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GENERAL INSURANCE AGENCY ^ & STALLWORTH
STATE BANK & TRUST CO. 540 DALisson Ase. MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORP, Phone 3151
F. A. EDMUNDSON & COMPANY
Audits - Systems - Tax Service
602% Dickinson Ave. Phone 4060
" You Can Rely on T-Bone"
RELIABLE PLUMBING CO. Your Plumbing Remodeling Center
3013 & 1001 514 Phones: Day 5678, Night 5822
TURNAGE REAL ESTATE & INSURANCE AGENCY REAL ESTATE - INSURANCE IRA TURMAGE, REALTOR
PORUIT'S AND ANNO COTANCHE ST. PHONE 2715
Wyatt Brown's
CASCADE LAUNDRY
DRY CLEANING
TDA DICKINSON AVE. PHONE 2155
PHONE 575S 313 S. EVANS ST.
COREY REALTY CO. "CIFAN DEATS IN DIRT" COREY INSURANCE AGENCY
306 S. EVANS ST.
CAROLINA OFFICE EQUIPMENT CO.
PRINTERS - STATIONERS - OFFICE OUTFITTERS
DIAL 3570
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SPECIAL DIRECTORY
LY" WILLIAMS & HEATING CO.
CENSE No. 806
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Baseboard Heating
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311 W. Boyd Ave.
Phones: Office 2051, Res. 4596
For Modern Living, at it's Best, Make Electricity Your Servant. It is Life's Most Inexpensive Commodity.
GREENVILLE UTLITIES COMMISSION
"Service Is Our Most Important Product"
PHONE OFFICE 3124
201 W. 5th St.
Phone Plant Night or Day 7166
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ADVERTISERS' SPECIAL DIRECTORY
"Eastern Carolina's Most Complete Department Store"
WE HAVE ENJOYED SERVING EASTERN CAROLINA FOR TWENTY YEARS ... IF IT'S VALUES YOU SEEK YOU WILL ALWAYS FIND THEM AT
BELK-TYLER COMPANY
114 E. 5TH ST.
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Phone 6181
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ADVERTISERS' SPECIAL DIRECTORY
DUNN BUILDING SUPPLY CO., INC.
"Everything To Build Anything"
LUMBER EVERYTHING FOR THE BUILDER
CONTRACTORS
MEMORIAL AVE. AT CHESTNUT ST. PHONES 4964 & 5520
JEFFERSON FLORIST and NURSERY
Cut Flowers Wedding Designs Funeral Designs
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SHRUBBERY - TREES - SEEDING
LANDSCAPING - GRADING
MEMBER FLORIST TELEGRAPH DELIVERY
"NEAR NEW HOSPITAL"
1720 W. 5TH ST.
PHONE 6195
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TITLE PAGE
MILLER'S GREENVILLE, N. C.
CITY DIRECTORY
VOL. XIII 1958-1959 VOL. XIII
Containing an Alphabetical Directory of Business Concerns and Private Citizens, Occupants of Office Buildings and Other Business Places, Including a Complete Street and Avenue Guide, Buyers Guide, Numerical Telephone Directory;
And A Complete Classified Business Directory
SOUTHERN DIRECTORY CO.
ASHEVILLE, N. C. : PUBLISHERS Member Association of North American Directory Publishers
(See General Index - Page 6)
Issued Biennially
PRICE - - $35.00
RETAIL MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION, CITY HALL - LOCAL AGENTS
GREENVILLE, N. C.
ASHEVILLE, N. C.
Copyright April, 1958 by Chas. W. Miller
NOTE :- This publication has been carefully revised (a new canvass hav- ing been made by competent parties), but it is distinctly understood that no responsibility is assumed for any errors or omissions that may have occurred in such revision. -PUBLISHERS.
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INDEX
GENERAL INDEX
Page
Abbreviations
101
Alphabetical List of Names
101
Associations and Clubs 397
Buyers Guide 13 1
City Government
204
Classified Business Directory 1
396
County Government (Pitt)
305
Miscellaneous Directory
11
North Carolina Government.
