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Hill's DURHAM
(DURHAM COUNTY, N. C.) CITY DIRECTORY 1963
Including Hope Valley, Joyland and Sherron Acres
CONTAINS:
. Buyers' Guide and a complete classified business directory
. Alphabetical directory of business concerns and private citizens
. Complete street and avenue guide, including householders, and occupants of office buildings and other business places
· Numerical telephone directory PLUS
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INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX
HILL DIRECTORY COMPANY publishers of Southeastern Directories (pub- lishers of the Durham City Directory since 1903), presents to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1963 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 BUYERS' GUIDE constitutes the first major department of the Di- rectory, printed on yellow paper. In the first section of this department, grouped under appropriate headings, are included the advertisements and busi- ness cards of firms and individuals desiring to make a complete presentation of their products or services. Following this is the Classified Business sec- tion, which embraces a list of the names and addresses of all business and professional concerns of the community, arranged in alphabetical order under appropriate headings-a catalog of all the activities of the community. The Buyers' Guide represents reference advertising at its best, and merits the attention of all buyers and sellers seeking sources of supply or markets for goods. In a busy and diversified 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 buyer and seller, and plays an important role in the daily activities of the commercial, indus- trial 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, mari- tal status, occupation and address of each adult resident of Durham, and the name, official personnel, nature and address 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 section are the des- ignation of tenant-owned homes and the designation of homes and the listing of telephone numbers.
IV. THE NUMERICAL TELEPHONE DIRECTORY is the fourth major de- partment, printed on blue paper.
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS Page numbers below refer ta the Buyers' Guide Section
Page
Airheart Insurance Agency Inc
120
Aldridge Power Mower Co. . right top lines and 139
Alexander Motor Co Inc right side lines and 8
Allen David G of Durham
180
Allen T E & Sons Mutual Insurance Agency .left side lines and
Alliance Co
157
Appliance & TV Center
right top lines and
Arc Electric Co Inc
97
Art Neon Sign Co
.left side lines and
176
Ashford Donald .
left bottom corner cards and
146
Associated Scaffolders & Paint Co
.left top lines and
174
B & H Tire Co
186
Bailey Walter
left side lines and
149 98
Barnes Supply Co.
Barnhart Insurance Agency left bottom lines and
121
Barton Electric Construction Co Inc .left top lines and 92
Bates Beauty Nook .left top lines and 27
Belk-Leggett Co back cover, right top lines and
Bell Noel R .left side lines and
Beltone- Maddrey Co
right side lines and
Berens Frederick W Inc
Best Exterminating Service Inc
Bethea Artemus Jr ..
left top cards and
130 192 190
Black Tree Experts Inc
Borden Brick & Tile Co backbone, insert at Street Guide and
34 35 71
Bradley James L
. . left top lines and
54
Bright Homer left side lines and
130 24
Broadway Foods Inc.
Broadway Yellow Cab .
right bottom lines
Broughton R E Electric Co
right top lines, A and 93
Brunson's
· left bottom lines
Brunson's Merchandise Mart
left bottom lines and
Brunson's Tire & Seat Cover Mart
left bottom lines and
Budd- Piper Roofing Co.
Burke John Bar- B-Que
left side lines and
Bynum Leonard O
left bottom lines and 75
Carolina Block Co
. front cover and 36
Cates Willie J
left side lines and
Chicken Box
right side lines and
Cole Construction Co Inc
left bottom lines and 56
Colley Fred .
Comfort Engineers Inc
Commercial Equipment Co Inc
Concrete Delivery Inc . .
Constructors Supply Co Inc
right top lines and
Covenant Book Room The
· right side lines and
Crabtree Pharmacy .
.left side lines and
Crest Co .
right side lines and
Daniel Wade Cabinet Shop
right side lines and
Daughtry's Trailer Sales
Davis Bakery.
Dennis & Thomerson Electric Co Inc
right top lines and
Dixie Awning Co ..
22
Dixon's Radio & TV right side lines and 160
Downey L A & Son ..
67
Durham Auto Body Service.
21
Durham Builders Supply Co
.left side lines and 37 X
Durham Business College.
Durham Coca-Cola Bottling Co Inc · right side lines and 49
Durham Dairy Products Inc .
right top lines and 83
84 53 117 137 147
Bishop Upholstering Co left side lines and
Boyce Supply Co. tabbed insert at name in Alphabetical Section and left side lines and
Bradsher S M Inc
4 182 172 168
Carver Realty & Insurance Co Inc
161 55 168
left side lines and 130 C 45 52 51 28 87 73 46 187 23 95
128
Amey's Funeral Home & Florist .left side lines and
107 3
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Durham Institute of Barbering . right side lines and 26
Durham Insurance Service Co
left bottom lines and 122
Durham Marble Works .
