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Royden Street

ROYDEN STREET, which was improperly spelled on the city plan, was named in honor of William Royden, who in 1681–82 became the owner of all the land between the present Cooper Street and Line Street.

William Roydon was originally a grocer from London, England. He had apparently been interested in the development of the New Jersey colony as early as 1676, six years before his arrival in America. One of the largest landowners in West Jersey, he was selected to be a member of the first Council of Proprietors. When it was decided that regular ferry service should be established between Camden and Philadelphia, William Roydon was selected and granted an exclusive license to conduct ferry business between the Newton and Cooper’s Creek.

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200 Block of Royden Street

200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants

City directory records and newspaper clippings, 1877–1960s.

200 Royden Street

200 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
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201 Royden Street

201 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
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202 Royden Street

202 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
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203 Royden Street

203 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1917Dominic Arbano Family
1917 Joseph Arbano
1919–1920 Carl V. Ceciro & Family
1919–1920Carl V. & Margaret L. Ceciro
1919–1920Philomena Ceciro
1919–1920Carolina Ceciro
1924–1930s William Vangeley & Family
1924–1930sWilliam & Mary Vangeley
1924–1930sAdeline Vangeley
1924–1930sFrank Vangeley
1924–1930sJennie Vangeley
1924–1930sRose Vangeley
1924–1930sPat Vangeley
1924–1930sAurelia Vangeley
1930s–1959 Luigi Celani & Family
1930s–1959Luigi & Mary Celani

204 Royden Street

204 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
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205 Royden Street

205 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
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1914–1920sRobert McMullen & Family
1914–1920sRobert & Amelia McMullen
1914–1920sHarry McMullen
1914–1920sViola McMullen
1914–1920sAlma McMullen
1914–1920s Clarence E. McMullen

206 Royden Street

206 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
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207 Royden Street

207 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
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1880 Thomas McLaughlin

208 Royden Street

208 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
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209 Royden Street

209 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
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210 Royden Street

210 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
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211 Royden Street

211 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
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212 Royden Street

212 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
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213 Royden Street

213 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
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214 Royden Street

214 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
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215 Royden Street

215 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
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1880–1890s James H. Carey
1910–1911Bernard Tierney & Family
1910–1911Bernard & Josephine Tierney

216 Royden Street

216 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
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1906Listed in city directory

217 Royden Street

217 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
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1877 Harry Miller
WWI Private Nicolo Fanello

218 Royden Street

218 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
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1888 William H. Hawkins & Family
1888William & Adelaide Hawkins
1888 J. Miller Hawkins

219 Royden Street

219 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
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1877 Charles M. Lane
1877–1878George W. Kelley & Family
1960sAnthony Tucci (Tucci Family)
—Anthony Tucci

220 Royden Street

220 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
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1938Margaret Schiave

221 Royden Street

221 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
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1906Listed in city directory

222 Royden Street

222 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
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1906Listed in city directory

223 Royden Street

223 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
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1910Robert McMullen & Family
1910Robert & Amelia McMullen
1910Harry McMullen
1910Viola McMullen
1910Alma McMullen
1910 Clarence E. McMullen

224 Royden Street

224 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
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225 Royden Street

225 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
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226 Royden Street

226 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
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227 Royden Street

227 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
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228 Royden Street

228 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
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229 Royden Street

229 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
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230 Royden Street

230 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
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231 Royden Street

231 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
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1906Listed in city directory

232 Royden Street

232 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1897–1898 Harry Miller & Family
1897–1898Harry & Mary Miller
1897–1898H. Jarrett Miller
1897–1898Edwin Miller
1897–1898Elizabeth Miller
1897–1898Charles H. Miller
1897–1898George O. Miller

233 Royden Street

233 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1906Listed in city directory

234 Royden Street

234 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
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1899–1901 Harry Miller & Family
1899–1901Harry & Mary Miller
1899–1901H. Jarrett Miller
1899–1901Edwin Miller
1899–1901Elizabeth Miller
1899–1901Charles H. Miller
1899–1901George O. Miller

235 Royden Street

235 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
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1906Listed in city directory

236 Royden Street

236 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
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1899Benjamin Edwards & Family
1899Benjamin & Bertha Edwards
1899Anna L. Edwards

237 Royden Street

237 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
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1949Antonio Rizzo

239 Royden Street

239 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
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1906Listed in city directory

241 Royden Street

241 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
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1906Listed in city directory

243 Royden Street

243 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1900 William E. Laird

245 Royden Street

245 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
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1878–1887Jacques Wissler
WWII Sergeant Thomas Nuzzi
1972William Foulks & Family
1972William & Beatrice Foulks

247 Royden Street

247 Royden Street — 200 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1906Listed in city directory
William Vangeley in uniform William Vangeley with family — From Left: Aurelia, Petrina (Pat), Rose, Genevinina (Jennie), Frank, Adeline

William Vangeley & Family, 203 Royden Street, 1924–1930s. William Vangeley died in 1927. His widow, Mary, married Luigi Celani shortly after the 1930 Census was enumerated.

From Left: Aurelia, Petrina (Pat), Rose, Genevinina (Jennie), Frank, Adeline

Sergeant Thomas Nuzzi, 245 Royden Street

Sergeant Thomas Nuzzi, 245 Royden Street. See full profile.

Foulks

Camden Courier-Post —

Foulks - Camden Courier-Post, January 25, 1972

Beatrice of 245 Royden St., Camden. Died Jan. 23, 1972. Age 64 years. Survived by husband William and 1 sister. Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral services on Friday, 8 p.m., at the Carl Miller Funeral Home, 831 Van Hook St., Camden, where friends may call after 6 p.m. Interment Evergreen Cemetery, Camden.

Funeral of Jacques Wissler, Designer of Confederate Currency—Other News

Philadelphia Inquirer —

Funeral of Jacques Wissler, Designer of Confederate Currency—Other News - Philadelphia Inquirer, November 25, 1887

Jacques Wissler, living at No. 245 Royden street, Camden, died on Friday night. He was famous as the “lithographer of the Confederacy.” He was born at Alsace in 1803, and learned lithographing in Paris. Just previous to the breaking out of the late rebellion he was sent to Richmond by a New York firm of lithographers. Shortly after he landed in old Virginia, Fort Sumter was fired on. Richmond became the capital of the Southern States, and Mr. Wissler found himself assigned to the duty of designing the notes and bonds of the seceders. Although Wissler was not satisfied with his situation, there was nothing left for him to do than fulfil his contract with the New York firm.

It is said that he always made it a point to take his remuneration in some other kind of money than that which he manufactured himself. After the close of the war he purchased a house at Macon, Ga., which he afterwards disposed of to come North. His daughter, Mrs. Anna Holburg, who still lives at Macon, is the principal teacher of a musical institution at that place. His granddaughter, Miss Zenaide Wissler, is one of the members of Augustin Daly’s New York Theatrical Company. The funeral took place yesterday from his late residence, the service being conducted by Rev. Dr. Tidball, rector of St. Paul’s P. E. Church. Interment was made in Evergreen Cemetery.

Edwards

Philadelphia Inquirer —

Edwards - Philadelphia Inquirer, January 18, 1900

EDWARDS—On January 15, 1900, Anna L., daughter of Benjamin and Bertha Edwards, aged 14 years and 8 months. The relatives and friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral services, on Friday afternoon, January 19, at 2 o’clock, from her parents’ residence, 236 Royden street, Camden, N. J. Interment private at Evergreen Cemetery

Funeral of Bernard Tierney

Philadelphia Inquirer —

Funeral of Bernard Tierney - Philadelphia Inquirer, December 19, 1911

•• Delegations from the Third Ward Republican Club and the Camden Aerie of Eagles yesterday attended the funeral of Bernard Tierney, of 215 Royden street. Requiem mass was celebrated at Sts. Peter and Paul’s Church and interment was made in Calvary Cemetery.

Camden Man Stabbed During Argument

Camden Courier-Post —

Camden Man Stabbed During Argument - Camden Courier-Post, March 21, 1932

Emil Tisani, 35, of 237 Stevens street, was stabbed in the neck, head and face Saturday night following an argument with a neighbor in a grocery store at 210 South Second street. After being treated for the wounds at Cooper Hospital, Tisani said he would swear out a warrant for Lugi Celani, of 203 Royden street, whom he claimed attacked him with a razor.

SAYS PAL ROBBED HIM

Camden Courier-Post —

237 Royden Street — Camden Courier-Post, December 17, 1949

A South Camden man was arrested Friday night and charged with robbery of a friend with whom he had been drinking a few minutes earlier. Antonia Rizzo, 237 Royden street, told police he had been in a taproom at Second and Beckett streets in company with Charles Brown, 27, of 854 South Second street. Rizzo said when he left the taproom he was attacked by two men and robbed of $40. Rizzo identified Brown as one of the men and his arrest followed.

237 Royden Street — 1949 Antonio Rizzo

Camden Courier-Post — December 17, 1949

Intersection of South 3rd Street and Royden Street

Royden Street looking east from South 3rd Street — February 22, 2004 Royden Street at South 3rd Street — February 22, 2004 Royden Street looking east from South 3rd Street — February 22, 2004

Royden Street — Looking East from South 3rd Street. February 22, 2004.

On the left is 556 South 3rd Street, the corner of 3rd and Royden Streets, where the Pasquale DiRenzo family owned and operated a grocery from the 1920s through the late 1970s.

Intersection of South 3rd and Royden Streets — January 5, 2012

Intersection of South 3rd and Royden Streets as seen from the 300 Block of Royden Street — January 5, 2012.

600 South 3rd Street — Southeast Corner of South 3rd and Royden Streets — Roma Cafe (also known as Sciamanna’s). When the 1931 Camden City Directory was published, Joseph Griffo was operating a cafe at this address. By 1939 Antonio Cerasaro had acquired the property, and was running the bar, which was by then known as the Roma Cafe. The 1947 Camden City Directory shows that Antonio Cerasaro was still the proprietor, living on premises with his wife Angeline, and that Americo “Reds” Cerasaro lived and worked there as a bartender. The Roma Cafe appears in the 1964 New Jersey Bell Telephone Directory, but is not listed in the 1966 edition. The Roma Cafe had closed by 1970. Reds Cerasaro and John Meloni had by then opened up a bar called RJ’s Lounge at 524 West Street. It is unclear at this time if the bar remained open under different management. The Roma Cafe stands boarded up and vacant in November of 2003.

300 Block of Royden Street

300 Block of Royden Street — Occupants

City directory records and photographs, 1906–2012.

307 Royden Street

307 Royden Street — 300 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1920s–1930sTony Arbano Family
1920s–1930s Joseph Arbano
1923–1927 Thomas Cunningham & Family (Thomas & Ida Lang Cunningham, Ida Cunningham)
1934Mrs. Elsie Barnabie
1923–1927Thomas Cunningam & Family

308 Royden Street

308 Royden Street — 300 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
2012Photographed January 5, 2012

309 Royden Street

309 Royden Street — 300 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1906Listed in city directory

310 Royden Street

310 Royden Street — 300 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1910 James H. McDermott & Family
1910James H. & Anna McDermott
1910Bertha McDermott
1910David McDermott
1910Catherine McDermott
1930Tantone/Tantonio Family (Michael head, Rose wife; Tony, Mary, Nancy, Anna, Angeline, Michael/Madeline children)

311 Royden Street

311 Royden Street — 300 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1940sMaria Vittoria d'Alessandro & daughter Nunziata DiRenzo

312 Royden Street

312 Royden Street — 300 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1938Joseph Spada

313 Royden Street

313 Royden Street — 300 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
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1906Listed in city directory

314 Royden Street

314 Royden Street — 300 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924George W. Attison
1924 William H. Deitz

316 Royden Street

316 Royden Street — 300 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1910–1912 Thomas Cunningham & Family (Thomas & Ida Lang Cunningham)
1920s–1930sTony Arbano Family
1920s–1930s Joseph Arbano
1910–1912Thomas Cunningam & Family

317 Royden Street

317 Royden Street — 300 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1920–1960 Salvatore Pigliacelli & Family
1920–1960Salvatore & Catherina Picliacelli
1920–1960Joseph Pigliacelli
1920–1960Theresa Pigliacelli
1920–1960Anthony Pigliacelli
1954–1960Frank Pigliacelli Family (Frank & Louise Pigliacelli, Nanci Pigliacelli, Susan Pigliacelli)

318 Royden Street

318 Royden Street — 300 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1922Joseph Rugi

320 Royden Street

320 Royden Street — 300 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1939Photographed April 1939

322 Royden Street

322 Royden Street — 300 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
2004Vacant (demolished by 2011)
2004VACANT
2011GONE

323 Royden Street

323 Royden Street — 300 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1943–1955Benjamin Saia & Family
1943–1955Benjamin & Rita M. Saia
1955–1968Tony Vendetti Family
1955–1968Tony & Gloria Vendetti
1955–1968James Vendetti
1955–1968Anthony Vendetti

324 Royden Street

324 Royden Street — 300 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
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2004–2011 Vacant; damaged by fire January 5, 2012
2004Vacant
2011Vacant

325 Royden Street

325 Royden Street — 300 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
Listed in city directory

326 Royden Street

326 Royden Street — 300 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
2008 Vacant; destroyed by fire January 5, 2012
2008Vacant

328 Royden Street

328 Royden Street — 300 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
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2007Gone

330 Royden Street

330 Royden Street — 300 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
2007Gone

337 Royden Street

337 Royden Street — 300 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1898–1899William Loughlin & Family
1898–1899William & Mary Loughlin
1898–1899Thomas Loughlin

343 Royden Street

343 Royden Street — 300 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1906James McNeal & Family
1906James & & Mary E. McNeal
2002Gone

345 Royden Street

345 Royden Street — 300 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
2011Gone
307 Royden Street — January 10, 2005

307 Royden Street. Photograph taken January 10, 2005.

307 & 309 Royden Street — January 10, 2005

307 & 309 Royden Street. Photograph taken January 10, 2005.

