Hill's Raleigh (Wake County, N.C.) City Directory [1957], Part 1

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Including Caraleigh, Carolina Pines, Chestnut Hills, Coley Forest, Country Club Hills, Drewry Hills, Hertford Village, Longview Gardens and Westover

Containing an Alphabetical Directory of Business Concerns and Private Citizens, a Directory of Householders, Occupants of Office Buildings and Other Business Places, Including a Complete Street and Avenue Guide; a Numerical Telephone Directory and much information of a Miscellaneous character; also the

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INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX

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 1957 edition of the Raleigh City Directory, which also includes Caraleigh, Carolina Pines, Chestnut Hills, Coley Forest, Country Club Hills, Drewry Hills, Hertford Village, Longview Gardens and Westover.

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 co-operation of the business and professional men and residents, the publishers feel that the Raleigh Directory will fulfill its mission as a source of authentic information pertaining to the city and vicinity.

Four Major Departments

The four major departments are arranged in the following order: -

I. THE YELLOW PAGES constitute the first major department of the Directory. This embraces a complete list of the names and addresses of the business and professional concerns of the city, arranged in alphabetical order under appropriate headings -a catalog of all the activities of the city. Preceding this catalog, likewise grouped under appropriate headings, are the advertise- ments and business cards of firms and individuals desiring to present a more complete list of their products or services than is possible in the catalog itself. The Yellow Pages represent reference advertising at its best, and merit the attention of all buyers and sellers seeking sources of supply or markets for goods. In a busy and diversified community like Raleigh, the necessity of having this kind of information up-to-date and always immediately available, is obvious. The Directory is the common intermediary between buyer and seller, and plays an important role in the daily activities of the commercial, industrial and pro- fessional world.

II. THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and business and professional concerns is the second 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 vicinity, and the name, official personnel, nature and address of each firm and corporation.

III. THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, on green paper, is the third major department. In this section the named streets are arranged in alphabetical order; the numbers of the resi- dences and business concerns are arranged in numerical order under the name of each street, and the names of the householders and concerns are placed oppo- site the numbers. The names of the intersecting streets appear at their respec- tive crossing points on each street. Special features of this section are the desig- nation of tenant-owned homes and the listing of telephone numbers.

IV. THE NUMERICAL TELEPHONE DIRECTORY, on blue paper, is the fourth major department.

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INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX

The Raleigh Directory Library

Through the courtesy of the publishers of the Raleigh City Directory, a Directory Library is maintained in the offices of the Raleigh Chamber of Com- merce, for free reference by the general public. This is one of more than 700 Directory Libraries installed in the chief cities of the U. S. and Canada by mem- bers of the Association of North American Directory Publishers, under whose supervision the system is operated.

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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS

PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE ADVERTISING SECTION THE YELLOW PAGES

Page

Adams John R

Adams-Terry Realty Co

.right side lines and

194

Adler's Children's Shop

48 5

Aetna Life Insurance Co

147

Alexander & Co

240

Alexander Welding & Manufacturing Co Inc.

234

Allen David G .left side lines and

Allen Lumber Co

157

Allen's Distributors

79 138

American Junk & Wreckage Co

153

Anderson A V Inc. .

201 108

Associated Insurers Inc

.left side lines and

147 185

Auto Finance Co.

right bottom lines and

106

Bagwell & Bagwell

.right side lines and

Bagwell Louis D Plumbing .

.right side lines and

Baptist Book Store

Belch's Sea Food

Bobbitt Garland E.

Boylan-Pearce Inc left top lines, 83 and

Briggs Thomas H & Sons Inc

right top lines and

Britt Manly C Co

.right side lines and

Brock Office Supply Co

left top lines and

Brogden Produce Co Inc

left bottom lines and

Brooks Furniture Shop

Brown Loomas A

.left side lines and

Brown-Wynne Funeral Home Inc.

right top lines and

Bryan-Cooper Oil Co Inc.

Bryan Rock & Sand Co.

Bunn W B Jr left top lines and

Burke Lumber Co.

Burnette Home Supply Co.

Burton's Little Folks Shop

front cover, left bottom lines, 186 and

Cameron Village Inc

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Canton Cafe.

Capital Coca-Cola Bottling Co The .left side lines and

Capital Ice & Coal Co Inc. left bottom lines, 53, 114 and

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Capitol Broadcasting Co Inc

Carolina Blue Printers 30 and

Carolina Buick Co

Carolina Builders Corp

right side lines, 37 and

Carolina Developers Inc Carolina Employment Agency .

