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ALBERT F. PERRY 230 PRINCESS ST.
HO TEL. 763-7318
MOORE-FONVIELLE REALTY CO.
SALES -- RENTALS PROPERTY MANAGEMENT BUILDERS
108 N 2d St.
(SEE YELLOW PAGE 120) Phone 762-4438
OVER 18 MILLION DOLLARS Carolina Savings and Loan Association
INVEST SAFELY - BORROW ECONOMICALLY FIRST MORTGAGE SECURITY
MAIN OFFICE
202 N. 3d STREET
PHONE 762-8536
HANOVER SHOPPING CENTER BRANCH
3505 OLEANDER DRIVE PHONE 763-7075
(SEE YELLOW PAGES 25 and 133)
HELPING TO BUILD
PHONE 762-24411
a Finer Carolina
CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY
MOORE'S INSURANCE AGENCY ING.
YOUR JusBroke
Chpcndret AGENT
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CHARLES J. BLAKE, Manager COMPLETE INSURANCE PROTECTION
Standard protection
Fire Marine
New Home Owners Peliay Bonds
Automobile Casualty Dial 762-8588
205 Princess St.
(SEE YELLOW PAGE 80)
WILMINGTON COLLEGE A FULLY ACCREDITED COMMUNITY COLLEGE ON HWY. 132 BET. HWY, 17 (Market St.) and OLEANDER DRIVE
TEL. 782-8440 880 102-61185
MRS. ADA H. KASSENS LAWRENCE S. EVERETT, JR.
OWNERS
INSURANCE BUILDING 126 PRINCESS WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA
Selected Investments
P.O. BOX 1411
TELEPHONE 162-6221
(SEE YELLOW PAGE 89)
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HILL'S WILMINGTON (NEW HANOVER COUNTY, N. C.)
CITY DIRECTORY 1961
Including Audubon, Devon Park, Edgewood, Foxtown, Garden City, Hanover Heights, Highwood Park, Idlewild, Long Leaf Hills, Oak Court, Oak Crest, Piney Woods and Winter Park.
Containing an Alphobeticol Directary of Business Concerns ond Privote Citizens, o Directary of Hausehalders, Occupants af Office Buildings ond Other Business Ploces, Including a Camplete Street and Avenue Guide, a Numeri- cal Telephone Directory and Much Informa- tion af a Miscellaneous Charocter; alsa the
YELLOW PAGES
With a Special ADVERTISING SECTION and a Complete CLASSIFIED LIST
FOR CONTENTS SEE INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX
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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 1961 edition of the Wilmington City Directory, which also includes Audubon, Devon Park, Edgewood, Foxtown, Garden City, Hanover Heights, Highwood Park, Idlewild, Long Leaf Hills, Long Leaf Homes, Oak Court, Oak Crest, Piney Woods and Winter Park. The inclusion of Long Leaf Homes is new.
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 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 Hills, Long Leaf Homes, 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. The inclusion of Long Leaf Homes is new with this edition.
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 D'RECTORY, 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.
The Wilmington Out-of-Town City 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 700 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.
HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc. Publishers
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
PAGE NUMBERS LISTED BELOW REFER TO THE YELLOW PAGES
Page
Acme Electric Co
right side lines and
63
Adkins C H .
. left side lines, X and 37
Allender's Cushman Service
left side lines and 97
Atlantic Glass Co .
Atlantic Motors Inc
right top lines and
Auto Parts & Accessories Co
Baldwin-Des Champs Agency Inc right side lines and
16 86
Ballard Machine & Fabricating Co Inc right side lines and 93
Bank of Wilmington The
Barnes Motor Co .
Biddle R J Plumbing Co .
Blake A B Electrical Contractors Inc
Bostic Radio & Television Service
right side lines and
Bryant Real Estate
Burney R T Inc
Cannon Oil Co
right top lines and
Cannon Refrigeration Service
. left side lines and
5 23
Cape Fear Hotel
left bottom lines and
Cape Fear Monument Co
. right side lines and
Cape Fear Motor Sales Inc
left bottom lines and
Capps A F Jr Landscaping
right bottom lines and
Carolina Business Services
right top lines and
Carolina Cut Stone Co The
right side lines and
Carolina Millwork Co .
Carolina Power & Light Co
front cover and
Carolina Printing & Stamp Co
right bottom lines and 110
Carroll & Sullivan Oil Distributors front cover, 25 and
Citizens Building & Loan Assn . right side lines and
left bottom lines and
City Optical Co .
