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Wilmington a Growing Port; Foreign Trade
Wilmington possesses a fresh-water harbor 30 miles from the bar. Ice is an unknown quantity in the river, which has a deep channel. through which go big ocean steamers bound for Europe, Latin America and other foreign shores. The Federal Government recently completed the deepening of the channel in the river to 30 feet at mean low water ( with approval of increase to a 32-foot depth and increase of width from 300 to 400 feet), as well as the Intra-Coastal Canal from Beaufort to Wilmington and from Wilmington to Miami, Fla., affording connections with Baltimore, Phila- delphia, New York and Boston.
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Aerial view of Bluethenthal Airport
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Waterfront scene at Wilmington
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Wilmington's exportations and importations are large and ever-grow- ing, which mark a successful port. As a cotton port, it handles a satisfac- tory volume. Its imports cover a large field in variety and come from practically every quarter of the globe. Wilmington ranks as the second largest fertilizer and petroleum products port on the Atlantic Seaboard. Its volume of petroleum products is such that practically 75% of the state's consumption passes through the port. Wilmington also has a tremendous volume of molasses importation, which serves a half-dozen states, as well as an enormous amount of lumber handled in both coast-wise and foreign trade. Recent increase of port volume has been evidenced in large tobacco exports and growing imports of sugar, with vast shipments of nitrates and distribution of petroleum products.
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Sailing races add thrills to recreation at Wrightsville Beach.
Wilmington is North Carolina's major seaport city and the gateway of the state's commerce and trade. North Carolina is vast in area, larger than New York or Pennsylvania, and almost as large as New England. Wil- mington is the natural distributing point for North Carolina and parts of South Carolina and Georgia. Think what it would mean if all New England had only one such distributing seaport. and it will then be realized why Wilmington must grow and is growing to meet the demands of this vast territory, the bountiful natural resources of which have hardly been touched. From the Middle West the Panama Canal possibly is in more direct communication via Wilmington than by any other South Atlantic seaport, and cargoes to and from Wilmington are not subject to the dangers of Cape Hatteras.
Wilmington is the nearest Atlantic port to the Ohio gateways, and nearer Cincinnati than Charleston by 15 miles, and Savannah, by 30 miles.
The city has immense terminals which can load 16 ocean-going ships at one time, providing them with over 600,000 square feet of warehouse space.
Commerce on the Cape Fear River at and below Wilmington amounted to 2.823,614 tons in a recent year. This shows a satisfactory and continu- ing increase in volume, and indicates the growing importance of the Port of Wilmington.
South of Hatteras, thus assuring safety to vessels from Latin American and other countries to the south of the U. S., this port occupies a strategic position of advantage to those countries.
Wilmington has become a new and important inland waterway canal terminal since the completion, in the spring of 1932, of the extension from Beaufort to the Cape Fear River. This link provides accommodations for heavy traffic over a protected inland channel 12 feet deep and 90 feet wide, connecting up with points as far north as New York and Boston, and Miami, southward.
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Typical scene at the Port of Wilmington; steamer loaded with tobacco leaving for a foreign port
Industry, Transportation, Trade, Agriculture
Wilmington has two immense cotton compresses and two marine rail- ways. The steel shipyard operated during the first World War by the George A. Fuller Co. has been converted into an industrial center. The concrete shipyard property is owned by the City and will be developed into municipal wharves and public terminals and warehouses. This has been offered the State of North Carolina as a location for state-owned terminals and ware- houses, whenever such are necessary. Wilmington now has one of the finest and most efficiently operated systems of private terminals at any Southern port, and the city's principal stevedoring corporation holds the record for all South Atlantic ports for quick dispatch of cargo.
With both water and rail transportation, thus affording quick hauls and low freight rates, and near the sources of raw materials, Wilmington is a splendid spot for manufacturing industries. Two big railroad systems -the Atlantic Coast Line and the Seaboard Air Line-place the city near the great coal fields and iron-producing zones.
ANIMU
Looking down the strand on a busy day at Wrightsville Beach.
