Camden Streets - Princess Avenue

1000 Block of Princess Avenue
	1000 Princess Avenue 1947 1956-1980 Parkside Auto Service also known in 1950s as Pete's Garage
	1001 Princess Avenue 1947
	1002 Princess Avenue 1947
	1003 Princess Avenue 1947
	1004 Princess Avenue 1947
	1005 Princess Avenue 1947
	1006 Princess Avenue 1947
	1008 Princess Avenue 1947
	1010 Princess Avenue 1947
	1011 Princess Avenue 1947-1950s Anthony J. Narciso & Family Nettie and Tony Narciso 1011 Princess Avenue backyard - 1952 Photo courtesy of Loretta Petrillo
	1011 Princess Avenue 1950s-1990s James Bagby & Family James & Lois Bagby Our neighbors were Mr.& Mrs. James and Lois Bagby. They lived there until Mr. Bagby died and Mrs. Bagby moved to Woodbury only in about the last ten years. They bought their house in the 50s from the Narcisco family who moved to Mt. Ephraim, New Jersey where they had a florist shop. That was 1011 Princess Avenue. Loretta Petrillo June 2009
	1012 Princess Avenue 1947
	1013 Princess Avenue 1924-1943 George C. Boone Family George C. & Laura Boone Edna Wasserman
	1013 Princess Avenue 1943-1952 Maurice Boone & Family Maurice & Edna Boone David Boone Michael Boone
	1013 Princess Avenue 1952-July 1, 1960 James N. Petrillo & Family James N. Petrillo & Angeline Tomassone Petrillo James A. Petrillo Loretta A. Petrillo My parents met at work in RCA in 1943. I don't remember too much about those years as when we moved I was a few months from turning 8 years old. I do remember going to Kindergarten at the Parkside School. We used to walk, just us kids with a guard at the Blvd for a half a day of school. Our teacher was Mrs. Wheeler who moved back to Wheeling, West Virginia after that school year. 1956-1957 I remember stopping at a store and buying penny candy with the other kids on the way home. The next two year I attended Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic School. We had to wait for a bus at the corner of Park Boulevard and Princess. The same corner that my aunt had her house which was also the corner where the YUM YUM guy stopped in the summer and we all got our YUM YUM. Then we had a neighbor who lived on our same side of Princess Avenue a few houses down from ours toward Park Blvd and his name was Mike Doto (his wife Ruby) a son Eddie and daugher Carlotta and Mr. Doto became the first Mr. Softy that I can remember. They moved to Bellmawr, NJ in the 60s. Close to their house was a family named DeCerbo and they had about three children I believe. I hope this helps you make some connection. I will ask my brother if he remembers more info for you. Loretta Petrillo June 2009
	1014 Princess Avenue 1950s-1960s Thomas Lopez & Family Thomas & Angie Lopez Maryanne Lopez Steve Lopez Salvatore Lopez Directly across the street from us were Thomas and Angie Lopez. They had three children Maryanne, Steve and Salvatore. They moved a few years after us to Magnolia, New Jersey. Loretta Petrillo June 2009
	1015 Princess Avenue 1947-1950s Harry J. Schnittlinger & Family Harry & Bertha Schnittlinger Arthur Schnitttlinger George Schnittlinger Henry Schnittlinger At 1015 were people named Schnittlinger. They moved about two or three years before we did. Loretta Petrillo June 2009
	1017 Princess Avenue 1947
	1019 Princess Avenue 1947 Frank. H. Reese
	1021 Princess Avenue 1947
	1023 Princess Avenue 1924 George Plotnick 1947
	1024 Princess Avenue 1920s-1930s Norman Albinson Sr. & Family Norman & Alice Albinson Norman Albinson Jr.
	1024 Princess Avenue Sergeant Norman Albinson Jr.
	1025 Princess Avenue 1924 Jacob Naden 1928 The Watkins Family 1929 Vacant
	1027 Princess Avenue 1947
	1028 Princess Avenue 1924-1929 Lester Richardson & Family Lester & Katherine Richardson Richard Richardson 1947
	1029 Princess Avenue 1947-1950s Emmett Marra & Family Emmett M. & Laura Marra Mrs. Fannie Marra Joseph Marra 1950s-1960s Carl J. DiCerbo & Family Carl J. & Margaret L. DiCerbo
	1031 Princess Avenue 1947
	1033 Princess Avenue 1947
	1034 Princess Avenue 1947-1960s WInfield G. LeViseur & Family Battalion Chief, Camden Fire Department Winfield & Sarah LeViseur
	1035 Princess Avenue Private Frank Gembalik
	1035 Princess Avenue 1947 Michael Doto & Family Michael & Ruby Doto We had a neighbor who lived on our same side of Princess Avenue a few houses down from ours toward Park Blvd and his name was Mike Doto, his wife Ruby, a son Eddie and daughter Carlotta. Mr. Doto became the first Mr. Softee that I can remember. They moved to Bellmawr, NJ in the 60s. Close to their house [1029 Princess- PMC] was a family named DiCerbo and they had about three children I believe. Loretta Petrillo June 2009
	1037 Princess Avenue 1947
	1038 Princess Avenue 1910s-1920s William H. Canning
	1039 Princess Avenue 1947
	1040 Princess Avenue 1924-1928 Samuel Adelman 1929 Vacant
	1041 Princess Avenue 1924-1928 William Kline Family William V. & Leona Kline William Kline 1929 John T. Ramos 1947
	1042 Princess Avenue 1924-1929 Jacob Supnick Family Jacob & Fannie Supnick
	1043 Princess Avenue Private Albert R. Bryan
	1043 Princess Avenue 1947
	1044 Princess Avenue 1924-1929 Samuel Lambersky
	1045 Princess Avenue 1947
	1046 Princess Avenue 1929 Pete DiVito
	1047 Princess Avenue 1947
	1049 Princess Avenue 1947
	1051 Princess Avenue 1947 George B. Park
	1053 Princess Avenue 1947
	1062 Princess Avenue 1924-1929 William Perrit
	1066 Princess Avenue 1947 Constintino Sacarimbolo & Family Constintino & Rose Scarimbolo worked at Campbell Soup
	1069 Princess Avenue 1936 Harry W. Hewitt 1947
	1071 Princess Avenue 1947

