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GENERAL INDEX
Abbreviations .Pages 28 and 29
Alphabetical List of Names Page 29
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
Banks and Tourist Companies Classified Section
Buildings-Office and Public. Classified Section
Buncombe County Government Alphabetical Section
Bus and Coach Lines Classified Section
Buyers' Guide. preceding Classified on Goldenrod Paper
Cemeteries Classified Section
Churches
Classified Section
Classified Business Directory
follows Buyers' Guide on Yellow Paper
Clergymen
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
Libraries
Classified Section
Newspapers Classified Section
North Carolina State Government. ..... Alphabetical Section
Organizations-Benevolent and Fraternal
Classified Section
Organizations-Business
Classified Section
Organizations-Labor Classified Section
Organizations-Patriotic
Classified Section
Parks and Playgrounds
Classified Section
Railroads Classified Section
Schools-Parochial
Classified Section
Schools-Public
Classified Section
Schools, Colleges and Academies. 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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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
Page numbers below refer to the Buyers' Guide Section
Page
Page
Carroll John. right top lines and 48
Cecil's Business College 26 Church and Southland Advocate The .. 87 Citizens Hardware & Supply Co Inc ... . . right
Allen Funeral Home
64
Alley Taxi Cabs. . left side lines and 118 Allison's Flower Shop 54 56
Anders-Rice Funeral Home
Anderson-Browu Patrol Inc 91
Anderson Transfer Co 121
Arcadia Dairy Farm ... . left bottom lines and
42
Asheville Baking Co Inc 19
Asheville Bedding Co 86 Coston Eugene P
Asheville- Biltmore Hotel ..
. left side lines and
Asheville Cab Co . .
. right bottom lines and
120
Crenshaw's Ed Shoe Service
Asheville Camera & Supply Store
.left
side lines and
Asheville Citizens-Times Co
. left
top lines and
Asheville Cleaners & Dyers . top
stencil and
Asheville Electric Co
. front cover,
left top lines and
50 Diamond Cab Co. right side lines and 120
bottom lines and Asheville Fish Co Inc .. .right side lines and 86 Dillard Realty Co. . left side lines and 103 Asheville Furniture Co 59 Dixie Electric Co. . left side lines and Asheville Ice & Storage Co Inc . back Dixie Pit Bar-B-Q 52 108 cover. 35 and 2 37 Asheville Laundry . front 80 Down Town Garage cove . right top lines and Duckett Harold R 112 14 38 Asheville Mack Distributors Dotson Sheet Metal Works right Asheville Oil Co Inc .. .left side lines and 56 101 Asheville Paving Co . 42 margins, left bottom lines, 100 and .. Asheville Steel & Salvage Co Inc .left Duckworth W T Co 104 87 Duckworth James H. .left and right lip side lines and Dunham's Music House ...... left side lines and 117 Asheville Storage Battery Co Inc left Dunn and Groce Funeral Home Inc. .. . back- side lines and 11 bone, left side lines, A and 57 Asheville Tile Co. . . left side lines and 120 Efird's Department Store. . right side lines and Fain's Thrift Store 48 48 Asheville Truck Service 14 Asheville Union Bus Station Inc. . right top lines and 26 Farm Equipment Co ... . right side lines and 54 55 Farmers Federation Cooperative ... . back Asheville Welding Co 124 cover, 53 and 93 Aston, Stikeleather & Co .... right top lines and 74 Ferguson's Studio 22 Atkins Harper Lumber Co. . back cover and 24 Fidelity Audit & Tax Service Austin Frank Co. . left side lines and 25 Fields Inc ... . right bottom lines and 33 104 Autrey-Smathers Insurance Agency Inc .. . right First Mortgage & Investment Co top lines and First National Bank & Trust Co. front B & J Department Store 72 44 cover and 19 92
Bagwell Tire Service.
left side lines and
14
Fisher Elliot Lyman
Fortune's Paint & Hardware Co Inc.
right
side lines and
Free Service Tire & Appliance Co .right
bottom lines and
Fritschy's Garage. .. left side lines and
Gaskins Realty Co Agents. . right side lines and 104 General Building Products Co Inc
Gibbs Radio Co. .. . right side lines and
56
Goodrich B F Store.
. left bottom linea and
Gordon's Jewelers
79
Gore John C
Grace Coal Co Inc.
right side lines and
Biltmore Dairy Farms
Biltmore Furniture Co Inc 61
Biltmore Tire & Recapping Co .left
side lines and
Biltwell Sign Co.
left side lines and 115
35
Bishon's Inc.
