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INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX
HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., publishers of South- eastern Directories, (publishers of the Wilson City Di- rectory since 1908) present to subscribers and the gene- ral public, this, the 1957 edition of the Wilson City Di- rectory.
Confidence in the growth of Wilson's industry, pop- ulation 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 mir- row truly reflecting Wilson to the World.
The enviable position occupied by HILL'S Direct- ories in the estimation of the public, has been established by rendering the best in Directory service. With an un- rivaled organization, and having had the courteous and hearty cooperation 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 Directory will fulfill its mission as a source of authentic information pertaining to the city.
Four Major Departments
The four major departments are arranged in the following order .-
I. THE YELLOW PAGES constitute the first major department of the Directory. This embraces a complete list of the names and addresses of the business and pro- fessional concerns of the city, arranged in alphabetical order under appropriate headings - a catalog of all the activities of the city. Preceding this catalog, like- wise grouped under appropriate headings, are the ad- vertisements 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 Yel- low Pages represent reference advertising at its best, and merit the attention of all buyers and sellers seeking sources of supply or markets for goods. In a busy and diversified community like Wilson, the necessity of hav- ing this kind of information up-to-date and always im- mediately available, is obvious. The Directory is the com- mon intermediary between buyer and seller, and plays an important role in the daily activities of the commer- cial, industrial and professional world.
II. THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of res- idents and business and professional concerns is the sec- ond major department, printed on white paper. This is the only record in existence that aims to show the name,
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marital status, occupation and address of each adult re- sident of Wilson, and the name, official personnel, na- ture and address of each firm and corporation in the city.
III. THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, IN- CLUDING 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 ar- ranged 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 in- tersecting streets appear at their respective crossing points on each street. Special features of this section are the designation of tenant-owned homes and the listing of telephone numbers.
IV. THE NUMERICAL TELEPHONE DIRECTORY is the fourth major department, printed on blue paper.
Community Publicity
The Directory reflects the achievements and am- bitions of the community, depicting in unbiased terms what it has to offer as a place of residence, as a business location, 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 Di- rectory Libraries, where they are readily available for free public reference, and serve as perpetual and reliable advertisements of Wilson and vicinity.
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
PAGE NUMBERS LISTED BELOW REFER TO THE YELLOW PAGES
Anderson, Deans & Woodward Inc
front cover, left top lines and 54
Atlantic Building & Loan Association right side lines and 22
Baker Henry Heating Co
34
Baltzegar James W right center lines and
31
Barnes Geo H Tin Shop right center lines and
90
Barnes Truck Line Inc .. left bottom lines and 94
Beland R F Plumbing & Heating Contractor
back cover, right top lines and
79
Berger-Jones Inc. right bottom lines and
4
Bissette's Drug Stores.
right bottom lines and
38
Bob's Repair Shop
13
Boykin Matthew I Jr
left center lines and
30 94
Boykin's Upholstery Service
Branch Banking & Trust Co
front cover, left top lines 18 and
19 89
Bridgers Bros
left side lines and
81 70
Brown Meat Co
Brown Oil Co Inc .. . front cover, left bottom lines and
Brown's Advertising Co ..
Bruce's Hot Dog Stand
Carolina Laundry & Cleaners Inc
left center lines and
Carolina Office Equipment Co
Central Shell Service
left bottom lines and
Cherry Hotel
Churchwell's Inc.
left center lines and
Corbett Motor Co left top lines and
Daniel Roofing Supplies Inc. left bottom lines and Darden Memorial Funeral Home .. left side lines and
Denny's Jewelers right top lines and
Dew & Pridgen Insurance Agency
Dick's Electrical Co right top lines and
Dixie Letter Service right center lines and
Dixie Supply Co right side lines and
Eastern Motor Sales Inc.
Edwards Funeral Home
Electric Motor Service
right bottom lines and
Ellis J B & Co
left top lines and
Etheridge Plumbing Co
left side lines and
Five Points Gulf Service
Five Points Nursery & Floral Co
Fleming's In Wilson
Fulford Radio & T V Service.
Gardner's Dairy Products of Wilson Inc
Gem Co Inc
left side lines, 14 and
Gramm-Southern Corporation
Gray Concrete Pipe Co Inc
back cover, left top lines and
29
23 5 44 39 42 78 11 72 63 83 34 53 93
Braswell Rug Service
75 2 90
front cover and 73 9 B 62 9 88 45 64 57 40 67
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Hackney John N Agency
left side lines and 57
Hackney Seat Cover Center
left side lines and 10
Herring L J Implement Co ..
front stencil and 3
Herring's Drug Store.
High B J Insulation Co
left center lines and
High's Inc.
left top lines and
Hill Directory Co Inc ..
Home Builders Supply Co
back cover, right side lines, 24 and
Horne Shell Service.
Hotel Cherry
Howard Johnson's Restaurant.
Hunt Funeral Home. back cover, right top lines and
Hunter Funeral Home.
