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HILL'S FAYETTEVILLE ( CUMBERLAND COUNTY,N. C. )
CITY DIRECTORY 1959
Including BONNIE DOONE, DRAKE PARK, EAST FAYETTEVILLE, HONEYCUTT, LAKEDALE, LAFAYETTE VILLAGE, MASSEY HILL and MYRTLE HILL
Containing an Alphabetical Directory of Business Concerns and Private Citizens, a Directory of Householders, Occupants of Office Buildings and Other Busi- ness Places, Including a Complete Street and Avenue Guide, a Numerical Telephone Directory and much Information of a Miscellaneous Character; also the
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INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX
HILL DIRECTORY CO. Inc., publishers of Southeastern Directories (publish- ers of the Fayetteville City Directory since 1906), present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1959 edition of the Fayetteville City Directory, which also includes Bonnie Doone, Drake Park, East Fayetteville, Honeycutt, Lakedale, La- fayette Village, 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 sec - tions 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 re - sult 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 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 advertising 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 Fayetteville, 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, 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 Fayetteville, Bonnie Doone, Drake Park, East Fayetteville, Honeycutt, Lakedale, Lafayette Village, Massey Hill and Myrtle Hill, 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 alphabeticalorder; the numbers of the residences and business concerns are arranged in numericalorder 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.
IV. THE NUMERICAL TELEPHONE DIRECTORY, on blue paper, is the fourth major department.
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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 the Directory in Directory Libraries, where they are readily available for free public reference, and serve as perpetualand reliable advertisements of Fayette- ville and vicinity.
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
PAGE NUMBERS LISTED BELOW REFER TO THE YELLOW PAGES
Page
Air Flow Heating & Air Conditioning Co 3 and
85
Allen C A . .
left bottom cards and 138
Allen's Moving Service
back cover and 118
Antex Exterminating Co Inc
. left side lines and
Appliance Sales & Service
left side lines, C and
Art's Motorcycle Shop Atkinson B R .
left top cards and
Atlantic Enterprises Inc
X, 120, 137 and
Auto Electric Service
Bailey's House of Beef
Tabbed Insert at Street Guide and
Barnhill Inc .
right bottom lines, 2 and
Baxley Construction Co
ribbon book mark, right side lines and
Belk-Hensdale Co
right top cards and
Belle Dairies Inc .
right side lines and
Blackwell G Real Estate
right side lines and
Blair Auto Company Inc
Blake Florist
Bland W M
Bleecker Motor Sales Inc left top cards and
Bloodworth's Texaco Service . left side lines and 6
Boulevard Radio & T V Service left bottom cards and Bragg Moving & Storage Inc . left and right side lines and 158 166 133 Bramble Lenox H Plumbing & Heating Co Inc . .right top cards and Branch Banking & Trust Co left bottom cards and Brewington Hob 28 47 141 Broadell Homes Inc right side lines and Broadwell Construction Co back cover, Y and Bryan Pontiac-Cadillac Co right top cards and 142 7 67 Bryan-Smith Oil Co . Bullard Wholesale Co 74
right side lines and . right side lines and
Butler Nurseries
left bottom lines and 122
Cape Fear Cabinet Shop
right bottom cards and
Cape Fear Construction Co Inc .
right side lines and
Cape Fear Distributing Co .
Cape Fear Supply Co
Cape Fear Wood Preserving Co
front cover, left side lines and
Carolina Mobile Home Co . .
Carolina Paper & Paper Products Co
City Insurance Agency
Clayton Chemical Co Inc
Cobb Paving Co .
Collier-Tart Furniture Inc .
left and right side lines and
Commercial & Industrial Bank
Concrete Inc
Conner Leon .left bottom cards and
Cooper's Body Shop
right side lines and 24
Corder-Vossler Co front cover, right bottom lines and 8
Cross Creek Building & Loan Assn .
left top lines and 32
Cumberland Dairy Division Coble Dairy Products Cooperative Inc .
Currie Coal Co Inc .
back cover and
Dickinson Buick Co
Domestic Oil Co . Dugan's T V & Appliance Co Inc .
left side lines and
Eaton William M .
right top cards and
Edmac Truck Sales & Service Inc
left top cards and
Ellerbe H Frank Insurance Agency .
left top lines and
Faires Trailer Co .
. left and right top lines and 164
Fayetteville Baby Laundry
55
Fayetteville Building and Loan Association
33
Fayetteville Drug Co .
