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CITY INDUSTRIAL BANK
(A Savings and Industrial Bank) Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
SAVINGS - LOANS "The Bank That Serves the People" C. C. WARD, President W. M. SPEARS, V .- Pres .- Cashier YOUNG A. PULLY. Asst. V .- Pres .- Mgr. Public Relations MADELINE B. BROWN, Asst. Cashier
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INSURANCE - REAL ESTATE Developers EDGEMONT PARK A Growing Development -and Still Growing 132 Sunset Ave. Phone 7188
City Ice Co., Inc. Pure
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277 MAIN N. E.
PHONE 2-1712
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QUALITY LAUNDRY & CLEANERS, Inc.
LAUNDRY RUG CLEANING
DRY CLEANING FUR STORAGE
238 Tarboro St.
Dial 7116
413 S. Church St.
FISK TIRES
HOGGARD-VANN MOTORS
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HILL'S ROCKY MOUNT (EDGECOMBE AND NASH COUNTIES, N. C.) CITY DIRECTORY
Vol. 1952 XVII
Containing an Alphabetical Directory of Business Concerns and Private Citizens, a Directory of Householders, Occupants of Office Build- ings and Other Business Places, Including a Complete Street and Avenue Guide, and a Numerical Telephone Directory; also a
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GENERAL INDEX
Page
Abbreviations 20
Alphabetical List of Names 21
Apartment Buildings 619
Banks 626
Board of Education
378
Buildings-Office and Public
630
Bus and Coach Lines
631
Buyers' Guide
preceding Classified
Cemeteries
632
Churches 632
City Offices 378
Classified Business Directory 617
Clergymen
634
Clubs
637
County Offices:
Edgecombe 154
Nash
315
Courts
315
Fire Department
378
Halls
659
Homes and Asylums
661
Hospitals and Dispensaries
661
Hotels
661
Libraries
668
Newspapers
674
Numerical Telephone Directory
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Organizations
677
Parks and Playgrounds
680
Police Department 378
Post Office
446
518092
Railroads 685
Schools-Parochial 690
Schools-Public 690
Schools and Colleges 690
State Offices 320
Street and Avenue Guide
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
PAGE NUMBERS LISTED BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION
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Acme Products
114
Alford Insurance & Realty Co .right top lines and 67
Almand's Drug Store . left bottom lines and 45
Amoco Service Stop
16
Andrews Esso Service
4
Artcraft Glass Co
61
Atlantic Construction Co
Atlantic Discount Corp
.right center lines and
Bandy's Ray .
Barkley and Jordan Service
Barnes Plumbing Co
Barnes Tin Shop
.right top lines and 110
Barnes Welding Supply Service
. left center lines and 115 74 left side lines and 53 77
Bishop Laundry Co
.right top lines and
Blue Bird Taxi left center lines and 112
33 67
Brewer Insulation Service Inc
Brown Memorial Co
left side lines and 87
Builders Federal Savings & Loan Assn of Rocky Mount right top lines and 106
front cover and
5
Bulluck M G & J W.