307 to 321 Royden Street — March 21, 2005

307 to 321 Royden Street — March 21, 2005.

308 & 310 Royden Street — January 5, 2012

308 & 310 Royden Street. Photograph taken January 5, 2012.

310 Royden Street — January 10, 2005 310 Royden Street — January 10, 2005

310 Royden Street. Photographs taken January 10, 2005.

Maria Vittoria d'Alessandro and her daughter Nunziata DiRenzo at 311 Royden Street, 1940s

Left: Maria Vittoria d’Alessandro (1874–1955) with her oldest daughter Nunziata DiRenzo (1897–1983), at 311 Royden Street, Camden, in the 1940s. Valente and DiRenzo Family History.

312 & 314 Royden Street — March 18, 2001 312 Royden Street — July 12, 2005 314 Royden Street — July 12, 2005

312 & 314 Royden Street. Photographs taken March 18, 2001 and July 12, 2005.

William H. Deitz, Camden Fire Department District Chief

William H. Deitz, 314 Royden Street. George W. Attison was a Camden Fire Fighter in the 1920s and 1930s. His stepson, William Dietz, would rise to the rank of District Chief in the Camden Fire Department, only to die in the line of duty in November of 1962.

315 & 317 Royden Street — July 12, 2005

315 & 317 Royden Street. Photograph taken July 12, 2005.

316, 318 & 320 Royden Street — January 5, 2012

316, 318 & 320 Royden Street. Photograph taken January 5, 2012.

320 Royden Street — April 1939

320 Royden Street — April 1939.

HOLC FORM PM 429-E, NEW YORK
APPROVED 3-10-38

THIS SUPERSEDES ANY PREVIOUS LISTING
DATE April 7th, 1939
PM NO. NJ E 146 PO

CONTRACT BROKER
Leon Todd Inc.,
2623 Westfield Ave., Camden, N. J.

DATE AVAILABLE
MO. RENTAL $

TYPE 1 fam. brick
SIZE LOT 88 x 139

NO. ROOMS 7
TRANSP. 3 blocks

NO. BED ROOMS 4
WATER yes

BATH 1
GAS yes ELECT. yes

SUN ROOM
SEWER yes

BKFST. RM.
STREET paved

FIREPLACE
GARAGE

HEAT hot air
SERVANTS QTRS.

ROOF slag
ANNUAL TAXES

SALES PRICE $ 2100.

ADDRESS 320 Royden Street, Camden, N. J.
dn

THIS LISTING SUBJECT TO TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF H. O. L. C.

Home Owners Loan Corporation
PROPERTY MANAGEMENT DIVISION

324 & 326 Royden Street — damaged by fire January 5, 2012

324 & 326 Royden Street — Damaged by fire January 5, 2012.

326 Royden Street — destroyed by fire January 5, 2012

326 Royden Street — Destroyed by fire January 5, 2012.

325, 327, 329, 331 Royden Street — March 14, 2004

325, 327, 329, 331 Royden Street — March 14, 2004.

331 Royden Street — January 5, 2012

331 Royden Street. Photograph taken January 5, 2012.

331, 333 & 335 Royden Street — January 5, 2012

331, 333 & 335 Royden Street. Photograph taken January 5, 2012.

333 Royden Street — January 5, 2012

333 Royden Street. Photograph taken January 5, 2012.

335 Royden Street — January 5, 2012

335 Royden Street. Photograph taken January 5, 2012.

337, 339 & 341 Royden Street — February 19, 2002

337, 339 & 341 Royden Street. Photographs taken February 19, 2002.

343 & 345 Royden Street — July 12, 2005

343 & 345 Royden Street — 2002 Gone. Photograph taken July 12, 2005.

345 Royden Street — February 19, 2002

345 Royden Street — 2011 Gone. Photograph taken February 19, 2002.

McNeal

Philadelphia Inquirer —

McNeal - Philadelphia Inquirer, December 28, 1906

McNEAL.—Died, on the morning December 26th, JAMES, husband of Mary E. McNeal and son of the late Charles and Frances McNeal, aged 72 years 1 month 25 days. The relatives and friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral services, on Friday, December 28, at 1 o’clock, at his late residence, 843 Royden st., Camden. Interment at Old Cedar Hill Cemetery. Friends may view the remains on Thursday evening, 8 to 10.

Laughlin

Philadelphia Inquirer —

Laughlin - Philadelphia Inquirer, January 6, 1899

LAUGHLIN.—On January 4, 1899, Thomas, son of William and Mary Laughlin, aged 1 year and 7 months. The relatives and friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, on Friday afternoon, at 2 o’clock, from his parents’ residence, 337 Royden street, Camden, N. J. Interment at St. Patrick’s Cemetery.

Crash Injures Woman

Camden Courier-Post —

Crash Injures Woman - Camden Courier-Post, November 4, 1949

A South Camden woman was hurt Thursday when the car in which she was riding collided with another at West and Benson streets. Mrs. Rita Saia, 31, of 323 Royden street, sustained several injured ribs and was treated at Cooper hospital. Police said she was a passenger in the car operated by Anthony Paradise, 56, of 607 South Fourth street. The other driver was Benjamin L. Vogel, 34, of 7644 Thouron street, Philadelphia.

Woman Guard Takes Her Bed To Post Hole

Seattle Daily Times —

Woman Guard Takes Her Bed To Post Hole - Seattle Daily Times, September 20, 1934

By Associated Press.

CAMDEN, N. J., Thursday, Sept. 20.—Too many callers kept Mrs. Elsie Barnabie, young looking mother of six, from sleeping as she lay on a cot over the pole hole before her home last night in her one-woman war against the Public Service Gas & Electric Company.

It was Mrs. Barnabie’s third night out. She began sitting over the hole at 2 p. m. Monday to keep the electric company men from putting a new pole in until they gave her $500 and firewood.

She yielded yesterday morning, after thirty-seven hours, to her husband, whose legs, dangling in the pole hole, likewise were enough to prevent the insertion of the pole.

Now they’re taking turns.

The neighbors and visitors crowd around at all hours of the day. They bring food and blankets, and build fires.

The Barnabies say their lights were turned off while one of their children was ill. The company denies this, saying its records show service was cut off during the sumemr [sic] while the occupants were away.

Across the street the Di Renzo family is divided in its sympathies. Denny, the father, likes the idea of blocking the company men and their big truck, but he finds his son, Joseph, a paralytic for nine years, cannot eat because of the excitement nearby.

Joseph, 23 years old, has consumed milk only for the past two days.

317 Royden Street — Salvatore Pigliacelli Family

In 1920, my grandparents, Salvatore and Catherina Pigliacelli purchased their home at 317 Royden Street. My grandfather, Salvatore, worked at Snellenberg’s Department Store on Market Street between 11th and 12th Street. They had four children: Joseph, Theresa, Anthony (who was born at 317 Royden Street in 1921) and Frank (who was also born there, in 1923). Frank is my father. After his brothers and sisters got married and moved, Frank remained at the house with his parents while he worked at Galsworthy as a wholesale liquor salesman. In 1952, Salvatore Pigliacelli, my grandfather, died of cancer at 66 years of age. On February 20, 1954, my father married Louise DePasquale of 3026 North Merrimac Road in the Fairview section of Camden. After their honeymoon in Miami, they moved into 317 Royden Street with my grandmother. In January, 1955, they had me, then my sister Susan in January, 1957. We lived right down the street from DiRenzo’s Grocery Store. My Uncle Tony married Denny DiRenzo’s niece, Stella Campese in January, 1944, and we are still close to the DiRenzos.

In November, 1960, my parents built a custom home in Pennsauken. The builder was my mother’s uncle, Peter Tocco, also from Camden. My grandmother sold her home at 317 Royden Street and moved with us to Pennsauken in November, 1960.

— Nanci Pigliacelli Sinclair, March 2009

For more about this family, see the Salvatore Pigliacelli & Family page.

310 Royden Street — The Tantone/Tantonio Family

1930 Census, 310 Royden Street:

Head of Household…Michael — Laborer Shipyard
Wife — Rose
Son — Tony — Laborer Gas Co
Daughter — Mary — Sprayer Leather
“ — Nancy — Sorter Wool
“ — Anna
“ — Angeline
Son — Michael* — * Note the last entry of a Son .. Michael…this was actually my Mother. Her name is ‘Madeline’, but her Mother’s pronunciation was ‘Mickaline’ and apparently the census taker misunderstood it as ‘Michael’ and as a Son.

Also my Godfather, Anthony (Tony) always spelled their name as ‘Tantonio’, but records of my Grandparents entering the country state the name as ‘Tantone’. On my grandparents grave Marker the name is spelled ‘Tantone’ and next to theirs is my Aunt & Uncle’s with the spelling as ‘Tantonio’.

According to my Mother’s memory her Father’s occupation for a good part of her life was on Farms as a Boss or Foreman. My Mom and her Sister often had to leave school in the Spring and in the Autumn to work on the Farms picking fruit, et cetera.

The census states my Grandfather’s name as ‘Michael’, but his true name is ‘Michele’. My Grandmother’s name is stated as ‘Rose’, but is actually ‘Rosaria’.

— Anthony Venella, September 2006

Two Boys and a Woman Hurt by Autos in Camden

Philadelphia Inquirer —

Two Boys and a Woman Hurt by Autos in Camden - Philadelphia Inquirer, November 20, 1922

Two boys and a woman were injured in automobile accidents in Camden yesterday. As the result of one accident, Dilbert Sullivan, 21, of 1434 Haddon avenue, Camden, was locked up to answer charges of being responsible for injuries sustained by Beatrice Aveyard, 21, of 53 Penn street, who was injured by Sullivan’s machine. Joseph Rugi, 12, of 318 Royden street, Camden, was hit by an automobile operated by Francis P. Pernier, of 1364 Chesapeake road, Fairview, at Third and Washington streets. Pernier was held in $[?]00 bail. William McKenna, 7, of 617 Spruce street, Camden, was hit by an automobile operated by David G. Garlanger, of Masonville.

Intersection of South 4th Street and Royden Street

Northwest Corner of South 4th Street & Royden Street — February 15, 2002

Northwest Corner of South 4th Street & Royden Street — February 15, 2002.

Northeast Corner of South 4th & Royden Street — January 5, 2012

Northeast Corner of South 4th & Royden Street — January 5, 2012.

Intersection of South 4th and Royden Streets as seen from the 300 Block of Royden Street — January 5, 2012

Intersection of South 4th and Royden Streets as seen from the 300 Block of Royden Street — January 5, 2012.

Bandits Abandon Car Used in Bus Holdup

Camden Courier-Post —

Bandits Abandon Car Used in Bus Holdup - Camden Courier-Post, March 19, 1932

An automobile in which two bandits escaped after holding up a bus driver and three passengers in Gloucester Wednesday night was found abandoned yesterday at Fourth and Royden streets.

The car is owned by Harry Lewis, of Westville, who reported it stolen from Burlington and Essex streets, Gloucester, Wednesday night before the holdup. Police found a woman’s empty pocketbook in the rear of the car.

The change carrier stolen from the bus driver was found on a lot near the garage of Girard Rogers, 512 Cumberland street, Gloucester. Rogers turned it over to the police.

Sciamanna's Cafe — 601 South 4th Street

Sciamanna’s Cafe (also known as Sherman’s Cafe) was located at 601 South 4th Street — Southwest Corner of South 4th & Royden Street.