1100 Block of Princess Avenue
	1114 Princess Avenue 1924-1929 Peter Kelly 1947 Myer Listick
	1123 Princess Avenue 1924-1929 James A. Flannery real estate
	1125 Princess Avenue 1914 Lewis Lee 1924-1929 Howard Branson
	1136 Princess Avenue 1969 William C. Downing Downing's Piano Service
	1139 Princess Avenue 1924-1950s Paul R. & Helen Avis Family Paul R. & Avis
	1141 Princess Avenue 1929 Walter T. McVey Family Walter T. & Anna McVey Walter McVey
	1141 Princess Avenue 1947-1962 The Cangelosi Family Pietro & Ethel Cangelosi Front row: Mariana - Joseph - Maria Top Row: Sadie - Ethel - Pietro - Rosalia
Several rescued from Camden fire Several residents were rescued from the rooftop of a Camden home after it caught fire early Saturday, according to Camden Fire Chief Ralph Roberts. The two-alarm fire, at 1141 Princess Avenue, was reported at 4:33 a.m. and brought under control about an hour later. When firefighters arrived, they discovered heavy fire on the first floor that spread to the second floor. Three to five people were rescued from the rooftop by emergency personnel. One victim was treated for injuries on location but did not require hospital treatment. The fire spread to two adjoining homes, causing minor damage. No one in those homes was injured. One dog died. The fire is under investigation.	1141 Princess Avenue Camden Courier-Post June 10, 2007
	1144 Princess Avenue 1940s-1950s John V. Wilkie
	1144 Princess Avenue 1969 William R. Wilkie
	1152 Princess Avenue 1910s-1921 David Griffiths
	1155 Princess Avenue 1929-1950s Frederick Stanton Family Frederick & Catherine Stanton
	1157 Princess Avenue 1924-1929 George S. Dill yardmaster
	1157 Princess Avenue 1949-1963 Frank Yocolano & Family Frank & Marie Yocolano Pat Yocolano
	1157 Princess Avenue 1949-1963 Frank Yocolano & Family Frank & Marie Yocolano Pat Yocolano
My Grandmother lived at 1141 Princess Avenue while Mr. and Mrs. Wilkie lived at 1144 Princess, right across the street. I grew up at 1157 Princess and while Mr. Wilkie was as nice as a man could be, we were surely at our best behavior when he was home. A "no nonsense" type of guy. Pat Yocalano September 2007	1157 Princess Avenue 1949-1963 Frank Yocolano & Family Frank & Marie Yocolano Pat Yocolano
	1166 Princess Avenue 1929 John D. Ermelios 1929 Spiro Ermelios 1947 Frank G. Manion
	1175 Princess Avenue 1947 Simon Schuster Late 1950s-1960s The W. Slupski Family
	1177 Princess Avenue 1920-1922 David Laibow Family confectionary David & Manya Laibow Rose Laibow Louis Laibow Ann Laibow Julius Laibow Esther Laibow Martin Laibow
At the corner of Princess and Wildwood Avenues was a store called “Manion’s” run by the Manion family as early as 1951. The store was caddie-corner from Parkside School and was primarily an ice cream store with a soda fountain specializing in great ice cream sodas, sundaes and “penny candies”, (some were even 2 for a penny). They also had quite an assortment of groceries etc. I recall buying cigarettes for my parents at $.19 cents a pack and the Courier Post for a nickel. When smokes went up to $.21 cents a pack my Dad swore he would quit. I wonder if he would be a smoker today at $6 bucks a pack. In the middle 50’s Mrs. Manion started a job while someone else ran the family store. My mother took care of little Frankie Manion (a little redheaded demon as I recall) for a few bucks a week while Mrs. Manion was at work. Shortly after that the Manions were moving to Pennsauken and a Jewish immigrant and his family purchased the store and gave it their family name of “Zimmer’s”. Mr. Zimmer ran the store with his wife and her sister as well as her husband Mr. Wasser. The Zimmer family quickly changed the store from a soda fountain to a variety/grocery store and what a variety they had. After a few years Mr. Wasser opened a carbon copy of Zimmers store right across the street selling more delicatessen types of fare than his brother-in-law. I still recall the Hebrew newspapers sold there as Parkside was comprised mostly of Jews and Italians at that time. Apparently there were plenty of customers for both stores to make a living since they survived well after my family moved on to the suburbs in 1963. To the best of my knowledge there were never any other stores or businesses on Princess Avenue which runs from Chestnut Street to Euclid Avenue. Pat Yocolano November 2008	1177 Princess Avenue 1924 Harry Specter varieties 1977 Jacob D. Raffel confectionary 1947-1956 Manion's Sweet Shop Frank J. Manion confectionary 1959-1969 Zimmer's Joseph Zimmer varieties & groceries 2008 Arias Mini-market groceries

