Joseph A. Hooven Jr.
Joseph Anthony Hooven Jr. was born on March 16, 1915 to Mary and Joseph A. Hooven. When his father registered for the draft on June 5, 1917 the family was living at 828 Spruce Street. Joseph Hooven Sr. was then working as a shellacker at the Victor Talking Machine Company plant. The family was still at the Spruce Street address in January of 1920, the elder Hooven then working as a house painter. He later went into business for himself under the trade name Joseph Hooven, Master Painter. A daughter, Mary, was born to the family in 1923. By 1924 the family had moved to 830 Spruce Street. The family moved to 918 North 19th Street in Cramer Hill in 1929.
Joseph A. Hooven graduated from Camden Catholic High School in 1933. A top student, he was awarded a scholarship to Villanova University upon graduation.
On November 16, 1940 Joseph Hooven Jr. was appointed to the Camden Police Department along with Edward D. Tatem and Roland E. Comerford. All three were sworn in from a State Civil Service Commission list of eligibles and reported for duty the same day.
The 1947 Camden City Directory shows Joseph and Ethel Hooven living at 464 North 34th Street in East Camden. The Hoovens were blessed with at least two sons, Joseph A. Hooven III, born in 1941, and John Hooven. The family lived at 464 North 34th Street through the fall of 1969.
Joseph Hooven Jr. was promoted to Detective at some point after January of 1949 and by December of 1957 had been again promoted, this time to Detective Sergeant. By June 1967 Joseph A. Hooven Jr. had left the Camden Police Department.
The Hoovens were gone from North 34th Street by October of 1970. The family moved to Atco, New Jersey by the spring of 1978. Ethel Hooven died in March of that year. Joseph A. Hooven Jr. passed away on September 19, 1996. He was survived by his sons, John Hooven and Joseph A. Hooven III.
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19th Street
Nineteenth Street runs from the Pavonia railroad switching yards across River Avenue north to Harrison Avenue in the Cramer Hill section of Camden, New Jersey.
S. Camden Man Hurt By Hit-Run Driver
Herman O'Neal, 41, of 139 Spruce Street was seriously injured on Kaighns Avenue near Locust Street by a hit-and-run driver; Det. Sgt. Joseph Hooven of the accident division described the car sought.
Mrs. Kobus to Ask More Cops, Firemen for City Next Year
Camden Public Safety Commissioner Mary W. Kobus announced in December 1940 that her appointment of 22 patrolmen and 10 firemen had restored the public safety department to 1938 strength, and said she would seek money for more officers because of defense needs; John Gryckiewicz of 810 North Front Street was among the fire appointees.
Mrs. Kobus Names 3 Cops, 4 Firemen
Commissioner Mary W. Kobus announced the appointment of three Camden policemen and four firemen in November 1940; among the new firefighters was John Gryckiewicz of 810 North Front Street.
195 Get Diplomas at Catholic High
Largest Class in History Is Graduated as 2000 Gather for Tribute Diplomas were awarded to 195 graduates of Camden Catholic High School at annual commencement exercises held yesterday in Convention Hall , where nearly 2000 persons gathered to pay tribute.
75 Students Gain High Rating In Catholic High Senior Class
195 Graduates to Receive Diplomas Tomorrow Afternoon at Convention Hall; 15 to Be Given Gold Medals Out of a class of 195 graduates to be presented diplomas tomorrow at the commencement exercises of Camden Catholic High School , 75 have finished with scholastic averages better than 85 percent.
Camden Catholic High to Graduate Largest Class In Its History
Camden Courier-Post - June 14, 1933 195 to Get Diplomas Sunday in Exercises at Convention Hall; Three Get Scholarships;.