Nelsons' Lumberton, North Carolina City Directory [1956], Part 2

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Publication date: 1956
Publisher: Nelsons' Directory Co.
Number of Pages: 504


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2ND AND CHESTNUT STS. Franchise Dealer License No. 756


AUTOMOBILE DEALERS


FRENCH-MOORE MOTOR COMPANY


Sales-Service PONTIAC


COMPLETE AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE


Clean Used Cars


Dial 3361


309 East 2nd St.


LUMBERTON CITY DIRECTORY


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AUTOMOBILE DEALERS


HOOD'S


COMMUNITY MOTOR CO., INC.


BUICK DYNAFLOW DRIVE


FIREBALL


BUICK D-E-A-L-E-R


COMPLETE AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE


FOR ALL CARS


Body and Fender Work


Wheel Alignment


Painting . Repairing


Cor. 2nd & Waters


Dial


Office 4316-7 Used Cars 3473


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AUTOMOBILE DEALERS


NORMENT MOTOR COMPANY INCORPORATED


FORD


SALES AND SERVICE


OUR PAINT AND BODY DEPARTMENT


CAN REJUVENATE YOUR CAR


COMPLETE AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE


DIAL


Office - 3206


Service - 3204


Sales - 4973


120-122 WEST FIFTH STREET


LUMBERTON CITY DIRECTORY


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AUTOMOBILE DEALERS


NEW and USED CARS


Easy Payment Term Available On All Repair Work


Wrecker Service


COMPLETE AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE


R &S MOTORS


INC.


R. M. Sessons, President Jas E. Hall, V-Pres. Ray V. Revels, Secy. & Treasurer


Dial 3348


DESOTO - PLYMOUTH SALES - SERVICE


DeSoto


PLYMOUTH


COR. 4TH AND PINE ST.


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AUTO & HOME SUPPLIES


MCINTYRE'S HOME AND AUTO SUPPLY


Home-Owned and Operated


KELVINATOR & GIBSON ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES CAPEHART TELEVISIONS B. F. GOODRICH PRODUCTS


Dial 3484


314 Elm St.


ADVERTISING


NELSONS' CITY DIRECTORY COMPANY, INC.


SERVING HUNDREDS OF SOUTHERN


COMMUNITIES WITH AMERICA'S


FINEST CITY DIRECTORY SERVICE


HOME OFFICE: CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA


LUMBERTON CITY DIRECTORY


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BANKS


A TOWER OF STRENGTH


THE


NATIONAL BANK OF LUMBERTON Founded 1897


Dependable Banking for Over Half Century


Complete Trust Service


Installment Loan Department


Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation


221 N. ELM STREET PHONE 6051


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BANKS


"'BETTER BANKING''


Serving Robeson County In Four Convenient Locations


THE SCOTTISH BANK


Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.


BOOKS - CITY DIRECTORIES


NELSONS' CITY DIRECTORY COMPANY, INC.


SERVING HUNDREDS OF SOUTHERN


COMMUNITIES WITH AMERICA'S


FINEST CITY DIRECTORY SERVICE


HOME OFFICE: CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA


LUMBERTON CITY DIRECTORY


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BOTTLERS


TAKE HOME A CARTON EVERY DAY


6


ca Cola-Cola


aCola


6 BOTTLES


Coke


Coca-Cola


now-2 sizes


ITLES


ING SIZ


La Gola HarMatenfinT


Ka2x REGISTERIS


Coke


6


KING SIZE


CocaCola


KING-SIZE


6 bottle Carton


Buy


Coca-Cola REG. U.S. PAT. OFK


At Your Nearest Dealer


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STANDARD


6 bottle Carton


BUILDING MATERIALS & SUPPLIES


Your Home


Your Pride and Joy for Years to Come


SO BUILD WITH THE BEST


"One-Stop Building Service"


LUMBER


ROOFING


PAINTS


Builders' Hardware


Sash and Doors


Wall Board


Insulation Materials


Lime, Plaster and Cement


Millwork


SCARBOROUGH Builders' Supply Company


PHONE 6071


N. PINE EXTENSION


LUMBERTON CITY DIRECTORY


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BUILDING MATERIALS & SUPPLIES


YOUR PAINT HEADQUARTERS


OU PONT "L " S PAT OFF


PAINTS - WALLPAPER - ROOFING - INSULATION LINOLEUM and TILE


WHITING BUILDING SUPPLIES INCORPORATED


DIAL 4560


102-04 E. 1ST STREET


COMMERCIAL ADVERTISING


Nelsons' City Directory Company, Inc.


