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GENERAL INDEX
Page
Abbreviations 20 and 21
Alphabetical Directory
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Apartment Buildings 703
Associations and Clubs-Commercial 704
Banks and Trust Companies 709
Buildings-Office and Public 715
Bus and Coach Lines-Motor 716
604
Cemeteries 717
442
Churches
718
443
City Officials
442
Classified Business Directory
701
Clergymen
720
Clubs
723
Convents 727
County Government 551
Fire Department 443
Fraternity and Sorority Houses
734
Golf Clubs and Courses 738
Halls
741
Homes and Asylums
743
Hospitals and Dispensaries 743
Hotels
743
Labor Organizations 752
Libraries 755
Museums
760
Newspapers
760
Parks and Playgrounds
764
Police Department
443
Post Office
544
Railroads
769
Schools-Parochial 774
Schools-Public
774
Schools, Colleges and Academies
774
Societies-Benevolent and Fraternal 777
Societies-Miscellaneous
778
Societies-Patriotic 777
State Officials
394
Street and Avenue Guide
following Classified
United States Government 5:42
Buyers' Guide opp
Chamber of Commerce
City Courts
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION
Page
Adams-Terry Realty Co
Allen David G.
right side lines and 78 23 73
Allen J E.
Allison & Betts.
Atlantic Fire Insurance Co
Bagwell & Bagwell.
right side lines and
Bakers & Brown Roofing Co Inc.
right side lines and
Ball & Co Inc.
Banks Realty Co left side lines and
Beaty Wm T
Blackwood's Inc ..
right side lines and
Bowman's Jewelers
Boylan-Pearce Inc.
right side lines and
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. left side lines, 21 and
Buffaloe's Creamery .right bottom lines and
Bynum Printing Co. front cover and 75 79 Callahan J W & Co Inc .. $70 Campbell Paul Monument Co 82 Canton Cafe 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. front cover, left top lines, 70 and 30 77 Capital Roofing Co 83 Carolina Appliance & Stoker Co 91 2 Carolina Buick Co .. .right top lines and Carolina Builders Corp .backbone, right side lines and X 68 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 47 67 Carolina Storage & Distributing Co. 79 91 91 Carolina Surgical Supply Co Carter Electric Co .. 37 Chavis Electric Shoe Shop. 89 Cherokee Brick Co .right bottom lines and Circle Oil Co Inc. 20 70 City Drug Store City Garage right side lines and City Ice & Fuel Co .left side lines and 36 12 30 82 Club Colonade Conn-Gower Pontiac Co 12 Connell Realty & Mortgage Co 79 Crescent Insurance Agency .right side lines and 51 Daniel & Smith Studio .right top lines and Denton Edwin V 72 80 Dixie Florist left side lines and 38 Don Pedro Wine Corp 95 2 Dove Music Co
Durham Life Insurance Co of Raleigh, NC. and back covers and.
.inside margin, front
Edwards & Broughton Co.
Efird's Department Store Inc. .right top lines and
Epes-Fitzgerald Paper Co Inc .right side lines and Fair-Play Music Co Firestone Stores left top lines and
First-Citizens Bank & Trust Co right top lines and First Federal Savings & Loan Assn. back cover, left bottom lines and Glenn's Tire & Battery Co. right side lines and 16 24 Glenwood Super Service Station. 12 13 Gould-Morris Electric Co. . left side lines and Grapette Bottling Co 36 89 Graphic Press Inc .right side lines and 76 26 Hardbarger's Secretarial & Business School. Haven The Tourist Home 93 45
Hayes-Barton Groceteria. left bottom lines and
C 77 35 72 93 15
left top lines and 56 A 56 82 left side lines and 57 78 60 12 65 left top lines and 34 63 46 39 84 33
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
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Heater Well Co
right side lines and 94
Heilig & Meyers
left side lines and 42
Herring Sash & Door Co
Hilker Bros
Hill's Harley-Davidson Sales Co
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
Insulation Co Inc.
left side lines and
Iseley George A Insurance Agency left top lines and
Jean's Inc
Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Co.
