Camden First, September 1925

CAMDEN FIRST was published by Camden's Chamber of Commerce in the 1920s. Many of the leading citizens of the era were active members of this group, which was very active in the effort to build the Walt Whitman Hotel. The edition of Camden First reproduced here celebrates the opening of the hotel, which stood on the northeast corner of Broadway and Cooper Streets for over 50 years.

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Officers — 1925–'26

Board of Directors — 1925–'26

George C. Baker; Ralph D. Baker; Volney Bennett; Rowland W. Bottomley; Henry B. Coles; Elias Davis; Burleigh B. Draper; Howard J. Dudley; Carl R. Evered; Jerome L. Hurley; David Jester; Frank B. Middleton, Jr.; Herbert N. Munger; Edw. A. Mechling; James J. Scott; Harry C. Sharp; Wm. J. Strandwitz; Francis B. Wallen Sr.

Executive Council

Ralph D. Baker, Chairman; Henry B. Coles; Volney Bennett; Elias Davis; Theodore Kausel; Edw. A. Mechling; Edwin Pearson

Auditing Committee

Harry C. Sharp, Chairman; David Jester; Herbert N. Munger

Committees — 1925–'26

Committee on Committees — Arthur E. Armitage, Chairman
Publicity Committee — J. David Stern, Chairman
Airport Committee — J. Edward Fagen, Chairman
Camden Bridge Transit Committee — E. G. C. Bleakly, Chairman
Charities' Endorsement Committee — Rev. Elwood A. Harrar, Chairman
Industrial Relations — Wellington E. Barto, Chairman
Retail Merchants' Committee — Harry P. Pelouze, Chairman
Monthly Membership Committee — John J. Engel, Chairman
Membership Forum Committee — Francis B. Wallen, Sr., Chairman
Membership-Adjustment Committee — Ben Abrams, Chairman
Freight and Transportation Committee — A. L. Townsend, Chairman
So. Jersey Exposition (1926) — Volney Bennett, Chairman

Publication

William Kennedy … Editor
Oscar W. Magnuson … Business Manager

Vol. 2 — September, 1925 — No. 9 — Special Walt Whitman Edition

Contents

36 pages and cover — 6,000 copies

For one week, from Monday, February 4, 1924, to Monday, February 11, the men whose names appear here engaged in a monster drive to raise $1,250,000 to build a modern hotel for Camden. They gave unstintingly of their time and of their money, too. Citizens generally are glad to accord them a large portion of the credit for the success of the enterprise.

J. David Stern, Chairman, Executive Committee
James J. Scott, General Sales Manager
Charles A. Wolverton, Counsel
Burleigh B. Draper, Treasurer
LeRoy A. Goodwin, President, Chamber of Commerce
William Kennedy, Secretary

Alphabetical List of Supporters

• Austermuhl, Chas. W.
• Baker, Geo. C.
• Baird Jr., David
• Baker, Ralph D.
• Bennett, Killam E.
• Bennett, Volney
• Bottomley, John A.
• Burner, Frank W.
• Burling, Albert
• Coles, H. B.
• Cramer, Wayland P.
• Engel, John J.
• Eno, Harry W.
• Frey, Geo. A.
• Hadley, Dr. C. F.
• Hemingway, Rev. G. H.
• Hemphill, Howard B.
• Hineline, Frank J.
• Hitchner, Frank G.
• Hurley, William L.
• Jester, David
• Johnson, E. R.
• Kausel, Theodore
• King, Hon. Victor
• Magoun, H. A.
• Middleton, Albert C.
• Middleton, M. F. Jr.
• Middleton, Frank B. Jr.
• Mitchell, R. L.
• R.
• Roney, Nelson B. T.
• Searle, Wm. A.
• Schoenagle, Sigmund
• Sherwood, Carroll P.
• Staats, Walter J.
• Staley, H. Raymond
• Stevenson, Harry C.
• Strandwitz, Wm. J.
• Thompson, Elwood
• Todd, Leon E.
• Whelan, Rev. Thos. J.
• Wallen, Francis B. Sr.

