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GENERAL INDEX
Abbreviations Pages 24 and 25
Alphabetical List of Names Page 25
Apartment Buildings . Classified Section
Asheville City Courts Alphabetical Section
Asheville City Fire Department
Alphabetical Section
Asheville City Government Alphabetical Section
Asheville City Police Department
Alphabetical Section
Asheville City School Board .
Alphabetical Section
Associations and Clubs-Commercial
.Classified Section
Banks and Trust Companies
. Classified Section
Buildings-Office and Public
Classified Section
Buncombe County Government
Alphabetical Section
Bus and Coach Lines-Motor
. Classified Section
Buyers' Guide . preceding Classified on Goldenrod Paper
Cemeteries
Classified Section
Classified Business Directory .
. Classified Section
Clubs
Classified Section
Golf Clubs and Courses
Classified Section
Halls
Classified Section
Homes and Asylums
. Classified Section
Hospitals and Dispensaries
Classified Section
Hotels
Classified Section
Justices of the Peace
Classified Section
Labor Organizations Classified Section
Libraries Classified Section
Newspapers
Classified Section
North Carolina State Government .
Alphabetical Section
Parks and Playgrounds
Classified Section
Railroads
Classified Section
Schools-Parochial
Classified Section
Schools-Public . Classified Section
Schools, Colleges and Academies . Classified Section Societies-Benevolent and Fraternal .Classified Section Societies-Miscellaneous . Classified Section Societies-Patriotic Classified Section
Street and Avenue Guide. . follows Classified on Pink Paper United States Government. Alphabetical Section United States Government Post Office Alphabetical Section
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Clergymen
Classified Section
Churches follows Buyers' Guide on Yellow Paper
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION
Page
Acousticon-Asheville Co 59
All Electric Co .. 64
Allen Funeral Home. 52
Allison's Flower Shop 49
American Enka Corp .. 93
Anders-Rice Funeral Home 52
Anderson Transfer Co. 113
Arthur W H Co ... .. right side lines and 103 Asheville Baking Co Inc. 17
Asheville Bedding Co. 82
Asheville-Biltmore Hotel.
left side lines and 61
Asheville Cab Co .. right bottom lines and 110 Asheville Citizens-Times Co. left top lines and Z Asheville Cleaners & Dyers.
Asheville Diaper Service Inc .... 44 . top stencil and 45
Asheville Electric Co. . left top lines and 46
Asheville Fish Co .... right side lines and 82
Asheville Furniture Co .. 55 .left bottom lines and 111
Asheville Ice & Storage Co Inc ...
Asheville Laundry. . back cover, 31 and 35
. front cover, right top lines and 74
Asheville Mack Distributors. 8
Asheville Oil Co Inc. . left side lines and Asheville Paving Co.
50
38
Asheville Plastic Tile Co ..
left side lines and 111 Asheville Steel & Salvage Co Inc ...
.left side lines and 109
Asheville Storage Battery Co Inc .. .left side lines and 8
Asheville Truck Service 12 Asheville Union Bus Station Inc.
right top lines and 24
Asheville Upholstery Co 115
Asheville Welding Co .. 115
Aston-Stikeleather & Co .left side lines and
.right top lines and 66 Cody Realty & Mortgage Co.
Cohn's Repair Service.
Coker Bros Heating & Air Conditioning Co left bottom lines and
Commercial Stationers Inc ..
Community Coal & Lumber Co. Concrete Products Co .. .right side lines and .right side lines, 34 and 81 35 79 59 13 91
Cooke's Lock & Repair Shop
Cooper Selden Shops
Cordell Motor Co ..
Cox Music House ..
.left top lines and
Crenshaw's Ed Shoe Service. Crompton Electric Co Crouch Garland E. 106 46 Culberson Studio Curtiss Motor Co. Street Divider 64 9 Dacy Electric Co David's Men's Shop. 64 30 96 46 Dillard Realty Co left side lines and
Dixie Electric Co
Dixie Pit Barbecue. 102
Down Town Garage. Duckett Harold R 13 Duckworth James H. .front and back lip margin, left bottom lines and Duckworth Wm T Co 37 95 96 Dunham's Music House. left side lines and 83
Dunn and Groce Funeral Home Inc ..
. backbone, A and
50
Branch & Ingram 85
Bright's Jewelers 72 Brody's Stork's Nest.
