Hill's Durham (Durham County, N.C.) City Directory [1960], Part 1

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Publication date: 1960
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CITY DIRECTORY 1960


Including Hope Valley, Joyland and Sherron Acres


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


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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 1960 edition of the Durham City Directory, which also includes Hope Valley, Joyland and Sherron Acres.


Confidence in the growth of Durham's industry, population and wealth, and in the advancement of its civic and social activities, will be maintained as sec- tions of this Directory are consulted, for the Directory is a mirror truly re- flecting 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 co- operation 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 Di- rectory. This embraces a complete list of the names and addresses of the business and professional concerns of the city and vicinity, arranged in alpha - betical 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 catalog itself. The Yellow Pages represent reference advertis- ing at its best, and merit the attention of all buyers and sellers seeking sources of supply or markets for goods. In a progressive community like Durham, the necessity of having this kind of information up-to-date and always immediately available, is obvious. The Directory is the common intermediary between buy- er 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 sta - tus, occupation and address of each adult resident of Durham, Hope Valley, Joyland and Sherron Acres, and the name, official personnel, nature and ad- dress of each firm and corporation in the community.


III. THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, is the third major department, printed on green paper. In this section 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 business location, as a manufacturing site and as an educational center. To broadcast this information, the publishers have placed copies of this issue of


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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


PAGE NUMBERS LISTED BELOW REFER TO THE YELLOW PAGES


Airheart Insurance Agency Inc


Page 1.34


Alexander Motor Co Inc .


left side lines and


11


Allen T E & Sons Mutual Insurance Agency


left side lines and


1.34


Allenton Realty & Insurance Co Inc


right top lines and


1.66


Amey's Funeral Home & Florist


left side lines and


106


Arc Electric Co Inc


left side lines and


88


Avis Rent-A-Car System


left bottom lines and


B & H Tire Co


Bagwell Inc .


Bagwell John R, Jr


right side lines and


Bagwell Viola C Real Estate & Insurance


right side lines, 135 and


1.68


Barbecue Kitchen


left side lines and


1.50 97


Barnhart Insurance Agency


left bottom lines and


1.27 92


Belk-Leggett Co .


right top lines and


80


Bell V E & Sons Inc


right bottom lines, 2 and


1.19 66 194


Borden Brick & Tile Co


back cover, Insert at Name in


Boyce Supply Co


, Insert at Name in Alphabetical Section and


Bradsher S M Inc


Bright's T V & Radio Service


Brinkley-Stromsland


Broadway Foods Inc


Broadway Taxi Inc


backbone, right bottom lines and


left top lines and


Brunson's .


bottom stencil, left bottom lines, 9, 185 and


191


Budd-Piper Roofing Co


left side lines and


Car Sales Co .


Carolina Block Co


front cover and


Carpenter A N


Carpenter's Inc


back cover, right side lines and


Carroll Adrian M


Carver Realty & Insurance Co


Christian-Harward Furniture Co Inc


left bottom lines and


Citizens National Bank of Durham The . . front cover, right top lines and


Clark Electric Service right bottom lines and


Clements & Edwards Insurance Agency Cole Construction Co Inc


left bottom lines and Comfort Engineers Inc .


right side lines, 3 and


Commercial Equipment Co


Concrete Delivery Inc .


Constructors Supply Co Inc


right top lines, 53 and


Crabtree Pharmacy


Daniel Wade Cabinet Shop


Dillon Supply Co


Dixie Awning Co


Downey L A & Son


Duke Power Co .


front cover, right top lines and


Durham Awning Co


Durham Bank & Trust Company


Durham Beauty Academy Inc


back cover, right side lines and


Durham Builders Supply Co right side lines and


Durham Business College


Durham Coca-Cola Bottling Co Inc


right side lines and


Durham Dairy Products Inc .


right top lines and


78


Durham Distributing Co Inc


right side lines and


32


Durham Furniture Co Inc The


left side lines and


108


Alliance Company .


