Hill's Fayetteville (Cumberland County, N.C.) City Directory [1959], Part 1

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Publication date: 1959
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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.


Community Publicity


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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.


The Fayetteville Out-of-Town City Directory Library


Through the courtesy of the publishers of the Fayetteville City Directory, a Directory Library is maintained in the offices of the Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce, for free reference by the general public. This is one of more than 700 Directory Libraries installed in the chief cities of the U. S. and Canada by members of the North American Directory Publishers, under whose supervision the system is operated.


The publishers appreciatively acknowledge the recognition by those progres- sive business and professional men who have demonstrated their confidence in the City Directory as anadvertising medium, with assurance that it will bring a commensurate return.


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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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. back cover and 52 40


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


43 151 23 152 48 44 55 51 140 23 64 149 5


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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


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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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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


(Courtesy Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce)


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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