Carolina Hardware Co. . front cover, left top lines, 128 and

Carolina Power & Light Company front cover and

Carolina Realty Co .

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Carter's Inc

.left side lines and

Cates' Opticians.

Caudle Sand & Rock Co

Chair & Equipment Rental Co

Chambers-Caviness Inc

front stencil, right top lines and

Cherokee Brick Co

right bottom lines and

City Drug Store

right side lines and

City Ice & Fuel Co

City Motor Co . .

Clancy Construction Co

Clement & Baggett Inc

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187 225 208 31 136 125 193 179 8 164

196 104 129 156

Carolina Roofing Co

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left top lines and

Artistic Flooring Co Inc

Atlas Supply Co

Bakers & Brown Roofing Co Inc

139 180 213 48 218 233 226 126 195 169 192 122 107 116

Advanced Air Conditioning Inc

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Conn-Gower Pontiac Co.

left top lines and

Connell Realty & Mortgage Co

left top lines and

Cothran E G

Crawford Door Sales Co

left top lines and

Cruser Motor Co Inc. .

Currin & Fish .

Davis 66 Service

Dick T A Insurance Agency Inc.

Dixie Florists

Doctor's Exchange

Dodd O W Roofing & Sheet Metal Works left side lines and

Dresser R L Flooring Contractor

Dupree A C. .

Dupree Joseph W "J Agency

.left side lines and

Durfey-Hoover Insurance Agency

Durham Life Insurance Co of Raleigh, N C

front cover, left bottom lines, C and

Eatmon Bros

Edwards Lumber Co.

Electrical Equipment Co

Electrical Wholesalers Inc

left top lines and

Esso Standard Oil Co

Evans Studio

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F & R Tire Co

right top lines and

Fairfield Motor Court.

Fallon J J Co Inc

Faucette Henry Realty Co

Ferebee Curtis E.

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Ferguson's Hardware

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Ferree Studios.

Finch Electric Co.

Finch's Drive-In Inc left top lines and

First-Citizens Bank & Trust Co left and right top cards and

First Federal Savings & Loan Association of Raleigh . left top lines and

Fowler's Nursery

.right side lines and

Freeman & Lumsden Inc

right top cards and

Gilmore W Wilson

Goodwin O T

Grady Co The . left side lines and

Grant W T Company

right bottom lines and

Graphic Press Inc The

.right side lines and

Gregory-Poole Equipment Co.

right top lines and

Gupton Music Co . .right side lines and

Gurley N M Realty Co.

H & S Home Equipment Co Inc

.right side lines and

Harmon Motor Co Inc

Harry's Hatters & Cleaners

Hart Electrical & Heating Service Inc

Heater Well Co Inc.

.right side lines and

Heilig-Levine of Raleigh Inc

. left top cards and

Helms Motor Express Inc

Herring Sash & Door Co Inc.

43 and

Highway & Industrial Equipment Co

Hill Directory Co Inc

Home Appliance Service Co

.right side lines and

Home Ice Co

Hood System Industrial Bank The

ight bottom lines and

Hotel Sir Walter

House of Sleep .left side lines and

Howard J T Advertising Agency Inc.

left top lines and

Hunt J B & Sons Inc

right top cards and 181

Ingle B H & Sons Inc.

216 59

Iseley Geo A Insurance Agency

. left top cards and

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Ivey-Taylor's

.left side lines and

Jean's of Raleigh 51 and 227

10 197 201 90 11

Davidson & Jones right top cards and

66 22

148 111 89 221 109 194 140 148

141 219 158 100 103 172 177 22 166 110 202 58 131 7 72 210 26 34 168 66 72 78 216 82 188 211 168 202 134 12 132 102

246 121 239 163 80 88 100

Horton Flower Shop

137 27 110 135 122 3 84 55

Hudson-Belk Co The

Ideal Plumbing & Heating Co

Inland Construction Co right top lines and

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Johnson Chas E & Son

Johnson-Lambe Co. . .right side lines and

Johnson Lumber Co

right bottom lines and

Johnson's Jewelers.

.right side lines and

Jolly's Inc.

Jones Contracting Co .left side lines and

Joyce & Bailey Furniture Co

Land's Inc. .

Lane Street Washerette

Lane Trucking Company

Lane's Shell Service

Lanier-Womble Co.