601 South 4th Street was not listed as a bar in the 1918–1919 Camden City Directory, however, a Giulio Cinelli was operating a saloon there, as evidenced by the 1920 Census and a 1921 Camden business directory. Giulio Cinelli had left the bar business and moved to Haddon Heights NJ by April of 1930. It is very possible that he was one of the Cinellis who opened Cinelli’s Country House on Haddonfield Road in what was then Delaware Township in 1935. By 1926 Giacinto Sciamanna was running the bar, and the Sciamanna family appears to have remained involved in the establishment into the early 1970s. 601 South 4th Street reappears as a tavern in the 1978 New Jersey Bell Telephone Directory as the Spanish-American Cafe. This listing was continued until 1981. The bar then reappears in the 1983 Directory as Chic’s Cafe.

South 4th and Royden Streets became a notorious drug corner in the 1980s. Today the building is vacant and boarded up, and appears to have been vacant for many, many years.

Sciamanna's Cafe, 601 South 4th Street — Looking West down Royden Street from 4th Street, November 9, 2003

Sciamanna’s Cafe — Looking West down Royden Street from 4th Street — November 9, 2003.

The Sciamanna Girls standing on Royden Street, just west of 4th Street, looking East — July 20, 1941

The Sciamanna Girls — July 20, 1941. Standing on Royden Street, just west of 4th Street, looking East.

The Wedding of Frank Albanese & Anna Sciamanna — June 3, 1952 The Wedding of Frank Albanese & Anna Sciamanna — June 3, 1952 Sign outside the bar in 1952 read Sherman's Cafe

Royden Street at 4th — June 3, 1952 — The Wedding of Frank Albanese & Anna Sciamanna. Sign outside the bar in 1952 read Sherman’s Cafe.

400 Block of Royden Street

400 Block of Royden Street — Occupants

City directory records and newspaper clippings, 1899–1960s.

401 Royden Street

401 Royden Street — 400 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
Listed in city directory

407 Royden Street

407 Royden Street — 400 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1910s–1920s Leonard J. Megee & Family
1910s–1920sLeonard J. & Emma Megee
1910s–1920sLeonard H. Megee
1910s–1920sEvelyn Megee
1910s–1920sBeatrice Megee
1910s–1920s Harold J. Megee

414 Royden Street

414 Royden Street — 400 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1906–1940Francis P. Pernier & Family
1906–1940Francis & Laura Pernier
1906–1940George Pernier
1906–1940Emma Pernier
1906–1940Anna Pernier
1906–1940Frank Pernier
1906–1940Harry Pernier
1906–1940Josephine "Joesie" Pernier
1906–1940Laura Taylor Pernier
1906–1940 William Pernier

416 Royden Street

416 Royden Street — 400 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1918 John Holland

417 Royden Street

417 Royden Street — 400 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1941John Iacovino

419 Royden Street

419 Royden Street — 400 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1922–1926 Hugh Boyle & Family (Hugh & Alice Boyle; retired Camden Police Department captain)
1922–1926Hugh & Alice Boyle
1949Francis A. Green

420 Royden Street

420 Royden Street — 400 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924–1932Nicola Lapergola & Family
1924–1932Nicola & Mary Lapergola
1924–1932William Lapergola

432 Royden Street

432 Royden Street — 400 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1899John Stewart & Family
1899John & Tacy Severns Stewart

440 Royden Street

440 Royden Street — 400 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1900–1907James F. Sharp & Family (ferrymaster at Kaighns Point Ferry)

441 Royden Street

441 Royden Street — 400 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1910Joseph C. White & Family
1910Joseph C. & Sarah White
1910Alberta White
1910Edward White

443 Royden Street

443 Royden Street — 400 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1910–1915Caleb Williams & Family
1910–1915Caleb & Susan WIlliams
1910–1915William B. WIlliams

444 Royden Street

444 Royden Street — 400 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933 Dominick Oliveto (aka Dominic Olivette)
1933 Dominick Oleveto

445 Royden Street

445 Royden Street — 400 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1910William W. White & Family
1910Walter White
1910WIlliam W. White Jr.
1910Ola White
1910James White
1910Katie White
1910Elizabeth White
1910Joseph B. White
1910Madge White

447 Royden Street

447 Royden Street — 400 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1910Harry T. Powell & Family
1910Harry T. & Mary Powell
1910Harry L. Powell
1910Raymond Powell
1910Walter Powell
1967Felice Pizzutiello

448 Royden Street

448 Royden Street — 400 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1906 John Holland

449 Royden Street

449 Royden Street — 400 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1915 John Holland

451 Royden Street

451 Royden Street — 400 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1914Miss Irene Williams

452 Royden Street

452 Royden Street — 400 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1887–1899 Smith Moore
1893–1895George Gladney & Family
1893–1895George & Mary Gladney
1893–1895David Gladney
1893–1895 Charles Gladney
1910 John Holland

453 Royden Street

453 Royden Street — 400 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1906 George Tabor Quinn

454 Royden Street

454 Royden Street — 400 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933Basilio Masso
1964Francesco Blasi & Family
1964Francesco & Elvira Blasi
1964Ida Blasi Masso
1964Amelia Blasi Vespa

456 Royden Street

456 Royden Street — 400 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924–1930 John H. Lutts Sr.

458 Royden Street

458 Royden Street — 400 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1930Nathan Pettit

462 Royden Street

462 Royden Street — 400 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1915–1923George Hickman
1941Albert Sharp

420 Royden Street — Nicola Lapergola & Family, 1924–1932

443 Royden Street — Philadelphia Inquirer, August 25, 1915

443 Royden Street — Caleb Williams & Family, 1910–1915

Philadelphia Inquirer — August 25, 1915. John A. Stockton — James E. Tatem — James E. Hewitt — Broadway Methodist Episcopal Church — St. John’s Episcopal Church.

462 Royden Street — Camden Courier-Post, July 24, 1941

462 Royden Street — Albert Sharp, 1941

Camden Courier-Post — July 24, 1941. Walter Vecander.

John H. Lutts Sr., Camden Fire Department

John H. Lutts Sr., 456 Royden Street, 1924–1930.

Wanted in Camden for Auto Theft

Philadelphia Inquirer —

Wanted in Camden for Auto Theft - Philadelphia Inquirer, August 4, 1923

Arrested at Cape May Court House on a charge of attempted robbery, George Hickman, 19, 462 Royden street, and Joseph Hand, 16, 518 West street, are wanted in Camden for the theft of an automobile and a camping outfit from the garage of John H. Ohrens, 1393 Baird avenue. The boys had the car in their possession when they were taken into custody by Sergeant Tighe, of the State police. Camden authorities yesterday lodged a detainer against the two prisoners.

Francesco Blasi

Camden Courier-Post —

Francesco Blasi - Camden Courier-Post, November 19, 1964

Francesco Blasi, 71, of 454 Royden st., died yesterday in Cooper Hospital. He was a retired employe of Camden County in its maintenance department. He was a veteran of World War I; a member of American Legion Post 373 and the South Camden Bocce Club.

Surviving are his wife, Elvira; two daughters, Mrs. Ida Masso of Camden, Mrs. Amelia Vespa of New York City; a brother and a sister in Italy and six grandchildren.

Friends will meet tomorrow at 8 a.m. in the Bocco Funeral Home, 4th and Walnut sts. Solemn requiem Mass will be celebrated at 9:30 o’clock in Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, 4th and Division sts. A viewing will be tonight in the funeral home. Burial will be in National Cemetery, Beverly.

Stewart

Philadelphia Inquirer —

Stewart - Philadelphia Inquirer, June 1, 1899

STEWART.—On May 28, 1899, John Stewart, husband of Tacy Stewart, nee Severns, of 432 Royden street, Camden, N. J., aged 71 years. The relatives and friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral services on Thursday forenoon, June 1, at 11 o’clock, at the Hedding, N. J., M. E. Church. Interment at Hedding Cemetery.

Blonde Sobs Story of Brutal Attack Near Riverfront

Camden Courier-Post —

Blonde Sobs Story of Brutal Attack Near Riverfront - Camden Courier-Post, June 15, 1932 Blonde Sobs Story of Brutal Attack Near Riverfront - Camden Courier-Post, June 15, 1932

Girl Victim Accuses Four Youths on Trial for Beating

Says Camden Men Lured Her to Spot on Pretext of Taking Her Home

Cries to Cop Smothered

Martha Tomlinson, of Delaware township, 18, attractive blonde, wept convulsively in Camden county court yesterday afternoon as she accused four young men of attacking her, beating and robbing her.

The defendants were William Lopergola, 420 Royden street; Tony Basile, 419 Clinton street; Joseph Girgenti, 305 Benson street, and Frank Corafolo, 210 Senate street, all in their early twenties. They denied the charge.

The girl said she attended a dance the night of February 9 at Tenth and Liberty streets. The young man who was to take her home discovered his automobile had been stolen and left her to report it to the police. One of the defendants, she said, offered to take her home, and when she accepted, the others entered the car.

She was driven to a dark spot along the riverfront, the girl charged, where she was beaten, attacked and robbed of $1.60 she had in her purse. Her pleas saved her wrist watch, she declared. A police car passed them during the attack, the girl said, but hands were clapped over her mouth to forestall cries for help.

She was thrown out of the car in South Camden about 3.30 a. m., took the license number of the car, found a policeman, Miss Tomlinson testified, and the arrest of the four youths followed.

Testimony will be continued today.

Camden News Notes

Philadelphia Inquirer —

440 Royden Street — Philadelphia Inquirer, December 14, 1906

William Lynch, who has been missing from his home, at 433 South Fourth street, was located in Brooklyn yesterday. He went there to procure work.

The Camden Postoffice is unusually busy. Postmaster Barker will have extra help until the Yuletide season has passed.

Nearly $40,000 was taken in by Assistant Tax Receiver Elfreth yesterday in Camden. The rush of taxpayers to escape paying the penalty begins in the morning and continues until night.

The Camden corps of the Salvation Army is preparing to give Christmas dinners to 1000 persons.

Julia Simmons, who was married in the county jail two weeks ago, was taken to Trenton yesterday to serve a year in the State prison for robbing Hyman Denbow.

Camden business men have promised to have several substantial cash prizes for the New Year associations.

Employes of the Kaighn’s Point ferry last night viewed the body of Captain James F. Sharp at the home, 440 Royden street.

Morning newspaper thieves have aroused the ire of South Camdenites.

It is said there is to be another big building boom in the northeastern section of Camden next spring.

Camden Lodge of Elks has donated $110 to the various charitable institutions.

440 Royden Street — James F. Sharp & Family, 1900–1907. Ferrymaster at Kaighns Point Ferry.

Philadelphia Inquirer — December 14, 1906. Charles H. Elfreth — Camden Lodge of Elks.

407 Royden Street — Leonard J. Megee Family

Thanks so much for picture. My Grandfather died in 1940. My Aunt Em kept house for him, since my Grandmother had died suddenly when my Mother was 16…1929 or 1930. That is why my Mom did not graduate with her class. After he died in 1940, the house must have been sold and children divided up proceeds. Because it was after that my Aunt Em lived first on Pearl Street and then on Broadway in apartments. She never married, and we were the light of each other’s lives. I would spend weeks of my summers with her and my Aunt Jo and Uncle Bill in Haddon Heights. Somewhere around Fairview there was an Athletic Club to which my uncle belonged. I have always believed it was a drinking club, but thought they sponsored different sports for boys.

Aunt Em was a seamstress at a factory that made athletic jackets for the Philadelphia teams (and Camden, too I guess). Oddly enough the same company made our sorority jackets for high school.

My Mother and Dad were married July 2, 1938 at St. John’s Episcopal Church down on the corner. The reception was in back yard, for which I have all the pictures.

My Grandmother worked very hard. Baked bread two days a week, and sweets every day. She also allowed the boys to have a monkey and parrot. Why with all her work she allowed THAT, I’ll never know. Sorry I never met her. My Mother never really got over her death.

The house looks big. Although for a family of ten, certainly not by today’s standards. And perhaps a good reason people are different.

— Susan White Schuff, August 2012

Hold Boys for Rifling Mail

Philadelphia Inquirer —

Hold Boys for Rifling Mail - Philadelphia Inquirer, October 21, 1915

Arrested as they were leaving school, William Shafer, aged 12, of 533 South Fifth street, and George Hickman, aged 12, of 462 Royden street, admitted to Detective Brothers, the latter says, that it was they who had rifled the mail box at Broadway and Pine street, Camden, Monday night, when two packages containing jewelry amounting to $102 were stolen. The boys were committed to jail by Recorder Stackhouse pending a hearing before U. S. Commissioner Joline. The packages were mailed by Lewis Nelson, a jeweler.

