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INSURANCE . REAL ESTATE . CITY and FARM LOANS


DEPENDABLE BANKING


UNION STORY Trust & Savings BANK


Main at Burnett - "Your Friendly Main Street Bank" Phone CEdar 2 -2362 Office at Gilbert, lowa MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORP.


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JORDISON ELECTRIC


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AMES BUILDING & LOAN ASSOCIATION


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AMES CITY DIRECTORY


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WE BELIEVE IN AMES


Everyone recognizes the value of organized effort. The Ames Chamber of Commerce represents organized effort in building the community, promoting civic projects, and making our city a finer place in which to live.


A Board of Directors determines the policies. A pro- gram of work is carried on by the following organized Divisions :


Civic Division


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Ames Chamber of Commerce


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Phone 232-2310


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CITY DIRECTORY 1962


including Cambridge, Collins, Colo, Fernald, Gilbert, Huxley, Kelley, Maxwell, McCalls- burg, Nevada, Roland, Slater, Story City, Zearing and Story County Farmers Directory


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· Buyers' Guide and a complete classified business directory


. Alphabetical directory of business concerns and private citizens


. Complete street and avenue guide, including householders, and occupants of office buildings and other business places


· Numerical telephone directory


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Useful and interesting information about the city


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PUBLISHERS NOTE


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


The publishers cannot and do not guarantee the correctness 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 re- quest 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 1,000 city, county, state and national Directories, present to subscrib- ers and the general public, this, the 1962 edition of the Ames City Directory, which also includes Cambridge, Collins, Colo, Fernald, Gilbert, Huxley, Kelley, Maxwell, McCallsburg, Nevada, Roland, Slater, Story City, Zearing, and the farmers of Story County.


Confidence in the growth of Ames' 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 Ames 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 Direc- tory 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 Ames Directory will fulfill its mission as a source of authentic information pertaining to the community.


Nine Major Departments


The nine major departments are arranged in the fol- lowing order :-


I. THE BUYERS' GUIDE constitutes the first major de- partment 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 Ames and Nevada, arranged in alphabetical order under appropriate headings-a catalog of all the ac- tivities 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 Ames and Nevada, the necessity of having this kind of informa- tion up-to-date and always immediately available, is ob- vious. 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 of Ames is the sec- ond 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 Ames, and the name, official personnel, nature and address. of each firm and corporation in the city.


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III. THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUD- ING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, for Ames, is the third major department, printed on green paper. In this section the numbered streets are arranged in numerical order, fol- lowed by the named streets in alphabetical order; the num- bers of the residences and business 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 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 for Ames is the fourth major department, printed on blue paper. V. THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and business and professional concerns of Nevada is the fifth major department, printed on white paper.


VI. THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUD- ING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE for Nevada, is the sixth major department, printed on green paper.


VII. THE NUMERICAL TELEPHONE DIRECTORY for Nevada is the seventh major department, printed on blue paper.


VIII. THE STORY COUNTY DIRECTORY, covering the small towns of the county, is the eighth major department, printed on white paper.


IX. THE STORY COUNTY FARMERS DIRECTORY is the ninth major department, printed on white 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 manufacturing site and as an educational center. To broadcast this information, the publishers have placed cop- ies 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 Ames and vicinity.


The Ames Directory Library


Through the courtesy of the publishers of the Ames City Directory, a Directory Library is maintained in the offices of the Ames Chamber of Commerce, for free reference by the general public. This is one of more than 1,000 Directory Libraries installed in cities and towns throughout the U. S., Canada and Puerto Rico by members of the Association of North American Directory Publishers, under whose super- vision the system is operated.


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


R. L. POLK & CO.,


Publishers.


INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


PAGE NUMBERS LISTED BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE


Page


Adams Funeral Home. .lip margins and 32 44


Allan Machine Shop.


Ames Building & Loan Association


front cover, right top lines and 13


Ames Chamber of Commerce.


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Ames Concrete Block Co.


B


Ames Daily Tribune. .. back cover, left top lines, 47 and


53


Ames Engineering & Testing Service


right side lines and 29


Ames Lumber Co Inc.


Ames Millwork & Supply Co.


Ames Nursery.


. front cover and


Ames Nursing Home.


Ames Oil & Supply Co left side lines and


Ames Pantorium.


.right bottom lines and


Ames Pest Control.


.left side lines and


Ames Plumbing Inc


Ames Trust & Savings Bank


.bottom stencil, left top lines and


Bates Jewelers. .


Batman-Sayers Abstract Co.


.Nevada Insert and


Beaty Insurance & Real Estate.


Best Electric Co ..


Bledsoe's. .right top lines and


Bliss Construction Co.


