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Hill's SMITHFIELD AND SELMA (JOHNSTON COUNTY, N. C.)
CITY DIRECTORY 1963
Including Pine Acres, Sandy Run Section, Sunrise Acres and West Smithfield
CONTAINS:
. Buyers' Guide and a complete classified business directory
· Alphabefical directory of business concerns and privafe citizens
. Complefe street and avenue guide, including householders, and occupants of office buildings and other business places
. Numerical telephone direcfory
PLUS
Useful and Inferesfing information about the city
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PUBLISHERS 2910 W. CLAY STREET . P. O. BOX 6874 RICHMOND 30, VIRGINIA Member Association of North American Directory Publishers Copyright, 1963, by Hill Directory Company
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PUBLISHERS NOTE
The information in this Direc- tory is gathered by an actual canvass and is compiled in a way to insure maximum accuracy.
The publishers cannot and do not guarantee the correctness of all information furnished them nor the complete absence of errors or omissions, hence no responsibility for same can be or is assumed.
The publishers earnestly re- quest the bringing to their attention of any inaccuracy so that it may be corrected in the next edition of the directory.
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INTRODUCTION and GENERAL INDEX
HILL DIRECTORY COMPANY, publishers of Southeast- ern Directories (publishers of the Smithfield and Selma City Directory since 1957), present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1963 edition of the Smithfield and Selma City Directory, which also includes Pine Acres, Sandy Run Section, Sunrise Acres, West Smithfield and the Rural Route Residents.
Confidence in the growth of Smithfield and Selma's in- dustry, population and wealth, and in the advancement of their civic and social activities, will be maintained as sec- tions of this Directory are consulted, for the Directory is a mirror truly reflecting Smithfield and Selma to the world.
The enviable position occupied by HILL'S Directories in the estimation of the public, has been established by render- ing the best in Directory service. With an unrivaled organ- ization, and having had the courteous and hearty coopera- tion 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 the the Smithfield and Sel- ma Directory will fulfill its mission as a source of authen- tic information pertaining to the communities.
Four Major Departments
The four major departments are arranged in the fol- lowing order :-
I. THE BUYERS' GUIDE constitutes the first major de- partment of the Directory, printed on yellow paper. In the first section of this department, grouped under appropriate headings, are included the advertisements 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 communities, arranged in alphabetical order under appropriate headings-a catalog of all the activities of the communities. 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 busy and diversified communities like Smithfield and Selma, 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 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 rec- ord in existence that aims to show the name, marital status, occupation and address of each adult resident of Smithfield and Selma, and the name, official personnel, nature and address of each firm and corporation in the communities.
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III. THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUD- ING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, is the third major de- partment, printed on green paper. In this section the num- bered 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 respec- tive 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 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 broad- cast 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 Smithfield and Selma and vicinity.
The Out-of-Town City Directory Library
Through the courtesy of the publishers of the Smithfield and Selma City Directory, a Directory Library is maintained in the offices of the Smithfield and Selma 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 Di- rectory Publishers.
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.
HILL DIRECTORY COMPANY,
Publishers.
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
PAGE NUMBERS LISTED BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE
Page
Aycock Propane Gas Service right side lines and 11
B & H Printers. . right side lines and 46
Bass H L Tin Shop right bottom lines and 50 Bell's Opticians. . left top lines and 45 Bingham & Parrish Insurance Agency Inc
. front cover, right top lines and 35
Branch Banking & Trust Co
front cover, right top and side lines, 9 and 39
Brown Insurance Agency. . back cover, left side lines and 36
Buie Motors Inc. . left top lines
Busy Bee Oil Co. back cover and 26
Capital Coca-Cola Bottling Co The. . back cover and 12
33
Coble Dairy Products Inc. .right side lines and
18 25
Corbett's Flower Shop
Creech Drug Co. front cover, right top lines and 21
Creech's Pharmacy . left top lines and
22
Davis Fred H. right side lines and 38
Dean Julian V Oil Co .... front stencil, left side lines and
27 Denning-Westbrook Oil Company Inc
right side lines and 30
Dunn Furniture Co of Selma
Edmund's Men's Clothiers. . back cover, right side lines and 31 17
Efird's Department Store right side lines and 19
F & P Auto Parts Co. . right side lines and
Gardner Motor Co Inc. right bottom lines and 7
Godwin Building Supply Co Inc ... ... right side lines and 14
Hall L H Metal Works ..... back cover, left side lines and
49
Heavner-Wallace Implement Co
front cover, left and right top lines and 24
High B J Insulation Co.
Hill Directory Company.
