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Thurman Street

Whitman Park, Camden, NJ
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Thurman Street

Thurman Street runs from South Ninth Street to Thorn Avenue in Camden's Whitman Park section.

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900 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants

900 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants

City directory records, 1924–1947.

940 Thurman Street

940 Thurman Street — 900 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924–1947Listed in directory

942 Thurman Street

942 Thurman Street — 900 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924–1929Listed in directory
1947Stanley W. Blachniak

1000 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants

1000 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants

City directory records, 1916–1974.

1010 Thurman Street

1010 Thurman Street — 1000 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924Listed in directory

1012 Thurman Street

1012 Thurman Street — 1000 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924–1929Listed in directory
1945Lt. Lucien L. Marcel (World War II)
1947Gone

1025 Thurman Street

1025 Thurman Street — 1000 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947Listed in directory

1030 Thurman Street

1030 Thurman Street — 1000 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1916–1967Stefan & Anna Fiderko; Steve's Tavern
1916–1967Stefan & Anna Fiderko
1974J & E Tavern

1036 Thurman Street

1036 Thurman Street — 1000 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924Listed in directory

1038 Thurman Street

1038 Thurman Street — 1000 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924Listed in directory

1040 Thurman Street

1040 Thurman Street — 1000 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
June 29, 2012Deadly fire (two killed; ruled arson)

1041 Thurman Street

1041 Thurman Street — 1000 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924–1929Listed in directory
1931Mrs. Mary Bielinski

1046 Thurman Street

1046 Thurman Street — 1000 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924Listed in directory

1048 Thurman Street

1048 Thurman Street — 1000 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924Listed in directory

1050 Thurman Street

1050 Thurman Street — 1000 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924Listed in directory

1051 Thurman Street

1051 Thurman Street — 1000 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924Listed in directory

1055 Thurman Street

1055 Thurman Street — 1000 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1940s–1950s Peter J. Kokocha

1063 Thurman Street

1063 Thurman Street — 1000 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1919–1920Stephen Fiderko & Family
1919–1920Stephen & Agnes Fiderko
1919–1920 Kazimier Janasz & Family (Kazimiera 'Kay' Janasz; Stanley 'Ben' Janasz)

1066 Thurman Street

1066 Thurman Street — 1000 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1928Stanley Saposki (moonshine raid, January 21, 1928)

1067 Thurman Street

1067 Thurman Street — 1000 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1932Marie Fort (alleged speakeasy raid, June 18, 1932)

1082 Thurman Street

1082 Thurman Street — 1000 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1959–1960s Mario Fattore & Family
1959–1960sMario & Alfreda Fattore
1959–1960s Louis Fattore

1086 Thurman Street

1086 Thurman Street — 1000 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1940s Private Adam E. Piekarski (World War II)

1088 Thurman Street

1088 Thurman Street — 1000 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1955Frank Lokaj1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone

1089 Thurman Street

1089 Thurman Street — 1000 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1938–1939Martha & Robert Scully
1938Mrs. Martha Scully
1938Robert Scully
1962Pauline Kulesa
1962 Adolph S. Zubrzycki & Family (Anna Zubrzycki)
1962 Adolph S. Zubrzicki & Family
June 30, 2012Destroyed by fire; razed July 1, 2012

1091 Thurman Street

1091 Thurman Street — 1000 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1950s–1960s William Kamman & Family
1950s–1960sWilliam and Bertha Kamman
1950s–1960sAlice Kamman
1950s–1960sRichard Kamman
1950s–1960sWayne Kamman
1950s–1960s William L. Kamman
June 30, 2012Destroyed by fire; razed July 1, 2012

1098 Thurman Street

1098 Thurman Street — 1000 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933Joseph Smole

Camden Air Hero Hits Coddling Of Nazi Prisoners in This Country

Camden Courier-Post —

Lt. Lucien L. Marcel, Camden Courier-Post, January 1, 1945

1012 Thurman Street — Lt. Lucien L. Marcel

“Reading about strikes and the black market is demoralizing enough to the boys at the front, but the bitterest pill of all is news of how German prisoners are being coddled in this country.”

That viewpoint was expressed today by Lt. Lucien L. Marcel, 25, hero of 33 air missions over Nazi-occupied Europe, who arrived home on furlough in time to spend Christmas Day with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Marcel, 1012 Thurman street.

“It made us feel pretty blue,” said Marcel, “when we read about the pampering of German war prisoners in this country. We began to wonder just what we were fighting for anyway. We were living on powdered eggs and you can imagine how we felt when we read how the Nazis we fought over there were living off the fat of the land over here. It doesn’t make sense somehow.”

Lt. Marcel, who holds a B S degree from the University of Pennsylvania, was wounded by flak when the B-24 Liberator on which he was lead bombardier was attacked by Nazi planes.

“I think it’s a good idea,” continued Lt. Marcel,” to live up to the terms of the Geneva conference in the treatment of war prisoners, but that doesn’t mean we have to give them all kinds of extra privileges and let them attend dances and dance with our girls. Why take up good boat space transporting them to this country, anyway?

“Our equipment is now superior to Germany’s but there is still tough fighting ahead. Despite all our bombing of Germany, the enemy still has some punch left. Nazi war industries have moved underground. We’ve got to go in there with ground troops and dig them out.”

“Another thing I would like to bring home to the people at home is the seriousness of the loss of one of our B-17s or B-24s. Some folks have the mistaken idea welose [sic] only two or three men when these planes are shot down. The fact is each plane carries a crew of 10. So that destruction of two planes means the possible loss of 20 men.”

Marcel’s citations include the Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with four clusters, a pre-Pearl Harbor ribbon, American Combat Theatre ribbon, Alaskan Defense with bronze star, European-Asiatic ribbon with three bronze stars, citation for D-Day, France, and Holland invasions.

Marcel went overseas in April, 1943 after graduating from the Midland, Texas, bombardier school. He also trained at Fort Dix and at Paine Field, Everett, Washington. He escaped serious injury when his plane crash-landed in France and England.

Deadly Fire on Thurman Street

Camden Courier-Post —

1040 Thurman Street — Two people were killed in a fire at 1040 Thurman Street in Camden, according to police officials.

Camden Chief Scott Thomson said police are investigating the fire as an arson. Thomson declined to release information about the victims pending notification to the family.

“We’re still getting to the bottom of exactly what happened here,” Thomson said.

Local pastor David King said he talked with the grandfather of one of the victims. “Right now the whole family is in a lot of shock. It’s messed up to wake up and find out your family is dead.”

Tony Locantore; Mrs. Mary Bielinski

Camden Courier-Post —

1041 Thurman Street — Tony Locantore, 20, of 314 Walnut Street, received a premature Christmas present from Judge Shay when he pleaded guilty to a charge of assaulting Jennie Balassia, 16, of 576 Walnut Street. He was sent to jail and Judge Shay instructed the sheriff to release him on December 24.

Another Christmas present was handed out to Mrs. Mary Bieliniski, of 1041 Thurman Street, who was convicted of violating the child welfare act. The complaint was made by Mrs. Louise F. Walsh, secretary of the S. P. C. C., who charged that on September 19 the woman became intoxicated and brutally beat her seven children and put them into the streets. The children range in ages from two to 14 years. When Mrs. Walsh visited the house, she said, Mrs. Bieliniski threw a lamp at her. She also will be released from the county jail on December 24.

Moonshine Raid at 1066 Thurman Street

Camden Courier-Post —

During the afternoon two raids were staged by Sergeant John Gilbert and Policemen Warner and Branch resulting in the arrest of two men and seizure of a still and a small quantity of alleged liquor.

At the home of Stanley Saposki, 46, of 1066 Thurman Street, the raiders said they found a 25-gallon still, three gallons of “moonshine” and a complete set of coils. Saposki was arrested and later released under $500 bail.

Only a half-gallon of alleged liquor was found in the home of Frank Beuclawski, 60, of 1422 Mount Ephraim Avenue, who likewise was arrested, then released under $5000 bail.

Raiders Seize 4 Women 5 Men and Homebrew

Camden Courier-Post —

Raiders Seize 4 Women 5 Men and Homebrew, Camden Courier-Post, June 18, 1932

1067 Thurman Street — Four women, five men and 500 bottles of homebrew were seized at an alleged speakeasy at 1067 Thurman. Marie Fort, 34, was identified as the proprietress.

Witnesses: Helen Furhan; Dora Gallagher; Betty Anderson; George Powell, 546 Division Street; Harry Wilson, 413 Pine Street; Edward Mellon, 316 Elm Street; George Devon, 504 Walnut Street; George Philip, 1100 South 3rd Street.

Raiders: Lt. Herbert Anderson; Sgt. Edward Carroll; Det. William Wheland; Acting Det. William Schultz. The material witnesses all appear to have given false addresses and in all likelihood false names.

Intersection of Warsaw Street & Thurman Street

Street sign at Warsaw Street and Thurman Street, July 1, 2012 Intersection of Thurman Street and Warsaw Street, March 19, 2012 Looking south on Warsaw Street from Thurman Street, July 1, 2012

Intersection of Warsaw Street & Thurman Street. Photos taken March 19, 2012 and July 1, 2012.

