1920s | Charles W. Scott & Family — Charles W. & Elizabeth Scott; Jennie Scott; Edward Y. Scott |
| 1890s–1920s | Edward Y. Scott |
| 1924 | Mrs. Mary Singer |
| 1929 | Mrs. Marie Smith |
| 1947 | Elmer Genarie |
| 1969 | S.S. Cecala |
| 1927 | Edward Menzies & Family |
| 1927 | Edward & Laura Menzies |
30 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1924 | Edward J. Reese |
| 1929 | Edward C. Glaze |
| 1947 | No Listing |
| 1969 | Bill & Ed's Atlantic Service Station |
31 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1924–1969 | Elwood F. Potts — paperhanger |
| 1924–1969 | Elwood F. Potts |
32 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1924–1947 | No Listing |
| 1924 | No Listing |
| 1929 | No Listing |
| 1947 | No Listing |
| 1969 | James J. Martin & Sons — plasterers |
| 1969 | James J. Martin & Sons |
33 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1913 | Arthur Genther & Family |
| 1913 | Arthur & Lulu Genther |
| 1924–1929 | John V. Bates |
| 1947 | Mrs. Mary D. Kane |
| 1969 | No Listing |
35 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1924 | Reuben Schmerling — grocery |
| 1924 | Reuben Schmerling |
| 1929 | Joseph Kohn — grocery |
| 1929 | Joseph Kohn |
| 1947 | Charlies Candy Store; Girard Luzzio; Edward D. Menzies |
| 1947 | Charlies Candy Store |
| 1947 | Girard Luzzio |
| 1947 | Edward D. Menzies |
| 1969 | F. Callahan |
| 2007–2009 | Estevez Grocery |
37 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1924 | No Listing |
| 1929 | Samuel Schmerling |
| 1947–1969 | Samuel Camardo |
39 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1910 | John Palmer & Family |
| 1910 | John & Ida Palmer |
| 1910 | Allen Palmer |
| 1924–1929 | George E. Ashworth |
| 1947 | James Callis |
| 1969 | No Listing |
41 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1924 | Charles E. Bakley |
| 1929 | Vacant |
| 1947 | Dominick Galante |
| 1969 | No Listing |
43 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1824 | Jacob Hanley — Justice of the Peace |
| 1824 | Jacob Hanley |
| 1924–1929 | Charles E. Bowell |
| 1947 | Lester C. Marks |
| 1969 | No Listing |
45 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1924 | Joseph Breghella |
| 1929 | Thomas Dercola |
| 1947 | Domenico Dercola |
| 1969 | No Listing |
47 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1899 | George W. Hollins |
| 1924 | Mrs. Mary J. Benson |
| 1929 | Mrs. Sarah J. Benson |
| 1940s–1947 | Algie C. Tull & Family — Algie C. & Eleanor M. Tull; Anne Tull; Richard M. Tull |
| 1969 | No Listing |
49 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1910s–1930s | John J. McGowan & Family (grocery) |
| 1910s–1930s | John J. & Mary J. McGowan |
| 1910s–1930s | Edward M. McGowan |
| 1910s–1930s | Joseph McGowan |
| 1947 | Tomaselli Tailors; Victor Tomaselli |
| 1947 | Tomaselli Tailors |
| 1947 | Victor Tomaselli |
| 1969 | No Listing |
51 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1924 | Edward Brown |
| 1929 | Bertram Zimmerman |
| 1969 | No Listing |
53 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1924 | Frank J. Fleming |
| 1929 | George F. Zimmerman |
| 1969 | W. Ebler Jr |
55 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1924–1929 | Joseph H. Faulhaber |
| 1969 | No Listing |
56 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1924 | James Barnett Compnay |
| 1929 | vacant |
| 1969 | No Listing |
57 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1900 | George W. Hollins |
| 1924 | George W. Yates |
58 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1924 | Norwood Kraft |
| 1929 | vacant |
| 1969 | No Listing |
59 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1924 | Charles Holloway |
| 1929 | Allen J. Alexander |
| 1947 | No Listing |
| 1969 | No Listing |
60 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1924 | vacant |
| 1929 | vacant |
| 1969 | No Listing |
61 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1924 | Peter F. Winter |
| 1929 | Edward Melvin |
| 1969 | No Listing |
62 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1924 | William F. Ackley |
| 1929 | George S. Nixon |
| 1969 | No Listing |
63 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1924 | Walter T. Gillis |
| 1929 | John C. Zane |
| 1969 | No Listing |
65 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1924 | Samuel Bossert |
| 1929 | Jerome S. Sheets |
| 1969 | No Listing |
67 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1924–1947 | Alex Aminoff |
| 1969 | Thomas B. Cannan |
68 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1924–1947 | Alex Aminoff |
| 1969 | Thomas B. Cannan |
70 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1920–1931 | Robert C. Ingham & Family (auto electrician) |
| 1920–1931 | Robert C. & Laura Ingham |
| 1920–1931 | Evelyn Ingham |
| 1920–1931 | Laura Ingham |
| 1947 | William R. Coward |
| 1947 | Arthur Partenheimer |
| 1940 | George H. Warner Sr. & Family |
| 1940 | George & Margaret Warner |
| 1940 | George Warner Jr. |
| 1940 | Margaret Warner |
| 1940 | Lillian Warner |
72 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1924 | Henry Lemon |
| 1929 | Charles Watson |
| 1947 | Lars Forland |
| 1969 | J. Cecala |
76 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1924–1929 | Mrs. Hannah W. Dickinson |
| 1947 | Nick Cecala |
80 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1924 | Leo Connor P |
| 1929 | Russell Moore |
| 1947 | Edward Chambers |
| 1969 | No Listing |
82 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1924 | Jerry H. Nops |
| 1929 | James Shreves |
| 1947 | Mrs. Anna Melleby |
| 1969 | B.E. Melleby |
84 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1924 | Leo F. CArr |
| 1929 | Mrs. Anna Freeland |
| 1947 | S. Walter Mingle |
| 1969 | No Listing |
Help Wanted — 13 Marlton Avenue
Camden Courier-Post —
Employment
10 Help Wanted—Female
EXAMINER — Experienced on dresses. Apply 13 Marlton Ave. Camden.
Barry's Clothes, Inc. — 11–13 Marlton Avenue
Camden Courier-Post —
OPEN EVENINGS
BARRY’S CLOTHES Inc.
11 MARLTON PIKE at 21st & FEDERAL STS.
(Opp. Penn-Jersey Auto Stores)
You Can’t Wear Overhead—Why Pay for It!
Balance of Our ALL WOOL Tropical Worsted SUITS Re-priced Down to $11.50
Dozens of the most popular styles and patterns of the season are to be found in this fine stock.
“Get the Barry Habit . . . and Save”
Unlimited Parking Facilities
OPEN EVENINGS
BARRY’S CLOTHES
11 MARLTON PIKE AT 21st & FEDERAL STS.
Opposite Penn-Jersey Auto Stores
”You Can’t Wear Overhead, Why Pay For It!”
DOLLAR DAY
Regular $1.95 WASH SLACKS ........... Spec. $1.00
Regular 69c WORK SHIRTS ........... 2 for $1.00
Regular $1.65 DRESS SHIRTS ......... Spec. $1.00
Regular 35c HOSE ................. 7 pairs $1.00
Regular 55c TIES .................. 3 for $1.00
Regular 24c SHIRTS & SHORTS ....... 5 pairs $1.00
GET THE BARRY HABIT . . . AND SAVE!
UNLIMITED PARKING
OPEN EVENINGS
BARRY'S CLOTHES Inc. / 11 MARLTON PIKE at 21st & FEDERAL STS. (Opp. Penn-Jersey Auto Stores) / You Can’t Wear Overhead—Why Pay for It!
Balance of Our ALL WOOL Tropical Worsted SUITS Re-priced Down to $11.50 — Dozens of the most popular styles and patterns of the season are to be found in this fine stock. “Get the Barry Habit… and Save” / Unlimited Parking Facilities — Camden Courier-Post, July 26, 1941
DOLLAR DAY — WASH SLACKS Spec. $1.00 · WORK SHIRTS 2 for $1.00 · DRESS SHIRTS Spec. $1.00 · HOSE 7 pairs $1.00 · TIES 3 for $1.00 · SHIRTS & SHORTS 5 pairs $1.00 / GET THE BARRY HABIT… AND SAVE! — Camden Courier-Post, July 30, 1941
Photos — Unit Block of Marlton Avenue
Unit block of Marlton Avenue, 2004–2007. The corner building at 35 Marlton housed Estevez Grocery in its final years before demolition.
