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JOSEPH E. NOWREY was born in 1865 in Glendon PA, near Easton, to Alexander and Mary Nowrey. His father had moved to Camden around 1873. Alexander Nowrey established a dry goods business at 842 Locust Street, before passing on February 10, 1877. His mother Mary kept the dry goods business going. Between 1887 and 1891 Joseph Nowrey was employed as a machinist for a dredging company, and made his home at 842 Locust Street in Camden NJ. He and his family had moved to 939 South 4th Street by June of 1900. Next door at 943 South 4th Street was shoe merchant Henry Kobus, well known blacksmith Thomas Daley lived around the corner at 337 Walnut Street, his son Thomas J. Daley would serve as Camden's city engineer for over twenty years. After serving as police recorder, Joseph Nowrey served as mayor of Camden NJ from 1902 to 1905, when he was succeeded by Charles Ellis. He had won the November 6, 1901 election by a very small plurality. He was the only Democrat to hold the Mayors office until 1923. He also served as the Sheriff of Camden County from 1911 to 1914. Known as "Honest Joe", he was also involved with several fraternal organizations, including the Modern Woodmen of America and the Improved Order of Red Men. He served as Grand Sachem and Great Prophet for the State of New Jersey in the first years of the century. In May of 1904 he was grand marshal of a parade in Camden involving the Red Men, some 7,000 of which were in Camden for a convention. He was also a member of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, and Irish-American organizations. Mayor Nowrey's term was marked with controversy, as his Democratic administration attempted to institute changes to laws and policies enacted by the previous Republican administrations. He feuded with fellow Democrat William J. Thompson, and his refusal to sign $50,000 in school bonds authorized by Council led to legal action that ended up in the New Jersey State Supreme Court during the first year of his administration. He was widely criticized for his refusal to authorize the school loan in the Camden Post-Telegram, and he attempted to dissolve Camden's Board of Education in September of 1903. This feud continued for months. In June of 1904, he announced he would run for the Democratic nomination for Governor in 1904, but did not succeed in this bid, having alienated many regular organization Democratic leaders. In the late summer of 1904 City Council passed an ordinance authorizing the issuance of binds to raise money for the purchase of a public park, Mayor Nowrey, held off signing the bill until he had time to examine the merits of the issue. In September of 1904 he was nominated by the local Democratic party to run for re-election as mayor. His chances were thought good, as he had settled the feud with William J. Thompson. Joseph Nowrey was defeated by Charles Ellis in a bitterly fought election in November of 1904. When the census was taken in 1910, the Nowrey family resided at 939 South 4th Street. Joseph Nowrey was engaged in real estate at the time, his term as Camden County Sheriff began the following year. At the time of the 1920 census, Joseph Nowrey then 54, was living at 921 Cooper Street with his wife Mary and children Joseph E. Jr., Myrtle, and Roland. He was then in the construction business. Joseph Nowrey had retired by 1930. He, wife Mary, and son Roland still resided at 921 Cooper Street in April of that year. He remained active in Democrat party affairs well into the 1930s. Joseph E. Nowrey Sr. passed away in 1937, and was buried at Evergreen Cemetery in Camden, next to his mother and father. His wife died on April 1, 1950, and was buried by his side. A great-nephew, PFC John A. Nowrey, the grand-son of his brother George, was killed in action while serving with the United States Army during World War II. George Nowrey passed on in January of 1938. |
TRENTON TIMES NEWSPAPER ARTICLES Please take notice of this information while reading the following articles and editorials reprinted from the Trenton Times covering Mayor Joseph Nowrey's administration. Joseph Nowrey was a Democratic Mayor and the Trenton Times was aligned with the Republican party politically. One must consider this in evaluating the Times coverage of Mayor Nowrey's actions while in office. |
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Philadelphia
Inquirer Ferry
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Philadelphia
Inquirer August 30, 1898 John
Foster - H.
Frank Pettit Click on Image for PDF
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Camden
Daily Telegram October 14, 1898 Hugh
Boyle
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Camden
Daily Telegram October 31, 1898 Benjamin S. Hovis
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Camden
Daily Telegram October 31, 1898
Joseph
Nowrey Abraham Briscoe
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Camden
Daily Telegram November 7, 1898 John
Foster
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Philadelphia Inquirer - November 10, 1898 |
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Enoch Briscoe - Joseph Nowrey |
Philadelphia Inquirer - November 10, 1898 |
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Edward
Mulligan - South
8th Street - Joseph
Nowrey - Robert Nichols Elbridge B. McClong |
Camden Daily Telegram - January 3, 1899 | |
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Hugh Boyle - Joseph Nowrey |
Philadelphia
Inquirer - May 14, 1899 Click on Image for PDF File of Complete Article |
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South
3rd Street - W.
