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Raleigh Granite Company Office
April 21, 1942 -- J. B. Roach of Raleigh Granite Company, Raleigh, announced yesterday the opening of a branch office of the company in the Building formerly occupied by Williams-Breedlove Company and also announced that the testing laboratory of Southern Aggregates Corporation would be maintained in the basement of the same building. In charge of the office of Raleigh Granite Company is Dermont Hedrick and in charge of the laboratory of Southern Aggregates Corporation is Ira B. Mullis. There will be a personnel of six persons in the Granite Company office for the present. Questioned at his office in Raleigh about the branch office here, Mr. Roach stated the purpose of the branch was to “facilitate the handling of aggregates used in the building of Camp Butner, near Oxford.” The stone being used in the mammoth camp building program is being quarried at Greystone. The laboratory of Southern Aggregates Corporation was opened here because of the large floor space needed for testing of sand, gravel and other products produced by the corporation, according to Mr. Roach. Materials taken from all quarries of the corporation will be tested in the laboratory here under the direction of Mr. Mullis with the assistance of Mr. Lark. Other members of the personnel of the Granville Company office here are W. B. Clark, C. D. Ferrell, H. Post, R. W. Sutton, and Fred Parham.
C. D. Ray & Son
December 23, 1919 -- The new enterprise of C. D. Ray & Son is open for Business. The dream of C. D. Ray & Son has been realized. Before the advent of the world war they were quietly figuring and planning to embark in the hardware business, but the war blocked the progress of many proposed enterprises, including the building of homes, factories and railways. C. D. Ray& son have catered to the building trade for many years, and the new hardware store is practically an enlargement of their business, which also includes a general line of hardware, ranging from a pen knife to the materials to build an army tank car. They carry everything in the hardware line except a still, such as the moonshiners use. The new store is situated on College Street, adjoining the Johnson warehouse on the north side. The shelving and counters are neatly arranged and the display of goods is inviting and tempting. The stock is full and complete, but the large part of it is on the second floor. The goods from the factory are brought to the store and hoisted on the elevator to the second floor, where they are unpacked and stored to replenish the stock or samples on the lower floor. A good warm fire and a hearty welcome awaits you at the new hardware store. While Mr. Clark, an experienced hardware man will be constantly at the store, Messrs C. D. Ray & Son will at all times be in close touch with their two places of business.
Reynold's Electric Company
October 5, 1940 -- Carpenters and painters have completed their work in the Reynolds Electric Company on College Street and the firm is now reopened for business, J. H. Reynolds, proprietor, said yesterday. The firm was moved from Main Street following a fire about three weeks ago, which burned much of the stock and fixtures of the company. “Our stock is not yet complete,” Mr. Reynolds said, “but we are constantly adding new merchandise and are displaying some of our fire damaged merchandise, which is in working condition and shows the fine construction of these goods.” October 14, 1941 -- Reynolds Electric Company, local electric supply house and electrical contractors, have been awarded a contract to install service entrances and meter equipment in more than 100 homes in Granville County connected with US sponsored Rural Electrification lines, it has been announced. The execution of this large electrical contract will begin immediately, according to officials of the company. Mr. Reynolds, owner of Reynolds Electric Company, stated this morning that materials for this construction are exceedingly hard to secure, owing to government regulations, but the company hopes to fulfill the terms of the contract in the time allotted in the contract for the work. August 17, 1945 -- R. M. Currin, Jr. Oxford native, a graduate electrical engineer who formerly worked here before becoming connected with some of the nation’s largest manufacturing and power concerns, has acquired a partnership interest in Reynolds Electric Company as of August 1, and the firm name has been changed to Reynolds-Currin Electric Company. Announcement of the partnership was made jointly by Mrs. J. H. Reynolds, operator of the business since the death of her late husband, and by Mr. Currin, a son of Mrs. R. M. Currin of Goshen Street and of the late R. M. Currin of the firm of Upchurch and Currin. Reynolds-Currin Electric Company will continue operations along the same general lines followed for the past 20 years. The company will engage in general contracting on electrical installations, including industrial and residential wiring and electrical maintenance, in addition to sales of farm and home appliances. The company will continued the Frigidaire line of appliances, together with Easy washers and ironers. Following his graduation from State College at Raleigh, Mr. Currin was connected for a short time with Oxford Electric Company before becoming connected with Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company in Pittsburgh, PA, a position he held until he became association with Consolidated Edison in New York. He has resided in Flushing, NY for several years. Mr. and Mrs. Currin and their two daughters, Mary Ann, 8 and Nancy Lee, 5 have moved into the Sam Webb home on Hancock St. “I’m extremely glad to be back in North Carolina, and particularly Oxford, and to be associated in business here,” Mr. Currin said yesterday. His wife, the former Agnes Doran of Flushing, L.I., New York, also expressed happiness over his new home-town of Oxford.
