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WINTER SERVICES
Sunday School 9:45 A.M.
Morning Worship _11:00 A.M. B. T. U. 6:30 P.M. Evening Worship __ 7:30 P.M.
Mid-Week Prayer Service
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SUMMER SERVICES
Sunday School.
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Morning Worship _11:00 A.M.
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Mid-Week Prayer Service
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W. ISAAC TERRELL, Pastor
OUR CHURCH STAFF
ADRIAN M. LITTLEJOHN Minister of Music,
Director of Youth Activities
MRS. C. O. PARKER, JR. Secretary
MISS SARA H. FUTRELL Assistant Secretary
MRS. ADRIAN M. LITTLEJOHN
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AHOSKIE CITY DIRECTORY
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An Alphabetical list of names and addresses of every resident, business concern and insti- tution, plus wife's name and if a widow the deceased husband's initial, and the occupa- tions of all. Principal officers or owners and a description of businesses are included as well.
2 A Householders' Directory including a Street and Avenue Guide. This section lists every street and where intersecting streets appear. It lists numerically every location on each street, naming the householder or business at each number and whether the person is a homeowner or renter and if he has a telephone. Similar information is provided on office and public buildings and their occupants.
3 A Classified Business Directory -listing every business, classified as to type, and showing names and addresses. It also lists every pro- fession, club, society and association, hospital and cemetery, labor organization, library, park and playground and school.
4 A "Yellow Section" or Buyers' Guide, where the advertiser may explain in greater detail the services or products he has to offer.
5 A Statistical and Historical Story of your city; plus miscellaneous other information.
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Hill's AHOSKIE
(HERTFORD COUNTY, N. C.) CITY DIRECTORY 1963
CONTAINS:
· 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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INTRODUCTION and GENERAL INDEX
HILL DIRECTORY COMPANY, publishers of South- eastern Directories, (publishers of the Ahoskie City Directory since 1959) present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1963 edition of the Ahoskie City Directory, which also includes the Rural Route Residents.
Confidence in the growth of Ahoskie's industry, popu- lation and wealth, and in the advancement of its civic and social activities, will be maintained as sections of this Direc- tory are consulted, for the Directory is a mirror truly re- flecting Ahoskie to the world.
The enviable position occupied by HILL'S Directories in the estimation of the public, has been established by rendering the best in Directory service. With an unrivaled organization, and having had the courteous and hearty co- operation 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 Ahoskie Direc- tory will fulfill its mission as a source of authentic informa- tion pertaining to the community.
Four Major Departments
The four 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 the community, arranged in alphabetical order under appropriate headings-a catalog of all the activities of the community. The Buyers' Guide represents reference advertising at its best, and merits the attention of all buy- ers and sellers seeking sources of supply or markets for goods. In a busy and diversified community like Ahoskie, the necessity of having this kind of information up-to-date and always immediately available, is obvious. The Direc- tory 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, oc- cupation and address of each adult resident of Ahoskie, and the name, official personnel, nature and address of each firm and corporation.
III. THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUD- ING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE is the third major de- partment, printed on green paper. In this section the num- bered streets are arranged in numerical order, followed by
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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 respec- tive 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 is the fourth major department, printed on blue 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 reference, and serve as per- petual and reliable advertisements of Ahoskie and vicinity.
The Ahoskie Out-of-Town City Directory Library
Through the courtesy of the publishers of the Ahoskie City Directory, a Directory Library is maintained in the of- fices of the Ahoskie Chamber of Commerce, for free refer- ence 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 Asso- ciation of North American Directory Publishers.
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.
HILL DIRECTORY COMPANY, Publishers.
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION
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Ahoskie Hardware Co
·· backbone, right side lines, 10 and 26 Ahoskie Insulating Co right top lines and 11
Ahoskie Tire Service
. front and back cover, right top lines, 5 and 36 Atlantic Discount Corp
front and back cover, left side lines, 6 and 30
Belk-Tyler Co. left top and left side lines and 9 Boone's Pharmacy .... back cover, right side lines, 14 and 15
Brittenham's O R Garage
back cover, left side lines and 4
Bryan W H Distributor
front cover, right side lines, 32 and 33
Capps Drug Co Inc. . left side lines and 18
City Barber Shop
right top lines and
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Copeland Drug Co Inc ..
