Hill's Albemarle (Stanly, N.C.) City Directory [1957], Part 1

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Publication date: 1957
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ALBEMARLE INSURANCE AGENCY, Inc.


113 S. 2d STREET


"Just Insurance"


TEL. YUkon 2-2133


The First National Bank


Capital $100,000.00


Surplus $300,000.00


Undivided Profits and Reserves $83,754.34


Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation


$10,000.00 MAXIMUM INSURANCE FOR EACH DEPOSITOR $10,000.00


MORGAN INSURANCE AGENCY, Inc.


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MUTUAL INSURANCE "Savings Through Dividends"


177 N. 2d St.


Tel. YUkon 2-4115


(See Yellow Page 68)


Standard Office Equipment Co.


"EVERYTHING FOR THE OFFICE"


175 North Second St.


Phone YUkon 2-7111


(See Yellow Page 74)


SOSSAMON FURNITURE CO.


ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES


COMPLETE HOME FURNISHERS YOUR CREDIT IS GOOD


CARPETS DRAPES


154 S. First St.


Phone YUkon 2-6014


108 E. NORTH ST.


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"Save Where Your Money Earns More"


Home Savings & Loan Association


PHONE YUkon 2-1615


INSURED


PECK'S FLORIST


"FLOWERS OF DISTINCTION"


PHONE YUkon 2-2615


NORWOOD ROAD


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HILL'S ALBEMARLE (STANLY COUNTY, N. C.) CITY DIRECTORY 1957


Including Badin


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


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INTRODUCTION and GENERAL INDEX


HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., publishers of Southeastern Directories, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1957 edition of the Albemarle City Directory, which also includes Badin.


Confidence in the growth of Albemarle'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 Albemarle to the world.


The enviable position occupied by HILL'S Directories in the estimation of the public, has been established by render- ing the best in Directory service. With an unrivaled organi- zation, and having had the courteous and hearty cooperation of the business and professional men and residents, the pub- lishers feel that the result of their labors will meet with the approval of every user, and that the Albemarle Directory will fulfill its mission as a source of authentic information per- taining to the community.


Four Major Departments


The four major departments are arranged in the follow- ing order :-


I. THE YELLOW PAGES constitute the first major de- partment of the Directory. This embraces a complete list of names and addresses of the business and professional con- cerns of the city, arranged in alphabetical order under ap- propriate headings-a catalog of all the activities of the city. 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 advertising at its best, and merit the attention of all buyers and sellers seeking sources of supply or markets for goods. In a busy and diver- sified community like Albemarle the necessity of having this kind of information up-to-date and always immediately available, is obvious. The Directory is the common inter- mediary 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 Albemarle and Badin, and the name, official personnel, nature and ad- dress of each firm and corporation.


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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 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


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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, cover- ing the Albemarle and Badin exchanges, 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 port, as a manufacturing site and as an educational 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 Albemarle and vicinity.


The Albemarle Directory Library


Through the courtesy of the publishers of the Albemarle City Directory, a Directory Library is maintained in the offices of the Albemarle & Stanly County Chamber of Com- merce, for free reference by the general public. This is one of the more than 700 Directory Libraries installed in the chief cities of the U. S. and Canada 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.


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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


PAGE NUMBERS LISTED BELOW REFER TO THE YELLOW PAGES


Page


Albemarle Bakery Inc. . right top and side lines and 18


Albemarle Hotel. left top lines and 63


Albemarle Insurance Agency Inc


66


front cover, left top lines and Albemarle Music Store Inc ...... right bottom lines and Albemarle Savings & Loan Assn ... ribbon book mark and All Star Mills Inc


Allen Albert R.


Archer's Bar-B-Cue. . left top lines and


Austin J R Shop Inc left side lines and


Badin Ice & Fuel Inc. right side lines and


Boone Cleaners.


.left side lines and


33


Bowers Construction Co.


Burrell Bakery right top lines and 19 Burris H J Electrical Contractor 36 80


C & M Taxi Co ..... back cover, right side lines, Y and


Cabarrus Bank & Trust Co


front cover, left top lines and


Carolina Realty & Insurance Co


Carson Furniture Co


City Laundry Inc. back cover, right top lines and


Coble Mack A Co


27 and 49 6


Confederate Motors Inc. right side lines and


82 7


Crowell D A Construction.


