More than 100 people gathered outside the north end of the tennis courts at Rectory Square on Oct. 17 to dedicate a Leader’s Legacy bench to a man who played on those courts for many years: Frank Goodale Jr., owner of F.D. Goodale Jewelers and a former Camden City Council member. Goodale, who -- as former Councilman Willard Polk noted -- is sometimes called “Goody” by his friends, started working with his father, Frank “Des” Goodale Sr., around 1957 following a two-year tour in the U.S. Army. Polk said he met Goodale after moving here in 1972 and quickly decided that “when I grow up, I want to be a ‘Goody.’” He said the city was celebrating not only Goodale’s contributions, but those of his family, especially his wife, Linda, who he said was her husband’s “severe critic” when necessary.
Frank Goodale honored with Leaders Legacy bench

