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CITY DIRECTORY 1955
INCLUDING Carolina Pines, Hertford Village and Westover
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; a Numerical Telephone Di- rectory; also a
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INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX
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HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., publishers of Southeastern Directories (pub- lishers of the Raleigh City Directory since 1903), present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1955 edition of the Raleigh City Directory, which also includes Carolina Pines, Hertford Village and Westover.
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Five Major Departments (Each department beginning with Page 1)
The five major departments are arranged in the following order :-
I. 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 shows the name, marital status, occu- pation and address of each adult resident of Raleigh and vicinity, and the name, official personnel, nature and address of each firm and corporation.
II. THE BUYERS' GUIDE, the second major department, printed on gold- enrod paper, contains the advertisements of leading manufacturing, business and professional interests of Raleigh and vicinity. The advertisements are in- dexed under headings descriptive of the business represented. This is refer- ence advertising at its best, and merits a survey by all buyers eager to famili- arize 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.
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION, THE YELLOW PAGES
Page
Adams John R
Adams-Terry Realty Co
right side lines and
162
Aetna Life Insurance Co .
72
Alexander Welding & Manufacturing Co.
left side lines and
64
Allen David G
134
Allen Forge & Welding Co
133
Allen W H Lumber Co
left top lines and
115
Allison-Leinster Inc
124
American Junk & Wrecking Co
171
Anderson A V Inc . .
. left top cards and
116
Associated Insurers Inc .
. right bottom lines and
87
Auto Finance Co
right bottom lines and
148
B & W Color Headquarters
right side lines and
109
Bagwell Louis D Plumbing
right side lines and
183
Bakers & Brown Roofing Co Inc
5
Beacon Lake
. left top cards and
26
Bell Bakeries Inc
left bottom lines and
181
Bobbitt Garland E
73
Booker's Cleaners
left side lines and
106
Bowden L W & Son
left top lines and
67
Boylan-Pearce Inc
right top lines and
104
Briggs Thomas H & Sons Inc
. right side lines and
171
Britt Manly C Co
left top cards and
5
Brock Office Supply Co .
right bottom lines and
160
Brogden Produce Co Inc
125
Brookside Laundromat
right top lines and
92
Brown-Wynne Funeral Home Inc
back cover, right side lines and
145
Bryan-Cooper Oil Co
. right side lines and
33
Bryan Rock & Sand Co.
. left bottom lines and
6
Burke Lumber Co
108
Burnette Home Supply Co.
159
Cameron Mortgage Co.
tabbed insert in Classified at Real Estate, . front cover, left top lines and
163
Cameron Village Inc
182
Canton Cafe .
.left side lines and
29
Capital Ice & Coal Co Inc .
left bottom lines, 48, 90, and
108
Capital Storage & Distributing Co
99
Card Shop The .
7
Carolina Buick Co
136
Carolina Developers Inc
101
Carolina Oil Equipment Co
front cover, left bottom lines and
127
Carolina Power & Light Co
right top lines
35
Cates' Opticians
36
Chambers-Caviness Inc
backbone, left side lines and
110
Cherokee Brick Co
right side lines and
73
City Drug Store
193
City Taxi Co
199
Clark Art Shop Inc
141
Club Reo
51
Coggins Construction Co
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50
Chamblee Insurance Agency
right bottom lines and
30
Carolina Builders Corp backbone, right side lines, 34, 128 and
164
Carolina Hardware Co Inc front cover, left top lines, 100 and
144
Carolina Realty Co .
right top cards and
Casey Lumber & Builders Supply
147
Bryan-Winfree Auto Service
133
Bynum Printing Co
front cover, left bottom lines, 158 and
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Capital Coca-Cola Bottling Co The
right top cards and
199
Britt's Pure Oil Servicenter
left top lines and
142
Bagwell & Bagwell
153
Barnes Motor & Parts Co Inc .
179
Bob's Restaurant
144
115
Alderman's Garner Drug Store .
193
49
Caudle Sand & Rock Co
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Page 89 8
Conn-Gower Pontiac Co.
172
Connell Realty & Mortgage Co
Cothran E G .
172 9
Cruser Motor Co Inc
left top cards and
124
Davidson's Jewelers
Dick T A Insurance Agency Inc .
.right side lines and
191 88
Dresser R L Flooring Contractor
right top cards
Durham Life Insurance Co of Raleigh N C .
front cover, C and
111
Efird's Department Store Inc
Electrical Equipment Co .
Electrical Wholesalers Inc
Esso Standard Oil Co
F & R Tire Co . .
Fairfield Motor Court
left top lines and
Farm Bureau Insurance Companies
right bottom lincs and
Ferebee Curtis E
back cover, right top lines, 102 and
Ferguson's Hardware
Finch Electric Co .
left top lines and
Finch's Drive-In Inc
left and right top cards and
First Citizens Bank & Trust Co
left top lines and
Fowler's Nursery
.left side lines and
Gino's Restaurant
right top lines and
Glidden Paint Center .
