Polk's Clearwater, Dunedin and Largo (Pinellas County, Fla.) City Directory including Baywood Shore, Belleair, Clearwater Beach, Dunedin Isles, Harbor Bluffs, Highland Park and Safety Harbor 1963, Part 1

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INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX

R. L. POLK & CO., publishers of more than 1,000 city, county, state and national Directories (pub- lishers of the Clearwater, Dunedin and Largo Directory since 1920), presents to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1963 edition of the Clearwater, Dunedin and Largo City Directory, which also includes Baywood Shore, Bellair, Clearwater Beach, Dunedin Isles, Harbor Bluffs, Highland Park and Safety Harbor.

Confidence in the growth of Clearwater, Dunedin and Largo's industry, population and wealth, and in the advancement of their civic and social activities, will be maintained as sections of this Directory are consulted, for the Directory is a mirror truly reflecting Clearwater, Dunedin and Largo to the world.

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Four Major Departments

The four major departments are arranged in the following order: --

I. THE BUYERS' GUIDE constitutes the first major department of the Directory, printed on yellow paper. In the first section of this department, grouped under appropriate headings, are included the advertisements and business cards of firms and individuals desiring to make a complete presentation of their products or services. Following this is the Classified Business section, which embraces a list of the names and addresses of all business and professional concerns of the communities, arranged in alphabetical order under appropriate headings-a catalog of all the activities of the communities. The Buyers' Guide represents reference advertising at its best, and merits the attention of all buyers and sellers seeking sources of supply or markets for goods. In busy and diversified communities like Clear- water, Dunedin and Largo, the necessity of having this kind of information up-to-date and always im- mediately available, is obvious. The Directory is the common intermediary between buyer and seller, and plays an important role in the daily activities of the commercial, industrial and professional world.

II. THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and business and professional concerns, is the second major department, printed on white paper. This is the only record in existence that aims to show the name, marital status, occupation and address of each adult resident of Clearwater, Dunedin and Largo, and the name, official personnal, nature and address of each firm and corporation in the city.

III. THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE is the third major department, printed on green paper. Inthis section the numbered streets are arranged in numerical order, followed by the named streets in alphabetical order; the numbers of the residences and business concerns are arranged in numerical order under the name of each street, and the names of the house- holders and concerns are placed opposite the numbers. The names of the intersecting streets appear at their respective crossing points on each street. Special features of this section are the designation of tenant-owned homes and the listing of telephone numbers.

IV. THE NUMERICAL TELEPHONE DIRECTORY is the fourth major department, printed on blue paper.

Community Publicity

The Directory reflects the achievements and ambitions of the community, depicting in unbiased terms what it has to offer as a place of residence, as a business location, as a resort and as an educational center. To broadcast this information, the publishers have placed copies of this issue of the Directory in Directory Libraries, where they are readily available for free public reference, and serve as perpetual and reliable advertisements of Clearwater, Dunedin and Largo.

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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS Page numbers below refer to the Buyers' Guide Section

Page

A & B Electric .

right side lines and

A-1 Lock & Saw Service.

.left side lines and 62

Abco Terrazzo and Masonry

left side lines and

Above-All Roofing Tile Co .

right side lines and

Ace Liquor Stores

left side lines and

Affleck-Morrison Realtors

right side lines and

Alvin's Beauty Salon

left bottom lines and

Arch Royal Funeral Home

right side lines and

Astaire Fred Dance Studio

left top lines and

Aton Music Co of Clearwater

bottom stencil, left side lines and

Auto Electric . .

right bottom lines and

Bailey Marshall Builder Inc

Bank of Clearwater

back cover, top stencil and

Barlow Newt B.

.right side lines and

Belleair Realty Inc

left bottom lines and

Bilgore David & Co Inc

. right side lines and

Bill & Hazel's Super Beauty Shop

right side lines and

Bivins Roofing Co.

