Hill's Wilson (Wilson County, N.C.) City Directory [1951-1952], Part 1

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Publication date: 1951
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RESOURCES OVER NINETY MILLION DOLLARS


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Death Claims Paid Last Year. $ 14,150.00


Death Claims Paid Since Organization. 199,000.00


Total Dues Collected Since Organization. 291,065.50


Cash Balance December 31, 1948. 33,080.93


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HILL'S WILSON (WILSON COUNTY, N. C.) CITY DIRECTORY Vol. 1951-52 XV


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GENERAL INDEX


Page


Abbreviations


24


Alphabetical List of Names 25


Apartment Buildings 499


Banks


506


Buildings-Office and Public


511


Bus and Coach Lines


511


Buyers' Guide


preceding Classified


Cemeteries


512


Churches


513


City Offices 398


Classified Business Directory 497


Clergymen


514


Clubs


516


Convents


521


County Offices


399


Courts


400


Fire Department


398


Halls


538


Homes and Asylums


539


Hospitals and Dispensaries


539


Hotels


540


Libraries


546


Newspapers


551


Numerical Telephone Directory


opp


656


Organizations


554


Parks and Playgrounds


556


Police Department 399


Post Office


365


Railroads


560


Schools-Parochial


566


Schools-Public


566


Schools and Colleges


566


State Offices 278


Street and Avenue Guide 577


U. S. Government 365


680215


INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION


Page


Anderson Deans & Woodward Inc. front cover and 54


Arthur's Cabinet Shop


25


Atlantic Building & Loan Association


.right side lines and 18


Atlantic Seafood Market


left bottom lines and 78


Auto Salvage Co Inc


.left center lines and 4


B-K Sales & Service Inc


right bottom lines and 75


Bailey Supply Co The


.left bottom lines and


49


Ballinger J E Refrigeration Service


right bottom lines and


75


Baltzegar Jas W


Barnes Motor & Parts Co Inc .left side lines and 28


.right side lines and


Barnes Truck Line Inc


left center lines and


Barnhill's Drug Store


Batts Body & Paint Shop


left side lines and


Beland Roy F


back cover, right top lines and


Berger & Jones


right bottom lines and


Bissette's Drug Stores


right bottom lines and


Blount Jas D


right side lines and


Blue Gables Service Station


Boykin Matthew I Jr right bottom lines and


Boykin's Body & Paint Shop


Branch Banking & Trust Co


front cover, left top lines and 15


Bridgers Electric Service


right side lines and 38


Bridgers Lucian left center lines and 38


Bridgers Paint & Wallpaper Co left side lines and 68 X


Briggs Hotel


Brown Oil Co Inc .left bottom lines and 66


Carolina Laundry & Cleaners Inc . left side lines and 59


Carolina Office Equipment Co


front cover, left side lines and right top lines and


Cherry Hotel


Churchwell's Inc


Clegg Motor Co


left side lines and


Coastal Dairy Products Inc left center lines and


Concrete Specialties


Corbett Motor Co .left top lines and


Daniel Roofing Supplies Inc left bottom lines and


Darden Memorial Funeral Home . . left side lines and


Deans R E


. back cover and


Dick's Electrical Co


right top lines and


Dixie Auto Finance Corp


Dixie Letter Service The


Dixie Supply Co right side lines and 19


Eastern Motor Sales Inc


.front cover, left side lines and 5


Edwards Funeral Home 44 Efird's Department Store front cover and 33 77


Elliott Jas E


65 Z 58 7 32 27 12 77 41 71 36 13 23


Beland's


right bottom lines and


6 79 34 6 70 7 4


34 30 X 29 12


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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


Page


Ellis J B & Co right bottom lines and 39 Etheridge M D Plumbing & Heating


. back cover, right and left side lines, 35 and


72


Five Points Grocery right center lines and 48


Gardner's Dairy Products right top lines and 32 Gem Rock Wool Insulating Co Inc . . left side lines and 53 76


Godwin's Barbecue


Hackney John N left top lines and 27


Hackney-Wiggins Motor Co Inc left top lines


Hamilton Funeral Home


Herring L J Implement Co


front stencil and


Herring's Drug Store left top lines and 34


High's Inc left bottom lines and 69


Hill Directory Co Inc


Insert at Numerical Telephone Section


Home Builders Supply Co Hotel Briggs back cover, left side lines and 20 X Z Hotel Cherry right top lines and Hughes Motors Inc right center lines and 8 C Hunt Funeral Home back cover, right top lines and 41 25