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The municipal building of the City of Wilmington is more than eighty years "young," and attracts the attention of all visitors because of its graceful design and attractive proportions.
Wilmington's outlets by rail and water are the Atlantic Coast Line and Seaboard Air Line systems; the Wilmington, Brunswick & Southern Rail- road; the North Carolina Line; the Norfolk, Baltimore & Carolina Line; the Railway Express Agency, and foreign service. The two boat lines men- tioned, each operate two services each week over the Intra-Coastal Canal between Wilmington, Norfolk and Baltimore.
Wimington is the center of one of the greatest vegetable producing districts in the U. S. It produces nearly $18,000,000 in early crops, bulbs, flowers and truck.
Comparatively few years ago no strawberries were raised except for domestic use; now Wilmington is the center of one of the largest strawberry- growing districts in the world. It is one of the largest lettuce-producing districts also, and a very large vegetable and peanut market (250 growing days per year, and equable rainfall).
Wilmington is the headquarters of the Atlantic Coast Line system, em- ploying locally about 1,750 men and women. The monthly payroll of the Coast Line is nearly $300,000.
Wilmington is the terminus of six major highways of North Carolina's splendid good roads system, and the city also is an important point on the Ocean Highway extending from Portland, Maine, to Miami, Fla .; the Cal- houn Highway from Athens, Ga .; the Dixie Highway from Memphis, Tenn., to the ocean at Wilmington, and U. S. Routes 17, 74, 76, 117 and 421.
For disciples of old Izaak Walton, the salt and fresh waters in the Wilmington area prove sources of recreation and en- joyment, combined with catches of fish of varied species.
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These pictures of the unusual program at Inversheil Farm, near Wilmington, demonstrate the ease of having year-'round pasturage for economical production of milk. Crimson clover, lespedeza, giant white Dutch clover, and crab and Johnson grasses have lush growths.
Regardless of conditions, the past few years have witnessed big build- ing operations. Among recent enterprises located here are several large fertilizer factories, North Carolina Shipbuilding Co., Ethyl-Dow Chemical Co., Gulf States Creosoting Co., Taylor-Colquitt Co., manufacturing creo- soted products; Atlantic Refining Co., American Molasses Co., Southland Mfg. Co., Chilian Nitrates Co., Barrett Co., Nehi Bottling Co., Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co., Standard Oil Co., Texas Co., Gulf Refining Co., Cities Service Co., Pure Oil Co., National Oil Co., Shell Oil Co., Sinclair Oil Co., Republic Oil Co., North State Creosoting Co., Port City Hosiery Mills, France Neck- wear Co., Alberta Textile Mills, Smith-Douglas Fertilizer Co., Socony- Vacuum Oil Co., Robertson Chemical Co., Chadbourne Hosiery Mills, Red Rock Cola, Canada Dry, "Spur," Garver Shirt Mfg. Co., and Burt Paper Box Mfg. Co., thus supplementing the city's already large number of such industries.
The Wilmington-New Hanover Airport is an exceptionally good one, with three intersecting paved runways of 7,000 feet in length. The Govern- ment spent approximately $11,000,000 in enlarging and improving this fa- cility during the war, and at this time it is equipped to handle practically
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Orton Mansion, in Brunswick County, sixteen miles below Wilmington, was built by "King Roger" Moore in 1725. This splendid estate has been developed into one of the most magnificent camellia and azalea gardens in the South. and attracts thousands of visitors each season.
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any type of ship. A brief description of the field follows: Area, 1,200 acres. Hangars, one of wood construction and one of metal construction. Repair shops, three, built of steel, and several operational buildings. Type of field, sod. A radio beam is now being installed at the port. The airport is located within 31/2 miles of the center of Wilmington, and is reached by paved highways from either side. Three commercial air lines operate from this field; one is a north-south line, one an intra-state organization, and the third east to west. The operation and management is now under the jurisdiction of the County Airport Authority.