.left side lines and


Business Men's Assurance Co


C & M Excavating Co .. front cover, left bottom lines and Captain's Club.


.right top lines and


Carr Hardware Co.


Central Iowa Oil Co.


Chase Floor Service.


City Electric Supply Inc.


Clark's Radiator Service.


right top lines and


Collegiate Manufacturing Co .... right bottom lines and


Cook Ray Construction Co Inc ..... left bottom lines and


Cooley W W Realtor.


.right bottom lines and


Coover Chevrolet-Olds.


.right top lines and


Coy Phil & Sons.


left bottom lines and 20 24


Dickinson R G & Co.


right top lines and 12


Donnelley Reuben H Corp.


Dunlap Motor Co.


Eschbach Music House.


left side lines and 46


Faust L C "Bill" Realtor.


. top stencil and 54


Fitz Dave Electric Co.


.left bottom lines and 25


Fjare Home Builders. .. back cover, left side lines, 17 and


38 34 18


H & F Builders Inc ..


Hanlin Insurance Agency


Hill Studio.


Holtz & Nairn Agency


.front cover, 41 and


House of Organs.


right top lines and 39 51 57


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ADAMS FUNERAL HOME


23 16 35 31 30 28 7


College Savings Bank. .back cover and 10 16


19 57 5


Credit Bureau of Story County Inc. . right side lines and


.Nevada Insert 6


Gift & China Shop


42 A 48 49 31 14


50 52 9


41 2 57 Z 15 19 41


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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


Page Hoversten Furniture Store.


Hy-Vee Food Store. .right side lines


34


Iowa Electric Light & Power Co .. .back cover and 4


Irvine Paint & Wall Paper Store ... left bottom lines and 50


Johnson Studio Inc. .right bottom lines and 51


Jones Paul R Sheet Metal


Jordison Electric ... .back cover, right side lines, 3 and 36


.front cover, left top lines, 26 and 28


Joy & Johnson Auction Co


right side lines and


5


Lee Mancel.


Leland Plumbing Co. .left top lines and 20


right side lines and 52


Leola's Guest Home ..


.left and right top lines and 49 58


Lounsberry Charles Real Estate.


Lunde Realty.


backbone and


55


McDowell's Agency Inc.


.Nevada Insert


Moore Dairy


25 21


Moore John W Builder & Developer


Motor Sales & Service. .


.left bottom lines and 6


Munn H L Lumber Co .right bottom lines and 42


Nelson Electric Co.


. front stencil and 27


Nevada Independent Oil Co.


Nevada Insert


Nevada National Bank


. Nevada Insert


Olson Harold W.


Orning Glass Co.


41 34 7


Pyle Photo Service.


Rex Service Station.


Riverside Standard Service.


.right center lines and


Ryan Funeral Home.


Schoeneman Bros Co. .back cover and


Sevde Transfer & Storage.


Siedelmann Construction Co.


Siesta Motel.


Simon Mabel J.


Smith Kenneth W.


Stoll Heating ..... ribbon bookmark, left top lines, 3 and Story County Abstract Co.


Thompson James & Sons.


.right center lines and


Tip Top Lounge ... .right bottom lines and Triplett Real Estate.


Union Story Trust & Savings Bank ..... front cover and


Wendt Dale Construction Co ... .right side lines and Wilson Transfer & Storage Co. 45


AMES


(Courtesy Ames Chamber of Commerce)


Statistical Review


Location-In Story County, close to geographical center of Iowa, 33 miles north of State capital (Des Moines).


Altitude-922 feet above mean sea level (5th St. and Kellogg Av.).


Average Annual Precipitation-31.42 inches.


Average Annual Snowfall-30.1 inches. Highest, winter of 1911-12, 68.3 inches; winter of 1959-60, 49.6 inches.


Average Annual Temperature-48.9 degrees F.


Population-27,003 (official 1960 U. S. Census, including Iowa State University students).


Trade Area-All of Story County, south tier of Hamilton County townships, west tier of Marshall County townships, north tier of Polk County townships and east tier of Boone County townships. 1961 U. S. Census showed Story County's estimated population as 50,000.


Urban Area-3,891 acres, or about 6.1 square miles, with approximately 30% of urban area State-owned.


Assessed value of real estate and personal property, $23,962,000 (1961).


Taxable value of moneys and credits $11,812,882 (1961).


Business-482 firms filed retail sales tax reports for the quarter ended March, 1961; 46 small industries; no major industrial activities; postal receipts for 1961, $585,572; bank debits for 1961, $251,694,987.66; retail sales for 1961, $35,- 730,504.


Utilities-Natural gas service, Iowa Electric Light & Power Co, 6,405 meters; electricity and water municipally- operated (see Municipal Enterprises).


