Hill's Kinston (Lenoir County, N.C.) City Directory [1949], Part 1

Author: Hill Directory Company
Publication date: 1949
Publisher: Hill Directory Company
Number of Pages: 576


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FIRST . CITIZENS BANK AND TRUST COMPANY COMPLETE BANKING SERVICE


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DIDixon & Son HARDWARE AND BUILDING MATERIAL PAINTS AND OILS


JENKINS-JONES MOTOR CO.


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CARS - TRUCKS -TRACTORS !1 DEARBORN FARM IMPLEMENTS PHONES 3144 3145


J. E. HOOD & CO. Est. 1893


PRESCRIPTIONS BOOKS .KODAKS


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TEL. 4681


DIAL 4116 203 N. Queen


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274 tenoir and Metewean


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215 Peyton and Mclewaan


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216 North and Mclewean


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HILL'S KINSTON (LENOIR COUNTY, N. C.) CITY DIRECTORY 1949


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, Rural Routes, and a Numerical Telephone Directory, also a


BUYERS' GUIDE


and a Complete


Classified Business Directory


FOR CONTENTS SEE INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX ON PAGE III


MORE GOODS


PRICE


ARE BOUGHT AND SOLD THROUGH THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS LISTS


$ 20.00


OF THE


DIRECTORY THAN ANY OTHER MEDIUM ON EARTH


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HILL DIRECTORY CO., INC. Publishers 207 Governor Street, Richmond 6, Va.


Member Association of North American Directory Publishers


Copyright, 1949, by Hill Directory Co., Inc.


Section 28, Copyright Law In Force July 7, 1909


That any person who wilfully and for profit shall infringe any copyright secured by this act, or who shall knowingly or wilfully aid or abet such infringement, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment for not exceeding one year, or by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or both, in the discretion of the court.


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PUBLISHERS


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


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INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX


HILL DIRECTORY CO., INC., publishers of Southeastern Direc- tories, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1949 edi- tion of the Kinston City Directory, which also includes the rural routes emanating from the Kinston Post Office.


Confidence in the growth of Kinston'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 Kinston to the world.


The enviable position occupied by HILL'S Directories in the es- timation of the public, has been established by rendering the best in Di - rectory 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 Kinston Directory will ful - fill its mission as a source of authentic information pertaining to the city.


Six Major Departments (Each department beginning with Page 1)


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


I. THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and busi - ness and professional concerns is the first 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 Kinston, and the name, official personnel, nature and address of each firm and corporation in the city. A special feature of this section is the designation of the number of children under Directory -listing age in each household.


II. THE BUYERS' GUIDE, the second major department, printed on goldenrod paper, contains the advertisements of leading manufactur- ing, business and professional interests of Kinston. The advertisements are indexed under headings descriptive of the business represented. This is reference advertising at its best, and merits a survey by all buyers eager to familiarize themselves with sources of supply. In a progressive community like Kinston, the necessity of having this kind of information immediately available, is obvious. General appreciation of this fact is evidenced by the many reference users of this City Directory service.


III. 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 alphabetical order under ap- propriate headings. This feature constitutes an invaluable and indispen- sable catalog of the numerous interests of the community. The Directory


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is the common intermediary between buyer and seller. As such it plays an important part in the daily activities of the commercial and profes- sional world. More buyers and sellers meet through the Classified Busi- ness Directory than through any other medium.


IV. THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, on pink paper, is the fourth major department. In this section the named streets are arranged in alphabetical order, followed by the numbered streets in numerical order; the numbers of the resi- dences 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 ap- pear at their respective crossing points on each street. Special features of this section are the designation of tenant-owned homes and the desig- nation of homes and places of business having telephones.


V. THE NUMERICAL TELEPHONE DIRECTORY is the fifth ma- jor department, printed on blue paper.


VI. THE KINSTON RURAL ROUTES DIRECTORY is the sixth ma- jor department, printed on white paper.


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 resi- dence, as a business location, as a manufacturing site and as an educa- tional 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 advertisements of Kinston. There are more than 600 Direc- tory Libraries, installed and maintained in the chief cities of the U. S. and Canada through the courtesy of members of the Association of North American Directory Publishers, under whose supervision the system is operated and of which the Hill Directory Co. is a member.


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


HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., Publishers


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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION


Page


Air Line Cabs Left center lines and


80


Albritton's Funeral Home


Right bottom lines and 45


Bailey W E Co


Left bottom lines and


71


Baker Furniture Co. .


. Left top lines and


49


Barnes & Cox Motor Co. .Left side lines and


3 8


Belk-Tyler Co. Left top lines and


36


Bradshaw Woodworking Co


Brody's Department Store . Left center lines and


25 36


Canady B W & Son.


