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HILL'S SANFORD (LEE COUNTY, N. C.) CITY DIRECTORY
Vol. 1952 II
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 Rural Routes; also a
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GENERAL INDEX
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Abbreviations
24
Alphabetical List of Names
25
Apartment Buildings 358
Banks
364
Board of Education
148
Buildings-Office and Public
367
Buyers' Guide
. preceding Classified
Cemeteries 369
369
City Offices 212
Classified Business Directory
357
Clergymen
370
Clubs
372
County Offices
148
Courts
148
Fire Department 212
Halls 386
Hospitals and Dispensaries 387
Hotels 387
Libraries 393
Newspapers 397
Numerical Telephone Directory .opp 480
Organizations
399
Police Department 213
Post Office 245
Railroads 404
Rural Routes 461
Schools-Public 408
Schools and Colleges 408
State Offices 184
Street and Avenue Guide 417
U. S. Government
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
PAGE NUMBERS LISTED BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION
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Acme Drug Co. right side lines and 39
Allis-Chalmers Farm Implements & Machinery
Anders Funeral Home
Auto Credit Co ..
right top lines and
Babcock Lumber Co
Bakers Body Shop
left side lines and
Bankingport Inc ..
. back cover, right side lines and
Beal N C & Sons.
left bottom lines and
Borden Brick & Tile Co.
Bowen Office Equipment Co. .right top lines and
Boykin A Ed.
Brannon Millwork & Building Supply. .
Brown-Dixon Tire Co. . right side lines and
Brown's Auto Supply Co Inc
back cover, left side lines and
Bryant's Garage
Budd-Mann Co.
back cover, left side lines and
Burge Clyde E.
Burns Bobby Inc
.right center lines and
Burns R L Distributors. .right center lines and
Cameron & Graham Co. . left center lines and
Capitol City Auction Co. .right side lines and Carolina Hotel.
Carolina Power & Light Co
Carroll & Gift. left bottom lines and
Center Walgreen Agency Drugs
Central Bank & Trust Co. front cover and
Chatham Brick & Tile Co Inc.
Childress Transportation Co. City Cab Co ..
City Service Station & Garage.
Cole Pontiac Co ..
left side lines and
Cole's Pharmacy.
left side lines and
Collins Press. left center lines and
Cooper W H Oil Co ..
Cox L P Co.
Cross & Brinn. . front cover, right top lines, 57 and
Dark & Harrington. right side lines and
Dossenbach's Finer Furniture. .right top lines and
Downtown Motors
left bottom lines and
52 5 84
Dupree W Oscar.
Economy Auto Supply Co Inc
right bottom lines and 13
Edwards Nash Motors Inc. left bottom lines and 6
F & W Grill.
Fairview Dairies Inc ..
Fields Fish Ice & Coal Co. . left center lines and
Finch Wm M & Co. .left side lines and Firestone Store.
78 34 57 72 Y 79
First Federal Savings & Loan Assn. . . backbone and Frank's Florist. .front cover, left top lines and
Frasier-Harrington Motors. .left center lines and
45 14
front cover and 54 49 63 64 12
58 32 23 68 30 26 2
3 12 41 77 83 68 81 78 55 63 73 37 20 25 67 82 13 4 37 75 69 30 77 31
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
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Gaw Harry G.
General Foundry & Machine Co.
Godfrey Body Shop .right bottom lines and 14
Gulf Oil Corp. . right center lines and
Guy's Esso Service.
Hanner Floyd Y .. . right center lines and
Hanner Robt N Jr
right center lines and
Harrill's Esso Station
Hester-Wilson Co.
Holt Supply Co. front cover and
Horton Funeral Home
Hotel Carolina
front cover and Hotel Wilrik.
Howard-Bobbitt Co.
Insurance Service of Sanford Inc
right top lines and 60
Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Co
.right bottom lines and 60
Johnson Cotton Co of Sanford Inc left center lines and
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Jonesboro Auto Supply Co Inc. left top lines and
Jonesboro Dry Cleaners
Jonesboro Feed & Seed Store.
Jonesboro's Lee Drug Store. .right bottom lines and
Keith Motors Inc.
Kenerly Cleaners. .right center lines and
Key's Upholstering Shop
Kimrey Bros. .
right side lines and
Lee Brick & Tile Co Inc
.bottom stencil and
Lee Drug Store.
Lee Hardware Co Appliance Store.
Lee Hardware Co Farm Implement Store.
Lee Hardware Co Inc. front cover, 39 and
Lee-Moore Oil Co Inc.
Lee Motor Co Inc. . right center lines and
Lewis' Studio. right bottom lines and
Loving's
Makepeace Millwork Co.
Mann's Hardware House.
McIver's Inc
left top lines and
McLeod L A.
