Introduction
Intersection of Park Boulevard & Haddon Avenue, circa 1910.
Park Boulevard got its name from the parks (Red Hill, Forest Hill, and Farnham) which it originally skirted. It is one of the three main thoroughfares of the Parkside neighborhood, the others being Kaighn Avenue and Baird Boulevard. It begins at Haddon Avenue as a continuation of Chestnut Street, heading north before curving east more or less parallel to the Cooper River, crossing Baird Boulevard and Kaighn Avenue before coming to an end at Vesper Boulevard, which is the border of Harleigh Cemetery.
Park Boulevard landmarks include the Pearlye Building, Camden High School, Farnham Park, and Pomona Hall, the home of the Camden County Historical Society. More recent significant buildings include the Boys and Girls Club, built on the site where the Congregation Beth El Synagogue stood from the 1920s through the late 1990s, and the Faison Mews senior citizens apartments, which opened in 2006.
Phil Cohen
Not checked against a scan. The following items on this page are transcribed from site copies or printed books whose scans are not in the scan mirror, or are captions for photographs with no printed text; their wording has not been verified against the printed page:
- Trip to City Jail Ends Parkside Scrap — Camden Courier-Post — June 19, 1933
- Anne D. Spooner — 1324 Park Boulevard — Camden Courier-Post — June 23, 1933
- 3 Camden Students Get Degrees at N. Y. U.
- Woman Hurt in Crash — Camden Courier-Post — June 12, 1933
- Ames Held In Slaying In Camden — Camden Courier-Post — July 20, 1967
- Walt Whitman Acclaimed as ‘International Prophet’ — Camden Courier-Post, June 1, 1939
- Two Camden Stars to Lead Mummers — Camden Courier-Post, October 29, 1931
- Camden’s First Volunteer Firemen Receive Diplomas — Camden Courier-Post, July 1, 1941 (photograph captions are site copies; printed captions lie below the crop)
- Mrs. Robinson Dies, Mother of Elks Ruler — Camden Courier-Post, June 8, 1932 (crop prints no date; date from file name and page)
1200 Block of Park Boulevard
1252 Park Boulevard
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1910s–1930s | Dr. Hubert MacGeorge, Dentist |
1257 Park Boulevard
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1900s–1932 | Charles H. Robinson Sr. |
Thomas D. Childrey Dies
Philadelphia Inquirer —
Following a long illness from a complication of ailments, Thomas D. Childrey, Sr., builder and, until May 1, head of the firm of T. D. Childrey & Son, sheet metal workers, died Monday night at his home, Haddon avenue and Park Boulevard, Camden. He was 61 years old and had been engaged in business in Camden for nearly thirty years.
Dr. Hubert MacGeorge, Dentist — 1252 Park Boulevard
Dr. Hubert MacGeorge, Dentist, 1252 Park Boulevard, 1910s–1930s. Advertisement from the Camden High School 1919 Purple & Gold Yearbook.
The Latest and Best in Dentistry
DR. HUBERT MacGEORGE
Dentist
1252 PARK BOULEVARD
Bell Phone, Camden 1117 Camden, N. J.
Advertisement from the January 1930 Yearbook.
The Latest and Best in Dentistry
DR. HUBERT MacGEORGE
Dentist
1252 PARK BOULEVARD
BELL PHONE, CAMDEN 1117
CAMDEN, N. J.
Advertisement, Camden Courier-Post, October 30, 1931.
Dr. Hubert MacGeorge
DENTIST
1252 PARK BOULEVARD
Robert Baillie — 1254 Park Boulevard
Camden Courier-Post —
ROBERT BAILLIE
After an illness of three weeks, Robert Baillie succumbed yesterday. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Margaret E. I. Baillie, a son, Alexander, and a daughter, Jessie.
Funeral services will be held one o'clock Saturday afternoon at his late residence, 1254 Park boulevard.
1256 Park Boulevard
1256 Park Boulevard, 2006.
Mrs. Robinson Dies, Mother of Elks Ruler
Camden Courier-Post —
Mrs. Elizabeth Robinson, 70, mother of Harry G. Robinson, exalted ruler of the Camden Lodge of Elks, died Monday at his home, 605 Tatem avenue, Collingswood. She was the widow of Charles H. Robinson, retired captain of the Camden Fire Department, who died last February 8. Mr. and Mrs. Robinson were pioneer residents of Park boulevard, establishing their home on that street when the highway was built some 25 years ago.
Mrs. Robinson, who was born in Camden, is survived by another son, Charles, of Baltimore; four grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. William Burns, Mays Landing; Mrs. Thomas Badger, Camden, and Mrs. Margaret Gladney, Atlantic City, and a brother, Patrick Matthews, Camden. Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. tomorrow at the Schroeder chapel, Broadway and Royden street, and burial will be in Arlington Cemetery.
Trip to City Jail Ends Parkside Scrap
Camden Courier-Post —
Charged with disturbing the peace, Mrs. Stella Wilkinson, 30, and Harry Mattison, 51, both of 1259 Park Boulevard, were arrested last night by Policeman Joseph Mardino.
At police headquarters each preferred slander charges against the other. Mardino was summoned when the couple's quarrel disturbed the neighbors.