Left top lines and


Carey J W Coal Yard.


Right side lines and


Carey-Perry Oil Co


Right side lines and


20


Carolina Building Supply Co. Front cover, right side lines and Carolina Dairies Corp .


Right top lines and


34 8 4


Carrow Buick Co.


. Back cover and


Carter G W Tile Co


Right bottom lines and


Carter John H Co .


Right top lines and


Clarence's Garage Left bottom lines and .


Clarke B F & Sons Jewelers


Left bottom lines and


Claytor's Tin Shop .


Coastal Rock Wool Insulating Co Inc Left top lines and


College Street Pharmacy . Left top lines and


Colonial Frozen Foods of Kinston Right center lines and


45


Colonial Oil Co Inc.


Right bottom lines and 70


Commercial National Bank of Kinston


16


Dainty Maid Bakery Inc


Right bottom lines and


Denmark's Florist


Left top lines and


Dixon D V & Son .


Front cover, left side lines, 21 and


Dr Pepper Bottling Co. Right bottom lines and


Dudley's Floral Gardens & Flower Shop . . Back cover, 43 and East Carolina Sales Inc Right bottom lines and


Eastern Carolina Engineering Co . 32 and


Eastern Rulane Sales Corp. . Top stencil, right side lines and


Edwards Funeral Home Right side lines and


37


Evans Construction Co Inc


Ferrell L C Co. Left side lines and


42


Ferrell Motor Co Left side lines and


9 26


First-Citizens Bank & Trust Co.


Front cover, right top lines and 17


Fordham J Rodolph. Left top lines, 10 and


18


Gardner Fred C.


Left top lines and


33


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83 69 9 62 79 57 38


Cozy Taxi Service Front cover, right side lines and


Left bottom lines and 81


Daniels Plumer . . Right center lines and


15 72 44 55 18


Efird's Department Store Right top lines and


Erskine Jewelers . Left side lines and 63 32


First Baptist Church


54 52 80 53 46


Carolina Service Center


55 30 69


Beard's Garage. Left bottom lines and


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Page


Garner's Funeral Home Front stencil and 47


Globe Taxi Co . Right bottom lines and 81


Grady's Hardware . Left bottom lines and 56


Gray & Oglesby . Left bottom lines and


Gulfpride Service Station Right center lines and


Gwaltney Packing Co


Hank's Place .


Right center lines


Hardy's Radio Service Left bottom lines and 74


Harvey L & Son Co . Front cover, right side lines and


35 41


Harvey Motor Co Inc. Back cover, right side lines, 5 and


Heilig-Levine of Kinston Inc Left center lines and


Hines Harvey C Co . Bottom stencil and


Hogan's Pharmacy . Right bottom lines and Holy Trinity Catholic Church . Holy Trinity School


Home Building & Loan Association The. . . Left side lines and


Hood J E & Co. . Front cover, right top lines and


Huff A B Enterprises . Left center lines and


Humphrey Lloyd Left bottom lines and


Ideal Cleaners Right center lines and


Imperial Life Insurance Co .Right center lines and


Jenkins-Jones Motor Co Front cover, left side lines and Johnson Automotive Co


Right center lines Johnson Piano Co


68


Johnson-Sherman Co. Left bottom lines and


42 74


Jones Ernest Radio Service


Left bottom lines and


Kinston Auto Finance Co.


Back cover and


Kinston Fish & Oyster Co.


Right bottom lines and


Kinston Free Press Co Inc


Left bottom lines and Lane's Funeral Home


49


La Roque & Hewitt.


Left side lines and


59


Lenoir Coal Co Left bottom lines and


Maccabees The


Right center lines and


Mallard-Griffin Inc


Left center lines and


Marr S Wade Investments


Massengill's . Right center lines and


Massey Motor Co


Back cover and


Mathis Motor Co Left center lines and


Merchants Delivery Service Left center lines and


Mewborn & Turner .


Left top lines and


Midyette Hardware Co .. Back cover, right side lines, 22 and Mitchell Oil Co


Left top lines and


Moore W A & Co Inc .


