Polk's Clearwater (Pinellas County, Fla.) City Directory including Belleair and Clearwater Beach 1954, Part 1

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Phone 3-2260


Lumber and Building Materials W. W. BLACKBURN CO.,


PHONE 3-1193


Incorporated 601-605 Pennsylvania Ave.


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Syluan Abbey Memorial Hark


Mausoleum


"A Burial Park of Distinction"


Perpetual Care


PHONE 7-3111 Between Clearwater and Safety Harbor, County Road No. 50


Clearwater Paint Co.


BURNICE HAMILTON, Owner THOS. J. HAYDON, Mgr.


HYDALL One Coat House Paint


PAINT GLASS WALL PAPER SUPPLIES


HYDALL Skrub-it Flat Enamel


304 S. PROSPECT AVE. PHONE 3-1362


MAURICE M. CONDON


REALTOR


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425 Cleveland St.


Phones 3-1121 and 3-1352


428 CLEVELAND


HERBERT GRICE - PHARMACIST


PHONE 3-3048


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MOSS Funeral Home


AMBULANCE SERVICE


PHONE 3-2375


REALTOR


INSURANCE - MORTGAGE LOANS


Drug's


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(PINELLAS COUNTY, FLA.) CITY DIRECTORY 1954


Including Belleair and Clearwater Beach


Containing an Alphabetical Directory of Business Concerns and Private Citizens, a Directory of Householders, Occupants of Office Buildings and Other Business Places, Including a Complete Street and Avenue Guide, a Numeri- cal Telephone Directory; Also A


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POLK'S CLEARWATER


(PINELLAS COUNTY, FLA.) CITY DIRECTORY 1954


Including Belleair and Clearwater Beach


Containing an Alphabetical Directory of Business Concerns and Private Citizens, a Directory of Householders, Occupants of Office Buildings and Other Business Places, Including a Complete Street and Avenue Guide, a Numeri- cal Telephone Directory; Also A


BUYERS' GUIDE


and a Complete


Classified Business Directory FOR CONTENTS SEE INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX ON PAGE III


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Copyright, 1954, by R. L. Polk & Co., Inc.


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PUBLISHERS NOTE


The information in this Directory is gathered by an actual canvass and is compiled in a way to insure maximum accuracy.


The publishers cannet and do not guarantee the cor- rectness of all information furnished them nor the complete absence of errors or omissions,' hence no responsibility for same can be or is assumed.


The publishers earnestly equest the bringing to their attention of any inaccuracy so that it may be corrected in the next edition of the directory.


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INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX


R. L. POLK & CO., publishers of more than 750 city, county, state and national Directories, (publishers of the Clearwater City Directory since 1920), present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1954 edition of the Clearwater, Dunedin and Largo City Directory, which also includes Belleair and Clearwater Beach.


Confidence in the growth of the community's industry, population and wealth, and in the advancement of its civic and social activities, will be maintained as sections of this Directory are consulted, for the Directory is a mirror truly reflecting the community 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 estab- lished by rendering the best in Directory service. With an unrivaled organization, and having had the courteous and hearty cooperation of the business and professional 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 community.


Five Major Departments (Each department beginning with Page 1)


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


I. THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and business and professional concerns of Clearwater, Belleair and Clearwater Beach is the first major department, printed on white paper. This is the only record in existence that aims to show the name, marital status, occupa- tion and address of each adult resident of the community, and the name, official personnel, nature and address of each firm and corporation. Similar lists for Dunedin and Largo appear farther on in the Directory.


II. THE BUYERS' GUIDE, the second major department, printed on goldenrod paper, contains the advertisements of leading business and professional interests of Clearwater, Dunedin and Largo. The advertise- ments are indexed under headings descriptive of the business represented. This is reference advertising at its best, and merits a survey by all buyers eager tofamiliarize themselves with sources of supply. In a progressive community like Clearwater, the necessity of having this kind of informa- tion immediately available, is obvious. General appreciation of this fact is evidenced by the many reference users of this City Directory service.


III. THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is the third major de- partment, printed on yellow paper. This department lists the names of all business and professional concerns of the whole community in alpha- betical order under appropriate headings. This feature constitutes an invaluable and indispensable catalog of the numerous interests of the com- munity. The Directory is the common intermediary between buyer and seller. As such it plays an important part in the daily activities of the commercial and professional world. More buyers and sellers meet through the Classified Business Directory than through any other medium.


IV THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, covering Clearwater, Belleair and Clearwater


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INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX


Beach, on pink paper, is the fourth major department. In this section the numbered streets are arranged numerically, followed by the named streets arranged 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 appear at their res- pective crossing points on each street. Features of this section are the designation of tenant-owned homes and the designation of homes and places of business having telephones. Similar guides for Dunedin and Largo will be found farther on in the Directory.


V. THE NUMERICAL TELEPHONE DIRECTORY, on blue paper, is the fifth major department, showing Clearwater, followed by Dunedin and Largo.


Community Publicity


The Directory reflects the achievements and ambitions of the com- munity, 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 cen- ter. 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 and vicinity.


The Clearwater Directory Library


Through the courtesy of the publishers of the Clearwater City Direc- tory, a Directory Library is maintained in the offices of the Clearwater Chamber of Commerce, for free reference by the general public. This is one of more than 600 Directory Libraries installed in the chief cities of the U. S. and Canada by members of the Association of North American Directory Publishers, under whose supervision the system is operated.


The publishers appreciatively, acknowledge the recognition by those progressive business and professional men who have demonstrated their confidence in the City Directory as an advertising medium, with assur- ance that it will bring a commensurate return.


R. L. POLK & CO., Publishers ..


INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION, THE YELLOW PAGES


A-A Trailers


Above-All Roofing Tile Co


left bottom lines and


Ace Auto Sales Inc .


Ace Body & Paint Shop


ACK Map & Reproductions


left bottom lines and


Alamo Fried Chicken


right center lines and


Alexander & Gauslin Inc .


right bottom lines and


Amor Manuel .


Arcade Drug Store (L) . tabbed Insert at Largo


Armston W H Co Inc (D)


back cover, top stencil and


Bank of Dunedin (D) tabbed Insert at Dunedin


Bartke's . . left top lines and 133 38 Bates Harvey W Batstone John K . . left center lines and 39 Beach Automatic Laundry left top lines and Beachcomber The 88 133 Becker Robert F right center lines and 122 Bell Milton E 39 Belleair Estates left bottom lines and 122 Belleair Garage . left side lines and 11 Belote J C & Son 40 Betts Modern Floors . . right side lines and Blackburn W W Co Inc . front cover, right side lines, 24 and 62 90 110 40 Bolton Fred . Booth Plastering Co right side lines and Bouchard Roger Insurance Agency . left top lines and 77 Bowman Distributors Insert at Classified Section Brandenburg's (D) . 60 Broadway Garage (D) 11 Brock Henry P right center lines and 41 right bottom lines and Bryan's . Campbell Paving Co 12 41 Carlton's Shoe Store left bottom lines and 141 Casity Fuel Oil Co (D) . 67 Chesnut & Lee . back cover, 77 and 123 66 City Fuel Oil Co right top lines and Clark Concrete Products 33 Clark Watt 42 12


Clear Motors Inc right side lines and left bottom lines and 23


Clearwater Boats Inc


Clearwater Chamber of Commerce.


. tabbed Insert at name in


Alphabetical Section


Clearwater Electric Appliance Co .left bottom lines and 57 Clearwater Food Market . left center lines and 72 73 Clearwater Hardware Co . .left side lines and 47 Clearwater Jersey Dairy . . left side lines and Clearwater Laundry . back cover, left top lines, 54 and 87 89 97


Clearwater Linen Service .right center lines and . left center lines and


Clearwater Mattress Factory


Clearwater Paint Co. front cover and 105 Clearwater Radiator Service Clearwater Septic Tank Co 13 137 100 Clearwater Sun The . . left bottom lines and 143


Clearwater Yellow Cabs


Clinton Foods Inc tabbed Insert at Dunedin


Page 145 135 10


10 23 132 111 34 38 18


Bank of Clearwater .


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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


Page


Cloninger Insurance Agency


right top lines and 78


Condon Maurice M .


. front cover and 112


Cooks Auto Supply


. left side lines and 13


Crown Motor Co .


