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April 2013
Pennsauken Neighbors
Helping Neighbors
B·I·G
BUSINESS·INDUSTRY·GOVERNMENT
COUNCIL OF PENNSAUKEN
AllAround
Pennsauken
presents
T H E F I R S T A N N UA L
Really Special Pennsauken Person Awards
We are asking our residents and business leaders to help us celebrate the Pennsauken “SPIRIT”
by honoring Really Special Pennsauken People that are among us.
WE INVITE YOU TO TELL US ABOUT THAT SPECIAL SOMEONE
WHO MAKES ALL OF US PENNSAUKEN PROUD.
In 100 words or less tell us why your someone is the
“BEST OF THE BEST”
Please nominate only living people and you may only nominate one “RSPP” per category.
A panel of Pennsauken business leaders and neighbors will choose from among the
nominees in each category to name the winners.
The winners will be honored at a reception on a date to be announced later.
CATEGORIES INCLUDE:
Leadership Award ■ Presented to a “RSPP” for improving our “Quality of Life”
Freedom Award ■ Presented to a “RSPP” for improving our “Quality of Life” outside of Pennsauken
Good Neighbor Award ■ Presented to a “RSPP” who improves the “Quality of Life” for someone in Pennsauken
Bravery Award ■ Presented to Really Special Pennsauken Firefighter or EMT
Finest Award ■ Presented to Really Special Pennsauken Police Officer
Courage Award ■ Presented to “RSPP” for an act of valor or bravery
Education Award ■ Presented to Really Special Pennsauken Administrator or Teacher
Young Heart Award ■ Presented to Really Special Pennsauken Youth for behavior that demonstrates Mature Judgment
Lifetime Achievement Award ■ Presented to a “RSPP “whose accomplishments reflect the very best of our Township
Patriot Award ■ Presented to a “RSPP” serving in the Armed Services
Outstanding Civilian Service Award ■ Presented to a “RSPP” for volunteerism on behalf of the military
Coach/Mentor Award ■ Presented to a “RSPP” for Leadership and Integrity with our young people
Spiritual Award ■ Presented to a “RSPP” who’s a beacon of hope and faith to his or her Congregation
Employer Award ■ Presented to a “RSPP” employer or boss
Employee Award ■ Presented to a “RSPP”employee
Drop off your nominations to the
Pennsauken Township Building, 5605 Crescent Blvd, Pennsauken NJ 08110
Pennsauken Free Library, 5605 Crescent Blvd, Pennsauken NJ 08110
You can fax them to All Around Pennsauken at 856-663-5380
or email them to Pennsauken Neighbors Helping Neighbors
at Pennsaukenneighbors@comcast.net
You can also mail your nominations to:
Pennsauken Neighbors Helping Neighbors, PO Box 258, Pennsauken: NJ 08110
ALL ENTRIES MUST BE RECEIVED BY APRIL 30th, 2013.
For more information, to nominate or questions email: Pennsaukenneighbors@comcast.net, or call 856-397-6282.
The Hypnotic Professor Whiz
LOOKING BACK
IN HISTORY
By Robert Fisher-Hughes
AAP Columnist and Amateur Historian
Many interesting people have come to
be associated with Pennsauken Township
over its years and before. Some have lived
here and called it home for their entire
lives. Others have visited our Township
only briefly, but memorably, like Wrong
Way Corrigan. For others, Pennsauken
Township serves as their place of eternal
rest, like Peter J. McGuire.
One little remembered character who
called Pennsauken home during his later
years was known by a number of names
during his life and career: Miracle Man,
Professor Rythm, Professor Whiz, Fitz.
His true name was Gerald M. P. Fitzgibbon,
and he was a man of many talents
and much imagination.
Gerald M. P. Fitzgibbon was born in
Newfoundland in Canada around 1883.
He attended St. Bonaventure College in
Western New York, where he was a star
athlete, excelling at track and field events,
especially in long-distance races. Sometime
after college, he moved to New
York City and continued his track career,
running with the legendary New York
Irish-American Athletic Club, which furnished
many athletes to the American
Olympic teams of the 1900s.
At some point, while pursuing his
studies and following the disciplines of
long-distance running, Gerald discovered
the field that became his passion
and his career: hypnosis.
This was an era when the deeper mys-
teries of the human mind were only beginning
to be explored through fledgling
scientific efforts. Sigmund Freud’s theories
of the subconscious were still new
and exciting, holding out unknowable
possibilities. Spiritualism was widely in
vogue. Scientific and technological discoveries
like the wonders of electrical power,
phonography and radio, all seemed to hint
at unlimited fields of knowledge opening
to mankind. Hypnosis and the hidden
powers of the human mind seemed
clearly to be among these fields of knowledge,
and Gerald M. P. Fitzgibbon explored
that unknown region.
In 1913, Fitzgibbon began a pattern he
would pursue for the remainder of his career
by combining new technology with
his passion to illustrate the potential of
hypnosis. In Buffalo, N.Y., Fitzgibbon made
the first hypnotic phonograph record. In
1916, he published a sort of manifesto of
his beliefs on the potential of hypnosis to
benefit mankind in a letter to the editor of
the Medical Review of Reviews.
Shortly after this, Fitzgibbon founded
“The Fitzgibbon Institute,” and began to
write and publish a series of pamphlets
to lay out a course of study in “Physical
and Mental Efficiency.” The aim of these
courses was to promote hypnosis, suggestion,
and auto-suggestion as a means to
harness the hidden powers of the mind
to benefit mankind. The courses suggested
that hypnotic methods could accomplish
many things, from developing
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