While Walter Wilson and his wife were attending a movie yesterday afternoon, a thief ransacked their home at 1025 Morton Street and stole about $65. Wilson reported to detective bureau. Detective Gus Fortune said the burglar entered through the cellar and pried open the kitchen door. Wilson said $12 was taken from a pair of his trousers; $50 from a chest and one dollar and some change from a small bank.
Exterior Views, 1000 Block of Morton Street, 2012
Exterior views of the 1000 block of Morton Street, March 19, 2012, and 1082 Morton Street, 1940.
While Standing with a Team
Philadelphia Inquirer —
While standing with a team near a building in course of construction at the head of Line street, Benjamin F. Powell, aged 33 years, of 1073 Morton street, was caught beneath a falling roof. One leg was badly crushed, but he refused to go to a hospital.
Drinking Two Quarts of Buttermilk
Philadelphia Inquirer —
Drinking two quarts of buttermilk and eating two bunches of radishes caused the death of William Butler, thirty-one, of 1074 Morton street, from acute indigestion.
Edward Simpson
Edward Simpson, 1074 Morton Street, 1911 (left); and his obituary, Camden Courier-Post, October 16, 1950.
Edward Simpson, 76, of 1074 Morton street, died Saturday after a long illness. A native of Camden, he was a lifelong resident. Surviving are his widow, Sadie, and two sons, Walter A. and William, all of Camden. Services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the funeral home of B. C. Schroeder & Sons, 715 Cooper street, where friends may call Tuesday night. Burial will be in Evergreen cemetery.
Vincent Raczykowski, 78, founder and owner of the Newport Bottling Works, 1101 Morton Street, died Wednesday in West Jersey Hospital. A native of Poland, he lived in Camden 54 years and founded the bottling works in 1917.
He was a member of the board of directors of the State Beverage Distributors of New Jersey, a past president of the Polish National Alliance Lodge 45; and a past president of the Camden County Polish American Republican Club. He lived at the Morton Street address.
Surviving are his wife, Josephine; two sons, Stephen of Pennsauken and Bruno at home; and two grandchildren. Friends will meet Monday at 8 a.m. in the Zembroski Funeral Home at 1643 Mount Ephraim Avenue. High requiem Mass will be celebrated at 9 a.m. in St. Joseph's Church, 10th and Mechanic streets. There will be a viewing in the funeral home Sunday night. Burial will be in St. Joseph's Cemetery, Chews Landing.
Newport Bottling Works advertisement, New Jersey Business, 1955: “NEWPORT BOTTLING WORKS, Bottlers & Distributors of NEWPORT’S Pale Dry Ginger Ale, ALL FLAVORS, BEER & ALE DISTRIBUTORS, EMerson 5-0454, 1101 MORTON ST., CAMDEN.”
Fire at 1109 Morton Street
On March 9, 2009, Camden’s Squad 7 arrived on Morton Street and found heavy fire in a dwelling. With reports of people trapped, Battalion One transmitted the second alarm. The fire extended to the porch and to the exposures. All searches proved negative and the fire was brought under control at the 30 minute mark. The Camden City Fire Marshal is investigating the fire.
Charged with the theft of a phonograph and electrical equipment valued at $85 from a Summer bungalow at Laurel Springs, four youths were arrested.
The youths are Joseph Banbe, of 1112 Morton street; Paul Urban, of 1328 Morton street; Alfred Brudzinski, of 1204 Morton street, and John Murphy of 1335 Shunk street, Philadelphia.
1100 Block of Morton Street — 1153 to 1194
1100 Block of Morton Street — 1153 to 1194
City directory records, 1910s–1990s.