. Left top lines and


Mozingo Bros-Hatchery Front lip margin and


Mutual Building & Loan Assn


Right center lines and


Neuse Sand Co


Left bottom lines and


New Dixie Cafe


. Left center lines and


Oettinger Bros


Left bottom lines and


Right top lines and Parker Dick Jr Used Auto Parts


77 52 A 11


Parrott J F Inc. Front cover, right top lines, 61 and Paschall's . Left side lines and


75


Perry's Dry Cleaners . Left bottom lines and


Polly's Department Store Left center lines and


37


Pully's Barbecue Cafe


Right center lines


14 78 C B 58


Kinston Hotel Kinston Insurance Service Agency Inc . Right center lines and Kinston Laundry Co Left side lines and 64 65


Kinston Letter Writers Right bottom lines


Kinston Machine & Supply Co . Right bottom lines and Kinston Milling Co Inc


43


28 -60 65 62 2 7


11 34 63 56 70 60 57 24 31 22


Right center lines and


NC Products Corp


Oettinger C Inc


70 40


54


10 66


50 19 40 27 78 23 39


82 21 28 59 6


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Page


Quinn & Miller Co Backbone, right side lines and 51


Quinn W C Plumbing & Heating Right bottom lines and 73


R & W Distributors . Right center lines and


67


Randolph's Florist. Right bottom lines and


44


Rasberry F P. Right top lines and


61 76


Rochelle Realty Co of Kinston Inc . Back cover and


Sanitary Laundry & Dry Cleaners


Savage Taxi Co.


Right bottom lines and


Shackelford O L. Left center lines and


Spence Sales Co Inc Right bottom lines and


Stapleford W D Plumbing & Gas Co Left center lines and


12


Sutton A J & Sons . Right side lines and


38 Z


Taylor Fred M Agency The


Thompson-Wooten Oil Co Right center lines and


71 68


Tyndall John M Fixture Co. Left center lines and


Tyndall-Wood-Jarman Funeral Home


Back cover, right top lines and


48


Union Electric Co. Right side lines and Walter & Gurley Auction Co


77


Wells Geo W Printing Co


73


West & Stanton Feed Co


Right center lines


Western Auto Associate Store


Right top lines and


13


White Owl Auto Parts Co. Left side lines and 13


White Wood & Coal Yard Back cover, right side lines and


29


Whitehead's Funeral Home


Y


Whitfield J A Jewelry Store . Right top lines and


64


41


Stroud's Body & Paint Shop. Left bottom lines and


84 40 82 33 12 72


Salvation Army The . Left side lines and


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KINSTON


Statistical Review


Form of Government -Council-manager.


Population-1940 U. S. Census, 15,388; local estimate at present, 22,500. Percentage of white population, 57; colored, 43.


Area-2.64 square miles.


Altitude-47 feet above sea level.


Climate-Mean annual temperature, 62.4 degrees F .; average an- nual rainfall, 43.73 inches.


.Parks-3, with total of 16 acres, valued at $100,000.


Assessed Valuation-$17,526,212; with $1.25 per $100 tax rate.


Financial Data-3 banks, with total resources of over $200,000, 000. 2 building and loan associations, with total assets of $1,200,000.


Postal Receipts-$ 122,000 (Calendar year 1948).


Telephones in Service-3,800.


Churches-32, representing 28 denominations.


Building and Construction -264 permits, with total value of $1,542 700, issued in 1948.


Real Estate-5,000 dwelling units.


Industry-Chief industries of the community: Agriculture (tobacco growing, marketing and processing), manufacturing and lumbering. 56 industrial establishments, employing 900 men and 2,450 women. Princi- pal manufactured products: Processed tobacco, men's shirts, cotton and rayon yarn, lumber, concrete building supplies, paper boxes, containers, feed, fertilizer and woodwork products.


Trade Area-Retail area has radius of 40 miles, and population of 140,000; wholesale area has radius of 150 miles, and population of 250,000.


Newspapers-1 daily and 1 weekly.


Radio Stations-2; WKNS and WFTC.


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Hotels-3, with total of 190 rooms.


Railroads-2; Atlantic Coast Line and Atlantic & East Carolina.


Bus Lines-4 intra-city.


Highways-U. S. 70 and 258; State 11, 12 and 55.


Airports-1, City-County, Class 4.


Automobile Registrations-3,100.


Amusements-Largest auditorium in city seats 1,300 persons (school). 5 moving-picture theatres, with total seating capacity of 2,400 persons. 1 golf course. 1 country club.


Hospitals-2, with total of 125 beds.


Education-6 public schools, including 2 high. 1 parochial school. Number of pupils in public schools, 3,600; teachers, 119. Value of public school property, over $2,000,000.


Public Libraries-2, with total of 10,603 volumes.


City Statistics-Total street mileage, 49, with 44 miles paved. City bus line. Number of water meters, 3,856; light meters, 3,317. Wa- ter provided by 4 deep artesian wells, and untreated; daily average pum- page, 2,700,000 gallons. Fire department has 19 men, with 3 stations and 7 pieces of motor equipment. Police department has 24 men, with 1 sta- tion and 5 pieces of motor equipment.