Harry Getty - Charles Metz - Walter
H. Keefer - James Boone - George Armstrong Charles Loriaux - George Smith - Victor Thompson - George Sterling - Washington Ketline William D. Hart - Hugh Boyle - John Painter - Albert Shaw - Robert F. Miller - John Foster George W. Anderson - H. Frank Pettit - Harry Miller - Isaac C. Brown - Joseph Nowrey South 4th Street - Benson Street - North 17th Street - Federal Street |
Philadelphia Inquirer - June 29, 1899 | |
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Arthur
Stanley - Cooper
B. Hatch - John
Foster - George Danks Willis Godfrey - Joseph Nowrey - Walter E. Harrington Haddon Avenue- Newton Avenue |
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Philadelphia Inquirer - July 28, 1899 | |
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Arthur
Stanley - Cooper
B. Hatch - Edward
Hyde - John Painter David Shaw - Mrs. Mary Mahan - South Front Street |
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Joseph
Nowrey - Howard
Carrow - Maurice Hertz - David B.
Kaighn Locust Street - Kaighn Avenue |
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Peter
Kelly - John
Keefe - Marshall Hutchinson - E.G.C.
Bleakly South 8th Street - South 9th Street - Ferry Avenue - Haddon Avenue Carman Street - Walnut Street |
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Philadelphia
Inquirer William
Ilgenfritz -
Jacob N. Wise Mickle
Street - Delaware Avenue |
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Camden
Daily Courier March 13, 1899 |
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Joseph
Nowrey - Archie Robinson - Wilhelmina Robinson - James A.
Roach William Butts - Kate Green - J. Oscar Weaver George Ritter - John Miller - Harry Watson - Alfred Porter - Harry Curtis - Albert Knox |
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Philadelphia
Inquirer John
Ware |
Philadelphia Inquirer - May 6, 1899 |
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Washington Ketline - Joseph Nowrey |
Camden Daily Courier * May 23, 1899 | |
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Joseph Nowrey - John Burns - Adrian Bateman |
Philadelphia Inquirer - July 12, 1899 |
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Joseph Nowrey -
Fillmore Street |
Philadelphia Inquirer - September 24, 1899 |
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William Chalfant - Joseph Callahan - Joseph Nowrey |
Philadelphia Inquirer * October 29, 1899 |
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Gottlieb
Mick - Dr.
John W. Donges - Christopher S. Magrath - Isaac Ferris Jr. -
Charles Devaull John Hood - George D. Borton - James F. Davis - Joseph Devinney - George Holl - Joseph Nowrey William E. Anthony - David T. Campbell - John Pugh - John K. Esler - Harry Stetser Cornelius Schepperkotter - Dr. Francis J. Bicker - Jonas S. Miller - Allyn Brewer Joseph Peacock - David A. Shreeve - Charles D. Heath - Frederick Krueger - F.S. Neipling Aaron Bryant - Jacob C. Lippincott - Thomas Wentz Jr. - William J. Thompson - John S. Smith George Williams - Charles C. Old - Jacob C. Daubman - Major William H. Tice Clarence T. Atkinson - James Burke - Thomas Bodell - Francis Ford Patterson Jr. |
Philadelphia Inquirer - October 31, 1899 |
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Locust
Street -
Division
Street - Joseph
Nowrey - Arthur
Stanley Eucevia Manor - Mrs. Mary E. Beckett - Mabel Schooley |
Philadelphia Inquirer - November 17, 1899 |
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Penn
Street - Willard
Street - Joseph
Nowrey - Andrew Lyons Edward A. Armstrong - John Haas - Harold Cronce Gottlieb Foehl - Frank Matlack - Cambridge Avenue |
Philadelphia
Inquirer - November 23, 1899 |
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William Molt - Federal Street - Thomas Moore - Alfred Snow |
Philadelphia Inquirer - February 6, 1900 |
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Joseph
Nowrey
- Arthur
Stanley
- Charles H. Green Albert Matchett - Front Street - Kaighn Avenue - South 10th Street |
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Philadelphia Inquirer George
Pfeiffer Jr.
