Hill's Forest City, Rutherfordton and Spindale (Rutherford County, N.C.) City Directory, including Alexander Mills and Ruth, N.C [1958], Part 1

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Hovis-Crowe Funeral Home, Inc. INSURANCE $100 TO $1000 412 MARYLAND AVE., SPINDALE TEL. MElrone 1-3176


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HILL'S FOREST CITY, RUTHERFORDTON AND SPINDALE (RUTHERFORD COUNTY, N. C.)


CITY DIRECTORY


1958


Including Alexander Mills, N. C., and Ruth, N. C.


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, a Directory of Rural Routes and Much Infor- mation of a Miscellaneous Character; also the YELLOW PAGES With a Special ADVERTISING SECTION and a Complete CLASSIFIED LIST


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INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX


HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc publishers of Southeastern Directories presents to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1958 edition of the Forest City, Rutherfordton and Spindale City Directory, which also includes Alexander Mills, N. C., Ruth, N. C., and the rural routes emanating from the Forest City and Rutherfordton Post Offices.


This is the first Hill Directory of Forest City, Rutherford- ton and Spindale, and is completely standardized according to the policies and practices of the Association of North American Directory Publishers.


Confidence in the growth of Forest City, Rutherfordton and Spindale's industry, population and wealth, and in the ad- vancement of its civic and social activities, will be main- tained as sections of this Directory are consulted, for thte Di- rectory is a mirror truly reflecting Forest City, Rutherfordton and Spindale 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 labor will meet with the approval of every user, and that the Forest City, Rutherfordton and Spin- dale Directory will fulfill its mission as a source of authentic information pertaining to the community.


Five Major Departments


The five major departments are arranged in the following order :-


I. THE YELLOW PAGES constitute the first major de- partment of the Directory. This embraces a complete list of the names and addresses of the business and professional con- cerns of Forest City, Rutherfordton and Spindale, arranged in alphabetical order under appropriate headings - a catalog of all the activities of Forest City, Rutherfordton and Spindale. Preceeding 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 progressive communities like Forest City, Rutherfordton and Spindale the necessity of having this kind of information up-to-date and always im- mediately available, is obvious. The Directory is the common intermediary between buyers and sellers, and plays an im- portant role in the daily activities of the commercial, industrial and professional world.


II. THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents


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and business and professional concerns is the second major de- partment, printed on white paper. This is the only record in existence that aims to show the name, marital status, occupa- tion and address of each adult resident of Forest City, Ruther- fordton, Spindale, Alexander Mills, N. C., and Ruth, N. C., and the name, official personnel, nature and address of each firm and corporation in the community.


HII. THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUD- ING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, is the third major de- partment, 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 resi- dences and businss 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.


IV. THE NUMERICAL TELEPHONE DIRECTORY, on blue paper, is the fourth major department.


V. THE RURAL ROUTES DIRECTORY is the fifth major department, printed on white paper, showing a section for For- est City followed by a separate section for Rutherfordton.


Community Publicity


The Directory reflects the achievements and ambitions of the community, depicting in unbiased terms what it has to offer as a place of residence, as a business location, as a manufactur- ing site and as an educational center. To broadcast this informa- tion, the publishers have placed copies of this issue of the Di- rectory in Directory Libraries, where they are readily avail- able for free public reference, and serve as perpetual and re- liable advertisements of Forest City, Rutherfordton, Spindale and vicinity. There are more than 700 of these Directory Li- braries, installed and maintained in the chief cities of the U. S. and Canada through the courtesy of the Association of North American Directory Publishers, under whose supervision the . system is operated.


The publishers appreciatively acknowledge the recognition by those progressive business and professional men who have demonstrated their confidence in the City Directory as an ad- vertising medium, with assurance that it will bring a com- mensurate return.


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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


PAGE NUMBERS LISTED BELOW REFER TO THE YELLOW PAGES


A & G Construction Co. right top lines and 36


A & M Press. right side lines and 109


A & M Press Office Supplies


right side lines and 105


Atlas Finance Corp.


left bottom lines and


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Augustin Insurance Agency


right side lines and


97


Belk's Department Store


B Blackwell Funeral Home left center lines and 72 Blue Ridge Products Co. right bottom lines, 2 and 67 Broadway Cleaners & Laundry


left and right center lines, 52 and 98


C & S Furniture Co


front cover, right top lines, 2 and


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Callahan Transfer right side lines and 86 Campbell & Withrow Distributor


back lip margin, right side lines, Z, 44 and 45


Carolina Coal Co. back cover, left side lines, 28 and 29 Carolina Motor Co. right side lines and 123 Carpenter R E & Co


front stencil, left and right bottom lines, 40 and 41


Carson Furniture & Appliance Co


back cover, left side lines, 74 and 75 Citizens Federal Savings & Loan Assn 115 Citizens Mfg Co front cover, left top lines, 23 and 101


City Cab Co. right bottom lines and 117


City Radio & Jewelry Co. left side lines and 97


Cline-Moore Auto Sales front cover, right top lines, 4 and 122 Coca-Cola Bottling Co of Asheville right side lines and 19