1000 Block of Thurman Street — Photos

1057, 1059 and 1061 Thurman Street, July 1, 2012 1063 Thurman Street, July 1, 2012 1065 and 1067 Thurman Street, July 1, 2012 1065 and 1067 Thurman Street, July 1, 2012 1067, 1069 and 1071 Thurman Street, July 1, 2012 1069 Thurman Street, July 1, 2012 1069 and 1071 Thurman Street, July 1, 2012 1069, 1071 and 1073 Thurman Street, July 1, 2012 1073 and 1075 Thurman Street, July 1, 2012 1077 Thurman Street, July 1, 2012

1000 Block of Thurman Street. Photos taken July 1, 2012.

1082 Thurman Street — Mario Fattore & Family

Mario Fattore Louis Fattore, Camden Fire Department

1082 Thurman Street — 1959–1960s: Mario Fattore & Family. Mario & Alfreda Fattore; Louis Fattore.

Fire at 1085–1091 Thurman Street

1083, 1085, 1087, 1089 and 1091 Thurman Street after the fire, July 1, 2012 1085 Thurman Street after the fire, July 1, 2012 1085, 1087, 1089 and 1091 Thurman Street after the fire, July 1, 2012 1085, 1087, 1089 and 1091 Thurman Street after the fire, July 1, 2012 1087, 1089 and 1091 Thurman Street after the fire, July 1, 2012

1085, 1087, 1089 & 1091 Thurman Street were destroyed by fire on June 30, 2012, and razed July 1, 2012. Photos taken July 1, 2012.

1086 Thurman Street — Private Adam E. Piekarski

Private Adam E. Piekarski, World War II

Private Adam E. Piekarski — 1086 Thurman Street, World War II.

Garbage Removal Service

New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages — 1955

Frank Lokaj garbage removal service listing, 1088 Thurman Street, 1955 Yellow Pages

Lokaj Frank 1088 Thurman Cam ....EMersn 5-3613

Notes — 1088 Thurman Street

1088 Thurman Street — 1955: Frank Lokaj. New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages advertisement.

Quit by Nagging Wife, Man Wins Decree Here

Camden Courier-Post —

1089 Thurman Street — Allen Stokes testified before Advisory Master Linwood Erickson that his wife, Vera, whom he married in November, 1930, left him five years later. He lives at 210 Powell street, Gloucester. “She went to Philadelphia with our daughter, Miriam, who is six, and she wouldn’t come back. Though she nagged me all the time, I did try to persuade her to return.” Divorce was recommended.

Decision was reserved in the suit of Mrs. Martha Scully of 1089 Thurman street against her husband, Henry, of 205 Carpenter street. “He told me he never had any money for me because he had spent it treating his friends. Then he left and never came back.” The son, Robert, is now 14.

Mrs. Pauline Kulesa

Camden Courier-Post —

Mrs. Pauline Kulesa death notice, Camden Courier-Post, March 15, 1962

1089 Thurman Street — Mrs. Pauline Kulesa died Wednesday in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Anna Zubrzycki, 1089 Thurman St. A native of Poland, she had lived in Camden for 50 years.

She was a member of the Holy Rosary and Sacred Heart of Jesus Societies of St. Joseph's Church, the Polish Roman Catholic Union Group 153, and St. John Cantius Society Group 139. Sons: Frank (Camden) and John (Collingswood Heights); seven grandchildren.

Funeral: Saturday 9:30 a.m. from Ciechanowski Funeral Home, 1309 S. 10th; Requiem Mass 10 a.m. at St. Joseph's Church; burial St. Joseph's Cemetery, Chews Landing.

1089 Thurman Street — Adolph S. Zubrzycki

Adolph S. Zubrzycki, Camden Fire Department

Adolph S. Zubrzycki — 1089 Thurman Street.

1089 & 1091 Thurman Street

1089 and 1091 Thurman Street before the June 30, 2012 fire

1089 & 1091 Thurman Street. Destroyed by fire June 30, 2012; razed July 1, 2012.

1090 & 1092 Thurman Street

1090 and 1092 Thurman Street, July 1, 2012

1090 & 1092 Thurman Street. Photo taken July 1, 2012.

1091 Thurman Street — William Kamman & Family

William L. Kamman, Camden Fire Department

1091 Thurman Street — 1950s–1960s: William Kamman & Family. William & Bertha Kamman; Alice, Richard, Wayne, William L. Kamman.

1094, 1096 & 1098 Thurman Street

1094 and 1096 Thurman Street, July 1, 2012 1098 Thurman Street, July 1, 2012 1098 Thurman Street, July 1, 2012 1098 Thurman Street at Newport Street, July 1, 2012

1094, 1096 & 1098 Thurman Street. Photos taken July 1, 2012. 1098 Thurman: 1933 — Joseph Smole.

Intersection of Newport Street & Thurman Street

Street sign at Newport Street and Thurman Street

Intersection of Newport Street & Thurman Street.

1100 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants

1100 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants

City directory records, 1916–1977.

1103 Thurman Street

1103 Thurman Street — 1100 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1930–1956 Joseph Drozd & Family
1930–1956Joseph & Helen Drozd
1930–1956Anthony Drozd
1930–1956Eleanor Drozd
1930–1956 Leonard Drozd
1943–1970s Stanley M. Wysocki & Family
1943–1970sStanley & Cecelia Drozd Wysocki
1943–1970s J. Stanley Wysocki

1108 Thurman Street

1108 Thurman Street — 1100 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1932Tony Salousky (still raid, June 11, 1932)
1932Tony Salousky

1111 Thurman Street

1111 Thurman Street — 1100 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1916–1942 Maksymillian J. Lawnicki; Resurrection of Christ Church (Polish National Catholic Church)
1993–2002 Rev. Edward F. Drabik; Resurrection of Christ Church (Polish National Catholic Church)

1145 Thurman Street

1145 Thurman Street — 1100 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924–1929Listed in directory
1930 Stanley Kaminski
1947Dr. Edward Ornaf

1152 Thurman Street

1152 Thurman Street — 1100 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924Listed in directory

1160 Thurman Street

1160 Thurman Street — 1100 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1915John Trail
1924Listed in directory

1164 Thurman Street

1164 Thurman Street — 1100 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924Listed in directory

1165 Thurman Street

1165 Thurman Street — 1100 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1918–1920 Thomas Suski & Family
1918–1920Thomas & Elenora Suski
1918–1920 Edward T. Suski

1166 Thurman Street

1166 Thurman Street — 1100 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933–1970 Dr. Benjamin Wroblewski
1973Benjamin & Lucy Alvalle & Family (fire February 24, 1973 — Frances Cruz, 5, killed)
1973Benjamin Alvalle & Family

1167 Thurman Street

1167 Thurman Street — 1100 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924Listed in directory

1171 Thurman Street

1171 Thurman Street — 1100 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1955–1956Carl R. Szalkowski (Camden Fire Department)

1172 Thurman Street

1172 Thurman Street — 1100 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933Home Bakery

1176–1186 Thurman Street

1176–1186 Thurman Street — 1100 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933Thurman Bottling Works
1941Thurman Bottling Company

1178 Thurman Street

1178 Thurman Street — 1100 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1924Listed in directory
1955United Roofing & Siding Company1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone

1179 Thurman Street

1179 Thurman Street — 1100 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924Listed in directory

1181 Thurman Street

1181 Thurman Street — 1100 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1943–1947 Peter J. Kokocha

1190 Thurman Street

1190 Thurman Street — 1100 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924Listed in directory

1192–1197 Thurman Street

1192–1197 Thurman Street — 1100 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924Listed in directory

1194 Thurman Street

1194 Thurman Street — 1100 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1955–1956Joseph A. Verderosa (Camden Fire Department)

1195 Thurman Street

1195 Thurman Street — 1100 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1941Alfred Zanwood (called for Army induction July 30, 1941)

1197 Thurman Street

1197 Thurman Street — 1100 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1936 Stanley Wirtz & Family
1936Stanley & Emma Wirtz
1936Edwin S. Wirtz

1198 Thurman Street

1198 Thurman Street — 1100 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1938–1939Joseph Samselski Bar
1939–1943Leon Walczynski Bar
1947No Bar Listed
1967John K. Rogulski Bar

1199 Thurman Street

1199 Thurman Street — 1100 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1918–1919John Dziatkiewicz
1926–1931Felix Taraskiewicz
1939Antonina Taraskiewicz
1940–1977Mommie's Tavern (Anna & Walter Taraskiewicz)
1940–1977Mommie's Tavern

1103 Thurman Street

1103 Thurman Street, 1969

1103 Thurman Street — 1930–1956: Joseph Drozd & Family (Joseph & Helen Drozd; Cecelia, Anthony, Eleanor, Leonard Drozd). 1943–1970s: Stanley M. Wysocki & Family (Stanley & Cecelia Drozd Wysocki; J. Stanley Wysocki). Photo circa 1969.

