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CITY DIRECTORY 1958
Including Audubon, Devon Park, Edgewood, Foxtown, Garden City, Hanover Heights, Highwood Park, Idlewild, Long Leaf Hill, Oak Court, Oak Crest, Piney Woods and Winter Park.
Containing an Alphabetical Directory of Business Concerns and Private Citi- zens, a Directory of Householders, Occupants of Office Buildings and Other Business Places, Including a Complete Street and Avenue Guide and a Numerical Telephone Directory and Much Information of a Miscellaneous Character, also the
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INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX
HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., publishers of Southeastern Directories (pub- lishers of the Wilmington City Directory since 1897), present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1958 edition of the Wilmington City Directory, which also includes Audubon, Devon Park, Edgewood, Foxtown, Garden City, Hanover Heights, Highwood Park, Idlewild, Long Leaf Hill, Oak Court, Oak Crest, Piney Woods and Winter Park.
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 labor will meet with the approval of every user, and that the Wil- mington Directory will fulfill its mission as a source of authentic information pertaining to the community.
Four Major Departments
The four major departments are arranged in the following order: -
I. THE YELLOW PAGES constitute the first major department of the Direc- tory. This embraces a complete list of the names and addresses of the business and professional concerns of the city and vicinity, 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 ad- vertisements and business cards of firms and individuals desiring to present a more complete list of their products 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 progressive community like Wilmington, the necessity of having this kind of information up-to-date and always immediately 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 pro- fessional world.
II. THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and business and professional concerns is the second 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 Wilmington, Audubon, Devon Park, Edgewood, Foxtown, Garden City, Hanover Heights, Highwood Park, Idle- wild, Long Leaf Hill, Oak Court, Oak Crest, Piney Woods and Winter Park, and the name, official personnel, nature and address of each firm and corporation in the community.
III. THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AV- ENUE GUIDE, is the third major department printed on green paper. 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 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 listing of telephone numbers.
IV. THE NUMERICAL TELEPHONE DIRECTORY, on blue paper, is the fourth 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 cen- ter. 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 and vicinity.
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE ADVERTISING SECTION THE YELLOW PAGES
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A & B Electric Co.
left side lines and 55
Ace Red Top Cab
right bottom lines and 142
Acme Electric Co
right side lines and
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Andrews Mortuary
right top lines and 64 7 76
Baldwin James L Agency .
backbone and
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Barefoots & Jackson Inc
Barnes Motor Co
right bottom lines and
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Baugh Motor Co
right top lines and 124 2
Bost Agency The
left top lines and
Browning Photo Center
Bryant Annie C Real Estate
Bryant H G Electric Corp .
Bryant's North 17 Shopping Center
Burney R T Inc .
Cannon Oil Co
Cantwell Robert C Realtors
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Cape Fear Blue Printers
Cape Fear Electric Co
Cape Fear Hotel .
left bottom lines and
Cape Fear Motor Sales Ltd .
left top lines and 9 121
Cape Fear Realty Co
right side lines and
147
Cape Fear Welding Co Inc
right top lines and
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Carolina Grill & Bar
126 96
Carolina Power & Light Co
right bottom lines and 109
Carolina Printing & Stamp Co
front cover, 31 and 133
Carolina Savings & Loan Association
right side lines and 77 32
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City Builders Supply Co Inc
right bottom lines and
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City Optical Co
left side lines and
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City Upholstering Co
146 82
Clayton Insurance Agency Climate Comfort Company
right side lines and
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Coastal Office Equipment
right top lines, C, 66 and
100
Coastal Yellow Cabs .
141
Communications Maintenance Co
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Continental Construction Co Inc .
Cooperative Savings & Loan Association left top lines and 134
Cross Seed Co Inc .
right side lines and 135
Deedie's Fabric Shop
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Dillard Paper Co
Dillon's Auto & Radiator Service
Economy Hardware
right side lines and
Efird's Department Store
Electric Maintenance & Construction Co
Electric Repair & Service Co Inc .
right top lines and
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Farrar Transfer & Storage Warehouse
right side lines and
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Fountain Bros Inc
right top lines and 60 122
Fulghum Realty Co
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Futrelle's Pharmacy
Godwin Oil Co .
left top lines and 61 back cover, 33 and 93
Godwin's E W Sons
Graves Electric Co .
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Blake's Inc
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left side lines and
right top lines and 59
left bottom lines and 27 57 72
Carolina Millwork Co front cover and
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Citizens Building & Loan Association right side lines and
City Decorating Co
right top lines and 3
Coastal Motors Inc .
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Everett Howard H
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Faircloth Oyster Roast
Chason Insurance Agency front cover and
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Gregg Brothers .
right side lines and 70
Grissom C C & Son .
front stencil and 11
Hamme Marine Railways Inc
137
Hanover Iron Works . left side lines, 4 and 129
Hanover Pump & Well Co right top lines and Hayes R E 149 49 Hill Directory Co Inc . 52 43
Hines Construction Co Inc. left bottom lines and
Hinson Oil Co .
Hinton Lewis P Realty Co
Home Finance Co left bottom lines and
Honnet 1867 .