57
Fayetteville Observer The
right bottom lines and 121
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right bottom lines and left top lines and 9 68 160
49 10 86 90
Edwards D P Home Improvements
right bottom cards and 57 112 right bottom lines and 171 163 .38 and 129 100 103 right side lines and right top cards and 50 75 29 A 127
117 45
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Fayetteville Realty Service Inc . .left side lines and 143
Fayetteville State Teachers College right side lines and 41
25
Fayetteville Wholesale Building Supply Inc .
front lip margin,
left side lines and 34
Felton Flora Insurance Agency
left side lines and 89
Fields & Howie Trucking Co
right top cards and 46
First-Citizens Bank & Trust Co
front cover, right top cards and 30
First National Life Insurance Co
back cover, right top lines and
91 38
General Tire Service Co
Godwin Realty Co .
Government Employees Finance Co
Gregory's Superior Cleaners & Hatters Inc
lines and
109
Greyvan Lines Inc
left bottom cards and
132
Happy Home Beagles
left side lines and
108
Hatcher's Jewelry Store Inc
front cover and
104
Hatcher's Office Supply
front cover and
Haymore Style Shop Inc
left top cards and
125 39 26
Haymount Realty
Henebry's of Fayetteville Inc
left bottom cards and
156
Highland Coal & Builders Supply Co
front stencil, left top
Highland Dairies . Tabbed Insert at beginning of Alphabetical Section and
53
Highland Gas Co .
front stencil, left top lines and
35
Highland Insurance Agency
. left bottom cards and
92
Highland Lumber Co
front cover, right top lines and
113
Hill Directory Co Inc
Hodges Esso Service left top lines and
11
Hollingsworth Glass Co
right side lines and 83
Holmes Electric Inc .
right bottom cards and
60
Home Federal Savings & Loan Association
back cover, right side
155
Horne's Jewelers right bottom cards and
106
Hotel Prince Charles The left bottom lines and 87
Hubbard Realty & Construction Co
Insert at Name in
87
Hotel Prince Charles The .
back lip margin, X and
137
Houghton House Restaurant
Insert at Name in
144
Hyman Supply Co left bottom lines and
88
Ideal Brick Co .
International Service Insurance Co
right bottom cards and
72
Jessup Realty & Construction Co
right bottom cards and
145
Johnson Cotton Co Inc .
left side lines, 36 and
73
Kinsey Body Shop
right bottom cards and 154
37
LaFayette Cemetery Park Corp
left side lines and
69
Lesco Homes
left bottom lines, 99 and
150
M & O Chevrolet Co front cover, right top lines and
. left top lines and
14
Machine & Welding Co
left and right top cards, 115 and
169
Market Furniture Co Inc
, left side lines and
76
Markham Drug Co
right bottom lines and
101
Master Exterminators The
left bottom cards and
110
McDonald Lumber Co.
. left top cards and
111
McDonald Motor Co
left side lines and
24
Mc Lean Tom Agency Inc
right bottom lines and
93
McMillan-Shuler Oil Co Inc .
left side lines and
70
McMillan's Furniture Store Inc
left side lines and
77
Medlin Alton B Tile Contractor
right side lines and
162 63
Medlin's Distributors
left side lines and 12
Kyle Roofing Co
La Fayette Oil Co
right bottom cards and 139
Lindsay Neill Insurance
13
Mac's Towing Service
58
Martin Stuart Interior Decorators
left side lines and
132
Hubbard Realty & Construction Co
Alphabetical Section and
31
26
Jernigan-Warren Funeral Home
left bottom lines and
105
Hercules Steel Co Inc .
lines and 35
120
Haire Plumbing Co
left and right bottom
26
Fleishman Ed & Bros Inc
151 and 162 149
Fayetteville Supply Co Inc
Mayflower Laundry & Dry Cleaners Inc
lines and
56
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Merritt-Holland Gas Co .
right bottom lines and 81
Merritt-Holland Welding Supplies Inc
170
Mill End Store The right side lines and 62
Miller Tire Sales right bottom cards and 16
Mutual of Omaha left side lines and 94 95 Norman Insurance Service Inc back cover, left top lines and 168
Odom's Upholstery Shop
Ormond's Inc
111
Owen's Florist
65
Park Place Garage Parnell Construction Co
right top lines and
Person Carlton
Phillips Loan Office left bottom lines and
Pittman Grace Building
Pittman R L Investments Inc
Player-Barrett Co
back cover and
Powell & Co Inc
Prince Charles Hotel The
left bottom lines and
Purdie's
Q & M Furniture Co
Quinn & Miller Co .
R & W Auto Sales Co Inc
Ralph's Motor Co
Rankin Claude W & Son
Ready Mix Concrete Co
front cover, right top cards and
Riggs R W Millwork .
