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Containing an Alphabetical Directory of Business Concerns and Pri- vate Citizens, a Directory of Householders, Occupants of Office Buildings and Other Business Places, Including a Complete Street and Avenue Guide, a Numerical Telephone Direc- tory and Much Information of A Miscellaneous Char- acter; also a
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INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX
HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., publishers of Southeastern Directories, pre- sent to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1956 edition of the Fay- etteville City Directory, which also includes Bonnie Doone, East Fayetteville, Honeycutt, Lakedale, Massey Hill and Myrtle Hill.
Confidence in the growth of Fayetteville's industry, population and wealth, and in the advancement of its civic and social activities, will be maintained as sections of this Directory are consulted, for the Directory is a mirror truly reflecting Fayetteville 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 Fayetteville Directory will fulfill its mission as a source of authentic informa- tion pertaining to the community.
Five Major Departments (Each department beginning with Page 1)
The five major departments are arranged in the following order :-
I. THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and business and professional concerns is the first major department, printed on white paper. This is the only record in existence that shows the name, marital status, occu- pation and address of each adult resident of Fayetteville and vicinity, and the name, official personnel, nature and address of each firm and corporation.
II. THE BUYERS' GUIDE, the second major department, printed on golden- rod paper, contains the advertisements of leading manufacturing, business and professional interests of Fayetteville. The advertisements are indexed under headings descriptive of the business represented. This is reference advertising at its best, and merits a survey by all buyers eager to familiarize themselves with sources of supply. In a progressive community like Fayetteville, the ne- cessity of having this kind of information immediately available, is obvious. General appreciation of this fact is evidenced by the many reference users of this City Directory service.
III. THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is the third major department, printed on canary paper. This department lists the names of all business and professional concerns in alphabetical order under appropriate headings. This feature constitutes an invaluable and indispensable catalog of the numerous in- terests of the community. The Directory is the common intermediary between buyer and seller. As such it plays an important part in the daily activities of the commercial and professional world. More buyers and sellers meet through the Classified Business Directory than through any other medium.
IV. THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, on pink paper, is the fourth major department. 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 section are the designation of tenant- owned homes and the listing of telephone numbers.
V. THE NUMERICAL TELEPHONE DIRECTORY, is the fifth major depart- ment, printed on blue paper.
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION, THE YELLOW PAGES
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Acme Finance Co
115
Air Flow Heating Co 4 and
93
Allen C A
left top lines and
142
Allen David G Contractor
161
Allen's Distributors
70
Allen's Moving Service .
back cover and
124
Antex Exterminating Co Inc
right side lines and
135 4
Auto Glass Co.
. left top lines and
34
B & W Garage
right side lines and
Ball Park Service Station
148
Barnhill Electric Co
55 4
Belk-Hensdale Co .
57
Blair Auto Co .
29
Blake Florist
65 142
Bland W M
Blanton & Brown Refrigeration Sales & Service.
.right side lines, 3 and
146
Bleecker Motor Sales Inc.
left side lines and 34
Blue Realty Co .
143
Boulevard Radio & T V Service
left top cards and
Bryan Pontiac-Cadillac Co Inc
Bryan-Smith Oil Co. bottom stencil, right side lines and
Bullard's Trailer Sales.
. right top cards and
Bullock Floor & Tile Co .
left side lines and
Burton's Barber Shop
left top cards and
Butler Nurseries.
. left side lines and
Campbell Paint Co.
right side lines, 40 and
Cape Fear Block Co .
right top lines and
Cape Fear Cabinet Shop
right top cards and
Cape Fear Distributing Co
right bottom cards and
Cape Fear Wood Preserving Co
Carolina Loan & Finance Co.
Carolina Mobile Home Co
Carolina Motors
left top cards and
Carolina Office Equipment Co right bottom lines and
Carolina Paper & Paper Products Co.
Carolina-Virginia Mortgage Co. right side lines, 123 and
Carson Beauty Shop.
.right side lines and
Charlie's Tire Service
City Insurance Agency Clinton Auto Sales.
Cohen & Green Salvage Co College Cleaners
Collier-Tart Furniture Inc .
side lines and
Combs R E Insurance Agency Commercial & Industrial Bank front cover and
Corder-Vossler Co.
right bottom lines and 10
Cross Creek Building & Loan Assn. . left top lines and
44
Cumberland Concrete Supply Inc . . left top cards and
51
Cumberland Dairy Division, Coble Dairy Products Cooperative Inc. . .
