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GENERAL INDEX
Page
Abbreviations .24 and 25
Alphabetical List of Names
25
Apartment Buildings 686
Associations and Clubs-Commercial 686
Banks and Trust Companies
689
Buildings-Office and Public
692
Bus and Coach Lines-Motor 692
Buyers' Guide . opp
552
Cemeteries
692
Churches 693
City Government 158
Classified Business Directory 685
Clergymen 694
696
Convents
698
County Officers 159
Courts 159
Federal Officers 498
158
Golf Clubs and Courses
Halls
708
Homes and Asylums 708
Hospitals and Dispensaries 709
Hotels
709
Justices of the Peace 714
Labor Organizations 714
Libraries 715
Newspapers 718
Parks and Playgrounds 720
Police Department 158
Post Office 4.99
Railroads
722
Schools-Public 726
Schools, Colleges and Academies 72.5
Societies-Benevolent and Fraternal 727
Societies-Miscellaneous
727
Societies-Patriotic 728
State Officers 368
Street and Avenue Guide
follows Classified
United States Government
498
Fire Department
706
Clubs
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION
Page
Page
Airheart Milton Insurance Agency ..
.right top cards and
80
Alexander Motor Co Inc
.front and
back lip margins, left side lines and 5 Allan's Credit Jewelers Inc. 85 Allen Insurance Agency
left top lines and 80
Allen T E & Sons. . .left side lines and 81
Amey's Funeral Home. .. right bottom cards and 63 Arrow Plumbing & Heating of Durham Inc 108
Artistic Shoe Shop 124
Associated Cabs 126
Atlas Home Repair & Remodeling Co ..
left top cards and 32 Auto Finance Co .. right bottom lines and 92
B & H Tire Co. C
Bagwell J R Co ..
.left side lines and
C
Baldwin R L Co Inc .. 47 Barnes Supply Co.right bottom cards and 59 Batts Refrigeration Sales Co Inc
right bottom cards and 118 Belk-Leggett Co .. right bottom cards and 47 Bell V E & Sons.
... back cover, right top cards and 123
Boone Drug Co ...
.. left top lines, right side lines and
50
Borden Brick & Tile Co.
left top lines and
27
Boyce Supply Co.right bottom cards and Brady's Welding Service.
30
right top cards and 130
Braswell Coal Co.
33
Broadway Taxi Inc .... left top cards and
126
Brock Motor Co.
4
Brown D W Dry Cleaners
Budd-Piper Roofing Co. right top lines and 51
left side lines and 121
Butler's Shoe Shop.
left top cards and
x
C & F Dry Cleaners
52
Carolina Air Conditioning Co.
Carolina Cinder Block Co.
.right side lines and
2
.left side lines and
30
Carpenter's Inc ...... right side lines and
8
Cheek Dry Cleaners.
52
Gladstein's Inc ..
right top lines and 32
Cherry R A & Co .. right bottom lines and Chipman Machine Works. . right bottom cards and 95
Citizens Coal & Coke Co. .right side lines and 34 Clark's Esso Service
.right bottom cards and 8
Cole & Crumpacker left bottom lines and 41
Connelly R Jewelers Inc.
Constructors Supply Co Inc .. .right top cards and 85
.right top cards, 28 and 43
Dillon Supply Co. 96 Dr Pepper Bottling Co of Durham Inc.
right bottom lines and 27
right top cards and Duckett Alfred F .. 50 Duke Power Co .. Z
Duke University B Durham Bank & Trust Co .. .. bottom stencil, left bottom lines and 22 Durham Bond and Mortgage Co .... left top lines and 114
Durham Builders Supply Co.
.right side lines and
31
Durham Coca-Cola Bottling Co ..
. back cover, left side lines and 26 Durham Dairy Products Inc. .backbone and
44 Durham Electric Construction Co Inc ... .right top lines and 56 Durham Furniture Co Inc. left side lines and 66
Durham Hudson Corp.
9
Durham Ice Cream Co Inc ..
.right side lines and
74
Durham Industrial Bank.
