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110 W. Green St. Phone 7-1339
Urbana, Illinois
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OFFICE 316 N. Neil Street PHONE 4556
RESIDENCE 1304 W. Stoughton, Urbana PHONE 7-1209
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Copyright, 1937 By FLANIGAN-PEARSON CO. Publishers Champaign-Urbana, Illinois
INTRODUCTORY
I 'T is with pleasure that we place before the public the 1937 directory of Champaign and Urbana, compiled for us and set in type, printed and bound complete in our own shop here in Champaign-Urbana. We trust that it will meet your approval.
Not only is the Directory a very necessary and indispen- sable work for local usage, but it is a valuable means of ex- tending throughout the country information concerning Champaign and Urbana, their advantages, resources and prospects, and it is a matter of more than ordinary im- portance to every individual that he be properly represented in this standard work of reference.
To gather the data and compile a volume of this charac- ter is no easy task. It requires much time, a well defined system, and incurs no little expense. Few people have any idea of the work it means and the tenacity it takes to publish a reliable directory.
In preparing this book the Publishers have spared neither time nor expense, and if errors occur or a single name is omitted which should appear in the book, it is generally the fault of the public and not the publishers, as every house is visited and it is not the publisher's or canvasser's fault if some one fails to give all the information or gives it incor- rectly. The intention of the publisher is always for improve- ment, and you can always count on getting as accurate a Directory as circumstances will permit.
We wish to thank our patrons who have made this book possible, and the people of both cities for their courtesy in giving information.
FLANIGAN-PEARSON COMPANY CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS
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1937 TABLE OF CONTENTS
Abbreviation, General vii
Abbreviations, University of Illinois vii I
Abbreviations, Given Names viii Alphabetical 1 I 1 I
Buyers Guide 323
Classified Business Section 375
Index to Advertisers iii I
National, State, County and City Officials 1
viii
Historical Sketch of Twin Cities. V
Street Directory, Champaign and Urbana 415
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
Page
Acme Coal Co .. 336
Allied Finance Co, Inc .. 357
Alpha Coal & Material Co, top edge, back cover and 331
Apperson's Plumbing & Heating Co, right side lines and. 366
Art Floral Co
347
Bachman's Grocery 352
Bacon, T. M. & Sons, bottom edge front cover and. 363
Barricks Service Station 351
Barsh Geo C, Florist. 347
Bash J S & Sons, top back cover and 336 Bash Roofing Co .. 368
Bauman Sanitary Co, front fly leaf Beach B C & Co .. 339
Bean J M, Elect Shop.
344
Beatrice Creamery Co, bottom edge back cover.
Blaine Insurance Agency. 357
Boggs & Cogdal, left top lines and 367
Burt-Rovelstad Co .. 357
Burton & Trelease, right top lines and 368
Busey's State Bank. 329
Cable Piano Co 361
Campbell Ralph M. 356
Casad Jas G & Co, back cover and 363
Champaign Battery & Electric, right side lines and. 327
Champaign Builders Supply Co. 331
Champaign Commercial College. . 340
Champaign County Abstract Co,
backbone and inside back cover.
Champaign Ice Cream Division, Beatrice Creamery Co, right side
lines and
354
Champaign Letter Shop, right side
lines and 359
Champaign National Bank.
329
Page
Champaign Sanitary Milk Division
Beatrice Creamery Co .... 341
Champaign Sheet Metal Works 369 Champaign Welding Works 371 Chumbley & Turner. 368
Coady Roofing Co. 369
Commercial Bank of Champaign 329
Corray Bros, left top lines and. 337 Cotter Bros Glass Co ... 352
Cunningham Bros, left top lines and 343
Decker Sanitary System. 369
Evening Courier. 362
Everence Repair Service. 327
First National Bank in Champaign. 329 Flanigan-Pearson Co, Printing, left top lines, back fly leaf and 115, 359, 362, 372, 373, 374
Foster P D, planing mill, left top lines and 361
Goldsby Wm. 357
Grindley H S .. 346
Grubb G R & Co. 346
Grubbs F L ..
340
Hardyman Ross C .. 344
Hecker Morris L & Co 322
Hidy W R Agency . 356
Holland Furnace Co. 350
Home Insulation Co. 355
Hubbard's Dairy. . 341
Hudson Dairy Co. 341
Hughes S K.
368
Hughes-Krabbe Co
345
Illini Motors 328
Inland Supply Co, front fly leaf.
