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CITY DIRECTORY
Vol. 1949 XXXVII
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GENERAL INDEX
Abbreviations
Pages 20 and 21 Page 21
Alphabetical Directory
Apartment Buildings
Classified Section
Associations and Clubs-Commercial
Banks and Trust Companies
Buildings-Office and Public
Bus and Coach Lines-Motor
60
Buyers' Guide following alphabetical on goldenrod paper
Cemeteries
Classified Section
Chamber of Commerce
Alphabetical
Churches
Classified
Classified Business Directory
following Buyers' Guide on canary paper Classified Section 66
Clubs
Convents
Fraternity and Sorority Houses
66
66
Halls
60
60
Homes and Asylums
66
66
Hospitals and Dispensaries
Hotels
Labor Organizations
Libraries
66
66
Museums
Newspapers
North Carolina State Officials Alphabetical Section
Parks and Playgrounds
Classified Section
Railroads
Raleigh City Courts
Alphabetical Section
66
.. Fire Department
66 6 Officials
66
66 Police Dept. 66
Schools-Parochial
Classified Section
Schools-Public
Schools, Colleges and Academies
Societies-Benevolent and Fraternal
Societies-Miscellaneous
66
Societies-Patriotic
66
Street and Avenue Guide following Classified on pink paper
United States Government
Alphabetical Section =
United States Government Post Office
Wake County Government
66
60
60
Clergymen
66
66
276766
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS (PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION)
Page
Page
Abbott-Hicks Refrigeration Sales Co
Inc 129
Abie's Trim Shop
5
Carolina Hardware Co Inc.
eft
Acme Cab and Auto Co
141
top lines and
77
Acme Laundry Inc
left side
lines and
99
Adams-Terry Realty Co
right
side lines and
124
Aeronautical Electronics Inc
27
Carolina Realty Co ...... right top lines and 122
Carolina Roofing Co
133
Aetna Life Insurance Co
right
bottom lines and
84
Carolina Sales & Service 79
Carolina Storage & Distributing Co. 138
Carolina Surgical Supply Co
138
Carroll Letter Writing Co
left
side lines and
3
89
Carter Electric Co
.. left side
lines and
59
Cates' Opticians
107
Chamblee Insurance Agency
86
Cherokee Brick Co
right bottom
85
lines and
41
Circle Oil Co Inc
107
City Drug Store
53
17
A
City Ice & Fuel Co ...... left side lines and
50
65
City Motor Co
18
89
City Taxi Co.
.left top cards and
141
Clark Art Shop
143
Commercial Credit Corp
64
Complete Appliance Co
148
Conn-Gower Pontiac Co
left side
lines and
19
Connell Realty & Mortgage Co
125
Crenshaw-Nelson Co
right
Crescent Insurance Agency
.right
Bolton W E & Son Inc
130
side lines and
90
Bosse Jewelers Inc
95
DeLuxe Taxi Co
141
Bowman's Jewelers Inc
95
Boyd W S Sales Co Inc
6
Boylan-Pearce Inc ............ tapped Insert at firm name
Bradley A D & Sons Roofing & Sheet
Metal Works ......... left bottom lines and 134
Brawley Jewelry Co
96
Douglass Chas B
125
Briggs Thomas H & Sons Inc. .......... .right
Brogden Produce Co Inc 120
Broughton Weather Strip Co 144
Brown's Funeral Home Inc.
back
cover, left top lines and
67
top lines and
51
Ellington Elizabeth W Mrs
left
Bryan Rock & Sand Co Inc.
.. left
side lines and
34
Builders Products Co
35
Emmanuel Pentecostal Holiness
Church
left side lines and
46
Bynum Printing Co
front cover,
left bottom lines and
116
Evans Studio
left top lines and 111
F & R Tire Co
25
Fairview Food Market
left
Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co.
....
.left top lines and
90
Capital Cab Co
141
Ferguson's Hardware
.. right
Capital Coca-Cola Bottling Co ......... front cover, left top lines and 31
Capital Ice & Coal Co Inc .... back
cover, left bottom lines, Y, 49 and .........
