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CAESAR CAMPANA SR. was born in Italy on May 13, 1903 to Peter and Theresa Campana. The 1930 Census shows that he was living with his parents at 600 Point Street in North Camden, and was married at the time. His wife Judith had bore three children by this time, Lorraine, Caesar Jr. and Norma. When Prohibition was repealed Caesar Campana obtained a liquor license, and operated a cafe at 600 Point Street as early as 1936 through at least 1943. By 1947 this property had been sold, and Caesar Campana was running a bar at 900 North 2nd Street, the corner of North 2nd Street and York Street. He would remain in business at this location through at least 1949. The 1956 New Jersey Bell Telephone Directory shows that Caesar Campana Sr. had moved to 824 Locust Street, next door to the cafe known as the A Bar. He would remain in business at this location through at least 1966. During the mid-1960s the A Bar was also known as Campana's Bar. By 1970 The A Bar had changed hands, was known from that time until it's closing in the early 1990s as Dick's A Bar. Caesar Campana was interested in boxing, and was friendly with Tommy Skymer, a top rated amateur boxer in Camden in the late 1920s, who went on to own a beauty salon, the Merchantville Farmer's Market, and be a partner with his wife Josephine in a successful lighting business in Pennsauken NJ, Jo Skymer Lamps. Caesar Campana Sr. later moved to Woodbury NJ. He passed away in September of 1992. |
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