The record of Vital Statistics for Camden during 1942 reveals the fact that the stork won high score of 39, against 36 in 1941; the deaths totaled 32 last year against 38 in 1941, and that marriages numbered 32 against 46 ceremonies in 1941.
The above does not give an unfailing record of births and deaths, as many local youngsters added to our population last year were born in hospitals, and likewise there were Camden people who died in a hospital and whose deaths would not be registered here.
Seven persons of 80 years or over passed from our midst last year, the oldest of these being Mrs. Frances I. Rinkle, who was in her 87th year.
Births in Village of Camden.
Jan. 13. -- To Mr. and Mrs. Clement M. Smith, a son, Charles Clement.
Jan. 13. -- To Mr. and Mrs. Claude L. Whiteford, a daughter, Bonnie Kay.
Jan. 20. -- To Mr. and Mrs. James E. VanWinkle, a daughter, Marjiorie Elaine.
Feb. 18. -- To Mr. and Mrs. Dudley LeRoy Plumley, a son, LeRoy Charles.
Feb. 20. -- To Mr. and Mrs. Frederick C. Smith, a son, Samuel Frederick.
Feb. 22. -- To Mr. and Mrs. Victor G. Walker, a son, Thomas Leo.
Mch. 5. -- To Mr. and Mrs. John H. Briglin, a son, Floyd Henry.
Apr. 23. -- To Mr. and Mrs. James H. Bouker, a son, Lawrence Jas.
May 8. -- To Mr. and Mrs. Franklin W. A. Ellinger, a daughter, Dianne Marie.
May 15. -- To Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. O'Rourke, a daughter, Berniece Mary.
May 24. -- To Mr. and Mrs. Glenn W. Smith, a son, Marvin Glenn.
June 24. -- To Mr. and Mrs. Howard J. Beckwith, a son, David James.
July 20. -- To Mr. and Mrs. Donald C. Durfey, a daughter, Emma Susan.
July 22. -- To Mr. and Mrs. Elwin H. Walker, a daughter, Emma Jean.
Aug. 1. -- To Mr. and Mrs. Byron E. Bennett, a daughter, Ruth Lee.
Aug. 2. -- To Mr. and Mrs. James H. Robinson, a daughter, Beverly Mae.
Aug. 9. -- To Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Delahunt, a daughter, Dianna Loretta.
Aug. 21. -- To Mr. and Mrs. Erwin C. Philpott, a daughter, Ruth Ann.
Sept. 1. -- To Mr. and Mrs. Lyle A. Bronk, a son, Darwin Lee.
Sept. 7. -- To Mr. and Mrs. Guy N. Blowers, a daughter, Bonnie Lou.
Sept. 29. -- To Mr. and Mrs. Edwin W. Wakefield, a daughter, Rosetta May.
Nov. 15. -- To Mr. and Mrs. George I. Roth, a daughter, Georgia Mae.
Nov. 15. -- To Mr. and Mrs. Harry A. Plumley, a daughter, Virginia Lee.
Nov. 20. -- To Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy E. Littler, a son, James Thos.
Nov. 25. -- To Mr. and Mrs. John M. Snyder, a daughter, Linda Sue.
Nov. 28. -- To Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd D. Farley, a son, Richard David.
Dec. 5. -- To Mr. and Mrs. Floyd E. Baird, a daughter, Almeda Jane.
Dec. 5. -- To Mr. and Mrs. Cecil B. Grinnell, a son, Paul Cecil.
Births in Town of Camden
Jan. 21. -- To Mr. and Mrs. Homer L. Dale, a son, Daniel Louis.
Feb. 4. -- To Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hicks, a son, Carlton Jean.
Feb. 10. -- To Mr. and Mrs. Edward R. Metott, a son, Rufus Alvin.
Feb. 16. -- To Mr. and Mrs. John C. McDowell, a daughter, Judith May.
Mar. 7. -- To Mr. and Mrs. Luther Skinner, a son, Richard Bruce.
Mar. 10. -- To Mr. and Mrs. Allen DeForest Hurlbut, a son, David Allen.
May 9. -- To Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth E. Howard, a daughter, Marion Evelyn.
May 10. -- To Mr. and Mrs. Earl W. Hall, a daughter, Linda Mae.
May 21. -- To Mr. and Mrs. Alex A. Koleski, a daughter, Florence Patricia.
Nov. 7. -- To Mr. and Mrs. Harold W. Rush, a daughter, Kathryn Mae.
Dec. 22. -- To Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Dupont, a son.
Marriages
Jan. 2. -- Joseph E. Smith and Isabella Phelps.
Jan. 21. -- Benjamin St. Chmielewski and Adella M. Piseski.
Feb. 13. -- Ralph H. Brooks and Dorothy V. Johnson.
