Hill's Raleigh (Wake County, N.C.) City Directory [1963], Part 1

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Publication date: 1963
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(WAKE COUNTY, N. C.) CITY DIRECTORY 1963


Including Caraleigh, Caralina Pines, Chestnut Hills, Caley Farest, Country Club Hills, Drewry Hills, Hertford Villoge, Langview Gardens and Westaver


CONTAINS:


. Buyers' Guide and a complete classified business directory


· Alphabetical directory of business concerns and private citizens


· Complete street and avenue guide, including householders, and occupants of office buildings and other business places


· Numerical telephone directory


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INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX


HILL DIRECTORY COMPANY, publishers of Southeastern Directories (publishers of the Raleigh City Directory since 1903), present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1963 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 sections of this Directory are consulted, for the Dir- ectory 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 es- tablished 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 publis- hers 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 community.


Four Major Departments


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


I. THE BUYERS' GUIDE constitutes the first major department of the Directory, printed on yellow paper. In the first section of this department, grouped under appropriate headings, are included the ad- vertisements and business cards of firms and individuals desiring to make a complete presentation of their products or services. Following this is the Classified Business section, which embraces a list of the names and addresses of all business and professional concerns of the community, arranged in alphabetical order under appropriate headings-a catalog of all the activities of the community. The Buyers' Guide represents reference advertising at its best, and merits the attention of all buyers and sellers seeking sources of supply or markets for goods, In a busy and diversified area 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 buyers and seller, and plays an important role in the daily activities of the commercial, industrial and professional 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 the name, official personnel, nature and address of each firm and corporation in the community.


III. THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, is the third major department, printed on green paper. 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 concerns 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 de- signation of tenant-owned homes and the listing of telephone numbers.


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


Community Publicity


The Directory reflects the achievements and ambitions of the community, depicting 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 is - sue of the Directory in Directory Libraries, where they are readily available for free public reference, and serve as perpetual and reliable advertisements of Raleigh and vicinity.


The Raleigh Out-Of-Town City Directory Library


Through the courtesy of the publishers of the Raleigh City Directory, a Directory Library is main- tained in the offices of the Raleigh Chamber of Commerce, for free reference by the general public. This is one of more than 1,000 Directory Libraries installed in cities and towns throughout the U. S., Canada and Puerto Rico by members of the Association of North American Directory Publishers, under whose supervision the system is operated.


The publishers appreciatively acknowledge the recognition by those progressive business and pro- fessional 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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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS Page numbers below refer to the Buyers' Guide Section


Page


ABC Petroleum Co Inc


right side lines and


125


Adams-Terry Realty Co.


right side lines and 142


Addressing-Duplicating Service Inc.


Adler's Children's Shop .


left bottom lines and 136 27 160 102


Allison-Leinster Inc.


left top lines and


Amburn Pontiac Inc


.left top, right bottom lines and


3


Anderson A V Inc


Andrews Mary C Real Estate


right side lines and


Anserphone


right bottom lines and 168


Arnold Ray Real Estate


.right side lines and


Art Flower Shop .


right top lines and


Auto Discount Co


left top lines and 77 114


Bagwell & Bagwell Inc.


left bottom lines and


Bailey James A Hauling .


Bakers & Brown Roofing Co Inc.


left side lines, Z and


Baptist Book Store


Batchelor Burnie


right top lines and


133


Better Living of Raleigh Inc.


Borden Brick & Tile Co.


front cover and 22


Boylan-Pearce.


left bottom lines and


back lip margin, left top, right bottom lines and


right top lines and


Britt Realty Co.


.right side lines and


Brogden Produce Co Inc.


left bottom lines and


Brown-Wynne Funeral Home Inc


right side lines and


Buffaloe & Co Builders Inc


Bullock Electric Co


right side lines and


74


Burrage Music Co.


.right side lines and


120 24


Cain Fred Enterprises.


right top cards and


8


Cameron Construction Co Inc


.right side lines and 39


Capital Coca-Cola Bottling Co The


left side lines and


Capital Fuel Oil Ice & Coal Co Inc


left side lines, 29, 76, 81 and


Carolina Appliance Distributors Inc


right bottom lines and


Carolina Builders Corp


left side lines and


Carolina Crane Corp


. right top cards and


Carolina Maintenance Co


left side lines and


Carolina Power & Light Company.


. front cover, 71 and


Carolina Realty Co


Carolina Storage & Distributing co


left top lines and


Cates Opticians


Caviness & Sons Inc.


front stencil, right top, left bottom lines and


Chambers & Warlick Inc


Chamblee Insurance Agency.


left side lines and


Checker Cab Co of Raleigh Inc


Chris' Sunoco Service ..