Two Youths Given 7 to 10 Years in Attack on Girl

Camden Courier-Post —

Two Youths Given 7 to 10 Years in Attack on Girl - Camden Courier-Post, June 18, 1932 Two Youths Given 7 to 10 Years in Attack on Girl - Camden Courier-Post, June 18, 1932

Shay Denounces Defendants Promises Stiffer Sentences in Future

SCORES CRIME INCREASE

Convicted of criminally assaulting a girl they had promised to take home from a dance, two young men were sentenced by Judge Samuel M. Shay yesterday to 10 years in prison and two others to seven years each.

William Lopergola, 26, of 420 Royden street, and Tony Bassile, 24, of 419 Clinton street, received the heavier sentences because they had been previously convicted of larceny.

Joseph Girgenti, 17, of 305 Benson street, and Frank Corofola, 25, of 210 Senate street, were sentenced to seven years each in the state prison at Trenton.

The sentences were the heaviest imposed here for that offense in years. The prisoners were stunned. In announcing the punishment, Judge Shay delivered a scathing denunciation of the prisoners and their crime, and warned he will double the prison terms for any others convicted of similar offenses in his court.

Friends Car Stolen

The girl who accused the men is Martha Tomlinson, of Delaware township, 18, blonde and attractive, [sic] She attended a dance February 9 at Tenth and Liberty streets. The automobile of the young man who was to take her home was stolen, and he left her unescorted to report the theft to police. One of the defendants drove up and offered to take her home, she said.

On his promise he would drive direct to her home, she testified, she accepted, only to find the three others jumping into the car as it started away, and immediately making advances. She said she was attacked five times in a dark spot near the waterfront, robbed of $1, saving her wrist watch only by her pleas, and finally thrown out of the car in South Camden at 3:30 a.m. She took the license number of the automobile and the men later were arrested.

In the two-day trial they admitted being with the girl but averred she did not resist their advances. They denied the theft charge.

Before he handed down sentence, Judge Shay was told by Assistant Prosecutor Rocco Palese that Papergola [sic] and Basile have been convicted before on larceny charges, and that Basile, Girgenti and Corafolo are under bail now in connection with a holdup a week ago last Saturday night. Samuel P. Orlando, defense counsel, said he will file a motion later for a new trial. After hearing the sentences, he said Girgenti should have been sent to a reformatory instead of State Prison, but Judge Shay refused to change his decision, saying he wanted to keep Girgenti under his supervision.

Penalty is 35 Years

It was pointed out the laws under which the men were convicted permit a maximum penalty of 35 years in prison.

In denouncing the prisoners, Judge Shay said:

It has been called to my attention many times, unofficially, over a period of several months, that this business of taking young girls in automobiles by gangs of men and mistreating them has been increasing in this county. I have received a number of complaints of girls riding in automobiles innocently, and being subjected to all kinds of treatment.

“The parents of these girls do not want to make complaints for fear of blasting the character of the girls, and therefor [sic] many families, and the girls themselves, suffer the humility and stench in silence, rather than ruin their good name. The crime for which these men were convicted is degrading. The Judge of the Common Pleas Court is regarded as the keeper of the morals of the county.

“I am going to set an example with these men, to show that this county will not tolerate such conditions. If any other men are convicted in my court of a similar crime, I am going to double the sentence that I am going to give these men. Not every girl can have a chaperon. It is natural for girls to want to go to dances, and all the girls cannot go to the fashionable country clubs to dance.

“Some girls’ stations in life do not permit that. When these four men promised to take the girl home, they should have done so, and treated her properly.”

4 Youths Guilty in Assault Case

Camden Courier-Post —

4 Youths Guilty in Assault Case - Camden Courier-Post, June 16, 1932

Liable to Maximum Penalty of 35 Years for Attack on Girl

After deliberating one hour and 45 minutes a Criminal Court jury late yesterday found four South Camden young men guilty of criminally assaulting a pretty Pennsauken township girl.

Sentence will be imposed tomorrow by Judge Samuel M. Shay, who presided at the two days’ trial. The youths were convicted on five indictments each. Assistant Prosecutor Rocco Palese, who prosecuted them, said they were liable to a maximum penalty of 35 years in state prison.

The girl who collapsed on the witness stand while testifying against the four men is Miss Martha Tomlinson, 18. During her recital of the attack she broke down and Judge Shay ordered a recess until the young woman could regain her composure.

The defendants are: William Lopergola, 420 Royden street; Tony Basile, 419 Clinton street; Joseph Girgenti, 305 Benson street, and Frank Corafolo, 210 Senate street, all in their early twenties.

The youths took the stand in their own defense yesterday afternoon and admitted the attack but denied criminal intent.

Mariano Will Speak

Camden Courier-Post —

Mariano Will Speak - Camden Courier-Post, March 26, 1934

Gene Mariano, an attorney, will be the principal speaker tonight at a special meeting of Zuni A. A. at 464 Royden street.

Emil Aceto, president of the club, said members are busy preparing programs for social activities and sports events during the next few months.

Zuni A. A. to Hold Annual Ball Jan. 25

Camden Courier-Post —

Zuni A. A. to Hold Annual Ball Jan. 25 - Camden Courier-Post, January 16, 1935

The fourth annual ball of the Zuni Athletic Association, 464 Royden street, will be held at Eagles Hall, 415 Broadway, on Friday night, Jan. 25. Frankie Moles and His Jersey Cavaliers will play.

Invitations to attend have been extended to Gene Mariano, honorary president; former Police Chief James E. Tatem, Michael and Joseph Greenetz, Joseph Wood, Frank A. Giordano, Angelo A. Di Persia, Dr. Lawrence R. Palese and Peter Zizak, coach of the 1934 football team.

The ball committee includes Dominic Radogna, chairman; Anthony Natanni, Anthony Fabrizio, Victor Price, John Natanni, William Flomini, Joseph Flomini, Dave Mancozzi, Nicholas Levecchia, Paul A. Giordano and Frank Devone.

Officers elected at the last meeting were: President, Emil Aceto; vice president, Ralph Bantivoglio; secretary, Felix Meschini; treasurers, Leonard Garaguso and Harry Larusso, and sergeant-at-arms, Dominic Giordano.

Intersection of West Street and Royden Street

Intersection of West Street and Royden Street.

Pensions Awarded 6 Cops, 17 Firemen

Camden Courier-Post —

Pensions Awarded 6 Cops, 17 Firemen - Camden Courier-Post, January 2, 1933

Inspector Humes Refuses to Withdraw Application in Spite of Requests

Pensions for six policemen and 17 firemen took effect with the dawn of the New Year yesterday.

Proposed Salary reductions from five to 30 percent prompted the wholesale requests for pensions which were approved Saturday at noon by the Police and Firemen’s Pension Commission, of which Mayor Roy R. Stewart is chairman.

The proceedings were delayed one hour while efforts were being made by political leaders and friends to have Inspector Charles T. Humes reconsider his application. But he refused to withdraw his application and it was approved.

Two sergeants, a city detective and four captains of the fire department were included in the list of applicants.

Sergeants Albert York and Clarence Thorn, Detective David Hunt and Fire Captains Harry Haines, John Lutts, James R. White and William H. Miller, Jr., were included among the pensioners.

Major W. Greenwood and Adrian Bateman, two patrolmen, completed the list from the police department, while the others receiving pension awards who are member [sic] of the fire department were:

Elmer Burkett, 66; Robert M. Coffman, 57; Howard E. Currie, 52; James E. Navin, 67; George W. Hollins, 64; Richard S. Marter, 60; Arthur A. Wingate, 64; Joseph T. Earnest, 63; Samuel E. Harring, 64; Andrew Miller, 73; Stewart Bakley, William K. Buzine, 63, and Daniel Grimes.

The application of Marter’s was passed, but an improviso [sic] was made by the commission which gave him the opportunity of recalling his decision but he failed to take advantage of it.

It was explained that the city commission’s resolution passed at noon, providing that members of the police and fire departments could continue in their employment under the 1933 wage scale, but that their pensions would not be affected by the cut and they could retire under the 1931 basic pay, might cause Marter to want to rescind his action.

Mayor Stewart and Commissioner Bennett, both members of the commission, said they regretted so many “young men” were asking to be pensioned at this time.

Greenwood, 54, was appointed to the police department 21 years ago and during nearly all of this time has been attached to the First district. He lives in the First ward, at 220 York street, and will receive a pension of $83.30 monthly.

Buzine is a veteran of nearly 28 years’ service. He is 63, lives at 856 Haddon avenue and will be pensioned at $90.65. He was classed as an engineer in the fire department.

The applications of Captain John Lutts, of Engine Company No. 6, Front and Linden streets, and Elmer Burkett, engineer of the No. 4 Company, were filed shortly before noon.

Captain Lutts, 62, lives at 456 Royden street, and will receive a pension of $100 monthly. He was appointed 33 years ago.

Burkett, 66, lives at 330 North Ninth street. He was appointed to the fire department in 1907 and spent a great portion of his service at the fire station at Front and Linden streets, recently being transferred to the Vine street house. He will be pensioned at $90.65 monthly.

500 Block of Royden Street

500 Block of Royden Street — Occupants

City directory records and newspaper clippings, 1874–1980.

501 Royden Street

501 Royden Street — 500 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
Listed in city directory

503 Royden Street

503 Royden Street — 500 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933 Leslie Bayne

507 Royden Street

507 Royden Street — 500 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
Listed in city directory

509 Royden Street

509 Royden Street — 500 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1922 John K. Voll (Camden Fire Department)

511 Royden Street

511 Royden Street — 500 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1920s–1930sGeorge W. Attison
1920s–1930s William H. Deitz

517 Royden Street

517 Royden Street — 500 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1878 Benjamin Lytle
1878Mrs. Mary Lytle
1897Henry Phillips

526 Royden Street

526 Royden Street — 500 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947–1957Antonio Persiano Family (Antonio & Nancy Persiano, Mae, Carmeal, Lean, Josephine, Jeannette, Mario, Leonard, Joseph, Nicholas, Anthony Persiano Jr.)
1947–1957Antonio & Nancy Persiano
1947–1957Mae Persiano
1947–1957Carmeal Persiano
1947–1957Lean Persiano
1947–1957Josephine Persiano
1947–1957Jeaanette Persiano
1947–1957Mario Persiano
1947–1957Leonard Persiano
1947–1957Joseph Persiano
1947–1957Nicholas Persiano
1947–1957Anthony Persiano Jr.
1947–1957 Dominic F. Persiano

528 Royden Street

528 Royden Street — 500 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1914 John H. Lutts Sr.

532 Royden Street

532 Royden Street — 500 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1910s–1977William Henion & Family
1910s–1977William B. & Anna Henion
1910s–1977Mrs. Mary Henion Little
1910s–1977Mrs. Helen Henion Packer
1910s–1977William Paul Henion
1910s–1977James J. Henion
1930–1971Giuseppe Tascione
1980L. Melendez

544 Royden Street

544 Royden Street — 500 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
2011Gone (aka 601 St. John Street)

545 Royden Street

545 Royden Street — 500 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1932 Richard O'Neill
1947The Little Sweet Shop
2012Scheduled for demolition March 2012

547 Royden Street

547 Royden Street — 500 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947–1967A. DiRenzo
1967+ Union of Brotherly Love social club (trustee)
2011Gone

549 Royden Street

549 Royden Street — 500 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
2011Gone

554 Royden Street

554 Royden Street — 500 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933 Barney Masso

555 Royden Street

555 Royden Street — 500 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
2011Gone

556 Royden Street

556 Royden Street — 500 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1943Mrs. Elizabeth McCaffery & Family (Albert E. McCaffery)

558 Royden Street

558 Royden Street — 500 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1910–1913Charles Penrose Barto Sr. & Family
1910–1913Charles P. & Florence Wolfe Barto
1910–1913Lillian Barto
1920s–1930sJoseph McKenna

559 Royden Street

559 Royden Street — 500 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1874 George Roth

562 Royden Street

562 Royden Street — 500 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1914–1917Charles Penrose Barto Sr. & Family
1914–1917Charles P. & Florence Wolfe Barto
1914–1917Lillian Barto
1914–1917Charles P. Barto Jr.
1914–1917John Barto

569 Royden Street

569 Royden Street — 500 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1910 Bernard A. Ahlberg & Family

571 Royden Street

571 Royden Street — 500 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1889Martin Frand

577 Royden Street

577 Royden Street — 500 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1874Lawrence Kelley
1890Lawrence Smith

578 Royden Street

578 Royden Street — 500 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1952Robert G. Chambers
545, 547 & 549 Royden Street as seen from 605 St. John Street

545, 547 & 549 Royden Street, as seen from 605 St. John Street. Catherine McGrath is in the foreground.

