Hill's Durham (Durham County, N.C.) City Directory [1956], Part 1

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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS

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

Ace Radio and TV Repair Service

Acme Plumbing & Heating Co.

Alexander Motor Co Inc. .

.left side lines and

Allen T E & Sons Mutual Insurance Agency

.left side lines and

117

Allied Exterminators Inc . .

Amey's Funeral Home & Florist.

100

Arnold Floor Sanding & Covering Co .

Auto Finance Co. . . . Insert at Finance Companies in Classified Section Autry's Esso Servicenter.

Bagwell J R Co .

.left side lines and

Baker W E Construction Co

left top lines and

Baldwin R L Co Inc.

Barnes Supply Co.

Barnes & Sutton Funeral Home

Barton Electric Construction Company Inc

Bass Carl Painting Co

.left side lines and

Belk-Leggett Co

right top lines and

Bell V E & Sons Inc

right bottom lines, 2 and

Bellamy's Landscaping Service.

left side lines and

Benton Decorators

left top lines and

Best Plumbing Co

right bottom lines and

Black Tree Expert Inc

Borden Brick & Tile Co

back cover,

Boyce Supply Co

Insert at name in Alphabetical Section and Insert at name in Alphabetical Section and

37 38

Bradsher Insurance Agency

right side lines and

Bradsher S M Inc . .

right top cards and

Broad Street Service Station

Broadway Sandwich Co

Broadway Taxi Inc .

Broughton (Bros) Electric Co.

Brown D W Dry Cleaners Inc .

Browning & Garrard Plumbing Co.

Budd-Piper Roofing Co

Bumphus & Fitzgerald .right side lines and

Cameron-Brown Company Inc.

Cannon Construction Co .left side lines and

Carolina Block Co . front cover and

Carolina Chimney & Heating Co left top cards and

Carpenter's Inc .

right side lines and

Carver Realty & Insurance Co

Cary Lumber Co

backbone, left bottom lines, 40 and

Center Furniture Co

right side lines and

Central Insurers Inc .

.left side lines and

Christian-Harward Furniture Co Inc

left bottom lines and

Citizens Coal & Oil Co

Citizens National Bank of Durham The right top lines and

Clark Electric Service .right side lines and

Clark's Esso Service bottom stencil and

9 125

Clements & Edwards Insurance Agency

.right side lines and

Cole & Crumpacker

left bottom lines and

Insert at name in Alphabetical Section

Connell Realty & Mortgage Co .left side lines and 136

Constructors Supply Co Inc 41 and 79

Copelan Plumbing Co

right bottom lines and

149

Crawford, Foushee & Citrini

right side lines and

Debran General Builders. .

. right top cards and

Dillon Auto Sales

.right side lines and

10 135

Dillon Supply Co.

.right side lines and

Dixie Concrete Supply Co.

right top lines and

Downey L A & Son . left bottom lines and 61

118 52 6 26 Z 88 86 147 165

146 X 61 39 113 8 156 131 101

123 105 46 27 89

Daughtry's Oil Burner Service

53 138 50

Depositors National Bank of Durham The

Dixie Awning Co.

Page 156 149

51 82 94 101 88 72 81 113 70 71 147 177

INDEX TO ADVERTISERS

Duke Power Co

Durham Awning Co.

Durham Bank & Trust Co.

right side lines and

Durham Beauty Academy Inc

right side lines and

Durham Business School Inc. .

Durham Coca-Cola Bottling Co Inc

Durham Dairy Products Inc .

Durham Distributing Co Inc

Durham Forge & Welding Co

left side lines, 102 and

Durham Furniture Co Inc right bottom lines and

Durham Industrial Bank.

Durham Insurance Service Co.

.right side lines and

Durham Lumber Co Inc .

Durham Mattress Co.

Durham-Orange Farm Center Inc .

Durham Plumbing & Heating Co Inc

.front cover,

Durham Realty & Insurance Co.

