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JACKSONVILLE ( ONSLOW COUNTY, N. C. )
CITY DIRECTORY 1961
Including Country Club Acres, Forest Grove Subdivision, Forest Hills Subdivision and Oak Grove Subdivision.
Containing an Alphabetical Directory of Business Concerns and Private Citizens, Including Rural Route Residents, a Directory of House- holders, Occupants of Office Buildings and Other Business Places, Including a Complete Street and Avenue Guide, a Numerical Telephone Directory and Much Infor- mation of a Miscellaneous Character; also the
YELLOW PAGES
With a Special ADVERTISING SECTION and a Complete CLASSIFIED LIST
FOR CONTENTS SEE INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX
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INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX
HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., publishers of Southeastern Directories (pub- lishers of the Jacksonville City Directory since 1957), presents to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1961 edition of the Jacksonville City Directory, which also includes Country Club Acres, Forest Grove Subdivision, Forest Hills Subdivision and Oak Grove Subdivision.
Confidence in the growth of Jacksonville's industry, population 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 Jacksonville 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 co- operation of the business and professional men and residents, the publishers feel that the results of their labors will meet with the approval of every user, and that the Jacksonville 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 Direc- tory. This embraces a complete list of the names and addresses of the business and professional 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 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 Jacksonville, 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 pro- fessional 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 Jacksonville, Country Club Acres, Forest Grove Subdivision, Forest Hills Subdivision and Oak Grove Subdivision, and the name, official personnel, nature and address of each firm and corpora- tion in the community.
III. THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AV- ENUE 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 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, on blue paper, is the fourth major department.
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
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
PAGE NUMBERS LISTED BELOW REFER TO THE YELLOW PAGES
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A A A Electric Co left side lines and 40
A A A Storage Co Inc front cover, left side lines, 75 and 98
A & B Tire Co . , left bottom lines and 10
A B C One Hour Cleaners
right top lines and
Airway Moving & Storage Inc.
Almand's Tarawa Terrace Rexall Drug Store
left side lines and
Askew's Inc .
left top lines and
Barrus Ready Mixed Concrete Co
right side lines and
Beasley Joseph M Inc. A and
Bell Fork Grocery
left side lines and
Bob's Cities Service .left bottom lines and
Bootery Shoe & Dress Shop The .left bottom lines and 98
Buchanan George Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Contractor. . . . right
. side lines and 2
Builders Supplies Co back cover, right side lines, 28 and 29
Caldwell Weather Conditioners back cover, right side lines and 3
Carlyle's Body Shop
right side lines and 6 34
Carolina Model Homes Corp
right bottom lines and
Carolina Office Supply Co.
. front cover, left top lines and
84
Carolina Power & Light Co
Circle Drive Motel .
left side lines and
Coastal Rambler-Implement Inc
right side lines, 10 and
Cooperative Savings & Loan Assn. . . front cover, right top lines, 25 and Cosco Printing Co. ... . front cover, left top and right side lines, 86 and Credit Exchange & Adjustment Bureau Inc 31 and
D D's Plumbing & Well Drilling
left bottom lines, 85 and
Daily News . .
right bottom lines and
Daughtry's Esso Servicenter left bottom lines and
Delchers of Cherry-Lejeune
right side lines and
Doyle's Body Shop & Garage
left side lines and 93
Duplin Nursery & Garden Center
right side lines and
Electric Motor Rewinding Service
left side lines and
Excel Body Works
top stencil, right bottom lines, 8 and
Fabric Center .left side lines and
Faison Buick Co right top lines and 12 95
Faulkner Service Station left bottom lines, C and
First-Citizens Bank & Trust Co front cover, left top and right side
.lines, 22 and 23
Floor Specialty C left side lines and 35
Fountain's Auto Service left bottom lines and 9 Fund Investments Inc . . backbone, right top lines, 70 and 80 Garrett's Pure Service left bottom lines and 13 24 89
Geiger Barber Shop right bottom lines and
Geiger Electronics, Radio & T V Repairs right bottom lines and Gillenwater Construction Co.
