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INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX
HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., publishers of Southeastern Directories, (pub- lishers of the Durham City Directory since 1903), present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1955 edition of the Durham City Directory, which also includes Bragtown, Hope Valley, Joyland, Rockwood, Rollingwood, Sherron Acres and Tuscaloosa Forest. A new feature, the listing of telephone numbers in the Directory of Householders, marks this edition.
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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 pro- fessional concerns is the first major department, printed on white paper. This is the only record in existence that shows 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 golden- rod 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 ad- vertising 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 avail- able, is obvious. General appreciation of this fact is evidenced by the many reference users of this City Directory service.
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 in- terests of the community. The Directory is the common 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.
IV. THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, on pink paper, is the fourth major department. In this sec- tion the numbered streets are arranged in numerical order, followed by the named streets in alphabetical order; the numbers of the residences and business concerns are arranged in numerical order under the name of each street, and the names of the householders and concerns are placed opposite the numbers. The names of the intersecting streets appear at their respective crossing points on each street. A special feature of this section is the designation of tenant- owned homes and a new feature is the listing of telephone numbers.
V. THE NUMERICAL TELEPHONE DIRECTORY, on blue paper, is the fifth major department.
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INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION, THE YELLOW PAGES
Acme Plumbing & Heating Co
Alexander Motor Co Inc left side lines and 11
Allen Hulen . .left top cards and 52
Allen Insurance Agency .left top lines and 127
Allen T E & Sons .. left side lines and
126 99
Amey's Funeral Home & Florist .
105
Andrews John A left side lines and
52 83
Auto Finance Co. . , Insert at Finance Companies in Classified Section
Bagwell J R Co
. left side lines and
83
Baker W E Construction Co
left bottom lines and
Baldwin R L Co Inc
Barnes Supply Co .
Barton Electric Construction Co Inc
Belk-Leggett Co
right top cards and
Bell V E & Sons Inc left bottom lines, 2 and 118
Best Plumbing Co .
.left side lines and 160
Birmingham Construction Co
right side lines and 65 187
Black Tree Expert Inc
Borden Brick & Tile Co.
. back cover, Insert at name in Alphabetical Section and
36
Bowles Construction Co
· . left side lines and 65 37
Boyce Supply Co. Insert at name in Alphabetical Section and
Boykin & Son
. left side lines and 66
Bradsher Insurance Agency
right side lines and 128 54
Brady's Restaurant
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Braswell Coal & Oil Co
right side lines and
Broadway Sandwich Co
Broadway Taxi Inc .left bottom lines, Z and
Broom 1 F .
. left side lines and 73 94
Browning & Garrard Plumbing Co
161
Budd-Piper Roofing Co
left top cards and
Burthey Funeral Service .left top cards and
Canada Harry L
Cannon Construction Co left side lines and
Carolina Block Co
front cover, left side lines and
Carolina Chimney & Heating Co . left top cards and
189
Carpenter's Inc .
right side lines and
Carter John S
Carver Realty & Insurance Co
backbone, 39 and
Center Furniture Co.
right side lines and
Central Insurers Inc
left side lines and 134
Christian-Harward Furniture Co Inc .
left bottom lines and
Citizens National Bank of Durham The.
right top lines and
109 26 95
Clark Electric Service.
right side lines and
154
Clark's Esso Service
right top lines and
21
Clements & Edwards Insurance Agency .left top lines and 134
Cole & Crumpacker Insert at name in Alphabetical Section .40 and 84
Cooke Well Co
left bottom lines and
192 55
Crawford, Foushee & Citrini
56 46
Daniel Cabinet Shop.
left side lines and
Delta Construction Co Inc
67
Depositors National Bank of Durham The
right bottom lines and, right bottom cards and
31
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1 A
Crabtree P S.
left bottom lines and
12 73 169 143 140 110
Cary Lumber Co .
Cedar Terrace Kennels
180 21 105
Bull City Garage
158 66 38 120
Carolina Venetian Blind Co . .left side lines and
51 24 185
Bradsher S M Inc. right bottom lines and
176
Broughton Bros Electric Co
53 86 100 94 85
Allied Exterminators Inc
Arrow Plumbing & Heating & Durham Inc right side lines and
Page 163
Clark James A .
Constructors Supply Co Inc
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
Dillon Supply Co right side lines and
Dixie Awning Co . left side lines and 23
Dixie Concrete Supply Co .back cover, right top lines, 41 and 52
Dr Pepper Bottling Co of Durham
Duke Power Co. front cover and
Durham Awning Co left top lines and 23 27 42
Durham Bank & Trust Co. .
