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INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX
HILL DIRECTORY COMPANY, publishers of Southeastern Direc- tories (publishers of the Leaksville, Spray and Draper Directory since 1958), presents to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1963 edition of the Leaksville, Spray and Draper City Directory, which also includes Rural Route Residents.
Confidence in the growth of Leaksville, Spray and Draper's industry, population and wealth, and in the advancement of their civic and social activities, will be maintained as sections of this Directory are consult- ed, for the Directory is a mirror truly reflecting Leaksville, Spray and Draper 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 courte- ous 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 Leaksville, Spray and Draper Directory will fulfill its mission as a source of authentic in- formation pertaining to the communities.
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 communities, arranged in alphabetical order under appropriate headings-a catalog of all the activities of the communities. 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 busy and diversified communities like Leaksville, Spray and Draper, the necessity of having this kind of information up-to-date and always immediately available, is obvious. The Directory is the common intermediary be- tween buyer and seller, and plays an important role in the daily activi- ties of the commercial, industrial and professional world.
II. THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and business 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 Leaksville, Spray and Draper, and the name, official personnel, nature and address of each firm and corporation in the communities.
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 inter- secting streets appear at their respective crossing points on each street. Special features of this section are the designation of tenant-owned homes and the listing of telephone numbers.
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IV. THE NUMERICAL TELEPHONE DIRECTORY is the fourth major department, printed on blue paper.
Community Publicity
The Directory reflects the achievements and ambitions of the com- munities, depicting in unbiased terms what they have 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 Leaksville, Spray and Draper.
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS Poge numbers below refer to the Buyers' Guide Section
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Adams R N General Contractor. . . back cover, right top lines and 11 Advisor Magazine The. . . tabbed Insert at Draper Shopping Center . in Alphabetical Section and 38
Barbara's Beauty Salon. . tabbed Insert at Draper Shopping Center . in Alphabetical Section
Bateman's Flowers
right top lines and 22
Belk-Cline Co
.left side lines and 18
Boren Clay Products Co
front cover, left bottom lines and 7
Boulevard Restaurant.
41
Boulevard Shoe Repair
right side lines and
44
Boulevard Taxi .
back cover, left bottom lines and
45
Carolina Coal & Oil Co Inc
.right top lines, 9 and
23
Cherry Insurance & Realty Co
left top lines and
28
Cox's Food Store
right bottom lines and 26
Draper Beauty Salon.
tabbed Insert at Draper Shopping Center
. in Alphabetical Section
Draper Lumber Co tabbed Insert at Draper Shopping Center
. in Alphabetical Section
Draper Merchants Association. . tabbed Insert at Draper Shopping
Center in Alphabetical Section and
33
Draper Shoe Store tabbed Insert at Draper Shopping Center
in Alphabetical Section
Duke Power Co left side lines and 21
Dyer's . left side lines and
48
Dyer's Plumbing & Heating back cover, left side lines and
38
Fair Funeral Home Inc.
front cover, left top lines and
24
Fieldcrest Mills Inc . left top lines, B and
46
Fieldcrest Store . .left side lines and
27
Fulp George Electrical Contractors
front cover, right bottom
lines and 15
. left side lines and Green G B & Son Inc
10
Greensboro News Co
right top lines and 35
Greer Electrical Contractor . .right side lines and
14
Harbour Bain Building Contractor back cover, left side lines, .8 and 14
Hill Directory Company
Hodges Service Station.
44
Home Savings & Loan Assn
.front cover, right top lines and
43
Hopkins J Guy. .tabbed Insert at Draper Shopping Center
. in Alphabetical Section
Hopkins & Johnston Fuel Co tabbed Insert at Draper Shopping
. Center in Alphabetical Section Hopper Oil Co.
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41
Ivie Tire Co .
47
Jack's Tastee-Freez
. left bottom lines and
22
John's Drive-In Restaurant .tabbed Insert at Draper Shopping
. Center in Alphabetical Section
3
Johnston-Turner Furniture Co
. tabbed Insert at Draper Shopping
. Center in Alphabetical Section Jones Hardware Co
Kallam Oil Co .
back cover and
35
Shopping Center in Alphabetical Section and
20
Leaksville Bank & Trust Co . .. . front stencil, right top lines and Leaksville Bank & Trust Co-Draper Branch. .. . tabbed Insert at . Draper Shopping Center in Alphabetical Section Leaksville Hardware Co.