Feb. 21. -- Floyd LaVancher and Ruth Kandler.
Feb. 21. -- Seymour C. Britton and Ella C. Hellinger.
Mar. 14. -- Lionel Walker and Elizabeth Cornish.
Apr. 2. -- S. Willard Rood and Florence S. Mabie.
May 18. -- John L. Elberson and LaMoine Drake Barber.
June 5. -- Joel A. Hevern and Eunice Bovee.
June 16. -- George H. Hamner and Beatrice Howland.
June 23. -- Louis E. Richardson and Kathryn B. Giles.
June 25. -- Wallace J. Howland and Geraldine Seamans.
July 1. -- Donald McDaniels and Mary E. Orton.
July 1. -- Charles S. Taylor and Gertie Dunn.
July 28. -- Geo. H. Shaw and Ruth Todd.
Aug. 6. -- Edward Kilts and Helen Murdough.
Aug. 22. -- Charles F. Mahoney and Lucille Teelin.
Sept. 5. -- William H. Meeks and Jean K. Robson.
Sept. 9. -- Donald Gerow and Katherine Bajohr.
Sept. 10. -- Leslie Waterman and Marjorie Blanchard.
Sept. 19. -- Edwin F. Quinn and Emily M. Morton.
Sept. 21. -- George Henry and Mary Campbell.
Oct. 1. -- Eugene Sochia and Lillian Lyman.
Oct. 13. -- George Billington and Helen M. Carlton.
Nov. 14. -- H. John Blann and Eva I. Robbins.
Nov. 20. -- Seward Thompson and Olive French.
Nov. 20. -- Clayton Stanford and Eleanor Keil.
Dec. 5. -- Ernest Foster and Kathryn Woodard.
Dec. 6. -- Charles H. Palmer and Jennie Pexton.
Dec. 7. -- Wayne S. Scales and Shirley Mandeville.
Dec. 15. -- Walter Berry and Reba M. Tuzzo.
Dec. 22. -- Homer Wines and Agnes Wright.
Deaths in Village of Camden
Jan. 1. -- Mrs. Mary Anderson, aged 66 yrs., 10 mos.
Jan. 21. -- Evalena Mae Baird, aged 2 mos., 29 days.
Jan. 24. -- Mrs. Teresa Swanson, aged 85 yrs., 6 mos.
Jan. 28. -- Mrs. Isadora R. Smith, aged 84 yrs., 6 mos.
Feb. 14. -- Mrs. Mary A. Donlon, aged 80 yrs., 1 mo.
Feb. 14. -- Julia Ann Mott, aged 55 yrs., 4 mos.
Feb. 17. -- Louis H. Burkett, aged 46 yrs., 7 mos.
Feb. 25. -- Mrs. Bridget E. Maloney, aged 78 yrs., 1 mo.
Mar. 10. -- Mrs. Caroline A. Carlton, aged 59 yrs., 3 mos.
Mar. 23. -- Mrs. Frances I. Rinkle, aged 86 yrs., 11 mos.
Apr. 6. -- Mrs. Millie C. Rush, aged 72 yrs., 9 mos.
Apr. 12. -- Louis Perin, aged 80 yrs., 2 mos.
May 2. -- Clarence Dikeman, aged 61 yrs., 7 mos.
June 10. -- Charles N. Mosher, aged 74 yrs., 5 mos.
July 25. -- Frederick M. Shelley, aged 78 yrs.
Aug. 26. -- William E. Patchen, aged 76 yrs., 10 mos.
Sept. 13. -- Harvey E. Coy, aged 80 yrs., 4 mos.
Sept. 13. -- William B. Curtiss, aged 76 yrs., 5 mos.
Oct. 31. -- James E. Hughes, aged 70 yrs., 7 mos.
Oct. 31. -- Mrs. Cora A. Armstrong, aged 75 yrs., 9 mos.
Dec. 31. -- Mrs. Jennie Sweatman, aged 83 yrs.
Deaths in Town of Camden
Jan. 30. -- Wallace Miller, aged 56 yrs., 6 mos.
Mar. 9. -- Charles Cook, aged 45 yrs., 8 mos.
June 11. -- Herbert J. Clobridge, aged 66 yrs., 2 mos.
June 23. -- Mrs. Ida J. Watkin, aged 78 yrs.
June 28. -- Henry H. Hart, aged 61 yrs., 11 mos.
July 26. -- Clarence Fetterly, aged 65 yrs., 5 mos.
July 27. -- Charles Coy, aged 22 yrs., 10 mos.
Oct. 16. -- Flora E. Carleton, aged 71 yrs., 4 mos.
Nov. 17. -- Kathryn M. Rush, aged 10 days.
Nov. 23. -- Mrs. Bertha M. Kellogg, aged 57 yrs., 7 mos.