.right bottom lines and
21
Durham Laundry Co
90
Durham Lumber Co Inc.left top lines and
94
Durham Marble Works. 98 Durham Oil Burner & Stoker Service Inc left top cards and 109 Durham Realty & Insurance Co ... front cover, right bottom lines and 113 Durham Refrigeration Sales & Service
Inc.
. left side lines and 117
Durham Sporting Goods Co .. 125 Durham Transfer & Storage Inc .. .right side lines and
99
Durham Typewriter Co ..
.right bottom cards and 127
Durham Venetian Blind Co.
.right bottom lines and 129
E & S Engineering Co.
.right bottom cards and
58
56
Eastern Electric Co ..
Efird's Department Store.
48
Elkins Motor Co .... left bottom lines and
10
Ellis, Stone & Co. .
48
Ester Manufacturing Co. 91 19 Fayetteville Used Cars & Parts Co. Fidelity Bank The. front cover, left top lines and 23 Fidelity Insurance Agency of Durham Inc ... .right side lines and 82 Five Points Furniture Co. 64 left top lines and
Gantt Oil Co ..
right top lines and 101
Garrison Insurance Service ....
82
2
Glenn Coal Co ..
.left side lines and 35
Goldston & Hall Inc .. left side lines and 104
Gore S F ..
.left side lines and 104
Granite Service Station. left side lines and 10 Griffin Roscoe Shoe Co Inc .... .left bottom lines and 124
Gulf Oil Corp ..
.right side lines and 102
Hays R S & Co Inc. 84 92
Herring Finance Co .. right top lines and Hester's Sales & Service. left top cards and 11 Hibberd Florist ... right bottom cards and 59 Holloway & Proctor Inc 114
Home Savings Bank.
. front cover and
24
Home Security Life Insurance Co ...
.. ribbon book mark, left side lines and 76
86
Hopper's Inc Jewelers.
Hopson S H. .
36
Horton Realty Co Inc ..
left bottom lines and 115
Clay's Auto Repair & Body Shop. 9 Clements & Edwards Insurance Agency. 81 H & O Concrete Block Co. .right bottom cards and 29 Hall-Wynne & Co Inc .. .front cover, right bottom lines and 61
Coman Lumber Co.
93
Commercial Credit Corp.
20
Harris I G ..
.left top cards and - 41
Cowan & Mitchell Lumber Co 31 Crain & Denbo Inc. .right top cards, Street Insert, and 38 Daniel Coal & Fuel Co. 34 Holt Electric Service. .left bottom cards and 55 Home Insurance Agency Inc. . front cover, A and 75
Hartman's .... .
.right bottom cards and 119
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
Page
Hospital Care Assn Inc The.
Hotel Malbourne ... left bottom lines and 71
Howerton-Bryan Co Inc. . right side lines and 63
Hudson Funeral Home. .right bottom lines and 62
Hull Claude Florist ... right side lines and 60
Huntley-Stockton-Hill Co. .right top cards and 64
Industrial Welding & Machine Co Inc ... 130 Ingold Tire Co ....... right side lines and 6 Ingram & Suggs ..... right side lines and 109 Jefferson Cafeteria ... right side lines and 119 Johnson-Forrester Inc. .left bottom lines, right top lines and Johnson Motor Co Inc .. left side lines and 11 Johnson O A Realtor ... left top lines and 115 Johnson Service Station.
.left side lines and 12 Jones & Frasier Co. left bottom lines and 86 Jones H F Millwork Co ... back cover and 97 Jones W Murray ..... right side lines and 116 Jourdan Transfer Inc. . left top cards and 100 Kane George W .. ... front cover, right bottom lines and 39 Kelly Clyde Funeral Home .. . Street Divider
Kenan Oil Co Inc ..... left side lines and 102 Kennedy's Auto Service. left side lines and 12
Kimball's Sales & Service. 13
Kimbrell's Inc Y
Kornegay Motors Inc. 13
Long Meadow Dairies 45
Lovette's Radio & Appliance Corp
.left side lines and 72
Lowery D C Body Shop. : 127 Lyon Paint Co Inc ..... left side lines and 106 Lyon W C Co Inc .... right top lines and 68
Lyon & Sons Inc ... 70
M & J Finance Corp. 93
Mack's Furniture Co Inc.
