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CITY DIRECTORY
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GENERAL INDEX
Abbreviations
32 and 33
Alphabetical Directory
33
Apartment Buildings
643
Associations and Clubs-Commercial
644
Banks and Trust Companies.
649
Buildings-Office and Public
655
Bus and Coach Lines-Motor
656
Buyers' Guide opp 640
Cemeteries 656
472
Churches
657
City Courts.
472
City Officials
472
Classified Business Directory
641
Clergymen
659
Clubs
662
Convents
666
County Government
586
Fire Department
472
Fraternity and Sorority Houses
673
Golf Clubs and Courses
677
Halls
681
Homes and Asylums
682
Hospitals and Dispensaries
683
Labor Organizations 692
695
Newspapers
700
Parks and Playgrounds
704
Police Department 472
Post Office 578
Railroads 710
715
Schools-Public
715
Schools, Colleges and Academies
715
Societies 718
State Officials 422
Street and Avenue Guide and Householders' Directory . 729
United States Government 577
399971
Schools-Parochial
Libraries
Page
Chamber of Commerce
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION
PAGE
Ace Cab Co
54
Acme Laundry
.right top lines and 39
Adams & Terry
.. right side lines and 48
Adickes Thos W
. right side lines and 34
Allen David G
Allen's Service Station
14 3
Allison & Betts
. left top lines and 34
Allsbrook-Spiers Inc
. left side lines and 27
Atlantic Fire Insurance Co
inside front cover
Aurex Raleigh Co
29
Bagwell & Bagwell
.right side lines and
32
Baker & Rawls Roofing Co
.right side lines and 50
Ball & Co Inc.
. back cover and 32 and
Blackwood's Inc
.right side lines and
Boylan Pearce Inc
.right side lines, 22 and
Brawley Jewelry Co
.left. top lines and
Bridges James
Briggs Thos H & Sons Inc .right top lines and
Brown Funeral Home Inc. back cover, left bottom lines and
Bryan-Monroe Co Inc
left side lines and
Burnette Home Supply Co
Bynum Printing Co
.front cover and
Byrd Roofing Co
.right bottom lines and 2
Capital Auto Co
.right top lines and
Capital Coca-Cola Bottling Co Inc The. . front cover and left top lines
Capital Ice & Coal Co Inc back cover, left bottom lines and
Carl's Motor Co
Carolina Appliance & Stoker Co .left bottom lines and 23 3
Carolina Buick Co .
Carolina Builders Corp . backbone, right side lines and X Carolina Foundry 53 Carolina Hardware Co Inc left top lines and 28 40
Carolina Power & Light Co .front cover and
Carolina Realty Co .right top lines and
Carolina Service Station .right side lines and
Carolina Storage & Distributing Co
Chamblee Insurance Agency left side lines and
Cherokee Brick Co back cover, right bottom lines and Circle Oil Co Inc
City Drug Store
City Garage .right side lines and
City Hall Service Station
City Ice & Fuel Co left side lines and
Clement's Service Station
Connell Realty & Mortgage Co
33
Cross & Linehan Co
.right top lines and
18 45
Daniel & Smith Studio
Davis Horace W
20 8 49
Denton Edwin V
. left side lines and 24
Dixon Fred
.right side lines and
34
Duke Coal & Wood Yard
Durham Life Insurance Co of Raleigh N C
front and back lip margin and C
Fidelity Oil Co
29
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First-Citizens Bank & Trust Co right top lines and First Federal Savings & Loan Assn of Raleigh .... back cover and 16
48 7 53 34 B 44 23 7 7 19 8 49
Connor Williams & Moore
left top lines and
Dean's Garage
Dixie Florists
21
44 28 B 12 30 46
Calder Plumbing & Heating Co
.right bottom lines and 45 6
Y 7
47 6 26 38
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PAGE 53
Fisher's Tailor Shop
Gates Cleaners
.left top lines and 18
Gem Watch Shop
left side lines and 38
Gould-Morris Electric Co
left side lines and 24 52
Gupton Oscar W
Hanger J E Inc
Hardbarger's Miss Secretarial and Business School.
