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HILL'S ROCKY MOUNT (EDGECOMBE AND NASH COUNTIES, N. C.)
CITY DIRECTORY 1955 Including ENGLEWOOD
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 Direc- tory, and Much Information of a Miscellaneous Character; also a
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Classified Business Directory
FOR CONTENTS SEE INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX ON PAGE III
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INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX
HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., publishers of Southeastern Directories (publishers of the Rocky Mount City Directory since 1908), present to sub- scribers and the general public, this, the 1955 edition of the Rocky Mount City Directory, which also includes Englewood. A new feature, the list- ing of telephone numbers in the Directory of Householders, 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 residents, 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 community.
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 aims to show the name, marital status, occupation and address of each adult resident of Rocky Mount and Englewood, and the name, official personnal, nature and address of each firm and corporation.
II. THE BUYERS' GUIDE, the second major department, printed on goldenrod paper, contains the advertisements of leading manufacturing, business and professional interests of Rocky Mount and vicinity. The advertisements are indexed under headings descriptive of the business rep- resented. 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 information immediately available, is obvious. General apprecia- tion of this fact is evidenced by the many reference users of this City Directory service.
III. THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is the third major de - partment, printed on yellow paper. This departmentlists the names of all business and professional concerns in alphabetical order under appro- priate 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 im - portant 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.
IV. 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
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by the named streets arranged 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. A special feature of this section is the designation of tenant-owned homes and a new feature is the listing of telephone numbers.
V. THE NUMERICAL TELEPHONE DIRECTORY, on blue paper, is the fifth major department.
Community Publicity
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The Directory reflects the achievements and ambitions of the com - munity, depicting in unbiased terms what it has to offer as a place of resi - dence, as a business location, as a manufacturing site and as an educa - tional 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 Rocky Mount and vicinity.
The Rocky Mount Directory Library
Through the courtesy of the publishers of the Rocky Mount City Direc- tory, 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 recognition by those progressive 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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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION, THE YELLOW PAGES
Page
A -C Motors Inc .
right side lines and
6
Alford Insurance & Realty Co ·
right top lines and 73
Almand's Drug Store
left bottom lines and 48
Anita's Beauty Shop
right center lines and 24
Z
Atlantic Discount Corp
right center lines and
17
Bandy's Ray
left center lines and
Barnes & Johnson Construction Co
right center lines and
5 67
Barnes Tin Shop
left top lines and 118
Barnes Welding Supply Service
left center lines and
122 68 85 120
Blake T V Contracting Service
left center lines and
Brewer Insulation Service Inc left side lines and
Brinson's Plumbing Co .
left center lines and
Bryant Perry T
Builders Federal Savings & Loan Assn of Rocky Mount . . back lip
114
Bulluck Auto Sales Co Inc
margin, left top lines and back cover and
7
Bulluck Z B Inc
left center lines and
Carbisco Flour & Feed Mills Inc
left bottom lines and
Caro-Craft Inc
left bottom lines and
Carolina Awning & Tent Manufacturing Co. . tabbed Insert at Street Guide
25
Carolina Cafe
front cover, left side lines and
Central-Mix Co
left bottom lines and
Central Service Station right side lines and
Ceramic Tile Co Inc
left top lines and
Chipley Flake B Inc
right bottom lines and
Citizens Savings & Loan Assn
front lip margin, left bottom lines and
115
City Ice Co Inc
, front cover and
Coastal Finance Co
Coastal Plain Life Insurance Co
Coca -Cola Bottling Co Inc
Cockrell's W L Garage
left bottom lines and
Coleman-Lee Oil Co
ight center lines and
Comer Macon C
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co
Crane Co
. left center lines and
Daniel's Inc ·
left top lines and
Daughtridge J P & Son
right center lines and
Daughtridge Oil Co
right center lines and
Davenport Motor Co . right center lines and
Davis Construction Co
right bottom lines, A and
92
Dillon Supply Co
Dixie Letter Service The . right center lines, X and 95
Dixon's Venetian Blind Shop
left side lines, 19 and 122
54
Drummond's Florist
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119 73 104 3
Bishop Laundry Co Inc
right top and bottom lines and
right side lines and
Blue Bird Taxi
Broughton & Dixon Appliance Co right side lines and 35
left side lines and 91 12 53 61
Carolina Building Supply Co
112 97
Carolina Office Equipment Co
33 12 38 8 28
Citizens Coal & Supply Co
front cover and
City Industrial Bank
left side lines and
left top lines and
Crusenberry's Sand & Dirt
38 45 39 58 102 13 36
Daughtridge Paint & Wall Paper Co
72 20 89 74 31 16 101 56 81 108
Caddell Motors
Battle's Cash Grocery
Atlantic Construction Co
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
Page
Dunn's
61
Edmondson Insurance Agency
Enterprise Furniture Co .
