Introduction
Eutaw Avenue in East Camden most likely was named in connection with Eutaw Street in Baltimore MD, which has become well known since the construction of the Camden Yards baseball stadium but which has existed in Baltimore far longer than that. There also is a Eutaw Springs SC, where a Revolutionary War battle was fought, and a Eutaw AL. A look at whoever developed the tract of land where Eutaw Avenue is would probably establish the connection.
Eutaw Avenue runs from the 2600 block of Mickle Street, parallel to South 27th Street, for two blocks, ending at Berkley Street. With Grand Avenue, it is one of two streets running lengthwise within the rough triangle formed by Baird Boulevard, South 27th Street, and Marlton Avenue. At the Mickle Street end there sits only one house, 2607 Mickle Street, a farmhouse dating back to at least the 1870s, then part of the Joseph J. Hatch estate. Joseph J. Hatch was the father of Cooper B. Hatch, Mayor of Camden from 1898 to 1902, and Camden County Sheriff from 1908 to 1911. No addresses are listed in the 1924 Camden City Directory. Ten bungalows were built in the 200 block of Eutaw Avenue in 1928.
In 1950 a Eutaw Street girl, Julia Pusatere of 113 Eutaw, won the Miss East Camden beauty contest. She later married Philadelphia Eagles football team owner Leonard Tose.
Phil Cohen
Photos — Tom Probst
Courtesy of Tom Probst
Eutaw Avenue looking east towards Benson & Berkley Streets, 1959 — 145 & 147 Eutaw Avenue, Christmas 1961 — 152 Eutaw Avenue, 1961 — Looking north from the porch of 152 Eutaw Avenue, 1969 — Outside 152 Eutaw Avenue, 1959 — The back yard, 152 Eutaw Avenue, 1950s. “We all had land to call our own.” The houses at rear of photo were in the 100 block of South 27th Street. All photos courtesy of Tom Probst.
We had a coal bin in the front of our house at 152 Eutaw Avenue. We bought our coal from the Pavonia Coal Company. Depending on Dad’s budget, we would get one half ton or one ton delivered. Some time in the early ‘50s we switched to gas heat.
— Tom Probst, October 2004
Rowhouse Living — 152 Eutaw Avenue, 1959
Photos courtesy of Tom Probst
Left: A basement party at 152 Eutaw. Check out the case of Camden Beer deposit bottles right behind the little girl in the front! Right: Tom Probst before shipping out for Germany, 1959. Take a look at the glass exterior door. 1959 was a time when you could have a glass exterior door.
Eutaw Avenue — Occupants (100 Block)
City directory records and personal recollections, 1929–1960s.
101 Eutaw Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1929 | Edward Barnett |
103 Eutaw Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1929 | George Pursglove |
130 Eutaw Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1943 | Walter Hanna & Family |
| 1943 | Walter & Elizabeth Hanna |
131 Eutaw Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| March 14, 2018 | Destroyed by fire |
132 Eutaw Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1914–1945 | Staff Sergeant James A. Keenan |
137 Eutaw Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1929–1930 | John J. Egan |
139 Eutaw Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1929 | Oscar L. Dreisbach |
143 Eutaw Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1960s | John A. DeLuca |
152 Eutaw Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1950s–1960s | Tom Probst & Family |
156 Eutaw Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1930s–1942 | Edward Menzies & Family |
157 Eutaw Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1964 | Joseph W. Convery |
Eutaw Avenue — Occupants (200 Block)
City directory records, 1928–1993.
213 Eutaw Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| John J. Egan |
221 Eutaw Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1940s–1956 | McKinley Clark Family |
| Kenneth M. Clark |
222 Eutaw Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1929 | Richard J. Lynch |
228 Eutaw Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1929–1930 | George Earl Miller & Family |
| 1929–1930 | George E. & Grace E. Miller |
| 1931 | Donald B. Lee |
234 Eutaw Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1929–1931 | Roland H. Coulborn |
240 Eutaw Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1928–1940s | Edwin T. Mills |
| Earl A. Smith Sr. |
246 Eutaw Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1929–1993 | Howard F. Harrington & Family |
| 1946–1993 | Howard J. Goonan Sr. & Family |
| 1946–1993 | Howard J. and Margaret Harrington Goonan |
| 1946–1993 | Howard J. Goonan Jr. |
| 1946–1993 | Linda Goonan |
| 1946–1993 | Robert Goonan |
| 1946–1993 | Margaret Goonan |
252 Eutaw Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1929–1930s | Donald Swissler |
258 Eutaw Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1929–1930s | Webley J. Simpkins |
| 1947 | Joseph J. Rogers |
264 Eutaw Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1919 | Vacant |
131 Eutaw Avenue — Fire, March 14, 2018
131 Eutaw Avenue, destroyed by fire March 14, 2018.
Marriage Licenses at Elkton
Camden Courier-Post —
Walter H. Hanna, 21, and Betty J. Higgins, 19, Camden.