1153 Morton Street
1153 Morton Street — 1100 Block of Morton Street — 1153 to 1194
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1924
No listing in directory
1155 Morton Street
1155 Morton Street — 1100 Block of Morton Street — 1153 to 1194
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1924
No listing in directory
1157 Morton Street
1157 Morton Street — 1100 Block of Morton Street — 1153 to 1194
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1924
No listing in directory
1158 Morton Street
1158 Morton Street — 1100 Block of Morton Street — 1153 to 1194
Edward “Eddie Chaney” Zajac, 1165 Morton Street — Camden Courier-Post, January 28, 1928.
Glocke — April 20
Philadelphia Inquirer —
GLOCKE.—April 20. ELIZABETH DOLLIE GLOCKE (nee Kreutzberger), beloved wife of William H. Glocke, aged 28. Relatives and friends are invited to attend funeral services, Thurs., 3 P.M., at the residence of her brother-in-law, Charles Connors, 1173 Morton st., Camden, N. J. Int. New Camden Cem., Friends may call Wed. eve.
Camden Man Held as Drunken Driver
Camden Courier-Post —
John Czetyrka, 48, of 1176 Morton street, charged with drunken driving on South 9th Street, was arraigned before George Weber.
Owner Drops Charge in Tipsy Driving
Camden Courier-Post —
Refusal of a Camden man to press a drunken driving complaint aroused the ire of Judge Mariano in police court yesterday. The defendant was John Czetyrka, 48, of 1176 Morton street, who was charged by Elwood Urbanowicz, of 1328 Jackson street, with being the driver of an auto that struck his car early last Sunday and then hit a pole on Ninth street.
Mariano then postponed the case until July 29 pending further investigation against Czetyrka.
June Bride-to-Be — Miss Laura Sweda
Camden Courier-Post —
Miss Laura Sweda, 1185 Morton Street, bride-to-be. Shower given by the Spartan Girls Club — Camden Courier-Post, June 1, 1932.
Morton Bakery, 1202 Morton Street, 1930s–1940s. Left: 1939 banquet program advertisement; right: Camden High School Yearbook advertisement, 1940.
7 Camden Women Pass State Tests
Camden Courier-Post —
Helen M. Redfield Tops List for Welfare Bureau Post Here.
Seven Camden women who passed the examination for clerk in the Camden Welfare Department include Margaret Biocco, 1215 Morton street; Helen M. Redfield of Royden Street; Irene Norwitz of North 10th Street; Agnes R. Brown; Leah G. Townsend of Pine Street; Margaret P. Carter of Kaighn Avenue; and Deborah Schuck of Division Street.
Struck by falling timbers when a shed he was demolishing collapsed at the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad terminal this morning, John P. Brand, aged 35 years, of 1224 Morton street sustained painful lacerations of the legs and arms. He was taken to the new Homeopathic Hospital. His condition is not serious.
Sheriff’s sale notice for property at 1242 Morton Street, seized as the property of William J. Mueller — Camden Courier-Post, June 9, 1932.
Exterior Views, 1248 Morton Street
1248 Morton Street, 1939 (left) and 1940 (right).
Marriage Licenses — Betty M. Connors
Camden Courier-Post —
Marriage Licenses at Camden — William E. Guenther, 22, of 6502 Browning road, Pennsauken, and Betty M. Connors, 19, of 1248 Morton street — Camden Courier-Post, August 2, 1949.
Sig Jakucki
Sig Jakucki, 1249 Morton Street — 1944 St. Louis Browns.
So. Camden Man Dies On Job at Shipyard
Camden Courier-Post —
A South Camden man was fatally stricken at 1.30 a.m. today on his job in the power house of the New York Shipyard.
Samuel Napierkowski, 60, of 1257 Morton street, was pronounced dead on arrival at West Jersey hospital, where he was taken by fellow employes. Coroner Blake said death apparently was caused by heart failure.
Mr. Napierkowski is survived by his widow, Pauline; a stepson, Frederick Schmidt, of Philadelphia, and four grandchildren. He was a member of Local 1, IUMSWA, the Polish-American Citizens club, Group 160, Polish National Alliance, and the Holy Name Society of St. Joseph’s R. C. Church.
