Hill's Goldsboro City Directory [1954], Part 1

Author: Hill Directory Company.
Publication date: 1954
Publisher: Hill Directory Company.
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106 N. JOHN ST. REAL ESTATE - INSURANCE - LOANS PHONE 356


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REALTORS


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RESOURCES OVER $120,000,000.00


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a Finer. Carolina


Carolina Power & Light Company is proud of the part it has played in the sound development of North Carolina's resources. Businessmen and homemakers are assured that our generating ca- pacity will stay ahead of their future needs for electric power.


The Goldsboro Steam Electric Plant with an installed capacity of 200,000 horsepower is typical of our new generating plants which help to keep our more than 350,000 customers supplied with dependable electric service.


Electricity is cheap and plentiful, so use it whenever you can to build a better life, a better Goldsboro and a Finer Carolina.


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HILL DIRECTORY . CO.'S


HILL'S GOLDSBORO (WAYNE COUNTY, N. C.)


CITY DIRECTORY 1954


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 Directory and Much Information of a Miscellaneous Character; also a


BUYERS' GUIDE


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Copyright, 1954, by Hill Directory Co., Inc.


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PUBLISHERS NOTE


The information in this Directory is gathered by an actual canvass and is compiled in a way to insure maximum accuracy.


The publishers cannot and do not guarantee the cor- rectness of all information furnished them nor the complete absence of errors or omissions, hence no responsibility for same can be or is assumed.


The publishers earnestly request the bringing to their attention of any inaccuracy so that it may be corrected in the next edition of the directory.


HILL DIRECTORY CO., INC., Publishers


INDEX TO ADVERTISERS PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION


Page


Andrews Melvin B


right side lines and 63


Atlantic Building Block Co


right side lines and 29


Aycock Oil Co


49 and 81 67


Bain George E & Co


left bottom lines, 3 and


Bank of Wayne The


back cover, 14 and


15 18


Barnes-Harrell-Rawlings Co


right side lines and


10


Beamon's Lectro-Lab right top lines and


87


Bell-Askins Plumbing & Heating Co ... left bottom lines and


Berney's Loan Co


Borden Brick & Tile Co ...... .....


.top stencil, left top lines and


Bowden J Jack


Branch Banking & Trust Co


front cover, left top lines, 16 and 17


Broome Motor Co


left top lines and 10


Bryan Oil Co right top lines, 50 and


81


Builders Supplies Co front cover, right side lines and 21 Caison J A Roofing & Sheet Metal Works


left side lines and 93 C


Carolina Power & Light Co


Casey's Laundry & Cleaners front cover, B and


Cobb Motor Co


left side lines and


Community Motors Corp


Cotton Motor Co


Crawford John W Inc left top lines and


Crawford-Norwood Co Inc front cover and


Creech's Inc right top lines and


56


Crumpler Secretarial School right top lines and 95


Denning Insurance and Realty Co.


Dewey Bros Inc


left bottom lines, 68 and 90 98 25


Dickerson Rome L right bottom lines and


Dillon-Bell Implement Co left side lines and 46


Dillon Supply Co right side lines and 78 43 Dixie Electric Motor Service left bottom lines and Dumas-Giddens Oil Co Inc left bottom lines, 50 and 82 Eastern Carolina Broadcasting Co 89 Eastern Distributors Inc 101 5 Edgerton J M & Son Inc Elmore's Radio Service left bottom lines and 87 Y Firestone Stores 11 Fisher Tire Co 47 Flowers By Thompson Futrelle Taxi front cover, left side lines and Gardner's Dairy Products 99 34 Garris Jewelers left bottom lines and 71 Gibson's Drug Store Giddens Jewelry Store front cover and 40 72 22


Goldsboro Builders Supply Co Inc left side lines and


Goldsboro Building & Loan Assn left top lines and Goldsboro Chamber of Commerce and Merchants Assn Inc Goldsboro Ice Delivery Co