Miller Funeral Home. right side lines and
National Bank of Sanford The. front cover and
Oldham Lacy Lumber Co. insert at Street Guide
Palmer-Reeves Co Inc. left top lines and
42 65
Patterson's Packing Co left bottom lines and
Patterson's Stock Yards. left bottom lines and
Perry Bros. right bottom lines and Perry Oil Co.
Progressive Stores Inc. right center lines and
Pure Oil Co The.
Rex Pure Oil Station. left bottom lines and
Riddick Plumbing Co.
Rimmer's Drug Store right bottom lines and 38
Rogers Funeral Home
front stencil, right side lines and 48
Saco-Lowell Shops.
83
Sandhills Broadcasting Corp . right center lines and 76
Sanford Auto Supply Inc. 9
Sanford Brick & Tile Co. . back cover and 24
81 8 70 C 70 17 73
McPhail Greenhouses
left top lines and
.right side lines and
Morris I J.
. back cover and
28 44 38 16 28 53 17 B 36 39 54 54 69 7 72 53 66 55 80 61 46 A 78 21
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68 15 59 59 15 43 42 49 55 56 54
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Sanford Building & Loan Assn.
Page 25
Sanford Business College. 27
Sanford Cab Co .right side lines and 82
Sanford Coca-Cola Bottling Co Inc
. top stencil, right side lines and
22
Sanford Construction Co Inc.
Sanford Face Veneer Co
Sanford Finance Corp
right center lines and
Sanford Flower Shop.
.right top lines and
44
Sanford Ice & Coal Co
back cover, right top lines, 29 and 47
Sanford Motor Sales Inc.
Sanford Optical Co ..
left side lines and Z
Sanford Plumbing & Heating Co.
Sanford Radio Co
Sanford Sash & Blind Co
Sanford Texaco Service. right side lines and
Sanford Tire Service Inc. left center lines and
Sanlee Chevrolet Co Inc. left center lines and
Saslow's Inc.
left bottom lines and
Sauls Lee R.
Scott Insurance Agency Inc
. back cover, right side lines and
58 19
Southern Motor Inn. .
Southern Utilities Corp. right top lines, 39 and 74 Sprott Bros Furniture Co . back cover and Stroud-Hubbard Co Inc. 51 29 Sullivan Rod Capt Inc. left side lines and Sunshine Laundry & Dry Cleaners. . right side lines and Thomas Harry Lumber Co. 40 62 65 Tri-County Tractor Co. 43 Uzzle Cadillac-Oldsmobile Inc ... right bottom lines and 11 Wagoner's Jewelers .left top lines and Watson John A. 62 61 White Way Laundry Inc. .right side lines and 62 71
Wicker & McBryde Oil Co. left center lines and
Williams-Belk Co Inc ... back cover, left top lines and 35
Wilrik Hotel. .front cover and 56
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84 64
71 74 40 26 18
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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 Sanford City Directory, which also includes the rural routes emanating from the Sanford Post Office.
Confidence in the growth of Sanford's industry, popu- lation and wealth, and in the advancement of its civic and social activities, will be maintained as sections of this Di- rectory are consulted, for the Directory is a mirror truly re- flecting Sanford 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 resi- dents, the publishers feel that the result of their labors will meet with the approval of every user, and that the San- ford Directory will fulfill its mission as a source of authentic information pertaining to the city.
Six Major Departments
The six major departments are arranged in the follow- ing order :-
THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and business and professional concerns is included in pages 25 to 270, on white paper. This is the only record in exist- ence that aims to show the name, marital status, occupa- tion and address of each adult resident of Sanford, and the name, official personnel, nature and address of each firm and corporation in the city.
THE BUYERS' GUIDE, preceding the Classified and separately paged from 1 to 84, on goldenrod paper, contains the advertisements of leading manufacturing, business and professional interests of Sanford. The advertisements are indexed under headings descriptive of the business repre- sented. 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 Sanford, the necessity of having this kind of information immedi- ately 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 357 to 416, 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.
THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, on pink paper, covers pages.
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417 to 459. In this section the numbered streets 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 house- holders 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 sec- tion are the designation of tenant-owned homes and the designation of homes and places of business having tele- phones.
THE SANFORD RURAL ROUTES DIRECTORY appears in pages 461 to 478, on white paper.
THE NUMERICAL TELEPHONE DIRECTORY, on blue paper, begins opposite page 480.
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 perpetual and reliable advertisements of Sanford. There are more than 600 of these Directory Libraries, installed and maintained in the chief cities of the U. S. and Canada through the courtesy of members of the Association of North American Directory Publishers, under whose super- vision the system is operated and of which the Hill Directory Co. is a member.