Cumberland Roofing & Sheet Metal Works . . back cover and 56
Currie Coal Co. right bottom lines and
back cover and 50
Davis Television Co
160
Dawkins Lumber Co
right top cards and
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Brown's Quality Cleaners .
159 58 7 72
Bailey Motor Co
left side lines and
Antique & Gift Center The
86 5 29
Barbeque Lodge .
Barnhill Heating & Air Conditioning Co
Burkhead-DeVane Printing Co Inc
Cape Fear Cleaners .
Certified Welders.
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Deaver's Superette .
DeVane-Hall Lumber Co Inc.
Dickinson Buick Co insert at Street Guide
Domestic Oil Co. . . left top lines and 73 Dugan's Radio Supply Co 60 Eddie's Car Lot . left side lines and 35 30 Edmac Truck Sales & Service Inc right bottom lines and 35
Exide Battery Service Station .
Faires Trailer Co .
Fayetteville-City of-Public Works Commission
back cover and
Fayetteville Drug Co
Fayetteville Gas Co
front and back lip margins, right side lines, 87 and
88
Fayetteville Industrial Finance Co right top lines and 116
Fayetteville Monument Works. right bottom cards and 123
Fayetteville Mutual Insurance Agency . . back
cover, right bottom lines, insert at Name in Alphabetical Section and Fayetteville Observer The. . right bottom lines
97
Fayetteville Office Supply Co right bottom lines and 130 140
Fayetteville Realty Service Inc
front cover, right side lines and
Fayetteville Rulane Gas Corp
left bottom lines and
Fayetteville State Teachers College.
Fayetteville Supply Co Inc . .
Fayetteville Trailer Repair Co left top cards and
Federal Services Finance Inc .
insert at Name in Alphabetical Section
Finch's Gulf Service Station
First-Citizens Bank & Trust Co
front cover, right top cards and
Fleishman Ed & Bros
Flower Mart.
Freddy's Upholstery Shop
French Pete Inc .
Godwin Realty Co insert at Name in Alphabetical Section Gregory's Superior Cleaners & Hatters Inc. right bottom lines and
Greyvan Lines Inc.
H & H Auto Parts & Repair
Haire Plumbing Co .
Harrill B F Furniture Co
Hatcher's Jewelry Store Inc .
right side lines and
Hatcher's Office Supply Inc
. front cover and
Haymont Realty .
left side lines and
Henebry's of Fayetteville Inc
Hercules Steel Co Inc .
left top cards and
Hertz Rent-A-Car System .
Highland Coal & Builders Supply Co
front stencil, A and
Highland Dairies
tabbed insert at Phones Numerically
Highland Furniture Co
, left bottom lines and
77 119 31
Hodges Esso Service.
left side lines and
61
Home Federal Savings & Loan Association
Horne G R Landscaping & Grading back cover, right side lines and
Hotel Prince Charles . left bottom lines and
Hubbard Construction Co insert at Name in Alphabetical Section
Huske B R & Son
Huske Hardware House left top lines and
Hyman Supply Co . left bottom lines and Imperial Enterprises
Independent Fuel & Service Corp
International Service Insurance Co
Jackson Mattress Co Inc .
left bottom lines and
Jessup Realty & Construction Co
Johnson Cotton Co Inc . left side lines, 63 and
78 51
Johnson's Atlantic Service left top cards and
11
Jones Garage.
36
K & F Drug Store
58
136 86 108 131 144 109 154 147 45
Highland Lumber Co. ribbon bookmark, right top lines and
Holmes Electric Inc .
151 89 94
106 91 96 2 38 103 121
Jernigan-Warren Funeral Home left top lines and 75 52
Johnson & Geddes . right side lines and
89 118
39 62 57
86 C 35
163
. left side lines and 36 41 48 right top cards and right top cards and 66 36 111 112 126 30
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Kimbrell's of Fayetteville, N C Inc. .left top lines and
King Hardware .
Koester's Garage & Parts Co
Koester's Pure Oil Service
Kyle Roofing Co .
right top lines and
Ladley's Esso Servicenter
LaFayette Oil Co .
75
Lee-Autry Motors Inc .