Cops Nab 3, Take Still in Thurman St. Raid

Camden Courier-Post —

Cops Nab 3, Take Still in Thurman St. Raid - Camden Courier-Post, June 11, 1932

Three men were arrested last night in a police raid on an alleged speakeasy at 1108 Thurman street. A small “wash-boiler” still and a 20 gallon can partly filled with wine were confiscated.

Tony Salousky, 28, was held in $500 bail as proprietor for a hearing today. Frank Shultz, 25, of 929 Atlantic avenue, and Henry C. Iesli, 49, of 1224 Chase street, were held as witnesses.

Negro Beat Him Up, He Says

Philadelphia Inquirer —

Negro Beat Him Up, He Says - Philadelphia Inquirer, July 19, 1915, John Trail of 1160 Thurman street

Suffering from severe lacerations of the head, John Trail, aged 35, of 1160 Thurman street, was taken to Cooper Hospital, Camden, early yesterday. He told the police he was on his way home and that while walking on Kaighn avenue near Eighth street a mulatto walked up to him. “I want your money,” said the stranger. Trail tried to escape, but was struck over the head with a club. Then $1.70 was taken from his pocket. After that the assailant ran away.

Notes — 1160 Thurman Street

1160 Thurman Street — 1915: John Trail. Philadelphia Inquirer, July 19, 1915. PDF of the full article.

South Camden Boy Is Struck by Auto

Camden Courier-Post —

1166 Thurman Street — A South Camden boy is in West Jersey Homeopathic Hospital suffering from injuries to the head, face and legs caused when he was struck yesterday by the car of Dr. Benjamin Wroblewski, of 1166 Thurman Street.

The injured child is Raymond Hozalski, 8, of 1160 Jackson Street. Hospital records reveal that the child was attempting to cross the roadway at Tenth and Thurman streets when struck. The driver of the car took the boy to the hospital and reported the accident to police.

37 Camden Men Pass Tests for City Firemen

Camden Courier-Post —

37 Camden Men Pass Tests for City Firemen - Camden Courier-Post, December 9, 1949

Thirty-seven candidates have passed the Civil Service test for fireman in the Camden City fire department. Thirty-two of those who qualified are former service men and three of them, disabled veterans, were placed at the top of the list under the preference given by law.

Joseph T. Hackett, of 158 Branch Village, is listed first, Owen D. Gale, 320 Marlton avenue, second and August L. Johnson, 916½ Chestnut street, third.

The salary on Jan. 1 will begin at $2400 and reach a maximum of $3160 after four years.

Following is the complete list of those who qualified in the test:

Joseph T. Hackett, 158 Branch Village; Owen D. Gale, 320 Marlton avenue; August L. Johnson, 916 Chestnut street; Harry Sterling, 112 Ablett Village; Albert A. Stinger, 1423 Bradley avenue; Jesthroe Hunt, 753 Walnut street; Harold H. Pike, 429 Penn street; Roy R. Moffa, 216 Morse street; Allen F. Hess, 2733 Sherman avenue; Franklin W. Whylings, 602 North Thirty-second street; William L. Gosnell, 3303 Crescent drive; David W. Humphries, 3017 Mickle street; William G. Winstanley, 510 Penn street; Joshua H. Robinson, 1934 Kossuth street; Henry S. Keubler, 936 Broadway; Adolph S. Zubrzycki, 1223 South Tenth street; Ralph H. Palmer, 585 Mickle street; Alexander P. Matis, 903 Haddon avenue; Earl G. Robinson, 1036 Penn street; Anthony J. DiMaggio, 530 South Eighth street; Earl A. Smith Sr., 201 Biedeman avenue; Philip J. MacDonald, 123 North Eleventh street; Robert P. Olesiewicz, 321 Mt. Vernon street; Eugene E. Demers, 2034 High street; Chester J. Gedrich, 1154 Thurman street; John F. Chudzinski, 1043 Thurman street; Samuel D. Siniscalki, 803 Line street; Santo DiMaggio, 319 Beckett street; Ludwig Polniak, 471 Pfeiffer street; George P. Baxter, 817 Howard street; Ralph F. Schaffer, Canterbury apartments; Joseph J. McTaggart, 3135 Waldorf avenue; Louis J. Monahan, Canterbury apartments; John DiMaggio, 319 Beckett street; William N. Stone Jr., 950 Vine street; Casper J. Martelli, 220 Mt. Vernon street; and H. Raymond Dixon, 439 Trenton avenue.

Board No. 11 Calls 7 Men for Draft

Camden Courier-Post —

Board No. 11 Calls 7 Men for Draft - Camden Courier-Post, July 24, 1941

Local Board No. 11, Wildwood and Princess avenues, announced it has ordered seven youths to appear for induction into the Army July 30. They are:

Paul Lightman, 24, of 1176 Haddon avenue; Joseph B. Kujawa, 26, of 1202 Everett street; Alfred Zanwood, 23, of 1195 Thurman street; John E. Wiley, 27, of 1061 Diamond street; Cecil W. Davis, 21, of 1213 Langham avenue; William J. Sbariscia, 23, of 1329 Decatur street, and Leonard Auslander, 22, of 1237 Magnolia avenue.

Board No. 11 Calls 7 Men for Draft

Camden Courier-Post —

Board No. 11 Calls 7 Men for Draft - Camden Courier-Post, July 24, 1941

Local Board No. 11, Wildwood and Princess avenues, announced it has ordered seven youths to appear for induction into the Army July 30. They are:

Paul Lightman, 24, of 1176 Haddon avenue; Joseph B. Kujawa, 26, of 1202 Everett street; Alfred Zanwood, 23, of 1195 Thurman street; John E. Wiley, 27, of 1061 Diamond street; Cecil W. Davis, 21, of 1213 Langham avenue; William J. Sbariscia, 23, of 1329 Decatur street, and Leonard Auslander, 22, of 1237 Magnolia avenue.

Child, 5, Dies, 6 Hurt in Camden Fire

Camden Courier-Post —

Fireman at 1166 Thurman Street fire, February 24, 1973 — Courier-Post photo by Sam Kushner Child, 5, Dies, 6 Hurt in Camden Fire, Camden Courier-Post, February 24, 1973

1166 Thurman Street — A 5-year-old child, Frances Cruz, died in the basement of 1166 Thurman Street after a fire that apparently started from a heater explosion. Six others were injured, including two firemen.

The home was owned by the wife’s parents, Benjamin and Lucy Alvalle. Ten of the eleven family members were home at the time.

Caption: “Fireman avoids hose in front of home on Thurman Street, Camden, today after explosion and fire left one person dead and at least six others injured. Cause was under investigation.” — Courier-Post Photo by Sam Kushner.

Notes — 1176–1186 Thurman Street

1176–1186 Thurman Street — 1933: Thurman Bottling Works; 1941: Thurman Bottling Company. The July 25, 1941 advertisement is the Thurman Bottling Company card below.

United Roofing & Siding Co.

New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages — 1955

United Roofing & Siding Co. advertisement, 1178 Thurman Street, T. F. Madden, 1955 Yellow Pages

ALL TYPES OF ROOFING

ASPHALT SHINGLES INSELBRIC SIDING

HOT ROOFING GUTTER & SPOUTS

REPAIRS—ALL TYPES

“A ROOF FOR EVERY BUILDING”

“First in quality and service”

Estimates cheerfully given.

All work Guaranteed

OUR PRICES ARE

MADE FOR YOUR POCKET

phone

WOodlawn 3-3648

IF NO ANSWER

EMerson 5-4934

T. F. MADDEN

1178 THURMAN ST. CAMDEN (4) N.J.

Notes — 1178 Thurman Street

1178 Thurman Street — 1955: United Roofing & Siding Company. New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages advertisement.

1197 Thurman Street — Stanley Wirtz & Family

Stanley Wirtz, 1936

1197 Thurman Street — 1936: Stanley Wirtz & Family. Stanley & Emma Wirtz; Edwin S. Wirtz.

1200 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants

1200 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants

City directory records, 1910–1977.