Hooks & Layne Oil Co
. bottom stencil, left and right side lines, 28 and 44
Hooks & Layne Tire Co top stencil and 4
Ideal Oil Co Inc. . front cover, left side lines and 29
Johnston County Bank. . . . . backbone and 10
Langley's Jewelers. left side lines and 38
Lee Guy C Manufacturing Co. .
. front cover, right side lines, 15 and 40
Little's Pontiac Co Inc. right bottom lines and 7
Medlin Printing Co. .right side lines and 46
Nixon Brothers Transfer. right bottom lines and 50 Oliver W B & Son Inc. left bottom lines and 50 5
Pippin Motors Inc. . right top lines and
Ready Mixed Concrete Co right side lines and Rose Piano Co.
Sanders Funeral Home.
Selma Chamber of Commerce.
left side lines and
23
Selma Furniture Co Inc. . left side lines and
32
Selma Radio & Music Co. . back cover, left side lines and 2
Smithfield Herald The. left top lines and 43
Smithfield Herald Publishing Co left top lines and 43
14 42 30 A
Selma Drug Co.
left side lines and 8
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Central Carolina Gas Co. right side lines and
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Page Smithfield Typewriter Sales and Service. 17 Smithfield Wholesale Builders Supply Inc right top lines and 16
Stallings Insurance & Realty
.back cover, left top lines, 37 and 47
State Farm Insurance Companies
Suburban Propane Gas Service.
left side lines and
11 6
Thompson Garage .. .
right side lines and
6
Town And Country Gas Co Inc.
. right top lines and
34
Vann's Jewelers. right side lines and 38 41 White Swan Barbecue. 41
White Swan Motel. right side lines and
White Swan Restaurant.
41
Wilkins Service Station left side lines and
48
Williams Motor Co Inc. right side lines and
7
Wilson Chevrolet Co Inc left side lines and 7
Woodard's Men's Wear left top lines and 17
38
Thompson Airport Salvage Co Inc.
SMITHFIELD
"TOWN ON THE MOVE"
Statistical Review
Form of Government-Mayor-Commissioner. Incor- porated as a town in 1777.
Population-1960 U. S. Census, 6,117; local estimate at present, 6,200; American-born population is 99 per cent of the whole; Non-white, 21.7 per cent; population is predom- inately Scotch-Irish.
Area-2 square miles.
Altitude-146 feet above sea level.
Climate-Mean annual temperature 60.8 degrees F .; av- erage annual rainfall 48.19 inches.
Parks-1, with total acreage of 14, valued at $25,000. Assessed Valuation-$9,343,000, with $1.15 per $100.00 tax rate.
Bonded Indebtedness-$962,000.
Churches-16, plus several new missions; 15 Protestant and 1 Catholic.
Real Estate-147 new homes in City limits in the last 5 years; 300 new homes in West Smithfield, not in City lim- its, built in last 5 years.
Industry-Chief industries of the city and surrounding territory are agriculture, tobacco, cotton, livestock, lumber, cotton yarn, spinning and cotton ginning, tobacco process- ing and redrying and meat packing. Manufacturing es- tablishments employ 900 men and 900 women. Principal manufactured products: cotton yarn, ladies' and children's jackets, processed tobacco, meat products, lumber products, feed, guano and automatic blankets.
Trade Area-Retail area has radius of 20 miles, and pop- ulation of 60,000. Wholesale area has radius of 50 miles.
Newspapers-1 (semiweekly).
Radio Broadcasting Stations-WMPM and WCKB.
Railroads-City served by the Atlantic Coast Railroad, inter-connected with Southern Railway Co. 4 miles away.
Bus Lines-City served by 3 bus lines, as follows: At- lantic Greyhound, Carolina Coach Co. and Seashore Trans- portation.
Highways-The following highways run through, or to, the city: U. S. 301, 70, 210 and 96, and Interstate 95.
Air Lines-City served by 3 airlines as follows, Eastern, Capitol and Piedmont. Nearest commercial airports are located at Goldsboro and Raleigh-Durham. Nearest private airport is Selma.
Automobile Registration-1,500.
Amusements-Largest auditorium in city seats 900 per- sons. 1 moving picture theatre, with total seating capac- ity of 600 persons. 1 legitimate theatre with total seating capacity of 600 persons. 1 golf course, also Holt Lake with cabins, boats, swimming, fishing, dancing and skiing, bowl- ing alley, miniature golf course, swimming pool.
Hospitals-1, with total of 128 beds.
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Education-Number of public schools 4, with 2 senior high schools. Number of pupils in public schools 3,179. Number of teachers in public schools 111.
