Hill's Rocky Mount (Edgecombe and Nash counties, N.C.) City Directory [1957], Part 1

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CITY DIRECTORY 1957 Including ENGLEWOOD


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, 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 (publishers of the Rocky Mount City Directory since 1908), present to sub- scribers and the general public, this, the 1957 edition of the Rocky Mount City Directory, which also includes Englewood.


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 serv- ice. 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.


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 advertisements 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 ad- vertising at its best, and merit the attention of all buyers and sellers seek- ing sources of supply or markets for goods. In a busy and diversified com- munity like Rocky Mount, 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 im- portant 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 Rocky Mount and Englewood, 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 numbered streets are arranged in numerical order fol- lowed by 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. Special features of this section are the designation 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


Community Publicity


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 Di- rectory, 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 700 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 as- surance that it will bring a commensurate return.


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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE ADVERTISING SECTION THE YELLOW PAGES


Page


A-C Motors Inc .


right side lines and 4


Aetna Loan & Finance Co


Alford Insurance & Realty Co


Almand's Drug Store . right top lines and


left bottom lines and


Anita's Beauty Shop


Atlantic Construction Co


Atlantic Discount Corp


right center lines and


13 20


Bandy's Ray .


left center lines and


8


Barnes Brothers Construction Co


right center lines and


Barnes L D & Sons


left top lines and


Barnes Welding Supply Service


left center lines and


Blake T V Contracting Service


.back cover and


Blue Bird Taxi . left center lines and


Brewer Insulation Service Inc left center lines and


Brown Memorial Co .


Builders Federal Savings & Loan Assn of Rocky Mount . . back lip margin, left top lines and 107


Bulluck Auto Sales Co Inc front cover and


Bulluck Z B Inc left side lines and


Caddell Motors left center lines and


Carbisco Flour & Feed Mills Inc left bottom lines and


Caro-Craft Inc left bottom lines and


Caroline Building Supply Co


Carolina Cafe .


Carolina Concrete & Block Works Inc


Carolina Office Equipment Co


left side lines and


Central Building Distributors


left center lines and 23


Central Service Station


right bottom lines and


Chipley Flake B Inc .


Citizens Coal & Supply Co


right bottom lines and


Citizens Savings & Loan Assn . front lip margin, left bottom lines,


City Industrial Bank front cover, right center lines, 16 and


Coastal Plain Life Insurance Co


Coca-Cola Bottling Co Inc left side lines and


Collins & Lewis . right side lines and


Comer Macon C


right center lines and


Crane Co


Daniel's Inc left top lines and


left top lines and


Daughtridge J P & Son


Daughtridge Oil Co . right center lines, 57 and


Davenport Motor Co


right top lines and


Davis & Co Inc


Dixon's Blind & Awning Service


Drummond's Florist


Edmondson Insurance Agency


Edwards Body Shop


Enterprise Furniture Co


Falls Road Department Store


Falls Road Laundry & Cleaners Inc


front cover, right bottom lines and 82


Faulkner Electric Service Inc


tabbed Insert at Name in Alphabetical Section and 47


32 34 112 116 114 113 70 3 90


Broughton & Dixon Appliance Co Inc right top lines and


5 89


8 52 60 23 106 30 91


Central-Mix Co


left bottom lines and 28 left top lines and 12 9 24


86 and 108 87 71 21 77 57 78 101 38 32 72 9


Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co


right center lines and 10 A 52 78 4 63 40


right bottom lines and 87 77


42 20 Z


Avon Beauty Parlor


Barnes Tin Shop


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Page 45


Fergusson's Launderette . First Federal Savings & Loan Assn of Rocky Mount . . back cover,


Fisher Radio & TV


Fox Jewelry Co .