3 Hurt in Collision on Wilson Boulevard — 27 Marlton Avenue
Camden Courier-Post —
Three persons were injured in an automobile crash at Admiral Wilson and Baird Boulevards yesterday when a machine driven by a Camden man was in collision with an automobile driven by a Bridgeton man.
The most seriously injured was John Kaus, Jr., 19, of 1738 Tioga Street. He suffered a severed tendon of the right hand. Walter Connell, of 27 Marlton Avenue, driver of one machine, was cut about the head.
Anthony Batani, of Bridgeton, driver of the other car, was cut about the hands. J. R. Boston, of 718 Pearl Street, took all the injured to West Jersey Homeopathic Hospital.
King Moving & Storage — 26 Marlton Avenue
Camden Courier-Post —
King — Classified Advertisement
KING—Apts. $2 up; homes, $5 up. 2-ton truck & driver, $1 hour. Shore points, $10 up. New York, $18. Camden 3324-R
Couple Held on Serious Charge — 33 Marlton Avenue
Philadelphia Inquirer —
Taken into custody while alone in the grand stand of the Ottowa [sic] baseball team at Parkside late on Wednesday night by Detective Frank H. Miller, Mrs. Lulu Genther, of 33 Marlton avenue, and Alfred Ivins, of 537 Birch street, were yesterday committed by Justice Wright, of Camden, in default of $500 bail each on a charge preferred by the woman’s husband, Arthur Genther. The specific date named in the complaint is August 6, at which time Detective Miller avers he was only a few yards from the couple while they were sojourning in a secluded spot at Knight Park, Collingswood. The Genthers have two children, a boy of 6 and a girl of 5. Genther said last night that he would begin immediate proceedings for divorce.
Raymond E. Banford — 26 Marlton Avenue
Raymond E. Banford, son of William and Verna Banford of 26 Marlton Avenue.
Seaman First Class Richard M. Tull — 47 Marlton Avenue
Seaman First Class Richard M. Tull, son of Algie C. and Eleanor M. Tull of 47 Marlton Avenue.
22 Marlton Avenue — Louis Schlam & Walter Smith
Camden Courier-Post —
22 Marlton Avenue, 1929 — John DiLorenzo residence. Louis Schlam and Walter Smith are noted in connection with this address. Camden Courier-Post, September 17, 1929.
Cigar Dealer Fined $300. George Palmer, proprietor of a cigar store at 2318 Federal street, raided by District Detectives Louis Schlam and Walter Smith early Sunday morning, was fined $300. Detective Walter Smith testified six patrons were arrested and a small quantity of beer was found. The sleuth asserted that John DiLorenzo, 36, of 22 Mariton pike, whose home also was raided Sunday, “dumped” some liquor. [The next item begins below the crop edge.]
Intersection of Marlton Avenue & Berwick Street
Looking northwest from Berwick Street toward 35–67 Marlton Avenue, April 14, 2004.
100 Block of Marlton Avenue
100 Block of Marlton Avenue
City directory records, 1890s–2011.
101 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1900 | Marcus W. Elder & Family — Marcus W. & Frances Elder; Ralph B. Elder |
| 1900 | Marcus W. Elder & Family |
| 1924–1929 | Joseph Sheets |
| 1947 | William R. Keys |
| 1969 | No Listing |
101–103 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 2008 | Demolished — Governor Corzine/DCA initiative |
103 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1924 | Charles Winner |
| 1929 | William Zane |
| 1947 | Frank P. Dowell |
| 1969 | Ralph L. Himes |
105 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1914 | Bernard J. 'Barney' Tracy & Family |
| 1914 | Barney & Freda Tracey |
| 1914 | Thomas Tracy |
| 1914 | Harry Tracy |
| 1914 | Robert Tracy |
| 1924 | Robert Crew |
| 1929 | Weldon Stroud |
| 1947 | Mrs. Naomi Mentz |
| 1969 | E. Santiago |
107 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1890s–1910s | John W. Yates Sr. & Family |
| 1890s–1910s | John W. & Louisa Yates |
| 1890s–1910s | John W. Yates Jr. |
| 1924 | Charles Wesley |
| 1929 | Frederick Johnson |
| 1947 | Joseph C. McCool |
| 1969 | R.A. Deitrick Jr. |
111 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1929–1947 | Gick & Bingemann Inc. — Camden-Marlton-Medford Bus Co. |
| 1929 | Camden-Marlton-Medford Bus Co |
| 1950s–2011 | Camden Glass Inc. |
114 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1912–1916 | Westminster Hotel — Charles E.A. 'Pop' Mathews |
| 1924 | Marlton Hotel |
| 1929–1947 | No Listing |
| 1929 | No Listing |
| 1947 | No Listing |
| 1955–1969 | Penn Jersey Coal & Fuel Co. |
131 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ | Source ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1929 | No Listing | |
| 1947 | No Listing | |
| 1955–1969 | Penn Jersey Coal & Fuel Co. | 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone |
| 1969 | Eddie's Car Wash |
145 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1929 | No Listing |
| 1947 | Elpar Co. — electricians |
| 1947 | Elpar Co |
| 1969 | Camden Permaform Co.; Bernie's Tire Service |
| 1969 | Camden Permaform Co |
150 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1929 | No Listing |
| 1947 | No Listing |
| 1969 | Crest Bumper Company, Inc.; L&S Car Cleaning Service |
| 1969 | Crest Bumper Company, Inc |
| 1969 | L&S Car Cleaning Service |
155 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ | Source ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1929 | No Listing | |
| 1947 | No Listing | |
| 1950s–1969 | Crown Cleaners & Dyers Inc.; New Jersey Cleaners & Dyers; Custom Cleaners Inc. | 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone |
| 1969 | N J Cleaners & Dyers | |
| 1969 | Custom Cleaners Inc | |
| 2009 | Respond Inc. — Bank Street Child Development Center | |
| 2009 | Respond Inc |
175 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1929 | No Listing |
| 1947 | No Listing |
| 1950s–1969 | Carvel Ice Cream |
| 1950s–2009 | Soft Ice Cream stand |
| 1977 | Dee's Ice Cream |
195 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1980s–2009 | J & R Phillips Auto Repair Corporation |
Boy Hurt — 15 Marlton Avenue
Camden Courier-Post —
Boy Hurt
Edward Laird, 14, of 15 Marlton pike, Camden, escaped with brush burns on his forehead when his bicycle was in collision Saturday night with an automobile driven by William F. Neuber, 24, of 411 Penn street, on the Admiral Wilson boulevard near Central airport.
Neuber took the boy to Cooper hospital, where he was treated and sent home, and then reported to Pennsauken police. He was not held.
Mrs. Sarah Maloney, 44, of 1468 Kenwood avenue, and her daughter, Marie, 4, received cuts and bruises when an automobile driven by John Maloney, husband and father of the victims, was in collision with a car driven by Lawrence Shover, 29, of Cherry street, Medford, at Marlton yesterday. Shover was fined $3 by Justice of the Peace John A. Dickinson, of Marlton, on a charge of careless driving. — Camden Courier-Post, April 13, 1936.
Demolition of 101–103 Marlton Avenue
State of New Jersey, Department of Community Affairs —
GOVERNOR CORZINE, DCA AND ATTORNEY GENERAL INITIATE DEMOLITION OF ABANDONED STRUCTURES IN CAMDEN
TRENTON, N.J. – Governor Jon S. Corzine, Department of Community Affairs Commissioner Joseph Doria, Attorney General Anne Milgram and Camden officials today participated in a ceremony that saw the demolition of an abandoned housing complex at 101–103 Marlton Avenue in Camden. The building is one of several to be targeted for demolition throughout the City.
“Demolishing these buildings is essential to the revitalization of Camden,” said Governor Jon S. Corzine. “Today, we are continuing our efforts to bring about meaningful change by taking a significant step to curtail violence and unlawful activity. While this project is about tearing down, New Jersey remains steadfast in building up Camden.”
