Hill's Durham (Durham County, N.C.) City Directory [1958], Part 1

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Publication date: 1958
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HILL'S DURHAM (Durham County, N: C.) CITY DIRECTORY 1958

Including: Bragtown, Hope Valley, Joyland, Rockwood, Rollingwood, Sherron Acres and Tuscaloosa Forest.

Containing an Alphabetical Directory of Business Concerns and Private Citi- zens, a Directory of Householders, Occupants of Office Buildings and Other Business Places, Including a Complete Street and Avenue Guide, a Numerical Telephone Directory, and Much Informa- tion of a Miscellaneous Character; also the

YELLOW PAGES

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PUBLISHERS' NOTE

The information in this Directory is gathered by an actual canvass and is compiled in a way to insure maximum accuracy.

The publishers cannot and do not guarantee the cor- rectness of all information furnished them nor the complete absence of errors or omissions, hence no responsibility for same can be or is assumed.

The publishers earnestly request the bringing to their attention of any inaccuracy so that it may be corrected in the next edition of the directory.

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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 1958 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 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 men and residents, 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.

Four Major Departments

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

I. THE YELLOW PAGES constitute the first major department of the Direc- tory. This embraces a complete list of the names and addresses of the business and professional concerns of the city and vicinity, arranged in alphabetical order under appropriate headings-a catalog of all the activities of the city and vicinity. Preceding this catalog, likewise grouped under appropriate headings, are the advertisements and business cards of firms and individuals desiring to present a more complete list of their products or services than is possible in the cata- log itself. The Yellow Pages represent reference advertising at its best, and merit the attention of all buyers and sellers seeking sources of supply or mar- kets for goods. In a great commercial and industrial center like Durham, the the necessity of having this kind of information up-to-date and always immedi- ately available, is obvious. The Directory is the common intermediary between buyer and seller, and plays an important role in the daily activities of the com- mercial, industrial and professional world.

II. THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and business and professional concerns is the second 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, Bragtown, Hope Valley, Joyland, Rockwood, Rollingwood, Sherron Acres and Tuscaloosa Forest, and the name, official personnel, nature and address of each firm and corporation in the community.

III. THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AV- ENUE GUIDE, is the third major department, printed on green paper. 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. Special features of this department are the designation of tenant- owned homes and the listing of telephone numbers.

IV. THE NUMERICAL TELEPHONE DIRECTORY, on blue paper, is the fourth major department.

Community Publicity

The Directory reflects the achievements and ambitions of the community, depicting in unbiased terms what it has to offer as a place of residence, as a

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business location, as a manufacturing site and as an educational center. To broadcast this information, the publishers have placed copies of this issue of the Directory in Directory Libraries, where they are readily available for free public reference, and serve as perpetual and reliable advertisements of Durham and vicinity.

The Durham Directory Library

Through the courtesy of the publishers of the Durham City Directory, a Directory Library is maintained in the offices of the Durham Chamber of Com- merce, for free reference by the general public. This is one of more than 700 Directory Libraries installed in the chief cities of the U. S. and Canada by mem- bers of the Association of North American Directory Publishers, under whose supervision the system is operated.

The publishers appreciatively acknowledge the recognitionby those progres- sive business and professional men who have demonstrated their confidence in the City Directory as an advertising medium, with assurance that it will bring a commensurate return.

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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE ADVERTISING SECTION THE YELLOW PAGES

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Acme Plumbing & Heating Co of Durham Inc.

127 103

Airheart Insurance Agency Inc. .

Alexander Motor Co Inc.

left side lines and

Allen T E & Sons Mutual Insurance Agency. left side lines and

Allied Exterminators Inc. .

Ambulance Service Co.

Amey's Funeral Home & Florist. .left side lines and

Arnold Floor Sanding & Covering Co.

Bagwell J R Co. right side lines and

Bagwell John R Jr. . right side lines and

Bagwell Viola C Real Estate & Insurance.

right side lines, 110 and

Barnes Supply Co.

Barton Electric Construction Co Inc.

Belk-Leggett Co. right top lines and

Bell V E & Sons Inc.

right bottom lines, 2 and

Birmingham Construction Co.

Black Tree Expert Inc.

Borden Brick & Tile Co.

.back cover, Insert at Name in Alphabetical

Boyce Supply Co.

.Insert at Name in Alphabetical Section and

Boykin & Roberts.

Bradsher S M Inc.

right top lines and

Broadway Sandwich Co.

right side lines, Z and

Broughton (Bros) Electric Co.

Brunson's. . bottom stencil, left bottom lines, 8, 151 and

Budd-Piper Roofing Co.

Carolina Block Co. . . front cover and

Carolina Chimney & Heating Co.

right top lines and

Carolina Venetian Blind Co.