Crowell & Honeycutt Body Shop


5


Davis Motor Co


left top lines and Drug Centre Inc


. back cover, left top and right bottom lines and Dun-Rite Laundry & Cleaners Inc. . tabbed


43


Insert at name in Alphabetical Section, 44 and Earnhardt C K & Son.


71


33


Economy Auto Supply. . left top lines and 10 77


Ed & Son Sheet Metal Shop. left side lines, 62 and Edwards Gulf Service


Insert at Service Stations in Classified Section and Efird Lexter


10 34 78


Efird's Sheet Metal Co right top lines and Fenters Service


. . back cover, left side and right side lines, 2, 65 and 76


11


Fesperman's Amoco Service.


Firestone Home & Auto Supply . back lip margin, left bottom lines, Z and First National Bank The


4


front cover, right top lines and 21


Five Points Cleaners. left side lines and 29 Five Points Recapping Service. left side lines and 15 Furr A A & Sons Auction Co. 5 Gantt J E Plumbing & Heating Co Inc


left side lines and 75


Gantt Rulane Gas Service Inc.


.left side lines and 61


HUNEYCUTT LUMBER CO.


73 24 49 82 22 78 64 75 44 49


Beaver Plumbing Co back cover, right top lines and


Bowers Bros.


left top lines and


20 67 60 71


Crawley's Cleaners . left side lines and Crook Motor Co.


36 5


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Page


Garrison-Dennis Oil Co Inc


. front lip margin, left side lines and 52


Gem Automatic Gas Co Inc. .right side lines and 61


Goodyear Service Stores. 11 Gore Supply Co. 27


Hartsell Funeral Home.


Harward James A


Harwood James D & Son. . right top lines and


Harwood's Florist. . .right top lines and 50


Helms Motor Express Inc


. left top lines and A


Hill Directory Co Inc.


Home Savings & Loan Assn


front cover, right bottom lines and 25


Hotel Albemarle.


Huneycutt Lumber Co.


. tabbed


Insert at beginning of Alphabetical Section and Hutchinson Cleaners


26 82


Johnston Construction Co


Lefler Funeral Home Inc. . right top lines and


Lefler Furniture Co Inc. .right top lines and


Life Insurance Co Of Virginia The.


Loftin's Drug Store.


Lorch Plumbing & Heating Co Inc ... right side lines and Lowder Sheet Metal . right bottom lines and


M & W Loan Co Inc .. .right bottom lines and 16


Maxwell Brothers Furniture Inc. . left top lines and 57 Mclendon B H & Son Concrete Works


front stencil, left bottom lines and 32


McManus G C Co Inc


Miller's Inc. bottom stencil, left bottom lines, 2 and 48 B


Moose's Inc.


. left top lines and 30


Morgan D Gaston. left side lines and 34


Morgan Insurance Agency Inc


. front cover, right top lines and 68


Morgan Motor Co.


left side lines and 9


Morris John B Jr .. left top lines and


Morrow W H Realtor. right side lines and


Morton & Sides Supply


Morton's Drapery Shop. .left side lines and


Norwood Department Store.


Norwood Insurance Agency


Peck's Florist. front cover, right top lines and


Penney J C Co Inc.


Pennington J E.


Pfeiffer College


Phillips Bill Buick Co. right side lines and


Piedmont Cleaners. .right side lines and


Richie Auto Parts . right bottom lines and Ritchie's Grill.


Rock Wool Insulating Co.


Russell J T & Sons. .right top lines and


Sanitary Plumbing & Heating Co. . right side lines, C and Service Distributing Co Inc


. back cover, right side lines and 55


Smith's Mutual Insurance Agency. .. right side lines and Smith's Tire & Recapping Service. . . right side lines and Snuggs Electric Service


70


13


top stencil, left side lines, 35 and 45


69 77 29 42 82 83 51 40 38 31 12 45 13 77 64 37 35


J D's Used Cars


Insert at Service Stations in Classified Section and 12 36 56 61 69 42 39 62


left top lines and 63


56 79 36


Herlocker Service. left side lines and 8 41


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Page


Sossamon Furniture Co .. . front cover, left side lines and Standard Office Equipment Co


58


front cover, right side lines and 74 Standard Sheet Metal Works ..... right bottom lines and 63


Stanly Aircraft Sales & Service Inc.


3 Stanly Electric Co


46 Stanly Exterminating & Insulating Co


. back cover and


Stanly Funeral Home left bottom lines and right bottom lines, 47 and 65 56 54


Stanly Oil Co.