Corrugated paper box manufacturing - one of Kinston's many industries


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General Review


The beginning of what is now a thriving eastern Carolina city was a wilderness settlement and trading post on the banks of the Neuse River, 70 miles from the Atlantic Ocean, in Colonial 1740. Since that time, Kin- ston has been multiplied many times over, and has become a well-balan- ced center of varied commerce. The foresttrails and water travel of the Colonial days have turned into paved highways and railway roadbeds, and the "trading post" now serves an estimated 140,000 "settlers" in its territory.


The population of the river settlement has grown from a hardy handful early in the 19th century to more than 22,000 at present. Today Kinston is the seat of government of Lenoir County, embracing 45,000 persons. The growth of Kinston always has been closely tied to agricul - ture, but now with the continued increase of population in the trade area, a gradually-developing industrial character is to be observed. The city, likewise, has become a permanent retail trading center for eastern North Carolina, and is the largest wholesale distribution point east of Raleigh.


A familiar scene - Chant of the tobacco auctioneer in the "World's Foremost Tobacco Center"


From the basic agricultural work of the early settlers, engaged in for survival, the production-first, of cotton, and later, tobacco-came a broader economic outlook and more prosperity. Today "King Cotton" has lost its autocracy, and the "Golden-Leaf Tobacco" has become the economic ruler.


The rule of the "Golden-Leaf" has been a fruitful one, for more than $29,000,000 poured into the farmers' purses as a result of sales on the Kinston market in 1948. Kinston's twelve tobacco warehouses provide ample sales space and facilities to accomodate more than 100,000,000; pounds of tobacco. Such a return from a single phase of the agricultural life of Kinston's "settlement" area, when boosted by the progress and return from the variety of other phases, hasbeen reflected sharply in its' growth.


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Following the establishment of a thriving market, tobacco-pro- cessing factories were built, and have taken their place among numerous other industrial establishments to make the river-bank trading post a center of economic wealth. Within the boundaries of Kinston, with its many miles of broad, paved streets, are located producers of clothing and other textiles, building materials, and various types of consumer goods.


A network of improved highways lead out from Kinston into. the Coastal Plain like the spokes of a wheel, and two railroads provide car- rier facilities for heavy goods and shipments. Electric power, with new - ly added equipment and facilities, is available to the city's residential and industrial needs and is manufactured in sufficient quantity to supply an excess of more than 40 do above the peak demand at present. There are 56 manufacturing and processing firms located in the city, with nine large wholesale distributors, and over 400 retail stores and service in- stitutions, all banded together to serve the requirements of the ever-gro- wing population.


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Concrete products manufacturing in Kinston


The economic soundness of Kinston can be attested by the three thriving banks which serve its citizens and its business life. Surveys have shown a steadily-mounting check-clearance volume in the banks for a number of years. The solvency of the City government is shown by the ready sale, at all times, of the municipal bonds for street and utility im- provements and for the construction of permanent municipal improvements.


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The physical well-being of the city and its citizens is no less sound than any other part of its life. With the location 70 miles from the coast on North Carolina's temperate plains, the weather-wet or dry, hot or cold-is of the most healthful. Here, it is not a matter of how many days the sun shines each year, but whether it shines in proper propor- tion to the rainfall. The abundance and value of farm crops grown in the immediate vicinity is proof of ideal weather and climate.


Two modern hospitals, staffed by some of the country's most eminent physicians, surgeons and specialists, are here to serve the citi - zens of the area. More than 30 doctors and dentists reside and practice in the city, thereby making Kinston the medical center of eastern North Carolina. A well-organized public health program is carried on at all times to make for cleanliness and the eradication and treatment of di- seases. A second public clinic is soon to be established to combat an- other of civilization's most deadly ailments. The Caswell Training School the State's largest institution for the care of mental deficients, is located near the city.


At work in one of Kinston's feed manufacturing companies


Kinston has the unique distinction of a perpetual artesian water supply coming from deep wells that provide water of the purest content east of the Rocky Mountains and is entirely untreated. The supply is un- limited for industrial and commercial use, as well as for home consump- tion.


During World War II, Kinston became the official "leave town" for the personnel of the U. S. Marine Corps at Camp Lejeune. Thousands of Uncle Sam's "Leathernecks" have become enthusiastic visitors to, and boosters of Kinston. Many of them married here and have chosen Lenoir County as their permanent home. Kinston citizens are a friendly people, ever anxious to share their goods and services with the stranger within the city's gates. Kinston extends a cordial invitation to home-seek- ers, industrialists, retail traders, and men and women of all vocations to come here for a day, a year, or a century.


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he publishers of this Directory maintain for the use of their subscribers and the general public a complete library of late out-of-town City Directories. We invite you to consult this library when in need of names and addresses of individ- uals and firms in other cities. It is especially designed for the reference use of business men who subscribe to the local City Directory, when seeking markets and sources of supply out- side this city. There is no charge except for extended continu- ous use. The library, with attendant in charge, is located at:


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