Hospital Saving Association of North Carolina Inc
Hotel Cape Fear left bottom lines and
Hotel Wilmington right bottom lines and 73 82 Howes Davis H . Huggins Jewelers right side lines and 90 17 Hughes Bros Inc . 108 left side lines and
Hundley Equipment Co
Hyman Supply Co .
front cover, left bottom lines, 75 and
Ideal Plumbing Co
left top lines and
Jackson & Bell Co
left top lines, A and
88 106 110
Jacobi David Supply Co right side lines and 141 83 James Tom C . . Jewell & Strickland Auto Parts Co left side lines and 17 Johnson Hooper Real Estate left side lines and 121 12
Key Motor Co .
right side lines and
King Awning Co King Coyer J
right top lines and
King Furniture Co
Kingoff's Jewelers Inc
Knight Photo Co
ight bottom lines an
Kure Beach (Merchants)
Lacroix A C .
right side lines, 107 and 114
Livingston F E & Co
.left top lines and 120
Lucas R C & Son .
105
M & W Electronics Service
left side lines and
115 13
Marine & Furniture Upholsterers
Mathews E L Insurance & Real Estate
right top lines, 85 and
McGrath & Co
left top lines and 99 68 148
Merritt's Drive In
Michael Rug Cleaning
Miller Building Corp top stencil and 45 36
Miller-Motte Business College
Milliken Boat Works
Modern Properties Inc
Modinos Nicholas H Justice of The Peace
85, 90 and
Moore-Fonvielle Realty Co .
front cover and 117
Moore's Plumbing & Heating Co
back cover, left side lines and
Murray Transfer & Storage Co .
Musselwhite's Radio & Television Service
Newber's Refrigeration Co Inc .
right top lines and
Nu-Way Shoe Rebuilders
Oleander Co The
right bottom lines and
Orrell Realty Co .
Pennington Sporting Goods
Perry Albert F.
right bottom lines and
Pickard's Sporting Goods
left top lines and
Pine Shadows Motel
right side lines and
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Pridgen's Winter Park Mobil Service
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Professional Pharmacy .
53
Prudential Insurance Co of America The 84
Quality Gas & Appliance Co .right side lines and 67
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Merritt-Holland Gas Co
right bottom lines and
Merritt-Holland Welding Supplies Inc
128 132
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Moore's Insurance Agency Inc
front cover and 78 150 98
143 125 138 118 120 140 83 139 96 130
Piver E S & Son
Point Peter Concrete Inc left bottom lines and
left side lines and 62 122 92 90 71 72
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Mac's Auto Parts Co
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Raney Chevrolet Co Inc
right side lines and 14
Rehder Will Florist . left side lines and 58
Riverside Apartments
Robbins Frank Real Estate Agency
Robinson Alignment Service .
Rogers Luther T Inc .
S & G Concrete Co left top lines and
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Security National Bank . left bottom lines and
Selected Investments front cover, right side lines and
Seven-Up Bottling Co Inc
Shipyard Garage
Simon James A Co
right bottom lines and
47
Sloan J H Construction Co Inc right bottom lines and 48
Smith Builders Supply Inc . . left side lines and 34
Sneeden Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Co left bottom lines, 6 and 70
Sneeden Supply Co
Sollee Equipment Co
Sport Center right bottom lines and
140
Springer Coal & Oil Co back cover and 63
Stanley J V General Contractor right top lines and 49
Starnes W E Lumber Co left side lines and 94
Sunshine Laundry & Cleaners right side lines and
91
Sutton Pontiac Co
left side lines and
18
Taylor Walker-Insurance
bottom stencil and
79
Temperature Control Co
back cover and 5
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Thompson's Barber Shop
right side lines and
24 19
Tinga Nursery .
. left side lines and 100
Troutman's Beauty Salon
right side lines and 26
Troutman's School of Beauty Culture
right side lines and
Typewriter Inspection Co
left top lines and
84
W MF D-T V Broadcasting Station
right side lines and
144
Ward & Associates .
Warren R B Contractor left side lines and
Weeks J M Office Outfitters left side lines and 101
Wells Harold W & Son back cover and 80
Willets Realty Co Inc
left top lines and
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Williams Cleaners & Shirt Laundry right side lines and
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Wilmington Coca-Cola Bottling Works Inc. left side lines and 29
Wilmington College .
left bottom lines and B
Wilmington Furniture Co The
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Wilmington Gas Division of Tidewater Gas Co
front and back lip margins, 28 and 113
Wilmington Hotel
right bottom lines and 73
Wilmington Iron Works Inc right top lines and 95
Wilmington Printing Co left bottom lines and 111 Wilmington Savings & Trust Co The back cover, left top lines and 23 Wilmington Well & Pump Co right bottom lines and 151
Winter Park Amoco Service 19
Wood T W & Sons . right top lines and 136
81 Woodbury Louie E jr backbone, right top lines and
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Yarborough Oil Co The
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Tidewater Gas Co
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25 37
Varga John A jr .
