Camden Streets - Kimber Street

800 Block of Kimber Street
	800 Kimber Street 1947 William Gelernt
	801 Kimber Street 1947 Paul Redheffer
	802 Kimber Street 1947 no return
	803 Kimber Street 1947 Stephen Lash
	804 Kimber Street 1947 Mrs. Effie M. Wheaton
	805 Kimber Street 1905 Samuel Fry Philadelphia Inquirer November 28, 1911 Click on Image for PDF File
	805 Kimber Street 1947 Nelson Reed Family Nelson & Viola Reed Dorothy Reed Betty Reed
	806 Kimber Street 1947 Edmund A. Pidatella
	807 Kimber Street 1947 James Wiltsey
	808 Kimber Street 1947 Francis J. Maher
	809 Kimber Street 1914 Miss Edith Chivaro New York Times May 19, 1914 Click on Image to Enlarge
	809 Kimber Street 1947 Harry C. Simkins
	810 Kimber Street 1947 William F. Barrett
	811 Kimber Street 1947 vacant
	812 Kimber Street 1947 George M. WIlson
	813 Kimber Street 1947 Lewis A. Levender
	814 Kimber Street 1947 Clyde Dewald
	815 Kimber Street 1947 John Ryan
	816 Kimber Street 1947 Charles E. Pennock
	817 Kimber Street 1947 Frank P. Murray
	818 Kimber Street 1947 John E. Tomlin
	819 Kimber Street 1947 Frank Yowa
	820 Kimber Street 1947 William H. Smith
	821 Kimber Street 1947 Philip Silverstein
	822 Kimber Street 1928 James Lightfoot 1947 Francis J. Cavage
	823 Kimber Street 1947 Frank W. Wilkie
	824 Kimber Street 1947 Samuel T. Daniels
	825 Kimber Street 1947 Clarence F. Akins
	826 Kimber Street 1947 John S. Riley
	827 Kimber Street 1947 Edward W. Gray
	828 Kimber Street 1920s-1930s Mrs. Dorothy Kiggins William Kiggins
	828 Kimber Street 1947 Harry T. Holloway
	829 Kimber Street 1947 John H. Shaw
	830 Kimber Street 1947 Salvatore Cimino
	831 Kimber Street 1947 Mrs. Anna M. Hoffmeister
	832 Kimber Street 1947 vacant
	833 Kimber Street 1947 James J. Nelson
	834 Kimber Street 1947 Mrs, Anna R . Haines
	835 Kimber Street 1947 Harvey Councillor
	836 Kimber Street 1947 Mrs. Sallie Wilson
	837 Kimber Street 1947 William F. Thurston
	838 Kimber Street 1947 vacant
	839 Kimber Street 1947 Mrs. Florence Izzie
	840 Kimber Street 1947 Mrs. Catherine Harrison
	841 Kimber Street 1947 John F. Hunter
	842 Kimber Street 1947 Charles R. Connelly
	844 Kimber Street 1947 Mrs. Catherine A. Cunningham
	846 Kimber Street 1890s-1942 Ernst A. Weinhold & Family Ernst A. & Katherine Rieck Weinhold Ernst Johann Weinhold Dorothea Ida Weinhold Bleidorn
	846 Kimber Street 1947 George A. Hand
	848 Kimber Street 1947 Henry W. Husted Grocery

900 Block of Kimber Street
	905 Kimber Street 1947 Agnes Kuwalis

	910 Kimber Street 1947 Ray Y. Taylor
	912 Kimber Street 1947 Francis R. Zoll
	914 Kimber Street 1920s-1930s William Moll policeman 1947 William J. Stettler
	915 Kimber Street 1947 CHarles B. Cholister
	916 Kimber Street 1947 Mrs. Elizabeth Fallon
	917 Kimber Street 1947 Herbert D. Carter

