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GENERAL INDEX
Abbreviations Pages 24 and 25
Alphabetical List of Names. Page 25
Apartment Buildings Classified Section
Banks and Trust Companies Classified Section
Buildings-Office and Public . Classified Section
Bus and Coach Lines -- Motor Classified Section
Buyers' Guide preceding Classified on Goldenrod Paper
Cemeteries
Classified Section
Chamber of Commerce Alphabetical Section
Churches
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Classified Business Directory
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Clergymen
Classified Section
Clubs
Classified Section
Consuls-Foreign
Classified Section
Convents
Classified Section
Fraternity Houses
Classified Section
Golf Clubs and Courses Classified Section Halls .Classified Section Homes and Asylums . Classified Section
Hospitals and Dispensaries Classified Section
Hotels Classified Section
Libraries .Classified Section
New Hanover County Government Alphabetical Section
Newspapers Classified Section
North Carolina State Government Alphabetical Section
Organizations
Classified Section
Parks and Playgrounds
Classified Section
Railroads
Classified Section
Schools-Parochial
Classified Section
Schools-Public
Classified Section
Street and Avenue Guide.
following Classified on Pink Paper
United States Government . Alphabetical Section United States Government Post Office Alphabetical Section
Wilmington City Fire Department . Alphabetical Section
Wilmington City Government . Alphabetical Section
Wilmington City Police Department Alphabetical Section
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION
Page
Adams Electric Co
36
Aetna Loan & Finance Co .. 60
Albert's Credit Jewelers 55
Anderson's 67
Andrews Mortuary ..
right top lines and 40
Art Sign Co. .
91
Atlantic Finance Co
left side lines and 61
Atlantic Paint & Varnish Works
73
Auto Parts and Accessory Co
10
Baldwin James L
50
Bank of Wilmington The .. .backbone, right top lines and 16 Barker's Truck Sales & Service .. left side lines and 3
Barnes Motor Co
5
Barnhardt's Dry Cleaners ..
35
Baugh Motor Co .
.left side lines, B and
5
Becker Builders Supply Co The
X
Belk-Williams Co Inc . left top lines and 34
Branch A W & Son
74
Broadfoot Iron Works.
63
Broome Wood Products Inc
right bottom lines and 66
Brothers M L & Son ..
37
Business Engineering Service
26
Cape Fear Blue Printers 20
Cape Fear Electrical Co 36
Cape Fear Lumber Co
left bottom lines and 61
Cape Fear Motor Sales Inc
10
Cape Fear Welding & Fabricating Shop .. . right top lines and 95 Carolina Building & Loan Association front cover and 24
Carolina Millwork Co. left side lines and 66 Carolina Printing & Stamp Co 77
Citizens Building & Loan Association .. 23
City Builders Supply Co
back cover and
Y
Mack's Taxi
93
City-Dixie Laundry & Dry Cleaners ..
right top lines and 58
City Optical Co backbone and 72
Coastal Motors Inc.
left side lines and
6
Co-Operative Building & Loan Association
Cross Seed Co
left top lines and 25
right side lines and 89
Cumber-Moore Co ..
74
Cumming C H & Son
76
Donnelly John N .. .
29
Drew's Repair Service
10
Duffy Carolyn E
53
Eaton Jewelers Inc
left bottom lines
Edwards W M & Son
43
Electric Maintenance Co left side lines and 36 Farrar Transfer & Storage Warehouse
Finance Incorporated.
. right side lines and 94
Fleming Willys
left bottom lines, 14 and 53
11
Foster-Hill Insurance Agency 51 Foster-Hill Realty Co . . front cover and 82 Fountain Oil Co .. left bottom lines, 39 and 70
G & B Service Station 11
Gillette-Miller Inc 21
Godley-Hinnant Inc 32
Godwin Oil Co
left top lines and 71
Godwin's E W Sons
back cover and 62
Goodyear Plumbing Co
76
Greenfield Florist
37
Parker's Machine & Welding
64
Gregg Bros
left side lines and 44
Grove R H Garage
11
Hanover Hardware Co .. 45
Hanover Iron Works
front cover and 88
Harris Motor Co
11
Harriss Frank G
86
Hewlett Insurance Agency
53
Home Appliance Co left bottom lines and 37
Home Insurance Co of New York
51
Honnet 1867
58
Hotel Wilmington
45
Howell Motor Co .right bottom lines and 12
Howes Davis H.
