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H. W. TATUM REALTY COMPANY
REAL ESTATE - INSURANCE - LOANS 106 N. JOHN ST. Phone REpublic 4 - 0751
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Established 1892
CRAWFORD-NORWOOD COMPANY, Inc.
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JOHN R. CRAWFORD, JR. CHAS. S. NORWOOD BUILDERS SUPPLIES CO. "SINCE 1935" "One Stop Building Material Service" LUMBER - BRICK - BLOCK - PLYWOOD READY MIXED CONCRETE 109 W. Vine St. at Center Goldsboro, N. C. Phone RE public 4-4321 CASEY'S LAUNDRY & CLEANERS APPROVED QUALITY SANITONE SERVICE umVIct Plant No. 1 and Office - 1109 N. William St. Phones RE public 5-2585 and RE public 5-3550 Plant No. 2 - Highway 70 at Adamsville 1 HOUR CLEANING SERVICE · Established 1859" TEL REpublic =- 1270. DISTRIBUTOR RICHFIELD PRODUCTS
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HILL'S GOLDSBORO (WAYNE COUNTY, N. C.) CITY DIRECTORY 1959
Including Adamsville
Containing an Alphabetical Directory of Business Concerns and Private 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 the
YELLOW PAGES With a Special ADVERTISING SECTION and a Complete CLASSIFIED LIST
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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.
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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 1959 edition of the Goldsboro City Directory which also in- cludes Adamsville.
Confidence in the growth of Goldsboro's industry, popu- lation and wealth, and in the advancement of its civic and social activities, will be maintained as sections of this Direc- tory are consulted, for the Directory is a mirror truly reflect- ing Goldsboro to the world.
The enviable position occupied by HILL'S directories in the estimation of the public, has been established by render- ing the best in Directory service. With an unrivaled organization, and having had the courteous and hearty cooperation of the business and professional men and resi- dents, the publishers feel that the result of their labors will meet with the approval of every user, and that the Golds- boro 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 fol- lowing order :-
I. THE YELLOW PAGES constitute the first major department of the Directory. This embraces a complete list of the names and addresses of the business and pro- fessional concerns of the city and vicinity, arranged in alphabetical 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 individ- uals 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 Goldsboro, the necessity of having this kind of information up-to-date and always immediately available, is obvious. The Directory is the common intermediary be- tween buyer and seller, and plays an important role in the daily activities of the commercial, industrial and profes- sional 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 Goldsboro and Adamsville, and the name, official personnel, nature and address of each firm and corporation in the community.
III. THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUD- ING 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 alphabetical order; the numbers
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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.
IV. THE NUMERICAL TELEPHONE DIRECTORY, is the fourth major department, printed on blue paper.
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 manufacturing site and as an educational center. To broad- cast 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 advertisements of Goldsboro and vicinity.
The Goldsboro Out-Of-Town City 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, for free reference by the general public. This is one of more than 750 Directory Libraries installed in the chief cities of the U. S. and Canada by members of the Association of North American Directory Publishers.
The publishers appreciatively acknowledge the recog- nition by those progressive business and professional men who have demonstrated their confidence in the City Direc- tory as an advertising 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
Acacia Mutual Life Insurance Co.
Page
Ace Moving Co .. 82
American Plumbing & Electrical Supply Co Inc. 96
105
Anderson-Creech Oil Co Inc
. back cover, left bottom lines and
55
Ball Park Service Station . back cover, B, 61 and 100
Ball Studio. .
Berney's Loan left center lines and 103
102
Best Radio-Television Service The.
108
Best & West Men's Shop Inc ..
26
Borden Brick & Tile Co. .. top stencil, right top lines and
18
Branch Banking & Trust Co
. front cover, left top lines, 12 and 13
Bryan Auto Salvage Inc.
left side lines, 56 and 100
Builders Supplies Co. .. front cover, right side lines and 21 Bunch Drug Store. 42
C & B Tin Shop 119
C & H Mobile Homes. 95
Carolina Power & Light Co. right center lines and C
110
Casey's Laundry & Cleaners
. front cover, left top lines, 45 and 92
Central Service Motor Co Inc
left side lines and
3
Ceramic Tile Co.
Citizens Savings & Loan Assn
Coble Dairy Products
.back cover, left bottom lines and
19
Cogdell Bicycle Shop
15
Cogdell Sport Center
121
Cotton Motor Co.
