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POLK'S INDIANAPOLIS (MARION COUNTY, IND.)
CITY DIRECTORY
Vol. 1956 XCVI
Including Beech Grove, Broad Ripple, Rocky Ripple, Speedway City, University Heights and Woodruff Place
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE YELLOW PAGES
Page
AAA Roofing & Heating Co .. . left side lines and 124
A - Authorized Television Service. .left side lines and 134
Acme Building Materials Inc. right side lines
Cram Geo F Co Inc The. 38 Crescent Paper Co. . 104
Crown Hill Cemetery & Mausoleum . left side lines and 32
Crown Laundry & Dry Cleaning Co. 79
Crystal Flash Petroleum Corp.
right bottom lines and 105
Curt & Young Sewer Service Co.
left top lines and insert at name in Alphabetical Section
D'Arcy's Children's Wear.
left side lines and
32
Darlington Business Brokers
.backbone, right top lines, 31 and 112
Darlington Realty Co.
. right top lines, 31 and 112
Dearborn Hotel
61
Delaware Flower Shop
Dennis Trucking Co.
Dodd Electric Service
. right top lines and
Don-Lee Heating Co. . right top corner cards and
Dorsey Paul E Funeral Homes
Eagle Creek Nursery Co Inc.
Eaglesfield & Shepard.
East Side Chevrolet left bottom lines and Empire Life & Accident Insurance Co .... right top lines and 64
Em-Roe Sporting Goods Co 132
Equitable Securities Co
81
European Motors of Indianapolis Inc.
insert at name in Alphabetical Section
Excelsior Laundry Co Inc ..
right top lines and 79
bottom lines and insert at name in Alphabetical Section
45
Federal Sign & Signal Corp.
.left side lines and 132
Feeser John Inc ..
. left top corner cards and
8
Ferguson Sea H Realty Co.
right bottom lines and 113
Fidelity Bank & Trust Co. . right top lines and
Fieber & Reilly
right top lines and
Filter Queen Corp
Finchum Realty
First Bancredit Corp.
First Federal Savings & Loan Assn left side lines and
Foster & Messick. left top lines and
Foster R S Lumber Co. .left side lines and
Fruin-Colnon Contracting Co. . left top lines and
Gates Motors Inc. .
right side lines and
General Electric Supply Co.
General Management & Investment Corp.
General Outdoor Advertising Co Inc.
Geupel Carl M Construction Co.
Gibson Co The. .
Grady Asphalt Inc
Grain Dealers Mutual Insurance Co. . left top lines and
Grande John & Sons left top lines and
Great Fidelity Life Insurance Co. . back cover and Great-West Life Assurance Co. ... right top corner cards and Gregg Cleaners
Gregory & Appel Inc. right bottom lines and
Griener C E Co Inc.
Grinsteiner Funeral Home. .right side lines and
Guarantee Tire & Rubber Co. right bottom lines and Gwinn A R Paint & Supply Co Inc ..
Haas Max Co. .. right top corner cards, 107 and Hall-Hottel Co Inc .
Hall-Neal Furnace Co
74 Harlin Bros right side lines and
Colonial Savings & Loan Assn left bottom lines and 28 Hatfield Motors Inc. right top lines and 10
33 Hedges Pontiac Inc. . right side lines and 17
Herrmann G H Funeral Home Inc. . left side lines and 54
22 119 138 119 50 28 65 86 35 15 47 66 3 36 9 38 67 51 68 75 32 69 80 54 135 102 128 119 55 98
Block Wm H Co The. . front cover and 41
Blue & White Service Inc. . . left side lines and 135
Borden Co The-Ice Cream Div left top lines and 63
Borden's Milk Div. .left side lines and 90
Bramwood Press The. . front cover, left top lines and 100
Brehob Electric Equipment Inc. . front edge and 46
Brennan W A Inc. .
110
Bridges W L & Son Inc.
122 2
Bugher Marion Co The. .
. right bottom lines and 38
Burford Wm B Printing Co
109
Burnet-Binford Lumber Co.
