Hill's Kinston (Lenoir County, N.C.) City Directory [1953], Part 1

Author: Hill Directory Company.
Publication date: 1953
Publisher: Hill Directory Co.
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9.Dixon & Son HARDWARE AND BUILDING MATERIAL


PAINTS AND OILS


TELS. 3162 and 3262


TOWN AND COUNTRY GAS COMPANY, INC. BOTTLED GAS and APPLIANCES


807 N. Queen Phone 2001


BARRUS CONSTRUCTION CO. PAVING CONTRACTORS KINSTON, N. C., ON NEW BERN HWY.


TELS .: 4075 -- 3463 - 4493


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43 Washington and Mitchell


44 Lenoir and Pollock


45 Harding and Pollock


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 Lenolr


123 East and Blount


124 Gordon and Independent


211 Vernon and Independent


212 Manning and Rhem


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213 Vernon and A. C. L.


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 Falrfield


312 Vernon and Rhem


313 Vernon and College


314 Heritage and Grainger


315 Heritage and Lenoir


321 Heritage and Peyton


411 Queen and Lincoln


412 Queen and Shine


413


Queen and King


414


Caswell and Heritage


415


Queen and Gordon


421 North and Heritage


511 Queen and Blount


512 Queen and Washington


513 Queen and Vernon


514 Queen and Capitola


515 Queen and Summitt


521 Queen Rd. and Glenwood


522 Queen and Bright


523 Queen and Caswell


524 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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HILL'S KINSTON (LENOIR COUNTY, N. C.) CITY DIRECTORY 1953


Containing an Alphabetical Directory of Business Concerns and Private Citizens, a Directory of Householders, Occupants of Office Build- ings and Other Business Places, Including a Complete Street and Avenue Guide, a Numerical Telephone Directory and Rural Routes; also a


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GENERAL INDEX


Page


Abbreviations


20


Alphabetical List of Names


21


Apartment Buildings 563


Banks


571


Board of Education


233


Buildings- Office and Public


576


Bus and Coach Lines


577


Buyers' Guide


. preceding Classified


Cemeteries


578


Churches


579


City Offices 218


Classified Business Directory


561


Clergymen


580


Clubs


582


County Offices


233


Courts


233


Fire Department 219


Halls


604


Homes and Asylums


606


Hospitals and Dispensaries


606


Hotels


606


Libraries


613


Newspapers


619


Numerical Telephone Directory


Organizations


620


Parks and Playgrounds


623


Police Department


219


Post Office


377


Railroads


629


Rural Routes 721 Schools-Parochial 634


Schools-Public 634


Schools and Colleges


634


State Offices


276


Street and Avenue Guide


649


U. S. Government


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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


PAGE NUMBERS LISTED BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION


Page


Aunt Jennie's Bake Shop.


22


Bailey W E Co. left bottom lines and 120


Baker Furniture Co ... backbone, left top lines, 76 and 102


Ballard's Cleaners. right side lines and 57 Barrus Construction Co. .. front cover, left side lines and 43 37


Batts Dry Cleaners & Hatters.


Beauty Rest Tourist Homes & Cabins


148


Best Funeral Home.


73


Bland's Grocery & Market.


86


Bradshaw Woodworking Co. right side lines and 33


Branch Banking & Trust Co


. front cover, left top lines and 23


Bright Leaf Grill


Bryant Refrigeration Service


132


Building Specialty Co The. left side lines and 64


Calvin's Coffee Shop


135


Canady B W & Son. .left top lines and 93 109


Cannon Oscar & Sons


Carey J W Coal Co. right side lines and 39


Carey-Perry Oil Co Inc. .right side lines and 68


Carlton's Garage. left side lines and 19


Carolina Building Supply Co


front cover, right side lines and 28


Carolina Cleaners & Laundry Inc


. bottom stencil, left top lines, 58 and 104


Carolina Dairies Corp. .right top lines and 50 Carolina Motors. . back cover, left top lines and 5


Caroon W H & Son. 83 34


Carpenters Local Union 2488


Carrow Buick Co ... back lip margin, left top lines and 6


Carter G W Tile Co. .right bottom lines and 146


Carter John H Co .right bottom lines and 112


Carter's Grocery & Market


84 132


Caswell Street Soda Shop


Claytor's Tin Shop right center lines and


133


Coastal Plains Distributing Co.


Coble Dairy Products Inc. . .. .right bottom lines and 49


College Street Pharmacy ... back cover, left top lines and 53 Collins Motor Co .... Insert at name in Alphabetical Section Colonial Ice Co.