. left side lines and

Blackburn Bros Paint Store

right side lines and

Bosley Marine Construction

left top lines and

Brandenburg & McMullen Enterprises

left top lines and

Brandenburg's Feed Store

left top lines and

. Brandenburg's Hatchery

left top lines and

Brann's Auto Parts .

right side lines and

Brooking Ford Tractor Co

right side lines and

Brown Henry W & Sons Inc .

right side lines and

Bud's Electric Motor Service

right side lines and

C & R Marine.

Campbell Paving Co

Central Roofing Service Inc

right top lines and

"Checker Cab" Inc

right bottom lines and

Ciolli & Sons .

City Cab of Clearwater Inc .

City Cab of Largo Inc.

City Fuel Oil Co .

right top lines and

City National Bank of Clearwater.

Clearwater Chamber of Commerce .Insert at Name in Alphabetical Section

Clearwater Electric Motor Service . right side lines and 41

Clearwater Federal Savings & Loan Association .

left top lines and

Clearwater Laundry

.right side lines and

Clearwater Lumber Inc

left side lines, 21 and

Clearwater Moving & Storage Co Inc.

right side lines and

Clearwater Paint Co.

Clearwater Roof Trusses Inc.

Clearwater Sun The.

.left bottom lines and

Clearwater Tile & Terrazzo Companies

right bottom lines and

Clearwater Window & Specialty Co Inc. . left side lines and

left side lines and

Cloninger Insurance Agency .

right top lines and

Cluster's Inc .

right side lines and

Collins Cedric H Inc

right side lines and

Condon-Meek Inc .

left bottom lines and

Crooker Builders Supply Co

left top lines and

Crown Motor Co

. backbone and

Davis-Beatty Inc.

left top lines and 23 4

Dean Roofing & Sheet Metal Co

front stencil, A and

Dempsey's Fuel Oil . right side lines and 46 62 Diamond Bar & Package Store. · 13

left side lines and

left top lines and 80

Douglas Manufacturing.

right top lines and

24 84

Duke Realty .

right top cards and

Dunham's Surgical Appliance Service

left side lines and

Ernst H E . · . .

right top lines and

Finest Homes By Fan Builders

right side lines and

First Federal Savings & Loan Association of Clearwater

. back cover, C and 91

First National Bank of Clearwater The .

front cover, right bottom lines and

44 9 100 51 41 20 31 89 93

left bottom lines and 73 93 left side lines and 93 46

Clearwater-Largo Real Estate

. front cover and 90 84 60 64 68 72 87 front cover and 69 96

Clearwater Yellow Cab Co Inc .

Concrete Blocks Inc

22 94 57 50 84 24 55 22 8

Bouchard Carl T Funeral Home

80 27 20 89 73 40 47 44 44

Arlington Memorial Chapels Inc

84 20 50 50 37

75 7 30

89 61

Dimmitt Larry Inc

Douglas Dorothy Inc.

INDEX TO ADVERTISERS

First National Bank of Dunedin

right side lines and

Fix-All Glass Co No 2 .

left side lines and

Floral Gardens . .

left side lines and

Florida Bonded Title Co .

left bottom lines and

Florida Institute of Technology Elise Frank School of Art

Florida Power Corp .

right top cards and

Foremost Dairies Inc.

left side lines and

Friedt K L.

left side lines and

Fulmer Photo Service

left side lines and

Garden City of Clearwater Inc

right bottom lines and

Garden Sanctuary Inc The .

left side lines and

Gem Sand Co Inc. .

right side lines and

General Ready-Mixed Concrete Inc

right top lines and

Green Jeans Nurseries Inc.

right top lines and

Green's Fuel Insulation Inc

right side lines and

Gulf Discount House

Gulf Machinery Co. right bottom lines and

Gulf-To-Bay Bank .

right side lines and

Hamrick's Lumber Yard Inc.

Insert at Beginning of Street Guide and

Harbison George H.

