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Buying - Selling - Trading - Good Clean Used Cars 112 W. Main St. Phone 642-2465
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SAM T. GORE OWN .. B 719 S. MADISON
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INTRODUCTION AND
GENERAL INDEX
HILL DIRECTORY COMPANY, publishers of Southeast- ern Directories (publishers of the Whiteville Directory since 1959), present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1963 edition of the Whiteville City Directory, which also in- cludes Rural Route Residents.
Confidence in the growth of Whiteville's industry, popula- tion 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 White- ville 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 cooperation of the business and professional men and residents, the publishers feel that the result of their labor will meet with the approval of every user, and the Whiteville Directory will fulfill its mis- sion as a source of authentic information pertaining to the com- munity.
Five Major Departments
The five major departments are arranged in the following order :-
I. THE BUYERS' GUIDE constitutes the first major de- partment, printed on goldenrod paper, and contains the ad- vertisements of leading manufacturing, business and profes- sional interests of Whiteville. The advertisements are indexed under 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 Whiteville, 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 sec- ond major department, printed on canary paper. This depart- ment lists the names of all business and professional concerns in alphabetical 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 commer- cial, industrial and professional world. More buyers and sellers meet through the Classified Business Directory than through any other medium.
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III. THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and business and professional concerns, is the third major de- partment, printed on white paper. This is the only record in ex- istence that aims to show the name, marital status, occupa- tion and address of each adult resident of Whiteville, 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 named streets are 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 respec- tive crossing points on each street. Special features of this sec- tion 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 man- ufacturing 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 reference, and serve as perpetual and re- liable advertisements of Whiteville and vicinity.
The Whiteville Out-of-Town City Directory Library
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION
Page
Avant & Sholar Inc. right top lines and 8
Beason Ralph T Insurance bottom stencil and 40
Belk-Hensdale Co
left bottom lines and
24
Brown X Realty.
right bottom lines and
50
Canady's Gift Center
right bottom lines and
47
Carolina Motors Inc. front cover and 9
Carolina Power & Light Co
front cover and 48
Carter A G Jr General Contractor
back cover, right bottom lines, 16 and 17
Cole Monument Works
left top lines tand 49
Collier Gas & Appliance Co Inc. back cover and 36
Collier & Yow TV & Appliances
back cover and
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Collins Department Store left top lines and
Columbus Drug Store left bottom lines and 30 Columbus Cemetery Park Corp. 15 Columbus Paving Co Inc. left bottom lines and Cook J W & Sons front stencil and 23 18 7
Crowell's TV & Appliance Center ...... left bottom lines and
Edmunds Realty Co.
left top lines land
51
Floyd-Barkley Agency front cover, left top lines and
Fowler Co The. top stencil, right top lines and
G & C Motor Co Inc.
right side lines and
front cover and
Guiton's Drug Store
left top lines and
Hill Directory Company.
back cover and
Hinnant's Inc.
right top lines and
Krahnke's Cleaners back cover and
Long's Glass & Paint Co
left top lines and
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56
Marks Truck & Tractor Co
McPherson Well Drilling Service left bottom lines and
Meares Ellis Hardware Co Inc.
back cover and
39
Memory T 'S Agency left top lines and
44
News Reporter Co Inc The
Peacock Funeral Homes Inc
right bottom lines and 5
54
Piggly Wiggly
left bottom lines and
12 19
Pridgen Bros Contractors
left top lines and
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Quality Motor Co Inc.
left side lines and
Reed's Jewelers
right top lines and
Row Leslie H
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Sears-Smith Insurance Agency
back cover land
43 31
Sessions Farm Machinery Inc left top lines and
front cover, left top lines and Simmons' Drug Co Inc.
Smith's Funeral Home left bottom lines and
Spivey Liston D right top lines and
Stanley S P Jr.
right bottom lines and Starlite Restaurant
52
Thompson Signs
left top lines and 3
41 10 12 37
Gore's Quality Shop
28 27 4 34 30 38
Jones Furniture Co Inc.
left top lines
right bottom lines and
Powell Motor Co Inc
right top lines and
45 42 26
29 33 21 51
back cover, right top lines, 22 and
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Page Todd Furniture Co Inc ...... front cover, right top lines and 35 Valentines Tire Sales & Service. left top lines and 13 WENC Radio left top lines and 2
Waccamaw Bank & Trust Co
front cover, right top lines and 14
Waccamaw Electric Co backbone and 20 Weaver's Jewelry Store. .front cover, left side lines and 46
West Whiteville Garage.
left bottom lines and 11
Whiteville Broadcasting Co Inc. left top lines and 2
Whiteville Florist right side lines and 32
Whiteville Insurance Agency Inc. left bottom lines and 44
Williams Sporting Goods. left bottom lines and 53
WHITEVILLE "THE TOBACCO CENTER"
(Courtesy George Gold, Exec. Sec. Whiteville Chamber of Commerce)
FORM OF GOVERNMENT-City manager. Incorporated as a town, 1873.