1201 Thurman Street

1201 Thurman Street — 1200 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1918Listed in directory

1203 Thurman Street

1203 Thurman Street — 1200 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1910Lawrence & Frances Pepeiak & Family
1910Lawrence Pepeiak & Family

1204 Thurman Street

1204 Thurman Street — 1200 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1918–1930sPaul Jaye & Family
1918–1930sPaul (Pavel) & Sophia Jaye
1918–1930sPeter Jaye
1918–1930sHelen Jaye
1918–1930sWalter Jaye
1918–1930sStella Jaye

1206 Thurman Street

1206 Thurman Street — 1200 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1918Listed in directory

1208 Thurman Street

1208 Thurman Street — 1200 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1932George Burrell (robbery, June 9, 1932)
1947Listed in directory
2015Vacant
February 22, 2016Destroyed by fire

1210 Thurman Street

1210 Thurman Street — 1200 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1940–1942Jacob Schlett & Family
1940–1942Daniel Schlett
1940–1942Ellis Schlett
1940–1942Anna Schlett McKee (daughter)
1940–1942Mabel Schlett Ewing (Daughter)

1211 Thurman Street

1211 Thurman Street — 1200 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1918Listed in directory

1212 Thurman Street

1212 Thurman Street — 1200 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1912 John Schulke (injured at Dialogue ship yards, Feb. 17, 1912)
1912Charles Muller

1213 Thurman Street

1213 Thurman Street — 1200 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
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1924Listed in directory

1216 Thurman Street

1216 Thurman Street — 1200 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
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1918Listed in directory

1218 Thurman Street

1218 Thurman Street — 1200 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
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1924Listed in directory

1221 Thurman Street

1221 Thurman Street — 1200 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
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1918–early 1970s Alex Dmochowski & Family
1918–early 1970sAlex and Rosie Dmochowski
1918–early 1970s Joseph F. Dmochowski
1918–early 1970sAlex Dmochowski Jr.
1918–early 1970sFrances Dmochowski
1918–early 1970sHelen Dmochowski
1918–early 1970sBlanche Dmochowski
1918–early 1970sJosephine Dmochowski
1918–early 1970sWalter Dmochowski

1223 Thurman Street

1223 Thurman Street — 1200 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
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1924Listed in directory

1226 Thurman Street

1226 Thurman Street — 1200 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
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1918Listed in directory

1228 Thurman Street

1228 Thurman Street — 1200 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
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1915Joseph Bulocheski (injured at Farr & Bailey oilcloth plant, March 25, 1915)

1230 Thurman Street

1230 Thurman Street — 1200 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933Ignace Ornaf

1244 Thurman Street

1244 Thurman Street — 1200 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
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1910sListed in directory

1245 Thurman Street

1245 Thurman Street — 1200 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
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1924Listed in directory
1934Walter Hart (numbers lottery arrest, September 12, 1934)
1934Walter Hart

1246 Thurman Street

1246 Thurman Street — 1200 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
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1927Listed in directory

1247 Thurman Street

1247 Thurman Street — 1200 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
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1947Listed in directory

1252 Thurman Street

1252 Thurman Street — 1200 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
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1924–1947Listed in directory

1254 Thurman Street

1254 Thurman Street — 1200 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1940 William Kamman & Family
1940William and Bertha Kamman
1940Alice Kamman
1940Richard Kamman
1940Wayne Kamman
1940 William L. Kamman

1255 Thurman Street

1255 Thurman Street — 1200 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
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1914–1929 Mitchell Wojtkowiak
1920 Mitchell Wojtkowiak

1256 Thurman Street

1256 Thurman Street — 1200 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
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1927Listed in directory

1264 Thurman Street

1264 Thurman Street — 1200 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
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April 10, 1977 Fire — three children rescued; reported in Fire Watch magazine (Summer 1977)

1266 Thurman Street

1266 Thurman Street — 1200 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
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1943–1967Stanley Jaroszewski Sr. & Family (Stanley & Helen Jaroszewski; Stanley Jr., Joseph Jaroszewski)
1943–1967Stanely Jaroszewski Sr. & Family
1943–1967Stanley Jaroszewski Jr.

1268 Thurman Street

1268 Thurman Street — 1200 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
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1910Listed in directory

1272 Thurman Street

1272 Thurman Street — 1200 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
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1929–1930s Edward T. Suski

1274 Thurman Street

1274 Thurman Street — 1200 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
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1933Listed in directory

1287 Thurman Street

1287 Thurman Street — 1200 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
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1938 Elizabeth 'Betty' Matlack (Big Horn Cafe)
1938 Elizabeth "Betty" Matlack

1289 Thurman Street

1289 Thurman Street — 1200 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
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1947Listed in directory

1293 Thurman Street

1293 Thurman Street — 1200 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
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1910Frances Pepeiak (accused in theft case, October 14, 1910)

Agnes Gratowski; Mrs. Frances Pepeiak

Philadelphia Inquirer —

Agnes Gratowski/Frances Pepeiak article, Philadelphia Inquirer, October 14, 1910 — click for PDF

1293 Thurman Street — Agnes Gratowski alleged to have taken a “nest egg” belonging to her niece, Mrs. Frances Pepeiak of 1293 Thurman avenue, Camden. Mrs. Pepeiak was held in $500 bail for court. Mrs. Pepeiak denied the accusation.

Philadelphia Inquirer, October 14, 1910. Click image for PDF of full article.

1204 Thurman Street — Paul Jaye & Family

Peter Jaye and Helen Jaye, First Communion at St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church, circa 1916

1204 Thurman Street — 1918–1930s: Paul Jaye & Family. Paul (Pavel) & Sophia Jaye; Peter Jaye, Helen Jaye, Walter Jaye, Stella Jaye. Peter Jaye & Helen Jaye, First Communion at St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church. Photo circa 1916.

Youths Dazed by Rum; Police Probe Ordered

Camden Courier-Post —

Youths Dazed by Rum; Police Probe Ordered - Camden Courier-Post, June 9, 1932

Two youths who were found in a semi-conscious condition as the result of drinking liquor, were held in $500 bail each yesterday by Judge Garfield Pancoast pending a police investigation.

They are George Burrell, 20, of 1208 Thurman street, and Dominick Ravieri, 17, of 325 Division street. They were arrested at Fourth and Chestnut streets by Police Lieut. Bakley. Bakley testified they were in such a stupor that it was necessary to take them to West Jersey Homeopathic Hospital where their stomachs were pumped.

The youths first declared they found the liquor, but after questioning by Judge Pancoast, admitted buying it in a South Camden speakeasy. They were held in bail for a further hearing next week. Pancoast ordered the police to learn where the youths obtained the liquor.

Notes — 1208 Thurman Street

1208 Thurman Street — 1932: George Burrell. Camden Courier-Post, June 9, 1932.

Garfield Pancoast; Dominick Ravieri; Division Street; Ralph Bakley; West Jersey Hospital.

Daniel Schlett at Camp Gordon

Camden Courier-Post — 1942

Daniel Schlett Daniel Schlett at Camp Gordon, 1942

1210 Thurman Street — 1940–1942: Jacob Schlett & Family. Daniel Schlett; Ellis Schlett; Anna Schlett McKee (daughter); Mabel Schlett Ewing (daughter).

Daniel Schlett, son of Joseph Schlett, 1210 Thurman street, is at Camp Gordon, Augusta, Ga. He was inducted last August. A brother, Corp. Ellis Schlett, is stationed at Herbert Smart Airport, Macon, Ga.

Injured at Dialogue Ship Yards

Philadelphia Inquirer —

Injured at Dialogue ship yards, Philadelphia Inquirer, February 17, 1912

Struck by a heavy plank which fell from a crane at the Dialogue ship yards, John Schulke, aged 26 years, of 1212 Thurman street, and Charles Mufler, aged 33 years, of 1103 Haddon avenue, were injured about the head and hands. Both were taken to Cooper Hospital.

1212 Thurman Street — Philadelphia Inquirer, February 17, 1912.

Youths Dazed by Rum; Police Probe Ordered

Camden Courier-Post —

Youths Dazed by Rum; Police Probe Ordered - Camden Courier-Post, June 9, 1932

Two youths who were found in a semi-conscious condition as the result of drinking liquor, were held in $500 bail each yesterday by Judge Garfield Pancoast pending a police investigation.

They are George Burrell, 20, of 1208 Thurman street, and Dominick Ravieri, 17, of 325 Division street. They were arrested at Fourth and Chestnut streets by Police Lieut. Bakley. Bakley testified they were in such a stupor that it was necessary to take them to West Jersey Homeopathic Hospital where their stomachs were pumped.

The youths first declared they found the liquor, but after questioning by Judge Pancoast, admitted buying it in a South Camden speakeasy. They were held in bail for a further hearing next week. Pancoast ordered the police to learn where the youths obtained the liquor.

Walter Hart Lottery Arrest

Camden Courier-Post —

1245 Thurman Street — Walter Hart, 25, of 1245 Thurman Street, who was taken into custody at 9:05 a.m. by police after Young revealed he passed over his numbers slips between 2:00 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. daily, was held in $5,000 bail on a charge of operating a “numbers” lottery. He pleaded not guilty to the complaint which was signed by City Detective George Zeitz.

Fire at 1264 Thurman Street

Fire Watch Magazine — Summer 1977

“A TIP O’ THE HELMET TO” … Fr. Bill Huelas and Fr. Dick Prosser of Engine 7, and Fr. Jim Hillman and Capt. Bob Lapp of Engine 8, for the fine rescues of three trapped and unconscious children, performed at all hands-Box #5214, transmitted at 2330 hours on April 10, 1977 for a fire located at 1264 Thurman Street. Teamwork on the part of all units resulted in the saving of life and the quick confinement of fire. Also glad to hear of Fr. Jesse Flax’s return to duty from medical leave following a bad feed of smoke inhalation, received while operating at this Box. Units operating at all hands-5214 were Engine 7 and Engine 8, Ladder Co. 2, and 3rd Battalion under the command of B. C. George Kurtyan. A job well done. — Fire Watch Magazine, Summer 1977

Klostermans Identified as Numbers Kings by 5 Witnesses

Camden Courier-Post —

Klostermans Identified as Numbers Kings by 5 Witnesses - Camden Courier-Post, March 20, 1935 Klostermans Identified as Numbers Kings by 5 Witnesses - Camden Courier-Post, March 20, 1935

Storekeeper Says His Place Was Used as ‘Drop’ for Gaming Slips

5 CONVICTS RECALLED FROM STATE PRISON

Five witnesses in Criminal Court yesterday placed their fingers on the Klosterman brothers, Joseph and Fred, as Camden numbers “barons,” as they went on trial on 12 counts charging them with operating a lottery.