11
Numerical Telephone Directory
49
Preface
7
Street Directory
425
Title Page
5
United States Government 11
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
Austin Oil Co p 17
Auto Specialty Co __ bottom lines and p 16
Baker Business College p 24
Beauty Nook The p 23
Belk-Tyler Co
p 3
Bell's Coal & Oil Co
p 26
Blount-Harvey Co_back cover and top lines
Bostic-Sugg Furniture Co
top lines
Bowen J Francis
back cover and p 45
Bright Leaf Motors Inc bottom lines and page 20
Briley's Auto Body & Paint Shop
p 16
Brill's Upholstery Shop p 47
Brown-Wood p 20
Carolina Broadcasting System
top lines and p 3
Carolina Cleaners & Laundry
p 24
Carolina Dairy Products Inc insert
Carolina Office Equipment Co
front cover and p 40
Carolina Sales Corp
p 31
Cascade Laundry front cover
Chapin Construction Co
top lines and p 28
City Plumbing Co
p 41
Coastal Refrigeration Co
insert
'Coffman's Men's Wear
p 25
College View Cleaners & Laundry
back cover and p 25 and 39
Collins J A & Son
p 32
Concrete Products Co
p 27
Corey Insurance Agency
front cover
Corey J Hicks Agency
bottom lines and p 36
Corey Realty Co
front cover
Cox Armature Works
p 15
Cozart's Auto Supply
fly Y
Cozart's Super Market
p 35
Daily Reflector The
top lines
Dixie Supply Co
p 43
Dunn Builders Supply Co
p 4
East Carolina Roofing Co
top lines and p 45
Edmundson F A & Co
front cover and p 14
Edwards C H Hardware House
p 35
Edwards Esso Servicenter
p 17
Electric Motor Shop The
p 30
Ellington A B & Co
p 23
Evans & Hunning Cabinet Shop
bottom lines and p 28
Farrow Auto Body Works
p 17
First Federal Savings & Loan Assn
bottom lines
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PREFACE
Greenville, North Carolina
"OUR GREENVILLE, YOURS IF YOU COME"
Greenville, North Carolina, established in 1786, named for General Nathaniel Greene, the Hero of the Battle of Guilford Court House, and the County Seat of Pitt County, is a progressive, educational, residential, trading and agricultural marketing center. In 1957 it embraced an area of 5.98 square miles and is expanding steadily in area and in population.
Greenville is located in North Carolina's Coastal Plain Section, ap- proximately mid-way between Raleigh, the State Capital, and the At- lantic Coast, which is one of the State's most productive agricultural areas.
The citizens, early in its history, were interested in education, es- tablishing Greenville Academy in 1814, and Greenville Female Aca- demy in 1830, and with substantial financial assistance from the County and City, the State in 1907 located East Carolina College in Greenville. Today this Institution has a plant value of $9,250,000.00, a 1957 student enrollment of over 3,500, and offers courses in teacher training and lib- eral arts leading to Masters Degrees. The College together with the City's accredited public school system provide the facilities for the edu- cational needs of its youth from kindergarten through a Masters Degree from College.
Greenville's 325 retail stores serving a population of 165,000 within a radius of 25 miles had in 1956 a retail trade volume of $34,432,000. It also ranks 11th among the cities in North Carolina, in volume of whole- sale distribution.
Greenville is one of the Nation's largest Tobacco Markets, and is one of the two having five complete sets of buyers. Its 19 auction ware- houses and processing plants embrace an area of over two and one-half million square feet of floor space devoted to the handling of flue-cured cigarette tobacco.
While in a predominantly agricultural area, Greenville is expanding industrially, having 28 manufacturing plants with principal products in- cluding: carpet yarns, dry cell batteries, bottled beverages, bakery pro- ducts, dairy products, fertilizer, hosiery, insecticides, livestock feed, leaf tobacco, lumber, millwork and meat products.
