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Vol. 1951 XXXIX
Containing an Alphabetical Directory of Business Concerns and Pri- vate Citizens, a Directory of Householders, Occupants of Office Buildings and Other Business Places, Including a Complete Street and Avenue Guide; also a
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
Page Numbers Below Refer to the Buyers' Guide Section, the Yellow Pages
Page
Page
Abbott-Hicks Refrigeration Sales Co Inc . 140 154
Acme Cab Co .
Adams Concrete Products Co 34
Adams-Terry Realty Co right side lines and 130
Allen David G left side lines and 47
Allen Lumber Co .
Allison-Leinster Inc left top lines and
American Junk & Wreckage Co right side lines and
Apex Nurseries
Arrow Sign Co 151
Askew John B right bottom lines and
Associated Insurers Inc ribbon book mark and.
Atkins Motors Inc right top lines and
Atlantic Fire Insurance Co of Raleigh N C. A
Atlas Supply Co 125
Auto Finance Co right top lines and
70
Bagwell & Bagwell right side lines and
94
Bakers & Brown Roofing Co Ine right side lines and
145 98
Ball & Company left side lines and
Ball Oil Co
Bass G M C Sales & Service right side lines and
13
Beasley-Snell Insurance Agency
Bell A R
Bennett's Purol Service right side lines and
Biggs Bros Inc . . 44
Blalock Motor Co right side lines and
17
Gateway The left top lines and 141
Borden Company The right side lines and
Boulevard Grocery 79
Bowman's Jewelers Inc 100
Boylan-Pearce Inc . 58
Brawley Jewelry Co right bottom lines and. 102 80
Briggs Thomas H & Sons Inc right top lines and
Brinkley E P left top cards and 47
Britt Manly C Co right side lines and 131
Britt's Auto Service 17 Brogden Produce Co Inc right bottom lines and 130 Brooks & Brown left top cards and 50
Brown's Funeral Home Ine back cover, left top lines and 73
Bryan-Cooper Oil Co 115
Bryan Rock & Sand Co Ine left side lines and. . 29
Buchanan's Nursery 113
Bunch Painting & Wall Paper Co left side lines and 118
Burke Lumber Co 37 Hill Henry D
Bynum Printing Co front cover, left bottom lines and
127
~Byrum Leon Opticians left side lines and 117
Byrum Lumber Co left side lines and 107
Callahan J W & Co Inc 134 Cameron Village Inc 45
Canton Cafe . 142
Capital Coca-Cola Bottling Co Ine The front cover, left top lines and
27
Capital Ice & Coal Co Inc left bottom lines. 43 and 86
Capital Motor Sales left side lines and 13
Hudson Well Co right bottom lines and
162 156
Ingle B H & Sons left side lines and
Iseley Geo A Insurance Agency
Ivey-Taylor Co right top cards and
Jean's of Raleigh
Jenkins Bros Construction Co left top lines and Jenrette Joseph M right side lines and
53 95 19
Johnny's Texaco Service Center
Johnson B O left top cards and
Carolina Roofing Co right side lines and 145 Johnson Charles E & Son
Carolina Surgical Supply Co 154
Carrie's Beanty Shop 26
Cates Opticians 116 89
Chamblee Insurance Agency left side lines and .
Cherokee Brick Co right bottom lines and. 37
Circle Oil Co Inc 116
City Drug Store 59
City Ice & Fuel Co left side lines and
42 156
Clark Art Shop Inc . 160
Clements' Service Station 18 Land's Inc 101
Club Carlyle right bottom lines and
Co-Ed Cleaners
Coggins Construction Co
48
Launderette . 105
Lawrence W P right side lines and 97
151 Lee's Chinese Laundry 105
Lewis Sporting Goods Co . Insert at Streets London Oil Co The 71
Long Electric Co right top cards and 67
94 Longview Gardens Inc right side lines and. 135
Lundy Real Estate Co left side lines and. 132
83 Lynn's Service Garage 19
gift werk. Unii,
8002/3
Conn-Gower Pontiac Co left side lines and. . 4
Connell Realty & Mortgage Co
Consolidated Insurers Inc
Corn Oil Burner Sales & Service right bottom lines and
Crescent Insurance Agency right side lines and. 95
Dependable Refrigeration Service 140 Dick Henry V & Co Inc left side lines and .... 139 Dixon A T & Son left bottom lines and .. 134
Dodd O W Roofing & Sheet Metal Works left side lines and 149
Douglass Charles B & Co . . 134
Durham Life Insurance Co of Raleighi N C left and right lip margins, C and 90
104 112 East End Cab Co . 154
Easy Method Auto Driver Training School. 18
Edmundson's Luggage-Gifts left side lines and. 107
Efird's Department Store Inc right top lines and 58
Evans Studio 121
F & R Tire Co 18 21
Faires Trailer Co Inc right top cards and. Farm Bureau Insurance Companies left lines and top 95
