Hill's Plymouth (Washington County, N.C.) City Directory [1960], Part 1

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Publication date: 1960
Publisher: Hill Directory Co.
Number of Pages: 246


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WATERS OIL CO.


Distributors Esso Products


Plymouth Esso Servicenter


202 Washington St.


Tel. SWan 3-2540


(See Yellow Page 29)


WHITE'S HEATING & SHEET METAL WORKS LENNOX


Heating, Air Conditioning and Plumbing Contractors TEL. SWift 2-4166 (SEE YELLOW PAGES 3 AND 36)


126 S. Smithwick St.


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MANNING Motor Company, Inc.


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KELLY & HALL OIL CO


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PLYMOUTH CITY DIRECTORY


Your City Directory has HUNDREDS OF USES AND APPLICATIONS


BUYING Learning new sources of supply. Keeping up with known sources of supply. Checking on the record of firms from which you buy as to dependability, stability, etc.


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Locating new markets. Maintaining up-to-date mailing lists.


Analyzing the buying power of a community or street. Routing salesmen to avoid lost motion in reaching prospects. Locating residents of hotels and apartment buildings, many of whom are listed nowhere else. Identifying names and titles of officials, for use of sales- men.


CREDIT REFERENCE (and Collections)


Running down delinquent debtors.


Checking credit applications as to address, moving habits, names of employers, stability of employment, family status, neighbors, whether owner or renter, etc. Identifying persons of same or similar names. Investigating cases in welfare, charitable, social service and legal work.


DELIVERY Communication, Mailing, Etc.


Routing deliveries. Reducing dead letters and insuring more complete die- livery of mail. Effecting delivery of messages and parcels erronei usly or defectively addressed. Correcting names and titles.


LAW ENFORCMENT Criminal Detection and Apprehension


Tripping bad-check passers. Deciphering illegible signatures. Guarding against habitual bill dodgers. Tracing heirs and witnesses, selling estates, and estab- lishing facts as of a certain date.


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HILL'S PLYMOUTH (WASHINGTON COUNTY, N. C.)


CITY DIRECTORY 1960


Including Liverman Heights, Sunset Park and The Pines


Containing an Alphabetical Directory of Business Concerns and Pri- vate Citizens, Including Rural Route Residents, a Directory of Householders, Occupants of Office Buildings and Other Business Places, Including a Complete Street and Avenue Guide, a Numerical Telephone Directory and Much Information of a Miscellaneous Character; also the


YELLOW PAGES With a Special ADVERTISING SECTION and a Complete CLASSIFIED LIST


FOR CONTENTS SEE INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX


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The information in this Directory is gathered by at actual canvass and is compiled in a way to noult maypngin 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 Co., Inc., Publishers


INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX


HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., publishers of Southeastern Directories, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1960 edition of the Plymouth City Directory, which also in- cludes Liverman Heights, Sunset Park, The Pines and rural route residents.


This is the first Hill Directory of Plymouth and is com- pletely standardized according to the policies and practices of the association of North American Directory Publishers.


Confidence in the growth of Plymouth's industry, popula- tion and wealth, and in the advancement of its civic and social activities, will be maintained as sections of this Directory are consulted, for the Directory is a mirror truly reflecting Ply- mouth 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 residents, the publishers feel that the results of their labors will meet with the approval of every user, and that the Plymouth Directory will fulfill 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 YELLOW PAGES constitute the first major de- partment of the Directory. This embraces a complete list of the names and addresses of the business and professional con- cerns of the city and vicinity, arranged in alphabetical order under appropriate headings-a catalog of all the activities of the city and vicinity. Preceding this catalog, likewise grouped under appropriate headings, are the advertisements and busi- ness cards of firms and individuals desiring to present a more complete list of their products or services than is possible in the catalog itself. The Yellow Pages represent reference ad- vertising at its best, and merit the attention of all buyers and sellers seeking sources of supply or markets for goods. In a progressive community like Plymouth, the necessity of hav- ing this kind of information up-to-date and always immediate- ly available, is obvious. The Directory is the common inter- mediary 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 residents and business and professional concerns is the second major department, printed on white paper. This is the only record in


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existence that aims to show the name, marital status, occu- pation and address of each adult resident of Plymouth, Liver- man Heights, Sunset Park and The Pines, and the name, offi- cial personnel, nature and address of each firm and corpo- ration in the community.


III. THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUD- ING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, is the third major de- partment, printed on green paper. In this section the num- bered streets are arranged in numerical order, followed by the named streets in alphabetical order; the numbers of the resi- dences and business concerns are arranged in numerical or- der under the name of each street, and the names of the house holders and concerns are placed opposite the numbers. The names of the intersecting 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.


IV. THE NUMERICAL TELEPHONE DIRECTORY, on blue paper, is the fourth major department.


Community Publicity


The Directory reflects the achievements and ambitions of the community, depicting in unbiased terms what it has to offer as a place of residence, as a business location, as a man- ufacturing 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 per- petual and reliable advertisements of Plymouth and vicinity.


There are more than 700 of these Directory Libraries, in- stalled and maintained in the chief cities of the U. S. and Can- ada through the courtesy of members of the association of North American Directory Publishers, under whose supervis- ion the system is operated, and of which Hill Directory Co., Inc. is a member.


The publishers appreciatively acknowledge the recogni- tion 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


Ayers Gilmer W Service Station left side lines and 49 Barnes Walter Jr General Contractor


left side lines and 16


Belk-Tyler's


right bottom lines and


21


Boyd's Firestone Store


front stencil, left bottom lines and 9 Branch Banking & Trust Co front cover, right top lines and 10 Brown Hugh M Electrical Contractor left side lines and 17


Brown Supply Co


front cover, right bottom lines and 14 Chopick Harry-Electric Motor Service front cover, left top lines and 23 Coastal Plain Realty Co back cover, left top lines and 45


Corey Plumbing Co back cover, left bottom lines and 35


Courtney B S & Son


32


Cratch's Flower Shoppe


front cover, left top lines and 26


East Carolina Broadcasting Co


right side lines and 12 East Carolina Supply Co Inc ... left bottom lines and 42 Fashion Shop left bottom lines and 25 Fidelity Insurance Agency


.back cover, right top lines, 38 and 39


Golf Road Service Station. right side lines and 49 Gurkin Hardware Supply Co ...... right side lines and 33 Harrison H E Wholesale Co ... ribbon book mark and Hill Directory Co Inc


Horton's Flower Shop right bottom lines and


Hotel 'Plymouth left side lines and


House Chevrolet Co Inc


top stencil, right side lines and 5


Jewel Shoppe left side lines and 40


Katie's Flower Shop left bottom lines and 27


Kelly & Hall Oil Co


front lip margin, left bottom lines and left side lines and Kelly's Superette


43


51


Latham's. left bottom lines and 50 M & R Texaco Service


front stencil, left bottom lines and 46 Manning Motor Co Inc


front cover, right top lines, 6 and 7


Modlin's Gulf Service right bottom lines and 47 Naylor TV Service right bottom lines and 52 Pinkham A G Plumbing & Heating


back cover, left top lines and 18 Planters National Bank & Trust Co The


backbone, right top lines, 11 and 41


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Plymouth Furniture Co .right side lines and 30 Plymouth Hotel left side lines and - 37


Plymouth Oil Co back cover, right bottom lines, 28 and 44


Roanoke Beacon Inc. right side lines and A


Roanoke Electrical Appliance


back cover, left top lines and 24


42 Seaboard Oxygen Service Inc


Southern Hardware Co


back cover, right bottom lines and 34


Tetterton R L Contractor left side lines and 19


Tom's Sinclair Service


bottom stencil, right side lines and right side lines and 12


48


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W PN C Broadcasting Co front cover, right top lines, 2 and 13


Walker Motor Co right side lines and 8 Ward James H Insurance Agency


right bottom lines and 40


Washington County Hospital.