Carpenter's Inc. right side lines and

Carver Realty & Insurance Co.

Central Insurors Inc. . left side lines and

Christian-Harward Furniture Co Inc. . left bottom lines and Citizens National Bank of Durham The. . . front cover, right top lines and City Motors of Durham Inc.

Clark Electric Service.

right bottom lines and

Clark's Esso Service. right top lines

Clark's Garage.

Clements & Edwards Insurance Agency. right side lines and

Cole Construction Co Inc. .left bottom lines and

Comfort Engineers Inc. right side lines, 2 and

Constructors Supply Co Inc. right top lines, 43 and

Crawford, Foushee & Citrini.

Depositors National Bank of Durham The. . right top cards and

Dillon Supply Co.

Dixie Awning Co.

Duke Power Co.

front cover, right top lines and

Durham Awning Co.

left top lines and 22

Durham Beauty Academy Inc.

right side lines and

Durham Builders Supply Co.

right side lines and

Durham Business School Inc.

Durham Coca-Cola Bottling Co Inc. back cover and

Durham Dairy Products Inc. .

right top lines and

Durham Distributing Co Inc. .right side lines and 29

Durham Furniture Co Inc. . left side lines and

Durham Industrial Bank. . back cover and

Durham Insurance Service Co.

Durham Millwork Co. ..

117

Durham-Orange Farm Center Inc.

78 128

Durham Plumbing & Heating Co Inc.

right side lines and

Durham Radio Corp.

.left top lines and 132

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right side lines and 117 22 73

Durham Bank & Trust Co.

. backbone and 25 28 35 147 30 63

87 26 111

. Section and 32 33 71 44 23 150 75 153 144 34 97 158 11 138 111 86 24 18 76

Broadway Taxi Inc. .

55 133 78 75 65 97 56 157

84 79 55

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Durham Realty & Insurance Co .. . front cover, right bottom lines, 105 and

134 148

Eastern Construction Co Inc. front cover, right top lines and

Eckerd's Drug Stores.

Elkins Motor Co.

.left bottom lines and

Five Points Furniture Co.

right side lines and

Fowler M M Inc. . back lip margin, right side lines, 82 and

Gibson Insulation & Weatherstripping Co.

Green Thomas H. .

left side lines and

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

H & O Concrete Block Co. right side lines, 37 and

Harvey's Cafeteria Inc. . left side lines and

Herrin C A General Contractor. right side lines and Hill Directory Co Inc. Holloway's Funeral Home.

Home Insurance Agency Inc. left bottom lines and

Hotel Malbourne. .

Hutchins Auto Supply Co.

Ideal Flower Shop.

Industrial Supply Co Inc.

back cover and

Ingold Tire Co.

Insert at Street Guide and

Jeffries Paul Electrical Contractor.

right side lines and

Johnson-Forrester Inc.

Johnson Motor Co Inc.

.left side lines and

Kane George W.

front cover, right bottom lines, 31 and

Kenan Oil Co Inc.

. front cover, right bottom lines, 83 and

Kennedy's Auto Service & Mfg Co.

Kimball W W.

left top lines and

King Woodrow W Paint & Wallpaper Co.

right side lines and

Latta Earl J. .

.right top lines and

Little Acorn Restaurant Inc The.

left top lines, 140 and

Little Shop of Chapel Hill.

Long Meadow Farms.

left bottom lines and

Mac's Television Service.

Malbourne Hotel

Markham James W.

right side lines and

Matthews & Farrow Inc.

.right side lines and

Maus-Hutto Piano Co Inc.

May Claude M.

front stencil, right bottom lines, Insert at Name

May D C Co.

McClamroch W L.

McDaniel-Ervin-Hinshaw Hardware Co Inc. . right side lines and

McDaniel & Son Cleaners.

McGhee Coal Co. .

Mechanics & Farmers Bank.

Model Laundry of Durham Inc. .right top cards and

Monarch Motors Inc. . . left bottom lines and

Montgomery & Aldridge Appliance Co Inc.

.left bottom 'lines and

Montgomery & Aldridge Tire Co Inc.

Montgomery's Florist Inc.

Morgan Motors Inc. .

left top lines and

Muirhead Wm Construction Co Inc. . . top stencil, Tabbed Insert at Name

. in Alphabetical Section and

Myers-Glenn Inc

. left side lines and

New Method Laundry & Dry Cleaners.

left side lines and

North Carolina College at Durham.

O'Brient's Music Store.

.left side lines, 118 and

Oriental Restaurant The.

. right side lines and

Page Oil Company Inc ..

Parker Letter Service.

Paschall Brothers. .

left bottom lines and

Peabody Drug Co Inc The.

. left side lines and

Perkins H T Co.