Ferguson's Hardware right top lines and 82
Fidelity Bond & Mortgage Co back cover, left top lines and 137
First Citizens Bank & Trust Co back cover, right top lines and 23
88 122 Five Points Variety Store 159
Fowler's Nursery 112 40
Friendly Cleaners left side lines and
Bobbitt Garland E
Geiselman Frank T 53
Gibbs-Wood Transport Co left bottom lines and 158 Graphic Press Inc The right side lines and. . 128 98 Green James T right bottom lines and Gulley Arthur B left side lines and 68 135
Gurley N M Realty Co
Gurr's Village Jewelers left top cards and. Hall Jasper L 158
103
Harmon Motor Co Inc Hart Electrical & Heating Service Inc left side lines and 14 66 Hayes-Barton Appliance Co Inc 82 66
Hayes-Jackson Electric Co right bottom lines and
Heater Well Co Ine right side lines and 161 76
Heilig-Levine of Raleigh Inc left side lines and Herring Sash & Door Co Ine
34
Highway & Industrial Equipment Co right side lines and 148 119 152
Hill's Ine right side lines and
Holland Furnace Co left side lines and 83
Home Improvement Co of The Carolinas Inc right top lines and 84
Honeycutt Cleaners 60
Honeycutt Fruit & Produce Co 130 Horton Flower Shop 71 85
Hotel Carolina
Hotel Sir Walter
85
Howard J T Advertising Agency Inc
Hudson-Belk Co left top lines and
56
Ideal Cab Co
Carolina Blind & Screen Co. . Tabbed Insert at Name Carolina Buick Co 3 Ideal Plumbing & Heating Co
Carolina Builders Corp backbone, right side lines, Y, 30 and 43 Carolina Hardware Co Ine left top lines and ... 81 Carolina Hotel 85 Carolina Oil Equipment Co 115
123 14.6 96 59 41
Carolina Power & Light Co front cover, left bottom lines and 106
80 96 48
Johnson Construction Co
Johnson-Lambe Co 67
Jolinson Lumber Co right bottom lines and 35
Jolly's Ine right side lines and 102
Jones Sausage Co right top lines and 147
K & L Auto Service Insert at Alpha
Kelly's Auto Sales 19
Kenyon Worth D Construction Co Inc left side lines and . 49
King's Business College right top cards and 39
Lane Trucking Co left side lines and 46
140 60 Lanford Realty Co 132
Coke Parking Service.
18
College Ont Rate Soda Shop left side lines and. Commercial Credit Corp .
71
134
Carolina Realty Co right top lines and 131
City Taxi Co left top cards and
107 86
157 87
72
115 55
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Page
Mangum Electric Service right top cards and. .. 68
Martin Millwork Co top and bottom stencils, left bottom lines, 31 and 120
Martin's Florist 71
Martin's Inc left side lines and 41
Matthews Shade Co left top cards and 160
Maus Piano Co right side lines and 122
McClamroch & Associates Tile Co left top lines and 54
Meredith College right top lines and 63
Merriman Motors Inc left top lines and 5
Merritt Coal Co Inc .
Mims C H & Son left side lines and
123
Shaw University left side lines and 62
Shirley L M & Co 135 Sir Walter Hotel 85
Slaughter J H .
135
Southern Builders & Suppliers Inc left bottom lines and 36
Southern Mutual Insurers 97
Southern Oxygen Co Inc 118
Southern Reweavers
Southern Welding & Manufacturing Corp
161
Standard Cinder Block Co left side lines and. 37
Stanton Agency left top lines and 136
Stanton James O 100
State Capital Life Insurance Co 95
Stearn's Engraving Co 69
Stephenson Music Co. . Insert at Name iu Alphabetical Stevick Electric Co Inc left bottom lines and. . 68
Stockton, White & Co right top lines and 133
Stokes R B left side lines and 52
Super Service Garage Inc 15
Taylor Radio & Electrical Co 111
Thiem James E front cover, right bottom lines, Y and
114
Thompson "Cy" Realtor right top lines and ... 133
Thompson Electrical Co Inc left side lines and. 69
Thompson-Lynch Co left side lines and 69
Tillery Millwork Co front cover, right bottom lines, 33 and 109 16
Tire Distributors Inc
Tire Sales & Service Co Inc left side lines and . 11 Umstead's Transfer . 158
Underhill Heating & Sheet Metal right side lines and
54
United Arts Institute left side lines and
64
Phillips Roofing Co right side lines and. 146
Pine State Creamery Co right bottom lines and. 55
Pittman Printing Co right side lines and 129 Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co left side lines, 78
and 119
Poole E R Music Co right bottom lines and. ... 110
Powell R A Refrigeration Service right top cards and 139
Powell-Stewart Motor Co right bottom lines and
15
Power Brake Co Inc right top lines aud .