37


Waters Oil Co .front cover, right top lines and 29 4 Western Auto Associate Store ... right side lines and White's Heating & Sheet Metal Works front cover, left top lines, 3 and 36 Williamston Tile Marble & Bondstone Co back cover, left top lines, 20 and 53 Woolard's W J


back lip margin, left bottom lines and 31


PLYMOUTH


"WHERE HOSPITALITY THRIVES" (Courtesy The Plymouth Chamber of Commerce)


Statistical Review


FORM OF GOVERNMENT-Municipal. ,Incorporated as a town in 1807.


POPULATION-Last official U. S. Census report 4,486; local estimate at present 6,700. White population of age: Males 1,281; females 1,341. Total colored population 1,872. Total number of males in city 3,103; females 3,255. American- born population is 99 percent of the whole. Predominating nationality of foreign-born residents is Polish.


AREA-2 square miles.


ALTITUDE-21 feet above sea level.


CLIMATE-Mean annual temperature 60.2 degrees F .; aver- age annual rainfall 51.15 inches.


PARKS-1 (Pettigrew State).


ASSESSED VALUATION-$5,278,627.00 with $1.80 per $100.00 tax rate.


BONDED DEBT-$214,000.00.


FINANCIAL DATA-2 banks, with total deposits of $124,815,- 902.84 (December 31, 1959), and total resources of $139,- 856,445.10 (December 31, 1956). 1 building and loan asso- ciation, with total assets of $1,043,661.52 (December 31, 1959).


POSTAL RECEIPTS-$45,243.84 for year ended 1959.


TELEPHONES IN SERVICE-1,672.


CHURCHES-18 representing 11 denominations.


INDUSTRY-Chief industries of the city and surrounding ter- ritory: Manufacturing, agriculture, lumbering and fish- ing. 7 manufacturing establishments, employing 1,433 men and 314 women, paying wages of $6,400,000.00 annu- ally, and having products valued at $37,000,000.00 annual- ly. Principal manufactured products: Paper and Wood products, and chemicals.


TRADE AREA-Retail area has radius of 360 square miles and population of 97,565. Wholesale area has radius of 900 miles, and population of 195,150.


NEWSPAPERS-1 weekly.


RADIO BROADCASTING STATIONS-W. P. N. C.


HOTELS-1, with total of 20 rooms.


MOTELS-1, with total of 24 rooms.


RAILROADS-City served by 2 railroads: Atlantic Coastline and Norfolk '& Southern.


BUS LINES-City served by 1 intra-city bus line.


HIGHWAYS-U. S. 64 and State 32.


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AIRLINES-Nearest 69 miles at Rocky Mount. AUTOMOBILE REGISTRATIONS-3,441.


AMUSEMENTS-Largest auditorium in city seats 1,600 per- sons. 1 moving-picture theatre, with total seating capacity of 550 persons. 1 golf course. Fishing, hunting, boating, water skiing. Albermarle Beach 7 miles east of town.


HOSPITALS-1, with total of 22 beds.


EDUCATION-3 public schools. 1,794 pupils in public schools. 64 teachers in public schools. Value of public school prop- erty, $1,038,644.00.


PUBLIC LIBRARIES-1, with total of 10,000 volumes.


CITY STATISTICS-Total street mileage 12, with 12 miles paved. 10 miles of sewers. 900 water meters; 1,500 light meters. Capacity of water works 310,000 gallons, with dai- ly average pumpage of 200,000 gallons, 10 miles of mains, and plant valued at $400,000.00. Fire department has 1 paid man, with 1 station and 4 pieces of motor equipment. Value of fire department real estate and equipment $100,- 000.00. Police department has 5 men, with 1 station and 1 piece of motor equipment. Birth rate 490; death rate 170.