Solemn high requiem Mass will be celebrated at 10 a. m. Thursday in St. Joseph’s Church Tenth and Mechanic streets. Friends will meet at 9.30 a. m. in the funeral home at 1311 South Tenth street, where they may call Wednesday night. Burial will be in St Joseph’s cemetery, Chews Landing.
Intersection of Morton Street & Norris Street
Northwest corner of Morton and Norris Streets, February 22, 2004. Corner site of Nicholson’s Cafe and later Morton Cafe at 1299 Morton Street.
Four South Jersey bluejackets have completed their recruit training at Naval Training Station, Bainbridge, Md., and have been advanced to seamen, second class, with assignment to the Navy Service School for further specialized training.
They are Charles H. Addis, 1335 Morton street; Russell Gambone, 1276 Lansdowne avenue; James H. Vickerman, 57 Watson boulevard, Clementon, and Harry F. Pfeiffer, 209 Lippincott avenue, Riverside.
Hospital Cases — Cooper
Camden Courier-Post —
Hospital cases treated February 26, 1938, including, under West Jersey Hospital, Ida Devlin, 40, of 1337 Morton street, contusion, wrist and possible fractured arm.
Marriage Licenses — Olga M. DiCiano
Camden Courier-Post —
Marriage Licenses at Camden — Lorenzo C. Colangelo, 24, of 326 Newton avenue, and Olga M. Di Ciano, 21, of 1343 Morton street — Camden Courier-Post, September 26, 1951.
Marriage Licenses — Joseph Troiano Jr.
Camden Courier-Post —
GLOUCESTER
Joseph Troiano, 20, of 1351 Morton street, Camden, and Ethel Riddell, 18, of Brick street, Gloucester.
Camden Daily Courier — June 29, 1921
Wedding Bells of June
WEDDING BELLS OF JUNE.
Mid-week marriages, when June wedding bells cease to chime with the dawn of July, announced to take place in South Camden are as follows:
Miss Mary Kelly, of 546 Lester Terrace, and Henry Hauske, of 431 Winslow street; Miss Cornelia Kearney and Bennie Jones, of Kaighn avenue; Mrs. Anna Bogaski, formerly of Williamstown, and Egnic Rathchovcke, of 1297 Morton street.
Girl Tells of Leap to Escape Captor
Camden Courier-Post —
Youth Accused by Child of Luring Into House is Held for Trial
Mamie Zimmie and her mother, after two-story jump from kidnapper.
After little 10-year-old Mamie Zimmie, 1181 Morton Street, finished telling a story of how she had been lured into a house, and had escaped by leaping to the ground from a porch roof, Police Judge Bernard Bertman this morning held Samuel Osler, 18 years old, 1450 Mount Ephraim Avenue in $2500 bail for the Grand Jury.
In default young Osler was committed to the county jail.
Facing a courtroom, crowded with spectators, and showing no sign of fear or excitement, Mamie, while on the witness stand, turned toward the youth, six years her senior, and declared, “That’s the boy who tried to hurt me.”
Detective Frank Truax testified that he arrested Osler yesterday afternoon in his home at the Mt. Ephraim Avenue address, after the Zimmie girl had accused him.
On the stand and the object of the stare of those who packed the courtroom, Mamie dramatically recited the events of yesterday afternoon which led to her leap from the porch roof and her removal to the West Jersey Hospital, cut, bruised and lame.
The girl’s leap had been witnessed by Frank Clark, of 1006 South Ninth Street who picked her up and took her to the hospital. She was treated for cuts and bruises and allowed to go home. Her father, William Zimmie, testified that his daughter had complained of pains in her back, all night. On the stand in his own defense, Osler said that Mamie had followed him into the house and up the stairs. “When I went into the bathroom to get some money, she jumped out of the window, I did not know her,” he declared.