37 B
Gulfpride Super Service .left side lines and 13 24
Gurba's Tarawa Beauty Shop right side lines and
Guy A D Insurance & Realty Co
.back cover, left top lines, Z, 66 and Hill Directory Co Inc .
Home Finance Co
Howard Oil Co
right top lines and
Howard's Drug Co Inc
back cover and Jacksonville Auto Sales
left top lines and Jacksonville Heating Contractors
front cover, 2 and left top lines and
97 59 68
Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Co
.left side lines and
Jenkins Amoco Service Center left bottom lines and
15
Jimmy's Furniture Inc .right bottom lines and
Johnson Drug Co Inc . right bottom lines and
63 50
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Duchess Restaurant . back cover, left side lines, 71 and
82 11 56 12 57
Earley's Auto Service .
.left side lines and 11
Downey & Hurst Oil Co
back cover and 53 74 7 43 94 87 43 101 81 97 75 61
right bottom lines and Collins Leonard .
31 78 46 26 32 40 64 96
Jan-Ways House of Flowers
67 45 14 62 47 14
back lip margin, left top lines, 36 and Grady's Moving & Storage Inc
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Page 90
Johnson Realty Co.
front lip margin and
Jones-Onslow Electric Membership Corp left side lines and 54
Kellum I J . left side lines and 68
Lejeune Motor Co
. left side lines and
Lumpkin Furniture Co Inc.
right side lines and ·
Mae's Beauty Shop .
Manning Harvey Septic Tank Contractors
left bottom lines and 41 44 . left side lines and 16 left bottom lines and 38
McGuire Pete General Contractors.
98
Meadows Radio & TV Service
Metzner's Esso Service
left side lines and
Midville Fabric Center
left side lines, 16 and
Midville Gulf Garage & Service Center
.right bottom lines and
Modern Exterminating Co
. left side lines and
Moore & Son Garage
right top lines and
Morton Construction Co
Murray-Mayflower Transfer Co.
Murray Transfer & Storage Co . and
New River Management Co .
left side lines, 60 and 83
New River Nursery .
. front stencil, left top and
New River Pharmacy Inc
. right bottom lines, 48 and
49
right top lines, tabbed Insert at Shopping
5
Occidental Life Insurance Co of North Carolina
Oliver's Body Shop.
left top and right bottom lines and left side lines and Onslow Memorial Florist
Padgett Motors.
left top lines and
Petteway E J Realtor
left bottom lines and
Plumbing & Heating Contractors Inc
left side lines and 18
Price's Parts & Service
front cover and
Quality Cleaners & Laundry
right top lines and
Rogers Moving & Storage Corp.
back cover, right side lines, 76 and
Sanders Sales & Service Inc
Scott E L Roofing Co .
Sealtest Foods-Southern Division of National Dairy Products Corp. . left . top cards and 44
Service Oldsmobile Inc
left side lines and
Shepard's Floors
Small Appliance Repair Service right side lines and
Southerland Electric Co. front cover, right side lines, 42 and
back cover and
Southern Cleaners & Laundry Inc
right side lines and
92
Spain's Cafe & Drive In .
Sports Car Center Ltd . . right top lines and 19 69
State Life Insurance Co .right top cards and
right side lines and
33 75 72
Union Finance Co
right top lines and 88
W L A S Radio Station
79
Wainwright Transfer Co Inc left side lines and
79
Williams Lumber Co
right top and left bottom lines and Zeo-Ran Soft Water Co
100
Washburn Van Service bottom stencil, right bottom lines, 30 and
73
.left side lines and 15 91 63 24
Maola Milk & Ice Cream Co
Marine Chevrolet Co Inc
.right top lines and
.left side lines and
97 57 96 99 57
Modern Electronics
17 39 78 78 5
· New River Shopping Center Centers in Classified Business Section, 4 and
69 17 60 20 91 85
Quinn-McGowen Funeral Home
51 62 77 18 93
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58
54
55 52
Stevenson Brick & Block Co
Stiles Van & Storage Co
Loy Realty Co
JACKSONVILLE
"Home of Camp Lejeune"
(Courtesy of Greater Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce)
Statistical Review
Form of Government-Council-Manager.