Capital Printing Co
front cover,
left top lines, 106 and
118
Capital Roofing Co
130
Capitol Plumbing Supply Co Inc
113
cards and
30
Carolina Buick Co
Carolina Builders Corp.
.. backbone,
right side lines, X, 36, 49 and.
109
Carolina Power & Light Co
front
cover, right top cards and ... 101 Carolina Radio Equipment Co Inc. left top cards and 120
Airline Cab Co Inc
right
top lines and
139
Allen David G
41
Allison-Leinster Inc
left
top lines and
American Junk & Wreckage Co ......... right side lines and
Angie's
48
Associated Insurers Inc
right
top lines and
Atkins Motors Inc
right
top lines and
Atlantic Fire Insurance Co
Auto Finance Co ......... right top lines and Bagwell & Bagwell ... right side lines and
Bakers & Brown Roofing Co Inc ...... right side lines and 131
Ball & Co
.left side lines and
93
Banks Realty Co
124
Barber Joe W
122
Bashford & Mann Furniture Co 70
Benfield K R.
left side lines and
32
Bennett's Purol Service
25
side lines and
61
Bogasse Printing Co ... left side lines and 119
Denton Edwin V
125
Dick Henry V & Co Inc.
left
side lines and
129
Dixie Florist
65
Dodd O W Roofing & Sheet Metal
Works
136
Dove Music Co
5
top lines and
76
Durham Life Insurance Co of Raleigh,
C
N C ...... back and front lip margins and
East End Cab Co
138
Efird's Department Store Inc
.right
side lines and
123
Byrum Leon Opticians
left
side lines and
108
Caldwell's Service Station
17
side lines and
76
Callahan J W & Co 125
Canton Cafe
130
top lines and
78
First-Citizens Bank & Trust Co ...... right
top lines and
28
82
First Colony Distributors Inc
4
First Federal Savings & Loan Assn
„back cover, left bottom lines and
43
Flythe Sales & Service.
.left top
18 Fowler's Nursery 105
98
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
Page
Page
Frazer Chas R & Son 126 Mitchell Distributing Co Inc .. left
Friendly Cleaners 54
Glenwood Knitting Mills 80
Grady Co The
131
right top cards and
Z
Graphic Press Inc The
right
side lines and 117
Green James T ...... right bottom lines and 93
Gurley N M Realty Co 126
Halifax Street Grocery
right side
lines and 75
Harmon Motor Co Inc 19
Hayes-Barton Appliance Co 59 Neiman's .. left top lines and 98
Hayes-Barton Grocerteria left
top lines and 75 side lines and 21
Hayes-Jackson Electric Co
right
bottom lines and
62
Heater Well Co Inc
right
side lines and 146
Heilig-Levine of Raleigh Inc left side lines and 71
Henry & Motley Used Car Co Inc. .........
20
Herring Sash & Door Co Inc 33
Hilker Bros
54
Hill's Inc. right side lines and 103
Hinds Texaco Service Station.
Home Improvement Co of the Caro- linas Inc The ............... right top lines and 80 Homeward Supply Co 33 65
Horton Flower Shop
Hotel Carolina 81
House & Upchurch Service
Howard J T Advertising Agency
3
Hudson-Belk Co ............... left top lines and
Insulation Co Inc The
left
side lines and 83
Irving-Swain Press
118
Iseley Geo A Insurance Agency ..... top lines and
.left
91
Jean's Inc
Johnson B O.
