Polk's Portland city directory, 1959, Part 1

Author: R.L. Polk & Co
Publication date: 1959
Publisher: Portland, Or. : R.L. Polk
Number of Pages: 1906

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PACIFIC TITLE INSURANCE CO. Oregon's Oldest Title Company

Main Office: 315 S. W. 4th Avenue CApitol 2-9931

Hollywood Branch: 4103 N. E. Tillamook St. ATlantic 8-5596

Hawthorne Branch: 1401 S. E. 39th Ave. 8 Elmont 4-7489

Portland, Oregon

AN OREGON OWNED COMPANY

NATIONAL BANK OF PORTLAND

72 Banking Offices Throughout Oregon

Every Helpful Banking Service

See Page 22 in Yellow Pages for U. S. National Branch Near Yo

A. B. SMITH CHEVROLET CO.

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A Great Place to Buy Best Car . Best Deal . Best Service Phone CApitol 8-5161

W. Burnside at 13th Avenue

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Dependable electric service is today's biggest value

PACIFIC POWER & LIGHT COMPANY

Public Service Bullding @ Portland 4, Oregon O Phone CApitol 6-7411

79 Statewide Offices

Washington County Office: 175 N. Hall Street Mitchell 4-1194 Beaverton, Oregon

Clackamas County Office: 918 Main Street Phone OLive 6-2651 Oregon City, Oregon

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HEAD OFFICE Broadway and 6th of Stark Phone: CApitol 8-6111 CITIZENS 636 S. E. Grond, of Alder Phone: CApitol 8-6111 EASTPORT PLAZA 4300 S. E. 82nd Avenue Phane: PRospect 5-4361

HOLLYWOOD 1901 N. E. 42nd Ave., at Hancack Phone: CApital 8-6111 INDUSTRIAL CENTER 3165 N. W. Yean Avenue Phone: CApital 8-6111

MENLO PARK 12203 N. E. Glisan Phone: Alpine 2-2438 METROPOLITAN 900 S. W. 6th Ave., at Taylor Phane: CApital 8-6111

MILWAUKIE-POWELL 3003 S. E. Milwaukie, at Pawell Phone: CApital 8-6111

160th-DIVISION 16002 5. E. Division Street

Phone: Alpine 2-5545

PENINSULA 7340 N. Philadelphia, at Jersey St. Phone: AVenue 6-0621 SANDY BOULEVARD 3456 N. E. 72nd, at Sandy Phane: ATlontic 8-5091

STADIUM 2000 S. W. Morrison, near Burnside Phone: CApital 8-6111 UNION AVENUE 5505 N. E. Unian, at Killingsworth Phone: 8Utler 5-7721

WOODSTOCK BLVD. 4727 S. E. Waadstock Boulevard Phane: PRospect 5-6796

THROUGHOUT THE STATE

ALBANY Albany Community Branch 205 Ellsworth Phane: WAbash 6-2251

DRAIN First and "C"

Phane: TEmple 6-9115

DUFUR 102 Main Street

MILL CITY 100 Narth First Avenue

Phone: 3011

Phone: 7707

University 1317 State Street Phone: EMpire 4-4451

ASHLAND 30 North Secand Street

EUGENE Eugene Branch 8th and Charnellan

MONMOUTH 193 East Main Phane: SKyline 7-1402

West Salem 1117 Edgewoter Phone: EMpire 4-2259

ASTORIA

1215 Duone Street

Phone: FAirfax 5-3811

River Road Branch 1000 River Raad Phone: Dłamand 3-7711

MT. ANGEL Main at College Phone: 15

SHERIDAN 206 S. Bridge Street Phane: THarnwall 3-2332

ATHENA Main Street Phone: LOgon 6-354 1

GRANTS PASS 400 S. W. Sixth Phone: GReenwood 6-6895

MYRTLE CREEK Ist and Main Phone: UNion 3-3131

SHERWOOD Ist and Washington Phone: JAckson 7-2401

2001 Main Street

HALFWAY Commercial at Moin Phone: SHerwood 1-2161

NEWBERG 515 E. 1st Street Phane: JEIferson 8-3111

Phane: JAcksan 3-4401 BANKS

HERMISTON 204 Main Street

ONTARIO 281 S. E. 1st Phane: 377

THE DALLES 319 Washington, at 3rd Phane: CYpress 6-2235

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OREGON CITY 901 Main Street Phone: 5228 (Portland Phone: Olive 6-4233)