Its banking facilities have kept pace with the city's growth and there are now five banks, one of which operates branches in 12 other communities in this section. There are two strong savings and loan as- sociations, and a Production Credit Association serving farmers ex- clusively.
The State's first Baptist conference was organized in Greenville in 1830. Now there are 38 churches, 21 for whites and 17 for Negroes, rep- resenting practically all major denominations.
Recreation facilities are comparable to those provided in any com- munity in the area. Greenville's year round municipal recreation pro- gram is conducted by a competent trained staff. East Carolina College and the City Schools field excellent teams of baseball, football and bas- ketball.
Hunting in the nearby forests are favorite sports, as well as fresh
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
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Flanagan John Buggy Co fly X
Folger Buick Co p 20
Forbes C Heber top lines
Forrest R R Roofing Co
bottom lines and p 46
Friendly Furniture Co
insert
Gammon Supply Co __
backbone and p 15
Garris-Evans Lumber Co
.back cover and top lines General Heating & Air Conditioning Co -
p 36
General Insurance Agency
front cover
Gibbs E M Insurance & Real Estate
Agency
p 36
Goodson & Flanagan Inc
p 37
Goodson Roofing Service
top lines and p 46
Greenville Builders Inc _ top lines and p 23
Greenville Equipment Co
p 31
Greenville Motor Parts p 16
Greenville Parts & Metal Co
top lines and p 46
Greenville Tire Mart Inc
bottom lines and p 17
Greenville Utilities Commission
p 2
Guaranty Bank & Trust Co
insert
Hardee-Cox Welding Shop
p 48
Harris W C Insurance Agency
p 37
Harvey's Furniture Co
p 33
Hendrix-Barnhill Co
p 32
Hodges H L & Co
p 35
Home & Auto Supply
fly Z
Home Builders Supply Co
p 23
Home Furniture Store
p 33
Home Savings & Loan Assn
bottom lines
Hooker & Buchanan Inc
stencils
House E Frank Insurance Agency
bottom lines and p 37
Hudson's Rambler Co
p 21
Hughes Construction Co
p 28
Hughes Millwork Co p 39
Jefferson Florist & Nursery p 4
Kachmer's Mike Garage
p 18
Keel Plumbing Co __ bottom lines and p 41 Keel & Bennett Insurance Agency_top lines Kennedy Furniture Co back cover
Marshall's Concrete Products
p 27
Master Construction Co
p 28
Miller & Lewis Construction Co
top lines and p 29
Moore's Iron & Metal Yard
p 46
Moseley Bros Inc
bottom lines
Moseley Electric Co bottom lines
National Cash Register Co
p 40
North Side Lumber Co
bottom lines and p 24
Offset Printing Co
p 44
Padgett's Typewriter Service
top lines and p 40
Page-Barbre
top lines and p 38
Parnell Tile & Marble Co
top lines and p 29
Perkins-Proctor
p 26
Phelps Radio & TV Service
p 44
Pitt Perma-Stone Co p 24
Pitt Tile Co
p 29
Plyler Claude A Jr Insurance Agency back cover and p 38
Pollard Bros Plumbing & Heating _Co_ p 41
Pugh's George Shell Station
p 18
Pure Oil Co
p 32
Quality Oil Co of Greenville
top lines
Quinn-Miller & Stroud _ top lines and p 33
Randy's Serve-U Shell Service
p 18
Reliable Plumbing Co _ front cover and p 42
Respess Bros Barbecue
fly Z
Respess-James Barbecue House
p 22
Ricks Service Center
p 19
Riddle Bros
p 14
Riggs Gulf Service
p 19
Russ C L Plumbing & Heating p 42
Saieeds Inc
p 30
Scott's Cleaners
p 25
Shack's Electric Co
p 31
Sinclair Refining Co
p 32
Smith Electric Co
top lines
State Bank & Trust Co _ front cover and p 22
Steinmeyer-Ramsaur
p 29
Suburban Rulane Gas Co
p 34
Tadlock Mutual Insurance Agency
bottom lines and p 38
Taff Office Equipment Co.
