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EARLY JEWELERS "STORE OF SATISFACTION" Morehead City
Tel. 6-3186
723 Arendell St.
COMPLETE BANKING SERVICE
CHECKING ACCOUNTS
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AUTOMOBILE
IRST CITIZENS BANK & TRUST COMPANY
SAVINGS ACCOUNTS
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Established 1898
821-823 Arendell St. Morehead City
We never forget to "Thank You!"
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SALES - SERVICE AUTHORIZED DEALER OLDSMOBILE PONTIAC AND COMPANY, Inc.
SOUND CHEVROLET
"A SOUND DEAL IS A GOOD DEAL"
1308 ARENDELL MOREHEAD
TEL. 6-4071
"24" Hour Wrecker Service
TEL. 6-4071
Nights and Holidays
6-3813
Morehead Block & Tile Co., Inc. QUALITY CONCRETE PRODUCTS
Metal Windows Waterproofing Paint DIAL 6-3970 Prompt Delivery
Concrete Steps Culvert Tile DIAL 6-3970 Prompt Delivery
GEO. W. DILL & SONS MOREHEAD CITY, N. C. FUNERALS SINCE 1900 AMBULANCE SERVICE
1107 Bridges St.
Dial 6-3161
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411 Front St. Beaufort
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HILL'S MOREHEAD CITY-BEAUFORT
CARTERET COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
CITY DIRECTORY 1958
INCLUDING ATLANTIC CITY
Containing an Alphabetical Directory of Business Concerns and Pri- vate Citizens, including Rural Route Listings Emanating from the Morehead City and Beaufort Post Offices, a Directory of Householders, Occupants of Office Buildings and Other Business Places, Including a Complete Street and Avenue Guide, a Numerical Telephone Directory, Rural Routes and Much Information of a Miscellaneous Charac- ter; also the
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The publishers cannot and do not guarantee the cor- rectness of all information furnished them nor the complete absence of errors or omissions, hence no responsibility for same can be or is assumed.
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INTRODUCTION AND
GENERAL INDEX
HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., publishers of South- eastern Directories, present to subscribers and the gen- eral public, this, the 1958 edition of the Morehead City- Beaufort City Directory, which also includes Atlantic Beach and the rural routes emanating from the More- head City and Beaufort Post Offices.
This is the first Hill Directory of Morehead City- Beaufort, and is completely standarized according to the policies and practices of the Association of North Amer- ican Directory Publishers.
Confidence in the growth of Morehead City-Beau- fort's industry, population and wealth, and in the ad- vancement 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 Morehead City- Beaufort to the world.
The enviable position occupied by HILL'S Directo- ries in the estimation of the public, has been established by rendering the best in Directory service. With an un- rivaled organization, and having had the courteous and hearty cooperation of the business and professional men and residents, the publishers feel that the results of their labors will meet with the approval of every user, and that the Morehead City-Beaufort Directory will fulfill its mis- sion as a source of authentic information pertaining to the community.
Four Major Departments
The four major departments are arranged in the fol- lowing order :-
I. THE YELLOW PAGES constitute the first major department of the Directory. This ambraces a complete list of the names and addresses of the business and pro- fessional concerns of the city, arranged in alphabetical order under appropriate headings-a catalog of all the activities of the city. Preceding this catalog, likewise grouped under appropriate headings, are the advertise- ments and business cards of firms and individuals desir- ing to present a more complete list of their products or services than is possible in the catalog itself. The Yel- low Pages represent reference advertising at its best, and merit the attention of all buyers and sellers seeking sources of supply or markets for goods. In a busy and di- versified community like Morehead City-Beaufort, the
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necessity of having this kind of information up-to-date and always immediately available, is obvious. The Di- rectory is the common intermediary between buyer and seller, and plays an important role in the daily activities of the commercial, industrial and professional world.
II. THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of resi- dents and business and professional concerns is the sec- ond 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 res- ident of Morehead City-Beaufort, and on the Morehead City-Beaufort rural routes, and the name, official per- sonnel, nature and address of each firm and corporation.
III. THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, IN- CLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, on green paper, is the third major department. In this section the numbered streets are arranged in numerical order, fol- lowed by the named streets in alphabetical order; the numbers of the residences and business concerns are ar- ranged 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 desi- nation of tenant-owned homes and the listing of tele- phone numbers.
IV. THE NUMERICAL TELEPHONE DIRECTORY, on blue paper, is the fourth major department.
Community Publicity
The Directory reflects the achievements and ambi- tions of the community, depicting in unbiased terms what it has to offer as a place of residence, as a business lo- cation, 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 Driectory Libraries, where they are readily available for free public reference, and serve as perpetual and reliable ad- vertisements of Smithfield and vicinity.
The Morehead City-Beaufort Directory Library
Through the courtesy of the publishers of the More- head-Beaufort City Directory, a Directory Library is maintained in the offices of the Morehead City Chamber ber of Commerce, for free reference by the general pub- lic. This is one of more than 700 Directory Libraries in- stalled in the chief cities of the U. S. and Canada by members of the Association of North American Directory Publishers.
The publishers appreciatively acknowledge the rec- ognition by those progressive business and professional men who have demonstrated their confidence in the City Directory as an advertising medium, with assurance that it will bring a commensurate return.
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
PAGE NUMBERS LISTED BELOW REFER TO THE YELLOW PAGES
Ackerson's Jewelers
.back cover, left center lines, 46 and 77 Acme Movers & Storage Co Inc
top stencil, left and right bottom lines, 55 and 76
Adair Funeral Home. B
Air Way Moving & Storage Inc right bottom lines and 56
Atlantic Beach Grocery & Market.
39
13 B B Boat Co
Baker John A Agency
back cover, right center lines and 61
Beasley Radio & Television Service 76
Beaufort Hardware Co Inc ... left bottom lines and 40
Bell B A Jewelers. left side lines and 47
Blanchard's Electric Service right center lines, 22 and
30
Broadway Cafe
Broadway Motel
Byrd's Metal Works
back cover, right center lines, Z, 42 and 73
Cal's T V & Appliance left bottom lines and 75
66
Carolina Power & Light Co
back cover, right bottom lines and 29
Carolina Queen
Carolina Water Co left bottom lines and 78
32
Carteret Broadcasting Co Inc ... .right top lines and 60
Carteret Concrete Co
back cover, left side lines, 15 and 18
Carteret Drug Store left bottom lines and 24 Carteret Electric Motor Repair Co Insert at name in Alphabetical Section and 28
Carteret Gas & Appliance Co Inc. left side lines and38 Chalk & Gibbs right top lines and 44 Commercial National Bank
front cover, left top lines, Tabbed Insert at name in Alphabetical Section, 9 and 11
Complete Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Co front lip margin, left side lines and 2
Coral Bay Nursery left center lines and
57
Davis Capt Charter Boats
13
Davis J M right center lines and 58
Dill George W & Sons
front cover, right top and side lines, 3 and 35
Duncan Insurance Agency ... left center lines, 44 and 64 Dunn Julius J left side lines and 19 Early Jewelers
front cover, left top lines, right bottom lines,
Edgewater Motel
39 and 48 bottom stencil, left bottom lines, right bottom lines and 51
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Capt Bill's Waterfront Restaurant
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First-Citizens Bank & Trust Co
Fleming Motel front cover, right side lines, 10 and 12
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Fleming's Restaurant & Fishing Pier 65
Flowers W C
Fort Mocon Hotel
20 C
Hall's Dry Cleaners
left side lines and 26
Hamilton Furniture Co left side lines and 36
Hardware & Building Supply Co right center lines and 41
Hill Directory Co Inc
