Hill's Charlotte (Mecklenburg County, N.C.) City Directory [1958], Part 2

Author: Hill Directory Company.
Publication date: 1958
Publisher: Hill Directory Co.
Number of Pages: 1606

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backbone, right side lines and

136

Thomas Cadillac-Oldsmobile Inc

right side lines and

17 9

Thompson F N Inc

left side lines and

58 C

Torrence Chas A .

left top lines, 35 and

163

Transportation Supply Corp

left side lines

Tucker-Kirby Co.

42 and 91

Turner Bros-Keller Inc.

, left side lines and

183

Tyson Printing Service .

left bottom cards and

171

Union National Bank The.

front cover, right top lines and 33

United Junk Co.

. left top cards and 123

Upchurch C W & Co Inc.

right bottom cards and

V&W Lawn Mower Service

125 173

Waddell Construction Co Inc

left side lines, 59 and

198

Walke Henry Co The .

back cover, right side lines and 114

Walker J W.

153

Walker's Drug Stores

left side lines and

Webb James E.

right bottom lines and

132

Westside Ice & Fuel Co

48 and

112

Wilkinson Jas W.

left top cards and

121

Wm R Barringer Hotel

. left top lines and

107

Woodruff's .

121

Woods Frank Inc

left top cards and

Yandle Electric Co

Yellow Cab Co Inc.

right bottom lines and

201

Yopp Insurance Agency Inc .

121

York Road Texaco Service.

Yost & Grose Co. .

left side lines and GO

Young Construction Co.

Young Motor Co.

left bottom lines and 23

83 194 203 109 57 182 184 182 119 177

Spangler Realty Co.

right side lines and

Spiers Jack Agency

183 199 169

Steak Shanty . .

170 187

Stikes Cleaners

76 58

Swinson Food Products .

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Telephone Answering Service Inc

right top lines and

Thompson Antique Co

WSOC Broadcasting Co. .

back cover and

Walker Zenith .

Wearn Lumber Co The

158

Wiggins Fred J Construction Co

right bottom lines and

Wilson's Shoe Service.

196

Wright R H.

right bottom cards, 65 and

157

Southern Pest Control Co Inc.

ft bottom cards and 158 65 205 161 184 184 49 209 70 57 35, 73, 81 and 162 105 79 8

Shaw's Landscaping Service. Shuman-York Co. , .5 and 105 left bottom cards and 81 196

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Todd's Flowers Inc

U. S. POSTAL INFORMATION

POSTAGE RATES AND CLASSIFICATION

For Information regarding classifica- tion, postage rates, and maliability of domestic mail of ait classes, entry and mailing of publications as second-ciass matter, metered and permit mall, bulk rate mailings of third-ciass matter, Business Reply Cards and Envelopes, apply at your local post office.

DOMESTIC POSTAL RATES

First-Class

LETTERS: 3 cents for each ounce or fraction of an ounce. (Locai delivery same rate.)

POST CARDS or POSTAL CARDS: 2 cents each within prescribed sizes. BUSINESS REPLY CARDS : 4 cents. MAIL ENCLOSED IN BUSINESS REPLY ENVELOPES: 3 cents per ounce, plus 2 cents per piece, coi- lected when delivered.

Second-Class

NEWSPAPERS AND PERIODICALS (Transient rate) : 2 cents for the first 2 ounces, and 1 cent for each addi- tionai 2 ounces or fourth ciass rate, whichever Is lower.

Third-Class

(Limit 8 ounces)-On circuiars and other miscellaneous printed matter, also on merchandise, 2c for the first 2 ounces or fraction, plus lc for each additional ounce or fraction.

On hooks and catalogs having 24 or more pages ; also, seeds, cuttings, hulbs, roots, scions, and piants-2 cents for first 2 ounces and 11/2 cents for each additional 2 ounces,

Bulk Rate For Details Consult Your Local Postmaster

Fourth-Class-(Parcel Post)

The present size and weight limits for fourth class (parcei post) will con- tinue to apply in all cases except for parcels mailed at a first class office for delivery to another first class office in which case the size is limited to 72 inches lengtb and girth, 40 pounds in weight to the local first and second zones, and 20 pounds in weight in the third to the eighth zones. Exceptions to the new size and weight restric- tions are :

(1) Baby fowl, live piants, trees, shrubs, or agricultural commodities (not including manufactured products thereof).