Inman Hotel
352
Jordan Paint & Wall Paper Co. 364
Kaufman's
355
Kiler C A.
350
Kirby E V
Motor Co, right side
Champaign Plumbing & Heating Co 367
lines and
325
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Knowlton & Bennett Inc 344
Kuhn Jos & Co .. 355
Leonard Funeral Home .. 349
Lewis W & Co, right top lines and 342
Lillard-Getman Furniture Co. 351
Lloydes
330
Loeb H & Co. 359
Lorch J F & Co, gold line back
cover and
325
Lucas & Moore
351
Mallow's Cigar Store 333
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insur- ance Co 358
Mathews Coal Co. 337
Mittendorf Funeral Chapel,
front
edge back cover and ...
348
Model Laundry & Souders Cleaners 334
Munkvold H E Dr
333
National Adjustment Bureau 340
Nogle & Black (Inc)
338
Owens Funeral Home
349
Parkhill Motor Sales, front fly leaf.
Perry Motor Sales, front cover and 326
Pettit R L .. 362
Price Paint Store, front cover and 364
Red Spot Paint & Glass Co ... 365
Renner Funeral Home, front cover 348
Robeson F K Department Store .. 342
Sandwell's, right side lines and. 365
Sansom Coal Co.
339
Sears-Roebuck & Co.
343
Shaff Maurice, service, inside front cover.
Short Herbert D 358
Slocum Edw S .. 350
Smith Fred A Lumber Co. 360
Smith & Co, right top lines and. 354
Somers-Barr Co, Inc, back
cover,
right top lines and
332
Southern Tea Room.
370
Spalding Shoe Store.
370
Page
Standard Electric Co. 345
Stanner J Ray .. 358
Stewart Funeral Home. 349
Stout A A & Son .. 371
Strauch's Photo Art House, left
top lines and 366
Strode Geo
328
Sullivan Chevrolet Co 326
Sullivan Wm & Sons. 367
Thompson Lumber Co 360
Trevett-Mattis Banking
Co,
right
side lines and.
330
Twin City Awning and Upholster- ing Co 371
Twin Cities Building & Loan. 333
Twin City Electric Co .. 345
Twin City Ice & Cold Storage Co, front cover and. 354
Twin City Finance Co. 359
Twin City Printing Co. 405
Twin City Roofing Co, back cover and 370
U of I Supply Store.
330
Urbana Furniture Co, inside front cover.
Urbana Home Loan Ass'n. 333
Urbana-Lincoln Hotel 353
Wagner Coal & Trucking Co, top edge front cover and. 339
Wagner & Son.
338
Well Done Welding Service. 371
Wessels Fred J, inside front cover
and
.397-398
White Line Laundry Inc.
334
White Motor Sales, front cover and 327 Williams Chas F & Co, right side lines and 366
Willis G C Dry Goods, gold line and 343
Wilson Ice Cream Co ..
355
Winters R Wayne & Associates
358
Woodruff Coal Co.
339
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HISTORICAL AND STATISTICAL SKETCH OF THE TWIN CITIES
CHAMPAIGN
The city of Champaign originated in 1854 when the Illinois Central Railroad built its main north and south line two miles west of the village of Urbana. A vil- lage started at the railroad and was in- corporated at that time as the village of West Urbana, its name was changed to Champaign in 1857. In 1860 the village of Champaign was incorporated as a city.
Champaign owes its growth to an act of the legislature in 1867 which awarded the University of Illinois to Champaign Coun- ty. The steady growth of the University has been reflected in the growth of Cham- paign. The original location of the Univer- sity was in Urbana adjacent to Cham- paign, but due to the expansion of the University, part of its grounds and build- Ings are on property originally part of Champaign.
Champaign is served directly by the main line of the Illinois Central Railroad; the Indianapolis-Peoria division of the C. C. C. and St. L. Railroad (Big Four) ; by the Wabash Railroad; by the Danville-St. Louis division of the Illinois Terminal Railroad (Electric) and Bus Lines includ- ing the Greyhound Lines to Chicago, St. Louis, Indianapolis, Peoria and other points.
Three state paved highway routes Num- bers 10, 25, and 39 converge in Champaign from all directions. These routes. and the many paved County highways radiating in all directions, together with excellent transportation facilities offered by rail and bus routes make this one of the leading downstate traffic centers.