27
Leaksville News The . bottom stencil and
34
Leaksville Paint Co right bottom lines and 36
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Lasley Drugs Inc left bottom lines, tabbed Insert at Draper
Hubbard's Kubbard top stencil, right top lines and
19
Home Lumber Co Inc . front cover, right bottom lines and
32
Johnson-Dear Motors Inc left top lines and
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28
Leaksville-Spray Insurance Agency Inc.
Lee, Fulcher, White & Hubbard Inc . right top lines and 29
Section
left bottom lines and 17
Meadow Dairies front cover, right side lines, 12 and
Murphy & Mabes. . right top lines and
3
Murphy's Central Service Station tabbed Insert at Draper Shopping
Nora's Draper Dry Goods Co .
Center in Alphabetical Section 40
right top lines and
42
Owen Realty Co
Peoples Lunch .
Powell's Food Store. . . tabbed Insert at Draper Shopping Center in .Alphabetical Section
Radford Super Market. . tabbed Insert at Draper Shopping Center in .Alphabetical Section
6
Reidsville Block & Concrete Specialties .right side lines and
30
Ridge View Cemetery.
right side lines and
Rockingham Insurance Agency . right top lines and
Sani-Freeze Dairy Bar. . . in Alphabetical Section
tabbed Insert at Draper Shopping
Saunders Roy Texaco Service. . Center in Alphabetical Section
tabbed Insert at Draper Shopping Center
Smart Esso Service
.left top lines and 13
Smith John & Sons Inc
left top lines and
Spray Insurance Agency
right side lines and
Sugg-Harris Funeral Home
Textile Workers Union of America AFL-CIO Bi-County Joint
. right top lines and
4 4 39
Tri-City Pontiac . .
left side lines and Wall Furniture Co
.left top lines and
29 48
Wall Insurance Agency Inc backbone, right side lines, 2 and
Wayne Jones Ford Inc . . tabbed Insert at Draper Shopping Western Auto Associate Store. Center in Alphabetical Section
. left bottom lines and Winn Electric Co.
16
30 25
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Board . .
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40
W L O E Radio Station
25
Walker & Dyer
. left top lines and
Tri-City Finance Co
.right side lines and
30
Rogers A D Jeweler .tabbed Insert at Draper Shopping Center
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42
Mar-Gre Motel.
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Mar-Gre Restaurant
Maud's. . . tabbed Insert at Draper Shopping Center in Alphabetical
37
in Alphabetical Section
LEAKSVILLE, SPRAY and DRAPER
"Wonderful Land of Eden"
(Courtesy Tri-City Chamber of Commerce)
Statistical Review
Location in County-North Central Section, Leaksville Township.
Population-Towns
1960 Census
Leaksville (Inc. 1874). 6,427
Spray (Inc. 1951). 4,565
Draper (Inc. 1949) 3,382
Central Area (Est.) 2,000
Leaksville Township 19,426
Altitude-572.85 feet above sea level.
Climate-Mean annual temperature 60 degrees F .; average annual
rainfall 44.20 inches.
Taxes-1963 tax rate: Leaksville, $1.10; Spray, $1.10; Draper, $1.25; Meadow Greens Sanitary District, $.85. County tax rate is $. 85 plus $.23 School Tax.
Financial Data-2 banks with total assets of $11,618,954.16; 1 Savings & Loan Association, with total assets of $10,086,724.28.
Telephones in Service-7,000 (Central Telephone Company).
Electric Customers-7,195 (Duke Power Co.).
Gas Meters (Natural)-1,750 (N.C. Gas Corp.).
Churches-64, representing all major denominations.
Industry-Chief industries of the city and surrounding territory are sheeting, blanket, rug and yarn mills, cement, block plant, brick plant, steam plant, solite and data processing. Number of manufacturing es- tablishments 11, employing over 5,000 people.
Newspaper-1 weekly, The Leaksville News.
Magazines-1 monthly, The Advisor.
Radio Broadcasting Stations-1, W L O E.
Hotels-1, Central Hotel, 30 rooms.
