Hill's Durham (Durham County, N.C.) City Directory [1949], Part 1

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GENERAL INDEX


Abbreviations Pages 24 and 25.


Alphabetical List of Names


Page 25.


Apartment Buildings


Classified Section


Associations and Clubs-Commercial


Banks and Trust Companies


Buildings-Office and Public


Bus and Coach Lines-Motor


61


66


Buyers' Guide Following Alphabetical on Golden Rod Paper


Cemeteries


...... Classified Section


Churches


Classified Business Directory Following Buyers' Guide on Canary Paper Classified Section


Clergymen


Clubs


Convents


Durham City Fire Dept.


Alphabetical Section


Government


66


Durham County Officers


Golf Clubs and Courses


Classified Section


Halls


66


66


Homes and Asylums


Hospitals and Dispensaries


Hotels


Justices of the Peace


66


Labor Organizations


Libraries


66


66


Newspapers


North Carolina State Officers


Alphabetical Section Classified Section


Railraods


66


Schools-Public


66


Schools, Colleges and Academies


66


Societies-Benevolent and Fraternal


Societies-Miscellaneous


66


Societies-Patriotic


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United States Government


United States Government Post Office


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Police Dept.


66


66


66


Parks and Playgrounds


INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION


Page


Airheart Milton Insurance Agency .... right


bottom lines and


Alexander Motor Co Inc ... front and back lip margins, left side lines and 4 Durham Typewriter Co side lines and right bottom


Allan's Credit Jewelers Inc


9.


Allen Insurance Agency left top lines


and


Allen T E & Sons left side lines and 92 Efird's Department Store Elkins Motor Co left bottom


Alliance Company left bottom lines and 119


Amey's Funeral Home right side lines and


69


Arrow Plumbing & Heating of Durham Inc


120 138


and


B & H Tire Co


Bagwell J R Co. left side lines and


Baldwin R L Co Inc


53


Garrison Insurance Service Glenn Coal Co left side lines and


Goldston & Hales Inc left side lines


and


Griffin Roscoe Shoe Co Inc left top


77 lines and


136 Gulf Oil Corporation right side lines and


31 36 H & O Concrete Block Co right bottom


cards and


Hall-Wynne & Co Inc


front


cover,


right bottom lines and


58 Hays R S & Co Inc


Hester's Sales & Service


left top


cards and


Hill 1 H Transfer & Storage


left top


109


Holt Electric Service


left


top


lines and


62


Home Insurance Agency Inc front


cover, A and


Home Modernization & Supply Co Inc Home Savings Bank front cover and Home Security Life Insurance Co .... ribbon book mark, left side lines and


S5 41


Hopson S H


Horton Realty Co Inc left


126


Hospital Care Association Inc The front cover, left bottom lines and 86


Hotel Malbourne left bottom lines and


Hotel Washington Duke


Howerton-Bryan Co . back cover, right


side lines and


68


Hudgins Veterinary Hospital


Hull Claude Florist right side lines and


66


35


Commercial Credit Corp 21


Constructors Supply Co Inc


right top


cards. 33 and


Cowan & Mitchell Lumber Co


Crain & Denbo Inc ... right top cards and Depositors National Bank of Durham The right side lines and


Dillon Supply Co Duke Power Co Duke University


Durham Bank & Trust Co bottom Stencil, left bottom lines and


Durham Bond & Mortgage Co


Durham Builders Supply Co right side lines and


37


Durham Coca-Cola Bottling Co back cover, left side lines and


28 51 56


and


Jones W Murray right side lines and 127


Jourdan Transfer Inc left top cards


63 and 109


Kane George W front cover, right


71 bottom lines and 47


Kelly Clyde Funeral Home Insert at name


Kenan Oil Co Inc left side lines and 113 Kennedy's Auto Service left side lines


and


Kimball Motor Co Kimbrell's Inc Kornegay Motors Inc right side


Y


lines and


103 108 Little Acorn Restaurant The left


15


Durham Plant & Nursery 111 top cards and 130


Durham Realty & Insurance Co front


cover, right bottom lines, 83 and 125


Durham School of Dance


Page 53


91 Durham Transfer & Storage Inc right


110


cards and


139


Durnam Venetian


Blind


Co


right


91 bottom lines and


lines and Ellis, Stone & Co Ester R A & Co Fidelity Bank The front cover,


left top lines and


Fidelity


Insurance Agency


of


Durham


Inc


right side lines and


101 Filtex Sales & Service 10 C Fonville Insulation Co


93 140 82 93 40 116


Belk- Leggett Co ___.. right bottom cards and


Bell V E & Sons Inc back cover, right


top cards and


Borden Brick & Tile Co.


