CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY
CAMDEN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL
Broadway &
Federal Street
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The first Camden Catholic High School was built in Camden in 1896, and was known as the Lyceum. A new school was contracted for in 1923, and the cornerstone was laid at North 7th and Federal Streets in October 18, 1923. The school, which included the former Lyceum and the original St. Mary's Elementary School, contained an auditorium, library, and 18 classrooms. Camden Catholic High School was badly damaged in a fire on April 17, 1960. Instead of rebuilding in Camden, a new Camden Catholic High School was built outside the city at Route 38 and Cuthbert Road. |
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Camden Daily Courier - May 13, 1918 |
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Gray & Coogan's Orchestra |
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Camden Courier-Post - January 10, 1928 |
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Alumni to Stage Card Party, Dance Members
of the alumni of the Camden Catholic High School will stage a card party
and dance in the Catholic Lyceum this evening. The
card playing and dancing will both start at 8:00, and the “Buccaneers”
will furnish the music and dancing. The
committee arranging the affair consists of Mary McGinley, Elizabeth
Quigley, Elizabeth Lars and James Lennon. Proceeds will benefit the general fund of the alumni association. |
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1929 Camden Catholic Basketball Team |
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Winners
of the New Jersey Parochial School Tournament, this team competed in the
National Catholic School Tournament in Chicago
Standing:
Larry Creavy (hidden), Pat O’Brien, Msgr. Paul; Fairbrother, Wallace
“Bud” Sheehan,
Ed McGowan, Coach Al Hertzler, Mayor & Mrs. McNally of
Gloucester City. Kneeling: Babe Slapkowski (hidden), Dave Neal, Joe
Sacovitz, John Flood, Bill Cahill, Pete Budniak, Johnny
Bach |
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Camden Courier-Post - June 12, 1933 |
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195 CATHOLIC HIGH STUDENTS AT MASS One hundred and ninety-five students of Camden Catholic High School yesterday attended solemn high mass at the Church of The Immaculate Conception and heard Rev. Father Anselm, of the Franciscan Order, deliver the baccalaureate sermon. The graduates will receive diplomas next Sunday evening a commencement exercises to be held in Convention Hall. The need of religious education in the current economic and social struggle, was emphasized by Father Anselm. Rt. Rev. Monsignor William J. FitzGerald and Rev. James P. O'Sullivan officiated at the mass. |
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Camden Courier-Post - June 13, 1933 |
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CATHOLIC HIGH ALUMNI TO HOLD STUDENT DANCE A reception and dance to 195 students of Camden Catholic High School will be held Friday night at the Walt Whitman Hotel. The event is the annual greeting of the school alumni association to the graduating class. The students will receive diplomas at the commencement exercises to be held Sunday at Convention Hall. The committee arranging the reception includes William P. O'Keefe, chairman; Thomas Madden, Mary McGinley, Dorothy Hope, James McDade and Edward Inglesby. |
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Camden Courier-Post - June 14, 1933 |
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2 Alumni Groups Finish Plans for Weekend Dances The Alumni Associations of the Camden Catholic High School and the Moorestown High School are completing plans for their annual June dances to be held this weekend. The Catholic High School Alumni will give a reception to members of this year's graduating class preceding the dance which is to be held on Fnday evening in the main ballroom of the Hotel Walt Whitman. Dick Geist and his orchestra will play for dancing. The committee in charge of the affair includes Miss Dorothy Hope, Miss Mary McGinley and William O'Keefe, Camden; Thomas Madden, Collingswood; James McDade, Gloucester, and Joseph Barry, National Park. Members