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Note: According to Robert Gamber's 1932 diary his great great grandfather came to America from Germany and settled in Ohio. He also states that there was a great sewing machine company in Germany bearing the Gamber name. Robert was born at his parent's home on Maryland Avenue in the Tylerdale section of Washington, Pennsylvania. Dr. Maxwell officiated. In 1912 they moved to 95 Maple Avenue, Washington, Pennsylvania. In 1915 they moved in with Jacob and Rose Gamber at 145 Maple Avenue. One month later Clyde, Ocie and Robert moved to 343 Locust Avenue. On December 5, 1918, Clyde, Ocie and Robert moved to Miami, Florida. On December 12, 1918 they lived at 18th Street and the Ocean on Miami Beach. From April through November of 1919 Clyde, Ocie and Robert lived on N.E. 2 Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenues. In July, 1920 they returned to Washington, Pennsylvania. and lived with Jacob Gamber at 181 Maple Avenue. Robert makes diary reference during this time about Uncle George and his daughter Clara. In 1922 Clyde, Ocie and Robert returned to Miami and rented a house at 115 N.E. 11 Terrace. In 1923 they lived at 1708 N.W. 7 Street where Clyde had built a house. Robert graduated from Ida M. Fisher Junior-Senior High on Miami Beach on June 12, 1928. He is pictured several times in the school's 1928 yearbook, called the Hourglass. It was the first yearbook published for the school. One picture of him is captioned "Ham". His was active in the school's Radio Club as well as the Aviation Club. He was also the senior play property manager. His hobby was aviation and his ambition was to become an aeronautical engineer. Page 25 of the Hourglass contains observations that the junior class had about the senior class: "The Seniors can boost two master mechanics, one in automobiles, the other in airplanes. Bill Southerland and Bob Gamber will probably either become great inventors or blow themselves to atoms." Robert graduated from Loomis Radio College located at 405 9th Street N.W., Washington, D.C. in 1929 and then joined the Merchant Marines. Robert was an elder and deacon at Shenandoah Presbyterian Church. He was a member of the Civil Air Patrol and Dade County REACT. Robert loved the ocean and he spent much of his life near or on the water. He began studying and tracking Hurricanes in 1926 after surviving the great storm that hit Miami that year. Photography was one of his hobbies and he maintained a darkroom to develop his pictures. In 1978 he moved to Wynmoor Village Coconut Creek, Florida and he became a reporter and photographer for that community's newspaper. Robert retired from the FAA Weather Bureau on February 28, 1969 after 31 years of federal service -------------- 1930 Census of Merchant Seamen Name: Robert Gamber Age: 20 Estimated birth year: abt 1910 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Race: White Port in 1930: New York, Queens, New York Page: 25A Ship Name: Havana ---------- LOUD LOVE FROGS HAVE COME A-COURTIN' AT WYNMOOR Miami Herald, The (Florida) April 25, 1983 Author: NIKI MARTIN Herald Staff Writer Estimated printed pages: 2 Springtime is for lovers, even the romantic amphibians of Coconut Creek. Thousands of frogs have picked the 23 acres of waterways in the Wynmoor Village retirement community as their courting place. The frogs' loving clatter is keeping Wynmoor residents awake all night. The humans are not pleased. "They've been horrendous," resident Sue Glass said of the frogs. "They make noise from the minute it gets dark until daybreak. It's got to be thousands and thousands of frogs." The frog racket is so intense it sounds like heavy machinery, residents said. But they can't shut off the noise. "It sounds like gas-driven water pumps," said Bob Gamber, Wynmoor's resident frog expert. "But there are no gas-driven water pumps in Wynmoor. They are all electric." Gamber said he knows a lot about frogs from watching nature programs on television in the afternoon. He has taken early morning strolls around the condo lake to observe the frogs' activity firsthand. He even recorded the Wynmoor frogs' mating call to play for doubting neighbors who insist such a big noise can't come from such little animals. "The majority of people realize it's frogs," Gamber said, "but some of these city slickers who have never heard a frog in their life won't believe it's frogs. "They're here every year," Gamber said. "But this year, they're the loudest." The disbelievers have called police to complain. "The officer said, 'Listen here,' then he threw a rock into the water and they all shut up," Gamber said. . . <center><img src="http://www.gamber.net/gamber/images/Ocie, Robert, Clyde 1916.jpg" width="438" height="561" alt="" border="0"> Ocie, Bob and Clyde about 1916 Jul 1958 Bob and Jane took a trip to Mexico - Mexico City and Taxco.
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