TIGARD 12420 S. W. Main Street Phane: MErcury 9-1196

102 Oregon, at Bond Phane: EVergreen 2-4611 BROOKINGS 648 Chetco Avenue Phone : 2951

301-303 Oak Street Phane. 9244 JUNCTION CITY 611 Greenwood, at 6th Phone: WYmon 8-2311 KLAMATH FALLS

PENDLETON 157 S. Main, at Court Phone: CRestview 6-7311

TILLAMOOK 210 Main Avenue Phone: Victor 2-4401

BURNS (Harney Co. Branch) 499 Broadway, at "A" Phane: 5001 CLOVERDALE

Klamath Falls Branch

734 Main, at 8th

Phone: TUxedo 2-5581

ROSEBURG 201 North Jocksan and Oak Phane: ORchords 2-2661

VERNONIA 905 Bridge Street Phone: HAzel 9-6401

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ST. HELENS 200 South First Phone: 750

WARRENTON 179 S. W. Main Avenue Phone: WAInut 1-2241

2nd and Central Phone: COngress 7-3191 CORVALLIS

1202 Adams, at Depot Phone: WOadland 3-2141

ST. PAUL Church and Main Phone: 321

202 5. 2nd, at Madisan Phane: Plazo 3-6621

Phone: 11

DAYTON Dayton, Oregan Phone: REd 33

MADRAS 406 Sauth Fifth Phone: 2242

SALEM Lodd & Bush-Salem 302 State, at Commercial Phone: EMpire 4.4411

WHEELER Rarvick between Nehalem and 1st Phone. EMersan 8-3334

THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL BANK OF PORTLAND Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation PORTLAND CITY DIRECTORY

VALE 284 A Street West Phane: GRonite 3-6061

Cloverdale, Oregan

Phone: EXbroak 2-3030

Tawn and Country Branch 3720 South Sixth Phone: TUxeda 4-5186

REDMOND 404 Sixth, of D Phane: Lincoln 8-2134

SPRINGFIELD 449 Main Street, ot 5th Phane: Riverside 7-3366

Main and Marke! Phane: EAst 4-2101 BEAVERTON 8 Watsan Street Phone: Mitchell 4-2131

Phane: JOrdon 7-6472

HILLSBORO COMMERCIAL

210 East Main Street Phane. Mld woy 8-3111

MEDFORD 133 E. Moin, at Central Phane: SPring 2-6126

North Salem 1990 Fairgrounds Rood Phone: EMpire 3.9281

AMITY 5th and Trade Phone: 3241

Phone: MUrdock 9-6511

Phane: Diamond 4-2261

BAKER

MCMINNVILLE 343 Third, at Davis

WEST SLOPE 8680 S. W. Conyan Road Phone: CYpress 2-2638

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CITY DIRECTORY 1959

Containing an Alphabetical Directory of Business Concerns and Pri- vate Citizens, a Directory of Householders, Occupants of Office Buildings and Other Business Places, Including a Complete Street and Avenue Guide and Much Information of a Miscellaneous Character; also the

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Publisher's Note

The information in this directory is gathered by an actual canvass and is compiled in a way to insure maximum accuracy.

The publishers cannot and do not guarantee the correctness of all infor- mation furnished them, nor the complete absence of errors or omissions, hence no responsibility for same can be or is assumed.

The publishers earnestly request the bringing to their attention of any inaccuracy so that it may be corrected in the next Directory.