Each of the witnesses admitted under direct examination by Prosecutor Samuel P. Orlando they had been in the employ of the Klostermans at two of the three establishments they are alleged to have maintained.

John Frenia, 57, proprietor of a delicatessen store at 1413 Mt. Ephraim avenue, testified he worked for the Klostermans at the Young Republicans Seventh Ward Club, 1411 Mt. Ephraim avenue. He said the Klostermans used the club as a headquarters for their numbers bank. He further admitted his store was used as a numbers “drop” for the Klostermans and that packages of numbers were left at his store daily by “pick up” men and called for by either Fred or Joseph Klosterman. His wife, Pauline, corroborated his testimony.

Chester Topolski, 25, of 1230 Dayton street, testified he was employed as a janitor at the club and received money from the bank operators to be turned over to “pick up” to pay off winners.

Tells of Numbers Party

Another witness, Albert Magee, 45, colored, of Davistown near Westmont, told of a party which Fred Klosterman “threw for his ‘numbers’ writers at a Black Horse pike roadhouse. It was strictly a formal affair, Magee testified, and he was introduced to Fred Klosterman as “one of his numbers writers.”

John Szalanski, 30, of 1188 Chestnut street, another witness testified he was employed by the Klostermans as a “pickup” man in the number business for three years. He worked for them until a few days after they were acquitted January 17 last in Criminal Court here of 30 joint “numbers” indictments.

The court adjourned at 4.03 p. m. until 10 a. m. today after Mrs. Frenia finished her testimony.

Seated in the court room near the exit to the county jail were five numbers writers, who suddenly lost their memory at the first trial of the Klostermans in January and were resentenced to serve from two to three years in state prison. They were Crawford Smith, 53, of 702 Carman street; Thomas Kirk, of 935 Carpenter street; Walter Hart, 28, of 1245 Thurman street; Andrew Pointkowski, 1475 South Ninth street, and Arthur Woodridge, 40, of 7910 Park avenue, Pennsauken. They were returned from Trenton for the trial and probably will be called by the state this morning.

It was indicated last night by the prosecutor that these men are willing to talk.

Szalanski further testified he saw both Klosterman brothers in the Young Men’s Seventh Ward Republican Club and at a taproom called the Chez La Joy, 1050 Mechanic street. The state charges the taproom and another establishment at 1051 Mechanic street were used by the Klostermans as headquarters for their illegal “numbers” racket.

Passed Bags of Slips

Frenia asserted that both Fred and Joseph Klosterman came into his store with bags containing “numbers” slips.

“I would pass them over to Leon Dabrowski, who worked in the Republican Club or to a man called “Sparrow” or another known to me only as ‘Peaches’,” Frenia testified.

Frenia told Prosecutor Orlando under direct examination that he could look from his second floor window directly into the second floor room of the Republican Club which is spearated [sic] by a five-foot alley:

“I could see men working over adding machines computing the daily play of the ‘numbers’ game,” Frenia testified.

“One one [sic] occasion the adding machines were passed from the Republican Club across the alley into my second story room.”

The witness said he was formerly employed by the Klostermans in their saloon business.

He further declared he received “numbers” slips from the Klostermans before and after their first trial in Criminal Court which resulted in acquittal because of lack of evidence produced by the state.

Szalanski further declared that he saw both Klosterman brothers in the Young Men’s Seventh Ward Republican Club at 1411 Mt. Ephraim avenue and at a taproom called the Chez LaJoy at 1050 Mechanic street, which the state alleges were two of the three headquarters of the “numbers” bank operated by the Klostermans.

Tells of ‘Counting Room’

“I saw both Fred and Joe Klosterman at the Republican Club last Summer in rooms on the second floor in which there were five adding machines for computing the daily ‘numbers’ play,” testified Szalanski.

“On one occasion when one of the ‘numbers’ slips which I picked up, hit the daily number, Fred Klosterman paid me $500 to distribute to the writers who then gave it to the winners.”

The Klostermans, represented by Carl Kisselman, are on trial on 12 joint indictments charging the operation of a “numbers” lottery. The true bills allege the brothers “unlawfully did keep a place with the intent that persons might resort thereto for the purpose of gambling at so-called game of numbers.”

The indictments further charged the political club was used for unlawful lottery purposes between September 22, 1934, and January 31, 1935; that the taproom, Chez LaJoy and a dwelling at 1051 Mechanic street was so used between March 1, 1933, and July 31, 1934.

Szalanski, the first witness to definitely hook up the Klostermans with the “numbers” racket in Camden, said that he was employed by the brothers after a conference in a saloon at Mechanic and Liberty streets.

“I told the Klostermans I had no car and they advanced me $100 to buy an automobile,” said the witness.

When the witness said he continued to work for the Klostermans as a “pickup man” during and after the first trial, which resulted in the court directing a verdict of acquittal because of lack of evidence, Judge Neutze questioned him:

“Do you mean to say that you turned money over to the Klostermans at the Republican Club after their last trial?”

“Yes,” the witness replied.

Denies Intimidation

Szalanski admitted he was arrested two weeks ago in Philadelphia on “numbers” charges and is at liberty under bail.

Cross-examination of the witness by Kisselman failed to move Szalanski.

“Didn’t the prosecutor’s office try to intimidate you into testifying here?” asked Kisselman. “Didn’t they tell you what happened to other ‘numbers’ witnesses when the prosecutor’s office deemed their testimony was not satisfactory?”

The witness denied he had been intimidated or threatened into testifying.

“I know what is going on—I read the newspapers,” he asserted.

Szalanski corroborated statements of Topolski, as to the identity of persons seen about the club.

Szalanski was recalled to the stand when court reconvened after the noon recess. He testified he worked

Again on Trial

JOSEPH KLOSTERMAN

FRED KLOSTERMAN

Brothers, who were identified yesterday by former employes of Camden numbers operators.

as an “extra” at the Seventh Ward Republican Club for $1 a day.

“Who gave you to understand that you were to take $1 from the money you received in the numbers business?” Orlando asked.

After giving several evasive answers, Szalanski finally admitted that Fred Klosterman had told him he was entitled to $1 a day for his labor.

Puts Finger on “Joe”

Magee was the third witness called at the afternoon session.

Q. What is your business? A. I am a “numbers writer.”

Q. How long were you in the business. A. Three years.

Q. What district did you cover? A. I covered Blenheim, Hilltop and surrounding territory.

Q. How much did you take in a day from your collections last year? A. Oh, about $20 a day.

Q. To whom did you turn over this money? A. I turned it over to a man named George Smith.

Q. What percentage of the proceeds were you paid? A. I got 25 percent.

Q. In December, 1934, you had some differences with the pickup man over your total sheet and a shortage? What did you do about this? A. I went to a saloon on Mt. Ephraim avenue in Camden and asked for the Klosterman brothers.

Q. Did you see either of the Klosterman brothers and if so, which one?

At this point, Prosecutor Orlando asked the witness to point to either one of the two brothers and asked them both to stand up which they did.

“That’s the one there—in the blue suit,” said the witness pointing to Joe Klosterman.

Q. Did you ever meet Fred—the man besides him—his brother? A. Yes, I met him on the Black Horse pike in the Summer of 1934.

Party for Writers

Q. What was the occasion of that meeting? A. Well, it was at Charley Lutz’s place—that’s a roadhouse.

Q. What were you doing there? A. Well, it was a party to the “numbers” writers and we were all there for a good time.

Q. Well how did you happen to meet Fred Klosterman? A. Well, somebody took me up and introduced me to him and said I was one of the boys—one of his “numbers” writers.

Q. And then what happened? A. Well, Fred shook hands with me, turned around at the bar and ordered beer for the house.

At this juncture the witness was examined by the prosecutor as to his reasons for going to the Mt. Ephraim avenue saloon and he repeated his testimony that it was because of a shortage in his “numbers” slips account.

“Joe Klosterman treated me very nice and he said he would fix the thing up for me and I wouldn’t have any more trouble with my total sheets,” Magee said.

“After I saw him I didn’t have any more trouble,” the witness added.

Through a Polish interpreter, Frenia testified under direct examination that he had worked for Fred Klosterman in the latter’s saloon on Mt. Ephraim avenue in December, 1933. He also testified that previously Joe Klosterman employed him in another saloon at Green and Mechanic streets.

“What would you do with the numbers slips when you received them in your store and from whom did you receive them?” Orlando asked.

“Sometimes I received slips from Leon Dabrowski and from Fred Klosterman and his brother Joe only once or twice.”

Orlando then directed five or six men to stand up in the courtroom. He asked Frenia to point out any of those standing among the men who delivered slips at his store. Among those identified by the witness were Walter Hart, Kirk, Piontkowski and Szalanski, who had previously testified.

