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Kelly, E. Thornton (1891?-?)
Kelly was the Secretary of the New Jersey Association of Motion Pictures and chair of the contact bureau of the Motion Picture Association.
Kelly owned the Englewood Theater and Realty Corp, which owned the Plaza Theater on Van Brunt Street. He also owned the Palisade Theater Corp, which owned the Grant Lee theater at Palisade Junction and Westwood Theater Company, which owned the Westwood Theater.Tags Theater -
Brennon, William E. (1936-2008)
Known as "Mr.B," William Brennon was the owner of the popular Brennon's Barber Shop.
His wife was Carol E. Taylor. He had five children. -
Ferber, Fred (1902-1980)
Fred Ferber was an Englewood resident famous for inventing the ballpoint pen. He founded Ferber Corp., Englewood, and worked with the company until 1963 when he sold his shares. He then began conservation work, selling half of his 6,800 acres of timberland which was eventually developed into a state park.
He was born in Austria and immigrated to Englewood in 1933. His wife was Hedwig Ferber. -
Butler, Margaret (1908?-1976)
Margaret Butler was an economics teacher in Englewood. She taught the fifth grade in Harlem and home economics at Dwight Morrow High School.
Butler became blind in 1945 and was an instructor at the Community House Social Service Federation in Englewood, teaching braille. She also founded Shining Light, an organization to help the blind community.
She was a member of numerous organizations, including the American Foundation of the Blind, the National Council of Negro Women of Bergen County, W.C. Handy Foundation of the Blind, and the New Jersey Commission of the Blind. She was awarded the Lydia Hayes Foundation Achievement Award in 1951. Butler attended St. Cecilia's Roman Catholic Church. -
Wright, Barbara E. (1927-2021)
Barbara E. Wright was a restaurant owner of two businesses, Black and White Taxi and Wright's Luncheonette. She was known for feeding neighbors in Englewood including impoverished families.
She was born June 12, 1927 in Teaneck New Jersey. Her parents were John and Alberta Blackman and she had two younger brothers, Harold and John.
She graduated from Dwight Morrow High School in 1947 and worked in the administrative and service industries. She married John T. Wright after meeting in 1949. She had four children, Pamela Valerie, Renard Gregory, Jeryl Louise, and Tami Alberta.
As for extended family, she had a stepsister Francine, and a stepbrother Dwight.
She had many grandchildren, Harold Wright, Kyle Wright, Rashay Wright, Rafael Williams, Shikira Cretella, John Wright II, Shanay Taylor, Brianna Wright, and Justin Wright.
Among her great-grandchildren are Hassan Renouf, Raven Wright, Nevaeh Wright, Naomi and Damon Cretella, Rhyan M and Rylee J Williams, and Jaelyn Wright.