Home Office: Charleston, S. C.


PUBLISHERS OF YOUR LUMBERTON CITY DIRECTORY


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CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS


THE LUMBERTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND AGRICULTURE -


Representing The Agricultural - Commercial - Industrial and Professional Interests of THE


CITY OF LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA


Invites You to Grow and Prosper With Us


For Information Apply to Lumberton Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture


Incorporated Lumberton, North Carolina


LUMBERTON CITY DIRECTORY


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CITY GOVERNMENT


CITY OF LUMBERTON


NORTH CAROLINA


"A' Desirable Place for Good Citizens to Live" CITY COUNCIL R. A. HEDGPETH, Mayor


H. M. COOPER JOHN J. HOOD


H. MARVIN BARKER F. K. BIGGS, JR.


A. B. SANSBURY


City Manager


RUTH S. ATKINSON City Clerk-Treasurer


W. M. HARRIS Chief of Police


W. T. O'NEAL Superintendent of Street Dept.


J. L. McNEILL Superintendent of Light & Water Dept.


ED J. GLOVER Fire Chief and Building Inspector


WILLIAM SAPP Recreatian Directar


B. E. LOHR Superintendent of Schools


MRS. J. V. WILLIAMSON


Librarian


CITY OFFICES


LOCATION TELEPHONE


N. Elm Street, City Hall


Fire Dept. (to Repart a Fire)


4311


Fire Chief & Building Inspector


4312


Clerk - Treasurer 3945


Tax Department 3945


Water & Light Accounting Dept.


3945


City Manager 1 1 I 4060


Library 5212


N. Water Street


Palice Department


3222


Water & Light Dept. Plant 4255 I


S. Cedar Street


Street Department 4135


N. Cedar Street, Armory Building Recreation Department 3074


N. Walnut Street


Supt. of Schools 5026


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COUNTY GOVERNMENT


ROBESON COUNTY


Formed 1798


Named in Honor of Colonel Robeson


Clerk of Court


B. F. McMillan


Register of Deeds


D. G. Kinlaw


Sheriff


Malcolm G. Mcleod


Tax Supervisor


J. D. Herring


Tax Collector


L. McK. Parker


County Accountant


J. D. Herring


Coroner


D. W. Biggs


Surveyor


Grady S. Harrell


County Health Officer 1


Dr. E. R. Hardin


Supt. of Schools


B. E. Littlefield


Supt. of Public Welfare


Brent Yount


Home Dem. Agent, White


1 1 Hilda Clontz


Home Dem. Agent, Colored


Mollye H. Briley


Farm Dem. Agent, White


O. P. Owens


I Farm Dem. Agent, Colored S. T. Brooks 1 1 1 1


Home Dem. Agent, Indian Helen Sampson 1 I 1


Farm Dem. Agent, Indian English Jones


Chairman Board Education I. P. Graham I 1


Chairman Board Elections W. F. French


Wildlife Protector


E. W. Cain


Forest Ranger


Braddy Pait


County Manager J. D. Herring 1


County Attorney


H. A. Mckinnon, Sr. 1


Veterans Service Officer


A. E. Watson


Judge, Recorders Court, Lumberton F


W. B. Ivey


Solicitor, Recorders Court, Lumberton


J. S. Gardner


COUNTY COMMISSIONERS


V. J. Griffin, Chairman


R. B. Tolar


Frank White


M. H. Mclean, Jr.


J. A. Singleton, Jr.


G. L. Pate


COUNTY SEAT, LUMBERTON


Formed in 1798. Named in honor of Colonel Robeson


(Battle of Elizabethtown, 1781).


LUMBERTON CITY DIRECTORY


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COAL & ICE


LUMBERTON ICE AND FUEL COMPANY O


ICE


CRUSHED OR BLOCK


COAL


DOMESTIC - STEAM


DIAL 6634


FOR PROMPT DELIVERY


for Anywhere in Lumberton and Vicinity


Lumberton Ice & Fuel Company 903 E. Elizabethtown Rd.