. left side lines and
City Upholstering Co
right side lines and
144
Clayton-Beall Co .
right side lines, 86 and
124 10
Coastal Office Equipment
right top lines and
Communication Specialists Co
left side lines and
Cooperative Savings & Loan Association
Corbett J N . back cover, left top lines and 134
Cross Seed Co Inc
right side lines and
135
Culligan Water Conditioning
left side lines and
145 105 35
Dixie T V Service
Z and
Donnelly John N
left side lines and
141 36
Efird's Department Store
Electric Repair & Service Co Inc
58 96 39
Faircloth Oyster Roast
. left side lines and 130
Farrar Transfer & Storage Warehouse
right bottom lines and 98
Fergus' Ark Restaurant . First-Citizens Bank & Trust Co
129
. . . right bottom lines, tabbed Insert at Name in Alphabetical Section and First National Bank.
20
Fleishman Ed & Bros Inc
. right top lines and 21
Foster-Hill Insurance Agency
right side lines and 31 79
Foster-Hill Realty Co Inc right top lines and
119
Fowler R C . right top lines and
66
Furr James E
left side lines and
40
71
Godwin Oil Co
. left top lines and
67
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backbone and 19 8 108 62
117 124 38 70
Cape Fear Blue Printers
left bottom lines and
76 95 9
55 32 96 94 114
Carolina Savings & Loan Association
133 70 26 103
Coastal Motors Inc
. right side lines and
Coastal Yellow Cabs
102 139 118
left side lines and 52
Dillard Paper Co of Wilmington Inc
Dixie Concrete Products Inc
left bottom lines and
Evans J C & Sons
right bottom lines and
Fountain Bros Inc right top lines and
74 7
left bottom lines and
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Page
Godwin's E W Sons
108
Goodyear Plumbing & Gas Co
left bottom lines and 64
Graves Electric Co . .
. front stencil and
Grissom C C & Sons Inc
left side lines, 2 and
Hanover Iron Works
left side lines and
41
Harrell A H
. left top lines and
104
Henry Ornamental Iron Works
left side lines and
Herring H G Plumbing Co
Hill Directory Co Inc .
left bottom lines, C and
Hines Construction Co Inc
left bottom lines and
Hotel Cape Fear
right bottom lines and
Hotel Wilmington
Howes Davis H
left side lines and
90
Huggins Jewelers
right top lines and
Hughes Bros Inc
right side lines and
Hurricane Fence Co
front cover, left bottom lines and
Hyman Supply Co .
left top lines and
Ideal Plumbing Co Inc
Ideal Printers
Jackson & Bell Co left top lines, A and
Jacobi David Supply Co
James Tom C . . .
left top lines and
Jewell-Strickland Auto Parts Co
left side lines and
Johnson Hooper Real Estate
back cover and
Jordan-Blanton-Myers Co
Jordan J S .
back cover, right side lines and
13
Key Motor Co
left top lines and
125
Livingston F E & Co
left side lines and
Long Clayton L General Contractor
Lucas R C & Son
Mac's Auto Parts Co
Mademoiselle Shoppe
right side lines and
Market Tire & Appliance Co .
Mathews E L Insurance & Real Estate
right top lines, 88 and
Mathews Harry Realty
left top lines and
McGrath & Co . .
right side lines and
McIntire Motor Service
left bottom lines, Y and
Meadows Robert A
right side lines and
Meeks J B Roofing Co
right bottom lines and
Merritt-Holland Gas Co
146
Merritt-Holland Welding Supplies Inc
top stencil, left bottom lines and
45 29
Miller-Motte Business College
front cover and
120
Moore's Insurance Agency Inc
left top lines and
Moore's Well-Pump & Equipment Co
Murray Transfer & Storage Co Inc
Neblett Distinctive Dry Cleaning
. right top lines and
Newber's Refrigeration Co Inc
left bottom lines and
North Carolina National Bank
North-Smith Inc
right bottom lines and
Oleander Co The
. right side lines and
Orrell Realty Co
right side lines and
Paradise Trailer Court
front cover and
Perry Albert F & Co
left top lines and
Pickard's Sporting Goods
right side lines and
132 60
Professional Pharmacy
right top lines and
Raney Chevrolet Co Inc.
right side lines and
Reaves' Volkswagen Service
46
Rehder Will Florist
left side lines and
Rental Tool Company
47
Rogers Luther T Inc
left top lines and
34
S & G Concrete Co
left top lines and
33
S & G Prestress Co
$5
Safeway Finance Corporation of Wilmington right top lines and
57
S/ rs, Roebuck And Co
front cover, right side lines and
89
ted Investments
back cover, 27 and
91
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Palmer Insurance Agency Inc
88 143 81 137
Piver E S & Son Inc .