R. L. Polk & Co., Publishers

INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX

R. L. POLK & CO., publishers of more than 850 city, county, state and national Directories, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1959 edition of the Portland City Directory.

Confidence in the continued growth of Portland's industry, population and wealth, and in the ad- vancement of its civic and social activities, will be maintained as sections of this Directory are consulted, for the Directory is a mirror truly reflecting Portland to the world.

The enviable position occupied by R. L. POLK & CO.'S Directories in the estimation of the publie throughout the country, has been established by rendering the best in Directory service. With an unriv- aled organization, and having had the courteous and hearty cooperation of the business and professional men and residents. the publishers feel that the result of their labors will meet with the approval of every user, and that the Portland Directory will fulfill its mission as a source of authentic information per- taining to the city.

Three Major Departments

The three major departments are arranged in the following order :-

I. THE YELLOW PAGES constitute the first major department of the Directory. This embraces a complete list of the names and addresses of the business and professional concerns of Portland, arranged in alphabetical order under appropriate headings- a catalog of all the activities of the city. Preceding this catalog, likewise grouped under appropriate headings, are the advertisements and business cards of firms and individuals desiring to present a more complete list of their products or services than is possible in the catalog itself. The Yellow Pages represent reference advertising at its best, and merit the attention of all buyers and sellers seeking sources of supply or markets for goods. In a large commercial and in- dustrial center like Portland, the necessity of having this kind of information up-to-date and always im- mediately available, is obvious. The Directory is the common intermediary between buyer and seller, and plays an important role in the daily activities of the commercial, industrial and professional world.

II. THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and business and professional concerns is the second major department, printed on white paper. This is the only record in existence that aims to show the name, marital status, occupation and address of each adult resident of Portland, and the name, official personnel. nature and address of each firm and corporation.

III. THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, is the third major department, printed on green paper. In this section the numbered streets are arranged in numerical order, followed by the named streets in alphabetical order; the numbers of the residences and business concerns are arranged in numerical order under the name of each street, and the names of the householders and concerns are placed opposite the numbers. The names of the intersecting streets appear at their respective crossing points on each street. Special features of this section are the desig- nation of tenant-owned homes and the listing of telephone numbers.

Community Publicity

The Directory reflects the achievements and ambitions of the city, depicting in unbiased terms what it has to offer as a place of residence, as a business location, as a port, as a manufacturing site and as an educational center. To broadcast this information, the publishers have placed copies of this issue of the Directory in Directory Libraries, where they are readily available for free public reference, and serve as perpetual and reliable advertisements of Portland.

The Portland Directory Library

Through the courtesy of the publishers of the Portland City Directory, a Directory Library is main- tained in the offices of the Portland Chamber of Commerce, for free reference by the general public. This is one of more than 700 Directory Libraries installed in the chief cities of the U. S. and Canada by mem- bers of the Association of North American Directory Publishers, under whose supervision the system is operated.

The publishers appreciatively acknowledge the recognition by those progressive business and pro- fessional men who have demonstrated their confidence in the City Directory as an advertising medium, with assurance that it will bring a commensurate return.

R. L. POLK & CO .. Publishers

INDEX TO ADVERTISERS Page Numbers Below Refer to the Yellow Pages

Page

Acme Auto Wrecking left side lines and 6 Aetna Life Insurance Co left top lines and 80

Aetna Roofing Co 136

Air-King Manufacturing Corp left side lines and 119

Albina Fuel Co 60

Alpenrose Dairy Co Inc

right side lines and

Apostolic Faith Mission 36

Associated Thrift and Securities Inc

right side lines and 112 right side lines and 6

Ballou & Wright 7

Bank of Portland The

left top lines and

Bankers Life Company-Des Moines ...... left top lines and 81

Barnard Motors Inc right top lines and 8 145

Beall Pipe & Tank Corp

Bedell's right top lines and 157

Beltone Hearing Center 72 Gill J K Company The ...... front cover left top lines and 122 Bennett Roswell H C right side lines and 58 Great-West Life Assurance Co The