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CONCRETE-READY MIXED


READY MIXED CONCRETE


83 ACRETE


CONCRETE SERVICE CORP.


DIAL 3649 LUMBERTON, N. C.


COMMERCIAL ADVERTISING


NELSONS' CITY DIRECTORY COMPANY, INC.


SERVING HUNDREDS OF SOUTHERN


COMMUNITIES WITH AMERICA'S


FINEST CITY DIRECTORY SERVICE


HOME OFFICE: CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA


LUMBERTON CITY DIRECTORY


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CONTRACTORS-GENERAL


For OVER 20 YEARS Constructing the Best Buildings that Could Be Built for the Money.


Go


Commercial - Residential - Industrial


BALLOU CONSTRUCTION CO.


Dial 5101


1603 McMillan Ave.


CONTRACTORS-GENERAL


- GENERAL CONTRACTORS - Consolidated Construction Co., Inc.


COMMERCIAL - INDUSTRIAL


BUILDING


ADDITIONS AND ALTERATIONS


PUBLIC UTILITY PLANTS JOHN A. STEWMAN, JR., President Dial 4339 506 EAST 22nd STREET


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CREDIT BUREAU


Credit Bureau Of Lumberton, Inc.


Lumberton, North Carolina


CREDIT


BU


CREDIT


BUREAU


CREDIT UIT


COLLECTION


DIVISI


SERVICE


OF AMER


DIVISION


OF AMERICA


Factbilt Reports * Collection Service


MABEL L. BIGGS, Manager


115 West 2nd Street


Telephone 3284


Medical-Dental Credit Bureau


MEMBER


Associated Credit Bureaus of America, Inc. American Collectors Ass'n., Inc.


National Association of Medical-Dental Bureaus, Inc.


IONAL


Indicine


AT


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HEALTH


DICAL


OURFA


BUSINESS


DENTAL


MEDICAL-DENTAL CREDIT BUREAU


A Division of Credit Bureau of Lumberton


LUMBERTON CITY DIRECTORY


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DEPARTMENT STORES


LUMBERTON'S ONE-STOP SHOPPING CENTER


BELK - HENSDALE CO.


The Leading Department Store


305-307 ELM ST.


DIAL 4389


DEPARTMENT STORES


Efind's


Department Store


Correct Merchandise at Low Prices


Dial 4554


306-08 N. Elm. St.


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DRUG STORES


HEDGPETH PHARMACY


COMPLETE - MODERN


Prescriptions Carefully Compounded


CITY WIDE FREE DELIVERY


Drugs


Cosmetics


Sundries


Fountain Service


.


DIAL 3281-3282


119 E. 4TH (CORNER CHESTNUT)


DRUG STORES


"THE PRESCRIPTION STORE"


JOHNSON'S DRUG STORE


DELIVERY SERVICE


DRUGS CANDIES


DIAL 6076


COSMETICS FOUNTAIN


CORNER ELM & 4th STREETS


LUMBERTON CITY DIRECTORY


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Electrical Appliances, Electrical Heating & Air Conditioning Contractor


THOMPSON ELECTRIC COMPANY


OF LUMBERTON, INC. Retail Store 108 W. 5th - Refrigeration Shop 503 W. 5th


Heating


Delco


Contractor


Heating Systems


FRIGIDAIRE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES


RANGES - WASHING MACHINES - HOT WATER HEATERS COMMERCIAL FRIGIDAIRE EQUIPMENT


Dial SALES -SERVICE Dial


3376


Electrical Contractor


4240


FARM MACHINERY


"Good Equipment Makes a Good Farm Better"


LUMBERTON IMPLEMENT CO., INC.


McCormick Farm Equipment


Farmall Tractors and International Trucks


E. 4TH AT PINE STREET DIAL 4307


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FARM MACHINERY


LUMBERTON SALES CO., INC.


ALLIS - CHALMERS


NEW HOLLAND and NEW IDEA FARM MACHINERY TIRES


.


Evinrude Outboard Motors


BUCKEYE AND SILENT FLAME TOBACCO CURERS


We Maintain a Competent Staff of Experienced Mechanics to Service Our Products.