.left top cards and 65 Maddox-Stafford Stone Works ..
front stencil, left bottom lines, 105 and 129 May D C Co .back cover, right side lines and 103 McDaniel-Ervin-Hinshaw Hardware Co Inc ... .right top cards and 69 McGuire J P Construction Co .. .left side lines and 42 72 Miller-Brunson .... right top lines, 14 and Miller Truck Sales & Service .. .left top cards and 15
Model Laundry Co & Dry Cleaners ... .back cover, right top cards and 89 Modern Electric Co Inc ..
Montgomery & Aldridge. 73 WDUK .left top cards and 112 .left top cards and 57 right top lines, left bottom lines, 15 and WDNC. right top cards and 111 Montgomery's Florist Inc .. 60 Walton Roofing & Heating Co Inc. .left top lines and 122
Morgan Motors Inc .... left side lines and 7 Washington Duke Hotel. 70 Morris Plan Industrial Bank. .. left top lines and 25 Watkins Welding Works 131
Muirhead Wm Construction Co Inc .. . top stencil and 40
95 Murdock Ice & Coal Co Inc. 35 Myers-Glenn Inc 16 Nicholson Inc ..
.. back cover, left bottom lines and 3 North Carolina College at Durham ...... 37 Williamson F J. 106
North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Co. .right side lines and 77
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co right top lines and 83 Nu-Tread Tire Co Inc.right top lines and 16 O'Brient's Music Store .. 100 Olive W H Co .... .. .right side lines and 105 Palms Restaurant The. Y
Page Parker Letter Service ... left top lines and 91
... .front cover, left bottom lines and Z Paschall Bros 110 Peabody Drug Co Inc The. .left side lines and 51 Peeler J Lee & Co Inc. 84 Pet Dairy Products Co. right side lines and 46 Phillips Mutual Insurance Agency . .right top lines and 78 Pickard Roofing Co. .right bottom lines and 121 Pipefitters & Millwrights Inc. . .right bottom cards and 110 Polk's Bankers Encyclopedia 132 Porterfield Hardware Co 90 right side lines and- 68 Preslar J E & Son Inc. . left top cards and 112 Pritchard-Bright & Co Inc ..
.right side lines and 33
Proctor W T
left top cards and
43
Public Hardware Inc.right side lines and 69 Public Service Co of N C Inc ... Rancer Sid Co left side lines and Ray's Inc left bottom lines and 67 88 87 83
Reade Insurance Agency
Riley Paint Co
.left top lines and 108
Robbin's Inc .. .right top cards and 49 Rolling Pin Bake Shop The .. right bottom lines and 21 Rollins-Bloodworth Co. .right top cards and 73 Rose Agency Inc .. right bottom lines and 101 Rowe C P .. . .left side lines and 128 Rowe-Petty Typewriter Co.
.left top cards and 128
Scott Coal Co Inc
36
Scott & Roberts Dry Cleaning Inc.
left side lines and
53
Sears, Roebuck and Co.
.left bottom lines and
49
Shaw Paint & Wallpaper Co Inc.
.right side lines and 107
Singer Sewing Machine Co.
left side lines and 122
.. left side lines and 98 Markham J C & Sons. .right side lines and 58 14 Southern Wholesalers. .right bottom cards and 25 Southgate J & Son Inc ... back cover and 79
Smith Electric Co 57 Southern Dry Cleaners left bottom lines and 53 Matthews & Farrow .. right side lines and May Claude M
Speight's Auto Service 20
Stephenson-Wilson Inc. .left top cards and Sullivan's Veterinary Hospital. 17 4 Swartz S & Sons .. right bottom cards and 88 Teer Nello L Co. 42 Terry Hardy G .... right bottom lines and 116 Thomas & Howard Co Inc ... 67 17 Tucker Motor Co Inc ... left top lines and Tucker's Electrical Sales & Service. 74 Union Insurance & Realty Co .. 117 University Motors Inc. . left top lines and 18 Uzzle Motor Co. 18
West Durham Lumber Co. right top lines, right bottom lines and West Durham Plumbing Co .. .left side lines and 111 Whaley Dry Cleaners. . right top cards and 54 Wilkins Jewelry Co 87
Woodall B C Co Inc.