.right bottom lines, 119 and

Durham Sandwich Co

Durham Sporting Goods Co. right side lines and

Durham Tire Company

Durham Tractor & Implement Co

Earnhardt John W. .

/. . back cover and

Eastern Construction Co Inc

left bottom lines and

Easy Method Driver Training School

Eckerd's Drug Store .

Edwards' Florist .

Electric Ice & Fuel Co Inc .

Elkins Motor Co.

Ellington John T.

Ellis Stone & Co

Eno Heating & Sheet Metal Co. front cover, left top lines, 30 and

right side lines and Fowler M M Inc.

G & J Plumbing Co.

Gibson Insulation & Weather Strip Co.

Gibson Tree Service.

Green Thomas H .left side lines and

54 44

H & O Concrete Block Co. . back cover, right side lines, 43 and

.right side lines and

Hall J J & Son .right side lines and

Harmon C C .left side lines and

Harvey's Cafeteria Inc

Hastings Bus Lines Inc

Heater C R Well Driller

Insert at name in Alphabetical Section

101

Holloway's Funeral Home

right bottom lines and

125

Home Insurance Agency Inc

Home Savings & Loan Association. .left side lines and

ribbon book mark and

Home Security Life Insurance Co

Houston O A .

.right side lines and

Howell Electric Co.

right side lines and

Hull Claude Florist

Hunt Construction Co Inc .. right side lines and

63 95 148

Hunt Linoleum & Tile Co Inc

Hunt W M Plumbing & Heating Co Inc. left side lines and

Hutchins Construction Co Inc .

Insert at name in Alphabetical Section and

Ingold Tire Co.

Jack's Auto Service

Jackson Odell W. . Jobe-Blackley Plumbing Co

right side lines and

Johnson Bros

.left side lines and

Johnson Motor Co Inc right bottom lines and

129

Johnson's Launderette left bottom lines and

127

Jones & Frasier Co

Kane George W . front cover, right bottom lines, 36 and

. left bottom lines and

105

Keeton & Parrish Furniture Co.

Kenan Oil Co Inc

front cover, right bottom lines, 99 and

140

Page 154

front cover, left top lines and

left top lines and

Durham Builders Supply Co

back cover and

right top lines and

33 42 169 35 80 34 180 178 29 123 132 134 93 150

157 167 173 23 93 62 158 24 83 95 48 13 62 82 3 31 139 148 25 177

78 76 70 161 44 182

Heater Well Co Inc .

.left side lines and

169 120 89 90 96

Guess Road Cabinet & Building Supply Co Inc .left side lines and

left bottom lines, 12 and

Fidelity Bank The. .back lip margin, right side lines, 98 and

. left bottom lines and

, left top lines and

63 24 18 164 150 167 14 64

Johnson O L .left side lines and

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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS

Kimball W W.

Kimbrell's Inc .

King Bros Paint & Wallpaper Co. .right side lines and 145

King W E & Sons

Lane R D Painting & Papering .left side lines and

LaNier's Jewelers .

.left side lines and

Latta Earl J . left bottom lines and

Ligon Well Drillers

Linthicum Radio & Television Service .left side lines and

Little Acorn Restaurant Inc The left top lines, 162 and

Little Shop of Chapel Hill

Lloyd & Clark Plumbing Co

.left side lines and

Long Jack H . .

Long Meadow Farms. left top lines and

Lovette's Radio & Appliance Corp. .left side lines and

Maddox-Stafford Stone Works . right top lines and

Markham James W.

.right side lines and

Matthews & Farrow Inc

.right side lines and

Maus-Hutto Piano Co Inc.

May Claude M

. front stencil, left bottom lines, Insert at name in Alphabetical Section, 143 and right top lines and

179

May D C Co.

McClamroch W L.

McCollough Joe W

McCoy Transfer Co

.right side lines and

McDonald Electric Co.

