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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 1961 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.
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. 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.
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
PAGE NUMBERS LISTED BELOW REFER TO THE YELLOW PAGES
Page
Acousticon-Durham Co . left side lines and
128
Airheart Insurance Agency Inc.
135
Alexander Motor Co Inc .left side lines and 12
Allen David G of Durham
77
Allen T E & Sons Mutual Insurance Agency . left side lines and
143
Allenton Realty & Insurance Co Inc
right top lines and
182
Alliance Company
176
American Realty Co of Durham Inc right side lines, 143 and
182 113
Arc Electric Co Inc . right top lines and
92
Arnold Floor Sanding & Covering Co
right side lines and
103
Associated Scaffolders & Paint Co .
left side lines and
Avis Rent-A-Car System
left bottom lines and
B & H Tire Co
Bagwell Inc . right side lines and
Bagwell John R Jr.
Bagwell Viola C Real Estate & Insurance right side lines, 144 and
Barnes Supply Co
left bottom lines and
Barton Electric Construction Co Inc
.left bottom lines and
Bass Carl Painting Contractor.
Belk-Leggett Co.
back cover, right top lines and
Bell V E & Sons Inc
right bottom lines, 3 and
Best Exterminating Service Inc
. left side lines and
Black Tree Expert Inc
Blankenship Plumbing Co
Boone Drug Co .
Borden Brick & Tile Co
back cover, Insert at Name in Alphabetical
Boyce Supply Co.
Insert at Name in Alphabetical Section and
Bradsher S M Inc .
left top lines and
Broadway Foods Inc.
Broadway Taxi Inc
backbone, right bottom lines and
Broughton Electric Co
right top lines and
Broughton R E Electric Co
left top lines and
Brunson's . bottom stencil, left bottom lines, 10, 199 and
Budd-Piper Roofing Co.
Burthey Funeral Service.
Burthey's Photographic Laboratory
Car Sales Co Inc .
Carolina Block Co
front cover and
Carolina Electrical Co.
Carver Realty & Insurance Co.
Christian-Harward Furniture Co Inc
left bottom lines and
Clark's Esso Service .
Clements Funeral Service Inc
.left side lines and
Coe Heating & Air Conditioning Co.
Cole Construction Co Inc
left bottom lines and
right side lines, 2 and Comfort Engineers Inc .
Commercial Equipment Co
Concrete Delivery Inc .
Constructors Supply Co Inc.
right top lines, 56 and
Crabtree Pharmacy . left side lines and
Crumpacker A Louis
Daniel Wade Cabinet Shop right side lines and
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 Co .
Durham Beauty Academy Inc
back cover, right side lines and
Durham Builders Supply Co . right side lines and
42
Durham Carpet Center .
right side lines and 51 36
Durham Coca-Cola Bottling Co Inc right side lines and
Section and 39 40 57 27 196 90 94 205 191 115 166 22 41 98 180 117 22 115 3 58 129 49 55 78 85 69 50 152 26 69 89 27 29 33
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192 25 205 68 68 183 101 136 93 163 81 131 164 208 176 85
Amey's Funeral Home & Florist left side lines and
Barnhart Insurance Agency .
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Page
Durham Dairy Products Inc .right top lines and 80
Durham Distributing Co Inc .
. right top lines and 34
Durham Forge & Welding Co.
Durham Furniture Co Inc The .left side lines and
Durham Insurance Service Co . left bottom lines and
Durham Marble Works
Durham Mattress Co
Durham Millwork Co
Durham-Orange Farm Center Inc.
Durham Plumbing & Heating Co Inc. . front lip margin, left top lines and
Durham Realty & Insurance Co. . front cover, right bottom lines and
Durham Sporting Goods Co
Dutch Village Motel .
Dutchville Builders Supply
Eckerd's Drug Stores
Edwards' Florists
Elkins Motor Co
Ellis Refrigeration Service
right side lines and
Epes Transport System
. left bottom lines and
Erwin Oil Company Inc.
Fairview Skating Rink . . left bottom lines and
Fennell S L Painting & Papering . . left side lines and
Ferrell J A
First Union National Bank back cover and
Five Points Furniture Co
right side lines and
Forrestdale Marine.