Due to its location in a rich section of East Central Illinois and to the large stu- dent body which attends the University, Champaign has a large retail business. Its stores offer exceptional stocks of mer- chandise to customers who come from a wide area to trade here. The 1930 census of distribution shows Champaign-Urbana to be the seventh market in the State, with annual sales amounting to more than $24,- 000,000. Champaign stores do seventy-five percent of this business.
Champaign and Urbana are served jointly by all utilities and together have one of the finest sanitary districts and sewage disposal plants which has been widely copied by other cities.
With the Commission form of govern- ment, a motorized police department, and its fire department on the platoon system, Champaign is up-to-date and efficiently equipped to handle its city business.
The large stadium and the men's gym- nasium of the University being located in Champaign bring the thousands of people who attend athletic events at the Univer- sity directly to Champaign. The football games in the fall and the basket-ball
games in the spring attract gigantic crowds from all sections of the state.
The diversified industries of Champaign manufacture road
equipment, leather gloves, forgings, portable bleachers, im- pact registers, wrought iron fixtures, and machine shop products.
The Chamber of Commerce airport fur- nishes facilities for visitors to Champaign, Urbana and the University who travel by plane. This airport is Federally recog- nized as safe and properly equipped.
CHAMPAIGN FACTS
The 1935 Census of Distribution reports 389 retail stores with a total annual busi- ness of $15,072,000, a pay roll of $2,000,000
and full time, employment for 1,978 men and women in Champaign. There is also an industrial payroll of over a million dollars.
Population-(1935 census) 23,000.
Area -- 2740 acres.
Schools-The educational facilities in Champaign are very highly developed. The High School has an enrollment of 1,000, Junior High School 1,000, grade schools 2,500, Parochial schools between three and four hundred.
Banks-Four, two National and two State. Total deposit $12,000,000.00. Capital, surplus and undivided profits, $1.400,000.00. Building and Loan Associations-five.
Business Colleges-four.
Chamber of Commerce 400 members.
Champaign County Country Club-250 members.
Churches and Missions-27.
City assessor's valuation-$15,203,431.
Tax rate-$5.00.
Fire department-Firemen, 14: fire by- drants, 329.
Fraternal organizations-21.
Hospitals-Three serve the community. Burnham, 94 beds; Mercy, 35 beds; Uni- versity isolation, 45 beds: Mckinley Hos- pital at the University, 90 beds; County isolation.
Hotels-8.
Kiwanis Club-110 members.
Rotary Club-100 members.
Lions Club-50 members.
Exchange Club-30 members.
Labor Organizations-22
Newspapers (Daily)-Two.
Parks-Six (under park commission con- trol; fourteen other small parks.
Paved streets-60 miles.
Police force-12 men. Entirely motorized. Postoffice-Three sub-stations ; six rural routes ; sixty employes ; annual pay roll, $80,000.
Public Library-(Burnham Atheneum) ; erected 1895; cost $40,000 ;
number of volumes-32,259.
Telegraph Companies-Two.
University of Illinois Stadium-Cost nearly $1,700.000; seats 69,000.
Million Dollar Illinois Central Station, track elevation and subway.
URBANA
When Champaign county was created in 1833, Urbana was founded as its county seat.
The name of the county and county seat were after similar county seat and city in Ohio. The name Urbana is derived from the word Urbanity. The county offices were established, the Court House erected and the business of the county has been conducted in Urbana from that time until this.
When the legislature of the state of Illt- nois decided to take advantage of the pro- visions of "The Morill Act" providing land grants for state institutions of higher learning by creating such a university for Illinois, the enterprising citizens of Urbana and Champaign county succeeded in per- manently locating it in Urbana.
The educational facilities in Urbana com- mence with the common schools, of which there are seven, include two modern high schools and concludes with the University of Illinois. The University campus and ad- jacent experiment fields consists of 2642 acres of land, with 90 buildings of the most modern character, while the enroll- ment for the year of 11,500 with some
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1.200 professors and instructors, and a total staff of almost 2,400 people.
Urbana has won fame as a residential city. Perhaps there is no city anywhere having a larger per cent of college trained citizens. The per cent of illiteracy in Ur- bana is considerably less than one per cent, while 36 per cent of its residents of school age are enrolled in its two high schools. Furthermore, fully 85 per cent of the residents of Urbana are home owners.
Urbana, "the crossroads of the Corn Belt," has sixty miles of paved streets. All the streets are well lighted by a system of ornamental boulevard lighting standards. Sanitation is unsurpassed, while the water supply comes from numbers of deep wells.