Approximately 80 buildings are set to be demolished throughout Camden as a result of this initiative. The buildings were identified by the New Jersey State Police and City of Camden Police as sites of criminal activity. The demolition initiative was divided into two phases: Phase 1 involves the demolition of nine City-owned buildings, including 101–103 Marlton Avenue. Marlton Avenue was the first to be demolished and the additional buildings will be brought down within the next few weeks. Phase II involves the demolition of approximately 70 structures and will be carried out over the next several months.
“Today is representative of Governor Corzine’s continued commitment to revitalize Camden and create a better quality of life for its residents,” said DCA Commissioner Joseph Doria. “The demolition of these buildings presents a unique opportunity to start anew and create great opportunities for the City.”
“Demolishing these houses is part of a bigger project to take back the streets of Camden from the gangs who traffic in gangs and drugs,’’ said Attorney General Anne Milgram. “Abandoned homes serve as magnets for illegal activity. The goal of making Camden’s streets safe demands that we use all available enforcement powers, whether they are law enforcement or code enforcement. These demolitions show the potential when we use all available tools to improve the safety and security of our streets.”
The other 7 locations to be demolished in Phase 1 are 50 North 24th Street, 142 North 24th Street, 21 North 25th Street, 23 North 25th Street, 1046 Princess Avenue, 1414 Sheridan Street and 2411 South 8th Street. W. Hargrove Demolition Company, located in Camden, will be doing the demolitions and funding is provided through the DCA. — State of New Jersey, Department of Community Affairs, June 27, 2008.
Photos — 100 Block of Marlton Avenue
Left: 105–107 Marlton Avenue, May 2008. Right: John W. Yates Jr., whose family lived at 107 Marlton Avenue in the 1890s–1910s.
68–70 Marlton Avenue: Coward Plumbing & Heating Company, 1955. 70 Marlton Avenue, Robert C. Ingham & Family, Camden Post-Telegram, September 17, 1923.
WM. R. COWARD — PLUMBING - HEATING — Gas & Oil Heating — Fixtures — WOodlawn 4-6758 — 68-70 MARLTON AV. CAMDEN, N. J.
LODGE HOLDS PEACH FESTIVAL. The peach festival given by the piano club of the Lady Wyckoff Lodge, No. 34, on Saturday evening at 70 Marlton avenue, proved very successful. Quite a sum was realized from the affair.
Gick & Bingemann, Inc. — 111 Marlton Avenue
Tall Cedars of Lebanon, Camden Forest No. 5 —
Let Us Solve Your Transportation — Buses Chartered for All Occasions — We take you and bring you back safely — GICK & BINGEMANN, Inc. — Bell Phone, 1889 — 111 MARLTON AVE. — Tall Cedars of Lebanon, Camden Forest No. 5, 6th Annual Show Program, “The More The Merrier!” April 23–25, 1931.
Penn Jersey Fuel Co. — 114 & 131 Marlton Avenue
Camden Courier-Post —
AL of East Camden Coal Co. is SELLING FUEL OIL — DISCOUNT for CASH — We specialize in BRYANT heating, no loss of heat. — Conversions complete $299 — PENN JERSEY FUEL CO. — 24th & Marlton Pike, Camden — WO 4-0716 — Camden Courier-Post, October 27, 1955.
Penn Jersey Coal & Fuel Co., 131 Marlton Avenue — 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages.
Camden Fire Department Engine Company 9 — 155 Marlton Avenue
May 1960 photograph of Camden Fire Department Engine Company 9 taken on Marlton Avenue facing southwest. Crown Cleaners at 155 Marlton Avenue and Bernie's Tire Service, 145 Marlton Avenue, are visible behind the apparatus.
Camden Fire Department Engine Company 3 — 175 Marlton Avenue
May 1960 photograph of Camden Fire Department Engine Company 3 turning south onto Westminster Street from 100 block of Marlton Avenue. The Carvel Ice Cream stand is visible behind the apparatus; this was a Carvel franchise for many years. Also: 175 Marlton Avenue as Dee’s Ice Cream, spring 1977; J & R Phillips Auto Repair Corporation at 195 Marlton Avenue, 1991.
Intersection of Marlton Avenue, 24th Street & Bank Street
Intersection of Marlton Avenue and Bank Street, looking east from Federal Street, March 11, 1960; and looking northwest from Baird Boulevard, April 14, 2004.
Intersection of Marlton Avenue & Baird Boulevard
Intersection of Marlton Avenue and Baird Boulevard: looking northwest in 1930, 1931, and 2004; northeast corner, August 20, 2011.
200 Block of Marlton Avenue
200 Block of Marlton Avenue
City directory records, 1924–1980s.
202 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ | Source ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1955–1969 | H.S.A. Fabricators Inc. | 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone |
210 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1929 | No Listing |
| 1947 | No Listing |
| 1969 | J & M Bar & Liquors Inc. |
| 1969 | J & M Liquors Inc |
215 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1929 | No Listing |
| 1947 | No Listing |
| 1969 | AI's Flying A Service Station |
217 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1929 | No Listing |
| 1947 | No Listing |
| 1969 | Cleanerette Self Serv Laundry |
| 1969 | Kleanerette Self Serv Laundry |
220 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1929 | No Listing |
| 1947 | Harry Solnek — gas station |
| 1947 | Harry Solnek |
245 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1929 | No Listing |
| c.1940–1947 | Albert F. Bealor — gas station |
| 1947 | Albert F. Bealor |
261 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1929 | No Listing |
| 1947 | No Listing |
| 1969 | Cumberland Farms; Heckman & Fontano |
| 1969 | Cumberland Farms |
| 1969 | Heckman & Fontano |
263 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1929 | No Listing |
| 1947 | No Listing |
| 1969 | Hairpin Beauty Salon |
265 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1959–1962 | Raymond J. Burgess |
265A Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1929 | No Listing |
| 1947 | No Listing |
| 1969 | J. Bloom |
266 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1929 | No Listing |
| 1947 | No Listing |
| 1969 | Jane's Beauty Shop — Jane Moree |
| 1969 | Jane's Beauty Shop |
| 1969 | Jane Moree |
267 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1929 | No Listing |
| 1947 | No Listing |
| 1969 | S.F. Allaire; Mrs. Mamie Siegel |
| 1969 | S.F. Allaire |
| 1969 | Mrs. Mamie Siegel |
268 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1929 | No Listing |
| 1947 | No Listing |
| 1969 | Lucille Lester |
269 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1929 | No Listing |
| 1947 | No Listing |
| 1969 | Ruben Cohen; Mrs. Clara Rothman |
271 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1929 | No Listing |
| 1947 | Benjamin Jacobsen |
| 1969 | Mrs. Anna J. Gomberg |
273 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1969 | G.J. D'Alessandro |
275 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1929 | No Listing |
| 1947 | No Listing |
| 1969 | Ludwig Pacuk |
275B Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1929 | No Listing |
| 1947 | No Listing |
| 1969 | H.L. Comerford |
278 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ | Source ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1955–1969 | Famous Delicatessen | 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone |
280 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1929 | No Listing |
| 1947 | No Listing |
| 1969 | Morris Ostroff — kosher meats |
| 1969 | Morris Ostroff |
282 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1929 | No Listing |
| 1947 | No Listing |
| 1969 | Marlton Drug Co. |
283 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ | Source ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1955–1969 | South Jersey Television Company | 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone |
| 1969 | Mrs. Thomas Spagnola |
284 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1929 | No Listing |
| 1947 | No Listing |
| 1969 | The House of Feminine Beauty |
285 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ | Source ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1929 | No Listing | |
| 1947 | No Listing | |
| 1955–1969 | Andy's Shoe Repair Service — Anthony Christaldi | 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone |
| 1969 | Andy's Shoe Repair Service | |
| 1969 | Anthony Christaldi |
290 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ | Source ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1929 | No Listing | |
| 1947 | No Listing | |
| 1955 | Arlyne Dress Shoppe; Sparkle Cleaners & Dyers | 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone |
| 1955 | Sparkle Cleaners & Dyers | |
| 1969 | Crystal Cleaners |
292 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1929 | No Listing |
| 1947 | No Listing |
| 1969 | Arlyne Dress Shoppe |
293 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1924 | Edward J. Lynch |
| 1929 | Frederick Carmelia |
294 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1929 | No Listing |
| 1947 | No Listing |
| 1969 | New World Chinese American Restaurant |
299 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1924–1929 | William R. Hosier & Son — contractors; Harry D. Hosier |
| 1924–1929 | Harry D. Hosier |
| 1929 | William R. Hosier & Son |
| 1935–1940 | Warren H. Rich & Family |
| 1935–1940 | Warren H. Rich & Ida M. Rich |
| 1935–1940 | James Renner (step-son) |
| 1935–1940 | George W. Ruch (father) |
| 1935–1940 | Ella M. Rich (mother) |
| 1947 | Robert L. Kelly |
| 1969 | A.R. Kornberger Company Inc.; Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. |
| 1969 | No Listing |
| 1969 | A.R. Kornberger Company Inc |
| 1969 | Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co |
Photos — 200 Block of Marlton Avenue
200 block of Marlton Avenue: H.S.A. Fabricators Inc. at 202 Marlton (1955 NJB Yellow Pages); 245 Marlton Avenue, Albert F. Bealor’s gas station, c.1940 and as an Esso station.