53
Hub Furniture Co
42
Huggins Jewelers
left bottom lines and 57
Hughes Bros Inc ...
7
Hyman Supply Co
front cover and 65
Ideal Plumbing Co.
. left side lines and 75
Independent Ice Co The
left top lines and 46
Jackson & Bell Co. ..
left top lines and C
Jacobi David Supply Co
right side lines and 93
Keever & Duncan Garage
12
King Awning Co
Kingoff's Inc
right top lines and 56
Lake Forest Garage
12
Land & Bowen
30
Lane's Drug Stores
34
Larkins Clothing Co
27
Latimer H G & Son Inc.
right top lines and 52
Linprint Co Inc
right side lines and 76
Livingston F E & Co right top lines and 86
Lucas R C & Son right bottom lines and 75
Lyons Geo W
. 55
M & J Finance Corp .. 14
MacMillan Buick Co
left side lines and
7
MacRae Hugh & Co Inc
left bottom lines and 84
Mathews E L.
.right top lines and 54
Mayflower Grill
. 87
McEachern Bros Nash Motors. .
McGrath & Co
right top lines and 8
... left bottom lines and 67
McIver Builders Supply Inc
McKee Ice & Coal
right bottom lines and 22
.right side lines and 46
Merritt-Holland Supply Co Inc
.left bottom lines and 95
Modern Laundry & Dry Cleaners
59
Moore-Fonvielle Corp
. left bottom lines and 3
Moore-Fonvielle Realty Co
front cover and 83
Moore Lucy B Florist
38
Moore's Insurance Agency Inc
54
Motor Truck Sales & Service
8
Neuwirth Bros
13
New Way Cleaners & Laundry 60
Norris' News Stand ... left side lines and 68 North Carolina Equipment Co
right bottom lines and 47
North-Smith Coal Co
28
Office Supplies Inc.
right bottom lines and 70
Orrell
Bros
87
Orrell Realty Co
87
Owen Dorothy ..
38
Parmele C B & Co
54
Pender Furniture Co. right side lines and
42
Penney J C Co Inc ..
34
Peoples Building & Loan Association.
25
Peoples Savings Bank & Trust Co. .
17
15
Johnson Hooper Real Estate left side lines and 84
Johnson's Trimming Shop
12
Jones Transfer & Storage Co
94
Baxley Co The.
.right side lines and
A
Jacobi Hardware Co Inc ..
right top lines and 44
Jewel Box The
57
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Ganstier Howard P
55
Odorless Dry Cleaners ..
35
Cooper Lenox G. 50
City Dry Cleaners.
35
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
Perry Albert F. Page
.front cover, right bottom lines and 48
Pickard's. .
.left side lines and 92
Piver E S & Son 90
Point Peter Concrete Co 23 Polk's Bankers Encyclopedia. 480
Radio Clinic
80
Radio & Electronic Repair Co 80
Raney Chevrolet Co Inc.