40


Colonial Oil Co Inc.


right bottom lines and 113


Commercial National Bank of Kinston


front cover, right side lines and 24


right center lines and 7


Cox Motor Sales


Cozy Taxi Service. .left bottom lines and 145


42


Cummings Harry H.


Daniels Plumer. right bottom lines and 121


Dawson Manufacturing & Supply Co Inc. 109


Dawson S W General Painting .... right side lines and 49


Decoration Shoppe The. 102


DeLuxe Shoe Repair Shop. 142


Denmark's Florist. .left top lines and 66


142


Club 99 & Hotel.


148


132


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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


Page DuBose George General Contractor


.right center lines and 48 Dudley's Floral Gardens & Flower Shop .... left center lines, Insert at name in Alphabetical Section, 67 and 82 Eastern Carolina Engineering Co 45


Ed's Barbecue.


134


Edwards Funeral Home. right side lines, 3 and 71 Erskine Jewelers. left side lines and 103


Ervin Electric Co.


lines, Insert at beginning of Classified Section and


Ervin Electric Motor Service. . right center lines, Insert at Beginning of Classified Section and Ervin Horace Electric.


60


Everett Cabinet Co. . right side lines and 32


Fashion Shoppe The. .right center lines and 103 Ferrell L C Co ... front lip margin, left side lines and 62 Ferrell Motor Co ... front lip margin, left side lines and 8


Ferriss Wheel Cafe The.


135


First Baptist Church. 35


First Citizens Bank & Trust Co ... front cover, right top lines, Insert at Name in Alphabetical Section and 25


Fordham J R Service Station .... left top lines, 17 and 26


Foster Realty Co Inc. right side lines, 3 and 128


Furniture Auction Market. right top lines and 76


Gardner Fred C. .left top lines and 46


Garner's Funeral come


front stencil, right side lines and 69


Grady's Hardware. left bottom lines and 93


Gray & Oglesby left bottom lines and 88


Gulfpride Service Station right center lines and 18


Haddock Auto Service. right bottom lines and 19


Harlem's Inn Cafe. .


136


Harrington's Radio & TV Shop. . left side lines and 128


Harvey L & Son Co. left center lines and


51


Harvey Motor Co Inc. right center lines and 10


Hawkins Kirby O. .left side lines and 48 Heilig-Levine of Kinston Inc. . left center lines and 74


56


Home Federal Savings & Loan Association of Kinston . back cover and 139


Hood J ] & Co


left side lines and 54


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Huff A B Enterprises. .left center lines and 145


Humphrey Lloyd B. left center lines and 32


Ideal Cleaners. right center lines and 38


Jackson Mattress Co.


Johnson-Graves Motors Inc


. back cover, left side lines and 11


Johnson Piano Co.


119


Jones Ernest Radio Service left bottom lines and 127


Kings Court Service Station.


141


Kinston Auto Parts Co.


20


Kinston Auto Sales .. right side lines and 12


Kinston Chamber of Commerce Inc.


X


C Kinston Free Press Co Inc.


Kinston Hotel. B


Kinston Laundry Co. left side lines, 58 and 105


Kinston Letter Writers. right center lines and 106


Kinston Machine & Supply Co .. . left bottom lines and 94


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Dixon D V & Son. front cover, 29 and 90


Hotel Kinston. . .


108


Hogan's Pharmacy.


59


. right center


59


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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


Page


Kinston Plumbing & Heating Co Inc


right side lines and 96


Kinston Shoe Hospital. .right side lines and 143


Kinston Tire Co. . left side lines and 147 Kinston Wheel Aligning Service ... left side lines and 21


Kloc Petroleum Distributors


80


Lane's Funeral Home. left bottom lines and 72


LaRoque & Hewitt.


left side lines and 97


Lenoir County News Co Inc. left top lines and 124


Mabe & Jones Printing Co left side lines and 125


Maccabees The. . right center lines and 99


Mallard-Griffin Inc ... top stencil, left center lines and 107


Marston E B Drug Co. . left side lines and 57


Martin Fuel & Supply Co. right center lines and 79


Martin John S Co. right side lines and 108 22


Martin's Bakery.


Massey Motor Co. . back cover and 13


Mathis Motor Co Inc. left center lines and 14


Mattocks Brothers. right side lines and 118


McCoy H H Co.


left center lines and


88


McLawhon's Esso Service. 141


Merchants Transfer & Storage Co.


