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 1964, Part 1

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CITY DIRECTORY 1964

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Including Baywood Shore, Belleair, Clearwater Beach, Dunedin Isles, Harbor Bluffs, Highland Park and Safety Harbor

CONTAINS:

· Buyers' Guide and a complete classified business directory

· Alphabetical directory of business concerns and private citizens

· Complete street and avenue guide, including a list of householders, and occupants of office buildings and other business places, with telephones

· Numerical telephone directory

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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 1964 edition of the Clearwater, Dunedin and Largo City Directory, which also includes Baywood Shore, Belleair, 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.

The enviable position occupied by R. L. POLK & CO.'S Directories in the estimation of the public throughout the country, has been established by rendering the best in Directory service. With an un- rivaled organization, and having had the courteous and hearty cooperation of the business and profes- sional men and residents, the publishers feel that the result of their labors will meet with the approval of every user and that the Clearwater, Dunedin and Largo Directory will fulfill its mission as a source of authentic information pertaining to the communities.

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 ad- vertisements 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 personnel, nature and address of each firm and corporation in the commu- nities.

III. THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE is the third major department, printed on green paper. In this section the numbered streets are arranged in numeri- cal order, followed by the named streets in alphabetical order; the numbers of the residences and busi- ness concerns are arranged in numerical order under the name of each street, and the names of the householders and concerns are placed opposite the numbers. The names of the intersecting streets ap- pear at their respective crossing points on each street. Special features of this section are the designa- tion 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 per- petual and reliable advertisements of Clearwater, Dunedin and Largo.

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

A-1 Hiller's Lock & Saw Service

Above-All Roofing Tile Co .

Allen & Dean Bonded Warehouse & Transfer Inc

Andrews F M & Associates

Arch Royal Funeral Home.

Area Printing

right side lines and

Arlington Memorial Chapels Inc

right side lines and

Atech, Inc of Florida .

right side lines and

Aton Music Co of Clearwater Inc

.left side lines and

Auto Electric .

.right bottom lines and

Bank of Clearwater

top stencil, back cover, 14 and

Barlow Newt B .

right side lines and

Bayshore Drugs Inc

.left bottom lines and

Belleair Realty Inc

left bottom lines and

Bett's Modern Floors Inc

left side lines and

Bilgore David & Co Inc

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 Feed Store

left top lines and

Brandenburg Hatchery

left top lines and

Brann's Auto Parts

.right side lines and

Britton Charles A .

right side lines and

Broadway Pharmacy

left bottom lines and

Brown Henry W & Sons Inc

.right side lines and

Bud's Electric Motor Service

. right side lines and

C and E Auto Painting

. left side lines and

C & R Marine. .

Campbell Paving Company .

left side lines and

Central Roofing Service Inc

right top lines and

Chesnut & Lee Inc Insurance .

left top lines and

Chesnut & Lee Real Estate Inc

left top lines and

Chris' Used Furniture .

City Cab of Largo Inc.

City Fuel Oil Co .

right top lines and

City National Bank of Clearwater

left bottom lines and

Clear Motors Inc .

. left side lines and

Clearwater Federal Savings & Loan Association

front cover and

Clearwater-Largo Real Estate

. left top lines and

Clearwater Laundry .

right side lines and

Clearwater Lumber Inc

left side lines, 19 and

Clearwater Moving & Storage Co Inc .

right side lines and

Clearwater Music Center

.left side lines and

Clearwater Paint Co

.front cover and

Clearwater Roof Trusses Inc

Clearwater Sun .

left bottom lines and

Clearwater Tile & Terrazzo Companies

right bottom lines and

Clearwater Window & Specialty Co Inc

. left side lines and

Clearwater Yellow Cab Co Inc

left side lines and

Cloninger Insurance Agency

.right top lines and

Coleman M L

.left side lines and

Collins Cedric H Inc

.right side lines and

Condon-Meek Inc .

bottom stencil, left bottom lines and

Credit Bureau Clearwater- Collection Division Inc

. left top lines and

Crooker Builders Supply Co

left bottom lines and

Crown Motor Co .

. . backbone and

Custer Jerry Builder-Designer

right side lines and

Davis-Beatty Inc .

left top lines and

Dean Roofing & Sheet Metal Inc

front stencil, A and

Diamond Bar & Package Store.

