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HILL'S WILSON (WILSON COUNTY, N. C.) CITY DIRECTORY 1956
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
PAGE NUMBERS LISTED BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION
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Alford's E V Esso Servicenter .... right bottom lines and 8 Anderson, Deans & Woodard Inc
front cover, left top lines and 49
Andrews W Van.
48
Archie's Gulf Service. .right side lines and 8
Atlantic Building & Loan Association
Bailey's Jewelry right side lines and 18
.right top lines and 53
Baltzegar James W. right center lines and 26
Barker's Department Store. .right bottom lines and 29
Barnes Geo H Tin Shop. right center lines and 77
Barnes Motor & Parts Co Inc. right side lines and 4
Barnes & Strickland Tin Shop
. top stencil, right bottom lines and 78
Barnes Truck Line Inc.
Barnhill's Drug Store . . left bottom lines and 81
30
Barrett's Printing House. right top lines and 72
Beland R F Plumbing & Heating Contractor
Berger-Jones Inc back cover, right top lines and 68
.right bottom lines and 3
Bissette's Drug Stores. right bottom lines and 30 Boykin's Body & Paint Shop
9
Branch Banking & Trust Co
Bridgers Bros. front cover, left top lines, 14 and 15
. left side lines and 71
Bridgers Electric Co. right center lines and 31
Bridgers Paint & Wallpaper Co. ... left side lines and 67
Brown Oil Co Inc ..... front cover, left bottom lines and 64
Carolina Laundry & Cleaners Inc. . . left center lines and 56 Carolina Mortgage & Realty Co .... right top lines and 74 Carolina Office Equipment Co
. front cover, left side lines, 43 and
62
Central Shell Service. left bottom lines and 9
Cherry Hotel . right top lines and B
Churchwell's Inc.
left center lines and
54
Coastal Dairy Products Inc. right bottom lines and 27
Corbett Motor Co. . left top lines and 10
Daniel Roofing Supplies Inc. left bottom lines and 75 x Darden Memorial Funeral Home 32 Dick's Electrical Co. right top lines and 57
Dixie Letter Service The. right center lines and
Dixie Supply Co ..
.right side lines and 19
Dula's Upholstery Shop. left center lines and 82
Eastern Motor Sales Inc. left side lines and 5 Eatmon's Roland Esso Service 12 31
Electric Motor Service.
right bottom lines and
Ellis J B & Co. left side lines and 34
Etheridge Plumbing Co.
Fleming's In Wilson. .
left side lines and 70 53 28 48
Gardner's Dairy Products of Wilson Inc
Gem Co Inc. left side lines and Gramm-Southern Corp. 81
Gray Concrete Pipe Co Inc
back cover, left top lines and 25
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Grice's Seed Store
Hackney John N Agency left side lines and 52
Hackney Seat Cover Center left side lines and 10
Hamilton Funeral Home.
Harrell's Upholstery Shop. .right center lines and
40 82
Herring L J Implement Co
front stencil and 2
High B J Insulation Co. left center lines and 12
High's Inc. . left top lines and
70
Hillside Florist right side lines and
Home Builders Supply Co
Hood's Gulf Service. .back cover, right side lines, 20 and
58 12
Hotel Cherry. . . right top lines and B
Hotel Cherry's Little Grill. right top lines and B Hunt Funeral Home. .... . back cover, right top lines and C Hunter Funeral Home. 40 Hussey Oil Co Inc. right center lines and 66 Independent Ice & Fuel Co. right side lines and 47 Jefferson Appliance Co. .left side lines and 44 Jewel Box Inc The. . 55 41
Johnson Furniture Co Inc right bottom lines and
Jordan Construction Co. .left bottom lines and
26
Joyner's Funeral Home .... back cover, left top lines and
38
Joyner's Memorial Co
front cover, right bottom lines and 60
Lamm Bruce. left side lines and 24
Lewis-Brothers Tire Co. .right center lines and 79
Linville's Inc. front cover, right bottom lines and
Lou-Mau Florist
. right side lines and
34 6
Mangum Oil Co.
right bottom lines and
66 30
Morrison's Drug Store ..
National Bank of Wilson
front cover, right center lines and 16 50 52 29 left bottom lines and 11 left top lines and 51 3
Perry R A.
left center lines and
Purity Bakery .right top lines and 13 A
Quinn R E Co of Wilson Inc
Red Bird Cab Inc .. .right top lines and 79
Reliable Roofing & Sheet Metal Works
.left side lines and 76
Sandifer-Batts Pontiac Co
front cover, right top lines and 7
Smith Bros Floor & Awning Co. .right side lines and tabbed insert at name in Alphabetical Section Southern Dairies Inc.
