Polk's Clearwater, Dunedin and Largo (Pinellas County, Fla.) City Directory including Baywood Village, Belleair, Clearwater Beach, Dunedin Isles, Harbor Bluffs, Highland Park and Safety Harbor 1958, Part 2

Author: R.L. Polk & Co.
Publication date: 1958
Publisher: R.L. Polk & Co.
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First Class Other


CLEARWATER


"THE SPRINGTIME CITY"


"THE SUMMER CITY ON THE GULF"


(Courtesy Clearwater Chamber of Commerce)


Statistical Review


Form of Government-Manager-commission.


Population-15,535 (U. S. Census 1950). 40,000 estimated.


Area-15 square miles.


Altitude-32 feet above sea level (average).


Climate-Mean annual temperature, 73.1 degrees F .; mean summer, 81.7, mean winter, 64.7. Average annual rainfall, 45.21 inches.


Parks-7, with total of 36 acres.


Assessed Valuation-$87,802,120.00.


Bonded Debt-$2,219,000.00.


Financial Data-3 banks and 2 building and loan associations.


Postal Receipts-$559,890.50 (June 30, 1957).


Telephones in Service-27,109 (June 30, 1957).


Churches-29 representing 18 denominations.


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


Trade Area-Retail area covers 400 square miles, with population of 65,000 estimate.


Newspapers-1 daily and Sunday.


Hotels-20, with total of 1,311 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 Inter- national Airport, commercial field 9.9 miles from city, used by National Air- lines, Eastern Airlines and several others for cargo and passengers.


Amusements-Largest auditorium in city seats 1,500 persons. City Hall Auditorium, with seating capacity of 600. 3 moving-picture theatres, with total seating capacity of 5,000 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 60,000 volumes: circulation, 85,061 books annually.


City Statistics-Paved street mileage, 117. Miles of gas mains, 132; sewers, 137. Number of water meters, 13,943; electric power customers, 27,375; gas meters, 4,463. Daily average pumpage of water works, 6,000,000 gallons; miles of mains, 148. Fire department has 36 men, with 3 stations and 8 pieces of motor equipment. Police department has 80 men, with 1 station and 23 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 visi- tors from throughout the world have proclaimed it one of the most beautiful com- munities in the U. S.


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 sea- scape and tropical beauties and unsurpassed on the North American Continent. In many respects, Clearwater is a city untouched by the hand of the ruthless de- veloper, yet possessing in abundance the metropolitan chic of many larger tour- ist centers. There is an unmistakeable 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 Pinel- las County seat. Once visitors take up residence in Clearwater, however, few desire to journey further, because entertainment and recreation are found in' abundance.


INTRODUCTION


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 operated both regular and deluxe trains between Clearwater and all points in the North, East and West without change or transfer. The visitor can entrain for Clearwater aboard such noted trains as the "Silver Meteor," "Florida Sun- beam," "Orange Blossom Special" and "Southern States Special" via the Sea- board systems, and the "Floridan" and "Dixieland," and 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. Petersburg and all points on the Florida East Coast.


Many visitors have remarked on the geographical similarity between Clear- water 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. Only in Clearwater, the visitor 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 Florida.


Garden Memorial Causeway


Sparkling with sapphire brillance on the horizon is the Gulf of Mexico, teem- ing with fish of scores of varieties and ranging from the lowly mullet to the greatest fighter of the seas-the silver king tarpon. 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 yacht basin on Clearwater Beach.


Clearwater Beach, as a Florida spa, has no equal. The beach itself com- prises 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


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pavilions, spacious hotels, a modernistic beach clubhouse, 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.


Aerial View of Clearwater Beach and Pier


Aerial View of Clearwater Looking Toward Beach


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


Four splendid 18-hole golf courses are located within a four-mile radius of Clearwater. The 18-hole course of the Clearwater Country Club is one of the sportiest in the country and is open the year around. Those visiting here find this course more popular each season. A magnificent clubhouse, with artistic furnishings and commodious shower and locker rooms for both ladies and gentle- men, is available. The grass greens are large and scientifically designed and located. The fairways are just narrow enough to be interesting, stretching over rolling territory and natural hazards. It is a Herbert Strong layout. 2 Par 3 Golf Courses have been added this year.


Visitors to Clearwater find a community alive to its possibilities and sparked by an aggressive Chamber of Commerce. The 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 one of the finest public libraries in Florida, that began 40 years ago with a small collection housed in one room over a downtown bank, and today has 60,000 volumes. The library building on North Osceola Ave. and Sunset Court was presented to the community by Andrew Carnegie in 1916 and was enlarged in 1938. The library is open each week day from 9 A. M. to 8 P. M. except Wednesdays when it closes at 5 P. M. in winter months and 12:30 P. M. in summer months. 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.