Urbana with a population of approxi- mately 13,060, is also a city of parks. While the University campus may be considered one large park, Urbana has a park system of unusual attractiveness. The principal park of the system is Crystal Lake park, comprising some one hundred and ten acres of shrubs, oaks, grass and water made easily accessible by beautiful drives and walks. The clear water of the lake af- fords splendid boating in the summer and skating in the winter, while its pavilion, shelter house, modern play ground for children and an outdoor swimming pool attract visitors for many miles about. The other parks, while not so large, are very attractive.
In Urbana twenty churches guide the spiritual welfare of its citizens: the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, and Campfire Girls provide recreation and training for the children, while the Association of Com- merce, the Rotary Club, the Exchange Club and the various fraternal societies af- ford means for the practice of good-fel- lowship characteristic of Urbana's citizens.
Although Urbana is paramount in its civic interests it is also represented by sound commercial and industrial concerns. No city has more solid financial institu- tions than the banks and building and loan associations of Urbana, their aggre- gate statements reaching several millions of dollars. Its building and loan associa- tions are among the strongest in the country. Every branch of retail trade is represented among Urbana's stores, which provide for the wants of the community. Among the manufacturing enterprises in Urbana, are manufacturers of knock-down bleachers, butter and other dairy products,
discuses, javelins and other athletic sup- plies, electrical supplies, chemical supplies. paints, castings, dehorners, cigars, har- ness. ice cream, burial vaults, mauso- leums, high powered microscopic lenses, scientific instruments, waste reclaiming, X-ray apparatus. concrete ornaments for yard and home. Urbana is also the home of general laboratories, chief of which is the plant of the Urbana Laboratories, Inc., makers of seed cultures and many others.
In Urbana are located the shops of the Peoria and Eastern railway, a division of the New York Central Lines, which em- ploy the largest number of men in any single industry in the city.
Urbana possesses very adequate trans- portation facilities, including Peoria and Eastern Railway, giving services to the east and west; the branch line of the Wabash running to Sidney ; while the Ill1- nois Central affords frequent services to Chicago and the south. "A train your way every hour of the day" is provided by the Illinois Traction System, with accommo- dations east and west, bus lines run to Chicago and St. Louis. Connections are made at Glover by trolley with the Chi- cago and Eastern Illinois railroad com- pany for Chicago and St. Louis and by bus with the main line of the Wabash for St. Louis and Detroit at Tolono. Three state paved highways and many paved county roads extend in all directions and bus service is given on all three state highways.
Among other points of interest in the "city of opportunity" besides the Univer- sity of Illinois Campus and its many at- tractions are, the Samuel T. Busey library, the Outlook Tuberculosis Sanitarium, Cun- ningham Home for children, Mercy Hos- pital, the Margaret Carle Memorial Hos- pital. One of the most up-to-date sanitary disposal plants in the country, a 110-acre, eighteen hole golf course and country club, the Wesley Foundation and the state and government experiment stations, and the Urbana park board's $100,000 outdoor swimming pool. "Illinois finest," and the $250,000 First Methodist Episcopal church.
An authority writes: "Urbana . . . home of the most important manufacturing plant in Illinois . .. that plant is the Uni- versity of Illinois. Its raw materials are youth and ambition. Its product is men and women."
URBANA AND CHAMPAIGN-THE HOME OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
The Home of the University of Illinois is one of the best known convention com- munities in Illinois. Because of the presence of the University of Illinois in this community, it is estimated that annually more than 150,000 visitors come here to attend conventions of district, state. national, and international importance.
THE URBANA AND CHAMPAIGN SANITARY DISTRICT
The Urbana and Champaign Sanitary District organized May. 1921, Law of 1917. Board of Trustees: Frank Hudson. Dr. J. C. Dodds : F. D. Murphy. Clerk. Officers of the Board: T. C. Sullivan. Treasurer : Francis E. Williamson, Attorney : Pearse, Greeley & Hansen, Consulting Engineers; Gus H. Radebaugh. Manager.
Treatment of sewage: Coarse Screen, Imhoff Tanks, Sludge Drying beds, Trick- ling Filter and Final Sedimentation treat- ment, capacity, 6,750,000 gallons per 24 hours. Plant is located north and east of Urbana, 697 feet above sea level. Effluent of plant flows into Salt Fork which bas a natural stream flow of 3,000,000 gallons per 24 hours. Three and one-half miles of In- tercepting Sewers. 30 inch the largest size
with an intercepting capacity for 70,000 population. District area, 5,456 acres or 8.53 square miles. Approximate popula- tion of 43,000 and an assessed valuation of $23.741.257.00.