Hussey Oil Co Inc . right center lines and


Ideal Cleaners left bottom lines and


Independent Ice & Fuel Co . back cover, 26 and


53


Jefferson Appliance Co right top lines and 47


Johnson Cotton Co of Wilson Inc . back cover, right bottom lines and 3


Joyner's Funeral Home


. back cover and 42 Joyner's Memorial Co


front cover, right bottom lines and 62


Lamm Bruce . left side lines and 25


Lamm Cecil B & Co


right top lines and 57


Laughinghouse Refrigeration Service


right bottom lines and


Lewis Brothers Tire Co .right center lines and


Lewis Cafe


Linville's Inc ... back cover, right bottom lines, 21 and


Lovelace Motor Co Inc right side lines and


Mckinnon's Garage


Moody B D & Sons .right center lines and


Morgan Zebulon V left bottom lines and


National Bank of Wilson


front cover, right center lines and 16


National Insurance Agency Inc . . right side lines and


55


Newcomb J M Co . left side lines and


37


Nixon J H Upholstery Shop


left center lines and


O'Briens' Saw & Gun Service


left center lines and


Pat's Texaco Service Station


Peoples Hardware Co


right top lines and


Perry R A


left top lines and 57


Quality Bakery


right top lines and


Quinn R E & Co of Wilson Inc . . right side lines and


Radio Station W G T M.


right center lines and


Raines & Cox right center lines and


Red Bird Cab Co Inc . right top lines and


Refrigeration & Appliance Inc . left bottom lines and


63


Sandifer-Batts Pontiac Co left center lines and


10


Service Grocery right center lines and


Service Laundry & Dry Cleaners .. left center lines and


47 60


75 9


76


B 9 13 24 67


80 61 10 49


Reid W C & Co right bottom lines and


14 A 73 69 79 37


Gray Concrete Pipe Co Inc


.left top lines and 8


44 2


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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


Page


Smith Bros Flooring Co


right side lines and 39


Smith R L Paint Shop


11


Smith's Transfer


right side lines and 63


Southern Dairies Inc


Southern Realty & Insurance Co Inc


.left bottom lines and


30


Starr The Florist


.. bottom stencil and 40


Stephenson Millwork Co


left bottom lines and 23


Super Food Center


.left center lines and


Thomas-Yelverton Co front cover and


Thomas-Yelverton Funeral Home


Thorne P E Upholstery Shop .right side lines and


Tobacco Belt Rulane Co


right center lines and


Tobacco City Motors Inc right center lines and


Tomlinson's left center lines and


Tommy's Gulf Service


Towe Insurance Service


left bottom lines and


Townsend R E & Co . 56 and


Triangle Service Station .left bottom lines and


Tudor's Florist .top stencil, left top lines and


Vanderpool & Strickland left center lines and


Vann's Electrical Appliances


left top lines and


Vaughan's Credit Jewelers


left top lines and


Webb's Wilson Shoe Store


Welfare R C left side lines and


Wheeler Joe L Esso Service


Whiteway Service Station


Whitley's Electric & Neon Service


.right side lines and


Wiggins W M & Co


. right side lines and-


Wilkins & Wilkins .right side lines and


Williams Lumber Co .right side lines and


Wilson Board of Realtors


Wilson Credit Bureau Inc . left center lines and


Wilson Daily Times The . left side lines and


64


Wilson Hardware Co right bottom lines and


50


Wilson Home & Loan Association The


.left top lines and 19


Wilson Ice & Coal Co


left bottom lines, 26 and 52


Wilson Industrial Bank


backbone and 17


Wilson Insurance & Realty Co Inc


right side lines and


57


Wilson Oil Co Inc


right bottom lines and


41


Wilson Petroleum Co


. left top lines and


68


Wilson Sheet Metal Works


left center lines and


78


Woodard's Coal & Wood Yard


51


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11 64 13 58 74 78 Y 29 52 58 Y 67 13 12 36 73 30 22 74 60


48 45 43 80 46


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INTRODUCTION


HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., publishers of Southeastern Directories, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1951-52 edition of the Wilson City Directory. A new feature, the Numerical Telephone Directory, marks this edition.


Confidence in the growth of Wilson's industry, popu- lation and wealth, and in the advancement of its civic and social activities, will be maintained as sections of this Direc- tory are consulted, for the Directory is a mirror truly re- flecting Wilson to the world.


The enviable position occupied by HILL'S Directories in the estimation of the public, has been established by render- ing the best in Directory service. With an unrivaled organi- zation, and having had the courteous and hearty coopera- tion 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 Wilson Direc- tory will fulfill its mission as a source of authentic informa- tion pertaining to the city.


Five Major Departments


The five major departments are arranged in the fol- lowing order :-


THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and business and professional concerns is included in pages 25 to 415, 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 Wilson, 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 80, on goldenrod paper, con- tains the advertisements of leading manufacturing, business and professional interests of Wilson. The advertisements are indexed under headings descriptive of the business rep- resented. 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 Wilson, the necessity of having this kind of information im- mediately 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 497 to 576, on yellow paper. This department lists the names of all business and professional concerns in alpha- betical 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 AVENUE GUIDE, on pink paper, covers pages


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577 to 655. In this section numbered streets are arranged in numerical order, followed by the named streets in alpha- betical 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 con- cerns 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 designation of homes and places of business having telephones.


