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INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX
PIEDMONT DIRECTORY CO., publishers of Miller's Asheville City Di- rectory (publisher of the Asheville City Directory since 1899), present to sub- scribers and the general public, this, the 1954 edition, which also includes Beverly Hills, Biltmore Forest, Broadview Park, East Biltmore, Gentry Park, Lakeview Terrace, Linwood Park, Martel Mill Village, Morningside, Oakley, Oaklyn Park, Sayles Village, South Biltmore and Woodfin.
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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 corpo- ration.
II. THE BUYERS' GUIDE, the second major department, printed on gold- enrod paper, contains the advertisements of leading manufacturing, business and professional interests of Asheville and vicinity. The advertisements are indexed under headings descriptive of the business represented. This is refer- ence advertising at its best, and merits a survey by all buyers eager to famil- iarize themselves 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. General appreciation of this fact is evi- denced by the many reference users of this City Directory service.
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V. THE NUMERICAL TELEPHONE DIRECTORY, on blue paper, is the fifth major department.
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION, THE YELLOW PAGES
Page
Page
Allanstand Craft Shop. 93
Allen Asheville Transfer & Stor- age Co . .
164
Battery Park Hotel . A
Allen-Birchette Funeral Home 87
Allied Roofing Co. 151
American Cab Co Inc. 163
Beaumont Furniture Co Inc. 88
Anders-Rice Funeral Home. 87
Beaver Lake Shell Service. 20
Anderson-Brown Patrol Inc 132
Asheville Bedding Co.
120
Bell Realty & Insurance Co. right top lines and 140
left Asheville Cab Co . . bottom lines and Asheville Citizens-Times Pub-
162
lishing Co. left top lines,
124
Z and Asheville Cleaners & Dyers. . . . top stencil and Asheville Federal Savings & .
45
Biltmore Cleaners & Laundry
113
Loan Assn .. left top lines and 154 Asheville Fish Co Inc. right . .
94
Biltwell Sign Co. 160
Bird Coal Co Inc 49
Bishop's Inc. 155
Blanton's Business College . . left bottom lines and 41
Asheville Industrial Supply . .
Blue Ridge Cleaners. 47
161
Blue Ridge Trucking Co. 165
Bob's Trim Shop 168
lines and 68
, left side lines and Asheville Oil Co Inc. front
·
. cover, left side lines and
92
Borden Company The 98
Bright's Jewelers. left top
109 lines and Brown Book Corp 125
159
Brown JN. 139
right side lines and Asheville Storage Battery Co Inc
161
Buck's News Stand .
123
left side lines and Asheville Television Service .
4
Buice H L Realty Co. 142
164
C C R Coal Co Inc. . right top
Asheville Welding Co. . left top
170
Candler W R Transfer Co. . . 166
Carolina Coal & Ice Co. left
top lines and 51
100
Carolina Garden Stores Inc .
36 . right side lines, 125 and 155
Carolina Natural Gas Co Inc. . .
Austin Frank Co left side . . left top lines and 91
40
Carolina Power & Light Co. . back cover, X and Carolina Sheet Metal Works. .
73
, left bottom lines and 157
70 Carolina Times The. 123
Carolina Truck & Body Co Inc. . left side lines and 7
Bagwell Tire Service. . . right
side lines and
6
Carroll John. . . front cover,
right top lines and 69
Berryman Funeral Home. . right . bottom lines and 84 Beverly Hills T V Service Inc. . . left bottom lines and 138
Beverly Realty Co. . 148
Inc. . . . right side lines and Biltmore Coal & Lumber Co. . . . right side lines, 38, 48 and 81 Biltmore Furniture Co Inc. 90
side lines and Asheville's Food Center. . right .side lines and Asheville Hardware Co Inc. . . . Asheville Ice & Storage Co Inc . . . . right bottom lines, 48 and . .
94 94 52
right side lines and Asheville Laundry. . front cover . and Asheville Mack Distributors. . . 112 Bon Marche Inc right top 3 Booth R P & Co. right bottom
lines and 141
Asheville Paving Co. . . 63
155
Asheville Sewing Machine Co . . Asheville Sign Service. . . . left . bottom lines and Asheville Steel & Salvage Co.
Brown Motor Co 20
Buckner's J K Antique and Re- production Shop . 3
. right top lines and
. lines and Asheville White Sales Inc. . right side lines and Aston-Stikeleather & Co. . right . top lines and Atkins-Harper Lumber Co. .