DIAL 6482


EAST FIRST STREET


LUMBERTON CITY DIRECTORY


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FEED & GRAIN


FCX GRAIN MARKETING WHOLESALE SERVICE


HIGHWAY 74 EAST GRAIN DRYING AND MARKETING


CORN - OATS


BARLEY - WHEAT


SOY BEAN - RYE


PECANS


PHONE 6092


LUMBERTON, N. C.


FLORIST


LUMBERTON FLORAL COMPANY


Lumberton's Distinctive Florist


EUVERF


LO


Dial 3264


904 N. Elm Street


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FUEL OIL


GULF® ACO. U.S PAY. OFF.


CARR OIL CO., INC.


Distributor GULF OIL PRODUCTS


GULF REG. U.S PAT. OFF


NO NOX GASOLINE


GOOD GULF GASOLINE


GULF PRIDE MOTOR OIL


BATTERIES TIRES


FUEL OIL


Dial 5462 - Night 6424 - Beal at Seaboard RR


FUEL OIL


FRENCH-ALLEN FUEL SALES, INC.


DIAL


6081


COAL AND FUEL OILS


DIAL 6081


MOST HEAT PER DOLLAR


.


101 SOUTH ELM STREET


LUMBERTON CITY DIRECTORY


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FUEL OIL


FUEL OIL KEROSENE - MOTOR OILS


We Solve Your Heating Problems For Homes - Farms - Business


Dial 6550


LIBERTY OIL COMPANY


1811 E. 5th Street


FUEL OIL


TEXACO


LUMBERTON OIL CO.


T REGIM


TEXACO DISTRIBUTORS


TEXACO T REGTM


FUEL OIL


DIAL -


DIAL


FOR YOU


5023


5023


CALL US FAYETTEVILLE ROAD


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FUEL OIL


FUEL OIL


DIAL 6492


SHELL


DIAL 6492


KEROSENE


COAL M & J FUEL OIL CO., INC. WHITEVILLE ROAD


FURNITURE


R. W. NORMAN FURNITURE CO.


The Home of Good Furniture


BIGELOW RUGS and CARPET


DREXEL and UNIQUE BED ROOM FURNITURE


KROEHLER and HERITAGE LIVING ROOM FURNITURE


SIMMONS - ENGLANDER - SERTA BEDDING


Corner 4th & Pine Sts. Dial 6373


LUMBERTON CITY DIRECTORY


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GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORE


LUMBERTON TRADING CO., INC.


"ONE-STOP SHOPPING CENTER"


The Store of National Brands


WESTINGHOUSE - DEEPFREEZE - R.C.A. ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES


Seeds - Feeds - Fertilizers - Wagons - Livestock Hardware - Groceries - Meats - Dry Goods - TV Furniture - Appliances - Farm Machinery and Equipment In fact, anything for the farm or home.


Apex, Westinghouse, Blackstone Washing Machines Deep Freezers - Home Freezers - Coleman Heaters Sherwin Williams and Benjamin Moore Paints FOR ALL DEPARTMENTS


DIAL 4351


FIRST AND CHESTNUT STS.


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HOTELS


A Home Away From Home


LORRAINE HOTEL


In The Business Section Of Lumberton, N. C. . SOUTHERN STYLE FOOD SERVED IN OUR DINING ROOM


. Dial 3233


409 Chestnut Street


INSURANCE


SERVICE is Our Most Important Policy


SERVICE INSURANCE, INC.


FIRE


CASUALTY - LIFE


AUTOMOBILE


HEALTH and ACCIDENT


Bullard Bldg.


BILL KINLAW


Dial 6976


MACE PREVATTE


LUMBERTON CITY DIRECTORY 29


INSURANCE


STATE FARM INSURANCE


STATE FARM


Auto


Life) Fire


INSURANCE


All types of automobile insurance, including the famous 80-20 collision pioneered by State Farm Mutual. All at low cost because State Farm aims to insure only careful, selected drivers-who have fewer accidents! Also residence liability, life and fire.


"For Information Call"


DAVID BURNEY Dial 5573


Room 18 McLeod Building


INSURANCE-GENERAL


COMPLETE


INSURANCE


SERVICE


WILKERSON'S INC.