Godwin Texaco Service
Goodwin O T
Grady Co The
right bottom lines and
Griffith C Construction Co
right top cards and
Grissom's Yard Service
Gupton Music Co .
Gurley N M Realty Co
.right side lines and
H & S Home Equipment Co Inc
Harmon Motor Co Inc
Harris Walter Trucking
insert beginning Classified Section
96
Heilig-Levine of Raleigh Inc
Helms Motor Express Inc
42 and
Herring Sash & Door Co Inc
right top lines and
Hobbys' Transfer & Storage Co Inc
.left side lines and
Home Appliance Service Co
Horton Flower Shop
Hotel Sir Walter .
Howard J T Advertising Agency Inc
left top lines and
69 154
Ideal Plumbing & Heating Co
184 55
Inland Construction Co
. left top cards and
117
Iseley Geo A Insurance Agency
.left side lines and
70
Ivey-Taylor Co
47
Jean's of Raleigh
.left side lines and
Johnson Archie & Sons.
. left top cards and
Johnson B O.
Johnson Chas E & Son
.right side lines and
Johnson- Lambe Co .
right bottom lincs and . 129
Johnson Lumber Co.
.left side lines and
122
Johnson's Jewelers
right top lines and
188 97
Joyce & Bailey Furniture Co
121 123
Land's Inc .
86
Lassiter's Milling Co
. left side lines and
173
Lawrence Bros Co Inc .
46
Lee & Barrett Inc .
126
Lee's Chinese Hand Laundry.
right top cards and
189
Leocarta School of Dance.
. left top cards and
61
Lesco Homes .
72 165 54 140 173 106 10 59
Heater Well Co Inc
left top cards and
198 138
197 81 89 107 2
Hudson-Belk Co The
right top cards and
Ingle B H & Sons Inc
right side lines and
190 99 121 83
Jones Sausage Co .
Kelly-Washington Agency Inc
.left side lines and
right top lines and
116
Dodd O W Roofing & Sheet Metal Works
Dunn's Texaco Service.
right top cards and
68 78 83 147
22 139 117 54 103 59 181 27 31 141 182 149 22 59 188
First Federal Savings & Loan Assn of Raleigh
.left side lines and
Grant W T Company
right top lines and
Community Florist .
left top lines and
right top lines and
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Page 93
Lightner Funeral Home
London Oil Co The
right top lines and
92
Long Electric Co
right top cards and
81
Loving T A & Co
. left top cards and
11
Martin Millwork Co.
bottom stencil, left bottom lines, 37, 130, and
137
Maus Piano Co.
. right side lines and
153
Mayflower Motor Co
138
McAllister Millwork Co.
118
Mc Pherson & Barnes. .
166
Mealin Marion B Real Estate
74
Meredith College
right top lines and
48
Merritt Coal & Oil Co Inc
left side lines and 121
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co .
. top stencil and
63
Mims Carl B
Mitchell Distributing Co Inc .left side lines and 65
Mitchell Funeral Home Inc .
right top lines, A and
94
Mitchell Printing Co
right bottom lines and
157
Moore & Johnson Co
121 60
Moore W L & Son .
. left side lines and
118
Morgan A B Agency.
left bottom lines and 167
Neiman's Inc .
right top lines and
Newcomb & Company
. right top lines and
Newsome Roofing Co
right side lines and
125 178
Noland Co Inc
right bottom lines and
135 49
North Carolina Products Corp
Norwood Bros Lumber Co
. front cover, left bottom lines, 38 and
131
Optical Laboratory
left top lines and
78
Peace College
right top cards and 55
Peebles Millard R
119
Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co
. left bottom lines and
95
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co
. . left side lines and
30
Perdue Bros Inc
insert at name in Alphabetical Section
73
Person Street Pharmacy
45
Phelps J Y
168
Phillips Roofing Co
right side lines and
186
Pine State Creamery Co
right bottom lines and
Plymale Roy F .
. insert at Streets
1 62
Poole Leroy
left top cards and
177
Price Preston .
176
Raleigh Board of Realtors
Raleigh Building & Loan Assn The.
. tabbed insert at name in
. Alphabetical Section, front cover, right bottom lines and
32
Raleigh Chamber of Commerce.
43
Raleigh Clipping Service
. left top cards and
46
Raleigh Furniture Storage Co Inc
right top cards and
140 3
Raleigh Letter Writers
143
Raleigh Paint Supply Co.
150
Raleigh Radio & TV Service Co
196
Raleigh Sea Food Co .
189 200
Raleigh Superweld Service
. left side lines and
85
Raleigh Yard Service.
left top lines and
124
Rawls Motor Co Inc right bottom lines and
13
Reynolds Thos B & Son
right side lines and
112
Roberts E H Construction Co
left side lines and
56
Roberts Florist . right top cards and
90
Robertson Electrical Appliances
right side lines and Rochelle G F
56
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Red Giant Battery Distributors
66
Poole Bruce M & Sons right side lines, 122 and
151
Powell R A Refrigeration Service
right top cards and
175
North Carolina Equipment Co .