An Ideal Place to Live
Wilmington has a wonderful climate; no extremes of heat or cold. Average summer temperature, 78 degrees; average winter temperature, 48 degrees. The normal rainfall is 53 inches; average annual clear days, 132 (New York rainfall, 44 inches; clear days, 118. New Orleans, rainfall, 57 inches; clear days, 109). The mild climate and diversified opportunities make this city and section a haven for homeseekers.
Wilmington is a city of fine streets and parks, attractive homes, beauti- ful churches and modern schools, in a county netted by good roads. It is a place of up-to-date amusements, with some of the best beach resorts on the South Atlantic Coast within thirty minutes' ride of the city. Wrights- ville Beach, eight miles east of the city, is an island resort of fame and renown. It is connected with the mainland by excellent half-hour bus service and causeway to Harbor Island just west of the beach. Carolina, Wilmington and Fort Fisher beaches, south of the city, are mainland re- sorts with many delightful attractions. Wilmington's five fine beaches are among the only mainland resorts on the North Carolina coast where one can drive directly to the ocean in an automobile. The five beaches attract approximately 300,000 visitors every summer.
The Wilmington Chamber of Commerce, P. O. Box 698, welcomes the opportunity of answering questions about the city, the county and the fine beaches. Write the Chamber of Commerce for any information needed. You are assured of prompt, cordial and co-operative service, geared to a program of community development.
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POPULATION OF U. S. CITIES OF 25,000 OR MORE IN 1940 (as per final figures of the 1940 U. S. Census Report)
Alabama
Indiana
Anniston
25,523
Anderson
41,572
Joplin
37.144
Portland Salem
305.394 30.908
Birmingham
267,583
East Chicago
54,637
Gadsden
36.975
Elkhart
33.434
Mobile
78.720
Evansville
97.062
St Louis
816,084
Aliquippa 27.023
Allentown
96.904
Altoona
80.214
Bethlehem
58.490
Chester
59.285
Phoenix
65.414
Tucson
36.818
Arkansas
Fort Smith
36,584
Little Rock
88,039
Texarkana
11,821
Richmond
35.147
Manchester
57.685
Mckeesport
55,355
New Castle
47.638
California
Alameda
36,256
Alhambra 38.935
29.252
Cedar Rapids
62.120
Berkeley
85.547
Clinton
26.270
Beverly Hills .
26.823
Burbank
34.337
Davenport
66.039
East Orange
Wilkinsburg
29 853
Williamsport
44.355
York
56.712
Rhode Island
Central Falls 25.248
Cranston
47.085
Newport
30.532
Pawtucket
75.797
Providence
253.504
Warwick
28.757
San Bernardino
43.645
San Diego
203.341
San Francisco
634.536
San Jose
68,457
Santa Ana
31,921
Covington
62.018
Lexington
49.304
Santa Monica
53.500
South Gate
26.945
Newport
30,631
30,245
Colorado
Colorado Springs
36,789
Denver
322.412
Pueblo
52.162
Connecticut
Bridgeport
147.121
Bristol
30.167
Hartford
166,267
Meriden
39.494
Middletown
26.495
New Britain
68.685
New Haven
160,605
New London
30.456
Norwalk
39 845
Stamford
47.938
Torrington
26.988
Waterbury
99,314
Delaware
Wilmington
112,504
District of Columbia
Washington
663,091
Florida
Jacksonville
173.065
Mıamı
172.172
Miami Beach
28.012
Orlando
36,736
Pensacola
37.449
St. Petersburg 60.812
Tampa
108.391
West Palm Beach
33.693
Georgia
Atlanta
