Hill's Durham (Durham County, N.C.) City Directory [1950], Part 1

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Publication date: 1950
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GENERAL INDEX


Abbreviations .Pages 24 and 25


Alphabetical List of Names Pages 25


Apartment Buildings Classified Section


Banks and Trust Companies Classified Section


Buildings-Office and Public Classified Section


Bus and Coach Lines-Motor Classified Section


Buyers' Guide Following Alphabetical on Golden Rod Paper


Cemeteries Classified Section


Churches


Classified Section


Classified Business Directory


Following Buyers' Guide on Canary Paper


Clergymen


Classified Section


Clubs


Classified Section


Convents


Classified Section


Durham City Fire Dept. Alphabetical Section


Durham City Government Alphabetical Section


Durham City Police Dept. Alphabetical Section


Durham County Officers Alphabetical Section


Golf Clubs and Courses


Classified Section


Halls


Classified Section


Homes and Asylums


Classified Section


Hospitals and Dispensaries


Classified Section


Hotels


Classified Section


Justices of the Peace


Classified Section


Libraries


Classified Section


Newspapers Classified Section


North Carolina State Officers Alphabetical Section


Organizations-Benevolent and Fraternal Classified Section


Organizations-Business Classified Section


Organizations-Patriotic .. Classified Section


Parks and Playgrounds Classified Section


Railroads Classified Section


Schools-Public


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Schools, Colleges and Academies ... Classified Section


Street and Avenue Guide .Following Classified on Pink Paper


United States Federal Officers Alphabetical Section


United States Government Alphabetical Section


United States Government Post Office


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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


Page Numbers Below Refer to the Buyers' Guide Section


Page


Airheart Milton Insurance Agency right


side lines and 95 Durham Marble Works 123


Alexander Motor Co Inc .. front and back Durham Mattress Works 120 Durham Plant & Nursery ... . left side lines and 126 Durham Realty & Insurance Co .. . front Allen's Credit Jewelers Inc 109


Allen Insurance Agency . . left top lines and. . 95


cover, right bottom lines. 96 and 145


Allen T E & Sons. .. . left side lines and 105 Durham Refrigeration Sales & Service Inc .... Allenton Co Inc The ....... left side lines and 144 Durham Transfer & Storage Inc right


Alliance Co. . left bottom lines and 136


side lines and 124


Earp Fred B ..


. left bottom lines and


51


Edwards' Florist


76


Elkins Motor Co


. left bottom lines and


10


Ellis Stone & Co


62


Eno Heating & Sheet Metal Co


156


Ferettino Pete .


. left bottom lines and


51


B & H Tire Co


7


Fidelity Bank The. .


. front cover.


Bagwell J R Co.


. left side lines and


C


left top lines and


26


Bagwell Viola C 105 Fidelity Barber Shop 29


Baker W E Constructoin Co


18


Baker's Sales & Service


7


Baldwin R L Co Inc


63


Five Points Furniture Co. . right side lines and


78


Franklin & Hunt Auto Sales


.left


side lines and


10


Galbraith's Texaco Service Station 11


right Gann's Hosiery Machine Shop side lines and 119


Gantt S O ...


right bottom lines and


52


88 33 General Radio & Television 143


Glenn-Crabtree Hardware Co 86


85 Goldston & Hales Inc. . left side lines and 134


Gulf Oil Corp


. right side lines and


129


H & O Concrete Block Co . right


bottom cards and 37


66


Hall Well Co


. left top lines and


49


39


34 Hardee Concrete Co. .. right top cards and


150


Hay Thomas T


146


Hays R S & Co Ine


108


Carpenter's Inc . right side lines and


Carter J G


. left side lines and


114


Hicks W G Painting & Decorating


Cary Lumber Co .left top cards. 40 and 115


Cheek Cabinet Shop. . right side lines and 42 Holt Electric Service. ... . . right top lines and


Cheek Dry Cleaners


66


Church of the Immaculate Conception


43


Citizens Coal & Coke Co .rigbt side line, and


14


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


28


35


City Transfer Co ..