Phillips Insurance Agency Inc.

. right top lines and

Poplar Apartments Inc. .

Pritchard-Bright & Co Inc. 40

Durham Sporting Goods Co. Dutchville Builders Supply. right side lines and 36 East End Radio Service. 133 137 68 12

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120 103 47 39 61 139 48 67 85 106 100 19 80 131 154 76 113 13 49 121 19 118 125 57 141 39 64 151 100 59 14 126 160 64 56 95 71 40 27 114 15 7 152 81 16 50 20

114 B 126 143 119 115 129 69 127 107 5

in Alphabetical Section, 124 and right top lines and

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Pritchard Paint & Glass Co.

.right side lines and 92

Proctor W T. front lip margin, Insert at Name in Alphabetical

Public Hardware Inc.

.left side lines and

Public Service Co of North Carolina Inc. Red's Grill.

Rigsbee Tire Sales Inc.

. front cover, left top and side lines, 8, 20 and

Riley Paint Co.

left top lines and

Riley's Paint Warehouse.

Robbins of Durham.

right bottom lines and

Roberts Brothers Builders.

. right side lines and

Rollins-Bloodworth Inc.

.right side lines and

Rose Agency Inc The. right side lines and

119 C

Royal Ice Cream Co.

left bottom lines and

Royal Sandwich & Food Co.

Scott Coal & Oil Co.

Scott & Roberts Inc. . left side lines and

Shaw Paint & Wall Paper Co Inc. . . back cover, left top lines, 112, 123 and Shaw's Venetian Blinds.

left top lines and Smith Furniture Co.

Smith's Furniture.

Smoake Lumber Co.

Southern Auto Parts Inc.

Southern Finance Co.

right side lines and

Southernair Co

Southgate J & Son Inc.

back cover, left top lines and

Speight's Auto Service.

Stem J H General Contractor.

Strickland Coal & Oil Co.

Suburban Pools Inc. .

Tar Heel Construction Co

.right top lines and

Teer Nello L Co. .

Thomas H W Scrap Iron & Metal Co.

Thomas & Howard Co Inc.

Thomerson Electric Co.

.left side lines and

Thompson & Vincent Inc. .

Tire & Appliance Center Inc The.

left top lines, 9 and

Transport Corp The.

Typewriter Supply Co.

.left side lines and

University Motors Inc

right side lines

University Roofing Co Inc.

145

Uzzle Motor Co Inc.

.left bottom lines and

Vicker's Realty Co.

.left bottom lines and

WDNC ..

, left top lines and

W T I K Radio Station.

left top lines and

Ward Furniture Co Inc.

left side lines and

Watkins J B.

.left side lines and

Weaver's Cleaners

Wellons Realty Co.

front cover, right top lines and

Wellons Village Shopping Center.

front cover, right top lines and

Wells-Lloyd Florist Inc.

Westover Park Apartments.

right side lines and

Wheeler J W Realty Co.

Whitley Electric Co.

left top lines and

Williamson-Barnhart Insurance Agency.

left top and bottom lines and

Woodall B C Co.

right side lines and

148 158

Y & J Upholstering Co.

. back cover, left bottom lines and

Young Roofing Co Inc The.

right bottom lines and 146

Zuckerman S & Son. , left side lines and 90

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Wrenn's Auto Sales.

116 6 138 74 109

West Durham Lumber Co. back cover, right bottom lines and

17 136 132 132 99 90 101 72 137 137

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Rowe Typewriter Co.

102 23 41 70 125 159 88 A 38 21 79 99 108 21 52 42 149 53

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54 147 94 77 135 155 156 157

Walton Roofing & Heating Co Inc.

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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 per cent.

Area-15.46 square miles (City); 312 square miles (County) .

Altitude-406 feet above sea level.

Climate-Average annual temperature, 59.9 degrees F .; average annual rain- fall, 40.28 inches.

Parks-13 with total of 241 acres, valued at $1,218,000. Also 14 City play- grounds and three 18 hole golf courses.

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Assessed Valuation-$160,944,350, with $2.57 per $100 tax rate. Bonded Debt-$11,737,000.

Financial Data-5 commercial banks, with total deposits of $91,545,291.25 (Dec. 31, 1956), and total resources of $99,745,172.83 (Dec. 31, 1956). 2 indus- trial banks, with total deposits of $4,515,255.24 (Dec. 31, 1956), and total re- sources of $5,711,401.17 (Dec. 31, 1956). 4 building and loan associations, with total assets of $55,122,736.94. (Dec. 31, 1956).

Postal Receipts-$1,003,793 (calendar year 1956) .

Telephones in Service-34,978 (Dec. 31, 1956).

Churches-141, representing 21 denominations.