Saw Counting in Club

Q. How near was the rear of your store to the Seventh Ward Republican club? A. It was only about five feet across an alley.

Q. Could you see into the club from the second floor of your store? A. Yes. I could see into the second story window of the club.

Q. Did you ever look across there, and if so, what did you see? A. I saw Leon Dabrowski, “Sparrow” and “Peaches” counting out slips on adding machines.

Q. Were those machines ever moved across to your house? A. Yes.

Q. How were they moved across this alley to you? A. They were just lifted across and I took them in with my hand. It was only about five feet distance.

Q. Had you previously discussed moving these machines with either of the Klosterman brothers? If so, what was the reason? A. Sometime in November of 1934 I talked it over with Fred Klosterman and the only thing he told me was that the machines were needed.

Q. When these men brought “numbers” slips to your store how did you receive them? A. Sometimes I received them in paper bags and sometimes I received them on paper. Fred Klosterman told me it was O.K. to turn over the slips to Leon Dabrowski. I also received slips from Fred Kolsterman [sic] and Joe Klosterman once to my place.

Q. Did you receive slips at your store before and after the last trial of the Klosterman brothers on January 17? Answer yes or no. A. Yes.

Frenia, in answer to a direct question of the prosecutor as to when was the last time he had an adding machine in his store or home, said it was three days before he was arrested on “numbers” charges.

He also testified he received $10 a week for about four months for “receiving numbers” in his delicatessen store. He said he was told by Fred Klosterman he would get that amount each week and that the money was paid to him each week by Dabrowski.

Gives Confused Testimony

The last $10 he received, Frenia testified, was paid to him in January of this year. For this money, Frenia asserted, he was to “take the slips and help around the club.”

He said that on the second floor of the Republican club, were tables and chairs and the money they brought in, but there were no adding machines there. In earlier testimony, Frenia testified he had adding machines in his home which had been passed over a second-story window from the clubhouse.

Under cross-examination by Kisselman, Frenia gave confusing and contradictory testimony as to whether or not Joe Klosterman had received or taken any of the “numbers” slips from his store. Finally, he declared Joe Klosterman did take “numbers” slips from the store on one occasion.

Frenia denied that any county detectives sought to intimidate him in telling his story as Kisselman charged, by reminding him that other witnesses who told stories not satisfactory to the prosecutor’s office, were sentenced to prison terms of two to three years.

Knew of Punishments

Frenia said he knew that phase himself as he had read it in the newspapers. Prosecutor Orlando objected to Kisselman’s questioning along these lines, asserting it was unfair to infer that “something would happen to witnesses because of anything displeasing that they may say and the prosecutor might not agree with.”

“We are not responsible,” Orlando said, “for the condition of witnesses’ minds brought about by something over which we have no control.”

Kisselman was permitted by the court to ask the question, explaining that “whatever it is Mr. Kisselman is seeking to bring out, the jury would get later.”

“Do you know why these other witnesses got 2 to 3 years?” Kisselman asked.

“Yes, I know that because it was in the paper and because they were working in the ‘numbers’ business,” said the witness. “They got more than three months because they did not tell the truth.”

Mrs. Frenia, called as a state witness, testified both Fred and Joseph Klosterman came to their store for “numbers” slips.

She testified she gave the slips to Fred Klosterman five or ten times and that she gave the slips to Joseph Klosterman about five times before Christmas, 1934.

Asked to name who brought the slips to their store, the witness said Walter Hart, Arthur Woodridge, “Sparrow” and another man whose name she did not know.

Gave Klosterman Slips

She disclosed that Dabrowski would come into the store to collect the slips. “They started to bring the slips into the store around Christmas time and they stopped in January a couple of days before my husband was arrested,” the woman testified.

The witness said the slips were sometimes in a bag and on other occasions wrapped in a rubber band. She testified to delivering some of the slips to Fred Klosterman not wrapped up in a bag.

“Between five and seven people would bring the ‘numbers’ slips to the store,” Mrs. Frenia said.

Under questioning the woman said she was in the store when the adding machines were transferred from the club next door to her house. She asserted the men who brought the machines from the club to their house were Dabrowski and “Sparrow.”

Mrs. Frenia further testified that she could see from her second floor of the house, men adding numbers on the second floor of the clubhouse next door. She also said she saw both Fred and Joseph Klosterman on the second floor of the club but did not remember whether she saw them there when they were adding numbers.

“I saw Leon Dabrowski and “Sparrow” in the clubhouse adding numbers,” she testified.

Testifies of Slips

Relating how she first came to pick up the “numbers” packages left in her store, she explained that Fred Klosterman told her that “if anyone brought a package there to take it.” That was about a month or two before Christmas, 1934, the woman declared.

Asked if she had a similar conversation with Joseph Klosterman, she said she did not.

She testified the last time Fred Klosterman was in the store to pick-up “numbers” slips was in December before Christmas. Joseph Klosterman was in the store also before Christmas which was the last time she saw him, Mrs. Frenia testified.

Under cross examination, Mrs. Frenia said she never played the “numbers” or banked or sold “numbers” slips. She testified her husband was not in the store when Joseph Klosterman came in and she knew the packages contained “numbers” slips because she saw them.

Asked how she would know they were “numbers” slips if she did not play them, the woman said “they asked for them.”

Mrs. Frenia was asked if she did not know it was against the law to take the “numbers” slips. She said “Yes, I did, but I took them because my husband worked for them at the club.”

“How often did you see what was going on in the second floor of the clubhouse from your home?”

“About twice a week—only when I looked over there.”

Exposes Brothers

Testimony of John Szalanski:

Q. Did you ever turn over numbers to Fred and Joe Klosterman at the Young Men’s Seventh Ward Republican Club? A. Yes.

Q. What were you in the business? A. I was a pickup man for about three years.

Q. When did you first start in the numbers business with Klosterman? A. I can’t tell exactly. I would say about three years ago.

The witness then identified each defendant from the witness stand.

Q. Before you started with them, with whom did you do business? A. With Griffith, of Haddon Heights or Haddonfield.

Q. Why did you go to Klosterman? A. I went with them because I made no money out of Griffith.

Q. Whom did you first see at the Klostermans? A. I saw Fred. I had no car, and they gave me $100 to get one. I talked it over with Fred. They gave me a $100 check at the saloon on Liberty street where I saw both Fred and Joe and I bought with it a Chrysler coupe.

Dealt With ‘Fred’

Q. With whom did you do your business? A. With Fred. I handed him the slips. I would turn the slips over to Fred at Mechanic and Green streets. That was before they moved to the Young Men’s Seventh Ward Republican Club.

Q. Did you turn the slips over to Fred or to Joe at the club? A. To either of them.

Q. To either or both? A. Yes. If I was late I would turn them over sometimes to Leon Dabrowski or to someone else in the office. That would be about once a month, or sometimes once or twice a week. I would turn them over at the club better than a year.

Q. Would you ever turn them over at Fred’s home? A. Yes.

Q. How long have you known Leon? A. About six years. He is supposed to be a brother-in-law of Fred.

Q. What was your daily average in the money you delivered from pickups? A. About $100 a day. I would get 5 percent. I would turn the money over to Leon, and I have turned it over to Fred already a few times at the Young Men’s Seventh Ward Republican Club.

Trial Failed to Halt Them

Q. You turned money like that right after the trial this year? Before the witness could answer, Judge Neutze interrupted to ask: “Do you mean to say that you turned money over to them right after the trial?” The witness answered, “Yes.”

Prosecutor Orlando then asked the witness whether he could identify Frenia or Mrs. Frenia. He identified both as the ones who conducted a delicatessen store next to the club. He testified that he would turn the slips in to John Frenia every day for a few months up to last Christmas.

Q. Why did you turn them in at Frenia’s place instead of at the Seventh Ward club? A. Fred or Leon told me to turn them in there instead of at the club.

Q. Where did you turn in the money? A. I turned it in to the club, upstairs on the second floor.

Asked by the prosecutor to describe the second floor, the witness said it contained rooms much like the second floor of a home, and in one of the rooms was a table at which Leon sat. There were four or five adding machines, and numbers slips in the room.

Q. Did you ever see Joe and Fred Klosterman on the second floor? A. Yes, about once a week.

Q. When do you recall seeing Joe there, in particular? A. There was once last Summer in the afternoon, between 2 and 5.

Q. Who else was there? A. There was Leon Dabrowski, Andrew Piontkowski, who were adding up slips; myself and Fred or Joe, whoever came in.

Tells of Getting Money

Q. On the hits, who would deliver the money? A. I delivered the money.

Q. From whom would you receive the money? A. Sometimes from Fred, if there was a big hit and the people won a lot of money. If it was not such a big hit, I would receive the money from Leon.

Q. Did any of the players make large hits? A. Yes. Fifty cents and a dollar. That means if they hit a dollar it would mean $500, and Freddy or Leon would give me that money.

At this point, the voice of the witness was almost inaudible, and the prosecutor requested him to speak out loudly and clearly. Orlando next asked the witness whether he had any difficulty before he quit the Klostermans. He answered that he had, because he had borrowed $50, and Fred had told him that if he made any other loans, he was to know about it. Fred also told him, he said, to be a “good boy” while he was away.

