Hill's Washington (Beaufort County, N.C.) City Directory [1962], Part 1

Author: Hill Directory Company.
Publication date: 1962
Publisher: Hill Directory Co.
Number of Pages: 392


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Your City Directory Contains:


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An Alphabetical list of names and addresses of every resident, business concern and institution, plus wife's name and if a widow the deceased husband's initial, and the occupations of all. Principal officers or owners and a description of businesses are included as well.


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A Householders' Directory including a Street and Avenue Guide. This section lists every street and where intersecting streets appear. It lists numeri- cally every location on each street, naming the householder or business at each number and whether the person is a homeowner or renter and if he has a telephone. Similar information is pro- vided on office and public buildings and their occupants.


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A Classified Business Directory listing every busi- ness, classified as to type, and showing names and addresses. It also lists every profession, club, so- ciety and association, hospital and cemetery, labor organization, library, park and playground and school.


4 A "Yellow Section" or Buyers' Guide, where the advertiser may explain in greater detail the serv- ices or products he has to offer.


5 A Statistical and Historical Story of your city; plus miscellaneous other information.


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HILL'S WASHINGTON (BEAUFORT COUNTY, N. C.) CITY DIRECTORY 1962


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Containing an Alphabetical Directory of Business Concerns and Pri- vate Citizens, Including Rural Route Residents, a Directory of Householders, Occupants of Office Buildings and Other Busi- ness Places, Including a Complete Street and Avenue Guide, a Numerical Telephone Directory and Much Information of a Miscellaneous Character; also a


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The publishers earnestly request 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 Southeastern Directories, (publishers of the Washington Directory since 1957), present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1962 edition of the Washington City Directory, which also in- cludes Washington Heights, Washington Park and the Rural Route Residents.


Confidence in the growth of Washington's industry, popu- lation and wealth, and in the advancement of its civic and social activities, will be maintained as sections of this Direc- tory are consulted, for the Directory is a mirror truly reflect- ing Washington 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 organiza- tion, and having had the courteous and hearty cooperation of the business and professional men and residents, the pub- lishers feel that the result of their labors will meet with the approval of every user, and that the Washington Directory will fulfill its mission as a source of authentic information pertaining to the community.


Five Major Departments


The five major departments are arranged in the follow- ing order :-


I. THE BUYERS' GUIDE constitutes the first major de- partment, printed on goldenrod paper, and contains the adver- tisements of leading manufacturing, business and professional interests of Washington. The advertisements are indexed un- der headings descriptive of the business represented. 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 Washington, the necessity of having this kind of information immediately available, is ob- vious. General appreciation of this fact is evidenced by the many reference users of this City Directory service.


II. THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is the second major department, printed on canary paper. This de- partment lists the names of all business and professional concerns in alphabetical order under appropriate headings. This feature constitutes an invaluable and indispensable cata- log of the numerous interests of the community. The Direc- tory is the common intermediary between buyer and seller. As such, it plays an important part in the daily activities of the commercial, industrial and professional world. More buy- ers and sellers meet through the Classified Business Directory than through any other medium.


III. THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of resi- dents and business and professional concerns, is the third


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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 Wash- ington, and the name, official personnel, nature and address of each firm and corporation in the community.


IV. THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUD- ING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE is the fourth 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.


V. THE NUMERICAL TELEPHONE DIRECTORY is the fifth 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 per- petual and reliable advertisements of Washington and vicinity.


The Washington Out-of-Town City Directory Library


Through the courtesy of the publishers of the Washington City Directory, a Directory Library is maintained in the offices of the Washington 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 As- sociation of North American Directory Publishers.


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 com- mensurate return.


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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION


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Anderson Milling Co Inc. left top lines and 33


Atlantic Discount Corp left top lines and 21


Baker Tire Co left top lines and 15


Bank of Washington


front stencil, left top lines and 22


Beaufort County Savings & Loan Assn ..


right top lines and 59 30


Belk-Tyler Co


left side lines and 39


Bostic-Sugg Furniture Co Inc.


Bragaw William & Co


front cover, left top and right side lines, 46 and 47


Bridge Street Garage


left side lines and


16


Bridge Street Sunoco


right side lines and


4


Brinson's Welding & Machine Shop. back cover and 62 40


Cayton Manufacturing Co


right side lines and


Charlie's Drive-In


54 8


Chuck Wagon


Cole's Electric Motor Shop. left side lines and 32


Custom Body Works


left side lines and


5


Dave's Food Shop.