January 20, 1948 -- Mrs. Frances Reynolds announced Monday that she had purchased the interest of R. M. Currin, Jr. in the business of Reynolds-Currin Electric Company and that the firm is to be operated as Reynolds Electric Company. Currin became a partner in the business in August, 1945. Currin said yesterday that he would open his own business here at an early date and would operate as Currin Electric Co. Reynolds Electric Company was established here 15 years ago by Mrs. Reynolds and her late husband, J. H. Reynolds. For a number of years prior to that time, Mr. Reynolds had operated Oxford Electric Company. At the death of her husband, Mrs. Reynolds continued operating the company until Mr. Currin became a partner. “Reynolds Electric Company will continue to offer a complete and efficient service in electrical contracting and wiring and will specialize in sales and in servicing all types of appliances,” said Mrs. Reynolds. Since Frigidaire home appliances were first introduced by General Motors Corporation, the Reynolds organization in Oxford has been the exclusive dealer in this territory. Mrs. Reynolds stated that her firm would continue to sell and service products of a number of other leading manufacturers, including Coleman oil circulators, Bendix radios, Easy washers and other small appliances and electrical supplies. “I am pleased to announce that my staff of loyal and efficient personnel will remain with me and will continue to give prompt and efficient service to our many valued customers,” said Mrs. Reynolds. “I hope also to have a bigger and better stock of electrical goods and to give even more prompt and efficient service,” she added.
The Rite Shop
May 15, 1936 -- The Rite Shoppe will open Friday night in the Harris building recently vacated by the Oxford Jewelry store on College St. E. T. Hester is the proprietor of the business and Miss Willie Mae Currin is the manager. The formal opening will be held from 8 to 11 o’clock Friday evening. The building has been fully renovated and remodeled for the Rite Shoppe, which will have on display tonight a full line of dresses, lingerie, hats, etc, which appeal to smartly dressed ladies. October 22, 1937 -- The Rite Shop, since its opening located on College Street, has moved to Hillsboro Street into the building formerly occupied by L. L. Gresham. Elvin Hester, proprietor of the establishment, said a full line of ladies and gents furnishings, such as featured in the past, would be stocked in the new location.