28 46
Southern Testing Co & Agricultural Products Laboratory
24
Starr The Florist. bottom stencil and 36
Stephenson Millwork Co. left bottom lines and 22
Strickland H H. left center lines and 27
Suburban Rulane Gas Service of NC Inc
. back cover, right center lines and 45 Thomas-Yelverton Co. . front cover, left center lines and 42 Thomas-Yelverton Funeral Home. . 39
Thompson George A Plumbing Co. . left center lines and 71
Tire Service Inc. . left side lines and 80
Tobacco City Motors Inc. right center lines and 11
21
Lovelace Motor Co Inc. . right side lines and
National Insurance Agency Inc .... right side lines and Newton Mutual Insurance Agency. . left bottom lines and Oettinger's The Dependable Store.
Pat's Texaco Service Station.
Provo J E Co
Southern Hardware. left top lines and
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Towe Insurance Service
left bottom lines and 51
Townsend R E & Co.
Tudor's Florist.
left center lines and
United Gas Co.
Vally & Ellis. left bottom lines and
Vann's Electrical Appliances
left top lines and 33
Vaughan's Jewelers.
.left top lines and
55
W G T M Radio Station
left center lines and 72 72 29
Wayne Dairy Inc. left center lines and
Whitehead Insurance Agency Inc ..... left top lines and
Whitley's Electric Service .right side lines and
. right side lines and
69
Williams Lumber Co . right side lines and
Wilson Board of Realtors.
Wilson Chamber of Commerce
Wilson Daily Times The.
.left side lines and 61
Wilson Electric Co Inc. right side lines and
75 33
Wilson Feed Mill Inc.
Wilson Home & Loan Assn The left side lines and
19
Wilson Ice & Coal Co. . left bottom lines, 24 and 47
Wilson Industrial Bank.
.backbone and 17
Wilson Insurance & Realty Co Inc
right side lines and 52
Wilson Iron Works Inc. left center lines and 59
Wilson Oil Corp. right bottom lines and 67
Wilson Petroleum Co. . right top lines and 65
Wilson Sand & Gravel Co .left side lines and 76
Woodall L C ... .right bottom lines and 43
Woodard C Co Inc .back cover, left side lines and 63
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Wiggins W M & Co.
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Watson Industries Inc. left center lines and
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INTRODUCTION and GENERAL INDEX
HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., publishers of Southeastern Directories, (publishers of the Wilson City Directory since 1908) present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1956 edition of the Wilson City Directory. A new feature, the listing of telephone numbers in the Directory of House- holders marks this edition.
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Five Major Departments
The five major departments are arranged in the follow- ing order :-
THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and business and professional concerns is the first major de- partment, printed on white paper. This is the only record in existence that shows 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, the second major department, printed on goldenrod paper, contains the advertisements of leading manufacturing, business and professional interests of Wilson. The advertisements are indexed under headings descriptive of the business represented. 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 immediately 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 the third major department, printed on yellow paper. This department lists the names of all business and professional concerns in alphabetical 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 com- mercial and professional world. More buyers and sellers meet through the Classified Business Directory than through any other medium.
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THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE is the fourth major depart- ment, printed on pink 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 re- spective crossing points on each street. A special feature of this section is the designation of tenant-owned homes and a new feature is the listing of telephone numbers.
THE NUMERICAL TELEPHONE DIRECTORY is the fifth major department, printed on blue paper.
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
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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-23,010 (1950 U. S. Census report). American- born 97%. Predominating nationalities of foreign-born resi- dents; 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-$31,656,000 (1955).
Bonded Debt-$3,512,000 (1955).
Financial Data-3 banks with total deposits of $122,- 794,501.91 (December 31, 1955).
Postal Receipts-$228,911.68 (calendar year 1955).
Churches-18 representing 10 denominations.
Industry-Principal manufactured products: Textiles, garments, bus and truck bodies, agricutural implements, wagons, fertilizer, vegetable oils, concrete pipe and blocks and food products. 65 manufacturing plants in the city pro- vides year around work for 2,000 employees and seasonal employment, principally in tobacco redrying plants, for 2,300 additional workers.
Trade Area-Retail area has radius of 20 miles and population of 114,000; wholesale area, radius of 100 miles, and population of 1,650,000.
Newspapers-1 daily (Wilson Daily Times).
Radio Stations-WGTM (5,000 watts): WVOT (1,000 watts).
Hotels-1 principal, with total of 158 rooms.
Railroads-2: Atlantic Coast Line and Norfolk Southern.
Highways-U. S. 117, 264 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, 2 drive-in theatres; 1 18 hole golf course; 3 swimming pools.
Hospitals-4; with total of 175 beds.