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Philadelphia Inquirer - April 21, 1900 |
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Joseph Nowrey - John McCoy - Thomas Croker |
Philadelphia Inquirer - April 21, 1900 |
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Joseph Nowrey - John Maddox |
Philadelphia Inquirer - June 27, 1900 |
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Joseph Nowrey - South 6th Street - John Henson - George Warner |
Philadelphia Inquirer - July 21, 1900 |
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Joseph
Nowrey
- Philip
Auerbach - May Bennett - Charles Smith Herbert Prickett - South 10th Street - Pine Street |
Philadelphia Inquirer - July 21, 1900 |
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Joseph Nowrey - John Kupperwich - Louis Street |
Philadelphia Inquirer - July 30, 1900 |
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William
Ringle - David Malcolm - James McNally - Paul Hoepfner Joseph Nowrey |
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Philadelphia Inquirer George Marple |
Philadelphia Inquirer - August 7, 1900 |
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Joseph Nowrey - James Thornton - Frank Matlack |
Philadelphia August 16, 1900 Billy
Sand -
Arthur
Stanley |
Philadelphia Inquirer - September 5, 1900 |
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Henry Johannes Jr. - Joseph Nowrey |
Philadelphia
Inquirer - November 28, 1900 Click on Images for PDF File of Newspaper Article |
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Martin J. O'Brien - Market Street - Carman Street - Eastern Telephone & Telegraph Company |
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Philip Burch - Broadway - Robert H. Patton - Federal Street |
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Wilbur Carhart - Charles Markley - Elm Street |
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Arthur
Stanley -
Maurice Gandy - Thomas Mooney - Frank Yorley - George Lezenby William C. Davis - Joseph Nowrey - Dr. William S. Jones |
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George W. Coles - North 4th Street - Richard Twelves - William Vogt |
Philadelphia Inquirer - June 12, 1901 |
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Frank
Starkey - George Peterson - George Laux Joseph Nowrey - Isaac Toy - Mary Reynolds - Lev Stratton Rev. G.R. Underhill - St. John's Episcopal Church Rev. A.G. Lawson - North Baptist Church |
Philadelphia Inquirer - February 1, 1902 |
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Elbridge
B. McClong -
John C. Truitt -
William Stone - Joseph
Nowrey Winfield Nossardy (Nosardi) |
Philadelphia Inquirer - February 2, 1902 |
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Arthur Stanley - David Ellis - John Foster - Joseph Nowrey |
Philadelphia
Inquirer - April 20, 1902
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Arthur Stanley - John Chamber - Joseph Nowrey |
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Philadelphia
Inquirer July 15, 1902 Broadway
- Spruce
Street Click on Images for PDF File of Complete Article |
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Philadelphia Inquirer - July 29, 1902 | |
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John
Foster - F.
Morse Archer Joseph Nowrey - Eli Hunt - John G. Helm Henrietta V. Bland - James Bland Charles Wagner - Harry Miller - Albert Keaser Robert Miller - F. Neil Robinson Edward Hartman South 3rd Street - Beckett Street Liberty Street - Locust Street |
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Robert
F. Miller - Albertson Matlack - Albert Keaser - John Corbettt
- George V.
