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INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX
PIEDMONT DIRECTORY CO., publishers of Miller's Asheville City Directory, pre- sent to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1953 edition, which also includes Bev- erly Hills, Biltmore Forest, Broadview Park, East Biltmore, Gentry Park, Lakeview Ter- race, Linwood Park, Martel Mill Village, Morningside, Oakley, Oaklyn Park, Sayles Vill- age, South Biltmore and Woodfin, A new feature, the Numerical Telephone Directory, marks this edition.
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I. 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, official personnel, nature and address of each firm and corporation.
II. THE BUYERS' GUIDE, the second major department, printed on goldenrod paper, contains the advertisements of leading manufacturing, 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 communi- ty and famous resort like Asheville, the necessity of having this kind of information immed- iately available, is obvious. General appreciation of this fact is evidenced by the many ref- erence users of this City Directory service.
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IV. 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 oppo- site 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.
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS GUIDE SECTION. THE YELLOW PAGES
Page
Page
Allen-Birchette Funeral Home 74
Allied Farmers Cooperative Inc. 71 American Cab Co Inc 148
American Cleaners
. right bottom lines and 44
Anders-Rice Funeral Home . 74
Anderson-Brown Patrol Inc 123
Artmore Furniture Co 80
Asheville Baking Co Inc 27
Asheville Bedding Co . 111
Asheville-Biltmore Hotel
Asheville Cab C left side lines and 92
.right bottom lines and 149 Asheville Citizens Times Co
Asheville Cleaners & Dyers. . left top lines, 116 and Z
. top stencil and 64
Asheville Electric Co. . front cover and 66
Asheville Federal Savings & Loan Assn. left top lines and 143 Asheville Fish Co Inc .
.right side lines and 89 Asheville Ice & Storage Co Inc .. Brikcrete Products Co right side lines and 35
. right bottom lines, 45 and
51
Asheville Laundry .
. front cover and 104
Asheville Mac Distributors
right side lines and
2
Asheville Oil Co Inc .
, back cover,
.left side lines and
85
Asheville Paving Co
Asheville Refrigeration & Appliance Co. left side lines and 139 Asheville Sign Service 146 . left bottom lines and Asheville Stone Contractors. . left bottom lines and 148 Asheville Storage Battery Co Inc .left side lines and 14
Asheville Union Bus Station .
Asheville Welding Co right top lines and 37
156
Aston, Stikeleather & Co right top lines and 3
Atkins-Harper Lumber Co ..
.back cover and 34
36
Carver A G.
130
Cathey Wm B
right side lines and
135
B & J Department Store
Austin Frank Co
. . left side lines and
Autrey-Smathers Insurance Agency Inc .
. left lip margin and
96
63
Cazel Auto Service Co
.left side lines and
16
Bagwell Tire Service left side lines, 14 and tabbed insert at streets Ballard's Gulf Service right bottom lines and Bank of Asheville The. right top lines and Battery Park Hotel.
Bean S I Tile & Marble Co. left side lines and 58
Beaumont Furniture Co Inc . left top lines and 80
Beaver Lake Golf Course
Bell Finance Co. ... . left side lines and 108 Berryman Funeral Home.
left top lines and
75
Beverly Hills T V Service .
. right bottom lines and 128
Biltmore Cleaners & Laundry Inc . , right side lines and 105 Biltmore Coal & Lumber Co
.right side lines, 50, 74 and 109 Biltmore Tire & Recapping Co. .
left side lines and
2
Bird Coal Co Inc
46
Blanton's Business College
. left bottom lines and
38
Blue Bird Taxi Co of Asheville, Inc. .
.left side lines and
150
Blue Ridge Cleaners. left side lines and
43
Blue Ridge Tractor & Implement Co . . .
70
Bon Marche Inc . ..
. . front cover and
60
131 Booth R P & Co. . right bottom lines and Bordner Construction 53
Brewer John R 53
Bright's Jewelers 102
Brown Motor Co
15
Brownell-Dunn & Lovin.
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left bottom lines and
78
Bryson Moore Realtor
134
Buckner's J K Antique and Reproduction
Shop.
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58
Bud's Used Car L
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79
Burton & Son. .
right top lines and
CCR Coal Co Inc
right side lines and
46
Carolina Coal & Ice Co.
left top lines and
50
Carolina Finance Co.