.left top cards and
76
Johnson Charles E
93
60 Person Street Launderette 99
96 Person Street Pharmacy 53
97 Phillips Roofing Co ... right side lines and 132 Pine State Creamery Co 51
Poole E R Music Co
right
bottom lines and
105
26 Poole R B & Son 112
Powell-Stewart Motor Co
right
46 bottom lines and 22 22
97 Power Brake Co Inc
Pritchard Paint & Glass Co of Raleigh
right side lines and 73
Public Service Co of North Carolina Inc right side lines and 73
Lawrence W P
Lee's Chinese Laundry 99 Raleigh Building & Loan Assn The Lightner Funeral Home left front cover, left and right bottom lines and 44
top lines and 68
Longview Gardens Inc
right
side lines and
126
Mace Joe K 113
Maico Hearing Service
78
Mansion Park Hotel 80 side lines and 2 Martin Millwork Co .. top and bottom Raleigh Mack Sales Inc ...... right bottom lines Raleigh Seafood Co 133
stencils, left bottom lines, 37 and 110 Martin's Inc. .left side lines and 48 Raleigh Welding Works 145
Maus Piano Co. .. right side lines and 112 Mayer's Outlet Store ... left side lines and 48 bottom lines and 11 McPherson & Barnes 91 Ready Mixed Concrete Co 39
Refrigeration Sales & Service
right
Medlin Marion B ...... right side lines and 126 Meredith College ......... right top lines and 57 side lines and 129
Merriman Motors Inc ... left top lines and 9
bottom cards and
102
Mitchell Funeral Home
front stencil,
Mitchell Printing Co
right
bottom lines and
119
Moore Sign Co
136
Morgan A B Agency
right
side lines and .
94
Nash-Steel Motor Co Inc
left
bottom lines and
10
Newberne's Garage Inc
right
Nicholson Inc
left side lines and
5
Noland Co Inc ..
back cover,
right top cards and 115
North Carolina Butane Gas Co Inc .. right bottom cards and 72
North Carolina Equipment Co
left
bottom cards and
102
North Carolina Products Corp.
side lines and
39
.. left
Nowell Furniture Co
Nowell Newsom Realty Co.
left
70
7 side lines and 121
Nowell Newsom Realty Co (Heating
Dept)
left top lines and
62
Oak City Laundry
99
Occidental Life Insurance Co of Ra- leigh N C. tabbed Insert
20
Oldham & Worth Inc.
......
front cover and
38
Oliver's Gulf Service
26
Owens & Green Sign Co 136
Pardue-Tillman Motor Co
„left
top lines and
21
Patton C J 114
Payne's Business & Secretarial School ... 45
47
Peace College.
left top lines and
57
Peden Steel Co ...
... right top cards and 137
Peerless Master Cleaners & Dyers Inc ...... 54
Johnson-Lambe Co ... right side lines and
Johnson's Jewelers
Jolly's-Jewelers.
.......... right side lines and
Jones Service Station
26
Jordan R J
144 8
Kelly's Auto Sales
51
King's Business College
Land's Inc
Lassiter O N
42
74
Lawrence Bros Co Inc .right top lines and 123 93 Raleigh Board of Realtors 128
Raleigh Food Store 74
Raleigh Industrial Bank
.right
side lines and
30
Raleigh Letter Writers
right
Rawls Motor Co Inc
right
Reynolds Thomas B
.right
Merritt Coal Co Inc 50 side lines and 87
K & W Motors Inc
Kenyon Worth D. ... left side lines and
Lassiter's Milling Co ... left side lines and
52
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Page
Page
Rhue Ben L & Co
111
Thompson "Cy" Realtor
right
Rich's Furniture Inc 71
top lines and
124
Ridgeway's Opticians Inc
108
Thompson Electrical Co Inc
left
Robert Vernon Inc right
side lines and
12
Rock Wool Insulating Co
82 3
Sacred Heart Cathedral
47 Tire Distributors Inc 24
Safety Taxi Co
... right side lines and 140
Tire Sales & Service Co Inc
left
Saint Augustine's College
148
side lines and
15
Saint Mary's School & Junior College ......
55
Sanders Motor Co
front cover,
right top cards, 13 and 63
Sanitary Laundry, Cleaners & Dyers Inc
100 142
Vickers & Ruth Plumbing & Heating Co 114
Savage Tire Co
Wake Oil Co 107
Sears Insurance Agency
92
Wake Salvage Co 72
Security National Bank ......... back cover, right and left top cards and.
29
Wake Taxi Co ......