Fuller's Ed Esso Servicenter


Gardner's Dairy Products Inc


Gay's Funeral Home


Gay's Hardware


Gehman's Jewelers


General Credit Service Inc right side lines and


Gospel Supply Center right side lines and


Grimes-Morgan Plumbing & Heating Co


Hamilton Wholesale Grocery


Harper's Florist left bottom lines and


Heilig-Meyers Co


Hertzberg Furs


Hicks A Agency


Hilda's Dress Shop


Hill David Grocery


Hill Directory Co Inc


front cover, right top lines and


Hoggard-Vann Motors Inc


Home Savings & Loan Association . back cover, right top lines and Hotel Pomi Hotel Ricks The


Hudson Typewriter Co


Imperial Furniture Co Inc


J W's Motorcycle Sales & Service


Jean's Beauty Salon


Jenkins-Pearsall Machine Works right center lines and


Johnson Cotton Co of Rocky Mount Inc


Johnson Funeral Home Inc


Johnson John D Joyner Oil Co . front cover, right side lines, 54 and left center lines and 101 85 92


Killebrew's Radio I & M Service


53 and


Lee Oil Co Inc


Lucas Elias .


ight center lines and


McClain Motor Co


right side lines and -


McMillan's Cleaners


.left side lines and


Meadow Brook Dairy


Mercury Sports Center


Merritt Plumbing & Heating Co Inc


Metropolitan Life Insurance Co .


Mims Allan Inc


Modern Builders Inc


Montgomery Ward & Co


Mosley's Shady Lake Motel


Motor Bearings & Parts Co Inc


Nash Brick Co


Nash Coal Co right bottom lines and


Nash Paving Co left center lines and


Newport Sign Co North State Construction Co Inc top stencil, left side lines and Norville's Warm Air Heating & Air Conditioning . . left side lines and 69 35 55


Odom Tile Co


Pearsall Oil & Fuel Co Inc right top lines and


Pemberton Inc . front cover, 3, 69 and 99


Peoples Bank & Trust Co front stencil, right side lines and


Peoples Building Supply Co . right center lines and


Peoples Oil Co Inc front cover, right side lines, 56 and


17 22


94


right center lines and 109 102 79 right top lines and 111 right side lines and 36 left top lines and right top lines and 59 68 79 27 105 96 67 53 60 65 left center lines and front cover and 72 80 66 41 49 6 left side lines and 110 70 B 116 64 90 20 right center lines and 89 80 2 60 81 93


66 43 14 44 37 112 99 78 7 33 39 90 10 21 26 33 112 31


May & Gorham Inc


left side lines and


Laundromat One-Half Hour Laundry


Jewel Box Inc The . right side lines and


Hodges Electric Service


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Pittman J Ed & Son . Planters National Bank & Trust Co The . . backbone, left top lines, Insert at Banks and Trust Companies in Classified Business Section, 18 and 19 70 92


Pomi Hotel


Powell Business Equipment Co


Pridgen Tire Co Inc


left side lines and


Proctor Plumbing & Heating Co


Public Electric Service


right center lines and


Public Office Service . right bottom lines and


Purvis Cleaners & Dyers right top lines and


Purvis Jack


Quality Laundry & Cleaners Inc right side lines and


Quality Roofing & Sheet Metal Works . right side lines and


Quinn's Incorporated


left center lines and


Rabil's Real Estate and Insurance Agency


Ricks Hotel The


Riley's Garage & Rocky Mount Tire Recappers . right bottom lines


. and


Roberson Plumbing & Heating Co back cover and


Roberson's Big Top Super Market


Rocky Mount Awning & Tent Co


right top lines and


Rocky Mount Floral Co . left bottom lines and


Rocky Mount Furniture Co


Rocky Mount Home Supply Co


Rocky Mount Laundry & Dry Cleaners Inc


Rocky Mount Mills .


Rocky Mount Motors Inc


left side lines and


Rose Albert B


X and


81


Rose Buick Co right side lines and 11 Rose D J & Son . left side lines and 29 Sears Roebuck and Co right side lines and Shaver Battery & Auto Parts Co left center lines and 39 12 Shell Tarboro Street Station 111 Simmons & Harris Inc . back cover and Southern Concrete Products Inc 73 30 Southern Crown Termite Control 51 Southern Dairies Inc left top lines and 45 and Southside Laundromat 38 85 106


Spears Restaurant


Standard Insurance & Realty Corp


back cover, right top lines,


Star Furniture Co Inc .