Rose's 5, 10 & 25¢ Store
November 6, 1936 -- Rose’s 5, 10 and 25 cent store has taken a long-term lease on the building occupied at present by Main Street Fruit Store and will increase its present floor space by a third. When the Rose’s store opened in Oxford nearly 20 years ago, it occupied modest quarters on Main Street, but as business increased the demand for a larger stock was met by the acquisition of the adjacent store. The expansion program has been under consideration for several months and the lease for the new unit in the building was executed last summer. However, the lease of the present tenant of the store does not expire until December 31. The expansion program will include the installation of an entire new front, new fixtures, removal of the wall between the fruit store and the novelty store, the installation of the lighting fixtures and other appurtenances to an up to date five and ten store, it has been learned. The Main Street Fruit Store, operated by L. E. Breedlove, will continue to operate in its present stand until December 31. Mr. Breedlove has obtains a lease on a new location for his business and states that he will have splendid new quarters in which to conduct his business after December. However, for the remainder of this year he intends serving his many customers with a complete stock from his Main street store. June 5, 1937 -- Rose’s 5, 10 and 25 cent store has reopened after a program of remodeling which has been underway for the past five months. Skilled workmen, cabinet makers and painters will move out today and make ready for the hundreds of customers expected to visit the store today and tomorrow. The store, which is the second in the Rose chain of 102 stores, has the largest frontage of any in the chain, 75 feet, and architects have designed the structure to meet present day needs of rapid merchandise turn over. The store is new throughout. It has been enlarged by about one-third and the stock has nearly doubled with a larger variety of the lines formerly carried and the introduction of new lines, according to the manager, M. R. Spivey. Everything is new form the counters to the cash registers. New lighting fixtures, electric fans, wall fixtures and electric water coolers for white and colored have been placed inside. The front of the store has been revamped, new display windows put in and marble panels installed beneath the windows. The ladies’ rest room, which has for years been a feature of the local Rose’s store, has been enlarged and fitted with comfortable furniture for the convenience and comfort of white ladies. The office has been moved and is larger and roomier, giving the manager a clear view of the entire store. The Rose’s 5, 10 and 25¢ Store, was organized in 1914 and the first store opened in Henderson. A year later, the Oxford store was opened and since then, 100 stores have been opened in North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, and Georgia. P. H. Rose is president and treasurer, T. B. Rose in vice-president and secretary. M. R. Spivey has been manager of the Oxford store since 1932. His popularity in the business and civic life is attested by his being a director of the Merchants Association and a member of the Oxford Kiwanis Club. Here to assist the personnel of the Oxford store in the arrangement of stock since the completion of work on the interior are R. W. Thorne of Henderson, central district superintendent, and four store managers, G. Geer of Durham, F. W. Sweet of Dunn, C. A. Compton of Burlington, and W. A. Malone of Roxboro.
Roxboro Laundry Company
July 17, 1936 -- The Roxboro Laundry Company at Roxboro, will open an establishment in Oxford on Monday, July 20, it was learned today. The office of this new business will be located on Littlejohn Street, next door to the office of the Western Union and will be in charge of Miss Shirley Barker of this city. The new laundry and dry-cleaning establishment will solicit laundry, dry-cleaning and pressing and will maintain a truck in Oxford for collecting and delivering its work. For the past 16 years the Roxboro Laundry Company has served the people of Roxboro and Person County. During these years it has been under the capable management of the Kirby brothers, J. E. Kirby being in active charge. Mr. Kirby said “We trust that we may serve the people of Oxford to our very best ability, at all times maintaining our platform of satisfaction guaranteed in all our work.” January 11, 1938 -- Laundry, Dry-Cleaning and Pressing Service offered by the Roxboro Laundry Co., Oxford Office in Central Feed Store.
Shaner Motor Company
April 7, 1928 -- Mr. Shaner and Son, of Cumberland, MD, were in Oxford last Saturday perfecting arrangements to engage in business here. They leased the Bryant building on Williamsboro St., next to the Orpheum Theatre, and will do acetylene welding, painting, repairing and accessories.
Skyline Drive-In Theater
January 18, 1949 -- A new entertainment center for Oxford, a drive-in theatre, is under construction on Henderson Road just beyond Hill Top No. 1. A name for the theatre is to be determined later with public participation before opening of the theatre, now scheduled for mid-March. The builder-operators are Currin brothers—Randolph, Clarence and Hal—sons of Buck Currin, operator of a store and filing station near the intersection of the Virgilina-Roxboro Road. The land has been graded and space provided for parking: 200 automobiles, RCA projection and speaking equipment has been ordered and is to be installed. Individual speakers will be provided for patrons. The entire site is to be covered with stone, Mr. Currin said.