302.288
Augustn
65.919
Columbus
53.280
Macon
57.865
Taunton
37.395
Rome
26,282
Waltham
40.020
Savannah
95,996
Worcester
193,694
Michigan
Ann Arbor
29.815
Boise City
26.130
Battle Creek
43.453
Bay City
47.956
Dearborn
63.584
Alton
31,255
Aurora
47,170
Belleville
28.405
Berwyn
48.451
Bloomington
32,868
Chicago
3.396.808
Cicero
64.712
Danville
36.919
Decatur
59,305
Pontinc
66.626
Newark
31.487
Green Bay
46.235
Elgin
38.333
Royal Oak
25.087
Portsmouth
40.46S
La Crosse
42.707
Galesburg
28.876
Wyandotte
30.618
Steubenville
37.651
Milwaukee Oshkosh
39 089
Maywood
26.648
Minnesota
Moline
34 608
Duluth
101.065
Oak Park
66.015
Minneapolis
492.370
Peoria
105.087
Rochester
26.312
Quincy
40.469
St. Paul
287.736
Oklahoma
Wauwatosa
27 769
Rockford
84 637
Rock Island
42.775
Mississippi
Muskogee
32 332
Springfield
75.503
Jackson
62 107
Oklahoma City 204 424
142.157
Honolulu
179,358
Waukegan
34.241
Meridian
35.481
Missouri
Oregon
Kansas City
399.178
St. Joseph
75,711
Pennsylvania
Montgomery
78.084
Tuscaloosa
27.493
Gary
111.719
70.184
Montana
Indianapolis
386.972
Butte
33.795
28.798
Nebraska
Lincoln
81.984
Hazelton
38.009
Johnstown
66.668
Lancaster
61.345
Concord
27.171
32.927
Terre Haute
62.693
New Jersey
Philadelphia
1.931,334
Pittsburgh
671.659
Reading
110.568
Scranton
140.404
Sharon
25.622
Washington
26.166
Wilkes-Barre
86.236
Fresno
60.685
Des Moines
159,819
Elizabeth
109.912
Garfield
28.044
Hackensack
26.279
Long Beach
164.271
Los Angeles
1.504 277
Oakland
302.163
Pasadena
81.864
Kansas
Riverside
34.696
Sacramento
105.958
Kansas City
121,458
New Brunswick
33.180
Orange
35.717
Passaic
61.394
South Carolina
Paterson 139.656
Perth Amboy
41,243
Columbia
62.396
Greenville
34.734
Trenton
124.697
Spartanburg
32.249
Union City
56.173
West New York 39.439
West Orange
25,662
Sioux Falls 40,832
Tennessee
Albuquerque 35.449
New York
Albany
130,577
Amsterdam
33,329
Auburn
35.753
Binghamton
78,303
Abllene
26.612
Amarillo
51.686
Austin
87.930
Beaumont
53.061
Corpus Christi
57.301
Dallas
294.734
El Paso
96.810
Fort Worth
177.662
Galveston
60.862
Brooklyn Boro
2.698.285
Houston 384,514
Laredo
39.274
Lubbock
31.853
Port Arthur
46.140
San Angelo
25.802
Poughkeepsie
40.478
Rochester
324.975
Rome
34.214
Tyler
28,279
Chicopee
41.664
Schenectady
87.549
Waco
55.982
Everett
46.784
syracuse
70.304
Utah
Ogden
43.688
Haverhill
46.752
Watertown
33.385
Salt Lake City 149,934
Burlington 27.686
North Carolina
Asheville
51,310
Alexandria 33.523
Danville
32.743
Lynchburg
44.541
Newport News
37.067
Norfolk
144.332
Rocky Mount
25,558
Petersburg
30 631
Wilmington
33.407
Portsmouth
50.745
Richmond
193.042
Winston-Salem
79,815
Roanoke
69.287
North Dakota
Fargo
Ohio
Akron
244 791
Seattle
368.302
Spokane
122.00I
Tacoma
109.408
Yakıma
27,22
Cleveland Heights
54 992
Columbus
Dayton
East Cleveland
39.495
Clarksburg
30.579
Elyria
Hamilton
50.593
Parkersburg 30.103
Wheeling
61,099
Highland Park
50.810
49.656
Mansfield
37,154
Appleton 28.436
Beloit
25 365
Lansing
78 753
Massillon
26.664
Eau Claire
30.745
Fond du Lac
27,209
East St. Louis
75,609
Port Huron
32.759
Norwood
34 010
Kenosha
48.765
Evanston
65.389
Saginaw
82,794
Springfield
70.662
Madison
67.447
Joliet
42.365
Toledo
282.349
Racine
67,195
Youngstown
167.720
Sheboygan
40.638
Zanesville .