83.
Capitol Motors Inc. .left top lines and 17
Carr Jack C Inc. .
. left bottom lines and 119
Carr K W Motor Co.
17
Carter-Lee Lumber Co
. . insert between Yellow Pages and Alphabetical Section
Cartersburg-Crystal Springs Inc. . . left side lines and 138 Celtic Federal Savings & Loan Assn. ..... left side lines and 28
Central Materials Handling Corp. . right side lines and 89
Central Press Clipping Service. . left bottom lines and
108
Central Supply Co. . left bottom lines, 59 and 108
Central Wholesale Supply Co . left side lines and 125
Citizens Gas & Coke Utility. . right side lines
City Securities Corp. right side lines and 74
Cline Frederick B. . right top lines and
111
Cloverleaf Realty Co right bottom lines and 116
Cochran Evans
Comet Cleaners Inc. .
Consolidated Insurance Co . right side lines
Continental Hotel . . left top lines and 60
Cooling-Grumme-Mumford Co Inc 73
Adams-Rogers Inc 84 Advance Plating Works Inc. right top lines and 107
"Aid" T V Sales & Service. right side lines and 134 136
Albany Leasing Inc.
Allen Bill Co right top lines and
118 56
Allen Furniture & Appliances .5 and
Aluminum Finishing Corp.
right top corner cards
American Estates Co ..
left side lines and 118
American Fletcher National Bank & Trust Co.
21
American Loan Co. .
. left side lines and
80
American Paper Stock Co
right side lines and
105
Anchor Federal Savings & Loan Assn. .
.right top lines and
27
Anderson Lumber & Supply Co.
. front cover, right bottom lines and
82
Apple Moving & Storage Inc.
96
Arrow Pontiac Inc. .
right side lines and
17
Arsenal Building & Loan Assn. left bottom lines and 27 6
Asphalt Material & Construction Inc.
110
Associated Materials Co
86
Associated Roto-Rooter Service Co.
.... left side lines and
1 130
Auto-Imports, Ltd, Corp. 17
Avis Rent-A-Car System
back cover, right side lines, 20 and 134 right side lines and 103
Barker Bros Inc The.
Barnes Hotel 61
Berkshire Life Ins Co. 63 Fadely-Anderson Inc
Bertermann Bros Co Inc. 50
Bethard Wall Paper & Paint Co Inc. .. . left side lines and 138 Farrell-Argast Electric Co
Better Business Bureau Inc. 7
Bimsco Inc. . left side lines and 29
Bivin Transfer Co
"B"
Blackmore & Buckner Roofing Co
right bottom lines, "C" and 124
Brown L M Title Co Inc.
right side lines and
. left
left top lines, left top corner cards and 50 123 47 59 54 99 86 16
Associated Industrial Consultation Services
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
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Hetherington & Berner Inc. 87 Hickman Oldsmobile Inc. . left top lines and 11
Hisey & Titus.
. left side lines and 53
Hoffman John and Sons Inc.
39
Holliday W J & Co Warehouse
. left bottom lines and "X"
Holmes J Frank. right top lines and 75
Hoosier Addressing Co.
right top corner cards and
3
Hoosier Fence Co Inc.
49
Hoosier Motor Club.
15
Hoosier Photo Supplies Inc.
. right side lines and 106
Hornaday Milk Co Inc.
right side lines and
91
Hotel Barnes
61
Hotel Continental.
. left top lines and 60
Hotel Dearborn
61
Perfection Paint & Color Co.
Petri Edward E Inc. left top lines and
Pilgrim Laundry Inc. 45 and
78 93
Polk's Bank Directory.
140
Pratt Printing Co. left bottom lines and I10
Preferred Risk Insurance Service. . right side lines and "Z"
Progress Laundry Co Inc.