(2) Books, permanently bound for preservation, consisting wholly of read- ing matter or rending matter with inci- dental biank spaces for students' nota- tions and containing no advertising matter other than incidentai announce- ments of hooks.

(3) Parceis mailed in the United States, including the District of Colum- bia, for delivery by any Army or Fleet post office or in any Territory or pos- session of the United States, including the Canal Zone and Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, or mailed at any Army or Fleet post office or in any Territory or possession of the United States, including the Canai Zone and Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, for delivery in the United States, in- cluding the District of Columbia, or any Army or Fleet post office or any Territory or possession thereof, in- ciuding the Canal Zone and Trust Ter- ritory of the Pacific Islands.

It is not contemplated that the pro- visions of this law shall be evaded or circumvented by diverting parcels ex- ceeding the prescribed limits of size and weight from first class offices and mailing the parcels at offices of the second, third or fourth class or on rural or star routes.

Zone

(cents)

Local

1.45

From $0.01 to $5 From $5.01 to $10 ..

$0.15 .20

From $10.01 to $100 .30

Registry

Domestic mall matter prepald at the first-class rate of postage, may be reg- istered against loss, rifling or damage upon payment of the following fees :

REGISTERED MAIL

Registra- tion fee

Indemnity iimit

$ 0.00 to $10.00 . $0.50

10.00 to $100 .75

100.01 to $200 1.00

200.01 to $400

1.25

400.01 to $600

1.50

600.01 to $800

1.75

800.01 to $1,000

2.00

CERTIFIED MAIL

Tbe fee for certified mail is 20 cents plus postage. The 10-cent fee formerly applicable to inquiries for certified mail is eliminated. Senders of certified mail may now request a return receipt after mailing upon pay- ment of the fee prescribed under "Return Receipts."

SURCHARGES For Details Consult Your Local Postmaster

COLLECT . DN-DELIVERY (Third and Fourth Class Maii) C. O. D. FEES (Unregistered)

For collections and in- Fee Cents

demnity not to exceed

$ 5.00

10.00

25.00

50.00

100.00

150.00

200.00

100

DOMESTIC INSURED MAIL

Fee

Amount of Insurance Cents

$ 10.00

$0.10

10.01 to $50.00

50.01 to $100

100.01 to $200

RETURN RECEIPTS

The following fees apply to return receipts for registered mail, certified mail, and mail insured for more than $10:

Requested at time of mailing :

Showing to whom and when delivered $0.10

Showing to whom, when and

address where delivered .35

Requested after mailing :

Showing to wbom and

when delivered .25

RESTRICTED DELIVERY

Applicable to registered mail, certi- fied mail, and mail insured for more than $10. Fee $0.50

AIDS TO PROPER MAILING

Write name and address plainly and completely.

Place name and address of sender on all matter. Prepay postage fully on all letters and parcels.

Always address mali for city deiiv - ery to street and number and request correspondents to do likewise.

Use designation North or South, East or West when it is a proper part of the address and save delay in delivery. Insure valuable parcels except those containing smail articles of consider- able value wbich should be registered. Wrap parcei post carefully in heavy paper and tie knots securely.

You will often gain a day's time In delivery by depositing mail as soon as it is ready.

Use Postai Unit numbers on mail addressed to cities where Unit Num- bers are required. 8-57

65c

50c

70c

56c

75c

64c

75c

72c

80c

SPECIAL SERVICE FEES IN ADDITION TO REGULAR POSTAGE

SPECIAL DELIVERY FEES on first class and Air Mail (including Air Parcei Post).