45


Davis Bennie L.


Dick's Upholstery & Furniture Repair Shop


right side lines and 41


Eastern Optical Co. „left top lines and 53


Elliott Chevrolet Co Inc. front cover, right top lines and 6


Etna Service Station left side lines and 15 7


Fifth Street Gulf Station left side lines and


Fifth Street Shell Station left side lines and 8


Forest Hills Service Center left side lines and 16


General Welding & Machine Co


right side lines and 51 General Wholesale Building Supply Co


back cover, left side lines and 25


Generator & Starter Repairs left side lines and 17 Grady's Roofing & Sheet Metal Works ...... right top lines and 55 Greene Oil Co front cover, right top lines and 52


Harding H E & Son, front cover, left top lines, 49 and 54 Harrell's Hair Design Institute. right side lines and 23


Harris Hardware Co. left side lines and 45 31


Hill Directory Company


Hill Walter Truck Lines. right side lines, A and 51


Home Savings & Loan Association left top lines and 60


Hospital Pharmacy right top lines and 32 John Small Avenue Pure Service


back cover, left side lines, 9 and 61 B Maola Ice Cream Co Mitchell H Reid Jr Mutual Insurance Agency


Mobley's Tire Service left side lines and 17


right top lines and 48 Moore Motor Co right side lines and 18 Morris Insurance Agency left top lines and 49 Moss Planing Mill Co .. back bone, right top lines and 24 Motor Parts & Equipment Co


Insert at name in Alphabetical Section and 10


left side lines and 35 Myers Florist.


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Nicholls TV & Radio Service. right side lines and 60 Page North Side Motors .right side lines and 18


Pamlico Florist


Paul's Cabins


Insert at name in Alphabetical Section and 34


Provident Finance Co


right side lines and 61 Respress Roofing & Siding Co


left top lines


Rhodes E P Distributor Inc. Insert at name in Alphabetical Section and 56


River Road Grocery front cover and 36


St Agnes Catholic Church


left side lines and 43


Sawyer Auto Parts


Smiley Roofing Co Inc ...


.. back cover, left side lines, 2 and


right top lines and


right side lines and Smith's Grill.


11 11


Smoke's Tire Rebuilders front cover and 12


Stancil Flying Service. right side lines and 3


Stewart's Jewelry Store right top lines and


50


Super Shell Service Station left side lines and


20


Swindell's Texaco Service Station .left side lines and


Talley Implement Co Inc.


top stencil and


Tayloe Drug Co right top lines and 32


Taylor B F Oil & Tire Distributor right side lines


Thomas & Howard Co Inc. right side lines and 44


Tidewater Natural Gas Co. ...... front cover, left top lines and


42


Togo's Men & Boys' Shop left side lines and 26


Wachovia Bank & Trust Co


left top lines


Walker Ray


Washington Iron & Metal Co Inc


back cover, right top lines, 27 and 58


Washington Laundry & Cleaners.


Waters Oil Co left top lines and 50


front cover, left top lines and 37


Whitfield & Whitley Funeral Home .. .. right side lines and 38 28


Williams E E & Son .. bottom stencil, right top lines and


Winfield H G. right top lines and 53


Wolfe's Body & Radiator Shop left side lines and 14


29


20 13


Smith Motor Co.


left side lines and 26 19 57 19


Smith's Esso Service Center


WASHINGTON


"The Original Washington" (Courtesy Washington Chamber of Commerce)


Statistical Review


FORM OF GOVERNMENT-Council-Manager. Incorporated as a town in 1771.


POPULATION-9,939 (1960 U. S. Census); local estimate at present, 12,000.


AREA-2 square miles.


ALTITUDE-10 feet above sea level.


CLIMATE-Mean annual temperature 61.7 degrees F .; aver- age annual rainfall, 55.3 inches.


PARKS-5, with total of 12 acres, valued at $80,000.00.


ASSESSED VALUATION-$13,000.00, with $1.80 per $100.00 tax rate.


BONDED DEBT-$2,137,000.


FINANCIAL DATA-2 banks with total deposits of $15,237,- 152.00, 2 building and loan associations, with total assets of $7,489,265.00 on June 30, 1962.


POSTAL RECEIPTS-$155,150.00 for year ended Dec. 31, 1961. TELEPHONES IN SERVICE-4,890.


CHURCHES-40, representing 12 denominations.


BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION-Number of building per- mits issued, 91, valued at $748,140.00 from 1-1-61 to 12-31-61.