Blue Bird Taxi Co of Asheville Inc back cover and
119
Blue Ridge Cleaners. . left side lines and 32
Blue Ridge Tile & Specialty Co Inc. right
121
Blue Ridge Trucking Co
122
Bon Marche Inc . front cover ard 45 Henry J T
Boone Wrought Iron Works left bottom lines and
77 99
78
88
Brownell. Dunn & Lovin Funeral Home
Buekner's J K Antique-Reproduction Shop . . Buford-Lange Co Inc
Burton Rov Realty Co
Burton & Son. right top lines and
C C R Coal Co. right side lines and Carl's Drive Inn
Carolina Coal & Ice Co. .left top lines and 36 82
Carolina Finance Co
Carolina Garden Stores Inc. right side lines and
112 Ingram Paint Co
20 Ivey's Inc. . . . left top and bottom lines and 46 60
97 | Jennings Al Inc right bottom lines and 41
89 12 15 25 97 15 77 105 36 61 30 64 74 B
Green Hills Cemetery Assn Inc
side lines and
right
Green Ottis Hardware Co Inc Greene & Goodman Inc
Greenland Restaurant ... right bottom lines and 109 Grove Park Inn .
Grove Stone and Sand Co front cover and 111 Harrison Auto Parts Co. . right bottom lines and 15
Harry's Cadillac-Pontiac Co Inc
Hayes & Lunsford Electric Co. . . back cover and Haynes M B Electric Corp. . right side lines and Henry Funeral Home
3 51 52 58
Herndon George A
Home Finance Co .. .left bottom lines and
Home Furniture Store
. left
58 Hotel Asheville
2 29 98 59 Howard's Gulf Service
35 Hursey & Co
108 Ice Service Inc. right top lines and Imperial Life Insurance Co .. front cover and Ingle Transfer & Storage Co
Hospital Core Assn Ine The. bottom lines and Hotel Charles Hotel Charmil Howard Studio The . right side lines and 76 68 68 69 94 2 78 71 73 121 89
118 82 18 61
Booth R P & Co Bright's Jewelers Brown Book Corp
14
Bird Coal Co Inc right side lines and 112
61 22
Belk's Department Store .. .. right top lines and 44
Bell Finance Co. . left side lines and 82
Berryman Funeral Home .left top
and right bottom lines and.
11
Battery & Ignition Co. .. right bottom lines and Battery Park Hotel
A
Beaumont Furniture Co Inc. .. left top lines and Beauty Nook
Biltmore Cleaners & Laundry Inc. . right side lines and
Biltmore Coal & Lumber Co 33 and 83 42 Green Bros
Carolina Sheet Metal Works
112
A to Z Cleaning Service. . right bottom lines and 110 Ace Refrigeration Service .. . right side lines and 107 Alexander Perry M Construction Co Inc .... left bottom lines aud All Electric Co 40 70 56 side lines and
Citizens Transfer & Coal Co. right side lines and Coca-Cola Bottling Co of Asheville N C ..... left side lines and 23 88 85 38 Y
Commercial Stationers Inc. .. left side lines and Community Coal & Lumber Co right side lines, 36 and
Concrete Products Co.
. right side lines and
67 Cox Music House .left top lines and 95 Crouch Garland E 28 Crompton Shoe Repair Shop Z Curtiss Motor Co Culberson Studio. right bottom lines and 113 69 114 93 12 70 Dacy Electric Co 49 David's Men's Shop 33 97
Davis Radio Sales and Service
36
Carolina Press
Carolina Industrial Bank ...... hack cover and Carolina Power & Light Co ... . hack cover and X Jarrett Furniture Co
bottom lines and
Bank of Asheville The. . right top lines
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
Page
Johnson-Chandley Lumber Co Inc
Johnson H E Co
Johnson R L Trim Shop. ... right side lines and 15 Reed & Abee Inc. . right side lines and Jolly Cab Service ... left side lines and 120 Reliance Life Insurance Co. . right top lines and 76
Judd Furniture & Supply Co. 62 Reusing's
Keemer Radio Service .. . . left side lines and
42
98 Roberts Coal Co Rock Wool Insulating Co of Asheville right
side lines and
Rogers Leonard Plumbing Co. .left
side lines and 95
Rogers Plumbing & Heating Co left
side lines and
96 Rowland Tom Jr Mrs right
side lines and
Roy's Paint & Wall Paper Store right
top lines and
Royal Crown Bottling Co of Asheville
St Joan of Arc Catholic Church
Saint Lawrence Catholic Church
M & M Body & Radiator Wks. .. back cover and Magruder & Jensen 113 Salvation Army The. . right side lines and
Manor Hotel Corporation The left
side lines and
69 16
Mashburn Motor Co
Schley John E
Matthews Motor Sales Inc. .. . . front cover and 5 Sears Roebuck and Co . right top lines and
Maxwell's Jewelry Co
78 Sellers Cabinet Shop. . right side lines and
McCoy-Wilkins Funeral Home Inc.