Division “A” — Major George C. Baker

Team 1 — A. D. Ambruster, Captain; E. O. Wolcott, Asst.; Ralph W. Neal, Secy.; Jos. C. Voegtlin; Frank C. Propert; Atlie M. Ward; F. D. Ambruster; Leslie Gardner; W. M. Glebe

Team 2 — F. S. Bleakly, Captain; Howard Austermuhl; H. Stokes Lounsberry; E. R. Morehouse; H. K. Partridge

Team 3 — Norman B. Stinson, Captain; A. E. Armitage, Asst.; Allen Truscott, Secy.; J. Wesley Thompson; George W. Whyte; Elmer G. VanName; Edwin R. Sumner; Lyman E. Hall; J. E. Conine; David W. Steel; Joseph Tatnall

Team 4 — Antonio DiPaolo, Captain; Antonio Mecca, Asst.; Lawrence J. Costino, Secy.; M. Ferrante; Feliz D'Aloise; Daniel Creato; C. L. Gregorio; Joseph DiMona; Dr. Vincent Del Duca; Ralph Marchione

Team 5 — A. W. Stedman, Captain; E. K. Webster, Asst.; John D. F. Morgan, Secy.; R. C. Dukes; Stanley M. Swartley; E. G. Elzey; J. V. Van Roden; J. Charles Winters; Elwood A. Harrar; William A. Regan; W. C. Marshall

Division “B” — Major Theodore Kausel

Team 6 — J. J. Engel, Captain; E. C. Earl, Asst.; Raymond Braker, Secy.; Harold W. Bennett; H. J. Wagner; Wm. D. Burch, Jr.; D. C. Irving; Arthur L. Collins; Wm. S. Holmes; L. L. Schroedel; B. M. Elfreth; Charles Hovsepvain

Team 7 — Wilson Meyers, Captain; George Robeson, Asst.; James Perrott, Secy.; Henry S. Peech; J. H. Deacon; F. W. Duckworth; Thomas J. Daley

Team 8 — L. H. Robinson, Captain; J. Hartley Bowen, Asst.; Orlando M. Bowen, Secy.; Leon Bard; Dr. Wm. J. Deegan; A. R. White; W. E. Cross; Wilbur Sensor

Team 9 — Wm. Schoenagle, Captain; Meyer Wessel, Asst.; Joseph Burner, Secy.; L. E. Ulrope; Geo. W. A. Kappel; Lewis Liberman; Dr. Hyman Goldstein

Team 10 — Fred Hutchinson, Captain; Wm. C. Davis, Asst.; Milton M. Roach, Secy.; Edw. Seesholtz; J. W. Dunphey; Alan Redfield; Jacob J. Hernfeld; John D. Parke; M. H. Mancill; Herald R. Cole; G. Albert Johnston; Frank S. Van Hart

Division “C” — Major Sig Schoenagle

Team 11 — Edwin Pearson, Captain; Wm. H. Bottger, Asst.; Frederick Hess, Secy.; Frank W. Garrison; F. Herbert Fulton; Emil A. Daniels; Frederick L. Homan; A. P. Denmead; E. J. Ballinger; Joseph Tweedy; H. B. Newell

Team 12 — Harry P. Pelouze, Captain; W. L. Campbell, Asst.; Wm. M. Dilmore; C. C. Heimbach; Wm. Heckenhorn; V. M. Fulton; Mahlon F. Ivins, Jr.; P. B. Young; Ernest B. Evaul

Team 13 — Charles W. Russ, Captain; Benj. H. Lackey, Asst.; Walter E. Fogg; W. Frank Creely; Dr. Orris W. Saunders; R. S. Hickman, Jr.; Frank H. Schaefer; Robert A. Bansher; Earl T. Jackson

Division “D” — Major Harry C. Stevenson

Team 14 — W. L. Tushingham, Captain; Bryson W. Crall, Asst.; E. E. Cunningham, Secy.; C. J. Sheppard; Milton K. Stanley; Arthur R. Gemberling; Joshua C. Haines; Dr. E. B. Rogers; Charles L. Sharp; O. H. Williams; Walter S. Keown; Kennedy L. Brown

Team 15 — Jack Weinberg, Captain; Myer Segal, M.D., Asst.; Harry W. Greenberg, Secy.; Bernard Bertman; Edward Silver; Charles Praissman; E. L. Canning; Wm. J. Kelly; Neil Zeidman; E. H. Hoxworth; Samuel J. Goldberg

Team 16 — J. Edward Fagen, Captain; T. Yorke Smith, Asst.; Emil C. Hessert, Jr., Secy.; G. Carr Jessup; W. W. Chalmers; W. W. Sharpley; Oscar N. Hinski; Louis B. Humphreys; Edwin L. Roach; George L. Brown; J. P. McShane

Team 17 — Joseph H. Forsyth, Captain; F. A. Bickert, Secy.; W. E. Barto; Howard F. Lupton; Meyers Baker; Walter T. Gross; Wilmer M. Wheeler; E. K. Pletcher; Fred Geissler

