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GENERAL INDEX
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Abbreviations.
24 and 25
Alphabetical List of Names
25
Apartment Buildings
663
Associations and Clubs-Commercial 665
Banks and Trust Companies. 670
Buildings-Office and Public
675
Bus and Coach Lines-Motor
677
Buyers' Guide opp
568
Cemeteries
678
Churches
679
City Government
42
Classified Business Directory.
661
Clergymen
682
Clubs
685
Convents
689
County Officers
98
Courts
98
Fire Department.
42
Golf Clubs and Courses
703
Halls
705
Homes and Asylums
707
Hospitals and Dispensaries
707
Hotels
708
Justices of the Peace.
713
Labor Organizations
714
Libraries
717
Museums
722
Newspapers
723
Parks and Playgrounds
728
Police Department.
42
Post Office 519
Railroads
734
School Board.
42
Schools-Public
742
Schools, Colleges and Academies
742
Societies-Benevolent and Fraternal
745
Societies-Miscellaneous
746
Societies-Patriotic
746
State Government.
382
Street and Avenue Guide.
follows Classified
United States Government
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION
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Page
Builders Supply & Coal. left side lines and 17 Burton Roy E ... right bottom lines and 78 Burton & Son. right top lines and Burton's Opticians 46 68 C C R Coal Co ..... right side lines and 27 Candler W R Transfer Co. .right side
lines and Cannon Music Co.
Carolina Coal & Ice Co
left top
lines and
Carolina Finance Co. . right side lines and Carolina Garden Stores Inc .... right side lines and .
Carolina Power & Light Co. .. back cover and
Carolina Sheet Metal Works.
Carpenter-Matthew Jewelers Carroll John. . .right top lines and Carter Lumber Co .. right bottom lines and Cauble J E .
28 Cecil's Business College.
Citizens Hardware & Supply Co.
Citizens Transfer & Coal Co .. right side lines and
Cobb Owen F.
Coca-Cola Bottling Co of Asheville .. left side lines and.
Cody Realty & Mortgage Co
Commercial Adjustment Co.
Commercial Stationers Inc. left side
lines and
Community Coal & Lumber Co .... right side lines and. .
Cox Music House. . right bottom lines and Culberson Studio . Street Divider
Dacy Electric Co
Dalton Paint Co
Dillard Insurance Agency .. left side lines Dillard Realty Co
Dixie Pit Barbeque Down Town Garage Dunham's Music House.left side lines and Dunn & Groce Funeral Home Inc. . back- bone, A and
lines and
Electric Service & Appliance Co. left bottom lines and
Empire Realty Company
Enman's Furriers
Farm Equipment Co
Farmers Federation Co-operative ... back cover, 39 and
Biltmore Coal Co.
Biltmore Dairy Farms.left side lines and
Biltmore Shell Service. . left bottom lines and
Bird Coal Co Inc.
Blanton's Business College. . back cover and
Blue Bird Cab Co
Blue Ridge Cleaners. . right side lines and Blue Ridge Trucking Co.
Bon Marche Inc. front cover, right bottom lines and.
Booth R P & Co. back cover and Bracey H D Co. .
Brown Book Corp.
Brown Jas L ...
Brownell-Dunn & Lovin Inc ..
Buckler Studio ..... left bottom lines and Buckner Transfer Co. 88 Buford-Lange Co Inc. 20
27 29 86 23 88 33 75 78 68 55 41 72
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Fisher Elliot Lyman . backbone and 71 40
Floor Coverings Co
Ford & Sluder Recapping Co 3 8
Free Service Tire Store
Galliher Bros Inc ... 61
Gaskins Realty Co Agents. .right side
lines and 79
General Building Products Co 17 88
Georgia Motor Express Inc. Goodrich B F Store. 4
Green Hills Cemetery Assn Inc. .
.right
side lines and 21 Green Ottis Hardware Co 47
87 65 24 60 84 X 84 56 23 61 78 19 47 27 55 14 79 28 68 28 64 37 69 77 83 8 66 41
53 36 78 A
Battery Park Hotel.