Education-Atlantic Christian College fully accredited. 8 public schools, including 2 senior high. 3 parochial schools. Number of pupils in public schools 5,817; teachers 213.
City Statistics-Total street mileage, 73.91 with 40.48 miles paved. Miles of gas mains, 25; sewers, 76.2. Number of water meters, 7,920; light meters, 14,235, gas meters, 1,650. Capacity of water works (municipal), 6,000,000 gallons; daily average pumpage, 3,000,000 gallons; miles of mains, 47; value of electric, gas and water property, $7,669,639. Fire depart-
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ment has 54 men, with 3 stations and 7 pieces of motor equipment. Police department has 34 men with 1 station and 6 pieces of motor equipment.
General Summary
Wilson was incorporated January 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 tobacco market. Although a tobacco cen- ter Wilson 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 Coun- ty and a volunteer in the Mexican War. By the U. S. Census of 1950, the county population was 54,506.
Industries
To trace the background of Wilson's industrial program, special reference should be made to its first industry, estab- 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
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with this development, Hackney Bros., in 1919 discontinued 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 manufac- tures the most modern type of horse-drawn wagons and other articles.
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."
The Wilson tobacco market has 19 auction warehouses, with a combined floor space of 1,799,135 square feet. These huge one-story buildings are lighted with numerous sky- lights, for the quality of tobacco is judged by color as well as by texture and aroma. When the farmer brings his tobacco to the warehouse of his choice, it is placed on shallow bas- kets with a maximum of 300 pounds to the basket. These baskets are then placed in long rows on the warehouse floor. The auctioneer and the buyers then walk along the rows and each basket is sold individually at the rate of 400 baskets per hour, or a sale every nine seconds. During the season, which runs from mid-August until about Thanksgiving, sales are conducted simultaneously at five warehouses, with at least nine buyers taking part in each of the sales. During the 1955 season, the Wilson market sold 92,509,378 pounds of tobacco for $50,003,193.01, an average price of $54.05 per hundred pounds. The total volume was exceeded only by the 1954 season when 96,920,618 pounds were sold for $53,628,380.45, or an average of $55.33 per hundred.
Wilson has eight tobacco redrying plants and three plants that pack and ship the green tobacco. These redrying plants are capable of processing 2,500,000 pounds daily and handle tobacco from markets throughout the bright leaf
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Scene in a Tobacco Warehouse, in the World's Largest Bright-Leaf Tobacco Market
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belt which extends from Florida to Virginia. In these plants, the tobacco passes through redrying machines that remove all of the moisture and then through a steam bath that raises the moisture content to approximately 11%. It is then packed in large hogsheads that hold approximately 950 pounds each. After this processing, tobacco will keep in- definitely. Normally it remains in storage for at least two years before being used in cigarettes.
Agriculture
Wilson County is primarily an agricultural county, with about 80% of its income derived directly or indirectly from agriculture. The principal crops are tobacco, cotton and corn. Livestock production is rapidly increasing in importance.
In 1950, Cargill, Inc., world's largest grain merchants, established an elevator in Wilson. It now has a storage capa- city of 600,000 bushels. In November 1954 Ralston Purina Co. established a modern mill that is capable of producing 100,- 000 tons of livestock feeds.
Location
Wilson is located on the main line of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad and the Norfolk Southern Railway. It is served by U. S. Highway 301, the principal tourist route between eastern states and Florida. Other highways serving Wilson include U. S. 264, a major east-west route, and U. S. 117, be- tween Wilson and Wilmington. A network of paved highways connects Wilson with all sections of the country. Due to its geographic location and its accessibility Wilson is steadily increasing in importance as a distribution center.
Power, Light, Gas and Water
The electric, gas and water plants and distribution sys- tems in Wilson are municipally owned. The City of Wilson owns approximately 400 miles of electric distribution lines outside the corporate limits. The city electric department
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serves more than 5,000 rural customers and furnishes electri- city wholesale to six other communities. The city utilities, in- cluding land, buildings and distribution systems, are valued at $7,669,639. The electric plant has the latest equipment, with a generator capacity of 27,500 k.w. In addition, the city has a 14,000 k.w. interconnection with Carolina Power and Light Company insuring an uninterrupted supply of power. Wilson's water supply is taken from a reservoir supplied by Contentnea Creek. The 236 square mile watershed has proven adequate to meet the city's needs even in times of severe drought. The filtering plant has a capacity of 6,000,000 gal- lons a day, to meet present requirements of 3,000,000 gallons a day.
Educational Facilities
Wilson and Wilson County have a fine school system, with attractive buildings and an excellent staff. The city system consists of two high schools and six elementary schools. Since 1949, $1,415,000 has been spent on the con- struction of new schools in the city system.
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