McGhee Coal Co. .

McMillan Furniture Co

Mechanics & Farmers Bank

Melvin H J & D T Chandler

Miller-Brunson . .

right top lines, 19 and

Miller Truck Sales & Service Inc

Model Laundry of Durham Inc right top cards and

Modern Electric Co Inc.

left top lines and

Mohawk Construction Co

Monarch Construction Co. .left side lines and

Monarch Motors Inc right top lines and

Montgomery & Aldridge. . left bottom lines and

Morgan Motors Inc. left top lines and

Muirhead Wm Construction Co Inc top stencil, tabbed

. Insert at name in Alphabetical Section and

Murdock Ice & Coal Co Inc.

Murray Chris J .

Myers-Glenn Inc

New Method Laundry & Dry Cleaners.

.left side lines and

Nicholson Inc. .

North Carolina College at Durham

Office Service Co. .

.right side lines and

Pace of Chapel Hill

Page Oil Co.

Page Plumbing & Heating Co left side lines and

Parnell Studio

Paschall Brothers left bottom lines and

Peabody Drug Co Inc The.

Peeler J Lee & Co Inc right top lines and

126

Perkins H T Co .

Phillips Insurance Agency Inc. right top lines and 121

Piedmont Air Conditioners Inc

tabbed Insert at Air Conditioning in Classified Section

Pine State Electric Supply Co Inc

Pope Realty & Insurance Co. right top cards, 124 and

159

Poplar Apartments Inc

Price Welding & Ornamental Iron

Pritchard-Bright & Co Inc . .left side lines and

180 45 107

Pritchard Paint & Glass Co right side lines and Proctor W T .

front lip margin, Insert at name in Alphabetical Section, 67 and 108

Public Hardware Inc .

.right side lines and

111

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66 18 146

McDaniel-Ervin-Hinshaw Hardware Co Inc.

66 A 176 110 92 48

103 32 65 155 19 129

90 114 57 15 20 24

58 49 72 20 129 2

Oriental Restaurant The

B 130 160 106 141 151 145 152 21

Paul's Auto Body Service. .left side lines and

69 73 127 64 181 175 163 45 151 56 79 116 136

left top cards and

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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS

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Rigsbee J P Floor Sanding & Refinishing Co . .left side lines and 68

Rigsbee Tire Sales Inc . . front cover, left top and left side lines, 6 and left top lines and

Riley Paint Co.

141 130

Rite-Way Laundry

Robbins of Durham.

.right side lines and

Roberts Brothers Builders. .

right side lines and

171

Rogers Sheet Metal & Heating Co

.left side lines and 87 138

Rollins-Bloodworth Inc

right side lines and

Rose Agency Inc The

.left top lines,

Rowe-Goodin-Jones Inc .

Insert at name in Alphabetical Section and

Rowe Typewriter Co.

. left bottom lines and

117

Royal Ice Cream Co

26 47 137

Scott John D

Security Savings & Loan Assn

153

Seeman Printery Inc The . ..

144

Shaw's Venetian Blinds

.left side lines and

134

Smoake Lumber Co.

. left top cards and

Southern Finance Co

back cover, left top lines and

122 22 22 49

Stephenson-Wilson Inc. .

.right side lines and

Strickland Coal & Oil Co

128

Teer Nello L Co.

Thacker's Refrigeration Sales & Service

Thomas & Howard Co Inc. .left side lines and

Thomerson Electric Co. .

.left side lines and

176 164

Triangle Drive-In Restaurant.

.left side lines and

Typewriter Supply Co

left top lines and

University Motors Inc

right side lines and

Uzzle Motor Co Inc

W DNC & W DN C-FM Radio Broadcasting Station

155

Walton Roofing & Heating Co Inc.

right side lines and

106

Ward Furniture Co Inc

right side lines and

115

Watkins J B

back cover and

158 96

Wells-Lloyd Florist Inc

right bottom lines and

133 152

West Durham Plumbing Co.