. right bottom lines, 56 and 112 Brown Book Corp .. 84 Brownell-Dunn & Lovin Funeral Home .. 52
Bryant Alteration Shop 110 Buckner Transfer Co. 114
Builders Supply & Coal Co .. . back cover and 22 Burton Roy Realty Co. right bottom lines and 98 56 85 12
Burton & Son
.right top lines and
Burton's Opticians
Buster's Body Shop .... left side lines and C C R Coal Co ...... right side lines and Camera House The .... left side lines and 90 Candler W R Transfer Co 113
Cannon Music Co .. 83
Carolina Coal & Ice Co
Carolina Finance Co. .left top lines and 32 78
Carolina Garden Stores Inc
.right side lines and 105
Carolina Industrial Bank.
. back cover, right bottom lines and
17
Carolina Permatile Co ..
Carolina Power & Light Co .. back cover and
Carolina Press
Carolina Sheet Metal Works
Carpenter-Matthew Jewelers Carroll John .. right top lines and Carter Lumber Co .. right bottom lines and Carver A G & Son .. Cauble J E.
Cazel Auto Service Co .. left side lines and Cecil's Business College Childers G Lake.
Church and Southland Advocate.
Citizens Hardware and Supply Co Inc.
Citizens Transfer & Coal Co .. right side lines and
Cobb Owen F
Coca-Cola Bottling Co of Asheville, N C
Atkins-Harper Lumber Co. . back cover and 21 Autrey-Smathers Insurance Agency Inc. right top lines and 67 43
B & J Department Store.
Ballard's Gulf Service.
12
Bank of Asheville The .... right top lines Battery Park Hotel. A
Beaumont Furniture Co Inc.
.left top lines and
55
Belk's Department Store
right top lines and 42
Bell Finance Co.
78
Berryman Funeral Home ..
.front cover and Biltmore Cleaners & Laundry Inc.
51
.right side lines and 77 79
Biltmore Coal and Lumber Co .... 31 and Biltmore Furniture Co Inc. 56 9
Biltmore Tire & Recapping Co. Bird Coal Co Inc. 34
Bishop's Inc ... .right side lines and 105 Blanton's Business College. . back cover and 25 Blue Bird Taxi Co of Asheville Inc. .left side lines and 110 Blue Ridge Cleaners. 30 Blue Ridge Trucking Co. 113
Bon Marche Inc .. .front cover and 40
Booth R P & Co.
94
Bordner Construction Co 37
Efird's Department Store.
right side lines and 43 Empire Realty Co .. 97 Ervin's Camera Shop.
. Insert at Alpha (front) and
90
Evans Esso Servicenter
10
Fain's Thrift Store.
44
Farm Equipment Co.
47
x 92 105 73 30 81 98 98 12 26 98 84 59 34 70 20 99 114 38 84
Buford-Lange Co Inc ..
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Farmers Federation Cooperative.
. back cover, 48 and 50 Fields Inc .. .right bottom lines and 30 First Mortgage & Investment Co. 99 First National Bank & Trust Co .. front cover and 19
Fisher Elliot Lyman. 88 Fortune's Paint & Hardware Co Inc right side lines and 86
Free Service Tire Co. 13 Gaskins Realty Co Agents. Ochsenreiter Gene Inc .... backbone and 5 Orkin Exterminating Co ... 87 .right side lines and 99 General Building Products Co Inc. 23 Orr Ed Motors ...... right side lines and 10 Globe Furniture Co. 56 Owen L A Juvenile Shoes. 106 Pack Square Beauty School. 19 Palmer Ed Co. 64
Goodrich B F Store.
Gordon's Jewelers.
.left bottom lines and
13
72
46
Grace Electric Co
Green Bros
57
Green Hills Cemetery Assn Inc.
.right side lines and
28
Green Ottis Hardware Co Inc ..
59
Greene & Goodman Inc. 69
Grooms-Holloway Furniture Co.
left side lines and
54
Grove Stone & Sand Co. .left side lines and 70
Princess Ann Hotel.
63
Pritchard Paint & Glass Co of Asheville
Harry's Cadillac-Pontiac Co Inc. 2
Haverty Furniture Co .. .right side lines, 65 and 115
Haynes M B Electric Co Inc. right side lines and
47
Henry J T. 110
Herndon George A. 78
Home Finance Co. right top lines and 71
Reusing's
65
Home Furniture Store.