37.500
Superior
35.136
Wausau
27,268
Enid
28.081
West Allis
36.364
Territory of Hawaii
Tulsa
32,580
Bellingham 23.314
Everett 30.224
Canton
108.401
Cincinnati
455.610
878.336
306.087
West Virginia
Illinois
Detroit .
1.623,452
25.120
Huntington
78,836
Grand Rapids
164 292
Hamtramck
49,839
Lima
Lorain
44.125
Wisconsin
Kalamazoo
54,097
Marion
30,817
Muskegon
47,697
Middletown
31,220
Vermont
Lowell
101.389
Lynn
98,123
Malden
58.010
Medford
63.083
Melrose
25.333
110.34]
Newton
69,873
Pittsfield
49.684
Raleigh
46.897
Quincy
75.810
Revere
34.405 41.213
Salem
Somerville
102.177
Springfield
149,554
Utica
100.518
Holyoke
53.750
White Plains
40.327
Lawrence
84.323
Yonkers
142.508
Virginia
Charlotte
100,899
Durham
60,195
Greensboro
59,319
High Point
38.495
111 580
Baton Rouge
34,719
Monroe
28.309
New Orleans
494 537
Shreveport
98.167
Maine
Bangor
29.822
Lewiston
38.598
Portland
73,643
Maryland
Baltimore
859.100
Cumberland
39.483
Hagerstown
32,491
Massachusetts
Beverly
25.537
Boston
770.816
Brockton
62.343
Cambridge
110,879
Chelsea
41,259
Fall River
115.428
Troy
Fitchburg
41.824
7.454,995
Bronx Boro
1.394.711
Manhattan Boro
1.889.924
1.297.634
Queens Boro Richmond Boro
174.441
Niagara Falls 78.029
San Antonio
253,854
Texarkana
17,019
Elmira
45.10$
Jamestown
42,638
Kingston Mount Vernon
67.362
Newburgh
31.883
58.408
South Dakota
Stockton
54.714
Owensboro Paducah
33.765
New Mexico
Chattanooga 128.163
Johnson City
25.332
Knoxville
Memphis
292.942
Nashville
167.402
Texas
49.303
Wichita
114.966
Kentucky
Ashland
29.537
Santa Barbara
34.958
Louisville
319.077
Inglewood
30.114
Ottumwa
31,570
Hoboken
50.115
Sioux City
82.364
Irvington
55.328
Jersey City
301.173
Kearny
39,467
Montclair
39.807
Hutchinson
30.013
Newark
429.760
Topeka
67.833
Camden
117.536
Council Bluffs
11,439
Clifton
48.827 68.945
Glendale
82.582
Dubuque
43,892
Huntington Park
28.648
Mason City
27,080
Belleville
28.167
Atlantic CHy
64,094 79,198
Burlington
25,832
Bayonne
Bloomfield
41.623
Easton Erie
116.955
Harrisburg
83.893
Michigan City
26.476
Omaha
223.844
Mishawaka
28.298
49.720
Muncie New Hampshire
New Albany
25.414
Lebanon
27.206
South Bend
101.268
Nashua
Norristown
38.181
Great Falls . 29.928
33.583
Lafayette
Marion
26,767
Springfield
61.238
Fort Wayne
118.410
University City 33,023
Hammond
Arizona
Kokomo
Iowa
Waterloo
51.743
Louisiana
Alexandria 27.066
Buffalo
575.901
Charleston 71 275
Plainfield
37.469
205,967
Wichita Falls 45.112
Washington
Charleston 67.914
Flint .