. left top lines and right top lines and

Harpham Insurance Agency

Harris Paint Center.

right top lines and

Hart Electric Inc.

left side lines and

Haydon Paint Co.

Hayward Carol Accounting

Home & Trailer Bottled Gas Co

right side lines and

Homer Realty

Hood's Milk Inc

left side lines, Insert at Name in Alphabetical Section, 36 and

Hotel Sea View.

Hughey Construction Co (Not Inc)

left side lines and 59

Jack Tar Harrison Hotel & Motor Lodge

.left side lines and 53

Jamaica Inn of Dunedin Inc .

Kay's .

Keister Bob Agency

right bottom lines and

Kendall John M Jr .

Kenimer Rexall Drugs

Kennedy & Strickland Co

Kent Terrazzo Inc .

right side lines and

Kentronic Television

right side lines and Largo Motors

right top lines and

Largo Real Estate Inc

right side lines and

Largo Tile Co .

right top lines and

Lee Stanley F Inc

left bottom lines and

Lehigh Acres

Lokey Motor Co left top lines and 10

McBride's Redwood Ranch Restaurant

McGee T A Electrical Contractor

left bottom lines and

McMullen's Feed Store Inc . 45 and 51

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc .

left side lines and

Merz Record Shop

right top lines and

Miller Vernon M

right side lines and

Mitchell Roofing Service Inc

back cover, right top lines and

Modern Marine Inc

left side lines and

Montgomery Ward & Co

. right side lines and

38 6

Moss Funeral Home Inc

front and back covers and

Moss Funeral Home & Crematorium Inc

48 59

Napper Plastering Co .

35 24

National Cash Register Co The

left side lines and

National Real Estate Brokers Inc

back lip margin, 67 and 82

Nutt WA ..

. right side lines and left side lines and 35 74

Pelican Restaurant .

left top lines and 86

Perry Win .

Petelle R A Real Estate Inc .

right top lines and

Phillips "Heart of Clearwater" Motel .

right side lines and 68

Pinellas Central Bank & Trust Company.

Pinellas County Title Company .

. right side lines and

Kidder A M & Co Inc .

right top lines and 94 front cover and 101 58 left top lines and 56

Laney- Naylor

85 95 46 B

86 43

Miller Cable Co Inc

58 86 32 34

Keppie Travel Bureau Inc

right side lines and 54 65 right top lines and 57 32 40 13 . right side lines and 95

Iron Works Inc The

right top lines and 73 3 51 78 66 54 31

Hamilton H L Realty

Harris Pontiac Inc

Page 19 9 85 98 92 42 37 35 74 71 27 24 23 70 54 40 64 19 81 63 81 55 Z 10 44

Nacol Jewelers Inc

Ogg J Arlos Studios

Palm Pavilion Corp

INDEX TO ADVERTISERS

Polk R L & Co.

Powers Oldsmobile .

left side lines and

Pruitt Otis E Inc . Randolph Paul F Inc

front cover and

Rhodes John S Jr Funeral Director

right top lines and

Ridgewood Groves Inc

. left top lines and . left top lines and

33 33

Rodgers Corner Inc . left bottom lines and

Rodgers Cut Rate Liquors.

left bottom lines and 61

Rodgers, Rodgers & Cummings Inc .

Rogers Albert P Inc .

Russell Jack Oil Co Inc

S & J Builders Inc .

Safety Harbor Motors

Scalf William H "Bill'

Scot's Realty .

Sea View Hotel

Seaman's Cove

Short's Inc .

Sichterman H Jeweler

State Farm Insurance Companies.

Stone Al Plumbing Inc.

Stone-Bolton Buick Inc .

Strang W E Inc .

Sullivan & King Inc

Sunset Air Conditioning

back cover, left bottom lines and

Superior Auto Service Inc

Sweat's Flower Shop .

Sylvan Abbey Memorial Park & Mausoleum

Taylor Bruce

Tharin Agency

Top Value Used Cars Inc

Tubolino A Tony .

