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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
Page numbers below refer to the Buyers' Guide Section
Page ! 93
Alexander News Co Alexander Perry M Construction Co .. left
bottom lines and
44
Allen-Birchette Funeral Home Allen's Coal & Ice Co
Allied Farmers Cooperative Inc
American Cab Co Inc .. . left side lines and 124 Cecil's Business College
Anders-Rice Funeral Home
Anderson-Brown Patrol Inc
Anderson Transfer Co
Art-Craft Interior Decorators right
side lines and
Artistic Cleaners
Artmore Furniture Co
Asheville Bakery Co Inc
Asheville Bedding Co
Asheville-Biltmore Hotel .....: left side lines and
Asheville Cab Co.
.. right bottom lines and
122
Asheville Camera & Supply Store left
top lines and
Asheville Catholic High School For Boys ..
Asheville Citizens-Times Co. ... left top lines and
Asheville Cleaners & Dyers ..... top stencil and 53 side lines, 39 and .
Asheville Electric Co. . front cover. left top lines and
Asheville Fish Co Inc. ... right side lines and
Asheville Hotel
Asheville lee & Storage Co Inc .37 and 41 Culberson Studio right top lines and
Asheville Laundry
front cover,
right top lines and
Asheville Mack Distributors
. right
side lines and
Asheville Oil Co Inc.
. left side lines and
Asheville Paving Co
left
Asheville Roofing & Contracting Co
bottom lines and
Asheville Sign Service .. .. left bottom lines and
Asheville Steel & Salvage Co Inc left
side lines and
120
Asheville Storage Battery Co Inc left side lines and 11
Asheville Typewriter Co Inc. left
top lines, 2. 66. 93 and . 127
Asheville Union Bus Station Inc left
top lines and
Asheville Welding Co. . left top lines and 128 12 Dunn John E
Asheville Willys Co
Aston Stikeleather & Co. right top lines and
Atkins-Harper Lumber Co . back cover and
Austin Frank Co. .. left side lines and Autrey-Smathers Insurance Agency Inc. .. left 76 12 cover, 57 and
B & J Department Store Bagwell Tire Service
Ball Ervin L Tabbed Insert at
Westmoreland Sterling in Alphabetical
Bank of Asheville The.
right top lines
Battery Park Hotel
Baumann C X Inc. ..
right side lines, 36 and 99 Five Points Tire Exchange Fortune's Paint & Hardware Co Inc right
49
bottom lines and
Free Service Tire & Appliance Co right
62 bottom lines and
Fritschy's Garage . left side lines and Furey Radiator Service
Biltmore Coal & Lumber Co ..
.. 38 and
89
General Building Products Co Inc
Biltmore Dairy Farms
Biltmore Furniture Co Inc. . . right side lines and Biltmore Tire & Recapping Co . left side lines and
Bird Coal Co Inc
Blanton's Business College. . left bottom lines and Blue Bird Taxi Co of Asheville Inc back cover and
Blue Ridge Garage & Service Station
Blue Ridge Motors Inc .... left bottom lines and Blue Ridge Trucking Co
Bon Marche Inc . front cover and
Booth R P & Co Brewer John R
Brownell-Dunn & Lovin. . . . left bottom lines and Buckner's I K Antique and Reproduction Shop .. Buford-Lange Co Inc
Burton & Son .right top lines and 65 Hawkinson Tread Service 17
C C R Coal Co Inc .. right side lines and Carl's Drive-In 111 39 Ilayes & Lunsford Electric Co. . . back cover and Haynes M B Electric Corp right
Carolina Coal & Ice Co. left top lines and 39
Carolina Finance Co
Carolina Garden Stores Inc right side lines and
Carolina Industrial Bank. .. ... back cover, 22 and
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Carolina National Gas Co Inc .. left side lines and 67
Carolina Power & Light Co ...... back cover and Carolina Sheet Metal Works
116
62 Carroll John right top lines aud 52 102 37 Carver A G & Son 59 Cathey Wm B 108 62 Charles Hotel 31 73 73 97 Charmil Hotel 87
124 Citizens Finance Co 22 and
.right bottom lines, Citizens Hardware & Supply Co Inc .... .. right side lines and
69 39
City Transfer Co
Clark's Garage .. right side lines and
Cobb Owen F Insurance Agency Coca-Cola Bottling Co of Asheville Inc ....... left side lines and
College Street Ignition & Storage Co.