170

West Durham Seafood & Poultry Market

97 5 159

Wheeler J W Realty Co

.left side lines and

Whitley Electric Co

.left top lines,

Williamson-Barnhart Insurance Agency

right bottom lines and

124

Womack Electronic Supply Inc

left top cards and

174

Woodall B C Co

. left bottom lines and

87 23

Wrenn's Auto Sales. .

104

Y & J Upholstering Co

right bottom lines and

166

Young Roofing Co Inc The

106

.left side lines and Zucker man S & Son

Skipper L B Construction Co

. left top cards and 94

Southgate J & Son Inc

Speight's Auto Service.

.right side lines and Swartz S & Sons .

60 160

Thompson Grover C Sr & Son

Transport Corp The

right top cards and

. back cover and

112

Wellons Realty Co

West Durham Lumber Co

West Main Fruit Market . left top lines and

Westover Park Apartments

Woods W T Electric Co.

. left bottom lines and

142

Riley's Paint Warehouse

left side lines and

. left top cards and

Royal Sandwich & Food Co.

Scott Coal & Oil Co.

Scott & Roberts Inc .left side lines and

. right bottom lines and

168

Shaw Paint & Wall Paper Co Inc ... back cover, right side lines, 75 and

. right top lines

109 91 69

137 16

DURHAM

FRIENDLY CITY OF INDUSTRY, EDUCATION AND MEDICINE (Courtesy Durham Chamber of Commerce)

STATISTICAL REVIEW

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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 per cent.

Area-13.5 square miles (City); 312 square miles (County).

Altitude-406 feet above sea level.

Climate-Average annual temperature, 60.9 degrees F .; average annual rainfall, 40.23 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-$157,398,778.00, with $1.74 per $100 tax rate.

Bonded Debt-$10,903,000.00.

Financial Data-5 commercial banks, with total deposits of $88,067,982.00 (Dec. 31, 1954), and total resources of $96,081,581.95 (Dec. 31, 1954). 2 indus- trial banks, with total deposits of $4,614,611.86 (Dec. 31, 1954), and total re- sources of $5,518,074.88 (Dec. 31, 1954). 4 building and loan associations, with total assets of $42,002,592.23 (Dec. 31, 1954).

Postal Receipts-$974,143 (calendar year 1954).

Telephones in Service-31,577 (Dec. 31, 1954).

Churches-140, representing 20 denominations.

Building and Construction-1,522 permits, with total value of $5,821,139, issued in 1954. Total number of dwelling units, 20,509.

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 manufactures 19 per cent of the nation's cigar- ettes (25 brands), including the famous Chesterfields, Fatimas, L & M's, 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 5 weeklies.

Radio Stations-4-WDNC & WDNC-FM, WTIK, WSSB, and WSRC.

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. 5 moving- picture theatres, with total seating capacity of 5,000 persons. 1 "legitimate" theatre, seating 1,800. 2 golf courses (18 holes).

Hospitals-6, with total of 1,630 beds. The 500 bed general medical Vet- erans Administration Hospital opened in 1953.

Education-Duke University, Croft Secretarial School, Kennedy's Commer- cial School, and North Carolina College for Negroes. 22 public schools, includ- ing 2 senior high and 3 junior high. 1 parochial school and 3 private schools. Number of pupils in public schools (1953-54) 11,012; in parochial, 180. Number of teachers in public schools, 485; in parochial, 5. Value of public school prop- erty, $8,512,246.52; parochial, $175,000.00; college, $45,707,873.00.

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Hill's Durham (Durham County, N.C.) City Directory [1956], Part 1

Author: Hill Directory Company. Publication date: 1956 Publisher: Hill Directory Co. Number of Pages: 1300

Author: Hill Directory Company.
Publication date: 1956
Publisher: Hill Directory Co.
Number of Pages: 1300