William R. Haines Family — 1273 Park Boulevard
Top: Julia, Roger, & David Haines in Voorhees, 1910s. Bottom: Arabella & Julia Haines on Park Boulevard, Camden, circa 1920. William R. Haines & Family, 1273 Park Boulevard, 1920–1921.
Ianelli Family — 1275 Park Boulevard
Leonard and Olga Ianelli, 1275 Park Boulevard, early 1940s–1945. Leonard Ianelli was a Camden firefighter. “Olga Iannelli in front of 1275 Park Blvd. Mrs. Iannelli came from San Bartelomeo, Italy.” — Loretta Petrillo, June 2009.
1300 Block of Park Boulevard
1314 Park Boulevard
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1914 | Henry L. "Harry" Barroway |
1315 Park Boulevard
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1933 | Miss Amelia Babnew |
| 1933 | Adolph Vautier |
1316 Park Boulevard
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1910 | Mrs. Rudolph Romberg |
| 1947 | Maurice Hertz |
1325 Park Boulevard
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1920–1930 | William Ratener |
1353 Park Boulevard
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1953 | Elmer C. Hutchinson |
1357 Park Boulevard
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1961 | George Shapiro |
1360 Park Boulevard
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1954 | Thomas P. Leach |
Henry L. Barroway — 1314 Park Boulevard
Henry L. “Harry” Barroway, 1314 Park Boulevard, 1914.
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.
Woman on Verge of Insanity Following Drowning in Surf
Camden Daily Courier —
Rudolph Romberg, of Park Boulevard, and Brother-in-Law Killed at Sea Isle City
WIFE OF VICTIM CLOSELY WATCHED BY PHYSICIANS
Physicians and sisters of charity are closely watching Mrs. Rudolph Romberg, of 1316 Park Boulevard, whose mind, it is believed, was affected following the drowning of her husband and brother in the surf at Sea Isle City, yesterday afternoon.
The bereaved woman is in the home of the Dominican Sisters and continually asks that her husband be brought to her. She sobs continually over her two months old baby and the fear is present among those who watch her, that the tragedy has affected her mind.
The drowning of the two men was particularly sad. Mrs. Romberg was watching the efforts of physicians and life guards to resuscitate Prof. Charles Cook, of Howard University, Washington, one of the best known colored institutions in the country, who had been caught in an eddy and drowned, despite the fact that he was a powerful swimmer, when word was received that another drowning had taken place three squares below.
With hundreds of others, Mrs. Romberg, ran down to Loretta avenue to find that the body washed ashore was that of her husband who had been stricken with heart disease while in the surf.
While the crowd on the beach was given its attention to Mr. Romberg, another body was seen floating in the surf. This proved to be the body of Walter Lechtner, 22 years old, a brother-in-law of Romberg’s, the two having gone in bathing together. Two physicians and the life saving crews under Captains Cole and Hall worked an hour over Lechtner without avail.
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WOMAN INSANE
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When Mrs. Romberg was told that the last body was that of her brother, she seemed dazed for the moment and then asked for her babe. She seemed to think of nothing else and as she was led to the home of the Sister of Charity she cried continually for the child and was not quieted until the infant was placed in her arms.
The theory of the deaths of Romberg and Lechtner is that the younger man got beyond his depth and called for help. Romberg, who was in water only to his knees, is believed to have made an effort to rescue the other, the excitement bringing on the shock that killed him.
Mrs. Romberg and her child have been here for some time and Mr. Romberg and his brother-in-law had come down to spend Sunday. Mr. Lechtner had only been in this country two months on a visit and had intended to return to his home in Germany within a week.
These drownings were the first among bathers there in eight years, and the total is more than have met death in the surf in the history of the resort.
Maurice Hertz Dies Here at 90
Camden Courier-Post —
Well-Known Liquor Dealer and Oldest Elk in Camden
Maurice Hertz, 90, former Camden liquor dealer and oldest member of the Camden Lodge of Elks, died today at his home, 1316 Park boulevard, following a long illness.
A native of Germany, Mr. Hertz came to this country at the age of 14 and settled in Philadelphia. He lived in Harrisburg for several years and then settled in Camden.
Mr. Hertz founded the Camden Bottling Co. at Front and Federal streets. As the business grew, he opened a saloon in conjunction with his bottling business at Locust street and Kaighn avenue.
The building was a city landmark at the turn of the century. Hertz was known throughout South Jersey, and his saloon was a mecca for politicians and business men, both from Camden and Philadelphia, being only a block from the old Kaighn avenue ferry.
After being in the bottling and saloon business for more than 50 years, Mr. Hertz sold his interest to a Philadelphia concern. The building was taken over as a warehouse and was destroyed by fire in November, 1941.
Mr. Hertz later founded the Mt. Ephraim Sand Co. and took an active interest in the firm until a few months ago.
He was a charter member and the oldest living member of the Camden Lodge of Elks. In December, 1940, a testimonial dinner was tendered him by the Tuesday Night Club of the lodge. Mr. Hertz was also active in the Camden Lodge of Moose.
