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CITY DIRECTORY
Vol. 1958 XCVIII
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INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE YELLOW PAGES
A-Authorized Television Service ...... right side lines and 113 Advance Plating Works Inc ................. right top lines and Air Conditioning Equipment Co Inc right side lines and 3
Allen Furniture
American Estates Co left side lines and
95
American Fletcher National Bank & Trust Co 17
American Paper Stock Co ................. right side lines and 84
Anchor Federal Savings & Loan Assn
right top lines and 21
Anderson Lumber & Supply Co front cover, right bottom lines and 65
Arab Termite & Pest Control Inc 38
Arsenal Savings & Loan Assn ..... left bottom lines and 104
Asphalt Material & Construction Inc
4
Associated Wrecking Co left side lines and 120
Auto-Imports Ltd Corp
12
Avis Rent-A-Car System
.. right side lines and
15
Eastwood John Co
.. right side lines and
90
B A B Dura Cleaners „right side lines Berkshire Life Insurance Co of Massachusetts 58
Berling & Sons
29
Bertermann Bros Co Inc
.left top lines and
38
Bethard Wallpaper & Paint Co Inc
left side lines and 119
Better Business Bureau Inc
Blackmore & Buckner Roofing Inc
right bottom lines, B and 103
Blue & White Service Inc
left side lines and 115
Borden's Milk Division 74
Bramwood Press The front cover and 79
Brehob Electric Equipment Inc .front edge and 35
Brennan W A Inc
94
Brown L M Title Co Inc
2
75
Brownson's Central Wallpaper & Paint Corp
81
Bugher Marion Co
right bottom lines and
29
Bullock Electric & Construction Corp
right bottom lines and
Burford Wm B Printing Co
Burnet-Binford Lumber Co 66 Gates Motors Inc „right side lines and 10
C & S Trucking Inc right side lines and 119
Cain Ralph & Associates 58 Geupel Carl M Construction Co Inc
Calvert Insurance Agency 58 Gibson Co The
Capitol City Supply Co Inc front cover and 20
Capitol Motors left top lines and 12
Carmichael Chet .right side lines and 95 Carmichael Sign Co Inc .right side lines and 111 Carr K W Motor Co 12 Carter Lee Lumber Co
tabbed insert between Classified and
Alphabetical Section
Cartersburg-Crystal Springs Inc ....... left side lines and 120 Celtic Federal Savings & Loan Assn
left side lines and 24
Central Materials Handling Corp ...... right side lines and 69
Central Press Clipping Service ...... left bottom lines and 25
Central Supply Co .left bottom lines and 86
Citizens Gas & Coke Utility .right side lines
City Securities Corp .right bottom lines and 59
City Sewer Cleaners .left side lines and 110
City Sign Service Inc „right side lines and 111
Clark I D Co Inc 37
Cline Frederick B back cover, right top lines and 89 Hoffman John & Sons Inc 30
Continental Hotel The „left top lines and 49 Holmes J Frank 59
Page
85 Cornelius Printing Co .left top lines and 88 69
Cram Geo F Co Inc The
83
50
Crown Laundry & Dry Cleaning Co
62 84
Crystal-Flash Petroleum Corp ...... right bottom lines and
Custom Interiors
left side lines and 119
Danz Harry H Electrical Service
...... right side lines and
36
Dan's Moving & Storage Co
„left side lines and
75
Delaware Flower Shop Inc „left top lines and 38 Dennis Trucking Co 102 Dixon Service „right side lines and 16 Don-Lee Heating Co left top lines, 3, 32 and 47 76 Eagle Creek Nursery Co Inc 68
Eagle Machine Co Inc
.. right side lines and
East Side Chevrolet Inc
left bottom lines and
10
Economy Car Wash .right side lines and 12
Empire Life & Accident Insurance Co
right top lines and 51
Em-Roe Sporting Goods Co
112
Equitable Securities Co
64
Esterline's Seasons Shop
left top and bottom lines and 29
Excelsior Laundry Co Inc
.right top lines and
62
Fadely-Anderson Inc
insert at name in Alphabetical Section and left bottom lines
36
Federal Sign & Signal Corp
left side lines and 111
Feeser John Inc
.left top lines and
6
Fidelity Bank & Trust Co
.right top lines and
18
Fireside .left top lines and 99 First Federal Savings & Loan Assn
left side lines and 24
Foster & Messick Foster R S Lumber Co left side lines and left top lines and 52 67 27
32 87 Fruin-Calnon Contracting Co
General Management & Investment Corp 63
27 7
Golden Rule The .right top lines and 3
Gottemoller John H & Son 85 29
Grady Asphalt Inc
Grain Dealers Mutual Insurance Co ...... left top lines and 53
54
Great Fidelity Life Insurance Co ............ back cover and
55
Griener C E Co Inc 62
115
Gwin Landscape Service
107
81
Gwinn A R Paint & Supply Co Inc
Haas Max Co
right top lines. 86 and 108
Hall-Hottel Co Inc 95
Hall-Neal Furnace Co
42
Hamilton A W Real Estate Co The
left top lines and 96 Hasely Geo J & Co .right side lines and 80 Hatfield Motors Inc .right top lines and 8
Hedges Pontiac Inc
left side lines and
13
Herrmann G H Funeral Home Inc ...... left side lines and
