Faison in the 1950's & 60's

1950’s

Faison Main Street – 1950’s

This picture was copied from the 1952 Faison High School Reflector yearbook.

MAIN STREET & FAISON’S BUSINESSES IN THE 1950’s

US Post Office
Faison NC

John Robert Crowe and Doug Blackman (mail carriers)

Faison Hardware Company
Operated by Ronald Oates

Ronald Oates, Sr. – Faison Hardware Co. – April 1954

John Groome, Lofton Fouts, and Jerry Fouts
in front of Faison Hardware Co.

Lofton Fouts, Jerry Fouts, and John Groome
in front of Faison Hardware Co.

Faison Department Store
Operated by J. B. Stroud

RESERVED FOR PICTURE OF M.R. JB STROUD

Awaiting pictures from Anne Stroud Taylor

Andrews Super Market
Operated by J. E. Andrews

Joyce Andrews at the register

The IGA butcher, ___________, with Ronald Oates, Sr.

Faison Pool Room
& “Education Center for Men”
Operated by ____________ Cottle

1965 – “Smutt in a Hurry”
Must have gotten a call to that Phone Booth, from Evelyn, to come home

Rouse’s Barber Shop
Operated by Borden “Peter Rabbit” Rouse

RESERVED FOR PICTURE OF BORDEN ROUSE

W. B. Parker Store
Operated by Wilkes Parker

RESERVED FOR PICTURE OF WILKES PARKER

Joseph’s Department Store
Owned & operated by Ed and Jean Joseph. Ed was a nephew of George Joseph, produce buyer, etc., from Goldsboro.

RESERVED FOR PICTURE OF _____ Joseph

Sampson Street

Precythe’s Hardware Store
Operated by R.D. Precythe

RESERVED FOR PICTURE OF RALPH PRECYTHE

Bowden’s Grocery
Operated by Mosley Carr Bowden

RESERVED FOR PICTURE OF MR BOWDEN

Eldon Thornton

Faison Barber Shop
Operated by Jack Lewis & Pete Warren

Faison Barber, Jack Lewis with Trey Taylor, age 2, About 1964

Carlton “Pete” Warren

INSERT PICTURE FROM CARSON BOONE

Pete Warren and _______________
This picture was taken after the 1950’s and 60’s, but is included because it is so typical of the 1950’s

From the book “Vanishing Americana”
[I guess it is okay to “borrow” this picture]

“Dilly” Cooper’s
Operated by J.R. Cooper

RESERVED FOR PICTURE OF DILLY COOPER

Dr. Glascock
Operated by Dr. Donald Glascock

Morton’s Drug Store
Operated by Dr. Joe X Morton

Hazel Rackley holding Carlton, “Petey” Warren and Kenneth Avent. they’re on main street Faison in front of old Dr. J. X. Morton’s Drug Store in the 1940’s
This photo from the 1940’s is being included here in the “1950’s section, since it shows Dr. Morton’s Drug Store and adjacent store (partially).

Faison Furniture & Appliance Store
Operated by Raven Lewis

RESERVED FOR PICTURE OF RAVEN LEWIS

BB&T

Faison Café

Faison Drug Store
Operated by John & Isham Faison

RESERVED FOR PICTURE OF JOHN FAISON & ISHAM FAISON

Daughtry’s Fish Market
Operated by ______ Daughtry

Awaiting pictures from Cecil, Ronnie, and Tommy Daughtry

Headley Hatcher’s Hardware Store
Operated by Headley Hatcher
[Previously J.H. Darden]

Coy Lee Miller (father of Clarence, Jimmy, and Bobby)
at work in Headley Hatcher’s Hardware store

J.H. Darden
Operated by J.H. Darden

Farm Supplies – Feeds & Seeds – Groceries

RESERVED FOR PICTURE J.H. Darden

Faison Restaurant

This space was occupied by a number of proprietors, as a restaurant, in the 1950’s and ’60’s that
included Carl King, Jimmy Lindsay, Hellen Crowe, and others.

Operated by Jimmy Lindsay
Specializing in hot dogs, hamburgers, all kinds of sandwiches and a small grocery line.

Amoco Service Station
& “Conversation Center for Men”
Operated by Carlton “Pug” Precythe

Carol Brogden – Sept 1959

Jack Collins – Broker
Operated by Jack Collins

John Bell’s Grocery Store
Operated by John Bell

This picture was made after the 1950’s and ’60’s
John Bell’s Grocery was located in the store at the left end.

John Bell, Jr.

Eldon Thornton Insurance
Operated by Eldon Thornton

INSERT IMAGE OF Building

This picture was made after the 1950’s and ’60’s
Eldon Thornton’s Insurance was located in the middle store.

Durwood Clifton Seeds
Operated by Durwood Clifton

IMAGE

This picture was made after the 1950’s and ’60’s; when a Pool Room was located here.
Durwood Clifton Seeds was located in the end store on the right in the 1950’s.
Later, Mr. Clifton moved to the street that included the Fire Station and Southern Bank.

