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PHILIP A. MAYCOTT was born in Camden, New Jersey on March 3, 1939 to Arthur and Catherine Maycott. The family lived at 1921 River Avenue in Camden's Cramer Hill neighborhood when the 1947 City Directory was compiled. Philip Maycott was appointed to the Camden Fire Department on June 29, 1962. He was then living at 1023 North 32nd Street. He reported for duty on July 1, 1962, and was promoted to Captain on September 23, 1968. Fire Department records state that he lived at 2836 Lincoln Avenue in Cramer Hill. On March 30, 1970 Captain Maycott was one of five Camden firefighters injured while fighting the fire at the General Radio Supply Company building at 600 Penn Street, when the building collapsed on top of them. Although the results might have been disastrous, all five men survived, despite being trapped beneath tons of rubble. Philip Maycott returned to active duty in short order and was promoted to battalion Chief on February 10, 1989. He retired on October 1, 1996. After residing for most of his life in Cramer Hill, Philip Maycott moved to Cecil, New Jersey and then split time between Brigantine at the New Jersey seashore and Cape Coral, Florida. He passed away on February 17, 2004. |
| Camden Courier-Post * July 25, 1962 |
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9 Firemen Graduate In City Test Graduation exercises for nine of the city's newest firemen were held Tuesday in headquarters at 3rd and Arch Streets under direction of Public Safety Director Bedell and Fire Chief Edward R. MacDowell. The graduates and their assignments are Joseph Anderson, Canterbury Apartments, No. 1 Ladder; Prescott Johnson, 1238 Kenwood Avenue, No. 8 Engine; Philip Maycott, 1023 North 32nd Street, No. 9 Engine; George Getty, Canterbury Apartments, No. 2 Engine; Ronald Bowers, 617 Clinton Street, No. 2 Ladder; William Young, 3167 Westfield Avenue, No. 2 Engine Company; Wayne Kraft, 1052 N. 35th Street, No. 3 Ladder; Raymond Eldridge, 7 North Dudley Street, No. 7 Engine; and Donald Goehringer, 30 North 24th Street, No. 7 Engine Company. They will receive a starting salary of $4,800. Chief MacDowell said this brings the department to 170 hosemen and to 224 total personnel in the department. All nine were graduated after receiving three weeks of training at the fire school under the direction of Captain Leo J. Tompkins. Their training also included two days at the Navy Fire School at the Philadelphia Naval Base. |
Camden Courier-Post * June 28, 1968 |
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Camden Courier-Post * February 21, 2004 |
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Camden Courier-Post * February 22, 2004 |
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