Hill's Wilmington (New Hanover County, N.C.) City Directory [1952], Part 1

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Publication date: 1952
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION

Page

Adams Electric Co . left side lines and

Aetna Loan & Finance Co

Andrews Mortuary right top lines and Atlantic Finance Co & Associates . left

side lines and

Atlantic Motors Inc .... left side lines aud Atlantic Real Estate Co ... . left side lines and Auto Parts & Accessory Co

Baldwin James L

Bank of Wilmington The . backbone, right top lines, 12 and

Barnes Motor Co . . left side lines and Baugh Motor Co

Becker Builders Supply Co The . back cover, X and

Belk-Beery Co Inc .... . left top lines and Berman Jewelers Inc ... left bottom lines and 68 Blake Builders Supply .... left top lines and 24 Bond Electric Co ... right side lines and 43 bottom lines and

Book Shop The

Mallette's Window Washing Service ... . right side lines and

112

Bowman Jerry .

Brake & Electric Co .

Branch A W & Son . left side lines and 83 69 Mayflower Grill

Burke's Jewelry & Gifts

Cannon Oil Co . right side lines aud 51 MeGirt Wm A ...... left side lines, 66 and

Cape Fear Motor Sales

Cape Fear Welding & Fabricating Shop. . right top lines and

Carney II Gaston . left side lines and 62

Carolina Cab Co . right side lines and 106 82 bottom lives and

Carolina Camera . right side lines and

Carolina Canvas Co . . 14, 26 and 105 Moore- Fonvielle Realty Co . .. . front cover and Carolina Furniture Co 53 Moore's Insurance Agency Inc .back

Carolina Millwork Co ..... left side lines and 77 cover and

Carolina Printing & Stamp Co

Carolina Savings & Loan Assi

Citizens Building & Loan Assn .. left

side lines and

City Builders Supply Co Ine . . left

top lines and

City Decorating Co

right side liues and

City- Dixie Laundry Inc & Dry Cleaners. . right top lines and

City Optical Co . backbone and

Parmele C B & Co . .right side lines and

107 Penney J C Co Inc

Coastal Cab Co ... left side lines aud Coastal Motors Inc ... . left side lines and 4 Peoples Savings Bank & Trust Co . ... Insert at name and

bottom lines and

Peoples Savings & Loan Assn

Perry Albert F ... front cover and

Pittman-Singleton Ine . left bottom lines and

Piver E S & Son

Plastex Industries

Point Peter Concrete Inc . right

side lines and

Port City Rulane Co .right side lines and

top lines and

Quality Concrete Products Co

Radio Station W MF D .. right side lines and Raney Chevrolet Co Inc

Galog Plumbing Co . . . . . left side lines and 83

Godwin Oil Co . . Godwin's E W Sons

. back cover and 74 Roberts Auto Parts

Graves Electric Co .. left top lines and 14 21 Greenfield Mineral Water Co Rogers.De Vann Inc Royal Crown Bottling Co

Greyhound Taxi Corp ..... . left side lines and Gurr Jewelers .right top linex and 69 Sam's Anto Repairers

Hamilton T D .. left side lines and

Hanover Iron Works . . front cover and

Harris Motor Co .

Harriss Frank G'

Hayes R E . right side lines and Herring's Motor Service. .. . left side lines and Ilines Construction Co

33 28

Smith Builders Supply Inc right top lines and 25

Smith R S Floor Sanding & Finishing Co .. .. left side lines and 34

Hotel Wilmington lowell Motor Co

70 5G 7

Sneeden Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Co left side lines and 37 55

Howes Davis H 63 Southern Butane Gas Corp

Huggins Jewelers . . left bottom lines and 68 Southland Manufacturing Co Inc 102

Hughes Bros Fuel Co ... left top lines and 49 Sport Center ... right bottom lines and 104

Hughes Bros Inc

Springer Coal & Oil Co . back cover,

59 right top lines and

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97 95 77

Cantwell Robert C Realtors right side lines and

94 19

McKee lee & Coal Co .. . . right side lines and

Merritt-Holland Supply Co Ine . right

110 Miller Building Corp

Miller Radio Service 88 9

Moore-Fouvielle Corporation left

85 Murray J F .. left side lines and

99 North Carolina Equipment Co . left

top lines and

22 North-Smith Coal Co O K Cleaners right side lines and

09 O'Neal Inc right side lines and

31 Orrell Bros

Orrell Realty Co . right side lines and

71 Owen Dorothy Florist

109 32

Cooper S E Co . .. left side lines and

Cross Seed Co Inc . right side lines and 101 Pickard's .left top lines aud 104

Cumber- Moore Co .left side lines, 55 and 84

Dixie Cafe & Grill .