Foust J W House Mover
Fowler M M Inc.
back lip margin, right side lines, 110 and
Garrison Insurance Service
right bottom lines and
General Insurance Service of Durham
General Telephone Co of The Southeast
Georges' Trailer Sales Inc .
Gibson Insulation & Weatherstripping Co
Gray R P Paint Contractor
right side lines and Green Oil Co
112
Guaranty State Bank ..
Guess Road Cabinet & Building Supply Co Inc .
H & O Concrete Block Co back cover, right side lines and
Hackett Du Val Florist.
Hall-Wynne & Co Inc
.left side lines and
Harvey's Cafeteria Inc
Hill Directory Co Inc
Hobbie Brothers Plumbing & Heating Contractors
Home Building Supply Co Inc
. left bottom lines and
Home Security Life Insurance Co.
. left side lines and
Howerton-Bryan Funeral Home & Chapel
left side lines and
Hunt Construction Co Inc
Ideal Flower Shop
Ingold Tire Co
left top lines, 202 and
Ingram's Inc.
Investors Diversified Services Inc .
Jeffries Paul Electrical Contractor right side lines and
Jobe-Blackley Plumbing Co.
right side lines and
Johnson Motor Co Inc. .
left side lines and 14
Johnson O L .
left side lines and King Gaston
111 15 62 193
LaCock's Shoe Center
Latta Earl J . left side lines and
73
Long Meadow Farms Inc. left bottom lines and 79
Lovette Electric Construction Co Inc. front cover, right bottom lines and M & J Finance Corp . right side lines and 102
95
Mac's Television Service
201
Mack's Furniture Co Inc. .
.right side lines and
120
Maddox-Stafford Stone Works Co Inc left side lines and 155
210 116 70 106 203 171 147 98 172 148
Johnson-Forrester Inc
right side lines and 60 23 . left side lines and 61
Jones Andy Garage
Kane George W Inc front cover, right bottom lines, 38 and
Kenan Oil Co Inc . front cover, right bottom lines and Kennedy's Auto Service & Manufacturing Co
right top lines and 32 44 left side lines and 45 106 114 186 left side lines and 83 170 left side lines and 47 138 Z
Home Insurance Agency Inc.
Honeycutt Upholstering
Greenwood Apartments right side lines and
5
132 158 137 145 198 154 134 76
left top lines and 84 104 13 185 207 109 193 76 59 30 119 35
100 169 181 194 156 43
left bottom lines and
212 118 144 155 152 153
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Page
Malone W E Plumbing & Heating Contractor .right side lines and 173
Markham Isaac Grading & Excavating. 74
Mason Furniture Co Inc .right side lines and 119
Matthews & Farrow Inc
right sidelines and 23 167
May Claude M Inc .
front stencil, right bottom lines, Insert at Name
. in Alphabetical Section, 161 and 211
Mayola's Chili House
. right side lines and 187
McClamroch W L .
McDaniel-Ervin-Hinshaw Hardware Co Inc
Mechanics & Farmers Bank
Miller-Hurst Inc . left bottom lines and
Miller Insurance Agency.
Model Laundry of Durham Inc
right bottom side lines and
Modern Electric Co Inc
. . left top lines and 96
Montaldo's .
Montgomery & Aldridge Appliance Co Inc
Montgomery & Aldridge Tire Co Inc. .. front cover, left bottom lines and Montgomery's Florist Inc.
Morgan Motors Inc
left top lines and 16
Muirhead Wm Construction Co Inc.
top stencil, tabbed Insert at Name
Municipal Forms & Systems Co Inc
Murchison Apartments
Mutual Savings & Loan Assn
Myers-Glenn Inc
New Method Laundry & Dry Cleaners
left side lines and
Newcomb's Reproductions . left side lines and
North Carolina College at Durham
. left top lines and
North Carolina National Bank
right top lines and
O'Brient's Music Store
left side lines, 157 and
Oriental Restaurant The.
Paschall Brothers Inc .
left bottom lines and
Peabody Drug Co Inc The
Perkins H T Co.