545, 547 & 549 Royden Street as seen from 605 St. John Street — July 16, 2011

545, 547 & 549 Royden Street, as seen from 605 St. John Street. Photo taken July 16, 2011.

545 Royden Street — The Little Sweet Shop, 1947 — July 16, 2011

545 Royden Street — The Little Sweet Shop, 1947. Photo taken July 16, 2011.

545 Royden Street — March 19, 2012 545 Royden Street — March 19, 2012

545 Royden Street — Scheduled for demolition in March of 2012. Photographs taken March 19, 2012.

551 & 553 Royden Street — July 16, 2011

551 & 553 Royden Street. Photo taken July 16, 2011.

Bernard A. Ahlberg, 569 Royden Street

Bernard A. Ahlberg & Family, 569 Royden Street, 1910.

575, 577 & 579 Royden Street — July 1940

575, 577 & 579 Royden Street — July 1940.

558/562 Royden Street — Charles Penrose Barto Sr. Family, 1910

Charles Penrose Barto Sr. & Family, 558 Royden Street (1910–1913) and 562 Royden Street (1914–1917). Photo from 1910.

John H. Lutts Sr., 528 Royden Street

John H. Lutts Sr., 528 Royden Street, 1914.

557, 559 & 561 Royden Street — March 19, 2012

557, 559 & 561 Royden Street. Photograph taken March 19, 2012.

563 & 565 Royden Street — March 19, 2012

563 & 565 Royden Street. Photograph taken March 19, 2012.

566 Royden Street — March 19, 2012 566 & 568 Royden Street — March 19, 2012

566 & 568 Royden Street. Photographs taken March 19, 2012.

Pfc. Albert E. McCaffery

Camden Courier-Post —

Pfc. Albert E. McCaffery - Camden Courier-Post, July 28, 1943 Pfc. Albert E. McCaffery - Camden Courier-Post, July 28, 1943

Pfc. Albert E. McCaffery, son of Mrs. Elizabeth McCaffery, of 556 Royden street, Camden, completed his course as an airplane mechanic at the B-24 Liberator bomber school at Kessler Field, Biloxi, Miss.

Domenic F. Persiano

Camden Courier-Post —

Domenic F. Persiano - Camden Courier-Post, December 10, 1957

Domenic F. Persiano, 31, of 526 Royden st., died Sunday in Veterans Hospital, Philadelphia. A lifelong resident of Camden, he worked as a tailor and was a veteran of War II.

Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Persiano; five sisters, Mrs. Mae Falco, Mrs. Carmela Ognissanti, Mrs. Lena Rogers, and the Misses Josephine and Jeanette Persiano; five brothers, Mario, Leonard, Joseph, Nicholas and Anthony Jr., all of Camden.

High Mass will be celebrated at 10 a. m. Thursday in Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, 4th and Division sts. Relatives and friends will meet at 9 o’clock at the Joseph A. and Frank V. Falco Funeral Home, 1018 S. 4th st., where they may call Wednesday night. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery, where military rites will be held.

Two Youths Held In Burglary Case

Camden Courier-Post —

Two Youths Held In Burglary Case - Camden Courier-Post, May 7, 1952 Two Youths Held In Burglary Case - Camden Courier-Post, May 7, 1952

Two youths, 18 and 14, were arrested as suspects in the attempted burglary Tuesday night of a candy store on the southwest corner of Sixth and Royden streets.

Detective Capt. William Marter and Sgt. Vincent Conley arrested the boys on Broadway near Pine street shortly after an attempt was made to force the front door of the shop, operated by Robert G. Chambers.

Marter said the youths admitted they were frightened away. Marter also said the youths confessed robbing Schneider’s Bakery, 1644 Broadway, on April 15 and taking $200, two $25 government bonds and two gold pieces.

The 14-year-old youth was sent to the county detention home to await action of juvenile authorities while the other, Benjamin F. Livingston, 1634 South Sixth street, was booked at headquarters on an attempted burglary charge.

Speak-Easy Arrest

Philadelphia Inquirer —

Speak-Easy Arrest - Philadelphia Inquirer, December 22, 1890

For running an alleged “speak-easy” at Sixth and Royden streets Lawrence Smith was arrested on Saturday by Specials Baker and Smith. He furnished bail for trial before the Mayor to-morrow.

Richard O’Neill Real Estate Advertisement

Richard O’Neill Real Estate Advertisement - March 28, 1932

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6th and Berkley Streets

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Accidents of the Day

Philadelphia Inquirer —

Accidents of the Day - Philadelphia Inquirer, July 5, 1889 Accidents of the Day - Philadelphia Inquirer, July 5, 1889

A Big List of Victims of the Firecracker and Pistol.

The following victims of firearms were admitted to the Cooper Hospital, Camden, yesterday:

Martin Frand, of 571 Royden street, forefinger blown off and face and eyes burned by the premature discharge of a cannon.

Edward Weston, of 747 Berkley street, lacerated wound of the hand, caused by a cannon shot.

Allie Bechtol, a lad, 704 Lime street, wound of the face, caused by a gun shot.

George H. Johnson, colored, aged 31 years, living at 811 Locust street, eye destroyed and in a precarious condition, the result of the careless handling of a revolver by Herman Testmeir. The ball was removed by Dr. Macuen.

Samuel Cover, aged 15 years, 560 Benson street, face and eyes burned from fireworks.

Royden Street salesman jailed

Philadelphia Inquirer —

517 Royden Street — Philadelphia Inquirer, July 9, 1897

Charged with embezzling $43.41 from his employers through collections made in Burlington county, Henry B. Phillips, of 517 Royden street, a salesman for George R. Danenhower & Son, was committed to jail in default of bail.

517 Royden Street — Henry Phillips, 1897

Philadelphia Inquirer — July 9, 1897. George R. Danenhower.

Camden’s Scarred Patriots

Philadelphia Inquirer —

Camden’s Scarred Patriots - Philadelphia Inquirer, July 5, 1904

Fourth Marked by Absence of Serious Accidents

All Camden entered into the spirit of the Fourth of July yesterday. One noticeable feature of the day was the absence of serious accidents. Not a Fourth of July victim was treated at the Homeopathic Hospital, while at the Cooper Hospital but eight were admitted, as follows:

Albert Owens, aged 24 years, of 227 Mechanic street; powder burns of the back.

Charles Haines, aged 54 years, of 110 Birch street; burned hands.

Joseph Simons, aged 47 years, of 1113 Locust street; contusions of the eyelid.

Russell Hutchins, aged 11 years, of 557 Royden street, gunshot wound of right leg.

William Fabor, aged 14 years, of 226 Washington street; blank cartridge wound of right hand.

Florence McGann, aged 33 years, of 226 Erie street; powder burns of hands.

Samuel Ross, aged 14 years, of 5 North Third street; face burned.

Frank Kupp, aged 14 years, of 1043 Pine street; burned hands.

Yesterday afternoon flag raising and christening ceremonies were held at the new apartment house at Sixth and Mickle streets. At Pyne Point Park exercises appropriate to the day were observed. They consisted of singing, music, reading of the Declaration of Independence by F. Wayland Potter and addresses by Rev. F. A. De Maris, of the State Street M. E. Church; Mayor Joseph E. Nowrey, and ex-Assemblyman Joseph M. Engard.

Last night splendid pyrotechnical displays were given.

Intersection of Broadway and Royden Street — Northwest Corner

St. John’s Parish was incorporated on January 7, 1852, having been in its inception a mission of St. Paul’s Parish. In 1853 a lot was secured at the northwest corner of Broadway and Royden Street. The “Floating Chapel of the Redeemer for Seamen of the Port of Philadelphia,” moored at the foot of Spruce Street, Philadelphia, was bought, removed from the two canal boats upon which it rested, and drawn across open lots and placed on this site. This building was re-christened as St. John’s and was used as a place of worship from September 11, 1853 until Christmas Day of 1870, when it burned down. A new stone building was at once erected, the cornerstone being laid on April 21, 1871, by Bishop Odenheimer. The parish buildings were added in 1884–1885. The Men’s Club was opened on May 29, 1893.

Around 1950 St. John’s appears to have merged with St. Augustine’s Church, which had been located at South 9th & Sycamore Streets. It has been known as St. Augustine’s to this day.

St. John's Episcopal Church at Broadway and Royden Street — 1908 St. John's Episcopal Church at Broadway and Royden Street — 1914

St. John’s Episcopal Church at Broadway & Royden Street, 1908 and 1914.

Intersection of Broadway and Royden Street — Northeast Corner

Originally built as the Labor Temple, the Camden O.E.O. Community Center — April 19, 2003 Originally built as the Labor Temple, the Camden O.E.O. Community Center — April 19, 2003

Originally built as the Labor Temple, the Camden O.E.O. Community Center. April 19, 2003.

Intersection of St. John Street and Royden Street

Intersection of St. John Street and Royden Street.

600 Block of Royden Street

600 Block of Royden Street — Occupants

City directory records and newspaper clippings, 1872–1980.

607 Royden Street

607 Royden Street — 600 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1912Photographed March 14, 1912

608 Royden Street

608 Royden Street — 600 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1897John Fox & Family
1897Mr. & Mrs. John Fox
1897Annie May Fox

610 Royden Street

610 Royden Street — 600 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
Listed in city directory

612 Royden Street

612 Royden Street — 600 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
Listed in city directory

614 Royden Street

614 Royden Street — 600 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1872–1878Jacob Roberts & Family
1872–1878Jacob & Priscilla Roberts
1872–1878 Joseph E. Roberts

616 Royden Street

616 Royden Street — 600 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
Listed in city directory

617 Royden Street

617 Royden Street — 600 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1970James J. Nichols

618 Royden Street

618 Royden Street — 600 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947–1991Woody & Eva DiPietro

621 Royden Street

621 Royden Street — 600 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1888John H. Eastlack Family (John H. & Annie Eastlack, Ralph Eastlack)
1888 Walter D. Eastlack
1888John H. Eastlack Family

623 Royden Street

623 Royden Street — 600 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1878 William Bassett

624 Royden Street

624 Royden Street — 600 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1941Helen M. Redfield

626 Royden Street

626 Royden Street — 600 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1950s–1970Rocco D. Albano & Family
1950s–1970Rocco D. & Catherine Albano
1980A. Hawkins

641 Royden Street

641 Royden Street — 600 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1919–1920 Jesse P. Johnson
1969F. Martino Jr. & Family (Anthony Martino)

642 Royden Street

642 Royden Street — 600 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1912Nathaniel Sloan
1919Samuel Wishnefsky (grocery)

646 Royden Street

646 Royden Street — 600 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1931Thelma Farr

624 Royden Street — Helen M. Redfield, 1941. Camden Courier-Post, July 25, 1941.

Camden Trial Testimony Continues In Slaying

Camden Courier-Post —

Camden Trial Testimony Continues In Slaying - Camden Courier-Post, May 13, 1971

Testimony continued today in the murder trial of a Camden man charged in the shotgun slaying of James J. Nichols, 617 Royden St., last September.

Clarence Shields, 39, of the 1500 block Wildwood Avenue, surrendered to police several hours after the shooting of Nichols during an argument at 4th and Mechanic Streets.

Nichols, an employe of Campbell Soup Co., was dead on arrival at Cooper Hospital.

Assistant Prosecutor E. Allen Nickerson has asked the jury for a life sentence in the case, which is being heard by County Court Judge William A. Pascoe.

Shields is the father of a family relocated from their North Camden home by city urban development action during the racially tense summer of 1968.

Charges made at that time against official efforts to find a home for the family led to a six-month grand jury investigation of disorders within the city government.

The jury found that the family had been used by the Black People’s Unity Movement to test the city’s relocation program.

Nathaniel Sloan

Philadelphia Inquirer —

Nathaniel Sloan - Philadelphia Inquirer, August 2, 1912

The funeral of Nathaniel Sloan, a widely known Camderite, who died suddenly at Anglesea last Sunday, took place yesterday from his home, at 642 Royden street, delegations being present from Pottowtomie Tribe of Red Men, Hope Circle, B of A., Camden Benevolent Association, and the Ninth Ward Republican Club. Interment was made in Harleigh Cemetery.

Annie May Fox

Philadelphia Inquirer —

Annie May Fox - Philadelphia Inquirer, July 25, 1897

Annie May Fox, a nineteen-months-old child of John Fox, residing at No. 608 Royden street, died on Wednesday from lock jaw. While playing around the house she fell, a crochet needle which she held in her tiny fist entered her mouth and punctured the gum. No attention was paid to the wound at the time until she was thrown into spasms. She died in great agony.