INDUSTRY-Chief industries of the city and surrounding terri- tory are: tobacco, lumber, textiles, concrete, truck bodies, mattresses, boat builders and furniture. Number of manu- facturing establishments, 58.


PRINCIPAL MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS-Lumber, sport shirts, yarns, concrete blocks, truck bodies, mattresses, boats and furniture.


TRADE AREA-Retail area has radius of 50 miles, and popu- lation of 300,000. Wholesale area has radius of 100 miles and population of 1,000,000.


NEWSPAPERS-1 (daily).


RADIO BROADCASTING STATIONS-2, WEEW and WITN. TELEVISION STATIONS-1, WITN.


HOTELS-2, with total of 85 rooms.


MOTELS-3, with total of 90 rooms.


RAILROADS-2, Norfolk Southern and Atlantic Coastline.


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BUS LINES-4, Seashore Transportation Co., Carolina Trail- ways, Englehard Co. and Belhaven Co.


HIGHWAYS-U. S. 17 and 264 and State 33, 32 and 92. AIRPORTS-1.


AUTOMOBILE REGISTRATIONS-2,625.


AMUSEMENTS-Largest auditorium in city seats 2,000 per- sons. 1 moving-picture theatre with total seating capacity of 600 persons. 1 Drive-In theatre. 1 golf course. Also bowl- ing alleys, tennis courts and an athletic field and little league ball park.


HOSPITALS-1, with 125 beds. New County Hospital. 3 Clinics. EDUCATION-Number of public schools, 2 (1 elementary and 1 junior-senior high school). 2 parochial schools. 2 kinder- gartens. Number of pupils in public schools, 4,232; in paro- chial, 304. Number of teachers in school (public) 145; in parochial, 13. Value of public school property $1,900,000. PUBLIC LIBRARIES-1, with 16,000 volumes.


CITY STATISTICS-Total street mileage, 34.3, with 20.20 miles paved. No. of 3" equivalent miles of Gas mains 39.78, sewers, 30. Number of water meters 3,513; light meters, 4,086. Capacity of water works 3,000,000 gallons, with daily average pumpage of 1,300,000 gallons; 33 miles of mains, and plant valued at $1,500,000. Fire department has 5 paid men with 88 volunteers, 1 station and 6 pieces of motor equipment. Value of fire department real estate and equip- ment, $150,000. Police department has 20 men, with 1 sta- tion and 4 pieces of motor equipment. Birth rate, 1,005; death rate, 388 (1961).


STORY OF THE CITY OF WASHINGTON, N. C. The City Today


'The original Washington was founded on the 337 acres granted to Christopher Dudley in 1726. In 1771 James Bonner, then owner of the land, founded a town called "Forks of the Tar River," which by 1776 was known as Washington, the first town in the United States so named.


Washington was incorporated by the General Assembly at Hillsboro in 1782. In 1784 the assembly established a trading post at Washington "for the speedy decision of mercantile transactions with foreigners and transient persons."


The official 1960 census of Washington was 9,939 popula- tion, and the present population is estimated at 12,000. This growth is due to new industrial plants brought into the area in the last few years and real estate figures on new homes constructed. On the basis of new businesses in the city, there is every reason to believe that the city will continue to grow steadily in the future.


Washington is in the western part of Beaufort County in the east-central portion of the Coastal Plains section of North Carolina. Located on the navigable Tar and Pamlico rivers, it is 135 miles south of Norfolk, Virginia, and 105 miles east


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of Raleigh, North Carolina. It is on U. S. Highways 17 and 264, and on three state highways and two railroads.


Beaufort County has 290,816 acres of farmland averaging 40 acres per farm, with 3,000 farms, 2,863 of which are com- mercial farms. Main agricultural products are tobacco, cotton, corn, soy beans, potatoes, livestock, oats, peanuts, and lespe- deza.


Existing industries consist of a yarn spinning plant, a shirt manufacturing plant, a dressmaking plant, grain eleva- tors, lumber and planing mills, mattress manufacturing plants, a furniture plant, a manufacturer of automobile truck bodies, boat builders and meat processors. These industries draw on raw materials available locally and in surrounding area. The Washington Tobacco Market serves a wide area. There are 58 industries in the county employing 4,111 workers.