Durham Builders Supply Co .right side lines and
Durham Coca Cola Bottling Co Inc. back cover, left side lines and 34
Durham Dairy Products Inc.
· . tabbed Insert at Numerical Telephone Section
Durham Distributing Co Inc
right top lines and 32
Durham Furniture Co Inc . . . back cover, Insert at name in Alphabetical Section, 106 and
188
Durham Industrial Bank right bottom lines and 31 43
Durham Lumber Co Inc
Durham Mattress Co .
Durham Merchants Patrol right side lines and
Durham Office Supply Inc
Durham-Orange Farm Center Inc
Durham Radio & TV Service right side lines and Durham Realty & Insurance Co. front cover, right bottom lines, 129 and
Durham Sandwich Co right bottom lines, 25 and
Durham Sporting Goods (
Earnhardt John W
Easy Method Driving Training School
Eckerd's Drug Store
Edwards' Florist
Elkins Motor Co. . Insert at Automobile Dealers in the Classified Section Ellington John T.
Ellis D N
Ellis Stone & Co
Eno Heating & Sheet Metal Co right side lines and
Faulkner & Stem
Fidelity Bank The front cover, left top lines, 28 and
Fitts-Crumpler Electric Co Inc
Five Points Furniture Co . . back cover, right side lines, 9 and
right side lines and
Foister's Camera Store Inc
Fowler Marvin M. .back lip margin, right side lines, ·
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103 and
Gantt Oil Co .
. . left top cards and
Gibson Insulation & Weatherstrip Co
Gibson Tree Service
Glenn-Crabtree Hardware Co
right top lines and
Gordon Art Craft
Green Thomas H
Greene James C Co Inc
Guess Road Cabinet & Building Supply Co Inc
left side lines and
H&O Concrete Block Co
· right side lines, Insert at name in Alphabetical Section and
44 77
Harmon C C
right top cards and
Harvey's Cafeteria Inc
Hastings Bus Lines Inc
Hays RS & Co Inc .
Heater Well Company Inc
Hines Liner Co .
Hobbie Bros Plumbing & Heating Contractors
Holt Electric Service
Home Insurance Agency Inc
front cover, A and
Home Security Life Insurance Co ribbon book mark and Hotel Malbourne
Houston O A
Howell Electric Co right side lines and
Hudson Well Co . right top lines and
Hull Claude Florist right side lines and
Hunt Construction Co Inc
Hunt Linoleum & Tile Co Inc right side lines and
161
Hunt W M Plumbing & Heating Co
77
Hurst L H Floor Sanding & Finishing
Hutchins Construction Co Inc . .left side lines and 69
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right top cards and
68 74 86 5 57 29 75 109 47 151 102 157 24 187 118 10 58
George Painting & Plaster Repairs
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right top cards and
left top cards and
left side lines and
137 44
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146 159 149 100 169 170 182 184 67 16 87 101
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33 91
Page 147
left side lines and 177 45 138 left side lines and 192 144 162 95 130 131 122 96 96 193 102 68 101
left side lines and
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Ingold Tire Co . Insert at name in Alphabetical Section and 21
Ingram's Inc . Inland Gas Co Inc . left side lines and Jackson Odell W .
. right side lines and 166 112 179 16 74 69
Johnson Motor Co Inc . left top cards and
Johnson O L . .right top cards and
Johnson's Home Improvement Service
Jones & Frasier .Co
.left bottom lines and
140
Jones P F. right top lines and Kane George W front cover, right bottom lines, 35 and 126 59 46
Keck Dewey D
front cover, 104 and
Kennedy's Auto Service bottom stencil, right top lines and
. Kimbrell's Inc
King Bros Paint & Wallpaper Co right top cards and
King's Service Station & Grocery
Kirby Co The
Lane R D Painting & Papering
left side lines and 78 70
Latta & Markhamn .
right side lines and
Linthicium Radio & Television Service
Little Acorn Restaurant The . · Insert at Television Service in the Classified Section .left bottom lines, 174 and 175 48 163
Little Shop of Chapel Hill .
Lloyd & Copelan Plumbing Co right side lines and
Long Meadow Farms . left top cards and 84
Lovette's Radio & Appliance Corp left side lines and
Mack's Furniture Co Inc . left top cards, 107 and
Maddox-Stafford Stone Works right top lines and
Malbourne Hotel
.