Heater Well Co
Heilig & Meyers
Herring Sash & Door Co
Hills Harley-Davidson Sales & Service Co
Hobby's Shoe Shop
Hood-Model Dry Cleaning Co
Hotel Carolina
Hotel Wiley
Hoyle's Secretarial & Business School . left side lines and
Hudson-Belk Co
Hudson Ivey N
Ideal Plumbing & Heating Co
Insulation Co Inc The . left side lines and
Iseley Geo A Insurance Agency
Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Co
. right side lines and
Jolly's
right side lines and
Kirchofer & Arnold Inc
Land's Inc
Lassiter O N
Lawrence Bros Co
right top lines and
Lisk Clothing Store
left side lines and 19
Maness Harvey C . left bottom lines and 37 Martin Millwork Co. . top and bottom stencils, left bottom lines and Martin-Yelverton Co 41 ribbon book mark and 25 Martin's Inc .left side lines and 19
Matthews Shade Shop
left side lines and
55
Meredith College
.right top lines and
Merriman Motors left top lines and
Merritt Coal Co Inc
Mitchell Funeral Home Inc . front stencil and
Mitchell Printing Co
right top lines and
Montfort Plumbing & Heating Co
left side lines and 45
Moore W L & Son right bottom lines and
Moore & Johnson Co right side lines and
Morgan Arthur B
Motor Transit Co
Murray Hugh H jr
right bottom lines and 35 31
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co of Newark N J.
Myatt W A Co Inc
left bottom lines and 13 39
Newberne's Garage Inc
right side lines and
News & Observer The
left side lines and
8 43 39 33
O'Berry & McCulloch Inc
.right side lines and
Oldham & Worth Inc .
. front cover and 13
Parker Transportation Co
Parker V O Co . backbone and
Peace Junior College left top lines and
Peden Steel Co
Person Street Pharmacy No 1.
Pine State Creamery Co
Pullen A M & Co
. right bottom lines and
Quality Press
Raleigh Building & Loan Assn The
front cover and
15
Raleigh Duplicator & Supply Co
49 40
Raleigh Gas Co
. right side lines and 27
Raleigh Glass & Mirror Co right side lines and 27
Raleigh Granite Co .. see Classified insert
Raleigh Industrial Bank right side lines and
11
Raleigh Letter Writers
23 9
Raleigh Welding Works
55 4
Reavis Bettie H Mrs
55 2
Rich's Cabinet Works
Russos Nick & Son Inc
.right top lines and
18
. left side lines and left side lines and 26 13 11 52 18 29 29 17 left top lines and 22 35 46 30 .left top lines and 35 37 52 left top lines and 38 37 39 40 49
51 8 20 Z 46
24 35 31 42
Neiman's Inc .
.right top lines and
Oak City Laundry
left side lines and 55 48 51 53 23 21 2 47
Raleigh Diner
Raleigh Nash Co
.right side lines and
Rawls Motor Co
right side lines and 56
Grady Roofing Co
52 3
left top lines and 16
Johnson-Lambe Co
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PAGE 17 50
Sacred Heart Cathedral
StMary's School & Junior College
Sanders Motor Co Inc
. front cover and 4
Security National Bank back cover, right top lines and 10
Serv-Air Inc . right side lines and 2 Shaw University . left side lines and Smith Dairy Products 21 22 Standard Cinder Block Co . left side lines and 17 State Capital Life Ins Co 31 Steinmetz H 26 Stephenson C H Music Co left top lines and 42 Strickland Grover C left top lines and Strop Taxi Co . back cover and 50 54 Terminix Co of North Carolina 54 Y Thiem James E. front cover, right bottom lines and Thompson Electrical Co Inc .left side lines and 24 Thorn's Capital Shop 19 5
Tire Sales & Service Co Inc
.left side lines and
Union Central Life Insurance Co
right bottom lines and 36 37
Wachovia Bank & Trust Co
Wardlaw John W "Jack"
left side lines and
Watkins Tire & Battery Co
left side lines and
Weems Wm G . .