April 21, 1942 -- J. B. Roach of Raleigh Granite Company, Raleigh, announced yesterday the opening of a branch office of the company in the Building formerly occupied by Williams-Breedlove Company and also announced that the testing laboratory of Southern Aggregates Corporation would be maintained in the basement of the same building. In charge of the office of Raleigh Granite Company is Dermont Hedrick and in charge of the laboratory of Southern Aggregates Corporation is Ira B. Mullis. There will be a personnel of six persons in the Granite Company office for the present. Questioned at his office in Raleigh about the branch office here, Mr. Roach stated the purpose of the branch was to “facilitate the handling of aggregates used in the building of Camp Butner, near Oxford.” The stone being used in the mammoth camp building program is being quarried at Greystone. The laboratory of Southern Aggregates Corporation was opened here because of the large floor space needed for testing of sand, gravel and other products produced by the corporation, according to Mr. Roach. Materials taken from all quarries of the corporation will be tested in the laboratory here under the direction of Mr. Mullis with the assistance of Mr. Lark. Other members of the personnel of the Granville Company office here are W. B. Clark, C. D. Ferrell, H. Post, R. W. Sutton, and Fred Parham.
C. D. Ray & Son
December 23, 1919 -- The new enterprise of C. D. Ray & Son is open for Business. The dream of C. D. Ray & Son has been realized. Before the advent of the world war they were quietly figuring and planning to embark in the hardware business, but the war blocked the progress of many proposed enterprises, including the building of homes, factories and railways. C. D. Ray& son have catered to the building trade for many years, and the new hardware store is practically an enlargement of their business, which also includes a general line of hardware, ranging from a pen knife to the materials to build an army tank car. They carry everything in the hardware line except a still, such as the moonshiners use. The new store is situated on College Street, adjoining the Johnson warehouse on the north side. The shelving and counters are neatly arranged and the display of goods is inviting and tempting. The stock is full and complete, but the large part of it is on the second floor. The goods from the factory are brought to the store and hoisted on the elevator to the second floor, where they are unpacked and stored to replenish the stock or samples on the lower floor. A good warm fire and a hearty welcome awaits you at the new hardware store. While Mr. Clark, an experienced hardware man will be constantly at the store, Messrs C. D. Ray & Son will at all times be in close touch with their two places of business.
Reynold's Electric Company
October 5, 1940 -- Carpenters and painters have completed their work in the Reynolds Electric Company on College Street and the firm is now reopened for business, J. H. Reynolds, proprietor, said yesterday. The firm was moved from Main Street following a fire about three weeks ago, which burned much of the stock and fixtures of the company. “Our stock is not yet complete,” Mr. Reynolds said, “but we are constantly adding new merchandise and are displaying some of our fire damaged merchandise, which is in working condition and shows the fine construction of these goods.” October 14, 1941 -- Reynolds Electric Company, local electric supply house and electrical contractors, have been awarded a contract to install service entrances and meter equipment in more than 100 homes in Granville County connected with US sponsored Rural Electrification lines, it has been announced. The execution of this large electrical contract will begin immediately, according to officials of the company. Mr. Reynolds, owner of Reynolds Electric Company, stated this morning that materials for this construction are exceedingly hard to secure, owing to government regulations, but the company hopes to fulfill the terms of the contract in the time allotted in the contract for the work. August 17, 1945 -- R. M. Currin, Jr. Oxford native, a graduate electrical engineer who formerly worked here before becoming connected with some of the nation’s largest manufacturing and power concerns, has acquired a partnership interest in Reynolds Electric Company as of August 1, and the firm name has been changed to Reynolds-Currin Electric Company. Announcement of the partnership was made jointly by Mrs. J. H. Reynolds, operator of the business since the death of her late husband, and by Mr. Currin, a son of Mrs. R. M. Currin of Goshen Street and of the late R. M. Currin of the firm of Upchurch and Currin. Reynolds-Currin Electric Company will continue operations along the same general lines followed for the past 20 years. The company will engage in general contracting on electrical installations, including industrial and residential wiring and electrical maintenance, in addition to sales of farm and home appliances. The company will continued the Frigidaire line of appliances, together with Easy washers and ironers. Following his graduation from State College at Raleigh, Mr. Currin was connected for a short time with Oxford Electric Company before becoming connected with Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company in Pittsburgh, PA, a position he held until he became association with Consolidated Edison in New York. He has resided in Flushing, NY for several years. Mr. and Mrs. Currin and their two daughters, Mary Ann, 8 and Nancy Lee, 5 have moved into the Sam Webb home on Hancock St. “I’m extremely glad to be back in North Carolina, and particularly Oxford, and to be associated in business here,” Mr. Currin said yesterday. His wife, the former Agnes Doran of Flushing, L.I., New York, also expressed happiness over his new home-town of Oxford.