Dimmitt Larry Inc .

left side lines and

Douglas Dorothy Inc

. left top lines and

Douglas Manufacturing

right top lines and

Duke Realty .

right top corner cards and

Edmunds David

left bottom lines, right bottom lines and

Ernst H E . .right top lines and

Feaster Memorial Home

right bottom lines and

First Federal Savings & Loan Association of Clearwater .back cover, C and

37 13 19 33 89 55 83 49 92 43 15 9 90 83 57 62 66 67 71 87 68 94 20 93 55 77 84 52 26 20 8 30 21 4 58 10 76 22 84 27 74 48

Bouchard Carl T Funeral Home

right side lines and right side lines and

Page 60 89 66 3 48 76 48 72 74 12 59 29 36 81 42 24 87 72 35 45 41 41 11 32 36 50

INDEX TO ADVERTISERS

First National Bank of Clearwater First National Bank of Dunedin

Flaherty Trailer Supplies.

Floral Gardens .

Florida Bonded Title Co

Florida Institute of Technology Elsie Frank School of Art.

Florida Power Corp .

right corner cards and

Foremost Dairies Inc

. left side lines and

Friedt K L .

Fulmer Photo Service

. left side lines and

Garden City of Clearwater Inc

.right bottom lines and

Garden Sanctuary Inc The

.right side lines and

General Mechanical Inc

General Ready-Mixed Concrete Inc

right top lines and

Goppert & Cochran Plumbing

. left side lines and

Greater Clearwater Chamber of Commerce Insert at Name in Alphabetical Section

Green Jeans Nurseries Inc

right top lines and

Green's Fuel Insulation Inc.

Greenwood Pharmacy.

left bottom lines and right bottom lines and

Gulf-To-Bay Bank.

. Insert at beginning of Street Guide and

Harbison George H .

.left top lines and

Harpham Insurance Agency

right top lines and

Harris Pontiac Inc.

right top lines and

Hart Electric Inc

left side lines and

Haydon Paint Co

left top lines and

Highland Pharmacy

left bottom lines and Homer Realty

. left bottom lines and

Isham Russell A Real Estate

.left bottom lines and

K & K Co

right side lines and

Kay's .

.right bottom lines and

Kent Terrazzo Inc

right top lines and

Kentronic Television .

right top lines and 93

Keppie Travel Bureau Inc

front cover and

Laney-Naylor

right side lines and

Largo Motors Inc

.right top lines and

Largo Real Estate Inc

.left top lines and

Mather of Clearwater Inc

. left bottom lines and

McBride's Redwood Ranch Restaurant.

McGee T A Electrical Contractor

left bottom lines and

McMullen Robert J Enterprises Inc

.left top lines and

McMullen's Feed Store Inc

left side lines and

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc.

.right side lines and

Miller Vernon M

right side lines and

Mitchell Roofing Service Inc.

right top lines, back cover and

Modern Marine Inc .

, left side lines and 19

Montgomery Ward & Co

.right side lines and

Moss Funeral Home & Crematorium Inc. bottom margin front cover, bottom margin back cover,

.7 and 46

National Real Estate Brokers Inc.

back lip margin and

Ogg J Arlos Studios

left side lines and

Palm Pavilion Corp.

Parker Electric.

Pelican Restaurant

.left top lines and

Phillips "Heart of Clearwater" Motel

right side lines and

Pinellas Central Bank & Trust Co

right side lines and

Powers Oldsmobile

.right side lines and

Protane Corporation The

right side lines and

Pruitt Otis E Inc

left side lines and

10 80

Randolph Paul F Inc

front cover and

Rhodes John S Jr Funeral Director

. right top lines and

Ricky Chek Mobile Homes Inc

.left side lines and

Ridgewood Groves Inc

.left top lines and

Ridgewood Mountain Village

Rodgers, Rodgers & Cummings Inc .

front cover, 55, 66 and

Rogers Albert P Inc .

. right side lines and

Russell Jack Oil Co Inc

front lip margin and

44 85

Salamone Realty.

Page

right bottom lines, front cover and right side lines and left side lines and left bottom lines and 18 97 84 96 92 38 33 33 73 69 22 32

21 75 69

51 36 62 18 61 81 53 10 39 73 36 78 64 70

Gulf Machinery Company

Hamrick's Lumber Yard Inc

left bottom lines and Hood's Milk Inc Insert at Name in Alphabetical Section, left side lines, 34 and

Independent Music Co Inc

84 30 63 55 94

Keister Bob Agency

98 53 10 85 9 49 86 40 41

Lokey Motor Co .

Merchants Service Bureau Inc

. . 41 and 50 25 56 32 88

18 39 86 66 17 96 13 51

Pinellas County Title Co

47 65 31 31 82

right side lines and

INDEX TO ADVERTISERS

Scalf Wm H "Bill"

Sea View Hotel .

Seaman's Cove

Semlow Al Television Service

Short's Inc .