H. S. A. Fabricators INC. — FORMICA SPECIALISTS — COUNTER TOPS, CABINET TOPS — Kitchen Cabinets — KNOTTY PINE, MAHOGANY, BIRCH — 202 MARLTON AVE. CAMDEN — EMerson 5-3531
“IF I GOTTA CHANGE TO WOOLIES — YOU OUGHTA MAKE POP CHANGE HIS OIL!” COPR. 1930-1934 KING FEATURES SYN. BEALOR’S ESSO SERVICE, Baird Ave. & Marlton Pike, Camden, N. J. Phone: Cam. 10204
Commercial establishments on the 200 block of Marlton Avenue: Famous Delicatessen (278), Morris Ostroff kosher meats (280), South Jersey Television Company (283), Andy’s Shoe Repair (285), and Arlyne Dress Shoppe (290) — 1955 New Jersey Bell Yellow Pages ads.
300 Block of Marlton Avenue
300 Block of Marlton Avenue
City directory records, 1924–2020.
300 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1929 | William A. Lieberman — service station |
| 1929 | William A. Lieberman |
| 1947 | Mrs. Josephine Lieberman — grocery |
| 1947 | Mrs. Josephine Lieberman |
| 1969 | J&L Shoppe |
301 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1924–1929 | Henry J. Eichfeld |
| 1947 | Ernest A. Eichfeld |
| 1969 | Michael Melissas — attorney |
| 1969 | Michael Melissas |
302 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | No Listing |
| 1969 | J&L Shoppe Luncheonette |
309 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | No Listing |
| 1969 | Dr. Morton Schulman; Dr. S.R. Weiss |
| 1969 | Dr. Morton Schulman |
| 1969 | Dr. S.R. Weiss |
309B Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | No Listing |
| 1969 | A. Susman |
312 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1950 | Owen D. Gale — Camden Fire Department |
314 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | No Listing |
| 1969 | Frank Nelson; K.E. Nelson |
| 1969 | Frank Nelson |
| 1969 | K.E. Nelson |
316A Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | No Listing |
| 1969 | R. Barasso |
318 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | No Listing |
| 1969 | Mrs. Anna R. Miller |
319 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | No Listing |
| 1969 | Factory Shoe Outlet; Salvatore's Hair Styling |
| 1969 | Factory Shoe Outlet |
| 1969 | Salvatore's Hair Styling |
319–333 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1940s–2020 | Strip mall — site of several fires including April 17, 2009 |
321 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ | Source ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1947 | No Listing | |
| 1955–1970s | Kiddieland — Joseph Pollock | 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone |
325 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ | Source ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1947 | No Listing | |
| 1955 | Naython's Shoes | 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone |
327 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ | Source ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1947 | No Listing | |
| 1955 | Binder's Rexall Pharmacy | 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone |
| 1969 | Allen Pharmacy |
329 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | No Listing |
| 1969 | Marlton Bakery |
333 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | No Listing |
| 1954 | Tom's Liquor Store — Thomas J. Hamilton |
| 1954 | Tom's Liquor Store |
336 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | No Listing |
| 1969 | A.J. Gressel; Mrs. Alice A. Robinson; 336A John Sirisky; 336C Mrs. Bella Waldman |
341 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | No Listing |
| 1969 | James Mastro |
341B Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | No Listing |
| 1969 | George A. Wenghofer |
342 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | No Listing |
| 1969 | M. Alter; Samuel Katz; Washington Park Apartments office; 342C E. Kable; 342D Florence Kember |
| 1969 | M. Alter |
| 1969 | Samuel Katz |
| 1969 | Washington Park Apartments office |
342C Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1969 | E. Kable |
342D Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1969 | Florence Kember |
343 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | No Listing |
| 1969 | L.R. Palese — chiropractor; M.A. Stickley |
| 1969 | L.R. Palese |
| 1969 | M.A.Stickley |
343A Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1990 | Wayne V. Miller |
345 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | No Listing |
| 1969 | Keystone Termite & Pest Control; M. Mount; Vincent J. Nigro Sr.; G.L. Nigro; 345C W.L. Mays |
| 1969 | Keystone Termite & Pest Control |
| 1969 | M. Mount |
| 1969 | Vincent J Nigro Sr |
| 1969 | G.L. Nigro |
345C Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | No Listing |
| 1969 | W.L. Mays |
349 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | No Listing |
| 1969 | Panzarotti Tarantini Pizzeria Inc. / Pizzeria Tarantini |
| 1969 | Panzarotti Tarantini Pizzeria Inc |
361 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | No Listing |
| 1969 | Mrs. Helen Bottos |
363 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | Mrs. Pearl T. Goth |
| 1969 | No Listing |
365 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | No Listing |
| 1969 | E.A. Moss; 365B E.H. Kipp |
| 1969 | E.A. Moss |
365B Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | No Listing |
| 1969 | E.H. Kipp |
367A Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | No Listing |
| 1967 | Mrs. Frances Brooks |
| 1969 | Mrs. E.M. Williams |
367B Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | No Listing |
| 1967 | Mrs. Leah Burn |
373 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | No Listing |
| 1969 | E.C. Wright; 373A Philip Dobrin; 373B Samuel Manashil |
| 1969 | E.C. Wright |
373A Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | No Listing |
| 1969 | Charles Dikter |
373B Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | No Listing |
| 1969 | Samuel Manashil |
383 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | No Listing |
| 1969 | M.E. Richelson; 383A Philip Dobrin |
| 1969 | M.E. Richelson |
383A Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | No Listing |
| 1969 | Philip Dobrin |
385 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | No Listing |
| 1969 | W.H. McCormick; John C. Firth |
| 1969 | W.H. McCormick |
| 1969 | John C. Firth |
387 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | No Listing |
| 1969 | H. Souder; 387B F. Mates |
| 1969 | H. Souder |
387B Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | No Listing |
| 1969 | F. Mates |
389A Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | No Listing |
| 1969 | Julian Whiteside |
391 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1969 | 391A C.T. Knox; 391B H. Rabinowitz |
391A Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | No Listing |
| 1969 | C.T. Knox |
391B Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | No Listing |
| 1969 | H. Rabinowitz |
397 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | No Listing |
| 1962 | Robert C. Hurff — Ninth Street Tavern (at 1478 S. 9th St.) |
| 1962 | Robert C. Hurff |
| 1969 | Mrs. P. Demitrio |
399 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | No Listing |
| 1969 | Mrs. G. Gentek; R.A. Paczkoski |
| 1969 | Mrs. G. Gentek |
| 1969 | R.A. Paczkoski |
37 Camden Men Pass Tests for City Firemen
Camden Courier-Post —
Thirty-seven candidates have passed the Civil Service test for fireman in the Camden City fire department. Thirty-two of those who qualified are former service men and three of them, disabled veterans, were placed at the top of the list under the preference given by law.
Joseph T. Hackett, of 158 Branch Village, is listed first, Owen D. Gale, 320 Marlton avenue, second and August L. Johnson, 916½ Chestnut street, third.
The salary on Jan. 1 will begin at $2400 and reach a maximum of $3160 after four years.