Clark's Esso Service .. right side lines and


Clements & Edwards Insurance Agency . . right side lines and 106


Cole & Crumpacker .. . left bottom lines and 55


Coman Lumber Co 118


Commercial Credit Corp 21 Imperial Life Insurance Co. 100 4


Constructors Supply Co Inc back cover, right top cards. 36 and 53


Cowan & Mitchell Lumber Co 118


Crain & Denbo Inc ... . . right top cards and 56


Craven E F Co right top lines and 52


Davis Baking Co .. .left side lines and 22 49


Delionbach Rock & Sand Co


Dennis Electric Co Inc ..... right side lines and


Depositors National Bank of Durham Tbe. right side lines and 28


Dillon Supply Co


121


Dr Pepper Bottling Co of Durham Ine .. Duke Power Co


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Duke University B


Durham Bank & Trust Co . . bottom stencil. left bottom lines and


Durham Body Manufacturing Co Durham Bond & Mortgage Co 146


Durham Builders Supply Co right side lines and 40


Durham Coca-Cola Bottling Co Inc ...... back cover. left side lines and 30


Durham Dairy Products Inc .. . backbone and Durham Distributing Co


Durham Drug Co 64 Long Meadow Farms . right top cards and 61 Lovette's Radio & Appliance Corp. left


Durham Electric Construction Co Inc ..... right top lines and 72 side lines and 92


Durham Furniture Co Inc. .. left side lines and Durham Heating & Sheet Metal Co . left top lines and 155


80


Mack's Furniture Co Inc. ... left top cards and 79


Malone T C Plumbing & Heating Co .... rigbt side lines and 139


Markham J C & Sons. . right side lines and 75


Matthews & Farrow . right side lines and 13


90


Houston O A


69 70


Howell Electric Co


Hudson Well Co .. rigbt bottom lines and 163


Hull Claude Florist. .


. right side lines and


76


Ice & Fuel Inc . left top cards and 45


Ingold Tire Co . . right side lines and


Ingram & Suggs Plumbing & Heating. ... back cover, right side lines, 89 and 138 81


Inland Gas Co Inc .... ... left side lines and


Interstate Detective Agency 63


Johnson-Forrester Inc right top


lines, left bottom lines, 67 and 111


70 Johnson Motor Co Inc 12


Johnson Motor Co Inc ... .left side lines and 11 12


Johnson Service Station .... left side lines and


Jones & Frasier Co ...... left bottom lines and 110


Jones H F Millwork Co. .. ... back cover and 122


Jourdan Transfer Inc.


.left top cards and 125


Kane George W . front cover,


right bottom lines and 57


21 Kenan Oil Co Inc . left side lines and 129


Kennedy's Auto Service. . left side lines and 5 Kimball Watson W 123


Kimbrell's Ine Y


Little Acorn Restaurant The. . left top cards and 149


Lloyd & Copelan Plumbing Co rigbt


side lines and


138


Loman Supply & Equipment Co Inc


right


60 29 side lines and 141


Durham Industrial Bank. right bottom lines and


25


Mann's Market


84


Durham Insurance Service Co. . right side lines and 106


8


Belk-Leggett Co ... .right bottom cards and


62


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


44 65


Brown D W Dry Cleaners. . right top lines and Budd-Piper Roofing Co ..... left side lines and 151 C & F Dry Cleaners


Carolina Cinder Block Co .... left side lines and Carolina-Duke Service Center


83 Harvey's Cafeteria Inc


Carolina Truck Service


Carolina Venetian Blind Co. .. left side lines and 160 3


Herring Finance Co .. left top cards and


114 132 19


Hobgood & Kelley Inc ..... right side lines and


71


Home Finance Co .... .right top cards and 21


97 Home Insurance Agency Inc. front cover, A and Home Security Life Insurance Co .... ribbon book mark. left side lines and 98


147


Horton Realty Co Inc .... left bottom lines and Ilospital Care Association Inc The ...... front cover. left bottom lines and ..


99


City Crushed Rock Co . left side lines and 125


32


Barnes Supply Co


75


Bayliff's Radiator Service . right bottom lines and


Fidelity Insurance Agency of Durham


Inc


. right side lines and 107


137


Amey's Funeral Home . .. right side lines and 78 Arnold Floor Sanding & Finishing 54


Arrow Plumbing & Heating Co of Durham Inc . left side lines and 137


Associated Cabs 164


Auto Finance Co right bottom lines and B & D Plumbing & Heating Co ..... left top 113 Ferguson Printing Co 142 cards and 141 Ferrell's Watch Hospital 109


Page Durham Lumber Co Inc ... left top lines, 41 and 116


" " lip margin, left side lines and 2


Dixie Block Co Inc .. .right side lines and 41 32 Jones P F . right top lines and 95


IIotel Malbourne.