.left side lines and
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Earley Co Inc The. right top lines and 22 First Baptist Church. A
Gatling & Pierce Printing Co
front cover, right top lines, 31 and 34
H & V Equipment Co Inc 22
Hill Directory Company. 12
Joyner's Radio-Television Service
left top and left side lines and 35
Lucas Machine Works. .right top lines and 30
Myers A W Building Supply right top lines and 7 Powell Mutual Insurance Agency ·front cover, left side lines, 28 and 29
Rawls & Winstead Inc.
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Roanoke-Chowan Hospital. B
Savin & Hill Co. .right side lines and 35
Sears, Roebuck and Co .right side lines and 11
Sharp Cabinet Shop .back cover and 8 Suburban Rulane Gas Service . left side lines and 25
Thornton's. front cover, right side lines, 2 and 24 Walker Drug Co Inc
back cover, right side lines, 16 and 17 Whedbee Equipment Co Inc
. front and back cover, right side lines, 20 and 21
Wreath & Flower Shop
right top lines and
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AHOSKIE
"The Trading Center of The Roanoke Chowan Section" (Courtesy The Ahoskie Chamber of Commerce, Inc.)
Statistical Review
Form of Government-Mayor-Council-Manager. Incor- porated as a town in 1893. Growth began from a railroad depot from around 1889.
Population-1960 census: 4,583, which reflected an in- crease of 28% over the 1950 census. Between the ages of 18 and 64: Males 1,159; Females 1,393. American-born popu- lation is 99.8% of the total. Ahoskie has 3,037 children now attending consolidated city schools.
Area-1.50 square miles.
Altitude-60.023 feet above sea level.
Climate-Mean annual temperature of 65.5 degrees, average annual rainfall of 45 inches.
Parks-one, privately owned but city maintained.
Assessed Valuation-$24,240,297 (1963 appraisal), which is 60% of appraised value. Present tax rate $1.90 on a pre- vious valuation.
Bonded Debt: $292,000.00.
Financial Data-Two banks with total deposits of $49,- 711,594.01; Total resources of $54,399,772.10 (January 1963). One Savings and Loan Association with total assets of $1,- 016,404.44 (January 1963).
Postal Receipts-$81,696.36 (January 1963).
Telephones in Service-Ahoskie Exchange, 2,517 (Feb. 1, 1963).
Churches-Eleven, ten denominations.
Building and Construction-Permits were issued in 1963 for buildings estimated to cost $230,050.00.
Industry-Chief industry within the city and surround- ing area: tobacco marketing, lumber and lumber products, in- secticides, pickle and relish plant, children's garments, pleasure craft boats, commercial printing, boxes (wooden), caskets, peanut processing, aluminum extrusion and feeds. Twenty-three plants employ 1,200 workers and have a pay- roll of three million dollars annually.
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Trade Area-Retail area has a radius of 20 miles with a population of 50,755. Wholesale area has a radius of 75 miles. Ahoskie is the largest wholesale distribution center for the size of the town (under 5,000) in the United States.
Newspapers-One semi-weekly (printed locally); two daily and Sunday (printed in Norfolk, Va.), and one daily and Sunday (printed in Raleigh, N. C.).
Radio Station-One, WRCS AM-soon to be FM also.
Motels-Two, and one tourist home. (Motels offer a total of 62 beds, 2 swimming pools).
Railroad-Atlantic Coast Line (Ahoskie is located 1/2 the distance between Rocky Mount, N. C., and Norfolk, Va.).
Highways-N. C. State 561, 350 and 305; U.S. 13 (The route through the new Chesapeake-Bridge-Tunnel).
Airports-One privately owned. Planes can be chartered from private individuals.
Automobile Registrations-1,525 (1962).