Cothran Edwin G


Creative Graphics Inc


Currin Realty Co


Currin's Wheel & Frame Aligning Service


D&S Motors Inc .


Daniel's William Marine & Photo Supply Dellinger F W Plastering Contractor .


Dixie Motor Parts Co Inc


Doub Jack


Dresser R L Flooring & Acoustical Contractor Inc


Durfey-Hoover Insurance Agency .


Durham Life Insurance Co of Raleigh N. C.


front cover, left bottom lines and


105 162


Electrical Equipment Co


front cover, left side lines and left side lines and 74


Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States The.


left side lines and 110 9


F&R Tire Co


. left top lines and


15 93 148 140 88 39


Byrum Lumber Co.


Cameron Village Inc


Insert at Shopping Centers in Buyers' Guide


Capital Sign Service Inc. .


Carolina Ready Mixed Concrete Co .


Carter's Inc .


left side lines, 91 and


right bottom lines and 127 35


19 101 163 77 24 47 118 98 30 148 119 141


Bran Oil Co Inc


left top lines and 59 84


Branch Banking & Trust Co


Briggs Thomas H & Sons Inc


left side lines and 33 155 58 27


Ballentine's Farms


147 79 103


Associated Insurers Inc


148 147


Adler's of Raleigh . .


Eastern Roofing & Aluminum Siding Co ..


front cover, left side lines and 166 right side lines and 13 left top lines and 149 right side lines and 137 149 171 „right side lines and left bottom lines and right top cards and 8 26 55 9 right top cards and 40 78 110


right top cards and 143 104


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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


Faison Construction Co


Faison Realty Co Inc


Fallon J J Co Inc . Faucette Henry Realty Co


Ferguson's Hardware Inc


back cover, left top lines, 94 and


First Federal Savings & Loan Association of Raleigh


Fowler Maylon H Contract Hauling


right side lines and


Fowler's Nursery


Frye Exterminating Co


right side lines and


Gardiner's Flowers & Gifts .


General Spray Service of Raleigh


right side lines and


Grady Co The


Grant W T Company .


left bottom lines and


Graphic Press Inc The


Griffin E W


Gurley N M Realty Co


Hackney's Inc .


left top lines, 96 and


Harmon Motor Co


Hayes Contracting Wiring Service


Heilig-Levine of Raleigh Inc


Helms Motor Express Inc.


Hill Directory Company .


Hilliard J A Paint & Paper Contractor


.right side lines and


Hodges B H Ceramic Tile Co


.right side lines and


Holiday Inn of Raleigh


right side lines and


Honeycutt Cleaners & Laundry


Hotel Sir Walter .


right side lines and


Howard J T Advertising Agency Inc.


Hudson-Belk Co The.


front cover, right top lines and


Humble Oil & Refining Co


Inland Construction Co


Insurance Consultants Inc


Ivey's of Raleigh


left top, right side lines and


Jean's of Raleigh


right side lines and


Jenkins Roofing Co


Johnson Charles E & Sons.


.right side lines and


Johnson-Lambe Co


right side lines and


Johnson's Jewelers


Jones Frank E Inc .


Key Realty Co .


right top cards and


Kirby Cecil D Contractors


.right side lines and


Lake Wheeler Mobile Estates & Sales


Lakeside Suburban Estates


Land's Inc .


Lawrence Bros Co Inc.


Lewis Electric Service


Life Insurance Co of North Carolina


right bottom lines and


Lightner Funeral Home .


right bottom lines and right bottom lines and .right side lines and


London Oil Co The.


Long Electric Co


Long Meadow Farms Inc


left bottom lines and


Longview Gardens Inc. .


.right side lines and


Loving T A & Co.


. right top cards and


Lowry Fuel & Burner Service.


left bottom lines and


Lundy Real Estate Co .


Lundy & Tripp Builders Inc.


Lynch's Electrical Wholesalers Inc ..


Martin R L


Maus Piano Co Inc.


left side lines and


Mc Kenzie J P Plumbing


right top cards and


McLeod-Pickett Inc


left side lines and left top lines and .right side lines and top stencil and


Mitchell Printing Co


right bottom lines and


Moore Electric Co.


right side lines and 49 112 112


Morgan A B Agency .


left side lines and


Myers Upholstering & Repair Shop


170 36


Myrick Steve General Contractors


right side lines, C and


Norris Thomas A & Co .