Hotel Fort Macon
House Joe Drug Store
Ipock Harley (Holly)
Kitchen Equipment Contract Service Co
Insert at Carteret Electric Motor Repair Co in Alphabetical Section
L & H Motor Co Inc
left top lines, right bottom lines and 4
Leonard's Metal Shop
back cover, left and right bottom lines, 43 and Lewis Berl R Dr
74 16 67
Lighthouse Restaurant
Machine & Supply Co Inc. right center lines and 50
Morehead Block & Tile Co
front cover, left top lines and 17
Morehead Builders Supply Co ...... left side lines and Morehead City Drug Store
Morehead Motor Parts
back cover, right side lines, 25 and left top lines and 5
Murray & Guthrie
right side lines, 45 and
Noe's Fish Co
left center lines and
Ocean Oil Co. .front stencil, right center lines and
O'Neal Fish & Oyster Co
Ottis Fish Market
Parker Motors ...... front cover, right side lines, 6 and
Perry Park Motel left top lines and
Phillips Realty Co
Potter T T "Tom" & Son right top lines and
Radio Station WMBL right top lines and
Robinson Roofing Co. left side lines and
Rochelle Realty Co Inc
back cover, left top lines, A and 62
S & M Gas and Appliance Co .. .left center lines and 37
Sanitary Fish Market & Restaurant
backbone, left center lines, 68 and 72
53
Sound Chevrolet Co Inc
front cover, left side lines, 7 and 80
Sunshine Laundry & Launderette
back cover, right side lines, 27 and 49
Tire Service Co right bottom lines and 8
Water Conditioning Service of North Carolina left bottom lines and 78
Willis Jerry J Real Estate & Insurance Agency 63 Willis Russell Mrs Restaurant
right top lines and 69
64 70 33 71 31 79 52 Y 34 60 21
Sonny's Motel & Grill.
Sound Appliance Co Inc right side lines, 30 and 65
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MOREHEAD CITY
Port of Progress
Statistical Review
Form of Government: Mayor and five Town Commission- ers; Incorporated as town, 1858.
Population: Last official U. S. Census report (1950) 5,- 144; local estimate at present, 7,200. Total colored population, 12%. American - born population is 95% of the whole. Predominating nationalities of foreign-born residents, very few in all.
Area: 1.82 square miles.
Altitude: 11 feet above sea level.
Climate: Mean annual temperature: 63.1 degrees F .; average annual rainfall: 54.77 inches.
Parks: 1 with total acreage of 4 acres, with land being loaned by the State.
Assessed Valuation: $10,529,521.00, with $1.75 per $100 .- 00 tax rate.
Financial Data: 2 banks.
Postal Receipts: $80,000.00 for year ended Dec. 31, 1956.
Churches: 15, representing 11 denominations.
Industry: Chief industries of the city and surrounding territory: commercial fishing, garment manufact- ure, asphalt roofing and shingles, lumber mills, boat building. Number of manufacturing establishments: 11, employing 520 men and 250 women. Principal manufactured products: garments, asphalt products, boats, fish oils and scrap, lumber products.
Trade Area: Retail area has radius of 25 miles, and pop- ulation of 40,000. Wholesale area has radius of 45 miles, and population of 60,000.
Newspapers: semi-weekly, one.
Radio Broadcasting Stations: WMBL and WBMA.
Hotels: 6, with total of 300 rooms. Newest hotel opened in 1957.
Railroads: City served by 2 railroads, as follows: Atlan- tic & East Carolina; Morehead City-Beaufort R.R.
Bus Lines: City served by one intra-city bus line, as fol- lows: Seashore Transportation Co.
Highways: The following highways run through, or to, the city: U. S. 70, N. C. 24 and N. C. 101.
Air Lines: City served by one air line, as follows: Pied- mont Airlines.
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Morehead City Port Docks
Morehead City Waterfront
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Airports: one County Airport.
Automobile Registrations: 1,441.
Amusements: Largest auditorium in city seats 800 per- sons. Number of moving-picture theatres, 3. Num- ber of golf courses in, or near, the city 1 - 18 hole. Other amusement features are: Little Theater Group, bathing, boating, fishing piers, riding sta- bles, and hunting in season.
Hospitals: one, with total of 75 beds.