In the back room of the Chez La Joy, he said, he received the full amount of a big hit. At the time there was there with him, Fred Klosterman, Leon and a man called “Flori.”

“At this time,” the witness said, “Fred ordered Leon to give me the full amount.”

Gave Brothers Slips

Q. To whom did you give the money? A. I gave it to a fellow I knew as ‘Bill’ on the East Side.

Q. Did you give him all of the money? A. No.

Q. Did you take any of it out for yourself, for commission? A. No.

Q. How much did you give him? A. I gave him between $400 and $500. He was the writer.

Q. Did you ever deliver slips to Fred or Joe Klosterman at the Chez La Joy? A. Yes, whoever was around.

Q. When, in particular? A. Well, on one occasion last summer I handed them to Joe, and at other times, I also handed them to Fred in the summer. I would say about a half dozen times in the past year.

The witness testified he delivered slips to Leon at the Chez La Joy but that he never delivered slips to Mrs. Frenia, but he did to her husband for about two months. He said he gave the slips to Frenia in a paper bag. He also testified that he knows a man by the name of “Peaches,” and that he saw him at the Republican club, turning in numbers.

He also turned in slips to Andrew Pointkowski, he said.

Orlando Overruled

“I also saw Walter Hart turning in numbers at the club and the store, as did Tom Kirk,” the witness testified.

That ended the direct examination. On cross-examination by Kisselman, the witness said that he first told the prosecutor what he knew about a month ago.

Q. Did the prosecutor come after you? A. Yes. They called me on the phone and told me to come to the prosecutor’s office.

Q. Are you charged with anything here in connection with this case? A. No.

Q. Did they tell you there were witnesses in jail; that these other fellows were in jail? A. I knew it.

Q. Did Mr. Doran, chief of detectives, tell you that because the previous testimony of these witnesses was unsuitable, their sentences were increased? Prosecutor Orlando objected; to which Kisselman replied:

“It seems that we have a right to show intimidation.”

“I can’t see the relevancy of such testimony,” replied Orlando.

Judge Neutze allowed the question and the witness answered:

“I knew it because I read it in the newspapers.”

Asked why he appeared as a witness, whether because he was a public-spirited citizen and wanted to tell the truth, he said that was the reason. He admitted later under cross-examination, that he was arrested in Philadelphia because he was in the numbers business.

Parries Cross-Jabs

Q. You come here and profess to be a public-spirited citizen, yet you were arrested after what you told the prosecutor in connection with the case? A. Yes.

Q. When did you last see Fred in connection with the numbers business? A. On a Saturday after the trial. (The date of the trial was January 17, 1935.)

Q. Did you know that Fred was in the hospital? And did you do the numbers business with him when he was in the hospital? As a matter of fact, didn’t Fred go away the day after the trial? A. He went away on a Saturday, and I did business in the meanwhile with Leon. I would see Joe around.

Q. Did you see him every day before the trial? A. Yes, I would say about every day.

Q. Do you remember seeing him after the trial? A. I don’t remember seeing him after the trial.

Luncheon recess was declared. The court warned the jury not to discuss the case with anyone on the outside.

Tells of Transfer

Topolski, who testified he was employed as a janitor at the clubhouse by Fred Klosterman but paid by a man named Leon Dabrowski, said he often saw Dabrowski, Charlie Smith, Walter Hart, Andrew Piontkowski, Crawford Smith, “Gassy” and “Peaches” about the place.

Topolski said he also was employed as “pickup man” in the “numbers” business and that he took the slips and money to the delicatessen store of John Frenia next door to the Republican club. Dabrowski, according to the witness would then gather the slips and receive the money personally from Topolski.

Jury Quickly Chosen

It required only 45 minutes to select the jury to try the Klostermans. The state used seven challenges and the defense ten.

The courtroom which was slow to fill up at the opening of the trial, was crowded by the time the jury had been selected and the prosecutor made his opening.

Topolski, who said he was a leather worker before engaging in the “numbers” business, was the first witness called by the state.

“I was a pick-up man in the numbers game,” Topolski replied in answer to a question by Prosecutor Orlando. “I used to meet a fellow on the corner known as Charles Stewart. He gave me number slips and books which I took to the delicatessen store of John Frenia.

“Do you know Fred and Joseph Klosterman, the defendants on trial here?” the prosecutor asked.

“Yes I met them several times. I saw Fred Klosterman come into the club several times but I never saw Joe there.

The witness identified the two Klostermans seated at the defense counsel table. Questioned by Prosecutor Orlando as to whether he did any “numbers” business with either defendant, Topolski said, “I never did any business with either of them.”

“No, I Didn’t”

“Did you ever deliver any ‘numbers’ books or ‘numbers’ slips to a tap room called the Chez LaJoy at 1050 Mechanic street?” he was asked.

“No. I didn’t.”

That address as well as the Republican club are alleged by the state to have used together with a house at 1051 Mechanic street, as headquarters for the operations of the “numbers” business of the Klosterman brothers.

Names Three Men

“Did you ever deliver any “numbers” books to 1051 Mechanic street?”

“No, I did not,” answered the witness.

In connection with seeing the Klostermans, the witness said it was in the Republican Club that he met them, where both were members.

Questioned concerning his activities in the “numbers” business, Topolski said he started working as a “pickup” man sometime in June or July, 1934, and continued up to about three weeks before Christmas.

“How much business would you do?” he was asked.

“I would pick up anywhere from $40 to $50 daily. I would pick up from three different men.”

“Who were they?”

“Joe Miller, Charles Smith and John Jankowski.”

Questioned further, Topolski said he made arrangements to leave the slips at Frenia’s store for Leon Dabrowski, who he identified as “the guy who got me the job.” He testified he met Dabrowski in Chez LaJoy in June of last year.

‘Sort of Grab Bag’

“I would just hand Frenia the bag which had the slips in. I don’t think he knew what was in the bag,” Topolski testified.

“Sort of a prize bag, eh,” broke in Judge Neutze and the courtroom tittered in laughter.

Hired by Klosterman

“Who did you give the money to which you collected?” Prosecutor Orlando asked.

“To Leon Dabrowski.”

“Did you ever see Fred or Joe Klosterman at Frenia’s store?”

“No.”

The witness then said he did see them at the Republican Club where he had been engaged last July as a janitor to clean up the place.

“Fred Klosterman hired me but Leon Dabrowski paid me,” Topolski said. “The first couple of weeks I was paid $3 a week but then they raised me to $6 a week.”

Under grilling he said he did not think it was strange that Fred Klosterman gave him the job and Dabrowski paid him.

“Did you ever see any adding machines on the second floor of the club?” Prosecutor Orlando asked.

“No,” was the answer.

The witness then testified he cleaned up newspapers, slips of papers and long pieces of tape paper which were blank. He further testified he would see Dabrowski at the club in the evenings and also about when he was cleaning up.

Got 5 Percent Fee

Topolski said he was to receive 5 percent of the $40 or $50 of “numbers” playing which he collected daily. He said he deducted it from the money he turned in. Asked by Prosecutor Orlando to tell who appeared around the club when he was there, the witness said:

“Well there was “Gassy,” Charlie Smith, “Peaches,” Walter Hart, Andrew Piontkowski, Crawford Smith . . . and I also saw Fred Klosterman walk in and out but he never stayed long.”

Frenia was called to the front of the courtroom by the prosecutor and Topolski identified him as the man with whom he left the bag of “numbers” slips daily. The prosecutor then called Frenia’s wife and Topolski identified her but said he never left any “numbers” slips with her.

“Did any of the slips which you picked up ever hit?” the prosecutor asked.

“Yes, there were several hits,” said the witness. “On one hit I received $15 which I gave to the “numbers” writers to distribute to the winners. They went mostly to Charles Stewart.”

JAROSZEWSKI

Camden Courier-Post —

Death notice of Helen Jaroszewski, 1266 Thurman St., Camden Courier-Post, May 2, 1967

On April 30, 1967. Helen of 1266 Thurman St., Camden, wife of the late Stanley Sr. and mother of Joseph and Stanley. Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral on Wednesday at 8 a.m. from the Ciechanowski Funeral Home, 1309 S. 10th St., Camden. Requiem high Mass at 9 a.m., St. Joseph’s Church, 10th & Mechanic Sts., Camden. Interment at St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Chews Landing. Friends may call Tuesday evening.

Notes — 1266 Thurman Street

1266 Thurman Street — Jaroszewski death notice, Camden Courier-Post, May 2, 1967.

1272 Thurman Street — Edward T. Suski

Edward T. Suski, 1928

1272 Thurman Street — 1929–1930s: Edward T. Suski.

1300 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants

1300 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants

City directory records, 1924–1947.

1304 Thurman Street

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1305 Thurman Street

1305 Thurman Street — 1300 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
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1934Nicholas Boganik (numbers lottery arrest, May 7, 1934)
1934Nicholas Boganik

1306 Thurman Street

1306 Thurman Street — 1300 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
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1965–1967 Stanley Heat and Fuel Co.