Jenrette Jos M. right side lines and
Johnson B O
Johnson-Lambe Co
Johnson's Jewelers
Jolly's .
.right side lines and
Jones & Lynn Service Garage.
Kirchofer & Arnold Inc.
Land's Inc
Lassiter O N. .. right top lines and
Lawrence Bros Co
Lightner's Funeral Parlor left bottom lines and
Lisk Clothing Store. left side lines and
Longview Gardens Inc. .right side lines and 80 Man Mur Bowling Center 20 Mansion Park Hotel 49 69 89
Martin Street Shoe Shop.
Martin's Inc
Maus Piano Co
May D C
McCulloch Norman B
right side lines and
McPherson & Barnes
Mechanics & Farmers Bank
Meredith College
right top lines and
Merriman Motors
Merritt Coal Co Inc
Mitchell Funeral Home Inc. .front stencil and
Mitchell Printing Co. right bottom lines and
Moore & Johnson Co. .right side lines and
Mutual Insurance Agency of Raleigh right bottom lines and Myatt W A Co Inc left bottom lines and 52 23 Nash-Steele Motor. left bottom lines and 11 Neiman's .right top lines and Newberne's Garage Inc. right side lines and 164 Noland Co Inc. . back cover and O-K Clothing Co 13 74 29 Oak City Laundry 65 Occidental Life Insurance Co of Raleigh, NC .. right bottom lines and Oldham & Worth Inc front cover and 53 Oriental Restaurant Orkin Exterminating Co Inc. left bottom lines and 22 82 38 Payne's Business & Secretarial School. .left top lines and Peace College 27 86 90 Peden Steel Co 28 Peerless Master Cleaners & Dyers Person Street Pharmacy No 1. 36 33
Pine State Creamery Co ..
96 58
Protective Life Insurance Co
Public Service Co of NC Inc. right side lines, 31 and
44 2
Raleigh Board of Realtors
81
Raleigh Building & Loan Assn. .front cover, right bottom lines and 25 44
Raleigh Glass & Mirror Co .right side lines and
Raleigh Industrial Bank .right side lines and 18
Raleigh Letter Writers .right side lines and
Raleigh Mack Distributors right bottom lines and
66 3 31
Raleigh School of Commerce left side lines and
Raleigh Welding Works .right side lines and
94
Rawls Motor Co ... right bottom lines and
Rembrandt Studio .right bottom lines and
4 72
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.right side lines and 89 65 63 13 .left top lines and 62 64 68 80 41 29
Martin Millwork Co .... top and bottom stencil, left bottom lines and
McNeill Tire Co
left side lines and left side lines and 29 73 71 58 13 61 19 left top lines and 86 10 29 Z 77 61
Polk's Bankers Encyclopedia
Pullen A M & Co .. .right bottom lines and
23 28 19
48 49 49 85 35 60 50 57 65 60 51 33
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
Page
Reynolds Thomas B.
left side lines and 54
Rhodes-Collins Furniture Co.
Richardson & Smith
Ridgeway's Opticians. .left top lines and
Sacred Heart Cathedral
Safety Taxi Co .. .right and left side lines and
StMary's School & Junior College
Sanders Motor Co Inc.
Sanitary Laundry, Cleaners & Dyers Inc.
Security National Bank.
. back cover, right top lines and
Seven-Up Bottling Co
Shaw University
Sir Walter Chevrolet Co
Smith Dairy Products. right side lines and
Standard Cinder Block Co
State Capital Life Insurance Co
Steinmetz H
Strop Taxi Co. .back cover and
Summers Electrical Co
Super Service Garage
Supreme Radio Service
Taylor's .
Terminix Co of North Carolina
Terry Stamp Works
Thiem James E
Thompson Cy
Thompson Electrical Co Inc
Tire Sales & Service Co Inc
Universal School Equipment Co
Upshaw Wm F
left bottom lines and
Uzzle Wilson Inc
Vickers & Ruth Plumbing & Heating Co
WRAL Radio Station.
right side lines and
Wachovia Bank & Trust Co.