1.64


Arnold Floor Sanding & Covering Co


right side lines and 99 23 1.86 right side lines and 54 66


Barnes Supply Co


Barton Electric Construction Co Inc


Birmingham Construction Co Black Tree Expert Inc


Broughton R E Electric Co


Alphabetical Section and 35 left top lines and 36 55 right side lines and 1.84 73 25 182 92


Business Machine & Equipment Inc


177 44 1.2 37 197 67 1.3


Carolina Venetian Blind Co


168


169 107 27 89


right side lines and 135 56 120 45 52 right side lines and 76 84 47 right side lines and 1.43 24 67 86 23 28 31 38 51 33


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Page 29


Durham Industrial Bank .


136


Durham Insurance Service Co


145


Durham Marble Works


142


Durham Mattress Co


1.43 96


Durham-Orange Farm Center Inc


1.59


Durham Plumbing & Heating Co Inc . . front lip margin, left top lines and


Durham Realty & Insurance Co. . front cover, right bottom lines, 1.28 and


1.67 177 181 146


Durham Sporting Goods Co


Dutch Village Motel . .


39


Dutchville Builders Supply


left side lines and


Earnhardt J W


Eckerd's Drug Stores


Edwards' Florist


left bottom lines and


Elkins Motor Co


right side lines and


Epes Transport System


left bottom lines and


Erwin Oil Co Inc


right side lines and


Five Points Furniture Co


back lip margin, right side lines, 103 and


Fowler M M Inc


Friendly Florist right bottom lines and


Garrison Insurance Service


General Telephone Co of The Southeast


Georges' Trailer Sales Inc .


right side lines and


Gibson Insulation & Weatherstripping Co


Green Oil Co


Guess Road Cabinet & Building Supply Co Inc


back cover, right side lines and


H & O Concrete Block Co


left side lines and


Harvey's Cafeteria Inc


right side lines and


Herrin C A General Contractor


Hill Directory Co Inc


left bottom lines and


123


Hotel Malbourne .


right side lines and


Howard Johnson's Restaurant


Hull Claude Florist


right side lines and


Independent Pest & Termite Control Service


left top lines, 1.88 and


Ingold Tire Co


Ingram's Inc .


left side lines and


Interstate Piping Co Inc The


right side lines and


Jobe-Blackley Plumbing Co


Johnson-Forrester Inc


left side lines and


Johnson Motor Co Inc


right side lines and


Johnson O L


front cover, right bottom lines, 34 and


Kane George W


front cover, right bottom lines, 104 and


Kenan Oil Co Inc


left top lines and


Kimball W W .


La Cock's Shoe Center


left top lines and


Latta Earl J .


left bottom lines and


Long Meadow Farms Inc


right bottom lines and


Lovette Electric Construction Co Inc


right side lines and


M & J Finance Corp


1,85


Mac's Television Service


left top lines and


Malbourne Hotel .


right side lines and


123 16 157


Maus Piano Co Inc


front stencil, right bottom lines,


198


May D C Co Inc


right side lines and


173


Mayola's Chili House


right side lines and


68 117 77


Mead Containers Inc, Durham Division


left top lines and


30


Mechanics & Farmers Bank


right top cards and


91


Modern Electric Company Incorporated


left bottom lines and


17 138


Monarch Motors Inc


right side lines and


7


Montgomery & Aldridge Appliance Co Inc


left bottom lines and


190 18


Montgomery & Aldridge Tire Co Inc


backbone, left top lines and


Morgan Motors Inc


Insert at Name in Alphabetical Section, 153 and . right top lines and


74


McClamroch W L


McDaniel-Ervin-Hinshaw Hardware Co Inc


138


Model Laundry of Durham Inc left top lines and


right side lines and


59 149 145 1.79 70 79 90 98


Jeffries Paul Electrical Contractor


1.72 102 186 189 160 1.61 93 164 139 15 58


Home Insurance Agency Inc


left top lines and


183 144 1.26 105


left side lines and


42 40


171 68 82 1.30


Ellis Refrigeration Service


69 83 100 14 170 193


Durham Sandwich Co


left side lines and


Durham Millwork Co


back cover and


Montaldo's . .