9
Reed's Jewelers Inc 58
Rehder Will Florist. 38
Rogers Luther T Inc
31
Rose Ice & Coal Co
left top lines, 27 and 47
Royal Crown Bottling Co
20
Salvation Army The 91
Saunders Drug Store .left top lines and 34
Sears, Roebuck and Co left top lines and Z Security National Bank . front cover and 18 Shaw Paint & Wall Paper Co Inc right bottom lines and 73
Shaw's John H Sons
41
Shell Safti Service Co 13 Shoemakers front stencil and 69 Wilmington Coca-Cola Bottling Works
Smith Builders Supply Inc,
22 and 74
Inc
.left side lines and 21
Sneeden's Z A Sons
31
Sophia's Flower Shop. 38
Southern Butane Gas Corp. 43
Southern Roofing & Siding Co 31
Southland Mfg Co Inc .... 91
Spivey Corp. . back cover and 2
Sport Center
right bottom lines and 92
Springer Coal & Oil Co 29
Standard Realty & Construction Co
.left bottom lines and 85
Stanley Wm E "Bill"
54
Stein Lewis J
27
Strange Robt. 55
Su-Ann Shoe Store.
91
Sunshine Laundry 59 Yarborough Oil Co 39
Sutton-Council Furniture Co Inc
B
Sutton Pontiac Co
. .. left side lines and 13
Talman Geo W ..
... back cover, 23 and 30
Yellow Cab Co.
left side lines and 93
Yopp Funeral Home Inc.
insert at Street Guide
Tankard C O Co Inc ..
20
Taylor Julian K
27
Yopp & Gore Garage & Body Works
left side lines and 14
Page
Taylor Walker. bottom stencil and 49 Threatt-Jordan Motors Inc
back cover, right side lines and 4 Tide Water Power Co .right side lines and 79
Todd Furniture Co
43
Truck Tractor Sales Co Inc left bottom lines and 9
W MF D Radio Broadcasting Station top stencil and 81
Wade Realty Co
87
Ward Funeral Home 39
Wash-Dry-Matic Laundry 60
Watters-Snipes Realty Co Inc left side lines and 85
Wells Harold W
& Son
right side lines and 52
White Ice Cream & Milk Co Inc. .
left top lines and 33
Willetts Realty Co
.left top lines and 86
Williams Dry Cleaners
35
Wilmington Beverage Co Inc. right top lines and 21 Wilmington Chamber of Commerce, 26
Wilmington Cold Storage Co
29
Wilmington Furniture & Storage Corp. ..
42
Wilmington Mill Works.
67
Wilmington Printing Co right bottom lines and 78 Wilmington Savings & Trust Co The ...
Wilmington Star-News
Wilmington Well & Pu
right top lines and 68
. right bottom lines and 45
Wood T W Sons,,
89
Wrightsville Road Theatre.
left top lines and 94
. back cover, left top lines and 19
INTRODUCTION
HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., publishers of Southeastern Directories, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1948-49 edition of the Wilmington City Directory.
Confidence in the growth of Wilmington'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 reflecting Wilmington 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 labors will meet with the approval of very user, and that the Wilmington Directory will fulfill its mission as a source of authentic information pertaining to the city.
Four Major Departments
The four major departments are arranged in the following order :-
THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and business and professional concerns is included in pages 25 to 340, 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 Wilmington, 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 96, on goldenrod paper, contains the advertisements of leading manufacturing, business and professional interests of Wilmington. 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 Wilmington, the necessity of having this kind of information immediately 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 437 to 478, on yellow paper, This department 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 inter- mediary 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, follows the Classified and is separately paged from 1 to 74. In this section the named streets are arranged in alphabetical order, followed by the numbered streets in numerical 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 respective crossing points on each street. Special features of this section are the designation of tenant-owned homes and the designation of homes and places of business having telephones.
Community 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 port, as a manufacturing site and as an educa- tional 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 Wilmington.
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The Wilmington Directory Library
Through the courtesy of the publishers of the Wilmington City Direc- tory, a Directory Library is maintained in the offices of the Wilmington Chamber of Commerce, for free reference by the general public. This is one of 600 Directory Libraries installed in the chief cities of the U. S. and Canada by members of the Association of North American Directory Pub- lishers, under whose supervision the system is operated.
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 commensurate return.
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WILMINGTON
THE LEADING PORT CITY OF NORTH CAROLINA (Courtesy Wilmington Chamber of Commerce)
Statistical Review
Population-Estimate at present, 50,000; U. S. Census Bureau report, 1946, 47,483.