Beaumont Furniture Co Inc. left top lines and . Belk's Department Store. right top lines and
46 35 60
Bell Finance Co
Berryman Funeral Home.front cover and Biltmore Cleaners & Laundry Inc. . right side lines and.
42
60 25 31 7
Fields Clothes Inc.right bottom lines and Firestone Stores .. .left side lines and First Mortgage & Investment Co. First National Bank & Trust Co .... front cover, left top and right bottom lines and
Efird's Department Store right side 36 37 79 46 38 41 23 3 79
Barnett Jas L ..
13 30 86 67 19 89 89 55 16 7
Asheville Paving Co.
Asheville Sign Service left bottom lines and
Asheville Typewriter Co Inc.
Asheville Union Bus Station Inc. ... right top lines and. .
Asheville Upholstery & Cabinet Co.
Asheville Welding Co.
Aston, Stikeleather & Co. right top lines and
60 2 lines and
Asheville Nehi Bottling Co. left side
25
Asheville Citizen-Times Co left top lines and ..
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Asheville Cleaners & Dyers ... top stencil and
22
Asheville Credit Reporting & Collection Bureau
28
Asheville Federal Savings & Loan Assn. . bottom stencil and .. 18
Asheville Fish Co Inc .... right side lines Asheville Ice & Storage Co Inc. back cover, 27 and.
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Asheville Battery Co ... left side lines and Asheville Bedding Co.
2
Asheville-Biltmore Hotel. left side
line and
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Asheville Blue Gem Coal Co ... right side lines and
63
Allen Funeral Home 43 74
American Enka Corporation.
Anderson Transfer Co .. 88 83
Arthur W H Co ...... right side lines and
Asheville Baking Co Inc
Asheville Laundry. . front cover, right top lines and .
Asheville Mack Distributors
Austin Frank Co .. back cover and Auto Parts & Gear Co.
Autrey-Smathers Insurance Agency Inc right top lines and
B & J Department Store. Bank of Asheville right top lines
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
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Greene & Goodman Inc.
Grove Park Inn . .
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Grove Stone & Sand Co .front cover,
left top lines and ...
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Oyster Bar The
Palmer Ed Co .
Paravox Hearing Aid Co. left bottom
lines and
44 Parkland Chevrolet Co Inc. right side
lines, 10 and .
Penney J C Co Inc
Hensley Jas H Jr.
Hill's Market
Hofman R P.
Home Finance Co. left bottom lines and Hospital Care Assn Inc The.
Hotel Asheville
Hotel Charmil
Hursey & Co Ice Service Inc. right top lines and Ideal Paint & Hardware Co .... right side lines and
47 83 44 29
69 52 Reed & Abee Inc ..... right side lines and Reliance Life Insurance Co .... right top lines and
Reusing's
Robinson's Flower Shop. and .left side lines
Rothrock Realty Co.
Rowland Tom Jr Realtor right side
lines and
Roy's Paint & Wall Paper Store right side lines and.
Saint Lawrence Catholic Church.
Salvation Army The .. right side lines and Schley John E
Sears, Roebuck and Co. right top lines
Lehmann Henry H
Lewis Funeral Home .. right side lines and 43 86 London Sign Co .... left bottom lines and Love Harry W. left side lines and 54 11
M & J Finance Corp.
M & M Body & Radiator Works left side lines and 4
M & M Tire Shop
Manor The
Marilyn Slipper Shops
Matthews Motor Sales. . front cover and McCoy-Wilkins Funeral Home Inc.
McCracken Lola B
82
McIntire-Jones Oil Co Inc. left top lines and
9
McRary & Son Inc .. left bottom lines and Meadows E F Sheet Metal Works ...
63 85
Middlemount Gardens Inc .. Street Divider Milner Hotel
51
Minico Inc, .. .right side lines and 57
Modern Finance Co ..
