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GENERAL INDEX
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Alphabetical List of Names
Page 25.
Apartment Buildings
Classified Section
Associations and Clubs-Commercial
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Buildings-Office and Public
Bus and Coach Lines-Motor
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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
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Schools-Public
66
Schools, Colleges and Academies
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Societies-Benevolent and Fraternal
Societies-Miscellaneous
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Societies-Patriotic
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Police Dept.
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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
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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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