left side lines and
44
Welch Coal & Oil Co
left side lines and 20
White Coal Co
20
White Dairy Products Co right top lines and 30 X Williams Alfred & Co front cover, left bottom lines and 36 Williams J Clay 51
Willis J F Sheet Metal Works . back cover and
Wilson Uzzle Inc . right side lines and 9
Wyatt Job P & Sons Co
right top lines and
Young Men's Christian Assn
.left side lines and 28
"The
DIRECTORY IS THE COMMON INTERMEDIARY BETWEEN BUYER ... SELLER"
28 6
Yates Auto Service Inc
left top lines and 11 36 5
United Funds Management Corp
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INTRODUCTION
HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., publishers of Southeastern Directories, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1942 edition of the Raleigh City Directory.
Confidence in the growth of Raleigh'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 Raleigh 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 result of their labors will meet with the approval of every user, and that the Raleigh Directory will fulfill its mission as a source of authentic information pertaining to the city.
Four Major Departments
The four major departments are arranged in the follow- ing order :-
THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and business and professional concerns is included in pages 33 to 639, 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 Raleigh, and the name, offic- ial personnel, nature and address of each firm and corporation in the city.
THE BUYERS' GUIDE, preceding the Classified and separately paged from 1 to 56, on tinted paper, contains the advertisements of leading manufacturing, business and pro- fessional interests of Raleigh. The advertisements are indexed under headings descriptive of the business represented. 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 Raleigh, the necessity of having this kind of information immediately available, is ob- vious. General appreciation of this fact is evidenced by the many reference users of this City Directory service.
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THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is included in pages 641 to 726, on yellow paper. This department lists the names of all business and professional concerns in alpha- betieal order under appropriate headings. This feature con- stitutes an invaluable and indispensable catalog of the numer- ous 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 729 to 856. In this section the names of the streets are arranged 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 respeetive crossing points on each street. Features of this section are the designation of tenant-owned homes and the designation of homes and places of business having telephones.
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 residenee, as a business location, as a manufacturing site, and as an educational eenter. To broadcast this informa- tion, the publishers have placed copies of this issue of the Directory in Directory Libraries, where they are readily avail- able for free public referenee, and serve as perpetual and re- liable advertisements of Raleigh.
The Raleigh Directory Library
Through the courtesy of the publishers of the Raleigh City Directory, a Directory Library is maintained in the offices of the Raleigh Chamber of Commerce, for free referenee by the general publie. This is one of more than 500 Directory Librar- ies installed in the chief eities of the U. S. and Canada by mem- bers of the Association of North American Directory Publish- ers, under whose supervision the system is operated.
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 assuranee that it will bring a com- mensurate return.
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RALEIGH
"THE PROGRESSIVE CAPITAL OF A PROGRESSIVE STATE" (Furnished by Raleigh Chamber of Commerce)
STATISTICAL REVIEW Population
A corporate population of 53,661-16th Federal Census. A 44% increase, 12 years, 1930-42. Population of city and environs, 55,000.
Population within a radius of 50 miles, 700,000 (esti- mated).
Climate
A mild, healthful climate, an average temperature of 60.3 degrees F. Altitude, 363 feet above sea level. A mean annual rainfall of 46.88 inches.
Education
A recognized center of education.
A State college (branch of the Greater University of North Carolina), including 4 schools-agriculture and fores- try, engineering, textile, and the basic division.
StMary's-Largest Episcopal girls' school in the U. S. Meredith-A-grade Baptist College for women.
Peace-A Presbyterian junior college for women.