Surviving are his widow, Winifred, and a sister, Mrs. Laura Huff, of Camden. The Elks will hold services Monday evening at the Murray funeral home, 408 Cooper street. Funeral services will be held at the funeral home at 11 a. m. Tuesday.
Amelia Babnew — 1315 Park Boulevard
Camden Courier-Post —
AMELIA BABNEW
The funeral of Miss Amelia Babnew, 1315 Park boulevard, who died yesterday, will be held at 2.30 p. m. Thursday at the Schroeder chapel, Broadway and Royden street. Burial will be in New Camden Cemetery. Miss Babnew was employed by the Congoleum-Nairn Company and lived at the home of a Nephew, Adolph Vautier. She is also survived by a sister, Mrs. Amanda McAllister, of Camden.
Anne D. Spooner — 1324 Park Boulevard
Camden Courier-Post —
Members of the Auxiliary to Thoirs Post of the American Legion, gave a bon voyage party in honor of Mrs. Anne D. Spooner of this city, at the home of Mrs. Albert Wehner, 1 West Palmer avenue, Collingswood, on Wednesday evening. Mrs. Spooner sails on June 30 on the S. S. Excelsior for a Mediterranean cruise.
Night Prowlers Rob 3 Places in Camden
Camden Courier-Post —
A restaurant, a home and a gasoline service station were robbed here early yesterday. Thieves also attempted to rob a hardware store, but were frightened off after making an entrance.
The restaurant is that of William Thomas, 1150 Mount Vernon street. Entrance was gained by forcing a side door and the robbery was discovered by William Moore, a special officer, who saw the door open. A radio and a quantity of cigars, valued in all at about $50, were taken.
A back door left unlocked enabled thieves to enter the home of William Ratener at 1325 Park boulevard. Four boxes of cigars and 15 cartons of cigarets were stolen.
Francis E. Andriella — 1325 Park Boulevard
Camden Courier-Post —
Mrs. Francis E. Andriella, of 1325 Park boulevard, and her daughter, Diane A. Lee Andriella, have returned home after spending several weeks at Sea Isle City, where Mr. Andriella joined them over weekends and for a week's stay.
3 Camden Students Get Degrees at N. Y. U.
Three Camden residents, including two school teachers, were among the 4,000 students graduated from New York University yesterday at the 101st commencement exercises at Ohio Field, University Heights, New York.
The Camden students are Miss May Marchant, 422 Linden Street, teacher at Woodrow Wilson Junior High School, Bachelor of Science degree in School of Education, Bella Polivnick, 1449 Ormond Avenue, teacher in Camden High School, Bachelor of Science degree in School of Education, and Charles E. Hutchinson, 1353 Park Boulevard, Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, School of Engineering.
Postal Vet Retires In Camden July 31
Camden Courier-Post —
A veteran of more than 47 years in the postal service, Elmer C. Hutchinson, of 1353 Park blvd., will retire on July 31 as assistant superintendent of mails, in charge of carriers.
Hutchinson has held that post since Oct. 1, 1935. He entered the service March 1, 1906, when he was appointed a substitute clerk. He became a regular clerk the same year, and was named foreman in 1915.
His government pension will begin Aug. 1.
1354 Park Boulevard
1354 Park Boulevard, circa 2010.
George Shapiro Dies, Was Tavernkeeper
Camden Courier-Post —
George Shapiro, 58, of 1357 Park blvd., died Wednesday in Jefferson Hospital, Philadelphia. He was the operator of a tavern at 402 Federal st. for many years. He was a member of Congregation Sons of Israel.
Surviving are his wife, Ruth; two daughters, Doris Fein of Gloucester City and Sheila Shapiro of Camden; three sons, Sylvester, Harvey and Steven of Camden; three brothers, Edward, William and Bernard of Camden; two sisters, Mrs. Lillian Kirshner of Camden, and Mrs. Dorothy Lyons of New York City, and four grandchildren.
Services will be held Friday at 10 a.m. in a funeral home at 1401 Princess ave., Shiva will be observed at 1357 Park blvd. Burial will be in Crescent Burial Park, Pennsauken.
Thomas P. Leach
Camden Courier-Post —
THOMAS P. LEACH
Services for Thomas P. Leach will be held Tuesday at 11 a. m. in the Murray Funeral Home, 408 Cooper st. The Rev. F. Cooper Nace, pastor of the First Methodist Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Locustwood Memorial Park. Friends may call tonight at the funeral home. Mr. Leach, who lived at 1360 Park blvd., died Friday in West Jersey Hospital.
Born in Philadelphia, he was a graduate of Girard College and lived in Camden 40 years. He was a member of the Patriotic Order of America, 52, Camden; Commandery Loyal Sons of America, 34, and was an honorary member of Hatch Circle GAR. Mr. Leach had been a quartermaster in the Naval Reserve.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Marian K. Randles Leach, and a sister, Mrs. Florence Dischert.
Park Boulevard & Magnolia Avenue
Southwest corner of Park Boulevard & Magnolia Avenue — June 25, 2011.