Efird's Department Store right

top lines and

Fennell's Flower Shop

Finance Incorporated

.... left bottom lines and

Foster-Hill Insurance Agency

Foster-Hill Realty Co . . . . front cover and

63 89 108

Fountain Bros Inc ...... left top lines and

Fountain Oil Co Inc . . . left top lines, 48 and Furr J E . right side lines and 80 48 Reaves Realty Co ..... right bottom lines and Reed's Jewelers Inc

70 45 11 36 21 26 11

107 S & G Concrete Co .... right side lines and

Security National Bank front cover 50

33 98 11 Service Fuel Oil Co .... right side lines and Shaw Paint & Wall Paper Co Inc . right. 94 27 Shoemakers Inc bottom lines and . front stencil and

82 79 30

Hinnant John B Co Hinson Oil Co . left side lines and 49

Honnett 1867

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Ideal Plumbing Co .... left side lines and

72 Jackson & Bell Co . ..... left top lines and C

51 Jacobi David Supply Co. . right side lines and G Jewel Box Inc The .... right side lines and Jewell C Douglas ... right side lines and Jewell & Strickland Auto Parts Co.

105 69 26 8 44 67 14 42

92 Jones J A Electric Co .... left side lines and Kingoff's

62 Kool Vent Metal Awning Co

Lane's Drug Stores

15 6 Latimer H G & Son Ine . . right top lines and Lee J T & Sons

7 Lewis Cliff Real Estate Co. left

66 54 92 9.4 13

side lines and 23 Livingston F E & Co ...... right top lines and 41 M & J Finance Corp. . . . right side lines and MacMillan Buick Co . left side lines and 9 90

MacRae Hugh & Co Inc . left

Bowers K D .right side lines and

65 94 Mathews E L .... right top lines, 66 and Matthes Steel Products Corp . . right side lines and 24

McGrath & Co . left top lines and McIntire Esso Service .... right top lines and 9 56 111 101 36

Cape Fear Blue Printers

Cape Fear Lumber Co .. .. left top lines and 73 10 side lines, 20 and

Metal Service & Heating Co. . left side lines and

59 34 57 Z 42 82 95 95 46 64 41 16 100 60

Everett Howard H . left side lines and Faireloth Oyster Roast. ... right side lines and 96 46

102 76 25 50 54

Port City Oil Co Pyramid Construction Co Inc right 29 26 88 A

. left top lines and 80 Rehder Will Florist

11 Simon W \ Inc

900115

Hyman Supply Co .. front cover and

Coastal Office Equipment . right

INDEX TO ADVERTISERS

Page

Stanley J V Builder & Contractor .. . right

side lines and

35 Westbrook Lena F Mrs

Stanley Wm E "Bill'

White Ice Cream & Milk Co Inc . . . left

top lines and

Star Furniture Co

Star Taxi Co 105

Starnes W E Lumber Co ... . top stencil and 75 Su-Ann Shoe Store 103

Summerlin's Used Cars ... . left side lines and Sunshine Laundry

10 70

Surplus G I Store The

Sutton Pontiac Co ....... left side lines and Talman Geo W

Taylor Walker

Taylor's Detective Agency . . left side lines and

Tidewater Power Co .... right side lines and Todd Furniture Co. ... right side lines and

Turner's Dairy Products . . right top lines and

Ventilated Awning & Millwork Co

. . left side lines and

Ward Funeral Home

Watters-Snipes Realty Co Inc . . . left

lines and

93 Yarborough Oil Co The . . left side lines and 46

Weeks J M Office Outfitters .. left

Yellow Cab Co . . . left side lines and 108

side lines and

78 Yopp Funeral Home Ine. . . . right top lines and

VITAL INFORMATION AT YOUR FINGER-TIPS!

Tens of thousands of people who were formerly strangers to the City Directory are consulting it on questions of citizenship, employment, sources of supply, communica- tion, etc. Also, Directory usage is up among regular subscribers.