154


North Carolina National Bank.


backbone and 16


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right top cards and 153 79 150 95 158 34 121 131 80 165 99 left top cards and 63 138 41 150 left top lines and 164 left side lines and 10 48 89 169 64 130 56 101 28 100 2 60 126 right top lines and 41 111 · 61 28 156 · 111 . left top lines and 72 left side lines and 115 140 153 left side lines and 42 118 151 116 151 ight top cards and 74 106 right top lines and 85 129 161 81 right top lines and 74 58 144 52 82 152 152


Meredith College,


Miller Jerry


Miller Oscar Contractor Inc


Mitchell Funeral Home Inc


right top lines, tabbed Insert at Name in Alphabetical Section and


Mitchell's Hair Styling Inc


left side lines and 75 45 133 135 2 66 65 53 86 139 B


Moore & Johnson Co.


Page 44


Lloyd's Paint & Wallpaper Co.


Lockewood Shopping Centers


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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


Page


North Carolina Products Corp


, right bottom lines and 32


Office Engineers Inc


124


Ogburn J M Co. Oldham & Worth Inc


. back cover and 23


O'Neal Motors Inc.


right side lines and


10


Page Electric Service


. right top cards and


73


Peace College .


right bottom lines and


67


Peebles Grill & Hotel


left side lines and


Pennington-Smith Funeral Home Inc


left side lines and


20


Perry's Cabinet Shop


right top cards and 26


Phillips Roofing Co Inc


Pine State Creamery Co.


ght top, left bottom lines and


Plantation Inn Motel & Restaurant The


.right side lines and


Poole E R Music Co Inc .


Poole J H Electric Service


Poole Trucking Co.


right bottom lines and


Quinn R E Furniture


R &S Cabinet Shop


Raleigh Office Building Inc


Raleigh Savings & Loan Association


front cover, right top lines, 21 and


Raleigh Spring & Brake Service Inc.


Raleigh Tire Co


Raleigh Tractor & Truck Co


left top cards and


Ray Calvin A


right top cards and


Ready-Mixed Concrete Co.


Rhodes Inc .


right top cards and


Roberts Florist


right top lines and


Robertson Stamp & Seal Works


Robertson Wiley Jr


Rogers Oil Co Inc


St Augustine's College.


St Mary's Junior College


Salmon R T


Sanders Motor Co


Sapp's Welding Service


Satterwhite General Contractor


back cover, left top lines and


Sears Roebuck and Co.


.left top, right bottom lines and


Security Insurance Companies.


.right side lines and 113 70


Shaw University .


right bottom lines and


Sir Walter Hotel


right side lines and


Sir Walter Opticians.


.backbone, right bottom lines, 97 and


Smith C C Realty Co.


right side lines and


Smith Coal & Oil Co Inc


right top lines and 83 132


Smith Studio .


, Y and


Sorrell Bros Lumber Co


Insert at Name in Alphabetical Section and


117


Southeastern Supply Inc .


left side lines and 115


Southern Builders & Suppliers Inc


right top lines and 25


Southern Contractors & Refrigeration Inc


.right side lines and 43


State Capital Insurance Companies


back cover, left bottom lines and 107


State Mortgage Co Inc.


right side lines and 145


Stephenson Music Co


right top cards and 121 44 153


Stockton White & Co.


right top lines and


Sugg's Appliance Service


left side lines and


Supreme Counter Top Co


left bottom lines and


Teachey-Womble Co Inc.


left side lines and


Telephone Answering of Raleigh


right bottom lines and


Thompson Cadillac-Oldsmobile Inc


right bottom lines and


6


Tire Distributors Inc


right bottom cards and


Tire Sales & Service Co Inc.


left side lines and


Town & Country Tire Service Inc .


left side lines and


Troutman's College of Hair Styling Inc


left bottom lines and


Tuttle Appliance Co


left side lines and


US Piping Inc


left side lines and 134


Umstead's Transfer


right bottom lines and 169


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Vickers & Ruth Plumbing & Heating Co.


134


WKIX Broadcasting Co


left bottom lines and 141


12 7 13


Trash Disposal


170 18 73


State Capital Life Insurance Co


Stockstill Building Co


Stokes R B Concrete Contractor.


Sykes Concrete Co


.46 and 165 2 26 38 29 6


Scottish Bank The


left bottom lines and 157 right side lines and left bottom lines and 43 82 68 69 right side lines and front cover and 129 5 12 37 17 62 left side lines and


Rawls Motor Co Inc .


left top lines and 4 54 31 90 80


.right side lines and 160 57 118 121 right top cards and 75 50 91 25 122 159 right side lines and 11 14 11


154 87


Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co


left top lines and 42


100 128 154


Vick William C Construction Co Inc


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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


Page


right top cards


WPTF Radio Co . Wardlaw Jack-Insurance Consultant


113


Wayside Furniture Home . Weaver Bros Rambler Inc.