back cover and p 40
Thomas Radio & TV Service
p 45
Three Guys From Dixie
p 34
Turnage Insurance Agency
front cover and p 39 and 45
United Glass & Top Works
p 47
VanDyke Furniture Store
p 34
WNCT Television Station
top lines and p 3
Wagner-Waldrop Motors Inc
p 21
Ward Machine Works & Supply Co
top lines
Waters Clarence Service Store
p 19
West P S Construction Co
p 30
White Chevrolet Co __ bottom lines and p 22
White Construction Co
back cover and p 27
White H A & Sons Inc
top lines
Wilkerson S G & Sons
bottom lines and p 14
Willard & Webb
p 39
Williams C E "Polly" Plumbing & Heat-
ing Co
p 2
Womack Electronics Inc
p 44
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water fishing in nearby rivers, the sounds, and inlets, and salt water fishing in the Atlantic Ocean.
Greenville's efficient Council-Manager Government, cultural and educational advantages, modern 140-bed Pitt Memorial Hospital, two score Physicians, Specialists and Dentists, well managed Municipal Utili- ties, moderate tax rates, equable climate, two railroads, network of paved highways in all directions and other requisites, together with its friendly citizens as expressed by its slogan, "Our Greenville, Yours If You Come," make it a highly regarded city in which to live, rear a family, and work.
PITT COUNTY
Pitt County, of which Greenville is the County Seat, named for William Pitt, the Earl of Chatham, was formed November 25, 1760. Martinborough, established in 1774, located 21/2 miles East of Greenville, was its first County Seat. The County's population in 1950 was 63,770.
History relates that the first Masonic Lodge in North Carolina was formed at Crown Point, Pitt County. Iron ore, (although of poor quality), found in Chicod and Pactolus townships, was used for manufacturing purposes during the Revolutionary War. A cotton planter patented in 1867 by Captain Bryant Smith of Falkland, and later improved by J. C. Cox, revolutionized cotton planting.
The governmental affairs of the County, are administered by a busi- nessman Board of five Commissioners. The County School system in- cludes all schools except those in the Greenville district and consists of 14 high schools and 28 grammar schools with a total enrollment in 1957 of 13,242 pupils. Modern buildings and equipment staffed by trained teachers give the county school system a very high rank in the State.
The County maintains an efficient Welfare Department and with Greenville participating, a Health Department and Mental Health Clinic, ranking with the best in the State, located at Greenville, the County Seat. In addition to Greenville, the County Seat, there are 10 progressive towns in the County including: Ayden, Bethel, Falkland, Farmville, Fountain, Grifton, Grimesland, Pactolus, Stokes, and Winterville.
Pitt County is a veritable agricultural empire. In 1956 it ranked first in the State in gross cash farm income and 69th in the nation's 200 lead- ing agricultural counties, with a volume of $31,343,000 according to the 1957 edition of Sales Management, "Survey of Buying Power".
Principal crops produced are cigarette tobacco, corn, cotton, live- stock, milk, peanuts, potatoes, poultry and eggs. Pitt County is the larg- est producer of flue cured cigarette tobacco in the nation.
This county also is adapted to industry particularly to those using agricultural and forest products. There are 29 manufacturing plants in the County, including lumber which predominates and others making tobacco curers, pickles, hosiery, and farm implements, with a $5,000,000 Flakeboard plant under construction in Farmville.
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STATISTICAL INFORMATION - GREENVILLE, N. C.
GREENVILLE, the County Seat of Pitt County, is located in the cen- tral coastal Section of North Carolina, 84 miles East of Raleigh, the State Capital; 137 miles Southwest of Norfolk, Virginia; 159 miles South of Richmond, Virginia; and 267 miles South of Washington, D. C.