POPULATION-1960 U. S. Census report, 4,683. Total colored population 30 percent. American-born population is 99 per- cent of the whole.
AREA-2 square miles.
ALTITUDE-66 feet above sea level.
CLIMATE-Mean annual temperature 64 degrees F .; average annual rainfall 50 inches.
PARKS -- 1, with total of 4 acres.
ASSESSED VALUATION-$6,864,977. with $2.25 per $100.00 tax rate.
BONDED DEBT-$483,500.
FINANCIAL DATA-2 banks 4 branches with total deposits of $33,678,640.52 (June 30, 1962), total resources of $39,172,-
819.70 (June 30, 1962), and 1 Building and Loan Associa- tion.
POSTAL RECEIPTS-$111,623.91 (year ended 1961).
TELEPHONES-3,342.
CHURCHES-14, representing 9 denominations.
BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION-41 building permits is- sued 1961.
INDUSTRY-Chief industries of the city and surrounding ter- ritory; Tobacco, lumber, sowing, canning and spinning.
TRADE AREA-Retail area has radius of 20 miles, and popu- lation of 40,000. Wholesale area has radius of 35 miles, and population of 47,955.
NEWSPAPERS-1 semi-weekly.
RADIO BROADCASTING STATIONS -- WENC.
HOTELS-2, with total of 80 rooms. Motel 24 rooms.
RAILROADS-City served by Atlantic Coast Line.
BUS LINES-City served by 1 intra-city bus line: Queen City Trailway.
HIGHWAYS-74, 76 and U. S. 701.
AUTOMOBILE REGISTRATIONS -- 1,582.
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AMUSEMENTS-Largest auditorium in city seats 975 persons. HOSPITALS-1, with total of 125 beds.
EDUCATION-5 public schools. 3,114 pupils in publi : schools (1962).
PUBLIC LIBRARIES-2.
CITY STATISTICS-1,600 water meters. Municipal water works has a daily average pumpage of 1,500,000 gallons. Fire de- partment has 4 paid men, with 1 station and 3 pieces of motor equipment. Police department has 9 men and 2 pieces of motor equipment.
History of Whiteville, North Carolina
Whiteville, the county seat of Columbus County, is located somewhat west and north of the geographic center of the coun- ty. The courthouse is situated in the crossroads of north- south and east-west highways, forty-nine miles due west of the port city of Wilmington. It is the heart of a rich coastal farm- ing section and is supported primarily by agriculture.
Originally called White's Crossing, the town was named for James B. White who gave the site for the courthouse, two of which have been built since the original one. Around the courthouse, streets and lots were laid out and this section is now referred to locally as Old Whiteville or Uptown Whiteville. When the railroad came through in the 1840's, some considered that it would be a nuisance, since it would be noisy and dis- turb their stock, consequently, it ran a mile and an eighth to the south, and the depot this distance south of the courthouse was known as Vineland. The two names continued until the name Vineland was dropped and it became a part of White- ville. The old Vineland section of the town is now spoken of as "Downtown" in contrast to "Uptown" or Old Whiteville.
Whiteville was incorporated by the legislature in 1883. The oldest map of Whiteville on file in the courthouse is dated 1897. It shows two or three squares in either direction from the courthouse and three streets leading to the depot where a few more lots are shown. Additional plats have been filed showing subdivisions of farms lying between the two centers and es- tablishing the cross streets which are on the present map.
The road between the courthouse and the depot was a sand road until 1912, when a sand clay surface was laid. A sidewalk was built about 1890. The town issued bonds and established a water and sewer system in 1922 and 1923. There was a paving program in 1924, another in 1938 and another in 1941.
No finer chapter in Whiteville's history has been written than that concerning its participation in World War II. In serv- ices both the home front and the military front, Whiteville Citizens did their part.