58
Service Paint Co Inc. . left side lines and
McCracken Lola B
McIntire-Jones Oil Co Inc
Shope's Dairy. . left side lines and
McRary & Son Inc. .. ... left bottom lines and 86
Meadows Sheet Metal Works left
side lines and
113
Middlemount Gardens Inc riglit
bottom lines and
55
63 Southern Foot Clinic
Miller N A & Co Minico Inc right side lines and 79
Spinning Wheel The
Modern Cleaners
31
Modern Finance Corp
83
Monarch Cleaners & Dyers . right
bottom lines and
32
Moore Furniture Co
Moore M V & Co
Morgan Bros Inc
Morris-Gearing & Black Funeral Home
59
Morrison T S & Co
. left top lines and 54
Morrison's Inc ..
. left bottom lines and 60
Morrow's Complete Auto Service
16
Moseley Shoe Rebuilders
Talman Office Supplies Inc
Taylor & Murphy .left bottom lines and
Thomas Buick Inc
Muse Transfer Co
122 32 Thrash Coal Co. right side lines and 37
Nettlewood Nurseries
87
North Carolina Agency The
105
North Carolina Equipment Co . left
bottom lines and
38 71
Vanderbilt George Hotel The C and 68
Veterans' Taxi Co .. .. left bottom lines and 118
Vines Office Machine Service. .right 88
bottom lines and
Wachovia Bank & Trust Co . front stencil,
right top lines and 21
Palmer Ed Co .. . right side lines and 70 Walker E A 106
64
West Asheville Flower Shop 55
.left
right bottom lines and
Western Carolina Insurance Agency Inc. 8
76
Plummer's Radio Service
White L A Sheet Metal Works. right
side lines and 113
White Transportation Co Inc 25
98 White's Service Inc 18
Pope Insurance Agency .left side lines and 75
Williams A C Plumbing & Heating Co. 96
Post Machinery Co
86 Williams-Brownell Inc 85
Princess Anne Hotel 69
Wilson Juanita Photographer right
bottom lines and 94
97
Protex Weatherstrip & Screen Co right Winner's Inc .. . left top lines and
side lines, 71, 109 and. 124 Wood Products Co. . right side lines and 39
Pruett Willis H
Public Service Co of N C Inc. right
40 Young Men's Christian Assn. 64 Youngblood Truck Lines Inc. .left
top lines and
63
bottom lines and
123
83 105 top lines and
Quality Construction Co . left
109
39
70 37
Kiser Plumbing Co ..... right side lines, 41 and Langren Hotel . left side lines and 67
Launderette. . left side lines and 82
Law Thomas M Real Estate Organization. .. left bottom lines and 102 75
Leavitt Insurance Agency .... left side lines and Lee William I Co .. right bottom lines and
77 55
Leonard's Florists
Lewis Funeral Home. right side lines and
58 26
Londenberg Cabinet Shop .... left side lines and
London Sign Co. . left bottom lines and 115
M & J Finance Corp
18
4
Sams Motor Sales Inc. right side lines and
Sawyer Motor Co Inc. left side lines and
91 22 31 31 116 17 17 76 47 27 90 91 44 9 78 13
Skyland Motors Inc Sluder Lee Watch Shop
Stewart Plumbing Co
Stikeleather J G Co
Stinnette Charles R
Stokes-Hodgens Furniture Co Street E S Co
Stroup H B Sheet Metal Works side lines and
.left
Sumner & Foster Inc
Superior Coal Co .left top lines and
Sweeten Creek Drive In
Symms Millwork & Supply Co Inc right
side lines and
84 89 40 10
Moser Plumbing Co Mountain City Laundry .right top lines and
Thorne Walter H. .right side lines and 106
National Cleaners right side lines and
Tingle Cafe Inc 108 18 Towne House Doughnut Co Inc 79
Trexler H D
United Tire Service. .right bottom lines and 17
Occidental Life Insurance Co of North Carolina. Ochsenreiter Gene Inc .. . backbone and 6 26 O'Kelley's Cabinet Shop .... left side lines and Orr Ed Motors. right side lines and Owen L A Juvenile Shoes 114 22 13
Pack Square Beauty School
Parkland Chevrolet Co Inc. . right side lines and Persian Rug Renovating Co. right side lines and 110
7
Peterson's Grill. . left bottom lines and 107
Pless Motor Co bottom stencil,
Poole E S Construction Co
98 40
Poore's Radio Electrical Service. .right side lines and
Pritchard Paint & Glass Co of Asheville Inc . left side lines and 91 Wilson Plumbing Co
Warm-Aire Heating Co
West Asheville Sheet Metal Works bottom lines and 66
43 114 63 96 103 124 62 17 65 106 34 109
105 16
Sherwin-Williams Co The. .". left side lines and
Sluder & Whitt Inc Southern Dairies Inc. .left top lines and
Moore Bros Lumber Co. .left side lines and 85 62
33 29
114 95 81
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INTRODUCTION
PIEDMONT DIRECTORY CO., publishers of Miller's Asheville City Directory, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1950 edition, which also includes Beverly Hills, Biltmore, Bilt- more Forest, Broadview, East Biltmore, Gentry Park, Koon De- velopment, Lake View Park, Linwood Park, Martel Mill Village, Morningside, Newbridge, Oakley, Oaklin Park, Sayles Village, South Biltmore, West Asheville and Woodfin.
