Camden People - Elmer Ellsworth Long

ELMER ELLSWORTH LONG was born in Williamstown NJ to Andrew and Anna Maria Morgan Long on November 26, 1861. after completing his schooling at the age of 14, he went to work. After a year working in an Upper Darby PA general store, he came to Camden NJ, working for a number of different retailers. In 1904, with partner George A. Munger, he founded the Munger & Long Department Store. Located at Broadway and Federal Streets, the business was one of the leading retailers of its time, and was the city's first modern department store. He was also the President of the American National Bank at 1213 Broadway, which merged with the Camden Trust in the 1930s.

During World War I, Elmer Long served as the Camden County chairman of the Liberty and Victory Loan and Red Cross committees. He also held interests in the Hurley store, Van Sciver furniture, Volney Bennett lumber, and other businesses. He served as a director of the Merchants' Trust Company and the Stockton Building and Loan Association.

Elmer Long also was active for 30 years in the YMCA in Camden and Gloucester counties. After the Munger & Long store closed, he worked for the Baker-Flick Company. In January of 1938 he took a position as manager of the contract department with the Hurley store, specializing in sales to Camden County and other government agencies. He was on medical leave from the Hurley store when he passed away on March 13, 1942

Camden Courier-Post * June 23, 1933

ARMITAGE RESIGNS AS SECRETARY OF Y
Consolidation of City and County Institutions Now Being Planned

Arthur E. Armitage, Collingswood's commissioner of public works, yesterday resigned as general secretary of the Camden Young Men's Christian Association.

This was announced following a meeting of the "Y" board of directors. The resignation is due to be come effective September 15. That date will mark the twentieth year Armitage has served the Y. M. C. A. movement. Seventeen of these years have been with the local
association.

Fulfillment of an early ambition and a desire to devote his time to other interests, was expressed by Armitage as the basis for his resignation.

Consolidation Planned

At the board meeting, over which Wilfred W. Fry presided, a proposal was considered to consolidate the local "Y" with the Camden County Y. M. C. A. Armitage was named with Charles Wagner and E. W. Stedman as a committee of three to study the plan and confer with
officials of the county unit.

The retiring secretary first entered the young men's work as boys' physical director at the Orange Young Men's Christian Association, on September 15, 1913. He remained there two years and then took up similar duties with the Carney's Point. Y. M. C. A. when the movement was sponsored there by the duPont interests. On September 15, 1916 he became educational secretary of the Camden "Y" and later was appointed general secretary.

In tendering his resignation he remarked:

"My interest in the "Y" movement is just as keen as ever, but I feel since I have given 20 of my best years to the work and have fulfilled an early ambition that now I would like to devote time to other interests."

Founded Law School

Armitage's other .interests include the South Jersey Law School, which he conceived in 1926 and advanced with the aid of Elmer G. Van Name, an attorney, and the College of South Jersey, which was developed in 1928, Both are housed in the same building

He is president of the Spartan Building and Loan Association, past president of the Camden Rotary Club and in addition to his borough duties at Collingswood also is active in Masonic circles.

In accepting his resignation the board elected Armitage to the directorate and chose LeRoy A. Goodwin, William Atkinson and S. B. Golf to draft resolutions commending the retiring secretary.

Elmer E. Long, vice president, Francis B. Wallen and Millard Tay were selected to consider a candidate for Armitage's post.


Munger & Long Advertisement - 1915