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CITY DIRECTORY 1961
Including Beverly Hills, Biltmore Forest (N.C.), Broodview Pork, East Biltmore, Gentry Pork, Loke view Terroce, Linwood Park, Malvern Hills, Mortel Mill Villoge, Morningside, Ookley, Ooklyn Pork, Redwood Forest, Sayles Villoge, South Biltmore ond Woodfin (N.C.)
Containing an Alphabetical Directory of Business Concerns and Private Citizens, a Directory of Househalders, Occupants af Office Buildings and Other Business Places, Including a Complete Street and Avenue Guide, a Numeri- cal Telephone Directory and Much Informa- tion of a Miscellaneous Character; also the
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INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX
HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., publishers of Southeastern City Directories (publishers of the Asheville City Directory since 1899), present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1961 edition of the Asheville City Directory, which also includes Beverly Hills, Biltmore Forest (N. C.), Broadview Park, East Biltmore, Gentry Park, Lakeview Terrace, Linwood Park, Malvern Hills, Martel Mill Village, Morningside, Oakley, Oaklyn Park, Redwood Forest, Sayles Village, South Biltmore and Woodfin (N. C.).
Confidence in the growth of Asheville's industry, population and wealth, and in the advancement of its civic and social activities, will be maintained as sec- tions of this Directory are consulted, for the Directory is a mirror truly reflect- ing Asheville 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 Asheville Directory will fulfill its mission as a source of authentic information pertaining to the community.
Four Major Departments
The four major departments are arranged in the following order :--
1. THE YELLOW PAGES constitute the first major department of the Di- rectory. This embraces a complete list of the names and addresses of the busi- ness and professional concerns of the city and vicinity, arranged 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 progressive community like Asheville, 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 sel- ler, and plays an important role in the daily activities of the commercial, in- dustrial 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 Asheville, Beverly Hills, Bilt- more Forest (N. C.), Broadview Park, East Biltmore, Gentry Park, Lakeview Terrace, Linwood Park, Malvern Hills, Martel Mill Village, Morningside, Oakley, Oaklyn Park, Redwood Forest, Sayles Village, South Biltmore and Woodfin (N .- C.), and the name, official personnel, nature and address of each firm and cor- poration in the community.
Ill. THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, is the third major department, printed on green paper. In this section the numbered 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 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 the Directory are the designation of tenant- owned homes and the listing of telephone numbers.
IV. THE NUMERICAL TELEPHONE DIRECTORY, on blue paper, is the fourth major department.
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Community Publicity
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
PAGE NUMBERS LISTED BELOW REFER TO THE YELLOW PAGES
Page
Ace Appliance Service & Paint Co
left bottom lines, 3 and
113
Allanstand Mountain Crafts .
73
Allied Oil & Motor Co Inc .
right top cards and
4
Allison's Flower Shop
right side lines, Z and
117
Alpine Press Inc .
. right bottom lines
Anderson Company The .
73
Arthur W H Co
right side lines and
43
Asco Aluminum Co
left side lines and
148
Asheville Cleaners & Dyers Inc
top stencil and
27
Asheville Concrete Materials Inc.
right side lines and
38
Asheville Federal Savings & Loan Association
back cover,
left side lines and 139
Asheville Fish Co Inc
right bottom lines, 32 and
36
Asheville Ice & Storage Co Inc.
right side lines and
145
Asheville Industrial Supply .
.right side lines and
145
Asheville Machine & Foundry Inc.
. right side lines and
50
Asheville Merchants Association Inc
left side lines, 64 and
112
Asheville Oil Co Inc .
right side lines and 29 47
Asheville Paving Co .
left top lines and
115
Asheville Plumbing & Heating Co.
right side lines and
145
Asheville Steel & Salvage Co
left top lines and
156
Asheville Welding Co.
left side lines and
154
Asheville White Sales Inc
left side lines and
81 97
Ashton-Stickeleather & Co
left bottom lines and 19
Atkins-Harper Lumber Co
20
Atkinson Ed Co Inc
42
Atlas Van Lines Inc .
left side lines and 83
Autrey-Smathers Insurance Agency Inc
back cover,
92
B & J Body Shop
right top cards and
8 3
Bank of Asheville The
right top lines and
15
Battery Park Hotel
. right top lines and
Bean S 1 Tile & Marble Co
left side lines and
Bennett's Drug Store.
right top lines and
57
Berryman Funeral Home
right bottom lines and
67 126 30
Biltmore Cleaners & Laundry Inc left side lines and
149
Blanton's Business College. back lip margin, right bottom lines and
141
Blue Ridge Trucking Co
153 90
Bon Marche' Inc
right top lines, 30, 52 and
17
Book Mart The .
back cover, left bottom lines and Booth-Barfield Inc.
121
Buck's Restaurant Inc.
