Hill's Tarboro (Edgecombe County, N.C.) City Directory [1958], Part 1

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HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., publishers of South- eastern Directories, present to subscribers and the gen- eral public, this, the 1958 edition of the Tarboro City Di- rectory, which also includes Princeville and the rural routes emanating from the Tarboro post office.


Confidence in the growth of Tarboro'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 depicting Tarboro to the world.


The enviable position occupied by HILL'S Director- ies in the estimation of the public, has been established by rendering the best in Directory service. With an un- rivaled organization, and having 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 Tarboro Directory will fulfill its mission as a source of authentic information pertaining to the com- munity.


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 pro- fessional concerns of the city, arranged in alphabetical order under appropriate headings-a catalog of all the activities of the city and vicinity. Preceding this catalog, likewise grouped under appropriate headings, are the advertisements and business cards of firms and individ- uals desiring to present a more complete list of their pro- ducts or services than is possible in the catalog itself. The Yellow Pages represent reference advertising at its best, and merit the attention of all buyers and sellers seeking sources of supply or markets for goods. In a pro- gressive community like Tarboro, the necessity of hav- ing this kind of information up-to-date and always im- mediately 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 resi- dents and business and professional concerns is the sec- ond 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 res- ident of Tarboro and Princeville and the name, official personnel, nature and address of each firm and corpora- tion in the community.


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III. THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, IN- CLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, is the third major department, printed on green paper. In this sec- tion the numbered streets are arranged in numerical order, followed by the named streets in alphabetical or- der; the numbers of the residences and business con- cerns are arranged in numerical order under the name of each street, and the names of the householders and con- cerns 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 designa- tion of homes and places of business having telephones.


IV. THE TARBORO RURAL ROUTES DIREC- TORY is the fourth major department, printed on white paper.


Community Publicity


The Directory reflects the achievements and ambi- tions 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 broadcast this information, the publishers have placed copies of this issue of the Directory in Di- rectory Libraries, where they are readily available for free public reference, and serve as a perpetual and reli- able advertisements of Tarboro and vicinity. There are more than 700 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 su- pervision the system is operated and of which Hill Di- rectory Co., Inc. is a member.


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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS PAGE NUMBERS LISTED BELOW REFER TO THE YELLOW PAGES


Andrews Laundry back cover and 32 Baker Funeral Home


right top lines and 23


Barnhart Insurance Agency


front cover, left center lines and 28


Barnhill & Long Inc left top lines and


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Benton Buick Inc


Boone's "66" Service Station left top lines and 5


Boyd's Service Station right center lines and


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Carlisle & Taylor Inc right center lines and


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Carolina Office Equipment Co 39


Clark W S & Sons Inc


right side lines and 16


Clayton Printing House


front cover, right top lines and 43


Coastal Plains Broadcasting Co Inc ... front cover and Colson & Anderson right top lines and


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Edgecombe Bank & Turst Co


front cover, right center lines and 9


Edgecombe Drug Co Inc. left top lines and 18


Edgecombe Motor Co Inc right center lines and 6


Everett Express Inc .left top lines and 38


Fairview Cleaners


backbone, top stencil, right top lines A and 20


Farmer C L Oil Co back cover and 40


Farmer's Esso Servicenter right top lines and 7


Frances Electric Co front cover and 21


Frank's Radio & Television Shop


left top lines and 51


Freuler's Radio & TV Service right center lines and 50


General Plywood Corporation


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Gibbs Barbecue left top lines and 45


Hart Cotton Mills Inc


back cover, left top lines and 15


Heilig-Meyers Exchange Store Inc right top lines and 24


Henderson Construction Co Inc back lip margin and


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Henderson Lumber Co Inc


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Joe's Texaco Service right top lines and 2


Marrow-Pitt Hardware Co Inc


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Newsome's Texaco Service back cover and 2


Pate J C Distributing Co left top lines and 36


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Pilgrim Laundry & Dry Cleaners Inc 33 Pillow Hotor Co Inc 7


Putnam C E Agency Inc


front cover, left center lines and 29


Rio Restaurant right center lines and 46


Runnymede Mills Inc right top lines and 27


Security Loan Corp


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Security National Bank


front cover, right center lines and 10


Shook L W Insurance Agency


right top lines and 30


Suburban Esso Station & Grill


right top lines and 47


Sugg D R Plumbing & Heating


left top lines and 41


Sullivan's Tire Center back cover and 3


Tarboro Concrete & Building Supplies Inc


right center lines and 12


Tarboro Funeral Home right top lines and 24


Tarboro Gulf Service right center lines and 8 Tarboro Savings & Loan Assn


front cover, right center lines and 48


Taylor's Florist 22


Thompson's Bill Garage back cover, and 4


Thorne Drug Co ...... back cover, right center lines and


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Town & Country Gas Co Inc


bottom stencil and 25


Video Television Service right top lines and 49


Warmack C P & Son 34


William Vance Motel The back cover and 37


Womble's Esso right center lines and 8


TARBORO


(Edgecombe County, North Carolina) "THE FRIENDLY CITY" (Courtesy Tarboro Merchants Association and Chamber of Commerce)


Statistical Review


Form of Government-Council-Manager. Incorporated as village, 1732; town, 1740; city 1760.