Matthews & Farrow Inc


May Claude M Inc


105 109 1.48 102 1.29


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


Municipal Forms & Systems Co Inc in Alphabetical Section and 60


Murray Thelle R Painting & Decorating right bottom lines and


43


Mutual Savings & Loan Association


Myers-Glenn Inc


Neil Upholstery Co . left side lines and


New Method Laundry & Dry Cleaners


left side lines and


North Carolina College at Durham


North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Co


left top lines and


O'Brient's Music Store


Olan Mills Studio . left side lines, 147 and


Paschall Brothers Inc front cover, left bottom lines and Perkins Glass Company 25 and Perkins H T Co . .


Phillips Insurance Agency Inc


Pine State Electric Supply Company Inc


Poplar Apartments Incorporated .


Pritchard Paint & Glass Company


Proctor W T tabbed Insert at Name in Alphabetical Section and


Public Hardware Inc


Quality Control Products Inc


Reagan Edward F, Jr


Register Leon Inc .


Rigsbee Tire Sales Inc


Riley Paint Co .


Riley's Paint Warehouse Inc


Robbins of Durham


right bottom lines and


Roberts Brothers Builders


Roberts Construction Company


Rollins-Bloodworth Inc


Rose Agency Inc The


Rowe Typewriter Co


Royal Ice Cream Co


Royal Sandwich & Food Co


Sanitary Septic Tank Service


Scott Coal & Oil Co


Scott & Roberts Inc .


Security National Bank


Shaw Decorating Co Inc


Shaw Paint & Wallpaper Co Inc


Shaw's Venetian Blinds


Smith's Furniture .


Smith's Furniture Exchange


Smoake Lumber Co .


Soles Adjustment Service


Southernair Company


Southgate J & Son Inc


Speight's Auto Service


Star Realty Inc . ..


Strickland Coal & Oil Co


Strickland & Williford .


Style Craft Interiors Inc


right side lines and


Superior Packing Co .


Superior Roofing Co Inc


right side lines and 1.75


Teasley Percy L


right side lines and


Teer Nello L Co


Thomas &' Howard Co Inc


Thomerson Electric Co


left side lines and 93


Tilley's Acme Plumbing & Heating Co of Durham Inc


1.63 69


Tire & Appliance Center Inc The .


left top lines, 10 and


Turnage's Barbecue


right top lines and


Typewriter Supply Co .


left side lines and


University Motors Incorporated


right side lines and


Uzzle Motor Co Inc .


left bottom lines and


195 21 22 165 166


Walton Roofing & Heating Co Inc


left top lines and


1.21


Watkins J B .


1.24


Watson Lumber Co


142


. right side lines and 113 115 left side lines and 1.18 right side lines and 48 72 C right top lines and 191 1.51 152 81 left side lines and 61 62 right side lines and right side lines and 8 147 46 1.25 26 178 left side lines and 49 left side lines and 85 26 right top lines and 1.54 152 197 A A 41 136 4 and left top lines and 122 133 20 169 50 62A 110 left side lines and 1.50


155 63 116


Tillman & Horner General Contractors Inc


Transport Corp The


192 1.93 1.74


W DN C & W DN C-FM Radio Broadcasting Station W T I K Radio Station


right bottom lines and 75 178 1.9 196


140 B 131 158 156 162 114 1.58


right top lines and


132 87 5


front cover, left top and side lines, 9, 10 and


left bottom lines and


back cover, left top lines, 137 and


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Wellons Realty Company


Wells-Lloyd Florist Inc right side lines and 101 141


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


West Durham Plumbing Co


165 6


Whitley Electric Co


left top lines and


94


Whitley-Strawbridge Inc


left side lines and


Winters J C, Jr


left bottom lines, 65 and 95


87


Wrenn's Auto Sales


196


Wyatt R H Insulation Contractor right top lines and


71


Y And J Upholstering Co back cover, left bottom lines and


111


Yellow Cab Company Inc


181


Young Roofing Co Inc The


right bottom lines and


176


Zuckerman S and Son left side lines and 112


Page 180


Westover Park Apartments right top lines and


156 64


Williams Walter


Woods W T Electric Co


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"FRIENDLY CITY OF INDUSTRY, EDUCATION AND MEDICINE"