33
Bulluck Zeb B
left side lines and 84 11
Caddell Motors
left center lines and
53
Caro-Craft Inc left bottom lines and 59 2 Carolina Advertising Service Carolina Awning & Tent Manufacturing Co
.left side lines and 20
Carolina Building Supply Co
Carolina Cab Co
right side lines and 112
104
Carolina Concrete & Block Works
. back cover and 32
Carolina Office Equipment Co
. front cover, left side lines and 91
Carolina School of Commerce . right center lines and 30
Carolina Service Station
Central Building Distributors right center lines and
Central-Mix Co left bottom lines and
31
Central Service Station left side lines and
16 35
Ceramic Tile Co Inc
Chipley Flake B Inc left top lines and 6
Citizens Coal & Supply Co right bottom lines and
29
Citizens Saving & Loan Assn left top lines and 107
City Ice Co Inc .front cover and 66 21
City Industrial Bank front cover and
Clayton's Upholstery Shop right side lines, 12 and 113
· Coca-Cola Bottling Co Inc .left side lines and
24
Cockrell's W L Garage .left bottom lines and
17 92
Coleman-Lee Oil Co Inc
Coley C B Tile Co
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Batts Willard E
Bennett's Florist
Bob's Soda Shop
Bulluck Auto Sales Co Inc
Carbisco Flour & Feed Mills Inc left top lines and
28
Carolina Cafe
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Comer Macon C right center lines and 97 Coppedge & Campbell . left side lines and 65
Daniel's Inc . left top lines and 43
Daughtridge J P & Son
36
Daughtridge Oil Co .right center lines and 93
Daughtridge Paint & Wallpaper Co
.right bottom lines and 97
Davenport Motor Co
. right center lines and
12
Davis Tile & Marble Co
left side lines and
36
Dillon Supply Co
right bottom lines and
86
Dillon-Weaver Implement Co right center lines and 52 17
Downtown Atlantic Service
Drummond's Florist
Enterprise Furniture Co
Falls Road Department Store
Farm Bureau Insurance Companies
Faulkner Electric Service . left center lines and
Firestone Stores
First Federal Savings & Loan Assn .back cover and 108
Fisher Radio Co
Fox Jas M
Gay's Funeral Home
.left top lines and
Gay's Hardware 63
Gehman's Jewelers 76
Gorham J S Hardware Co Inc
. left side lines and
62
Grimes-Morgan Plumbing & Heating Co
.back cover and 100
Grimsley Wm.M
37
Hammond Electric Service Inc
51
Heilig-Meyers Furniture Co
.left center lines and
60
Hicks A Agency
front cover and
68
Hicks Robt G Dr
left center lines
Hoggard-Vann Motors
front cover and
7
Holbrook Motor Co
8
Home Appliance Sales & Service Co Inc
left bottom lines and 64
Home Savings & Loan Association .. right top lines and 109 Hotel Ricks The . B
Ideal Gas & Appliance Co C
Imperial Furniture Co 59
Jenkins-Pearsall Machine Works 84
Jewel Box Inc The right center lines and 76
Johnson Cotton Co of Rocky Mount Inc
.left side lines and 3
Johnston Funeral Home Inc left bottom lines and A
Joyner Oil Co
.. front cover, right side lines, 54 and
93
Knowles Diner & Nursery Garden
105
Lancaster W R Furniture Co
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Lane Manufacturing Co
87
Laundromat 80
Marigold Service Station
Mashburn Plumbing & Heating Co
Matthews Wm B right side lines and 101
55 Meadow Brook Dairy right side lines and 42
Merchants Delivery Service left side lines and 43 Merritt Otto C Plumbing Contractor 101 Mims Allan Inc left side lines and 9
Modern Builders Inc
38
Montgomery Ward & Co 44
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Hassell J M & Son left bottom lines and 59
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Moore's Antique Shop
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Morton Wm S
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Nash Brick Co 25
Nash Coal Co
.left bottom lines and
31
Nashcombe Electric Co Inc
38
Neville Joseph T
106
Newport Sign Co
111
North Carolina Hide & Fur Co
85
North State Construction Co Inc top stencil and 34
Parker's Restaurant and Dining Room
left center lines and 104
Pearsall Oil and Fuel Co Inc right center lines and 94
Pemberton Inc . right bottom lines and 4
Penney J C Co Inc
45
Peoples Bank & Trust Co .front stencil and 22
Peoples Building & Supply Co right side lines and 26
Peoples Oil Co Inc right side lines, 54 and 94 49
Petway Electric Co
Phillips Service Station
Pittman's G L Esso Service
Planters National Bank & Trust Co The
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23 74
Policy Holders Agency Inc
Powell Business Equipment Co right side lines and 90
Pridgen Tire Co Inc right side lines and 95
Public Electric Service
40
Public Office Service .right bottom lines and 90
Purvis Cleaners & Dyers .right side lines and 47
Quality Laundry & Cleaners
front cover, right side lines and 78 13
Quality Motors
Quinns Inc .left center lines and 57
Radio Hospital