Population-8,126 (1950 U. S. Census), local estimate at present, 9,500. American-born, 100%.


Area-4 square miles.


Altitude-52.70 feet above sea level.


Climate-Mean annal temperature, 61 degrees F .; av- erage annual rainfall, 47 inches.


Parks-3, with total of 15 acres, valued at $100,000.00. Assessed valuation-$11,625,655 with $1.50 per $100.00 tax rate.


Bonded Debt-$1,278,000.


Financial Data-2 banks, with total deposits of $116,- 078,793 (March 1958). 2 building and loan associa- tions, with total assets of $4,209,857.81.


Postal Receipts-$143,957.54.


Telephones in Service-2,836.


Churches-32, representing 11 denominations.


Building and Construction-Number of building permits issued, 51, valued at $207,680 (January 1956 to June 1956).


Real Estate-75% owned by occupants.


Industry-Chief industries of the city and surrounding territory: Textiles, manufacturing, lumber, con- crete, peanuts, fertilizer. Number of manufacturing establishments, 10, employing 3,000, paying wages of $150,000.00 weekly. Principal manufactured pro- ducts: Print cloth, socks and cotton hose, commer- cial fertilizer, building materials, wood and con- crete, veneer plant.


Trade Area-Retail area has radius of 30 miles, and population of 52,000. Wholesale area has radius of 50 miles, and population of 60,000.


Newspapers-1 daily, 1 weekly.


Radio Broadcasting Stations - (Coastal Plain Broad- casting Station).


TV Stations-No local station but excellent reception.


Hotels and Motels-3, with total of 80 rooms.


Railroads-2 A CL and E C.


Bus Lines-Trailway Bus Line.


Highways-3, U. S. 64, 258, State 44.


Airports-1, at Rocky Mount, N. C. (municipal), 15 miles from Tarboro.


Automobile Registrations-2,200.


Amusements-Largest auditorium in city seats 800 per- sons (auditorium). 2 moving-picture theatres, with


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total seating capacity of 1,060 persons. 2 golf cours- es, private golf course, swimming pools, ball park, 6 tennis courts and hunting and fishing in nearby fields, streams, ponds, also summer recreation pro- grams.


Hospitals-2, with total of 101 beds.


Education-5 public schools. Number of pupils in public schools, 2,516. Number of teachers in public schools, 99. Value of public school property, $1,312,800.00


Libraries-2, with 25,000 volumes.


City Statistics-Total street mileage, 39.44, with 26.97 miles paved. Number of water meters, 2,100; light meters, 3,400. Water, unlimited capacity, with daily average pumpage of 3,000,000 gallons; plant valued at $800,000.00 Fire department has 4 paid men, with 1 station and 5 pieces of motor equipment. Value of fire department property, $80,000. Police department has 17 plus 3 special men, with 1 sta- tion and 3 pieces of motor equipment.


General Review


Edgecombe County, 1955-56 assessed valuation $55,- 637,989; rate $1.40 per $100; outstanding debt at March 31, 1956 including $30,000 Refunding Bonds sold on March 27, 1956 $1,630,000; population 1950 U. S. Census 51,634.


Tarboro, county seat of Edegcombe County, is locat- ed in the coastal plain section of North Carolina, in the center of one of the State's finest agricultural areas pro- ducing tobacco, cotton, peanuts, corn and feedstuffs. Lo- cated within the town limits is a cotton mill employing 625, a veneer mill employing 140, and a farm machinery


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manufacturer employing 414. Other industries include cotton, lumber, knitting, feed and grain, and cotton oil mills. The average weekly payroll of the town is approxi- mately $150,000. Tarboro, the home of Carolina Tele- phone and Telegraph Company which serves about 100 municipalities in eastern North Carolina.


Incorporated in 1760, Tarboro has shown steady pro- gress in growth. The retail business section, with its modern stores and progressive merchants, is one of the finest in the south for any city of comparable size. A wide selection of merchandise is offered in the stores and the local citizen can fulfill all his needs right at home.


Tarboro has a healthy diversification of industry which insures its continued growth and prosperity. Lo- cated here is a large textile mill, two hosiery mills, an agricultural implement manufacturer, two large lumber manufacturers, a plywood manufacturer, a concrete block and concrete products manufacturer, a peanut processing plant and a cotton seed oil products manufac- turers. Native labor is employed in the Tarboro plant and employee-manager relationship has been noted for smoothness of operation and good will.


In addition to its diversified industry, Tarboro is a very important tobacco market. Six large, modern auc- tion warehouses handle the leaf sales and buyers repre- senting all domestic and foreign companies are on hand for the auctions. For the past several years Tarboro has shown a gratifying increase in the number of pounds sold each year and is rapidly becoming one of the best markets in the Bright Leaf Tobacco Belt. Production and marketing of cotton and peanuts have also played a very important part in the city's growth.