left top lines


and


Boyce Supply Co ...... right bottom cards and Bragtown Hardware Co right side lines and


Braswell Coal Co


Brown D W Dry Cleaners right top lines and


Budd-Piper Roofing Co left


side lines and


Butler's Shoe Shop


C & F Dry Cleaners


Carolina Air Conditioning Co right


side lines and


Carolina Cinder Block Co left side


lines and 32


Carolina Glass Co ... Tabbed Insert at Classified Carpenter's Inc right side lines and 5


Cary Lumber Co Inc left bottom cards. 36 and 102 59


Cheek Dry Cleaners


Citizens Coal & Coke Co right side


lines and


Citizens National Bank of Durham The. right top lines and 29


Clark's Esso Service cards and


Clay's Auto Repair & Body Shop


11


Cole & Crumpacker ... left bottom lines and Coman Lumber Co


Hunt Concrete Co right top cards and


Hunt Construction Co Inc left


side lines and


Huntley's right top cards and 69 41


Ice & Fuel Co left bottom cards and


Ingold Tire Co right side lines and 6


Ingram & Suggs Plumbing & Heating


Co right side lines and 120


Johnson-Forrester Inc left bottom and 100


Z B Johnson Motor Co Inc left side lines


and


Johnson Service Station


left


side


14


Johnson O A Realtor left top lines and 126 96


Jones & Frasier Co ... left bottom lines and Jones H F Millwork Co back cover and 107 73


Jones J P & Sons left bottom cards


Durham Dairy Products Inc backbone and


Durham Drug Co


Durham Electric Construction Co Inc right top lines and


Durham Furniture Co Inc left side lines and


Durham Heating & Sheet Metal Co left top lines and


Durham Hudson Corp Durham Industrial Bank lines and


right bottom


24


Durham Laundry Go


Durham Lumber Co Inc and


left top lines


Durham Marble Works


135 12


14


Lloyd & Copelan Plumbing Co


right


side lines and


121


3


44 37 45


27 106


right top lines, 59 and


13


23 124 lines and


Clements & Edwards Insurance Agency right side lines and 92 4.9 104


right bottom


10


131 136 58 3


cards and


74 39 Harris 1 G left top cards and


113 34 67 46 94 13


Barnes Supply Co right bottom cards and


129 54


Associated Cabs Inc Auto Finance Co. right bottom lines


140 54 12 55 100 25


144 26


40 bottom lines and


9


Page 52 lay's Ine


Page 96


Long Meadow Dairies


Lovette's Radio & Appliance Corp __ left 79 Riley Paint Co left top lines and 118


side lines and


Lyon Paint Co Inc


left side lines and


119


Riley's Paint Warehouse


Lyon & Sons Inc


Lyon W C Co Inc right top


lines and


Mack's Furniture Co Inc left


top cards and


Maddox-Stafford


Stone


Works


left


bottom lines and


side lines and


Malone T C Plumbing & Heating Co right side lines and


Markham J C & Sons right side


lines and


Matthews & Farrow


right side


lines and


May Claude M front stencil, left 142


bottom lines, 114 and


May D C Co


McDaniel-Ervin-Hinshaw Hardware Co


Inc


right top cards and


75


Sears,


Roebuck and Co


left


McGuire J P Construction


Co


left


bottom lines and


side lines and


right top


Miller Truck Sales & Service Inc. top cards and


16


Model Laundry Co & Dry Cleaners back cover, right top cards and


top cards and


64 cover and


Speight's Auto Service


Spur Bottling Co left top cards and


top lines and


Sullivan's Pharmacy


57


Morris Plan Industrial Bank left top


lines and


Muirhead Wm Construction Co Inc. top stencil and


Murdock Ice & Coal Co Inc right side lines and


42


Myers-Glenn Inc


17


Nicholson Inc back cover,


left bottom lines and


North Carolina College at Durham.