81 64
Falls Road Department Store
. 47
Faulkner Electric Service Inc tabbed Insert at name in Alphabetical Section
. Firestone Stores
First Federal Savings & Loan Assn of Rocky Mount
. back cover,
· . Fisher Radio & T V Headquarters .
Fox Jewelry Co . right top lines and
Gardner's Dairy Products Inc left side lines and
Gay's Funeral Home
Gay's Hardware
right center lines and 116 110 · 82 43 left top lines and 60 right top lines and 69 83 32 70
Gehman's Jewelers
General Credit Service Inc right side lines and
Gorham J S Hardware Co Inc left side lines, 5 and
Grimes-Morgan Plum bing & Heating Co back cover and Grimsley Wm M . 105 39 Harris Conservatory of Music 95 Heilig-Meyers Furniture Co . left bottom lines and 66 66 Hertzberg Furs left center lines and Hicks A Agency front cover and High's Inc 75 41 68 Hill David Grocery Hodges Electric Service right top lines, C and 52 9
Hoggard-Vann Motors Inc left side lines and
Home Savings & Loan Assn
Hotel Ricks The .
back cover and 117 B
Hudson Typewriter Co
Imperial Furniture Co Inc
Jenkins-Pearsall Machine Works
right side lines and Jones Motor Sales
Joyner Oil Co front cover, right side lines, 58 and
Killebrew's Radio I & M Service
left center lines and
Lynch's Service Center
Marks Bros Tire Service
right side lines and
May & Gorham Inc .
right center lines and
McMillan's Cleaners
right side lines and
Meadow Brook Dairy
left side lines and
Merritt Otto C & Son Plumbing & Heating Contractor
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co .
Mims Allan Inc left side lines and
Modern Builders Inc
40 46
Montgomery Ward & Co
Motor Bearings & Parts Inc
Nash Brick Co
Nash Coal Co
left bottom lines and
Nash Paving Co
left side lines and
Newport Sign Co
North State Construction Co Inc
top stencil and 37
Pearsall Oil & Fuel Co Inc
right top lines and 55
Pemberton Inc
right bottom lines and 3
Peoples Bank & Trust Co
front stencil and 21 26
Peoples Building Supply Co right center lines and
Peoples Oil Co Inc . front cover, right side lines, 57 and 98 Planters National Bank & Trust Co The . . backbone, left top lines, . Insert at Banks and Trust Companies in Classified Section, 22 and 23
Policy Holders Agency Inc 81
Pridgen Tire Co Inc left side lines and 121
121 66 91 83 2 61 10 100 109 64 14 16 47 51 44 103 80 11
Jewel Box Inc The .