Following is the complete list of those who qualified in the test:
Joseph T. Hackett, 158 Branch Village; Owen D. Gale, 320 Marlton avenue; August L. Johnson, 916 Chestnut street; Harry Sterling, 112 Ablett Village; Albert A. Stinger, 1423 Bradley avenue; Jesthroe Hunt, 753 Walnut street; Harold H. Pike, 429 Penn street; Roy R. Moffa, 216 Morse street; Allen F. Hess, 2733 Sherman avenue; Franklin W. Whylings, 602 North Thirty-second street; William L. Gosnell, 3303 Crescent drive; David W. Humphries, 3017 Mickle street; William G. Winstanley, 510 Penn street; Joshua H. Robinson, 1934 Kossuth street; Henry S. Keubler, 936 Broadway; Adolph S. Zubrzycki, 1223 South Tenth street; Ralph H. Palmer, 585 Mickle street; Alexander P. Matis, 903 Haddon avenue; Earl G. Robinson, 1036 Penn street; Anthony J. DiMaggio, 530 South Eighth street; Earl A. Smith Sr., 201 Biedeman avenue; Philip J. MacDonald, 123 North Eleventh street; Robert P. Olesiewicz, 321 Mt. Vernon street; Eugene E. Demers, 2034 High street; Chester J. Gedrich, 1154 Thurman street; John F. Chudzinski, 1043 Thurman street; Samuel D. Siniscalki, 803 Line street; Santo DiMaggio, 319 Beckett street; Ludwig Polniak, 471 Pfeiffer street; George P. Baxter, 817 Howard street; Ralph F. Schaffer, Canterbury apartments; Joseph J. McTaggart, 3135 Waldorf avenue; Louis J. Monahan, Canterbury apartments; John DiMaggio, 319 Beckett street; William N. Stone Jr., 950 Vine street; Casper J. Martelli, 220 Mt. Vernon street; and H. Raymond Dixon, 439 Trenton avenue.
5 Cops, 4 Firemen, All War 2 Vets Named by Aaron
Camden Courier-Post —
Replacements Listed For 8 on Pensions, One Resignation
Director of Public Safety Aaron this faternoon [sic] announced the appointment of five new patrolmen and four new firemen. All are War II veterans.
The police are:
James R. Styles, 27, of 3013 Essex street; William B. Reeves Jr., 24, of 431 Chestnut street; Louis E. Walls Jr., 29, of 777 Spruce street; Edward Fulton, 29, of 342 North Tenth street; and Joseph A. Snajkowski, 29, of 1334 Dayton street.
The firemen are:
August L. Johnson, 31, of 916½ Chestnut street; Owen D. Gale, 29, of 312 Marlton avenue; Albert A. Stinger, 25, of 47 North Twenty-fifth street, and Jestroe Hunt, 29, of 753 Walnut street.
All the men will receive $2400 a year and will report for duty September 1. The new firemen will replace four men who have been retired on pension. Four of the new patrolmen will replace men who have been retired on pension, and the fifth replaces a member of the department who has resigned to accept another position.
Nine Safety Aides Sworn by Aaron
Camden Courier-Post —
Five recently-appointed policemen and four firemen were sworn in today by Public Safety Commissioner Aaron in his City Hall office.
The nine men, all veterans of War II, will report for duty in the $2400-a-year posts on Sept. 1. Four of the rookie policemen replace men retired on pension and the fifth fills the job of a department member who resigned to take another position. All four new firemen replace pensioners.
The policemen are James R. Styles, 27, 3013 Essex street; William B. Reeves Jr., 24, 431 Chestnut street; Louis E. Walls Jr., 29, 777 Spruce street; Edward Fulton, 29, 342 N. Tenth street, and Joseph A. Snajkowski, 29, 1334 Dayton street.
The firemen are August L. Johnson, 31, 916½ Chestnut street; Owen D. Gale, 29, 312 Marlton avenue; Albert A. Stinger, 25, 47 North Twenty-fifth street, and Jestroe Hunt, 29, 753 Walnut street.
April 17, 2009 Fire — 319–333 Marlton Avenue
April 17, 2009. Companies were dispatched to a building fire at the Dollar Store at Marlton Ave. and Benson St. First companies in reported heavy smoke from a strip of stores. The battalion chief hit a second alarm and then a third within just a few more minutes. The Dollar Store was becoming well-involved and smoke was showing from the entire row of the one-story building, about 200 feet long. It took about three hours to get the fire under control, but the entire building was destroyed. Two firefighters and a police officer suffered smoke inhalation.
Video by Curt Hudson: YouTube · Video by Brian Sims: YouTube
Wayne V. Miller — 343A Marlton Avenue
Wayne V. Miller of 343A Marlton Avenue, 1990.
Firemen Rescue Woman
Camden Courier-Post —
Firemen braved smoke that felled a policeman to rescue an East Camden woman from an apartment fire early today.
In serious condition at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital after she was carried out of her home at 367 Marlton Avenue was Mrs. Frances Brooks. She was found unconscious on her kitchen floor.
Treated at Cooper Hospital after being overcome by smoke was Ptl. Joseph Kane, 43. He was felled by smoke after forcing open a rear door in an attempt to rescue Mrs. Brooks.
Acting Battalion Chief Leonard Oshushek said Acting Fire Capt. John Brzozowski and Fireman Spencer Smith Jr. made their way past Kane, found the woman and carried her out.
Smoke from the blaze, which broke out shortly before 5 a.m., also routed Mrs. Leah Burn from a second floor apartment in the bulding [sic].
Oshushek said the blaze was confined to a sofa in Mrs. Brooks’ first floor apartment. He said the fire marshal’s office was asked to investigate to determine the cause of the fire.
Notice of Application
Camden Courier-Post —
Take notice that Tom’s Liquor Store, Inc., has applied to the Municipal Board of Alcoholic Beverage Control of Camden for a Plenary Retail Distribution License for premises situated at 333 Marlton Ave., Camden, N. J.
The officers of this corporation and the offices they hold are: Thomas J. Hamilton, 3048 No. Congress Road, Camden, N. J., President. Margaret M. Hamilton, 3048 No. Congress Road, Camden, N. J., Secretary-Treasurer. The above named persons constitute all the officers, directors and stockholders of applicant corporation. Objections, if any, should be made immediately in writing to Mary K. MacClennan, Deputy City Clerk of Camden.
(Signed) TOM’S LIQUOR STORE, Inc. 333 Marlton Ave., Camden, N. J. ($7.50)
Notice of Application — Ninth Street Tavern
Camden Courier-Post —
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
Take notice that Ninth St. Tavern, Inc., trading as Ninth St. Tavern, has applied to the Municipal Board of Alcoholic Beverage Control of the City of Camden for a Plenary Retail Consumption License for premises situated at 1478 S. 9th St., Camden, N.J.
Andrew J. Mayer, President, 2909 Royden St., Camden. Virginia H. Mayer, Vice President, 2909 Royden St., Camden. Robert C. Hurff, Treasurer, 397 Marlton Pike, Camden.
Objections, if any, should be made immediately in writing to John T. Odorisio, Clerk of the City of Camden. (Signed) ANDREW J. MAYER, President, 2909 Royden Street, Camden, N.J. ($12.96) — Camden Courier-Post, July 18, 1962.
Photos — 300 Block of Marlton Avenue
300 block of Marlton Avenue businesses: Kiddieland at 321 Marlton, Naython’s Shoes at 325, and Binder’s Rexall Pharmacy at 327 — 1955 New Jersey Bell Yellow Pages ads.
KIDDIELAND — Finer Children’s Clothes At A Lower Price — Birth to Size 16 - Boys & Girls — CONVENIENT CHARGE ACCOUNT OR LAY-A-WAY PLAN AVAILABLE — 321 Marlton Av Camden. . WOodlawn 3-8138
NAYTHON’S SHOES — FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY — Authorized Agency for Jumping-Jacks & Edwards Shoes — Corrective Shoes For Men - Women & CHILDREN — Doctors’ shoe prescriptions accurately filled — Foot Flair Shoes & “Chic” Casuals for Women — 325 Marlton Av Camden. . . EMerson 5-2374
BINDER’S REXALL PHARMACY — PRESCRIPTIONS — We Deliver — 327 Marlton Av Camden. . WOodlawn 3-7576
383–385 Marlton Avenue, March 4, 2005.
Intersection of Marlton Avenue & Berkley Street
Intersection of Berkley Street and Marlton Avenue. Erlton Italian Bakery (aka Danny Loprete Bakery) operated at this corner from 1966 to 2007.