1400 Block of Park Boulevard
1456 Park Boulevard
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ | Source ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1955 | Klaskin Service | 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages |
1457 Park Boulevard
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1957 | Miss Marcia Ruttenberg |
The Stanton Family — 1403 Park Boulevard
Robert Stanton, 1403 Park Boulevard, 1930s–1940s. From the Woodrow Wilson High School yearbook, 1940.
Lynette Hegdspeth & Kevin Watson — Ladder 2 Truck
Lynette Hegdspeth, of 1419 Park Boulevard, rings the bell of Ladder 2 Truck (above); Kevin Watson, of 1455 Park Boulevard, uses the fire truck mirror to see how he looks in a fireman's helmet (below). August 13, 1968.
Klaskin Service — 1456 Park Boulevard
Klaskin Service, 1456 Park Boulevard. 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages.
KLASKIN SERVICE
TELEVISION SERVICE
RADIO - PHONO REPAIRS
Home Air Conditioner Service
1456 Park Blvd Camden . . WOodlawn 4-4511
Girl Hit on Head Walking on Street
Camden Courier-Post —
Miss Marcia Ruttenberg, 19, of 1457 Park blvd., was treated at Cooper Hospital for a head cut Sunday night after she was struck, she told police, by an assailant wielding a lug wrench.
The hospital said she was released after treatment in which four stitches were required. Ptl. Arthur Jones said she reported she was walking near Magnolia and Wildwood aves. about 11.40 p. m. when a man asked directions, then struck her with the wrench.
The assailant, described as a Negro in his early 20's and wearing a green jacket, fled when she screamed, she told Jones.
1466–1470 Park Boulevard
1466, 1468 & 1470 Park Boulevard, built after 1946. Photographs taken June 25, 2011.
1500 Block of Park Boulevard
1500 Park Boulevard
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ | Source ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1955 | Samuel J. Calio | 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone |
| 1955 | Straco Construction | |
| 2010–2011 | Ernie's Market |
1506 Park Boulevard
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 2011 | Gone |
1508 Park Boulevard
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 2011 | Vacant |
1510 Park Boulevard
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 2011 | Vacant |
1512 Park Boulevard
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 2011 | Gone |
1516 Park Boulevard
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 2011 | Vacant |
1522 Park Boulevard
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1933 | Mrs. Rose Paiano |
| 1933 | Michael Paiano |
1528 Park Boulevard
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1932 | Alexander A. Lederer |
1538 Park Boulevard
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ | Source ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1955 | W. S. Campbell & Son, Tile Contractors | 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages |
1570 Park Boulevard
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1961 | Clarence Hawkins |
1500 Park Boulevard
Top: Straco Construction and Samuel J. Calio, real estate and insurance — 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages.
STRACO CONSTRUCTION CO
Broadway & Cooper Cam . . . . . . WOodlwn 4-4925
(See Advertisement Page 84)
Straco Constr Co 1500 Park Blvd Cam. WOodlwn 3-5060
Real Estate (Cont’d)
CALIO S J
SAMUEL J CALIO
REALTOR – INSURANCE
Mortgages – Appraisals
Property Management
EMerson 5-0771
1500 Park Blvd Camden. . . . EMerson 5-0771
Bottom: 1500 Park Boulevard, Ernie’s Market, 2010–2011. Photograph taken August 6, 2011.
1504 & 1506 Park Boulevard
1504 & 1506 Park Boulevard, August 6, 2011. The Coskey Family resided at 1504.
1508–1522 Park Boulevard
1508–1522 Park Boulevard, August 6, 2011. Several properties were vacant or demolished by this time.
Woman Hurt in Crash
Camden Courier-Post —
Mrs. Rose Paiano, 26, of 1522 Park Boulevard, was treated at Cooper Hospital yesterday for cuts of the right shoulder, suffered in an automobile collision at Seventh and Pine Streets. Her husband, Michael, 33, was driving, unhurt. Driver of the other car was Thomas Penn, 20, of 274 Walnut Street.
1524–1538 Park Boulevard
1524–1530 Park Boulevard, August 6, 2011.
W. S. Campbell & Son, 1538 Park Boulevard, 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages.
W. S. CAMPBELL & SON
Tile Contractors
Everything in Tile
CLAY - CERAMIC
For Kitchen, Bathroom, Etc.
FREE ESTIMATES
WOodlawn 3-6139
Call After 4 P.M.
1538 Park Blvd Camden
Parked Car Looted
Camden Courier-Post —
Alexander A. Lederer, 1528 Park boulevard, reported to police that some one had broken into his automobile, parked in the rear of his home, and stole $100 in merchandise he had in the rear of the machine. Detective Robert Ashenfelder is investigating.
Tetrachloride Fumes Sicken 3 Firemen
Camden Courier-Post —
Three firemen were sickened Friday night when they inhaled fumes from a mattress fire after a carbon tetrachloride fire extinguisher was used on the blaze by police.
Examined at West Jersey Hospital and released were Clarence Hawkins, 30, of 1570 Park blvd.; Howard Ways, 40, of 909 Spruce st., and William Warren, 43, of 1546 Ormand [sic] st. All three are hosemen with Engine Company 8.
