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HILL'S WILSON (WILSON COUNTY, N. C.) CITY DIRECTORY Vol. 1951-52 XV
Containing an Alphabetical Directory of Business Concerns and Private Citizens, a Directory of Householders, Occupants of Office Build- ings and Other Business Places, Including a Complete Street and Avenue Guide and a Numerical Telephone Directory; also a
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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
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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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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
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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
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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.
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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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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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