5
Carolina Finance Co 117
Atkinson Ed Co Inc. back cover and
38
lines and Autrey-Smathers Insurance Agency Inc. . . front lip . . margin, left side lines and : B & J Department Store . . . left Bagwell Lumber Co Inc.
101
, side lines and
37
Bank of Asheville The. . . right . top lines and 30
Bean S I Tile & Marble Co. left side lines and 64
Belk's Portrait Studio. 133
lines, 51 and 83
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
Page
Carter Lumber Co. . . . right
. . bottom lines and Cathey Wm B right side 118 lines and Inc. . .right bottom lines, . 145
Cazel Auto Service. , left side lines and 8 165
Citizen Express Inc Citizens Fuel Co. 51
Citizens Hardware and Supply Co
Inc. right side lines and 95
Citizens Heating Co. . right side . lines and 51
Clark's Garage , left side
lines and 21
Coal Heating Service of Bun- combe County Inc. 51
Cobb Owen F Insurance Agency . 100 Gordon's Jewelers. 109
Coca-Cola Bottling Co of Ashe-
35
Grace Coal Co Inc 52
Grace Esso Service 23
Green Bros 89
Green Hill's Cemetery Assn Inc. right side lines and 43 Green Ottis Hardware Co Inc .
. left bottom lines and 95
Greene & Goodman Inc. 105
Grove Stone & Sand Co 153
Coston Eugene P.
148
Hancock Ray Jewelers. 109 Hancock's Restaurant Inc 150
Harrington S W Inc. 119
Harrison Auto Glass Co. . . left
Crouch G E Co. left side
lines and 97
Culberson Studio right top
lines and 133
Curtiss Motor Co. .right bottom
lines and Daniel Secretarial Service . 72
21
Davis Ray C Co.
136
Dickson Contracting Co Inc .
57
Dillard Realty Co.
145
Dillingham Shell Service & Ga- rage. . . right side lines and Dorato's Gulf Service & Used
22
Cars. . . . left side lines and Driveway's Inc.
58
Duckworth W T Co Realtors 148
Dunagin Charles E. . . right side · lines and Dunham's Music House. . . . left
57
. side lines and . Dunn & Groce Funeral Home Inc backbone, A, 2 and Eagle Insulating Co The. . . left side lines and Fair's Venetian Blind Co. .
85
Hotel Vanderbilt George The. . . Hursey & Co. right bottom
C
100
29
Farmers Federation Cooperative back cover, right top lines,
75 and
Farmers Supply Co Inc
77
Ingle Transfer & Storage Co. . left bottom lines, B and 165
Ingram Paint Co. 130
Jack's Radio, Television, Refrig- eration . . left side lines
Jake Gillespie Fill Dirt, Topsoil & Dirt Removal . 111
Jarrett's Flower Center & Green-
houses. . . left side lines and 77
Fitzpatrick & Sons. 76
Fortunes Paint & Hardware Co
95, 97 and 132 Fox Barber & Beauty Shop. . . 33 Free Service Tire & Appliance
Co. back cover, right
bottom lines, 9 and 74
Fritschy's Auto Service. . back cover and 10
Gentry's Bonded Radio & Tele- vision Service . 139
Giezentanner's Food Store .left top lines, 79 and 121 Giles J P Agency . bottom
stencil and 102
Goodrich B F Store. 22
Gosnell Upholstery 168
ville Inc. . left side lines and Colonial Room The . 149 Commercial Stationers Inc. . left side lines and 127 Community Coal & Lumber Co . . back cover, right side
.lines, 49, 81 and 118
Concrete Products Co of Ashe-
ville Inc. . right top lines and Cooper E R Co. 157
53
Hamiltonian Court. 122
Harry's Cadillac-Pontiac Co Inc Haynes Floor Covering & Service 11 Co. 77 and 128
Hendrix L G Grading Contractor . left side lines and 60 87
Henry Funeral Home.
Herman Albert B. . . left bottom lines and 129
Herndon George A. 117
Hodgens Furniture Company. 90
Holland Furnace Co. .. . right . bottom lines and 96 Hollifield's O K Rubber Welders . left side lines and 26
99
A The. . . left bottom lines and Hotel Battery Park. Hotel Langren Storage Garage. . 27
110 lines and Hyatt Electric Shop. 58
Imperial Life Insurance Co. 103
Industrial Chemical Co. 108
80
Fields Inc. right bottom
lines and First Mortgage & Investment Co First National Bank & Trust Co. .front cover and
47 118
31
Fisher Beltone Hearing Service . Fisher Elliot Lyman .