43


Tucker's Electrical Sales & Service


Underwood C H ...... left side lines and


Union Insurance & Realty Co


University Motors Inc. left


top lines and


l'zzle Motor Co Inc


WDNC&WDNC-FM


right


124


Olive W H Co right side lines and 116 Walton Roofing & Heating Co Inc left


Parker Letter Service lines and


left side


101


Watkins Welding Works


West Durham Lumber Co right


122 top and right bottom lines, 38 and


104


Peabody Drug Co Inc The left


side lines and


Peeler


J Lee & Co Inc


Phillips Insurance Agency Inc top lines and


right


Pickard Roofing Co Inc right bottom lines and


132


Woodall B C Co bottom lines and


right


Porterfield's Hardware Co right 75 Woods Service left top cards and 102


side lines and


Pritchard-Bright & Co Inc


right


side lines and


39 top cards and 105


Proctor W T left top cards and 44 Y & J Upholstering Co right top cards and 70


Public Hardware Inc right side


lines and


Public Service Co of North Carolina


76


Young Roofing Co Inc The


back


Inc


left bottom lines and


72


cover, right bottom lines and


134


Young's Diesel Service


20


Rancer Sid Co left side lines and 97 Zuckerman S & Son 71


21


74 Rollins-Bloodworth Inc right top


cards and


81


70 Rose Agency Inc The right


112 138


108


Rowe C P


: left


side lines and


Rowe- Walsh-Jones


Inc


right


121 top cards and


Royal Ice Cream Co


Royal Sandwich & Food Co bottom lines and


right


123 82 22


15 Sawyer & Moore Inc cards and 56 42


Scott Coal Co Inc


115


Scott & Roberts Dry Cleaning Inc ....


left


side lines and


60


50 Seven-Up Bottling Co Durham Inc


Shaw Paint & Wall Paper Co


Inc ..


.right side lines and


117


Shaw's Venetian Blinds


lines and


141


Southern Dry Cleaners Inc left


60


Montgomery & Aldridge left bottom


and right top lines, 17 and


Montgomery's Florist Inc


Morgan Motors Inc left side


lines and


S


Swartz S & Sons


right side


98


Swartz Tallow Co


right side


48 lines and


Teer Nello L Co


Terry Hardy G ... right bottom lines and Thomas & Howard Co Inc.


137 50 127 72


North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Co Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co


right top lines and


SS


Nu-Tread Tire Co Inc right top


lines and


O'Brient's Music Store


Office Machines Inc


top cards and


top lines and 133 143


Parrish John C & Son right


bottom lines and


Paschall Bros left t side lines and West Durham Plumbing Co side lines and 122


left


123


Whaley Dry Cleaners right


61


Whitley Electrical Co


left


89 top cards and


Wilkins Jewelry Co


64 97 137


Wocdy's General Machine Shop left


128 9 20


19 111 112


lines and


Tucker Motor Co Inc left top 19 81 38


90 18 30 19


SO 66 Stephenson-Wilson Inc right


right top


55 29


Miller - Brunson lines. 16 and


SO


left


99


bottom lines and


Southgate .J & Son Inc back


Modern Electric Co Inc left


65


left top


118


76


Rolling Pin


Bake


Shop


The


right


bottom lines and


INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


Reade-Noblin Insurance Agency Inc .... 94


57 95 top cards and


27 lines and


INTRODUCTION


HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., publishers of Southeastern Directories, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1949 edition of the Durham City Directory, which also in- cludes 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 Durhani 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 cooperation of the business and professional men and rsidents, the publishers feel that the result of their labors will meet wtih 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 departnients are arranged in the following order :-


THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and business and professional concerns is the first 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 Durham and vicinity, and the name, official personnel, nautre and address of each firm and corporation.


THE BUYERS' GUIDE, the second major department, printed on goldenrod paper, con- tains 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 appreciaton of this fact is evidenced by the many reference users of this City Directory service.


THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is the third major department, printed on yellow paper. This department lists the names of all business and professional concerns in alphabetical order under appropriate headings. This feature constitutes an invaluable and indispensable catalog of the numerous interests of the community. The Directory is the com- mon intermediary between buyer and seller. As such it plays an important part in the daily activities of the commercial and professional world. More huyers 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, is the fourth major department. In this section the named streets are ar- ranged in alphabetical order, followed by the numbered streets in numerical order; the num- bers of the residences and business concerns are arranged in numerical order under the name of each steet, and the nanies of the housholders and concerns are placed opposite the num- bers. 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 more than 600 Directory Libraries installed in the chief cities of the U. S. and Canada by members of the Associtaion 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 that 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


Forni of Government-Council-manager.


Population-1910 U. S. Census, 60,195; local estimate at present, 72,000. Total miales, 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 130 acres, valued at $400,000. Also 12 City playgrounds.


Assessed Valuation-$114,000,000, with $1.70 per $100 tax rate.


Bonded Debt-$9,108.000 (June 30, 1918).


Financial Data-6 banks, with total deposits of $76,269,047.76 (Dec. 31, 1948). 4 building and loan associations, with total assets of $17,613, 813.91 (Dec. 31. 1918).


Postal Receipts-$661,413 (calendar year 1948).


Telephones in Service-19,791 (Dec. 31, 1948).


Churches-111, representing 20 denominations.


Building and Construction-777 permits, with total value of $8, 692,810, issued in 1948. Total number of dwelling units, 18.064.


Industry-Chief industry is manufacturing. 107 manufacturing establishments, with princi- pal products as follows: Cigarettes, smoking tobacco, sheets and pillow cases, hosiery, flour, corrugated fibreboard containers, proprietary medicines, furniture, brick, mattresses, and foundry and machine-shop products. Durham manufactures 19% 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 250,000; 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-6: WDNC, WDNC-FM, WTIK, WDUK, WHHT and WSSB.


Hotels-6, with total of 625 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 Pied- mont air lines.


Auto Registrations-30,016 (Dec. 31, 1048).


Amusements-Largest auditorium in city (Armory) seats 2,500 persons. 7 moving-picture theatres, with total seating capacity of 5,225 persons. 2 golf courses (18 holes).


Hospitals-4, with total of 967 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 2 private schools. Number of pupils in public schools, 10,409; in parochial, 175. Numher of teachers in public schools. 364; in parochial, 5. Value of public school property, $4,119,171; parochial, $50,000; college, $22,000,000.


Public Libraries-5, including branches. Duke University libraries have 950.000 volumes.


City Statistics-Total street mileage, 221, with 104 miles paved. Miles of gas mains, 128.7: sewers, 324. Number of water meters, 15,549; light meters, 28,157; gas meters. 4,406. Capacity of water works (municipal), 9,000,000 gallons: daily average pumpage, 7,970,000 gallons; miles of mains, 228.6; value of plant. $4.800,000. Fire department has 88 men, with 4 stations and 16 pieces of motor equipment. Value of fire department motor equipment, $172.000. Police department has 98 men and 4 women, with 1 station and 30 pieces of motor equipment, all cars heing equipped with two-way 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 inded 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 guerilla warfare, while others took the position that the cause of the Confederacy was forever lost and that no good could he 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. Tecumseh 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 favorahle to the South that General Grant refused to approve it, hut after several days' conference, it was amended to meet General Grant's de- mands 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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INTRODUCTION


Marking the place of surrender, just four miles from Durham, there has been erected, through the generosity of Mrs. S. T. Morgan, a beautiful monument consisting of two columns, one representing the North and the other the South, joined together hy a cross- piece on which is the word "Unity." This historic spot, the hirthplace of a reunited na- tion, is visited each year by thousands of people.


Graduate Dormitory Tower, Duke University


The death of the Confederacy gave birth to the city of Durham, and out of the ashes of the hopes of the Southern people as been built a great and beautiful city. In 1865 Durham Station was a small and insignificant point on the North Carolina Railroad, inhabited by less than 100 persons. There was one lone business enterprise here, a crude and unimport- ant tobacco factory with total assets of less than $2,000, including not only products on hand, but representing also the entire investment and replacement. History and tradition unite in saying that this factory was broken into by Sherman's soldiers and a large part of the stock carried away. Tradition further says that the product carried away was so well made and of such quality that when the soldiers returned to the pursuit of civil life, letters came back to Durham to ascertain if there was more of the product upon the market. To supply this demand a broken business was rebuilt.




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