PLYMOUTH, NORTH CAROLINA "WHERE HOSPITALITY THRIVES"


The town of Plymouth, situated on the southern bank of the Roanoke River eight miles west of Albemarle Sound, is the County seat of Washington County; in the Coastal Plain area


North Carolina Pulp Plant at Plymouth, N. C. manufac- tures approximately 1,400 tons of paperboard daily for corru- gated shipping containers and milk containers. Begun in 1937 it now employs over 1,200 persons.


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of northeastern North Carolina. It is located approximately 130 miles east of Raleigh, 95 miles Southwest of Norfolk, Va., and 500 miles south of New York City. Primarily an agricul- tural area, there are no other communities as large as Ply- mouth in Washington County. The town was founded in 1780 with the gift of a site by a former resident of Plymouth, Massachusetts and soon became a thriving shipping point.


The scene of many naval battles during the War-Be- tween-the-States, by 1865 these battles had reduced the town to eleven battle scarred buildings. A marker on the courthouse lawn recalls the sinking of the famed Confederate destroyer, the iron-clad ram, Albemarle. In October 1864, Lt. William Cushing torpedoed and sank the "Ram", then swam to safety. This is only one of the many interesting stories recorded dur- ing the time, concerning the area.


Today, this section is mostly concerned with developing its natural resources and utilizing the varied agricultural prod- ucts of its rich farm lands. The industrial expansion has been encouraged and welcomed by the citizens of the area and the warm hospitality and neighborliness of the vicinity have made the newcomers feel at home.


Plymouth and the adjacent areas are within overnight reach of more than 30 million people, representing a market of well over 70 billion dollars a year.


CLIMATE: Plymouth's relatively mild climate gives the area an unusually long growing season and its average annual rainfall has been 51.15 inches. The coastal plains are affected somewhat by the modifying influence of the ocean and conse-


Water transportation facilities are utilized by local indus- tries and the river and sound play an important role in recrea- tion activities.


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quently reduces the variation in both seasonal and daily tem- peratures, average for January was 43.7 degrees and for July 77 degrees.


POPULATION: Since the founding of the town the growth of Plymouth has been moderate but steady. Statistics show a 29.4 percent decrease in rural population. The population of Plymouth itself has increased 82.3 percent from 1940 to 1950, the same 10 year period. Showing a definite trend toward ur- banization. With a population of 4,486 in 1950 a conservative estimate of todays (1960) population would exceed 6,500 inhab- itants.


NATURAL RESOURCES: This region, generally flat, is characterized by sandy and sandy loam soil with some fertile, black land. It has been built up by unconsolidated and semi- consolidated sands, gravels, loams, clays and marls of a rel- atively recent geologic age.


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The church shown here, one example of the serene, and inspiring christian attitudes prevailing in this community. This church was once used as a stable for Federal mounts.


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Industrialists have investigated possibilities of recovering ilmenite from the black sands in Albemarle Sound for use in paints and pigments.


The total land area of Washington County is 215,040 acres (336 sq. mi.). Approximately 50 percent of this area is wood- ed, which amounts to 152,500 acres of forest. Dominant spe- cies in this area are second-growth long leaf and loblolly pine. Commercially the chief tree is the loblolly pine. This species replaces the once magnificent forest of long leaf pine that for- merly covered the sandy soil of this locality. Among the soft woods there is the Savanna or pocosin pine that is found usual- ly, in the swamps, hardwoods found in this area include the oak, hickory, ash, sweetgum and black gum. The deeper swamplands yield such trees as the gum, cypress, and white cedar, the latter known locally as juniper. These forest re- sources play a tremendously important role in this county's economy.