Hoover's Pure Oil Service. 14 Roberts E B Realtor 100
Hospital Care Assn Inc The. 72
Hotel Asheville 63
Hotel Charles 63
Hotel Charmil 63
Howard Studio The .. right side lines and 87 Rothrock Realty Co. 100
Hursey & Co. Ice Service Inc .. .right top lines and 65 73 Rowland Tom Jr Realtor .right side lines and 101 Imperial Life Insurance Co. .front cover and 68 Royal Crown Bottling Co of Asheville .... 19 Israel & Bennett Motor Co. Roy's Paint & Wall Paper Store. .right side lines and 86 Ingle Transfer & Storage Co. 112 StJoan of Arc Catholic Church. '29 StLawrence Catholic Church .. Ivey's Inc left side lines and 14 29 .left top and right bottom lines and 41 54 Jarrett Furniture Co. . Salvation Army The. . right side lines and 108 Sams Motor Sales Inc. .right side lines and 15
Johnson-Chandley Lumber Co Inc. 79
Johnson H E Co. . 97
Judd Furniture & Supply Co. 57 Kindler H W & Co Inc. 91
62
Langren Hotel .... .. left side lines and Leavitt Insurance Agency .. . left side lines and Lee's Jewelers Inc.
69 73
Lewis Funeral Home .. right side lines and 53 London Sign Co .... left bottom lines and 107 M & J Finance Corp 16 M & M Body & Radiator Works . left side lines and 3
Matthews Motor Sales
front cover and
4
Sluder & Whitt Inc.
11
McCoy-Wilkins Funeral Home Inc. 53 McCracken Lola B. 100
McIntire-Jones Oil Co Inc. 14
McNeil Body Works.
15
Stinnette Chas R
115
58
Street E S Co.
16
26 Sumner B H & Son Inc. 101
Superior Coal Co ......
. left top lines and
33
Swanger Electric Co. 47 Swannanoa Laundry ..... back cover and 76 Symms Millwork & Supply Co Inc.
Moore Bros Lumber Co. .right side lines and 80
82 McRary & Son Inc. . left bottom lines and Michael's Woodworking Shop .. . left side lines and Middlemount Gardens Inc Street Divider
Minico Inc .. right side lines and 77
Modern Finance Corp
78
Moser Plumbing Co.
Page 91
Mountain City Laundry.
right top lines and 75
Nettlewood Nurseries 84 North Carolina Agency The 100 North Carolina Equipment Co. left bottom lines and 36 Occidental Life Insurance Co of North Carolina 70
Parkland Chevrolet Co Inc.
. right side lines and 15 Parkland Chevrolet Co Inc Farm Supply Dept. . right side lines and 49 Phillips' Shoe Hospital. 106
Pless Motor Co .. .
bottom stencil, right bottom lines and 6
Polk's Bankers Encyclopedia
Y
Poole E S Construction Co
37
Poole Guy Co Inc.
29
Pope Insurance Agency Inc.
Grove Park Inn. B
front cover, left top lines and 104
Harrison Auto Parts Co ..
.right bottom lines and
14
Inc ...
. left side lines and
86
Protex Weather Strip & Screen Co ..
.right top lines and 57 Public Service Co of N C Inc .. .right top lines and 58
Ramsey L D & Co
24
Rathskeller The
103
Reed & Abee Inc .... right side lines and 36 Reliance Life Insurance Co.
.left bottom lines and
16
57
Rice & DeBruhl Inc
23
Rock Bit Sales & Service Co.
. left side lines and 112 Rock Wool Insulating Co of Asheville. . right side lines and 66
Sawyer Motor Co Inc.
Schley John E.
right side lines and
15
71
Schneble Studio.
left bottom lines and
89
Sears Roebuck and Co ...
Sellers Cabinet Shop. .right top lines and 42
.right side lines and
26
Shamrock Laundry & Cleaners.
.left side lines and
77
Sherwin-Williams Co The.
left side lines and
86
Skyland Motors Inc. 11
Southern Dairies Inc ... left top lines and 39 Southern Foot Clinic. 106
Stewart Plumbing Co. 91
Stokes-Hodgens Furniture Co.
Moore Furniture Co .left side lines and 82 58 Talman Office Supplies Inc . 85 Tennessee Roofing Co 103
Thomas Buick Inc.
7
Moore M V & Co ..
31
Morgan Bros Inc.
27
Morris-Gearing-Black Funeral Home.
53
Tingle's Cafe
102
Thrash Coal Co.
Town & Country Realty Assn ...
33
Morrison T S & Co. . left bottom lines and
49
Morrison's Inc ...... left bottom lines and
55
.right bottom lines and 101
Henry Funeral Home.