17 160
Maus-Hutto Piano Co Inc
May Claude M.
May D C
McClamroch W L
McDonald Electric Co
McGhee Coal Co
Mckay George E
right top cards and
Mebane W H .
Mechanics and Farmers Bank
Michael & Embree Contractors
right bottom lines and
.right top lines, 17 and Miller-Brunson .
Miller Truck Sales & Service Inc
Model Laundry of Durham Inc . 'ight top cards and
Modern Electric Co Inc . left bottom lines and
Mohawk Construction Co .
.
Monarch Motors Inc right top lines and
Montgomery & Aldridge left bottom lines and 21 71
Mooney Construction Co Inc .right side lines and
left top lines and 22
Muirhead Wm Construction Co Inc . . top stencil, tabbed Insert at name in Alphabet al Se tion and 60
Mutual Benefit Health & Accident Assn. . left top lines and
136 135
Mutual Life Insurance Co.
Mutual of Omaha Myers-Glenn Inc .
136 22 141 2
Nicholson Inc .
B
Norton L Watts
left top lines and
135
Nu-Tread Tire Co
right top lines, 18 and 125
Occoneechee Chinchilla Ranch
. left side lines and
47
Office Service Co
Pace of Chapel Hill
right side lines and 142 114 22
Page-King Tire Co Inc
142
Parnell Studio
159
Paschall Bros
. left bottom lines and
161
Peabody Drug Co Inc The
left side lines and 88
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PAINTING
123 124 147 122
Matthews & Farrow Inc
right side lines and
· front stencil, left bottom lines, Insert at name in Alphabetical Section, 155 and right bottom lines and 191 79 74 97 51 186
158 32 70 167 18 142 93 121 22
Morgan Motors Inc
New Method Laundry & Dry Cleaners left side lines and
North Carolina College of Durham
Parker Letter Service left bottom lines and
·
152 13 Y 157 116 182
Kenan Oil Co Inc
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Peeler J Lee & Co Inc
right top lines and 139 81
Perkins H T Co .
Phillips Insurance Agency Inc right top lines and 132
Piedmont Air Conditioners Inc Insert at Air Conditioning in the Classified Section .
92
Poplar Apartments Inc Pritchard-Bright & Co Inc
left side lines and 49
Proctor W T . ,front lip margin, Insert at name in Alphabetical Section, 76 and
115
Public Hardware Inc
Public Service Co of North Carolina Inc .right side lines and left bottom lines and
Quality Air Conditioning Co .
left top cards and ·
Raleigh-Durham Flight Service Inc
left side lines and
71
Reade-Noblin Insurance Agency Inc . left top cards and
Rebel Restaurant The . ,left top cards and
Richardson Insurance Agency
right side lines and
135 178 136 19 154
Riley Paint Co
Rite-Way Laundry . Robbins J B of Chapel Hill. right side lines and .
Robbins of Durham
Rodenhizer J Frank .left side lines and
Rogers Sheet Metal & Heating Co
right side lines and
184
Rose Agency Inc The
right side lines and
150 19
Rowe-Goodin-Jones Inc
.left top lines, Insert at name in Alphabetical Section and
82 C
. Rowe Typewriter Co
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125
Royal Ice Cream Co
Rusco Window Co of Raleigh & Durham, N. C. left bottom lines, X and
Sanitary Septic Tank Service
Scoggins Refrigeration Service
Scott Coal & Oil Co
Scott John D .
Scott & Roberts Cleaning Inc left side lines and
Security Savings & Loan Assn
167
Seeman Printing Inc The .
Shaw Paint & Wall Paper Co Inc back cover, right side lines,
80 and 156
Shaw's Venetian Blinds . . right top lines, Insert at name in Alphabetical Section and
190
Sherron A H Contractor & Builder Sherron's Remnant Shop Smith Electric Co .
right side lines and
Smoake Lumber Co
· left side lines and
133
Speight's Auto Service
20 3
Stahl- Rider-Durham Inc
Starkey J D Painting & Papering
.left top cards, 77 and
154 168
Suggs R A "Billy"
right bottom lines, 4, 120 and
Sun Vertikals of Durham & Eastern Carolina left top cards and
110 81 63
Teer Nello L Co
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171 173
Thomerson Electric Co .
left side lines and
Thompson Alton R
right side lines and 98
Thompson Thomas A
right top cards and
171 74 186 178
Triangle Drive-In Restaurant
179
Turnage's Barbecue .
left top cards and left side lines and
1 49 92
Union Electric Co Inc .