THE GOVERNMENT is Council-Manager Form, with five Council members, one of which is appointed by the Council as Mayor. The Manager is appointed by the Council.
POPULATION: According to U. S. Census, the City's population in 1950 was 16,724 - a 32 per cent increase since 1940-99.5% native born, 59.20% white. The 1957 City Directory population is 19,670.
POST OFFICE RECEIPTS in 1950 totalled $139,214.14; and in 1956, $215,724.74.
BUILDING CONSTRUCTION permits issued in 1956 totalled $2,- 485,850.00 including 149 dwelling units, 26 commercial buildings and 36 repairs. Value of additional construction for which permits are not required, totalled $1,415,000.00.
CLIMATE: Mild and equitable, with average annual mean rainfall 49 inches, and average mean annual temperature 61 degrees. Growing season 215 days.
ALTITUDE ranges between 64 and 75 feet above sea level with the topography rolling and well drained.
STREETS: Total 83.56 miles with approximately 52.73 miles paved.
EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES in Greenville are unexcelled in the Coastal Plain Section of North Carolina. The City's public school system, accredited since 1917, has nine schools, three of which are for Negroes. 1957 enrollment, 4,258.
COLLEGE: Greenville is the location of East Carolina College, a State Institution, offering courses in teacher training and liberal arts leading to Masters Degrees. Its plant is valued at approximately $9,250,- 000 with a 1957 Fall enrollment of over 3,500 students.
In addition to providing higher education for the youth of the state, this College is a highly favorable factor in the City's educational and cultural life.
LIBRARY facilities include the $100,000.00 Sheppard Memorial Municipal Library containing approximately 45,000 volumes, the East Carolina College Joyner Library with over 100,000 volumes, and the Greenville High School Library. A library is also maintained for the colored population. Bookmobile operating from Municipal Library serves areas in the County outside of Greenville.
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MISCELLANEOUS DIRECTORY
MILLER'S Greenville, North Carolina Miscellaneous Directory 1958-1959
Containing Valuable Information Concerning United States and State Government.
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER -- President RICHARD M. NIXON-Vice-President
The Cabinet
John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State Robt. B. Anderson, Secretary of the Treasury
Wm. P. Rogers-Atty. General
Neil H. McElroy, Secretary of Defense
Fred A Seaton, Secretary of the Interior Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agricul- ture
Sinclair Weeks, Secretary of Commerce Arthur E Summerfield, Postmaster Gen- eral
Jas P Mitchell, Secretary of Labor
Marion B Folsom, Secretary Health, Education and Welfare
Government Officials
Treasurer of the United States-Ivy Baker Priest
Comptroller of Currency-Preston Delano Director of the Mint-Nellie Taylor Ross Register of the Treasury-Louis B Tommer
Director of the Bureau of Printing and Engraving-Alvin W Hall
Assistant Secretary of Labor-Edw C Moran, Jr
Chief of Staff-Gen Nothan F Twining Army Chief-Gen Maxwell Taylor Air Chief-Gen Thos D White
Navy Chief-Admiral Arleigh A Burke
Chief of the Weather Bureau-Francis W Richelderfer
Director of War Mobilization-Jno W Sny- der
Representative World Security League- Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
Commissioner Internal Revenue-Russell C Harrington
Budget Director-P. F. Brundage
Mutual Security Agency Director-Harold Stassen
Veterans Administration Director-Har- vey Higley
Secretary Army-Wilbur M Brucker
Secretary Navy-Thos S Gates Jr
Secretary Air- Jas H Douglas
NORTH CAROLINA GOVERNMENT
Luther H. Hodges-Governor
Luther Barnhardt-Lt. Governor Thad Eure-Secretary of State Henry L Bridges-Auditor Edwin Gill-Treasurer
Chas F Carroll-Supt of Public Instruction L Y Ballentine-Comr of Agriculture Frank Crane-Comr of Labor
Charles F Gold-Comr of Insurance Geo. B. Patton-Attorney General Supreme Court
J. Wallace Winborne-Chief Justice
Associate Justices-Michael Schenck, Wm H Bobbitt, Jeff D Johnson, Jr, R Hunt Parker, E B Denny, Wm B Rodman, Jr, A J Newton clerk.