136
Durham Plumbing & Heating Co Inc
front lip margin,
Durham Realty & Insurance Co.
. front cover, left bottom lines and
162
Durham Scale Co.
right side lines and 175 138 38
Eastern Finance Co
100
Eckerd Drug Stores
.left top lines and 88
Edwards Bros Plastering Contractors left bottom lines and 79 101
Edwards' Florist
Elkins Motor Co
left bottom lines and 9
57
Five Points Furniture Co
right bottom lines and
109 Y 141 123
General Telephone Co of the Southeast
George's Garage. left side lines and
Georges' Mobile Homes of Durham Inc .
.left side lines and
Goodwin & Hunt
.left side lines and
Graves Boiler Repair Co right side lines and
Gray Construction Co
right side lines and
Green Felix J.
Green Oil Co
Guaranty State Bank . right top lines and
Guess Road Cabinet & Building Supply Co Inc right side lines and 39
H & O Concrete Block & Pipe Co . back cover, right side lines and Hall- Wynne & Co Inc .. .bottom stencil, left side lines and 40 108 Hammock George Paint Contractor · right side lines and 146 67 Harris Construction Co Inc .left side lines and right top lines and 169 86
Hillside Realty Co .. 68 and 163 155
Hobbie Brothers Plumbing & Heating Contractors
Home Building Supply Co Inc .left side lines and
Home Insurance Agency Inc left bottom lines and
Hunt Construction Co Inc .
Hutchins Construction Co Inc
· back cover,
I-85 American Service
right bottom lines and
17 183
Ingram's Inc
.left side lines and
155 103
J & J Cabinet Shop
left bottom lines and 46
Jefferies Paul Electrical Contractor right side lines and 95 Jenkins Robert 29 Jobe- Blackley Plumbing Co . right side lines and right top cards and 156 131
Johnson-Forrester Inc
right bottom lines and
Johnson Motor Co.
.left top lines and 10 59
Johnson's Garage
right side lines and left side lines and
18
Jones Brothers Bakery Inc right top lines and
24 60
Kenan Oil Co Inc. . . front cover, right bottom lines and
106
Kennedy's Auto Service & Manufacturing Co
.left top lines and 11
Kimball Monument Co Inc.
Kirby Center of Durham
Leathers John Lee
.left side lines and 150
Lee James A
. . left side lines and 145
Lee N E Plumbing & Heating Co Inc
left bottom lines and 157
Log Cabin The.
· right side lines and
158 81
Long Meadow Farms Inc
.left top lines and
96
Lowe Tile & Marble. right side lines and
181
Lynette's Restaurant right side lines and 169
M & J Finance Corp
.left side lines and 99
41 124 68
Ivy's Florist
. right side lines, 33 and 112
Ingold Tire Co
left top lines and
179 17 134 133 58 28 31 71 105 25
Ferrell J A
Forest Hills Sunoco (R & R No 1) Fowler M M Inc .back lip margin, right side lines, 104 and
Garrison Insurance Service. . right bottom lines and
Glover Albert G
Harvey's Cafeteria Inc .
Hill Directory Company
Johnson O L
Kane Geo W Inc. front cover, right bottom lines, 32 and
136 192
Lovette Electric Construction Co Inc. right bottom lines and
left top lines and 152
Dutch Village Motel.
Dutchville Builders Supply .
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Mac's Television Service .
Page 180
Maddox-Stafford Stone Works Co Inc · right side lines and 135
Maitland's Top Hat left side lines, 164 and 165 Markham Charles .left side lines and 80
Matthews & Farrow Inc right side lines and
front stencil, right bottom lines,
193
May D C Co Inc
Mayola's Chili House.
left side lines and
McDaniel- Ervin-Hinshaw Hardware Co Inc
right side lines and 115
Mc Gee Willie
left side lines and 76
McQueen Ernest right side lines and
Medical-Dental- Hospital Bureau of N C Inc.
Miller Oscar Contractor Inc right side lines and
Miller Truck Sales & Service Inc right side lines and
Model Laundry of Durham Inc. right top cards and 131
Montaldo's of Durham N C .. right side lines and
Montgomery & Aldridge Appliance Co Inc. .
Montgomery & Aldridge Tire Co Inc .... front cover, left bottom lines and Moore's Restaurant
left side lines and 170
Morgan Motors Inc
left top lines and 13
Muirhead Wm Construction Co Inc .