Starnes Jewelry Store


right side lines and


70


Still Oil Co. right side lines and 53


Stokes Furniture Co. .right side lines and 60 Stone E B Finance Co of Albemarle Inc


. left top and left bottom lines and


17 Stovall-Wolfe Motor Co Inc ...... right bottom lines and 14 Suggs Furniture Co ..... backbone, left bottom lines and 59


Thompson's TV Service.


. left side lines and


Treece Dewey D ..


. back cover, left side lines and


Tuck's Texaco Service. right bottom lines and


Tucker James left bottom lines and


Tucker Oil Co.


Vickers C L Transfer. .right side lines and


Vickers Used Cars.


Winecoffs' Electric Co right side lines, 3 and 47


Yadkin Brick Yards. . back cover, left side lines and 23


81 28 14 37 54 72 15


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ALBEMARLE (Courtesy Albemarle Chamber of Commerce)


Statistical Review


Form of Government-Mayor-aldermanic,


Population-11,798 (1950 U. S. Census). Current Esti- mate 15,000.


Area-5.6 square miles.


Altitude-505 feet above sea level.


Climate-Mean annual temperature, 60 degrees F .; aver- age annual rainfall approximately 48 inches.


Parks-2 (1 municipal and the other maintained by Wis- cassett Mills).


Assessed Valuation-$18,500,000, with $1.50 plus special school tax of $.30 per $100.


Bonded Indebtedness-$2,750,000.


Banking and Finance-2 banks, 1 of which is locally- owned; 2 locally-owned building and loan associations.


Telephones-7,000 in service.


Churches-Approximately 25, representing all major de- nominations.


Industry-Hosiery, yarn, lumber and aluminum products are chief industrial goods. 44 manufacturing concerns in Stanly County employ over 7,800 workers, expending over $19,000,000 in payrolls annually.


Agricultural Products-Grains, lespedeza, hay, milo, cot- ton, corn, dairy products, beef, pork, poultry and sheep.


Communications-One semi-weekly, one weekly news- paper and 2 radio stations: The Stanly News & Press, The Stanly Citizen, and Stations WABZ and WZKY.


Trade Area-10 miles west; 20 miles east, north and south.


Hotel-65-room Hotel Albemarle.


Railroads-2: Winston-Salem Southbound and Yadkin.


Highways-U. S. 52; N. C. 27, 73 and 740.


Airport-Private, with charter service.


Recreation-Excellent Y. M. C. A., with bowling and bil- liards; 2 theatres, with total seating capacity of 1,000; 2 drive-in theatres, swimming pools, tennis, golf.


Medical facilities-Modern 115-bed Stanly County Hos- pital; Stanly County Medical Center.


Public Library-Contains 42,000 volumes.


Education-5 city grammar schools and 2 high. Total of 17 schools in county. Pfeiffer College at Meisenheimer.


Location


Albemarle is located in the heart of Piedmont North Carolina, among the gradual rolling hills of the Uwharrie Mountain range. It truly can be described as an area of "accessible isolation," being near large market areas and yet not hampered by large industrial and trade areas threaten-


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ing to smother it. The county seat of Stanly County, Albe- marle is near the geographical center of the state.


Climate


This area enjoys a mild, healthful climate throughout the year, being neither excessively hot in summer nor cold in winter. The annual mean temperature is 60 degrees. Average annual rainfall is 48 inches, and snowfall is 6.4 inches. The length of the growing season is approximately 189 days. This area is not subject to violent storms or other unusual weather conditions.


History


This city was named for the duke of Albemarle and was incorporated in 1847. The entire area is richly flavored with romantic history of the early settlers (primarily English and French) and of Indian tribes which once roamed the ageless mountain ranges. At one time river traffic came within ten miles of Albemarle, up the Pee Dee River, but of course this long since has given way to the harnessing of river power for electricity. Albemarle played a major role in both the Amer- ican Revolution and the War Between the States. Skirmishes were reported in both wars, and a great deal of legend has been handed down generation-by-generation. There was a gold rush in the county during the 1860's, and at one time there were four mines in operation here.


Government


Albemarle is governed by a mayor and five aldermen, elected biennially by the people. Five commissioners, also elected biennially, govern the county Politically, the com- munity has been traditionally governed by a two-party sys- tem, in keeping with its early heritage.