32 II5 Commercial Stationers Inc ... . left side lines and Community Coal & Lumber Co. . right
Concrete Products Co of Asheville Inc. right
51 side lines and
Crenshaw's Ed Shoe Service
73 Crouch Garland E
Curtiss Motor Co
83 Dalton Paint Co Daniels Secretarial Service . .. left side lines and = David's Men's Shop
Dell School of Medical Technology .. right
47
bottom lines and
Dickson Contracting Co
111 Dillard Realty Co. . left side lines and 107 112
Dixie Pit Bar-B-Q
43 Donahoo & Taggart. Iett top lines, 44 and 108 2
I19 Dreamland Drive-In Theatre. . bottom stencil and Driveways Inc
Duckworth James H ..
.lip margins, 104 and
Duckworth W T Realty Co. .right
Duncan Wheel & Axle Service
bottom lines and 109 14 127
27 Etird's Department Store. ... right side lines and Evans Esso Servicenter
Farm Equipment Co .. ..... right side lines and
Farmers Federation Cooperative .back
52 Fields Inc .right bottom lines and
First National Bank & Trust Co .front
cover and
Fisher Elliott Lyman
Fitzpatrick & Sons
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Beaumont Furniture Co Inc . . . left top liues and Belk's Department Store ..... . right top lines and Bell Finance Co . left side lines and 88
Berryman Funeral Home .....
... left top lines and
Biltmore Cleaners & Laundry Inc .. .
. . back
84
cover and
49 Gibbs Radio Co right side lines and
65
Goodrich B F Store
. left bottom lines and
Gordon's Jewelers
19 Gore John C
38 Grace Coal Co Inc .. right side lines and
30 Green Bros
Green Hills Cemetery Assn Inc right
123 side lines and
34
Green Ottis Hardware Co Inc left
3 bottom lines and Greene & Goodman Inc 69 78 B 114 23
Hall L D Trim Shop 20 and
Harrison Auto Parts Co .. right bottom lines and
33 Harry's Cadillac-Pontiac Co Inc
side lines and
88 Henry Funeral Home
63 17 87
115
Herman Albert B Herndon George A Hillerest Nursing Home
93
41 116 74 97 14 9G 91 36 29 44
47 105
Duncan's Upholstery Co ...... left side lines and Dunham's Music House . left side lines aud 92
29
top lines and
B & B Wrecker & Upholstering Co
. left side lines and 19 First Mortgage & Investment Co
16 28 101 20 81 109 40 65
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125 50 Grove Park Inn Grove Stone & Sand Co
I03 95 62 Harrington S W Inc 90 20 4
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90 72
64 Citizens Heating Co. . .right side lines and
125 13 80 26 19 94 89
60
Asheville Refrigeration & Appliance Co .. side lines and
.right
Dunn & Groce Funeral Home Inc. ... backbone, GI and 109 75 52 15 58 60 36 88 25 98 58 15 96
Eagle Insulating Co The ..... left side lines and
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Hollingsworth W T
Home Furniture Store
Home Insulation Co
Honeycutt's Cabinet Shop ..... left side lines and
Hospital Care Association Inc The left
bottom lines and
Hotel Asheville
73
Hotel Asheville-Biltmore . left side lines and 72 Reed & Abee Inc right side lines and 42
Hotel Battery Park
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Reliance Life Insurance Co of Pittsburgh right top lines and 80
Hotel Charmil
Hotel George Vanderbilt The 72 and
Hotel Langren . left top lines and 73 Rowland Tom Jr Mrs right side lines and
Howard Studio The . right side lines and
99
81
Hursey & Co right bottom lines and
ce Service Inc
right side lines and
Imperial Life Insurance Co.
