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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
Z
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
9
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
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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-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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