right center lines and
Johnson Cotton Co of Rocky Mount Inc
Johnson Funeral Home Inc
Lancaster W R Furniture Co
14 25 30 40 118
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Page
Proctor & Lamm Plumbing Co
left side lines, 41 and 108
Public Electric Service
right center lines and 42
Public Office Service right bottom lines and 96
Purvis Cleaners & Dyers right top lines and 29
Quality Laundry & Cleaners Inc. front cover, right side lines and 86 62 Quinn's Incorporated left center lines and 111 Rabil's Real Estate and Insurance Agency Radio Hospital right bottom lines and Ricks Hotel The 110 B Roberson Plumbing & Heating Co left side lines and 107 Rocky Mount Awning & Tent Co .right top lines and 18 Rocky Mount Floral Co left bottom lines and 54 Rocky Mount Furniture Co 65 Rocky Mount Home Supply Co 71 87
Rocky Mount Laundry & Dry Cleaners Inc. . bottom stencil, 50 and
Rocky Mount Marble & Granite Works right side lines and 94
Rocky Mount Motors Inc . left side lines and 15
Rocky Mount Plumbing & Heating Co Inc
Insert at Plumbing in
Rose Buick Co
Rose D J & Son
Sears, Roebuck and Co
. right side lines and
Shaver Battery & Auto Parts Co
left center lines and
Sid's Amoco Service
Simmons & Harris Inc
Southern Concrete Sales Inc
Southern Dairies Inc
Southern Office Supply Inc
left side lines and
Spears Restaurant
.left side lines and
113
Stallings Oil & Coal Co. back cover, right center lines, 56, 67 and Standard Electric Co . . right side lines and Standard Insurance & Realty Corp . back cover, right top lines and Star Furniture Co Inc right bottom lines and
State Finance Co right bottom lines and
Strick's Oil Co Inc right side lines and
Sunshine Laundry of Rocky Mount Inc right bottom lines and
Super Flame Gas Co Inc . back cover and
Superior Cleaners left side lines and
Tanner's Transfer
Taylor B H Oil Co ribbon book mark and
Taylor's Department Store
Teachey-Womble left center lines and
Thomas Electric Service right side lines, 4 and
Thompson Roofing Co
Threatt Plumbing & Heating Co
Turner T E Plumbing Co right side lines and
Twin County Rental Co Inc . back lip margin, right top lines and Vann's Boys' and Young Men's Shop
Vick's Radio & Television Sales & Service left center lines ,
Virginia's Dress Shop . Insert at Television in Classified Section, 109 and 119
84 84
Voncella Beauty Shop
24 51
Walker H M Lumber Co Inc back cover, right side lines and 90
Weaver Fabrics
27 63
Whaley Furniture Co left center lines and Whitley Archie B Paint & Wallpaper Co . left side lines and 101
Wiggins Albert R . right side lines and 80
Wilkinson-Bulluck & Co Inc
left bottom lines and 78
Williams Merle E Paint & Wallpaper Co
103
Williams Refrigeration Service
right side lines and 112
Wilro Inc
114
100 4 77 65 89 59 88 67 49 121 99 47 84 53 42 107 106 111 30
Vogue Dress Shop .
Walker-Carter
right side lines and
Waters Bros right bottom lines and Y 82
Westwood Lumber Co Inc
right side lines and left side lines and 15 34 46 16 17 back cover and 76 35 · · left top lines and e 42 96
Classified Section
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Wimberley & Gregory . . back cover and
79
59 and 101
Worthington Electric Service
41
Yelverton Coal & Oil Co
Page Wood Oil Co Inc .
left top lines and 59
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ROCKY MOUNT
"THE GATEWAY CITY"
(By R. Graham Dozier, Exec Vice President, Rocky Mount Chamber of Commerce)
Statistical Review
Form of Government -- Alderman-Manager. Incorporated asa village in 1867, as a city 1907.
Population -- 1950 U.S. Census, 27,697; local estimate at present, 32, 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.
Parks -- 17, with total of 140 acres, valued at $225, 000.
Assessed Valuation -- $52, 000, 000 with $1 per $100 tax rate, plus 42¢ for school supplement.
Bonded Debt -- $4, 732, 000 including the school debt. $3, 600, 000 of additional bonds have been authorized and approved but not yet sold.
Financial Data -- 3 banks, with total deposits of $45, 112, 473 (Dec. 31, 1954) and total resources of $49, 634, 744 (Dec. 31, 1954). 4 building and loan associations with total assets of $17, 672, 693 (Dec. 31, 1954).
Postal Receipts -- $313, 264 (calendar year 1954).
Telephones in Service -- 10, 469 (March, 1955).
Churches -- 58, representing all major denominations.
Building and Construction -- Value of building permits $2, 728, 315.