THE NUMERICAL TELEPHONE DIRECTORY, a new feature, on blue paper, begins opposite page 656.


Municipal 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 manu- facturing 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 per- petual and reliable advertisements of Wilson.


The Wilson Directory Library


Through the courtesy of the publishers of the Wilson City Directory, a Directory Library is maintained in the of- fices of the Wilson Chamber of Commerce, for free refer- ence 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 Ameri- can Directory Publishers, under whose supervision the sys- tem is operated.


The publishers appreciatively acknowledge the recogni- tion 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.


HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., Publishers.


WILSON


"THE WORLD'S LARGEST BRIGHT-LEAF TOBACCO MARKET;" "THE CITY OF BEAUTIFUL TREES"


(Courtesy Wilson Chamber of Commerce)


Statistical Review


Form of Government-City manager-aldermanic.


Population-22,964 (1950 U. S. Census preliminary re- port). American-born, 97%. Predominating nationalities of foreign-born residents; Greek, Syrian and Albanian.


Area-6.71 square miles.


Altitude-145 feet above sea level.


Climate-Average annual temperature, 60.8 degrees F .; average annual rainfall, 48.1 inches.


Parks-5 public.


Assessed Valuation-$29,295,212 (1951).


Bonded Debt-$3,305,000 (1951).


Financial Data-3 banks, with total deposits of $105,- 420,340 (Dec. 31, 1950).


Postal Receipts-$162,000 (calendar year 1950).


Churches-18, representing 10 denominations.


Industry-Chief industries of city and surrounding ter- ritory : Agriculture, manufacturing and lumbering. 42 manufacturing establishments, employing 5,225 men and 3,360 women, and paying wages of $7,900,000 annually (last report). Principal manufactured products: Wagons, bus bodies, fertilizer, cotton yarns, cottonseed hulls and oils, bakery products, dairy products, fixtures, veneers, feeds, lumber products, plush materials and tents, shirts, women's blouses, concrete pipe and blocks.


Trade Area-Retail area has radius of 40 miles, and population of 400,000; wholesale area, radius of 100 miles, and population of 1,650,000.


Newspapers-1 daily (Wilson Daily Times).


Radio Stations-WGTM (5,000 watts); WGTM-FM (10,- 000 watts); WVOT (1,000 watts).


Hotels-2 principal, with total of 300 rooms.


Railroads-2; Atlantic Coast Line and Norfolk Southern. Highways-U. S. 246 and 301; State 42 and 58.


Amusements-Largest auditorium in city (high school) seats 1,400 persons. 5 moving-picture theatres, with total seating capacity of 3,175 persons. 1 golf course (18 holes). 3 swimming pools.


Hospitals-5, with total of 409 beds.


Education-Atlantic Christian College. 7 public schools, including 1 senior high. 1 parochial school. Number of pupils in public schools, 4,900; teachers, 156.


City Statistics-Total street mileage, 81.36, with 46.18 miles paved. Miles of gas mains, 25; sewers, 70. Number of water meters, 5,246; light meters, 11,990, gas meters, 1,838. Capacity of water works (municipal), 3,000,000 gallons; daily


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average pumpage, 1,500,000 gallons; miles of mains, 47; value of electric, gas and water plant, $4,620,588. Fire de- partment has 40 men, with 2 stations and 5 pieces of motor equipment. Value of fire department property, $115,000. Police department has 28 men, with 1 station and 5 pieces of motor equipment.


General Summary


Wilson was incorporated Jan. 29, 1849, and is known as "The World's Largest Bright-Leaf Tobacco Market" and "The City of Beautiful Trees."


The first tobacco warehouse was constructed in Wilson in 1890. It proved very successful as a convenience to the farmers, as well as a profitable business enterprise for the owners. From the beginning, Wilson proved popular as a tobacco market, and that this popularity has increased is evidenced by Wilson's phenomenal growth in this respect, the city having gained the distinction of being the world's largest bright-leaf market. Although a tobacco center, Wil- son has other industries that contribute materially to its payroll and welfare.


Wilson is the county seat of Wilson County and is the largest township in the county, which has a total of ten townships. Wilson County was named for the Hon. Louis D. Wilson, long a member of the Senate from Edgecombe County and a volunteer in the Mexican War. By the U. S. Census of 1940, the county population was 50,219.