Motels-1, Mar-Gre Motel, 27 units.
Railroads-City served by 1 railroad, as follows: Carolina & North- western.
Bus Lines-City served by 1 intra-city bus line, as follows: Tri-City Transportation Co.
Airports-Greensboro 35 miles, Capital, Eastern and Piedmont Air- lines; Winston-Salem 50 miles; Capital, Piedmont and Eastern Airlines.
Recreation-Number of playfields, 6. Number of playfields lighted, 2. Number of golf courses, 2 (9-hole). Number of theatres, 2 white; 1 drive-in; YMCA's; Boys Club and swimming pools; bowling center.
Hospitals-1, with a total of 112 beds. Diagnostic treatment center and Cobalt Therapy.
Education-The Tri-Cities has one of the finest public school systems in North Carolina. There are 12 units including elementary, junior and senior high schools, and a state operated Industrial Educational Center.
Public Libraries-2, with total of 74,000 volumes; also 2 Bookmo- biles.
Water-For industrial or other use is available in unlimited supply throughout the year with two major rivers, the Smith and the Dan joining at the Tri-Cities.
Natural Gas-Supplied by the North Carolina Gas Corporation and Transcontinental Gas Company, is also available in more than adequate supply for industry, home or business use.
Power-Furnished by Duke Power Company, and Dan River Steam Station with an output of 300,000 KW.
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Aerial View of Leaksville, N. C.
Historical Sketch Based On Writings Of The Late Judge Henry P. Lane, of Leaksville, N. C.
The Towns of Leaksville, Spray and Draper have come to be known as the Tri-Cities of Rockingham County, North Carolina. This is proper, as they are so intimately linked in their industrial, social and cultural interest as to form one Metropolitan area. Leaksville was incorporated in 1874; Draper in 1949; and Spray in 1951.
These towns are in an historic area. Here Colonel William Byrd, the famous Virginian, came in 1728 when he led the commission running the dividing line between Virginia and Carolina. In 1733, he received his grant of twenty thousand acres, and named it the "Land of Eden," and said in his immortal book, it was the most beautiful section he had ever seen. All of Spray and Draper, and much of Leaksville lie within the confines of Byrd's tract. When Leaksville's radio station, the first in Rockingham County, went on the air in December, 1946, the call letters, with perfect propriety, were W L O E, representing the "Wonderful Land of Eden."
Leaksville is the oldest of the triplets; and one of the oldest towns in the county. Some years prior to 1797, John Leak had received from Robert Galloway, a large land owner, a tract of one hundred acres of land on the north side of the Dan River near the point where the Smith River runs into the Dan. By reason of the beauty and healthfulness of the location, Leak decided to promote a town here and sold a number of lots. In 1797, the Legislative body of the State passed an act authorizing him to lay off a town site on his tract according to the plans drawn by a board of commissioners named in the Act. This was done, and the town was named Leak. Two streets running East and West, Washington and Jay, and three running North and South, Patrick, Henry and Hamilton were laid out, and on these streets lots were sold and the town grew up.
The first business houses, as well as residences, were erected on Henry Street, near the river where the Karastan rug mill and Bedspread mill now stand.
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Morehead Memorial Hospital, Leaksville, N. C.
In 1812, with the creation of the Roanoke Navigation Co., boats began to ply the river from Weldon, N. C., up to Roanoke River to the Dan, thence up that stream to Leaksville, which became the head of naviga- tion. This created a great boom in the town and a rapid growth. It be- came the trading center of a great section, extending to and across the Blue Ridge Mountains into Virginia.
Produce from this section, accumulated by the merchants, was con- veyed from here down the river and the song of the boatmen, as they poled the long batteaux, heavily laden with tobacco, and other products along the Dan, were familiar sounds.
Around 1818, a great building boom had started here, a large bank was established, a branch of the state bank, and lots were sold for al- most fabulous prices. In a few years, the boom collapsed and a more substantial growth began.
In 1819, an academy was opened at Leaksville and later a school for girls was conducted. In later years, Nathan Henry, a son of America's great orator and patriot Patrick Henry, conducted the Academy for males. In 1846, Patrick Henry III was head of the school. In that year he closed the school, formed a company, and as captain of it, went to Mexico with a North Carolina regiment. Other noted teachers conducted the school here, the best known being Professor N. S. Smith and B. W. Ray.