1307 Thurman Street

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1311 Thurman Street

1311 Thurman Street — 1300 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
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1940s Private First Class Elmer J. Meiler (World War II)

1313 Thurman Street

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1314 Thurman Street

1314 Thurman Street — 1300 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
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1315 Thurman Street

1315 Thurman Street — 1300 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
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1924–1927Listed in directory
1929–1930 Joseph Murray & Family
1929–1930 Joseph A. Murray
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1316 Thurman Street

1316 Thurman Street — 1300 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
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1317 Thurman Street

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1318 Thurman Street

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1320–1346 Thurman Street

1320–1346 Thurman Street — 1300 Block of Thurman Street — Occupants
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4 Held for Grand Jury on Auto Theft Charge

Camden Courier-Post —

4 Held for Grand Jury on Auto Theft Charge - Camden Courier-Post, May 7, 1934

Four youths charged with the larceny of an automobile were held for the grand jury Saturday by Police Judge Garfield Pancoast. The prisoners were caught by Motorcycle Policeman Gus Fortune after a chase.

The prisoners described themselves as Henry Garbacki, 17, of 1201 Lansdowne avenue; Walter Lewadowski, 17, of 1158 Atlantic avenue; Nicholas Boganik, 19, of 1305 Thurman street, and Wallace Slowski, 19, of 820 Cherry street.

Shortly after midnight William Wright, of 338 Benson street, reported to the police that his automobile had been stolen from in front of his home. An hour later Fortune saw the four youths in the car and captured them. The prisoners were unable to furnish the $1000 bail.

1306 Thurman Street — Stanley Heat and Fuel Co.

Stanley Heat and Fuel Co., 1306 Thurman Street, Camden, advertisement, 1965-1967

1306 Thurman Street — 1965–1967: Stanley Heat and Fuel Co. Oil, Gas & Electric Heating Systems. Baseboard Heating. Call 964-1318.

1311 Thurman Street — PFC Elmer J. Meiler

Private First Class Elmer J. Meiler, World War II

1311 Thurman Street — Private First Class Elmer J. Meiler, World War II.

$100,000 Fire Sweeps Store of Antrim Co.

Camden Courier-Post —

$100,000 Fire Sweeps Store of Antrim Co. - Camden Courier-Post, June 30, 1939 $100,000 Fire Sweeps Store of Antrim Co. - Camden Courier-Post, June 30, 1939 $100,000 Fire Sweeps Store of Antrim Co. - Camden Courier-Post, June 30, 1939 $100,000 Fire Sweeps Store of Antrim Co. - Camden Courier-Post, June 30, 1939 $100,000 Fire Sweeps Store of Antrim Co. - Camden Courier-Post, June 30, 1939 $100,000 Fire Sweeps Store of Antrim Co. - Camden Courier-Post, June 30, 1939 $100,000 Fire Sweeps Store of Antrim Co. - Camden Courier-Post, June 30, 1939

Several Firemen Hurt; Oil Plant and Homes Are Menaced

BLAZE WORST IN 18 MONTHS

Fire swept the wholesale store of Antrim Hardware Company, 1514 and 1516 Federal street last night, damaged the stock to the extent of $100,000, injured several firemen, menaced homes and the plant of the Standard Oil Company opposite. It was the first three-alarm fire in Camden since January, 1937.

One of the firemen, Ralph Bingaman, of Truck Company No. 1, was cut severely on the right hand and foot by falling glass and went to the Cooper Hospital. Another hoseman, Ray Smith, of headquarters, also was cut on the right hand but stuck to his fire fighting after his wounds were dressed.

Huge choking billows of smoke that rolled over the fighters balked them several times in their efforts to check the fire, but they remained at their posts and finally subdued the blaze after a battle of several hours.

Spread Rapidly

Chief John H. Lennox declared the fire started midway on the first floor from some unknown cause and spread so rapidly before its discovery efforts of the firemen were greatly hindered. Louis Gold, proprietor of the Federal Automobile Company, which adjoins the Antrim place, discovered the blaze and sent in an alarm at 7 p. m.

He then telephoned to Councilman E. Hulings Antrim, of Merchantville, treasurer of the concern, who raced to the fire, together with his mother, Mrs. Elwood Antrim, widow of the founder of the firm. Later B. Frank Antrim, president of the firm, arrived. The members of the family conferred and decided to reopen today their other store at Twenty-sixth and Federal streets, and to secure if possible an unoccupied floor of a chain store building to carry on the business. The stock, according to Antrim, was fully insured.

The firm was created on December 1, 1889, and had made arrangements to celebrate its golden anniversary. Mrs. Antrim, mother of the treasurer, stated she had half the anniversary number ready for publication “but the first fire we ever had has ruined all that now.”

Smashes Windows

When Gold, accompanied by his son, Marvin, discovered the fire, the latter smashed in two front windows on the first floor to permit the smoke to roll and and [sic] to prevent an explosion inside, he said. Meanwhile, Leroy Garrison, who lives at 50 South Twenty-fourth street, was driving past in his automobile.

He saw smoke rolling upward from the first floor and ran to the rear of the structure and threw open the door to permit the smoke to roll free at the rear.

Eight minutes after the first alarm was sounded Chief Lennox ordered a second, then a third at 7.33 p. m. Eight engines and two hook and ladder trucks responded and the fight began to keep the flames from spreading in the neighborhood. With the wind blowing north, the tanks of the oil company across the street seemed threatened, but the interior of the structure was bulked with two firewalls which held and gave the firemen a chance to get into action and beat down the flames.

Paint, chemicals and tar paper stored on the second floor made a dense, choking smoke that completely concelead [sic] the neighborhood and the hundreds of spectators that thronged the vicinity to watch the fire. Two tenants in nearby houses, Miss Agnes Mitchell and Mrs. Roy Dilks, 72, living in 1510 and 1508, respectively, were unaware of the fire right next door until the police sent them to safety.

Miss Mitchell said she was in the shed in the rear of her home and the first she heard of the fire was when a policeman ordered her to get out.

Refused to Leave

Mrs. Dilks, alone in the house at the time, refused to leave. She told the police she didn’t want to go, because the family had lived there but a month and her relatives were away. Finally she was urged to depart and did, finding refuge with Mrs. Albert Bowne, whose husband runs a printing shop a few doors below.

When Councilman Antrim arrived on the scene he attempted to rescue records of the firm which he said could never be replaced. Five times he entered the smoking building and five times he was turned back by the firemen.

Finally two firemen, Andrew Ballantine, who drives Chief Lennox, and Ladderman John Strauss, of Truck Company No. 4, forged their way through the dense smoke and retrieved the records.

Antrim fixed his damages from smoke and water at $100,000 which he said was the amount of stock in the building. Mrs. Antrim, his mother, stood under an umbrella near the burning building, and refused to go back.

“We’ll open tomorrow,” said the energetic woman, “and not let this bother us. This firm was created in 1889 when Hulings, my son, was four, and B. Frank Antrim, now president, and myself ran the businees [sic] and we’re not going to let this get us down, you bet.”

Antrim said he was the last person to leave the building at 5 p. m., and everything appeared to be all right then. The burglar alarm with which the building is equipped did not sound, so Antrim says no one could have entered the building after he departed.

Truck in Collision

Truck in Collision

After Engine Company No. 10 was sent home the apparatus was sideswiped by a traveling sandwich wagon, owned and driven by Emido Martelli, of 1315 Thurman street, at Eleventh street and Newton avenue.

Martelli’s wife and 25-months- old son were aboard the wagon at the time but none was injured. Police took Martelli to City Hall where he was asked for a statement as to the accident. According to the persons on the scene, Martelli was driving on Eleventh street when the engine came along Newton avenue, with its siren open.

The wagon driver did not seem to pay attention to the screams of the whistle and continued, the front of his car grazing the side of the apparatus.

When Engine Company No. 9, at Twenty-first and Federal streets, the first engine to respond to the alarm, reached the hydrant the firemen found an automobile parked there, and locked. They had to push the car out of the way, in order to get a hose to the hydrant.

Chief Lennox said the last time the department received a third alarm was when fire gutted the store of the McCrory Company at Broadway and Kaighn avenue.

Raiders Seize 4 Women 5 Men and Homebrew

Camden Courier-Post —

Raiders Seize 4 Women 5 Men and Homebrew - Camden Courier-Post, June 18, 1932

Four women, five men and 500 bottles of homebrew were seized last night when police raided an alleged speakeasy at 1067 Thurman street.

Marie Fort, 34, of that address, was held as the proprietress. The following were released in cash security as material witnesses: Helen Furhan, 29, of 300 Jersey avenue, Gloucester; Dora Gallagher, 24, of 723 North American street, Philadelphia; Betty Anderson, 19, of 5947 Trinity place, Philadelphia; George Powell, 23, of 546 Division street; Harry Wilson, 24, of 413 Pine street, Audubon; Edward Mellon, 25, of 316 Elm street; George Devon, 34, of 504 Walnut street, and George Philip, 29, of 1100 South Third street.

The radiers [sic] were Lieut. Herbert Anderson, Sergt. Edward Carroll, Detective William Wheland and Acting Detective William Schultz.

Thurman Bottling Company

Camden Courier-Post —

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