Hussey Oil Co Inc. right center lines and
Ideal Plumbing Co
Independent Ice & Fuel Co right side lines and
Jefferson Appliance Co left side lines and
Jewel Box Inc The
Jordon Construction Co left bottom lines and
Joyner's Funeral Home
back cover, left top lines and
Kelly J C Dump Truck Service. Kenwood Courts
L & H Service Station
Lamm Bruce
left side lines and
Lewis-Brothers Tire Co right center lines and
Linville's Inc. . front cover, right bottom lines and
Little Flower Shop left center lines and
Lou-Mau Florist. right side lines and
Malpass Troy S & Son
left bottom lines and
Martha's Studio
Minchew Leon N Agency
left center lines and
National Bank of Wilson
front cover, right center lines and
National Insurance Agency Ine right side lines and Newton Mutual Insurance Agency
left bottom lines and
Oettinger's The Dependable Store
Parker's Radio & T V
Perry R A Inc
left top lines and
Phillips 301 Service Center right bottom lines and
Provo J E Co left center lines and
Purity Bakery right top lines and
Quinn R E & Co of Wilson Inc
Rainbow Restaurant & Cafeteria right top lines and
Rawlings Insurance Agency left center lines and
Rawlings Lenox D "Pig"
Red Bird Cab Inc
right top lines and
Royster B M & Son
Sandifer-Batts Pontiac Co
front lip margin, right top lines and
6
Shackleford Paving Co
Smith R L Paint Shop
Southern Dairie .: Ine
Southern Testing & Research Laboratories
Standard Finance Co
Starr The Florist
bottom stencil and 13
33 10 35 28 68
38 15 52 37 69 11 B 87 C 48 77 81 52 51 65 31 46 X 71 12 28 92 25 42 44 32 78 58 20 55 61 36 83 58 14 4 16 A 87 59 59 92 32
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Stephenson Millwork Co left bottom lines and 26 Strickland H H right bottom lines and 33
Strickland J W Tin Shop
top stencil, right bottom line and 91
Suburban Rulane Gas Service of N C Inc back cover, right center lines and 50 7 84
Taylor Oldsmobile Co left side lines and
Taylor's Radio & T V Service
Thomas-Yelverton Co
Thomas-Lelverton Funeral Home .
Tire Service Inc. front cover and
Tobacco City Motors Inc .. right center lines and
Towe Insurance Service right top lines and
Townsend R E & Co
Tyson C J "Pete"
Vally & Ellis left bottom lines and
Vann's Electrical Appliances
Vaughan's Jewelers left top lines and
W G T M Radio Station back cover and
Wayne Dairy Inc. left center lines and
Webb Roy B Insurance Agency
White's Tire Service
left center lines and
Whitehead Insurance Agency Inc
Whitley's Electric Service ..
right side lines and
Wiggins W M & Co Inc right side lines and
Williams Lumber Co right side lines and
Wilson Board of Realtors.
Wilson Chamber of Commerce The
Wilson Daily Times The
left side lines and
Wilson Electric Co Inc
right side lines and
Wilson Feed Mill Inc
Wilson Home & Loan Assn The. left side lines and
Wilson Ice & Coal Co left bottom lines, 28 and 53
Wilson Industrial Bank backbone and 21
Wilson Insurance & Realty Co Inc
right side lines and 60
Wilson Oil Corp
right bottom lines and 77
Wilson Petroleum Co
right top lines and 76
Woodall L C right bottom lines and 48 74
Woodard C Co Inc
back cover, left side lines and Zrakas Thos K & Son
39
front cover, left center lines and 49 47 8 11 59 back lip margin and 85 56 51 41 61 82 35
left top lines and 60 93 61 left top lines and 40 80 27
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"AMERICA'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-Estimated 30,000. 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-7 public.
Assessed Valuation-$38,500,000 (1956).
Bonded Debt-$2,446,387 (1956).
Financial Data-3 banks with total deposits of $116,256,298.00 (March 1957).
Postal Receipts-$243,078.65 (1956).
Churches-18 representing 10 denominations.
Industry-Principal manufactured products: Tex- tiles, garments, bus and truck bodies, agricultural im- plements, wagons, fertilizer, vegetable oils, concrete pipe and blocks and food products. 65 manufacturing plants in the city provides year around work for 2,000 employees and seasonal employment, principally in to- bacco 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): WVTO (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, 3 drive-in theatres; 1 18 hole golf course; 3 swimming pools.
Hospitals-3, with total of 186 beds.
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Education-Atlantic Christian College fully acered- ited. 8 public schools, including 2 senior high. 3 parochial schools. Number of pupils in public schools 5.817; teach- ers 213.
City Statistics-Total street mileage, 95.95 with 65.5 miles paved. Miles of gas mains, 25; sewers, 76.2. Number of water meters, 7,578; light meters, 9,135, gas meters, 1,544. Capacity of water works (municipal), 6,- 000,000 gallons; daily average pumpage, 3,000,000 gal- lons; miles of mains, 47; value of electric, gas and water property, $7,669,639. Fire department has 37 men, with 3 stations and 7 pieces of motor equipment. Police de- partment has 36 men with 1 station and 8 pieces of mo- tor equipment.