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SEEING CITY DIRECTORY ADS

93 21

Willetts Realty Co Ine . . left top lines and Wilmington Bottling Co. . . . right side lines and Wilmington Coca-Cola Bottling Warks Inc. .. left side lines and

Wilmington Hotel .

Wilmington Iron Works Inc

Wilmington Printing Co . . right top lines and Wilmington Savings & Trust Co The .... back cover, left top lines and

56 76 86

18 Wilmington Star-News .... right top lines and 78 Wilmington Well & Pump Co . . right

53 bottom lines

39 Wood John E Electric Co. . right side lines and Wood T W & Sons 13

Wallace E W

..... right side lines and . . bottom stencil and 61

55 12

53 66 Woodbury Louie E Jr .. right side lines and Wright's Cleaners ... right side lines and 42

101

White's Garage . right side lines and 12

Stanley's Radio Service . . right side lines and 88

Wells Harold W & Son . . right side lines and 65 46

INTRODUCTION

AND GENERAL INDEX

HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., publishers of Southeasten Directories, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1952 edition of the Wilmington City Directory, which also includes Audubon, Edgewood, Foxtown, Garden City, Highwood Park, Idlewild, Maffitt Village, Piney Woods and Winter Park. A new feature, the Numerical Telephone Directory, marks this edition.

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 re- flecting 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 every user, and that the Wilmington Directory will fulfill its mission as a source of authentic informa- tion pertaining to the community.

Five Major Departments

The five major departments are arranged in the following order :-

THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and business and pro- fessional concerns is the first 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 adutlt resident of Wilmington and vicinity, and the name, official personnel, nature and address of each firm and corporation.

THE BUYERS' GUIDE, the second major department, printed on goldenrod paper, contains the advertisements of leading manufacturing, business and pro- fessional interests of Wilmington and vicinity. The advertisements are indexed under headings descriptive of the business represented. This is reference ad- vertising at its best, and merits a survey by all buyers eager to familiarize themselves with sources of supply. In a progressive community like Wilming- ton, 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 the third major department, printed 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 intermediary 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 AVE- NUE GUIDE, on pink paper, is the fourth major department. In this section the numbered streets are arranged in numerical order, followed by the named streets in alphabetical order; 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 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.

THE NUMERICAL TELEPHONE DIRECTORY, a new feature, on blue paper, is the fifth major department.

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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 port, 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 Directory Libraries, where they are readily available for free public reference, and serve as perpetual and reliable advertisements of Wil- mington and vicinity.

The Wilmington Directory Library

Through the courtesy of the publishers of the Wilmington City Directory, 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 more than 600 Directory Libraries installed in the chief cities of the U. S. and Canada by members of the Association of North American Directory Publishers, under whose supervision the system is operated.

The publishers appreciatively acknowledge the recognition by those pro- gressive 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-1950 U. S. Census, 45,043; estimate in 1951, 55,000.

Area-10.4 square miles.

Altitude-30 feet above sea level.

Climate-Mean annual temperature, 63.1 degrees F .; average annual rain- fall, 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-$60,596,942, with $2 per $100 tax rate, at 60% valua- tion.

Bonded Debt-$5,442,500.

Financial Data-4 banks, with total deposits of $110,940,332.20 (including 1 bank with branches in other cities). Clearings of banks in Wilmington only, $467,855,720.33 (1950).

Postal Receipts-$459,032.18 (calendar year 1950).

Telephones in Service-17,342 (Aug. 31, 1951).

Churches-75, representing all leading denominations (Catholic, Protestant and Jewish).

Building and Construction-1,465 permits, with total value of $6,737,129, issued in fiscal year ended June 30, 1951.

Industry-134 manufacturers, employing about 10,350 workers, with an aggregate annual payroll of $21,528,000 in 1951. Principal products manufactured in the Wilmington Area are: Fertilizer, petroleum products, lumber and finished wood products, cement products, neckties, foundry products, steel tanks and boilers, men's shirts, ladies' underwear, paper, paper boxes, asphalt products, chemicals, ice cream and milk products, electric power and gas, beverages, cotton cloth and other textile products from the loom, printing and bookbinding, and other miscellaneous products.