Amusements-Largest auditorium in city seats 825 per- sons (Ahoskie High School). Two picture theatres with seating capacity of 1,500 persons; one drive-in theatre. Swimming, boating, skiing and fishing on the Chowan River 10 miles distant. Private golf course and swimming pool, near city limits. One private pool inside city limits. Supervised recreational program, including softball-boys and girls, Pee-Wee, Little, Pony and American Legion Leagues baseball. Well lighted baseball park with two dia- monds and bleachers for softball games is located on grounds of Ahoskie Graded School.
Hospital-Roanoke-Chowan Hospital, Inc., with 107 beds, 14 bassinets staffed by 14 doctors, including two sur- geons, one radiologist, two internal medicine specialists, one eye-ear-nose specialist, and eight general practitioners.
Education-Chowan Junior College (2 years), located 18 miles away at Murfreesboro, N. C .; three public elemen- tary schools with two senior high schools. Value of school buildings: $1,436,400.00. System served by 27 county-owned buses.
Public Libraries-One with 5,635 volumes.
City Statistics-Total street mileage: 20.34, with 13.37 miles paved. Twenty miles of sewers; 1,625 water meters, capacity of water plant: one million gallons daily. Volunteer Fire Department with three full time employees, one station, five pieces of equipment. Police Dept. has 7 men, with two stations and three pieces of motor equipment.
Facts About Ahoskie, North Carolina
Ahoskie, the youngest incorporated town in Hertford County and the center of its commercial and industrial life, is located between the Roanoke and Chowan Rivers, in the northeast section of North Carolina.
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Aerial view of Ahoskie showing the main business and indus- trial area.
Showing sales being tabulated at the Ahoskie Tobacco Market.
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This progressive town, ever on the alert for new ideas for growth, is the largest town in Hertford County, and can readily claim the title of "The Trading Center of the Roa- noke-Chowan Section."
The main economy is derived from a large surrounding farming area, with the chief crops being tobacco, cotton, corn and peanuts. The first tobacco market was established here in 1907, and the present market, one of the largest one-set buyer markets in eastern North Carolina, with 6 warehouses covering an area of 235,000 square feet, gives quite a financial boost to the area during the tobacco sea- son. The annual 8 weeks season gives a gross sale of over 8 million dollars.
Industry in Ahoskie is gradually replacing farming as the leading economy. Lumber and wood products lead in
Ahoskie Manufacturing Company, one of Ahoskie's leading industries, makers of children's coats. 28,000 sq. ft. of floor space has been added to this building.
employment. The manufacture of children's garments, and all types of pleasure craft boats are an important part of the industrial progress. Like people of other towns and cities, the people in Ahoskie are beginning to realize the need for more industry to supplement the farm income. Every effort to raise the standard of living and to encourage new in- dustries to locate in this area is being made.
For a town of its size, Ahoskie is well favored with wholesale establishments, being one of the largest whole- sale distributing points per population in the world. There are 7 wholesale houses serving an area of more than 75 miles and employing between fifty and one hundred people each.
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In keeping with its slogan, Ahoskie has a better than average quality of merchandise with 74 retail firms keep- ing pace with the modern trends. The store buildings are clean and progressive looking. Those who have not recently remodeled have repainted with bright cheerful colors. The theme is "Shop at home for quality and service."
Most important in the progress of this growing town are the many religious opportunities for its people. With its very beginning established with the coming of a church its people have not forgotten such a heritage. There are six Protestant denominations and one Roman Catholic church within the town limits, and a number of smaller churches in the surrounding area. The Protestant churches are: Bap- tist, Methodist, Presbyterian, Episcopal, Church of Christ, Holiness, Free Will Baptist and Church of God.
Although not a rich county, Hertford as a whole is well advanced in modern education methods, and is proud that it ranks second in the state of North Carolina in scholastic rating. Ahoskie has a large accredited high school, a 20 room elementary school, for white students, and an equally modern high school and elementary school for Negro stu- dents. Our high schools offer special courses and training in agriculture, home economics, industrial arts, business education, music and dramatics.
Huge pile of timber on the yard at Barrow Manufacturing Company ready to be dressed for material used in the many wood products made here.