General Summary
Wilson was incorporated January 29, 1849 and is known as "America's Largest Bright-Leaf Tobacco Mar- ket," and "The City of Beautiful Trees."
The first tobacco warehouse was constructed in Wilson in 1890. It proved very successful as a conven- ience to the farmers, as well as a profitable business en- terprise for the owners. From the beginning, Wilson proved popular as a tobacco market, and that this popu- larity has increased is evidenced by Wilson's phenomenal growth in this respect, the city having gained distinction of being the world's largest bright leaf market. Although
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a tobacco center Wilson has other industries that contri- bute 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 1950, the county population was 54,506.
Industries
To trace the background of Wilson's industrial pro- gram, special reference should be made to its first in- dustry, established in 1854 under the name of Hackney Bros., engaged in the manufacture of buggies. Later there came a rapid change in vehicle, automobile replac- ing buggies and in keeping with this development, Hack- ney Bros., in 1919 discontinued the manufacture of bug- gies, 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.
Wilson, America's Largest Tobacco Market
Tobacco more than anything else has given Wilson an international reputation for it is "America's Largest Bright-Leaf Tobacco Market."
Scene in a Tobacco Warehouse, in America's Largest Bright-Leaf Tobacco Market
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The Wilson tobacco market has 19 auction ware- houses, with a combined floor space of 1,799,135 square feet. These huge one-story buildings are lighted with numerous skylights, for the quality of tobacco is judged by color as well as by texture and aroma. When the farm- er brings his tobacco to the warehouse of his choice, it is placed on shallow baskets 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 1956 season, the Wilson market sold 90,- 659,162 for $47,383,966.48, an average price of $52 .- 26 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 redry- ing plants are capable of processing 2,500,000 pounds daily and handle tobacco from markets throughout the bright leaf belt which extends from Florida to Virginia. In these plants, the tobacco passes through redrying ma- chines that remove all of the moisture and then through a steam bath that raises the moisture content to approxi- mately 11%. It is then packed in large hogsheads that hold approximately 950 pounds each. After this proces-
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sing, tobacco will keep indefinitely. 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 indirect- ly from agriculture. The principal crops are tobacco, cot- ton and corn. Livestock production is rapidly increasing in importance.
In 1950, Cargill, Inc., world's largest grain mer- chants, established an elevator in Wilson. It now has a storage capacity of 600,000 bushels. In November 1954 Ralston Purina Co. established a modern mill that is cap- able of producing 100,000 tons of livestock feeds.
Location
Wilson is located on the main line of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad and the Norfold Southern Railway. It is served by U. S. Highway 301, the principal tourist route between eastern states and Florida. Other high- ways serving Wilson include U. S. 264, a major east - west route, and U. S. 117, between Wilson and Wilming- ton. 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 im- portance as a distribution center.
Power, Light, Gas and Water
The electric, gas and water plants and distribution systems in Wilson are municipally owned. The City of Wilson owns approximately 400 miles of electric distri-
Wilson County Court House, the Hub of County Administratie'n
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Presbyterian Church; one of Wilson's Many New Churches
bution lines outside the corporate limits. The city electric department serves more than 5,000 rural customers and furnishes electricity wholesale to six other communities. The city utilities, including land, buildings and distribu- tion 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. inter- connection with Carolina Power and Light Company in- suring an uninterrupted supply of power. Wilson's water supply is taken from a reservoir supplied by Contentnea Creek. The 236 square mile watershed has proved ade-
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quate to meet the city's needs even in times of severe drought. Th filtering plant has a capacity of 6,000,000 gallons a day, to meet present requirements of 3,000,000 gallons a day.
Educational Facilities
Wilson and Wilson County have a fine school sys- tem, with attractive buildings and an excellent staff. The city system consists of two high schools and six elemen- tary schools. Since 1949, $1,415,000 has been spent on the construction of new schools in the city system.
Atlantic Christian College, fully accredited, located in Wilson, offers four-year college courses to Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees. It also offers a one-year secretarial course and night school classes in a variety of subjects.
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Howard Chapel; Atlantic Christian College Center of Advanced Learning
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The City of Beautiful Trees
Wilson is known as "The City of Beautiful Trees" and though there are many residence streets in the city with a variety of lovely trees, Nash Street is considered the most beautiful, with Park Avenue deserving special recognition. Over a period of years several geographic and pictorial magazines have written special articles and given particular reference to Nash Street and have designated it as one of the seven most beautiful residenti- al streets in the world. To the students of nature and especially to those who admire beautiful trees, Nash Street is a real attraction. It offers an assortment of trees as follows: Pecan, birch, magnolia, walnut, umbrel- la, liveoak, cypress, hickory, pine. dogwood and willow oak. On spacious lawns in front of beautiful homes, these trocs are found growing amid numerous kinds of shrub- ber: and many colored flowers.
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