96
134
Home Insulation Co. . right side lines and Hospital Care Association Inc
108
123
26
side lines and 94
Cox Esso Servicenter. . left side lines and Crenshaw Paul Battery Co. 26 26
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
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Page
Johnson-Chandley Lumber Co Inc
Johnson H E Co. 39 and 119
Johnson R L Trim Shop. . right
146
Owen L A Juvenile & Teen-Age
Shoes. . . left side lines and 158 Parker Boat Co. . . right bottom lines and 34
ville Inc. . . left bottom lines and Piccadilly Restaurant 150
34
62 Pick-Wick Jewelers 110 Plummer's Radio Service 137 Pope, Flynn & Company Inc .
. .front cover and 104
Post Machinery Co. 120
105 Powell B W & Son Tile Co. right side lines and 63
Powell O R . 128
Pritchard Paint & Glass Co of
Asheville Inc. . . . left side
. lines, 93 and 130
Protex Weatherstrip & Screen Co . right top lines, Insert at name in alphabetical section, .98 and 169
Public Servcie Co of N C Inc .
right top lines and 90
Quality Oil Co. 83
Ramsey L D Co
left bottom
. lines and 39
88
McLean Insurance Agency Inc. . right side lines and McRary & Son Inc. . left bottom
. lines and
Middlemount Gardens Inc 78
Miller N A & Co . 93
Mimidis John Hat Shop. 44
Minico Inc. .right side lines,
114
47
Modern Cleaners
46
Monteath's Gulf Service . . left
14
St Joan ot Arc Catholic Church . 44
44
Morris-Gearing & Black Funeral Home.
88
Morrison T 76
Morrison's Inc. . . left bottom
89
Moseley's Shoe Service.
157
Moser Plumbing Co. right
side lines and
135
Mount Royal Co
144
Mountaineer Court The
164
National Photo Supply Inc. . . left
135
Sherwin-Williams Co The. . . left side lines and 132
66
Newman Wholesale Inc. 40
North Carolina Equipment Co . . . left bottom lines and Occidental Life Insurance Co of Raleigh N C.
Ochsenreiter Gene Inc. . ribbon
Office Equipment Co 128 , book mark and 15
Orr Ed Motors. . . . backbone,
. left top lines and 16
Jolly Cat Service side lines and 27 163 169 Parkland Chevrolet Co Inc. . right side lines and 17 Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co of Ashe-
Jowers-Stanford Co.
Judd Furniture & Supply Co. . 96
Kalmia Dairy . left side lines
65
Koon Ethen S. front cover left
L & C Armature Works . . side lines and
23
Lanford H C .
Law Thomas M Real Estate Or- ganization . . right bottom
143
lines and Leavitt Insurance Agency. . left
top lines and
Lewis Funeral Home. right
86
160
Lunsford F A Plumbing Co. 136
M & J Finance Corp. . 27
M & M Body & Radiator Works . 12
Matthews Motor Sales Inc. .
13
front cover and Maxwell's Jewelry Co .
110
Inc
McCracken Lola B. right side
146
lines and Mckinney G B Construction Co . . . right bottom lines and
57
Ray Jesse Funeral Home. Reed & Abee Inc. . right side
lines and 55
Reese J Burgin.
58 98
120 Reusing's .
Rhododendron Court. . Insert at 122 name in alphabetical section and 24 Roberts Amoco Service Station . . left top lines and . Roland W E Jewelry Co. . 110
131 Roy's Paint & Wall Paper Store . . right side lines and St Francis High School. . 154
18
Sears, Roebuck and Co. . . right top lines and 70 3
Selective Sales Inc
Service Paints Inc.
left side
131
lines and Seven-Up Asheville Co Inc .. left side lines and 35
28
54
· . . cover, left side lines and Smathers Rex Realty Co. 148
Sorrells & Swann Motor Co. 27
107
. left Souther J L & Son . . . . . bottom lines and 56
Southern Dairies Inc. . . left top . lines and 67
Mister Jr Inc. 46 and
top lines and Morgan Bros Inc.