According to District Chief Daniel Jiannetto, the mattress was burning in the home of Albert Harkless, 33, of 714 Walnut st. Jiannetto said police had used a tetrachloride fire extinguisher before arrival of firemen and that the dangerous fumes sickened the men when they entered the room to put out the fire. Jiannetto said the blaze was caused by a careless smoker.
Park Boulevard between Wildwood Avenue & Baird Boulevard
Park Boulevard between Wildwood Avenue & Baird Boulevard, 1940s.
1600 Block of Park Boulevard
1605 Park Boulevard
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1958 | Joseph Leff & Family — founder-owner Maxwell Cloak Company, 502 Liberty Street |
| 1958 | Joseph & Anna Leff |
| 1958 | Max Leff |
| 1958 | Frank Leff |
| 1958 | David Leff |
1635 Park Boulevard
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1946–1947 | William Tomar |
1691 Park Boulevard
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1941 | Mr. & Mrs. Oscar Klein |
Joseph Leff
Camden Courier-Post —
Joseph Leff, 74, of 1605 Park blvd., founder of the Maxwell Cloak Co., at 502 Liberty st., died today at his home.
Surviving are his wife, Anna; three sons, Max, of Camden, and Frank and David, of Pennsauken, and eight grandchildren.
Services will be held at noon Sunday in a funeral home at 1401 Princess ave., with burial in Crescent Burial Park, Pennsauken.
Louis L. Markowitz — 1689 Park Boulevard
Louis L. Markowitz, electrical contractor, 1689 Park Boulevard.
Mrs. Julius J. Smith
Camden Courier-Post —
MRS. JULIUS J. SMITH
Before her recent marriage was Miss Eleanor Klein, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Klein, of 1691 Park boulevard. Dr. and Mrs. Smith are residing in Philadelphia.
1700 Block of Park Boulevard
1779 Park Boulevard
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1950 | Mr. & Mrs. Oscar Klein |
1709 Park Boulevard
1709 Park Boulevard, June 13, 2011. Nathan Schwartz, 1947.
Vivian Klein Engagement
Philadelphia Inquirer —
Miss Vivian Klein, whose engagement to Norman Landsburg, son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Landsburg, of Philadelphia, has been announced by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Klein, of 1779 Park blvd., Camden.
Camden Courier-Post, March 24, 1950
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Klein, of 1779 Park bolulevard [sic], announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Vivian Klein, to Mr. Norman Landsburg, son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Landsburg, of Philadelphia.
Mr. Landsburg was graduated from Pennsylvania State College and is attending Temple University Law school.
Alfred D. Nigro — 1866 Park Boulevard
Alfred D. Nigro, 1866 Park Boulevard, 1956.
1900 Block of Park Boulevard
1975 Park Boulevard
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1967 | Rudolph Brown |
Charles S. Boyer Memorial Hall — 1900 Park Boulevard
Charles S. Boyer Memorial Hall of the Camden County Historical Society (Pomona Hall), 1900 Park Boulevard.
‘Stocking’ Bandit Hunt Underway
Camden Courier-Post —
Police are searching for two armed bandits who early today held up the night clerk of the Oasis Motel, Admiral Wilson Boulevard, and made off with $104 in cash.
According to police, John Manning, 60, of 2120 Watson Street, was alone in the office when two men wearing gray caps and stocking masks over their faces entered through a rear door.
After Manning turned over the money in the cash register, the bandits forced him to accompany them, he said. When they reached the top of the ramp near Baird Boulevard, he was freed. The two bandits fled on foot in the direction of Park Boulevard.
Manning said one of the hold-up men was about 5 ft. 5 inches tall, the other 5 ft. 7 inches. Both were described as Negroes, about 25 years old.
An undetermined amount of money, including money collected for the New Jersey Sales tax, was reported stolen today by a South Camden tavern owner.
Steve Raczykowski, owner of Steve’s Tavern, 1800 Fillmore Street, said he was unable to estimate immediately how much cash and merchandise were stolen.
Police said Clara Iaveccia, who lives in an apartment above the tavern, heard noises below at 5 a.m. and called police. They found a grating on a cellar window had been removed and a door leading to the bar forced.
Ames Held In Slaying In Camden
Camden Courier-Post —
A 47-year-old Atlantic City man is being held without bail in Camden County jail today awaiting grand jury action on a murder charge. Municipal Judge George E. Stransky Jr. yesterday ordered
Anderson Ames of the 1900 block Huron Avenue held in connection with the June 11 fatal shooting of Rudolph Brown, 57, of 1975 Park Boulevard. Camden police say the shooting took place in the home of Herbert (Midnight) Johnson, 52, of the 200 block North 10th Street.
Brown died a few minutes after being admitted to Cooper Hospital with a chest wound. Ames, who police report was wounded in the head during the same incident, was released from that hospital's intensive care unit Monday.
Johnson, who has been released in $2,000 bail pending an August 1 hearing on charges of possessing lottery paraphernalia, was permitted to sign his own $1,000 bail bond for appearance before the grand jury as a material witness.
Police claim to have found more than 5,000 numbers slips while searching his home.
Ames appeared at yesterday's hearing in a wheel chair. Among witnesses who testified yesterday were Jesse A. Jones, 50, of the 1100 block Cooper Street, Leon Williams, 65; of Kentucky Avenue, Atlantic City, and Hugh Johnson, 34, of the 800 block Cherry Street. Williams was freed in $1,000 bail as a material witness.