7
Crawford-Norwood Company Inc.
left top lines and
80
Creech's Inc .. . front cover and 111
Crumpler Secretarial School . left center lines and 69
Daniels Electric Co. 52
Dean's Wheel Aligning Inc. left side lines and 4
Dewey Bros Inc. . X and 122
Dillon-Bell Implement Co
. left side lines, 7 and
52
Dillon R H Company
78
Dixie Electric Motor Service
tabbed Insert at Phones Numerically and 48 Dumas-Giddens Oil Co Inc ... left bottom lines, 57 and 101 Dun-Rite Cleaners
. Insert at Name in Alphabetical Section and 46
Durham Life Insurance Co. 78
Eason's Television & Appliance Service. 127
Eastern Carolina Broadcasting Co .. Insert
at WGBR Radio Station in Alphabetical Section and 107 Eastern Distributors Inc. 130
79
Andrews M B Insurance Agency ... right side lines and Aycock Oil Co
6
Bryan Oil Co. left bottom lines and 6
Carolina Realty Co.
left center lines and 38
127
Crawford John R Inc
124
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Page 53
Edens Florist.
Edgerton J M & Son Inc
right center lines and 8
Electric Sales & Service Corp . right side lines and 50
Ernest Glass Co.
right side lines and 74
Farmers Supply Co back cover, right top and left bottom lines and 51
Firestone Stores 8
Fisher Tire Co. 39
Garris Jewelers.
124
General Industries Tank Division
Gibson's Drug Store. left center lines and 42
Giddens Jewelry Store ... front cover, right top lines and 89 Goldsboro Builders Supply Co Inc. .. left side lines and 22
Goldsboro Building & Loan Assn
. front lip margin, left top lines and 20
Goldsboro Coca-Cola Bottling Co Inc .left side lines and
17
Goldsboro Heating & Plumbing Inc.
Goldsboro Moving & Storage Co Inc
back cover, left side lines and Z
97
Goldsboro Nursery.
Goodyear Service Stores. .right center lines and 10
114
Haire P H Refrigeration Service.
64
Hamilton's Mutual Burial Association.
Hanna Hank College of Beauty Culture
58
Hawkins Albert T
Heilig-Meyers Co. left side lines and 69
123
Hill Directory Co Inc.
9
Hi-Way 117 Truck Stop
Hollowell Seth B Oil Co
tabbed Insert at Name in Alphabetical Section and 59 . right side lines and 81
Houser Insurance Agency
Howell Oil Co right center lines and 98
118
Huffman's Esso Service.
Hughes Radio Labs. right bottom lines and 126 Humphrey's Auto Body Shop. .. right center lines and 16 Isaacs-Kahn Furniture Co Inc
Insert at beginning of Alphabetical Section and J & G Appliance Service.
43
Jackson Drug Co.
Jackson Trucking Co. . left center lines and 96.
117
Jeffreys & Sons Seed Stores.
28
Jernigan Othar Contractor
Jewel Box Inc The
right bottom lines and 90
Johnson Cotton Co of Goldsboro Inc right bottom lines, 70 and 75
Johnson George A.
Johnson-Sherman Co. right side lines and 53
65
Lightner Memorial Funeral Home Inc.
Little River Oil Co Inc front cover, right side lines, 60 and 99
49
Loving T A & Co.
29
82
Martin John F.
Masonry Specialty Co. right bottom lines and 30
104
Griffin W H & Sons. . right bottom lines and 61
Hamilton's Funeral Home. 14
64
High's Incorporated. 41
66
2
103
Live Wire Electric Co ..
Y
Gardner's Velvet Dairy Products Inc. . right top lines and 90
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Page McBride & Herring Sporting Goods Co Inc.
McCullen E G ..
62
Mickey's Pastry Shop. 11
Mills Con-O-Lite Vault Co. 25
Motor Parts & Machine Service Inc. 95
Moye Henry L. .
27
Mutual Life Insurance Co of N Y
.left center lines and 87
N C Finance Corp.
93
North Carolina Consolidated Hide Co Inc.
77
O'Berry and Lewis Inc. .right side lines and 83
Occidental Life Insurance Co of N C
right center lines and 84 9
Odom Motor Co.
