Hill's Kinston (Lenoir County, N.C.) City Directory [1951], Part 1

Author: Hill Directory Company.
Publication date: 1951
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46 Rountree and College


47 Highland and Howard


48 Highland and McAdoo


51 Highland and College


52 Edwards and Pollock


53 Warren and Pollock


54 Rhodes and Rhem


55 Harding and West Road


56 Waverly and Fairfield


57 Terminal and Washington


58 Washington and Rhem


121 East and Lenoir


123 East and Blount


124 Gordon and Independent


211 Vernon and Independent


212 Manning and Rhem


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214 Lenoir and McLewean


215 Peyton and McLewean


216 North and McLewean


221 Caswell and McLewean


222 Rhem and Rountree


223 Park and A. C. L. R. R.


224 Lenoir and La Roque


225 Queen and North


311 Vernon and Fairfield


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313 Vernon and College


314 Heritage and Grainger


315 Heritage and Lenoir


321 Heritage and Peyton


411 Queen and Lincoln


412 Queen and Shine


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Queen and King


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Caswell and Heritage


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Queen and Gordon


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North and Heritage


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Queen and Blount


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Queen and Washington


513 Queen and Vernon


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Queen and Capitola


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Queen and Summitt


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Queen Rd. and Glenwood


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Queen and Bright


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Queen and Caswell


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Queen and Peyton


525 Washington and Adkin


526 East and Bright


531 Davis and Lincoln


532 Dewey and Atlantic


533 Mitchell and Harding


534 Washington and Pollock


535 McLewean and Grainger


536 Vernon and Terminal


537 Walston and Dupree


538 Dewey and Harding


539 Cox and Holman


541 Douglass and Shine


542 Lenoir and Nelson


543 Independent and Woodlawn


544 Lenoir and Quinerly


545 Dennis and Thompson


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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 Telephoné Directory, also a


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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, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1951 edition of the Kinston City Directory, which also includes the rural routes ema- nating 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 main- tained 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 estima- tion of the public, has been established by rendering the best in Direc- tory 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 Kinston Directory will fulfill 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 business 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.


II. THE BUYERS' GUIDE, the second major department, printed on goldenrod paper, contains the advertisements of leading manufacturing, business and professional interests of Kinston. The advertisements are indexed under headings descriptive of the business represented. Thisis 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 appropriate headings. This feature constitutes an invaluable and indis- pensable catalog of the numerous interests of the community. The Di- rectory is the common intermediary between buyerand 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 Classi- fied Business Directory than through any other medium.


IV. THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, on pink paper, is the fourth major department.


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IV


INTRODUCTION


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 intersect- ing streets appear at their respective crossing points on each'street. Special features of this section are the designation of tenant-owned homes and the designation of homes and places of business having telephones.


V. THE KINSTON RURAL ROUTES DIRECTORY is the fifth major department, printed on white paper.


VI. THE NUMERICAL TELEPHONE DIRECTORY is the sixth ma- jor department, printed on blue 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 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 advertisements of Kinston.


The Kinston Directory Library


Through the courtesy of the publishers of the Kinston City Directory, a Directory Library was established recently in the offices of the Kins- ton Chamber of Commerce, 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 advertising medium, with assur- ance 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, THE YELLOW PAGES


Albritton's Funeral Home right bottom lines and


Page 53


Bailey W E Co.


left bottom lines and 81


Baker Funeral Home left side lines and 53


Baker Furniture Co


left top lines, 55 and


69


Ballard's Cleaners


right side lines and


43


Barnes & Cox Motor Co. . left side lines and


3


Bradshaw Woodworking Co


right side lines and


29


Butler Furniture Co.


59


Canady B W & Son


.left top lines and


Cannon Oscar.


Carey J W Coal Co. right side lines and


Carey-Perry Oil Co Inc right side lines and


Carlton's Garage


left side lines and


9


Carolina Building Supply Co.


front cover, right side lines and


25


Carolina Dairies Corp


.right top lines and


Carrow Buick Co. right lip margin, left top lines and


Carter G W Tile Co


right bottom lines and


Carter John H Co. right bottom lines and


Casey's Market right side lines and


61 68


Claytor's Tin Shop left side lines and 92 94 Coastal Plains Distributing Co. 24


Coca-Cola Bottling Co of Kinston bottom stencil and


College Street Pharmacy


left top lines and 40 33


Colonial Oil Co Inc right bottom lines and


77


Commercial Blue Printers . right center lines and


23


Commercial Natl Bank of Kinston


front cover, right side lines and


21


Conner's Auto Service left side lines and 9


Cozy Taxi Service


. left bottom lines and 93


Dainty Maid Bakery Inc .