39
Cooperative Services Inc „right bottom lines and 39 Hoosier Manufacturing & Repair ..... right side lines and 116
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Copeland Realty a.right side lines and 95
All American Painters & Decorators Co 32 Crescent Paper Co
Z Crook John J .left bottom lines and
5
Brownie's Accordion Studio
Farrell-Argast Electric Co
Gregory & Appel Inc
Guarantee Tire & Rubber Co ..... right bottom lines and
9
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Hoosier Motor Club 11
Hornaday Milk Co Inc right side lines and 70 49
Hotel Continental The .left top lines and
Hotel Sheraton-Lincoln 48
Imperial Realty Corp right side lines and 96
Indiana Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Co
backbone and 56
Indiana National Bank The front cover
Indiana Visual Aids Co Inc
75
Indianapolis Heating Co
left side lines and
47
Indianapolis Metal Spinning Co
.. left side lines and
69
Indianapolis Mirror Co Inc right side lines and 74
Indianapolis Nash Inc
Indianapolis Office Supply Co Inc
Indianapolis Ready Mix Concrete Corp
Inland Container Corp 84
International Harvester Co 118 Poindexter Bros .right side lines and 32 Polk Sanitary Milk Co ...... back cover, left side lines and 72
Investors Diversified Services Inc ..... left top lines and 60 Irvington Cabinet & Tile Co ............ right side lines and 25 Pratt Printing Co .left bottom lines and 88 Railroadmen's Federal Savings & Loan Assn
Italian Village Restaurant 100
J & J Floor Covering 38
Johnson Edna Realty left bottom lines and 91
Joint & Clutch Service Inc
.. right top lines and
13
Jones Gravel Corp .right top lines and 103
Jordan Funeral Home
.. backbone and
40
Justus Realty Co Inc left side lines and 96
Kasle Bale-A-Car Corp
left top lines and 105
Kasle J & Sons Inc
right side lines and 106
Kay Jewelry Co
right side lines and
60
Kiddie-Kraft Studio
left side lines and
85
King & King Funeral Directors .right side lines and 41
Kirby Mortuary left bottom lines and 41
Klein & Kuhn 94
Klingstein Machinery Inc 68
Krebay Construction Co Inc ........ right bottom lines and 30 Shelby Street Federal Savings & Loan Assn
Lane Bryant Inc 26
Lawrence Auto Co Inc
.left top lines and
13
Lee's Shoe Repair, Laundry & Dry Cleaners
right side lines and 111
Liosi Sam Co .left top lines and
Litzelman Coal & Supply Corp
30 26
Lloyd's Fine Meats backbone and 44 Malotte Machinery Co Inc 31 80
Mansure C E
Mattie's Beauty Shop
left side lines and
45
McDaniel's TV & Radio Repair ...... right side lines and 88
McGee Motors Inc
14
Standard Materials Corp
left side lines and 103
State Automobile Insurance Assn ...... right top lines and
57
Mercantile Mortgage Co .left top lines and 98
Merchants National Bank & Trust Co of Indianapolis 16 Strauss L & Co Inc .right top lines and
Meridian Mortgage Co
right bottom lines
Mid-Western Tree Experts .left side lines and 116
Milano Inn left bottom lines and 101 Milk Foundation of Indianapolis 74
Model Loan Service Inc „right top lines and 64 Top Remodeling Co The .right bottom lines and 31
Moldthan A C Inc left bottom lines and 97 Monarch Auto Sales Inc .right side lines and 14 Tousley Construction Co Inc 31 Turner Building & Savings Assn left bottom lines and 24
Monarch Buick Co Inc
right bottom lines and
14
Morehouse Construction Co
„right side lines and
31
Mooney-Mueller-Ward Co Inc 34 Universal Leaseway System Inc 117
Moore & Kirk Mortuaries
tabbed insert between Classified and Alphabetical
Section
Mutual Fire Insurance Co of Indianapolis
left top lines
Mutual Milk Co 71
N E W Co The right top lines and 28
Nelson V K Associates Inc 21
Newcomer Lumber Co left side lines and 67 North Side Chevrolet Inc .left bottom lines and 11 North Side Lumber & Hardware Inc
right side lines and 67
Northside Rambler Inc
left side lines and
15
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co of Milwaukee Wisconsin left side lines
Old Line Automobile Insurors A
Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis ...... right top lines and 113 Palmer Dodge Inc .right top lines and 16
Peoples Bank & Trust Co left side lines and 19 Perfection Paint & Color Co 81 77
Pipkin Nursery Service
Rains Realty Co left top lines and 22 .. right side lines and 97 Ranelin Transit Ready Mix Concrete Co
left side lines and 88 Raub Radio & Television Service ...... right top lines and 114
Justus Contracting Co Inc
96
Red Cab Inc
.right side lines and
15
Reeder Ralph R & Sons Inc
„right top lines and
Y
Riddick Piano Co
„right bottom lines
Risk Hardware & Appliances „right side lines and 47 73 Roberts Wm H & Sons Inc .right side lines and 42
Sam's Pure Oil Service
Savage Bruce Co right side lines and
97
Schuster Coal Co
„right side lines and
24
Service Engraving Inc
left bottom lines and
36
