Hill's Raleigh (Wake County, N.C.) City Directory [1950], Part 1

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Publication date: 1950
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GENERAL INDEX


Abbreviations


Pages 20 and 21


Alphabetical Directory


Page 21


Apartment Buildings Classified Section


Banks and Trust Companies


Buildings-Office and Public


Bus and Coach Lines-Motor


66


Buyers' Guide following alphabetical on goldenrod paper


Cemeteries


Classified Section


Chamber of Commerce


Alphabetical


Churches


Classified 66


Classified Business Directory


following Buyers' Guide on canary paper


Classified Section


Clubs


46


Fraternity and Sorority Houses


Halls


Homes and Asylums


Hospitals and Dispensaries


Hotels


Libraries


Museums


Newspapers


North Carolina State Officials


Alphabetical Section


Organizations-Benevolent and Fraternal Classified Section 66


-Business


66


-Patriotic


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66


Parks and Playgrounds


Railroads


Raleigh City Courts


Alphabetical Section 66


66 Fire Department


Officials


66 Police Dept. 66


Schools-Parochial Classified Section


Schools-Public


Schools, Colleges and Academies


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Street and Avenue Guide


United States Government


following Classified on pink paper Alphabetical Section 66


United States Government Post Office


Wake County Government


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Clergymen


Convents


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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION


Page


Page


Dependable Refrigeration Service 137 Dick Henry V & Co Inc ... left side lines and 136 Dodd O W Roofing & Sheet Metal Works . left side lines and 144


Donglas Charles B & Co Durham Life Insurance Co


132


Allen David G . . left side lines and 40


Allen Lumber Co


37


Allison-Leinster Inc


.. left top lines and


9G


American Junk & Wreckage Co.


right side lines and 141


American Zoric Cleaners 63


Apex Nurseries 158


Art Upholstering Co. ... . left side lines and 152 Ellington Elizabeth W


Associated Insurers Inc. . ribbon book mark and 90


Atkins Motors Inc right top lines and 12


Atlantic Fire Insurance Co 1


Auto Finance Co right top lines and 72


Bakers & Brown Roofing Co Inc right side lines and 139


Ball & Co Inc left side lines and 100 128 Barber Joe W 12


Barbour's Ray Atlantic Service


Bass GMC Sales & Service. right side lines and 151


Bennett's Purol Service


23


Betts R L .left side lines and 116 52 Biggs Bros Inc 113


Bobbitt Garland E


Bogasee Printing Co


Bolton W E & Son Ine


Bon Air Restaurant 138 102


Bowman's Jewelers Ine


105


Boylan-Pearce Inc left side lines and


59


Brawley Jewelry Co ... . right bottom lines and 103


Briggs Thomas H & Sons Inc


right top lines and


Britt's Anto Service


Brogden Produce Co Inc


Brooks Furniture Shop


Brown's Funeral Home Inc 75 ... back cover, left top lines and Bryan-Cooper Oil Co . 113


Bryan Rock & Sand Co Inc. . left side lines and 32


Builders Products Co 33 Heater Well Co Inc .right side lines and 61


Bullock Hoke E & Co


120 40


Bynum Printing Co . front cover, left bottom lines and 124 Byrum Leon Opticians . . . left side lines and 115 132


Callahan J W & Co Inc.


Cameron Village Ine . . Between pages 156 and 157 Cameron Village Jewelers .. left top lines and 157 Canton Cafe 138


Capital Coca-Cola Bottling Co Inc . . front cover, left top lines and 31


Capital Ice & Coal Co Inc


.. left bottom lines. 49 and 88


Capital Motor Sales . left side lines and 13 41


Capitol City Lumber Co


Carolina Buick Co 13 Howard J T Advertising Agency


Carolina Builders Corp .. backbone, right side lines Y, 34 and 51


Carolina Concrete Block Co


11


Carolina Hardware Co Inc .. left top lines and 83 Carolina Oil Equipment Co 112 Hudson Well Co right bottom lines and


Carolina Power & Light Co.


. front cover, left bottom lines and 107


Chamblee Insurance Ogency. . left side lines and 91 Johnny's Texaco Service Station


Cherokee Brick Co right bottom lines and Circle Oil Co Inc


City Drug Store


62


23


City Motor Co


Clancy Construction Co Inc


Clark Art Shop Inc


Clement's Service Station


Co-ed Cleaners


Coggins Construction Co


Commercial Credit Corp Commercial Credit Corp


Conn-Gower Pontiac Co .... left side lines and


Connell Realty & Mortgage Co


Consolidated Insurance Inc Crenshaw-Nelson Co 70 Les Fleurs right side lines and 73