First Class Other

Weight and Classes

Air Mail

Not over 2 lbs. .30 .45

Over 2, not over 10 lbs. .45 .55

Over 10 ibs. .60 70

SPECIAL HANDLING

Weight Fee

2 ibs. and under $0.25

.35

Over 2 lbs. and not over 10 lbs. Over 10 ibs. .50

DOMESTIC ORDINARY MAIL SENDERS' RECEIPTS FOR CERTIFICATES OF MAILING-FEES a. Individual pieces. Original certif- icates of mailing for individually listed pieces of all classes of ordinary mail : 5 cents for each piece of mail described. Each additional copy of originai certificate of mailing or orig- inal mailing receipt for registered, certified, insured, and COD mail: 2 cents for each piece of mail described. b. Identical pieces

of first-and third-class mail.

Up to 1,000 pieces (1 cer- tificate for total number) . $0.25 For each additional

1,000 pieces, or fraction .05

Duplicate copy .05

Money Order Fees (includes COD M.O. fees)

1 and 2

3.95

5.15

6.9

9.25

11.95

15.2

18.05

AIR MAIL SERVICE United States Air Mail Service

Six cents for each ounce or fraction thereof ; limit of weight 8 ounces ; to any part of the United States. May be registered, insured, sent C. O. D. or Special Delivery.

Post Cards 4 cents eacb.

Air mail stamps and distinctiveiy- stamped envelopes are issued for pre- payment of postage on air mali. Ord- inary stamps may also be used.

Air mail should be plainly marked "VIA AIR MAIL" In the space imme- diately below the stamps and above the address.

as above except weigitt limit of 60 ibs).

Air Mail Mexico

Rate of postage to Mexico : Six cents for each ounce.

Dispatched by the United States Air Mail Service and in Canada or in Mex- ico by the Air Mail Services in those countries. For additional information telephone your local post office.

United States Air Mail Service

to Central America, South America, the West Indies and other Foreign Countries.

For information regarding this ser- vice telephone your iocai post offlee.

Air Parcel Post

Air postage on parcels weighing 8 oz. or less is 6c per oz. Zones Over 8 oz. to 1 1b.

Additional pounds

1, 2 and 3 60c

48c

Canada (same

1st 1b. Additionai lbs. (cents)

CHARLOTTE

"QUEEN CITY OF THE SOUTH"

(Courtesy Charlotte Chamber of Commerce, Inc.)

LOCATION

Charlotte, chief city of the Carolinas, dominates a rich, undulating plateau between the Appalachian Moun- tains and the Atlantic coastal plain. The city is the geographic center of a young, rapidly expanding market. It is 624 miles southwest of New York; 266 miles northeast of Atlanta; 745 miles southeast of Chicago; 393 miles southwest of Washington; 160 miles from the Atlantic Ocean; and far south of knee-deep snow. Charlotte is ac- cessible from every direction by every known conveyance except an ocean-going ship. It is 779 feet above the sea, in latitude 35 degrees 14 minutes n., longitude 80 degrees 50 minutes w.

CLIMATE

With an altitude of 779 feet, Charlotte is blessed with a pleasantly mild climate throughout the year. The average annual temperature is 60.2 degrees, with a seasonal variation of 36.5 degrees from 42.3 degrees in

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January to 78.8 degrees in July. Pleasant, mild temperatures are enjoyed for more than six months of the year -- 59.7 degrees in spring, 61.3 degrees in fall. Average winter temperature is 43 degrees; summer, 77 degrees. The frost-free season spans midyear from March to November, averaging 237 days. Other data: Annual rain- fall averages 46.05 inches. Morning humidity averages 78 per cent; noon, 57 per cent, and evening, 04 per cent.

POPULATION

Charlotte, with a 1957 estimated population of 104,000 is by far the largest city in the two Carolinas, and Mecklenburg County, with a 1957 estimated population of 207,000, is the most populous county. Other significant census figures for Charlotte are: 1850, 1,065; 1900, 18,091; 1920, 40,338; 1940, 100,899; 1950, 134,042. The females have a slight majority of 51.8 per cent. The white races accounts for 72 per cent. Less than 1 per cent is foreign-porn. The population of the retail trading area (J0-mile radius) exceeds 1,500,000; the wholesale trading area (150-mile radius) has a booming 4,500,000 consumers.

GOVERNMENT

Charlotte is governed by a popularly-elected mayor and seven councilmen. A city manager, appointed at the pleasure of the council, is the administrative head of the city government. The City Hall is a handsome three- story building of neo-classic design which was erected in the early 1920's on a site six blocks from the center of the city. Public services include excellent schools, an expertly-manned police department, a modern fire department, extensive water and sewerage facilities, health and welfare departments, and many others.

