Greenwood Avenue
Greenwood Avenue is in Camden’s Parkside neighborhood. It runs from 1402 Bradley Avenue for two blocks southeast to Vesper Boulevard, parallel to Park Boulevard. The 1500 block of Greenwood lays between Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Harleigh Cemetery, the Camden High School athletic fields, and the Camden County Historical Society buildings.
Greenwood Avenue does not appear in the 1924 Camden City Directory. When the 1947 Directory was compiled, there were only six homes occupied on Greenwood Avenue, in the 1400 block. Within a few years, however, a series of brick row homes were built all the way to Vesper Boulevard.
1400 Block of Greenwood Avenue — Occupants
City directory records, 1933–1955.
1439 Greenwood Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1955 | George Rosenbaum — 1955 NJ Bell Yellow Pages |
| 1955 | New Jersey Bell Telephone |
1483 Greenwood Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | Isadore Weiss |
1485 Greenwood Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
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| 1947 | Sidney Levers |
1487 Greenwood Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
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| 1947 | Arthur R. Brehm |
1489 Greenwood Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
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| 1947 | Louis Hoffman |
1491 Greenwood Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
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| 1947 | Meyer Weitzman |
1493 Greenwood Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
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| 1933 | William P. Tyler |
| 1947 | Isadore Kahlowsky |
1485–1493 Greenwood Avenue, 1920s
1485, 1487, 1489, 1491 & 1493 Greenwood Avenue, 1920s.
Man, Robbed, Left in Road By Kidnappers
Camden Courier-Post —
Byron P. Cobb Beaten by Autoists; Roll of $4700 Taken
Byron P. Cobb, 62, the “Sun Doctor,” was kidnapped by three men early yesterday, beaten and robbed of $4700 before being tossed from a moving automobile in Farnham Park.
Detectives found him in a sub-conscious condition laying in the middle of River Drive, after a motorist had heard his moans and notified police.
Three South Camden youths, arrested for a motor violation at about the time Cobb was found, later were identified by the awning manufacturer as the ones who kidnapped and robbed him. They are Primo Fioravanti, 20, of 435 Division Street; Anthony Scanalvilli, 20, of 326 Division Street, and John Piliere, 19, of 1130 South 3rd Street.
All are being held on charges of kidnapping, atrocious assault and battery and highway robbery. They will be given a hearing today in police court. Later a charge of larceny of an automobile was placed against them.
Cobb, who for many years operated an awning manufacturing shop at Fifth and Royden Streets, told police he met the three who robbed him in a restaurant near Broadway and Kaighn Avenue. He said he bought them food and in return they offered to take him to his home in their automobile. This was shortly before 2 a.m.
He said two of the men were dressed in brown suits and the third wore a “greenish blue suit.” All wore light hats.
As soon as he entered the machine, Cobb told Detectives George Zeitz and Leon Branch, who found him in the park, someone hit him over the head.
Two of the men then went through his clothing and took the $4700 from his pockets. He told police that he drew the money from his bank yesterday and intended to pay off a mortgage on a property today.
The men held Cobb, he told police, until they reached Farnham Park, where he was tossed out of the machine as the driver slowed up.
A few minutes after 2 a. m., William P. Tyler, of 1493 Greenwood Avenue, driving past the park, heard someone shout “murder” several times. He hurried to a telephone and called police headquarters.
Found In Roadway
Detectives Zeitz and Branch searched the section where Tyler had heard the shouts. Then they drove down through River Drive, where they discovered Cobb lying in the middle of the roadway.
The injured man was taken to Cooper Hospital where he was revived, and then to detective headquarters.
Meanwhile Motorcycle Patrolmen George Getley and Earl Stopfer stopped a car at Mt. Ephraim and Ferry Avenues, which had aroused their suspicions as it sped down Mt. Ephraim Avenue.
Piliere was driving the machine and could not produce either a registration card or driver’s license. He said he had borrowed the car from a man he knew as “Pete.”
The car was claimed yesterday by Pietro Tocco, 35, of 717 South Fourth Street. He told Zeitz and Branch the car had been stolen from in front of his home “sometime around 2 a. m.” yesterday.
Piliere and his pals were taken to police headquarters where the former was booked on a motor-vehicle charge. When police found two pieces of rubber hose in the rear of the machine, all three were taken to detective headquarters.