North Carolina Senators-W. Kerr Scott and Sam J Ervin, Jr
North Carolina Representatives-Herbert Bonner, Graham A Barden, Harold D Coo- ley, Carl T Durham, L H Fountain, Chas R Jonas, Geo A Shuford, H Q Alexander, Basil L Whitener, R J Scott, Alton Lennon and A P Kitchen.
State Medical Commission
Jas A Clerk, Dr Clarence Poe, F J Blythe, B E Jordan, J W Beam, Rev C E Rozzelle, Don S Elias, Mrs R J Reynolds, Jr, Wm B Rodman, Wm Rich.
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N. C. County Seats and Population
Total for State-4,061,929
County
Pop.
County Seat
County
Pop. 65,906
County Seat Smithfield
Alamance
71,220
Alexander
14,554
Taylorsville
Jones
11,004
Trenton Sanford
Alleghany
3,155
Sparta
Lenoir
45,953
Kinston
Anson
26,781
Wadesboro
Lincoln
27,459
Lincolnton
Avery
13,352
Newland
Macon
16,174
Bertie
26,439
Windsor
Madison
20,522
Marshall
Bladen
29,703
Elizabethtown
Martin
27,938
Brunswick
19,238
Southport
Asheville
Mitchell
15,143
Burke
45,518
Morganton
Montgomery
17,260
Cabarrus
63,783
Concord
Moore
33,129
Caldwell
43,352
Lenoir
Nash
59,919
Camden
5,223
Camden
New Hanover 63,272
Carteret
23,059
Beaufort
Northampton 28,432
Caswell
20,870
Yanceyville
Onslow
42,047
Jacksonville
Catawba
61,794
Newton
Orange
34,435
Hillsboro
Chatham
25,392
Pittsboro
Pamlico
9,993
Bayboro
Cherokee
18,294
Murphy
Pasquotank
24,347
Elizabeth City
Chowan
12,540
Edenton
Pender
18,423
Burgaw
Clay
6,006
Hayesville
Perquimans
9,602
Hertford
Cleveland
64,357
Shelby
Person
24,361
Roxboro
Columbus
50,621
Whiteville
Pitt
63,789
Greenville
Craven
48,823
New Bern
Polk
11,627
Columbus Asheboro
Currituck
6,201
Currituck
Richmond
39,597
Rockingham
Dare
5,405
Manteo
Robeson
87,769
Lumberton Wentworth
Davie
15,420
Mocksville
Rowan
75,410
Salisbury
Duplin
41,074
Kenansville
Rutherford
46,356
Rutherfordton
Durham
101,639
Durham
Sampson
49,780
Clinton
Edgecomb
51,634
Tarboro
Scotland
26,336
Laurinburg
Forsyth
146,135
Winston-Salem
Stanly
37,130
Franklin
31,341
Louisburg
Stokes
21,520
Gaston
110,836
Gastonia
Surry
45,593
Dobson
Gates
9,555
Gatesville
Swain
9,921
Bryson City
Graham
6,886
Robbinsville
Transylvania 15,194
Brevard
Granville
31,793
Oxford
Tyrrell
5,048
Columbia
Greene
18,024
Snow Hill
Union
42,034
Monroe Henderson
Guilford
191,057
Greensboro
Vance
32,101
Halifax
58,377
Halifax
Wake
136,450
Raleigh Warrenton
Haywood
37,631
Waynesville
Washington
13,180
Plymouth
Henderson
30,921
Hendersonville
Watauga
18,342
Boone Goldsboro
Hertford
21,453
Winton
Wayne
64,267
Hoke
15,756
Raeford
Wilkes
45,243
Wilkesboro
Hyde
6,479
Swan Quarter
Wilson
54,506
Wilson
Iredell
56,303
Statesville
Yadkin
22,133
Yadkinville
Jackson
19,261
Sylva
Yancey
16,306
Burnsville
Ashe
21,878
Jefferson
McDowell
25,720
Marion Franklin
Beaufort
37,134
Washington
Mecklenburg 197,052
Buncombe
124,403
Williamston Charlotte Bakersville Troy
Carthage Nashville Wilmington Jackson
Cumberland
96,006
Fayetteville
Randolph
50,804
Davidson
62,244
Lexington
Rockingham
64,816
Albemarle Danbury
Harnett
47,605
Lillington
Warren
23,539
Graham
Johnston
Lee
23,522
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CHURCHES: Both the white and colored population are amply pro- vided with places of worship, with practically every major denomina- tion represented. There are 38 Churches; 21 for whites and 17 for colored.