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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SANFORD
"WHERE BUSINESS AND FRIENDSHIP THRIVE"
(Courtesy Sanford Chamber of Commerce)
Statistical Review
Form of Government-Aldermanic-manager.
Population-1940 U. S. Census, 4,960; 1950 U. S. Census, 10,004 (Jonesboro Heights now incorporated in Sanford).
Area-Approximately 4 square miles.
Altitude-370 feet above sea level.
Climate-Mean annual temperature, 59.8 degrees F .; average annual rainfall, 51.07 inches (1951).
Assessed Valuation-$12,400,000.
Financial Data-2 banks, with total deposits of $11,- 476,581. 2 building and loan associations, with total assets of $3,526,255.
Postal Receipts-$96,543.66 (1951 fiscal year).
Telephones in Service-3,150.
Real Estate-Number of homes and apartment units estimated at 3,000.
Industry-Chief industries of city and surrounding ter- ritory: Agriculture, manufacturing, lumbering and tobacco re-drying. Principal manufactured products: Lumber and lumber products, brick, tile, tobacco curers, textile machin- ery, portable sawmills, cotton sheeting and bagging, veneer, furniture, stock feed, flour, fertilizer, meat products, bakery products and ice cream.
Trade Area-Retail area has radius of 25 miles, with population estimated at from 100,000 to 125,000. This area is from 15 to 45 minutes in driving time from the business section, over a network of modern paved highways. San- ford is a distributing center for several large wholesale establishments in furniture, candy, groceries and fruits.
Newspaper-Sanford Herald, semi-weekly, founded in 1920.
Radio Stations-3: WWGP, 1,050 k. c., 1000 watts; WEYE, 1,290 k. c., 1,000 watts; WSNS-FM.
Hotels-3, with total of 215 rooms.
Railroads-5: Seaboard Air Line, main line; branch of Atlantic Coast Line, connecting with main line at Fayette- ville, N C .; Southern, connecting with main line at Greens- boro, N C .; Atlantic & Western, from Sanford to Lillington, N. C. The Norfolk-Southern crosses Lee County.
Highways-U. S. Highway 1 from Maine to Key West, Fla .; U. S. Highway 15 from Rochester, N. Y., to Savannah, Ga .; U. S. Highway 421 from Michigan City, Ind., to Wil- mington, N C .; U. S. Highway 501 from Lexington, Va., to Myrtle Beach, S. C.
Amusements-4 theatres; 3 drive-in theatres; municipal swimming pool; municipal 9-hole golf course, with club- house.
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Steele Street in Sanford
Hospital-Modern, 68-bed, fireproof County Hospital.
Education-5 public schools, including 2 high schools and 2 elementary schools for white pupils, and a Negro training school. 99 teachers. Construction work started on a new high school. 1 business college and a good public library.
City Statistics-36 miles of paved streets and high- ways; 26 miles of sewers, 2,900 water meters; 3,628 light meters. Capacity of municipal water plant, 1,500,000 gal- lons; average daily pumpage, 1,000,000 gallons; miles of mains, 29.
Fire Protection-2 fire stations, 3 fire-fighting trucks and 1 ladder truck.
Location
Sanford is located at the edge of the Piedmont, in the healthful pine belt, 46 miles southwest of Raleigh, N. C. It is in the center of the state and is surrounded by a large, rich agricultural area. Its location is partly responsible for its steady growth.
Population
Census reports show the steady growth of the city from 236 in 1880 to more than 10,000 in 1950. Jonesboro now is an integral part of Sanford and is designated as Jonesboro Heights. The genuinely friendly attitude of the citizens pleases visitors so much that many become residents because they like it here.
Industry
Sanford's residents find employment in manufacturing, merchandising and distribution. Industry is well-balanced and varied. The city has over 40 plants employing approxi-
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mately 3,000 people, manufacturing a wide variety of prod- ucts. These include lumber and lumber products, veneer, furniture, cabinets, brick, tile, pottery, tobacco curers, port- able sawmills, textile machinery, hosiery, cotton sheeting and bagging, industrial grease and meat meal, insecticides, tobacco re-drying, corn meal (also self-rising corn meal), stock feed, dog food, flour, fertilizer, meat products, sheet metal products, bakery products, lingerie, work and play clothing, ice, ice cream, soft drinks, and frozen foods. Coal with a high B. T. U. is mined nearby. Wholesale grocery and fruit, wholesale candy, wholesale florists and bottling plants make Sanford an important distribution point. The Sanford tobacco market is an important growth factor.
Housing
Building goes on all the time. New residents come in constantly. Living costs are reasonable. Food is produced in abundance, and local markets afford a bountiful supply of poultry, dairy products, meats, fruits and vegetables.