Cohen's Department Store


right center lines and 48


Collins Department Store right bottom lines and '46


Concrete Supply Co ...... back cover, right bottom lines, 33 and Cone Mills Corp-Florence Plant 120


Cook L C Chevrolet Inc ...... back cover, right top lines, 6 and 7


County Supply Co


right bottom lines and 58


Davis J W Co Inc. left side lines and 21


Davis Sisters left center lines and 25 Deviney Oil Service


back cover, left and right bottom lines, 68 and 106 Doncaster Collar & Shirt Co 102


Dorsey R Douglas Agency. left bottom lines and 87


Dorsey W P Insurance Agency left side lines and 88 Duke Power Co right side lines, Y and 55 Edwards Furniture Co


tabbed Insert at name in Alphabetical Section and 76 Ellis Cycle & Repair Shop. left center lines and 18


Family Loan & Finance Co Inc. left side lines, 60 and 100 First Federal Savings & Loan Association of Forest City ribbon book mark, left bottom lines, 112 and 113


Flack I K Jr General Contractor. left center lines and 37


Forest City Courier The.


right side lines and 105


Forest City Finance Co Inc. 60


Forest City Pharmacy Inc 52


Gilbert's Cabinet Shop left center lines and 24


Gilliam's Flowers back cover, left top lines and 62 Gilliam's Florists and Flower Market


back cover, left side lines and 64


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Green Acre Farms. right center lines and 66 57 Gulf Oil Corp


Hamrick J Austin Insurance & Real Estate


right bottom lines, 96 and 110 Harrill G B Agency Inc ...... front cover, left side lines, 90 and 91 Hill Clark Co. right side lines and 118


Hill Directory Co Inc


49


Hill Tractor & Implement Co. right center lines and 56 Hill's Hardware Co Inc


top stencil, left and right bottom lines, 83 and 107 Hovis-Crowe Funeral Home Inc


front cover, left top lines and 70


Howard & Kinzie Insurance Agency. left side lines and 92


Industrial Discount Corp.


Justice B N Concrete Contractor right side lines and 61


right center lines and 35


Justice Radio & TV Service


118


Keeter Hardwarc & Furniture Co right side lines, 80 and Keeter Mortuary left top lines and 84 71 Lenoir Finance Co 12 Logan Hardware Co 84 99 8


M & J Finance Corp .. .back cover, left bottom lines, 11 and M & S Tirc Service. right center lines and


Mack's Flowers


front cover, right top lines and


63


Man's Store The. left center lines and


26 110


Martin J Edlcy Real Estate


Martin Sheet Metal Shop left bottom lines and 116


Matheny Hardware & Furniture Co ... .right side lines, 80 and 85


McArthur's Tin Shop left center lines and 38 77 78 McBrayer R B Furniture Co ...... left and right center lines and McDuffie Furniture Co. right center lines and


McKcithan Body Shop .left center lines and 10


Mizc Sam F Memorials Inc. right bottom lines and 104


Morgan-Neely Furniture Co. right side lines and


81


Morrow Rupert J Used Cars. right center lines and Nanney Coal Co


10 31


Newman Sheet Metal Works. right side lines and 42


Norville Concrete Products Co right center lines and 34


Padgett & King Funeral Home left bottom lines and 72


Padgett & King Furniture Co left bottom lines and 81


Parton Realty and Insurance. right side lines and


93


Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co.


right side lines and


20


Reid V L Jewcler


left side lines and 97 Reliable Cleaners & Laundry


Insert at name in Alphabetical Section and 53


Ron & Eddy's Restaurant. left center


lines tabbed Insert at name in Alphabetical Section and 111 Royster R H Distributor 66 Rutherford County Memorial Cemetery Park


right center lines and 103


Rutherford County News Co The right side lines and 108 Rutherford Electric Membership Corp ...... right side lines and 54


Rutherfordton Chamber of Commerce. B Security Bank & Trust Co


front cover, Left side lines, 14 and 15 Smith's Drug Store Inc ...... back cover, left top lines, 50 and 51 Snyder Furniture Co right side lines and 79 Sparks Lumber & Supply Co Inc. left top lines and 22 Spindale Finance Corp 59 Spindale Florists right side lines and 66


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Spindale Savings & Loan Assn front lip margin, left side lines, A and 114


Spindale Tire Service right bottom lines and 121 Stamey's left side lines and 47


Suburban Rulane Gas Co of NC. right side lines and 82 103


Sunset Memorial Park Inc.


Superior Coals Inc. right side lines and 102 30


Tanner of N C.