UTILITIES, including the electric power plant, water and gas plants valued at $6,344,512.17 are municipally owned and are operated by the Greenville Utilities Commission. The electric power plant, with a ca- pacity of 15,000 KWH, has 982.04 miles of transmission lines serving the city and surrounding territory. In addition, a connection with the Virginia Electric & Power Company assures an unlimited supply of elec- tric power.
THE WATER plant with a 51/2 million gallon capacity has a de- mand of 2,400,000 gallons daily.
GAS, 900 BTU propane air, is provided for domestic and industrial purposes by the municipal plant through existing mains and portable tanks.
TRANSPORTATION: Greenville has facilities for rail, water, high- way, and air transportation. Railroad lines, operating freight services, are the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad and the Norfolk-South Railway.
Motor transportation connecting with all sections of the nation, moves over a network of paved highways radiating in all directions from Greenville.
THE TAR RIVER provides Greenville with an inland waterway ship channel, adequate for all inland waterway traffic. Its 1,842 million gal- lons average daily flow at Greenville is ample for industries requiring large amounts of water.
AIRPORT: The 700-acre CAA Class 4 Pitt-Greenville Municipal Air- port, is one of the best equipped airports in the area. Its three 5,000 foot paved runways can accommodate practically all planes in use.
HOTELS, include the Proctor Hotel with 77 rooms and the Green- ville Hotel with 41 rooms, and the Quinerly Manor with 25 rooms. The Kenland Motel with 54 rooms, and Smith's Motel with 24 rooms, supple- ment hotel facilities.
HOSPITAL facilities are provided by the modern $1,400,000.00 Pitt Memorial Hospital. This 140 bed hospital is modernly equipped in every respect. To complete the hospital plant, a 52 bed nurses home is located on the 171/2 acre hospital site.
COMMUNICATION facilities include Western Union Telegraph and Carolina Telephone and Telegraph Company's modern dial system with 7,497 stations in the City Exchange.
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MAIL SERVICE includes nine incoming and eight outgoing sched- ules daily.
NEWSPAPERS: The Daily Reflector, published every afternoon ex- cept Sunday, gives excellent coverage of the immediate area.
RADIO STATION WGTC with 5,000 watts power daytime and 1,000 watts at night, is affiliated with Mutual and Tobacco Networks.
TELEVISION: WNCT, Eastern Carolina's VHF Channel 9 Television Station with video power of 316,000 watts and audio power of 158,000 watts, carrying CBS and other Network programs, serving the coastal plains area from Greenville, reaches a population of over 1,000,000 in Eastern North Carolina.
BANKING facilities are provided by two strong institutions, one operating branches in Greenville and other Eastern Carolina cities. Combined deposits on January 1, 1957 totalled $50,787,183.50, and com- bined assets of $54,711,732.15. There are two strong savings and loan associations with combined assets January 1, 1957 of $11,528,879.41.
MARKETS: As an agricultural marketing center, Greenville is out- standing, being located in the center of a highly productive area, em- bracing a population within a 50 mile radius of 584,643.
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