One Stop Grocery & Market. Insert at
Dun-Rite Cleaners in Alphabetical Section and 46
One Stop Restaurant .. Insert at
Dun-Rite Cleaners in Alphabetical Section and 46
Open Air Market. . right center lines and 94
Owsley H B & Son of Goldsboro Inc right center lines and 33
Parker George A.
Pate-Dawson Motor Co Inc. .right top lines and 102
Penney J C Co Inc. . . left side lines and 5
Pine State Creamery Co. right bottom lines and 40
Price's Specialties. right side lines and 34
10
Prince Tire Co. 128
Quality Plumbing & Heating Co 104
R & H Oil Co .. . left side lines and 62 Rainbow Cleaners & Laundry Inc
back lip margin and 47
Red Bird Cab Inc
.bottom stencil, right center lines and 125
Richard's Jewelers Inc.
Robinson's Drug Store. .right top lines and 91
left center lines and 43
Rogers Furniture. right bottom lines and 67
Rogers Inc. . left center lines and 91
Rose W P Supply Co Inc.
left side lines and 23 Rose Wayside Furniture
68 Rouse R N & Co. . right side lines and 31
Sasser's Garage & Service Station
.right center lines and 71
Scott's Barbecue.
Seymour Funeral Home Inc.
Shaver Maynard A.
.left center lines and 87
62
Southerland Furniture Co. . right bottom lines and 70 Southern Life Insurance Co.
87 Stewart's Construction Co 106
. front stencil, left center lines and 24 Sutton's Gas & Appliance Co .... left center lines and 72 Tatum H W Realty Co
front cover, left top lines, 85 and 112
Taylor E F Co.
32
Town and Country Gas Co Inc
.back cover, left bottom lines and 73
Twi-Lite Beauty Salon right center lines and 14 Vinson's Drug Store. .right side lines and 106 44 W F M C Radio Broadcasting Station.
115 A
Sinclair Refining Co.
Smith Hardware Co left bottom lines and 76
Southern Radio & Television Corp
121
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Page
W G B R Radio Station
Insert at Name in Alphabetical Section and 107
Ward Harry P Insurance .. . left center lines and 88
Wayco Corp. . back cover, right top lines and 54 Wayne Dairy Inc. .. backbone, right bottom lines, 36 and 37 Wayne Oil Co. . left bottom lines and 63 Wayne Realty & Insurance Co Inc
. front cover, left side lines, 86 and 113
Wayne Roofing & Sheet Metal Co
117
Wayne Roofing & Sheet Metal Co.
120
Wayne Wholesale Grocery Co. .right side lines and 75
Weil's Inc. .right top lines and 40 Westbrook's Radio & Television Service.
109
Williams Linoleum & Carpet Shop
Williams Roofing & Sheet Metal .... left center lines and 26
.back cover, right side lines, 11, 116 and 120 Wooten Oil & Fuel Co Inc
.... left side lines, 63, 97 and 101 Worley Typewriter Exchange. .. right center lines and 129
GOLDSBORO
"THE HEART OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA"
(Courtesy Goldsboro Chamber of Commerce)
Location and Topography- Goldsboro, a city with an estimated population of 31,100, is 52 miles southeast 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 halfway 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 gently rolling and aver- ages approximately 104 feet above sea level.
The Neuse, Northeast Cape Fear and Little Rivers, as well as a half dozen creeks, drain the county.
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.
Taxes-Goldsboro, $1.46 per $100; Wayne County, $1.18 per $100; total assessed valuation, Goldsboro, $37,500,000; total assessed valuation Wayne County, $98,007,020.
Aerial View of Goldsboro
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Transportation Facilities-Railroads: Three railroads provide Goldsboro with excellent freight and passenger ser- vice. They are: Atlantic Coastline Railroad Company, Southern Railway System and Atlantic and East Carolina Railroad Company.
These railroads are adequate to provide fast and effi- cient delivery of merchandise and materials to points all over the United States.
Air-Goldsboro has a municipal airport six miles west of the city on U. S. Highway 70. It provides service and facilities for transit aircraft and charter flights may be arranged.
Goldsboro's nearest commercial air service is at Kins- ton, a distance of 26 miles. Piedmont Air Lines, a certified air carrier, serves the city with four flights daily.