Education: Number of public schools, 8, with 6 senior high schools. Number of parochial schools, 1. Num- ber of pupils in public schools, 5,720; in parochial schools, 42. Number of teachers in public schools, 207; in parochial schools, 3.
Public Libraries: one, with total of 10,356 volumes.
City Statistics: Total street mileage, 18.80. Miles of sew- er, 24.5. Number of water meters, 1,852; light me- ters, 3,005; bottled gas. Capacity of water works, 94,600 gallons per hour, 1612 miles of mains. Fire department has 7 paid men, with 2 stations and 6 pieces of motor equipment. Value of fire department real estate and equipment, $120,000.00. Police de- partment has 11 men, with one station and 2 pieces of motor equipment.
General Review
Morehead City is named for John Motley Morehead, Governor of North Carolina, 1841-1845, who firmly be- lieved that this location had the potentialities of be- coming one of the great Atlantic seaports. Gov. More- head purchased 600 acres of land at the terminal of the railroad he had been instrumental in establishing in 1855. The town laid off in home sites had its streets named for directors of the original Shepard's Point Land Company. The peninsula was formerly known as Shep- pard's Point. The town was chartered in 1858.
Morehead City's ocean port has the most complete facilities in the state and lies only 45 minutes from the sea lanes. The terminal is state owned and is one of the few state operated ports showing an individual profit. Morehead is bounded by the Newport River, Calico Creek and Bogue Sound and is 1 mile from the ocean and At- lantic Beach.
The city is stretched out on a three-mile-long penin- sula which juts out into the Newport River and the Ocean Port Terminal.
On the water front is the finest Charter Fishing Fleet on the Atlantic Coast and world-famous sea-food restaurants. The Inland Water-way separates Morehead City and Atlantic Beach.
The Morehead City Country Club offers 18 of the finest holes for the occasional or serious golfer.
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Hotels, motels, tourist courts, trailer parks and a shopping center which is open six days a week offer di- versification for the vacationist.
Although just one hundred years old, Morehead City has developed into one of the most active and progressive towns in the State. Known through the early years as a popular summer resort with it's wide expanse of ocean- side beach and resort attractions, it has taken on of late years a progress of commercial development.
To a large extent this recent growth has as come about as an outgrowth of a Port Terminal, conceived in the mind of the late John M. Morehead over one hundred years ago, offering advantages of ocean and inland water transportation, so essential to commercial life.
The close proximity to the sea-lane of ocean com- merce and travel, only five miles from sea-lane to port, through a channel of sufficient depth, allow the largest ocean-going craft to enter the harbor. With combined rail, Highway and water shipping facilities, the location of Morehead City is ideal for industries served by such utilities.
Morehead City has grown from a small plot of land, purchased and opened up by Mr. Morehead as a town in the fall of 1857. Annexation of adjoining sections through the years has more than doubled the original site.
Home building has kept pace with the town's ex- pansion, from the small attractive home of the average family to those of larger income. Added to the cost of the business and manufacturing structures, the average cost overall, over a period of eight years covers more than half a million dollars yearly. Development corporations, both within the city as well as nearby sections, announce an extensive program of building new homes to meet the steady demand of home-owners of all financial status.
It's midway location between the extreme north and the extreme south, gives the city and surrounding section a most equitable climate the year around. Ocean winds temper the heat of summer, the waters of the Gulf Stream a few miles off shore help to make the winters mild and of short duration.
No where along the Atlantic coast can the ocean beach, adjoining the city on the south, be excelled for the beauty of it's sand dunes and shore vegetation, it's safe bathing beach with no undertow.
History is written in the long stretch of Bogue Banks. Blackbeard the pirate is claimed to have visited Banks in his days of privateering. Some persons like to believe he hid much of his loot in the sands. Such is yet to be found, although many a searcher has spent hours digging for "pirate gold."
Upon the shores of the Banks has drifted the wreck- age of boats and men of three wars, within a hundred years. The sound and outer ocean has given a lifelihood
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to many through the years, either fishermen or whalers, from the early days of the county's settlement to present day. No better fishing grounds for pleasure or profit can be found along the Atlantic coast than off the shores of Carteret County.