front cover and
77
Sams Motor Sales Inc
. front cover,
right side lines and
Jennings Al Inc . left top lines, 70 and
Jimmie's Waffle Shop
Johnson-Chandley Lumber Co Inc
Johnson H E & Co
Johnson R L Trim Shop . . left side lines and
Keemer's Radio & Television Service . left
side lines and
Kiser Plumbing Co Inc right side lines and
Langren Hotel left top lines and 73 Sluder & Whitt Inc
Law Thomas M Real Estate Organization. .. . left bottom lines and
Leavitt Insurance Agency . left side lines and
Leonard's Florist
Lewis Funeral Home
right side lines and
63
London Sign Co
118 Stikeleather J G Co
Stinnette Charles R
Stokes-Hodgens Furniture Co
Stroup H B Sheet Metal Works left
side lines and
Sunset Cemetery
Manor Hotel Corp The left side lines and 74 Superior Coal Co left top lines and
Matthews Motor Sales Inc . front cover and 6
Maxwell's Jewelry Co
S2 Superior Rug Cleaners
McCracken Lola B. .right side lines and 110 Symmis Millwork & Supply Co Inc
McRary & Son Inc.
left bottom lines and
Middlemount Gardens Inc
Miller X A & Co
Minico Inc .right side lines and
Modern Cleaners
Modern Finance Corp
Moore MI V & Co
Morgan Bros Inc
Morris-Gearing & Black Funeral Home Morris Geo W
Morrison T S & Co
Morrison's Inc
Moser Plumbing Co right side lines and 100 Veteran's Taxi Service
Mountain City Laundry .right top lines and
Mandy's Cabinet Shop . left side lines and
Nettlewood Nurseries
North Carolina Equipment Co
left right top lines and
bottom lines and
Oakley Shoe Shop
Occidental Life Insurance Co of N C
Ochsenreiter Gene Inc
O'Kelley's Amoco Service
O'Kelly Sheet Metal Works 70 and
Orr Ed Motors . backbone and
Owen L A Juvenile Shoes
I17
Palmer Ed Co right side lines and 74
Palmer-Lipe Watch Repair Co
Parkland Chevrolet Co Inc .. . right side lines and
Persian Rng Renovating Co. . right side lines and Pettigrew-Rulane Co
66
Wilson Funeral Home . right side lines and 63
Phillip's Shoe Hospital
117
bottom lines and
Plummers Radio Service
Pope Insurance Agency ..... left side lines and
79 Woodfin Coal & Ice Co . left side lines and
111
Pritchard Paint & Glass Co of Asheville ..... left side lines and 96 side lines and 69
Youngblood Truck Lines Inc . left
top lines, 75 and
127
bottom lines and
126
21 81 5I 97 86 97 12I 10I 18 21
Shamrock Laundry & Cleaners left
109
20
side lines and
Sherwin-Williams Co The .... left side lines and Silverman Company . . right side lines and
Skyland Radio & Television Co
Sorrell's Pure Oil Service
Southern Dairies Inc
Sonthern Foot Clinic
Stewart George K Plumbing Co
80
M & J Finance Corp
23
M & M Body & Radiator Works cover and
.back
MacIntire-Jones Oil Co Inc
5 21
Talman Office Supplies Inc
90 59 Taylor & Murphy left bottom lines and
Theatre & Ballet School The
68 86 Thomas Buick Inc
Thrash Coal Co right side lines and
35 Three Little Pigs 88 36 Tingle's Cafe Ine
39 Town & Country Realty . . right bottom lines and Towne House Doughnut Co Inc
63 116 20th Century Heating Co .. . left bottom lines and Vanderbilt George Hotel The 72 and 59 64 Vanderbilt Radio . left bottom lines and
102 124 94
bottom lines and
Wachovia Bank & Trust Co
.front stencil,
Wakefield Guest Home
117 Walker E A left bottom lines and
Warm-Aire Furnace Inc
Weaver & Bramlett Realtors
West Asheville Flower Shop
Western Carolina Electric Co . . left side lines and
White L A Sheet Metal Works 116 29
Wilkison Vance A Co left side lines and 32
Williams A C Plumbing & Heating Co side lines and 101 47
left
113 Williams T 1 & Sons right side lines and
Wilson Juanita Photographer right 99 5I 40