Lassiter Milling Co

. left top cards and

Lassiter O N Lumber Co

Lawrence Bros Co Inc.

.left side lines and

Lee's Chinese Hand Laundry

Lightner Funeral Home.

London Oil Co The

right top lines and

Long Electric Co

Longview Beauty Salon

right side lines and

Loving T A & Co

left side lines and

Maddrey's Auto Service

left top lines and

Martin Millwork Co bottom stencil, right bottom lines and

Master Sales & Service

right bottom lines and

Maus Piano Co. .left side lines and

Meredith College

.left side lines and

151

Midland Realty Inc

Miller Oscar .

right top cards and

Mims Carl B. .

. right top cards and

Mitchell Distributing Co Inc

.right top lines, A and

Mitchell Printing Co .

right bottom lines and

Mitchell's Hair Styling Inc

Moore & Johnson Co

Moore W L & Son .

Morgan A B Agency

Myatt Wm A

Newton's Inc Laundry & Cleaners .right side lines and

North Carolina Products Corp

right bottom lines and

Norwood Bros Lumber Co

Oldham & Worth Inc

front cover, left bottom lines, 39 and

Page Electrical Service.

Pahl William A Co Inc.

.left side lines and

198 91

Peace College

.right side lines and

Peebles Millard R

. right top cards and 68

Pennington-Smith Funeral Home Inc

. left bottom lines and

Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co

left side lines and

Perdue Bros Inc

ribbon book mark and

Phillips Roofing Co.

.right side lines and

Pine State Creamery Co

right bottom lines and

Poole Brothers

. back cover, 69 and

Poole E R Music Co

. left top cards and

Poole Motors Inc

right side lines, 23 and

Powell R A Refrigeration Service

right top cards and

Proctor's

Rainbow Cleaners & Laundry

Raleigh Board of Realtors

206 47

Raleigh Chamber of Commerce.

Raleigh Letter Writers Inc

right top lines and

Raleigh Savings & Loan Association. .. . front cover, right bottom lines, Tabbed Insert at name in Alphabetical Section and

Raleigh Sea Food Co

217 15

Raleigh Spring Service Inc

Raleigh Tractor & Truck Co.

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right side lines and

Page 149 96 159

152 152 67 123

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151 155 56 220

105 162 203 155 117 114 101 3 203 74 115 13 165 14 180 92

Longview Gardens Inc.

Lowry Fuel & Burner Service

Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.

Mims C H & Son

Mitchell Funeral Home Inc.

.left side lines and 67 . . top stencil and 75 182 184 .left side lines and 212 118 B and 189 228 151 72 left side lines and 149 68 229

54 163 160 101 230

Parks Realty Co.

119 32 60 214 81

247 168 240

208 231 50

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Raleigh Typewriter Exchange .

Rand & Faulk. . .

right side lines and 185

Randolph's Hair Styling Salon Inc

Rawls Motor Co Inc .

right bottom lines and

Rawls Pump Sales & Service

left side lines and

Ready Mixed Concrete Co

.left side lines and

Reynolds Thos B & Son

.left side lines and

Rhodes Inc

. right top cards and

Roberts Florist

. right top cards and

Rogers Oil Co

Sacred Heart Cathedral.

St Augustine's College .

St Mary's Junior College

Sanders Motor Co.

front cover, right top cards, 17 and

Scott Construction Co

Sears, Roebuck and Co

Security National Bank

. backbone and

Seymour John W.

Shadow Lawn Motor Court

Shaw University

right side lines and

Shirley L M & Co

.left side lines and

Sir Walter Hotel.

Sir Walter Opticians

front cover, right bottom lines, 133 and

Smith Claude P & Co.

.left side lines and

Smith Coal & Oil Co Inc

right top lines and

Smith Plumbing & Heating Co.

Smith Studio

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Sorrell Bros Lumber Co

.left side lines and

Southern Builders & Suppliers Inc.

right top lines and

Southern Dairies Inc. .

Southern Welding & Manufacturing Corp.

Sparks Press The.

Standard Cinder Block Co Inc.

left side lines and

Starritt O K Rubber Welders

State Capital Insurance Companies

back cover, left bottom lines and

State Finance Co

.left side lines and

State Fixture & Supply Co Inc

.right side lines and

State Mortgage Co Inc.

right side lines and

Stearns Engraving Co

Stephenson Music Co.

right top lines and

Stephenson's Used Cars.