right bottom lines and 104
Rawls & Winstead Inc
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Rio Restaurant
right bottom lines and 106
Robbins Electric Co
103
Rocky Mount Bowling Center
25
Rocky Mount Floral Co right bottom lines and 52
Rocky Mount Furniture Co
57
Rocky Mount Hardware Inc left center lines and 63
65
Rocky Mount Laundry & Dry Cleaners Inc
. bottom stencil, 48 and 80
41
Rocky Mount Mills
Rocky Mount Plumbing & Heating Co Inc
.right side lines and 102
Rocky Mount Tile Co
. left side lines and 39
Rose Buick Co
right side lines and 14
46
Satterfield Motorcycle Co
89
Sharpe Joe Esso Servicenter
Shaver Battery & Auto Parts Co ... . left center lines and 18
Simmons & Harris Inc . back cover and 69
Soden W & Sons right bottom lines and 111
Southern Concrete Products Inc 33
41
Southern Office Supply Inc left side lines and 92
Stallings Oil & Coal Co left center lines and 95
61
Stancil Grocery & Market
Standard Electric Co right side lines and 50
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Ricks Hotel The
Rocky Mount Home Supply Co
Rose I W Drug Co right top lines and
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Southern Dairies Inc left top lines and
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Standard Insurance & Realty Corp
. back cover, right top lines and 70
Star Furniture Co Inc
State Finance Co .right bottom lines and 58
. right bottom lines and 81
Stokes Funeral Parlor
56
Sullivan Jack Inc
right center lines and 102
Sunshine Laundry of Rocky Mount Inc
79
Tanner's Transfer
113
Tar River Ice Co
Tar River Service Station
65 18
Taylor B H Oil Co . ribbon bookmark and 10
Taylor Bernard Motor Co ribbon bookmark and
10
Taylor's Department Store
44
Texaco Center left side lines and 19
Thomas Robt V "Red'
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Thorpe Music Co
89
Tobacco Belt Rulane Co 60
Twin County Motor Co
15
Twin County Rental Co Inc right top lines and 75
Twin County Tile Co
40
Walker-Carter
right side lines and 48
Walker H M Lumber Co Inc
back cover, right side lines and 82
Waters Bros right bottom lines and Y
Wester's Upholstery Shop
113
Whaley Furniture Co left center lines and 58
Whitley Archie B Paint & Wallpaper Co
. back cover and 98
Wiggins Albert R . right side lines and 74
Wilkinson-Bulluck & Co Inc
. left bottom lines and
71
Wilkinson G A Inc
72 49
Williams Lumber Corp
.front and
83 back lip margin, right and left side lines, 27 and Williams Merle E Paint & Wallpaper Co 99
Wilro Inc
106
Wimberley & Gregory .back cover and 73
Wood Oil Co right top lines and 96
Wood Products Manufacturing Co. . left center lines and 114
Wood's Service Station . right top lines and 15
Woodley's Market
right center lines and
61
Worthington Electric Service
40
Yelverton Coal & Oil Co . left bottom lines and 96
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INTRODUCTION
HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., publishers of Southeastern Directories, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1952 edition of the Rocky Mount City Directory. A new feature, the Numerical Telephone Directory, marks this edition.
Confidence in the growth of Rocky Mount'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 Directory is a mirror truly reflecting Rocky Mount 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 resi- dents, the publishers feel that the result of their labors will meet with the approval of every user, and that the Rocky Mount Directory will fulfill its mission as a source of authentic information pertaining to the city.
Five Major Departments
The five major departments are arranged in the following order :-
THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and business and professional concerns is included in pages 21 to 498, 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 Rocky Mount, and the name, official personnel, nature and address of each firm and corporation in the city.
THE BUYER'S GUIDE, preceding the Classified and separately paged from 1 to 116, on goldenrod paper, contains the advertisements of leading manufacturing, business and professional interests of Rocky Mount. The advertisements are indexed under headings descriptive of the business re- presented. 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 Rocky Mount, the necessity of having this kind of informa- tion 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 included in pages 617 to 700, on yellow paper. This department lists the names of all business and professional concerns in al- phabetical order under appropriate headings. This feature constitutes an invaluable and indispensable catalog of the numerous interests 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.