	918 Kimber Street Woodrow & Marie Fairess April 1943-October 1959 Photo taken in front of 918 Kimber Street about June 1950 From Left: Warren Fairess, Minabess Phillips, Marylou Lindenborn, Woodrow Fairess, Shirley Fairess Click on Image to Enlarge
	918 Kimber Street Woodrow & Marie Fairess April 1943-October 1959 Shirley, Marie, Woody, Warren and Bud Fairess Location unknown, 1951 Click on Image to Enlarge
	919 Kimber Street 1947 John P. McLaughlin Taken between 919 & 921 Kimber Street October 1950 From left, front: Cass McLaughlin, Carol Ballay and Dolores Liss From left, rear: Woodrow Fairess, Warren Fairess and Paul Clifford Click on Image to Enlarge
	920 Kimber Street 1947 Mrs. Bertha LIndeborn Taken in front of 920 Kimber Street April 1950 From left: Warren Fairess, Woodrow Fairess, Kenny Getsinger, Ernie Trebing Click on Image to Enlarge
	921 Kimber Street 1947 Thomas McLaughlin
	922 Kimber Street 1947 Walter A. Trebing
	923 Kimber Street 1947 Mrs. Louise Jordan
	924 Kimber Street 1947 Leon W. Bordeaux
	925 Kimber Street 1947 Mrs. Alberta M. Bergbauer
	926 Kimber Street 1947 Mrs. Caroline McParland widow of Peter John N. McParland Thomas McParland
	926 Kimber Street 1947 Thomas McParland fire fighter
	927 Kimber Street 1947 Mrs. Florence Walton
RODGERS, EX-BOXER NABBED AGAIN IN RAID Whisky and 65 Bottles Also Seized by Cops in Segal Street Speakeasy; Modest Moonshinery Found in 'Empty' House James "Jimmy" Rodgers, 28, former boxer; fell into the hands of police again last night when they raided a speakeasy at 1000 Segal Street, allegedly operated by him. One gallon of whisky and 65 pint bottles were confiscated by the raiders, who were led by District Detectives Walter Smith, Marshall Thompson and Harry Kyler. Three others were arrested. One of them, James Greer, 35, of 332 North Second street, placed a charge of possession of stolen goods against Rodgers when police unearthed some articles stolen from Greer two months ago. Others arrested were Thomas Spencer, 33, of the Segal Street address, and John D. Wood, 35, of 928 Kimber Street. Rodgers has fallen afoul of the , law on numerous occasions. He has been arrested several times for operating speakeasies. He was also arrested as a material witness in the "Shooey" Bonner murder two years ago. He will be given a police court hearing today, Detectives raided a vacant dwelling at 225 Chestnut Street last night and seized a "moonshine" plant consisting of two stills, 36 barrels of mash and oil and gas stove cookers. The place had been under observation by Detective Vernon Jones for two weeks. No one was inside when Jones and Patrolmen George Hemphill and John Houston entered. A 50 gallon still was on the second floor and a 35 gallon still on the first floor.	928 Kimber Street 1933 John D. Wood Camden Courier-Post October 15, 1933
	928 Kimber Street 1947 Mrs. Ida M. Kumfert
	929 Kimber Street 1947 Albert V. Gottsch
	930 Kimber Street 1947 Edward M. Walton
	931 Kimber Street 1947 Albert Peschlow
	932 Kimber Street 1947 Jesse L. Lindeborn
	933 Kimber Street Motor Machinist's Mate First Class Harold Carleton Taylor
	933 Kimber Street 1947 Mrs. Alma A. Drake
	934 Kimber Street 1947 Walter Kozarski
	935 Kimber Street 1947 Frank V. Bilderbach
	936 Kimber Street 1933 vacant
	937 Kimber Street 1947 Charles A. McCormick
	939 Kimber Street 1947 Mrs. Lillian L. Armstrong
	941 Kimber Street 1947 Benjamin Goldman
	943 Kimber Street 1947 Carl P. Hansen grocery

Courier-Post -Thursday, November 10, 2005

Kimber Street Kids Recall How Camden Used To Be

By THOMAS BERGBAUER

After more than 50 years, the Kimber Street kids have finally reunited.

The reunion was the brainchild of former Kimber Street urchins Richard Smith of Cherry Hill and Eamest Trebing of Phoenix.

The two admitted that this would be the right time to gather the neighborhood kids who lived and played on the North Camden street from 1937 to around 1956.

So, on Oct. 26, more than 30 "kids" from the McLaughlin, Fairess, Phillips, Callahan, Smith, Bergbauer, Peterman, Ballay, Trebing, Waldron and Liss families came together at the Coastline Restaurant in Cherry Hill to renew acquaintances and reminisce.

"We were born before television, cell phones, polio shots, frozen foods, plastic wrap, contact lenses and the pill:' said Smith, a self-employed systems and software consu~ant who retired in 1990.

Smith, 67, explained that "in our day, a nickel went a long way . You could make a phone call, buy a Coke or enough stamps to mail a letter and two postcards."

The two-block-long street, which ran east and west and was bounded by 8th, 10th, Linden and Penn streets, was lined by row homes occupied by blue-collar, working families. At the time, Linden and Penn were the main arteries in and out of Camden.

The two blocks were called Little Kimber (the 800 block) and Big Kimber (the 900 block), and the reunion consisted of Big Kimber "kids." At that time, kids from the 900 block rarely socialized with kids from the 800 block.

Today, the 800 block does not exist, and parts of the 900 block are gone -- the victims of urban renewal. Stickball and marbles

Throughout the get-together, you could hear discussions about stickball, which was played with a rubber ball and a broom stick; kick the can; hide and seek; marbles; pitching pennies; and dodgeball. The "kids" recalled the horse-drawn milk-delivery wagons and the ice deliveryman, who always broke off some chips for the kids on a hot summer day, as well as the vendors who plied their wares daily. They came through the alleyways and down the street, like a parade.

The "kids" also talked about the knife-sharpening man, who trudged through the streets and alleyways lugging his knife-andscissors machine on his back. He would remove it and place it on the ground to work the grinding wheel with his foot on a pedal.