148


Midyette Hardware Co


. back cover, right side lines, 30 and 91


Miller's TV & Appliance Co.


left top lines and 4


Mitchell Oil Co .. right bottom lines and 114


Modern Cleaners & Tailors.


Moore W A & Co Inc .. 98


.left top lines and Music Center The. .. left bottom lines, left side lines and 110 Mutual Building & Loan Association. 27


N C Products Corp. right center lines and


41


Neuse Distributing Co right side lines and 87


Neuse Milling Co left side lines and 62


Norris Bros Plumbing & Heating. . left center lines and 122


Oettinger Bros. .right top lines and 75


Oettinger C Inc. . right top lines and A


81


Park View Laundromat.


Parrott J F Inc. . . front cover, right top lines and 129


100


Paschall's ..... Insert at Name in Alphabetical Section Phillips John A.


64


Pollock B T & Son Hardware .. .. right top lines and 92 Pressly's Laundry & Dry Cleaners


left bottom lines, 59 and 106


Quinn Motor Co. . left side lines and 15


Quinn W C Plumbing & Heating Co


.right bottom lines and 123


Radio Station WELS left bottom lines, Z and 125


Radio Station WFTC left center lines and 126


Randolph's Florist. .right bottom lines and 65


Rasberry Francis P. right top lines and 100 95


Redding's


Rider Printing Co 124


Rider's Florist. .right side lines and 67


Rochelle Cleaners of Kinston Inc. .. left side lines and 36 Rochelle Realty Co of Kinston Inc .. . back cover and 130


S & A Parts Co. 17 Sanitary Laundry & Dry Cleaners left side lines, 58 and 105 Sanitary Sea Food Market. 140


37


Oliver's Glass Shop left bottom lines and


105


Parrott Jake A Insurance Agency.


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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


Page


Scott E L Roofing & Heating Co


.right bottom lines and 138


Sewell's Pharmacy. right bottom lines and 56


Shackelford O L Inc. left center lines and 44


Sherwin-Williams Co The. left top lines and 116


Shine's Service Station. 141 Shivar F B Agency 101


Sidney's 52 78


Sinclair Refining Co.


Smith Concrete Products Inc. .right side lines and 31


Smith-Douglass Co Inc. . left side lines and 63


Smith E R. .right side lines and 47 75


Smith Furniture Co.


Southern Septic Tank Co. . . left bottom lines, 42 and 140 Sparrow & Grant Super Markets. 89


Spence Sales Co .right bottom lines and 16


Stadiem Insurance Inc. right center lines, 101 and 131


Stahl-Rider Kinston Inc. . left side lines and 3


Standard Drug Stores .. .right bottom lines and 55


Sutton J T Jr. .. Insert at name in Alphabetical Section Taylor Bros Super Market. left center lines and 85 Taylor Fred M Mutual Insurance Agency


. . Insert at J T Sutton Jr in Alphabetical Section Temple Drug Co. .left side lines and 57


Theon's Snack Bar & Soda Shop 136


Town and Country Gas Co Inc. . front cover and 77


Turner Electric Co. .left bottom lines and 60 38 Turner's Dry Cleaners.


Turner's Tractor & Implement Co


Tyndall John M Fixture Co .. left bottom lines and 61


.left center lines and 111


Tyndall-Wood-Jarman Funeral Home


. back cover, right top lines and 70


United Surplus Co left bottom lines and 144


Wallace Grill. .


137


Walter & Gurley Auction Co.


131 86


Warren's David Grocery & Market.


Waters Fish & Poultry Market.


63


Webb-Croom Funeral Home. left side lines and 73


Weeks Motor Co. . right center lines and 20


Wells Geo W Printing Co. 124


West Machinery Co Inc .. 2


Whitaker-Leffew Photography left top lines and 119


White Wood & Coal Yard. 39


Whitfield's Jewelry Store. right top lines and 103


Wilkins & Turner right bottom lines and 117


Wooten Gas Co. . right side lines and 78 Wooten Oil Co. .right side lines, 68 and 115 Y Yellow Front Market.


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INTRODUCTION


HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., publishers of Southeastern Directories, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1953 edition 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, popu- lation and wealth, and in the advancement of its civic and social activities, will be maintained as sections of this Di- rectory are consulted, for the Directory is a mirror truly reflecting Kinston 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 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 in- formation pertaining to the city.