400 Block of Marlton Avenue
400 Block of Marlton Avenue
City directory records, 1924–2007.
400–402 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1924 | No Listing |
| 1947 | No Listing |
| 1966–2007 | Erlton Italian Bakery (Danny Loprete Bakery) |
| 1969 | Henry T. DeSanta |
401 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1924 | Andrew Lufbarry — real estate |
| 1924 | Andrew Lufbarry |
402 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ | Source ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1955 | Rudolph's Food Market | 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone |
416 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | Samuel Krause; George M. Cabnet |
| 1947 | Samuel Krause |
| 1947 | George M. Cabnet |
| 1969 | Samuel L. Reichman |
418 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | Edward L. Shelley; Inez Chambers; George F. Young |
| 1947 | Edward L. Shelley |
| 1947 | Inez Chambers |
420 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | Abram Vickers; George Rovino |
| 1947 | Abram Vickers |
| 1947 | George Rovino |
| 1969 | Mrs. Rebecca Goldberg; Harry Oberman |
| 1969 | Mrs. Rebecca Goldberg |
| 1969 | Harry Oberman |
426 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | Henry Banes; W.B. Potts Jr. |
| 1947 | Henry Banes |
| 1947 | W.B. Potts Jr |
| 1969 | L.A. Trubinski |
428 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | Bennett Banta; I. David Kruger |
| 1947 | Bennett Banta |
| 1947 | I. David Kruger |
| 1969 | Martha Murphy; A.M. Schultz |
| 1969 | Martha Murphy |
| 1969 | A.M. Schultz |
430 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | Harry Sheldon; 430B Stanley M. Ladage |
| 1947 | Harry Sheldon |
| 1969 | Frances E. Seeney |
430B Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | Stanley M. Ladage |
| 1969 | Frances E. Seeney |
434 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | No Listing |
| 1969 | W.G. Schaler |
436 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1969 | 436A H.M. Clemente; 436B Manuel Weiss |
436A Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | No Listing |
| 1969 | H.M. Clemente |
436B Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | No Listing |
| 1969 | Manuel Weiss |
442 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1969 | 442A L.M. James; S. Heering; 442B B. Dera |
442A Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | No Listing |
| 1969 | L.M. James |
| 1969 | S. Heering |
442B Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | No Listing |
| 1969 | B. Dera |
444 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | No Listing |
| 1969 | J. Baranoff |
446 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | No Listing |
| 1969 | Esther Schutzer |
448 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | No Listing |
| 1969 | A.J. Deegan |
Photos — 400 Block of Marlton Avenue
Erlton Italian Bakery at 400–402 Marlton Avenue (1966–2007); Rudolph’s Food Market at 402 Marlton, 1955 New Jersey Bell Yellow Pages.
RUDOLPH’S FOOD MARKET — Choice Meats - Groceries, Produ[ce] — Frozen Foods - Supplies Ice Cre[am] — Free Delivery — 402 Marlton Av Camden. . WOodlawn 4-[cut off at the right edge]
Intersection of Marlton Avenue & South 27th Street
For Atmosphere That’s Different — RODEO RAY’S DUDE RANCH — 27th & Marlton Pike, Pennsauken — DANCING and Entertainment — Wed., Thurs., Fri., Sat. and Sun., featuring our new band PAUL MILLER AND HIS RHYTHM BOYS — One of South Jersey’s Finest Dance Floors — Special Prices on Food and Drinks Wednesday and Thursday — Camden Courier-Post, February 11, 1938. See: Rodeo Ray’s Dude Ranch
1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone Directory listing for the intersection of Marlton Avenue and 27th Street.
600 Block of Marlton Avenue
600 Block of Marlton Avenue
City directory records, 1955–2016.
620 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1969 | Leon Gottlieb & Family |
| 1980 | Paul Colon |
666 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1955 | Federici Brothers Inc. — building contractors |
| 1955 | Federici Brothers Inc |
| 1969 | A. Federici; Paul's Towing Service; Paul's Welding Service |
| 1969 | A. Federici |
| 1969 | Paul's Towing Service |
| 1969 | Paul’s Welding Service |
| 1980 | M.A. O'Farrell; E.L. Wita |
| 1980 | M.A. O'Farrell |
| 1980 | E.L. Wita |
670 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1969 | Betty's Beauty Salon — E.H. Little |
| 1969 | Betty's Beauty Salon |
| 1969 | E.H. Little |
676 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1969–1980s | Seiler Fence Company — E.G. Seiler |
| 1969–1980s | E.G. Seiler |
| 1969–1980s | Seiler Fence Company |
680 Marlton Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ | Source ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1955–1959 | Johnson's Esso Service Station | 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone |
| 2016 | The Garage |
Photos — 600 Block of Marlton Avenue
620 Marlton Avenue — Leon Gottlieb & Family, 1969.
680 Marlton Avenue: Johnson’s Esso Service Station (1955–1959) from the 1955 New Jersey Bell Yellow Pages; and as The Garage in 2016 — no sign, doesn’t advertise, and has been doing good work since the 1950s!
Coursey Breaks Down While Story of Cold-Blooded Killing of Karl Kellmann Is Told by Detective
Camden Post-Telegram —
Two “Pals,” Too, Accused of Crime
Harry Duffield. Fred. Coursey. Linnans Staley.
Trio Accused of Murder, Coursey Firing the Shots.
Collapsing when arraigned in Police Court this morning before Recorder Stackhouse on the charge of killing Karl Kellmann, aged 18 years, of 2919 High street, at Twenty-seventh and Sherman streets, shortly before midnight Saturday, Fred Coursey, alias “Mexican Pete,” alias “Cowboy Pete,” aged 20 years, of 121 North Twenty-first street, who admits firing the fatal shots while committing robbery, and Harry Duffield, aged 21 years, of 407 North Forty-first street, who acknowledged masking his face with a handkerchief and being with Coursey, sobbed piteously, resting their heads on the railing of the dock, while John Painter, the veteran detective, was briefly reciting the story.
When Recorder Stackhouse asked what became of the young man who was shot and Painter replied that he died, Coursey and Duffield sobbed afresh, and when Recorder Stackhouse committed them without bail Policemen Frost and Kay had to help them.
Linnans Staley, aged 21 years, of 1819 Federal street, who confessed that he was in the robbery plot but later got scared and hid in the bushes, was scarcely able to stand, and when his mother broke down as he was committed as a principal he staggered and would have fallen but for Sergeant McClong.
Prosecutor Boyle announced this morning that the Grand Jury will be recalled for Thursday of this week and the case will be made the special order of the day.
Without the slightest clue to start with in the most brutal murder committed in recent years in Camden county, police and detectives under the personal direction of Chief Gravenor in two hours arrested two of the three prisoners and obtained their signatures to confessions and before sunrise the other was lodged behind the bars at the City Hall.
According to their statements to the police the prisoners while drinking on a lot near Twenty-first and Federal streets on Saturday night planned to go to a lone spot near Twenty-seventh and Sherman streets to hold someone up to get money and jewelry to buy more drink. Coursey had a 38-calibre cowboy pistol and Duffield used Coursey’s bandanna as a mask. Staley weakened before the spot selected was reached and at the time of the murder was hiding in a clump of weeds a short distance away.
The murdered boy was the son of Karl and Lulu D. Kellmann. He was a member of the Bible class of Grace Presbyterian Church, East Side, and active in church work.
Saturday night was the closing of a carnival given on High street between Twenty-seventh and Thirtieth streets. Karl was there and made several purchases. At one booth he bought a necktie, from another some ice cream and a box of candy and spent some time conversing with the young ladies connected with the church.
When it grew rather late he noticed that Misses Bertha and Bessie Skillen, of 815 North Thirty-fourth street, the latter a teacher in Grace Church Sunday-school, were without an escort and he volunteered to see them home. They accepted his invitation to be their escort. He saw them safely home and he was on his way back and had reached a point on the east side of Twenty-seventh street south of Sherman street and near the foot of the bridge that spans the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks when two men jumped out from behind a tree and as one commanded him to hold up his hands the other began to shoot.
The first shot struck him in the breast and turned him partially around. The next ploughed a hole through his neck, knocking him down, and the third went wide.