Confidence in the continued growth of Asheville's industry, 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 Ashe- ville to the world.
The enviable position occupied by the Asheville City Directory in the estimation of the public, has been established by rendering the best in Directory service. With an unrivaled 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 Asheville 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 following order :-
THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and business and professional concerns is the first major department, printed 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 Asheville and vicinity, and the name, of- ficial personnel, nature and address of each firm and corporation.
THE BUYERS' GUIDE, the second major department, printed on goldenrod paper, contains the advertisements of leading manu- facturing, business professional interests of Asheville and vicinity. 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 and famous resort like Asheville, 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 the third major department, printed on yellow paper. This department lists the names of all business and professional concerns in alphabetical or- der under appropriate headings. This feature constitutes an in- valuable 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, is the fourth major department. In this section the names of the 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
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respective crossing points on each street. Special features of this section are the designation of tenant-owned homes and the designa- tion 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 manu- facturing site and as an education center. To broadcast this infor- mation, the publishers have placed copies of this issue of the Di- rectory in Directory Libraries, where they are readily available for free public refeence, and serve as perpetual and reliable advertise- ments of Asheville and vicinity.
The Asheville Directory Library
Through the courtesy of the publishers of the Asheville City Directory, a Directory Library is maintained in the offices of the Asheville Chamber of Commerce, for free reference 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 As- sociation of North American Directory Publishers, under whose su- pervision the system is operated ..
The publishers appreciatively acknowledge the recognition by those progressive business and professional men who have demon- strated their confidence in the City Directory 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"
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-$64,605,179 (1949), with $3.10 per $100 tax rate.
Financial Data-3 commercial banks. Clearings for 1948, $607,- 258,000.
Postal Receipts-$572,554.57 (1948).
Telephones in Service-22,000.
Churches-65, representing 16 denominations.
Industry-Chief industries of city and surrounding territory: Resort business, manufacturing, lumber and tobacco. Principal manufactured products of city and vicinity: Blankets, cotton and yarn goods, flour and feed, furniture, leather goods, mica products, packing products, printing and publishing products, cigarette papers and rayon yarn.
Trade Area-Retail area covers 20 counties, with total popula- tion of 490,013 (1940 U. S. Census).
Newspapers-2 dailies, combined as one paper on Sunday, and 2 weeklies.
Hotels-12, with total of 2,382 rooms.
Railroads-Southern.
Highways-U . S. 19, 23, 25, 70 and 74, 13,284 miles of hard- surfaced roads in the state. The Blue Ridge Parkway from Shenan- doah National Park to Great Smoky Mountains National Park is now under construction in some sections, with 20 miles completed.
Airports-The Asheville-Hendersonville 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 equipped with 2 large hangars, licensed mechanics and instructors, 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 Bilt- more Ave., turning left in Biltmore and out the Sweeten Creek Road to the airport.
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Amusements-Largest auditorium in city seats 3,500 persons. 7 moving-picture theatres, with total seating capacity of 5,300 persons. Also, 3 drive-in theatres. 5 golf courses.
Hospitals-6 general, with total of 398 beds.
Education-Institutions of higher learning include St. Gene- vieve-of-the-Pines, Asheville School for Boys, Asheville-Biltmore College and Plonk School of Creative Arts. 15 public schools, in- cluding 1 senior high school, 2 junior high schools and 7 elementary schools for whites, and 1 senior high school and 4 elementary schools for Negroes. 2 parochial schools. Number of pupils in public schools, 7,000; teachers, 260. Value of public school property, $5,445,580.25.
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