131 3
Buckner's J K Antique & Reproduction Shop
40
Burton Furniture
left bottom lines and
78
C C R Coal Co Inc
left top lines, 34 and
66
Carolina Federal Savings & Loan Association of Asheville. . front cover, left bottom lines and 140
Carolina Fuel Co . 34 and
66
Carolina Power & Light Co. back cover, left side lines, B and
58
Carolina Realty Co .
left top lines and 127
Carpet Services Co
right top cards and
137
1
. right bottom cards and
61
Anderson-Brown Patrol Inc
right bottom lines and
108
Anders-Rice Funeral Home
left side lines and
136
Asheville Cab Co
left side lines and
81
Asheville One Hour Martinizing
Asheville's Food Center . .
. front cover and
Atlas Aluminum Co right bottom lines and
left side lines and 108
Austin Frank Co Inc.
left side lines and
Ballard Appliance & Cabinet Co.
Bean Carl N Tile Co
87 48 49
Beverly Realty Co.
Biltmore T V & Appliance Co Inc . left side lines and
Buncomb Construction Co Inc
right side lines and
108
Allen-Birchette Funeral Home
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Carroll John right side lines and 53
Carter Lumber Co. left bottom lines and 20
Carver A G . right side lines and
129
Carver A G Jr
right bottom lines and
129
Chez Paul Inc .
132 153
Citizens Express Co
Citizens Fuel Co left top lines, 33 and
64 112
Citizens Hardware & Supply Co Inc . right side lines, 83 and
Clement's Flower Shop . left side lines and 61
Coca-Cola Bottling Co of Asheville Inc right side lines and 17
Collection Division-Asheville Merchants Association Inc
37
Communication Service Co.
Community Coal & Lumber Co
Concrete Products Co of Asheville Inc right bottom lines and
39
Concrete Supply & Materials Co Inc.
Cook Coal Co right side lines and
Copeland & Co
right bottom cards and
Crouch G E Co
Daniels Business Services Inc. left side lines and
101
Dillard Realty Co Inc.
right top lines and 122
Dixie Electric Co
left top lines and
59
Driveways Inc
. right side lines
Duckworth James H Realty Co. .left side lines and 123
Duncan Wheel & Axle Service
5
Duncan's Upholstering Co.
right side lines and 155
Dunham's Music House .
front cover and 109
Dunn & Williams Funeral Home front cover, left top lines, 2 and 68
91
Edmonds J W Construction Co. right bottom lines and
42
Ellis-Tomberlin Inc front cover and 93
Emma Mill Works Inc left bottom lines and
106
Family Finance & Acceptance Corporation of Asheville Inc. .left
side lines
Felkel's
right bottom lines and 63
Firestone Stores
left bottom lines and
7
First Baptist Church
26
First Union National Bank of North Carolina.
front cover,
Fisher's Flooring Co
right top cards and 59
Fletcher Limestone Co Inc
right top cards and
147
Forest Lawn Cemetery Inc
right bottom lines, A and
23 82
George Vanderbilt Hotel The .
88 94
Giles J P Agency.
right bottom lines and
Glidden Drive-In Paint Center
left bottom lines and 113
Gordon's Jewelers
. right top cards and 99
Green Hills Cemetery Assn Inc
left bottom lines and
24 69
Grove Stone & Sand
right side lines and
138
Gudger Albert H "Tuck"
.right side lines and
33
Harrington S W Inc
Harry's Cadillac-Pontiac Co Inc. right top lines
Haverty Furniture Co
left bottom lines and 78
Haw Creek Amoco Service left side lines and 9
Haynes M B Electric Corp right side lines and 59
Henderson & Davis Construction Co
left top cards
Henderson Gerald
left bottom lines and
19
Henley Paper Co
left side lines and
114
Hennessee Funeral Home
left side lines and
74
Henry Funeral Home
left side lines and
74
Herman Albert B.
113
Hill Directory Co Inc
55 77
Hoover & Wenningham Inc.
left top lines and
127
Hotel Battery Park.
87
Hotel George Vanderbilt The.
88
Hotel Princess Ann Retirement left top cards, 90 and 136
House of Thompson .
.right bottom lines and 75
98
Hall Coal Co right side lines and
104
Fortune's Paint & Hardware Co Inc.
. back cover and
Green Bros.
right bottom lines and 7'7
Groce Funeral Home Inc.
. backbone, 2 and
Hodgens Furniture Co.
left side lines and
left top cards and 119 103
120 35 150 91
Eagle Insulating Co The .
left side lines and 16
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
Page 129
Howell Allison.
Hoyle Office Supplies Insert at name in Alphabetical Section and
111
right top lines and 99
Hursey & Co Jewelers
left side lines and
44
Hyatt Electric Co
Ice Service Inc . back cover, right side lines and
Ingle Heating Service Co. right bottom lines and
Ingle Transfer & Storage Co
. left bottom lines and
Institutional Furnishings Inc .