Public Libraries-2, with total of 32,923 volumes.
City Statistics-Capacity of water works (municipal) 1,000,000 gallons, with daily average pumpage of 500,000 gallons. Fire Department has 20 volunteer firemen and 1 paid fireman. Equipment includes 3 pumpers, 3 ladder trucks, 1 station and 2 emergency vehicles. Police depart- ment has 15 members including 2 clerks, 3 cars and mod- ern two-way radio equipment.
General Review
Oldest, largest and busiest of Johnston's ten towns, Smithfield is a county seat of 6,117 population. In 1890 it was only 545. Once it was a river town, and the Neuse still flows slowly along the west edge of its business section, but its commercial importance now is the potential it has as a source of industrial water. Smithfield's water facilities are adequate for an anticipated growth of 20 years.
Downtown Smithfield spreads east of the courthouse lawn, and is a mixture of retail stores, farm equipment places and tobacco warehouses. Often in early summer it is a tranquil place, but beginning in August it is a beehive. Tobacco is still the biggest thing in the life of the average Smithfield citizen. When the nine auction warehouses sell some 30,000,000 pounds, they turn loose $12 to $15 million, and a good part of it goes to Smithfield-either directly into the pockets of absentee farmers living in town, or in- directly via farm trade.
Tobacco is, however, an old story to Smithfield. In 1770 the legislature established a public "Inspection of Tobacco" in Johnston at the ferry on the lands of John Smith. Here tobacco was inspected, and put in stamped hogsheads. It was floated down to New Bern in flatboats. Consequent- ly Smithfield is the oldest tobacco market in North Carolina, still in business, allowing, of course, for interims of inac- tivity.
The modern auction market opened in 1898 via a ware- house operated by Skinner and Barham.
The redrying houses, also operating seasonally, provide the largest single source of employment in the county, aside from agricultural pursuits.
The cotton market, though overshadowed, is one of the largest in the state, with three gins and facilities for storing 18,000 bales. There is a large livestock market.
But recent industrial additions such as Burlington Mills, the Jerold Corporation, Fieldcrest Mills, Carolina Packers and others are broadening the base of the town's economy.
Conscious effort by the citizens to accomplish just such a broadening has recently been stepped up by a rejuvenated Chamber of Commerce and formation of the Smithfield Industries, Inc., to provide quarters (if needed) for inter- ested industries.
In all of its long career, and through every turn in busi- ness, the town has never suffered a bank failure. It is one of the financial centers of North Carolina, through the pres- ence of main offices of the First-Citizens Bank & Trust Com- pany.
The town was founded on land which John Smith, the
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first settler, donated. He had moved in from Virginia and obtained a license to operate a tavern at the site in 1765. Later he moved to Tennessee, where he died.
Smithfield was incorporated in 1775, and must have had some facilities and prestige during the Revolution. The General Assembly was to have convened in New Bern in April, 1779, but a smallpox epidemic forced them to meet elsewhere, and they chose Smithfield.
It was at this session that the representatives made the first attempt to halt the nomadic wandering which had the assembly meeting first in one place and then another. A resolution was introduced naming a commission to "view and fix upon some place in each of the counties of Johnston, Wake and Chatham for holding the General Assembly." Nothing came of this, and the resolution may not even have passed, for the Senate Journal of that session is lost.
However, when a capital site finally was picked, Smith- field was in the running. We frequently hear the town lost by only one vote, but the statement is always prefixed by the warning that it is only a "tradition."
Also according to tradition, a Smithfield man cast the deciding vote against location of the Southern Railway, fear- ing that the smoke and noise would be injurious to the quiet of the village. It later obtained the Atlantic Coastline. It is situated on U. S. Highways 70 and 301, with three bus lines and four truck lines.
Beyond the commercial center lie the residential sec- tions, mostly composed of comfortable but moderate homes.
They are built along old tree-lined streets, and even though close to town have an air of leisure and well-being. Smithfield, for all its concern over the replacement of farm labor and the need for new enterprises, is a town of quiet poise. And it has, over its 200 years, gradually equipped it- self adequately.
It has a small but good and well-used library; a hand- some, relatively new hospital; a county-wide country club nearby; a volunteer fire department; and a school system so thorough it is said to send 80 per cent of its graduates to college.
The civic life is well balanced by organizations-civic, fraternal, cultural, literary, dramatic, professional. It has a city library and also is headquarters for a nine-branch county library system with bookmobile. A Historical Socie- ty is busy compiling a county history. There are 16 churches and a 14-acre recreation center, operated by a summer-time city recreation department.
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