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GENERAL INDEX
Page
Abbreviations 24 and 25
Alphabetical Directory
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Apartment Buildings 635
Associations and Clubs-Commercial 636
641
Buildings-Office and Public 646
Bus and Coach Lines-Motor 647
536
Cemeteries 648
391
Churches
649
City Courts
392
City Officials
391
Classified Business Directory
633
Clergymen
651
Clubs
653
Convents
656
County Government
487
Fire Department
392
Fraternity and Sorority Houses
662
Golf Clubs and Courses
666
Halls 669
Homes and Asylums 671
671
Labor Organizations
680
Libraries
683
Museums 687
688
Parks and Playgrounds
691
Police Department 392
Post Office 481
Railroads 695
700
Schools-Public
700
Schools, Colleges and Academies
701
Societies-Benevolent and Fraternal
703
Societies -- Miscellaneous
704
Societies-Patriotic 703
State Officials . 350
Street and Avenue Guide and Householders' Directory
opp 712
Tourists' Camps
707
United States Government
479
317916
Banks and Trust Companies
Buyers' Guide opp
Chamber of Commerce
Hospitals and Dispensaries
Hotels 671
Newspapers
Schools-Parochial
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION
Page
Acme Laundry.
Adams & Terry.
Allen David G.
Allen E R.
Allison & Betts.
Atlantic Fire Insurance Co.
Bagwell & Bagwell.
Baker & Rawls Roofing Co.
Ball & Co Inc .. . left side lines and
Banks Realty Co.
Beaty Wm T.
Blackwood's Inc.
Bland Soda Shop.
Boylan-Pearce Inc.
Brawley Jewelry Co.
Briggs Thos H & Sons Inc. right top lines and
Brown's Funeral Home Inc. back cover, left bottom lines and
Bryan-Monroe Co Inc.
left side lines, 18 and
Buffaloe's Creamery
Bynum Printing Co. front cover and
Campbell Paul Monument Co.
Capital Coca-Cola Bottling Co Inc .... front cover and left top lines
Capital Ice & Coal Co Inc ... . back cover, left bottom lines, Y and Capital Printing Co .right bottom lines and
Capitol Cigar Store
Carolina Buick Co.
Carolina Builders Corp .backbone, right side lines and
Carolina Finance Co. .right top lines and
Carolina Hardware Co Inc. left top lines and
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
right bottom lines and
City Drug Store.
City Garage. .right side lines and
City Hall Service Station
City Ice & Fuel Co. .left side lines and
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co
Connell Realty & Mortgage Co
Connor, Williams & Moore ..
Crescent Insurance Agency Inc. right side lines and
Daniel & Smith Studio. .left side lines and
Davis Horace W Coal & Coke Co
Dean's Garage
Denton Edwin V
Dixie Florists
.left side lines and Durham Life Insurance Co inside margin, front and back covers and Edwards & Broughton Co ..
Efird's Department Store Inc.
Firestone Stores.
First-Citizens Bank & Trust Co. right top lines and
First Federal Savings & Loan Assn of Raleigh. . back cover and
Gates Cleaners .. .left top lines and
Glenn's Tire & Battery Co.
Glenwood Knitting Mills
Gould-Morris Electric Co.
right side lines and
Graphic Press Inc. .right side lines and
Gupton Oscar W.
Hardbarger's Miss Secretarial & Business School. . left top lines and Haven The. .
Heater Well Co. right side lines and
Heilig & Meyers . left side lines and
Herring Coal Co
. front cover and
Herring Sash & Door Co.
28 19
front cover and Hilker Bros.
Hill's Harley-Davidson Sales Co.
27 17
.right top lines and 64 .right side lines and 78 19 79 54 A .left top lines and 54 82 right side lines and right side lines and 55 79 57 11 right side lines and right side lines and 87 34 left top lines and 62 43 38 84 33 75 169 30 69 25 11 X 67 44 66 78 11 90 50 17 71 35 .right side lines and 11 4 29 57 80 . left top lines and 55 51 72 29 12 80 37 C 77 right top lines and 35 .left top lines and 12 14 21 26 12 left side lines and 45 36 83 76 87 23 92 93 41
Grady Roofing Co
Circle Oil Co Inc
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
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Hobby's Shoe Shop.
Holder W C.
Hotel Carolina.
Hotel Raleigh.
Hotel Wiley ..
Hoyle's Secretarial & Business School. left side lines and
Hudson-Belk Co left top lines and
Hudson Ivey N
left side lines and
Iseley George A Insurance Agency.
Jean's Inc.
Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Co.
Jenrette Joseph M .:
right side lines and
Johnson-Lambe Co
right side lines and
Johnson's Jewelers.
right side lines and
Kirchofer & Arnold Inc ..
