Miller's Roxboro, NC City Directory
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PHONi 42-1 rm>. .., 5' SPECIAL DIRECTORY THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA ADING CENTER il jerators — Ranges ces — Water Heaters THE COLLECTION OF Electric Ranges NORTH CAROLINIANA PRESENTED BY Water Systems Raleigh Chamber of Commerce n and Radios G971.73 HSSm ^lumbing Service 1959-60 814 DURHAM ROAD PHONE 7802 Out of Sight • Out ofMind • Out ofBusiness * The importance of keeping fiim and product names in the public eye is recognized by all business men. It is astonishing to see how a firm or product, however meritorious, will slip into the limbo ol the forgotten if not persistently advertised. • Southern Directory Co. "PUBLISHERS OF MILLER'S QUALITY DIRECTORIES" 15 RANKIN AVE. Chas. W. Miller, Publisher Asheville, N. C. ADVERTISERS' SPECIAL DIRECTORY FARMER'S SUPPLY CO. Hardware - Paints - Feed - Seed Fertilizer - Garden Supplies - Tools Farm Implements - Work Clothing Home Appliances - Staple Groceries CARRYING This book must not COMPLETE Ll^ be taken from the MERCHANDISE Library building. I j Phone "First In Quali 117-121 ADVERTISERS' SPECIAL DIRECTORY KENAN OIL CO. GEORGE B. WALKER, Agent FUEL OIL GASOLINE KEROSENE LUBRICANTS Meter Printed Ticket Deliveries «*^ KENAN OIL CO. Phone 6271 1128 Oxford Road TITLE PAGE D 1 R e aiF Q R Y VOL. II 1959-1960 VOL. II Containing an Alphabetical Directory oi Business Concerns and Private Citizens, Occupants of Office Buildings and Other Business Places Including a Complete Street and Avenue Guide, Buyers' Guide, Numerical Telephone Directory; And A Complete Classified Business Directory SOUTHERN DIRECTORY CO. ASHEVILLE, N. C. : : PUBLISHERS Member Association of North American Directory Publishers (See General Index - Page 6) Issued Biennially PRICE 30.00 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE — LOCAL AGENT ROXBORO, N. C. ASHEVILLE, N. C. Copyright Ap:il, 1959 by Chas. W. Miller NOTE:—This publication has been carefully prepared (a canvass having been made by competent parties), but it is distinctly understood that no responsibility is assumed for any errors or omissions that may have occurred in such revision. —PUBLISHERS. INDEX GENERAL INDEX Abbreviations 101 Alphabetical List of Names 101 Associations and Clubs 216 Buyer's Guide , 13 City Government (Roxboro) 187 Classified Business Directory 216 County Government (Person) , 177 Index to Advertisers 6 North Carolina State Government 12 Numerical Telephone Directory 37 Preface 7 Street Directory . 233 Title Page 5 United States Government . 12 INDEX TO ADVERTISERS Adcock's Coal Yard- .p 18 Cole's Pharmacy top lines Allen-Gates General Insurance & Real Couch Furniture Co p 30 Estate initial letter lines Davis & Huff Super Shell p 14 Bailey Electric Service top lines Duncan Graham L.. bottom lines and p 19 Berry's top lines and p 22 Duncan's Inc bottom lines Blalock's Super Market top lines Durham Dairy Products p 21 Bootery The.. top lines E & T Equipment Co p 25 Bradsher J T Co bottom lines Eanes Oil Co top lines and p 27 Brooks & White Funeral Home Economy Auto Supply bottom lines backbone and bottom lines Electric Appliance Co Brown & Burruss Co top lines bottom lines and p 23 Bullock Lumber Co.. bottom lines and p 16 Farmer's Supply Co -.p 3 C 6c G Supply Center. .bottom lines and p 15 Gates Company The front cover and pages 19 and 31 Carolina Power & Light Co front cover and p 24 Green's Jewelers top lines Carver Agency top hnes and p 34 Gulf Oil Corp p28 Citizens National Bank front cover Hall A I Paint Co. p 32 City Ice & Fuel Co front cover Hester Trading Center p 2 Clayton R Reed fly Y Huffman Furniture Store bottom lines (Continued on page eight) PREFACE ROXBORO, N. C. "The Courteous City" PREFACE OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS ROXBORO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Gordon Carver, President Ben Tillett, Vice President Sidney Neely, Treasurer W. Wallace Woods, Executive Secretary-Manager Mrs. Irma Jean Pergerson, Secretary and Credit Bureau Staff Directors John C. Maultsby Thomas B. Woody, Jr. Howard Payne Dolian Long Al Cole Mack Edge Shank Bumpass Burlie Day Emery Foushee Thomas Bowles ORIGIN AND LOCATION The town of Roxboro was formed in 1793 as the County Seat of Person County. It derived its name from a city in Scotland (spelled Rox- burgh). It