ROSEN PLAZA HOTEL
Saturday, July 30, 2016
LAST CALL FOR ORLANDO SHOW
ROSEN PLAZA HOTEL
Wednesday, July 13, 2016
APPROPRIATE FOR THE DAY
Thursday, June 16, 2016
OLD TIME 'BONKO ARTIST'
My, always helpful wife, thought it would be a good idea for me to consolidate my collection. She might have also said, " and throw out some stuff," but I didn't hear that clearly.
I also found this "Wanted Card." It did not get anywhere near that waste bucket. Its' a piece of history dating to 1944. Finding this memory made me happy.
Saturday, April 2, 2016
BEATRICE ALLISTON CASE CLOSED
Since the original memo, I made some progress which I shared. I told you she was a shoplifter and Newark knew her under gallery number 5814.
I dug and dug, and finally can tell you - Case Closed.
Beatrice received a suspended sentence on March 31 in Municipal Court, Judge Wm. P. Martin presiding. Case disposed with following: "S.S. New Jersey Reformatory for Women, 18 Mos."
The exact date March 31, 1919. Originally I missed the year in the date. That put me off by almost 100 years.?
I know the facts of this case because I have the "Original Disposition Blank." This is a form that tracked the status of a prisoner showing Gallery number, Name, and Date of Arrest.
Somehow this simple sheet of paper, pictured below, escaped the shredder, and I was able to make the purchase to save it in my personal museum. There I enjoy reviewing old time Newark. The document is a "treasure" and I am happy to show it here.
Wednesday, March 23, 2016
MY ORIGINAL P.O. BADGE
This is actually the first badge I ever got on my own. I purchased it from H. Buchlien & Son in Newark and I believe it cost me $12.00. Of course that was a long time ago - 1965 to be exact.
I got it in late July following my appointment as a County Probation Officer. That was just a few days after graduating from Bloomfield College.
During my college years I thought I would go into education. My father sure let me know not to go near a police or other job in law enforcement. But the starting salary of $6200 was too much to turn down.
Thirty years after taking that job I found myself settled in as Chief PO. Now that was something I could have never dreamed of, but luck shined on me. I hung on as Chief for five years.
Now holding that first badge brings me back, would you believe, fifty plus years. There sure are a ton of memories over that time, and they all seem like yesterday. That is Okay because Memories are what I am collecting.
Monday, March 21, 2016
VACATION CAPITAL POLICE SHOW, ORLANDO FL
Sunday, March 6, 2016
MY "BOLO" ON BEATRICE ALLISTON
Stay tuned....