Shaw and St. Augustine-A university and college for colored students.
17 public schools in Raleigh-12 white and 5 colored. 3 parochial schools and 4 business colleges.
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A State library, 80,000 volumes and 6,500 newspapers, a municipal library, 33,890 volumes.
A State museum of natural history, the largest in the South.
State Historical Museum located in new State Office Building.
9,500 pupils and 276 teachers in public schools.
Recreation
Recognized as a center of recreation for North Carolina.
4 golf courses, 3 public, 1 private.
13 public park areas, comprising 220 acres.
A municipal auditorium seating 4,000, 3 public swimming pools.
2 stadiums for athletics. 8 theatres, seating total of 7,000.
A municipal recreation department.
11 municipal tennis courts, 33 private courts.
10 city playgrounds.
2 community centers.
Year round recreation program by the City Recreation Department.
5 baseball fields, 2 for night play.
10 softball fields.
Transportation
A municipal airport-on north and south air mail and passenger routes between New York and Miami. 1 air line- Eastern Airlines.
3 railroads-Seaboard, Southern and Norfolk Southern.
2 passenger motor bus lines ; 12 motor-truck freight lines.
100 passenger busses arriving in city each day, and 100 departing.
22 passenger trains arriving in and departing from the city daily.
Highways-U. S. 1, 15A, 64, 70 and 70A; State 50 and 59
General Data
Form of Government-Commission.
Area-12 square miles.
44 industries, employing 1,191 workers; annual value of products, $5,282,333. Principal products : Textiles, fertilizer, airplane propellers, fabricated steel, cottonseed products, mattresses, medicines, power generation, refrigerators and woodwork.
4 State banks, 1 national. 2 building and loan associa- tions.
3 life and 2 fire insurance home offices.
578 retail stores, with net sales for 1935 of $18,313,000; employing 2,585 persons carning $2,182,000 annually.
76 wholesale and jobbing firms, with an annual business of $22,085,888.
Retail area has radius of 50 miles, and population of 700,000; wholesale area, radius of 100 miles, and population of 1,876,890.
35 semi-industrial concerns employing 3,259, having an annual payroll averaging $4,324,000.
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State departments and institutions in Raleigh employ 3,300 persons, with payroll of $4,815,000.
Property Valuation-$65,000,000 (estimated).
Bonded Debt-$4,921,000 (all bonds, including water department bonds).
Postal Receipts-$712,486.49 (calendar year 1941).
Telephones in Service-15,217.
Churches-68, representing 18 denominations.
Building and Construction-Value of building permits, $2,490,088 (1941).
Newspapers-1 daily and Sunday, 2 dailies and 3 week- lies.
Hotels-12, with total of 1,200 rooms.
Hospitals-5, with total of 1,500 beds.
City Statistics-
Total street mileage, 107.9, with 64.6 miles paved. Num- ber of gas meters, 4,657; light meters, 12,800. Daily pump- ing capacity of water works (municipal), 8,000,000 gallons; auxiliary sources of supply, 5,040,000 gallons ; average daily consumption, 4,416,576 gallons ; miles of mains, 133.76; num- ber of connections, 10,300; value of plant, $2,275,000. Fire department has 56 men, with 5 stations. 803 hydrants, and full motorized equipment valued at $100,000. Police depart- ment has 65 men, with 1 station and 10 pieces of motor equip- ment.
Wake County Statistics-Area, 824 square miles ; popula- tion, 109,544 (1940 U. S. Census) ; number of farm families, 7,153; estimated value of crops in 1935, $10,000,000; value of farms, $20,140,000.
NORTH CAROLINA STATE CAPITOL
GENERAL VIEW
Raleigh is conveniently located on the main highways between the North and South, in the east-central portion of the state, in rolling country, on the fringe of that section of the Carolinas often referred to as the Piedmont.