1200 Block of Princess Avenue
	1200 Princess Avenue 1947 Parkside Public School
	1201 Princess Avenue 1924-1947 Madison's Delicatessen James & Bessie Madison 1956-1960s R. Wasser's Delicatessen
	1203 Princess Avenue 1910s-1930s Clarence G. Wyatt & Family Charles G. & Laura Waytt Samuel H. Wyatt
	1220 Princess Avenue May-June 1933 Leroy Jenkins
	1213 Princess Avenue 1947 Louis Cirucci
	1226 Princess Avenue 1916-1920 David Laibow Family David & Manya Laibow Rose Laibow Louis Laibow Ann Laibow Julius Laibow Esther Laibow Martin Laibow
	1227 Princess Avenue 1980 Rev. R. McLendon
	1240 Princess Avenue 1947 Vito Moles
	1240 Princess Avenue 1910s-1924 Herman Z. Cutler Family Herman Z. and Yetta Cutler Dorothy Cutler Harry Cutler Abraham Cutler
	1240 Princess Avenue 1956 Mrs. Molly Schwartz
	1246 Princess Avenue 1924 Benjamin Natal
	1250 Princess Avenue 1910s-1951 Bernard A. Gallagher City Fire Marshall 1928-1949
	1253 Princess Avenue 1924-1947 Anthony Oberst Sr. & Family Anthony & Magdalena Oberst Anthony Oberst Jr. John A. Oberst Joseph L. Oberst George A. Oberst Louise M. Oberst 1947 Central Building & Loan Association 1947 Louise M. Oberst
	1258 Princess Avenue 1947Mrs. Ethel F. Rittenhouse
	1260 Princess Avenue 1947 Holy Trinity Lutheran Church