Service Institutions


Washington has an unlimited supply of electric power, furnished by the City of Washington Utilities Commission. Locally generated power is supplemented by purchase power from the Virginia Electric and Power Company. Washington's new Jordan water filtration plant, among the most modern in the state, filters 2,750,000 gallons per day, and the average daily usage is 1,000,000 gallons. The new sewage disposal plant has clarifiers sufficient to handle double the present require- ments, with capacity of 21/2 million gallons per day to serve up to 48,000 population. The extensive facilities of the Tidewater Natural Gas Company provide gas to customers on existing city mains. Several local bottled gas companies render service within the community at reasonable rates. Natural gas is avail- able.


The city is served by two railroads, the Norfolk Southern Railway Company and the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co. Both rail terminals are located near the center of the town. Washington is served by four bus lines at the Union, Bus Ter- minal, and numerous national trucking lines. Bay boats and barges provide cheap transportation for bulky cargoes on the Pamlico River with its 12-foot channel connecting the city directly with the Inland Waterway 30 miles east of the City. The nearest commercial airport is at New Bern, 35 miles south. Washington's airport is used by private land and sea planes. The local airport is Government-built and has concrete runways 150 feet wide and 5,000 feet long. Flying charter service is available.


Washington's educational facilities consist of one elemen- tary and one junior-senior high school with 4,232 students. Nearby colleges are East Carolina College, at Greenville, Atlantic Christian College at Wilson and Chowan Junior Col- lege at Murfreesboro.


New homes and residential developments constantly add to the beauty of Washington's residential areas. The people are naturally friendly and hospitable, which adds to the charm of this historic city. Its natural advantages of being near the water attract people to Washington for the numerous water sports, and the hotels, motels and tourist homes cater to the


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fisherman, hunter, water skiing enthusiast, yachtman, and all interested in the advantages which the big Pamlico River has to offer.


Among the leading civic, fraternal, and social organiza- tions are the following; Washington Shrine Club, Loyal Order of Moose, Lions Club, Elks Club, Woman's Club, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Garden Clubs, Masonic Lodges, Junior Cham- ber of Commerce, Book Clubs, American Legion, Kiwanis Club, Rotary Club, Degree of Pocahontas, Toastmaster Club and Order of Redmen, Chamber of Commerce.


Industrial Situation


Living conditions in Washington are good, and available industrial labor in the city and county is already housed. Labor relations are particularly good in industrial establish- ments, and there is an adequate supply of available labor in the area.


Financial Situation


The bonded debt of the city is $2,137,000. The city council awards contracts to the lowest bidder. The city has never faltered in payment of any bond or obligation, and is in a sound financial condition. The city is constantly expanding its water and sewer facilities to meet the growth and expan- sion of the city. Any developments or expansions in the im- mediate future will be done from current revenue rather than bond issues.


Retail Trade


Washington is a retail and wholesale trading center. The retail area covers a radius of around 50 miles, serving a popu- lation of 300,000. The wholesale area has a radius of around 100 miles and covers a population of 1,000,000. Almost every type of retail store will be found in Washington's modern shop- ping section, and it is the natural hub of market activities for six surrounding counties. The Washington Daily News, published each afternoon except Sunday, has an average daily circulation of 5,004. The retail trade area handles the highest quality merchandise.


Wholesale Trade


Among leading wholesale dealers here are those dealing with clothing and hardware.


Civics and Welfare


Washington is currently served by one new hospital with 125 beds. Additional rooms are to be added to the new Beau- fort County Hospital, which is entirely air conditioned. There are three clinics in the city. City and county health depart- ments have active programs. Amusements consist of a modern motion-picture theatre, a drive-in theatre, bowling alley, a city-owned recreation center, a public air conditioned library with 20,000 volumes, public parks, two full time radio stations and a locally-owned NBC TV station. CBS Television is re- ceived strongly from a station 20 miles away.


The Washington Yacht and Country Club has an excellent nine-hole golf course and yacht basin with docking facilities.


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There are public tennis courts. Swimming and fishing are excellent in the Pamlico River and the country club has a swimming pool of the finest and most modern construction. Boating, sailing and hunting are excellent in and near Wash- ington. The nearest beach on the Atlantic Ocean is 70 miles away.


The Chamber of Commerce sponsors an annual Christmas para'de, as well as special events throughout the year.


City As A Center


Located on Ocean Highway U. S. 17 between Maine and Florida, Washington is of interest historically to many tourists, being surrounded by historical points of interest regarding the first settlers of America.


Advantages and Claims


The advantages of Washington as a recreation center are unexcelled, due to its water sports facilities and its proximity to the Atlantic Ocean. Industry seeking sites for expansion will find Washington an excellent location due to its modern facilities, available sites, modern climate, good labor rela- tions and high quality of large labor supply.




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