Sharp Harry A Co Inc left bottom lines and 15
back cover and 23 48 28
Simmons J L Co Inc
Sims Firman C Co The
.right side lines and
97
Sipe's J C Son bottom edge and 61
Smither Henry C Roofing Co
Snider Auto Service Inc
103 15 98
Spann Co Inc The .right top lines, 59 and
109
Spencer Sinclair Service Spurling Trucking Inc left bottom lines and 119
Staley Signs Inc .right side lines and 112
Standard Enamel & Paint Corp
.left side lines and
82
Studebaker Realty Co
left side lines and
98
Superior Chevrolet Inc front cover and 9 68
Sutherland Lumber Co Inc
Syndicate Glass Inc
113
Thompson Poultry Co Inc 86
Unified Underwriters Inc back cover
Uptown Auto Glass Co
top edge and
43
Van The Sign Hanger
left side lines and 112
Van Camp Hardware & Iron Co Inc 46
Vonnegut Hardware Co .left bottom lines
Wabash Fire & Casualty Insurance Co
right bottom lines and 59
Mckay Ray Inc right side lines and 14
McSha Collection Agency .left top lines and 26 State Stationers Inc The right top lines and 78 33
Sheraton-Lincoln Hotel
Page
13 80 30
Platt Realty Co Inc back cover, left side lines and 92
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
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Page Wabash Investment Corp 93 Wabash Loan & Finance Corp ... right top lines and 64
Ward Nursing Home left side lines and 78
Whiffing Wayne W Realtor back cover and 93
Wilhelm F A Construction Co Inc left side lines and 21 Williams Joe Hardwood Floor Contractors left side lines and 47
Woodsmall H H Agency Inc
.right top lines
MORE GOODS ARE BOUGHT AND SOLD THROUGH THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS LISTS OF THE DIRECTORY THAN ANY OTHER MEDIUM ON EARTH
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INDIANA SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' MONUMENT
The Indiana Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument is in the center of Monument Circle, and was begun in 1887 and completed in 1901. The monument is an impressive column 2841/2 feet high. It is considered one of the world's most outstanding works of mon- umental architecture. Four epochs of Indiana history are commemorated by bronze statues of representative men: George Rogers Clark, the period of the Revolution; William Henry Harrison, 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 carries 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 pio- neers bent upon creating a social order as well as a fine state capital.
Today it is a teeming center of commerce and indus- try, located 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 1905 U. S. Census gave Metropolitan Indianapolis a population of 551,777, and a population of 427,173 within the city limits.
Indianapolis 139 years ago was a lone cabin in a virgin forest. Today it is a fast-growing metropolis of 655,000 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 con- fident of a glowing destiny.
About Indianapolis there is no element of circumstance either in the selection of its site or the design for the orig- inal 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 Dela- ware 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.
A little later, John, James and Samuel McCormick came, and the settlement grew.
Meeting at Corydon, the territorial capital, in southern Indiana, the first Indian Assembly gave to Governor Jonathan Jennings and a special commission of ten men. powers to select a permanent site for the state capital. and it was Jennings, who successfully urged a site as near the center of the state territory as possible. The settlement at the confluence of White River and Fall Creek was viewed,
INDIANA STATE HOUSE
The Indiana State House (the State's capitol building) was erected in 1878. It is of the Corinthian order of architecture, and its spacious in- terior halls house many interesting marble statues. The halls of the General Assembly-the Senate and House of Representatives-and offices of the Governor and other elected State officials-are located in this building, while a number of other office buildings are required to ac- commodate many administrative de- partments.
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found desirable, and approved.
By a joint ballot of the House and Senate of the Indiana Assembly, a commission of three prominent men was elected to select a name for the new capital of Indiana. Several names were presented, but the name INDIANAP- OLIS, sugested by Jeremiah Sullivan, Judge of the Su- preme Court, was accepted with little opposition (INDIANA plus POLIS, Greek for "City").
The same year, Alexander Ralston, who assisted Major L'Enfant in laying out Washington, D. C., was appointed to lay out this new city on the Western frontier.
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