January 20, 1948 -- Mrs. Frances Reynolds announced Monday that she had purchased the interest of R. M. Currin, Jr. in the business of Reynolds-Currin Electric Company and that the firm is to be operated as Reynolds Electric Company. Currin became a partner in the business in August, 1945. Currin said yesterday that he would open his own business here at an early date and would operate as Currin Electric Co. Reynolds Electric Company was established here 15 years ago by Mrs. Reynolds and her late husband, J. H. Reynolds. For a number of years prior to that time, Mr. Reynolds had operated Oxford Electric Company. At the death of her husband, Mrs. Reynolds continued operating the company until Mr. Currin became a partner. “Reynolds Electric Company will continue to offer a complete and efficient service in electrical contracting and wiring and will specialize in sales and in servicing all types of appliances,” said Mrs. Reynolds. Since Frigidaire home appliances were first introduced by General Motors Corporation, the Reynolds organization in Oxford has been the exclusive dealer in this territory. Mrs. Reynolds stated that her firm would continue to sell and service products of a number of other leading manufacturers, including Coleman oil circulators, Bendix radios, Easy washers and other small appliances and electrical supplies. “I am pleased to announce that my staff of loyal and efficient personnel will remain with me and will continue to give prompt and efficient service to our many valued customers,” said Mrs. Reynolds. “I hope also to have a bigger and better stock of electrical goods and to give even more prompt and efficient service,” she added.
The Rite Shop
May 15, 1936 -- The Rite Shoppe will open Friday night in the Harris building recently vacated by the Oxford Jewelry store on College St. E. T. Hester is the proprietor of the business and Miss Willie Mae Currin is the manager. The formal opening will be held from 8 to 11 o’clock Friday evening. The building has been fully renovated and remodeled for the Rite Shoppe, which will have on display tonight a full line of dresses, lingerie, hats, etc, which appeal to smartly dressed ladies. October 22, 1937 -- The Rite Shop, since its opening located on College Street, has moved to Hillsboro Street into the building formerly occupied by L. L. Gresham. Elvin Hester, proprietor of the establishment, said a full line of ladies and gents furnishings, such as featured in the past, would be stocked in the new location.
