First United Methodist Church, Police Sunday

By Carly Shaffer, Intern, Rowan University Libraries Digital Scholarship Center

This photograph was taken sometime between 1972 and 1974 within the old First United Methodist Church of Glassboro. From left to right, the people in this photograph are Rev. William B. Thielking, Chairlady Marilyn Plasket, and Chief Philip Coppolino. Chief Philip Coppolino was the first Italian police chief in Glassboro.

Rev. Thielking is presenting a plaque given to Chief Coppolino honoring the Glassboro Police Department.

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Carly Shaffer, Intern, Rowan University Libraries Digital Scholarship Center, “First United Methodist Church, Police Sunday,” The Glassboro Memory Mapping Project, accessed November 6, 2026, https://www.gmm.glassborohistory.org/items/show/113.

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Published on Mar 23, 2018. Last updated on Jul 26, 2024.