Murry - James S. Hanson Samuel P. Jones - Theodore Leas - John S. Broome - Benjamin Lawton - Morris Odell - Joseph Nowrey |
Camden Post-Telegram * October 28, 1902 | |
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Joseph Nowrey - Robert F. Miller - Albertson Matlack - David Ellis - Jacob Seiser - Richard R. Miller |
Philadelphia Inquirer - March 3, 1903 |
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Joseph Nowrey - Charles Ridgely - Oscar Weaver - Isaac Toy |
Philadelphia Inquirer - May 30, 1903 |
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Joseph Nowrey |
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Philadelphia
Inquirer Harry Curtis |
1904 - Improved Order of Red Men parade ribbon |
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Dr. Frank Neill Robinson - Joseph
Nowrey - Edward
Schlereth - Edward Johnson - Joseph James Engine Company No. 2 - Joseph C. Collings - William Wallace - George Early Collings Carriage Works - Victor Talking Machine Company - Lambert & Todd |
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Philadelphia
Inquirer Elizabeth Rodd -
South
5th Street |
Philadelphia Inquirer - July 5, 1904 |
Pyne
Poynt Park -
State Street Methodist Episcopal Church F. Wayland Potter - Rev. F.A. DeMaris - Joseph Nowrey |
Philadelphia Inquirer - August 27, 1904 |
Sons
of Israel - South 8th Street -
Sycamore Street Joseph Nowrey |
Philadelphia Inquirer - August 29, 1904 |
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Sons of Israel - South 8th Street - Sycamore Street - Joseph Nowrey |
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Philadelphia Inquirer Samuel
B.F. Alcott |
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Philadelphia
Inquirer George
Aultemus |
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W. Hirst - Charles H. Mills - James S. Pratt Thomas B. Hall - William H. Jennings - Frank H. Burdsall - Clarence B. Groff Dr. Dowling Benjamin - Joseph Nowrey |
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Philadelphia
Inquirer December 18, 1905 Charles
H. Ellis |
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Philadelphia Inquirer - January 17, 1906 |
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John
L . Wescott - Cooper
B. Hatch - Joseph E. Nowrey William J. Bradley - S.S. Iszard - William Shillingsburg Rev. John Lyell - Charles H. Ellis - North 3rd Street |
Philadelphia Inquirer - March 5, 1906 |
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Philadelphia Inquirer - March 21, 1912 |
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Ford - Effie May Wagner - William Gradwell - Martha Gillen Stefano Torcesso - Nunzio Imperato - Joseph Nowrey - Charles G. Garrison |
Philadelphia Inquirer - December 23, 1912 |
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Joseph
Nowrey - Joseph
Forsyth - Frederick
Triplett - Hubert Pfeil A.C.Kraft - Isaac Moffett - Thomas Little - Harry M. Knight Charles H. Ellis |
Philadelphia Inquirer - February 5, 1913 |
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Alcaldo Sorden - Nicholas Waldron - William H. Brooks - Joseph Nowrey |
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Philadelphia
Inquirer February 6, 1913 Alfred C. Kraft - William J. Kraft Click on Image for Complete Article |
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Philadelphia Inquirer - February 9, 1914 |
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Frederick A. Finkleldey - James
E. Hewitt - Joshua
C. Haines - Harry Marter George Starn - Jacob Price - Willard Gibbs - Joseph Nowrey - Alvin B. Pitman |
Philadelphia
Inquirer - March 26, 1914 |
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Joseph
Nowrey |
Philadelphia
Inquirer - May 7, 1914 Click on Image for PDF File of Complete Article |
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Charles Worthington - Joseph Nowrey - Charles H. Ellis - Jennings' Band |
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Philadelphia
Inquirer Myrtle
Lillian Nowrey |
Camden Courier-Post - October 16, 1931 |
3 DEMOCRATIC RALLIES SCHEDULED TONIGHT A combined A. Harry Moore rally and social evening will be conducted by Democratic voters of the Eleventh Ward tonight at the Maennerchor Hall, Twenty-seventh Street below River Avenue. Former Sheriff Joseph E. Nowrey, Mrs. Florence Melnik, Gene Mariano and Assembly candidates, Vincent de P. Costello, William French, Jr., and Frederick Stanton, will speak. Mrs. Lillian Pisko, committeewoman, will preside. Mrs. Anna Rush is chairman of the committee in charge of the affair. Rallies in interest of Moore and other Democratic candidates will also be conducted in Collingswood and Lawnside tonight. ,. Mrs. Emma E. Hyland, state committeewoman; Ralph Wescott, Haddonfield freeholder candidate, and Gene Mariano will address the voters in Collingswood at a mass meeting to be held at the Independent headquarters, Lees and Haddon Avenue. Isaac Eason, former attorney general of the United States; Rev. Robert A. Jackson and Albert Melnik, will speak at the Lawnside A. Harry Moore Club at the Lawnside fire hall on Warwick Road. |