Rose's 5, 10 & 25¢ Store
November 6, 1936 -- Rose’s 5, 10 and 25 cent store has taken a long-term lease on the building occupied at present by Main Street Fruit Store and will increase its present floor space by a third. When the Rose’s store opened in Oxford nearly 20 years ago, it occupied modest quarters on Main Street, but as business increased the demand for a larger stock was met by the acquisition of the adjacent store. The expansion program has been under consideration for several months and the lease for the new unit in the building was executed last summer. However, the lease of the present tenant of the store does not expire until December 31. The expansion program will include the installation of an entire new front, new fixtures, removal of the wall between the fruit store and the novelty store, the installation of the lighting fixtures and other appurtenances to an up to date five and ten store, it has been learned. The Main Street Fruit Store, operated by L. E. Breedlove, will continue to operate in its present stand until December 31. Mr. Breedlove has obtains a lease on a new location for his business and states that he will have splendid new quarters in which to conduct his business after December. However, for the remainder of this year he intends serving his many customers with a complete stock from his Main street store. June 5, 1937 -- Rose’s 5, 10 and 25 cent store has reopened after a program of remodeling which has been underway for the past five months. Skilled workmen, cabinet makers and painters will move out today and make ready for the hundreds of customers expected to visit the store today and tomorrow. The store, which is the second in the Rose chain of 102 stores, has the largest frontage of any in the chain, 75 feet, and architects have designed the structure to meet present day needs of rapid merchandise turn over. The store is new throughout. It has been enlarged by about one-third and the stock has nearly doubled with a larger variety of the lines formerly carried and the introduction of new lines, according to the manager, M. R. Spivey. Everything is new form the counters to the cash registers. New lighting fixtures, electric fans, wall fixtures and electric water coolers for white and colored have been placed inside. The front of the store has been revamped, new display windows put in and marble panels installed beneath the windows. The ladies’ rest room, which has for years been a feature of the local Rose’s store, has been enlarged and fitted with comfortable furniture for the convenience and comfort of white ladies. The office has been moved and is larger and roomier, giving the manager a clear view of the entire store. The Rose’s 5, 10 and 25¢ Store, was organized in 1914 and the first store opened in Henderson. A year later, the Oxford store was opened and since then, 100 stores have been opened in North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, and Georgia. P. H. Rose is president and treasurer, T. B. Rose in vice-president and secretary. M. R. Spivey has been manager of the Oxford store since 1932. His popularity in the business and civic life is attested by his being a director of the Merchants Association and a member of the Oxford Kiwanis Club. Here to assist the personnel of the Oxford store in the arrangement of stock since the completion of work on the interior are R. W. Thorne of Henderson, central district superintendent, and four store managers, G. Geer of Durham, F. W. Sweet of Dunn, C. A. Compton of Burlington, and W. A. Malone of Roxboro.
Roxboro Laundry Company
July 17, 1936 -- The Roxboro Laundry Company at Roxboro, will open an establishment in Oxford on Monday, July 20, it was learned today. The office of this new business will be located on Littlejohn Street, next door to the office of the Western Union and will be in charge of Miss Shirley Barker of this city. The new laundry and dry-cleaning establishment will solicit laundry, dry-cleaning and pressing and will maintain a truck in Oxford for collecting and delivering its work. For the past 16 years the Roxboro Laundry Company has served the people of Roxboro and Person County. During these years it has been under the capable management of the Kirby brothers, J. E. Kirby being in active charge. Mr. Kirby said “We trust that we may serve the people of Oxford to our very best ability, at all times maintaining our platform of satisfaction guaranteed in all our work.” January 11, 1938 -- Laundry, Dry-Cleaning and Pressing Service offered by the Roxboro Laundry Co., Oxford Office in Central Feed Store.
Shaner Motor Company
April 7, 1928 -- Mr. Shaner and Son, of Cumberland, MD, were in Oxford last Saturday perfecting arrangements to engage in business here. They leased the Bryant building on Williamsboro St., next to the Orpheum Theatre, and will do acetylene welding, painting, repairing and accessories.
Skyline Drive-In Theater
January 18, 1949 -- A new entertainment center for Oxford, a drive-in theatre, is under construction on Henderson Road just beyond Hill Top No. 1. A name for the theatre is to be determined later with public participation before opening of the theatre, now scheduled for mid-March. The builder-operators are Currin brothers—Randolph, Clarence and Hal—sons of Buck Currin, operator of a store and filing station near the intersection of the Virgilina-Roxboro Road. The land has been graded and space provided for parking: 200 automobiles, RCA projection and speaking equipment has been ordered and is to be installed. Individual speakers will be provided for patrons. The entire site is to be covered with stone, Mr. Currin said.