Hill's Durham (Durham County, N.C.) City Directory [1952], Part 1

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Publication date: 1952
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INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX


HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., publishers of Southeastern Directories, present to sub- scribers and the general public, this, the 1952 edition of the Durham City Directory, which also includes 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 Di- rectory 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 resultof their labors will meet with the approval of everyuser, and that the Durham Directory will fulfill its mission as a source of authentic information pertaining to the community.


Five Major Departments (Each department beginning with Page 1)


The five major departments are arranged in the following order :-


I. 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.


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III. 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.


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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION. THE YELLOW PAGES


Adams Concrete Products Co.


Adkins Tailors.


Aetna Life Insurance Co . . right top lines and Airheart Insurance Agency. back cover and Alexander Motor Co Inc . . left side lines, 2 and Allan's Credit Jewelers Inc.


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124 right top lines and 25 Clark's Esso Service


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164


155


129


Amey's Funeral Home.


87 Cole & Crumpacker


Andrews-Riggsbee Tractor Co.


Arnold Floor Sanding & Covering Co. . Arrow Plumbing & Heating of Durham Inc . . left side lines and Auto Finance Co.


right bottom lines and B & D Plumbing & Heating Co.


130 158


B & H Tire Co. .. left side lines and Babe's 'Auto Service


Baby Diaper Service .


Bagwell Viola C. 122 and 161 | Baker W E Construction Co 48 74


Baldwin R L Co Inc.


Barnes Funeral Home


Barnes Supply Co .


Bartlett House . . left top lines and Batten Insurance Agency Inc .


113


Depositors National Bank of Durham The . right


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138


101


Dixie Awning Co 23


Dixie Trailer Park


Birmingham Construction Co. left side lines and 61 Downey L A & Son . right side lines and 181 61 31


Borden Brick & Tile Co. . left top and right side lines and Boyce Supply Co . . right bottom cards and Boykin's & Roberts.


40


Duke University


Durham Auto Body Service


80 right side lines and 119 Durham Awning Co. . left top cards and 49 26 .. bottom stencil, left bottom lines and Durham Beauty Academy Inc. . Durham Bank & Trust Co. . Bradsher S M Inc. right bottom lines and Braswell Coal Co right side lines and 45 . . right top lines and 30


Broadway Sandwich Co.


Brooks W S Sr.


Brown D W Dry Cleaners.


Brown's Auto Supply Co 19 right top lines and 77 . . back cover, left side lines and 32


Budd-Piper Roofing Co. left side lines and Burke's John Tree In The House . Canada W T.


171 169


61 2 Durham Easy Method Driving School .. Durham Engraving Co . 82


19


Carolina Air Conditioning Co Inc .


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


Carolina Venetian Blind Co . back cover, left side lines, 2 and 92


. left side lines and Carpenter's Inc. . right side lines and 3


Page 47 179


Cary Lumber Co . . left and right top cards, 35 and Cedar Terrace Kennels . . 127


132


Christian-Harward Furniture Co Inc . left side lines and 88 Citizens Coal & Oil Co right side lines and 44 Citizens National Bank of Durham The


Allen Insurance Agency . left top lines and Allen T E & Sons. . left side lines and Allenton Co Inc The . left side lines and Alliance Company. . left side lines and American Finance Co Inc.


112


21 right top lines and Clay's Auto Repair & Body Shop . . . Clements & Edwards Insurance Agency . right side lines and 119 Coble Dairy Products Inc . left side lines and 69


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. . back cover, right top cards, 36 and Coombs Chas F. . right side lines and Cowan & Mitchell Lumber Co. 136


68 68 127


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9 Crain and Denbo Inc


74 . right top cards and Crawford Foushee & Citrini . Daniel Cabinet Shop


65 51


left side lines and 42


88 Davis Baking Co. 83 Davis Britt A . . left bottom lines and Davis Florist . . . left side lines and Delta Construction Co Inc . left side lines and 23 105 84 57 10


right bottom lines and Belk-Leggett Co right bottom cards and Bell V E & Sons Inc. . right top cards and Biltmore Hotel The.


167


Dennis & Glenn Garage .


72 bottom lines, right bottom cards and Dillon Supply Co


104


Duke Power Co .