Municipal Facilities


The Stanly County Hospital was completed in 1950, with all modern facilities to serve this community. Fifteen rooms were added in 1954, bringing the total bed number to 115. Additional clinical and laboratory space was included in the enlargement program. The hospital is well staffed and has many specialists more commonly found in larger cities. The County Medical Center was placed in service in the spring of 1953, and will accommodate numerous patients through the county clinic.


The beautiful Wiscassett Memorial Y.M.C.A. was com- pleted in 1950, and contains recreational facilities surpassed by few communities in the state. The spacious building ac- commodates several recreation and banquet rooms, library, lounges, a large gymnasium, bowling alleys and billiards. It is open to membership of the entire community.


Albemarle has two individual water plants, the largest and most modern of which is currently serving the com- munity. It was completed and placed in service in 1951, and delivers a maximum of 4,000,000 gallons of water daily. Since only 2,000,000 gallons are consumed daily, the plant operates on half capacity. It can easily be expanded to produce 12,000,000 gallons a day. The water is pumped from the Yadkin River, some seven miles away.


The old water plant, having a capacity of 2,000,000 gal- lons daily, is being kept as an emergency measure, and is


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Filter Plant, New Water System


operated several times a week by the City to keep it in top condition.


The municipal sewage-disposal system is modern, and adequately meets the needs of the community.


Albemarle owns its power distribution systems and buys its power from Duke Power Co.


Both Albemarle and Stanly County are in excellent financial condition, having floated bonds for municipal and county projects a few years ago. They are paying off these debts at a rapid rate.


The fire and police departments are modern, well- staffed, and have the latest equipment available. There are 24 policemen and 18 firemen protecting the city. The per capita fire loss in 1955 was $ .50. Crime, other than the usual minor offenses, is kept at a minimum here.


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Education


The city is equipped with five grade and two high schools, staffed by approximately 80 teachers. Pfeiffer Col- lege is located at Meisenheimer, eleven miles north of Albe- marle. This beautiful campus is staffed with excellent in- structors, and offers a wide variety of studies and degrees.


Churches


Practically all denominations and faiths commonly found in America are among the approximately 25 churches of Albemarle.


Recreation


This is truly an ideal location for recreation. In addition to the Y.M.C.A. already mentioned, 51/2 miles east of town is the 4,000-acre Morrow Mountain State Park. This is known widely as the best park in the state system, and offers such facilities as a beautiful lodge, a spacious swimming pool, six cabins for summer vacationists, a large trailer camp, two picnic areas, camping grounds, scenic roads and trails, boat- ing and fishing. Also a nature and historical museum is operated for study by the public.


The Stanly County Country Club offers a beautiful 18-hole golf course which is considered one of the best in the state.


There are two parks within the City. One is municipal- ly-owned and has a large swimming pool, and the other is a


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large playground for children. Other facilities are tennis, softball, hunting and picnicking.


Industries


The chief industry of Albemarle and Stanly County is textile manufacturing. Second in importance is the alum- inum processing plant at Badin, seven miles from Albemarle. The hosiery knitting industry ranks third. Other industries and products are furniture and wood products plants, brick manufacturing, light-weight aggregate products, stone, flour mills and food industries. There are over 7,800 persons in Stanly County on industrial payrolls of approximately $19,000,000 annually. Many of these workers are farm-own- ers, and work both in the mills and tilling their soil.


Transportation


Two railway lines serve Albemarle-the Winston-Salem Southbound and the Yadkin Railroad. The former of these is controlled by the Atlantic Coast Line and the latter is leased by the Southern Railroad.


Four bus companies operate both local and interurban bus services throughout this area. There are three State highways and one U. S. highway intersecting at Albemarle. They are: N. C. 27, 73 and 740 and U. S. 52.


Beautiful Lodge on Morrow Mountain


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Seven motor-freight carrier lines serve Albemarle on a schedule basis. Few places along the Eastern Seaboard are more than 72 hours from Albemarle by freight.


A locally-owned private airport, offering charter service, serves this area. There are no commercial airlines.


Agriculture


Stanly County is one of the foremost agricultural cen- ters of North Carolina and can boast many "firsts." It is the only exporter of small grain within the state. It is the lead- ing county in lespedeza seed growing. For many years this county has supplied other areas with quality seed. Stanly County ranks high in the production of beef and dairy cattle, poultry products, sheep and swine, and is a big producer of milo, corn and cotton. It has hundreds of acres of perma- nent pastures and hay crops. Tenant-farming is disappear- ing in this area due to the high fertility of the soil and the ability of the farmers to capitalize on it.




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