FIRE - CASUALTY - AUTOMOBILE - BONDS


Ask Us About the Bank and Agent Auto Financing Plan


DIAL 6913 - 206-7 LINKHAW BUILDING


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INSURANCE-GENERAL


EST. 1889


Williams & McLean, Inc.


INC. 1931


INSURANCE AND BONDS OF ALL KINDS


Good Insurance for Over 50 Years


DIAL 3273


410 N. CHESTNUT ST.


JEWELERS


SHAIN'S JEWELERS


LUMBERTON'S LARGEST CREDIT JEWELER


Leading Nationally Known Brands KEEPSAKE DIAMONDS


Elgins - Bulova - Hamilton - Longines - Wittnauer Watches


LUGGAGE - SAMSONITE


Watch and Jewelry Repairing


Dial 3431


316 N. Elm St.


LUMBERTON CITY DIRECTORY 31


LADIES READY-TO-WEAR


"For Favorite Feminine Fashions"


FLEISHMAN'S


Dresses - Coats - Suits - Sportswear - Lingerie


317 Elm St.


Dial 6343


LADIES READY-TO-WEAR


One Woman Tells Another ...


About Lumberton's Smartest Shop for Women


IDEAL DRESS SHOP, INC.


Cor. 3rd & Elm Sts. Dial 5943


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MANUFACTURERS, FERTILIZER-COTTON SEED PRODUCTS


- -


ROBESON MANUFACTURING COMPANY


Manufacturers of


High Quality Fertilizers and Cotton Seed Products


MODERN GIN


Maxton Road


Dial 4644


LUMBERTON CITY DIRECTORY


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SOUTHERN MARBLE WORKS, INC.


Lumberton, N. C.


J. C. COOPER, Pres. and Mgr.


We Offer Our Services as Experienced Craftsmen with a Reputation for Fine Work


Wmushar Pup Grande


UTALVA MARBLE WORKS Inc. SREBRUSA


*


High-Class Memorials of Marble and Granite in Any Design


NELSONS' 1956


CREATING FINE MEMORIALS SINCE 1916 STUDIO AND WORKS - FAYETTEVILLE ROAD - DIAL 4770


MONUMENTS


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· MOTORCYCLES


AL'S CYCLE SHOP


SALES


SERVICE


Harley-Davidson Lambretta Motor Scooters


SCHWINN BICYCLES


* Genuine Parts and Accessories


* Factory Trained Mechanics


Dial 6972


1601 W. 5th St.


MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS


HARRILL MUSIC STORES


"The House of Baldwin"


Pianos


Grand


Organs


Spinet


Chimes


Studio


Lumberton, North Carolina


P. O. Box 967


Tel. 3730


LUMBERTON CITY DIRECTORY


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NEWSPAPERS


IN


ROBESON COUNTY IT'S


THE ROBESONIAN


for local and county news,


plus Associated Press service, five days each week.


ESTABLISHED 1870


NELSONS' 1956


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PETROLEUM DISTRIBUTORS


LINDSEY OIL CO. Inc.


EAST 17TH STREET DISTRIBUTOR OF SHELL PETROLEUM PRODUCTS


SHELL


GOODYEAR TIRES DIAL 3372


PLUMBING & HEATING CONTRACTORS


PAUL CRANFILL


PLUMBING AND HEATING CONTRACTORS


ARMSTRONG


Plumbing Alterations & Wupair service


ESSO


WARM AIR


BASEBOARD


FURNACES


RADIATION HEAT


RCA Whirlpool Washing Machines


All Types of General Plumbing and Heating


DIAL 4916 2112 N. CEDAR ST.


N. C. LICENSE NO. 51


LUMBERTON CITY DIRECTORY


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RADIO STATIONS


WAGR


FOR BETTER RADIO LISTENING


1000 Kilowatts


1480 ON YOUR DIAL


Dial 3394


217 E. 3rd St.


RADIO STATIONS


Robeson's Pioneer Radio Voice


WTSB


1340 ON YOUR DIAL


A Mutual Affiliate


Dial 6056 112 W. 5th St.


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REAL ESTATE


JOE H. BARRINGTON


REALTOR


Dial 4270


Room 410 Scottish Bank Bldg.


REAL ESTATE


LUMBER RIVER REAL ESTATE CO.