Mecklenburg County, of which Charlotte is the seat, is governed by a board of County commissioners. The chairman of this board is the chief administrative officer of the county. Historic Mecklenburg, the wealthiest county in the state, has a fine school system and an efficient rural police force, and provides its citizens with superior public services. The Mecklenburg County Court House, situated adjacent to the City Hall, is an im- posing building with stately columns of neo-classic design. Like the City Hall, it has become one of Charlotte's showplaces.

TAXES

The City and County in 1957 assessed ad valorem taxes on all real and tangible property at the following rates per $100 valuation: City, $1.78; County, $1.31 (includes 40c special, county school tax levy). In actual practice property valuations are well below true values. Only minor occupational licenses are required by the City. North Carolina income tax is assessed at a rate of 3 per cent for the first $2,000 net income; 4 per cent on the next $2,000; 5 per cent on the next $2,000; 6 per cent on the next $4,000; and 7 per cent on all over $10,000. Corporations are taxed 0 per cent on their taxable net incomes. Liberal exemptions are allowed for both individ- uals and corporations.

COMMERCE

With almost 2,000,000 people living within easy motoring distance of Charlotte, the City has become one of the 25 greatest markets in the nation. The retail sales volume now exceeds $313,431,000 annually. Over 1,600 retail establishments offer consumers almost every conceivable product. Downtown streets are lined with modern well-appointed stores which through attractive merchandising, draw people from all sections of the Piedmont. The city's per-family buying power is tops for the Carolinas.

Charlotte, strategically located in the center of the Southeast, is rapidly becoming Dixie's leading distributor. Hundreds of trucks, operated by 113 different truck lines and four railroads moving an average of 290 carloads a day, shuttle goods in and out of this vast Dixie warehouse, According to a U.S. Census Report in 1954, whole- sale sales in Charlotte came to over $1,325,000,000. This volume of wholesale distribution outstrips such larger cities as Birmingham, Richmond, Nashville and Jacksonville.

Wholesale distribution from Charlotte has grown so tremendously in recent years because the city is well situated to serve the growing Southern market and has superior transportation facilities. More than 500 national companies have established offices or warehouses in the city.

Charlotte is far and away the financial giant of the Carolinas. The city's eight large commercial banks clear- ed $8, 124,653,412.89 in checks during 1956. One of Charlotte's many investment banking concerns is ranked as the ninth largest in the country, which is a reflection of the financial activity of the city. Charlotte also has a branch of the Federal Reserve Bank.

INDUSTRY

Charlotte is the geographical center of the vast Southern textile industry which has its heaviest concentration in the Piedmont Carolinas, where two-thirds of all the looms and spindles in the South are located. Although there are 60 textile mills in the immediate vicinity, Charlotte, unlike many Southern cities, is not completely dependent upon textiles, Machinery, chemicals, food products, furniture, clothing, printing, building materials, all are major products of Charlotte's balanced economy.

Charlotte's 500 manufacturers employ more than 22,000 persons, many of whom have developed great skill in the technological processes of modern industry. In addition, there is a sizable reserve of manpower on the many farms of the surrounding area available to supplement the present labor force. Charlotte always has enjoyed excellent labor- management relations and has never had a major work stoppage.

Charlotte offers manufacturers many advantages which have contributed to the rapid expansion of industry in this area. Some of the advantages are: (1) Reserve of readily trainable labor. (2) Superior rail and trucking facilities. (3) Excellent communication facilities. (4) Extensive power and water supplies. (5) Excellent plant sites and buildings. (6) Pleasant, mild climate. (7) A friendly, progressive community. (8) Central location in the Southeast.

UTILITIES

Charlotte is headquarters for the Duke Power Co., which supplies electrical power throughout the Piedmont Carolinas. The vast Duke Power system has 32 hydro-electric plants and 8 steam plants. Total rated installed capacity is 2,647,800 kilowatts. Duke Power', forward-looking policies, requiring an investment of more than $30,000,000 each year, have played a vital : ri ir the noustrail. z fior of the Piedmont.