1300 Block of Princess Avenue
	1300 Princess Avenue 1947 No Listing 1980 Dr. M.M. Khan 1980 Dr. Y.J. Manigat
	1303 Princess Avenue 1929-1947 Dr. Kirk Barb 1980 No Listing
	1308 Princess Avenue 1924-1969 Samuel A. Siris & Family Samuel A. & Rose Siris Fred Siris Raymond L. Siris Arthur Siris
	1310 Princess Avenue 1918-1920s Samuel A. Siris & Family Samuel A. & Rose Siris Fred Siris Raymond L. Siris Arthur Siris
	1318 Princess Avenue 1920-1969 Harry Nurock & Family
	1319 Princess Avenue 1929-1969 John Rusch Family
	1324 Princess Avenue 1929 Mrs. Gertrude DiMedio 1947-1969 Benjamin DiMedio
	1326 Princess Avenue 1920 Arthur J. Podmore 1947 Richard DiMedio
	1329 Princess Avenue 1931 John Bayer 1947 Joseph Ruttenberg
	1333 Princess Avenue Corporal John A. Mlynarczyk Jr.
	1333 Princess Avenue 1967-1980 John Phoenix
	1343 Princess Avenue 1910s-1920s Clifford Cosgrove & Family Clifford & Florence Cosgrove Clifford J. Cosgrove Robert J. Cosgrove
	1343 Princess Avenue Corporal Robert J. Cosgrove
	1347 Princess Avenue 1947 Rocco Fanelle
	1353 Princess Avenue 1929-1947 Harry J. Kobus
	1361 Princess Avenue 1924-1929 Robert G. Schroeder & Family Robert G. & Amelia Schroeder County Coroner voce-president, B.F. Schroeder & Sons So. Inc funeral home 1947 Herman A. Vieser
	1369 Princess Avenue 1929 CArl F. Heritage 1947 George Weber & Family George & Mary C. Weber

