Hill's Kinston (Lenoir County, N.C.) City Directory [1962], Part 1

Author: Hill Directory Company.
Publication date: 1962
Publisher: Hill Directory Co.
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MASSEY MOTOR CO.


Cadillac


SALES SERVICE


126 W. King


Oldsmobile Tel. JAcksom 3-6111


Carolina Dairies


Carolina, DAIRIES


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Look for this familiar shield in your grocer's showcase


Or Call JAckson 3-4113 FOR DOORSTEP DELIVERY


MITCHELL OIL CO.


PHILLIPS 66


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FOR FARM and HOME


Telephone JAck son 3-2117 U S. Hwy. 70 W. (Goldsboro Hwy.)


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A HOUSEHOLDER and Avenue Guide and where inters numerically every the householder ( whether the persc if he has a telepl vided on office occupants.


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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 correctness 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 Company, Publishers


INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX


HILL DIRECTORY COMPANY, publishers of Southeastern Direct- ories (publishers of the Kinston City Directory since 1908), present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1962 edition of the Kinston City Directory, which also includes Club Pines, Dupreeville, Green Acres, Greenmead, Jackson Heights, Northview and Rural Route Residents. The inclusion of Jackson Heights and Northview are new.


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 esti- mation of the public, has been established by rendering the best in Di- rectory service. With an unrivaled organization, and having had the cour- teous 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 community.


Four Major Departments


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


I. THE BUYERS' GUIDE constitutes the first major department of the Directory, printed on yellow paper. In the first section of this depart- ment, grouped under appropriate headings, are included the advertise- ments and business cards of firms and individuals desiring to make a complete presentation of their products or services. Following this is the Classified Business Section, which embraces a list of the names and addresses of all business and professional concerns of the city, arranged in alphabetical order under appropriate headings-a catalog of all the ac- tivities of the city. The Buyers' Guide represents reference advertising at its best, and merits the attention of all buyers and sellers seeking sources of supply or markets for goods. In a busy and diversified com- munity like Kinston, 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 impor- tant role in the daily activities of the commercial, industrial and profes- sional world.


II. THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and busi- ness 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 Kinston, and the name, official personnel, nature and address of each firm and corporation in the community.


III. THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE 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 attheir resepctive 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, is the fourth major department, printed on blue paper.


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INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX


Community Publicity


The Directory reflects the achievements and ambitions of the com- munity, 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 edu- cational 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 and vicinity.


The Kinston Out-of-Town City Directory Library


Through the courtesy of the publishers of the Kinston City Direct- ory, a Directory Library is maintained in the offices of the Kinston Chamber of Commerce Inc, for free reference by the general public. This is one of more than 1,000 Directory Libraries installed in cities and towns throughout the U. S., Canada and Puerto Rico 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 COMPANY, Publishers.


INDEX TO ADVERTISERS Page numbers below refer to the Buyers' Guide Section


Page


Atlantic Discount Corp


left bottom lines and 72 8


Aunt Jennie's Bake Shop


Auto Generator & Starter Service


back cover,


Background Music Inc


.left side lines and


73


45


Barbecue Lodge .


.right side lines and


Barrow-Kennedy Builders Inc.


Battery Suppliers Inc


Belk-Tyler Co


Bo-Von Inn .


.right side lines and


Brody's .


Carey A J'Oil Co Inc. right center lines and


Carolina Cleaners & Laundry Inc .. left bottom lines and


Carolina Dairies Corp. front cover, right bottom lines and


96


Cherry Oil Co Inc.


front cover, left side lines, 38, 52 and


Churchill Upholstery. .right side lines and


Claytor's Tin Shop .


Colonial Frozen Foods Inc .


Colonial Inn.


Daniels Plumer back cover, left side lines, 3 and


Decoration Shoppe The


Dudley's Floral Gardens & Flower Shop Inc . . left bottom lines and


.left side lines and


Edge Bros Lumber Co.


Edwards Funeral Home Inc left top lines and


44


60


Elmore John I Insurance Agency Inc right side lines and


Evans J H & Son Construction Co .