Area-10.4 square miles.
Altitude-30 feet above sea level.
Climate-Mean annual temperature, 63.1 degrees F .; average annual rainfall, 53 inches. Nearness to Gulf Stream affords mild Southern climate, with 61% sunshine during winter months of December, January and February.
Parks-6, with total of 298 acres, valued at $100,000.
Assessed Valuation-$55,494,687 (1947), with $1.80 per $100 tax rate.
Bonded Debt-$4,408,500.
Financial Data-1 bank and 3 trust companies, with total deposits of $98,017,509.90 (including 1 bank with branches in other cities). Clearings of banks in Wilmington only, $422,694,780.30 (1947).
Postal Receipts-$386,000 (calendar year 1947).
Telephones in Service-14,000 (May 1, 1948).
Churches-70, representing all leading denominations.
Building and Construction-1,156 permits, with total value of $1,639,837, issued in fiscal year ended June 30, 1947.
Industry-130 manufacturers, employing about 8,000 workers, with an aggregate annual payroll of $12,000,000 plus, exclusive of the Atlantic Coast Line, Railroad. Tourist trade (5 ocean beaches), 300,000 plus, May through October, with estimated spending of $21,000,000 during 1947. Principal manufactured products: Fertilizer, petroleum and petroleum products, creosoted lumber and other lumber products, chemicals, cotton goods, machinery, hosiery, neckties, paper boxes, plywood, and miscellaneous products.
Trade Area-Retail area extends 75 miles inland, with population of 300,000; wholesale area extends 150 miles inland, with population of 395,000. Newspapers-2 dailies, 1 Sunday and 1 weekly.
Hotels-4, with total of 450 rooms, within city. Scores of other year- around hotels and cottages at nearby ocean beaches.
Railroads-2: Atlantic Coast Line and Seaboard Air Line.
Highways-U. S. 17, 74, 76, 117 and 421.
Airports-2: Bluethenthal (Wilmington-New Hanover) Municipal Air- port, with three 7,000-feet runways (4 miles from business section); 1 private field.
Air Lines-National Air Lines and Piedmont Air Lines; passengers and freight to and from all parts of the U. S.
Amusements-9 moving-picture theatres, with total seating capacity of 10,000. Professional baseball team in the Tobacco League. 2 golf courses. 5 ocean beaches and nearby lakes, with excellent fishing, swimming, boat- ing, etc.
Hospitals-4, with total of 500 beds.
Physicians and Surgeons-60; dentists, 25.
Education-10 public schools, including 2 senior high. 2 parochial schools. Wilmington Junior College. Number of pupils in public schools of New Hanover County, 14,000 plus. Schools have excellent reputation.
Radio Stations-WMFD and WGNI, Wilmington, serve an area of 50 to 75 miles. Both operate on 250 watts, and transmit on 1,400 and 1,340 kilo- cycles respectively.
City Statistics-Total street mileage, 85, with 56 miles paved. Miles of gas mains, 85.91; sewers, 72. Capacity of municipal water works, 8,000,000 gallons; daily average pumpage, 5,000,000 gallons; miles of mains, 72; number of meters, 10,000; value of plant, $2,264,000. Fire department has 76 men, with 6 stations and 15 pieces of motor equipment. Value of fire department property, $192,000. Police department has 70 men, with 1 sta- tion and 13 pieces of motor equipment. Police cars are equipped with latest FM radio, having car-to-car and car-to-station facilities.
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Location
Wilmington, county seat of New Hanover County, is situated in the southeastern part of North Carolina, on the east bank of the Cape Fear River, about thirty miles from the Atlantic Ocean. This distance from the ccean is due to the fact that the Cape Fear River flows from Wilmington in a southeasterly direction. The distance from Wilmington to the ocean, via highway, is only twelve miles. Wilmington is approximately 200 miles from Charlotte, 135 miles from Raleigh, 190 miles from Charleston, S. C., and 265 miles from Norfolk. It is the principal deep-water port in North Carolina, with a 32-foot channel from ocean bar to Wilmington, distance of 32 miles.