108
Carolina Garden Stores Inc
right side lines and
143
Carolina Natural Gas Co Inc
.right side lines and
83
Carolina Power & Light Co .
back cover, 65 and
x
Carolina Sheet Metal Works.
. left bottom lines and
144
Carolina Truck & Body Co Inc
left side lines and
4
Carroll John.
right top lines and
63
Carter Lumber Co
right bottom lines and
110
Chandler Tire Co.
16
15
Charmil Hotel
92
Chez Paul.
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Citizens Finance Co.
107
Citizens Hardware & Supply Co Inc.
right side lines and
90
Citizens Fuel Company
50
Citizens Heating Company
rigi.t side lines
89
City Transfer Co
153
Belk's Department Store
right top lines and
62
Clark's Garage
.left side lines and
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Asheville White Sales Inc
right top lines and
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Central Tire Service
right side lines and
25
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Page
Coal Heating Service of Buncombe
County Inc. .
50
Hasbrouck & Company
Cobb Owen F Insurance Agency 100
Coca-Cola Bottling Co of Asheville Inc . . left side lines and 31
Commercial Stationers Inc . . left side lines and 117 Community Coal & Lumber Co. . . . right side lines, 47, 72 and Concrete Products Co of Asheville Inc. . right side lines and 51
Coston Eugene P
135
Crouch G E Co. . right side lines and 94
Culberson Studio . . right top lines and 123
Curtiss Motor Co. . right bottom lines and 17 Dacy Electric Co. . . right side lines and 68 Dalton Paint Co .. 121 112
Daniels Secretarial Service
David's Men's Shop 44
Dickson Contracting Co. 53
Dillingham Shell Service & Garage
left side lines and 92
Dow Cover Co.
.right side lines and
18
18
Hotel Battery Park.
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Hotel Charmil . .
92
Downs Atlantic Service left bottom lines and 19
Dreamland Drive-In Theatre bottom stencil,
right bottom lines and 152
Driveways Inc .
55
Duckworth W T Co, Realtors
left side lines and 136
Duncan Wheel & Axle Service.
19
Ivey's Inc .
61
Jack's Radio, Television, Refrigeration .
left side lines and 129 Jarrett's Flower Center & Greenhouses. left side lines and 71
Jennings Al Inc
.92 and
125
Jim's Drive-In 140 Johnson-Chandley Lumber Co Inc
Eagle Insulating Co The .left side lines and 95 Farmers Federation Cooperative . . Johnson H E Co 134
. back cover,
right top lines, 69 and
72
44
Fields Inc.
. right bottom lines and
First Mortgage & Investment Co
108
First National Bank & Trust Co
Fisher Elliott Lyman front cover and 29
125
Fitzpatrick & Sons. 70
43
Fortune's Paint & Hardware Co Inc. . right bottom lines, 91 and Foster's Log Cabin Court
122
,right top lines and Free Service Tire & Appliance Co . back cover,
right bottom lines, 20 and
68
Fritschy's Garage
right lip margin and
5
102
Gordon's Jewelers
Grace Coal Co Inc
Grace Esso Service right side lines and 51 20
Grace Pure Oil Service Station.
Green Bros.
right side lines and
21
79
Green Hills Cemetery Assn Inc .right side lines and 41
Green Ottis Hardware Co Inc . left bottom lines and 90 100
Greene & Goodman Inc
Grooms Furniture Co 81
Grove Park Inn B
Grove Stone & Sand Co 142
Harrington S W Inc.
110
Harrison Auto Glass Co
left side lines and 88
Page
Harwood Cabinet Makers.
39
left bottom lines and 33 Hayes and Lunsford Electric Co. . .back cover and 67 Haynes M B Electric Corp. right side lines and 68 Hendersonville Drive-In Theatre 153
109 Heney Funeral Home 78 Herman Albert B . right bottom lines and 120
Holland Furnace Co
Herndon George A
right bottom lines and
91
107
Hollifield's O K Rubber Welders. 25
Home Furniture Store. 81 Home Insulation Co right side lines and 57
Home Repair & Supply Co .