Team 18 — J. L. Hurley, Captain; J. L. Shannon, Asst.; John T. O'Brien, Jr., Secy.; H. A. Moran; W. W. Frazer; Harry C. Woods; Joseph Varbalow; Samuel M. Shay; T. H. Boyer; T. C. Tiedeken; John P. O'Brien; B. Abrams; Edw. J. Gorman

Team 19 — W. E. Shreve, Captain; E. B. Woodward, Asst.; L. M. Thompson, Secy.; H. A. Mcllwain; James D. Lee, Jr.; Geo. A. Moore; H. C. Hutchins; H. G. Foster

Team 20 — L. H. Sullivan, Captain; C. M. Kolbe, Asst.; Frank H. Harding, Secy.; Lloyd B. Avis; Leon C. Guest; Ray J. Marple; Benjamin F. Friedman

Division “E” — Major Leon E. Todd

Team 21 — E. Heulings Antrim, Captain; Charles J. Layer, Asst.; J. J. Wolfinger; S. P. McCord; Charles H. Lee; N. S. Ireton; Wm. E. Morgenweck; Wm. P. Partenheimer, Jr.; Wm. A. Cobb; Albert J. Weber; George C. Helker

Team 22 — S. O. Clemens, Captain; F. A. DeMaris, Jr., Secy.; H. N. Munger; Joseph S. Low; J. Daniel Hoyt; Daniel F. Hahn; Joshua C. Jefferis; H. J. Eichfeld; Albert Ribeiro; Joseph Goetz; Edw. R. Mackey; Walter F. Schneider

Team 23 — Geo. P. Dykman, Captain; J. R. Tucker; Raymond S. Porter; Carl R. Evered; Harrold T. Leach; George B. Rider; E. J. Gilbee; Chas. H. Jaep; P. E. Hart; Henry P. Hoff; W. W. McCallum; C. Howard Kensinger; Wm. J. Flemming

Team 24 — Barton S. Muir, Captain (continued on page 27)

Continued from Page 11 — Team 24

Team 24 (continued) — Edw. Preisendanz; Joseph Hale; Dr. A. M. K. Maldeis; Edgar Myers; B. Frank Nyce; A. N. Eagles, Jr.; M. C. Campbell; Stephen Derringer; Henry G. Robinson; Axel Malmstrom

Division “F” — Major Thomas J. Whelan

Team 25 — Roy R. Stewart, Captain; F. G. Riggins, Asst.; Charles H. Stevens, Secy.; C. B. Edwards; R. W. Janvier, Jr.; Samuel P. Riggins; John H. Gardner, Jr.; John Gilliams; Joseph L. Shackelford; Clarence C. Lind; Russell C. Moore; F. F. Patterson, 3rd

Team 26 — Lewis T. West, Captain; M. A. Doyle, Asst.; Herbert N. Moffett, Secy.; W. W. Todd; K. E. Smullin; S. N. Miller; Edw. B. Stone, Jr.; Frank Deverrauz; Ralph G. VanHart

Team 27 — Harry Ellis, Captain; James N. Downey; Jefferson J. Flanagan; Myron W. Miller; Beale M. Schmucker; James M. Thoirs; W. J. Rodgers; Albert Austermuhl; Max Reihman, Jr.

Team 28 — Lee J. Gill, Captain; Rudolph Preisendanz, Asst.; Lewis A. Lee, Secy.; Joseph A. Connell; J. Leon Mealey; Herbert J. Schoellkopf; A. S. Tallman; Wm. J. Turnbull; F. W. Somers; Frederick C. Vieser; K. Goldstein; C. A. Frost; Leon J. Cybulski; Peter Gulcz; Edw. Praiss; Edw. Zubrzycki; Adolph Slomick; B. Willinski; Stanley Ciechanowski; Alex Jasienski; Frank Wisniewski; Frank Urszynski; Rev. M. Lawnicki; Joseph Krawczyk; Wm. Laskowski

Team 29 — M. J. Jubanyik, Captain; Frank J. Hineline; Joseph N. Hettel; W. W. Rogers; J. C. Remington, Jr.; Edw. Solomon Miller; John W. Kelly, Jr.; Joseph O'Brien; Charles Stuart Straw; Samuel Gerhart; F. G. Wallen, Jr.

Team 30 — J. Spencer Lucas, Captain; Thos. J. Doyle; H. H. Etter; Philip Wilson; E. J. Toussaint; H. Bentley; Wm. C. Coles; John J. Hambrose

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