. left bottom lines and


Hastings Bus Lines Inc. . . left side lines and


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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


May Claude M. . front stencil,


left bottom lines, 130 and 162


May D C Co .. .. right bottom lines and 131


McGuire J P Construction Co .. left side lines and 59 Royal Ice Cream Co


Miller . Brun son .right top lines and 13


Miller Edward B left bottom lines and 55


Mitchell O C Jr


Model Laundry-Cleaners


front cover.


right top cards and 112 Modern Electric Co Inc left top


cards and


74


158


Montgomery's Florist Inc.


Morgan Motors Inc. . .. . . left side lines and 19


Muirhead Wm Construction Co Inc top


stencil and 58


Murdock Ice & Coal Co Inc . left


side lines and . 46


Muse's Bill Home Rose Service


right


side lines and 127 Stephenson. Wilson Inc. ... right top lines and


Myers-Glenn Ine 20 Swartz S & Sons. right side lines and 111 59


. North Carolina College at Durham


North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Co . left top lines and 101


Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co right top lines and 102


O'Brient's L E Music Store 126 Travelers Service Station


Office Machines Inc 127


Triangle Construction Corp


Oil Burner Service Co. .. right bottom lines and 128 Triangle Electric Motor Co Inc. side lines and .left


Page Service & Recapping : 20 Tucker Motor Co Inc .. .. left top lines and 18


Parker Letter Service . . left side lines and 113


Parrish Edd W Pump Co 142 top cards and 94


Parrish John C & Son. . . right bottom lines and 139


Penhody Drug Co Ine The. left side lines and 65 Uzzle Motor Co Ine 18


Peeler J Lee & Co Inc 108


Penny Furniture Co Inc .... right side lines and Perkins Glass Co


79 82


Petty's Garage & Upholstering


Phillips Insurance Agency Ine .right


top lines and


103


' Pickard Roofing Co Ine. . right bottom lines and 152 Pine State Electric Supply Co 69 top lines and 153


Pine Street Taxi right side lines and 157


Porterfield's Hardware Co


Pritchard Bright & Co Inc . right


side lines and


13


Proctor W T left top lines and 54


Puhlic Hardware Ine .. right side lines and 87 West Main Fruit Market 77


Public Service Co of North Carolina Inc . left bottom lines and


Pugh' & Son Cleaners


Raleigh-Durham Flight Service Inc. Ray's Jewelers Ine


Reade-Noblin Insurance Agency 107


Winters' J C Sons 92


Woodall B C Co .. left side lines and 157


Woody's General Machine Shop left


120


Riley's Paint Warehouse


Rogers Emmett W 156


Rogers Paint Products Inc 134


Rolling Pin Bake Shop 23


Rollins-Bloodworth Inc ..... right top cards and


Page 93


Rose Agency Inc The .... right bottom lines and 128 Rowe C P . .right side lines and 159 Rowe- Walsh-Jones Inc .. . right top cards and 140


Royal Sandwich & Food Co. .right


bottom lines and .


91 Sawyer & Moore Inc; .right top lines and


.left


Sears Roebuck and Co .... left bottom lines and Seven Up Bottling Co of Durham Inc.


Shaw Paint & Wall Paper Co Inc . right side lines and


Shaw's Venetian Blinds ... . right top lines and 161 Shepherd Bros Smith Roy La


163 136


Smoake Lumber Co


Southgate J & Son Inc. back cover and


Speight's Auto Service


Stephenson A C & Son. . right bottom lines and


50 16


47 Teer Nello L Co Terry Hardy G. right bottom lines and 147 Terry & Woods .. . left side lines and 17


Thomas & Howard Co Inc


Tillman & Horner.


right bottom lines and


34 50


Nu-Tread Tire Co. right top lines and 14 Toole E N. . left side lines and 73 17 51


Olive W H Co ... right side lines and 132


71


Tucker's Electrical Sales & Service


left


Union Insurance & Realty Co 148


University Motors Inc . left top lines and 6


WDNC & WDNC-FM Radio Broadcasting Station right top cards and 143


WSSB Radio Station left top cards and 144 side lines and 70


Wallace's Auto Electric Garage Inc 19


Walton Roofing & Heating Co Ine left


Washington Duke Hotel 91


86


West Durham Lumber Co


. back cover,


right top and right bottom lines, 39 and ... 117


West Durham Plumbing Co . 140


West Durham Seafood & Poultry Market. 155


West Sales & Service 20


West Side Refrigeration & Appliance Service. 148


82 67 Whaley Dry Cleaners, . right top cards and 68


22 Whitley Electrical Co .left top lines aid 74


110 Whitley Glass Co 82


Reeves' Town House Restaurant 150


Renn's Auto Service 15


Riley Paint Co . left top lines and 135 top cards and


135


Y & J Upholstering Co.