42
Oldham & Worth Inc
. left top cards and 148
Pennington-Smith Funeral Home
right side lines and
Newton's Inc Laundry & Cleaners
back cover, right bottom lines, 156 and
Mt Adams Park
123 5 185
Miller Oscar
155
139
62
Maddrey's Auto Service .
82
Raleigh Office Supply Co right side lines and
Pete The Cleaner
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Rogers Oil Co .
Rusco Window Co of Raleigh .
.left side lines and
Sacred Heart Cathedral .
. left bottom lines and
75 76
St Mary's Junior College
front cover, right top cards and
Sanders Motor Co
Sears, Roebuck and Co
left and right top cards and
Security National Bank
Septic Tank Cleaning Service
Service Chevrolet Co
Seymour John W
Shadow Lawn Motor Court
Shaw University . . left side lines and
Shirley L M & Co
.left side lines and
Sir Walter Hotel
left top cards and
Smith Buick Inc
Smith Building Co .
.left side lines and
57 97
Smith Furniture Co.
.right side lines and
152
Smith Studio
.left side lines and 134
Southern Builders & Suppliers Inc
Southern Dairies Inc .
backbone and
Southern Welding & Manufacturing Corp
126
So-White Laundromat
.left side lines and
40
State Capital Life Insurance Co
left side lines and
85
Stearns Engraving Co
tabbed insert at name in Alphabetical Section
169
Stevens Allen T
right top cards and
174
Stockton, White & Co
. left side lines and
24
Tar Heel Window Co
.left side lines and
61
Thompson Bennie D
. left side lines and
82 '83 24
Tire Distributors Inc.
.left side lines and
16
Tire Sales & Service Co Inc
196
Umstead's Transfer
right side lines and
60 17
Universal Chevrolet Co Inc . left top cards and
Universal Equipment Co
left top cards and
Vick Wm C. .
left top lines and
Vickers & Ruth Plumbing & Heating Co.
Village Restaurant .
. right top cards and
161 162
WPTF Radio Co
left bottom lines and
132
Wake Forest Building Supplies Inc .
.right side lines and
Wake Oil Co
Waller's Studio .
Wardlaw Agency The
Warlick's Restaurant & Drive In
insert in Classified Section at Contractors
Watkins J B.
right side lines and
18 190
Watson's Seafood & Poultry Co Inc
. . left top cards and
98
Wayside Furniture House
79 84
White Bob Inc
91
White Oil Co Inc .
left top lines and 98
Whitley Furniture Co Inc .
front lip margin, right top
Williams & Haywood Inc
and right side lines, 120 and
170 122
Williams R S & Co
back cover, left bottom lines, 4,
Willis J F Sheet Metal Works
. 105, 187 and 192
Wilson Uzzle Inc
left side lines and
80
Wrenn Electric Co
right side lines and
58
Wright Construction Co
left side lines and
20
Wyatt Motor Co
.left side lines and
Standard Cinder Block Co
back cover, left bottom lines and
114 41
State Fixture Supply Co Inc
Stephenson Music Co
Thompson Electrical Co Inc
.left side lines and
Thompson-Lynch Co .
Underhill Heating & Sheet Metal
188 58 154 182
WRAL-WRAL-FM Radio Station .
146
Watkins Tire & Battery Co . .
right side lines and
Westinghouse Electric Corp
152 119 180
Sorrell Bros Lumber Co
right top lines and
Southern Mutual Insurers
39 67 113 200
Smith Claude P & Co
14 71 28 190 23 57 140 77 174 107 15 B
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St Augustine College
right side lines and
19
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Wyatt O D
left side lines and
120
Yates Auto Service Inc . left top lines and 21
Yellow Cab Co of Raleigh Inc . back cover, right top and right bottom
.lines, 194 and 195
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RALEIGH
"THE PROGRESSIVE CAPITAL 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 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 122 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 250 miles of streets, more than 150 miles have paved surfaces.
Population
The 1950 U. S. Census showed Raleigh with a population of 65,679, of which 68 per cent are white and 32 per cent are colored. The corresponding 1950 population for Wake County was 136,450.
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 five 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 9,000.
The three business schools are as follows:
1. King's Business College
2. Hardbarger Business College
3. Payne Business & Secretarial School (colored)
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. Addition- ally, there are four private institutions providing educational service at these levels:
1. Ravenscroft School
2. Sacred Heart Catholic School
3. St. Monica Convent (colored)
4. Lady of Lourdes-Catholic
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.
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Recreation
Raleigh has 15 public park areas; a public stadium for athletics; a muni- cipal auditorium with a seating capacity of 4,000 which can be used for dances, plays, lectures, a coliseum seating 12,500, etc .; an amphitheatre with a seat- ing capacity of 3,000; three golf courses with 18 holes; a public tennis club; seven white theatres with combined seating capacity of 6,500; two colored thea- ters with combined seating capacity of approximately 1,000; two public swim- ming 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 provide similar facilities for women and girls. The new Raleigh Y. W. C. A. building has been completed.
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