42
Saint Lawrence Catholic Church. Sams Motor Sales Inc. . . front
cover, right side lines and Saxon W R Insurance Agency. . . 107 Schley and Williamson Inc. 106
lines and
side lines and Nettlewood Nurseries. 125
Skyline Dairies .. front cover and Sluder & Whitt Inc. . . front
Page
82
London Sign Co. side lines and
McCoy-Wilkins Funeral Home 87
106
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
Page
Page
Southland Drive-In. 150
Stauffer Millwork Co. left . . top lines and 61
side lines and
121
Stewart N O & Sons Plumbing & Heating Co. 137 Stikeleather J G Co 147 Stinnette Charles R 168
Stroup Sheet Metal Works
. . right bottom lines and 157
Sullivan Hardware Co of N C Inc . left bottom lines and
116
Superior Coal Co. .left top
lines and
50
Superior Rug Cleaners 152
Swannanoa Laundry Inc. . . right
. bottom lines and 115
Taylor & Murphy. right side
lines and
59
White L A Sheet Metal Works .
19 . . right side lines, 62 and 156
Thompson Wayne Inc.
24
White Transportation Co Inc. . . 40
Thorne Walter H .
147
Williams A C Plumbing & Heat-
ing Co. . . left side lines and Wilson Juanita Photographer . . .
136
side lines, 50 and Tingle's Cafe Inc .
150
. . right bottom lines and 134
Tolman Office Supplies Inc.
126
Towne House Doughnut Co Inc. .
Young's Sheet Metal Works
.
. . .
. . . right bottom lines and 29
.
.left bottom lines, 97 and
156
Treadwell's Shell Service Center 25
20th Century Heating Co. . . left
Vanderbilt George Hotel The. .. C Victory Book Room . 34 Vines Office Machine Service . . , right bottom lines and 127 107 Volunteer State Life Insurance Co The . . left top lines and 32 Wachovia Bank and Trust Co . . front stencil, right top lines and Walls & Reagan Oil Co Inc. . . . 25
Ward's Plumbing & Welding Shop left side lines and 137
Weaver & Bramlett Realtors . 149
West Asheville Cab Co 163 West Asheville Insurance Agency 108 71
West Jean Shop.
Thomas Buick Inc.
Thrash Coal & Oil Co. right
82
Tolley's Nursing Home. 125
Winner's Inc. . left top lines and 71 Winner's Salon of Beauty 33
Youngblood Truck Lines Inc . 167
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-14. 7 square miles.
Altitude -- 2, 340 feet above sea level.
Climate-Mean annual temperature, 55. 8 degrees F .; average annual rainfall, 38. 11 inches.
Parks-15, with total of 419. 6 acres, valued at $516, 529.
Assessed Valuation-$76, 106, 061 (1952), with $3. 56 per $100 tax rate. Financial Data-4 commercial banks. Clearings for 1952, $756, 152, - 203. 51.
Postal Receipts-$814, 537. 03 (1952).
Telephones in Service-26, 551.
Churches-128, representing 15 denominations.
Industry-Chief industries of city and surrounding territory: Resort busi- ness, manufacturing, lumber and tobacco. Principal manufactured products of city and vicinity: Blankets, cotton and yard goods, flour and feed, furni- ture, leather goods, mica products, packing products, fine papers, printing and publishing products, cigarette papers, rayon yarn, cellophane, and elec- tronic devices.
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 51 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.
Asheville from Beaucatcher Mountain
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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 run- ways, 4, 000 feet long, and a complete lighting system for night flying. Air Traffic Control Tower. It is well equipped with 3 large hangars, licensed mechanics and instructors, and 2 flying service operations which have 61 approved training schools, air taxi service and aerial photography. The high- way 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.
Amusements-Largest auditorium in city seats 3, 000 persons. 7 moving- picture theatres, with total seating capacity of 5, 300 persons. Also 4 drive-in theatres. 4 golf courses.
Hospitals-4 general, with total of 416 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 public schools, including 1 senior high school, 2 junior high schools and 8 elementary schools for whites, and 1 senior high school and 4 elementary schools for Negroes. 2 parochial schools. Number of pupils in public schools, 8, 171; teachers, 303. Value of public school pro- perty, $10, 000, 000.
City Statistics-Total street mileage, 213, with 165 miles paved. Miles of gas mains, 94; sewers, 181. Number of water meters, 18, 988, light me- ters, 31, 000; gas meters, 3, 751. Capacity of water works, 550, 000, 000 gal- lons; daily average use, approximately 10, 000, 000 gallons; flow by gravity; miles of mains, 290; value of plant, $7, 750, 000. Fire department has 82 men, with 6 stations and 14 pieces of motor equipment. Value of fire depart- ment property, $300, 000. Police department has 82 men, with 1 station and 16 pieces of motor equipment.
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