. backbone and 6


Daniels Electric


front cover and


56


Daniels Signs Inc . left top lines and


142


Davis-Beatty (D)


left top lines, 25 and


Dean Roofing & Sheet Metal Co


. left side lines and


Dear Stancel


Dishman Harry (D)


123


Douglas Dorothy Inc (D)


back cover and 113


Dunedin Fish Co (D) .


61 73


Dunedin Hardware (D)


left bottom lines and


101


Edmunds David E.


right side lines and 42


Ellis Building Supply


left bottom lines and 29


Evans Ben M. .


right bottom lines and


114


Falzoni Peter & Son


. left side lines and


43 86


Fashion Cleaners & Laundry


left side lines, 55 and


Firestone Stores


right side lines and


14 136


Fleetwood Apartments Inc.


5


Floor Masters .


62


Florida Power Corporation


Foremost Dairies Inc


137


Friendly Loan Co.


left side lines and


89


Fussell's Drug Store


left side lines and


50


Gates Concrete Products


. left side lines and


General Ready-Mixed Concrete Inc


George Henry M


Glass Service Co Inc


left center lines and


Gordon John E


left center lines and


Grant's Pastry Shop


right side lines and


Green Thumb The


left center lines and


63 52


Grice Herbert Pharmacist


. front cover and


Gulf Coast Motor Line Inc .


left center lines and


Gulf Drugs


. right center lines and


Hamrick's Lumber Yard .


. left center lines and


Harbor Bluffs . ribbon book mark and


Harpham Insurance Agency Inc


. left bottom lines and


78 124


Harrington Real Estate (D)


right side lines and


53


Harris Pharmacy . right bottom lines and


Harrison Furniture Co.


right center lines and


Hart Electric


Helpy Selfy Laundry


Holcombe Elwyn H jr


left side lines and


124 49 B


Hotel West Coast right top lines and 74 44


Howell Jefferson T.


Hudson Construction & Excavating Co Inc (L)


44


Hungerford Al Realty


125


Indian Rock Nurseries Inc left bottom lines and


101*


Insco Auto Parts


14


Insul-Mastic Co of Hillsboro Inc.


148


34 26 107 72 43 17 109


Graves G F


Greenwood Pharmacy


right center lines and


51 30 52 65 92 115


Gulf Machinery Co


Harris Drive-In Pharmacy


right bottom lines and


53 69 58 88 59


Homer Realty Co.


Hood's Dairy . left center lines, right center lines and Hotel Sea Shell.


C 48


Frank Elise School of Art The


.back cover, Z and


19


First Federal Savings & Loan Association . First National Bank of Clearwater The


91 2 Y


Dunedin Times The (D)


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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


Page


James Venetian Blind Manufacturer


right center lines and 147


Jo-Fran Pet Shop .


. right top lines and 106


Keister Bob Insurance Agency


right bottom lines and 75


Kennedy & Strickland Co


back cover and 7


Kentronic Television


left bottom lines and


143


Keppie Travel Bureau


left top lines and 146


Kersey Noel.


right center lines and 125


Kibbee Forrest L


right side lines and


126


Kisbys Jewelers


right top lines and 85


Koch Edwin W "Ed"


right center lines and


45 126


Laney-Naylor .


right side lines and


79


Largo Insurance Agency (L)


. left side lines and 79 93 107


Largo Plumbing Service (L)


left side lines and


Laurance & Rutledge


left center lines and


35 141


Lee's Shoe Store Inc.


. left bottom lines and


Lester Nell Floral Shop


right center lines and left top lines and


63 140 45


Lockett Henry & Son


right top lines and


15


Loreant Tile Co


MacDonald J H & Sons Inc


right bottom lines and


144 84 108


Mather of Clearwater Inc


left bottom lines and


70


McGee T A Electrical Contractor right bottom lines and


57


McKisson Lumber Co


right bottom lines and


96


McMorris H Greer


left side lines and


Merrill & Grant Inc right top lines, 80 and


Mills Nursery .


right side lines and


Moody L B .


front and back cover, 4 and


Mullen Earl A


. left bottom lines and 127


Musick's Furniture &' Appliances right side lines and 70


Mutual Insurance Agency at Clearwater Inc . . . left side lines and


80


N&K Manufacturing Co left center lines, 104 and


Nacol Jewelers Inc . .right side lines and


Ogg J Arlos Photographer


Orange State Oil Co


right side lines and


Packard Clearwater Co Inc


.left side lines and


Palm Gardens Inc. . tabbed Insert at Numerical Telephone Section


20


Palmer Carl H (L)


tabbed Insert at Largo


Parker Electric


Pearce Realty


left bottom lines and 58 128 108 left top lines and 134 right side lines and 61 17


Pinellas Central Bank .