.top stencil,
, .tabbed insert at name in Alphabetical Section and
61
Municipal Forms & Systems Co Inc
right bottom lines and
44
Murdaugh Typewriter Co
.left top lines and
Myers-Glenn Inc.
right bottom lines and
19 2
Nelms & Watkins
118
New Method Laundry & Dry Cleaners
left side lines and
132 B
North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Co
right top lines and 125
Nu-Tread Tire Co
left top lines and 185 69 148
One Hour Martinizing Inc
89
Paschall Brothers Inc
Peabody Drug Co Inc The
Perfection Sewing Center
left side lines and 191
Perkins H T Co
148
Phillips Insurance Agency Inc . .
right top lines and 126
Piedmont Communications Co Inc
Pine State Creamery Co
.left side lines and
Pine State Electric Supply Co Inc.
Pogue Ponce DeLeon .
left side lines and 133
Proctor W T tabbed insert at name in Alphabetical Section and 72
Public Hardware Inc
left side lines and 116 47
Quality Electric Co .
right side lines and
94 Y
Ray James A
.left side lines and 151
Register Leon Inc. .
. back cover and 62
Rhodes H E Contractor
left bottom lines and 69
Richardson Willie A. .left side lines and 30
Rigsbee Tire Sales Inc
. front cover,
Riley Paint Co and Warehouse Inc . left top and side lines, 7, 19 and 186
Roberts Brothers Builders. left bottom lines and 63
Rollins- Bloodworth Inc right side lines and 6
Rose Agency Inc The right bottom lines and
140 27
Rose & Neal Garage
Roxboro Road Pure (R & R No 2)
25
Scott Coal & Oil Co
.left side lines and 48
Scott Tailors .left side lines and 178
Sears Albert
.left side lines and 144
Service Printing Co Inc
. right side lines and 158
190 173
National Cash Register Co The
.right top cards and
North Carolina College at Durham .
O'Briant Masonry
O'Brient's Music Store .
left side lines, 140 and
Parks Esso Station .. right side lines and 176 153 89 left bottom lines and
160 82 90
Pritchard Paint & Glass Co.
right side lines and 113
Quality Control Products Inc .
Ranson & Ross Service Station
. . right top lines and 143
Rose Beauty Salon left side lines and
20 Y
Royal Sandwich & Food Co.
12
Mays Henry J
May Claude M Inc tabbed insert at name in Alphabetical Section, 142 and . right top lines and 77 164 29
147 50 78 18
129 5 184
Mutual Savings .& Loan Assn
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Smith Alfred .
.left side lines and 145
Southgate J & Son Inc
left top lines and 127
Speight's Auto Service
. right side lines and 14
Style Craft Interiors Inc. front cover, right side lines and 110
Suggs Plumbing & Heating Inc.
156
Taylor Samuel Teer Nello L Co.
.left side lines and 79 64
Thalhimers Ellis Stone.
left side lines and
85 114
Thompson Percy & Co .
left side lines and
71
Tilley's Acme Plumbing & Heating Co
right side lines and
154
Tilley's Lakewood Hardware & Sporting Goods Tip- Top Fish House Inc
right side lines, 166 and
167 96
Triangle Brick Co
Triangle Steel Co
right side lines and
189 7 170
Turnage's Barbecue.
right bottom lines and University Motors Inc
. right top lines and
15 16
W T I K Radio Station
Warner Roosevelt
Wells-Lloyd Florist Inc . .left side lines and
102
West Durham Lumber Co.
. front cover and 43
West Durham Seafood Market
right side lines and 175
White Star Laundry & Cleaners Inc
. right bottom lines and
90 97
Williams Walter
.left side lines and
65
Winters J C Construction Co
back cover, right side lines, 66 and
119
Woods W T Electric Co.
91
Wrenn's Auto Sales
20
Wyatt R H Insulation Contractor
right top lines, Z and
74
Y & J Upholstering Co. .
back cover, left bottom lines and 111
Young Roofing Co Inc The
. right bottom lines and 171
117
Toole E N Electric Co
right side lines and
Transport Corp The
right top lines and 188 42 177
Triangle Travel Agency
Tucker's Service
Uzzle Motor Co Inc .
left bottom lines and
159 70
Whitley Electric Co
.left top lines and
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Thomas & Howard Co Inc
DURHAM
"FRIENDLY CITY OF INDUSTRY, EDUCATION AND MEDICINE" (Courtesy Durham Chamber of Commerce)
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 has escaped to Greensboro, North Carolina, and there had held fiery debate as to the advisa- bility of continuing the Civil War. Some members of the cabinet favored con- tinuing hostilities 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 that no good could be accomplished by further bloodshed.
Duke University Chapel Tower
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Duke University Stadium; Seating Capacity 56,500; Scene of Rose Bowl Football Game, Jan. 1, 1942.
Part of the Main Quadrangle, Duke University, West Campus
Finally it was decided to instruct General Joseph E. Johnston, 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' con- ference, 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.
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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 historic spot, the birthplace of a reunited nation, is visited each year by thou- sands 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 re- presenting 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 re- turned 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 cruel and 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 fac- tories 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 indus- trial pursuits in the town.
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