Railroadmen's Federal Savings & Loan Assn.
left top lines and 25
Rainier Furniture
Rains Realty Co. . right side lines and 122
Red Cab Inc .. . back cover, right side lines, 20 and 134
Reeder Ralph R & Sons Inc.
right top lines and "Y"
Reid-Holcomb Co Inc
40
Reliable Insulation Co .
right side lines and
63
Riddick Piano Co
right bottom lines
Jordan Funeral Home. . . backbone and
Justus Contracting Co Inc
Kasle Bale-A-Car Corp.
. back cover and 126
Kasle J & Sons Inc. . . right side lines and 127
Kay Jewelry Co. right side lines and 78
Keystone Motors
18 129
Kiefer A L Service Station Service Co.
King & King Funeral Directors. . right side lines and 53
Kirby Mortuary. left bottom lines and
Kirk Funeral Home left side lines and 55 Service Engraving Inc.
Klein & Kuhn. 116 Severin Hotel. right bottom lines and 60
Klingstein Hugo Machinery Co 88
Knight F M Realty Co. . right top lines and 120
Krebay Construction Co Inc. right bottom lines and 39
Lambert Mailing Co back cover
Lane Bryant Inc. . 33
Lannan's Insurance & Real Estate Service Inc. 117
Lawrence Auto Co Inc. 18
Leaseway System Inc of Indiana
136
Lilly Paint Products Inc. . . left side lines and 103 Sims Firman C Co The
Liosi Sam Co .. 39
Litzelman Coal & Supply Corp. right bottom lines and 33
Longden Agency Inc The .. . left side lines and 75 Snider Auto Service Inc. . left side lines and 20
Lucky Auto Seat Cover Store. . right bottom lines and 18 South Side Lumber & Hardware
Maico Hearing Service. . left side lines and 59 Southern Automatic Music Co
Spann Co Inc The. right top lines, 76 and 121
Staley Signs Inc. right side lines and 132
Standard Enamel & Paint Corp. . left side lines and 103
Standard Materials Corp. . left side lines and 125
Standard Saving & Loan Assn. left side lines and
28
State Automobile Insurance Assn right top lines and
72 76
Merchants National Bank & Trust Co 24 State Stationers Inc The left side lines and 101 79 Meridian Mortgage Co . right bottom lines Sterling Laundry Co Inc. 42
Meridian Mutual Insurance Co left top lines and 71 Strauss L & Co Inc. right top lines and
Mid-Western Tree Experts . left side lines and 136
Model Loan Service Inc . right top lines and 81
Moldthan A C Inc .. . left bottom lines and 120
Monarch Buick Co Inc. .
left bottom lines and 19 Moody & Finch Realtors.
Mooney-Mueller-Ward Co
44
Moore & Kirk Mortuaries.
. . insert between Yellow Pages and Alphabetical Section Morrison L E & Co.
8 1
Union Federal Savings & Loan Assn . right top lines and 26
Moynahan Apartments. right top lines and 4 United Mortgage Co Inc. . left top lines and 95
Moynahan Construction Co.
37
Mutual Fire Insurance Co of Indianapolis . . left top lines
Mutual Milk Co
NE W Co The. right top lines and 37
Nelson V K Associates . . left side lines and 24
North Side Chevrolet Inc. . left bottom lines and 16 North Side Lumber & Hardware Inc. .... right side lines and 85
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co . left side lines
O'Donnell's Ed Inc. top edge and 13
Old Line Automobile Insurance "A" and 73
Packard Indianapolis Co Inc. left top lines and 1 9
Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis right top lines and 133 120
Partlow Paul Realty Co. Peerless Corporation The . . . back cover, left bottom lines and Peoples Bank & Trust Co. left side lines and 23 102 78
Hotel Jones Hotel Severin . right bottom lines and 60
Hotel Sheraton-Lincoln
Indiana Insurance Co right side lines
70
Indiana Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Co. ... backbone and Indiana Visual Aids Co Inc.
95
Indianapolis Engraving Co Inc. 48 and 106
Indianapolis Kaiser Willys
. left side lines and
18
Indianapolis Lumber Co
.right top lines and 84 101
Indianapolis Office Supply Co Inc.