85 131
Thayer's Food Market .
left bottom lines and 151 71
46 40 50 22 87 30 18
6 123 15
Yopp Funeral Home Inc
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WILMINGTON
THE LEADING PORT CITY OF NORTH CAROLINA
(Courtesy Wilmington Chamber of Commerce)
Statistical Review
Form of Government-Council-manager.
Population-1950 U. S. Census, 45,034; estimate in 1957, 54,500. 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 of Gulf Stream affords mild Southern climate, with 61 º/o sunshine during winter months of December, January and February.
Parks-13, with total of 220 acres.
Assessed Valuation-$68,028,899 with $2.00 per $100 tax rate, at 50 % val- uation.
Bonded Debt-$6,027,500.
Financial Data-4 banks, with 4 branches, cleared through the Wilmington Clearing House $669,015,313 in debits for 1957. 4 building, loan and savings institutions, with assets of $45,000,000 serve the community life of the immedi- ate area.
Postal Receipts-$652,127.00 (1957).
Telephones in Service-23,978 (November 30, 1957).
Churches-85, representing all leading denominations (Catholic, Protestant and Jewish).
Building Construction-1,157 permits, with total value of $2,011,012 issued in Calendar year of 1957.
Industry and Companies of Immediate Trade Area-153, employing about 7,400 workers, with an aggregate annual payroll of $17,000,000 in 1957. Principal products manufactured in the Wilmington area are: Fertilizer, petroleum prod- ucts, lumber and finished wood products, cement products, neck-ties, foundry products, steel tanks and boilers, men's shirts, ladies' underwear, ladies' ho- siery, paper, paper boxes, asphalt products, chemicals, ice cream and milk products, electric power and gas, beverages, cotton cloth and other textile prod- ucts from the loom, printing and bookbinding, and other miscellaneous products.
Tourist Trade-Aggregate spending of $16,000,000 because of famous flower gardens, annual Azalea Festival in March, 5 ocean beaches, annual Fishing Rodeo (April 1 through November 30) 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-Wilmington and New Hanover County, 1955 retail sales $91,- 500,000.
Newspapers-2 dailies, 1 Sunday and 1 weekly.
Hotels-2, with total of 350 rooms, within city. Also, several modern tourist courts and tourist homes with total of about 400 rooms. Scores of other year- around hotels and cottages at nearby ocean beaches.
Railroads-Atlantic Coast Line and Seaboard Air Line.
Highways-U. S. 17, 74, 76, 117 and 421.
Airport-Bluethenthal Field, serving Wilmington and New Hanover County, two 7,000-foot runways, one 10,000-foot runway, and the very latest ILS equip- ment, is one of the most modern on the East Coast.
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-7 moving-picture theatres, including 4 drive-in theatres, with total seating and automobile capacity of 14,000 patrons. 3 golf courses (18 holes each). 5 ocean beaches and nearby lakes, with excellent fishing, swimming, boating, etc.
Hospitals-4, with total of 575 beds.
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Aerial view of Wilmington, N. C., showing modern drawbridge spanning beautiful Cape Fear River, adjacent to the historic port resort city.
Physicians and Surgeons-65; dentists, 32; chiropractors, 4; chiropodists, 2; osteopath, 1.
Education-21 public schools, including 2 senior high, 5 junior high, 1 voca- tional school and Wilmington College. Number of pupils in public schools of New Hanover County, 17,500. Also, 2 parochial schools.
Radio Stations-3. WMFD (ABC Network) operates on 1,000 watts AM and transmits on 630 kc., serving radius of about 75 miles. WGNI (Mutual Network) operates on 250 watts AM and transmits on 1,340 kc. over radius of 50 miles. WKLM (Ind.) operates on 500 watts and transmits on 790 kc. over radius of 60 miles.
Television Station-1. WECT, Channel 6 (ABC, NCB and CBS Networks) operates on 100,000 watts video e.r.p., over radius of 100 miles.
City Statistics-Total street mileage, 119; with 100 miles paved. Miles of gas mains, 131; sewer mileage, $0. Number of electric meters, 25,545. Capacity of municipal water works 12,000,000 gallons; miles of mains, 113; number of meters, 11,090; value of plant and distribution system, $5,067,500. Fire depart- ment has 86 men with 5 stations and 15 pieces of motor equipment. Value of fire department buildings and equipment, $400,000. Police department has 84 officers, with 1 station and 18 pieces of motor equipment. Police cars are equipped with latest FM radio, having car-to-car and car-to-station facilities.
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 di- rection. 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.
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Swimming and Beaches
Excellent swimming facilities are available at ten popular ocean beach re- sorts in the immediate vicinity of Wilmington and at nearby sounds. Beach re- sorts include Carolina, Wrightsville, Fort Fisher, Kure's, Wilmington, 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. The annual Fishing Rodeo, April 1 through Nov. 30, sponsored by the Southeastern North Carolina Beach Association, of- fers 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.
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 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 gar- dens at Orton and Airlie plantations, and the colorful plants and moss-covered cypress at Greenfield Gardens in the heart of Wilmington. All three are open the year round. Annual tours of outstanding gardens are conducted by the Garden Club. Private estates are visited by special arrangement. The annual Azalea Festival is held annually late in March or 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.
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