LOANS - DEVELOPING


REAL ESTATE


SALES - LISTING


N


REALTORS


RDS


AR.ACTIVE MEMBERS OF CONSTITUENT BOARDS


'The House of Friendly Financing"


Dial 3335


Corner 3rd & Pine St.


RURAL ROUTE DIRECTORY


NELSONS' CITY DIRECTORY CO., INC.


Finest City Directory Service


SERVING COMMUNITIES ALL OVER THE SOUTH


LUMBERTON CITY DIRECTORY


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SAVINGS & LOANS


ROBESON Building and Loan Association


SAVINGS AND LOANS


INS


NCE


POS


$10,000 MAXIMUM INSURANCE FOR EACH DEPOSITOR


EDE


MEMBER


DIAL 4989 210 N. CHESTNUT ST.


SERVICE STATIONS


"Gas for Less""


SING'S SERVICE STATION


"Gas for Less"


ROAD SERVICE


Washing - Waxing - Lubrication


Cars Called for and Delivered


FIRST LINE TIRES - BATTERIES


DIAL 7185


Corner 2nd & Seneca Streets


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SHEET METAL, ROOFING & REATING CONTRACTORS


CONTRACTORS


ROOFING - SHEET METAL HEATING


Commercial - Industrial - Residential BARRETT ROOFERS LENNOX HEATING and AIR CONDITIONING


T. R. DRISCOLL SHEET METAL WORKS DIAL 5053


306 NORTH WALNUT STREET


SHEET METAL & ROOFING CONTRACTORS


THE SHEET METAL MAN


Commercial - Industrial - Residential ROOFING & SHEET METAL WORK Gutters - Spouts - Blow Pipes Job Work & Roofing


BUILT-UP ROOFING


Chrysler Air Temp Air Conditioning & Heating


INMAN BROTHERS ROOFING & SHEET METAL WORKS


S. Walnut St. Dial 3470


LUMBERTON CITY DIRECTORY


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SHEET METAL & ROOFING CONTRACTORS


SHEET METAL and ROOFING CONTRACTORS


Commercial - Industrial - Residential


DIAL 4054


Service Roofing & Sheet Metal, Inc. LEO WALTERS, Manager Maxton Road


WAREHOUSES-BUYERS OF LEAF TOBACCO, PECANS AND SWEET POTATOES


COOPERATIVE WAREHOUSES. INC,


A Service Organization for the Sale of Leaf Tobacco, Pecans and Sweet Potatoes Owned and Operated by The Tobacco Farmers it Services


One Mile East of Lumberton, N. C., at the Intersection of Highway 74 (Whiteville) and 211 (Bladenboro)


S. W. DUNN, JR., Sales Mgr. - C. E. McLAURIN, Mgr.


CECIL GREENING, Auctioneer Dial 3756 - 3490


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MR. BUSINESS MAN:


What Your Lumberton City Directory Means To You !


The Names of Every Person 16 Years of Age and Over


Shows Street Address


· Phone Numbers


· Home Owners


Finding Lost Accounts


Identification Purposes


. Alphabetical Phone Numbers


· Prospect List


· Direct Mail


Potential Sales


. Pin Pointing Your Direct Advertis- meni


Location of All Streets in All Areas


Delivery Service


Location of All Home Owners


· Occupation


· Place of Employment


. Head of House


Numerical Telephone System


· Correct Addresses


· Covers Metropolitan Lumberton


. Population by Actual Head Count


Phone Numbers By Streets


Street and Number of Every Home and Business


. Number Dependents Under 16


. Tells Whether White or Colored


· Every Business Firm


. All Officers and Owners of Busi- ness


Finding Missing Persons


. Contacting People by Phone Nearest to Them


Rural Routes


NELSONS' CITY DIRECTORY CO., INC.


Charleston, South Carolina


LUMBERTON CITY DIRECTORY


43


ALPHABETICAL GUIDE


To find a person's correct nome, wife's name, address, number of minor children, occupation and designation of home ownership. To find o correct firm nome and oddress. To find the owners, officers or managers of a firm.


STREET GUIDE


To find who lives at a certain number on a street. To find where o certain street is locoted.


To find a telephone number for a given oddress.