. right center lines and


20


Daniels Plumer


right bottom lines and


Daughety's Food and Supply Store.


Decoration Shoppe The.


Denmark's Florist


left top lines and 49


Dixon D V & Son


front cover, 26 and 63


Dudley's Floral Gardens & Flower Shop. back cover, 49 and 61 85 Dunn Ray O Radio Service right side lines and 35


Eastern Carolina Engineering Co


Edwards Funeral Home


right side lines, 2 and 54


Erskine Jewelers


. left side lines and 70


Ervin Electric Co. .right center lines and 45 35


Evans Construction Co Inc


Fashion Shoppe The right top lines and


70


Ferrell L C Co. left side lines and


47 10


First Baptist Church


30


First-Citizens Bank & Trust Co


front cover, right top lines and 22


Fordham J Rodolph , left top lines, 10 and 23


Foster Realty Co Inc right side lines and 89


Furniture Auction Market right top lines and 58


Gardner Fred C. left top lines and


36


63 75 33 77


38 4 38 76


Cayton L R Insurance.


Colonial Ice Co.


82 61 69


Ferrell Motor Co. left side lines and


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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


Page


Garner's Funeral Home . .front stencil, right side lines and 51


General Sales Co . left bottom lines and 11


Grady's Hardware . left bottom lines and 64


Grady's Service Station


right center lines and


11


Gray & Oglesby .


. left bottom lines and


62


Gulfpride Service Station.


right center lines and


12


Gurley Pontiac Co. .


left top lines and


12


Haddock Auto Service .right bottom lines and


13


Hardy's Radio Service


left bottom lines and


86


Harvey L & Son Co.


front cover and 39 5


Hawkins Kirby D.


left side lines and


36


Heath's Garage


left center lines and


13


Heilig-Levine of Kinston Inc


left center lines and


56


Hines Harvey C Co


. bottom stencil and


24 42


Hogan's Pharmacy


Home Federal Savings & Loan Association of Kinston


. back cover, left side lines and


90


Hood J E & Co


front cover and


41


Hotel Kinston.


Huff A B Enterprises left center lines and


94 26


Humphrey Tire Co. left center lines and


Ideal Cleaners


right center lines and


Jay's Auto Service .


Jenkins-Jones Motor Co.


Johnson Automotive Inc. right side lines and 18


Johnson-Hicks Motor Co Inc. back cover, left side lines and 7


Johnson Piano Co .


75 86


Jones Ernest Radio Service. left bottom lines and


Kinston Auto Parts Co.


15 X


Kinston Chamber of Commerce Inc.


Kinston Free Press Co Inc.


C


Kinston Hotel .


B


Kinston Laundry Co.


left side lines, 44 and


Kinston Letter Writers.


right center lines and


Kinston Machine & Supply Co.


Kinston Milling Co Inc.


.left bottom lines and


Lane's Funeral Home


. left bottom lines and 54


La Roque & Hewitt


Lenoir Coal Co.


Lenoir County News Co Inc.


. left side lines and 65 left top lines and 32 .left top lines and 84 .left side lines and 84 66


Maccabees The


right center lines and


Mallard-Griffin Inc top stencil, left center lines and


73 74 8


Mathis Motor Co


left center lines and 15


McCoy H H Co. left center lines and


Midyette Hardware Co. back cover, right side lines, 27 and


Mitchell Oil Co left top lines and


Moore J A Equipment Co right side lines and


Moore W A & Co Inc. . left top lines and


Mutual Building & Loan Assn . front lip margin and


N C Products Corp. right center lines and


Neuse Distributing Co , right side lines and


Neuse Sand Co


left bottom lines and


34 62 27


left center lines and Norman Bros


80


Norris Bros Plumbing & Heating left center lines and


82


Oettinger Bros left bottom lines and


58


Oettinger C Inc . right top lines and


A


Parker Dick Jr Used Auto Parts left side lines and


18


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Humphrey Lloyd B. left center lines and


14 32 14 6


71 72 74 48


Mabe & Jones Printing Co


Martin John S Co. right side lines and


Massey Motor Co, . back cover and


62 64 78 91 66 28


Harvey Motor Co Inc.


back cover, right side lines and


INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


VII


Parrott J F Inc. front cover, right top lines and


Paschall's . .


. . left side lines and


Perry's Dry Cleaners Laundry. left bottom lines, 43 and 71 Phillips John A Pressly's Laundry & Dry Cleaners. left bottom lines, 44 and 48 71 89


Pully's Barbecue.


right center lines and


Quinn & Miller Co.