7 Camden Women Pass State Tests

Camden Courier-Post —

7 Camden Women Pass State Tests - Camden Courier-Post, July 25, 1941

Helen M. Redfield Tops List for Welfare Bureau Post Here

Courier-Post Bureau

Trenton, July 24.—Helen M. Redfield, 624 Royden street, Camden, scored first out of a list of seven women who passed the examination for information clerk in the Camden Welfare Department, the State Civil Service Commission has announced.

The others who qualified in the order of their passing were:

Irene Norwitz, 228 North Tenth street; Margaret Biocco, 1215 Morton street; Agnes R. Brown, 720 South Eighth street; Leah G. Townsend, 950 Pine street; Margaret P. Carter, 825 Kaighn avenue, and Deborah Schuck, 1012 Division street, all of Camden.

The job pays between $660 and $990 per year.

The Civil Service Commission [cut off at the crop edge]

Intersection of Roberts Street and Royden Street

Intersection of Roberts Street and Royden Street as seen from Clinton Street — February 9, 2012

Intersection of Roberts Street and Royden Street as seen from Clinton Street — February 9, 2012.

Intersection of South 7th Street and Royden Street

Southeast Corner of South 7th Street and Royden Street — April 28, 2009

Southeast Corner of South 7th Street and Royden Street — April 28, 2009.

700 Block of Royden Street

700 Block of Royden Street — Occupants

City directory records and newspaper clippings, 1857–1955.

701 Royden Street

701 Royden Street — 700 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
Listed in city directory

703 Royden Street

703 Royden Street — 700 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1920–1948William E. Wilkinson & Family
1920–1948William E. & Viola Wilkinson

707 Royden Street

707 Royden Street — 700 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1857James Shissler

708 Royden Street

708 Royden Street — 700 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1897–1900Harry H. Thompson & Family
1897–1900Harry H. & Georgetta Thompson
1897–1900Lola Thompson
1897–1900 Alvin S. Thompson
1900s–1910s Thomas Thornley

709 Royden Street

709 Royden Street — 700 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1906–1919 Arthur A. Wingate

712 Royden Street

712 Royden Street — 700 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1948 Clifford Carr

714 Royden Street

714 Royden Street — 700 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1903–1904Harry C. Saville & Family
1903–1904Harry C. & Clara E. Saville

723 Royden Street

723 Royden Street — 700 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1955F.J. Turse
702–716 Royden Street — April 24, 2009

702–716 Royden Street — April 24, 2009.

Thomas W. Thornley, 708 Royden Street

Thomas Thornley, 708 Royden Street, 1900s–1910s.

723 Royden Street — 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages

723 Royden Street — F.J. Turse, 1955. 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages.

F. J. TURSE

Paper Hanging

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&
Patterns

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723 Royden St. Camden

William E. Wilkinson

Camden Courier-Post —

William E. Wilkinson - Camden Courier-Post, November 18, 1949

Services for William E. Wilkinson, formerly of the 700 block Royden street, who died Wednesday, will be held at 11 a. m. Saturday in the funeral home of Franklin P. Jackson, Haddon and Stoy avenues, Westmont. Burial will be in Lakeview Memorial park. Friends and relatives may call at the funeral home today after 7 p. m. Mr. Wilkinson and his widow, Mrs. Viola Wilkinson, entered the Odd Fellows Home, Trenton, in May, 1948, after living in Camden several years. He was a member of Nonpariel lodge 220, IOOF, Camden Encampment No. 12, and Camden Lodge No. 43, Knights of Pythias. A former painting contractor, Mr. Wilkinson also was a member of the Ninth Ward Republican club.

Mrs. Catherine Carr Dies; Wife of Sleuth

Camden Courier-Post —

Mrs. Catherine Carr Dies; Wife of Sleuth - Camden Courier-Post, June 2, 1948

Mrs. Catherine Larkin Carr, wife of Detective Sergeant Clifford Carr, died last night in her home at 712 Royden street after a long illness.

Mrs. Carr was a member of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. Also surviving are two daughters, Sister Mary Marian, of the Convent of Mercy, Boundbrook, and Mrs. Mary Bloomer, Camden; a brother, Richard Larkin, Pennsauken, and a sister, Mrs. Florence Kennedy, Philadelphia.

Blazed Away at a Negro Footpad

Philadelphia Inquirer —

714 Royden Street — Philadelphia Inquirer, December 20, 1903

BLAZED AWAY AT A NEGRO FOOTPAD

Early yesterday morning Policeman Benjamin Cattell, of Camden, saw a colored man who tallied with the description of the one who robbed Mrs. Clara Savelle, of 714 Royden street, while she was walking near the City Hall, Thursday evening, acting suspiciously near Newton avenue and Clinton street. On the approach of the policeman the fellow ran. The chase continued for over a block, but the man escaped by jumping fences and disappearing through an alley leading into Pine street. Shortly after daylight Police Captain Boyle came across the same man, and another chase followed, during which Boyle shot at him twice, but again the negro got away.

The police seem inclined to the belief that the man is responsible for all the recent robberies in Camden, and say that the work closely resembles that of Theodore Lambert, who murdered William Kairer some years ago, and who was hanged.

714 Royden Street — Harry C. Saville & Family (Harry C. & Clara E. Saville), 1903–1904

Philadelphia Inquirer — December 20, 1903. Theodore Lambert — William G. Kairer.

Notice of Application

Camden Courier-Post —

Notice of Application - Camden Courier-Post, June 10, 1957

Take notice that the Ninth Ward Republican Association has applied to the Municipal Board of Alcoholic Beverage Control of Camden for a Club License for premises situated at 536 Broadway, Camden, N. J.

The names of the officers of this association and the offices they fill respectively are:

Hobart Corson, 417 Carteret st., Camden, N. J., President.

John K. Voll, Vice President, 563 Line st., Camden, N. J.

Harry Weiss, 459 Carteret st., Camden, N. J., Secretary.

William L. Gallagher, 306 Warren ave., Camden, N. J., Treasurer.

The names of the directors of this association are:

Ernest Gibbons, 644 Clinton st., Camden, N. J.

Norvel McHenry, Sr., 421 Chambers ave., Camden, N. J.

Norvel McHenry, Jr., 421 Chambers ave., Camden, N. J.

Peter Ashmen, 567 Benson st., Camden, N. J.

Raymond Dixon, 560 Washington st., Camden, N. J.

Thomas Dickinson, 627 Clinton st., Camden, N. J.

Richard W. Griscom, 431 Chambers ave., Camden, N. J.

James Shissler, 707 Royden st., Camden, N. J.

Lester Beach, 702 Carman st., Camden, N. J.

Objections, if any, should be made immediately in writing to John T. Odorisio, City Clerk of Camden.

(Signed) NINTH WARD REPUBLICAN ASSOCIATION,

536 Broadway,

Camden, N. J. ($24.84)

2900 Block of Royden Street

2900 Block of Royden Street — Occupants

City directory records and newspaper clippings, 1947–1971.

2900 Royden Street

2900 Royden Street — 2900 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
Listed in city directory

2901 Royden Street

2901 Royden Street — 2900 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947 Edgar R. Ellender Sr. (Captain, Camden Fire Department)
1947Philip Kauffman

2909 Royden Street

2909 Royden Street — 2900 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1962Andrew J. Mayer & Family
1962Andrew J. & Virginia H. Mayer

2924 Royden Street

2924 Royden Street — 2900 Block of Royden Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1950–1971 Harry Mailahn & Family
1950–1971Harry & Evelyn Winner Mailahn
1950–1971Harry Mailahn Jr
1950–1971Sandra Mailahn
1950–1971Charles Mailahn
Edgar R. Ellender Sr., 2901 Royden Street — Camden Fire Department Captain

Edgar R. Ellender Sr., 2901 Royden Street, 1947. Captain, Camden Fire Department.

Royden Street from Garden Avenue

Looking South on Royden Street from Garden Avenue — July 7, 2006 Royden Street from Garden Avenue — July 7, 2006

Looking South on Royden Street from Garden Avenue — July 7, 2006.

Pallbearers Named for Stehr Funeral

Camden Morning Post —

Pallbearers Named for Stehr Funeral - Camden Morning Post, December 12, 1930 Pallbearers Named for Stehr Funeral - Camden Morning Post, December 12, 1930

Body Will Lie in State Tonight—Burial Tomorrow Afternoon

Funeral arrangements were completed yesterday for Chief of Police Lewis H. Stehr, who died Wednesday in Cooper Hospital following a heart attack.

The body will lie in state tonight between 7 and 10 p. m. at the Schroeder Chapel, Broadway and Royden streets. The funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Saturday at the chapel. Thousands of friends are expected to view the remains.

Burial will be in Harleigh cemetery.

A police escort and a list of honorary pallbearers was compiled yesterday. All police buildings in the city were draped in black and flags over municipal buildings were at half-mast and will remain so for 30 days.

The active pallbearers will be Lieuts. Ralph Bakely and George Ward, Sergts. George Nowry and Frank Truax, Policemen Thomas Cheeseman and Harry Kyler.

Honorary pallbearers are Lieut. Herbert Anderson, Sergt. John Skolski, District Detective Archie Reiss, Policemen John Kowal and Clarence Phifer and Donald Swissler, clerk of the chief’s office.

There will be a guard of honor formed by the members of the mounted squad. A fire truck will convey the flowers to the cemetery.

The police of the city will view the body at 7:30 p. m. tonight at the funeral parlors.

Members of the Sixth Ward Republican Club, of which Chief Stehr was an active member, will assemble at their headquarters at 7 p. m. and march to the funeral parlors. They will be led by John J. Breslin, president of the club.

Rev. Edward Weeks, pastor of the Union M. E. Church, Fifth and Mt. Vernon streets, will conduct the services.

307 Royden Street — Camden Courier-Post, September 20, 1934

307 Royden Street — Camden Courier-Post, September 20, 1934 — Part 1 307 Royden Street — Camden Courier-Post, September 20, 1934 — Part 2 307 Royden Street — Camden Courier-Post, September 20, 1934 — Part 3 307 Royden Street — Camden Courier-Post, September 20, 1934 — Part 4

307 Royden Street — Camden Courier-Post — September 20, 1934. Denny DiRenzo — Joseph DiRenzo.

Boxing Show Slated to Aid Drop-A-Buck

Camden Courier-Post —

Boxing Show Slated to Aid Drop-A-Buck - Camden Courier-Post, December 11, 1957 Boxing Show Slated to Aid Drop-A-Buck - Camden Courier-Post, December 11, 1957 Boxing Show Slated to Aid Drop-A-Buck - Camden Courier-Post, December 11, 1957

More than 500 members of boys clubs and Little League teams in the area will be guests at a special amateur boxing show Tuesday night at Convention Hall from which proceeds will benefit the Frank H. Ryan Drop-A-Buck Club.

Sponsors for the young guests are being solicited now by a committee headed by Police Insp. Anthony Skolski.

The show will be staged by the Camden Police Athletic League and sponsored by Camden Local 35, New Jersey Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association.

Ten three-round bouts will present boxers from the Philadelphia Police Athletic League and some Middle Atlantic AAU champions will be on the card.

Among sponsors of one or more children already signed are Deputy Public Safety Director Willard C. Schriver; Police Chief Gustav Koerner, Skolski, Municipal Judge Anthony Marino, Dets. Joseph Mardino and Ernie Santaniello, Art Sharp, Andy Fanelli, Nick Tedeschi, Anthony Galiozzi, the Hub Steak House, Rt. 38, Maple Shade; Hill Clothing store, 2636 Westfield ave.; Roma Cafe, 3rd and Royden sts., and Local 35, NJSPBA.

Persons, organizations or business establishments wishing to become sponsors are urged to contact Skolski at the city police department. Assisting are Anthony Moffa, co-chairman; George MacKenzie, Charles Kocher, Mario Ferrari, Peter Paul, Edward Yeager, Walter Busko, Thomas Kelly and Douglas Holmes.

1000 Attend ‘Night in Ireland’ To Honor Patrolman McTaggart

Camden Courier-Post —

1000 Attend ‘Night in Ireland’ To Honor Patrolman McTaggart - Camden Courier-Post, March 15, 1941

‘Tis the Wearin’ of the Green

—Courier-Post Photo

Ex-Governor Harold G. Hoffman was among the prominent guests at the “Night in Ireland” celebration in honor of John McTaggart, “Broadway’s Irish Cop” last night in Labor Temple. In the above picture Betty Sullivan is shown pinning a shamrock on McTaggart.

Acting Chief Bakley and Ex-Governor Hoffman Among Guests; Carroll and Garrity Head Committee; Officer Served 21 Years

More than 1000 persons last night celebrated a “Night in Ireland” party in honor of John McTaggart, popular Camden policeman who has been assigned to a beat on Broadway for many years. The affair was held in Labor Temple, Broadway and Royden street.

Among the guests of honor were former Governor Harold G. Hoffman and Acting Chief of Police Ralph Bakley.