Communications-Northwestern Bell Telephone Co., 16,863 telephones; Western Union Telegraph Co., Radio Sta- tion WOI and WOI-TV, both owned by Iowa State Univer- sity; Radio Station KASI, local commercial station; and Radio Station KAB-216, Ames Police Department.


Transportation-Junction of 2 major transcontinental highways-U. S. 30 (Lincoln Highway), coast to coast and U. S. 69, Canada to Gulf of Mexico. Chicago & Northwestern Railroad; also 2 C. & N. W. branch lines terminating here. Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern Railroad. Municipal airport, with Howard Flying Service as fixed base operator. Greyhound Bus Lines operating east-west and north-south; Midwest Transit Co. operating city bus lines, Jefferson Transportation Co. (bus) operating north-south; numerous motor freight facilities.


Newspapers-Ames Daily Tribune and Iowa State Daily.


Commercial Organizations-Ames Chamber of Com- merce and Ames Junior Chamber of Commerce.


Hospitals-Mary Greeley Hospital (municipal), 125 beds; Iowa State University Hospital, 75 beds.


McDOWELL'S AGENCY


ADAMS FUNERAL HOME


50 7 8 33 43 45


Ostrich Chuck Motor.


.right center lines and


right bottom lines and


. . right side lines and 24 left bottom lines and 45 58 29 37 2 21 42 58 11 22


.tabbed insert at firm name in Alphabetical Section, left side lines, 40 and McGrath's Furniture Store.


56


Hunziker Realty. .left bottom lines and 33


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State and Federal Institutions-Iowa State University, Iowa State Highway Commission, Bureau of Animal Indus- try Swine Disease Research and Brucellosis Laboratory, Bar- berry Eradication Office, Farmers Home Administration, Atomic Energy Commission, Bureau of Public Roads, Em- ployment Service, Iowa Research Center, Central States For- est Experiment Station, U. S. Post Office, Quartermaster Corps U. S. Army Field Buying Office, Selective Service, Iowa Agricultural Extension Service, Iowa Engineering Experi- ment Station and numerous committees, boards, offices, etc., having all or part of activities centered here.


The principal work of the National Animal Disease Lab- oratory, a facility of the U. S. Department of Agriculture located in Ames, Iowa, is research on the principal diseases of livestock that occur in the United States. About 20% of the facilities, however, are used to provide laboratory diag- nostic services for some of the Department's disease-control field programs and for the regulation and control of bio- logical products made and sold in inter-state trade by pri- vate commercial companies.


Currently research projects are under way on 21 major subjects and a number of minor ones. These include the most important diseases of cattle, swine, sheep and poultry. Some attention is given to horses and minor species of do- mesticated animals.


The laboratory was nearly enough completed to allow work to begin about July 1, 1961. The staff has gradually been augmented as the program has been developed. At present the staff consists of 121 professional and scientific workers and 305 sub-professional and non-professional em- ployees, a total of 426 persons.


The total cost of constructing the laboratory was about $16,000,000 and the annual operating budget is in excess of $5,000,000.


The laboratory is located on Dayton Road on a 318-acre site a little east and north of the Ames city limits. From downtown Ames it may be easily reached by proceeding east


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The National Animal Disease Laboratory


on Highway U. S. 30 to Dayton Road, thence northward, or by going northward on Highway U. S. 69 to 13th Street, thence east to Dayton Road and then northward. Special direction signs have been erected on both main highways to indicate the turn-off points.


Education-Iowa State University; Ames public schools; Catholic parochial school.


Libraries-Ames Public Library, 41,494 volumes; Iowa State University Library, 530,000 volumes.


Religious Activities-28 churches, with other denomina- tions worshipping in halls, etc .; full-time religious education program at Iowa State University, with many phases open to the public.


Recreation-A municipal airport; city public school and college athletic fields; a billiard parlor; 3 bowling alleys; a country club; 4 gymnasiums, which include the field house and armory; 4 golf courses; 2 libraries; 6 lodge halls; a skat- ing rink; 3 swimming pools; 5 theatres, including a drive-in and the Iowa State University theatre. Over 40 restaurants and dining places; 12 parks or picnic areas. Ames has many musical groups including the Ames Concert Association, Ames Municipal Band, Ames Civic Chorus, Ames Motette and high school and university music groups. There is a Junior Town Program, summer recreation program, year-around sports activities, an adult education program, lectures, dra- matics and many social events. Ames with its over 500 clubs and organizations, has among them the Kiwanis, Lions, Sertoma, Rotary, Soroptimist, Business and Professional Women's Club and Wa-Tan-Ye.


The type of worship you prefer is offered in Ames among services conducted by 28 Churches, located in various sections of the City. Most churches have active student groups at the College.


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Building Construction-803 total permits with estimated assessed value of $4,275,885 issued in 1960 (this does not in- clude the building done by Iowa State University).