Interments -- Forest Park Cemetery
Dates of Death
Jan. 8. -- Robert W. Cochran, aged 58 yrs., 9 mos.
Jan. 15. -- Minnie A. Babcock, aged 77 yrs.
Jan. 24. -- Teresa Swanson, aged 83 yrs., 6 mos.
Jan. 28. -- Isadora R. Smith, aged 84 yrs., 6 mos.
Feb. 7. -- Charles Engle, aged 73 yrs., 4 mos.
Feb. 20. -- Fred Knowlton, aged 80 yrs., 7 mos.
Mar. 9. -- Charles Cook, aged 45 yrs., 8 mos.
Mar. 10. -- Julia Knapp, aged 75 yrs.
Mar. 10. -- Caroline A. Carlton, aged 59 yrs., 3 mos.
Mar. 23. -- Frances I. Rinkle, aged 86 yrs., 11 mos.
Mar. 30. -- William H. Empey, aged 67 yrs. 4 mos.
Apr. 1. -- Ira A. White, aged 66 yrs.
Apr. 6. -- Millie C. Rush, aged 72 yrs., 9 mos.
Apr. 12. -- Louis Perin, aged 80 yrs., 2 mos.
Apr. 19. -- Walter B. Rowell, aged 63 yrs., 6 mos.
Apr. 26. -- Effa M. Clelland, aged 65 yrs., 7 mos.
May 6. -- Edward A. Rowell, aged 65 yrs., 8 mos.
June 3. -- Ormetta Fulcher, aged 52 yrs., 3 mos.
June 4. -- Laurence A. Woodruff, aged 53 yrs., 6 mos.
June 10. -- Charles N. Mosher, aged 74 yrs., 5 mos.
June 23. -- Ida J. Watkin, aged 78 yrs.
June 27. -- Lauer Davis, aged 21 days.
June 28. -- Henry H. Hart, aged 61 yrs., 11 mos.
July 7. -- Carrie Wight, aged 75 yrs., 11 mos.
July 12. -- Henry S. Owens, aged 85 yrs., 9 mos.
Sept. 11. -- William F. Allen, aged 69 yrs., 5 mos.
Sept. 13. -- Harvey E. Coy, aged 80 yrs., 4 mos.
Sept. 13. -- William B. Curtiss, aged 76 yrs., 5 mos.
Sept. 14. -- Carrie Candee, aged 62 yrs.
Sept. 25. -- Alice A. Graves, aged 65 yrs.
Sept. 25. -- Claude O'Brien, aged 58 yrs., 5 mos.
Sept. 27. -- Robert F. Robson, aged 64 yrs., 7 mos.
Oct. 16. -- Flora E. Carleton, aged 71 yrs., 4 mos.
Oct. 30. -- Augusta M. Turner, aged 82 yrs., 2 mos.
Oct. 31. -- Mrs. Cora A. Armstrong, aged 75 yrs., 9 mos.
Nov. 7. -- Harry E. Elden, aged 64 yrs., 8 mos.
Nov. 14. -- Chauncey L. Goodrich, aged 77 yrs., 4 mos.
Nov. 17. -- Kathryn M. Rush, aged 10 days.
Nov. 28. -- John B. Rowe, aged 66 yrs., 6 mos.
Dec. 9. -- Marion Vaughan, aged 34 yrs., 1 mo.
Dec. 15. -- George R. Baker, aged 47 yrs.
Dec. 23. -- Marion B. Stansfield, aged 84 yrs., 8 mos.
Dec. 25. -- Catherine Walker, aged 58 yrs.
Dec. 29. -- Anselina Hess, aged 76 yrs., 4 mos.
Interment in Forest Lawn Cemetery
Dates of Death
Jan. 1. -- May Anderson, aged 66 yrs., 10 mos.
Feb. 17. -- Louis H. Burkett, aged 46 yrs., 7 mos.
Apr. 15. -- Mabel Davis Vernon, aged 53 yrs., 6 mos.
May. 6. -- Annie V. Barclay, aged 58 yrs., 5 mos.
July 25. -- Francis J. Skinner, aged 63 yrs.
July 27. -- Charles Coy, aged 22 yrs., 10 mos.
Aug. 23. -- George Saunders, aged 56 yrs., 4 mos.
Aug. 26. -- William E. Patchen, aged 76 yrs., 10 mos.
Nov. 7. -- Susie S. Rowell, aged 73 yrs., 10 mos.
Dec. 17. -- Herbert Saunders, aged 73 yrs., 1 mo.
Dec. 24. -- William Barnard, aged 80 yrs., 1 mo.
Interments -- St. John's Cemetery
May. 5. -- Clarence Dykeman.
Latter part of June -- Fred Hayes.
Dec. 21. -- Frank LaBraque.