Population-1960 U. S. Census 13,491, local estimate at present 15,000. White population-males 6,462; females 7,029. Total colored population 6.4 % . Area-62 square miles.
Altitude-12 feet above sea level.
Climate- Mean annual temperature 62.8 degrees F .; Average annual rainfall 57.53 inches.
Parks-4.
Assessed Valuation-$24,056,886 with $1.50 per $100.00 tax rate.
Bonded Debt-$882,000.
Financial Data-2 banks; 1 savings and loan association, with total assets of $19,000,000 on Jan. 1, 1961.
Churches-25, representing 10 denominations.
Building and Construction-Number of building permits issued 502, valued at $6,694,702, in 1954-1958.
Real Estate-Number of homes, 4,063 with about 43 º/o owned by occupants. Industry-Chief industries of the city and surrounding territory are Marine Corps Base. Number of manufacturing establishments 15, employing 238 men; paying wages of $712,000 annually. Principal manufactured products, lumber. Trade Area-Retail area has radius of 20 miles, and population of 100,000. Wholesale area has radius of 20 miles, and population of 100,000.
Newspaper-Daily, 1.
Radio Broadcasting Stations-W L A S and W J N C.
Hotels-One, with total of 61 rooms.
Railroads-City served by 1 railroad, as follows: Atlantic Coast Line Rail- road.
Bus Lines-City served by 3 intra-city bus lines, as follows: Queen City, Carolina Coach, Seashore.
Highways-The following highways run through, or to, the city: U. S. 17 and 258, State 24 and 53.
Amusements-Largest auditorium in city seats 800 persons. Number of mov- ing picture theatres, 7 with total seating capacity of 1,500 persons. Number of golf courses in, or near city, 1.
Hospitals-1, with total of 77 beds.
Education-Number of public schools 7; with 2 senior high schools, and 1 junior high school. Number of parochial schools, 1. Number of pupils in public schools, 5,460; in parochial schools, 500.
Public Libraries-1.
City Statistics-Total street mileage 36.86, with 26 miles paved. Miles of sewers (storm and sanitary), 15. Capacity of water works, 2,000,000 gallons, with daily average pumpage of 1,900,000 gallons. Fire department has 7 paid men, with 1 station and 5 pieces of motor equipment. Police department has 25 men, with 1 station and 4 pieces of motor equipment.
Jacksonville General Review
Jacksonville is located on the scenic banks of New River in the South Coastal Area of North Carolina, 37 miles Southwest of New Bern and 51 Miles Northeast of Wilmington.
The Government of the City of Jacksonville is the Council- Manager form. The Mayor is elected at large, and the four members of the Council are elected from the four wards of the City. The City Manager is appointed by the Council and is charged with the administration of the City's affairs and is responsible to the Council. To advise and assist the Council and the Manager, there are the following advisory commissions and boards: The Planning Board, the Recrea- tion Commission, Cemetery Commission and the Zoning Board of Adjustments.
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The Jacksonville Daily News is published every weekday afternoon and is distributed in Onslow County by carrier. A subscriber of United Press Inter- national News Service, The Daily News covers all Marine, local, state, national, and international news. A Washington correspondent covers Marine Headquarters.
Two modern radio stations serve the Jacksonville area. W J N C has been on the air since 1945, and W L A Sopened during 1956. They have always been alert and quick to serve the best interest of Jacksonville and Onslow County.
TV reception reaches Jacksonville from at least four regular stations. Jacksonville has five fine schools, of which three are public primary schools, and one public high school, and one private primary school (Catholic).
Jacksonville is truly an example of this nation's greatness in that the free- dom of religion is practiced. We have the Methodist, Baptist, Lutheran, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Morman, Holiness, Pentecostal, Jewish and Episcopal Churches.
In Jacksonville, business firms offering all types of merchandise and serv- ice, total in excess of 400.
There are 206 buses leaving and entering Jacksonville daily, the Atlantic Coastline offers daily freight service.
Tourist accommodations in Jacksonville are numerous. There are hotels and many fine tourist courts, one of which is the second largest in the United States and known to be the finest between Washington, D. C. and Jacksonville, Florida.