61
Monteath's Gulf Service. right side lines and
9
Moore Furniture Co
46
Moore M V & Co
23
Morgan Bros Inc ..... right side lines and
20
Morris-Gearing Funeral Home.
Moser Plumbing Co
72
Mountain City Laundry right top lines and
Mountain Retreat Association.
National Agency
National Truck Service Inc.
Nettlewood Nurseries
Neville Music Co
Occidental Life Insurance Co.
55
Williams-Brownell Planing Mill Co 62 Wilson Plumbing Co 73
Young's Photo Studio 72
Page 67 70 9 83 38 48
38 36 65 6
56 38 40 81 81 70 22 86 56 35 10
48 54 and 57 80 Service Motor Co
Seven-Up Asheville Co Inc. .. .left side lines and
14
Sherwin-Williams Co The. . left side lines and
70 6
Skyland Motors Inc
Smoky Mountain Distributors. left
bottom lines and.
13
Southern Dairies Inc. . left top and right bottom lines and
Southern Foot Clinic.
Southern News The
Standard Supply Co.
Stikeleather Jas G .. right side lines and Superior Coal Co ...... left top lines and Swannanoa Laundry Inc ..... back cover, right bottom lines and Symms Millwork Supply Co Inc. Talman Office Supplies Inc. 59 63 Thomas Buick Co .... right side lines and Thompson Eva A Dr 68 7 22 26 82 Tucker Robt. . .left bottom lines and Thrash Coal Co Tingle's Cafe 76 37 United Electric Co 51
Vanderbilt George Hotel The ... . C and Wachovia Bank & Trust Co. front stencil, right top lines and.
Walker E A. left bottom lines and Wamsley P G
12 81 82 66
West Asheville News The
Western-Carolina Insurance Agency Inc White L A Sheet Metal Works 84 White Transportation Co Inc. right
bottom lines and 19
White's Monument Works 64
White's Service Inc 10
Williams A C Plumbing Co. 73
Ochsenreiter Gene Inc .... right side lines and
Office Equipment Co
Orkin Exterminating Co
Orr Ed Motors. .right side lines and
17
Harper's Lumber Yard ... back cover and Harrison Auto Parts Co .... right bottom lines and
8
Haverty Furniture Co .. right top lines and Haynes M B Electric Co .right side lines and
36 80 Piano Shop The .
64 80 10 48 49 48 57 51 Rathskeller The
Protex Weather Strip & Screen Co. right side lines and. . 89 Public Service Co of N C Inc .. right top lines and
Ray Jesse Funeral Home.
. left side
lines and
Imperial Life Insurance .. front cover and Ingle Transfer & Storage Co .... left side lines and
Ivey's Inc. . ... left top and right bottom lines and
Jarrett Claude Furniture Co.
Jarrett Furniture Co. . left side lines and Johnson-Chandley Lumber Co Inc. ..
Johnson H E Co ... left bottom lines and Kindler H W & Co Inc.
L B W Electric Co
37
Langren Hotel. left side lines and Lea-Ray Hosiery Co ... right bottom lines and Leavitt Insurance Co .. left side lines and Lee's Jewelers Inc
50
8 50 85 5 43
32 85 66 13 77 26
Morgan & Bishop Sheet Metal Works. .. right side lines and 85 43
56
58 Y 81 9 .67 66
5
87 34 45 45 62 80 72
Pless Motor Co .... right bottom lines and Pritchard Paint & Glass Co of Asheville Inc, left side lines and .. 69
INTRODUCTION
PIEDMONT DIRECTORY CO., publishers of Miller's Asheville City Directory, present to subscribers and the gen- eral public, this, the 1945-46 edition of the Asheville City Di- rectory, which also includes Beverly Hills, Biltmore, Biltmore Forest, Broadview, East Biltmore, Lake View Park, Linwood Park, Oakley, Oaklyn Park, Sayles Village and South Bilt- more.