52
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Towne House Doughnut Co Inc. 17
Trexler H D. . 73 United Benefit Life Insurance Co. 71
Vanderbilt Geo Hotel The. .C and 62 White's Service Inc. 16 Veteran's Taxi Co 111 Williams A C Plumbing Co. 92 Williams-Brownell Planing Mill Co Inc .. 81
Wachovia Bank & Trust Co
.front stencil, right top lines and 18
Walker E A ........ left bottom lines and 101 Warm-Aire Heating Co. 61 West Asheville Sheet Metal Works. 60
Western Carolina Insurance Agency Inc 71 York 102
Westmorland Sterling. insert at Alpha (back) and 107
White L A Sheet Metal Works.
.right side lines and 105
White Transportation Co Inc. 24
Wilson Funeral Home. 53
Wilson Plumbing Co Inc 92 Winner's Inc. left top lines and 43
Youngblood Truck Lines Inc ..
left bottom lines and 114
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INTRODUCTION
PIEDMONT DIRECTORY CO., publishers of Miller's Asheville City Directory, present to subscribers and the gen- eral public, this, the 1948-49 edition, which also includes Beverly Hills, Biltmore, Biltmore Forest, Broadview, East Biltmore, Lake View Park, Linwood Park, Oakley, Oaklyn Park, Sayles Village and South Biltmore.
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 463, 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 sepa- rately paged from 1 to 116, 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 by the many ref- erence users of this City Directory service.
THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is included in pages 581 to 636, 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 Classified and is separately paged from 1 to 95. In this
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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 .; average annual rainfall, 38.02 inches.
Parks-15, with total of 419.6 acres, valued at $516,529.
Assessed Valuation-$59,985,983 (1947), with $2.10 per $100 tax rate.
Financial Data-3 commercial banks. Clearings for 1947, $548,009,403.
Postal Receipts-$526,210.98 (1947).
Telephones in Service-21,500.
Churches-105, representing 16 denominations.
Industry-Chief industries of city and surrounding territory: Resort business, manufacturing, lumber and to- bacco. Principal manufactured products of city and vicin- ity: Blankets, cotton and yarn goods, flour and feed, furni- ture, leather goods, mica products, packing products, print- ing and publishing products, cigarette papers and rayon yarn.
Trade Area-Retail area covers 20 counties, with total population of 490,013.
Newspapers-2 dailies, combined as one paper on Sun- day, and 2 weeklies.
Hotels-12, with total of 2,382 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 in some sec- tions, with 190 miles completed. 13,284 miles of hard-sur- faced roads in the state.
Airports-Asheville has 3 airports for the use of flying enthusiasts, the largest of these being the Asheville-Hender- sonville Airport, located at Fletcher, south of Asheville. Handling flights of Delta, Capital and Piedmont air lines, its new terminal building houses the Strato Chef Food Bar and the Interstate Airways Communication Station of the CAA. This airport has 3 paved runways, 4,000 feet long, and a complete lighting system for night flying. It is well equip- ped with 2 large hangars, licensed mechanics and instruc- tors, and 2 flying service operations which have 61 approved training schools, air taxi service and aerial photography. The highway direction signs starting at the Langren Hotel clearly mark the route down Biltmore Ave., turning left in Biltmore and out the Sweeten Creek Road to the airport.
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Asheville's 2 private airports are Carrier Field, which has a good hangar and houses about 10 private planes, and Joe Josephson's Air Park at Emma. Josephson's Airport has about 8 private planes, 2 hangars and a lunch room, and may be reached by turning right immediately after crossing the West Asheville Bridge on U. S. 19 and 23. Carrier Fieid may be reached by taking the river road between Asheville and Biltmore.
Amusements-Largest auditorium in city seats 3,500 persons. 7 moving-picture theatres, with total seating ca- pacity of 5,300 persons. Also, a drive-in theatre, with 600 cars capacity. 5 golf courses.
Hospitals-7, with total of 441 beds.
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, 7,827; teachers, 239. Value of public school property, $5,345,580.25.
Libraries-9, with total of 101.480 volumes.
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Asheville from Beaucatcher Mountain
City Statistics-Total street mileage, 200.54, with 153.06 miles paved. Miles of gas mains, 94; sewers, 181. Number of water meters, 15,813; light meters, 12,110; gas meters, 3,978. Capacity of water works, 550,000,000 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 66 men, with 5 stations and 11 pieces of motor equipment. Value of fire department property, $280,000. Po- lice department has 74 men, with 1 station and 13 pieces of motor equipment.
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