Sichterman H Jeweler

State Farm Insurance Companies

right side lines and

Stone- Bolton Buick Inc

right side lines and 11 28

Strang W E Inc .

back cover and

Sullivan & King Inc

right bottom lines and

Sun Craft Products

right side lines and

Sunset Air Conditioning .

back cover, left bottom lines and

Sweat's Flower Shop .

. left side lines and

Sylvan Abbey Memorial Park & Mausoleum

front cover and

Taylor Bruce

back cover, 54 and

Tharin Agency

right side lines and

Top Value Used Cars Inc

.right side lines and

Touchton's Nursery & Landscaping

. right side lines and

Ware & Sons Inc .

right bottom lines and

Wesco Advertising Inc

.right side lines and

West Coast Awning Co

left side lines and

West Coast Title Co

back cover, right bottom lines, 2 and

Wiley Lee Sales Inc. .

Wm Henry Inc .

right bottom lines and

Williams Bud Plumbing Co

right bottom lines and

Witt Eli Cigar Division Havatampa Cigar Corp .

.right side lines and

Wolf Brothers Inc

. . right side lines and

Woody The Printer

right bottom lines and 76

Page 31 51 86

right side lines and right top lines and

93 24 56 54

56 6 5

42 23 83 85 11

75 3

13 95 92 65 35 75

White's Shells & Crafts

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-21.1 square miles.

Altitude-32 feet above sea level (average).

Climate-Mean annual temperature, 72.8 degrees F .; mean summer, 77.3 degrees, mean winter 64.4 degrees.

Average annual rainfall-54.27 inches.

Parks -- 22, with approximate total of 233 acres.

Assessed Valuation-$193,776,413.

Bonded Debt-$1,756,000.

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

Postal Receipts -- $1,148,568.

Telephones in Service -- 53,142 (through December, 1963). (Clearwater Telephone Exchange includes Clearwater, Dunedin, Safety Harbor, Largo and Indian Rocks).

Churches-48, representing 18 denominations.

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

Apartments and Motels -- 485, with 4,576 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, Northwest "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 ca- pacity of 5,000 persons and Little Theatre seating 200. Eight golf courses within 10 mile radius.

Hospitals -- 1, with 278 beds.

Education-13 public schools, including 1 senior high and 2 junior high. 16 private schools. Public Libraries-1, with 85,000 volumes, circulation 203,000 books annually.

City Statistics -- Paved street mileage 202 (Dec. 31, 1963). Miles of gas mains, 201; sewers, 165 miles. Number of water meters, 19,605; electric power customers, 50,650; gas meters, 5,989. Daily average pumpage of water works, 5,000,000 gallons; miles of water mains, 267.66. Fire department has 78 men and 2 secretaries, with 4 stations and 15 pieces of motor equipment. Police department has 102 personnel, 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 network 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 superla- tive railroad service, visitors to Clearwater are able to board a train in New York, Chicago, Philadel- phia 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 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.

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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 on the 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 main- land 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.

Visitors to Clearwater find a community aware of its possibilities and sparked by an aggressive Chamber of Commerce. Service clubs of the city include Rotary, Kiwanis, Lions, Civitan, Optimist, Pilot and Exchange, each meeting weekly. Veterans' organizations comprise the Turner-Brandon Post of the American Legion, Clearwater Chapter of Disabled American Veterans, Old Fort Harrison Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Clearwater Camp No. 40 of the United Spanish War Veterans, Marine Corps League and Retired Officers Club.

On the cultural side, Clearwater has a fine public library that began over 40 years ago with a small collection housed in one room over a downtown bank, and today has 85,000 volumes. The library building on North Osceola Avenue and Sunset Court was presented to the community by Andrew Carnegie in 1916 and was enlarged in 1938 and again in 1961. The library is open each weekday from 9 A.M. to 8 P. M. except Saturdays when it closes at 5 P. M. In addition to the excellent library, there is the Florida Gulf Coast Art Center. This is one of the most active groups in the City. An average of 17 exhibits are shown during the winter season, with an approximate attendance of 21,000 visitors. Clearwater has a progressive Little Theatre which gives a week-long play each month, November through April, in its own Francis Wilson Playhouse. Two fine orchestras, the Clearwater Symphony and the Florida Phil- harmonic, each presents concerts in the city throughout the season, and the Clearwater Concert Association brings excellent talent for several concerts.

Notwithstanding the resort atmosphere, Clearwater is distinctly unlike the conventional resort in that it has been built on a stable year around foundation. It has gained an international reputation among Florida's convention cities, also.

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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 1964, Part 1

Author: Publication date: 1964 Publisher: R.L. Polk & Co. Number of Pages: 1206

Author:
Publication date: 1964
Publisher: R.L. Polk & Co.
Number of Pages: 1206