Inter-City Bus Lines-Goldsboro is served by three bus companies-Atlantic Greyhound Lines, Queen City Coach Company, Seashore Transportation Co .- with 56 departures and arrivals every 24 hours.
City Transportation-The Goldsboro Transportation Company operates modern buses with routes to all sections of the city. Special companies and individuals provide adequate taxi service.
Motor Freight-Goldsboro is served by U. S. Highway 70, a trans-continental east-west highway, U. S. Highways 13 and 117, north-south routes, and state highways 102, 111 and 581. Goldsboro is also the center of a vast network of paved secondary roads providing easy travel to all sections of the county.
Three large trucking companies maintain terminals in Goldsboro and, along with a number of local companies, offer fast dependable motor freight service to all points daily. In addition, there are several local "for hire" truck- ing companies.
Population-Ninety-nine per cent of the people of Goldsboro and Wayne County are native born.
Population of Goldsboro-U. S. Census
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-U. S. Census
1940
1950
Total
.58,328
64,267
Native White
.32,910
36,979
Foreign-Born
White
108
163
Negro
25,294
27,090
Other Races
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Industry-There are fifty-three small diversified manu- facturing plants in Goldsboro and Wayne County with 3,298 employees and an annual payroll of approximately $8,500,000. The manufacture of lumber and wood products is the chief industry with iron and steel products second and textile yarn third. Tobacco stemming and redrying plants are important industries during the tobacco season. Other in- dustries include the manufacture of building blocks, electric
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One of many small diversified manufacturing plants
lamp wires, bread and other food products, monuments, fertilizer, hides, insecticides, meat packing and oil and grain mills.
Retail Trade-Goldsboro has the finest shopping facilities east of Raleigh. Its modern stores and shops of- fering quality merchandise and wide business streets with excellent parking facilities draw shoppers from miles around. Retail sales in 1958 totaled $45,808,000, 14th highest in the state.
Banking and Finance-The Wachovia Bank & Trust Co. and the Branch Banking & Trust Co., with combined assets of $722,000,000, have branches in Goldsboro. The American Bank has assets of $3,000,000.
The Goldsboro Building & Loan Association and the Citizens Building & Loan Association have assets of approxi- mately $9,878,000.
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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 ex- cellent rail and highway facilities make for easy trans- shipment to other cities and towns.
Wholesale sales were estimated at $50,000,000 during 1958.
Hotels-There are three hotels and four motor courts in Goldsboro providing more than 300 rooms: The Hotel Golds- boro with 200 rooms 200 baths, the Center Hotel, the Term- inal Hotel, the El Rancho Motor Court, Goodson's Motel, Wayne Motel and Goldmount Motel.
There are numerous guest and boarding houses.
Newspapers and Radio Stations-There are two news- papers: The Goldsboro News Argus, an afternoon daily with a circulation over 11,000 and the Goldsboro Record, a weekly with a circulation of 650.
There are four radio stations, WGRB, 1,000 watts; WEQR (FM), 40,000 radiated watts; WFMC, 1,000 watts and WGOL, 1,000 watts. The first two stations are affiliated with the American Broadcasting Company and the third with the Gold Leaf Broadcasting Company.
City Water-The City of Goldsboro operates its own water supply system. Raw water is obtained from the Little River, a tributary of the Neuse River, and is handled through a pumping station.
City Hall
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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.
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 com- pany 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.
Communications-Telephone service is provided by Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company with over 12,000 telephones now in use. New industries moving to Goldsboro may be assured that their telephone needs will be adequately filled.
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 reperforator switching relays.
Mail-There are 12 arrivals and 12 dispatches of mail daily providing excellent mail service. Postal receipts in 1958 total $331,945.43.
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 $22,000,000 in 1958.
Tobacco is the principal cash crop and more than 50 percent of the fluecured tobacco grown in North Carolina is found within a 60 mile radius of the city. Second in im- portance is corn followed by cotton, Irish and sweet potatoes, green beans, wheat and soy beans.
Beef and dairy cattle, hogs and poultry production are becoming an increasing source of revenue to the farmers.
Within the county is a large tobacco market, two cotton markets, three livestock markets, two produce markets, five hog buying stations and approximately thirty corn buying points.
Municipal Features
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 biennially.
Fire Department-The fire department is staffed by 37 full-time employees. Equipment is modern and fire loss has been negligible in the past.
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