Annual parties in honor of McTaggart have been conducted for the past 10 years and on two occasions the affair grew so large it was sponsored by the Camden Police and Firemen’s Association and staged in Convention Hall. A committee of policemen headed by Sergts. Edward Carroll and John Garrity had charge of the party this year.

McTaggart has served in the Department of Public Safety for 31 years. The first 11 years he was in the fire department. His 21 years as a patrolman have been spent almost entirely on a beat on South Broadway.

Lester Store Razed By $100,000 Fire

Camden Courier-Post —

Lester Store Razed By $100,000 Fire - Camden Courier-Post, March 16, 1942 Lester Store Razed By $100,000 Fire - Camden Courier-Post, March 16, 1942 Lester Store Razed By $100,000 Fire - Camden Courier-Post, March 16, 1942 Lester Store Razed By $100,000 Fire - Camden Courier-Post, March 16, 1942 Lester Store Razed By $100,000 Fire - Camden Courier-Post, March 16, 1942 Lester Store Razed By $100,000 Fire - Camden Courier-Post, March 16, 1942 Lester Store Razed By $100,000 Fire - Camden Courier-Post, March 16, 1942 Lester Store Razed By $100,000 Fire - Camden Courier-Post, March 16, 1942

Flames on Broadway Are Subdued After Seven-Hour Battle

The clothing and jewelry store of S. Lester, at 713 Broadway, was destroyed by fire of undetermined origin following an explosion late Saturday night.

Eight companies fought the two-alarm fire for seven hours and succeeded in saving adjoining buildings in the block which were threatened by the roaring flames. An invalid woman was carried to safety. Two other persons fled to the street. One fireman was injured.

Damage was estimated at $100,000 by A. Lee Newman, manager. S. Lester, proprietor, returned from Florida yesterday to learn of the misfortune.

Fire Chief John H. Lennox today said the cause of the fire probably never will be known.

“All we know is that it started on the first floor,” Chief Lennox said. “The basement was all right so it was not the heating system that caused it.

“The store was closed at 10.25 p. m. What happened between then and 11.24, when the first alarm came in, we’ll probably never know, except that there was an explosion. So aflame was the building when firemen arrived that it was impossible to trace the fire’s origin.”

Three Explosions

The fire started in the building at 11.18 p.m., the time being fixed by an automatic alarm system. Sheets of flame shot through the first and second floor windows just as the audience was leaving the last show of the Towers Theatre across the street.

Alarms were turned in by three persons. A boy ran into the drug store of Theodore Ellis, at Broadway and Pine street; a pedestrian ran to the firehouse of Engine Company No. 1, at Fourth and Pine streets, and an alarm was sounded by an employe of a private watchman service summoned by breaking of an electric circuit by the explosion.

Engine Co. 1, 2 and 8 and Truck Co. No. 1 answered the first alarm under Acting Deputy Fire Chief William Van Pfefferle, who turned in the second alarm, bringing Engine Co. 3, 6 and 7 and Truck Co. No. 2, together with Fire Chief Lennox and Police Chief George Frost.

Part of the roof fell in shortly after 2 a.m., according to the report of Acting Battalion Chief Laurence Newton.

It was 6.30 a.m. yesterday before the last of the firemen pulled away. During the seven hours traffic was routed off Broadway. Southbound traffic was sent down Fifth street, northbound traffic up Sixth street, diversion points being Royden and Spruce streets.

Some damage was done to the roof and smoke and water did other damage to the Gray Hat Shop at 717 Broadway. Carl Schwartz and his wife, Fay, proprietor of the hat shop, were forced to flee from their apartment above their store.

Mrs. Catherine Burrichter, an invalid living in a two-story house at 711 Broadway, was carried out by firemen. The roof of the Burrichter home was slightly damaged by fire, while smoke and water poured through the house.

Hoseman Stephan Szwack, 37, of 1234 Dayton street, attached to Engine Co. No. 8, suffered a cut on the left hand while fighting the fire. He was treated at West Jersey Hospital.

Crowds were attracted to the scene by the explosions and the flames.

Lester was met in Philadelphia by Newman as he returned from Florida yesterday, and told what had happened.

To Open Temporary Store

Lester said a temporary store will be opened within a few days while a new store is being built. Collection records and account books were saved by their steel containers, Lester explained, and were moved to the office of Dr. Benjamin W. Kauffman at 706 Broadway.

“I am glad the explosions and fire did not occur until after 11 o’clock,” Lester said. “At that time the store was closed, so no customers or employees could be injured.”

Lester had been in business at 713 Broadway since 1935. His first Broadway store was opened at 936 Broadway in 1928.

The proprietor immediately took charge of salvaging unharmed merchandise, moving of records, search for a temporary store location and outlining plans for a new building with an architect.

“We shall start at once to construct the finest store in South Jersey,” Lester said. “Our temporary store will be open with new merchandise for the Easter season.”

Camden

Philadelphia Inquirer —

Camden - Philadelphia Inquirer, April 28, 1895

General Sewell, wife and daughter, are now in Rome.

Harrison H. Voorhees, of this city, has been appointed solicitor for Holly Beach, Cape May county.

The Grocers’ Association sent James R. Carson delegate to the convention of the National Grocers’ Association, which met in New York on Wednesday.

After half century of long and faithful service as superintendent of the Camden and Philadelphia Ferry Company, Captain Andrew B. Frazee will retire May 1 to a well-deserved and richly earned rest.

William C. Dayton and family will spend the summer at Cape May.

Martin J. O’Brien was married on Wednesday by Father O’Brien, of Kellyville, Pa., to Miss Maggie Longworth, of Third and Royden streets. Nuptian [sic] mass was celebrated at the Church of the Immaculate Conception. Andrew Lyons was best man and Miss Cecelia O’Brien, a sister of the groom, bridesmaid. The ushers were Messrs. Martin Coyne, Secretary John M. Kelly, Francis Xavier O’Brien and ex-Assemblyman O’Brien.

Charles Livingstone, of Ferry avenue and Fillmore streets, entertained a number of friends at his home Tuesday evening.

Lieutenant John Foster has been acting as Chief of Police during the time that Chief Dodd was attending the Grand Lodge of the Legion of the Red Cross.

Postmaster Paul is able to attend to business after a protracted illness.

Howland Croft, senior member of the firm of Howland Croft Sons & Co., started on Thursday for California.

Oliver M. Smith and Mary A. Gregory were united in marriage at the home of the bride’s parents, Third and Mickle streets, by Rev. J. B. Graw, Wednesday night.

Man, Robbed, Left in Road By Kidnappers

Camden Courier-Post —

Byron P. Cobb Beaten by Autoists; Roll of $4700 Taken

Byron P. Cobb, 62, the “Sun Doctor,” was kidnapped by three men early yesterday, beaten and robbed of $4700 before being tossed from a moving automobile in Farnham Park.

Detectives found him in a sub-conscious condition laying in the middle of River Drive, after a motorist had heard his moans and notified police.

Three South Camden youths, arrested for a motor violation at about the time Cobb was found, later were identified by the awning manufacturer as the ones who kidnapped and robbed him. They are Primo Fioravanti, 20, of 435 Division Street; Anthony Scanalvilli, 20, of 326 Division Street, and John Piliere, 19, of 1130 South 3rd Street.

All are being held on charges of kidnapping, atrocious assault and battery and highway robbery. They will be given a hearing today in police court. Later a charge of larceny of an automobile was placed against them.

Cobb, who for many years operated an awning manufacturing shop at Fifth and Royden Streets, told police he met the three who robbed him in a restaurant near Broadway and Kaighn Avenue. He said he bought them food and in return they offered to take him to his home in their automobile. This was shortly before 2 a.m.

He said two of the men were dressed in brown suits and the third wore a “greenish blue suit.” All wore light hats.

As soon as he entered the machine, Cobb told Detectives George Zeitz and Leon Branch, who found him in the park, someone hit him over the head.

Two of the men then went through his clothing and took the $4700 from his pockets. He told police that he drew the money from his bank yesterday and intended to pay off a mortgage on a property today.

The men held Cobb, he told police, until they reached Farnham Park, where he was tossed out of the machine as the driver slowed up.

A few minutes after 2 a. m., William P. Tyler, of 1493 Greenwood Avenue, driving past the park, heard someone shout “murder” several times. He hurried to a telephone and called police headquarters.

Found In Roadway

Detectives Zeitz and Branch searched the section where Tyler had heard the shouts. Then they drove down through River Drive, where they discovered Cobb lying in the middle of the roadway.

The injured man was taken to Cooper Hospital where he was revived, and then to detective headquarters.

Meanwhile Motorcycle Patrolmen George Getley and Earl Stopfer stopped a car at Mt. Ephraim and Ferry Avenues, which had aroused their suspicions as it sped down Mt. Ephraim Avenue.

Piliere was driving the machine and could not produce either a registration card or driver’s license. He said he had borrowed the car from a man he knew as “Pete.”

The car was claimed yesterday by Pietro Tocco, 35, of 717 South Fourth Street. He told Zeitz and Branch the car had been stolen from in front of his home “sometime around 2 a. m.” yesterday.

Piliere and his pals were taken to police headquarters where the former was booked on a motor-vehicle charge. When police found two pieces of rubber hose in the rear of the machine, all three were taken to detective headquarters.

There Cobb identified them as the three who had robbed him. He pointed out Fioravanti, the only one with a previous police record, as the man who hit him on the head.

Police held all three without bail for the hearing before Judge Pancoast.

At the Cobb home yesterday, Mrs. Byron P. Cobb said she knew nothing about the holdup. She said Cobb “appeared to have a headache when he got up,” but failed to mention anything was wrong and left the house before her return from church.

All of the suspects deny the robbery. They said they took a friend to his home in Woodlynne and were en route to their homes in Camden when arrested.

Piliere told Detectives Zeitz and Branch that he “borrowed the car from his uncle,” whom he only knew as “Pete.”

Hotel, Cafe Owners Invited by Bar Group

Camden Courier-Post —

Hotel, Cafe Owners Invited by Bar Group - Camden Courier-Post, February 19, 1938

Proprietors of Camden hotels, restaurants and cafes, together with their employes, have been invited to attend an open meeting tomorrow of Local No. 263, Hotel and Restaurant Employes and Bartenders International League.

The meeting will be held at the Camden Labor Temple, Broadway and Royden street, and will begin at 2 p. m.

Scheduled speakers include John Daly, First ward freeholder; Neil Deighan, president of the New Jersey Licensed Beverage Dealers Association; John O’Neal, president of the Camden Building Trades Council; Charles Hollopeter, chairman of the Camden county housing program; James W. Bamford, president of the Camden Central Labor Union; and A. K. Plone, attorney.

Charles Pierson, president of the local, will preside.

Elimination of 20 City Blocks Urged by Housing Committee

Camden Courier-Post —

Elimination of 20 City Blocks Urged by Housing Committee - Camden Courier-Post, August 21, 1936 Elimination of 20 City Blocks Urged by Housing Committee - Camden Courier-Post, August 21, 1936

Advisory Board Suggests Razing 895 Dwellings In 2 Areas, Classified as Sub-Standard; Mayor Favors Plan For Parking Spaces

Elimination of 20 blocks of what were characterized as sub-standard properties in Camden was recommended to the city yesterday by the Camden Housing Advisory Committee.

Although it was urged that the city clear out two large areas as an economy measure, no plan was suggested whereby the city could obtain money to finance the clearance project.

The two areas that would be affected if such a proposal were carried out are as follows:

Area A: Tenth street to Twelfth street, between Market and Linden streets, embracing Linden, Penn, Lawrence and Cooper streets between Tenth and Twelfth.

Area B: Line to Stevens streets, between Second and Third streets, embracing Stevens, Benson, Washington, Berkley, Senate, Clinton, Royden, Beckett and Line streets, between Second and Third.

Made by Burnison

The recommendation was made in the office of Mayor Frederick von Nieda, by James W. Burnison, head of the housing advisory committee. Burnison termed the two areas of ten blocks each definitely sub-standard and said that the city should consider them for condemnation proceedings to effect an appreciable saving to Camden of municipal service costs.

The recommendation was made on the basis of a survey completed by the State Housing Authority. Conditions in the 20 blocks were pictured as causing an annual total loss to the city of $156,791.04. In the two areas are 895 dwellings.

It was estimated in the state survey that the city’s annual operating costs in the first area, Area A, are $95,335.30. The annual income to the city in the same area was put at $27,061.63. The annual loss to the city was fixed by the survey as $68,273.67.

Operating costs in Area B were estimated at $106,178.88 per year with an income of $17,661.51. The loss was placed at $88,517.37.

The costs were said to embrace fire protection, police protection, education, relief and health expenditures. The income is from taxes and municipal liens.