In 1813, James Barnett had erected the largest grist mill in this part of North Carolina, at a point on Smith River, where is now the bank building at Spray. He also operated a saw mill, oil mill and cotton gin and a large store there. He sold his interest, including a large tract of land and valuable water power to John M. Morehead, and in 1839, More- head built the Leaksville Cotton Mill. In later years, Morehead became Governor of North Carolina and one of the South's most distinguished statesmen and outstanding financiers. After his death, his family con- tínued to expand the textile interest here, establishing the Leaksville Woolen Mill in the early seventies and conducting the largest mercan- tile establishment in the county.
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John Motley Morehead High School
At Spray in 1890, Major J. Turner Morehead promoted the Wilson Aluminum Company, that never made any aluminum, instead, by accident, discovered how to produce carbide, which, when put in water, generated acetylene gas. From this discovery, the American Carbide Company originated and became one of the largest and greatest corporations in the world.
In 1892, under the leadership of the late B. Frank Mebane, a marvel- ous expansion began, and for several years a new cotton and woolen mill was promoted, each year, all the available water power of the Smith River being utilized, and steam plants being required.
In the meantime, in old Leaksville, tobacco manufacturing was the chief, or only industry, as it had been for almost a century. Auction warehouses had opened here soon after the War Between the States, and the market held up well in competition with other points. As late as 1893, eight factories were making chewing tobacco here, and some of their brands were famous throughout the country.
The Danville and New River Railroad Company built its lines to Leaksville by 1884. It is now the Carolina and Northwestern, a branch of the Southern System. This ended all water transportation, as well as the hauling of freight from Reidsville and Danville by wagons with team horses, mules and oxen.
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First National Bank
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Home Savings & Loan Association
By 1906, Draper had grown to be a considerable village. The German-American Co., had built a large textile mill there in the heart of what has always been called "The Meadows." In 1912, this plant and much land was acquired by Marshall Field and Company of Chicago. The blanket mill was enlarged and in 1915 an additional plant was built for the manufacture of sheeting. Seven mills of Spray also were acquired by Marshall Field and Co. These mills were expanded and improved and two new plants, the Bedspread Mill and the Karastan rug mill, were built at Leaksville.
Marshall Field and Co. operated this chain of mills until Oct. 1, 1953, when the mills were purchased by a newly-formed corporation, Field- crest Mills, Incorporated. The new company has continued to invest heavily in modernization, from early 1954 to the end of 1958. Today, the Fieldcrest Mills, together with the Leaksville Woolen Mill, The More- head Mill, and the Spray Cotton Mills form the economic backbone of the Tri-Cities, employing more than 5,000 of its citizens.
Leaksville Bank & Trust Co.
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Fieldcrest Mills Inc. General Office
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Fieldcrest Store
In addition to textile manufacturing, numerous other industries have been established in recent years. Among these are Rockingham Block & Ready Mix Company, a subsidiary of Boren Clay Products; Home Novelty Company, a furniture plant; Webster Brick Company, Southern Light- weight Aggregate Corporation (Solite) and Litho-Web, Incorporated, a continuous forms industry.
The Tri-Cities are served by the Duke Power Company which con- structed here its Dan River Steam Station to furnish an ample supply of electricity to the northern part of the growing Piedmont Carolinas. The first 70,000 KW generating unit went on the line in September, 1949, and was followed closely by the second 70,000 KW unit in March, 1950. A third unit of 150,000 KW was added in August, 1955.
Telephone service for the Tri-Cities is provided by the Central Telephone Company with 5,540 telephone installations. The modern dial system has a capacity for a number of additional phones as needed in the future.
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COMMERCE
Tri-City Chamber of Commerce Building
The Tri-Cities have 64 churches representing all major denomina- tions. Many fine school buildings provide for the educational needs of the communities. The county library at Leaksville and a branch library at Draper contain thousands of volumes. Two Y. M. C. A.'s, Boys Club and boy and girl scout organizations provide wholesome programs bene- fitting youth. A total of 64 civic clubs, affiliated with National organiza- tions provide opportunities for self-development and community improvement.
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