Camden People - Miriam Lee Early Lippincott, wife of Dr. A. Haines Lippincott

MRS. A. HAINES LIPPINCOTT was born Miriam Lee Early. An 1896 graduate of the Pennington School, above Trenton, she married a widower, Dr. Ahab Haines Lippincott Jr. of Camden NJ sometime after the 1910 Census.

Miriam Lippincott was quite active in the Woman’s Club of Camden, and was elected to the Board of Directors of that group in March of 1917. Among her fellow club members were Mrs. Lulu S. Read and Mrs. Helen Mather. Mrs. Lippincott served as president of the Camden County Women's Republican Club for Civic Betterment in 1931, was New Jersey chairman of the Women's National Committee for Law Enforcement, and was involved with other civic organizations in Camden and South Jersey.

Dr. and Mrs. Lippincott lived at 406 Cooper Street by the time the Census was taken in 1920. Dr. Lippincott passed away in 1937. Mrs. Lippincott continued to live at the Cooper Street address as late as 1947. She was a member of Centenary-Tabernacle Methodist Episcopal Church, at 5th and Cooper Streets.

Camden Courier-Post * October 23, 1931

WOMEN-AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING

Mrs. A. H. Lippincott Announces World Court Meeting for
November 9; to Give Roosevelt Tea for G. O. P. Club of County;
Calls Dry Committee Session; Collingswood to Fete Federation Officials; Fortnightly Discusses Business

By ISABEL M. ELLIS

Miss Esther Everett Lape, member-at-large of the American Foundation's committee on foreign relations, will come from New York to address a meeting for world peace and disarmament to be held in the Centenary-Tabernacle Methodist Episcopal Church, this city, on Monday evening, November 9.

The meeting has been arranged by Mrs. A. Haines Lippincott, South Jersey chairman of the committee, working under Judge Richard Hartshorne, New Jersey chairman. Judge Hartshorne is past commander of the New Jersey American Legion Auxiliary.

The aim of the meeting will be to arouse public opinion in favor of completing adherence of the United States to the World Court.

Miss Lape, who is a former professor of Swarthmore College, became known to club women of the state when she addressed the annual convention of the New Jersey State Federation of Women's Clubs in Atlantic City in the Spring on the World Court.

The meeting will be open to both men and women. It is being sponsored by the churches and men's and women's organizations of South Jersey.

Mrs. Lippincott will give a Roosevelt Tea at her home, 406 Cooper Street, on Tuesday, October 27, for the members of the Camden County Women's Republican Club for Civic Betterment, of which she is the president.

Roosevelt has been termed by Mrs. Lippincott as "a great American who always put principle above party." Members attending the tea will read clippings of incidents pertaining to his life.

Mrs. Millard Todd of Collingswood, assistant secretary, and Miss Elizabeth Horner, of this city, vice president, will pour.

Mrs. Lippincott, who is New Jersey chairman of the Women's National Committee for Law Enforcement, has called a meeting of the executive board, county presidents and leading members of the committee, to be held at the Y. W. C. A., Newark, on Monday morning at 10.30 o'clock. '

Miss Elizabeth Horner, of this city, Camden County chairman, and Mrs. Albert Dell of Woodbury, Gloucester county Chairman, will lead the delegations fro m their respective counties.

Camden Courier-Post * June 9, 1933

Mrs. Casselman Head-Elect Of N. J. Medical Auxiliary
Camden Woman Chosen for 1934-35 Term at Atlantic City Convention; Mrs. Hubbard President for Coming Year

Mrs. Arthur J. Casselman of this city has been chosen president-
elect of the Woman's Auxlliary to the Medical Auxillary to the New Jersey State Medical Society to serve for the 1934-35 term.

Mrs. Casselman's election took place at the annual meeting held at Chalfonte-Haddon Hall Atlantic yesterday in conjunction with the convention of the State Medical Society.

The president-elect is active in club work in this city and in the state. Her term of office as president of the Camden Womens Club expired this year. She served as State Chairman of the Department of Public Welfare for the State Federation of Women's Clubs for several months, later resigning, and for the last year has acted as chairmain of public relations for the State as well as for the Camden County Auxiliary.

Mrs. Harry Hubbard of Plainfield succeeds Mrs. Charles F. Adams of Trenton in the presidency for the coming year. In addition to Mrs.
Casselman, officers elected were Mrs. Daniel S. Renner of Skillman,

MRS. ARTHUR J. CASSELMAN

first vice president; Mrs. George A. Rogers of Newark, second vice-president; Mrs. William Freil of Jersey City, third vice president; Mrs. William H. Guillium of Asbury Park, recording secretary, and Mrs. Edward Clark of Englewood, treasurer.

The annual meeting yesterday was followed by a luncheon at which the physicians and members of their families were guests. In the evening the auxiliary members attended a dinner-dance given by the Medical Society in honor of its new president, Dr. Frederick J. Quigley of Union City.

In Mrs. Adams' address she urged the auxillary to assist with the children's health program of the state welfare board and to increase the membership. As a result of her talk, the auxiliary passed resolutions adopting both projects for the coming year.

"The program of the auxiliary for the coming year is proof that physicians wives are not merely the voice on the telephone," Mrs. Adams said, "but are clever women, wide-awake to the things that are new."

In closing the retiring president urged co-operation with the State Federation of Women's Clubs.

Among the Camden County women attending the meeting are Mrs. Casselman, Mrs. A. Haines Lippincott, Mrs. Thomas P. McConaghy, Mrs. Harold Westcott. Mrs. William C. Raughley, Mrs. William A. Wescott and Mrs. E. C. Pechin.