John J. Egan — 213 Eutaw Avenue
Camden Courier-Post —
The funeral of John J. Egan, 213 Eutaw Avenue, who died yesterday, will be held at 8 a. m. Thursday at the funeral home of Joseph H. Murray and Son, 408 Cooper Street. Solemn requiem mass will be celebrated at 9 a. m. at St. Joseph’s R. C. Church, Westfield Avenue and Thirtieth Street. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery. Mr. Egan is survived by his wife, Maude M.
Divorce Is Obtained by Grace E. Miller
Camden Courier-Post —
Former Eutaw Avenue Resident Gets Freedom After Bigamist’s Conviction
Mrs. Grace E. Miller, formerly of 228 Eutaw avenue, has been granted a final decree of divorce from George Earl Miller, formerly employed in the offices of the RCA Victor Company, Inc.
The decree was granted May 5 by the New Jersey court of chancery. The suit was instituted March 27, 1931. Subsequently, Miller was adjudicated in contempt of court for failure to comply with an order of Vice Chancellor Edmund B. Leaming directing the payment of alimony.
Shortly after the filing of the divorce suit, Miller was charged with bigamy by his wife, and extradition proceedings were taken by the Pennsylvania authorities. On October 23, 1931, Miller was removed from the Camden county jail to the Delaware county jail at Media, pending trial. At the trial, Miller denied he had ever been married to Grace E. Miller, but the testimony showed that they were not only legally married November 24, 1924, but for many years lived together in legal matrimony in Camden.
The proofs further showed that on March 7, 1931, Miller went through a marriage ceremony before a magistrate near Media, with Jean Lukoff, then of 830 Haddon avenue, this city, and with whom he subsequently lived as man and wife at 141 North Thirty-fourth street and later at the Haddon avenue address.
A petit jury found Miller guilty of bigamy on January 8, this year. The judge at Media sentenced Miller to no less than one year and not more than two years in jail and fined him $500.
Mrs. Miller was represented in her divorce suit by Marshal H. Diverty, of this city.
Ten House Permits in E. Camden Issued
Camden Courier-Post —
Construction of Bungalows on Eutaw Street to Start Monday
Local activity in the building field was indicated today when it became known that permits for the construction of ten semi-bungalows on Eutaw street in East Camden had been granted.
The homes will be of brick and will cost $6,500 each. They are to be built by Tomlinson & Goodfellow, Camden contractors and real estate firm, which announces that already offers of purchase for four of them have been made by clients.
The brick bungalows will be constructed in the 200 block on Eutaw street which lies between Berkeley and Marlton pike.
Each bungalow will have seven rooms and tile bath. The kitchen will be tiled, the bath and kitchen to be outfitted with congoleum floors. Hardwood floors will be installed in the other rooms.
Concrete steps will lead to each house across terraced lawns which will be beautified with shrubbery.
Construction will be commenced Monday.
Eutaw Avenue — March 14, 2004
150 & 152 Eutaw Avenue — 159, 157, 155, 153 Eutaw Avenue — 100 block of Eutaw Avenue as seen from Benson Street — 200 block of Eutaw Avenue as seen from Berkley Street. March 14, 2004.
2607 Mickle Street
2607 Mickle Street at the intersection of Mickle Street & Eutaw Avenue. “…make a left and you are on Eutaw Avenue…” March 14, 2004.
The house on Mickle Street was owned by a builder in the 40s and 50s by the name of Jubanyik. All the kids on Eutaw Avenue used to jump the fence and play in his yard when he was not at home. We would all run like hell when he came home and chased us. We did do some minor damage to his property, but he never sought to press any charges or seek to find out who did it. It was the mansion home in the area…
— Tom Probst
Pretty Brunette Wins Queen Title In East Camden
Camden Courier-Post —
by John D. Courter
Miss Julia Pusatere, 16, of 113 Eutaw Avenue, will reign as “Queen” over East Camden’s Fourth of July celebration at Dudley Grange park.
