History of Camden County in the Great War, 1917-1918 . re instituted. The firstsing in Camden was conducted at the Court House byJames E. Corneal, of Haddonfield. who was named bythe Government as representative of the National Lib-erty Sing Commission in this county. At the request ofMayor Ellis City Council named a special committee ofmembers to continue the work inauguarated by „ The members of the councilmanic committee were:William S. Abbott, chairman ; J. Hartley Bowen, Wil-liam L. Roberts, William J. Kelly and John T. Rodan. At the first sing held by the committee at the Cou
History of Camden County in the Great War, 1917-1918 . re instituted. The firstsing in Camden was conducted at the Court House byJames E. Corneal, of Haddonfield. who was named bythe Government as representative of the National Lib-erty Sing Commission in this county. At the request ofMayor Ellis City Council named a special committee ofmembers to continue the work inauguarated by „ The members of the councilmanic committee were:William S. Abbott, chairman ; J. Hartley Bowen, Wil-liam L. Roberts, William J. Kelly and John T. Rodan. At the first sing held by the committee at the CourtHouse over five thousand persons attended. The singswere conducted by C. Harold Lowden, a composer ofnote, and Miss Myrtle Eaver was the accompanist. Dur-ing the war 53,250 persons attended twenty-seven singsof the committee at the following places: Court House,attendance, 16,500; Ninth Ward Republican Associa-3,000; East Camden, 5,000; Parkside, 3,000; Fettersand Mulford Schools, 12,000; Broadway M. E. Church, CAMDEN COUNTY IX THE GREAT WAR. 203. [Photo by Wonfor.] HOW CHAS. A. WOLVERTONAssociate Food Administrator of Camden County WAR BUREAUS. 205 2,000; eight other churches, Rotary Club and other or-ganizations, 3,500. Home Registration. So accute did the housing problem become in the cityand county that the Government named a branch of theUnited States Home Registration Bureau here. Theduty of this bureau was to secure apartments for work-ers, who were flooding the city because of war members of the board of directors were: J. S. Gor-man, chairman; L. A. Hawkes, Alban Evanson, EugeneHaines, James T. Weart, A. E. Armitage, Harry Mon-roe, William D. Sayrs, Jr., Miss Lula T. White andRobert D. Clow, Jr. Mrs. Robert D. Clow, Sr., waschosen manager with headquarters in the GovernmentEmployment Bureau, Fifth street and Taylor avenue. War Library Committee The War Library Committee was named on Octo-ber 5, 1917, for the purpose of supplying books to menin the serv
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