Building and Construction-991 permits, with total value of $8,958,504, issued in 1956. Total number of dwelling units, 20,937.

Industry-Chief industry is manufacturing, 124 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 fiberboard and wooden containers, proprietary medicines, furniture, brick, mattresses, and foundry and machine- shop products. Durham manufactures 19 per cent of the nation's cigarettes (25 brands), including the famous Chesterfields, Fatima, L & M's, Lucky Strikes, Pall-Malls and Herbert Tareytons. Also the famous Duke's Mixture smoking tobacco.

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 4 weeklies.

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

Television Stations-1: WTVD, Channel 11.

Hotels-4, with total of 578 rooms.

Railroads-5: Southern, Norfolk & Western, Durham & Southern, Norfolk Southern and Seaboard Air Lines, operating 5 different lines.

Bus Lines-7 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. 4 golf courses, 3 (18 holes), 1 (9 holes).

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

Education-Duke University, Croft Secretarial School, Kennedy's Commer- cial School, and North Carolina College for Negroes. 23 public schools, includ- ing 2 senior high and 4 junior high. 1 parochial school and 3 private schools. Number of pupils in public schools (1956-57) 13,643; in parochial, 194. Number of teachers in public schools, 515; in parochial, 5. Value of public school prop- erty, $9,972,664.70; Parochial, $175,000.00; college, $50,311,919.81.

Public Libraries-7. Duke University libraries have 1,270,000 volumes. City Statistics-Total street mileage, 213.62, with 136.81 miles paved. Miles of gas mains, 253.52; sewers, 342.87. Number of water meters, 19,799; light meters, 51,611; gas meters, 5,721. Capacity of water works (municipal), 15,000,- 000 gallons; daily average pumpage 8,530,000 gallons; miles of mains, 211.56, value of plant, $4,800,000. Fire department has 106 men, with 4 stations and 18 pieces of motor equipment. Value of fire department motor equipment, $259,- 744. Police department has 104 men and 32 women, with 1 station and 37 pieces of motor equipment, all cars being equipped with two-way radio facilities.

History

In April, 1865, at a log cabin known as the Bennett Place, near Durham Sta- tion, there occured one of the most historic events in the history of the nation. Lee had surrendered at Appomattox, and the future looked dark indeed for the Southern states. Jefferson Davis and his cabinet had escaped to Greensboro, North Carolina, and there had held fiery debate as to the advisability of continu- ing the Civil War. Some members of the cabinet favored continuing hostilities at any cost, even though it meant carrying on a guerilla warfare, while others took the position that the cause of the Confederacy was forever lost and that no

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good could be accomplished by further bloodshed. Finally it was decided to in- struct General Joseph E. Johnson, commander of the Confederate Armies of the Carolinas, Georgia and Florida, to negotiate terms of peace with General Wm. Tecumseh Sherman, commander of the Federal Army that had broken the back- bone of the Confederacy by reason of its famous march to the sea. These two generals met at the Bennett Place and signed a tentative peace agreement. This agreement was so favorable to the South that General Grant refused to approve it, but after several days' conference, it was amended to meet General Grant's demands and was signed and approved by the governments of the North and South, and the War between the States came to a close.

Duke University Stadium; Seating Capacity, 41,000 (with Temporary Stands Now Seats 56,500); Scene of Rose Bowl Football Game, Jan. 1, 1942

Part of the Main Quadrangle, Duke University, West Campus

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Marking the place of surrender, just four miles from Durham, there has been erected, through the generosity of Mrs. S. T. Morgan, a beautiful monu- ment consisting of two columns, one representing the North and the other the South, joined together by a crosspiece on which is the word "unity." This his- toric spot, the birthplace of a reunited nation, is visited each year by thousands of people.

The death of the Confederacy gave birth to the city of Durham, and out of the ashes of the hopes of the Southern people has been built a great and beautiful city. In 1865 Durham Station was a small and insignificant point on the North Carolina Railroad, inhabited by less than 100 persons. There was one lone busi- ness enterprise here, a crude and unimportant tobacco factory with total assets of less than $2,000, including not only products on hand, but representing also the entire investment and replacement. History and tradition unite in saying that this factory was broken into by Sherman's soldiers and a large part of the stock carried away. Tradition further says that the product carried away was so well made and of such quality that when the soldiers returned to the pursuit of civil life, letters came back to Durham to ascertain if there was more of the product upon the market. To supply this demand a broken business was rebuilt.

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Hill's Durham (Durham County, N.C.) City Directory [1958], Part 1

Author: Hill Directory Company. Publication date: 1958 Publisher: Hill Directory Co. Number of Pages: 1318

Author: Hill Directory Company.
Publication date: 1958
Publisher: Hill Directory Co.
Number of Pages: 1318