Confidence in the continued growth of Asheville's indus- try, 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 Asheville to the world.
The enviable position occupied by the Asheville City Di- rectory 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 Ashe- ville Directory will fulfill its mission as a source of authentic information pertaining to the community.
Four Major Departments
The four major departments are arranged in the follow- ing order :-
THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and business and professional concerns is included in pages 25 to 568, on white paper. This is the only record in existence that aims to show the name, marital status, occupation and ad- dress of each adult resident of Asheville and vicinity, and the name, official personnel, nature and address of each firm and corporation.
THE BUYERS' GUIDE, preceding the Classified and sep- arately paged from 1 to 92, on goldenrod paper, contains the advertisements of leading manufacturing, business and pro- fessional interests of Asheville and vicinity. The advertise- ments are indexed under headings descriptive of the busi- ness represented. This is reference advertising at its best, and merits a survey by all buyers eager to familiarize them- selves with sources of supply. In a progressive community and famous resort like Asheville, the necessity of having this kind of information immediately available, is obvious. Gen- eral appreciation of this fact is evidenced iby the many ref- erence users of this City Directory service.
THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is included in pages 661 to 754, on yellow paper. This department lists the names of all business and professional concerns in al- phabetical 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.
THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, on pink paper, follows the
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Classified and is separately paged from 1 to 92. In this section the names of the streets are arranged 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 designation of tenant-owned homes and the designation of homes and places of business having telephones.
Community Publicity
The Directory reflects the achievements and ambitions of the community, depicting in unbiased terms what it has to offer as a place of residence, as a business location, as a resort, 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 advertisements of Ashe- ville and vicinity.
The Asheville Directory Library
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The publishers appreciatively acknowledge the recog- nition by those progressive business and professional men who have demonstrated their confidence in the City Direc- tory as an advertising medium, with assurance that it will bring a commensurate return.
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ASHEVILLE
"IN THE LAND OF THE SKY" - "EASTERN GATEWAY CITY TO THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK"
Statistical Review
Form of Government-Council-manager.
Population-City proper, 51,310; metropolitan area, 76,324 (1940 U. S. Census). American-born, 98.1%.
Area-14.7 square miles.
Altitude-2,210 to 3,200 feet above sea level.
Climate-Mean annual temperature, 55.4 degrees F .; av- erage annual rainfall, 38.08 inches.
Parks-14, with total of 413.9 acres, valued at $516,529.
Assessed Valuation-$55,029,852 (1944), with $1.89 per $100 tax rate.
Financial Data-4 banks and 2 trust companies, with total deposits in excess of $45,000,000. Clearings for 1944, $294,146,000.
Postal Receipts-$496,152.44 (1944).
Telephones in Service-15,500 (Jan. 1, 1945).
Churches-105, representing 16 denominations.
Real Estate-Number of homes, about 12,000, with about. 40.7% owned by occupants.
Industry-Chief industries of city and surrounding terri- tory: Resort business, manufacturing and lumber. Princi- pal manufactured products of city and vicinity: Blankets, cotton and yarn goods, flour and feed, furniture, leather goods, mica products, packing products, printing and pub- lishing products and rayon yarn. There are 24,658 wage- earners in Buncombe County, drawing annual compensation of $33,533,670.
Trade Area-Retail area covers 21 counties, with total population of 500,000.
Newspapers-2 dailies, combined as one paper on Sun- day, and 2 weeklies.
Hotels-16, with total of 2,600 rooms.
Railroads-Southern.
Highways-U. S. 19, 23, 25, 70 and 74. Blue Ridge Park- way from Shenandoah National Park to Great Smoky Moun- tains National Park is now under construction. 12,350 miles of hard-surfaced roads in the state.
Airports-1, municipal. P. C. A. service, suspended for duration of war, resumed through Asheville on the route from Knoxville to Norfolk. Southeast Air Line from Char- lotte to Asheville. Delta Air Corp. scheduled to start oper- ations through Asheville from Chicago to Miami early in 1946.