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History


In April, 1865, at a log cabin known as the Bennett Place, near Durham Station, there occurred one of the most historic events in the history of the na- tion. Lee had surrendered at Appomattox, and the future looked dark indeed for the Southern states. Jefferson Davis and his cabinet had escaped to Greens- boro, North Carolina, and there had held fiery debate as to the advisability of continuing the Civil War. Some members of the cabinet favored continuing hos- tilities at any cost, even though it meant carrying on a guerrilla warfare, while others took the position that the cause of the Confederacy was forever lost and


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that no good could be accomplished by further bloodshed. Finally it was de- cided to instruct 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 backbone 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 govern- ments of the North and South, and the War between the States came to a close.


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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 beauti- ful 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 business 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 say- ing 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.


In 1865, Washington Duke, & Confederate soldier, walked from New Bern to his home in Durham, and with the same stout heart that had carried him through the vicissitudes of a lost cause, turned his attention to the battle for bread, which was doubtless as crueland bitter as the war from which he had returned. He built the second factory in Durham, composed of a log cabin 20 x 30 feet, and with his own hands manufactured a product out of a small supply of tobacco that the Federal soldiers had not found. This he called Pro Bono Publico. The annual output of this factory was originally four or five hundred pounds, and in 1872, had grown to 125,000 pounds.


In the meantime, W. T. Blackwell had moved to Durham to engage in the tobacco business. He was to the early development of the tobacco industry in Durham what Napoleon was to France, or Caesar to Rome. The Durham Bull got upon the map and in a few brief years his sonorous voice, like the shot at Lexington, was heard around the world. In 1872, the two small tobacco factories had grown into twelve.


James Buchanan Duke, becoming convinced that it was neither practicable nor profitable to compete with Bull Durham smoking tobacco, turned the vision of his great genius into the cigarette field, and from that day to the present hour the increasing volume of the tobacco industry has become the common property of mankind.


On April 10, 1869, almost exactly four years after Johnston surrendered to Sherman, Durham was born. There were only 258 inhabitants in the village, and the total municipal revenue was $357.44. The largest taxpayer paid $ 40.62 in taxes. In 1870, there were probably less than 100 wage-earners in industrial pursuits in the town.


The tobacco industry grew at a very rapid rate, using large quantities of bright-leaf tobacco. While much of this type of tobacco was grown around Durham, it was sold at tobacco markets in Richmond and other Virginia cities, and local manufacturers had to pay the cost of transporting the tobacco from Virginia to Durham. This condition made desirable the opening of warehouses for the sale of leaf tobacco in Durham, and resulted in this city becoming one of the largest bright-leaf tobacco markets in the world, now selling from 40 to 57 million pounds each season.


During all this time there were no banks in the town, practically all the banking being transacted in Raleigh, and on days of big sales at the tobacco warehouses it was necessary to obtain cash from the merchants in order to pay the farmer for his product. Such inconveniences could not long continue, and soon two banks were established.


The next step in the industrial and commercial history of the town was the bringing in of additional railway lines. By the cooperation of manufacturers, merchants, and the city and county governments, the Seaboard Air Line Rail- way, the Southern Railway, and the Norfolk & Western Railway were given ac- cess to this market. Later the Norfolk Southern Railroad and the Durham & Southern Railway were added to the railway lines serving the city, giving a total of five railway companies with five lines radiating in every direction.




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