20 X


right side lines and Goldsboro Iron & Metal Co


28 70


76 4


13 11 67 90


Battery & Electric Service left top lines and


85 84 19 49


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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


Page


Goldsboro Nursery left top lines and 80


Goldsboro Office Supply Co left side lines and 80


Goodyear Service Stores right bottom lines and 12


Griffin A T Manufacturing Co left top lines and 23


Griffin W H & Son right bottom lines and


51


Haire P H Refrigeration Service right side lines and 92


Hamilton's Funeral Home left bottom lines and 54 2


Harrell Co right top lines and


Harris Auto Body Service


back cover, right bottom lines and right top lines and


Hart Kirby T


Hawkins Albert T


Holland Hardware Co left side lines and


Hollowell Seth B Oil Co left side lines, 52 and


Hughes Radio Labs left bottom lines and


Isaacs Sol-Geo Casteen Co Inc left top lines and


Jackson Drug Co


Jackson Refrigeration Service left side lines and


Jackson Trucking Co right bottom lines and


Jeffreys & Sons Seed Store right top lines and 95


Johnson Cotton Co of Goldsboro Inc


right bottom lines, 57 and


Johnson-Sherman Co


Joseph's Neil Shop left top lines and 75


Lancaster Charlie H right bottom lines and 79


Leder Bros Inc left bottom lines and


Little River Oil Co right side lines, 52 and


Live Wire Electric Co right top lines and


Loving T A & Co


Lowrimore W Paul & Son


32


Moore & James Roofing & Sheet Metal Work


94 and 96


Moye Henry L


28


Mutual Insurance Co of New York The


right bottom lines and 69


North Carolina Consolidated Hide Co Inc


right side lines and 62


O'Berry and Lewis Inc back cover, right top lines and 65


Odom Motor Co Parker George A left side lines and 7 44 8 left top lines and


Pate-Dawson Motor Co Inc left side lines and


Penney J C Co Inc right bottom lines and


38 Phillips Appliance & Auto Supply right top lines and Prince Tire Co 45 12 43 Quality Cleaners right bottom lines and 89 42 Radio Station WGBR Rainbow Cleaners & Laundry Inc front stencil and 39 Rainbow Diaper Service 85 Reeves Plumbing Co left side lines and 74 Richard's Jewelers Inc right top lines and Roberts Appliance Co right bottom lines and 45 Robinson's Drug Store left bottom lines and 41 73 Rogers Inc left top lines and Rose W P Supply Co Inc left side lines and Rouse R N & Co back cover, left bottom lines and 24 30 26 St Mary's Catholic Church Sears, Roebuck and Co right side lines and 36 Security Loan Corp 77 9 Service Garage back cover, right side lines and


Seymour Funeral Home Inc


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6 64 51 60 82 86 56 40 92 79


61 46


38 83 44 Z


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Shaver Battery & Parts Co Inc


Page 13


Shaver Maynard A right bottom lines and 69


Sherwin-Williams Co The right side lines and 84


Shumate Funeral Home right top lines and 55 Smith Hardware Co left bottom lines and 61 27


Smith & Pelt


Southerland Furniture Co right top lines and


Southern Radio & Television Corp


Spence Studio of Art


Spence-Williams Florist


right side lines and


Superweld of Goldsboro


right bottom lines and


Sutton Ronald L


Sutton's Gas & Appliance Co


right bottom lines and left top lines and 68 58 91 31


Taylor E F Co left side lines and


Thompson-Wooten Oil Co Inc


left side lines, 53 and 83


Town & Country Gas Co Inc


back cover, left bottom lines and


Troutman Elwyn N


33


Vinson's Drug Store right top lines and


WFMC Radio Broadcasting Station


Wayco Corp


back cover, left top lines and


Wayne Dairy backbone, right bottom lines and


35


Wayne Realty & Insurance Co Inc front cover, 70 and 91


Wayne Roofing & Sheet Metal Co 94 and 96


Wayne Wholesale Grocery Co left bottom lines and


60


Weil's Inc bottom stencil, right top lines and


37


Williams Sheet Metal Works right side lines and


97


Worley Typewriter Exchange right bottom lines and 100


York W Floyd right top lines and 66


59


41 88 48


Tatum H W Realty Co ......... front cover, left top lines, 69 and


88 2 47 78


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INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX


HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., publishers of Southeastern Directories, (publishers of the Goldsboro City Directory since 1906), present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1954 edition of the Goldsboro City Directory. A new feature, the listing of telephone numbers in the Directory of House- holders, marks this edition.


Confidence in the growth of Goldsboro's industry, popula- tion 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 Golds- boro 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 Goldsboro Directory will fulfill its mission as a source of authentic information pertaining to the city.


Five Major Departments


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


THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and business and professional concerns is the first major depart- ment, printed on white paper. This is the only record in exist- ence that aims to show the name, marital status, occupation and address of each adult resident of Goldsboro, and the name, official personnel, nature and address of each firm and corporation in the city.


THE BUYERS' GUIDE is the second major department, printed on goldenrod paper, containing the advertisements of leading manufacturing, business and professional interests of Goldsboro. The advertisements are indexed under headings de- scriptive of the business represented. This is reference ad- vertising at its best, and merits a survey by all buyers eager to familiarize themselves with sources of supply. In a progressive community like Goldsboro, the necessity of having this kind of information immediately available, is obvious. General ap- preciation of this fact is evidenced by the many reference users of this City Directory service.


THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is the third major department, printed on yellow paper. This department lists the names of all business and professional concerns in al- phabetical order under appropriate headings. This feature con- stitutes an invaluable and indispensable catalog of the num- erous interests 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


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Classified Business Directory than through any other medium.


THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, on pink paper, is the fourth major department. In this section the numbered streets are ar- ranged 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. A special feature of this section is the designation of tenant- owned homes. A new feature, the listing of telephones, marks this edition.


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


Municipal Publicity


The Directory reflects the achievements and ambitions of the city, 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 perpetual and reliable advertise- ments of Goldsboro.


The Goldsboro Directory Library


Through the courtesy of the publishers of the Goldsboro City Directory, a Directory Library is maintained in the offices of the Goldsboro Chamber of Commerce and Merchants Asso- ciation, for free reference by the general public. This is one of more than 600 Directory Libraries installed in the chief cities of the U. S. and Canada by members 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 commen- surate return.


HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., Publishers.


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GOLDSBORO


"THE HEART OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA" (Courtesy Goldsboro Chamber of Commerce)


1. LOCATION AND TOPOGRAPHY


Goldsboro, a city of 21,454 population, is 52 miles south- east of Raleigh, the state capital, 89 miles north of the port city of Wilmington and 97 miles northwest of the port of Morehead City. The city is half-way between New York and Jacksonville, Florida, approximately five hundred miles from each.


Wayne County, of which Goldsboro is the county seat, has an area of 555 square miles. It lies wholly within and is the approximate center of the Coastal Plains section of the state, one of the great agricultural areas of the United States. The topography is flat to gentle rolling and averages approximately 104 feet above sea level.


The Neuse, Northeast Cape Fear and Little Rivers, as well as a half dozen creeks, drain the county.


HOTEL GOLDSBORO


View of Center Street.


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2. CLIMATE


The annual mean temperature is 61.3 degrees ranging from an average of 42.8 degrees in January to 79.7 degrees in July. Rainfall averages approximately 49 inches annually. Snow is seldom seen.


The date of the last killing frost in the spring is April 1 the first in the fall is November 4. The length of the growing season is 217 days.