Screaming for help he tried to rise to his feet and was on his knees when Night Yardmaster Albert Ludlow and Brakeman Joseph Wittick, who were on the opposite side of the bridge, ran to his assistance. By the light of their lanterns they saw that he was seriously hurt and they took him to ’Squire Sasse’s house nearby to await the arrival of the ambulance. As the railroaders sped across the bridge Ludlow saw a man run down the tracks in the direction of Seventeenth street.
In the signal tower at Pavonia station known as C. B. the operator, Thomas Sink, heard the shots and cries for help and ’phoned to Captain James at Police Headquarters that a murder had been committed. Sink also saw a man run down through the weeds and bushes on the east side of the bridge toward the railroad tracks.
Policeman Hurlock and Schmid, ’Squire and Mrs. Sasse and several others were out on the street before the railroad men reached the Sasse home and all hurried to ’phones to notify police headquarters.
In less than five minutes by use of the red light system Captain James had every officer on duty on the East Side hurrying to the scene, officers stationed at every bridge, ferry house and railroad terminal, and the downtown auto with Detectives Schregler, Painter, Brothers and Moffett on its way to East Camden.
On information from the railroad men Sergeant Horner took all the East Side officers and the four detectives and they worked westward among the cars while Captain James started Policemen Colsey and Kelly to walk eastward from Fifteenth street until they met the main body.
The search proved fruitless and as they returned to the bridge one of the men picked up a green bandanna with yellow spots and sheep burrs embeded [sic] on it on the incline near the signal tower. Later he recalled that the man who went down the slope wore a Khaki shirt and cap.
The handkerchief was recognized as the kind used by “Indian Bill” May, and Detectives Brothers and Policeman Abbott were sent to arrest him. They found May and Eugene Cafferty asleep in a moving van in Marlton avenue. “Indian Bill” soon established an alibi.
Detective Schregler and a couple of officers who were sure that the description of the man with the khaki shirt tallied with Duffield started for his brother’s house, but failed to find him there. About this time the downtown auto turned into Twenty-seventh street to get Karl’s father, mother and sister and take them to the hospital. Councilman Finkeldey and a friend shouted to the crew that a woman was down and out on a step nearby, but the crew yelled back that they were on an emergency run and the woman would keep until they returned. Fireman J. H. Vickers walked across the street to investigate and found that the supposed woman was Duffield and that he seemed to be asleep.
Vickers shook him and as he got up he said something about the shooting that aroused Vickers’ curiosity and he ’phoned to Police Headquarters. Captain James immediately notified Chief Gravenor, who was on the scene and the latter sent Detective Moffett to investigate. When Moffett arrived he learned that Duffield had taken a Westfield avenue car. Moffett returned to the bridge and he and Detective Painter and Chief Gravenor took the down-town auto for Duffield’s home.
Painter went to the front door and saw Duffield in the act of taking off his shoes. Moffett in going around to the back door to prevent his escape that way passed by the window at which Duffield was sitting.
Grasping Duffield by the collar Moffett pulled him through the window to the ground. As soon as he landed on his feet, according to the Chief and detectives, Duffield said that Coursey did the shooting.
Placing him in the auto they next drove close to Coursey’s home and with Policeman Potter who knew the man wanted, the detectives entered the house with drawn revolvers while other officers guarded all avenues of escape.
Coursey was found akwake [sic] on a cot and while he was covered with revolvers Detective Painter searched his trunk and found the weapon that he later admitted using. It was empty. The detectives late yesterday afternoon found three used shells adjoining the house near a spot where Coursey said he had thrown them.
In order to keep the men apart they were taken to the City Hall separately and questioned and after they decided to tell all Sergeant E. B. McClong reduced their statements to writing and they signed them. It was on the strength of these statements that Staley was arrested.
Young Kellmann was taken into the hospital at 12.20 a. m. Chief Surgeon Schellenger saw at a glance that there was no hope for him and so notified Captain James, and Sergeant McClong was sent to the hospital to get all information possible.
The unfortunate youth could only speak a few words at a time because of the hemorrhages. All Sergeant McClong was able to get from him was that he was told to hold up his hands and that the shooting instantly began. The only description he could give was that they were small men and that the attack was so sudden that he could not tell whether they were black or white.
The injured young man kept asking the doctors if he was going to die, but they did not answer. He was conscious when his father and mother arrived and then sank rapidly until the end, dying at 1.50 o’clock, 90 minutes after he was admitted. Mother and father were prostrated and were taken home by the up-town auto.
County Physician Jones conducted the autopsy yesterday morning. He said that either wound would have caused death. The bullet in the breast pierced the right lung at the top and lodged in the cavity. It is now in the doctor’s possession. The other bullet went clear through the neck.
Coursey and Duffield have been working in the Pavonia car yard. The former was born in El Paso, Texas, but has lived East nearly all his life. He is an expert shot and was a member of the vaudeville team of Coursey & Cook, according to their letter heads presenting a fifteen-minute thriller.
Duffield was only recently paroled for robbing Gallagher’s saloon, Nineteenth and Federal streets of a lot of drinkables. Staley has been arrested several times on petty charges but was never convicted of crime. When Duffield’s coat was examined at the City Hall, it was found to contain sheep burrs.
To a reporter Coursey said that whenever he was drinking he had to get his gun and shoot something or somebody. He insisted that all were in on the job and that they let the man who preceded Kellman go over the bridge without molestation because he didn’t look as if he had any too much money.
Yesterday morning Assistant Prosecutor Wolverton and Stenographer Cleary called at the City Hall. The prisoners were examined by Mr. Wolverton and their statements taken by Mr. Cleary, but there was little or nothing new elicited.
Authority Acquires 1st Parcel Toward Housing Project
Camden Courier-Post —
Courier-Post Photo
FIRST CHECK for property to be acquired by the Camden Housing Authority for its proposed East Camden housing development, was presented to Mrs. John Dyer, of 2120 Berwick street, who is shown receiving the check from Joseph McComb, authority chairman.
The Camden Housing Authority on Monday acquired the first parcel of land on the tract where a 368-unit low-rent housing development in East Camden will be constructed at a cost of more than $4,492,000.
Mr. and Mrs. John Dyer were presented with a check by Joseph McComb, authority chairman, for their home at 2120 Berwick street.
Present in the Market Street Title Co. office on Cooper street, where the sale was consumated [sic], were Raymond Osborn, authority solicitor; William Barnett, authority secretary; George Adkins, assistant secretary for development, and Thomas McGraw, representing the title company.
Osborn said that he is preparing for the purchase of 12 other tracts on the site, where the owners have agreed on the price offered by the authority.
Osborn said that it will be necessary to proceed with condemnation proceedings against 12 other parcels on the tract. He said that some of the owners have not been able to agree on a sale price; other owners can’t be located, and title is not clear to other sections of the land.
In addition to these parcels, Osborn said, 12 other parcels are owned by the city. He said negotiations are being made with the city for their purchase.
McComb said he expects that construction on the project, which is to be one block south of Federal street and Marlton pike, will be started in early fall. The tract is bounded by Morse and Randolph streets, and Bank and Watson streets, and cuts on a rectangle to Twentieth street.
Stockton
Philadelphia Inquirer —
Special to The Inquirer.
STOCKTON, Jan. 21.—The eighth anniversary of the Citizens’ Fire Company was celebrated on Monday evening. Several hundred guests were present.
Miss Ida Williamson celebrated her 18th birthday on Wednesday evening at her home on Cooper avenue. Guests were present from Camden, Philadelphia and Woodbury.
Miss Lillian Hueston, of North Eighth street, Philadelphia, was the guest of Marlton avenue friends on Thursday.
Master Walter Hartman tendered a party to a number of young friends Wednesday evening in honor of his 12th birthday.
Two Negroes Arrested for Murder in Camden
Philadelphia Inquirer —
Bullet Through Heart Killed Hageney—Pockets Looted, But Assailant Missed Gold Watch
That the highwayman who murdered Francis Martin Hagency [sic] at Twenty-seventh street and Marlton ave., on Thursday night, is the same one who shot and killed Rev. T. M. L. Childrey on the White Horse pike five weeks ago, is the belief of the Camden police. The cobined [sic] force of city and county detectives are at work on the case, and thus far two suspects have been arrested, an armed negro and a colored woman being taken into custody yesterday. The prisoners are Henry Thomas, aged 23 years, and “Brownie” Jones, aged 20 years. They were arrested at 636 Locust street by Detectives Moffet and Murray, following receipt of word that they had quarreled and that the man had threatened to kill the woman. Thomas carried a loaded pistol, a blackjack and a box of cartridges. They deny any knowledge of the crime.