Pinellas Insurance Agency


right side lines and


81 94


Pinellas Lumber Co .


front and back lip margins, 28 and


Pinellas Nursery .


right side lines and 102 36


Quality House .


left center lines and


Randolph Paul F Inc


left top lines and 117


Ray- Allen Inc


right top lines and


32


Reeder's Rexall Drugs


right center lines and 53 81


Regar & Fields Inc


Reynolds Radio & Television right top lines and 110


Rhodes John S Inc.


Roberts Greenhouses


left top lines and 69 64


148 85 106 67


Owl Diner The


P&E Machinery Co


134 99 8


Palm Pavilion Corp (L)


Peck Plumbing & Appliances .


Pelican Restaurant


Pete and H L Feed Store.


146 127 102 144 116 68


Lind & Mapes Inc


Lokey Motor Co


. left side lines and


Lane Hazel M (L)


Largo Lumber Inc (L)


.tabbed Insert at Largo, 27 and


Madson's (L)


Modern Electronics


Moss' Funeral Home.


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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


Roberts Realty Robinson Bros Sunoco Service


.right side lines and 128 15


Robinson Concrete Specialties .


Rockaway Pavilion


Rodgers & Cummings Inc


Rodgers R L & Co . .left side lines and


St Anthony Corp right side lines and


St Petersburg Coca-Cola Bottling Co. front stencil and 22


Sandbar Restaurant & Cocktail Lounge Insert at name in Alphabetical Section


Sanford E M


Sea Captain Motel


Sea Shell 'Hotel


Seaboard Oil Co


Seavy Lumber Co


Seminole Nurseries (L). right top lines, tabbed Insert at Largo and Sheridan Martin J


Short's Men's Store


right top lines and


Silo Raymond P.


left side lines and


Skinner Francis L (D)


Smith Arthur Music Co


South Florida Nurseries right center lines and


Southern Dairies, Sealtest


Southern Propane Co


Star Furniture Co


Starzinger J O Agency


right side lines and


back cover and Strang W E Inc


Sunset Point Hotel .


Sunset Sheet Metal Shop


left side lines and


Sylvan Abbey Memorial Park and Mausoleum


. front cover and


Tach & Warren


bottom stencil and


Tarpon Tile Co (D)


Taylor Bruce . right bottom lines, 83 and


Tharin M R Agency ( D)


Thayer Motor Co Inc. front cover and


Tilley Jewelry Co .


Tucker Signs .


right center lines and


United Realty


Valentine Lumber Co


right top lines, 29 and


Walker W A Construction Co . left side lines and


Wallis-Johnson Supply Co . left top lines and


Ware's Taxi Service


Wayside Furniture Co left center lines and


Weimer Convalescent Home


.left center lines and


Wells Colin C


tabbed Insert at Streets


Wells W C Inc.


right top lines and


West Coast Hotel


White Frank T Inc right bottom lines, A and


Witter Realty


Workman & Company . right top lines and


Wyatt Realty


Wyllie Alfred C Inc . right top lines and


Wyngarden Lloyd . right bottom lines and


84


129 98 B 16 95 103 130 32 118 82 100 103 50 X 71 76 37 74 140 64 31 139 145 130 131 9 86 142 119 96 46 109 143 71 47 120 131 74 16 132 83 121 46


Page


.left center lines and 138 21 129 82 3


right side lines and right side lines and


right bottom lines and


right bottom lines and


Sweat's Flower Shop


Wells Clyde Realty .


CLEARWATER


"THE SPRINGTIME CITY"


"THE SUMMER CITY ON THE GULF" (Courtesy Clearwater Chamber of Commerce)


Statistical Review


Form of Government -- Manager-commission.