As a mailing list to cover every home in the city without duplicotion.


CLASSIFIED SECTION


To find the merchonts or professionol persons engoged in ony par- ticular business.


To find any particulor type of business or service desired. To find deolers of Nationolly Advertised products.


NUMERICAL TELEPHONE SECTION


To find the name for any given telephone number.


RURAL ROUTE SECTION


To find the correct route number for persons residing in the country. As an accurate rural mailing list.


Yours for Better Directory Service


NELSONS' CITY DIRECTORY CO., INC.


Home Office: Charleston, S. C.


NELSONS' 1956


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MR. BUSINESS MAN:


What Your Lumberton City Directory Means To You !


. The Names of Every Person 16 Years of Age and Over


· Shows Street Address


· Phone Numbers


· Home Owners


. Finding Lost Accounts


· Identification Purposes


· Alphabetical Phone Numbers


· Prospect List


Direct Mail


· Potential Sales


. Pin Pointing Your Direct Advertis- ment


Location of All Streets in All Areas


Location of All Home Owners


· Occupation


· Place of Employment


. Head of House


· Numerical Telephone System


· Correct Addresses


· Covers Metropolitan Lumberton


Population by Actual Head Count


· Phone Numbers By Streets


Street and Number of Every Home and Business


· Number Dependents Under 16


. Tells Whether White or Colored


· Every Business Firm


. All Officers and Owners of Busi- ness


· Delivery Service


· Finding Missing Persons


Contacting People by Phone Nearest to Them


· Rural Routes


NELSONS' CITY DIRECTORY CO., INC.


Charleston, South Carolina


A TOWER OF STRENGTH THE NATIOAL BANK OF LUMBERTON


Dependable Banking for Over Half Century MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION


221 N. ELM STREET


PHONE 6051


R. W. Norman Furniture Co.


"One of Eastern Carolina's Best Furniture Stores" ـى


DIAL 6373 COR. 4TH & PINE STS.


LUMBERTON'S LEADING DEPARTMENT STORE BELK - HENSDALE CO. One-Stop Shopping Center


305-307 ELM


DIAL 4389


CARR OIL COMPANY. INC. Distributors Gulf Oil Products


Dial 5462-Night 6424 GULF PRIDE The World's Finest Motor Oil


Beal at Seaboard RR


GULF


Furnace Oil Kerosene Greases Insecticides


PAUL CRANFILL PLUMBING & HEATING Reliable Plumbing and Heating Contractors 2112 N. Cedar St. DIAL 4916


Ideal Dress Shop, Inc.


Lumberton's Smartest Dress Shop


Cor. 3rd & Elm Sts. DIAL 5943


DIAL 6634 I C E CRUSHED and BLOCK Lumber-


ton Ice & Fuel Co. COAL


DIAL 6634


903 East Elizabeth- town Road


THOMPSON ELECTRIC CO. OF LUMBERTON, INC. FRIGIDAIRE Sales - Service 108 W. 5th St. FRIGIDAIRE


Dial 3376


For Over 20 Years Building the Best Building That Could Be Built for the Money


BALLOU CONSTRUCTION COMPANY


1603 McMILLAN AVE.


DIAL 5101


NELSONS' Lumberton NORTH CAROLINA


Resident Directory


1956


Containing the full name, husband and wife's name, number of children under 16, designation of home ownership, position and employer and home address of all persons over 16 years of age residing in this city and environs.


The publishers wish to express their appreciation to the business and professional establishments for the splendid cooperation and valuable assistance given them in preparation of this volume.


A list of abbreviations in this directory will be found on the following page and a general index on page 3. The information herein contained was taken by trained enumerators in a house-to-


house canvass of the city and adjacent territory, and checked with data supplied by employers. The publishers offer it as the most reliable infor- mation available but do not assume any responsibility for errors.


Number of dependents under 16 is indicated after name


PUBLISHED BY NELSONS' DIRECTORY CO., INC. CHARLESTON, S. C.