Industry -- Chief industries of city and surrounding territory; Manu- facturing and agriculture. 83 manufacturing establishments, employing 8, 500 workers, and paying wages of $15, 250, 000 annually. Principal
Aerial View of Rocky Mount Business District
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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 WFMA.
Hotels -- 3, with total of 288 rooms.
Railroads -- Atlantic Coast Line (Emerson Shops located here).
Air Lines -- Capital.
Highways -- U. S. 64 and 301; State 43, 48 and 95.
Bus Lines -- 2: Carolina Coach Co. and Seashore Transportation Co. Airports -- 1, municipal.
Amusements-Year-around City recreation program. 4 moving-picture theatres, with total seating capacity of 2, 900 persons. Also 4 drive-in theatres. 1 golf course.
Hospitals-4, with total of 255 beds.
Education -- 11 public schools, including 2 senior high and 1 junior high. 1 parochial school. Number of pupils in public schools, 5, 300; teachers, 180.
Public Libraries-1, with 48,000 volumes.
City Statistics -- Total street mileage; 105, with 68 miles paved. Miles of gas mains 48; miles of storm and sanitary sewers, 90. Number of water meters 8, 000; light meters, 10, 636; gas meters, 4, 555: Capacity of water works, 11,000, 000 gallons; daily average pumpage, 6, 750, 000 gallons; miles of mains, 102; value of plant $652, 000. Fire Department has 33 men with 2 stations and 9 pieces of motor equipment. Value of fire de - partment property, $83, 000. Police Department has 59 men and 10 women, with 1 station and 6 pieces of motor equipment having two-way radio and 4 motorcycles.
Rocky Mount's Forward March
Rocky Mount was incorporated as a village in 1867 and as a city in 1907. Its growth has been phenomenal. In 1890 the town was credited with 816
Tobacco Warehouse District
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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; and 1950, 27, 697. The local estimate at this time is 32, 000.
Located at the gateway point of one of the mostprosperous 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. Situated in the heart of a rich agricultural district, the city is logically a marketing center for farm products, In the season of 1954 there were sold on the Rocky Mount tobacco market, 75, 867, 028 pounds of bright-leaf tobacco, Rocky Mount is also a large market for cotton, Rocky Mount also is proud of its curb market.
The industrial development is merged with the distribution of farm products, The City has ten tobacco factories and redrying plants, two fertilizer factories, several woodworking plants, cotton mill, silk mill, plush mill, cashmere processing plant, cordage factories, mattress factory, steel tank fabricating plants, two bakeries, meat processing plants, dairy processing plants, venetian blind manufacturers, plywood manufacturers, and feed mills, In addition to these, the Atlantic Coast Line maintains its Emerson Shops here. There are at present 8, 500 in- dustrial workers employed in the city with a payroll of more than $15, 250, - 000 per year. The total wage earners in the city number approximately 12, 000 and receive yearly earnings of approximately $25, 000, 000.
Rocky Mount is situated 120 miles south of Richmond, Va., 120 miles southwest of Norfolk, Va., and 120 miles northwest of Wilmington, N. C. It is on U. S. Highway No. 301, running north and south, and on U. S. High- way No. 64 running east and west. U. S. Highway No. 301 is an important link in the route from Maine to Florida and carries more coastal traffic than any other north-south East Coast highway, and U. S. Route No. 64 is a link of an important highway running fron, the Atlantic to the Pacific Coast.
One of the Largest Bright-Leaf Tobacco Markets in the World
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City Government
The Rocky Mount city government operates under a alderman-manager charter, having adopted this form of government in 1927. Chief among the characteristics of this are better administrative organization, im - provements in the structure of government, and the elimination of un- necessary expense, to the end that the tax dollar may be expended eco- nomically, and that the cost of government may be reduced wherever possible without detriment to public service. The tax rate for govern. mental 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 con- sisting of gas plant, water plant and light plant, there is the definite assurance that the city can and will always 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 being reduced annually, and an adequate sinking fund is being provided in an orderly fashion, while every necessary improvement 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 388 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 Airportis 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 con- structed 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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