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Queen and King
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Queen and Gordon
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Queen and Blount
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Queen and Washington
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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
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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
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HILL'S KINSTON (LENOIR COUNTY, N. C.) CITY DIRECTORY 1951
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
BUYERS' GUIDE
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Classified Business 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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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.
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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
B
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
Y
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
47 76 19
46 89 68 55 17 85 2 17
Spence Sales Co Inc.
right bottom lines and
right center lines and
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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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