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Raleigh offers many attractions to the person interested in sports. There are four golf courses, a country club, swim- ming pools, riding trails. The streams and ponds surrounding Raleigh offer a variety of fishing material. The city is con- veniently located to the famous fishing and hunting centers of the coastal section.
Raleigh has twelve hotels serving upwards of 50,000 guests yearly. The rates are reasonable.
Whether one is looking for a central point for distribu- tion, for headquarters or branch-office location, or for some quiet and peaceful place to spend his declining years, Raleigh will have something about it that will please. The town is one of the beauty spots of the state. In Raleigh's business section one will find Colonial architecture surrounded by modern office buildings. Throughout the city are quaint remnants of the old South, interspersed with the modern de- sign of the new South. The people are friendly, courteous and hospitable. Regardless of what one expects of a home town, he will find that everything in Raleigh will fascinate him.
HISTORIC RALEIGH
Raleigh abounds in historic eminenee and noteworthy tradition. The first English settlement in America was made at Roanoke Island on the coast of North Carolina by Sir Walter Raleigh. The capital eity of the state was named in his honor and in memory of this achievement.
The land upon which Raleigh had its beginning was pur- ehased in 1792 as a location for the establishment of the state eapital. The first capitol building was completed in 1794 and destroyed by fire in 1831. The present building, over 100 years old, is a recognized example of Doric arehitecture with few equals. It is noted for its beauty and design.
The 17th President of the U. S., Andrew Johnson, was born here. This famous old home now stands as a shrine in Pullen Park.
The State Hall of History here, with its collection of North Carolina historieal records and important archives, attracts much interest.
Wakefield, the home of Joel Lane, erected in 1760, is owned and preserved by the Carolina Dames. This colonial home was erected in the old town of Bloomsbury, which was the county seat of Wake County, in 1771.
The oldest bank building in North Carolina still stands on the property of Christ Church. It is the present reetory. It was built in 1795 as the State Bank.
Many visitors in Raleigh are likewise interested in monu- ments and memorials of famous North Carolinians on Capitol Square and in State department buildings.
Three points of special beauty in Raleigh are Dix Hill, Country Club, and the Federal Cemetery.
13 A CENTER OF EDUCATION
Raleigh, with six colleges and an excellent public school system, has long been recognized as an outstanding center of education.
The North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering was established by legislative enactment in 1889. It is one of the leading agricultural and mechanical colleges in the South. There are 31 major buildings in the plant. It had an enrollment-constantly growing-of approximately 2,500 in 1942. It embraces three schools-Agriculture and Forestry, Engineering and Textile. Also Division of Teacher Education and Basic Division of the College.
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CAMPUS AND BUILDING SCENES AT FOUR RALEIGH COLLEGES
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Meredith College, a Baptist college for women, was opened in 1897. For many years it was located near the Capi- tol and now occupies a modern plant completed in 1925, two miles from the city on the Hillsboro Road. Courses are offered in arts, sciences and musie. The enrollment in 1941-1942 was 497.
St. Mary's School and Junior College, operated by the Episcopal Church of the Carolinas, was founded in 1842. The highest standards are maintained, with all academic courses fully accredited by the Southern Association. The annual sessions offer the students 35 weeks of classroom work. An average of twenty states are represented in annual enrollment, which, in 1941-1942, was 290 resident, day and special students.
Peace, a junior college for women, owned by the Pres- byterians of North Carolina, was opened in 1872. It offers standard and general junior college courses, college prepara- tory course, and special courses in art, music, home economics and commercial subjects. A number of modern buildings have been added recently, and the enrollment has grown rapidly. In 1941-42 it was 275.
The North Carolina School for the White Blind was established by legislative enactment in 1845. The present plant was completed in 1923 at a cost of $1,300,000. It is a standard high school and the only one of its type in the U. S. with this rating. It specializes in vocational training.
The well-equipped and modern public sehool system of Raleigh has 17 buildings, including two high schools. There are also three parochial schools.
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