.left top lines and
Land's Inc ..
Lassiter
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Lawrence Bros Co.
.right top lines and
Lightner Funeral Parlor
Lisk Clothing Store.
left side lines and
Martin Millwork Co .. top and bottom stencils, left bottom lines and
Martin-Yelverton Co.
ribbon bookmark and
Martin's Inc.
left side lines and
May D C ..
left side lines and
McCulloch N B.
right side lines and
Meredith College
right top lines and
Merriman Motors.
left top lines and
Merritt Coal Co Inc.
Mitchell Funeral Home front stencil and
Mitchell Printing Co. .right bottom lines and
Montfort Plumbing & Heating Co. left side lines and
Moore & Johnson Co
Murray Hugh H Jr. right bottom lines and
Mutual Insurance Agency of Raleigh. right bottom lines and
Myatt W A Co Inc. left bottom lines and
Neiman's Inc. . .
right side lines and
Noland Co Inc
. back cover and
Novelty Bar & Grill.
O K Clothing Co.
Oak City Laundry
front cover and
Parker V O Co
. backbone and
Parker W W
Peace College. left top lines and
Peden Steel Co
Peerless Master Cleaners & Dyers Inc.
Person Street Pharmacy No 1.
Pine State Creamery Co.
Polk's Bankers Encyclopedia
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Protective Life Insurance Co
Pullen A M & Co. right bottom lines and
Raleigh Board of Realtors.
Raleigh Building & Loan Assn. front cover and 22
Raleigh Furniture Storage Co Inc . right side lines and
Raleigh Gas Co. right side lines, 30 and
Raleigh Glass & Mirror Co .right side lines and
Raleigh Industrial Bank.
.right side lines and
Raleigh Letter Writers.
.right side lines and
Raleigh Welding Works.
.right side lines and
right bottom lines and 82
Refrigeration Sales & Service Rhodes-Collins Furniture Co. .right top lines and Ridgeway's Opticians .. right bottom lines and 40 Rogers Bros Service Corp. 71 Russos Nick & Son Inc. right top lines and 13 26 24 91 86
Safety Cab Co .. right and left side lines and
Saint Mary's School and Junior College ..
Sanders Motor Co Inc.
Sanitary Laundry Cleaners & Dyers Inc. Security National Bank.
. back cover, right top lines and
Serv-Air Inc ..
right side lines and
Shaw University .left side lines and
31
Shenandoah Life Insurance Co
Sir Walter Chevrolet Co
Smith Dairy Products
.left side lines and 53 13 33
Smoke Shop The. 24
Page 87 58 46 46 46 24 35 57 49 56 64 58 51 87 63 61 60 62 67 80 40 27 68 39 28 71 56 85 9 29 Z 77 73
74 82 .28 64 20 79 63 85 88 27 36 33 x 58 2 81
Newberne's Garage Inc.
.right side lines and 57 52 .right top lines and 52 19 63 12
Oldham & Worth Inc
89 42 42 16 65 92
Sacred Heart Cathedral
front cover and 9 65 15 3
Insulation Co Inc ..
left top lines and
Jolly's
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Southern Aggregates Corp and Raleigh Granite Co.
Standard Cinder Block Co.
State Capital Life Insurance Co.
.left side lines and 25 58 58 .left top lines and 69 10
Stevens Esso Service.
left side lines and
Strop Taxi Co.
Super Service Garage.
left side lines and
Supreme Radio Service.
Terminix Co of North Carolina.
Terry Stamp Works.
Thiem James E. front cover, right bottom lines and
Thompson Cy.
Thompson Electrical, Co Inc
left side lines and
Tire Sales & Service Co Inc.
.left side lines and
Traveler's Motor Hotel.
University Studio.
Upshaw & Richardson
Uzzle Wilson Inc .. right side lines and
Wachovia Bank & Trust Co.
.left top lines and
Wardlaw John W "Jack"
left side lines and
Warlick's Soda Shop ..
Watkins Tire & Battery Co
left side lines and
Weems Wm G ...
left side lines and
White Dairy Products Co
right top lines and
Williams Alfred & Co . left bottom lines and
Williams J Clay. .
Willis J F Sheet Metal Works.
Wrenn Electric Co ..
Wyatt Job P & Sons Co
Yates Auto Service Inc ..
right top lines and
Young Men's Christian Assn
.left side lines and 45
. back cover and B 5 77 92 83 Y 80 37 6 47 72 59 7 16 53 82 10 70 48 X 59 .back cover and 86 37 45 8
"ELCCODE !!
.right bottom lines and 32
State Farm Mutual Auto Insurance Co.
Stephenson C H Music Co
INTRODUCTION
HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., publishers of Southeastern Directories, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1943 edition of the Raleigh City Directory.