151.543
Lakewood
69.160
44.711
Jackson
Warren
42 837
587.472
Idaho
Cleveland
210.718
New Bedford
28.589
New Rochelle New York
Woonsocket
Bakersfield
37.08]
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ABBREVIATIONS
acct accountant
adj adjuster div
adv advertising
agcy agency
agrl agricultural
agt
al alley
alt alteration
Am American
appr
apprentice
apts .. apartments
archt architect
asmbir assembler
assoc .. . associate eng engr
asst
assistant
atndt
attendant
atty attorney
auto automobile
av avenue
telephone
Bapt Baptist
bet between
bey beyond
bgemn .. baggageman
bkbndr
. .
hookbinder
bkpr bookkeeper
bldg
.....
building
bidr ... builder frt
bik block ft
hlksmith . . blacksmith
birmkr .. boilermaker blvd boulevard br branch
brklyr
bricklayer
brkmn .... brakeman brnr . burner
CSP . Christian gro
Seience Practitioner h
cabtmkr cabinetmaker
capt
captain
carp
carpenter
cash
cashier
Cath
Catholic
Ch
Church
hngr
hanger
PS
..
Public School
chauf
chauffeur
hosp
hospital
pres
hsekpr . . housekeeper
chemical Hts Heights
chf chief implts implements
chkr checker
civ
clk clerk
clnr
cleaner
clo clothing
comn .. commission
comnr .. commissioner
compt .. comptometer
confr confectioner
Cong . Congregational
cons consulting
contr contractor
cor
corner
ct
custdn custodian
ctr cutter ltd
del
delivery
dep . deputy
dept department
dieta dictaphone
dletn .. dietitian
ret retail WS ... West side
Rev Reverend wtchmn .. watchman dir
dispr
dispatcher
district
distr distributor
Meth
..... Methodist
division mfg .. manufacturing
mfr .. manufacturer
mgr manager
mimeo . mimeograph
agent dr drive mkr maker
drftsmn .. draftsman drsmkr .. dressmaker e or E East mlnr milliner
elec electrical mn
electn .. electrician mono monotype
electro .. electrotyper msngr messenger
elev elevator mstr master smstrs seamstress
Assn Association emp employee mtce maintenance
engineer
engraver
Episc Episcopal
equip
equipment
aud . auditor es east side
exam
examiner
exchange
exec . executive
exp express
fety
factory
Fed
Federal
flgmn
flagman
fnshr finisher
formn foreman
opp
opposite
forwn
forewoman
opr
operator
freight
optom
optometrist
SW
southwest
osteo osteopatlı
ftr fitter pass passenger
furn
furniture pat
furngs furnishings gdnr gardener gds goods
genl
general
govt
government
grocer pkr
packer
householder pkwy parkway
hairdrsr . hairdresser pl place
plmhr
plumber
plshr polisher
pistr
plasterer
pntr . painter
president Presby. . . Presbyterian prfrdr . . proofreader prin principal priv
prntr printer
prod
produce
prof
professor
prop
proprietor
prsfdr
.. press feeder
prsmn
pressman
. presser
ptrnmkr patternmaker pub publishing publr .. ... publisher
purcb ... purchasing
r .. resides or rooms R C. . Roman Catholic road RD .. Rural Delivery real est ... real estate rd
limited rec receiving
Luth Lutheran reept receptionist wid widow
mach machinist rep .. representative wkr
merchandise
mech
or mechanical
meter rdr ..
.. meter
rm
room
.... Jardman ydmn
ydmstr .. yardmaster
ABBREVIATIONS OF GIVEN NAMES
Abraham Abr
Alexander
Alex
Alfred
Alf
Archibald Arch
Stephen Steph Arthur Arth Elizabetb Eliz
Theodore
. Tbeo
August
Aug
Eugene
Eug
Michael Michl
Thomas Tbos
William Wm
Benjamin 9-44
Benj | Frederick
Fredk
Patrick
Patk
RyMS .....