76


Dr Pepper Bottling Co of Durham Inc Duchess Restaurant The . 170 Z B 19


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24 61 Durham Builders Supply Co. . right side lines and 37


Durham Coca-Cola Bottling Co Inc


Durham Dairy Products Inc .


Durham Drug Co backbone and 70


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34 Durham Forge & Welding Co 146


97


Durham Furniture Co Inc. .


184 Durham Industrial Bank . right bottom lines and


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181 . back cover, left bottom lines and 63 Coman Lumber Co. . left top cards and Commercial Credit Corp . 155 Concrete Surfacing Machinery. . 36 and Constructors Supply Co Inc .


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Durham Lumber Co Inc . . right top lines and


133


Durham Marble Works . 139


Durham Mattress Co.


137


Ingram & Suggs Inc .


83 back cover, right side lines, 102 and Inland Gas Co Inc .


154


142 insert at Street Guide .


Inscoe Bros . right top lines and 137


front cover, right bottom lines, 114 and Durham Sandwich Co . . right bottom lines and Durham Stone & Sand Co. . left top cards and Durham Transfer & Storage Inc. . .right side lines and East End Grocery Center Inc .


174


162 Isler Hotel & Grill . 105 Jobe-Blackley Plumbing Co 156 Johns E T & Co. . right bottom cards and


164


40 Johnson Motor Co Inc .


left side lines and 11


140 Johnson O L. . right side lines and 58


Eckerd's Drug Store .


75


Edwards' Florist.


84 Johnson's Home Improvement Service . Jones & Frasier Co


left bottom lines and 125


Ellis Stone & Co left bottom lines and 11 Jones P F. right top lines and 110 141


72 Jourdan Transfer Inc


Eno Heating & Sheet Metal Co


Kane George W.


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right side lines and Faulkner & Stem right bottom cards and Ferguson Printing Co Inc . Ferrell's Watch Hospital.


177 . . front cover, right bottom lines and Kenan Oil Co Inc 62 . front cover, left side lines and 159 Kennedy's Auto Service . left side lines and 5


145


Fidelity Bank The . right bottom lines and


125 Kennedy's Commercial School . Kimbrell's Inc .


28 Kirby Co The. .. left bottom lines and 30 Lewis Electric Co


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. front cover, left top lines and Fidelity Barber Shop


Fidelity Insurance Agency of Durham Inc . right side lines and Five Points Furniture Co . . right side lines and Fonville Insulation & Weatherstripping Co. . left side lines and Fowler Marvin M


120


90 insert at name in Alphabetical Section Lloyd & Copelan Plumbing Co. .


156


back lip margin, right side lines, 87 and Freddie's Drive-In


144


170 19 Long Meadow Farms . . right top cards and


71 179


62 Louis & Scott Tailors .


Gift Shop .


Glenn-Crabtree Hardware Co


Green Thomas H right top lines and 99 Mack's Furniture Co Inc. .


Greene's Food Center


97


52 . . front cover, left top cards, 89 and Maddox-Stafford Stone Works. right top lines and Matthews & Farrow Inc


139 103 13


. right top cards and Hardee's Hatchery. . left top cards and Harvey's Cafeteria Inc . . left side lines and 166 May Claude M .


Hastings Bus Lines Inc . .


Haynes Chas C Jr Construction Co Inc Hays R S & Co Inc.


Hicks W G Paint Co


Hill's Garbage Service left side lines and Hillcrest Convalescent Home


Home Insurance Agency Inc . . front cover, A and Home Security Life Insurance Co .tabbed insert at Numerical Telephone Section Hopson S H Horton Realty Co


. left bottom lines and Horton Transfer. . . left side lines and Hotel Biltmore The . Hotel Malbourne


Houston O A .


Howell Electric Co


right side lines and Hudson Well Co. right bottom lines and Hull Claude Florist


right side lines and 85


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Ideal Electric Co.


. right bottom cards and 80 Ingold Tire Co. .. right side lines and 4


44


Miller Edward B. . . left top lines and Miller Truck Sales & Service Inc . . .. Model Laundry of Durham Inc . . front cover, right top cards and Modern Electric Co Inc . .


64 14 128


163


182 . left top cards and 81 104 Mohawk Construction Co.