.right side lines and right top lines and
Insurance Service of Asheville Inc
right side lines, 21 and
103
Johnson Chandley Lumber Co Inc.
back cover and
124 98
Karsten P D Jr
King-Leavitt Insurance Agency
right bottom lines and
128 9
Ledford's Bob Used Cars Inc
right side lines and
11 70
Lewis Funeral Home
right side lines and
43
Lipe Herbert J .
. right top cards and
105
Lloyd's Millwork & Supply
. left bottom lines and
12
M & J Finance Corp. .
left bottom lines
MacArthur-Krause Florists
left side lines and 89
Manor The .
Marshall's Fuel Oil Co
right side lines and
Matthews Motor Sales Inc
right side lines and
McCracken Lola B
back cover and
125
Mc Culloch G G Contractor .
left top cards, 21 and
right top lines and McRary & Son Inc .
Medical Dental Credit Bureau The.
.right side lines
Michael W B Contractor.
left bottom lines and
61
Miller N A & Co.
right side lines and
144 9
Minit- Man Auto Wash
Mister Jr Shop.
Modern Cleaners
Morgan Bros Inc left side lines and
Morris-Collins Carpet & Drapery Fashions right top cards and 22
Morris-Hendon-Black Funeral Home left top lines and 71
left top lines and
83
Morrison T S & Co Inc.
right top lines and
76
Moser Plumbing Co
left top lines and 57
National Cash Register Co The .
right side lines
Nettlewood Nurseries .
98
Ochsenreiter Gene Inc
right top cards and
128
Orr Ed Motors Inc.
. backbone and
6
Owen's Esso Service
right side lines and Owen's Fuel Oil Service
right side lines and
65 8
Parkland Chevrolet Co Inc
right side lines and
Parrott Tree Surgeons .
left side lines and
154 143 118
Petroleum Pump & Tank Co.
left side lines, 134 and
135 25
Pisgah View Memorial Park Inc
right top lines and Plummer's Radio Service
right top cards and
60
Poor's Flower Center
front cover, left side lines and Pope Flynn & Co Inc Post Machinery Co
95 104 136
Princess Ann Retirement Hotel
66
Quality Oil Co Inc .
right side lines and
74
Ray Jesse Funeral Home
left top lines and
13
Rea Auto Supply Co Inc. .
right side lines and
129
Reusing's. .
right side lines and
3
Roland W E Jewelry Co.
left side lines and
17
Royal Crown Bottling Co of Asheville Inc .
left side lines and
96
Schley and Williamson Inc.
43 150 104
Mckinney Radio & TV Service
41
Middlemount Gardens Inc
left top lines and
31 29 22
Morrison's Finer Furniture
right side lines, 86 and 116
Mountain City Cleaners & Laundry.
110
Occidental Life Insurance Co of North Carolina
7
Penland's Sewing Machine Shop
right top cards and
left bottom lines and
Piccadilly Restaurant
right bottom lines and
Plonk School of Creative Arts The
142 119
left top cards, 90 and
Redmon Grover Realty Co
99
Johnson H E Co
right side lines and
. left side lines and 98
Kitchens Champ.
left top lines and
Lenoir Finance Co of Asheville Inc.
right top cards and
65 151 9
Master Tire Service Inc.
80 84 152 91 97
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Sealtest Foods Division of National Dairy Products Corporation. .
left top lines and 51
Sears, Roebuck and Co
right top lines and 54
Shipley's Inc . . right top cards and 78
Shope's Royal Pine Center
right top cards and
151
Silverman Company . .
left bottom lines and
Skyland Oldsmobile Inc
right side lines and
Skyline Home .
110
Skyway Realty Co right top lines and
130
Smith Charlie M Plumbing & Heating Co. front lip margin, 85 and 117
Southern Tile & Marble Co · left bottom lines and
48
Spalding Greenhouse left bottom lines and
79
Spinning Wheel The
78 18
Stewart George K Plumbing Co
116
Stikeleather J G Co . .
126
Stroup Sheet Metal Work Inc.
left top cards, X, 85, 137 and
143
Sullivan Hardware Co of N C Inc
front cover,
right top lines, 84 and
102
Sunset Cemetery
Superior Cleaners front stencil, left side lines and
28
Superior Rug Cleaners . right top cards and
137
Swann O K Painting Contractor .
right side lines and
46
Towne House Doughnut Co Inc
right top lines and
14 45
Vance Landscaping
right top cards and
100
Village Hardware Inc .
right side lines and
84
Walls & Reagan Oil Co Inc left side lines and
66
Western & Southern Life Insurance Co, Southeastern Investment Office. .