Camden Courier-Post - January 24, 1928

*2 Boys Nearly Drown as Dog Rescue Fails* *One Swims in Icy Creel to Take Rope From Shore*
	Death in the icy water of a Cooper River tributary was the fate that almost overtook a 9-year-old Camden schoolboy who late yesterday risked his life to save a shivering little stray puppy he discovered floating down the stream on a block of ice. Few epics of the sea have the elements of adventure and heroism that are woven into this story. Richard Richardson, 9 years old, 1028 Princess Avenue, was the outstanding hero. He spent 39 minutes clinging to pieces of ice and debris in the stream after his attempt to save the puppy had failed. Today he was in Cooper hospital suffering from extreme exposure. But young Richard wasn’t the only hero of the day. There were four of his playmates with him when he tried to rescue the animal in distress. This little “supporting cast” came in for its share of glory. When Richard slipped into the water all of them showed “grown-up’ presence of mind and to them goes credit for saving their companion’s life. Playing After School Robert Perrit, 15 years old, 1062 Princess Avenue; Howard Hadleman, 10 years old, 1040 Princess Avenue; William Kline, 12 years old, 1041 Princess Avenue; and William Watkins, 13 years old, 1025 Princess Avenue, were playing with the Richardson boy at the foot of Pine Street after school. Parallel with Pine Street, running from the end of the roadway to the Baird Avenue bridge, there is a stream 30 feet wide, which was dredged out when the course of Cooper River was changed several years ago. A swift current is formed by the overflow of the river. It was beginning to grow dark when the youngsters were
“Aw gee it wasn’t nothing”. That was the way William Watkins, 13 years old, 1025 Princess Avenue, who is shown above, expressed today his rescue of Richard Richardson, 9 years old, 1028 Princess Avenue, pictured below. Richard was attempting to save a marooned puppy in a tributary of Cooper River when he fell into the icy water.
attracted to the stream by the yelps of a dog. They ran to the bank and found a forlorn looking puppy floating away on a piece of ice that had broken from the shore. Although he was the youngest of the group, his love of animals is the greatest and so it was young Mr. Richardson who decided that Fido as they called him, should be rescued. The fearless little boy walked out into the center of the stream, stepping from one block of ice to another in the fashion of Simon Legree in that blood-curdling melodrama, “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.” Just Misses Dog While the four on shore shouted a warning, Richard, within reach of the dog, slipped into the water. Instead of being frightened into confusion, the little quartet was electrified into action. Hadleman and Watkins remained on shore futilely attempting to get to the boy who was splashing around in the water, while Kline and Perrit ran 100 yards to the plant of the Taylor White Extracting Company. There they told the story of what had happened as calmly as they could to John Simpkins, of Mt. Ephraim Avenue and Spruce Street, and Morton Ashton, 100 Evergreen Avenue, Woodlynne. The two men grabbed several planks and a coil of rope, and followed the youthful pair back to the water’s edge. Richard was still paddling about in the stream, clinging to pieces of ice that slipped from his grasp almost as soon as he touched them. It was obvious that he was almost exhausted. Simpkins and Ashton tied a rope onto the Watkins boy’s waist, set him afloat on a large plank and gave him an end of another rope to tie to Richard. The plan was a good one, but it almost failed, for just as William had paddled him out to where Richard was struggling, almost 20 feet from the south bank, he fell from his improvised raft. Just as the boy he fought to rescue had fallen into the water within inches of the puppy. Bravely Gives Rope. But William was determined to show the grit that had been displayed by Richard. Without a single shout for help or a cry of distress, he struggled on a few feet more and handed the almost exhausted boy the end of the rope. Simpkins and Ashton then pulled the pair to shore. At the offices of the Taylor White Company, the pair was undressed and rubbed dry. W. E. Shore, 1425 Ormond Avenue, took Richard to Cooper Hospital, while the other four, praise for their heroism unsung, disappeared. It is story to rival the rescue tales of many a seafaring gentleman, but it has two strange bits of anti-climax. Before Robert and Howard and William and young Watkins went home, they returned to the bank of the stream, the dog had vanished, apparently to the bottom. And half an hour later. William Watkins, his clothes soaked and his face covered with mud, received a spanking for getting home late for dinner.

Princess Avenue as remembered by Pat Yocolano

My earliest memory of growing up in Parkside was at 1157 Princess Avenue as early as 1950.

My Grandparents Pietro and Ethel Cangelosi lived 8 houses away at 1141 Princess Avenue

At the corner of Princess and Wildwood Avenues was a store called “Manion’s” run by the Manion family as early as 1951. The store was caddie-corner from Parkside School and was primarily an ice cream store with a soda fountain specializing in great ice cream sodas, sundaes and “penny candies”, (some were even 2 for a penny). They also had quite an assortment of groceries etc. I recall buying cigarettes for my parents at $.19 cents a pack and the Courier Post for a nickel. When smokes went up to $.21 cents a pack my Dad swore he would quit. I wonder if he would be a smoker today at $6 bucks a pack.