Those seeking historical lore will be rewarded by a study of county history. Quakers played an important part in the early days of the county's settlement. From the outer world came settlers of various nationalties. Many came by ship through Old Topsail Inlet to land at Beaufort. Others treked their way along rough Indian trails from the colonies to the north. This mingling of personalities produced an heterogeneous group, out of which came the men and women who helped to establish the early settlements of the county.
Along with the varied commercial and economic life of the community the Christian and educational op- portunities have not been overlooked. Such meet the de- mands of all faiths, while the educational advantages and social and civic organizations, furnish an opportunity for study and community betterment.
The spirit of that early pioneer, John M. Morehead, still carries on, and his dream of a busy port and a great industrial city is being realized.
Golf Course
The Morehead City Country Club, just a few miles from the City limits, offers outdoor recreation for the Golf enthusiast every month of the year. The beautiful 18-hole course overlooks the tidal Newport River, its greens and rolling fairways wind around tall stands of stately pines which offer shade and also protection from occassional gusty breezes. A new Club House and swim- ming pool will soon be under construction. New homes are springing up rapidly in the Country Club vicinity but there are still a few ideal homesites available either on the waterfront or the highway.
This is truly a golfers' paradise, no snow or ice, few hot days and no long rainy season. Bring your golf clubs along and try it out.
Fort Macon
Located at the eastern end of Bogue banks, over- looking the Beaufort (Topsail) Inlet, Fort Macon and the forts which preceeded it, have guarded the Ports of More- head City and Beaufort two centuries. The present Fort was built in 1826 and completed in 1834. It is an out- standing example of military architecture and a monu- ment to the craftsmanship of the brick-masons of the 19th century.
Stone jetties, designed by Robert E. Lee then a young Lieutenant, can be plainly seen jutting out into the ocean and sound where they have held back erosion since about 1842. Little did Lee dream that thousands of
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tourist from all over the U. S. would fish from these solid barriers every year.
Taken over by the Confederate State at the beginn- ing of the Civil War, Fort Macon was recaptured by Fed- eral troops under Gen. J. G. Parke in 1862. The battle- scars still show on the masonry, in spite of attempts to hide them with patchwork.
About a mile west is the Fort Macon State Park Beach, a smooth white stretch of gleaming sand, sur- rounded by majestic dunes. The State provides a large parking area for cars, public bath houses, lifeguard ser- vice, also picnic tables and a large shelter for use in case af rain.
Atlantic Beach
Atlantic Beach, an incorporated town, is just across the bridge from Morehead City. This is the most develop- ed spot on the twenty-two miles of matchless, east-west, beach on Bogue Banks. Even though this is one of the safest beaches on the coast ample and efficient life- guard service is provided. The Marina's, launching ramps, bowling, pool, minature golf, kiddie rides and just about every kind of amusements line the boardwalk and it appraoches. Hotel, motels, lodges, restaurants and snack bars are convenient to the beach and the causeway. Two ocean fishing piers near the east end of the beach make fishing most convenient. On the Cause- way there are two fishing piers which extend out over Bogue Sound for those who prefer fishing in the calmer waters. The beaches on the sound offer still water sports to the children, skiing to those who like the thrill and boa&ng or sailing to all who like the water.
Pine Bluff Knolls
A new beach development has begun just west of Atlantic Beach, where about nine miles of the Hoffman Property (Theo. Roosevelt Estate) is to be offered as an exclusive resort area.
Beaufort
Across Newport River from Morehead City on Route 70 is Beaufort, the county seat of Carteret. Incorporated in 1723, Beaufort lived through Indian wars, the Spanish invasion of 1747 and other struggles that faced the young colonies.
Now Beaufort is a center for salt water industries, including shrimping and fishing. The menhaden fishing and processing business is one of the largest along the coast. The town's business section serves the fishing communities that dot the sound country east of Beau- fort. Visitors from far inland come to Beaufort to see its many splendid examples of early American architecture.
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