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ALBERT F. PERRY INSURANCE - BONDS
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MOORE-FONVIELLE REALTY CO
SALES -- RENTALS PROPERTY MANAGEMENT BUILDERS
106 N. 2d St.
Phone ROger 2-4438
OVER 17 MILLION DOLLARS
Carolina Savings and Loan Association
INVEST SAFELY - BORROW ECONOMICALLY FIRST MORTGAGE SECURITY
MAIN OFFICE
201 PRINCESS STREET PHONE ROger 2-8536
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Contoining on Alphobeticol Directory of Business Concerns ond Privote Citizens, o Directory of Householders, Occuponts of Office Buildings ond Other Business Places, Including o Complete Street ond Avenue Guide, o Numeri- col Telephone Directory ond Much Informo- tion of o Miscellaneous Choracter; olso 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 1960 edition of the Wilmington City Directory, which also includes Audubon, Devon Park, Edgewood, Foxtown, Garden City, Hanover Heights, Highwood Park, Idlewild, Long Leaf Hills, 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 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 co- operation 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 au- thentic 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 Di- rectory. This embraces a complete list of the names and addresses of the business and professional concerns of the city and vicinity, arranged in alpha - betical 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 advertisements 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 advertis- ing 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 im- mediately 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 professional 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 thataims 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, Idlewild, Long Leaf Hills, Oak Court, Oak Crest, Piney Woods and Winter Park and the name, official personnel, nature and address of each firm and cor- poration in the community.
III. THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE 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 desig- nation of tenant-owned homes and the listing of telephone numbers.
IV. THE NUMERICAL TELEPHONE DIRECTORY, on blue paper, is the fourth major department.
Community Publicity
The Directory reflects the achievements and ambitions of the community,
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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 ad- vertisements of Wilmington and vicinity.
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
PAGE NUMBERS LISTED BELOW REFER TO THE YELLOW PAGES
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Acme Electric Co .
right side lines and
59
Allender's Cushman Service
. left side lines and
95
American Shade Tree Service
right side lines and
147
Appliance Refinishing Co .
right side lines and
7
Auto Parts & Accessories Co
85
Ballard Machine & Fabricating Co Inc
92 19
Bank of Wilmington The .
16
Barnes Motor Co
21
Batson Boat Shop
Blake A B Electrical Contractor
58 104
Browning Photo Center
Bryant Real Estate
right top lines and
Cannon Refrigeration Service
. left side lines and
6
Cape Fear Blue Printers
left bottom lines and
21 75
Cape Fear Hotel
left bottom lines and
Cape Fear Motor Sales Inc
back cover and
Capps A F Jr Landscaping
right top lines and
Carolina Printing & Stamp Co
right bottom lines and
1.08
Carolina Savings & Loan Association
front cover, 25 and
Carroll & Cromwell Oil Distributors
Carter & Bordeaux
left bottom lines and
City Optical Co .
left side lines and
101 147
City Upholstering Co
Clayton-Beall Co 85 and
120 2
Climate Comfort Company
right top lines and
Coastal Motors Inc .
right side lines and
Coastal Office Equipment
right top lines and
Coastal Yellow Cabs
left side lines and
114
Cooperative Savings & Loan Association
back cover,
Cross Seed Co Inc
. left side lines and
150
Dill's Furniture & Novelty Co
right side lines and
148 104 35
Dixie Concrete Products Inc
left side lines, Z and
145
Donnelly John N
left side lines and
36
Easy Method Drain Co
left side lines and
138 54 94
Electric Repair & Service Co Inc
Electronic Service Center
right top lines and
115
Ellis Motor Service
. right side lines and
16
Evans J C & Sons
right bottom lines and
37
Everett Howard H
right top lines and
36
Faircloth Oyster Roast
left side lines and
127
Farrar Transfer & Storage Warehouse
right bottom lines and
96 128
Fergus' Ark Restaurant .
right side lines. and
31
Fountain Bros Inc
right top lines and
63 130 56
Futrelle's Pharmacy
left top lines and
64
Godwin's E W Sons
back cover, 27 and
90 107
Goodyear Plumbing & Gas Co
left bottom lines and
60
Gregg Brothers
right side lines and
73
Grissom C C & Son
front stencil and
12 51
Hanover Co .
right bottom lines and
11 100 142
Communication Specialists Co
left top lines and 135
. right side lines and
136
Culligan Soft Water Service
Dillard Paper Co of Wilmington Inc
left bottom lines and
Dixie T V Service
right bottom lines and
Carolina Business Services
front cover and
9 48 32 112
Carolina Power & Light Co
right bottom lines and
134 68 10 26
Citizens Building & Loan Assn
right side lines and
120 62
Cannon Oil Co
backbone and
8
Baldwin-Des Champs Agency Inc .