Thompson Oil Co left center lines and 69


Town & Country Men's Wear right side lines and


26 Underwood Neilan Radio & Television Service


right center lines and 119


Union Trust Co backbone, left side lines. 16 and 17


Vickery Farm Center


right center lines and 58


W BBO right side lines and 109


W N C Wholesale Florists.


front cover, right top lines and 65


Wakefield's Flower Shop right side lines and 61


27 Waldrop's Men's and Boys' Wear left center lines and Walker E L Insurance ...... bottom stencil, left side lines, 94 and 95 Watkins Charles Used Car Exchange


right center lines and 9


Western Auto Associate Store


front cover, left top lines, 3 and 13


Willis Pure Oil Station left center lines and 115


96 Wilson B D Insurance & Real Estate


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FOREST CITY


WHERE MAN AND NATURE COMBINE TO FORM ONE OF "THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CITIES"


(Courtesy of Forest City Chamber of Commerce)


General Review


CHARTERED-Forest City was first chartered as Burnt Chimney and ratified the 27th day of February A. D. 1877. On March 7, 1887 the General Assembly amended the Charter and the name was changed to Forest City. Forest City has the Mayor-Council form of government.


LOCATION-Forest City is situated in the Southwestern Piedmont section of North Carolina, 55 miles Southeast of Asheville, N. C. and 63 miles Northwest of Charlotte, N. C. Situated at the foot of the Blue Ridge and Black Mountains, thus the City is protected from the extreme temperature of the winter and summer by the mountain peaks, that rise thous- ands of feet in height. Forest City enjoys a year-round climate that is unexcelled anywhere with mild winter and summer seas- ons providing adequate rainfall and an average temperature of 60.0 degrees. The mountains breezes from the Northwest pro- vide Forest City with cool summer nights.


AREA: 4 square miles.


ALTITUDE: 860 feet above sea level.


PARKS: 2, with total acreage of 49.


POPULATION: United States census 1950 gave Forest City a population of 4,971. The 1958 estimated population is 6,500.


ASSESSED VALUATION: City $5,730,000. County $44,294,- 511.


TAX RATE: City Rate, $1.20 per $100.00; County Rate, $1.95 per $100.00. Rutherford County is in the process of a property tax revaluation program which will offer an attractive county tax rate and also provide a sound system for future valuation and a sound county government.


BONDED INDEBTEDNESS: City, $552,000.


BANKS: Two State Banks and one Building and Loan Association.


POSTAL RECEIPTS: $58,384.21 (1957).


RADIO STATION: Radio Station WBBO is locally owned and operating on 1,000 Watts day and 1,500 watts night. This station is an independent station.


NEWSPAPER: Forest City Courier. Bi-weekly, with paid circulation of 4,200.


HOTEL: Hotel Blanton, with 24 rooms; 1 Motel with 31 rooms.


TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH: Telephone service by Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co. Telegraph serv- ice by Western Union. 1,682 telephones in service.


CHURCHES: 8 White, 3 Colored, representing six denom- inations.


SCHOOLS: Forest City has a nine months school term and twelve grades with a high school and elementary school for the white children and an elementary school for the colored.


RUTHERFORD COUNTY LIBRARY: Forest City Library is a branch of the Rutherford County Library which was estab- lished in 1926. The Rutherford County Library has four branches and a bookmobile with a book collection of 32,000


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volumes of which 7,500 are located in the Forest City Library. The Forest City Library is located above the City Hall and has adequate facilities.


AIRPORTS: Forest City has no air line facilities but is located only a 1-hour drive from the Douglas Airport in Char- lotte, 30-minute drive to Spartanburg, and one hour drive to the Asheville Airport, all which provide excellent service.


POWER: The Town of Forest City buys it's power from the Duke Power Co. for its residents. The Duke Power Company and Rutherford Electric Membership Corporation serves the remaining area of Rutherford County.


NATURAL GAS: Natural Gas is available in Forest City through the Public Service Company of North Carolina.


TRANSPORTATION: Forest City is served daily by three railroads, Southern Railway, Clinchfield Railroad, and Sea- board Air Lines Railway, providing fast and economical freight service to all points. Approximately twenty motor express companies provide quick, dependable through freight and pick- up service. The Queen City Coach Company and Carolina Scenic Bus Lines operates a number of buses daily. Local transpor- tation is provided by the Rutherford County Transit Co. and a number of taxi companies.


WATER SUPPLY: Forest City draws its water supply from the mountain streams and Second Broad River and has un- limited source of high grade water. A new purfication plant was built in 1951 at a cost of $600,000 and has a capacity of over two million gallons daily and can easily be converted to a four million gallon daily supply.


LABOR SUPPLY. The labor surplus is Forest City and Rutherford County is abundant and easily adaptable to dif- ferent trade and skills.


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MARKETS: Forest City is located in a low-living cost and low-production cost region and within striking distance of the main harbors, ports and large consumer markets.


TRADE AND COMMERCE: The 1957 census of the North Carolina Employment Security Commission shows a population of 65,000 within a twenty mile radius of the business district of Forest City. Over 90 percent of this population is native white which offers an unusual opportunity for the retail and whole- sale merchants.


INDUSTRY: Industry located in Forest City and Ruther- ford County is principally textile but other important types are: agriculture, dairies, meat packing and processing, lumber and building materials, dyeing and finishing plants, etc.


RECREATION: Forest City has a summer recreation pro- gram which includes baseball, softball, tennis, two swimming pools, athletic fields and 9 hole golf course, which with our cli- mate affords year-round recreational opportunities.




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