.right side lines and 142
Shaw University ............ left side lines and Sir Walter Chevrolet Co
26 Waller & Smith Studio 112
Small's City Garage Co 27
Southern Builders & Suppliers Inc.
Southern Heating & Electric Co
Watkins Tire & Battery Co
right
Inc 79 and 106 side lines and 24
Standard Cinder Block Co .left
40
Station Agency ........
.left bottom lines and 127
Stanton James O
94
State Capital Life Insurance Co.
94
Williams J Clay
94
Stephenson C H Music Co
104
Stevick Electric Co Inc
Stockton, White & Co
right
top lines and
127
Wilson Uzzle Inc ......... right side lines and 25
Strickland G C & Sons
132
Wrenn Electric Co ...... left side lines and 58 Yancey-Johnson Agency 95
Summers Electrical Co „right top cards and
60
Yates Auto Service Inc .right
Super Service Garage Inc
14
top lines and
16
Swinson Paint & Body Works
23 Yellow Cab Co of Raleigh Inc. .back
Taylor's Inc ...
right top cards and
52
cover, right top lines and
B
Yelverton's Funeral Home
.. insert
Thiem James E
front cover, right
bottom lines and Y at "Street" and 69
Third Ward Service Station
27 Your Shoppe
53
Williams R S & Co 92
Willis J F Sheet Metal Works. .back
81 cover and 135
Wilmont Cleaners 54
134
side lines and
Wayside Furniture House 71
Williams Alfred & Co
left
bottom lines and
X
Stearns Engraving Co
63
56 Wake U-Drive-It ......... right side lines and 142
Wardlaw John W "Jack" left
40 side lines and 88
Rogers Tire Co Inc
side lines and 61 Thompson Lynch Co ... left side lines and 61
Tillery Millwork Co.
right
bottom cards, 41 and 103
Turner's Florist 66 Venetian Blind Service of Raleigh ...... left top cards and 143
Watson's Seafood & Poultry
INTRODUCTION
HILL DIRECTORY CO., INC., publishers of Southeastern Directories, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1949 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 estimation of the public, has been established hy 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 pub- lishers 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 the first 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 resident of Raleigh, and the name, official personnel, nature and address of each firm and corporation in the city.
THE BUYERS' GUIDE, the second major department, printed on golden- rod paper, contains the advertisements of leading manufacturing, business and professional interests of Raleigh. The advertisements are indexed under headings descriptive of the business represented. This is reference adver- tising at its hest, 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 obvious. General appreciation of this fact is evidenced by the many refer- ence users of this City Directory service.
THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is the third major depart- ment, printed on yellow paper. This department lists the names of all business and professional concerns in alphabetical order under appropriate headings. This feature constitutes an invaluable and indispensable 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, is the fourth major department. In this section the names of the streets are arranged in alphabetical order; the numbers of the residences and business concerns are arranged in numeical order under the name of each street, and the name of the householdes 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 designation of homes and places of business having telephones.
Municipal Publicity
The Directory reflects the achievements and ambitions of the city, de- picting 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 avail- able for free public reference, and serve as perpetual and reliable adver- tiscments of Raleigh.
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The publishers appreciatively acknowledge the recognition by those pro- gressive business and professional men who have demonstrated their con- fidence in the City Directory as an advertising medium, with assurance that it will bring a commensurate return.
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RALEIGH
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STATISTICAL REVIEW
Population
While the 1940 U. S. Census credited Raleigh with having a population of 46,897, the city limits were extended on Jan. 1, 1942, to take in new areas. The total population, with this annexed area (which includes 5 square miles), plus the normal increase since that time, accounts for the present estimated figure of 65,000. A breakdown of this population reflects ap- proximately 68.05% whites and 31.05% Negroes.
Wake County, according to the 1940 U. S. Census, showed a total popu- lation of 109,544. The breakdown of this county population was as follows: Males, 53,478; females, 56,066; whites, 72,235; foreign-born, 477; Negroes, 36,809; other races, 23; under 5 years of age, 9,535; ages 5 to 24, 44,189; ages 25 to 64, 50,991; ages 65 years and over, 4,829; ages 21 years and over, 65,261; rural farm population, 34,961.