Indianapolis Recorder . . left side lines and 98
Inland Container Corp. 105
Insurance Underwriters. . left side lines and 75
International Harvester Co.
137
Investors Diversified Services Inc. . left top lines and 76 12
Johnson Chevrolet Co Inc.
Jones Hotel
60
52 Ripley Buick Inc.
right bottom lines and 19
120
Roberts Wm H & Sons Inc.
right side lines and
94
Savage Bruce Co.
Schakel Fred C
74
Schuster Coal Co.
right side lines and 29
Selected Office Specialties
left side lines and 101
Selvage Joseph W.
left top lines and 113B
Sentinel Printing Inc. right side lines and 102
47
left bottom lines and
48
Sexson Bros Coal & Oil Co. right side lines and 34
Shank Storage & Moving Co Inc .. front cover and 97
Shelby Street Federal Savings & Loan Assn.
left top lines and 27
Sheraton-Lincoln Hotel The
Shirley Bros Co Inc. right side lines and
Silicone of Indiana.
Simmons J L Co Inc.
. right side lines and
Sipe's J C Son .. . bottom edge and
Smither Henry C Roofing Co.
right side lines and
85 106
Maloof Realty Co. . 117
Marine Enterprises Inc. 24 131
Mason-Killion Construction Co Inc.
36
McCormick Lumber Co Inc. 36
Mckay Ray Inc. . Mercantile Mortgage Co. left top lines and 122
19
State Mutual Life Assurance Co. . left side lines and
Studebaker Realty Co. .left top lines and 114
Superior Chevrolet Inc. . front cover and
Swiss Cleaners
32 133
Syndicate Glass Inc.
Thompson Detective Service Inc. . left side lines and 43
Tousley H D Co Inc. .
39
Turner Building & Saving Assn. . left bottom lines and 29
Unified Underwriters Inc. . back cover
Van Bibber V E Co. 127
Van Camp Hardware & Iron Co.
58
60
60
62 Polk Sanitary Milk Co. . back cover, left side lines and
79
57
right side lines and 121
54
Service Elevator Co Inc.
62 55
34 38 121 77 124
Marott Shoe Stores Inc.
118
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
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LEGAL BLUE BOOK (In Classified Section at Lawyers)
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Armstrong, Gause, Hudson & Kightlinger.
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Olive, Knox, O'Hara & Krise B
Bamberger & Feibleman ..
B Ross, McCord, Ice & Miller. C
Buschmann, Krieg, DeVault & Alexander.
B Smith H Perry C
Ewing Wm C ..
B Stump & Emswiller C
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Welch John R & Sons Inc. left side lines and 121
Whiffing Wayne W Realtors. 115 Willoughby Sheet Metal Shop 130 Woodsmall H H Agency Inc. .right top lines
Wayne Burial Vault Co Inc.
INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX
R. L. POLK & CO., publishers of more than 750 city, county, state and national Directories, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1956 edition of the Indianapolis City Directory, which also includes Beech Grove, Broad Ripple, Rocky Ripple, Speedway City, University Heights and Woodruff Place.
Confidence in the continued growth of Indianapolis' industry, population and wealth, and in the ad- vancement of its civic and social activities, will be maintained as sections of this Directory are consulted, for the Directory is a mirror truly reflecting Indianapolis to the world.
The enviable position occupied by R. L. POLK & CO.'S Directories in the estimation of the public through- out the country, has been established by rendering the best in Directory service. With an unrivaled organiza- tion, 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 Indianapolis Directory will fulfill its mission as a source of authentic information pertaining to the commu- nity.
Five Major Departments
The five major departments are arranged in the following order :-
I. THE YELLOW PAGES constitute the first major department of the Directory. This embraces a complete list of the names and addresses of the business and professional concerns of Indianapolis and vicinity, ar- ranged in alphabetical order under appropriate headings-a catalog of all the activities of the city and vicinity. Preceding this catalog, likewise grouped under appropriate headings, are the advertisements and business cards of firms and individuals desiring to present a more complete list of their products or services than is possible in the catalog itself. The Yellow Pages represent reference advertising at its best, and merit the attention of all buyers and sellers seeking sources of supply or markets for goods. In a great commercial and industrial center like Indianapolis, the necessity of having this kind of information up-to-date and always immediately available, is obvious. 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 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 Indianapolis and vicinity, and the name, official personnel, nature and address of each firm and corporation.