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The Roanoke-Chowan Hospital. Another wing has recently been completed on the north end. This makes it a 107 bed unit.
Complete hospital and medical facilities are available to the citizens of Ahoskie and surrounding area at the beautiful Roanoke-Chowan Hospital. Since its opening in 1948 with a 50-bed unit, it has expanded to 107 beds and 14 bassinets, with an adequate number of trained nurses. Seven of the 14 medical doctors on the hospital staff are specialists. There are 4 dentists and 2 optometrists with offices in Ahoskie. The Hertford County Health Department holds regularly sched- uled clinics here each week, and an Orthopedic Clinic is sponsored 1 day each month by the Ahoskie Kiwanis Club.
Accommodations for tourists are the Chief Motel, with 28 modern air conditioned rooms, and adequate parking space; the Tomahawk Motel, Ahoskie's newest, most modern 34 room unit. Each motel has a pool.
Dining facilities are available at the Tomahawk Res- taurant on Highway 13 North, across from the Tomahawk Motel. In the downtown area the Manhattan Cafe and Hall & Eure Cafes serve the public. The Tee Pee Restaurant is open six days a week on US 13 South. Francis Barbecue is located on US 13 North.
Ahoskie has had the Town Manager form of govern- ment since November, 1957. The governing body consists of: Mayor, five Councilmen, and Town Manager, with the Coun- cilmen and Mayor elected at large for two-year terms.
The financial status of Ahoskie is very good. The pres- ent bonded indebtedness is $292,000. A bond issue was passed in August of 1958 to make possible a much needed street im-
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provement program, and to add another deep well to the town water system. A new sewer disposal plant will be in operation by the Fall of 1963. This should take care of several years of expansion and growth. The present tax rate for the town is $1.90 per $100, based on 60% of true market value.
The town police force consists of 7 uniformed men. The patrol cars are fully equipped with two-way radios, and the State Highway Patrol maintains offices in a new building two miles from the corporate limits.
The town also maintains a volunteer Fire Department with 3 paid employees and twenty-five volunteer firemen, who man four pieces of modern equipment and a booster tank truck. The present insurance rate is 7.
Another interesting feature of Ahoskie is its number of active civic organizations, who are constantly working for the benefit of the community. Through their efforts we have a beautiful landscaped cemetery; a supervised summer rec- reation program, consisting of swimming classes, little league, Pony League and American Legion Junior baseball teams, a large play area for small children with swings and sand boxes; a picnic area with outdoor fire places and tables; a large well-lighted high school athletic field with bleachers; a newly lighted baseball park for the use of all baseball teams; an outstanding 70-member high school band; and many other worthwhile projects too numerous to mention.
Since 1923 Ahoskie has been very fortunate in having either a Chamber of Commerce or Board of Trade. The public spirit of the citizens connected with the different Chambers of Commerce and Boards of Trade have entered into and worked for all the improvements and developments of the town, and have been responsible for a great deal of its progress and growth. The efforts of those loyal men who have worked with these organizations in the past and those who are still working for the present and future of our town, will not have been in vain.
The present Chamber of Commerce is a most active and progressive organization. It serves not only its membership, but invites inquiries from both individuals and business firms. The Chamber takes pride in spreading the Ahoskie Story, and we are happy to serve you.
ARMORY
The National Guard Armory completed in August, 1954.
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Ahoskie is known far and wide, not only for its unusual name, but for its friendliness to strangers and its benevolence to the less fortunate. We extend a warm welcome to all, whether passing through, or seeking a place to live, work, trade or play. The people who have lived here know that its possibilities for future growth are unlimited. We are proud of our heritage from the past; we are ever conscious of the present; and are constantly planning for the future.
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CLASSIFIED BUYERS' GUIDE OF THE CITY OF AHOSKIE NORTH CAROLINA 1963
THE BUYERS' GUIDE CONTAINS THE ADVERTISEMENTS OF THE MORE PROGRESSIVE BUSINESS
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DIRECTORY BEGINNING ON :
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