They did not forget the waffle salesman. At least a couple of times a week, he would come down the street, clanging his large bell on a large, horse-drawn wagon.

He didn't have to bark his wares; just bang on the bell mounted on the outside of the wagon. It was loud enough to draw the attention of would-be customers two blocks away. His waffles were fresh, tasty and warm. And with a sprinkle of powdered sugar, they were just right.

These were some of the scenes of city life recalled by the former Kimber Street gang. Some mischief

But the neighborhood kids also spent time causing some mischief, like tying together the doorknobs of two houses that were across the street from each other, leaving about a foot of slack and ringing both doorbells. When the people inside tried to open their doors, they didn't get far.

One member of the reunion group even admitted to changing the headlines on the old Courier-Post billboard on Admiral Wilson Boulevard to make them (the headlines) more interesting, he said.

The group recalled snowstorms, building snow forts in the middle of the street and engaging in snowball fights; roller-skating on the street in summer and building wooden scooters and cars out of old orange crates.

They talked about going to the comer candy store and buying half a pint of cherry-vanilla ice cream for 15 cents or a loose bag of pretzels or potato chips for 5 cents. Smith says he recalls going to his aunt and uncle's house, on the same block, to see Milton "Uncle Milty" Berle on a 9-inch 1V screen with a 24-inch magnifier.

Others remembered decorating their bikes on the 4th of July, firing cap pistols and going to Pyne Poynt for fireworks.

For the group, it was a memorable time. Some grew up during the Depression, while others existed on the fringe of it.

They and their families valued what little they had and held on to it for as long as possible. The kids created their own street games and sandlot baseball rules because there were no electronic games or Little Leagues.

"We are now senior citizens - a hardy bunch, when you think of how our world has changed and of the adjustments we have had to make," Smith said. "But we survived, and what better reason to celebrate?"

Kimber Street - 1937-1955
Courtesy of Warren Fairess

9th & Penn            American Store (Jack Crane, Mgr.) - 900 Penn Street
9th & Kimber        Herman's    - Herman Benodetsky grocer, 321 North 9th Street
9th & Linden         Jack's (Jack & Ida Edelstein); 339 North 9th Street
                                 Tom McLaughlin, Dick Smith & Jerry Kozarski worked there

Kimber Street
900 Bernard Brend tailor shop; then Horiates sub Shop - 320 North 9th
910 Phillips family; then Owen McLaughlin
912 Dorothy Brown
914 Moll family (cop); then Phillips family: Eric, Rose, Violet, Dave, Minabess
916 Fallon family; then others including Charles Hurlburt
918 Fairess family: Woodrow, Warren, Shirley
920 Lindenborn family
922 Trebing family: Frances, George, Marie, Ernie and Peppy - the oldest dog in Camden
924 Smith family: John, Matilda, Sonny, Larry, Dicky, Bobby; then Katie & Howard Heaton 926 Mrs. MacParland: sons Tom & Jack
928 Comfort family: Bobby & Aida; then Babe & Winnie Yates
930 Waldron family: Junior, Tessie, Caroline
932 Jess Lindenborn (son of 920)
934 Clifford family: Mary: John, Tom, Bill, Frank, Dolores, Paul;
then Kozarski family: Eddie, Jerry, Barbara

Kimber Street
915 Mrs. Gandy
917 The Carter family
919 John & Rose McLaughlin: Johnny, Joey, Rosemary, Tommy, Catherine, Franny
921 Tom & Marie McLaughlin (nicest cars on the block)
923 Jim & Dot Murray; then Johnny & Mrs. Jordan
925 The Bergbauer family: Francis, Louie & Tom
927 Mrs. Walton, her daughter Ethelwynn & husband Harvey Lang and child
929 Albert Gotsch: daughter Celeste
931 Mr. Pechelow & two daughters
933 Old Lady Drake (who bake me a cake) and daughter Alice
935 Bilderback family: Katherine, Frank & Mary
937 McCormack family; then the Howard family
939 Armstrong family: Jack "all American boy"
943 Pete Hansen's Market

10th & Kimber North       Barbara & Bobby Garwood
10th & Kimber South      Harold Glass and his cousin Marilyn
10th & Penn                      Barish family

10th Street The Sub Shop -
Carol Ballay worked there; Sonny ruled the pinball machine

Other Notable Names

North 10th Street
                The Ballay's: Carol, Freddy, Johnny; Billy Marshall-
316 Billy Marshall
342 Peterman family: Sterling and Jeannie -

North 9th Street
             The Callahan's before Penn Street: Richard, Margaret, Jack -
310      The Smith's after Kimber
328      Ronnie Collins; Frank Scheiblehut

Linden Street
             Scott's; Ed & Joan McKeon;
             Clifford family - after moving from Kimber Street
            Murray family - after Kimber Street;
        Bobby & Hosmig Damaghasian (corner)