Miller's Asheville (Buncombe County, N.C.) City Directory [1951], Part 1

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Publication date: 1951
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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


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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


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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


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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


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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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