In the middle 50’s Mrs. Manion started a job while someone else ran the family store. My mother took care of little Frankie Manion (a little redheaded demon as I recall) for a few bucks a week while Mrs. Manion was at work. Shortly after that the Manions were moving to Pennsauken and a Jewish immigrant and his family purchased the store and gave it their family name of “Zimmer’s”. Mr. Zimmer ran the store with his wife and her sister as well as her husband Mr. Wasser.

The Zimmer family quickly changed the store from a soda fountain to a variety/grocery store and what a variety they had. After a few years Mr. Wasser opened a carbon copy of Zimmers store right across the street selling more delicatessen types of fare than his brother-in-law. I still recall the Hebrew newspapers sold there as Parkside was comprised mostly of Jews and Italians at that time. Apparently there were plenty of customers for both stores to make a living since they survived well after my family moved on to the suburbs in 1963. To the best of my knowledge there were never any other stores or businesses on Princess Avenue which runs from Chestnut Street to Euclid Avenue.

Another fond memory of Princess Avenue for me was selling “Yum Yum” on the island of Park Boulevard and Princess Avenue from Johnny’s or Leo’s Yum Yum. Johnny stopped selling the creamy type of water ice in the early 60’s while Leo still sells his terrific Yum Yum in Medford next door to “Donkey’s Two”, another Parkside favorite that started on Haddon Avenue and Liberty Street.

Returning small soda bottles for a $.02 deposit while larger empties brought a nickel, (a nice score for a little kid). Pimple balls were a dime and were needed to play “stickball” at Parkside School. When they broke we played “half ball”. Once a year the custodian at Parkside School would climb up onto the roof of the school and throw down all of the “roofed” pimple balls that accumulated during the year. The kids that were lucky enough to be around on those days screamed with delight as the shower of free treasures came tumbling down.

Ah, they were surely the “good old days”.

800 Block of Princess Avenue
	813 Princess Avenue 1969 Francis Sheet Metal Works
	859 Princess Avenue 1969 Deputy Brothers 1980 Deputy Crown Inc. engraving 2004-2007 South Jersey Printing
	861 Princess Avenue 1969-1980s South Jersey Exterminating Co., Inc.
	883 Princess Avenue 1980s-2009 B.U.F.F. Hall.
	899 Princess Avenue 2008 Z.N.R. Motors.

1400 Block of Princess Avenue
	1401-03 Princess Avenue 1920s-1920s Holl Funeral Home Arthur Holl 1947-1950s Berschler Funeral Home David Berschler Photo March 16, 2003 Click on Image to Enlarge
	1401-03 Princess Avenue 1920s-1920s Holl Funerel Home Arthur Holl 1947 Berschler Funeral Home David Berschler, undertaker Photo March 16, 2003 Click on Image to Enlarge
	1401 Princess Avenue (apartment) 1939 James Carr 1947 Robert Heiser
	1402 Princess Avenue 1924-1929 Harry Mackler
	1403 Princess Avenue (apartment) 1947 William H. Heiser
	1409 Princess Avenue 1939 James Carr
	1426 Princess Avenue 1923-1959 Rabbi Naftali Riff Congregation Sons of Israel
	1433 Princess Avenue Corporal Israel Goldstein
	1449 Princess Avenue

1400 Block of Princess Avenue
	1451 Princess Avenue 1924 Winfield W. Holl contractor 1947 Richard H. Holscher
	1453 Princess Avenue 1929 Frank Bucci 1947 Milton Eisenhardt
	1454 Princess Avenue 1924 Max Cooperson 1929 Samuel D. Matter 1947-1969 Henry Ciechanowski undertaker
	1493 Princess Avenue 1924-1929 George J. Nowrey
	1497 Princess Avenue 1924 Arthur E. Armitage 1929 Jacob J. Hornfeld
	1513 Princess Avenue 1924 Harry A. Berger 1929 Joseph O'Hara 1947 Urquhart Ward

900 Block of Princess Avenue
	911 Princess Avenue 1969-1980s F&M Wire Company lampshades 2008 Princess Avenue Auto Sales & Auto Body 2008 Sunshine Motors