Quinn W C Plumbing & Heating Co. right bottom lines and


R & W Distributors


Radio Station WFTC . left center lines and


Randolph's Florist .right bottom lines and


Rasberry Francis P. .right top lines and


Redding's .


Rhue W Clyde . .left center lines and


Rochelle Realty Co of Kinston Inc back cover and


S & A Parts Co


Savage Taxi Co. .


right bottom lines and


Sewell's Pharmacy right bottom lines and


Shackelford O L .


left center lines and


Shivar Frank B Agency


Sidney's.


Smith Concrete Products Inc.


Smith E R


right side lines and


Smith Furniture Co.


right bottom lines and


Stadiem Insurance Inc .


. right center lines and


Standard Drug Co. .right bottom lines and


Stroud's Body & Paint Shop.


Sungas Service of Kinston .


Taylor Fred M Agency The


Temple Drug Co .


left side lines and


Thompson-Wooten Oil Co Tobie's Garage


right side lines and


Town and Country Gas Co Inc.


front cover and


Turner Electric Co.


left bottom lines and


Turner Wayne A.


right side lines and


Turner's Tractor & Implement Co


. left top lines and


Tyndall John M Fixture Co.


left center lines and


Tyndall Luby E Gulf Service


Tyndall-Wood-Jarman Funeral Home


.back cover, right top lines and


52


Union Electric Co. , left side lines and


Walter & Gurley Auction Co.


Washington National Insurance Co.


Webb Funeral Home


.left side lines and


Weeks Motor Co. .right center lines and


Wells George W Printing Co.


West Machinery Co Inc . right center lines and


Western Auto Associate Store right top lines and


Whitaker-Leffew Photography left top lines and


White Owl Auto Parts Co. left side lines and


81 18 70


Whitfield's Jewelry Store . right top lines and


79


Williams Oil Co . .right side lines, 50 and Wooten Oil Co . right side lines, 50 and


79


Yellow Front Market


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backbone and 57 83 74 85 50 67 65 80 88 19 93 42 37 68 40 33 37 59 16 68 42 19 59 Z 43 78 16 60 46 83


Page 87 92


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KINSTON


(Courtesy Kinston Chamber of Commerce)


Statistical Review


Form of Government -- Council-manager.


Population-18,278 (1950 U. S. Census preliminary' report). Per- centage of white population, 57; colored, 43.


Area-3.4 square miles.


Altitude-47 feet above sea level.


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


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


Assessed Valuation-$18,276,212, with $1.25 per $100 tax rate.


Financial Data-3 banks, with total resources of over $15,000,000. 2 building and loan associations, with total assets of $2,226,657.


Postal Receipts-$135,584.53 (calendar year 1950) ..


Telephones in Service-4,270.


Churches-39, representing 25 denominations.


Building and Construction -- 269 permits, with totalvalue of $2,086, 885, issued in 1950.


Real Estate-5,000 dwelling units.


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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. Construction of multimillion- dollar Fibre V plant by E. I du Pont de Nemours & Co. scheduled to begin in spring of 1951; construction of nylon bosiery plant now under way.


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: WFTC and WELS.


Hotels-3, with total of 190 rooms.


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


Bus Lines-4 intra-city.


Higbways-U. S. 7.0 and 258; State 11, 12 and 55.


Airports-1, City-County, Class 4.


Automobile Registrations -- 5,000.


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, 3,800; teachers, 123. Value of public school property, over $2,000,000.


Public Libraries-2, with total of 18,719 volumes.


City Statistics-Total street mileage, 49, with 44 miles paved. City bus line. Number of water meters, 5,004; light meters, 7,565. Water provided by 4 deep artesian wells, and untreated; daily average pumpage 2,700,000 gallons. Fire department has 18 men, with 3 stations and 7 pieces of motor equipment. Police department bas 25 men, with 1 station and 6 pieces of motor equipment.


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INTRODUCTION


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, Kinston has been multiplied many times over, and has become a well- balanced center of varied commerce. The forest trails and water travel of the Colonial days have turned into paved highways and railway road- beds, and the "trading post'' now serves an estimated 140,000 "settlers" in its territory.


Newly Constructed Nylon Hosiery Mill in Kinston


The population of the river settlement has grown from a hardy handful early in the 19th century to 18,278 at present. Today Kinston is the seat of government of Lenoir County, embracing 45, 913 persons. The growth of Kinston always has been closely tied to agriculture, 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.


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 $36,390,965 poured into the farmers' purses as a result of sales on the Kinston mar- ket in 1950. Kinston's twelve tobacco warehouses provide ample sales space and facilities to accommodate 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, has been reflected sharply in its growth.




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