Ames Polk City Directory 1959, Part 1

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AMES NY DICH TORY,

1959

Phone CEdar 2-5350

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OLDSMOBILE and CADILLAC

HOLTZ & NAIRN AGENCY DUNLAP MUTOR CO

DEPENDABLE BANKING

UNION STORY Trust & Savings BANK

Main at Douglas - Ames' Banking Corner Since 1881 Phone CE der 2-2362 Office at Gilbert, lowa

MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORP.

FALL OIL CO. TANK TRUCK SERVICE OF

Fuel Oils Motor Oils

SKELLY

Office 516 Lincoln Way

Phone CE dar 2-5202

JORDISON ELECTRIC ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS Residential - Commercial - Industrial YOU PHONE US - WE'LL WIRE YOU 133 S. Riverside Drive Phone CE dar 2-7265

Ames Building & Loan Association

INSURED SAVINGS

SAVINGS SAZSTY 09 TOUR SAVDERES

INSURED

HOME LOANS

PHONE CE dar 2-2714

300 MAIN ST.

FOR OVER 38 YEARS O'NEIL'S "Quality Chekd V "ICE CREAM HAS PLEASED STORY COUNTY MILK - ICE CREAM - COTTAGE CHEESE O'NEIL DAIRY CO. 308 5th St. PHONE CE dar 2-4550

GASOLINE

McDowell's

Representing TRAVELERS INSURANCE CO., HARTFORD, CONN. AETNA FIRE Real Estate and Insurance Agency

INSURANCE ALL FORMS

AND A COMPLETE SERVICE

Sales

Rentals Leases Property Management

City Property

Farms

Industrial

319 Main

Phone CE dar 2-6401

R. L. POLK & CO.'S

DYER'S STANDARD & ALIGNMENT SERVICE

COMPLETE ONE STOP SERVICE

STANDARD

WE GIVE GOLD BOND STAMPS

STANDARD GASOLINES and OILS ATLAS TIRES and BATTERIES

Expert Lubrication and Washing Complete Motor Tune-Up - Accessories We Specialize in WHEEL ALIGNMENT FRONT END REBUILDING UP-TO-DATE BRAKE SERVICE and WHEEL BALANCING

24 HOUR SERVICE GENE DYER, Prop.

L. Way and Franklin Phone CE 2-3521 -- CE 2-9705

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R. L. POLK & CO.'S

POLK'S AMES (STORY COUNTY, IOWA) CITY DIRECTORY 1959

Including Cambridge, Collins, Colo, Fernald, Gilbert, Huxley, Kelley, Maxwell, McCallsburg, Nevada, Roland, Slater, Story City, Zearing and Story County Farmers Directory

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 Numerical Telephone Directory and Much Information of a Miscellaneous Character; also the

YELLOW PAGES

With a Special ADVERTISING SECTION and a Complete CLASSIFIED LIST FOR CONTENTS SEE INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX SOLD ON SUBSCRIPTION

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PUBLISHERS

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 cannot 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 request the bringing to their attention of any inaccuracy so that it may be corrected in the next edition of the directory.

R. L. POLK & CO., Publishers

INTRODUCTION and GENERAL INDEX

R. L. POLK & CO., publishers of more than 850 city, county, state and national Directories, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1959 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 mis- sion 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 YELLOW PAGES constitute the first major de- partment of the Directory. This embraces a complete list of the names and addresses of the business and professional concerns of the city, arranged in alphabetical order under appropriate headings-a catalog of all the activities of the city. Preceding this catalog, likewise grouped under appro- priate headings, are the advertisements and business cards of firms and individuals desiring to present a more com- plete list of their products or services than is possible in the catalog itself. The Yellow Pages represent reference adver- tising at its best, and merit the attention of all buyers and sellers seeking sources of supply or markets for goods. In a busy and diversified community like Ames, the necessity of having this kind of information up-to-date and always immediately available, is obvious. The Directory is the com- mon 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 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 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 depatment, 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 broad- cast 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 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 refer- ence by the general public. This is one of more than 700 Directory Libraries installed in the chief cities of the U. S. and Canada by members of the Association of North Ameri- can Directory Publishers, under whose supervision the sys- tem is operated.

The publishers appreciatively acknowledge the recog- nition by those progressive business and professional men who have demonstrated their confidence in the City Direc- tory 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 YELLOW PAGES

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Adams Funeral Home. right bottom lines and 36

Air Conditioning Inc

lip margins, right top lines, 3, 38 and 58

Allan Machine Shop.

Ames Building & Loan Assn

Ames Chamber of Commerce.

Ames Concrete Block Co.

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

Ames Engineering & Testing Service.

Ames Millwork & Supply Co.

Ames Nursery. right bottom lines and

Ames Nursing Home.

Ames Oil & Supply Co

Ames Pantorium.