of this year's graduating class of the Moorestown High School are to be guests of honor at the Moorestown dance also, to be held at the Moorestown Community House on Saturday evening. Lyndel Flammer is chairman of the dance committee, composed of Grace Wurst, Frederick Haas, William Herman, Moorestown; Josephine Myers, Samuel Waldron, Maple Shade; Doris Henion, Donald Flemmer, William Cromley, Merchantville, and Betty Hance, Riverton. Malcolm MacGeorge, Moorestown will arrange the decorations. Proceeds from the affair will benefit the Alumni Endowment Fund, established in 1916. Dal Regis' orchestra will furnish the music. Officers of the alumni newly elect d are Lyndel Flammer, president; David Faxon, vice president; Florence Cunningham, secretary; Henry Webster, treasurer, and Gordon Page, chairman of the alumni board. . |
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Camden Courier-Post - June 14, 1933 |
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CAMDEN CATHOLIC HIGH TO GRADUATE
LARGEST CLASS IN ITS HISTORY The largest class in the history of Camden Catholic High School- 195 students- will receive diplomas Sunday afternoon at the annual commencement exercises to be held in Convention Hall. Ninety-nine boys and 96 girls comprise the class. They represent 26 South Jersey municipalities in addition to this city and West Philadelphia. Three scholarships have been awarded to Joseph A. Hooven and Joseph G. Widua, of Camden and Edward J. Lynch, of Haddon Heights. Hooven will go to Villanova College; Widua to St. Joseph's College and Lynch to La Salle College. 3000 Expected Rt. Rev. Monsignor William I. McKean, pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, Bernardsville, will be principal speaker at the commencement. More than 3000 persons are expected to attend. Diplomas will be presented by Rt. Rev. Monsignor William J. FitzGerald. Principal students in the commencement exercises will be Widua, valedictorian; Miss Bernice C. Borden, daughter of Edward J. Borden, president of the New Jersey Real Estate Board, as salutatorian, and Rudolph A. Doering, winner of the gold medal in the oratorical contest. Fifteen members of the class will receive gold medals for perfect attendance over the four-year study period. Others also will be presented similar awards for outstanding scholastic work. Twenty boys and 37 girls in the class are credited with an average of 85 percent in scholarship. Five girls and six boys registered above 90 percent in their senior year and three girls and four boys are credited with marks in excess of 90 percent for the four years. The Graduates The graduates: Boys Edward Francis Armstrong, Charles Vernon Asay, John Joseph Bach, Frank John Bakota, Thomas Frederick Barlow, John Henry Bauer, William Francis Birch, Joseph John Bresan, Edward Joseph Broske, Charles Henry Cannavo, William Henry Cannon, Charles James Carter, Michael James Carroll, James Ingram Cobbin, James Francis Collier, George Thomas Collins, Joseph Vincent Conlow, Walter Charles Cowan, William Patrick Curran, Lawrence Thomas D' Aloise, James Vincent De Carlo, Albert Joseph Deegan, John Francis Devereaux, Rudolph Alban Doering. John Joseph Duffy, William John Dunn, William Joseph Flood, Joseph Aloysius M. Foley, Joseph Aloysius Foley, Henry Thomas Gartland, John William Herman, Robert Hamilton Heimlich, Mathias Clemens Helbach, Joseph Anthony Hooven, Lawrence Joseph Hubert, Charles James Hughes, William Francis Ivins, Francis Joseph Keeney, John David Keeney, James Joseph Kelley, John Joseph Kelly, Paul George Kelly, Stanley Alphonse Kutylowski, Charles Joseph Lenhart, Joseph John Leon, Thomas James Logan, Edward Leon Lubrant. Francis John Lynch, Edward Joseph Lynch. Francis Joseph Lyons, James Joseph McCaffrey, Thomas James McCaffrey, John Thomas McDermott, John Aloysius McDermott, William Edmund McElliott, Michael Joseph McGuinness, Francis Joseph McSwiggan, David Joseph Miskey, Thomas Joseph Mount, Joseph Thomas Muldoon, William Vincent Murphy, Aldo Francis Nardi, Donald Gregory O'Brien, James Edward O'Brien, James Hugh O'Brien, Richard John O'Neill, Joseph Alfred Owens, Walter George Pawella, Francis Paul Peel, Victor Francis Pfizenmayer, James John Rabbitt, John Robert Reardon, William Hugh Reilly, Paul Joseph Riegert, Alfred