III. THE POSTAL ZONE GUIDE, on green paper, is the third major department. This section is repro- duced verbatim from copy supplied by the postal authorities.
IV. THE GUIDE TO BUS AND TRACKLESS TROLLEY LINES is the fourth major department, printed on green paper.
V. THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, on green paper, is the fifth major department. In this section the numbered streets are arranged in numerical order, fol- lowed by the named streets in alphabetical order; the numbers 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 designation of homes and places of business having telephones.
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 educa- tional center. 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 Indianapolis and vicinity.
The Indianapolis Directory Library
Through the courtesy of the publishers of the Indianapolis City Directory, a Directory Library is main- tained in the Business Branch of the Indianapolis Public Library, for free reference 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 mem- bers 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.
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INDIANA SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' MONUMENT
The Indiana Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument is in the center of Monument Cirele, and was begun in 1887 and completed in 1901. The monument is an impressive column 2841% feet high. It is considered one of the world's most outstanding works of monumental architecture. Four epochs of Indiana history are commemorated by bronze statues of rep- resentative men: George Rogers Clark, the period of the Revolution; William Henry Harri- son, the War of 1812 and the Battle of Tippecanoe; Governor James Whitcomb, the War with Mexico; and Governor Oliver P. Morton, the Civil War. This monument cost the people of Indiana $600,000. Its basement houses a museum, and an elevator earries visitors to an observation room at its top.
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INDIANAPOLIS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE North Meridian St., Opp. University Park
INDIANAPOLIS
"THE CENTER OF INDUSTRIAL AMERICA"
Capital of Indiana; County Seat of Marion County
Some of the Things That Serve to Visualize the Importance of This Modern and Progressive City in
Its Commercial, Financial and Industrial Aspects
Prepared by the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce
HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT
Indianapolis is a great metropolis which arose in the wilderness-a city built upon plans made by hardy pioneers bent upon creating a social order as well as a fine state capital.
Today it is a teeming center of commerce and industry, lo- cated in a rich agricultural area.
Here, creative genius and the will to enrich the life of every citizen, has developed a vast and balanced wealth of culture and a promise of better things for all who cherish the American Way of Life-freedom and opportunity.
The 1950 U. S. Census gave Metropolitan Indianapolis a popu- lation of 551,777, and a population of 427,173 within the city limits. Indianapolis 136 years ago was a lone cabin in a virgin forest. Today it is a fast-growing metropolis of 620,000 persons . . . a highly-diversified and vitally-important industrial city in the midst of a vast, rich agricultural region.
It is a typically American city in a typically American state .. . the physical, political, economic and cultural capital of a great commonwealth . a city proud and grateful for its heritage, industrious, ambitious, and confident of a glowing destiny.
About Indianapolis there is no element of circumstance either in the selection of its site or the design for the orginal town. And today, as from the beginning, it is a city planned in its development.
The first settlers came here in the spring of 1820. They located at or near the confluence of Fall Creek and White River. A few years earlier trader William Conner had established a thriving trading post (now restored) a few miles northeast, but it was to the south of Fall Creek that pioneers pressing into the new state directed their course from Connersville, Andersontown and other older towns. Andersontown was a village of the Delaware Indians.
Jacob Whetzel and his son came from Andersontown after
gaining permission from ruling Chief Anderson to blaze a trace to the mouth of Fall Creek. The white man's treaty with Chief Anderson had given the venerable Delaware control over the entire area for one full year, and Whetzel was meticulous in his determination to observe the treaty.
Perhaps the first family to settle at the confluence of the two streams was that of George Pogue, who brought his wife and children from Connersville and built here a solid double- cabin, then set about clearing a few acres from the wilderness.
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