London Oil Co


74


Longview Gardens Inc .right side lines and 133


136


Hill Henry D 116


Hill's Inc right side lines and 144


Home Improvement Co of The Carolinas Inc The. right top lines and 85 63


Honeycutt Cleaners


Honeycutt Fruit & Produce Co 127 73


Horton Flour Shop


Hotel Carolina 86


Hotel Raleigh 87 3


Howell Sea Food Market


141 46


Hoyle's Business College Hudson-Belk Co


Hudson Ivey N


Ingle B H & Sons . left side lines and


Insulation Co Inc The . . left side lines, 5 and Is ley Geo A Insurance Agency


Joh son- Lambe Co right side lines and


Jolly's Ine . . right side lines and 103


Jones Sausage Co right top lines and 140


Justice's Roy Sea Food Co K & L Auto Service


159 16


Ke iyor Worth D Construction Co Inc


King's Business College


. left side lines and 54 46 58 104


Lakewood Dairy


Land's Ine


Lane Trucking Co Lassiter O N .


. left side lines and 53 41 130


73 14 132 Lawrence Bros Co Inc right top lines and 97 Loe's Chinese Laundry 105


Davis Frozen Foods Inc 74


Davis Mark G 74


. left top lines and 109 First Colony Distributors Inc First Federal Savings & Loan Assn of Raleigh . back cover, left bottom lines and Fisher's Bakery & Sandwich Co First Citizens Bank & Trust Co . . back cover, right top lines and 27 4 43 Five Points Variety Store Flythe Sales & Service . left top cards and Friendly Cleaners 26 152 30 63 Gateway The 138 56 86 Geiselman Frank T Graphic Press Inc The . . right side lines and Glenwood Knitting Mills Green James T right bottom lines and Gurley N M Realty Co Gupton Music Co 125 100 111 133 119 15 Harmon Motor Co Inc


82 23 Hagen B


Hart Electrical & Heating Service Inc . left side lines and 68 70


Hayes-Barton Appliance Co


Hayes-Jackson Electric Co


. right bottom lines and 71 Heilig-Levine of Raleigh Inc . left side lines and 77 Herring Sash & Door Co Inc 38 Hicks Refrigeration Ine ... right side lines and Highway & Industrial Equipment Co . right side lines and 15


Burke Lumber Co


left side lines and 126 137


Bosse Jewelers Inc ... ight bottom lines and


.left top lines and


98


Fidelity Bond & Mortgage Co


24


East End Cab Co 150 Easy Method Auto Drivers Training School .. Efird's Department Store Inc


.right top lines and 60


Electric Service Co


right side lines and 56


. left side lines and 129 Evans Studio 118


F & R Tire Co 24


Faires Trailer Co Inc 25


Farm Bureau Insurance Companies


Bagwell & Bagwell right side lines and 96 Ferguson's Hardware . right top lines and 84


Abbott-Hicks Refrigeration Sales Co Inc 137 Adams Concrete Products Co 37 Adams-Terry Realty Co .... right side lines and 132 Aeronautical Electronics Inc 26


Airline Cab Co Inc . left top lines and 147


153 23 63 54 73


City Garage City Ice & Fuel Co .left side lines and 50 14 55


114 Johnson Chas E & Son


. left top lines and 60 101 155 140 89 98


Carolina Realty Co . ... right top lines and 129 Carolina Roofing Co .. . right side lines and 57 Jeans' Inc Ivey-Taylor Co right top cards and 61 48 Carolina Surgical Supply Co 146 Jenrette Joseph M Cate's Opticians right side lines and 114 97 24 Johnson B O left top cards and 82 99 68 41


127 78


.. front and back lip margins and C


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Page


Lundy Real Estate Co left side lines and 133


Mann's Auto Auction Sales


Martin Millwork Co . top and bottom


. stencil, left bottom lines, 35 and 117


Martin's Florist


Martin's Inc . left side lines and 49


Matthews Shade Co


Maus Piano Co .right side lines and 119 Sears Insurance Agency 93


Mayer's Outlet Store left side lines and 48 Security National Bank . back cover and 29 Shaw University .left side lines and 66 20


MeClamroch & Associates Tile Co left top lines and 58


McPherson & Barnes


99


Medlin-Davis


Medlin Marion B Real Estate & Insurance


Meredith College


right side lines and


130


right top lines and 64


Merriman Motors Inc . left top lines and 6


Merritt Coal Co Inc


5I


Mitchell Funeral Home Inc


front stencil, left top lines and Z


Mitchell Printing Co ... right bottom lines and 126 Moore Roy N Plumbing & Heating Contractor . right side lines and 119


Morgan A. B Agency


right side lines and 101


Morris Jewelers


104


Mutual Auto Service 17


Nash-Steele Motor Co Inc


left bottom lines and 7


Neiman's .