13


White Oil Co Inc.


right top cards and 76


Williams Alfred & Co


. right side lines


Williams R S & Co.


right top lines and 146


Williams Realty & Building Co Inc


114


Winters John W & Co


44


Wright Construction Co


109


Yancey Insurance Agency .


167


Yellow Cab Co of Raleigh Inc


back cover, left top lines and


Young Brothers Sheet Rock Contractors


. right bottom cards and 56


45


Zeblo Steve T Builders


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92


83


Wholesale Electric Supply Inc.


left bottom lines and 108


Wilson J Frank Insurance Agency.


RALEIGH


"THE PROGRESSIVE CAPITAL OF A PROGRESSIVE STATE" (Courtesy of 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 33.647 square miles in Wake County, of which it is the county seat. The aver- age elevation of the city is 363 feet above sea level. Of a total of 357.89 miles of streets, 346.09 miles have paved surfaces.


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View of Fayetteville Street, with Memorial Auditorium in Background


Population


The 1960 U. S. Census showed Raleigh with a population of 93,931, of which 68% are white and 32% are colored. The 1963 estimated population for Wake County is 175,900.


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 se- lects the city manager.


Education


Raleigh is an educational center in North Carolina by virtue of six colleges and three 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)


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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 10,245.


The three business schools are as follows:


1. King's Business College


2. Hardbarger Business College


3. Payne Business and Secretarial School (colored)


Special. schools located in Raleigh are:


1. State School for the Blind


2. Methodist Home for Children


3. Catholic Orphanage


Public primary and secondary educational facilities are provided in Raleigh through 30 public schools. Additionally, there are 5 private institutions providing education service at these levels:


1. Ravenscroft School


2. Cathedral Elementary School-Catholic


3. St. Monica Convent (colored)


4. Our Lady of Lourdes-Catholic


5. Cardinal Gibbons High School-Catholic


Within a radius of thirty miles of Raleigh are located Duke University, at Durham, N. C., the Uni- versity of North Carolina, at Chapel, Hill, N. C .; and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, at Wake Forest, N. C.


Recreation


Raleigh has 25 public park areas; a public stadium for athletics; a municipal auditorium with a sea- ting capacity of 4,000 which can be used for dances, plays, lectures, a coliseum seating 12,500, an arena holes; two public golf courses with nine holes; one public golf course with 27 holes; a public tennis club; seating 9,500, etc .; an amphitheatre with a seating capacity of 3,000; two private golf courses with 18 six white theatres with combined seating capacity of 6,000; one colored theatre with seating capacity of approximately 430; two public swimming pools for white people, one public swimming pool for Negroes; 12 lighted baseball parks; 12 gyms; and five horse-riding clubs.


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 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 annual Atlantic Coast Conference 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 9,000 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-33.647 square miles. Altitude-363 feet above sea level.


Climate-Mean annual temperature, 59.9 degrees F .; average annual rainfall, 45.09 inches.


Financial Data-6 banks, 2 building and loan associations. 4 home-office life insurance companies and 2 home-office fire insurance companies.


Postal Receipts-$3,782,246.20 (1962).


Churches-105, representing 19 denominations.


Real Estate-22,500 homes, with about 35 per cent owned by occupants.


Industry-142 manufacturing establishments, missile batteries, micro-wave equipment, employing approximately 4,500 men and women. Principal manufactured products: Textiles, electric meters, worsted cloth, washboards, power generation, fertilizer, cabinets, concrete products, chemicals, lum- ber, metal products, wood products, food products, fabricated steel, electric motors, cottonseed oil products, mattresses and medicines.


Hotels-4 principal, with total of 819 rooms.


Hospitals-4, with total of 1,549 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 14 passenger trains and 10 freight trains north and south daily. Three are reserved-seat coach and Pullman streamliners.


(2) The Southern gives east and west service, with a north-south service intersection at Greens- boro, N.C. Southern tracks run as far north as Washington, as far south as Palatka, Florida, as far southwest as New Orleans, and as far west as St. Louis. Southern schedules show twopassenger trains and four freight trains in and out daily.


(3) Norfolk Southern, with headquarters at Raleigh, the central point on its line, since its main line is between Charlotte and Norfolk, gives freight service with its connections for points north, south, east and west. (No passenger service).




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