Swimming and Beaches
Excellent swimming facilities are available at ten popular ocean beach resorts in the immediate vicinity of Wilmington and at nearby sounds. Beach resorts include Carolina, Wrightsville, Fort Fisher, Kure's, Wilming- ton, Long, Caswell and Holden's beaches.
Fishing
Fishing is enhanced by the activities of the New Hanover Fishing Club, largest organization of its kind in America, with the annual Fishing 'Rodeo,
Aerial view of Wilmington, showing shipyard and other industrial plants in foreground; city and airport in background
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July 1 to October 31, offering cash and equipment prizes. The proximity of the Gulf Stream and availability of fishing-party boats make deep-sea fishing a popular sport. Waltonites have a choice of casting from pier, Boat, strand or sound.
Post-War Years
During the war Wilmington was transformed from a staid city into one of the busiest and most important war-work centers in the entire Southern States. The end of the war left Wilmington at the crossroads. Through efforts of the many progressive business leaders, Wilmington is fast be- coming one of the leading industrial and distribution centers in the post- war era. Many new peace-time manufacturing plants have located in this port city area.
Camp Davis
Camp Davis, at Holly Ridge, 29 miles northeast of Wilmington, was established by the U. S. Government in the spring of 1941, with formal opening in May. Here the Government assembled thousands of trainees and officers. Wilmington is the nearest city of any size to Camp Davis, which fact practically makes the Government reservation a local enter- prise. In March, 1946, the Navy took over Camp Davis, to be used as a permanent proving ground of Naval Ordnance. Camp LeJeune, a per- manent U. S. Marine Corps training base, 50 miles northeast of Wilmington, also is considered a local enterprise, for Wilmington serves thousands of enlisted and officer personnel from a week-end recreational and trading center.
Gardens
Nature-lovers thrill to the springtime beauty of the azalea and camellia gardens at Orton and Airlie plantations, and the colorful plants and moss- covered cypress at Greenfield Lake Gardens in the heart of Wilmington. Annual tours of outstanding gardens are conducted by the Garden Club. Private estates are visited by special arrangement. The annual Azalea Festival is held early in April.
Landmarks and Historic Ruins
Settled in 1730, Wilmington has many famous historical buildings and landmarks, including British General Cornwallis' Revolutionary War Head- quarters; several of the oldest churches in America; the church where Woodrow Wilson worshipped as a youth; the birthplace of Whistler's mother; historic Fort Fisher; Orton Mansion, built in 1725; and Colonial church ruins.
Population Increase
Wilmington's population increased rapidly between 1940 and 1945. The U. S. Census of 1940 showed 33,407 within the city limits, while the 1945 estimate (ration books) showed 55,620. In 1940, the New Hanover County population was 47,935; in 1945, it was estimated at 80,000, based on ration board figures. The county population reached over 100,000 during 1942-43. The 1946 official U. S. Census Bureau estimate of the population of Wilm- ington was 47,483. Present population of New Hanover County is estimated at 71,100 and that of Wilmington is estimated at 50,000.
Building and Development
To house all these new residents, 1942 saw the addition of 7,800 or more new dwelling units. Of these, approximately 6,500 were provided by the U. S. Government. The additional houses were provided by private agencies, and there was a continuing volume of building. This new housing now offers a fine incentive for industrial expansion.
Over $1,000,000 has been invested in an extension of the school system. it being estimated that the recent increase of population added approxi- mately 5,000 students to the rolls. A similar sum has been spent for the extension and enlargement of hospital facilities to care for demands brought about by the addition to the population of the city and county. Approxi- mately $1,500,000 has been applied to reconstruction and enlargement of the municipal water works plant, which work has doubled the pumpage capacity from approximately 4,500,000 gallons to 8,000,000 gallons daily.
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