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Agency Director
Calvin F. Vismale was appointed as the Agency Director of the United Mutual Life Insurance Company, the largest black-owned insurance company in 1955. -
Appoint Reciever For Cliffs Club
The Roy-Nell catering company which owned the nightclub Harlem-on-the-Hudson was liquidated. -
Baumgart's
Baumgart's was a Chinese-American restaurant in Englewood. The cafe opened in 1944 and in 1988 began adding Chinese-American fusion to their menu. -
Bennigan's
Bennigans is an Irish pub food chain. There was a restaurant in Englewood on 412 South Van Brunt Street.Tags Businesses -
Blue Moon Bar and Grill "The Bloody Bucket"
Blue Moon Bar and Grill or "The Bloody Bucket" was a bar in Englewood. The bar ran into legal trouble in 1944 when its liquor license was lost for forty days as the bar was accused of selling illicit alcohol. -
Booth, William Agur (1805-1895)
William Angus Booth was a banker and businessman. In 1821 he started a business, Tomlinson & Booth. He was also one of the men who organized the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Company. He was a trustee of the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad Company and the Director of the Cincinnati, Lafayette, and Indianapolis Railroad Company. He was president of the Third National Bank. He was president of the American Exchange Bank from 1857 to 1860. He became president of the Third National Bank in 1878 and retired in 1892. He was also a member of the First Presbyterian Church. He was involved with missions and charity. He was a trustee of the American Tract Society of Boston and the American and Foreign Christian Union. He was also president of the Children's Aid Society from 1861 to 1889 and of the Trustees of the Syrian Protestant College. He was a trustee of the Robert College in Constantinople as well. His first marriage was to Alida L. Russell. His second marriage was to Louisa Edgar. He had six children, Robert Russell, William Tomlinson, Edgar H., Henry Matthias, Theodore L, and Frederick Augustus. -
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. -
Coe, George Simmons, Sr. (1817-1896)
George Simmons Coe was the president of the American Exchange Bank and a resident of Englewood Cliffs. He became the president of the National Bankers Association in 1881. He was also the treasurer of the Children's Aid Society. He acted as a director of the Mutual Life Insurance Company, the Fidelity and Casualty Insurance Company, and the Postal Telegraph Company. He was a trustee of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church. He also was an advisor on finances during the Civil War.
His nephews were George S. Coe Jr. and Louis Coe. His brother was William P. Coe. He married Almira Stanley Coe in 1843. She passed in 1844 and Coe married Mary Emma Duryee Coe. He had five children. -
Coe, Louis Stevenson (1863-1939)
Louis Stevenson Coe was a business owner who grew up in Englewood. He established and owned the New Jersey Paper Tube Company. He ran and was elected to the Board of Freeholders. He was also head of the Englewood Field Club.
His father was William Patten Coe and his brother was George Simmons Coe Jr. He was the nephew of George Simmons Coe Sr. He married Anne E. Burdett. He had two daughters, Julie Burdett Coe Papst and Marie Clinton. -
Connie's Tavern
Connie's Tavern was a bar located in Englewood. James Twomey owned the establishment.