Jimmie. L. Harrison, 31, of the 1900 block Norris Street and Leroy Butcher, 34, of the 5900 block Lansdowne Avenue, Philadelphia also are free in bail as material witnesses.
Neither Harrison nor Butcher was at yesterday's hearing the judge said he surmised they had not had sufficient notice to appear.
Burglary Victims Recover $4360 In Stolen Goods
Camden Courier-Post —
Display at City Hall Rivals Oriental Bazaar In Variety Shown
Loot valued at $4360 by detectives was returned to its owners in detective headquarters in city hall Tuesday night.
Headquarters resembled an Oriental bazaar as the stolen articles were spread over seven tables, two large desks, and hung on clothing racks.
Detectives are holding George Wilmer, 30, of 521 Liberty street, a parolee, whom they suspect of being Camden’s daytime “phantom burglar” who has been plaguing the department for the last three months. To date police say they have charged Wilmer with 29 counts of breaking and entering and two counts of attempting to break and enter.
Captain of Detectives Thomas Murphy said that Tuesday night’s display was only a portion of the loot and that police believe Wilmer pawned a quantity of the goods in Philadelphia. They also suspect he sold some to secondhand and antique dealers, Murphy said.
The display that met the claimants when they went to headquarters looked like a mail order catalog come to life. There were women’s dresses, men’s suits and top coats, several types of radios, an oil space heater, binoculars, cameras; costume jewelry, empty wallets and even a clothes chest with the clothing still in it.
Missing from the collection were two parakeets which detectives returned to their owner Thursday because—unlike the other items—the birds had to be fed.
Assisting Capt. Murphy in the identification and return of the stolen items were: Detective Sergeants Earl Quinton, William Neal, William Kelly and Clifford Carr, and Detectives William O’Brien, John Huston, August Pfleiderer, George Ellis and Marshall Thompson.
Crowd Views Articles
According to Capt. Murphy the claimants, their addresses, the stolen objects and their estimated value are:
Mrs. Waid Young, 526 Washington street, electric sewing machine, woman’s jewelry, $358; Miss Catherine Sparks, 110 South Fourth street, table model radio, $19; Mrs. Ethel Kelly, 1068 Princess avenue, jewelry, $155; Mrs. Leo Jekel, 548 Haddon avenue, table model radio, portable typewriter, woman’s ring, $85; William Snyder, 1304 Park boulevard, table model radio, $55; Milfred Layser, 416 Chambers avenue, carpenter’s tools, a dress coat, $175; James Glennon, 802 Mt. Ephraim avenue, jewelry, $300; Mrs. Williams Cogswell, 914 Linden street, clothing and jewelry, $1242.50.
Mrs. Lena Bruns, 772 Line street, metal clothes chest with clothes, tool chest, jewelry, $125; Mrs. Anna Halliwell, 870 Haddon avenue, foreign money, no value given; Mrs. Martha Oehlert, 643 Mt. Vernon street, oil space heater, jewelry, $138; Mrs. William J. McCaffrey, 1030 Spruce street, antique clock, $400; Mrs. Lillian Simons, 412 Taylor avenue, clothing and jewelry, $20.
Veteran Boxers’ association, 868 Mt. Ephraim avenue, record player, amplifier and recorder, $100; John McNutt, 1620 Ferry avenue, jewelry and clothing, $300; Romeo Simonelli, 404 Haddon avenue, men’s and women’s clothing, $94; Mrs. Theresa Auletto, 929 South Third street, jewels, $405; Mrs. Vera Doughton, 1023 South Sixth street, table model radio, $16; Emidio Giorgi, 1353 Princess avenue, clarinet and man’s suit, $125.
Three Veteran Cops Will Go on Pension as Old Year Fades
Camden Courier-Post —
Painter, James and Stanger to End Long Service in City Employ
ONE ON JOB 49 YEARS
To Get Pension
CAPT. A. LINCOLN JAMES
Whose application for pension was granted yesterday, to become effective Dec. 30. On that date, Capt. James, who is 69, will have served 40 years, nine months and 18 days in the Camden police department. He resides at 922 Cooper street.
Three veterans of the Camden police department yesterday were granted pensions by the Police and Fire Pension Fund Committee. A widow of another who died recently, also received approval of an application.
Those who applied were Captain A. Lincoln James, attached to police headquarters; Detective John Painter, Camden’s “oldest cop,” and Detective Thomas M. Stanger.
All three will be placed on the retirement list Dec. 30 next. Capt. James will receive $130.66 a month, while the two detectives will each be paid $92.50 monthly pension.
Detective Painter, who is 76 years old, lacks only six months of a half century of service to the city of Camden, having been appointed to the police department in June of 1883. He has been attached to the city detective bureau and, according to his superiors, has been “faithful and efficient.” He figured in a number of widely publicized murder cases.
When he applied for pension Painter stated he took great pride in the fact that during his nearly 50-year service he has never once been “on the carpet.” He gave as his reason for retirement that he has not been feeling well for several months. He resides at 1242 Princess avenue.