. right top cards and


80


Young Roofing Co Ine The


back


cover, right bottom lines and


154


Zuckerman S & Son ..


.left side lines and


81


94 23 64 45


Scott Coal and Oil Cb


Scott & Roberts Dry Cleaning Inc. side lines and


68 63 31 133


119 104 16


1


Mohawk Tire Sales Inc .... right side lines and Montgomery & Aldridge Inc right top lines, left bottom lines, 14 and 93 77


Page


1'5 Wallace Electric Motor Service left


INTRODUCTION


HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., publishers of Southeastern Directories, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1950 edition of the Durham City Directory, which also in- cludes Bragtown, Hope Valley, Joyland, Rockwood, Rollingwood, Sherron Acres and Tuscaloosa Forest.


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 organization, and having had the courteous and hearty cooperation 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 Durham Directoy 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 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, nature 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 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, is the fourth major department. In this section the numbered streets are ar- ranged in numerical order, followed by the named streets in alphabetical order; the num- bers of the residences and business concerns are arranged in numerical order under the name of each steet, and the names 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.


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STATISTICAL REVIEW


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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-10, with total of 218 acres, valued at $500,000. Also 12 City playgrounds.


Assessed Valuation-$115,933,587, with $1.65 per $100 tax rate.


Bonded Debt-$8,786,000.


Financial Data-6 commercial banks, with total deposits of $71,958,787.10 (Dec. 31, 1949), and total resources of $78,094,722.55 (Dec. 31, 1949). 2 industrial banks, with total deposits of $3,113,231.51 (Dec. 31, 1949), and total resources of $4,173,239.39 (Dec. 31, 1949). 4 building and loan associations, with total assets of $20,986,589.63 (Dec. 31, 1949).


Postal Receipts-$751,039 (calendar year 1949).


Telephones in Service-22,663 (Dec. 31, 1949).


Churches-116, representing 20 denominations.


Building and Construction-950 permits, with total value of $8,654,354, issued in 1949. Total number of dwelling units, 18,560.


Industry-Chief industry is manufacturing. 107 manufacturing establishments, employing 17,000 persons, paying wages of $31,322,860 annually, and having products valued at $200,000,000 annually, with principal products as follows: Cigarettes, smoking tobacco, sheets and pillow cases, hosiery, flour, corrugated fihreboard and wooden containers, proprietary medicines, fur- niture, hrick, mattresses, and foundry and machine-shop products. Durham manufactures 19% of the nation's cigarettes (44 brands), including the famous Chesterfields, Lucky Strikes, Pall Malls and Herbert Tareytons. 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; wholesale area, radius of 375 miles, and population of 8, 780,500 (based on 1940 U. S. Census).


Newspapers-2 dailies, 1 Sunday and 3 weeklies.


Radio Stations-5: WDNC, WDNC-FM, WTIK, WDUK and WSSB.


Hotels-6, with total of 625 rooms.


Railroads-5: Southern, Seaboard Airline, Norfolk & Western, Durham & Southern, and Norfolk Southern, operating 7 lines.


Bus Lines-6 intra-city.


Highways-U. S. 15, 70, 264 and 501; State 55.


Airports-1, owned jointly by Durham and Raleigh. City served by Eastern, Capital and Pied- mont Air Lines.


Auto Registrations-24,291 (Dec. 31, 1949).


Amusements-Largest auditorium in city seats 2,500 persons. 7 moving-picture theatres, with total seating capacity of 5,225 persons. 1 "legitimate" theatre, seating 1,700. 2 golf courses (18 holes).


Hospitals-5, with total of 1,017 beds. Construction started on new 500-bed Veterans Hospital. Education-Duke University, Croft Secretarial School, Kennedy's Commercial School, and North Carolina College for Negroes, 22 public schools, including 2 senior high and 3 junior high. 1 parochial school and 2 private schools. Numher of pupils in public schools, 10,665; in parochial, 156. Number of teachers in public schools, 390; in parochial, 5. Value of public school property, $4,416,755; parochial, $50,000; college, $22,000,000.


Public Libraries-5, including branches. Duke University libraries have 960,859 volumes.


City Statistics-Total street mileage, 221, with 107 miles paved. Miles of gas mains, 136.8; sewers, 326.4. Number of water meters, 16,358; light meters, 31,238; gas meters, 4,439. Capacity of water works (municipal), 9,000,000 gallons; daily average pumpage, 8,500,000 gallons; miles of mains, 236.1; 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 21 pieces of motor equipment, all cars being equipped with two-way radio facilities.




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