Tourist Trade-Estimated 100,000 visitors and vacationists with an aggregate spending of $40,000,000 (January through December), because of famous flower gardens, annual Azalea Festival (early in April), 5 ocean beaches, annual Fish- ing Rodeo (July 1 through Oct. 31), and World's Largest Living Christmas Tree, through December, decorated with 5,000 multi-colored lights and several tons of Spanish moss (free to public).

Trade Area-Retail area extends 75 miles inland, with population of 400,000, with purchasing power of $213,631,000; wholesale area extends over 100 miles inland, with sales of $159,443,650 in 1950.

Newspapers-2 dailies, 1 Sunday and 1 weekly.

Hotels-3, with total of 450 rooms, within city. Also, several modern tourist courts and tourist homes, with total of about 300 rooms. 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-Bluethenthal (Wilmington-New Hanover) Municipal Airport, with three 7,000-feet runways (4 miles from business section).

Air Lines-National Air Lines and Piedmont Air Lines; passengers and freight on regular daily scheduled flights to and from all parts of the U. S., with overseas connections.

Amusements-9 moving-picture theatres including, 4 drive-in theatres, with total seating and automobile capacity of 16,000 patrons. Professional baseball team in the Tobacco League. 2 golf courses (18 holes each). 5 ocean beaches and nearby lakes, with excellent fishing, swimming, boating, etc.

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Hospitals-4, with total of 525 beds.

Physicians and Surgeons-60; dentists, 25; chiropractors, 5; chiropodists, 2.

Education-25 public schools, including 2 senior high, 5 junior high, 1 vocational school and Wilmington College. Number of pupils in public schools of New Hanover County, 15,339. Also, 2 parochial schools.

Radio Stations-2. WMFD (ABC Network) operates on 1,000 watts (AM and FM), and transmits on 630 kc. and 96.3 meg., serving a radius of about 75 miles. WGNI (Mutual Network) operates on 250 watts, and transmits on 1,340 kc. over a radíus of 50 miles.

City Statistics-Total street mileage, 115.7, with 88.91 miles paved. Miles of gas mains, 87.28; sewers, 89, Number of electric meters, 17,324, Capacity of municipal water works, 7,000,000 gallons; daily average pumpage, 5,125,000 gallons; miles of mains, 85; number of meters, 12,068; value of plant, $2,700,000. Fire department has 90 men, with 6 stations and 15 pieces of motor equipment. Value of fire department property, $270,589. Police department has 73 men, with 1 station and 16 pieces of motor equipment. Police cars are equipped with latest FM radio, having car-to-car and car-to-station facilities.

Aerial view of Wilmington, showing shipyard and other industrial plants in foreground; city and airport in background

INTRODUCTION

Location

Wilmington, county seat of New Hanover County, is situated in the south- eastern part of North Carolina, on the east bank of the Cape Fear River, about thirty miles from the Atlantic Ocean. This distance from the ocean 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 30 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, Wilmington, Long, Caswell and Holden's beaches.

Fishing

Fishing is enchaned by the activities of the New Hanover Fishing Club, largest organization of its kind in America. The annual Fishing Rodeo, July 1 to Oct. 31, sponsored by the Southeastern North Carolina Beach Association, offers cash and equipment prizes. The proximity of the Gulf Stream and avail- ability 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 becoming one of the lead- ing industrial and distribution centers in the post-war era. Many new peace-time manufacturing plants have located in this port city area.

Camp LeJeune and Fort Bragg

Camp LeJeune, a permanent U. S. Marine Corps training base, 50 miles northeast of Wilmington, is considered a local enterprise, for Wilmington serves

Aerial view of Bluethenthal Airport

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thousands of enlisted and officer personnel from a week-end recreational and trading center. Thousands of soldiers from Fort Bragg, near Fayetteville, also spend week-ends in Wilmington and at nearby beaches.

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. All three are open the year round. Annual tours of outstanding gardens are con- ducted 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 land- marks, including British General Cornwallis' Revolutionary War Headquarters; 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 Wilmington was 47,483. Pres- ent population of New Hanover County is estimated at 75,000 and that of Wil- mington is estimated at 55.000.

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Hill's Wilmington (New Hanover County, N.C.) City Directory [1952], Part 1

Author: Hill Directory Company. Publication date: 1952 Publisher: Hill Directory Co. Number of Pages: 576

Author: Hill Directory Company.
Publication date: 1952
Publisher: Hill Directory Co.
Number of Pages: 576