14 18
Reavis Construction Co front lip margin, right top lines and
. left side lines and
65 142
Miller Building Corp .
Moore-Fonvielle Realty Co . . . front cover and
80 148 99 62 128 22 68
121 126
43 109 17 90 6 127 125 100 17
right side lines and
12 64 78 107 113 111
11 131
106 59 42 76 77 87
1.38 87 16 127 3 56
147 44 73
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Shepard John R & Son right bottom lines and 48
Shepard's Wheel Aligning Shop
18
Simon Construction Co Inc right bottom lines and 49
Smith Builders Supply Inc right top lines and 28
Smith R S & Sons Floor Sanding Co . . back cover and 50
Sneeden Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Co . left bottom lines and
5
Sport Center . right bottom lines and
138
Springer Coal & Oil Co
Starnes W E Lumber Co left side lines and
69 92
Symmes John C Insurance right side lines and 82
Talman G W Construction Co right side lines and
Taylor Walker-Insurance bottom stencil and
Temperature Control Co . back cover and
Tidewater Natural Gas Co
back lip margin and
Tomberlin J V Construction Co
Typewriter Inspection Co back cover and
54 30
Utility Floor Service
right side lines and 53 140 116
right side lines and W MF D Radio Station
Ward Realty Co .
Weaver Realty & Construction Co left side lines and
Weeks J M Office Outfitters
left bottom lines and 101 84
West Auto Sales .
Williams Cleaners & Shirt Laundry right side lines and
Wilmington Board of Realtors Inc
123
Wilmington Body Works Inc .
Wilmington Coca-Cola Bottling Works Inc
front cover, left bottom lines and
Wilmington Hotel
. right bottom lines and
Wilmington Printing Co
left bottom lines and
Wilson Boat Works
right side lines and 15 left side lines and 24 B 77 112 23 31
Wolff Cabinet Shop
Wood T W & Sons right top lines and 136
Woodbury Insurance Agency
backbone, right top lines and 85
Yarborough Oil Co The left top lines and
71
Yopp A B Co . . left top lines and 51
Yopp Funeral Home Inc
right side lines and 72
75 83 4 115
W E C T-T V Broadcasting Station
122 126
Wells Harold W & Son left bottom lines and
145 61
Wilmington College
WILMINGTON
THE LEADING PORT CITY OF NORTH CAROLINA
(Courtesy Wilmington Chamber of Commerce)
Statistical Review
Form of Government -- Council-manager.
Population-1960 U. S. Census, 45,043. Metropolitan Area (estimated), 55,000 (1960).
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-$74,594,884, with $1.90 per $100 tax rate, at 50 % valuation.
Bonded Debt-$5,720,000 (1959-60).
Financial Data-4 banks, with 4 branches, cleared through the Wilmington Clearing House $661,860,745 in debits for 1959. 4 building, loan and savings institutions, with assets of over $52,000,000 serve the community life of the immediate area.
Postal Receipts-$764,742 (1959).
Telephones in Service-26,516 (1959).
Churches-85, representing all leading denominations (Catholic, Protestant and Jewish).
Building Construction-1,329 permits, with total value of $3,297,713 issued in Calendar year of 1959.
Industry and Processing Companies of Immediate Trade Area-154, em- ploying about 7,000 workers, with an aggregate annual payroll of $17,500,000 in 1959. 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 $17,100,000 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, 1959 retail sales $85,- 000,000.
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 500 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, 16,000,000. 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 1960, 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.
Industry, Transportation, Trade, Agriculture
The economic life of the Wilmington area within the last few years has been undergoing a material change. This change has been due chiefly to the enlarging of existing manufacturing plants and the erection of new ones in the immediate territory. Wilmington has become justly famous for the handling and conversion of timber, petroleum, asphalt and fertilizer products; the fabri- cation of marine boilers, and the manufacture of hosiery, shirts, plush, velour, and paper products.
A recent factor that added to the industrial life of this area was the new steam generating plant of the Carolina Power and Light Company. This new plant assures more than an adequacy of electric power for the Wilmington area, for some time to come. The magnitude of this plant affords expansion also for other areas of southeastern North Carolina. Plans of the company contemplated expansion of the Coastal Plain area in that local installations were designed for four units. Two generating units have been installed, which normally develop 300,000 horsepower. Also, the Tidewater Natural Gas Company has brought natural gas to Wilmington and conversion of local equipment was completed in 1960.
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