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Central business district

Natural gas from Texas and Louisiana gas fields is distributed in Charlotte and the Carolinas by the Pied- mont Natural Gas Co., with headquarters in Charlotte.

The City of Charlotte has invested an estimated $20,000,000 in its water facilities. The present rated capacity of the system is 45,000,000 gallons per day. The city was the first in the Southeast to introduce fluorine into its water as a means of reducing tooth decay. The fluorination program, which was begun April 1, 1949 will be particularly beneficial to future generations of Charlotte citizens.

TRANSPORTATION

Charlotte is the transportation center of the Carolinas. Four railroads operate 18 passenger trains and freight car loading for 1956 was 86,664; five air lines operate 88 scheduled flights a day from Charlotte's modern, new, $1,329,000 terminal; seven bus companies schedule over 160 regular departures each day; and 113 truck lines haul thousands of tons of goods to points throughout the South and East. Railroads with lines into Charlotte are: Southern, Piedmont & Northern, Seaboard, and Norfolk-Southern. Air lines are: Eastern, Capital, Delta, Piedmont and Southern. Bus companies are: Atlantic Greyhound Lines Inc .: Greyhound Lines; Carolina Coach Co .: Queen City Coach Co .: Carolina Scenic Stages; Queen City Trailways and Carolina Transit Lines.

COMMUNICATIONS

The Southern Bell Telephone Co. has 94,400 telephones in Charlotte. The company has calculated that the city population alone will exceed 237,000 by 1966, and is rapidly expanding facilities on this assumption. Southern Bell's state headquarters are located in Charlotte.

EDUCATION

Charlotte's excellent public school system embraces 46 schools with an enrollment of 29, 549. The Mecklen- burg County system has 36 schools with an enrollment of 21,803. Both systems are now undergoing large expan- sion programs. Charlotte's five parochial schools have a combined enrollment of over 1,300. Colleges located in and near Charlotte are; Queens College, enrollment-425, Charlotte College, enrollment-481, Johnson C. Smith University, Negro co-educational, enrollment-675, Carver College (Negro), enrollment-376, Davidson College (in Davidson, N.C., 20 miles north), enrollment-845, Belmont Abbey College, enrollment-410 (in Belmont, N.C., 12 miles west of Charlotte). In addition to these Charlotte has many fine business schools. Among these are Burton Institute, Kings Business College, National School of Commerce, Carolina Business School, Comptometer School and Dora Ellis Business School, National School of Heavy Equipment, Metropolitan Business College and International Accountants Society, Inc.

MEDICAL FACILITIES

Charlotte has four excellent general hospitals with a combined total of 1,214 beds, and several hospitals with 325 beds. The city has over 241 doctors, of which 137 are certified specialists. Because of these facilities and the availability of such a large number of specialists, Charlotte has become a medical center of considerable importance. The general hospitals are Charlotte Memorial, Presbyterian, Mercy (Catholic) and Good Samaritan (Negro). Plans for expansion of facilities at Memorial Hospital include a new wing and a new nurses' quarters building. Cost of the expansion is expected to exceed five million dollars. Presbyterian Hospital is adding two new wings at a cost of approximately one and one-half million dollars.

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NEWSPAPERS AND RADIO STATIONS

Charlotte has two widely-circulated, daily newspapers. These are the Charlotte Observer (published mornings circulation 151,600, Sunday 167,500) and the Charlotte News (published evenings except Sunday, circulation in excess of 70,000). There are seven radio stations broadcasting programs of all major networks. These stations are: WBT (AM & FM, CBS); WSOC (AM and FM, NBC); WAYS (AM & FM, ABC), WGIV (AM, independent), WIST (AM, Mutual and Dixie FM); WMIT (FM), WWOK (Independent).

TELEVISION

Charlotte has two television stations. WBTV (CBS), the Carolinas' first television station, began operations in July, 1949 and added facilities for color tele-casting in August, 1954. WSOC-TV (NBC, ABC) began operations in April, 1957.