Stockton, White & Co.

right top lines and

Stokes R B Concrete Contractor

Swain Awning Manufacturing Co

Sykes Concrete Co

.right top cards and

Tar Heel Window Co

.left side lines and

Teachey-Womble Co Inc

Telephone Answering of Raleigh

Thiem's Record Shop

Thompson Cadillac-Oldsmobile Inc . backbone, left bottom lines, 18 and

Thompson Electrical Co Inc. .left side lines and

Thompson-Lynch Co. .left side lines and

Tire Distributors Inc

Tire Sales & Service Co Inc

.left side lines and

Tom Thumb Nursery.

Town & Country Tire Service Inc

Tucker G S & Bros Inc

Tuttle Appliance Co

.right side lines and

Umstead's Transfer

Underhill Heating & Sheet Metal

right side lines and

Universal Chevrolet Co Inc . left top cards and

Universal Equipment Co

Vick William C left bottom lines and

Vickers & Ruth Plumbing & Heating Co

Village Hardware & Sports Store Inc .left top cards, 132 and W MS M Radio Station 232 193 194

W PT F Radio Co

right top cards and

WRA L-TV Channel 5

W R A L & W R A L-FM Radio Station

. left bottom lines and

237 193

Wake Oil Co Inc

.right side lines and 173

161 40 82 245 191 41 238 144 107 42 199 105 167 243 204 71 25 70 6 52 236 207 242 102 102 23 19 154 237 124 97 238 73 20 217 63 183

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174 62 115 184 179

143 123 111 112 49 93 94 241 69 86 28 61 166 95 204 135

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Wakc Realty Co

right side lines and

Waller's Studio

Ward-Markham Co. left side lines and

Wardlaw Jack-Insurance-Estates-Annuities

.right side lines and

Wayside Furniture House.

124

West P S Construction Co

70 98 113

White Oil Co Inc. .

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Williams Alfred & Co

170

Williams R S & Co

. left top cards and

200 146 196

Williams Realty & Building Co Inc .

Williams Telephone Answering Service

236

Willis J F Sheet Metal Works . . back cover, left bottom lines, 4, 215 and Winter Park Subdivision

205

Wrenn Electric Co . .left side lines and 99

Wright Construction Co

.right side lines and

Wyatt O D.

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Yancey Insurance Agency.

Yellow Cab Co of Raleigh Inc .back cover, right top lines, 44 and 235

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Watkins Tire & Battery Co.

Westinghouse Electric Corp

Wholesale Electric Supply Inc. . right bottom lines and

Williams & Haywood front and back lip margins, 145 and

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Out of Sight -- Out of Mind Out of Business

The importance of keeping firm and product names in the public eye is recognized by all business men. It is astonishing to see how a firm or prod- uct, however meritorious, will slip into the limbo of the forgotten if not per- sistently advertised.

The City Directory is the natural medium for keeping a business or product name in the spotlight. Insist on being well represented in its pages.

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 15.3 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 200.11 miles of streets, 152.02 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 popu- lation for Wake County was 136,450. The present estimated population is 81,000 for the city of Raleigh.

City Government

Raleigh is operated under a council-manager form of government. A coun- cil 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 educationalfacilities are provided in Raleigh through 24 public schools. Additionally, there are four private institutions pro- viding 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 Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, 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, an arena seating 6,500, etc .; an amphitheatre with a seating capacity of 3,000; three golf courses with 18 holes; a public tennis club; six white theatres with combined seating capacity of 6,000; one colored theatre with seating capacity of approximately 430; 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.

The fact that there are about eight colleges within a 30-mile radius of Raleigh makes it a center for sports events and athletic contests. The Atlantic Coast Conference Annual Basketball Tournament 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 7,000 people; Federal agencies, 1,000 people, Business men from all sections of the state come to Raleigh frequently to contact these government officials.

General Data

Area-15.3 square miles.

Altitude-363 feet above sea level.

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Raleigh Little Theatre

Climate-Mean annualtemperature, 60.3 degrees F .; average annual rain- fall, 46.56 inches,

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Hill's Raleigh (Wake County, N.C.) City Directory [1957], Part 1

Author: Hill Directory Company. Publication date: 1957 Publisher: Hill Directory Co. Number of Pages: 1514

Author: Hill Directory Company.
Publication date: 1957
Publisher: Hill Directory Co.
Number of Pages: 1514