Pless Motor Co .. right bottom lines and 18 102 Winner's Inc .left top lines and
Post Machinery Co 90 Wright Arthur C .. . left Young Men's Christian Assn of Asheville
Protex Weatherstrip & Screen Co .right
45 65 75
Prnett Willis H
Public Service Co of X C Inc
.right
3I top lines and 68 Ray's Cleaners 36
Redmond Plumbing Co 100
Hotel Charles
73
73 Reusing's Roland W E Jewelry Co
74 82 110
Roy's l'aint & Wallpaper Store top lines and 90 35 9
right
Saint Lawrence Catholic Church
Sawyer Motor Co Inc
.. left side lines and
95 99 Schley Jolm E
112 Sears Roebuck and Co. right top lines and
89 Service Paint Co Inc . left side lines and
102 100
106 79 60 Spinning Wheel The
Superior Lumber Co left top lines and
left top lines and 48 117 68 100 107 127 66 71 62 38 28 113 91 94 45 49 10 40 113 112 110 23 46 C
Vines Office Machine Service .right
85 31 93 42
80 17 21 115
White Transportation Co Inc
24 121 108 70 110 60 56
Lowe Cabell L
Ingle Transfer & Storage Co 92 and 125
Ingram Paint Co
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INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX
PIEDMONT DIRECTORY CO., publishers of Miller's Asheville City Directory, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1951 edition, which also includes Beverly Hills, Biltmore, Bilt- more Forest, Broadview, East Biltmore, Gentry Park, Koon De- velopment, Lake View Park, Lakeview Terrace, Linwood Park, Martel Mill Village, Morningside, Newbridge, Oakley, Oaklyn 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 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
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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 educational 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 reference, 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"
(Courtesy Asheville Chamber of Commerce)
Statistical Review
Form of Government-Council-manager.
Population-City proper, 52,208; metropolitan area, 122,557 (1950 unofficial U. S. Census).
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-$68,083,173 (1950), with $3.10 per $100 tax rate.
Financial Data-3 commercial banks. Clearings for 1949, $559,- 143,247.
Postal Receipts-$572,554.57 (1948).
Telephones in Service -- 22,000.
Churches-68, representing 22 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 19 counties, with total popula- tion of 466,100 (Sales Management survey, Jan 1, 1950).
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 virtually completed from Roanoke to Asheville.
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.
Asheville from Beaucatcher Mountain
City Statistics-Total street mileage, 242, with 175 miles paved. Miles of gas mains, 94; sewers, 181. Number of water meters, 17,478; light meters, 30,500; gas meters 3,751. Capacity of water works, 550,000,000 gallons; daily average use, approximately 10,000,- 000 gallons; flow by gravity; miles of mains, 285; value of plant, $5,000,000. Fire department has 67 men, with 5 stations and 11 pieces of motor equipment. Value of fire department property, $280,000. Police department has 90 men, with 1 station and 14 pieces of motor equipment.
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 52,208 according to the preliminary report of the U. S. Census of 1950, with a metropolitan area population of 122,557.
History
Asheville was founded in 1797 by John Burton, and was known for about three years of its early history as Morristown. The name was later changed to Asheville, in honor of Samuel and John Ashe, noted men of that period.
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