55
Hospital Care Association Inc The
. left bottom lines and
101
Hotel Asheville-Biltmore
Hotel George Vanderbilt The C Hotel Princess Anne. .. 93 102 Hursey & Co ... right bottom lines and Imperial Life Insurance Co . front cover and 97 Ingle Transfer & Storage Co. Y and
114
Ingram Paint Co 121
Dunham's Music House 115 left side lines and Dunn and Groce Funeral Home Inc. . . backbone, tabbed insert at . Numerical Telephone section, A and 76
33 and
110
Johnson R L Trim Shop.
right side lines and
25
Johnson's Auto Salvage
21
Jowers-Stanford Co
. left bottom lines and 155
Judd Furniture & Supply Co.
81
King R R Jr Agency
.left side lines and 100
Kiser Plumbing Co Inc
right side lines and 126
Kolb Construction Co.
right bottom lines and
52
Koon Ethens
back cover,
Five Point Cleaners & Dyers .
112
.left side lines and
74
Law Thomas M Real Estate Organization
. right bottom lines and 132
Leavitt Insurance Agency
48
.left side lines and
98
Lewis Bag Coal Co. . . left side lines and
Lewis Funeral Home
M & J Finance Corp
26
right side lines and
77
Lewis General Auto Repair
.left side lines and
22
M & M Body & Radiator Works.
left bottom lines and
6
Man Store The.
.left side lines and
45
Manor Hotel Corp The
.left side lines and
93
Matthews Motor, Sales Inc .
front cover and
7
Maxwell's Jewelry (
102
Hall Coal Co.
right side lines and
47
McCracken Lola B.
Hall S Dennis
103
.right side lines and
136
McIntire-Jones Oil Co Inc
26
McR ary & Son Inc
left bottom lines and 111
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Micheal W B General Contractor
.right side lines and 53
Middlemount Gardens Inc 71
Miller N A & Co 87 Minico Inc .right side lines and 103 Silverman Company .right side lines and 147 Modern Cleaners 42 Modern Finance Corp 108 Skyline Dairies . . right bottom lines and 58 Sluder & Whitt Inc . . . left side lines and Monteath's Gulf Service. 8 left top lines and 23 Smathers Rex Realty Co 136 Southern Dairies Inc. left top lines and 59
Moore M V & Co . . left side lines and 45
Morgan Bros Inc 40
Morris-Gearing & Black Funeral Home .
78
Morrison's Inc. . . . left bottom lines and 80
Moser Plumbing Co . .right side lines and 127
Mountaineer Court The
153
117
Nettlewood Nurseries
North Carolina Equipment Co. . . left bottom lines and 52
Occidental Life Insurance Co of Raleigh. NC . 101
Ochsenreiter Gene Inc
ribbon book mark and
Orr Ed Motors
. backbone and
10
Owen L A Juvenile & Teen-Age Shoes . .
left side lines and
145
Palmer Ed Co.
.left side lines and
94
Park Shoe Store.
.left side lines and
145
Park Tailor Shop
148
Parker Boat Co. . right bottom lines and
:31
Parkland Chevrolet Co Inc. .right side lines and
11
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co Inc
left top lines and
32
Pines The.
left top lines and
113
Pless Millwork Co. 36
Plummer's Radio Service
Pope, Flynn & Callahan Inc right top lines and
Powell Ollie R.
Princess Anne Hotel.
Pritchard Paint & Glass Co of Asheville . back cover, Inc . left side lines, 87 and
122
Protex Weatherstrip & Screen Co. .
. insert at name in
.Alphabetical Section,
.right top lines, 95 and 156
Public Service Co of NC Inc. right top lines and 82
Quality Cleaners
. right bottom lines and
Ray Jesse Funeral Home.
43
78
151 Red Top Cab Co.
Reusing's . right top lines and 101
Rhododendron Court. . insert at name in
Alphabetical Section Roberts Amoco Service Station. left top lines and 22
Rock Haven Terrace. right side lines and 113
Rockola Court
103
Rowland Tom Jr Mrs
Roy's Paint & Wall Paper Store right side lines and 135
right top lines and
St Francis High School .
Saint Lawrence Catholic Church .
Sams Motor Sales Inc .