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THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, on pink paper, covers pages 701 to 716. In this section the numbered street are ar- ranged 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 designation of tenant-owned homes and the designation of homes and places of business having telephones.
THE NUMERICAL TELEPHONE DIRECTORY, a new feature, on blue paper, begins opposite page 776.
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 location, as a manu- facturing 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 per- petual and reliable advertisements of Rocky Mount.
The Rocky Mount Directory Library
Through the courtesy of the publishers of the Rocky Mount City Directory, a Directory Library is maintained in the offices of the Rocky Mount Chamber of Commerce, for free reference by the general public. This is one of more than 600 Directory Libraries installed in the chief cities of the U. S. and Canada by members of the Association of North American Directory Publishers, under whose supervision the system is operated.
The publishers appreciatively acknowledge the recog- nition by those progressive business and professional men who have demonstrated their confidence in the City Direc- tory as an advertising medium, with assurance that it will bring a commensurate return.
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ROCKY MOUNT
"THE GATEWAY CITY"
(By R. Graham Dozier, Manager, Rocky Mount Chamber of Commerce)
Statistical Review
Form of Government-Council-Manager. Incorporated as a village in 1867, as a city in 1907.
Population-1950 U. S. Census, 27,644; local estimate at present, 30,000. American-born, 99.4%
Area-7 square miles.
Altitude-114 feet above sea level.
Climate-Mean annual temperature, 60.8 degrees F .; average annual rainfall, 55.56 inches.
Parks-17, with total of 140 acres, valued at $200,000. .
Assessed Valuation-$39,250,000, with $1 per $100 tax rate, plus 25c school supplement.
Bonded Debt-$4,123,000.
Financial Data-3 banks, with total deposits of $35,201,- 561.96 (Dec. 31, 1950), and total resources of $37,590,084.34 (Dec. 31, 1950). 4 building and loan associations, with total assets of $6,916,190.70 (Dec. 31, 1950).
Postal Receipts-$221,424.84 (calendar year 1950).
Telephones in Service-9,296.
Churches-50, representing all leading denominations. Building and Construction-Value of building permits, $3,150,043.50 (1950).
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Industry-Chief industries of city and surrounding ter- ritory; Manufacturing and agriculture. 75 manufacturing establishments, employing 8,500 workers, and paying wages of $13,000,000 annually. Principal manufactured products: Cotton yarns, pile fabrics, broad silk, rayon fabrics, cordage products, venetian blinds, lumber products, fertilizer, cotton- seed products, brick, veneers, ice, ice cream, dairy products, bottled drinks, stock feed, flour and meal, bakery products, processed tobacco, and tents and awnings.
Trade Area-Retail area has radius of 60 miles, and population of 200,000; wholesale area, radius of 120 miles (Mostly east of city).
Newspapers-1 daily and Sunday.
Radio Stations-WEED, WEED-FM, WCEC and WCEC- FM.
Hotels-4, with total of 350 rooms.
Railroads-Atlantic Coast Line (Emerson Shops located here).
Air Lines-Capital.
Highways-U. S. 64 and 301; State 43 and 95.
Bus Lines-2: Carolina Coach Co. and Seashore Trans- portation Co.
Airports-1 municipal and 1 private.
Amusements-Largest auditorium in city (high school) seats 1,200 persons. 5 moving-picture theatres, with total seating capacity of 2,900 persons. Also 3 drive-in theatres. 1 golf course.
Hospitals-4, with total of 280 beds.
Education-10 public schools, including 2 senior high. 1 parochial school. Number of pupils in public schools, 5,250; teachers, 180.
Public Libraries-1 with 31,000 volumes.
City Statistics-Total street mileage; 103, with 46 miles paved. Miles of gas mains, 48; sewers, 67, storm and sanitary.