Burnison said that by tearing out the affected areas, free parking districts could be established there, bringing considerable trade and money to the city. Operating costs would be eliminated, he pointed out, and tax rates would go down generally with the removal of a costly burden.

Joseph N. Hettel, also a member of the committee, pointed out that both areas would be ripe for use as industrial sites or for a new housing project. Hettel said that if a city housing authority were established, such an agency could obtain its own bonds and be established as an independent venture, divorced from the municipal government but perhaps subsidized by the federal government.

Mayor von Nieda, expressing himself in harmony with plans for eliminating sub-standard areas, declared that he was opposed to the city’s spending any money until the city could receive assurance that the income would be as much as the loss.

The committee also considered the project on which the government is spending $3,000,000 at Westfield Acres in the construction of a low-cost housing venture. George V. Walsh, Camden district manager of the PWA housing division, said the superstructure bid of Anthony P. Miller, of Atlantic City, had been accepted.

Jobs for 500 Men

The Miller contract figure was $2,489,000. The contract has not been awarded as yet. Walsh said that foundation work would be finished Sept. 10 and that superstructure work would start Sept. 15. Completion in one year is provided by contract.

Walsh said 500 men would be employed on the superstructure work and that 800 men would be given jobs at the peak of the work. The housing plan is for three-story apartments of three, four and five rooms each. There will be 598 apartments in all, with central heating and fireproof construction. The Westfield Acres project will cover 25 acres.

Mayor von Nieda criticized the estimates of the state survey group when he said that the figures given for relief and school costs were high. These are the city’s main operating expenses, he said, and they would go on though persons living in the two areas went elsewhere.

Abe Rosenfeld, a real estate man, and James V. Moran also attended the meeting.

The Logue Assault.

Camden Post —

The Logue Assault. - Camden Post, June 1, 1888

Stratton and Mellon on Trial in Court.

LOGUE’S STORY OF THE ATTACK

The Young Woman Tells Her Story —Damaging Evidence Against the Defendants.

In the Quarter Sessions Court yesterday afternoon the case of John F. Stratton and Henry Mellon, the two young men charged with the murderous attack upon Joseph Logue, near Starr’s crossing, Tenth and Line streets, on May 6th, was begun. Ex-Judge Wescott and Howard Carrow conducted the defense and Prosecutor Jenkins appeared for the State. In response the latter’s command for witnesses to take the benches on the right of the bar enclosure, fourteen persons arose from the audience and took seats there.

The first witness was Logue himself, who had been confined in the Cooper Hospital about ten days suffering from his injuries. He is a tall, well-built young fellow of 32. “On the evening of May 6th,” he said, “I was in company with Miss Sarah Lewine; I was walking along Haddon avenue. We started from Third and Royden street. We walked out Benson to Haddon avenue and out to Newton avenue, and turned up Newton avenue toward Federal street. Just after we crossed the Camden and Atlantic railroad, these two men sprang up and the tallest one, Stratton, took hold of the lady and the smaller one, Mellon, took hold of me. I asked them what they wanted and they said they arrested me. I asked them what I had done and they said I would find out. Stratton kept telling Mellon to take the woman away. Mellon pulled open his coat and showed what looked like a star, saying that was his authority for making the arrest. He hit me in the head with a blackjack. Then when I tried to get away Stratton stabbed me in the side with a knife.”

“Do you identify either of these men?” asked Mr. Jenkins.

“Yes, sir; I am positive Stratton is the tall one. Mellon looks like the smaller man of the two. I described the two men before I was arrested.”

Ex-Judge Wescott’s rigid cross-examination failed to shake his story in any detail. He identified Stratton, who was taken to him in the hospital, as the taller man of the two.

“What were you doing out there?” asked ex-Judge Wescott.

“Taking a walk.”

“Who was the lady?”

“Miss Sarah Lewine.”

“How long have you known her?”

“About six years.”

The next witness was Miss Lewine, a chestnut-haired, ruddy complexioned young woman, of about thirty summers. “I was to meet Mr. Logue at eight o’clock that night,” she began with a smile, “but it might have been a few minutes after.”

She corroborated Logue’s testimony, adding that as the men came up to them she pulled Logue’s coat to signal him to keep quiet. “After Mr. Logue was cut,” she said, “the two men ran past me. Mr. Logue came back to me and said he was stabbed, and that I should go home.”

She was unable to identify either of the defendants as the assailants of that night. Mr. Wescott tried hard to entangle her as to her ability to determine the difference in the sizes of the two men as they lay upon the ground, but she refused to be tangled up and adhered rigidly to her story with marked indications of deepest truth and sincerity.

“Now, Miss Lewine, you have frequently heard that one of the men was tall and the other short, haven’t you?” asked Mr. Wescott.

“Didn’t I see them?” answered the witness pertinaciously, and all further questioning failed to get more from her.

Christopher Smith, of 1904 Fillmore street, employed as night watchman on the Line street sewer, then in course of construction. On the night of the assault he saw Stratton and Mellon about 7 o’clock. Mellon came up to him and spoke, and shortly afterwards Stratton came up. Mellon took a knife out of his pocket, continued Smith, and handed it to Stratton. The latter said “If anybody bothers me, I’ll cut the d— guts out of them.” The blade, I guess, must have been three or four inches long. The handle was of bone, I think. They stayed there about half an hour and it was dark when they left, walking up Haddon avenue.

The point where the defendants were seen by Smith is a square from where the assault was committed. Mr. Jenkins tried to show that both young men frequented this particular locality, but it was objected to and withdrawn. Smith admitted that he saw Mellon have a blackjack one night at Haddon avenue and Line street. Stratton was with him at the time. That was on Friday, May 4th, two days before the assault.

The Court took a recess at this point till this morning.

When the case was resumed this morning Logue produced in evidence, the coat he wore the night he was assaulted, exhibiting the hole cut by the knife and the blood stains from the wounds in the head and side.

Then Dr. Henry Jarrett, resident physician of the Cooper Hospital, was called. He testified as to the wounds received and said the knife thrust might have been fatal if it had gone in deep enough, or Logue might have bled to death if a large enough blood vessel had been severed.

“Could he have bled to death from either of the wounds?” asked Mr. Jenkins.

“No, sir.”

“How long have you been practicing?” asked Mr. Wescott.

“I have been at Cooper Hospital since July 28th, last.”

“When did you graduate?”

“A year ago last April.”

“That will do.”

Charles R. Locke, a fellow employe of Mellon’s at the paper mill, 83 Cooper St., saw Mellon have, on the Friday before the assault, a large knife, such as sailors carry, with a blade two and a half or three inches long. It had a rough bone handle.

Knight Haines, a boy, on the Saturday night before the assault, between 8.30 and 9.30 saw Stratton and Mellon on the lots in front of the city hall, within a short distance of where Logue was attacked. Stratton and Mellon were on their hands and knees and when they recognized him they said: “Oh, is it you? Don’t give us away.” He said Stratton had a knife and Mellon a blackjack.

“Did you have a girl with you?” asked Mr. Wescott.

“I don’t know,” said Haines, smiling.

Downtown Way

Camden Daily Courier —

Downtown Way - Camden Daily Courier, March 2, 1924

A chimney flue fire in the dwelling at 208 Taylor avenue, caused slight damage and considerable commotion, late yesterday afternoon.

The funeral of Christopher Yeager, was held in the home in which he lived for many years, 1233 Jackson st., on Saturday afternoon. Interment was private in Evergreen. Yeager died Wednesday in his seventy-fifth year.

Many members of the parish enjoyed patronage of a homemade cake sale in the Guild House of St. John’s Episcopal church, Royden and Williams streets, on Saturday evening.

Camden Will Honor Chief Stehr Today

Camden Morning Post —

Camden Will Honor Chief Stehr Today - Camden Morning Post, December 13, 1930 Camden Will Honor Chief Stehr Today - Camden Morning Post, December 13, 1930 Camden Will Honor Chief Stehr Today - Camden Morning Post, December 13, 1930

Thousands Expected to Line Streets on Route of Funeral Procession This Afternoon

Camden will honor the memory of Chief of Police Lewis H. Stehr.

The funeral cortege of Chief Stehr, who died in Cooper Hospital on Wednesday following a heart attack, will leave Schroeder’s Chapel, Broadway and Royden street, shortly after 2 o’clock.

Headed by members of the police mounted squad the procession will move south on Broadway to Kaighn avenue, east to Haddon avenue to Harleigh Cemetery.

Thousands of persons are expected to line the streets along the route to pay a last tribute to “the chief.”

Other thousands formed a steady stream of humanity last night past the bier of the police head as he lay in state at the chapel. Hundreds of floral tributes were banked about the body, while other flowers were stored in two adjoining rooms.

The entire enrollment of the Camden police department marched past the body of their “chief” shortly after 8 o’clock. Dr. David S. Rhone, director of public safety, and Charles V. H. Dickinson, deputy director, headed the policemen.

One of the most beautiful of the floral pieces was from the Policemen’s Beneficial Association. It was in the form of a police badge and consisted of pink and white roses. The word “Chief” was formed, at the centre of the badge, with white roses.

Other floral designs were from each of the four police districts, the traffic squad and the detective bureau. The commissioners also sent a large floral tribute.

Members of the mounted squad formed a guard of honor around the coffin during the night. This same squad, under Sergeant Clarence Thorn, will act as an honorary escort during the funeral.

Final services for Chief Stehr will be held at the Harleigh Mausoleum Chapel, with Rev. Edward Weeks, pastor of Union M. E. Church, Fifth and Mt. Vernon streets, officiating.

Burial will be in the family plot.

Franks at Rest.

Camden Daily Telegram —

Franks at Rest. - Camden Daily Telegram, January 6, 1887

THE DEAD CHIEF OF POLICE BURIED THIS AFTERNOON.

LOOKED NATURAL AS LIFE.

As He Lay in a Black Cloth Covered Casket With Silver Trimmings in the Darkened Parlor.

Streams of People Visit the House and Take Their Last Look at Harry Houston Franks—The Societies of Which He was a Member on Hand in a Body.

From early this morning until the hour of the funeral streams of people passed in and out the late chief of Police Franks’ residence, Third and Royden streets, to take a parting look at the dead.

The remains as they lay in the black cloth covered casket looked very natural. The body was dressed in his new police uniform. At the head of the casket was an easel of flowers, with these words worked in flowers, “Our dead Chief at Rest.” This was the gift of the police department. At the foot of the casket stood the gates ajar, mounted by three white doves. The Third Ward Republican Association sent this.

The casket which was an elegant one was ornamented with silver handles. On the lid was a silver plate which contained this inscription in old English:

Died January 1, 1887 Harry Houston Franks, Aged 50 years.

In the darkened parlor where the dead lay sat a number of persons who were the most intimate friends of the deceased.

It was one o’clock when Rev. William Boyd, of the Second Presbyterian Church arrived to conduct the services which were held at the house. Soon afterward the following societies with a large representation put in an appearance. Carney Conclave or Seven Wise Men, Ottawa Tribe, No. 15, Improved Order of Red Men, Camden Castle, No. 1, Knights of the Golden Eagle, William B. Hatch Post, No. 37, and the Third Ward Republican Association. The latter was headed by the City band.

It was after two o’clock before the funeral procession was ready to proceed to Evergreen Cemetery for interment. The police had charge of the body at the house, but when it was placed in the hearse it was taken in charge of by Post 37.

The pall bearers were: Patrolmen Miller, Gibson, Painter and Shaw, besides two members of William B. Hatch Post.

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it. As we look back over a half a century, we see the parish to have grown from a handful of families to the great size of more than 2,600, or more than 10,000 souls. Seven hundred and five children attend our school, which is staffed by 18 Sisters of Saint Francis. The $15,000.00 plant at 25th and Howell Streets in 1893 has yielded to the spacious grounds and buildings at 29th and Westfield, worth more than $350,000.00. Through the consistent generosity of his parishioners the present pastor has been enabled to reduce the original debt by almost $200,000.00. It will not be long, let us hope, before the entire indebtedness is completely paid and further steps taken to care for the spiritual needs of our people in this rapidly growing section, fulfilling in ever more perfect ways the command of our Divine Master: “All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; and behold, I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world.”

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Suit for $2000 for Loss of Horses and Wagon

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Suit for $2000 for Loss of Horses and Wagon - Philadelphia Inquirer, May 26, 1910

•• Suit for $2000 for the loss of two horses and the demolition of a wagon was yesterday begun against the West Jersey and Seashore Railroad by Andrew B F Smith in the Supreme Court. The team was struck by an electric train at Seventh and Royden streets on February 4 and the driver, George Miller, was so badly hurt that he died while on the way to Cooper Hospital in the ambulance.

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