There Cobb identified them as the three who had robbed him. He pointed out Fioravanti, the only one with a previous police record, as the man who hit him on the head.
Police held all three without bail for the hearing before Judge Pancoast.
At the Cobb home yesterday, Mrs. Byron P. Cobb said she knew nothing about the holdup. She said Cobb “appeared to have a headache when he got up,” but failed to mention anything was wrong and left the house before her return from church.
All of the suspects deny the robbery. They said they took a friend to his home in Woodlynne and were en route to their homes in Camden when arrested.
Piliere told Detectives Zeitz and Branch that he “borrowed the car from his uncle,” whom he only knew as “Pete.”
Intersection of Euclid Avenue & Greenwood Avenue, 1920s
“Natal Built” Sun-Air-Lite Homes at the intersection of Euclid Avenue & Greenwood Avenue, 1920s.
1500 Block of Greenwood Avenue — Occupants
City directory records, 1948–1968.
1500 Greenwood Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| (no info) |
1502 Greenwood Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1955 | Martin Aluminum Storm Window Company — 1955 NJ Bell Yellow Pages |
| 1955 | New Jersey Bell Telephone |
1509 Greenwood Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
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| 1968 | Mrs. Florence Goldsmith & Family |
| 1968 | Wallie C. Lewis |
1513 Greenwood Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
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| August “Gus” Johnson & Family | |
| — | August L. & Irma Johnson |
1525 Greenwood Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
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| 1948–1961 | Norton Gold & Family (Norton & Rose Gold; Judy Gold; Carolyn Gold) |
| 1948–1961 | Norton & Rose Gold |
| 1948–1961 | Judy Gold |
| 1948–1961 | Carolyn Gold |
1530 Greenwood Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| Samuel & Lena Dezenhall |
1553 Greenwood Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1958 | William R. Pine — Camden Post No. 980, Veterans of Foreign Wars |
Related: 1509 Greenwood — Wallie C. Lewis, 1968 · 1553 Greenwood — William R. Pine & Camden VFW Post 980, 1958
1439 Greenwood Avenue — George Rosenbaum, 1955
1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages advertisement for George Rosenbaum at 1439 Greenwood Avenue.
1502 Greenwood Avenue — Martin Aluminum Storm Windows, 1955
1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages advertisement for Martin Aluminum Storm Window Company at 1502 Greenwood Avenue.
1509 Greenwood Avenue — Waitress Injured in Auto Crash Dies
Camden Courier-Post —
WAITRESS INJURED IN AUTO CRASH DIES
A waitress injured when a car struck a toll booth on the Benjamin Franklin Bridge Sunday morning died early today in Cooper Hospital.
Blair Murphy, chief investigator for the Medical Examiner’s office, said an autopsy will be performed today to determine the cause of death of Miss Wallie C. Lewis, 29, of 1509 Greenwood Ave., Camden.
He said she had been a passenger in a car operated by Mrs. Helen Staton, 35, of 1134 Empire Ave., Camden, when it went out of control and hit a booth as the women were returning to Camden from Philadelphia. Mrs. Staton also was hurt and is being held for observation and treatment at Cooper.
Miss Lewis lived with her mother, Mrs. Florence Goldsmith. She was an employe of the Hot Shoppes at Moorestown Mall.
Notice of Application
Camden Courier-Post —
Take notice that the Camden Post 980, Inc. V.F.W. has applied to the Municipal Board of Alcoholic Beverage Control of Camden for renewal of a Club License for premises situated at 61 South 6th St., Camden, N. J.
The names and addresses of the officers of this Post and the offices they fill respectively are:
Frank Luczkiewicz, 704 Carman St., Camden, N. J., Commander.
Albert J. Otto, Sr., 820 Grant St., Camden, N.J., Adjutant.
Edward F. Link, 532 York St., Camden, N. J., Quartermaster.
The names and addresses of the Trustees of this Post are:
Nathan N. Wolpert, 1432 Broadway, Camden, N. J.
William R. Pine, 1553 Greenwood Ave., Camden, N. J.
William E. Kucker, 205 Morse St., Camden, N. J.
Objections, if any, should be made immediately in writing to John T. Odorisio, City Clerk of Camden, N. J.
(Signed) CAMDEN POST 980, INC. V.F.W., 61 South 6th Street, Camden 3, N. J., Frank Luczkiewicz, Commander, 704 Carman Street, Camden, N. J. ($19.98)