Ames Plumbing Inc.

Ames Trust & Savings Bank

. bottom stencil, left top lines and

Ames Tune-up Service.

Ballard Orville A Excavating Contractor.

Barnett Tile & Masonry Co

left side lines and

Batman-Sayers Abstract Co.

Beaty Insurance & Real Estate

Best Electric Co. .

Bierma O W Insurance Agency

Bledsoe's . right top lines and . left side lines and

Bliss Construction Co.

Byers Office Equipment

Cardinal Cleaners.

Carr Hardware Co.

left bottom lines and

Carr Transfer.

.left side lines and

Central Iowa Oil Co

right side lines and

Cole Ben & Son.

College Savings Bank . back cover and

Collegiate Manufacturing Co .... right bottom lines and

Cook Ray Construction Co Inc. ... left bottom lines and Cooley W W Realtor.

Coy, Phil & Sons.

left bottom lines and

Credit Bureau of Story County.

.right side lines and 29

Donnelley Reuben Corp

Nevada Insert

Dunlap Motor Co. . . backbone, right top lines and Dyer's Standard & Alignment Service.

5 B

Eschbach Music House

.right side lines and

Fall Oil Co. front cover and 50

Faust L C "Bill" Realtor

Fitz Dave Electric Co. . left bottom lines and

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

Friedrich R & Sons . right top lines and

Globe Loan Co right side lines and

H & F Builders ..

Hart-Newton Lumber Co

.left top lines and

41 51

Hill Studio

. top stencil and 53 32 19 20 40 21

Edwards A G & Sons.

. back cover and 12 45

36 17 9 Z 23 56 18

26 28 2 56 33 40 16 17 49 15 37 44

. front cover, right top lines and 13 Y 17 46 35 44 48 48 35 14 51 8 7

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Holtz & Nairn Agency

front cover, left bottom lines, 39 and 54

House Doctor The. . right bottom lines and 58

Hoversten Furniture Store. left bottom lines and 37

Hunziker Realty . right side lines

Iowa Electric Light & Power. .left top lines and 4 51 15

Irvine Paint & Wall Paper Store .. . left bottom lines and Jameson's

Jensen Les Builders Inc

ribbon bookmark, left top lines and 22

Johnson Studio Inc. .right bottom lines and 51

Jones Paul R. right side lines and 3

Jordison Electric.

Karges Service

Lee Mancel. left top lines and

Lindquist Cleaners

Lindsay Soft Water

Little & Eveland.

Lounsberry Chas Real Estate.

Lunde Realty.

.right side lines and

McDowell Real Estate & Insurance.

tabbed insert at firm name, left side lines, page A and McGrath's Furniture Co . Nevada Insert Mert's Nu-Clean.

55 15 29 6

Moore Dairy.

Motor Sales & Service. .left bottom lines and

Munn H L Lumber Co right bottom lines and Nelson Construction Co. 40 27 31

Nelson Electric Co. .front stencil and

Nevada Evening Journal. left top lines and 47

Nevada Independent Oil Co. . Nevada Insert

Nevada National Bank . Nevada Insert O'Neil Dairy Co Inc. ..... front cover, right top lines and Orning Glass Co

Overland Builders

Palmer Plumbing Co ..... back cover, right top lines and

Rex Service Station.

Ryan Funeral Home

Schoeneman Bros Co .left side lines and 42 44

Sevde Transfer & Storage.

Simon Mabel J

Skeie Motor Co.

State Bank & Trust Co.

Story County Abstract Co

11 2

Thompson Jas & Sons.

.right bottom lines and 24

Tip Top Restaurant. right bottom lines and 57

Triplett Real Estate. 57

Union Story Trust & Savings Bank

front cover and 10

Van Voorhis Greenhouse.

W & H Drywall Co.

. back cover and 25 Wardrip's Firestone Store. . Nevada Insert Whattoff Motor Co 6 Zale's Jewelry 40

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 Ave.)

Average Annual Precipitation-31.42 inches.

Average Annual Snowfall-30.0 inches. Highest, winter of 1911-12, 68.3 inches; winter of 1935-36, 47.5 inches.

Average Annual Temperature 48.9 degrees F.

Population-22,898 (official 1950 U. S. Census, including Iowa State University students); 20,000 (estimate without Iowa State University students, 1958). Total estimate with students in 1958 is 29,060.

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. 1950 U. S. Census showed Story County's population as 44,294.

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

Assessed Valuation-$26,138,492 (grand total, 1958).

Business-482 firms filed retail sales tax reports for the quarter ended March, 1957; 46 small industries; no major industrial activities; postal receipts for 1958, $493,290.00; bank debits for 1958, $191,543,254.12; retail sales for 1958, $37,389,000.00.

Utilities-Natural gas service, Iowa Electric Light & Power Co, 5,701 meters; electricity and water municipally- operated (see Municipal Enterprises).