Phillips Insurance Agency Inc
right top lines and
Piedmont Apartments .
right side lines and
Pine State Electric Supply Company Inc. Poplar Apartments Inc
Pritchard Paint & Glass Co
right side lines and
Proctor W T .
tabbed Insert at Name in Alphabetical Section and
Quality Control Products Inc.
Quality Electric Co
.right side lines and
Reade-Noblin Insurance Agency Inc
141
Register Leon Inc .
Rich Plan of Durham In
Rigsbee Tire Sales Inc. . . front cover, left top and side lines, 10, 24 and Riley Paint Co
.right top lines and
Robbins of Durham
right bottom lines and
Roberts Brothers Builders
.left side lines and
Roberts Construction Company
Rollins-Bloodworth Inc.
.right side lines and
Rose Agency Inc The .
right bottom lines and
157 50
Royal Ice Cream Co
left bottom lines and
Royal Sandwich & Food Co
left side lines and
Sandling Realty & Insurance Co
Scoggins Refrigeration Service
Scott Coal & Oil Co
.left side lines and
Scott & Roberts Inc
.right side lines and 87
Security Savings & Loan Assn Shaw Decorating Co Inc .
. left bottom lines and
192 162
Shaw Paint & Wallpaper Co Inc
160
Shaw's Venetian Blinds. .
210 37
Skinner & Willis Builders
Southernair Company 4 and
131
Southgate J & Son Inc
. left top lines and
142
Speight's Auto Service
18
Star Realty Inc
184
C 108 206 159 82 64 65 9
Rowe Typewriter Co
133 28 195
S & W Tailors .
.left side lines and 183 77 53
back cover, left top lines, 146 and
5 90 6 123 124
Public Hardware Inc left side lines and 127 52 97
118 B 139 32 168 189 174 86 168 140
North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Co.
right bottom lines and in Alphabetical Section and 63 right side lines and 48 left top lines and 5 191 left side lines and 17 149
right side lines and 147 8 204 107
. right side lines and right side lines and 70 left top lines and 126 31 24 145 150
Maus Piano Co Inc.
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Page 54
Strickland Coal & Oil Co.
Style Craft Interiors Inc right side lines and A
Suggs R A "Billy" left side lines and 177 Teer Nello L Co . 66 125 99
Thomas & Howard Co Inc
Thomerson Electric Co . left side lines and
Tilley's Acme Plumbing & Heating Co of Durham Inc.
175
Tillman and Horner General Contractors Inc
71 207
Transport Corp The.
Triangle Brick Co.
Turnage's Barbecue right top lines and
Turner's Television Service
.left side lines and
Typewriter Supply Co
. left side lines and
University Motors Inc
. right top lines and
Uzzle Motor Co Inc left bottom lines and
W DNC & WDN C-F M Radio Broadcasting Station.
W T I K Radio Station.
left top lines and
Warner Roosevelt
Weaver's Cleaners
Wells-Lloyd Florist Inc . .right side lines and
West Durham Lumber Co back cover, right bottom lines and 151
West Durham Plumbing Co
.right side lines and
Westover Park Apartments
right top lines and
Whitley Electric Co
left top lines and
Whitley-Strawbridge Inc
Willis Edward E
left side lines, 37 and
Witt C S .
right side lines and
72 91 25
Wrenn's Auto Sales
right top lines and
75
Y & J Upholstering Co
back cover, left bottom lines and
121
Yellow Cab Co Inc .
197
Yon Peter B General Contractor & Builder
67
Young Roofing Co Inc The.
right bottom lines and
190
Zuckerman S & Son
. right side lines and
122
46 188 200 209 20 21 179 178 130 72 88 105
Walton Roofing & Heating Co Inc
177 7 99 165 163
Woods W T Electric Co
Wyatt R H Insulation Contractor
DURHAM
"FRIENDLY CITY OF INDUSTRY, EDUCATION AND MEDICINE"
(Courtesy Durham Chamber of Commerce)
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.
Duke University Stadium; Seating Capacity, 41,000 (with Temporary Stands Now Seats 56,500); Scene of Rose Bowl Football Game, Jan. 1, 1942.
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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, a 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.
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