Recreation
The municipal swimming pool, municipal golf course and club-house, ball park, two modern athletic fields, school playgrounds and nearby camps give the people a variety of recreation. There is fishing for those who like it. The City maintains the recreation department, staffed by paid em- ployees who are always ready to lend a hand. Four modern movie houses and three drive-in theatres offer high-class entertainment the year around.
Churches
Sanford has every major religious denomination repre- sented, among them being Presbyterian, Baptist, Methodist, Christian, Catholic, Holiness, Christian Science, Church of God, Lutheran and Episcopal. The surrounding rural area has many fine places of worship.
Lee County Brick
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Father George Mills
Education
There are five public schools in Sanford-four white and one Negro. Among these are two high schools holding membership in the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools-Sanford High School, for white stu- dents, and the Lee County Training School, for Negroes. Graduates of these two high schools are admitted to the college or university of their choice anywhere in the U. S. without being required to take the college entrance exam- inations. The elementary schools in the city have earned the ratings of 1 with the accrediting agencies, and are gen- erally considered to be among the best in North Carolina. Sanford City schools are guided by a definite philosophy of education which is both sound and workable. Its aim is to develop the whole child, his mind, his body, his attitudes, his personality. School authorities from as far away as Columbia, S. C. have made inquiries as to Sanford's human relations program for students, perhaps the first school sys- tem in North Carolina to offer this type of program. Guided by the members of the Board of Trustees, who are serving because they are interested in developing Sanford's future citizens, plans have been laid for the development of a senior high school plant for Greater Sanford. A beau- tiful site of 28 acres on the outer fringes of the city has been acquired for the development of the new high school plant, which will be of the campus type, with one-story units. School officials have been told this will be among the finest high school plants in North Carolina, perhaps the first to develop the campus-type high school.
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Climate
Sanford's climate is a big asset to manufacturing and agriculture. It permits uninterrupted production through- out the year, thereby lowering operating costs. Winters are short. Summers are long and warm, but not oppressive. Precipitation in 1951 was 51.07 inches. Mean annual temp- erature, 59.8 degrees F. Altitude, 370 feet.
Rail Service
Sanford is a rail center, having five railroads. The Seaboard Air Line Railroad is a main line affording north and south transportation. The city has direct connections with the Atlantic Coast Line at Fayetteville. The Southern
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connects with its main line at Greensboro. The Atlantic & Western runs from Sanford to Lillington, where it makes a connection with the Norfolk-Southern. The Norfolk- Southern runs across Lee County, connecting with the Sea- board Air Line and Atlantic & Yadkin, but does not touch Sanford. These railroads offer the best in freight and pas- senger transportation to all points of the compass. Over- night Pullman service to Jacksonville, Atlanta and New York City.
Highways
U. S. Highway 1 from Maine to Key West, Fla., offers the best in tourist accommodations and is traveled every month in the year. U. S. Highway 15 runs from Rochester, N. Y., to Savannah, Ga., through rich agricultural areas and large industrial cities. U. S. Highway 421 runs from Michigan City, Ind., across the Piedmont and coastal plains to Wilmington, N. C. U. S. Highway 501 from Lexington, Va., to Myrtle Beach, S. C., gives Sanford an excellent loca- tion as far as tourist traffic is concerned. Is it any wonder that people say, "All roads lead through Sanford?"
Bus Lines
Local buses afford transportation in the city.
The Sanford Bus Station is well located outside the business section on a lot of ample size to handle all traffic. The Queen City Coach Co. and the Carolina Coach Co., af- ford bus service on regular schedules to all points in the state. These bus companies are members of the National Trailways Bus System.
Sanford as a Trading Center
Sanford has a large trading area because of its loca- tion. There are no large cities nearby. Surrounded by a rich agricultural region and timberland, it offers the farmers markets for their products and supplies for their families, homes, farms and sawmills. It has a balanced and diver- sified industrial life. The more than 50 manufacturing plants afford a great variety of places for the residents to work. Agricultural crops include tobacco, cotton and corn.
One of Sanford's Lumber Plants
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Saco-Lowell Shops
There has been a gratifying increase of live stock of all kinds on the farms. The tobacco market is among the best in the state as far as prices are concerned. The stores are equal to the best-as visitors know.
Civic Clubs
The civic life of the community is represented by num- erous strong, thriving, progressive organizations. Among them are Rotary, Kiwanis, Lions, Sanford Woman's Club, Business & Professional Women's Club, Masonic Order, Eastern Star, Elks Club, Moose Lodge, Junior Order, Knights of Pythias, Modern Woodmen of America, Junior Chamber
Tobacco Auction in Sanford
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of Commerce, Junior Woman's Club, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Sanford Music Club, 40 & 8, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary, Lee Post No. 18 American Legion, and American Legion Auxiliary. These render civic, fraternal, patriotic and social service.
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