103 . right side lines and 187


79 Montgomery & Aldridge right top and left bottom lines, 14 and


108


79 Montgomery's Florist Inc 85


Mooney A L Building Contractor 63


187 Morgan Motors Inc . 20


Muirhead Wm Construction Co Inc


top stencil and 55


148 58 62 29 59 170


153 McClamroch W L.


·Mechanics & Farmers Bank


93 Michael & Embree Contractors


69 . right side lines and Miles Drive-In & Restaurant .


115 Miller-Brunson . . right top lines, 13 and 160


186


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front stencil, left bottom lines, 147 and


123


53 May D C Co. .. right bottom lines and Maynor JW. . right bottom cards and


95 Lovette's Radio & Appliance Corp left side lines and 107 106


H & O Concrete Block Co. . right bottom cards and Hardee Concrete Co.


38 Malbourne Hotel


41


. right side lines and


86 Mattox Auto Parts Inc left side lines and 20


57 . right side lines and Lloyd Tile & Linoleum Co left side lines and 84


Galbraith's Texaco Service Station Gantt S O


175 80 Linthicum Radio & Television Service right side lines and 180 Little Acorn Restaurant The . .


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97 Johnson Service Station . left side lines and 12 66


El Rancho Motel. . left side lines and Elkins Motor Co


105


Durham-Orange Farm Center Inc.


Durham Plant & Nursery. left side lines and Durham Realty & Insurance Co.


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Murdock Ice & Coal Co Inc.


45


Murphy Manufacturing Co. . left top lines, 165 and


166


20


Myers-Glenn Inc


North Carolina College at Durh


North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance


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. left top lines


150


Northgate Paint Co


15


46 134 42 Singer Sewing Machine Co . 67 Smith Roy L ... . right side lines and Smoake Lumber Co. . left top lines and Southern Coach Co . Southgate J & Son Inc. . back cover and 117 16 Speight's Auto Service . Stephenson-Wilson Inc .


142 right top lines and 17


O'Brient's L E Music Store .


Parker Letter Service left side lines and


129


Sullivan's Pharmacy .


Swartz S & Sons. . right side lines and


126


158 Teer Nello L Co


56


Templeton Kenly & Co 36 and


68


76 Terry Hardy G . right bottom lines and


165


160 Thomas & Howard Co Inc 98


right top cards and


124


Perkins Glass Co Perkins H T Co


67


right bottom lines and 59


Toast-Rite Sandwich Co.


174


116


Town & Campus . 98


183 169


Porterfield's Hardware Co .right side lines and 100


Pritchard-Bright & Co Inc .


43


Proctor W T


96


17 Uzzle Motor Co Inc. WDNC & WDN C-F M Radio Broad- casting Station . .. right top cards and 161 W SS B Radio Station . 161


18


Ray's Jewelers Inc


Reade-Noblin Insurance Agency .left top cards and


Reeves Gulf Service .


16


77 . . left top cards and Webster Distributing Co .


109 31


Rhodes Cleaners. . right side lines and


Richardson Insurance Agency . . . . right side lines and Richmond Screw Anchor Co. . . 36 and Rigsbee Tire Sales Inc. . . right side lines and


Riley Paint Co . . left top lines and Riley's Paint Warehouse .


Robbins of Durham .


Rogers Sheet Metal & Heating Co.


178


White Harry L . Whitley Electrical Co


24 Whitley Glass Co Inc left top lines and 82


Williams Tailors right side lines and 60


180


Williamson-Barnhart Insurance Agency


right bottom lines and 123


106


Sanitary Septic Tank Service.


Scott Coal & Oil Co.


Wrenn's Auto Sales 18


78


Y & J Upholstering Co. right top lines and


91


73


93


Young Roofing Co Inc The 172 Zuckerman S & Son. . left side lines and 93


Shaw Paint & Wall Paper Co Inc.


. right side lines and 149


6


West Durham Seafood & Poultry Market Westover Park Motel .


104 78 121


.right side lines and Rolling Pin Bake Shop The .


. . left bottom lines and Rollins-Bloodworth Inc. right top lines and Rose Agency Inc The


108


Wilkerson A Ernest Wilkinson T W. . right bottom lines and Willett E C Builders .