Graves Electric Co
Fleishman Ed & Bros Inc
Friendly Cafeteria
Godwin Oil Co .
Efird's Department Store
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Hanover Iron Works
left side lines, 3 and
Hanover Pump & Well Co
right top lines and
Henry Ornamental Iron Works
left top lines and
Herring H G Plumbing Co
left side lines and
Hill Directory Co Inc . .
Hines Construction Co Inc
left bottom lines, C and
Hinson Oil Co
Hinson Truck Sales & Service
left top lines and
Hinton Realty Co
left bottom lines and
Hotel Wilmington
right bottom lines and
Howes Davis H .
Huggins Jewelers left side lines and
Hughes Bros Inc .
right top lines and
Hyman Supply Co
front cover, left bottom lines and
Ideal Plumbing Co
left top lines and
Ideal Printers
Jackson & Bell Co left top lines, A and
Jacobi David Supply Co
. right side lines and
James Tom C .
left top lines and
Johnson E D "Joe"
right side lines and
Johnson Hooper Real Estate
left side lines and
Jordan-Blanton-Myers Co back cover and
Kerr E A "Ed" Jr
Key Motor Co
back cover, right side lines and
King Awning Co
Knight Photo Co
right bottom lines and
L & M Tile Co .
. left side lines and
Lee J T & Sons Inc
left side lines and
Lee R F Real Estate
right top lines and
Livingston F E & Co
left top lines and
Ludwig R W Electric Co
right bottom lines and
Mac's Auto Parts Co .
Mathews E L Insurance & Real Estate.
Mathews Harry Realty
left top lines and
Medical-Dental Credit Bureau
right top lines and
Merritt-Holland Gas Co .
right bottom lines and
Merritt-Holland Welding Supply Inc
Merritt's Burger House
left side lines and
Miller Building Corp top stencil, left bottom lines and
Miller-Motte Business College
Moore-Fonvielle Realty Co .
front cover and
Moore's Insurance Agency Inc
front cover and
Moore's Well-Pump & Equipment Co
left top lines and
Murray Transfer & Storage Co Inc .
Musselwhite's Radio & Television Service
Newber's Refrigeration Co Inc
right top lines and
North-Smith Coal Co
O K Cleaners .
Oleander Co The
right bottom lines and
Orrell Realty Co
right side lines and
Parker O R .
left top lines and
Pennington Sporting Goods
front cover and
Pickard's Sporting Goods
left top lines and
Piver E S & Son Inc .
right side lines and
Pridgen Upholstery Shop
right side lines and
Professional Pharmacy
right side lines and
Raney Chevrolet Co Inc
right top lines and
Reavis Construction Co
right side lines and
ยท Rehder Will Florist
left side lines and
Rental Tool Company left side lines and
Rogers Luther T Inc
left top lines and
S & G Prestress Co .
left top lines and
Safeway Finance Corporation of Wilmington right top lines and
Salter H A .
Sandifer Appliance Center
Sears Roebuck And Co .
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Perry Albert F
Quality Welding & Tank Co
S & G Concrete Co
right top lines, 87 and
McGrath & Co .
Jewell-Strickland Auto Parts Co
left top lines and
Hotel Cape Fear
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Security National Bank
.left bottom lines and 20
Seitter Bros .
right bottom lines and 49
Selected Investments
front cover, right side lines and 88
Shannon Cabinet Shop
right bottom lines and
Shepard's Wheel Aligning Shop
Smith Builders Supply Inc . right top lines and
Smith R S & Sons Floor Sanding Co right bottom lines and
Sneeden Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Co left bottom lines, 6 and
right bottom lines and
Sport Center .
Springer Coal & Oil Co
front lip margin and
103
Stanley S P Jr .
Starnes W E Lumber Co
. left side lines and 91 73
Sunset Hardware & Paint Store
right side lines and
93
Talman G W Construction Co
right side lines and
Taylor Walker-Insurance
back cover and
Thompson Signs
Tidewater Natural Gas Co, Wilmington Division
back lip margin and
113
Tinga Nursery .