ABBREVIATIONS


accnt _accountant dispr


Ry MS - - Railway


Admn Administration dist district medical, medicine


- mechanic


adv advertising div division mech


agcy


agency dir dealer mdse - merchandise


agrl


mercantile


af _


alley dom domestic Met Metropolitan


Am - American,


drftsmn - draftsman mfr manufacturer sec


America drsmkr _ dressmaker mgr manager ship shipping


sis - sales


- east mkt


association elec - electric,


midr


assistant


atndt


- man smstrs seamstress


aud


messenger soc society


· engineer,


mtr


engine mus


between engvr


engraver Mut


beyond exch


north sta - station


- express Natl


National std standard


extended no


number


factory nr


near stmftr steamfitter


foundry @


building flgmn


bidr


builder flr


bik


block fnshr


blksmith _ blacksmith formn


forewoman P O Post Office


freight pdir


peddler


foot pimbr - piumber


fitter pharm - pharmacy,


Bros brothers furn rms


btlg


bottling


C


colored gdnr


cabtmkr


gds


cabinetmaker genl


tmkpr - timekeeper tel telephone teieg - telegraph tndr tender


tobacco trans - transfer, transportation


trav - traveling treas treasurer trk dr _ truck driver trkr . - trucker U S _ _ United States USA


USAF_ US Air Force U S M C - United States Marine Corps USN


United States Navy undtkr _ _ undertaker uphoi upholsterer vet veterinary v-pres _ vice-president vulc vulcanizer


confr confectioner


jwir


jeweier R R Railroad


constn construction kpr


keeper rep representative w-W west restr restaurant whol whse warehouse wid wholesale


widow


cred credit iino


iinotype


ctr cutter indrs


laundress res


residence wks works


dei delivery indry


laundry ret retail wn woman


dep


deputy


dept


department


yd - yard


Railway| ydmstr . yardmaster dir director mechl - - mechanicai Ry


PROPER NAMES


Samuel


Katherine Sol


Daniel Kath


Alfred Dani


Alf


Alex


Stephen


Elizabeth Mich!


Michaei


Theo Theodore


Eugene Nathi


Nathaniel


Thos Thomas


Richard Wm


William


George Patk


Patrick


James Robt


- Robert


Cath


Catherine Jas


Abr


Abraham|Chas


Charies |Jos


Joseph| Sami


Solomon


Margaret Steph


Edward Margt


Alexander Edw


Arch


Archibald Eliz


Arth


Arthur Eug


Aug


August Fredk


Benj


Benjamin Geo


NELSONS' 1956


2


tech


technical, technician ter pharmacist


furniture


photog - photographer


furnished rooms phys


physician park


gardner pk


carpenter


carp


cashier h


cash


ch church hd


hand pntr


. painter


hlpr


chemist hngr


hanger prod


principal produce


chief hosp


hospital prof


professor


chiropractor hse


house prsfdr pressfeeder


heights prsmn


pressman


highway prntg printing United States Army


incorporated ptrnmkr insurance


inspector pub public


instructor pubi publishing


pubir publisher


interior decorator purch


purchasing


resides


internal revenue rm room


janitor rd road


jr


-. junior R D Rural Delivery


cor


corner ibr


iumber


lieutenant


corp corporation lieut


Rev Reverend wkr worker


cir


- circie hts


civ


civil hwy


checker inc


clerk ins


cinr


cleaner inspr


instr


cio - ciothes, ciothing int dec


co - company


collr collector int rev


coml commercial


comn commission jan


cond - conductor


ckr


clk


patternmaker


chem - chemical,


helper prin


goods pkr packer


general pl - piace


plumbing


[gro . grocer, grocery pimbg


householder pistr plasterer


chauf chauffeur hdw


hardware pres


president


chf


chiro


captain


capt


pishr polisher tob


av


avenue eng


bdg


boarding


bet


Mutual sq - square


exchange n-N


bk bank extd


bkbndr


bookbinder fcty


bkpr


bookkeeper fdry


bldg


floor opp opposite supt - superintendent supvr - supervisor


finisher opr operator


birmkr - boilermaker forwn


bivd boulevard frt


br . - branch ft


brklyr bricklayer ftr


brkmn brakeman furn


terrace tex wkr -


textile worker


auto


automobile emp


master soir solicitor


electrical mlnr


miiiiner


, attendant electn electrician mn


auditor elev


elevator msngr employee mstr


motor spl music . special Bou southern


bey


bgemn _ baggageman exp


sten stenographer


Home Owner str . setter




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