136
University Motors Inc.
.left top lines and
14
Uzzle Motor Co Inc .
right side lines and 15.
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117 113 3 6
Ray HD .
Rigsbee Tire Sales Inc . left top and side lines, 8 and left top lines, 153 and
141 49 87 72
Rose Garage
45 183 172 50 149 89 30
right top cards and
62 90 97
Southern Repair Service Inc
left top cards and 146 72
Southgate J & Son Inc back cover, left top lines and
Teasley Percy L
right side lines and
Terry H G Realtor .right bottom lines and
Thacker's Refrigeration Sales & Service
right side lines and
Thomas & Howard Co Inc .
116 98
Thompson W G .
Transport Corp The
Typewriter Supply Co
United Benefit Life Insurance Co
Pine State Electric Supply Co Inc
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Page 73
Vaughn George W. ·
WCHL-Village Broadcasting
168
WDNC & WDNC-FM Radio Broadcasting Station. right top cards and 168
Walton Roofing & Heating Co Inc back cover and 119 48 Watson Hubert O Webster Distributing Co .left side lines and 33 Wentworth & Sloan . . right side lines and 140 West Durham Lumber Co right bottom lines and 145 West Durham Plumbing Co . 164 West Durham Seafood & Poultry Market Westover Park Motel . left top lines and 183 148 Wheeler J W Realty Co 172 Whitley Electric Co left top cards and 99 114
Whitley Glass Co Inc
Wilkerson A Ernest
64
Williamson- Barnhart Insurance Agency
left top lines, right bottom lines and
136
Womack Electronic Supply Inc
92
Wrenn's Auto Sales
Y&J Upholstering Co .
left bottom lines and
108
Yates Brothers Plumbing & Heating Co
165
Young Roofing Co Inc The. right bottom lines and
181
Zuckerman S & Son
111
Woodall B C Co. left top lines and 185 20
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DURHAM
FRIENDLY CITY OF INDUSTRY, EDUCATION AND MEDICINE (Courtesy Durham Chamber of Commerce)
STATISTICAL REVIEW
Duke University Chapel Tower
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INTRODUCTION
Form of Government-Council-manager.
Population-City-71, 311; metropolitan area (county) 101, 639 (1950 U. S. Census report). American-born, 99. 3%.
Area-13. 3 square miles (City); 312 square miles (County).
Altitude-406 feet above sea level.
Climate-Mean annual temperature, 59. 6 degrees F. ; average annual rain- fall, 47. 19 inches.
Parks-11 with total of 192. 8 acres, valued at $866, 000. Also 15 City play- grounds and two 18 hole golf courses.
Assessed Valuation-$154, 880, 153. 00, with $1. 75 per $100 tax rate. Bonded Debt-$10,903, 000. 00.
Financial Data-5 commercial banks, with total deposits of $81, 517, 372. 48 (Dec. 31, 1953), and total resources of $88, 791, 243. 26 (Dec. 31, 1953). 2 in- dustrial banks, with total deposits of $4, 309, 813. 14 (Dec. 31, 1953) and total resources of $5, 185, 639. 24 (Dec. 31, 1953). 4 building and loan associations, with total assets of $37, 277, 311. 81 (Dec. 31, 1953).
Postal Receipts-$919, 819 (calendar year 1953).
Telephones in Service-29,833 (Dec. 31, 1953).
Churches-140, representing 20 denominations.
Building and Construction-1, 689 permits, with total value of $7, 086, 659, issued in 1953. Total number of dwelling units, 20, 330.
Industry-Chief industry is manufacturing, 110 manufacturing establish- ments, employing 19, 000 persons, 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 con- tainers, proprietary medicines, furniture, brick, mattresses, and foundry and machine-shop products. Durham manufacturers 19% of the nation's cigarettes (25 brands), including the famous Chesterfields, Fatimas, 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; wholesale 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.
Television Stations -- 1-WTVD, Channel 11.
Hotels-4, with total of 627 rooms,
Railroads-5: Southern, Norfolk & Western, Durham & Southern, Norfolk Southern and Seaboard Air Lines, operating 5 different lines.
Bus Lines-5 intra-city.
Highways-U. S. 15, 70 and 501. State 55 and 98.
Airports-1, owned jointly by Durham and Raleigh. City served by Eastern Capital and Piedmont air lines.
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, 800. 2 golf courses (18 holes).
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