Hill's Durham (Durham County, N.C.) City Directory [1955], Part 1

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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.


Confidence in the continued growth of Durham's industry, population and wealth, and in the advancement of its civic and social activities, will be main- tained 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 menand residents, and the publishers feel that the result of their labors will meet with the approval of every user, 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 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


Community Publicity


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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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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


Page


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


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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 .


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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 .


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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


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152 13 Y 157 116 182


Kenan Oil Co Inc


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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


Page


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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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


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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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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