Captain James, who is 69 and resides at 922 Cooper street, was appointed to the force March 12, 1892. He gave no reason for his wish to retire.
Stanger, who is 70 and resides with a daughter at Collingswood, has been on the force for nearly 25 years. He is in charge of the Bertillon records at the city detective bureau, having been official “photographer” and finger-printer in many spectacular cases.
Mrs. Rose Caputi, of 1263 Park boulevard, widow of Detective Joseph Caputi, who died last week, applied for and was granted a widow’s pension by the police and fire group. Mrs. Caputi will receive $1000 yearly.
Stewart Joins Shay In Battle on Vice
is suspicion or evidence of vice and graft,” inasmuch as Judge Shay, in declaring the vice war voiced the belief that vice could not exist without the consent of police.
Mayor Stewart expressed the opinion that the city has “cleaned up virtually all of the ugly conditions” prevalent here in the past.
Two More Women Held
Judge Shay deferred sentences on the five disorderly house-keepers and remanded them to jail when he learned that several of them were willing to make complete statements to authorities about the white slave racket. Two more accused vice den proprietresses were arraigned yesterday and they too were sent back to jail to be further questioned. They [cut off at the crop edge]
Walt Whitman Acclaimed as ‘International Prophet’
Camden Courier-Post —
Wescott Recalls Friendship with Poet at Ceremonies Here Marking 120th Anniversary of his birth; Donaldson Tells of Buggy Gift
By Walter B. Batezel
Acknowledged by the world as the poet of democracy, Camden’s own Walt Whitman was acclaimed here yesterday on the 120th anniversary of his birth as the “prophet of a new internationalism.”
This interpretation of Whitman and his famous “Leaves of Grass,” which introduced free verse to the world and the rugged liberty loving character of America so lustily praised in his songs, was offered by Ralph W. Wescott, of Haddonfield.
Wescott was one of three speakers for the Walt Whitman Foundation which is charged with maintenance of the Whitman home at 330 Mickle Street as a literary shrine. Also speaking on Whitman were Thomas B. Donaldson, Philadelphia insurance man, who as a boy knew Whitman, and Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Conover, also of Philadelphia.
The meeting was held at the headquarters of the Camden County Historical Society, Euclid Avenue and Park Boulevard. Wescott, former comptroller of customs of the Port of Philadelphia and son of the late Judge John W. Wescott, who was an intimate friend of Whitman in Camden and who twice nominated Woodrow Wilson for the presidency, based his lauding of Whitman as an “international prophet” upon excerpts from Whitman’s books.
Urged Universal Freedom
“It is the very catholicity of the man which causes us to celebrate his birthday anniversary,” said Wescott. “He has been seen as the precursor of socialism and the completely going anti-socialist.”
“We almost shrink from news abroad, and we are bound to consider what Whitman’s response would have been. In his poem ‘Salutation,’ I think we find in Whitman the prophecy of a new internationalism, a poem in which he asked for universal freedom against slavery, and called for an international brotherhood.”
“It is unique and significant that on this 120th anniversary of Whitman the New York World’s Fair acclaims him by statue and adulation, and in 1876 during the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia Whitman indited a poem addressed to foreign readers in which he directed their attention to ‘the peculiar glory of the United States’ as something ‘vaster, saner, more splendid in comradeship, knitting closer all nations and humanity.’”
“Whitman himself wrote poets were necessary to fulfillment of a world brotherhood because their work was needed to vitalize the message of statesmen.”
Preached Good Will
“In the British-written preface to Whitman’s ‘Specimen Days in America,’ which he wrote in Camden and Laurel Springs, there occurred the sentence ‘Whitman preached goodwill between common people of all nations.’ In all the things written of him, Whitman said he liked that description best.”
“So, in Whitman’s own words we find the real message, and as expressed in one of his poems, and so which was an obsession with him in his declining days—we instinctively seek a ‘universal, comprehensive solidarity of man.’ There was no braver or more humanistic American writer than Whitman, nor more humanistic statement for the world than his ‘Leaves of Grass.’”
“Boyhood Recollections of Whitman,” by Donaldson, whose father Blaine Donaldson, of Philadelphia, was a benefactor and fast friend of Whitman, regaled the little literary group of 40 which appeared to honor the birthday of the “Good Gray Poet.”
It was Donaldson’s father who, anxious to aid the paralytic poet in reaching the outdoors, wrote to all of America’s most famous writers and asked they subscribe to a fund to purchase a pony and buggy for Whitman.
Great Writers Gave
The contributors to the fund, Donaldson said, included Ralph Waldo Emerson, John Greenleaf Whittier, John Burroughs, Robert W. Ingersoll, Rutherford B. Hayes, General Phil Sheridan and Oliver Wendell Holmes.
“Hayes and Sheridan were frequent visitors to our home,” said Donaldson, “as was Henry Irving, the actor. Sheridan came often to sniff brandy and Whitman met these men there, but Walt came chiefly for mental regalement and food, because my mother was a good cook.”
“I was a lad of eight to eleven years when Whitman made his visits, and no matter who was there Whitman always dominated the room. In fact, he loved my father so much that he requested that my father be a pallbearer for him.”