Bennett and Williams Inc

116

Berg Charles F Ine right bottom lines

Berry Bail Bonds

Bigoni O P Roofing

Bill Hay Ine

Blyth & Co Inc right top lines and

Braley & Graham

Broadway TV Sales & Service Co ...... left side lines and 149 Burgard Finke Co 108

Burnett Roy Motors Ine left side lines and 9

Business Men's Assurance Co of America

left top lines and 82

Business Men's Telephone Exchange right side lines and 148

Business Sales Co 34

Cain Agency left side lines and 83

California-Western States Life Insurance Co

left side lines and 84

Campbell-Norquist & Co right side lines 46 and 123 Canada Life Assurance Company ...... left side lines and 85 18 Canadian Bank of Commerce The

Carnation Company right bottom lines and 49

Carson John On Co Inc right side lines and 61

Chown Hardware Co left side lines and 71

Chuck's Refrigeration Inc

Coffey H K & Associates

left side lines and

Cole Benjamin B Inc right bottom lines and

Colonial Manor Sanitarium 137

Colomal Mortuary 63

Commonwealth Inc .. front cover right top lines and 128 Commonwealth Title Insurance Co

back cover right top lines and 150

Congress Hotel The

Cooley- Wolaborn Construction Co.right side Imes and

Cromwell Tailor. Inc right side lines and 39

Cummings Realty Inc right side les and 135

Currin's for Drug right side lines and 55

D & F Plumbing Co left side lines and 125

Danmoore Hotel right side lines and 77

Dean Witter & Co .. right top lines and 24

Dooly & Compan: right .de Imes and 108 Drake Donald M Con pan night ide line and

Duthan & Bale Averci Ine

left .ide lines and

Edward Furniture Compem h.Il ott Lincoln Mereut.

implor ce Fierce Co

geht ide hne. and 129

Equitable Life Assurance Society of the US left side lines and 88 Equitable Life Insurance Co of Iowa right side lines and 89 Equitable Savings and Loan Association

right top lines and 138

Fahey-Brockman

Farmers Dairy Association 50

Finley J P & Son First National Bank of Oregon The

front cover left top lines and 19

Foster & Marshall

right top lines and

Foster Sporting Goods

left side lines and 143

Frank Chevrolet Co 10

Fuller W P & Co

left side lines and 123

Gaylord's IGA Foodliner 70

right side lines and 90

Grossmayer Phil Co

left top lines and 91

Guarantee Mutual Life Company

109

113

Haseltine J E & Co Inc left side lines and 78

Heathman Hotels backbone right top lines and 75

Hermann Floral and Seed Co left side lines and 59 Holladay Park Hospital 74 132

Horsfeldt A A Realtor

Ho-Ti Supper Club (Ho-Ti Ltd) left side lines and 147

Humke Ken R Co left side lines and 79

Insurance Company of Oregon

Jones June S Company

right bottom lines and

Jones Lumber Corporation left side lines and 119

Journal Publishing Co 121

Kern Park Floral

Killam Graham Co

133

La Vonne Glorea Finishing School

141

Lewis-Riffel Inc

right side lines and 145

Marks Motors 13

Marsh & MeLennan-Cosgrove & Co ..... left fop lines and 93

Masons Supply Co right side lines and 31 Massachusetts Indemnity & Life Insurance Co right side lines and 94

Mathis Ine left side lines and 38

McCoy Auto Co 14

Medical Society Telephone Service 52

Meek's Belmont Pharmacy Merchants Dependable Delivery Service

right side lines and 51

Merrifield-Mitchell Agency

left side lines and 95

77 48 Merrill Lynch. Pierce, Fenner & Smith Ine

right top lines and 27

Montavilla Finance Co left side lines and 118 Morrison Oil Co 61

Morton W "Dee" Insurance Agency 109

Multnomah County Medical Society Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York

left side lines and 96

National Credit Bureau right bottom lines and 41

Nau Frank Pharmacies right side lies and 54

New England Mutual Life Insurance Co right side lines and 97

Niagara of Portland right side Imes and 119

Nilsson's Paint & Wallpaper

124

Auto Glass Service Co

mehr de In.c. and 144 116

48 87

Hungerford Hotel

Handel, Lundborg & Co

136 132 23 13

Business Equipment Bureau

4 86 40

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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS

Page

Nordstrom's 142 Norris, Beggs & Simpson back cover and 130

Northwest Hospital Servia right top lines and 73 Northwest Knitting Co Inc 115

Northwest Natural Gas Company

back cover right top lines and 69

Northwest Tube & Metal Fabricators 141

Northwestern Mutual Insurance Co 110

Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co of Milwaukee. Wis left side lines and 98

Northwestern Transfer Co right side lines and 156

Occidental Life Insurance Co of California

Oil Heat Institute of Oregon right side lines and 99

left side lines and 5

Olsen Roe Transfer Co 120

Oregon Journal 121

Oregon Railroad Association

127

Oregon Steel Mills 146

Oregon Transfer Co 156

Overhead Door Co of Portland Inc ...... left side lines and 53

Pacific Aluminum Industry

Pacific Builders Supply Co 31

Pacific Building Materials right bottom lines and 32

Pacific First Federal Savings and Loan Association

(Portland Branch) ...... back cover right bottom lines and 139 Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Co ...... left side lines and 100 Pacific Northwest Co right bottom lines and 28 Pacific Power & Light Company

front cover left top lines and 56

Pacific Title Insurance Co

front cover backbone right top lines right side lines

Patten George Investment Co 151 and 152

113

Paulsen's Pharmacy 54

Payne & Faust 133

Pearson Mortuary

Personal Adjustment Company ..... left side lines and 46

Petrie's

right side lines and 149

Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Co of Hartford Conn left side lines and 101

Pope & Talbot Inc 144 110

Popma Leonard J Jr Agency

Portland Association of Credit Men Inc ...... page C and

Portland Chamber of Commerce 2

Portland Collection Bureau 43

Portland Federal Savings. ...... front edge page Y and 140

Portland Furniture Mfg Co

Portland General Electric Company

back cover right top lines and 57

Portland Marble Works 120

Portland Trust Bank 20

Pownall. Taylor & Hays right bottom lines and 102

Prudential Insurance Company of America The left side lines and 103

Radio Cab Co right side lines and 148

Rancho Rambler Inc right side lines and 14

Rasmussen Don Co 11

Ray's Power Mower Service 116

Readymix Concrete right bottom lines and 32

Retail Credit Association of Portland, Oregon Inc back cover left top lines and 44 55

Riggs L L Pharmacy

Rinella & Company, Realtors right side lines and 135

Ritter, Lowe & Co right side lines and 134

Ritter Roof Structures Inc right side lines and 136

Rose City Transit Co right side lines and 155

Rosenblatts right side lines and 39 68

Routledge Geo L Co

left side lines and

Samuels & Conarty Enterprises ..... right side lines and Sandberg H J Co right bottom lines and Sasse Oil Co

Schmeer Insurance Agency

right side lines and 104

Sehmeer Robert Wm Insurance ...... left side lines and 111 21 Security Bank of Oregon right top lines and Sharff & Son Security Escrows Inc 58 67 Shaw Surgical Co 74 76

Sheraton-Portland Hotel page A and

Sherman Clay & Co

Shipley and Company Agency

Silentone Hospital Radio & TV ........... .right side lines and

Skolfield Fuch Co

Skyline Memorial Gardens & Mausoleum

Southeast Finance Co 118

Standard Insurance Company

backbone right top lines and 106

Standard Plumbing & Heating Co 126

Stark Club

State Farm Mutual Auto Insurance Co 111

State Loan Co right side lines and 117 Sun Life Assurance Co of Canada ...... left side lines and 107 Sunset Hills Memorial Park 35