The above, together with the Tuesday Morning Music Club, two symphony orchestras, Little Theatre, and various women's clubs, afford both visitors and residents, activities with a wide range of interest.


Clearwater and Pinellas County rank second in the state in the production of grapefruit, and fourth in all other citrus. Some of the finest groves in the land are located just outside the city limits, and Clearwater is the marketing center in the county for this crop.


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DUNEDIN


"THE BEAUTY SPOT OF PINELLAS COUNTY"


(Courtesy Dunedin Chamber of Commerce)


Dunedin, Florida. . . the beauty spot of Pinellas County, is located midway down the Florida Peninsular, on St. Joseph's Bay, overlooking the Gulf of Mexico, with palm lined drives along the shores of the Bay, providing as beautiful scenic drives as are to be found anywhere in this fabulous State of Florida.


Dunedin is quickly accessible to any city in Florida, a network of paved high- ways and bus lines running North, East and South afford excellent service. By train, Dunedin is within twenty-four hours of the principal points. An Inter- national Airport is located within a few miles of the city.


Dunedin is primarily a city of homes, beautiful homes, well landscaped, and one can buy or build a home in any price range desired. The growth of Dunedin has been astounding, for the year round population of Dunedin has increased from approximately 3,200 in 1950 to more than 8,000 in 1957.


One of the outstanding attractions Dunedin offers the new resident, is the water for domestic use, which is known as the best water in this entire area, and people from miles around come and bring their water bottles to be filled with Dunedin's good water.


We enjoy, here in Dunedin, an almost perfect year round climate, for the Gulf of Mexico which keeps us cool during the summer months, keeps us warm during the winter.


To insure cultural stability for visitors and residents alike, Dunedin offers the services of ten churches, fraternal organizations, civic and service clubs, a new and modern public library with 6,000 volumes, a new theatre, and a modern and well staffed hospital. There has just been completed a $640,000.00 addition to our hospital, and the hospital is now one of the finest in the State.


A prideful activity of our City is the Lee B. Skinner Youth Center, with a guided program for girls and boys 12 to 18 years old, under the supervision and guidance of a trained youth director. A new $30,000.00 Youth Building was built this year and is now in operation for our young people.


From Gulf Bay or boat, fishermen find water packed with a myriad of fish awaiting rod and reel. Here in Dunedin you will glory in fishing as it was destined to be, perfect weather, tropical peace and contentment, waters stocked by nature from a thousand miles of gulf.


Recreation can be found in the City Park where there is an active Tourist Club, tennis courts equipped with flood lights for night games, and other recrea- tional activities.


The Municipal Yacht Basin adjoining the City Park offers accommodations to all types of power and sailing craft.


There are modern and comfortable hotels in Dunedin, all operated under owner management and providing excellent accommodations. Homes, apartments, furnished and unfurnished, also rooms in private homes are available at reason- able rates.


Golf headlines the parade of sports in Dunedin. The Professional Golfers Association National Golf Club, home of the Professional Golfers Association, is located in Dunedin; also the PGA headquarters have been moved from Chicago to our city, making Dunedin the golfing center of the world. The course is one of the sportiest 18 hole courses in the South and is open the year round. During the winter season, a great many of the nation's top golfers are here in Dunedin to participate in professional golf matches.


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Furnishing an industrial backbone to the City of Dunedin, H. P. Hood & Sons, producers of concentrated citrus juices, and manufacturers of other by-products from our vast supply of citrus fruits, Nuclear Engineering Corp., & Allied Pre- cision Products. There are other light industries here which offer employment the year round.


For many years the people of Dunedin and its civic leaders have dreamed and planned of building a causeway from the mainland of Dunedin to Caledesi Island, a beautiful island, with white sand beach and clear blue water, which lies three miles west of Dunedin. Now, at long last, negotiations are under way to build this causeway, and when this becomes an accomplished fact, then Dunedin will have one of the finest beaches to be found anywhere on either the West Coast or the East Coast of Florida.


Statistical Facts


Bank deposits


$13,850,000.00


Building permits


$4,267,903.00 10


Dentists


3


Elevation, Highest 28 feet above sea level Low, 4 feet above sea level .


1


Hospital beds


80


Newspapers


1


Optometrists.


1


Physicians and Surgeons


12


Postal Receipts . .


$100,000.00 $18,600,000.00


Real Estate Valuation


School Enrollment


Elementary


787


Junior High


510


Temperature .


Mean Annual


72.4


Average High .


90.58


Average Low


43.25


Theatres


1


Water Consumers


3,016


Water used monthly (gallons)


450,000,000


Churches.


Hospitals


1


LARGO


"SUNSHINE-CITRUS AND SERENITY"


(Courtesy Largo Chamber of Commerce)


Statistical Review


Form of Government-City manager. Incorporated as a town in 1905.


