Introduction
JOSEPH F. WOOD was born in Pennsylvania around 1884, the son of German-born parents. He came to Camden around 1910. At the time of the 1920 census, he was living with wife Henrietta at 701 South 4th Street, and working as a riveter in one of Camden’s shipyards. By 1930 he had purchased a home at 637 White Street, between 4th and 5th and Line and Beckett Streets, in Camden, and was working as a clerk for the city. He also owned and operated a candy store at the White Street address. A staunch Republican, he served as a committeeman from what was then Camden’s Fourth Ward.
Joseph Wood passed away from a fatal heart attack on June 1, 1950, and was buried at Harleigh Cemetery. Childless, he was survived by his wife, a brother William, and a sister, Mrs. Cecelia Wright, all of Camden.
701 South 4th Street
Named: 1910s, 1920s Joseph F. Wood, 1939, 1943 Guido Piotti, 1947 Larry Attardi, and Larry’s Cafe.
Joseph Wood
Camden Courier-Post —
Stricken with a heart attack early today, Joseph Wood, 66, a confectionery storekeeper, died at his home 637 White street. He lived here for 40 years and formerly was Republican county committeeman, from the Fourth ward.
Mr. Wood is survived by his widow, Henrietta; a brother, William, and a sister, Mrs. Cecelia Wright, all of Camden.
Services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at the B. C. Schroeder & Sons funeral home, 715 Cooper street, where friends may call Thursday night. Burial will be in Harleigh cemetery.
Armed Thugs Take $37 in 2 Robberies
Camden Courier-Post —
Armed holdup men netted $37 Monday night in robberies of a Chinese laundry at 530 Washington st. and a candy store at 637 White st.
Lum Sum, 61 of 809 Cherry st., Philadelphia, told Dets. John Houston and Joseph Hainsworth that he was alone in the laundry, owned by a cousin, Donald Lem, when a masked Negro entered about 7 p.m.
The intruder pushed Lum into another room and took about $35 in bills and change from the cash drawer. The amount was estimated by Lum, police said.
Shortly before 10:30 p.m., a masked gunman entered the store on White st., near 5th and Line sts., operated by Mrs. Retta Wood. She told Det. Ray Carson she was in her living quarters at the rear of the store when she heard someone in the store.
As she went into the store, she said, a youth, about 19, wearing a black silk scarf over his face and black gloves, asked her for money. She said she told him to leave the store, and as he went toward the cash register she attempted to stop him, only to be struck across the right arm with the gun, falling to the floor. She said he got away with two $1 bills she had left in the cash register.
She described the youth as lean, about 5 feet, 8 inches tall, and wearing a light colored car coat. She told police she could not state whether the man was White or Negro.