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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.
II. THE BUYERS' GUIDE, the second major department, printed on goldenrod paper, contains 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 appreciation of this fact is evidenced by the many reference users of this City Directory service.
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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.
122
111
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124 right top lines and 25 Clark's Esso Service
10
110
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
29
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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131
21
. . 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
74
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.
54
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
41
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
Co. . .
. 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
118
121
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
60
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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DURHAM
FRIENDLY CITY OF INDUSTRY, EDUCATION AND MEDICINE (Courtesy Durham Chamber of Commerce)
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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