United Sports & Toys

Vince Anna's Restaurant

Vitesse Imported Parts Inc.

Wagner Milton Inc.

Ware & Sons Inc .

Wesco Advertising Inc.

West Coast Awning Co (Not Inc).

West Coast Title Co.

back cover, right bottom lines, 2 and

Wiesner John H Quality Cabinets & Woodwork.

Wiley Lee Sales

Wm Henry Inc

right bottom lines and

Williams Bud Plumbing Co

right bottom lines and

Williams Nursery .

left bottom lines and

Witt Eli Cigar Division, Havatampa Cigar Corp

. right side lines and

99 77

Woody The Printer

right bottom lines and

Zeyak Michael .

right side lines and

front cover, 58, 68 and 82 .right side lines and .front lip margin and 83 52 85 11 right side lines and right side lines and 33 34 54 87 28 right top lines and 59 56 77 right side lines and . back cover and 12 29 right bottom lines and 59 5 right side lines and left side lines and 14 45 front cover and back cover, 57 and 26 83 85 12 .right side lines and right side lines and left side lines and 85 99 87 14 right side lines and right bottom lines and 34 right side lines and left side lines and 76 3 14 97 25 67 38

Page 39 11 13 79 49

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CLEARWATER

"THE SPRINGTIME CITY"

"THE SUMMER CITY ON THE GULF"

(Courtesy Clearwater Chamber of Commerce)

Statistical Review

Clearwater -- County seat of Pinellas County.

Form of Government-City Manager-commission.

Population -- 34,653 (U. S. Census 1960).

Area-17.6 square miles.

Altitude -- 32 feet above sea level (average).

Climate -- Mean annual temperature, 70.9 degrees F .; mean summer, 77.3, mean winter 64.4.

Average annual rainfall -- 54.21 inches.

Parks-22, with approximate total of 233 acres.

Assessed Valuation -- $180,344,007.

Bonded Debt-$2,153,000.

Financial Data -- 4 banks and 2 building and loan associations.

Postal Receipts -- $1,002,221.75

Telephones in Service-49,359 (through December, 1962) (Clearwater Telephone Exchange includes Clearwater, Dunedin, Safety Harbor, Largo and Indian Rocks).

Churches-35, representing 18 denominations.

Industry -- Chief business activities are tourist trade, building and light manufacturing.

Trade Area -- Retail area covers 400 square miles with population of 100,000 (estimate).

Newspapers-1 daily and Sunday.

Hotels-12, with total of 697 rooms, in immediate vicinity.

Motels -- 90, with 1,091 units.

Apartment houses-369 with 2,705 units.

Railroads -- 2: Atlantic Coast Line and Seaboard Air Line.

Highways-U. S. 19; State 55, 60, 590, 686 and 699.

Airports-2: City Airport for private planes, and St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport, commercial field 9.9 miles from city, used by National Airlines, Eastern Airlines, Delta Airlines, North- west "Orient" Airlines and several others for cargo and passengers.

Amusements -- Largest auditorium in city seats 1,599 persons. City Hall Auditorium has a seating capacity of 600 and Memorial Civic Center seats 400. 3 moving-picture theatres, with total seating capac- ity of 5,000 persons and Little Theatre seating 200. Eight golf courses within 10 mile radius.

Hospitals-1, with 215 beds.

Education -- 11 public schools, including 1 senior high and 2 junior high. 10 private schools.

Public Libraries-1, with 85,000 volumes, circulation 203,000 books annually.

City Statistics -- Paved street mileage 162.9 (Dec. 31, 1961). Miles of gas mains, 178; sewers, 192.7. Number of water meters, 18,365; electric power customers, 44, 738; gas meters, 5,811. Daily average pumpage of water works, 5,000,000 gallons; miles of water mains, 255.67. Fire department has 64 men and 2 secretaries, with 4 stations and 13 pieces of motor equipment. Police department has 98 men, with 1 station and 29 pieces of motor equipment.