. left side lines and
107
Whitehead's Flowers.
62
Wilkin's Mortuary . left side lines and
72
Williams Robert Rouse.
.right top cards and
130
Wilson Juanita Photographer. right bottom lines and
115
Wilson's Spring & Body Works left bottom lines, C and
10
Winner's Inc . left top lines and
54
Wood-Mosaic Corp.
left top lines and
103
YMI Drug Store . right bottom lines and
56
Youngblood Truck Lines.
. right side lines and 154
146 8
Star Lanes Bowling Center. left bottom lines and
26
Superior Coal Co of Asheville Inc. left top lines and 34
Twentieth Century Heating Co
bottom stencil, right top lines and
ASHEVILLE
"IN THE LAND OF THE SKY"-"EASTERN GATEWAY CITY TO THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK"
(Courtesy Asheville Chamber of Commerce
Statistical Review
Form of Government- Council- manager.
Population-City proper estimate 60,076, Buncombe County-129,899, 1960 census preliminary figures.
Area-23.57 square miles.
Altitude-2,340 feet above sea level.
Climate-Mean annual temperature, 56.3 degrees F .; average annual rain- fall, 37.98 inches.
Parks-15, with total of 419.6 acres, valued at $516,529.
Assessed Valuation-(City-County)-$200,531,700.00 (1959), with $3.89 per $100 valuation tax rate. Assessment based on 40 per cent of market value.
Financial Data-4 commercial banks and 10 branch banks. Clearings for 1959, $1,049,739,180.51. Also 2 building and loan associations with resources of $2,724,446.86.
Postal Receipts-$1,155,966.45 (1959).
Telephones in Service-36,700 (Asheville proper) 1959.
Churches -- 104, representing practically all denominations. 83 Protestant, 4 Catholic, 2 Jewish and 15 other.
Industries-It is estimated that there are 140 manufacturing firms in Bun- combe County, employing more than 14,719 wage and salaried workers at an annual total wage of approximately $45,000,000. Chief industries of city and sur- rounding territory are: resort business, manufacturing, lumber and tobacco. Principal manufactured products of city and vicintiy: Blankets, cotton and yarn goods, flour and feed, furniture, mica products, packing products, printing and publishing products, cigarette papers, rayon and nylon yarn, cellophane, paper, electronic parts, machine items, food products, silicon, parachutes, baby foods, glass containers, and Cashmere sweaters. The Asheville Industrial Council is located on the first floor of the City Building.
City of Asheville, North Carolina
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Biltmore House, home of the late George Vanderbilt, at Asheville, North Carolina
Trade Area-Retail area covers 20 counties, with total population of 552,400, Sales Management Estimate (May, 1960).
Newspapers-2 dailies, combined as one paper on Sunday, and 1 weekly. Hotels -- 8. Also more than 70 motor courts.
Railroads-Southern.
Highways -- U. S. 19, 23, 25, 70 and 74, 34, 532 miles of hard-surfaced roads in the state. The Blue Ridge Parkway from Shenandoah National Park to Great Smoky Mountains National Park is virtually completed from Roanoke to Ashe- ville.
Airport-The Asheville Airport is located 12 miles south of the city. It is a new all-weather, night and day airport with a 6,500 ft. runway and paralleltaxi- ways with modern lighting system and ample ramp space for airline service and equal space for private aircraft. Instrument landing system and approach light- ing system should be installed by the FAA within the fiscal year of 1961. The new terminal building is equipped with Air Traffic Control Tower and houses the Delta, Piedmont, and Capital Airlines ticket offices, snack bar, restaurant, gift shop, insurance booths, three U-Drive-It concessions. Private flying facil- ities are available, instructors, large hangars, licensed mechanics, air taxi service and aerial photography. To reach the airport, one may follow either U. S. 25 or U. S. 25-A to the point where the two highways converge at Arden, then over a newly paved road two miles beyond to the Airport.
Amusements-The Municipal auditorium seats 3,000 persons.4 moving- picture theatres, with total seating capacity of 3,592 persons. Also 3 drive -in theatres. 5 golf courses.
Hospitals-3 general, with total of 567 beds, also orthopedic hospital and 2 nerve sanitariums, 1 private tuberculosis sanitarium and large government hospital nearby.
Education-Institutions of higher learning include St. Genevieve-of-the Pines, Asheville School for Boys, Asheville-Biltmore College and Plonk School of Crea- tive Arts. 6 parochial schools. 14 public city schools, including 1 senior high school, 2 junior high schools and 7 elementary schools for whites, and 1 senior high school and 3 elementary schools for Negroes. Number of pupils in public schools, 9,572, teachers, 364. Value of public school property, $10,858,690.74. Also in the County there are 25 elementary schools, 5 consolidated high schools and 3 union schools.
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