right bottom lines and 125 Woodruff's Gulf Service. 19 Y & J Upholstering Co .right top cards and 65 Young Roofing Co Inc. back cover, right bottom lines and 120 Zuckerman S & Son. .. left top cards and 66
INTRODUCTION
HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., publishers of Southeastern Directories, present to sub- scribers and the general public, this, the 1948 edition of the Durham City Directory, which also includes Bragtown, Hope Valley, Rockwood, Tuscaloosa Forest and Sherron Acres.
Confidence in the continued growth of Durham's industry, population and wealth, and in the advancement of its civic and social activities, will be maintained as sections of this Directory are consulted, for the Directory is a mirror truly reflecting Durham 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 organi- zation, and having had the courteous and hearty cooperation of the business and profes- sional men and residents, the publishers feel that the result of their labors will meet with the approval of every user, and that the Durham 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 :-
THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and business and professional concerns is included in pages 25 to 549, on white paper. This is the only record in ex- istence that aims to show the name, marital status, occupation and address of each adult resident of Durham and vicinity, and the name, official personnel, nature and address of each firm and corporation.
THE BUYERS' GUIDE, preceding the Classified and separately paged from 1 to 132, on goldenrod paper, contains the advertisements of leading manufacturing, business and professional interests of Durham and vicinity. The advertisements are indexed under headings descriptive of the business represented. This is reference advertising at its best, and merits a survey by all buyers eager to familiarize themselves with sources of supply. In a large commercial and industrial center like Durham, the necessity of having this kind of information immediately available, is obvious. General appreciation of this fact is évidenced by the many reference users of this City Directory service.
THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is included in pages 685 to 732, on yellow paper. This department lists the names of all business and professional concerns in alpha- betical order under appropriate headings. This feature constitutes an invaluable and indispensable catalog of the numerous interests of the community. The Directory is the common intermediary between buyer and seller. As such it plays an important part in the daily activities of the commercial and professional world. More buyers and sellers meet through the Classified Business Directory than through any other medium.
THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, on pink paper, follows the Classified and is separately paged from 1 to 94. In this section the named streets are arranged in alphabetical order, followed by the numbered streets in numerical order; the numbers of the residences and business concerns are arranged in numercial order under the name of each street, and the names of the house- holders 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 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 Durham and vicinity.
The Durham Directory Library
Through the courtesy of the publishers of the Durham City Directory, a Directory Library is maintained in the offices of the Durham Chamber of Commerce, for free refer- ence by the general public. This is one of 600 Directory Libraries installed in the chief cities of the U. S. and Canada by members of the Association of North American Direc- tory 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 assurance chat it will bring a commensurate return.
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DURHAM
FRIENDLY CITY OF INDUSTRY, EDUCATION AND MEDICINE (Courtesy Durham Chamber of Commerce)
STATISTICAL REVIEW
Form of Government-Council-manager.
Population-1940 U. S. Census, 60,195; local estimate at present, 72,000. Total males, 27,905; females, 32,290; white, 36,848; colored, 23,347 (1940 U. S. Census). American-born, 99.3%.
Area-12.8 square miles.
Altitude-406 feet above sea level.
Climate-Mean annual temperature, 59.6 degrees F .; average annual rainfall. 47.19 inches.
Parks-9, with total of 160 acres, valued at $346,000. Also 12 City playgrounds.
Assessed Valuation-$109,598,237, with $1.55 per $100 tax rate.
Bonded Debt-$5,579,000.