“My sister and I sat in his lap often, and we liked that because he looked like Santa Claus, and most children were drawn naturally toward him. He was different and comradely. I can pay tribute to Walt’s whiskers because he didn’t chew tobacco, not then anyway, if later.”
“Walt had the eyes of a stage manager and nothing escaped and no matter how distinguished the audience, Whitman was the boss. His favorite pastime at our home was dipping bananas into sherry wine and eating them as though they were lollypops.”
“It was in 1885 that my father decided to get Walt a pony and buggy, and when the outfit was purchased as a gift from America’s greatest writers to Walt. I was commissioned with a guardian to drive it to Camden.”
Pony Was Groggy
“When I got the pony there in the afternoon Whitman came out and said: ‘Bless me,’ and got in right away. Walt then took to the open in later days, but he soon began to complain the pony was ‘groggy and too slow.’ A few days later Walt turned up at home with a three-gaited horse.”
“The horse obviously was too spirited for Whitman’s crippled condition, and when this was drawn to his attention he said, ‘There is no sense in giving me a crippled horse. What does a helpless hulk like me want with another cripple? This horse is lithesome.’”
“I have some mementos from Whitman which I cherish, but most interesting of all was his personality. To know him was better than any souvenir of him, and in the language of today he had ‘umph!’”
“Mrs. Davis, who took him and who loved him as a mother would, caring for his every wish, was a kind, genial soul, and she in fact, supported Whitman while he saved his money for a monument to himself.”
Full of People
“I recall Whitman’s last days, when my father visited him. Father came home and said the house in Camden was full of people hovering over him with pencil and paper to catch his last words, and that few of them had gone down into their jeans to give him a cent.”
“But over all, I think our attitude toward Whitman must be an offering of our mentality, and our tribute is one of admiration and affection.”
Mrs. Conover paid memorial tribute to Dr. Alexander Macalister, former physician to Whitman, who died last November, and who was president of the Walt Whitman Foundation; Mrs. Sarah D. Wolverton, also a member of the foundation, who died last year; Mrs. Alice Walker Griffiths who lived in Camden at the George Whitman home while Walt lived there, and Mrs. Ruth Stafford Goldy, both of whom died last year. It was at the Stafford home in Laurel Springs that Whitman recuperated from his paralytic stroke.
Mrs. Conover said she was not “impressed by recent documents on Whitman” which she generally described as “insolent,” and said “nearness of approach and intimacy are necessary to get to a cosmic soul.”
“The most direct way to Whitman is through ‘Leaves of Grass,’” she said.
She then told of a recent incident on the finding of a first edition of “Leaves of Grass,” owned by “an unappreciative New York bootlegger,” and in which was found a manuscript of one of Whitman’s poems, “A Backward Glane O’re Traveled Road,” and the title of which had been written and changed three times by the poet on the manuscript.
Cites Honors to Poet
Mrs. Conover also called attention to the Sprague collection of Whitmania on exhibit this year in the Library of Congress, dedication of the Whitman statue at the World’s Fair yesterday, and issuance of a postage stamp in his honor.
“Whitman sailed his ship in deep waters,” she said, “and paid no attention to the shallows. He was the world’s greatest optimist, and under these tremulous, troubled and fear-filled times we should follow as Americans his words, ‘My foothold is tenoned and mortised in granite.’”
Mrs. Conover lauded Mrs. Martha Davis, curator of the Whitman house, as “a stout-hearted disciple of Walt Whitman.”
Wescott, in behalf of the Whitman foundation, presented to the Camden County Historical Society a picture of the Walt Whitman home for its archives. The picture was received for the society by Mrs. A. Haines Lippincott.
Two Camden Stars to Lead Mummers
Camden Courier-Post —
Kathryn Hamilton, Walter Stanton Billed for Ambassador’s Masked Ball
Two well known Camden entertainers will aid and abet the spooks and the Ambassador Club in making tomorrow evening an enjoyable one for the 5000 mummers expected to attend the club’s annual masked ball.
They are Miss Kathryn Hamilton and Walter Stanton, who will not only lead the grand march, but will “put on” their acts. Miss Hamilton is the talented daughter of Joe Hamilton, famous minstrel, and has appeared in this vicinity on numerous occasions as well as on vaudeville circuits. The petite songstress resides at 1317 Park Boulevard.
Stanton has just returned from an RKO tour. The Mack and Stanton act played all last Winter and Summer. He has been master of ceremonies, in which capacity he will serve tomorrow, at a number of famous clubs, and is now enacting that role at the Stroller’s Club in New York.
The club, of which Steve Kirby is president, is holding the gala affair tomorrow night instead of on Halloween in order that dancing will not be discontinued until 2 a.m. Pat Riley’s orchestra will present the dance program, while Harry D. Roselle will direct the grand march.
It will be an appropriate night for the “spirits” to chase “Popeye,” the Courier-Post comic strip idol, as 200 newsboys who will be guests of the club, will vie for a cash prize to be awarded to the one whose costume renders him the best likeness to the hard-hitting sailor man. Other prizes will be awarded to the winners of the perfect form contest and various costume competitions.