.right top lines and 105


Nesta Beauty House & Health Club 30 Stephenson Body Works 24


Newsome Roofing Co ... right side lines and 139


Nichols Aerial Advertising Co


. left top lines and 3


Noland Co Inc. back cover, right bottom lines and 123 North Carolina Equipment Co


. left bottom lines and 108 Stokes R B left side lines and 55


Norwood Brick Co


right bottom lines aud


42


Nowell Furniture Co 77


Oak City Laundry


106


Oldham & Worth Inc . front cover and 36


Oliver's Gulf Service


17


Pardue-Tillman Motor Co .. left top lines and


18


Paulco Electronics 128


Payne's Business & Secretarial School 45


Peace College left top lines and 67


Peden Steel Co .right top lines and 145


Peerless Master Cleaners & Dyers Inc


Pennington-Smith Funeral Home . left bottom lines and 76


Person Street Pharmacy 62 Phillips Roofing Co right side lines and 140


Pine Lake Trailer Park 150 Pine State Creamery Co.right bottom lines and 59 Poole E R Music Co ..... right bottom lines and 109 Powell.Stewart Motor Co right bottom lines and 19 Village Restaurant


Power Brake Co Inc


Pritchard Paint & Glass Co of Raleigh


.right side lines and 80


Public Service Co of North Carolina Inc .right side lines and 79 Waller & Smith Studio


Raleigh Board of Realtors 135


Raleigh Building & Loan Assn The


.. front cover, left and right bottom lines and 44 Raleigh Cabinet Shop . left side lines and 47 Wayside Furniture House


Raleigh Carpet & Upholstering Shop


. . left side lines and 152 White Coal & Oil Co


52 X Williams Alfred & Co .... left bottom lines and Williams J Clay 101 Williams R S & Co 100


Willis J F Sheet Metal Works


. back cover and 143


Wilson Uzzle Inc .right side lines and 22 Wood's Pick Up & Delivery Service 119 102


Reynolds Thos B & Son. right side lines and 92 Wrenn Electric Co . left side lines and 69


Rich's Furniture Inc


78


Ridgeway's Opticians Inc 114


Robert Vernon Iuc right side lines and 9


Rural Plumbing & Heating Inc . left side lines and 120


Sacred Heart Cathedral 47


16 Safety Taxi Co .right side lines and 148 St Augustine's College 67 Saint Mary's School & Junior College 65


73 Sanders Motor Co ... front cover, right top cards, 10 and 72


153 Sanitary Laundry, Cleaners & Dyers Ine 106


Sir Walter Chevrolet Co


Sir Walter Hotel 87


62 Slaughter J H 133


Smith In- Weaving Shop


Smith & Mills Plumbing & Heating Co Southern Builders & Supplies Inc


. left hottom lines and 39


Southern Heating & Electric Co Inc 56 Southern Welding & Manufacturing Corp . left side lines and 155


Standard Cinder Block Co . left side lines and 39


. Stanton Agency


.left top lines and 134


Stanton James 0 101


State Capital Life Insurance Co


94


State Office Supply & Equipment Co


. . left top lines and 112 Stay-Right Concrete Tank Co 121 Stearns Engraving Co 71


Stephenson C H Music Co. . right top cards and 110 Stevenson's Ornamental Iron Shop


. left top lines and 146 Stevich Electric Co Inc . . left bottom lines and 88


Stockton White & Co .


right top lines and 131


Streeter's Butcher Shop 157


Sunset Hills Grocerteria 81


Super Service Garage Inc 20


Thiem James E


right cover, right bottom lines and Y


Thompson Cy Realtor ..... right top lines and 131 Thompson Electrical Co Inc. left side lines and 69


Thompson-Lynch Co . left side lines and 70 Tillery Millwork Co


... front cover, right bottom lines, 40 and 108


64


Tip-Top Food Stores Inc


81


Tire Distributors Ine .


21


Tire Sales & Service Co Inc. . left side lines and 11


Tucker G S & Bros Inc . 79 Umstead's Transfer Grocery & Market 151 Underhill Heating & Sheet Metal


U S Equipment Co . right side lines and 57


152


Vickers & Ruth Plumbing & Heating Co 122


158


19 Wake Oil Co


Wake Taxi Co right side lines and


113 146 79


Wake Salvage Co


Wake-U-Drive-It right side lines and 151 118


95


Wardlaw Jack "John W". . left side lines and Watkins Tire & Battery Co. . right side lines and Watson's Sea Food & Poultry


21


Weaver's New & Used Cars


22


Raleigh Industrial Bank . .. right side lines and 28 Raleigh Letter Writers .. right side lines and 2


Raleigh Office Supply Co. . right side lines and 111 Raleigh Sea Food Co


142 Raleigh Welding Works


154


Rowls Motor Co Inc right bottom lines and Ready Mixed Concrete Co 38


Rex Chemical Co 47 World Insurance Co


Wright Construction Co .... left side lines and 55 Yancey-Johnson Agency .... left side lines and 102 Yellow Cab Co of Raleigh Inc ... back cover. right top lines, B and 149


Young Co The .