3. TAXES


Goldsboro-$1.40 per $100.00


Wayne County -. 93 per $100.00


Total assessed valuation Goldsboro-$32,993,054.00 Estimated actual valuation Goldsboro-$82,482,630.00


Total assessed valuation Wayne County-$77,196,022.00 Estimated actual valuation Wayne County-$192,990,000.00


4. TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES


1. Railroads: Three railroads provide Goldsboro with ex- cellent freight and passenger service. They are: Atlantic Coast- line Railroad Company, Southern Railway System and Atlantic and East Carolina Railroad Company.


These railroads are adequate to provide fast and efficient delivery of merchandise and materials to points all over the United States.


2 Air: A new municipal airport is now being planned for Goldsboro as a result of the proposed reactivation of Seymour Johnson Air Base. Land has already been purchased six miles from the city limits. Goldsboro's nearest commercial air service is at Kinston, a distance of 26 miles. Piedmont Air Lines, a certified air carrier, serves the city with four flights daily.


3. Inter-City Bus Lines: Goldsboro is served by three bus companies - Atlantic Greyhound Lines, Queen City Coach Company, Seashore Transportation Co .- with 62 departures and arrivals every 24 hours.


4. City Transportation: The Goldsboro Transportation Company operates modern buses with routes to all sections of the city. Several companies and individuals provide adequate taxi service.


5. Motor Freight: Goldsboro is served by U. S. Highway 70, a trans-continental east-west highway, U. S. Highway 117, a north-south route, and state highways 102, 111 and 581. Golds- boro is also the center of a vast network of paved secondary roads providing easy travel to all sections of the county.


Two large trucking companies maintain terminals in Golds- boro and, along with two other companies, offer fast depend- able motor freight service to all points daily. In addition, there are several local "for hire" trucking companies.


5. POPULATION


Ninety-nine per cent of the people of Goldsboro and Wayne County are native born.


Population of Goldsboro


1940


1950


Total


17,274


21,454


Native White


9,299


11,710


Foreign-Born White


85


97


Negro


7,889


9,628


Other Races


1


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Population of Wayne County


Total


58,328


64,267


Native White


32,910


36,979


Foreign-Born White


108


163


Negro


25,294


27,090


Other Races


16


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6. INDUSTRY


There are fifty-three small diversified manufacturing plants in Goldsboro and Wayne County with 3241 employees and an annual payroll of approximately $7,500,000. The manufacture of lumber and wood products is the chief industry with iron and steel products second and textile yarn third. Tobacco stem- ming and redrying plants are important industries during the tobacco season. Other industries include the manufacture of building blocks, electric lamp wires, bread and other food products, monuments, fertilizer, hides, insecticides, meat pack- ing and oil and grain mills.


One of many small diversified manufacturing plants.


7. RETAIL TRADE


Goldsboro has the finest shopping facilities east of Raleigh. Its modern stores and shops offering quality merchandise and wide business streets with excellent parking facilities draw shoppers from miles around. Retail sales in 1953 totaled $40,- 000,000, 14th highest in the state.


8. BANKING & FINANCE


There are three banks in Goldsboro with assets of approxi- mately $21,000,000: Bank of Wayne, Branch Banking & Trust Company and the Hood System Industrial Bank.


The Goldsboro Building & Loan Association and the Citi- zens Building & Loan Association have assets of approximately $4,500,000.


1940


1950


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9. WHOLESALE TRADE


Goldsboro is rapidly becoming the distribution center for this area. It is the almost exact center of the Coastal Plains section of the state and its excellent rail and highway facilities make for easy trans-shipment to other cities and towns.


Wholesale sales were estimated at $50,000,000 during 1953.


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10. HOTELS


There are three hotels and three motor courts in Golds- boro providing more than 300 rooms: The Hotel Goldsboro with 200 rooms and 200 baths, the Center Hotel, the Terminal Hotel, the El Rancho Motor Court, Goodson's Motel and Wayne Motel. There are numerous guest and boarding houses.


11. NEWSPAPERS AND RADIO STATIONS


There are two newspapers: The Goldsboro News Argus, an afternoon daily with a circulation over 10,000 and the Golds- boro Record, a weekly with a circulation of 650.