.right side lines, insert at Name in Alphabetical Section and . Liles Trailer Parks
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161
M & O Chevrolet Co
Mac's Towing Service .
McDonald & Whaley .
McLean Tom Agency Inc .
McLeod's Sinclair Service.
Melvin's Cleaners .
Mill End Store The .
Miller Tire Sales .
Monroe W McK Jr
Newberry Glenn Co.
Occidental Life Insurance Co.
Ormond's Laundry
Owen Village Gulf Service
Owens Florist .
Park Place Garage.
Parker House of Music
Parker Neon Co .
Phillips Loan Office.
Pittman R L Investments Inc
Player Realty & Construction Co
Powell & Co .
Prince Charles Hotel
Princess Beauty Salon .
Proctor-Barbour Co Inc
Purdie's .
Q & M Furniture Co
Quinn & Miller Co . left side lines and
R & W Auto Sales Co Inc right top lines and 19 33 Ralph's Motor Co. . left top lines and Rankin Claude W & Son right top lines and 101 54 Reeves C E & Sons. left side lines and Rich Plan of Fayetteville Inc The 71 Riggs R W Millwork Co right top cards and 122 Robertson Agency The. 105 Rogers & Breece 76 Safety Taxi Co. right top cards, 147 and 158 Scarborough S W & Son right top lines and Scruggs Super Market No 144 154 95 Sellers' Appliance Co . Shearer Texaco Service 34 Shields Venetian Blind & Awning Co 170 Shields Vincent Carpet Co 150 20 Smith Bros Chevrolet Co Inc right bottom lines and 165
Smith M M Storage Warehouse.
front cover, left side lines and
152
Smith W E Moving Co right side lines and
125
Snead's Heating Service . left side lines and
93 38
Southern Auto Finance Co right top llnes and
Southern Builders Inc . . left top cards and 53
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Lindsay Neill Insurance left bottom lines and 104 Livingstone Radio Service 139 M & M Truck & Tractor Co 64 front cover and 13 14 left top lines and Market Furniture Co Inc . 80 Markham Drug Co . right bottom lines and 58 McDaniel-Faircloth Florist front cover, right top lines and McDonald Lumber Co. left top cards and 67 120 54 right top cards and 104 152 McMillan-Shuler Oil Co Inc . front cover, left side lines, 15 and 74 16 McNair William S Garage .left top cards and 48 left side lines and 167 17 left bottom lines and 98 93 99 Norman Insurance Service . left top lines and 100 111 right top lines and . left top cards and right side lines and 33 68 .left side lines and 18 136 right top lines and Perkins Cleaning & Laundry right bottom lines and 153 48 left bottom lines and 134 132 backbone and 141 .back cover and .left bottom lines and 107 94 42 left side lines and 92 .left top lines and 81 82 83
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Standard Supply Co Inc The .
137
Stein Bros.
49
Sunney's Place
Sunnyside Floral Nursery
left bottom lines and
Swain Furniture Co . . back cover and
Swain-Powers Texaco Service
.left side lines and
Swain-Powers Trailer Court
left side lines and
Sycamore Dairy .
right side lines and
T & B Oldsmobile Inc.
top stencil and
Taylor D-K Oil Co .
Taylor M J Electrical Co
Taylor T D Insurance & Brokerage Agency
right top lines and
Teague-Smith Esso Servicenter .
left side lines and
Ted's Washerette
Thomas & Thomas Plumbing Co right bottom cards and
Thompson & Little Co . right top cards and
Thompson-McLean & Threat Realtors .right side lines and
301 Service Station . left top cards and
Tilley F L & Son .
Tilley's Body Shop
Tomlinson S W Co Inc
right top cards and
Trailertown . tabbed insert at Buyers' Guide
Tucker S A Esso Servicenter
Turlington Coal & Oil Co .
Tyndall's Jewelers
right side lines and
Verna's Tailor Shop .
Veteran's Hospital Esso Service
Vinson's U S Tire Service Inc .
W F A I Radio Station
Wallace Upholstering Co
Washburn Storage Co .
Weathers Bros Transfer Co of N C Inc.
West-Coats Nash Motors Inc.
Western Auto Associate Store .
left side lines and
Wheatley Motors Inc.
right side lines and
Whispering Pines .
right top cards and , left side lines and
White Swan Laundry Inc.