74 and 103


Super Flame Gas Co Inc


Superior Cleaners


right bottom lines and 64 65 45 115 bottom stencil and 95 40


TV-Radio Hospital


Taylor B H Distributing Co ribbon book mark and


Threatt Plumbing & Heating Co


Turner T E Plumbing Co


Twin County Rental Co Inc back lip margin, right top lines and


Vick's Radio & TV Sales & Service Insert at Television in


. Classified Business Section, 102 and 113


.


Virginia's Dress Shop


80


Vogue Dress Shop Walker-Carter right side lines and Walker H M Lumber Co Inc back cover, right side lines and Wallman's Esso Servicenter


88 111 Y


Waters Bros right bottom lines and Weaver Fabrics


51


Whaley Furniture Co left center lines and 62


Wheeler-Herring Truck & Tractor Co right side lines and 115 Whitehurst's Esso Servicenter . C


81 46


Taylor's Department Store Thomas Electric Service right side lines and 50 100 98 right side lines and 104


46 and


115 100 48 91 25 78 83 107 61 104 B 14 97 67 15 53 63 70 84 35 11


INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


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96


Whitley Archie B & Son Paint & Wallpaper Co .. left side lines and Wilkinson, Bullock & Co Inc . . left bottom lines and 75


105


13 and


58


Wood Oil Co Inc


34


Worthington Electric Service


Yelverton Coal & Oil Co


Wimberley & Gregory . . . back cover, right bottom lines, 76 and


left top lines and 58


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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 as a village in 1867, as a city in 1907.


Population-1950 U.S. Census, 27, 697; local estimate at present, 32, 000. American-born, 99.4 %.


Area-9 square miles.


Altitude-114 feet above sea level.


Climate-Mean annual temperature, 60. 8 degrees F. ; average annual rainfall, 55. 56.


Parks-18, with total of 145 acres, valued at $235, 000.


Assessed Valuation-$54, 000, 000 with $1 per $100 tax rate, plus 38¢ 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 $47, 494, 981. 97 (Dec. 31, 1955) and total resources of $52, 298, 554. 13 (Dec. 31, 1955). 4 building and loan associations with total assets of $21, 517, 744. 33 (Dec. 31, 1955).


Postal Receipts-$347, 822. 05 (calendar year 1955).


Telephones in Service-11, 597 (Oct. 31, 1956).


Churches-77, representing all major denominations.


Building and Construction-Value of buildingpermits, $3, 380, 248. 50.


Aerial View of Rocky Mount Business District


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Industry-Chief industries of city and surrounding territory; Manu- facturing and agriculture. 88 manufacturing establishments, employing 13, 300 workers, and paying wages of $15, 250, 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, tents and awnings, steel tanks, concrete blocks, furniture, mattresses and truck bodies.


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 Trailways 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, 6, 155; teachers, 220.


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, 252; light meters, 11, 406; 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


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men with 2 stations and 9 pieces of motor equipment. Value of fire depart- ment property, $83, 000. Police Department has 59 men and 11 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 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 most prosperous 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 1956 there were sold on the Rocky Mount tobacco market, 73, 740, 280 pounds of bright-leaf tobacco. Rocky Mount is also a large market for cotton. Rocky Mount also is proud of its curb market. In 1956 Rocky Mount is the second largest livestock market in North Carolina.


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 13, 300 and receive yearly earnings of approximately $25, 000, 000.


One of the Largest Bright-Leaf Tobacco Markets in the World


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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 from the Atlantic to the Pacific Coast.


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 unneces- sary expense, to the end that the tax dollar may be expended economically, and that the cost of government may be reduced wherever possible with- out detriment to public 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 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 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 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


Rocky Mount Mills


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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 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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