Wake Salvage Co ...
Wardlaw John W "Jack"
Watkins Tire & Battery Co
White-Hodgin Fuel Co. . backbone and
Williams Alfred & Co.
left bottom lines and
Williams J Clay
Williams R S & Co. Willis J F Sheet Metal Works back cover and 88 38 45
Wrenn Electric Co.
Wyatt Job P & Sons Co. .right top lines and
Yates Auto Service Inc .right top lines and 9
Yelverton's Funeral Home. ribbon bookmark and 40
Young Men's Christian Assn left side lines and 48
MORE GOODS ARE BOUGHT AND SOLD THROUGH THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS LISTS
OF THE DIRECTORY THAN ANY OTHER MEDIUM ON EARTH
right top lines and 43 14 71 27 92 87 5 front cover and 66 17 left side lines and '19 left side lines and 32 14 .left side lines and 33 28 61 38 B 37 6 . left side lines and 78 .left top lines and 35 93 83 Y left side lines and left side lines and 80 37 7 85 59 8 . left side lines and 73 20 . left top lines and 18 left side lines and 44 55 left side lines and 11 x x 61 59
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front cover, right bottom lines and
.left bottom lines and
INTRODUCTION
HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., publishers of Southeastern Directories, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1945 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 21 to 604, 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 701 to 784, 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 128. 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 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 Raleigh.
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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's-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, 100,000 volumes and 6,860 newspapers; a municipal library, 38,094 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.
4 passenger motorbus lines; 12 motor-truck freight lines.
150 passenger buses arriving in city each day, and 150 departing.
22 passenger trains arriving 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-12.5 square miles.
46 industries, employing 1,405 workers; annual value of products, $6,826,000. Principal products: Textiles, worsted cloth, washboards, army tents, power generation, fertilizer, woodwork, cabinets and refrigerators, fabricated steel, cottonseed oil products, mattresses and medicines.
4 State banks, 1 national. 2 building and loan associations.
3 life and 2 fire insurance home offices.
619 retail stores, with net sales for 1939 of $25,527,000, employing 3,580 persons earning $3,209,000 annually.
Raleigh's retail sales for 1944 amounted to $33,686,000 as estimated by Sales Management Magazine, based on their survey of buying power issued on May 10, 1945.
Raleigh's trading territory, as outlined by Sales Management Maga- zine, embraces 29 counties. Retail sales for 1944, estimated by Sales Management Magazine, totaled $305,001,000, and effective buying income for 1944 was estimated to be $677,318,000. The civilian population, based on the OPA registration of Feb. 15, 1944, for these 29 counties, was 1,049,700. This registration did not include members of the Armed Services. The total population of this area according to the 1940 Census report was 1,118,700.
98 wholesale and jobbing firms, with an annual business of $27,102,000.
State departments and institutions in Raleigh employ 3,300 persons, with payroll of $4,815,000.
Property Valuation-$65,000,000 (estimated).
Bonded Debt-$4,500,000 (all bonds, including water department bonds).
Postal Receipts-$847,358.91 (calendar year 1944).
Telephones in Service-16,184.
Churches-68, representing 18 denominations.
Newspapers-1 daily and Sunday, 2 dailies and 3 weeklies.
Hotels-14, with total of 1,302 rooms.
Hospitals-5, with total of 3,032 beds.
City Statistics-Total street mileage, 140, with 70 miles paved. Number of gas meters, 4,657; light meters, 13,001. 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 gal- lons; miles of mains, 146; number of connections, 11,200; value of plant, $2,275,000. Fire department has 62 men, with 6 stations, 817 hydrants, and full motorized equipment valued at $100,000. Police depart- ment 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 fourteen 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 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 45 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- boro Road. Courses are offered in arts, sciences and music. The en- rollment in 1941-1942 was 497.
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