Population-1950 U. S. Census, 1,540; 1957 estimate, 6,000, American-born population is nearly 100 % of the whole.


Located 32 miles south of Clearwater and served by the A. C. L. and S. A. L. railroads.


Primarily an agricultural shopping town and tourist resort, and the center of citrus-growing in Pinellas County.


Area-Approximately 3 square miles.


Altitude-75 feet above sea level.


Parks-1, with total acreage of 4 acres.


Assessed Valuation-$7,817,870 (1957).


Bonded Debt-$688,000.


Financial Data-1 bank with total deposits of $10,030,045.93 on Dec. 31, 1957. Postal Receipts-$125,777.49 for year ended December 31, 1957.


Telephones in Service-Approximately 3,850.


Churches-10, representing 10 denominations.


Industry-Chief industries of city and surrounding territory: citrus-produc- tion and packing, fishing, manufacturing and winter resort. Manufacturing estab- lishments 8. Principal manufactured products: furniture, concrete products, shellcraft, electronic and X-ray.


Trade Area-Retail area has radius of 10 miles, and population of 20,000. Newspapers-1 weekly.


Railroads-City served by 2 railroads, as follows: Atlantic Coast Line Rail- road and Seaboard Air Line Railroad.


Bus Lines-City served by 3 intra-city bus lines, as follows: Clearwater Transit, Gulfcoast and Greyhound.


Highways-The following highways run through the city: Alternate U. S. No 19 and State route No 686.


Air Lines-City served by 5 air lines, as follows: Eastern and National Air Lines, MacKey, Trans-Eastern and Trans-Canada.


Airports-2, Pinellas International and Tampa International.


Amusements-Largest auditorium in town seats 1,000 persons. 1 moving- picture theatre with total seating capacity of 400 persons.


Education-3 public schools, including elementary, junior and senior high school. Number of pupils in public schools, 3,046, teachers, 104.


Public Libraries-1.


City Statistics-Total street mileage 120, with 40 miles paved. Number of water meters, 2,230. Capacity of municipal water works, 20,000,000 gallons per month with monthly average pumpage of 15,000,000 gallons. 1 fire station with 2 pieces of motor equipment. Police department has 1 station with 6 regular, 7 special and 2 school patrolmen.


Airview of Largo


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Largo also has an active Chamber of Commerce, Kiwanis Club, Rotary, Lions, Womans Club, Business and Professional Womens Club, Jr. Womans Club and Winter Visitors.


It is but a five minute drive from Largo to the beautiful Gulf Beaches with gleaming white sand, countless shells and the waters of the Gulf of Mexico.


Largo is a community of comfortable, attractive homes in a beautiful, natural tropical setting. People from many parts of our nation have selected Largo as the place to build their "dream home."


Largo Residential Section


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CAUTION


Pay no money in advance to itinerant Directory Can- vassers. We are led to men- tion this from the fact that certain parties have been fraudulently using our pub- lications as specimens, and by that means collecting money in advance. Before signing an order, see that it has the name of R. L. Polk & Co. printed thereon. We ask no payment until the work is delivered, and our solicitors have strict orders not to take payment for either advertising or sub- scriptions.


R. L. Polk & Co.


Out of Sight -- Out of Mind Out of Business


The importance of keeping firm and product names in the public eye is recognized by all business men. It is astonishing to see how a firm or prod- uct, however meritorious, will slip into the limbo of the forgotten if not per- sistently advertised.


The City Directory is the natural medium for keeping a business or product name in the spotlight. Insist on being well represented in its pages.


For more nourishing, better tasting DAIRY PRODUCTS it's HOOD'S


In Pinellas County


Hood Milk


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GRADE A PASTEURIZED HOMOGENIZED VITAMIN D MILK


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Hood's pasteurized and homogenized milk - The leader in Pinellas County for many years.


Wonderful tasting chocolate drink packed with vitamins, minerals and proteins.


(s) goods


PASTUMINO CHOCOLATE


Good


BUTTERMILK QUART


Woods


Golden Flake


GRADE A Pasteurized CULTURES BUTTERMILK ---


Delicious, cooling, health- ful Buttermilk for young and old.


Distinctively different cottage cheese and delicious ice cream.


Foods lcioul' TEAM


NOOD'S


COTTAGE CHEESE


Hood's Golden Guernsey Milk for those demanding the finest of all milk.


Sole Distributor of Golden Guernsey Milk in Pinellas County.


FOR HOME DELIVERY


Phone Clearwater 35-1101


St. Petersburg HEMlock 5-2111


Hood's Mille


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For more nourishing, better tasting DAIRY PRODUCTS it's HOOD'S


In Pinellas County




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