84


154


121


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INTRODUCTION


HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., publishers of Southeastern Directories, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1950 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 sec- tions of this Directory are consulted, for the Directory is a mirror truly re- flecting 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 following order :-


THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and business and pro- fessional 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, occupa- tion 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 goldenrod 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 obvious. General appreciation of this fact is evidenced by the many reference users of this City Directory service.


THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is the third major department, 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 in- terests 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 numbered streets are arranged in numerical order, followed by the named streets in alphabetical order; the numbers of the residences and business con- cerns 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. 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, depicting in unbiased terms what it has to offer as a place of residence, as a business loca- tion, 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


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RALEIGH


"THE PROGRESSIVE CAPITOL OF A PROGRESSIVE STATE" (Furnished by Raleigh Chamber of Commerce)


STATISTICAL REVIEW


Location


Raleigh is located approximately in the center of North Carolina, and is the capitol of the state. The city is situated midway on a straight line between New York City and Jacksonville, Florida, being about 500 miles from either.


Raleigh comprises 121/2 square miles in Wake County, of which it is the county seat. The average elevation of the city is 363 feet above sea level. Of a total of 200 miles of streets, 100 miles have paved surfaces.


Population


The 1940 U. S. Census showed Raleigh with a population of 46,897. In 1942 the U. S. Department of Commerce made a special census that showed Raleigh with a population of 53,661. The present estimate is 68,000, of which 68% are white and 32% are colored.


It is estimated that Wake County had 116,300 people on Jan. 1, 1949.


City Government


Raleigh is operated under a council-manager form of government. A council of seven members is elected every two years from the city at large. This council elects one of its number as mayor, and selects the city manager.


Education


Raleigh is an educational center in North Carolina by virtue of six colleges and four business schools. The colleges are as follows:


1. North Carolina State College


2. Meredith College (Baptist college for girls)


3. St. Mary's Junior College (Episcopal college for girls)


4. Peace College (Presbyterian junior college for girls)


5. Shaw University (Negro)


6. St. Augustine's College (Negro)


The present total enrollment of these institutions is approximately 8,000.


The four business schools are as follows:


1. King's Business College


2. Hoyle's Business School


3. Hardbarger Business College


4. Raleigh School of Commerce


Special schools located in Raleigh are:


1. State School for the Blind


2. Methodist Orphanage


3. Catholic Orphanage


Public primary and secondary educational facilities are provided in Raleigh through 17 public schools-twelve white and five colored. Additionally, there are three private institutions providing educational service at these levels:


1. Ravenscroft School


2. Sacred Heart Catholic School


3. St. Monica Convent (colored)


Within a radius of thirty miles of Raleigh are located Duke University, at Durham, N. C .; the University of North Carolina, at Chapel Hill, N. C .; and Wake Forest College, at Wake Forest, N. C.


Recreation


Raleigh has 15 public park areas; a public stadium for athletics; a municipal auditorium with a seating capacity of 4,000, which can be used for dances, plays, lectures, basketball, etc .; an amphitheatre with a seating capacity of


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3,000; two golf courses with 18 holes; a public tennis club; seven white theatres with combined seating capacity of 6,500; two colored threatres with combined seating capacity of approximately 1,000; two public swimming pools for white people, and one public swimming pool for Negroes.


The City employs a full-time recreational director in the interests of the public. The Y. M. C. A., with its gymnasium and facilities, affords excellent recreation activity for men and boys. The Y. W. C. A. is well-equipped to pro- vide similar facilities for women and girls.


The fact that there are about nine colleges within a 30-mile radius of Raleigh makes it a center for sports events and athletic contests. The Southern Con- ference Annual Basketball Tournament usually is played in Raleigh.


Government Departments


Most of the North Carolina State agencies and several Federal agencies are located in Raleigh. They play an important part in the welfare of the city. State agencies employ approximately 5,500 people; Federal agencies, 1,000 people. Business men from all sections of the state come to Raleigh frequently to con- tact these government officials.


General Data


Area-12.5 square miles.


Altitude-363 feet above sea level.


Climate-Mean annual temperature, 60.3 degrees F .; average annual rainfall, 46.56 inches.


Financial Data-5 banks, with total assets of $522,553,249.80 (Jan. 1, 1950). 2 building and loan associations. 3 home-office life insurance companies and 2 home-office fire insurance companies.


Postal Receipts-$1,360,461.48 (calendar year 1949).


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Churches-70, representing 18 denominations.


Building and Construction-721 building permits issued in 1949, with total valuation of $8,960,015.




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