Typewriter Inspection Co
W E C T-T V Broadcasting Station
right side lines and
W MF D Radio Station
Warren R B Contractor
Weaver Realty & Construction Co
Weedon A H .
left side lines and
Wells Harold W & Son
left bottom lines and
Williams Cleaners & Shirt Laundry
Wilmington Board of Realtors Inc .
Wilmington Coca-Cola Bottling Works Inc
front cover, left bottom lines and
Wilmington Furniture Co The
Wilmington Hardware & Paint Store
Wilmington Hotel
right bottom lines and
76
Wilmington Music Company Inc
left bottom lines and
110
Wilmington Printing Co
23
Wood T W & Sons
right top lines and
137
Woodbury Insurance Agency
backbone, right top lines and
84
Wrightsville Realty Co
right side lines and
124
Yarborough Oil Co
left top lines and
68
Yopp A B Co .
left top lines and
44
Yopp Funeral Home Inc
right side lines and
69
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Superior Mirror Co .
bottom stencil and
47 81 5 139
Temperature Control Co
right top lines and
left side lines and 99 30 . back cover and 144 116 left side lines and 133 left side lines and 123 43 99 83
Weeks J M Office Outfitters
Wilmington College
right side lines and 57 117 left side lines and 24 B left side lines and 70 73
97
Wilson Boat Works
31 18 28 42 74 141 67
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, 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 of Gulf Stream affords mild Southern climate, with 61 % sunshine during winter months of December, January and February.
Parks-13, with total of 220 acres.
Assessed Valuation-$72,271,414 with $1.90 per $100 tax rate, at 50 % valuation.
Bonded Debt-$6,027,500.
Financial Data-4 banks, with 4 branches, cleared through the Wilmington Clearing House $646,504,583 in debits for 1958. 4 building, loan and savings institutions, with assets of over $50,000,000 serve the community life of the immediate area.
Postal Receipts-$656,515.00 (1958).
Telephones in Service-26,138 (1958).
Churches-85, representing all leading denominations (Catholic, Protestant and Jewish).
Building Construction-1,575 permits, with total value of $2,081,708 issued in Calendar year of 1958.
Industry and Processing Companies of Immediate Trade Area-154, em- ploying about 7,000 workers, with an aggregate annual payroll of $16,500,000 in 1958. Principal products manufactured in the Wilmington area are: Fertilizer, petroleum products, lumber and finished wood products, cement products, neck-ties, foundry products, steel tanks and boilers, men's shirts, ladies' un- derwear, ladies' hosiery, 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 mis- cellaneous 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, 1958 retail sales $84,- 100,000.
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 420 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 8,000-foot runway, and the very latest VORTAC equipment, 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 12,000 patrons. 3 golf courses (18 holes each). 5 ocean beaches and nearby lakes, with excellent fishing, swimming, boating, etc.
Hospitals-4, with total of 630 beds.
Physicians and Surgeons-67; dentists, 30; chiropractors, 4; chiropodists, 3; osteopaths, 2.
Education-21 public schools, including 2 senior high, 5 junior high, 1 vo- cational school and Wilmington College. Number of pupils in public schools of New Hanover County, 18,000. 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)
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operates on 250 watts AM and transmits on 1,340 kc. over radius of 35 miles. WKLM (Ind.) operates daytime on 5,000 watts and transmits on 980 kc. over radius of 75 miles.
Television Station-1. WECT, Channel 6 (ABC, NBC 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, 90. Number of electric meters, 26,640 (1958). 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 department 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 facili- ties.
Photograph by Hugh Morton
Aerial view of Wilmington, N. C., showing modern drawbridge spanning beautiful Cape Fear River, adjacent to the historic port resort city.
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, 125 miles from Raleigh, 170 miles from Charleston, S. C., and 255 miles from Norfolk. It is the principal deep-water port in North Carolina, with a 34-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 enhanced by the activities of the New Hanover Fishing Club, largest organization of its kind in America. The annual Fishing Rodeo, April 1
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through Nov. 30, sponsored by the Southeastern North Carolina Beach Associa- tion, offers 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.
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 recre- tional 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 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 an- nual 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.
Population Increase
Wilmington's population, within its city limits, increased rapidly'between 1940, when it was 33,407, and 1950, when it was 45,043. Present population of New Hanover County is estimated at 74,500 and that of Wilmington is estimated at 55,000.
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