Charles Retkovis, Charles Anthony Rizzi, Henry Remo Rocile, Edward Joseph Schlitz, Henry John Schwiering, John Albert Schramm, Ralph Donges Simpson, Robert Joseph Smeltzer, Chester Edward Stronski, Matther Walsh Sullivan, John Walter Szurlej, Anthony Joseph Talecki, Charles Vincent Uhland, Joseph John Urban, Joseph John Vair, John Bernard vander Straeten, John Nicholas Weiss, John Joseph Welsh, Joseph George Widua, Joseph Ludwig Winter, Lester Francis Winkelspecht, Elmer John Yost, Edmund Joseph Young, William James Young and John Robert Zawitekowski. Girls Florence Elizabeth Abel, Aida Elizabeth Aspers, Eleanor Alma Bach, Anna Catharine Baird, Genevieve Teresa Beirne, Catherine Anne Blake, Anna Rita Blumenstein, Bernice Catharine Borden, Marie Cecelia Breitenstein, Grace Catherine Briody, Veronica Jane Britton, Evelyn Agnes Butler, Dorothy Rita Byrne, Isabella Shirley Campbell, Margaret Caroline Cannon, Madeline Anna Carey, Helen Teresa Casey, Lillian Teresa Chromiec, Bernadette Irene Cleary, Margaret Helen Colgan, Dorothy Veronica Collier, Helen Kathryn Conway, Mary Anna Conway, Helen Theresa Coursey. Margaret Frances Cox, Honora Teresa Doherty, Adele Clemence Dufour, Elizabeth Emma Duffy, Marie Teresa Eberhardt, Rita Elizabeth Eichmann, Ruth Lois Ewe, Ida Rita Fanella. Helen Marie Fitzgerald, Mary Cecelia Fitzgerald, Virginia Anna Flaherty, Rita Patricia Flynn, Katherine Theresa Fox, Mary Patricia Ganter, Rose Mary Genovese, Marie Bernadette Goodman, Catherine Marie Grim, Dorothy Henrietta Grisel, Anna Marie Grosko, Elizabeth Rita Hare, Helen Teresa Heimlich, Marie Hoffman, Margaret Mary Hoffman, Emmanuella Marie Hollinger. Cecelia Catharine Hopkins, Dorothy Mary Jackson, Margaret Mary Jaep, Helen Marie Joseph, Mary Kathryn Keane, Rose Marie Kensler, Marie Elizabeth Kilgariff, Catherine Mary King, Anne Marie Kirch, Carmella Eva Klarich, Julia Teresa Kobylinski, Mary Sophie Krowicka, Sophia Monica Kurillo, Marcella Edna Liebrum, Margaret Alice Logan, Marie Anne Me Calley, Gertrude Teresa McClay, Mary Jane McClernan, Margaret Mary McCourt, Anne Bernadette McHugh, Margaret Mary McKnight, Elizabeth Frances McLarney, Alice Isabel McNamara, Mary Dolores Madden, Rita Marie Marley. Catharine Cecelia Martin, Mary Teresa Martin, Katherine Cecelia Marcotte, Anne Carmelitea Mooney, Lorena Catharine Nettleton, Helen Rita Nowak, Catherine Teresa Oaks, Dorothy Eleanor Parker, Genevieve Catherine Potter, Ruth Regina Rauscher, Anne Josephine Regnery, Elizabeth Dolores Rodgers, Adelaide Anastasia Roedig, Gertrude Cecelia Roszkowiak, Kathryn Rita Rubino, Catherine Elizabeth Selsor, Clara Anna Spiller, Rita Christine Stewart, Cornelia Berndatte Taulane, Grace Elizabeth Tippin, Wanda Martha Ulak, Emily Anne Wasilewski and Mary Josephine Woods.. |
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Camden Courier-Post - February 20, 1936 |
CAMDEN CATHOLIC HIGH TO GIVE 'DESERT SONG'Again choosing a Sigmund Romberg operetta for its annual musical production, the senior class of Camden Catholic High School will present "The Desert Song" tonight and tomorrow night in the high school lyceum, Broadway and Federal Streets. Leading
roles will be sung by Florence Sensor and Alfred Homan. Others in the
cast are Catherine Regnery, Reda McKim, Maurice Keating, Walter Millet,
Howard Hughes, Nicholas Berger, Robert Weir, Jerome Deegan, Margaret
Engel, Dorothea Moore, Anna Czubik, Fiore de Leonardis, Leo McDonald,
John Schick, James Bigley, Lillian Doering and Mary Barb. Daniel
Hogan, dramatic coach at the school, who directed the production of the
"Student Prince" and other operettas given by Catholic’s
high school senior classes, has coached this year's operetta. |
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April
17, 1960
Camden Catholic High
School This fire spelled the end of Camden Catholic's days in the City of Camden. Camden
Fire Department 1952 GMC Hose Wagon belonging to Engine
Company 8 is in
foreground. A fire fighter from Engine
Company 1 is
moving a hose to his fire truck. Click on Image to Enlarge photo courtesy of Bob Bartosz |
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In the aftermath of the April 17, 1960 Fire Click on Image to Enlarge |
Camden Catholic High School Football
Camden Catholic High School Basketball