Amusements-Largest auditorium in city seats 3,500 per- sons. 6 moving-picture theatres, with total seating capacity of 4,500 persons. 2 legitimate theatres, with total seating capacity of 5,300 persons. 5 golf courses.
Hospitals-6, with total of 436 beds.
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Education-Institutions of higher learning include St. Genevieve-of-the-Pines, Asheville School for Boys, Asheville- Biltmore College and Plonk School of Creative Arts. 16 pub- lic schools, including 1 senior high school, 2 junior high schools and 7 elementary schools for whites, and 1 senior high school and 5 elementary schools for Negroes. 3 paro- chial schools. Number of pupils in public schools (first week of 1945-46 term), 6,847; teachers, 230. Value of public school property, $5,345,580.25.
Public Libraries-2, with total of 64,475 volumes.
City Statistics-Total street mileage, 200.54, with 153.06 miles paved. Miles of gas mains, 94; sewers, 181. Number of water meters, 13,396; light meters, 12,110; gas meters, 2,701. Capacity of water works, 700,000,000 gallons; daily average use, approximately 9,000,000 gallons; flow by gravity; miles of mains, 274; value of plant, $5,000,000. Fire depart- ment has 63 men, with 5 stations and 11 pieces of motor equipment. Value of fire department property, $280,000. Po- lice department has 66 men, with 1 station and 13 pieces of motor equipment.
Asheville from Beaucatcher Mountain
Population
Asheville is the county seat of Buncombe County, and one of the principal resort centers of the eastern U. S. The city had a population of 51,310 according to the report of the U. S. Census of 1940, with a metropolitan area population of 76,324.
History
Asheville was founded in 1797 by John Burton, and was known for about three years of its early history as Morris- town. The name was later changed to Asheville, in honor of Samuel and John Ashe, noted men of that period.
The city has long been a resort center, the first resort hotel having been constructed near the Sulphur Springs in the western part of the city, west of the French Broad River. Later the tourist traffic increased and other resort hotels were built, including the old Battery Park Hotel on the site
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now occupied by the modern structure. Other hotels have been constructed with the growth of tourist trade, through expansion of transportation facilities, including railways and highways into the highlands. Industry and agriculture also have developed in the mountain section, to the point that Asheville has become a marketing and shopping center for 20 counties of western North Carolina.
Excellent Highways Lead in Every Direction
Government
Buncombe County is governed by a board of three com- missioners. Asheville has the council-manager form of gov- ernment, which includes a mayor and six other councilmen and a city manager. The two governmental bodies are housed in the handsome city and county buildings which flank the central city plaza. The city has one of the lowest fire records of any city of its size in the country, due to an efficient fire department, and the police department has be- come highly effective with the aid of radio, cooperation with state and county law-enforcement officers and by means of the police cruiser system. Two police radio stations are lo- cated here, one atop the Buncombe County Building and the other, a State police radio station, on the Black Mountain highway.
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Tourist Attractions
Scenic and other attractions of Asheville and western North Carolina are always of paramount interest to visitors. The famous Biltmore House and Gardens, located in the midst of the 15,000-acre Biltmore Estate in Asheville, have been open to public view since 1930. The noted mansion, adjudged one of the finest private homes in the world, was constructed nearly half a century ago by the late George W. Vanderbilt. The House, built after the architectural pattern of the French chateaux, contains a vast collection of objects of artistic and historic value, gathered at great cost by Mr. Vanderbilt in all parts of the world. Notable among the
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Unique Grove Park Inn
priceless treasures on display are the chessmen of Napoleon, the ceremonial robes of Cardinal Richelieu, ancient tapes- tries which graced the tent of Francis I at the Field of the Cloth of Gold, and a myriad other rare and precious objects.
Surrounding the House, the vast expanse of gardens and landscaped park presents a great mass of flowers and superb- ly-designed vistas to the beholder throughout the spring, summer and autumn seasons.
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