Communications-Northwestern Bell Telephone Co., 13,000 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 & Northwest- ern Railroad; also 2 C. & N. W. branch lines terminating here. Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern Railroad. Mu- nicipal 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), 88 beds; Iowa State University Hospital, 61 beds.

. front cover, left top lines and 34 7 23 14 .left side lines and 58 56 56 57

30 37 27 52 7 36

Siedelmann Construction Co. .right side lines and 28 57 6

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State and Federal Institutions-Iowa State University, Iowa State Highway Commission, Bureau of Animal Industry Swine Disease Research and Brucellosis Laboratory, Barberry Eradication Office, Farmers Home Administration, Atomic Energy Commission, Bureau of Public Roads, Employment Service, Iowa Research Center-Central States Forest, Experi- ment Station, U. S. Post Office, Quartermaster Corps U. S. Army Field Buying Office, Selective Service, Iowa Agricul- tural Extension Service, Iowa Engineering Experiment Sta- tion and numerous committees, boards, offices, etc., having all or part of activities centered here.

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

Libraries-Ames Public Library, 41,045 volumes; Iowa State University Library, 495,684 volumes.

Religious Activities-25 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 gyms, which include the field house and armory; 3 golf courses; 2 libraries; 6 lodge halls; a skating 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, lec- tures, dramatics and many social events. Ames with its over 500 clubs and organizations, has among them the Ki- wanis, Lions, Sertoma, Rotary, Soroptimist, Business and Professional Women's Club and Wa-Tan-Ye.

Building Construction-407 permits, with estimated assessed value of $2,888,675 issued in 1958 (this does not include the building done by Iowa State University).

Municipal Enterprises

Government-Mayor-council-manager form (by ordin- ance); mayor and 6 councilmen; city clerk and accounting department handle general business, records, finances etc .; city manager in charge of municipal utilities, engineering and various other departments, boards and commissions with specially-delegated powers and functions. Non-par- tisan municipal elective system.

Electric Department-Founded in 1896, municipally- operated since; total assets, including plant and distribution system, $5,062,052, installed generating capacity 29,150 kilo- watts; meters installed, all services 6,983; actual gross out- put 46,659,500 kilowatts. Iowa State University operates own electric plant.

Water Department-Supply obtained from 5 deep wells, electrically pumped with emergency Diesel unit; entire sup- ply softened to 5 grains per gallon hardness; daily maximum pumping capacity 3,100,000 gallons; storage capacity, 3,750,- 000 gallons (not including Iowa State University supply) ; 54 miles of water mains (all sizes); 4,817 meters in service;

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total assets water department, $1,175,000. The department is self-sustaining, earnings reverting to improvements and expansion.

Sewage Disposal-Plant erected in 1950, with a present value of $1,025,000.

Street Department-Total street system, 62.407 miles; paved, 52.937 miles; graveled or cindered, 9.470 miles; un- graded, 0 miles.

Parks-The City Park Board 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, Sewage-Treatment Plant Grounds, North Duff Playgrounds, O'Neil Park, Izaak Walton Park, Lake Comar and Sopers Mill.

Hospitals-Mary Greeley Hospital, $1,900,000 addition in 1959 and 1960, separate board, founded in 1916 as a gift in the city; $153,000 addition completed in 1939; total valua- tion, $270,000; 88 beds.

Cemetery-Ames Municipal Cemetery, acquired in 1917; area, 52 acres, beautifully landscaped; includes section for Catholic Cemetery.

Library-Ames Public Library, separate board, founded in 1903 under Carnegie grant; $85,000 addition completed in 1939; 41,045 volumes.

Police Department-Rated one of the most efficient in the U. S .; operates Radio Station KAB-216, two-way com- munication with 4 autos, 2 motorcycles, and state police radio system; force includes chief and 21 patrolmen, all radio operators and 2 meter maids.

The accredited Mary Greeley Hospital, which is municipally owned, provides the residents of Ames with complete clinical services by its competent staff.

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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.

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

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Fire Department-Highly-efficient fire-fighting force, operating under two-platoon system; 2 stations, 1 at Iowa State University; 3 pumping engines; total pumping capacity 2,250 gallons per minute; average annual fire loss during past 9 years $39,567; 1958 per capita loss $3.635; Rural Dis- trict total annual loss (1958) $10,640. Force includes chief, assistant chief, captain, 2 lieutenants and 14 firemen. A 750 gallon per minute pumper owned by Washington, Frank- lin, part of Grant, Milford and Colfax townships is also manned by the Ames City Fire Department.

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. The Ames Municipal Court has handled 3,570 civil cases, 15,592 city cases and 6,164 state criminal cases since it was founded. All Story County ju- venile cases and all state hospital cases also are handled by the Ames Municipal Court.

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