. left bottom lines and


20


Everett Concrete .


left side lines and


Fashion Shoppe of Kinston Inc.


left side lines and


Gardner Fred C Co Inc . left top lines and


41


Garner's Funeral Home Inc . . front stencil, left bottom lines, 2 and Garris R A Tile Co.


.right side lines and


Grace's Sandwich Co.


21 91 12 54 2 81


Greene's Heating & Air Conditioning Co


.right side lines and


Gwaltney Paint & Wallpaper Co.


left top lines and


36


Hart J Q Inc


right bottom lines and


69


Harvey's of Kinston Inc Heath Electric Co.


.right side lines and


Heilig-Levine of Kinston Inc.


back cover and


Herring TV-Radio Service


.right side lines and


Hill Directory Company.


right top lines and


39 and


Hodges Oil Co


Hogan's Pharmacy .


tabbed Insert at


Home Federal Savings of Kinston


.Street Guide and 92


Hood J E & Co Inc


Hood's Prescription Shop.


Hood's Rexall Drugs


Hotel Kinston. .


right top lines, Z and


Howard & Carter Funeral Home


42 97


Howard's Tire Service


.right side lines and


Humphrey Lloyd B .


. right bottom lines and 12


CONL


24 28 46 49 80 25 40 52 26


Greene's TV & Appliance Co right side lines and 21


Harris Charles W Distributor.


.left side lines and


Grady's Building Supply & Hardware Inc.


right side lines and


Gray & Oglesby Co.


.left side lines and


20 17 19


Duraclean Home Services right top lines and


59 99 89 34 73 78 69 30 15 10


Carter G W Tile Co.Inc .right side lines and


right side lines and 24 87 left top lines and 38 23 35 26 22


Boyette-Cooper Oil Co Inc.


right top lines, 4 and


53


Baker's Furniture Co Inc.


backbone, left top lines and


88 84 9


A A A 58


Herring Gas Service Inc


Hobgood's Oil Service


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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


Page


I S O Aero Service Inc. left side lines and 8


Ideal Cleaners .


left top lines and 27


Jackson Upholstery. right bottom lines and 98


King's Bar-Be-Cue & Restaurant


back cover, left top lines and


King's Shopping Center .


Kinston Building Supply Co Inc .


right side lines and


Kinston Chamber of Commerce Inc


Kinston Electric Co


Kinston Free Press Co Inc.


Kinston Hotel. .


right top lines, Z and


Kinston Laundry Co


left top lines and 71 77


Kinston Optical Co


right top lines and


Kinston Plumbing & Heating Co Inc .


.left side lines and


Kinston Upholstery Co.


Kinstonian Motel .right side lines and


Kleber's Florists


2


Lane's Funeral Home Inc.


43


Lenoir Nursing Home .


right top lines and 74 56


Maico Hearing Aids Service.


right top lines and


Mallard-Griffin Inc. .right side lines and


Malone H L Insurance Agency. .left side lines and


75


Martin Oil Co


front cover and 5


Midgett Jim Motors Inc .


right center lines and 8


Midyette Hardware Co. right top lines, 14 and


Mitchell Oil Co


front cover and


Moore J A Equipment Co


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


Morris Bros Motor Co Inc.


left side lines and


Moyes & Son Funeral Home


Mutual of New York


left bottom lines and


.front cover,


Mutual Savings & Loan Association


right top lines, 71 and


Neuse Milling Co


Oettinger Bros.


right side lines and


27


Park Roy H Broadcasting Inc


front cover,


Parrott Brothers


Parrott J F Inc


Parrott Jake A Insurance Agency


left bottom lines and 82


Powell, Kistler & Co.


. back cover and 94 18


Presslys' Laundry & Dry Cleaners


Quinn W C Plumbing & Heating Co. left side lines and 79 Ramsey Insurance & Realty Co of Kinston Inc 85 Randolph's Florist . bottom stencil, 32 and Rasberry Francis P right bottom lines and 33 64 80


Rider Printing Co.


left side lines and


83


Rouse Harold F .


right top lines and 69


Scott E L Heating Co Inc back cover, right side lines and 57


Scott E L Roofing Co Inc back cover, right side lines and


90


Stadiem H Inc. .right side lines and


16


Stadiem Insurance Co & Kinston Insurance Service Agency Inc. .