Whiteville men fought in every theatre of operations and served in every branch of the service. They ranged in rank from private to full colonel. In proportion to population, they won their share of awards for meritorious service.
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On the home front, all phases of the American Red Cross's volunteer program were carried out in a distinguished man- ner and in the War Bond Drives, national prominence was gained by local participation.
By legislative enactment, the schools of the Whiteville dis- trict comprise a school administrative unit separate from the county system. A new High School Building has been con- structed.
In the field of religion, Whiteville is blessed with strong churches, magnificent buildings and good ministers. Method- ists, Baptists and Presbyterians are the predominating de- nominations, although Pentecostal, Jewish Synagogue, Holi- ness, Catholic, and Episcopal Churches have beautiful struc- tures and are progressing with Whiteville. In addition, there are Free Will Baptists, Christian Missionary Alliance, Church of God and Jehovah's Witnesses.
During the past ten years, Whiteville's recreational pro- gram has been formulated and now consists of a full-time di- rector, spacious playgrounds and equipment and a well-round- ed program for the youth and adults of the community. The Whiteville Country Club provides a nine-hole golf course, and there are numerous private tennis courts and swimming pools.
Columbus County Hospital is located in Whiteville and has grown from a small institution in a home to its present capac- ity of 125 beds. It has ample equipment and competent, well- trained physicians for medical care.
Whiteville has a well-appointed and well-equipped city li- brary with a wide circulation. The Whiteville Post Office, lo- cated in a beautiful building on Madison Street, has a first class rating.
The National Guard Armory is amply built to provide training space for this area's national guard.
The Whiteville Tobacco Market, of world-wide fame, has steadily progressed over the years and, now averaging over 34,000,000 pounds of tobacco sold each year during the three months selling season. Nets over $20,000,000.
Whiteville is richly endowed with industrial possibilities. It has a civic-minded citizenship who are anxious to promote the civic development of the town. It has business men with vision and energy and it has natural beauty. It has civic or- ganizations which have proved their worth as civic enterpris- es.
Located as it is in the heart of a great county where vir- gin opportunities still abound, the future of Whiteville has pos- sibilities yet unimagined. To the industrialists, particularly those whose industries are based in farm or forest products, who are looking for new territory where labor and raw ma- terials are available on a year-round basis at a reasonable cost, Whiteville offers a golden opportunity. To small business men, who are looking for a congenial atmosphere in which to live and work and educate their children, they will find in Whiteville the fulfillment of their dreams.
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Don't Contribute to Counterfeiters KNOW YOUR ENDORSERS!
Don't Be Fooled by Forgers KNOW YOUR MONEY!
The Government Never Redeems Counterfeit Money!
1. KNOW YOUR MONEYI Study the bills you receive so as to become familiar with the workmanship on them, especially in the portraits.
2. COMPARE a suspected bill with a genuine of the same type and denomination. Observe these things:
PORTRAIT Counterfeit-Dull, smudgy, or unnaturally white, scrat- chy; oval background is dark, lines irregular and broken. Portrait merges into the back- ground.
Genuine-Stands out distinctly from the oval back- ground. Eyes appear lifelike. Background is a fine screen of regular lines.
COLORED SEAL
Counterfeit-Saw-tooth points around rim are usually uneven, broken off.
Genuine-Saw-tooth points around rim are even and sharp.
Counterfeit-Poorly printed, badly spaced, uneven in appearance.
SERIAL NUMBER Genuine-Figures firmly and evenly printed, well spaced. PAPER Counterfeit-Generally has no silk threads, but these may be imitated by very small red and blue ink lines.
Genuine-Printed on distinctive paper in which very small red and blue silk threads are scattered. The silk threads are not always noticeable on bills that are badly soiled or worn.
3. RUBBING a bill on a piece of paper will not prove it is genuine or counterfeit; ink can be rubbed from good bills as well as bad ones. 4. CONSULT an experienced money-handler or police officer to make sure, if you are still in doubt, whether a bill is genuine or counterfeit.
5. REMEMBER, NOT ALL STRANGERS ARE COUNTERFEITERS, BUT ALL COUNTERFEITERS ARE LIKELY TO BE STRANGERS.
This information is reprinted from the U. S. Secret Service 32-page booklet, "KNOW YOUR MONEY," which tells how to detect counterfeit coins and bills and how to guard against losses from forged Government checks. Copies may be purchased for 100 each, er $7.50 per 100 from the Superintendent of Docu- ments, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C.
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