There are three radio stations, WGRB, 1000 watts, WEQR (FM), 40,000 radiated watts, and WFMC, 1000 watts. The first two stations are affiliated with the American Broadcasting Company and the third with the Gold Leaf Broadcasting Company.


12. CITY WATER


The City of Goldsboro operates its own water supply sys- tem. Raw water is obtained from the Little River, a tributary of the Neuse River, and is handled through a pumping station.


A new filter plant with a 3,000,000 gallon per day capacity was completed in the spring of 1953. The plant can be expanded easily to 8,000,000 gallons per day, as needed.


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13. ELECTRIC POWER


Electric power in Goldsboro is supplied by Carolina Power and Light Company at both 66,000 and 110,000 volts. Power is supplied from company steam and hydro plants and through purchase contracts. The company has two 100,000 horse power units at its new steam plant at Goldsboro, producing more than a billion kilowatt hours of electricity per year. Abundant power is therefore available in the area at low rates.


14. COMMUNICATIONS


1. Telephones: Service is provided by Southern Bell Tele- phone and Telegraph Company with over 8,600 telephones now in use. New industries moving to Goldsboro may be assured that their telephone needs will be adequately filled.


2. Telegraph: The Goldsboro office of the Western Union Telegraph Company has direct duplex reperforator circuits to Richmond, Virginia, relay office, one of the largest new reper- forator switching relays.


3. Mail: There are 12 arrivals and 12 dispatches of mail daily providing excellent mail service. Postal receipts in 1953 totaled $275,874.


City Hall.


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15. AGRICULTURE


Goldsboro is the center of one of the great agricultural areas of the United States with Wayne County ranking seventh in total value of North Carolina's eleven principal crops. The value of these crops amounted to $21,000,000 in 1953.


Tobacco is the principal cash crop and more than 50% of the flue-cured tobacco grown in North Carolina is found within a 60 mile radius of the city. Second in importance is cotton fol- lowed by corn, Irish and sweet potatoes, green beans, wheat and soy beans.


Beef and dairy cattle, hogs and poultry production are be- coming an increasing source of revenue to the farmers.


Within the county is the largest tobacco market in the world with one set of buyers, two cotton markets, three live- stock markets, two produce markets, five hog buying stations and approximately thirty corn buying points.


16. MUNICIPAL FEATURES


1. Government: Goldsboro is governed by a mayor and five aldermen, elected biennially. The Board in turn selects a city manager to administer municipal affairs.


Wayne County is governed by a five-man Board of Com- missioners, also elected biennially.


2. Fire Department: The fire department is staffed by thirty-three full-time employees. Equipment is modern and fire loss has been negligible in the past.


3. Police Department: The police department is staffed by 29 officers and men providing efficient protection for residents of the community. Equipment consists of five patrol cars and three motorcycles with two-way radio.


4. Health Department: Health activities are handled by the Wayne County Board of Health. It is responsible for the con- trol of communicable disease, venereal disease and tuberculosis; it provides care of pre-school and school children through im- munization and health examinations; it supervises food hand- ling establishments, water supplies and rodent and insect control and maintains vital statistics and health records.


5. Welfare Department: The Wayne County Department of Public Welfare administers aid to dependent children, the in- digent poor, the blind and those totally and permanently dis- abled. In addition, the Department arranges adoptions, obtains hospital care for crippled children and mentally deficient per- sons, et cetera.


6. Hospitals: A new addition was added to the Wayne Coun- ty Memorial Hospital, located in Goldsboro, in 1952 at a cost of slightly over one million dollars. The hospital now has 175 beds of wich 40 are designated for Negroes.


The State of North Carolina operates the State Hospital for Negro Insane near Goldsboro and cares for better than 2,900 patients.


Goldsboro is the site of the Eastern N. C. Branch of the N. C. Orthopedic Hospital with a monthly clinic for ortho- pedic patients at the Wayne County Public Health Center.




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