Purpose of the Sanitary District, to re- lieve overloaded sanitary sewers and pre- vent human filth from polluting resident basements, the Boneyard Branch, Saline Drainage Ditch and Salt Fork Creek. Office of the District is the Pumping Statlon at the Treatment Works. Public inspection always welcomed.
This Sanitary District is example of suc- cessful cooperation between the two mu- nicipalitics. The two cities are in fact one community and should be so considered by all residents.
ABBREVIATIONS
acct-accountant adv-advertising agt-agent. Am-American appr-apprentice apts-apartments archt-architect asmbir-assembler Asgn-Association asst-assistant attdt-attendant auto-automobile av-avenue
bkpr-bookkeeper bldg-building bldr-builder blk-block blksmith-blacksmith blvd-boulevard br-branch brklyr-bricklayer brake-brakeman cab mkr-cabinetmaker carp-carpenter cash- cashier chauf-chauffeur chf-chief civ-civil clk-clerk collr-collector coml-commercial comm-commission comr-commissioner cond-conductor confr-confectioner cons-consulting contr-contractor cor-corner ct-court ctr-cutter
del-delivery dept-department dist-district dispr-dispatcher drafts-draftsman dressmkr-dressmaker E-East elect-electrical electr-electrician
elev-elevator emp-employe eng-engineer engr-engraver exch-exchange
exp-express
expinn-expressman flag-flagman fore-foreman fore forewoman frt-freight
ft-foot furn-furniture ftr-fitter furn rms-furnished rooms
gasftr-gas fitter genl-general
govt-government
hdqrs-headquarters hdwe-hardware hlpr-helper hwy-highway hosp-hospital
implts-implements inc-incorporated
ins-insurance insp-inspector
instr-instructor
int rev-internal reve- nue
kpr-keeper
lab-laborer lieut-lieutenant
lino-linotype litho-lithographer
Ibr-lumber
mach-machinist indse-merchandise mech-mechanical infr-manufacturer
mfg-manufacturing
mgr-manager
mkr-maker mkt-market mldr-molder
mn-man messgr-messenger
motor-motorman n or N-North Nat-National ne-northeast nr-near ns-north side nw-northwest
opp-opposite opr-operator
pass-passenger pat-patent pharm-pharmacist photog-photographer
phys-physician
pk-park pkr-packer pkwy-parkway pl-place
plbr-plumber potr-painter PO-postoffice pres-president
prin-principal
prof-professor prop-proprietor
press-pressman
ptrnmkr-patternmaker
pub-publishing publr-publisher purch-purchasing
r-resides rd-road R R-Rural Delivery real est-real estate rec-receiving
rep-representative
repr-repairer
restr-restaurant
ret-retail rms-rooms Ry-Railway
Ry MS-Railway Mail Service S-South sales-salesman sch-school san-sanitary se-southeast sec-secretary
Bergt-sergeant ship-shipping sismngr-salesmanager seam-seamstress soc-society soler-solicitor sq-square ss-southside sta-station sta eng-stationary en . gineer
steno-stenographer stereo-stereotyper stmftr-steamfitter supt-superintendent
supvr-supervisor surg-surgeon sw-southwest switch-switchman
tehr-teacher tel-telephone teleg-telegraph timekpr-timekeeper tmstr-teamster tndr-tender
trans-transportation trav-traveling trav sales-traveling salesman
treas-treasurer twp-township uphlstr-upholsterer US-United States
USA-United States Army
USMC-United States Marine Corps
US N-United States Navy
vet-veterinary vulc-vulcanizer W-West
whol-wholesale whsmn-warehouseman wid-widow wkr-worker w 8-west side watch-watchman ydmn-yardman ydmstr-yardmaster
ABBREVIATIONS-UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
A C-Athletic Coaching A E-Architectural Engineering Acct-Accountant Accy-Accountancy Adm-Administration Building (E or W) Agr-Agriculture or Agricultural Agron-Agronomy An-Animal Arch-Architecture Arm-Armory Assoc-Associate Asst-Assistant Astron-Astronomy Attdt-Attendant Bact-Bacteriology B O & O-Business Organization and Operation Bot-Botany Bur-Bureau Bus-Business C E-Civil Engineering CE S B-C E Sur- veying Building Cer-Ceramics Cer E-Ceramic Engi- neering Chem-Chemistry, or Chemical Chem A-Chemistry Annex
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