Industries


To trace the background of Wilson's industrial program, special reference should be made to its first industry, estab-


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Aerial View of Business Area of Wilson


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lished in 1854 under the name of Hackney Bros., engaged in the manufacture of buggies. Later there came a rapid change in vehicles, automobiles replacing buggies and in keeping with this development, Hackney Bros., in 1919, dis- continued the manufacture of buggies, reorganizing under the name of Hackney Bros. Body Co. Since that time this company has engaged in manufacturing the latest types of commercial bus bodies. Wilson's second oldest industry, the Hackney Wagon Co., was organized in 1903. This concern manufactures the most modern type of horse-drawn wagons and other articles. Other products manufactured in Wilson include cotton yarn, cotton linters, cottonseed hulls, cotton- seed oil, acid prosphate, various grades of fertilizer, ice, lumber, building materials, memorial monuments, mat- tresses, dairy products, candy, bottled drinks, concrete pipe, neon signs, upholstered furniture, shirts, pajamas, blouses, bakery products, plush materials and tents.


Although not actually engaged in manufacturing, the tobacco redrying plants located in Wilson are an important factor in the industrial life of the community, particularly from the standpoint of employment and payroll. These re- drying plants prepare tobacco through a stemming, steam- ing and grading process that puts it in readiness for manu- facturing, hence their operations are closely aligned with manufacture.


Wilson, the World's Largest Tobacco Market


Tobacco more than anything else has given Wilson an international reputation, for it is "The World's Largest Bright-Leaf Tobacco Market." A summary of this huge tobacco industry is as follows:


There are seventeen auction tobacco warehouses, with a combined floor space of 2,000,000 square feet, which, when filled to capacity, will hold approximately 27,780,000 pounds.


Scene in a Tobacco Warehouse, in the World's Largest Bright-Leaf Tobacco Market


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There are ten tobacco re-drying plants, furnishing a re-dry- ing capacity of approximately 2,500,000 pounds daily, with three eight-hour shifts as the regulation running time. There are five sets of buyers, all companies being repre- sented, and at a selling rate of 360 piles of tobacco per hour, it is possible for these men to purchase on an average of approximately 1,350,000 pounds per day. With six hours as the regulation sales day, warehouse floors, when filled to capacity, can be cleared in three days. Wilson reached its selling peak in 1939, the total sales for that year being 91,- 007,768 pounds, and the receipts for this tobacco totaled $15,039,003.40. In 1950 the Wilson markets sold 85,330,228 pounds for an average of $57.10 per hundred, this tobacco bringing $48,721,117.95. Consistently, the Wilson market leads the 76 bright-leaf markets in the flue-cured area, covering six states, in total sales and highest average price. These advantages offered by the Wilson market make it the most popular in eastern North Carolina.


Agriculture


Wilson County is primarily an agricultural county, with practically 80% of its income derived directly or indirectly from agricultural products. The principal crops are tobacco, cotton and corn, although the following commodities are produced in reasonable proportions: Wheat, peanuts, rye, cowpeas, soy beans, cowpea hay, soy bean hay, mixed hay and clover. The soil is adapted for the growing of most all types of vegetables and fruits, although these crops are not grown and marketed on any large commercial scale, but mostly for home consumption. One of the most important developments in the agricultural picture of Wilson County is the promotion of pure-bred live stock among the residents of the county. For outstanding agricultural achievement in 1943, Wilson County was honored by the U. S. Army Quartermaster Corps with the "A" Award, the equivalent


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Wilson's Green Fields, the Making of an Outstanding Agricultural Center


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of the Industrial "E." Wilson was one of the 34 counties in the entire nation to be so honored.


Wilson recently became headquarters in the State for Cargill, Inc., world's largest grain merchants.


Location


Wilson is located on the main line of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad and the Norfolk Southern Railroad. It is also located on U. S. Highway 301, which is a connecting link with the shortest north-south automobile route, and on U. S. 246, main east-west highway in the state. U. S. 301, known as the "Tobacco Trail," now leads all north-south routes in the handling of tourist traffic north and south. Wilson also is served by excellent roads leading in all directions, thus giving the town and county excellent transportation facili- ties. Due to its geographic location and its accessibility to the large population represented by surrounding towns within a reasonable distance, the city is now recognized as the most popular distributing center for eastern North Caro- lina. Many traveling men make Wilson headquarters as a result of its location advantages.


Power, Light, Gas and Water


The electric, gas and water plant and distribution sys- tem in Wilson are municipally-owned. The Town of Wilson owns approximately 400 miles of distribution lines outside the corporate limits, and furnishes electricity wholesale to six towns within a radius of twenty miles, and power and light to approximately 2,500 rural customers. The utilities of the Town of Wilson, including land, buildings and dis- tribution system, are valued at $4,620,588. The electric plant has the latest improved equipment, with a generator capacity of 21,000 k. w. The rates, both domestic and in- dustrial, are in line with other towns in eastern Carolina.




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