Financial Data-6 banks, with total deposits of $77,556,167.22 (Dec. 31, 1946). 4 build- ing and loan associations, with total assets of $11,504,547.15 (Dec. 31, 1946).
Postal Receipts-$640,006 (calendar year 1946).
Telephones in Service-16,191 (June 30, 1947).
Churches-111, representing 16 denominations.
Building and Construction-442 permits, with total value of $4,355,090, issued in 1946.
Industry-Chief industry is manufacturing. 106 manufacturing establishments, with principal products as follows: Cigarettes, smoking tobacco, sheets and pillow cases, hos- iery, flour, corrugated fibreboard containers, proprietary medicines, furniture, brick, mat- tresses, and foundry and machine-shop products. Durham manufactures 24% of the nation's cigarettes (44 brands), including the famous Chesterfields and Lucky Strikes. Also the famous Duke's Mixture and Bull Durham smoking tobaccos.
Trade Area-Retail area has radius of 25 to 40 miles, and population of 230,000; whole- sale area, radius of 50 miles, and population of 675,000 (based on 1940 U. S. Census).
Newspapers-2 dailies, 1 Sunday and 4 weeklies.
Radio Stations-4: WDNC, WTIK, WDUK and WHHT.
Hotels-8, with total of 800 rooms.
Railroads-5: Southern, Seaboard Air Line, Norfolk & Western, Durham & Southern and Norfolk Southern, operating 7 lines.
Highways-U. S. 15, 70, 264 and 501; State 55.
Airports-2 (1 municipal and 1 commercial). City served by Eastern, Capital and Southeast air lines.
Auto Registrations-18,212 (Dec. 31, 1946).
Amusements-Largest auditorium in city (Armory) seats 2,500 persons. 7 moving- picture theatres, with total seating capacity of 5,490 persons. 2 golf courses.
Hospitals 4, with total of 940 beds.
Education-Duke University, Croft Secretarial School, Kennedy's Commercial School, and North Carolina College for Negroes. 21 public schools, including 2 senior high and 3 junior high. 1 parochial school and 1 private school. Number of pupils in public schools, 9,791; in parochial, 125. Number of teachers in public schools, 364; in parochial, 5. Value of public school property, $4,000,000; parochial, $30,000; college, $20,670,000.
Public Libraries-5, including branches, with total of 458,692 volumes. Duke Univer- sity libraries have 800,000 volumes.
City Statistics-Total street mileage, 221, with 93 miles paved. Miles of gas mains, 96.24; sewers, 321. Number of water meters, 14,023; light meters, 21,990; gas meters, 4,167. Capacity of water works (municipal), 9,000,000 gallons; daily average pumpage, 5,000,000 gallons; miles of mains, 214; value of plant, $4,800,000. Fire department has 65 men, with 4 stations and 11 pieces of motor equipment. Value of fire department property, $325,300. Police department has 88 men and 2 women, with 1 station and 25 pieces of motor equipment, all cars being equipped with radio facilities.
HISTORY
In April, 1865, at a log cabin known as the Bennett Place, near Durham Station, there occurred one of the most historic events in the history of the nation. Lee had surrendered at Appomattox, and the future looked dark indeed for the Southern states. Jefferson Davis and his cabinet had escaped to Greensboro, North Carolina, and there had held fiery debate as to the advisability of continuing the Civil War. Some members of the cabinet favored continuing hostilities at any cost, even though it meant carrying on a guerrilla warfare, while others took the position that the cause of the Confederacy was forever lost and that no good could be accomplished by further bloodshed. Finally it was decided to instruct General Joseph E. Johnston, commander of the Confederate Armies of the Carolinas, Georgia and Florida, to negotiate terms of peace with General Wm. Te- cumseh Sherman, commander of the Federal Army that had broken the backbone of the Confederacy by reason of its famous march to the sea. These two generals met at the Bennett Place and signed a tentative peace agreement. This agreement was so favorable to the South that General Grant refused to approve it, but after several days' conference, it was amended to meet General Grant's demands and was signed and approved by the governments of the North and South, and the War between the States came to a close.
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