is the only incorporated community in Person County which lies in the North Piedmont section of North Carolina, bordering Virginia on the North; Granville County on the East; Durham and Orange Coun- ties on the South and Caswell County on the West. Situated on Highway 501 thirty miles North of Durham, N. C. Roxboro is located in the midst of beautiful rolling hills, enjoying an elevation of 715 feet; a healthy cli- mate with a mean temperature of 58.7 degrees, and an average annual rainfall of 46 inches. POPULATION AND SIZE The incorporated city area covers approximately two square miles and has a population of around 5500, with an additional 5000 or more within a radius of 2V2 miles. Being the only incorporated community in a radius of 25 miles and with Person County having in excess of 25,000 population, Roxboro serves a wide area as a trade, employment and civic center. Population approximately 70% white, 30% negro, 99.5% American born. (Continued on page nine) PN INDEX TO ADVERTISERS INDEX TO ADVERTISERS (Continued from Page 6} Johnson Cotton Co,. bottom lines and p 26 Roxboro Building & Loan Assn back cover and p 15 Kane Geo W back cover and p 20 Kenan Oil Co p 4 Roxboro Coca-Cola Bottling Co- -back cover Kennedy's Commercial School p 17 Roxboro Concrete Supply Co back cover, bottom lines and p 17 Kimbroughs Florist p 27 Roxboro Cotton Mills ."...fly Z Lester Harvey J p 35 Lewis Furniture Co top lines Roxboro Finance Co back cover and bottom lines Little Oil Co The top lines and p 28 Long Meadow Farms, .back cover and p 22 Roxboro Laundry & Dry Cleaning Co.. front cover Long's Men's Shop.. bottom lines Roxboro Lumber Co insert Masten Bros p 32 Miller-Hurst Inc top lines Roxboro Venetian Blind Laundry & Service p 35 Miner & Gravitte Oil Co p 29 Sharpe Funeral Home top lines Murphy Oil & Supply Co back cover and p 29 Shelton's Phillips 66 Service p 14 Nu-Way Cleaners front cover and 13 p Slaughter Gus p 20 Peoples Bank The stencils Strickland's Funeral Home Person Furniture Co — top lines and p 30 front cover and top lines Person Tire & Retread Service 34 p Taylor's Printing Co p 32 Person Tractor Co p 25 Tom's Auto Supply top lines Roxboro Beverage Co p 14 Walker Insurance Agency p 31 Roxboro Broadcasting Co p 33 Roxboro Builders Supply p 16 Wilkerson E M & Son p 21 POPULATION OF THE STATES OF THE UNITED STATES 1. New York 14,830,192 26. Mississippi "... 2,178,914 2. California 10,586,223 27. South CaroUna 2,117.027 3. Pennsylvania 10,498,012 28. Connecticut 2,007,280 4. Illinois 8,712,176 29. West Virginia 2,005,55? 5. Ohio 7,946,627 30. Arkansas 1,909,511 6. Texas — 7,711,194 31. Kansas 1,905,29? 7. Michigan 6,371,766 32. Oregon 1,521,341 8. New Jersey 4,835,329 33. Nebraska 1,325,510 9. Massachusetts 4,690,514 34. Colorado 1,325,08b 10. North Carolina 4,061,929 35. Maine . 913,774 11. Missouri 3,954,653 36. Rhode Island 791,89b 12. Indiana 3,934,224 37. Arizona 749,587 13. Georgia 3,444,578 38. Utah 688,862 14. Wisconsin 3,434,575 39. New Mexico 681,18'/ 15. Virginia ..- :::. 3,318,680 40. South Dakota 652,740 16. Tennessee 3,291,718 41. North Dakota 619,63b 17. Alabama 3,061,743 42. Montana 591,024 18. Minnesota 2,982,463 43. Idaho 588,637 19. Kentucky 2,944,806 44. New Hampshire 533,242 20. Florida 2,771,305 45. Vermont 377,747 21. Louisiana 2,683,516 46. Delaware 318,085 22. Iowa 2,621,073 47. Wyoming . 290,529 23. Washington 2,378,963 48. Nevada ... 160,083 24. Maryland 2,343,00) TOTAL 1950 CENSUS 150,697,361 j '' 25. Oklahoma . 2,233,35l''' District of Columbia 802,178 PREFACE ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA (Continued from Page 7) ASSESSED VALUATION AND TAX RATES COUNTY VALUATION $34,509,796.00 TAX RATE $1.55 per $100.00 CITY VALUATION $10,661,036.00 TAX RATE $1.20 per $100.00 FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS Two banks with resources over $17,000,000.00. Building and Loan Association with assets of over 4.'4 million dollars. NEWSPAPER AND RADIO STATION Courier-Times, semi-weekly newspaper, with paid circulation in ex- cess of 3000, edited by the Hon. J. W. Noell, oldest active editor in the United States and serving this area since 1890. WRXO, Radio Station, is locally owned and operated. AM-FM w-ith 1000 Watts daylight operation, and night, full-time coverage serving a wide area in Person County and surrounding counties in North Caro- lina and Virginia.