Municipal Enterprises


Government-Mayor-Council-Manager form established by ordinance; Mayor and 6 councilmen elected for 4 years, overlapping terms, on a non-partisan basis. City Manager responsible for municipal utilities, engineering and other operating departments; City Clerk and Finance Department handle general business records, finances, etc .; various ap- pointed boards and commissions with specially-delegated powers and functions.


Electric Department-Founded in 1896, municipally-op- erated since; total assets, including plant and distribution system, $6,691,485; installed generating capacity 29,150 kilo- watts; meters installed, all services 7,395; actual gross out- put 57,819,000 kilowatt hours. Iowa State University oper- ates own electric plant.


Water Department-Supply obtained from 6 deep wells, electrically pumped; entire supply softened to 5 grains per gallon hardness; daily maximum capacity 6,000,000 gallons; storage capacity, 4,850,000 gallons (not including Iowa State University supply); 75 miles of water mains (all sizes); 6,000 meters in service; total assets water department, $2,000,000. The department is self-sustaining, earnings reverting to im- provements and expansion.


Sewage Treatment Plant-Erected in 1950 and has pres- ent value of $1,575,000. Serves all of the City plus the NADL laboratory and Iowa State University, and has a capacity of 5.55 million gallons per day. It is self-supporting by sewer rental charges.


Street Department-Total street system 65.26 miles; paved, 57.02 miles; graveled or cindered, 8.24 miles; ungrad- ed, 0 miles. Alleys, 9.96 miles.


Streets in Ames are well planned, traffic is well channeled. Ames boasts one of the best traffic safety records of any city of its size in the nation.


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Municipal affairs in Ames are conducted in the City Hall, headquarters also of the efficient Police and Fire Departments.


The United States Post Office, conveniently located in the heart of the city at 6th and Kellogg


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The accredited Mary Greeley Hospital provides the residents of Ames with complete clinical services by its competent staff


Hospitals-Mary Greeley Hospital, $1,900,000 addition in 1959 and 1960, separate board, founded in 1916 as a gift to the city; $153,000 addition completed in 1939; total valuation over $2,500,000; 125 beds.


Parks-The Ames Park Commission is in charge of all city-owned park areas. The park or picnic areas in or near Ames, including those not owned by the city, are the Airport, Band Shell Park, Brookside, Country Club, Carr's Pool Area, Emma McCarthy Lee Park, Inis Grove Park, Homewood, Iowa State University Campus and Golf Grounds, Squaw Creek Park, 14th and Duff Playground, O'Neil Park, Izaak Walton Park, Lake Comar, Sopers Mill and Franklin Avenue Park.


Cemetery-Ames Municipal Cemetery, acquired in 1917; area 52 acres, sufficient for 75-100 years; beautifully land- scaped; includes section for Roman Catholic Cemetery; en- dowed care.


Library-Ames Public Library, separate board, founded in 1903 under Carnegie grant; $85,000 addition completed in 1939; 41,494 volumes.


Police Department-Rated one of the most efficient in the U. S .; operates Radio Station KAB-216, three-way com- munication with 4 autos, 2 motorcycles, state police radio system, police teletype system, and one radar speed detector; force includes chief, 1 assistant chief, 2 captains, 3 sergeants, 20 patrolmen, (all radio operators), 3 meter maids and 2 school-crossing guards.


Fire Department-Highly-efficient fire fighting force, operating under two-platoon system; 2 fire stations, 1 at the City Hall and 1 at West Stadium Iowa State University; 3 fire engines with a total pumping capacity of 2,250 gallons of water per minute; average annual city fire loss during past five (5) years $66,515.32; 1961 per capita loss $.538. Average annual rural fire loss during past five (5) years $37,270. Total city loss in 1961 was $14,547.52.


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Firefighting force includes fire chief, assistant fire chief, fire captain, two (2) fire lieutenants and sixteen (16) fire- fighters. Average work week, 671/2 hours. A rural fire en- gine with a pumping capacity of 750 gallons of water per minute owned by Washington and Franklin Townships is also manned by the City of Ames fire department and an- swers fire calls in Washington, Franklin, part of Grant, Mil- ford, Colfax and Jackson Townships.


Municipal Court-Founded in 1928 under special Iowa Statute; handles civil (up to $1,000) and criminal matters for entire county, having final judgement in misdemeanors and authority to bind to grand jury in felonies; appeals go directly to Iowa Supreme Court, except appeals from viola- tions of a city ordinance go to the District Court. The Ames Municipal Court has handled 4,645 civil cases, 27,875 city cases and 9,417 state criminal cases since it was founded. All Story County juvenile cases and all county hospital cases also are handled by the Ames Municipal Court.




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