Jacksonville has a new County Hospital completely equipped with modern facilities to assist our doctors in keeping our citizens in good health. Among the new items is an X-Ray Machine, presented through the local Cancer Society by the citizens and Marines of Onslow County. In addition to its fine surgical and mechanical instruments and machines, the hospital is capably staffed with outstanding men and women who are our doctors, nurses and managerial staff.
The Civic Clubs of the City, with three additional auxiliaries are listed below:
American Legion
Semper Fidelis Lodge
ARMS
Beta Sigma Phi
Business & Professional Women
Moose
Catholic Daughters of America
DeMolay
Onslow County Scout District Chm.
Eastern Star
Garden Council
Recreation Commission
Hospital Board
Toastmasters
Jaycees
United Church Women
Jay-C-Ettes
VFW
Kiwanis
Woman's Club
Lions
Masons-Lafayette Lodge
Rotary
Chamber of Commerce
The climate in Jacksonville is classified as mild throughout the year with a temperature seldom below freezing during January, February and March, as- cending to 90 and 100 during July and August.
Rainfall
57.53
Snowfall .
7
Mean Annual
Temperature .
62.80
Medical Association
Ministerial Association
New River Yacht Club
Onslow County Bar
Optimist
Metropolitan Jacksonville is one of the fastest growing communities in the State of North Carolina. The growth has been of such proportions that it is al- most impossible to give in any concise manner, an idea of all the changes that have occurred and to interpret what all the changes in the civic, social and busi- ness life of the City mean to those who live here.
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The population statistics for the City of Jacksonville show the reasons for the increased services and needs of the Community. As can be seen from the following table, Jacksonville's population has more than tripled in the short time between 1950-1956.
Year
Population
1940
873
1950
3,960
1960
13,981
ONSLOW COUNTY
General Review
Onslow County was formed in 1734 from New Hanover County and was named for Sir Arthur Onslow who was speaker of the House of Commons in the British Parliament.
The first Court House for Onslow County is believed to have been located at Court House Bay, six miles from the mouth of New River. The second County Seat and Court House were on Northeast Branch about twenty miles from the mouth of New River where the U. S. Marine Corps Officers Quarters at Paradise Point, Camp Lejeune are now located.
The third Court House location at Johnstown, named for Royal Governor Gabriel Johnston was about 14 miles from the mouth of New River. The town failed to grow and most of the buildings were destroyed by a hurricane in 1752.
The fourth and present site of the Onslow County Court House was named "Wantland Ferry" for James Wantland, who in 1756 donated an acre of land "con- venient to many" for the Court House. Four edifices preceded the present struc- ture erected in 1904 and remodeled in 1951.
Records in the Register of Deeds Office at the Onslow County Court House date back to 1713.
President George Washington passed through Onslow County on his southern tour in 1791, enroute to Wilmington. He took breakfast at "Everetts" near Rich- lands, and dinner at Captain James Foy's at Ricks Run and spent the night at "Sage's Ordinary," in the southern part of Onslow County. President Washing- ton wrote in his diary about this part of his trip.
Two governors of North Carolina may be claimed by Onslow County.
Edward B. Dudley, elected from New Hanover County, the first governor elected by the direct vote of the people, served two terms from 1836 to 1841. He was born and reared in Onslow County.
Governor Daniel C. Russell, born in Brunswick County, was the son of two Onslow County natives and spent his childhood at the home of his grandfather, David W. Sander a member of the Council of State. Governor Russell served from 1897 to 1901.
New River despite its name, is known to be the mouth of one of the oldest rivers in America. It is the only large river in North Carolina with headwaters and mouth in the same County, Onslow, and it is one of the few rivers of any size in the United States which flows almost due South. Its three forks are also unusual in that they bring little water in to feed the main stream. Another pe- culiarity is that it seems to be all mouth and nothing much more. The estuary is about 20 miles long and in places three to five miles wide.
Wars have seriously affected the New River Region throughout their early history.
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After the Indian Wars, Spanish Buccaneers and pirates beset the region. During the Spanish invasion in the 1740's, prisoners were brought into the On- slow County Section through Bear Inlet.
Henry Morgan and his pirate associates are said to have used New River Inlet as a hideout.
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