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Number of water meters, 7,269; light meters, 8,421; gas meters, 4,585. Capacity of water works, 6,750,000 gallons; daily average pumpage, 4,500,000 gallons; miles of mains, 88; value of plant, $652,000. Fire department has 26 men, with 2 stations and 9 pieces of motor equipment. Value of fire department property, $65,000. Police department has 46 men, with 1 station and 5 pieces of motor equipment having two-way radio and 4 motorcycles.
Rocky Mount's Forward March
Rocky Mount was incorporporated as a villlage in 1867 and as a city in 1907. Its growth has been phenomenal. In 1890 the town was credited with 816 people. Ten years later, in 1900 the U. S. Census gave it a population of 2,937; in 1910, 8,051; in 1920, 12,742; in 1930, 21,412; 1940, 25,568; 1950, 27,- 644. The local estimate at this time is 30,000.
Located at the gateway point of one of the most pros- perous sections of the state, and with a network of highways and railway connections to strengthen its geographical assets, it is recognized as eastern North Carolina's foremost jobbing and distributing center.
The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad maintains one of its largest shops here, and this is headquarters for the superin- tendent of the Richmond district. Situated in the heart of a rich agricultural district, the city is logically a marketing center for farm products. In the season of 1950 there were sold on the Rocky Mount tobacco market, 66,900,000 pounds of bright-leaf tobacco. Rocky Mount is also a large market for cotton, with two cotton storage warehouses. Rocky Mount also is proud of its curb market.
The industrial development is merged with the distribu- tion of farm products. The city has ten tobacco factories and redrying plants, cotton mill, rayon mill, silk mill, plush mill, mattress factory, two fertilizer factories, cordage fac-
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tory, several woodworking plants, tank fabricating plant, two bakeries, venetian blind manufacturers, plywood manu- facturers and feed mills, and in addition to these the At- lantic Coast Line Shops. There are at present 8,500 indus- trial workers employed in the city, with a payroll of more than $13,000,000 per year.
Rocky Mount is situated 120 miles south of Richmond, Va., 120 miles southwest of Norfolk, Va., and 120 miles north- west of Wilmington, N. C. It is on U. S. Highway No. 301, running north and south, and on U. S. Highway No. 64 run- ning east and west. U. S. Highway No. 301 is an important link in the route from Main to Florida and carries more coastal traffic than any other north-south East Coast high- way, and U. S. Route No. 64 is a link of an important highway running from the Atlantic to the Pacific Coast.
City Government
The Rocky Mount city government operates under a council-manager charter, having adopted this form of government in 1927. Chief among the characteristics of this are better administrative organization, improvements in the structure of government, and the elimination of un- necessary expense, to the end that the tax dollar may be expended economically, and that the cost of government may be reduced wherever possible without detriment to pub- lic service. The tax rate for governmental purposes during the past several years has been greatly reduced. Not only does the city have an unusually comfortable credit margin, but with $6,000,000 worth of municipally owned and operated utilities consisting of gas plant, water plant and light plant, there is the definite assurance that the city can and will al- ways control its tax rate, at the same time giving its citizens and industries the last word in service, for Rocky Mount's plants are of a capacity able to care for double the present population and industry. Rocky Mount's indebtedness is be- ing reduced annually, and an adequate sinking fund is being
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provided in an orderly fashion, while every necessary im- provement and expansion is going on.
Municipal Airport
The Municipal Airport is located just outside the city limits on U. S. Highway 301 and along the main line of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, and is less than ten minutes' automobile ride from the center of the city. The area of the airport is 362 acres. It has two paved runways, each 150 feet wide, with one runway 3,800 feet long and the other 4,000 feet long. The.airport is constructed so that an additional runway can be paved 150 feet wide and 4,000 feet long, which will provide taking off and landing in any direction. The Municipal Airport is lighted and has a complete weather bureau, a new code beacon and a revolving beacon. It is classed as a No. 3 airport. There is an improved hangar 80 by 100 feet, and it is so constructed that additional hangars can be provided when needed. Rocky Mount is an important stop on the Norfolk-Knoxville and Washington, D. C .- Rocky Mount routes of the Capital Airlines.
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