Climate
A mild, healthful climate, with an average temperature of 60.3 degrees F. Altitude, 363 feet above sea level. A mean annual rainfall of 46.56 inches.
Education
A recognized center of education.
A State college (branch of the Greater University of North Carolina), 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.
4 libraries, with a total of 168,876 volumes and all leading newspapers.
A State museum of natural history, the largest in the South.
State Historical Museum located in new State Office Building.
8,480 pupils and 280 teachers in public schools.
Recreation
Recognized as a center of recreation for North Carolina.
4 golf courses; 3 public, 1 private.
15 public park areas, comprising 220 acres.
A municipal auditorium seating 4,000; 3 public swimming pools.
2 stadiums for athletics; 9 theatres, seating total of 7,500.
A municipal recreation department.
11 municipal tennis courts, 33 private courts.
10 city playgrounds.
2 community centers.
Y. M. C. A., with gymnasium and facilities affording excellent recrea- tional activities for men and boys.
Y. W. C. A., affording similar facilities for women and girls.
Year-around recreation program by the City Recreation Department.
5 baseball fields, 3 for night play.
3 softball fields.
Transportation
A municipal airport-on north and south air mail and passenger routes between New York and Miami. 3 air lines: Eastern, Capital (Pennsylvania Central) and Piedmont.
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View of Fayetteville Street, with State Capitol in Background
3 railroads-Scaboard Air Line, Southern and Norfolk Southern.
5 passenger motorbus lines; 50 motor-truck freight lines, 12 of which are regular.
159 passenger buses arriving in city each day, and 159 departing.
19 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-Council-manager.
Area-12.5 square miles.
Financial Data-5 banks and 2 trust companies. Combined resources of the 5 hanks, $497,289,414.44 (June 30, 1948). Combined resources of the 2 building and loan associations, $7,468,858.11. Total deposits in the 5 banks, $463,379,261.77 (June 30, 1948).
Building and Construction-659 permits, with total value of $5,106,756, issued in 1947.
Real Estate-Approximately 11,000 homes, with about 30% owned by occupants.
Industry-72 industries, employing 3,677 workers; annual value of products estimated at $25,000,000. Principal products: Textiles, worsted cloth, wash- boards, tents, power generation, fertilizer, woodwork, cabinets, concrete products, wood products, food products, fabricated steel, cottonseed oil products, mattresses and medicines.
Insurance-3 life and 2 fire insurance home offices.
Trade Area-Raleigh's trade arca embraces 33 counties, with total popu- lation of about 1,350,000, and with total sales of approximately $500,000,090 in 1947.
State Offices-State departments and institutions in Raleigh employ 3,500 persons, with payroll of about $6,000,000 annually.
Property Valuation-$85,091,024.
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Bonded Debt-$4,129,000 (Oct. 18, 1948).
Postal Receipts-$1,087,975.60 (calendar year 1947).
Telephones in Service-25,000.
Churches-70, representing 18 denominations.
Newspapers-1 daily and Sunday, 2 dailies and several weeklies.
Radio Stations-WPTF, WRAL and WNAO.
Hotels-7 major hotels, with total of 1,059 rooms. Also S other estab- lishments giving hotel service.
Auto Registrations-About 27,500 (Wake County).
Hospitals-6, with total of 3,068 beds and 50 bassinettes.
City Statistics-Total street mileage, 185, wih 95 miles paved. Miles of sewers, about 160. Number of gas meters, 4,800; light meters, 15,800. Daily pumping capacity of water works (municipal), 8,000,000 gallons; average daily consumption, 6,075,090 gallons; miles of mains, 166; number of con- nections, 13,415; value of plant, $2,734,323.21. Fire department has 55 men with 6 stations, 920 hydrants and 10 pieces of motorized equipment. Value of fire equipment, lands and buildings $182,375.38. Police department has 69 men, with 1 station and 11 pieces of motor equipment. Birth rate, 20.9 per 1,000; death rate, 7.8 per 1,000 (1946).
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