7
Pritchard Paint & Glass Co of Raleigh right side lines and 79
Public Service Co of North Carolina Ine right side lines and 78 Raleigh Board of Realtors 138
Raleigh Building & Loan Assn The front cover, left bottom and right bottom lines and 28
Raleigh Cabinet Shop left side lines and 39
Raleigh Industrial Bank right side lines and ... 24
Raleigh Mack Sales Inc left top lines and 19 Raleigh Office Supply Co right side lines and .. 113 Raleigh Seafood Co 147 Raleigh Trailer Sales right side lines and. 22 Raleigh Welding Works 160
Rawls Motor Co Inc right bottom lines and 8 Rex Chemical Co left top lines and 10
Reynolds Thos B & Son right side lines and . . . 91 Rhue Ben L & Co .. 121
Ridgeway's Opticians Inc 118
Robert Vernon Inc right side lines and 9
Royall's Reweaving
Sacred Heart Cathedral 40
Saint Augustine's College left bottom lines and. 64 Saint Mary's School & Junior College left side lines and 61
Sanders Motor Co front cover, right top cards, 10 and 70
Sanitary Laundry, Cleaners & Dyers Inc 105
Scott Construction Co left side lines and 50
Sears, Roebuck and Co left top cards and 57
Security National Bank back cover and 25
Self Service Laundry 60
Seymour John W right top cards and 51
Mitchell Funeral Home Inc front stencil, left top liues, Z and 74
Mitchell Printing Co right bottom lines and. . 129
Modern Upholstering Co right side lines and .. Moore & Johnson Co
159 99
Moore-Wright Construction Co Inc right side lines and
49 99
Mutual Benefit Health & Accident Assn left top cards and 99
Nash-Steel Motor Co Inc left bottom lines and .. 6
Neiman's right top lines and 103
Newsome Roofing Co right side lines and 144
Noland Co Inc back cover, right bottom lines and
126
North Carolina Equipment Co left bottom lines and .
108
North Carolina Products Corp left side lines and 35
North Carolina Tree Co right side lines and. . .. 158
Norwood Brick Co left top lines and 36
Nowell Furniture Co 77
Oak City Laundry 104
Oldham & Worth Inc front cover and 32
Overby Funeral Home 72
P H A Center Furniture 77
Pardue Motor Co Inc left top lines and 14
Payne's Business & Secretarial School 38
Peace College left top lines and 63
Peden Steel Co right top lines and 153
Pennington-Smith Funeral Home left bottom lines and 75
Perdue Bros Inc left side lines and 50
Person Street Pharmacy .
60
Universal Equipment Co . 147
Vickers & Ruth Plumbing & Heating Co 124
Village Restaurant 141 Wagon Wheel Inn The Wake Oil Co . 112 116 26
Wake Wholesale Co left top lines and
Walker Wholesale Co left top lines and Waller & Smith Studio 121 122 93 16 77
White Coal & Oil Co left side lines and
Wiggs' Sea Food Market right side lines and. . Williams Alfred & Co left bottom lines and. .. Williams J Clay .
114
Williams Peter P right top cards and
136
Williams R S & Co .. 98
Williams Thomas & Son
22
Willis J T Sheet Metal Works back cover, left bottom lines and 150 Wilson Uzzle Inc right side lines and 17 Wrenn Electric Co left side lines aud 65 Wright Construction Co left side lines and ... 51
Yancey-Johnson Agency 100
Yates Auto Service Inc left side lines and 12
Yellow Cab Co of Raleigh Inc back cover, right
top lines, B and 155
Young Co The 82
142
Morgan A B Agency right side lines and
44
Page 142
Wardlaw Jack "John W" left side lines and .. Watkins Tire & Battery Co right side lines and. Wayside Furniture House right side lines and . . Wayside Service Station & Garage 20 44 148
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INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX
HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., publishers of Southeastern Directories, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1951 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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The publishers appreciatively acknowledge the recognition by those progres- sive business and professional men who have demonstrated their confidence 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
Location
Raleigh is located approximately in the center of North Carolina, and is the capital 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 preliminary 1950 U. S. Census showed Raleigh with a population of 65,123, of which 68% are white and 32% are colored. The corresponding 1950 population for Wake County is 135,942.
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; three 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 recreational 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 6,000 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 $571,906,170.53 (Dec. 31, 1950), and total deposits of $526,203,512.98 (Dec. 31, 1950).
2 building and loan associations. 3 home-office life insurance companies and 2 home-office fire insurance companies.
Postal Receipts-$1,568,503.52 (calendar year 1950).
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Churches-70, representing 18 denominations.
Building and Construction-989 building permits issued in 1950; with total valuation of $16,527,127.
Real Estate-18,000 homes, with about 30% owned by occupants.
Industry-116 manufacturing establishments, employing 4,096 men and women, and having products valued at $40,000,000 annually. Principal manu- factured products: Textiles, worsted cloth, washboards, tents, power generation, fertilizer, cabinets, concrete products, chemicals, lumber, metal products, wood products, food products, fabricated steel, cottonseed oil products, mattresses and medicines.
Hotels-7 principal, with total of 1,009 rooms.
Hospitals-4, with total of 3,014 beds.
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TRANSPORTATION Railroads .
The railroads serving Raleigh are as follows:
(1) The Seaboard Air Line offers north-south service, with its main line giving connection direct from New York, Washington and Northern cities to Raleigh, Atlanta, Birmingham, Jacksonville, both coasts of Florida, and other important Southern points. S. A. L. schedules show 16 passenger trains and 14 freight trains north and south daily. One passenger train north and south is an all-Pullman train, while three others are reserved-seat coach and Pullman streamliners.
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