RECREATION

Charlotte's broad community program includes nearly every conceivable sport and form of recreation. There are 31 parks and playgrounds, 18 motion picture theatres, 8 golf courses (5 public), private swimming pools, Municipal Pool, the Little Theatre, a modern sports arena, and four modern community centers. Professional baseball and ice hockey and college and high school football are enjoyed by Charlotte citizens. A $4,698,000 Auditorium-Coliseum is the scene of operas, concerts, Broadway plays, sports events, and all types of shows. Charlotte's Park Center is the site of civic events, sports events and shows.

TRAVELERS ACCOMMODATIONS

Charlotte has six principal hotels with 1,250 rooms, and a number of smaller hotels. In addition, there are numerous first-class motor courts and tourist homes convenient to the motoring public. The largest hotels are: Hotel Barringer, Hotel Charlotte, Selwyn Hotel, Mayfair Hotel, Mecklenburg Hotel and Clayton Hotel.

CHARLOTTE'S GROWTH

Population

134,042

1957 estimate .

. 164.000

Bank Assets

1956.

$888,256,313.49

Bank Clearings

1956.

. $8,124,653,412.89

Carloadings Inbounds

1956

67,757

Outbound

1956.

18,907

Real Estate Taxable Value

1956.

$420,640,825

Charlotte's Post Office Receipts

1956.

$4,995,005.76

Telephones

July, 1957.

94,400

Value Building Permits

1956.

$25,939,654

Vital Statistics

1956 (City and County).

Births

6,991

Deaths

1956 (City and County) .

1,887

1950 U. S. Census

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Charlotte City Hall

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Mecklenburg County Courthouse

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Statistical Review

Form of Government-Council- manager:

Area-31 Square miles.

Climate -- Mean annual temperature, 60.2 degrees F .; average annual rainfall, 46.05 inches.

Altitude-779 feet above sea level.

Parks-31, including playgrounds.

Financial. Data-8 banks of all types. Branch of Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond located here, 4 building and loan associations.

Postal Receipts-$4,995,005.76 (1956).

Telephones in Use-94,400.

Churches-386, representing 26 denominations.

Building and Construction-Value of building permits, $25,939,654 (1956).

Industry-Chief industry of city and surrounding territory; Textiles, food processing, machinery and metal products, chemicals, furniture and wood products.

Trade Area-Retail area has radius of 60 miles, and population of 1,500,000; wholesale area, radius of 150 miles, and population of 4,500,000. 1,631 retail stores with annual sales of over $313,431,000.

Newspapers-2 daily, 1 Sunday and 2 weekly.

Radio Stations-7 (AM and FM); also 2 TV.

Hotels-6 principal, with total of 1,250 rooms.

Railroads-4: Southern, Seaboard Air Line, Norfolk-Southern and Piedmont & Northern.

Highways-U.S. 29, 21 and 74; State 16, 27 and 49.

Airports-3 privately-owned; 1 municipal, 5 miles from center of city.

Amusements-Auditorium, seating capacity, 2,500; Coliseum seating capacity, 13,500. 8 golf courses in city and suburbs, including several municipal courses. Memorial Stadium seating capacity, 16,000 and Griffith Park seating capacity, 5000.

Hospitals-4 large hospitals and several small ones, with total of 1,214 beds.

Education-Queens College; Johnson C. Smith University (Negro); Carver College, Charlotte College, 46 public schools, including 2 senior highand 9 junior high schools. 5 parochial schools. Number of pupils in public schools, 29,549.

Public Libraries-Charlotte's Main Library is housedina modern, million-dollar building-thought by many to be the most beautiful public library building to be found anywhere. The building contains an auditorium and four conference rooms for use by educational, cultural and civic groups. Some 240,000 volumes are available from the Main Library, branches and mobile libraries. The library provides an educational film lending service with a collection of 320 16 mm, sound films plus slides, filmstrips and phonograph records.

Main Building of the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County

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Hill's Charlotte (Mecklenburg County, N.C.) City Directory [1958], Part 2

Author: Hill Directory Company. Publication date: 1958 Publisher: Hill Directory Co. Number of Pages: 1606

Author: Hill Directory Company.
Publication date: 1958
Publisher: Hill Directory Co.
Number of Pages: 1606