. front cover,
12
right side lines and
Sawyer Motor Co Inc .left side lines and Schley John E Sears; Roebuck and Co right top lines and 62
Sellers Cabinet Shop.
Service Paint Co Inc.
left side lines and
Page Seven-Up Asheville Co Inc.
,left side lines and 32 Sherwin-Williams Co The . left side lines and 123
Southern Foot Clinic.
.left side lines and
145
Southland Drive In . . . left side lines and
140
Spaghetti Diner 139 Spinning Wheel The 87
Sprouse George Texaco Service
. left bottom lines and
23
Stauffer Millwork. . . . left side lines and
111
Stephens Upholstering & Refinishing . . .
155
Stewart George K Plumbing Co.
127
Stikeleather J G Co
95
Stines Body Shop
left bottom lines and
24
Stinnette Charles R
155
Stokes-Hodgens Furniture C
81
Suburban Rulane Gas Co
84
Sunset Cemetery 74
Superior Coal Co.
left top lines and
48
Superior Rug Cleaners
141
Swannanoa Laundry Inc . right bottom lines and 106
Talman Office Supplies Inc
118
Taylor & Murphy
left bottom lines and
55
Television Servicenter
130
129
Thomas Buick Inc
13
Thompson Wayne Inc left bottom lines and 24
Thorne Walter H
136
Three Little Pigs.
141
Tingle's Cafe Inc .
140
Towne House Doughnut Co Inc
Tucker Robert Co
right bottom lines and
26
. left bottom lines and
133
Vanderbilt George Hotel The
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Vines Office Machine Service.
. right bottom lines and
119
Wachovia Bank and Trust Co
front stencil,
right top lines and
30
Reed & Abee Inc
.back cover and
54
Warren Safe & Lock Co.
Reliance Life Insurance Co
left side lines and
109
Weaver & Bramlett Realtors
137
94
West Asheville Cab Co
.right side lines and
151
White L A Sheet Metal Works.
. right side lines, 56 and
144
White Transportation Co Inc
36
Whitt's O K Rubber Welders
right side lines and 138
114 | Wilkinson Vance A Co.
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Williams A C Plumbing & Heating Co .
left side lines and
127
122 | Wilson James C. . . left bottom lines and
137
Wilson Juanita Photographer
143
42
Winner's Inc.
left top lines and
63
. right bottom lines and 125
Woodfin Coal & Ice Co
left side lines, 49 and
73
26
Wright W W
86
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151
Young's Sheet Metal Works
. left bottom lines and
144
39 Youngblood Truck Lines Inc.
left bottom lines and 154
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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, 53,000; metropolitan area, 124,403 (1950 U. S. Census).
Area-13.78 square miles.
Altitude-2,340 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-$ 74,111,298 (1951), with $ 3.48 per $ 100 tax rate.
Financial Data-4 commercial banks. Clearings for 1950, $ 633,314,000.
Postal Receipts-$ 731,535.18 (1951).
Telephones in Service-25,872.
Churches-105, representing 15 denominations.
Industry-Chief industries of city and surrounding territory: Resort business, manu - facturing, lumber and tobacco. Principal manufactured products of city and vicinity: Blank- ets, 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 population of 497,577. Newspapers-2 dailies, combined as one paper on Sunday, and 2 weeklies.
Hotels-9. Also 48 motor courts.
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 Shenandoah 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 Ashe- ville. 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 Biltmore Ave., turning left in Biltmore and out the Sweeten Creek Road to the airport.
Asheville from Beaucatcher Mountain
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Amusements-Largest auditorium in city seats 3,500 persons. 7 moving-picture thea- tres, with total seating capacity of 5,300 persons. Also 3 drive-in theatres. 4 golf courses.
Hospitals-4 general, with total of 437 beds.
Education-Institutions of higher learning include St. Genevieve-of-the-Pines, Ashe - ville School for Boys, Asheville-Biltmore College and Plonk School of Creative Arts. 15 public schools, including 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.
City Statistics-Total street mileage, 242, with 175 miles paved. Miles of gas mains, 94; sewers, 181. Number of water meters, 18,214; light meters, 31,000; 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 82 men, with 6 stations and 14 pieces of motor equipment. Value of fire department property, $ 300,000. Police department has 80 men, with 1 station and 12 pieces of motor equipment.
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