Hollingsworth’s Garage
Operated by Tom Hollingsworth

IMAGE

RESERVED FOR PICTURE OF JOE HOLLINGSWORTH

Parrish Beauty Shop
Operated by _______ Parrish

IMAGE

Parrish Service & Repair
Operated by Viron Parrish

IMAGE

Carnival

IMAGE

Southern Produce Distributor’s
Operated by Harold Precythe

RESERVED FOR PICTURE OF HAROLD PRECYTHE

Faison Pure Oil Station
& “Conversation Center for Men”
Operated by Cecil McCullen

Cates Pickles
Chas F. Cates & Sons

First Cates Pickle Company Truck – 1935

Bill Jackson next to the Cates Pickle Truck

Bill Jackson with his son, J.W. Jackson next to the Cates Pickle Truck in 1955

Faison Produce Market

Alan Todd, Leo Ezzell, Ronald Oates, Howell Brown, HC Precythe, Jack Collins, Billy Cottle, John Clifton, Dale Hudson, &
Doug Kennedy with his back to the camera. Richard Kaleel is in the distant.

Faison Law Enforcement in the 1950’s and 60’s

Faison Police Department

NC Highway Patrol

Faison Volunteer Fire Department [Early 1950’s ]

Back row: #1 CB Taylor, #2 Murray Byrd, #3 Clement Shine, #4 James Cottle or Henry Brown,
#5 William Thornton, #6 J.B. Bailey, #7 ________. #8 Fulton Taylor, #9 Cecil McCullen
Front row: #1 Pug Precythe, #2 _______ #3 _______, #4 Joe Hollingsworth, #5 _________,
#6 _________, #7 Pritchard Adams, #8 ________

Faison Volunteer Fire Department Booth at the North Carolina State Fair. Note, the Cates Pickles Display

Faison Play Ground
“Recreation Center” for kids (and adults) in the 1950’s and 60’s

Taylor’s Pond

“Faison Dance” at the Produce Market
Operated by Chester P. Ellis

Faison High School

The Faison Area

What geographical area is considered to be the “Faison Area”?

Depending upon the period in history, the Faison Area could be defined differently.

Bus 35 Route

Linda Miller I drove Bus #35 it was a 1948 Dodge left home turned right on Tom Hill road…turned left on Taylor Town Road (?? Herman Taylor RD) (CONT) TAYLOR Town Rd….Turned right Friendship Ch Rd…turned left Tearshirt Rd…turned left Kalmar Rd..turned right Friendship Ch Rd rt on Hwy 403 NOW U KEEP IN MIND THAT WAS 1961 SOOOOO PROBABLY A LOT OF THIS is Wrong Most of the Taylors including Julia drove 35 think Earl Jones, 1962. Robert uptegrove 1960 BUS #28 1960 Annie King Lloyd ( I think) 1961. Billie Sue Mccullen 1962 Marianna McCullen. BUS #52 1960 Linda Strickland. 1961 Carolyn Tucker Kenyon 1962. Faye Padgette Kelly I HOPE SOME OF THIS IS correct

Bus 52 Route

Paulette Williams MY sister Evelyn Williams and I drove Bus 52, she in the later 60’s and I drove in the early 70’s. The route ran from Tom Hill Rd ( Route 2, Faison,,to 117, go toward Bowden,turn right on the road where Tommy Wilson ‘s house is or was and go past where James Coley’s family lived,to where Wayne and Johnny Lewis lived close to Bowden, then to Judy and Tim Warren’s home and then back left on the road which led to the Produce Market where Micheal and Angela Stancil lived. I could drive the route now,but can not recall the name of all the roads.This was the route for Bus 52 in the late 60’s. When I drove in the early 70’s the route was for the elementary school P. W. Moore. The route went from where I lived on Tom Hill Rd to 117 to the other side of Hi 50 where Lewis’s Garage was and I picked up a young Lewis boy, to where the Bradshaw’s lived.Jodie and Pam Bass, Ken Davis and a number of other students lived.I vividly remember sliding in the ditch on the Bradshaw road on a rainy day and the road drag which scrapped the road pulled me out of the ditch

Bus 28 Route

Mariana Sanderson Yes, Daddy grew up there. My grandmother, Bertha McCullen, taught at Piney Grove. Bus 28 route overlapped with the Piney Grove bus route at some points. Our route went by Bill Lewis’s on Hwy 50, down the dirt road that Gwen Hines and Katherine Bradshaw lived on, back by Emmett Jackson’s, down the Hobbs Rd., up what is now Elton Thornton Rd., to pick up the Honrines(Hobbs), and Judy Hobgood. (Judy Hobgood lived in the house Elton and Jane live in now.), down the lane at the Ireland home to pick up Caroline and out the other lane onto Hwy. 403. I’m sure I left out some of the route, but this shows some of the weaving in and out of Sampson and Duplin counties. Hwy 50 was paved, 403 was paved and I think the road by Emmett Jackson’s was. The rest of my route in 1961-62 consisted of dirt roads.