General Review

Famed as Florida's "Springtime City" and "Summer City on the Gulf," Clearwater is the seat of government for Pinellas County, and visitors from throughout the world have proclaimed it one of the most beautiful communities in the U. S.

Located on the highest coastal point in Florida, Clearwater is a city of hospitable homes, broad streets and avenues. Clearwater stands at the hub of a newtork of highways, enabling the winter visitor to spend an entire season here while touring the State from Pinellas County seat. Once visitors take up residence in Clearwater, however, few desire to journey further, because entertainment and recreation are found in abundance.

Clearwater is served by two trunk-line railroads-Atlantic Coast Line and Seaboard Air Line. Both systems link Florida with other sections of the nation. Each operate both regular and deluxe trains be- tween Clearwater and all points in the North, East and West. The visitor can entrain for Clearwater aboard such noted trains as the "Silver Meteor," and "Silver Star" via the Seaboard system and via the "West Coast Champion" and "Havana Special," Atlantic Coast Line trains. As a result of the superlative railroad service, visitors to Clearwater are able to board a train in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and many other cities, and remain in their cars as the Pullmans are whisked from winter's ice and snow to the scenic marvels of the sub-tropics.

Two major international airports provide Clearwater with exceptionally convenient service to every part of the U. S., the Carribean area and South America. The Clearwater-St. Petersburg International

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Airport and the Tampa International Airport both are connected with downtown Clearwater by fast, modern highways. Private airplanes can be taken care of at the Clearwater Airpark located within the city limits of Clearwater.

An up-to-date system of passenger busses operates within the city, as well as between Clearwater and Tampa, Tarpon Springs, St. Petersburg and all points on the Florida East Coast.

Many visitors have remarked onthe geographical similarity between Clearwater and Clearwater Beach and Miami and Miami Beach. In Clearwater, as in the Dade County metropolis, the mainland city is linked with the beach resort by a palm-lined causeway. Between Clearwater and Clearwater Beach are two bridges, both open to fishermen. Bait is available at the main drawbridge just west of the mainland approach to the causeway, and devotees of deep-sea fishing have at their disposal a fleet of charter craft, moored at the Clearwater Marina.

The beach comprises a long, somewhat narrow key, with the bathing strip facing the blue-green Gulf of Mexico on the West and Clearwater Bay on the East. On this island are all the attractions required for the perfect seaside vacation, including bathing pavillions, 2 fine fishing piers, spacious hotels, a modernistic beach clubhouse, the new Memorial Civic Center, a municipal marina, the clubhouse and boat slips of the Clearwater Yacht Club, and broad winding boulevards lined with homes and apartments. On the North end of the island is located the exclusive Carlouel residential section, with its own Carlouel Club, tennis courts and boat slips.

On the mainland, in the City Park, are located excellent facilities for lawn bowling, shuffleboard and horseshoe-pitching. Individual clubs have been organized for these games, each having its own clubhouse where card parties and other social activities are participated in by the members and their friends.

Eight splendid 18-hole golf courses are located within a 10-mile radius of Clearwater, including the 18-hole course of the Clearwater Country Club. Six are open the year around. Those visiting here find these courses all popular. Most have fine clubhouses with artistic furnishings and commodious shower and locker rooms for both ladies and gentlemen. The grass greens are large and scientifically designed and located, the fairways are interesting and have good natural hazards. A Par 3 Golf course also is here.

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Polk's Clearwater, Dunedin and Largo (Pinellas County, Fla.) City Directory including Baywood Shore, Belleair, Clearwater Beach, Dunedin Isles, Harbor Bluffs, Highland Park and Safety Harbor 1963, Part 1

Author: Publication date: 1963 Publisher: R.L. Polk & Co. Number of Pages: 1136

Author:
Publication date: 1963
Publisher: R.L. Polk & Co.
Number of Pages: 1136