O’BRIEN

William G.

On February 2, 2013, of Gloucester City, formerly of Center City, Mantua, NJ. Age 87 yrs. Beloved husband of the late Lavenia \”Vicky\” O’Brien (nee Yarbrough). Loving father of Donna O’Brien Scoleri, Patrick C. O’Brien, Michelle Roe and James Michael O’Brien, and dear grandfather of 6 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren. Mr. O’Brien was a proud Navy veteran of WW II and a member of the USS Drexler Survivors. He is also a member of the AMVETS and Mantua VFW Post # 7679. Relatives and friends are invited to meet Wednesday morning from 9:30 to 10:30am at the ETHERINGTON-CRERAN FUNERAL HOME 700 Powell St., Gloucester A Mass of Christian Burial will be Celebrated 11:00am at St. Mary’s RC Church 426 Monmouth Street, Gloucester. Interment to follow Cedar Grove Cemetery, Gibbsboro, NJ. There will be no evening viewing.

HIGGINBOTHAM

Grace R.

On February 1, 2013 (nee Fattore), of Gloucester City, NJ, age 84 yrs. She was the beloved wife of the late Winfield Higginbotham, loving mother of Marlene Houlihan (Edmund) and Carol Black (Mark), and devoted grandmother of Wade (Renee), Kyle, Cara (Mark), Eric and Joshua, and great grandmother of Erin, Erica and Elyssa. Mrs. Higginbotham was a wonderful, kind woman who was very devoted to her family. Mass of Christian Burial and interment in New St. Mary’s Cemetery were private and held at the convenience of the family under the direction of the ETHERINGTON-CRERAN FUNERAL HOME, Gloucester City, NJ.

update February 7, 2013 

BY BILL CLEARY

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(cnbnews.net)GLOUCESTER CITY NJ-According to a recent article in the Gloucester City News, a new group called the Gloucester City Economic Development Corporation was formed 8 months ago in June 2012. This corporation will be performing some of the same duties previously carried out by Gloucester City UEZ Coordinator Howard Clark. Wanting to know what Clark thought of the change, CNBNews sat down with him recently for an interview.

Washington is an artificial capital, a city conjured into existence shortly after the Revolutionary War. Its location was the result of political horse-trading. Virginia congressmen agreed to let the federal government assume the states’ war debts, even though Virginia itself was already paid up; in exchange, the new capital would be located in the South.

The city’s early boosters hoped that its location on the Potomac River would help it grow into a commercial as well as a political capital, but that didn’t happen. While other cities got state backing for their business endeavors—a good example is the Erie Canal, built by New York State, which benefited New York City enormously—Washington was run by a Congress more interested in national affairs than in local ones. The city stagnated at first. Its growth finally picked up during the Civil War, but it wasn’t until the Great Depression and World War II, with their expansion of the role of the government in American life, that Washington grew prosperous. During the war, average family income there was higher than in New York or Los Angeles.

It was also a heavily black city—by 1957, the country’s first major city with a black majority. But back in the 1870s, Congress, motivated by racist fears of black votes, had replaced the city’s elected mayors with a board of commissioners appointed by the U.S. president. That change, coming just a few years after black males had won the right to vote in Washington local elections, hobbled the city’s ambitions and set the stage for its troubled legacy in race relations. It wasn’t until 1973, when the civil rights movement had made the disenfranchisement of the city’s blacks untenable, that D.C. regained local control. Unfortunately, CONTINUE TO READ via www.city-journal.org

A Priest was presenting a special children\’s Mass to the congregation. During the homily, he asked the children if they knew what the Resurrection was.  Now, asking questions during children\’s Mass is crucial, but at the same time, asking the children questions in front of a congregation can also be very dangerous. Having asked the children if they knew the meaning of the Resurrection, a little boy raised his hand. The Priest called on him and the little boy said, \”All I know is that if you have a resurrection that lasts more than four hours you are supposed to call the doctor.\” It took over ten minutes for the congregation to settle down enough from their laughter for Mass to be continued . submitted by BILL TOURTUAL

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Two families, longtime friends who between them have three sons on the autism spectrum, have made a $1.5 million gift to Rutgers University to endow a faculty position in adult autism, a field in which there is a critical shortage of trained professionals and support services.

 

The Karmazin and Lillard Chair in Adult Autism is being established by Dina Karmazin Elkins, daughter of Mel Karmazin, philanthropist and the former CEO of Sirius XM Radio; Michael Lillard, Chief Investment Officer of Prudential Fixed Income, and his wife, Amy.