TOWN GOVERNMENT: The Town of Plymouth, incorpo- rated in 1807, has a municipal form of government under the jurisdiction of a mayor and six councilmen, elected for two- year simultaneous terms. Both town and county have a plan- ning commission. Any zoning problems in the town of Ply- mouth are brought before the town council. There is no zoning ordinance for the county. The taxes for Plymouth vary slightly from year to year, depending on the approved annual budget. The tax rate for the town (1959) is $1.80 per hundred, based on 50 percent of real estate and 10 percent for personal property. Plymouth has a bonded debt of $214,000.


The modern Plymouth High School is fully accredited and offers a varied and complete curricula and an outstanding ath- letic program.


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MUNICIPAL SERVICES: Operating from the municipal building, located in the business district the Plymouth Police Department has a regular staff of a chief, two night officers and two day officers. In addition, the county sheriff, his dep- uty and a state policeman are stationed here. Police equipment includes a two-way radio, radio equipped automobiles and network communication with state police facilities. Fire hydrants are located throughout the corporate limits of the town. Three fire trucks are centrally located in the Fire Sta- tion next to the municipal building. In addition, the Fire De- partment has an ambulance to use in emergencies and in res- cue operations. A 26 man volunteer fire department holds reg- ularly scheduled drill meetings and municipal employees are available twenty-four hours a day for driving duties should the need arise.


The Street Department, Water and Sewer Departments, and the collection of garbage and refuse is very efficiently car- ried out under the direction of the Chief of Police with the help of a selected crew.


Electricity is supplied in the area by the Virginia Electric and Power Co. which has a district and division headquarters in Williamston, N. C. and general offices in Richmond Va. The company has a capacity of over one and one-third million kil- owatts. Electricity is available at 60 cycles alternating cur- rent, single and three-phase service, and can be supplied at 120-208, 120-240, 480, 2300 volts, or at higher voltages, depend- ing on the customer's requirements and specific locations. Rates for service are comparable with rates in effect else-


The Plymouth Country Club has a nine-hole golf course, swimming pool, and club house for members and guests. It offers much social and recreational activity. Accommodations are available year round.


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where and compete advantageously with other sources of power.


Modern telephone facilities are furnished the town of Ply- mouth by the Carolina Telephone and Telegraph Company. The system used is the dial system, and this company has sev- enty-two toll circuits which are maintained twenty-four hours daily and seven days a week.


WATER & SEWAGE: Plymouth has a municipally-owned water system, supplied from two deep wells, with an average capacity of 310,000 gallons per minute. For storage, the town has a new upright tower and pump with daily average pump- age of 200,000 gallons. Other data desired can be furnished by the town upon request.


COMMUNITY FACILITIES: The modern school which the children of Plymouth and Washington County attend are fully accredited and offer elementary and high school curricula. Classes in special courses, such as music, home economics, vocational agriculture and commercial subjects are available to both white and colored students. The new high school on main street in Plymouth also has several television classes and a gymtorium with a seating capacity of 1,600 persons.


The Washington County Public Library, located in Ply- mouth provides ample facilities and service for the surround- ing area; providing a bookmobile with scheduled trips to cover the entire county. There is also a Negro Branch Library in town and a Creswell Branch in Creswell. The local library is


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Many leading business men and active community citi- zens are volunteer fire fighters. A total of 26 men make up Plymouth's Fire Department, which is constantly alert to fight fires and carry out rescue missions along with rendering assistance to surrounding communities when the need arises.


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open five and a half days a week, remaining open until 9 p. m. two nights each week.


The youth of the County have virtually unlimited opportun- ities for higher education in the colleges within the state. Ex- cellent graduate and under-graduate instruction in engineer- ing, nursing, journalism, 'education, law, music, business ad- ministration dramatics, psychology medicine, and many other fields is available at the colleges and universities of North Carolina most within a half days drive from this com- munity.


Spiritual fellowship and guidance are found by the resi- dents, locally in churches representing nearly all major de- nominations. Plymouth has nine White Churches and six churches for non-Whites, all of which have active, cooperative




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