Robertson-Squires Agency The
Rogers & Breece
Royal Heating & Air Conditioning left side lines, 3 d
Scruggs Super Market No 2
left and right top cards and
Smith M M Storage Warehouse
Smith Realty Co .
Smith W E Moving Co
Southern Auto Finance Co right top lines and
Sox Electric Co . . top stencil, right side lines and
Standard Insulation Co
Standard Well & Pump Co
Star Cleaners & Laundry
Stein Bros
Stewart Oldsmobile Inc
left bottom lines, B and
Sunnyside Floral Nursery
left bottom lines and
Sycamore Dairy
left top cards and
Taylor D K Oil Co
Taylor T D Insurance & Brokerage Agency
back cover, right top
Television Center Inc
right side lines and 159
Thompson-Mc Lean Inc
backbone, right bottom lines and 148
301 Truck Stop Inc .
Tidewater Natural Gas Co right side lines, 80 and
Tomlinson S W Co Inc . . left top cards and
Trailways Novelty Shop
Trailways Restaurant
2
84
W F A I Radio Station
right bottom cards and
136
Walker Electric Supply Co
. right bottom lines and
27
Walker Glass & Mirror Co
right bottom lines and 84 Z 134
Watts Plumbing Co right bottom cards and
Weathers Bros Transfer Co of N C Inc.
right top cards and 168
Western Auto Associate Store left side lines and
20
Wheatley Motors Inc .
21
Wheeler Alignment & Brake Service
bottom stencil, left
. top cards and 22
Whispering Pines
left and right bottom cards and
123
Williams Office Equipment Co
126
Williams Printing Co
135
Williamson Agency Inc
100
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17 146 48 130 124 124 147 102 87
left and right top lines and left side lines and 78 79 left side lines and 79 left bottom lines and 26A 165 left top lines, 25 and . right top lines and 96 42 right top cards and 116 99 73 · 85 157 153 left top cards and 167 , left top cards and 150 119 27 61 89 170
right side lines and 59 39 18 66
54 71
left bottom cards and 19 82 98 120 151
Turlington Coal & Oil Co
d Tyndall's Jewelers
107
Washburn Storage Co
.lines and 97
Smith Charles Roofing Co .
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Wilson-Barbour Lumber Co left and right bottom cards and 114 Wilson Vance E . 128 Young J R Construction Co
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FAYETTEVILLE
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HISTORIC FAYETTEVILLE
Fayetteville was settled onthe 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 uparound 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 building of a dam and millon one 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 serv - ice 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 independence and pledged themselves to the defense of American Liberty. These resolutions 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 bear- ing the names of the patriots.
The Fayetteville Independent Light Infantry is the second oldest military or- ganization in America, organized in 1793. The first captain was Robert Adam, who died in 1801 andis 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 in which our country has been engaged.
A disastrous fire occured in Fayetteville on May 29, 1831, destroying almost 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, be - cause meat and produce were sold there under its Moorish arches.
The curfew bell in the old Market House has rung regularly for more than 100 years. It originated as a signalthat 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 untilreleased bytheir masters. Children were expected to be under the parental roof before the curfew rang. The Market House bell still rings each hour.
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 Independent 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 by the Confederates, and here smallarms 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,
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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.
First Presbyterian Church
Noted for its churches and church life, Fayetteville and vicinity proudly claim a number of the oldest Presbyterian churches of North Carolina. The First Pres- byterian Church, on Bow Street, was founded in 1755 and organized in 1800. The originaledifice was burned in the fire of 1831. Its foundation and walls were used for the present structure, which was built and dedicated in 1832.
Three early Presbyterian churches-Longstreet, Bluff and Barbecue -- are the oldest in the upper Cape Fear Country. They were organized Oct. 18, 1758, by the Rev. James Campbell, native of Scotland, who is buried on the east side of the Cape Fear River.
St. John's Episcopal Church was organized April 8, 1817, with the Rev. Bethel Judd, D. D. , as the first rector. In June of that same year the foundations of the building were laid by the Masonic Order, and the church was dedicated in April, 1819. This first structure was burned in 1831. The present church was soon re- built on the old foundations.
Many other outstanding historic spots in and around Fayetteville will appeal to visitors, as well as numerous sites of modern progress. Myrtle Hill, on which the Veterans' Hospital is located, once was the estate of Judge Robert Strange. Remnants of the old Confederate breastworks thrown up during the War Between the States are still visible on the grounds, and also a part of the old canal running along the Cape Fear River.
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