.. Railway Mail Service s or S South san sanitary Sav . Savings scb . school
mkt market se southeast
mldr molder sec secretary
sergt
sergeant
man ship shipping sht mtl. . sheet metal sls .sales
soc society
solr solicitor
spl special
square
są
Ss. ... ... soutb side sta station
sta eng
stationary engineer
sten ... stenographer
stereo ...
stereotyper
stmftr
.. steamfitter
str
setter
stydr stevedore
swtclimn ... switchman tab mach
tech
. technician
tel
telephone
teleg
telegraph
..
terrace
tmkpr .. timekeeper tmstr teamster
tndr tender
trans .. transportation trav traveling
trnmn
trainman
treas
treasurer
tstr
tester
twp
township
typ
typist
undwrtr .. underwriter
Univ
University
uphol
. . upholsterer
... United States
USA
United States Army USCG United
States Coast Guard
USMC .. United States
Marine Corps
USMS
United
States Maritime
Service
USN
United States Navy vet veterinary vulc vulcanizer w or W West whol wholesale
whsemn
. warehouseman
worker
reprmn
repairman
wks
works
restr
restaurant
widr
welder
.director Met Metropolitan
dist
reader Ry
Railway
Richard
Ricbd
Robert Robt
Samuel Saml Solomon Sol
Edward
Edw
Katherine
Kath
Margaret Margt
Geo
George
James Jas
Chas
Cath
Catherine
Charles
junior
jwlr
jeweler
kpr
keeper
laby .laboratory
1br
lumber
lieut
. lieutenant
lino linotype
litho lithographer
court
Indrs
laundress
indry
laundry
instr
instructor
int rev
internal revenue
hdqtrs . . headquarters hdw hardware
Heb Hebrew
inc incorporated
civil
ins
insurance
inspr
inspector
collr collector coml commercial jan janitor jr
condr .... conductor lab laborer
hlpr
helper
PO
postoffice
pharm pharmacist photog . . photographer phys physician pk park ter
mut . mutual
n or N North
Natl
National
ne
northeast
near
nr
ns.
... north side
nw northwest
O ... property owner ofc office supt . . superintendent supvr supervisor
surg
surgeon
foot
tabulating macbine
· patent
telır
. teacher
pdlr
peddler
mtrmn motorman
multi . . multigraph mus music
excb
dlr . . . . dealer
dmnstr .. demonstrator do ... ditto or same
Daniel
Danl
Joseph .
Jos
. private
prsr
mdse .. mechanic
chem chemist or
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THE BANK of WILMINGTON SAVINGS CHECKING ACCOUNTS - LOANS
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
HILL'S WILMINGTON CITY DIRECTORY 1948-49
Copyright, 1948, by Hill Directory Co., Inc. For List of General Abbreviations see opposite page
SPECIAL ABBREVIATIONS
A .
Audubon
MV Maffitt Village
Mkt
Market
N&WRy
. Norfolk & Western Railway Co
B
Brookwood
Belk-Wililams.
(watch spell)
0
Oleander
C&ORy
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
CCP.
. Country Club Pines
CP
Carolina Place
Carolina Bch
. Carolina Beach
SH
Summer Hiils
SP
Sunset Park
E
Edgewood
Efrd's.
Efird's Dept Store
FH
Forest Hills
GA
Glen Arden
GC
Garden City
H
Hillcrest
HP
Highland Park
WUTeleg
. Western Union Telegraph Co
Washn
Washington
White's .. . White Ice Cream & Milk Company
Wimgtn Wilmington
LG
Lake Grove
LV
. Lake Village
Wvlle
Wrightsville
Alphabetical List of Names
AAA MOTOR CLUB, Minnie A Payne Mgr, Cape Fear Hotel Bldg 207-09 N 2d, Tel 5693
A & A Seafood Market (John W M Ahrens) 1102 N 4th
A & D Food Store (Armond G Carter) 603 Meares and 1023 S 6th
A & P Food Stores 1125 N 4th, 102 S Front, 1015 Market and 215 'N 3d
A & T Cash Grocery (Wm S Tharp) 715 Dawson
Abbott J B h4409 Wville av
Abel Anna H bkpr Abel Furn r1321 Chestnut
" Furniture Co (Jos Abel) 18 S Front = Jos (Rebecca L; Abel Furn) h1321 Chestnut
Abell Thos A (Olivia W) eng aide US Engs r300912 Market
Abernathy V Clegg (Hazel I) ship clk Am Bakeries h309 Central blvd (SP) Abraham Boston (c; Harriett) lab ACL h1105 Miller
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