Williams Carlos Real Estate
Williamson Agency. right side lines and
Wooten Furniture Co Inc
Worth Business College . left top lines and 46
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157 6C 84 21 162 36 55 B Y 53 105 37 60 137 147 145 22 23 24 102 37 71 110 25 157 37
Vann Auto Sales Inc .
tabbed insert at Name in Alphabetical Section right bottom cards and 139 168 Z
right top cards and
166 26 27 28 128 113 145 106 85
Swanson Texaco Service
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HISTORIC FAYETTEVILLE
Fayetteville was settled on the banks of the Cape Fear River at the mouth of Cross Creek in 1739, by Scotsmen, who named the place Campbellton. About a mile from Campbellton on upper Cross Creek a grist mill was built in 1765. A village grew up around the mill, and the trading center which resulted was called Cross Creek. It was thus named because of a phenomenon of nature, two creeks crossing each other practically at right angles, the waters of one running under the waters of the other. The phenomenon later was destroyed by the build- ing of a dam and mill onone of the creeks. In 1778 Campbellton and Cross Creek were united. When the community was incorporated five years later, the town was named Fayetteville, thus becoming the first American settlement to be named in honor of the French General Marquis de Lafayette, who had been of such valuable service to the American Colonies during the Revolutionary War.
On June 20, 1775, more than a year before the Philadelphia Declaration of Independence, 39 Cumberland County patriots adopted resolutions of independ- ence and pledged themselves to the defense of American Liberty. These reso- lutions were written and signed first by Col. Robert Rowan. The resolutions became known as the Liberty Point Resolves, and the spot at which the patriots met is known to this day as Liberty Point, and it is suitably marked with a plaque bearing the names of the patriots.
The Fayetteville Independent Light Infantry is the second oldest military organization in America, organized in 1793. The first captain was Robert Adam, who died in 1801 and is buried in Cross Creek Cemetery. The F. I. L. I. was a member of the noted "Bethel Regiment, " taking part in the first battle of the War Between the States, June 10, 1861. Its members have taken part in every war which our country has been engaged.
A disastrous fire occurred in Fayetteville on May 29, 1831, destroying al- most the entire town. The loss has been estimated at from $1, 000, 000 to $1, - 500,000.
The center of Fayetteville's historic life, the State House, originally was built about 1780. The General Assembly met there in 1788, 1789, 1790 and 1793. There the Federal Constitution was adopted in 1789, and the charter was granted for the University of North Carolina, America's oldest state university. In that same year, land for the State of Tennessee was ceded by the General Assembly. The great fire of 1831 destroyed the building, and the present structure was erected about 1838. This also has been called the Town House or Town Hall. After the War Between the States, it came to be known as the Market House, because meat and produce were sold there under its Morrish arches.
The curfew bell in the old Market House has rung regularly for more than 100 years. It originated as a signal that all slaves must be in their quarters by 9 P. M. If found on the streets without a pass after the curfew, they were lodged in jail until released by their masters. Children were expected to be under the parental roof before the curfew rang. The Market House bell still rings the breakfast call at 7:30 each morning, the dinner bell at one o'clock, and the sun- set bell at exactly the sunset hour, besides sounding the curfew at nine o'clock.
The old Cool Spring is another historic spot of early Fayetteville. This spring supplied the inhabitants of part of the town with drinking water. On a marker placed there by the Colonial Dames of America is the old legend that whoever drank from this spring would always return. The Fayetteville Inde- pendent Light Infantry held their annual meetings there.
Overshadowing the spring is the Flora MacDonald Oak, where the Scottish heroine stood when she reviewed the Highlanders on the "march out" after they had set up their standard at the Town Square in Cross Creek early in 1776.
In 1838 the U. S. Arsenal was built on Haymount, the ground occupying forty acres. At the beginning of the War Between the States the Arsenal was captured
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by the Confederates, and here small arms were manufactured. It was completely destroyed by Sherman in March, 1865. One of the two markers there is built with some of the old foundation stones.
Fayetteville has the distinction of having two Confederate monuments. The one in Cross Creek Cemetery, erected Dec. 30, 1868, was the first in North Carolina, and one of the first in the South. The monument on the site of the old Court House on James Square was unveiled May 10, 1902.
Located here is the Confederate Woman's Home maintained by the State and the North Carolina Division, United Daughters of the Confederacy.
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