Six Major Departments


The six major departments are arranged in the fol- lowing order :-


THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and business and professional concerns is included in pages 21 to 410, 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.


THE BUYERS' GUIDE, preceding the Classified and separately paged from 1 to 148, 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 repre- sented. 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 Kins- ton, the necessity of having this kind of information imme- diately available, is obvious. General appreciation of this fact is evidenced by the many reference users of this City Directory service.


THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is included in pages 561 to 645, on yellow paper. This department lists the names of all business and professional concerns in al- phabetical order under appropriate headings. This feature constitutes an invaluable and indispensable catalog of the numerous interests of the community. The Directory is the common intermediary between buyer and 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 Classified Business Directory than through any other medium.


THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, on pink paper, covers pages


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649 to 719. In this section the numbered streets are ar- ranged 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 cross- ing 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.


THE KINSTON RURAL ROUTES DIRECTORY extends from page 721 to page 739, on white paper.


THE NUMERICAL TELEPHONE DIRECTORY, on blue paper, begins opposite page 740.


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 manufac- turing 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 read- ily 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 is maintained in the of- fices of the Kinston Chamber of Commerce, for free refer- ence 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 Ameri- can Directory Publishers, under whose supervision the sys- tem is operated.


The publishers appreciatively acknowledge the recogni- tion 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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(Courtesy Kinston Chamber of Commerce)


Statistical Review


Form of Government-Council-manager.


Population-1950 U. S. Census, 18,336; estimate in 1953, 25,000. Percentage of white population, 57; colored, 43.


Area-5.1 square miles.


Altitude-47 feet above sea level.


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


Parks-4, with total of 80 acres.


Assessed Valuation-$22,085,076, with $1.25 per $100 tax rate.


Financial Data-3 banks, with total resources of over $23,000,000. 2 building and loan associations, with total as- sets of $6,000,000.


Postal Receipts-$178,837 (calendar year 1952).


Telephones in Service, 5,500.


Churches-40, representing 25 denominations.


Building and Construction-351 permits, with total value of $3,433,130, issued in 1952.


Real Estate-7,000 households .


Industry-Chief industries of the community: Agricul- ture (tobacco growing, marketing and processing), manu- facturing and lumbering. 56 industrial establishments, em- ploying 7,525 workers. Principal manufactured products: Processed tobacco, men's shirts, cotton and rayon yarn, nylon hose, lumber, concrete building supplies, paper boxes, containers, feed, fertilizer and woodwork products. Opera- tion of multimillion-dollar synthetic fiber (Dacron) plant by E. I. duPont de Nemours & Co. scheduled to begin in spring of 1953.


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


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


Airports-1, City-County, Class 4. Commercial and pas- senger service by Piedmont Airlines.


Automobile Registrations-5,000.


Amusements-Largest auditorium in city seats 1,300 persons (school). 6 moving-picture theatres, with total seating capacity of 6,000 persons. 1 golf course. 1 country club.


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Hospitals-2, with total of 125 beds.


Education-6 public schools, including 2 high. 1 paro- chial school. Number of pupils in public schools, 4,200; teachers, 144. Value of public school property, over $2,000,000.


Public Libraries-2, with total of 24,000 volumes.


City Statistics-Total street mileage, 54, with 44 miles paved. City bus line. Number of water meters, 5,750; light meters, 7,025. Water provided by 4 deep artesian wells, and untreated; daily average pumpage, approximately 3,000,000 gallons. Fire department has 23 men, with 3 stations and 7 pieces of motor equipment. Police department has 31 men, with 1 station and 8 pieces of motor equipment.


General Review


The beginning of what is now a thriving eastern Caro- lina 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 high- ways and railway roadbeds, and the "trading post" now serves approximately 150,000 "settlers" in its territory.


The population of the river settlement has grown from a hardy handful early in the 19th century to an estimated 25,000 at present. Today Kinston is the seat of government of Lenoir County, embracing 45,953 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 re- tail 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


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Frosty Morn Meats, Inc., North Carolina's Only Federally-Inspected Meat-Packing Plant


later, tobacco-came a broader economic outlook and more prosperity. Today "King Cotton" has lost it autocracy, and the "Golden-Leaf Tobacco" has become the economic ruler.


The rule of the "Golden-Leaf" has been a fruitful one, for $41,037,089 poured into the farmers' purses as a result of sales on the Kinston market in 1952. Kinston's 14 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 re- flected sharply in its growth.


Following the establishment of a thriving market, tobacco-processing 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.




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