Population-15, 581 (U. S. Census 1950). 24, 000 estimated.


Area-16 square miles.


Altitude-32 feet above sea level (average).


Climate-Mean annual temperature, 72. 3 degrees F. ; mean summer,


80. 6; mean winter, 64. 2. Average annual rainfall, 45. 97 inches. Parks -- 7, with total of 36 acres.


Assessed Valuation-$56, 471, 590.


Bonded Debt-$3, 979, 000.


Financial Data-2 banks, with total deposits of $42, 707, 206. 86 (Dec. 31, 1952). 1 building and loan association, with deposits of $6, 862, 162, 28 (Dec. 1952).


Postal Receipts-$333, 584. 68 (calendar year 1952).


Telephones in Service-15, 077 (June 1953).


Churches -- 19, representing 12 denominations.


Industry-Chief business activities are packing and shipping of citrus fruits, fishing, gladiolus growing, and tourist trade.


Trade Area-Retail area covers 400 square miles, with population of 35, 000 estimate.


Newspapers -- 1 daily and Sunday.


Hotels-20, with total of 1, 511 rooms, in immediate vicinity.


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 Pinellas County Air- port, commercial field 9. 9 miles from city, used by National Airlines, Eastern Airlines and several others for cargo and passengers.


Amusements-Largest auditorium in city seats 2, 500 persons. City Hall Auditorium, with seating capacity of 600. 2 moving-picture theatres, with total seating capacity of 2, 500 persons. Little Theatre, with seating capacity of 200. 4 golf courses within 4-mile radius.


Hospitals-1, with 135 beds.


Education-6 public schools, including 1 senior high and 1 junior high. Public Libraries-1, with 50, 000 volumes; circulation, 85, 061 books annually.


City Statistics-Paved street mileage, 117. 16. Miles of gas main, 102; sewers, 107. Number of water meters, 9, 802; electric power custo- mers, 16, 431; gas meters, 5, 747. Daily average pumpage of water works, 2, 000, 000 gallons; miles of mains, 100. Fire department has 32 men, with 3 stations and 8 pieces of motor equipment. Police department has 50 men, with 1 station and 7 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 "Peerless Pinellas County, " and visitors from throughout the world have proclaimed it one of the most beautiful communities in the U. S.


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INTRODUCTION


Garden Memorial Causeway


Set like a jewel on the highest coastal point in Florida, Clearwater is a city of hospitable homes, broad streets and avenues, and magnificent vistas of seascape and tropical beauties unsurpassed on the North Ameri- can Continent. In many respects, Clearwater is a city untouched by the hand of the ruthless developer, yet possessing in abundance the metro- politan chic of many larger tourist centers. There is an unmistakable charm found in Clearwater, reminiscent of the "Old South. " Here one finds the spreading oaks, festooned with Spanish moss. Here, too, the flaming poinsettia and hibiscus paint backgrounds with lavish color.


Clearwater stands at the hub of a vast 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 re- creation 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 operates both regular and deluxe trains between Clear- water and all points in the North, East and West without change or trans- fer. The visitor can entrain for Clearwater aboard such noted trains as the "Silver Meteor, " "Florida Sunbeam, " "Orange Blossom Special" and "Southern States Special" via the Seaboard system, and the "Flori- dan" and "Dixieland, " the two crack 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.


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


Many visitors have remarked on the geographical similarity between


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INTRODUCTION


Clearwater and Clearwater Beach and Miami and Miami Beach. In Clear- water, as in the Dade County metropolis, the mainland city is linked with the beach resort by a palm-lined causeway. Only in Clearwater, the visi- tor can gaze out across Memorial Causeway, built in tribute to the hero dead of World War I, from a vantage point found at no other place in Flori- da.


Photo by Burget Bros.


Scene at Clearwater Beach


Sparkling with sapphire brilliance on the horizon is the Gulf of Mexico, teeming with fish of scores of varieties and ranging from the lowly mul- let to the greatest fighter of the seas-the silver king tarpon. Between Clearwater and Clearwater Beach are two bridges, both open to fisher- men. 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 afleet of charter craft, moored at the yacht basin on Clearwater Beach.




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