Miss Pusatere, a junior at Camden Catholic High School, was crowned “Queen of East Camden” in a beauty contest Tuesday night in which seven other pretty teen-age girls participated.
The contest was held in the Arlo Theater, Westfield Avenue near Twenty-seventh Street, under the sponsorship of the East Camden Fourth of July association.
Ex-Queen Aides Rites
The new queen was crowned by Miss Kay Worrell, of 2926 Clinton street, Queen of last year’s celebration. Runners-up in this year’s field of beauties were Miss Patti Hill, 17, of 229 Ablett Village, who placed second, and Miss Helen Zettlemoyer, 17, of 135 North Twenty-seventh Street, who was chosen for third place.
Wins Several Awards
Miss Pusatere, a sparkling brunette, wore a white gown, combined with a bouffant skirt of starched chiffon with a bodice of satin printed in a floral design and cuffed in self fabric at the off-shoulder neckline. She wore a stole of white tulle.
She was awarded a $100 savings bond from the association; a bronze trophy from Charles Credit Jewelers; a handbag by Kotlikoff’s; a string of pearls from Elwell Jewelers and a miniature cedar chest from Hurley’s.
Miss Hill, a pretty blonde, wore a full skirt of tulle gathered in a ruffled effect to a strapless bodice of lace embroidered in gold and outlined by a ruffle of lace. A wide band of white ribbon created a cummerbund effect. She is a senior at Woodrow Wilson High School.
Miss Zettlemoyer, a pert brunette, appeared in a dress of pink dotted swiss, strapless bodice laced through with black velvet ribbon. She is an office worker for the J. C. Penney Co.
Runners-up Rewarded
Miss Hill and Miss Zettlemoyer each received $25 savings bonds, a bronze trophy, pearls, and a miniature cedar chest.
Stephan opened the contest by introducing Miss Worrell who sat on the throne to watch the contestants appear. When Miss Worrell appeared the train of her long red velvet cape was held by Jeffrey McLaughlin, 5, of 33 North Dudley Street, and Patty Letty, 5, of 67 South Twenty-ninth street.
After the judges had selected the 1950 queen, Miss Worrell doffed her cape and aided Miss Pusatere to dress in the “royal regalia.” Miss Worrell also placed the crown on the head of the new queen.
To Ride in Parade
While Miss Pusatere will reign over the Independence Day celebration she will be presented formally in Dudley Grange Park that day at 5:30 PM. She will wear the crown and the red velvet cape. Her aides will be Miss Hill and Miss Zettlemoyer. All will ride on a float during the July 4th Parade.
Other contestants included Joan Quatrelli, 17, of 139 North Thirty-Second Street; Arlene Gray, 16, of 113 North Twenty-seventh Street; Catherine Thompson, 19, of 2620 High Street, Rita Hockensmith, 17, of 929 North Thirty-Third Street, and Jean Wells, 19, of 318 North Fortieth Street. Each received a pearl necklace and a miniature cedar chest. They also will ride in the parade.
The queen’s bouquet of roses was presented by the Bouquet Shoppe. Nosegays were presented to each of the contestants by Starke’s Flower Shoppe. Mrs. Stephan was given a bouquet of roses and Mrs. Schulde, of Jackel Florists, received a handbag. Mrs. Schulde decorated the stage and prepared the queen’s crown. She will also donate and decorate the float which will be used by the queen.
Stephan introduced Miss Gloria White, 18, of 3231 Carol Street, Camden, who was crowned Miss Fairview in a beauty contest June 19. Ernest I. McLaughlin, association president, invited those attending to take part in the July 4 celebration.
Fire at 227 Eutaw Avenue
Philadelphia Fire News —
Date: 12/3/2005 — Time: 07:30 — County: Camden — Town: Camden City — Address: 227 Eutaw Ave. — Type: Dwelling
Shortly after shift change Saturday morning, Camden Fire Units Engines 9 and 11, Tower Ladder 3, Tower Ladder 1, (FAST) Rescue 1 and Battalion 2 were dispatched to 227 Eutaw Ave for the reported dwelling fire. Engine 9 and Battalion 2 arrived to find a two-story middle of the row occupied dwelling with smoke showing and people at the windows on the 2nd floor, bringing UMDNJ EMS 12. Companies removed the occupants and located and extinguished a small fire on the second floor, no injuries reported.
Photos & Story by Steve Skipton