Camden Courier-Post - October 29, 1931 |
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MOORE
IN CAMDEN SPEECH DEMANDS FAIRNESS AT POLLS
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Camden Courier-Post - October 29, 1931 |
DEMOCRATS
TO HOLD MEETINGS TONIGHT The campaign foe A. Harry Moore, gubernatorial candidate, and local Democratic candidates, will be carried into six wards of the city and in seven communities or the county tonight. All meetings and speakers are as follows: Second
Ward Democratic Club, 841
Market Sktreet; Eugene Aumetre, John Crean,
Vincent Gallagher, Leon H. Rose and Charles Woods. Fourth Ward A. Harry Moore Club, 455 Berkley Street; Samuel T. French, Victor King, Thomas Madden, Leon H. Rose, Gene Mariano, Samuel P. Orlando and Rev. Robert H. Jackson. Sixth Ward Democratic Club, Fourth and Walnut Street; Frank Connor, Albert Melnik and Thomas Madden. Tenth Ward Democratic Club, Fifth and Vine Streets; Boyd Morrison, Joseph E. Nowrey, Charles Degnan and David L. Visor. Seventh Ward A. Harry Moore Club, Seventh Street and Kaighn Avenue; Dr. Leroy Baxter, of Jersey City; Isaac Eason, Dr. Clement Branch, Rev. Robert H. Jackson, Mrs. Bertha Shippen Irving and Frank Suttill. Eleventh Ward Democratic Club, 927 North Twenty-seventh street; Boyd Morrison, Firmin Michel, Victor King, Mrs. Bertha Shippen Irving. Gloucester City Democratic Club, 308 Monmouth street; Boyd Morrison, Gene Mariano, Joseph Varbalow. Magnolia A. Harry Moore Club, Evesham and Gloucester avenues; Firmin Michel, Edward L. Canning, John Delaney, Marie V. Kelley and Francis Homan. Lindenwold Colored Voters' Club, Blackstone Hall, Lindenwold, Eugene Aumetre, William Williams and Oliver Bond. Somerdale Club, Whelen home, Somerdale road and Oggs Avenue; Marie V. Kelly, David L. Visor and Mrs. Emma E. Hyland. Somerdale Democratic Club, Leone Hall, Warwick Road and Helena Avenue; Samuel P. Orlando, Aaron Heine, Lawrence Gregorio and E. George Aaron. East Haddonfield Democrat Club, Crescent and Berlin Road; Edward L. Canning, Albert Melnik and Judge Frank F. Neutze. East Haddonfield Improvement Association, Batesville, Delaware Township; Ralph Wescott, Judge Frank F. Neutze and Mrs. Florence Melnik. More than five speakers from North Jersey will appear at as many meetings as possible. |
Camden Courier-Post - June 20, 1933 |
DEMOCRATS ARRANGE FOR 'MALONEY DAY' "Harry L. Maloney Day" will be celebrated by South Jersey
Democrats, Sunday, July 9, when the newly-appointed collector of internal
revenue will be guest of honor at a picnic at Silver Lake Park. State leaders of the party will attend.
Maloney, Democratic state committeeman from Camden County and Mayor of Bellmawr, was named by President
Roosevelt to succeed Edward L. Sturgess and is expected to Plans for the outing were made last night at a meeting in Democratic headquarters, 538 Stevens Street, at which Albert S. Marvel, Jr., was named chairman of the general committee. Vincent de P. Costello was elected secretary and former Mayor Victor King treasurer. The committees follow: Ways and means- Sidney Kaplan, chairman; Judge Samuel M. Shay, Judge Frank F. Neutze, Victor King, Vincent Gallaher, Samuel P. Orlando and Thomas N. Madden. Entertainment- Joseph A. Varbalow, chairman; Patrick H. Harding, Joseph E. Nowrey, Calogero Salvagio, Thomas Cavanaugh and Joseph A. Gorman. Refreshments- Ralph W. Wescott, chairman; Raymond Hadley, Walter Bateman, Joseph Ackroyd, James Hainesworth, Joseph Harczynski. Athletics- Frank Abbott, chairman; John Lyons, Joseph McVey and Daniel T. Hagans, Music- John P. Bissinger, chairman; Ventorino Francesconi, William Bell, Bernard Tracy and Matthew P. Johnson. District organization- Michael J. Powell, chairman; Dominick Josephs, Ralph Comilli, Herbert McAdams, William Noonan, Edward Huston, Harry Daly and William Kistner. Transportation - Mayor Emerson Jackson, of Gloucester, chairman; Lewis C. Parker, George Cohen, John Bennett, Horace L. Brewer and Sabba Verdiglione. Printing- Charles J. Clark, chairman; Raymond Saltzman, Jack Goldstein, Walter Kelly and William M. Williams. Publicity- Edward C. Bowe, Herbert Beattie, Patrick Whalen, Alfred R. White and Luke Bates. Mrs. Emma E. Hyland, state committeewoman, and Miss Marie V. Kelley, vice- chairman of the county committee, will head a women's reception committee to be chosen later. The committees will meet again Monday night to complete arrangements. . |
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Camden
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April 1, 1950 |