Suburban Radio & Television


Sudie Mae's Beauty Den. right top lines and


Sun-X-Glass Tinting .


28


Taylor Investment Co . . right bottom lines, 70 and


74


Town & Country Gas Co Inc .left side lines and 50


W N CT Television Station


.front cover, right center lines and


95 7


Weeks Motor Co.


93 29 47


One Hour Cleaners & Laundry


right center lines and


left side lines and


68 and


95 48 84 63


Perry-Burton Realty Co Inc .


85 62 6 44 68


Knott Awning & Fabric Shop. left bottom lines and


79 99 73 31


13 61


Massey Motor Co Inc


55 37


86 54 11


X 29 C 58


Sutton W M Electric Co .left side lines and


.back cover, left top lines, 66 and 67 81 9 53


Rochelle J Marvin Inc


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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


Page


Whitfield's Jewelry Store.


left bottom lines and 70


Wooten Gas Corp . left center lines and


51


Wooten-Hollowell Oil Co


. left center lines and 40


Wooten Oil Co left side lines, 39 and 76


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GARNER


When You Want to Know:


-where a person lives.


-what his occupation is.


-who lives at a certain number on a street.


-where a street is located. -the correct spelling of a name. -the officers of a corporation. -the partners in a firm.


-the solution to any of scores of prob- lems that pop up unexpectedly to annoy and baffle you.


-you can quickly find the answer in the City Directory.


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KINSTON


(Courtesy Kinston Chamber of Commerce Inc) 1762-200TH ANNIVERSARY-1962


Statistical Review


Form of Government-Council-manager.


Population-1960 U. S. Census, 24,819; in 1961, 25,400. Percentage of white population, 61%, colored, 39%.


Area-6.2 square miles.


Altitude-47 feet above sea level.


Climate-Mean annual temperature, 62.4 degrees F .; average rain- fall (annual), 43.73 inches.


Parks-8, with total of 80 acres.


Assessed Valuation- $46,677,773-1962.


Financial Data-3 banks, with total resources of over $29,213,000.


2 building and loan associations, with total assets of over $33,200,000.


Postal Receipts-$331,620 (Calendar year 1961).


Telephones in Service-11,094.


Churches-57, representing 25 denominations.


Building and Construction-$3,921,016 (1961).


Real Estate -- 8,000 householders.


Industry-Chief industries of the community: Agriculture (tobacco growing, marketing and processing), manufacturing and lumbering. 65 in- dustrial and processing establishments, employing 7,896 workers. Prin- cipal manufactured products: Processed tobacco, men's shirts, cotton and rayon yarn, metal grills and registers, lumber, concrete building supplies, paper boxes, containers, feed, fertilizer and wood-work prod- ucts. E. I. duPont de Nemours & Co.'s (Dacron) synthetic fiber plant is the principal single industry.


KINSTON PLANT -E. I duPont de Nemours & Co. , Manufacturing Dacron Polyester Fibre


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KINSTOMS RESTAURANT


HOTEL.


KINSTON


A Familiar Landmark -Hotel Kinston


Grainger High School


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Trade Area -- Retail area has radius of 50 miles and population of 750,000; wholesale area has radius of 100 miles and population of 1,900, - 000.


Newspapers-1 daily and 1 weekly.


Radio Stations-3: WFTC, WELS and WISP.


Hotels and Motels-4, with total of 230 rooms.


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


Highways-U. S. 70 and 258; State 11, 55, 58 and 91.


Airports-City-County, Class 4. Commercial and passenger serv- ice by Piedmont Airlines. 8 flights daily.


Automobile Registration-26,763 (license tags sold in 1961 through local motor club office).


Amusements -Largest auditorium in city seats 1,300 persons (school) 4 moving-picture theatres. 18-hole golf course. Country Club. 2 munici- pal swimming pools, skating, bowling.


Hospitals-2, with total of 175 beds.


Education-10 public schools, including 2 high schools. 2 parochial schools. Total number of pupils in schools, 6,416; teachers, 221.


Public Libraries-1 central and 3 branches, with total of 59,277 vol- umes. Also a mobile unit.