63


143


Rowe C P.


183


Rowe-Goodin-Jones Inc . right bottom cards and Royal Ice Cream Co Royal Sandwich & Food Co


left side lines and Saddle Club Inc. . . right top lines and


157 109 Winters J C Jr. . . left top lines and 179 24 168 Woodall B C Co. . . left side lines and Woody J K Insurance Agency left side lines and 122


176 45 Woody's Machine Shop 136


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left side lines and W T I K Radio Station. . right top cards Wallace Lucian. . . right bottom cards and 150


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Raleigh-Durham Flight Service Inc . left side lines and


22


126


Wallace's Auto Electric Garage Inc. . Walton Roofing & Heating Co Inc . right top lines and Washington National Insurance Co. . . Weathers Appliance & Heating Corp. .


173


front lip margin, left top lines, 66 and Public Hardware Inc . right side lines and Public Service Co of North Carolina Inc left bottom lines and Purity Stores


173


Transport Corp The .


159


Traveler's Inn .


80


Tucker Motor Co Inc


7 left top lines and University Motors Inc left top lines and 8


86


Strickland Coal & Oil Co


75


Paschall Bros right bottom cards and Peabody Drug Co Inc The . . left side lines and Pearce Radio & Television Service .


. right bottom cards and Peddy & Peddy. . . right side lines and Peeler J Lee & Co Inc . right bottom lines and


62 Thomerson Electric Co 81


131 Threatt Finance Co


95 Tillman & Horner


Phillips Insurance Agency Inc right top lines and Pickard Roofing Co Inc . right bottom lines and Piedmont Printers . . left side lines and Pine State Electric Supply Co


100


135 123 West Durham Lumber Co .. back cover 68 right top and right bottom lines, 39 and West Durham Plumbing Co. . 157 175


152 . left top cards and


152 73 Whaley Dry Cleaners


96


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Scott & Roberts Dry Cleaning Inc . left side lines and Sears Roebuck and Co. . left bottom lines and Shambley's .


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Shaw's Venetian Blinds right top lines and 185


Sherwin-Williams Co The . . right side lines and 151 177


Nu-Tread Tire Co. . right top lines and Oakley Motors Inc . right side lines and 15


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STATISTICAL REVIEW


Form of Government-Council-manager.


Population-City, 71,311; metropolitan area (county), 101,639 (1950 U. S. Census report). 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-11, with total of 224 acres, valued at $662,685. Also 17 City playgrounds and 2 golf courses.


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Assessed Valuation-$147, 221, 344, with $1. 70 per $100 tax rate.


Bonded Debt-$8, 193, 000.


Financial Data-5 commercial banks, with total deposits of $74,399,433 (Dec. 31, 1951), and total resources of $81, 080, 242 (Dec. 31, 1951). 2 industrial banks, with total deposits of $3, 598, 727 (Dec. 31, 1951), and total resources of $4,608,586 (Dec. 31, 1951). 4 building and loan associations, with total assets of $28, 330, 040 (Dec. 31, 1951).


Postal Receipts-$815, 000 (calendar year 1951).


Telephones in Service-27, 349 (Dec. 31, 1951).


Churches-131, representing 20 denominations.


Building and Construction-1,493 permits, with total value of $9,287,844, issued in 1951. Total number of dwelling units, 19, 118.


Industry-Chief industry is manufacturing, 108 manufacturing establishments, employing 17,000 persons, paying wages of $31,207,082 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 fibreboard and wooden 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 Chester- fields, 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 375,422; whole- sale area, radius of 375 miles, and population of 10, 000, 000.


Newspapers-2 dailies, 1 Sunday and 3 weeklies.


Radio Stations-3: WDNC, WDNC-FM, WTIK and WSSB.


Hotels-4, with total of 627 rooms.


Railroads-5: Southern, Seaboard Air Line, 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 Piedmont air lines.


Auto Registrations-34, 666 (Dec. 31, 1951).


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-6, with total of 1, 214 beds. Construction near completion 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. Number of pupils in public schools, 11,220; in parochial, 176. Number of teachers in public schools, 433; in parochial, 5. Value of public school property, $6, 897, 069; parochial, $115, 000; college, $39, 279, 000.




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