Tait James A C & Co 33

The Drug Shop

Time Oil Co

Title Insurance Company

right top lines and 153

Title and Trust Company

back cover right top lines and 154

Tracey & Co Inc 6

Union Finance Co 117

United Adjusters Inc right bottom lines and 45

United Finance Co left side lines and 118

United States National Bank The

front cover right top lines page B and 22

Vincent Dean Inc right top lines and 131

Walker J J 134

Walston & Co Inc

Weisfield's Ine 114

Welders Supply Co Inc right side lines and 156

Wheeler-Frost Realty Co 135

Wilson Cliff Co

left side lines and

Your Market Reporter left side lines and 3

Zeida Louis right side lines and 47

Zell Brothers

115

Zilka Smither & Co Inc right bottom lines and 30

48 65 72

15 105 74 62 34

Smith A B Chevrolet Co ...... front cover left top lines and Smith's Home Furnishings Ine 67

Oregon Methodist Headquarters

PORTLAND, OREGON

(Courtesy Portland Chamber of Commerce)

Statistical Review

Form of Government-Commission.

Population-(1957 certification, Oregon State Board of Census) 402,300. Urbanized area, 601,100; Portland Metropolitan Area, 835,000 Multnomah County, 542,030, Clackamas County, 110,630; additional nearby counties in retail trade area: Yamhill, 29,00): Columbia, 21,950; Polk, 23,000; Marion, 115,840.

Area-69.82 square miles.

Altitude-175 feet above sea level for city-wide average.

Parks and recreation-Pacific Coast League baseball at Multnomah Stadium, also site of college and high school football and civic events: 88 developed park areas covering 2,000 acres, including many with community houses, baseball fields, playground apparatus, swimming pools: Zoological Gardens; 2 municipal, 5 public and 6 private golf courses.

Assessed valuation-$1,986,139,745 (1958-59).

Financial data-6 major banks and trust companies with numerous branches, total deposits over $1 billion. Bank clearings for 1958, $10,245,640.

Postal Receipts-$13.264,836 (1958).

Building and Construction-6,170 permits, with total value of $83,826,290 issued in 1958.

Dwellings-Occupied dwelling units in city 143,049; owner-occupied, 59%. (City Planning Commis- sion report, Jan. 1, 1957).

Industry-About 1800 manufacturing plants in Portland Metropolitan Area, employing more than 60,000. (State Employment Service, 1957). Manufacturing plants provide approximately one-fourth of the employment in Portland area, with metalworking, food products and lumber products leading the field. Other categories include pulp and paper, shipbuilding, airplane parts, foundries, aluminum, chemi- cals, knit goods, textiles, clothing, electronics.

Newspapers-Metropolitan, 2; commercial, 1.

Hotels-9 class A, with 3 major new constructions underway in 1959; 254 of other classifications.

Hospitals-Nine general, 2 children's and 2 isolation; 2,688 beds. Seven specialized (including 510- bed Veterans') : 1,298 beds. Four of the general hospitals offer nurses training.

Cultural facilities-Portland Symphony Orchestra, Junior Symphony, Multnomah County Library (16 branches, 750,000 volumes), Civic Theatre, Portland Art Museum, Oregon Historical Society and Mu- seum, Oregon Museum of Science and Industry.

Schools-Public elementary, 83; public high schools, 11; private and parochial elementary, 35; pri- vate and parochial high schools, 8; art and sciences colleges, 5: professional colleges, 4; junior colleges, 3; theological schools, 4: numerous business colleges and trade schools. Pupils in public schools, 72,000; pa- rochial schools, 12,000; private schools, 500.

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Polk's Portland city directory, 1959, Part 1

Author: R.L. Polk & Co Publication date: 1959 Publisher: Portland, Or. : R.L. Polk Number of Pages: 1906

Author: R.L. Polk & Co
Publication date: 1959
Publisher: Portland, Or. : R.L. Polk
Number of Pages: 1906