City Statistics-Total street mileage, 83.75 with 67.25 miles 'paved. Number of water meters, 6,690; light meters 7,794. Water provided by 6 deep artesian wells, and untreated; daily average pumpage, approximate- ly 3,000,000 gallons. Fire Department has 52 men, with 4 stations and 11 pieces of motor equipment. Police Department has 36 men, with 1 station and 10 pieces of motor equipment.


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-bal- anced center of varied commerce. The forest trails and water travel of Colonial days have turned into paved highways and railway roadbeds, and the "trading post" now serves approximately 150,000 "settlers" in its territory.


The population of the river settlement has grownfrom a hardy hand- ful early in the 19th century to 25,400 at present. Today Kinston is the seat of government of Lenoir County, embracing 55,000 persons. The growth of Kinston always has been closely tied to agriculture, but now with the continued increase of population in the trade area, gradually de- veloping 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 survival, the production-first, of cotton, and later, tobacco-came a broad-economic outlook and more prosperity. Today "King Cotton" has lost its autocracy and the "Golden-Leaf Tobacco" has become the eco- nomic ruler.


The rule of the "Golden-Leaf" has been a fruitful one, for $34,500, - 795 poured into the farmers' purses as the result of sales on the Kinston market in 1960. Kinston's twelve tobacco warehouses provide ample sales space and facilities to accommodate more than 100,000,000 pounds of to- bacco. Such a return from a single phase of the agriculture life of Kin- ston's "settlement" area, when boosted by the progress and return from the variety of other phases, has been reflected sharply in its growth.


Following the establishment of a thriving market, tobacco-proces- sing 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


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many miles of broad, paved streets, are located producers of clothing and other textiles, building materials and various types of consumer goods.


Auction Scene from One of Kinston's Twelve Tobacco Warehouses


A network of improved highways lead out of Kinston into the Coastal Plain like the spokes of a wheel and two railroads provide carrier facili- ties of heavy goods and shipments. Electric power, with newly-added equipment and facilities, is available to the city's residential and indus- trial needs and is more than 40% above the peak demand at present. There are 50 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- growing population.


The economic soundness of Kinston can be attested by the three thriving banks, two having branches including a drive-in bank, which serves 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 improvements and for the construction of permanent municipal improvements.


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 one of the most healthful. Here, it is not a matter of now many days the sun shines each year, but whether it shines in proper proportion to the rainfall. The abundance and value of farm crops grown in the im- mediate vicinity is proof of ideal weather and climate.


Frosty Morn Meats, Inc. , Federally Inspected Meat Packing Plant


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Two modern hospitals, staffed by some of the country's most emi- nent physicians, surgeons and specialists, are here to serve the citizens of the area. More than 40 doctors and dentists reside and practice in the city, thereby making Kinston the medical center of eastern North Caro- lina. A well-organized public health program is carried on at all times to make for cleanliness and the eradication and treatment of disease. The Caswell Training School, the State's largest institution for the care of the mentally retarded and deficient, is located near the city. Kinston has a large modern library, with three branches and a mobile unit cir- culating 340,000 books and library materials annually. The library cir- culates, besides books, educational films and musical recordings and also sponsors Great Books discussion groups.


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Lenoir Memorial Hospital - County Owned and Operated


ARMORY


National Guard Armory, Completed in 1955


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


Kinston citizens are friendly people, ever anxious to share their goods or services with the stranger within the city's gates. Kinston ex- tends a cordial invitation to homeseekers, industrialists, retail traders, and men and women of all vocations to come here for a day, a year, or a lifetime.


FAIR PRACTICE CODE for ADVERTISING and SELLING recommended by the ASSOCIATION OF BETTER BUSINESS BUREAUS, INC.


I. Serve the public with honest values.


11. Tell the truth about what is offered.


III. Tell the truth in o forthright manner so its significance may be understood by the trusting as well as the analytical.


IV. Tell customers whot they want to know - what they have a right to know and ought to know about what is offered so that they may buy wisely and obtain the maximum satisfaction from their purchases.


V. Be prepared ond willing to make good as pro- mised and without quibble on any guarantee offered.


VI. Be sure that the normal use of merchandise or services offered will not be hazardous to public health or life.


VII. Reveal material facts, the deceptive conceal- ment of which might cause consumers to be misled.




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