The police claim that six persons who were recently held up in various sections of the city, yesterday identified the negro as their assailant.
The slain man was 33 years old and lived at 418 Reed street, Philadelphia. He was murdered and robbed while walking along a lonely section of Twenty-seventh street from Pensauken township, where he had spent the evening with Thomas Martin. He formerly lived in what is known as the Highland section, moving to Philadelphia three years ago after the death of his wife. He was employed at the Washington street wharf as a munition checker for the British Government.
The robber used but one bullet to murder his victim. The shot struck him in the breast just over the heart, and severed an artery leading to that organ. A post-mortem examination was made by County Physician Stem and Coroner Pratt, and although they probed for an hour, they were unable to locate the bullet. The slain man’s brother, John Hageney, of 1240 South American street, Philadelphia, claimed the body, which will be buried on Monday at Calvary Cemetery.
Hageney’s lifeless body was found by John A. Wenderoth, of 2305 Mickle street, and George O. Prince, of 212 North Thirty-eighth street, while driving along Twenty-seventh street in an automobile. The head light of the car revealed the prostrate form on the side of the road. The dead man lay on his face, and the pockets of his trousers had been turned inside out. One cent lay on the ground near the body, and the slain man’s straw hat was six feet away. There was no money left in the clothing, but in his haste, the murderer overlooked a lady’s watch which Hageney carried in the small pocket of his trousers. It belonged to his dead wife.
Boy Stealing Ride Killed as He Drops in Front of Auto
Camden Courier-Post —
Chums Get Off Wagon Going Against Traffic Light on Baird Boulevard
DRIVER HELD FOR COURT
Six-year-old Benamin Ealdyga [sic]. 100 South Twenty-fourth street [sic]. hooped one ride too many. He is dead.
Witnesses said he dropped from the back of a wagon at Baird boulevard and Marlton avenue, directly in front of a slowly-moving automobile driven by Charles W. Daily, 41, of 111 West Central avenue, Moorestown, last night.
Francis J. Denver, of Brightwood, N. J., driving behind Daily told Detective William Boettcher that Daily passed him at a slow speed and was crossing Marlton avenue on a green traffic light when two boys dropped from the rear of a wagon crossing the boulevard against the lights.
One ran along with the wagon but Benamin. Denver told police stepped right into the right fender of Daily’s car and was crushed to the street. Daily stopped his car before the rear wheel had passed over the boy’s body, and the two motorists hurriedly took him to West Jersey Homeopathic Hospital.
He was dead of a fractured skull.
Coroner George D. Morgan opened inquiry into the fatality after Police Judge Pancoast held Daily in $1000 bail for grand jury action on an automobile manslaughter charge.
From the Rule Book
Fire Watch Magazine — Spring 1977
General Order #76-1
Fire Radio Communications Procedures
SECTION 4, PAGE 5, ARTICLE D;
Units, when receiving an alarm, while out of quarters on radio, will acknowledge the assignment by stating that they are responding and by repeating the correct location, that was just given them by the dispatcher, back to the dispatcher.
SECTION 4, PAGE 5, ARTICLE E;
The Supervising Dispatcher in the Fire Alarm Room will secure a preliminary report from the first-in unit upon arrival, (in accordance with the Prompt Reporting of Fireground Conditions Form) a full and formal report of nature and conditions from the Chief Officer in charge or his designated aide within five minutes after their arrival on location, and a report of progress and conditions every ten minutes until the fire or emergency is declared under control.
SECTION 6, PAGE 10, ARTICLE B;
Chief Officers or Aides will immediately report to the dispatcher their arrival on, or departure from, a fireground or location of emergency, on all assignments.
SECTION 8, PAGE 17, ARTICLE E,1;
Whenever it becomes necessary for a company to cover-up for another company, and assume the correct identifying number of the company covered-up for, the procedure will be that, the company assigned to cover-up (relocate) will use their own regular identifying number, followed by the identifying number of the company being covered for, in conjunction with the application of the word “dash”. Engine 7 relocated to cover-up for Engine 9 will become available as Engine 7 dash 9. Battalion 3 relocated to cover-up for Battalion 1 at Fire Headquarters will become available as Battalion 3 dash 1, etc. Remember, use your own regular identity first!
SECTION 9, PAGE 18, ARTICLE A,B;
As past policy dictated, many department personnel, when identifying a given unit, referred to such unit designations as “One-Company”, “One-Engine”, “One-Engine Company”; “One-Pump”, “Two-Ladder”, “Two-Truck”, “One-Battalion”, “One-Chief”, “One-Rescue”, etc. As present procedure dictates, correct identities in all cases will be, “Engine-One”, “Ladder-Two”, “Battalion-One”, “Rescue-One”, etc. Remember, use the proper identities correctly at all times, under all circumstances.
OUR PATRONS
(215) Pioneer 2-[?]100 Reunions - Celebrations
THE ACORN COMPANY 20[?]0 WHEATSHEAF LANE, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 1[?]124
Ceramic Mugs - Plates - Tiles - Glassware For Firemen Reunions & Dedications
JIM DALY 324 Martin Ave. Maple Shade, N. J. 08052 (609) 77[?]-19[?]3
MR. DRY CLEANER Alterations Suede & Leather Cleaning 3315 Westfield Avenue Camden, New Jersey Joseph Krassan 966-3924
Tom Garrison CHERRY HILL TOYOTA, INC. 50 Haddonfield Road Cherry Hill, New Jersey 08002 Phone: (609) 665-5313
Let Us Protect Your Home Be Warm — Be Safe FREE ESTIMATES "CALL NOW"
HOME SECURITY SERVICE 2738 Hayes Avenue • Camden, New Jersey Phone 964-6011
Storm Doors • Storm Windows • Aluminum Replacement Window • Safety Door Locks Alarm Systems • Wire Fencing • WE INSTALL AND REPAIR •
The Prudential Insurance Company of America 812 Kings Highway Haddon Heights, N. J. 08035 Office LI 7-6700 Residence 933-0338 Jack Tanier Agent
METRO SERVICENTER AUTO REPAIR - TOWING 546-88[?]0 RAPID ROVER AIRPORT SHUTTLE 428-1100
METRO CAB, Inc. 11 E. Kings Highway • Audubon, New Jersey 08105 [?]
SERVING THE CAMDEN SUBURBS When YOU'RE on the go - "GO METRO"
GUNS AND AMMUNITION F.F.L. - 22-320[?] FISHING TACKLE N.J.F.L. 406-3
Stratton Sporting Goods AUTHORIZED BROWNING DEALER GEORGE STRATTON, JR. 246 WHITE HORSE PIKE AUDUBON, N. J. 08106 PHONE 547-7136
Delcrest SINCE 19[?]0 MEDICAL PRODUCTS SERVICES CO.
MARLTON STORE STATE HWY NO 73 (IN FRONT OF GARDEN STATE HOSPITAL) MARLTON-MOORESTOWN MEDFORD-BERLIN 983-2300
PENNSAUKEN STORE 55[?]1 N. CRESCENT BLVD (RT. 130) [?] • CHERRY HILL • CAMDEN 662-2711
AMBULANCE TRANSPORTATION SERVICE
BANANA SPLITS ALL KINDS OF SUNDAES WO-4-1123
Dee's Ice Cream DRIVE IN 175 MARLTON AVENUE CAMDEN, N. J. 08105 DEE J. SAKELARIS - PROP.
BIRTHDAY CAKES PARTY SPECIALTIES DISCOUNTS FOR CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS
OPEN THURSDAY AND FRIDAY EVENINGS 7 TIL 9 AIR CONDITIONED SHOWROOMS
Euler's FLOOR COVERINGS 1801 HADDON AVENUE, CAMDEN, N. J. 08103
PA. (215) 925-1198 N. J. (609) 365-7173 H. NELSON EULER, II
"A FRIEND"
PHONE 966-5768 BETTER BAKING
Lou's Bakery ITALIAN CREAM CAKES & COOKIE TRAYS LOU GENOVA PROP. 2625 WESTFIELD AVE. CAMDEN, N. J. 08105