Confidence in the growth of Raleigh's industry, population 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 esti- mation 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 following order :-
THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and business and professional concerns is included in pages 25 to 533, 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, official personnel, nature and address of each firm and corporation in the city.
THE BUYERS' GUIDE, preceding the Classified and separately paged from 1 to 96, on goldenrod paper, contains the advertisements of leading manufacturing, business and professional interests of Raleigh. The advertisements are indexed under headings descriptive of the busi- ness 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 hav- ing this kind of information immediately available, is obvious. General appreciation of this fact is evidenced by the many reference users of this City Directory service.
THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is included in pages 633 to 710, on yellow paper. This department lists the names of all business and professional concerns in alphabetical order under ap- propriate headings. This feature constitutes an invaluable and in- dispensable catalog of the numerous 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, follows the Classified and is separately paged from 1 to 122. 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 respective 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 residence, as a business location, as à 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 Raleigh.
The Raleigh Directory Library
Through the courtesy of the publishers of the Raleigh City Di- rectory, a Directory Library is maintained in the offices of the Raleigh Chamber of Commerce, for free reference by the general public. This is one of more than 500 Directory Libraries installed in the chief cities. of the U. S. and Canada 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.
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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 46,897 (1940 U. S. Census). A 44% in- crease, 12 years, 1930-42. Population of city and environs, 55,000.
Population within a radius of 50 miles, 700,000 (estimated).
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 Caro- lina), including 4 schools-agriculture and forestry, engineering, textile, and the basic division.
St. Mary'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.
View of Fayetteville Street Looking South from the Capitol
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.
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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-around recreation program by the City Recreation Depart- ment.
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 Air Line, 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 propellors, fabricated steel, cottonseed products, mattresses, medicines, power gen- eration, refrigerators and woodwork.
4 State banks, 1 national. 2 building and loan associations.
3 life and 2 fire insurance home offices.
578 retail stores, with net sales for 1935, of $18,313,000, employing 2,585 persons earning $2,182,000 annually.
76 wholesale and jobbing firms, with an annual business of $22,085,888.
Raleigh's retail sales for 1942 amounted to $35,000,000 as estimated by Sales Management Magazine, based on their survey of buying power of May 10, 1943.
Raleigh's trading territory (as outlined by Batten, Barton, Durstine Osborne) embraces thirty counties, having a combined population of 1,118,700, with retail sales, in 1942, of $261,510,000, and effective in- come of $499,444,000.
35 semi-industrial concerns employing 3,259, having an annual pay- roll averaging $4,324,000.
State departments and institutions in Raleigh employ 3,300 persons, with payroll of $4,815,000.
Property Valuation-$65,000,000 (estimated).
Bonded Debt-$4,838,000 (all bonds, including water department bonds).
Postal Receipts-$724,374.85 (calendar year 1942).
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 weeklies.
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. Number of gas meters, 4,657; light meters, 12,800. Daily pumping 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; number of connections, 10,300; value of plant, $2,275,000. Fire department has 56 men, with 5 stations. 803 hydrants, and full motor- ized equipment valued at $100,000. Police department has 65 men, with 1 station and 10 pieces of motor equipment.
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Wake County Statistics-Area, 824 square miles; population, 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.
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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.
Raleigh offers many attractions to the person interested in sports. There are four golf courses, a country club, swimming pools, riding trails. The streams and ponds surrounding Raleigh offer a variety of fishing material. The city is conveniently 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 distribution, 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 sur- rounded by modern office buildings. Throughout the city are quaint remnants of the old South, interspersed with the modern design of the new South. The people are friendly, courteous and hospitable. Regard- less of what one expects of a home town, he will find that everything in Raleigh will fascinate him.
HISTORIC RALEIGH
Raleigh abounds in historic eminence 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 city of the state was named in his honor and in memory of this achievement.
The land upon which Raleigh had its beginning was purchased in 1792 as a location for the establishment of the state capital. 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 architecture 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 historical 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 rectory. It was built in 1795 as the State Bank.
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Many visitors in Raleigh are likewise interested in monuments 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.
A CENTER OF EDUCATION
Raleigh, with six colleges and an excellent public school system, has long been recognized as an oustanding 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 1943. It embraces three schools-Agriculture and Forestry, Engineering and Textile. Also Division of Teacher Education and Basic Division of the College.
Meredith College, a Baptist college for women, was opened in 1897. For many years it was located near the Capitol and now occupies a modern plant completed in 1925, two miles from the city on the Hills-
Campus and Building Scenes at Four Raleigh Colleges
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boro Road. Courses are offered in arts, sciences and music. The en- rollment 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 South- ern 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.
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