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Tarboro boasts three modern hospitals in addition to the County Tuberculosis Sanatorium. Two of these hospitals, the Bass Memorial and the Edgecombe Gen- eral, are staffed by white doctors and nurses while the third, the Quigless Clinic is for colored patients only. The health of a community plays a vital part in the sta- bility and progress, not only of the community itself, but of the nation as a whole and Tarboro is fortunate in hav- ing these fully-equiped hospitals with their well-trained staffs. They serve patients from a wide radius and the doctors who practice in the hospitals are considered among the finest in the State.


Tarboro has the distinction of being the first munic- ipality to operate its own milk plant. The Municipal Milk Plant was originated in 1918 after an epidemic of di- sease among Tarboro's children which was traced to the milk supply. Operated on a non-profit basis, its begin- ning was a modest one, but the plant and its output have grown until it is today in the category of "big business." By operating on a non-profit plan, the city is able to give to its citizens and customers a better grade of milk at a lower cost. The raw milk is purchased from nearby dairies and is pasteurized before being bottled. This plant has been the subject of study by representatives of city governments from every part of the country and abroad.


In adition to the Municipal Milk Plant, Tarboro also operates its own electric plant, furnishing an ample sup- ply of power both for industry and home needs. The pro- fits derived from the Municipal Light and Power System have contributed towards keeping the city in excellent fi- nancial condition, with a low bonded debt and a low tax rate. The city also has a modern water purification plant which was built during the mid-thirties. This plant is


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large and modern in every respect and is adequately equipped to take care of the city's present and future needs.


Tarboro is served by a network of well paved roads which include U. S. Highways 64 and 258. The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad serves the city and offers excellent connections to all parts of the country. Air transporta- tion, air freight and crop dusting facilities are available at the city-owned Tarboro Municipal Airport and excell- ent bus connections are available to all parts of the State.


The Municipal Swimming Pool in Tarboro is one of the finest in the South. Tarboro citizens can well be proud of this splendid outdoor pool which is open day and night to swimmers of all ages. Year after year, Tar- boro has produced outstanding swimming teams which have won more than their share of trophies and records in swimming meets both at home and throughout the East, Midwest and Deep South. The Tarboro pool has paid great dividends in health, safety and teamwork


for the youth of Tarboro and has been an important ad- dition to the recreational facilities of all her citizens.


In addition to the swimming pool, Tarboro has a fine Municipal Ball Park. Additional recreational facili- ties include golfing, tennis and softball. Fishing in the Tar River which borders the city, and in the smaller streams in the county, as well as hunting in the fall and winter, round out a complete recreational program.


Of special interest to the visitor is the Town Com- mon which is one of the most beautiful parks in the


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State. Its massive oak trees have afforded shade for gen- erations and it is a favorite gathering place for children and grown ups. Visitors will also want to see Calvary Episcopal Church, the parish house which contains mu- seum pieces dating back to 1320. Trees growing in the church yard, including a cork tree, were brought from every continent of the world. Another place of genuine interest is a small, private museum owned by Dr. J. P. Keech. Started as a hobby by Dr. Keech in his boyhood, this little museum contains a very interesting collection of Indian relics, firearms and swords dating back to the Civil War, implements and tools over one hundred years old and an amazing variety of other museum pieces. Here are preserved the minutes of the first Masonic meeting in Tarboro which took place on Nov. 11, 1811.


Tarboreans are proud of the Commons, the only Commons south of Boston, a tract of land situated in the heart of the city, where stately oaks and flowering dog- wood trees make it a place of beauty.


Adjoining Tarboro on the south is the Town of Princeville which is the only incorporated Negro com- munity in the State. Princeville was incorporated in 1885.


Edgecombe County was formed in 1732. Bounded by Halifax, Martin, Nash, Pitt and Wilson counties, it is in the center of the Bright Leaf Tobacco belt of the Caro- lina Coastal Plain. Within its borders are five hundred and fifteen square miles of rich agricultural land which produce tobacco, peanuts and cotton in great quantity. The sandy loam of Edgecombe County is ideal for the raising of fluecured tobacco. This valuable crop is grown in all parts of the county and contributes materially to the wealth of this section. Plant disease in rare and the better grades of tobacco predominate. Ranking sixth in the state in value of crops and livestock, Edgecombe County depends largely on the soil to maintain a rela- tively high per capita worth. Of the county population of fifty-five thousand, about seventy per cent are engaged in agriculture and the raising of livestock.


Ranking sixth in the state in value of crops and livestocks, Edgecombe County depends largely on the soil to maintain a relatively high per capita income. About 70% of the county's 55,000 population are en- gaged in agriculture and the raising of livestock.


The social and civic life of Tarboro is active and very progressive with 17 civic and cultural clubs. The Hilma Country Club and American Legion hut are con- stantly in use.


There are two public libraries in Tarboro with bookmobile service for the county people. The new and modern Edgecombe County Memorial Library was dedi- cated in 1955 and contains 2,000 volumes and many valuable paintings.


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