bits and pieces....most w/ names of people (family businesses)---- Air Transportation Brainiff Airways Inc ns Bosque blvd 1 w 4003 Airports Municipal Airport (Rich Field) ns Bosque blvd 1 w 4003 Ambulance Service Brown's Ambulance Service 825 Colcord East Waco Funeral Home (Colored) 117 Clifton Rd (E Waco) Tel 8989 Gunter's Funeral Home (Colored) 213 Clay av Tel 3132 Shakelford Funeral Home (Colored) 212 Webster av Tel 1044 Did you have an architect in the family??? Cason Herman F 1210 Herring av Cocke Walter Jr & Co 1503 Franklin av Easterwood Birch D 609 Liberty bldg Easterwood Birch D & Son 609 Liberty bldg, Tel 2817 Easterwood Kenneth 609 Liberty bldg Pearson T Brooks 115 N 12th Spicer Harry L 1214-A Amicable Life bldg Bakers-Retail American Bakery 109 N 2d Bohme's Bakery 824 Webster av Fisher Bros Bakery 1029 Austin Gonzales Lawrence 526 S 2d Keton's Bakery 712 Austin South Side Bakery 428 S 2d Todd Dixie Cream Donuts 2424 Washington av Was there a blacksmith in your family? Barksdel Robt I 318 Taylor av Garber Bud & Co 301 N 3d Hines Chas T 420 Taylor Kenmendo Tino 314 S 1st Lowe Frank C 215 Webster av Moncrief Wm R 220 N 3d Wilhem Albert 118 Franklin av Boarding Houses Burg Fannie B Mrs 524 S 5th Crawford Robt A 200 Dallas Galbreath Mary Mrs 519 N 11th Thompson Mae Mrs 1004 N 5th Watkins House 235 N 6th Cemeteries City Cemetery, 902 S 1st ( I think is the current First Street Cem. located on corner of University Parks Dr. and I-35 service Rd; next to Texas Ranger H.O.F. and Museum) Greenwood Cemetery, Earle av se cor Price (still there and still with the fence that separates the whites from blacks; at one time there was a move to remove it but the negroes said no as it was/is a part of thier heritage and so it remains) Hebrew Rest Cemetery, 924 S 1st (still there, next to First Street Cemetery) Holly Cross Cemetery, 2115 S 5th (should be Holy Cross; still there; behind Dietz Memorial offices) Jacob Jewish Cemetery, S end Garden Dr and 12th St rd (still there) Kellam Cemetery, es Dripping Springs rd, 4 N Davis av (the road changed several yrs. ago to JJFlewallen; cem. marked with historical marker; fenced off) Masonic Cemetery, ws River bet S P Ry and Jones (I have no idea where this is, or was. Can anyone help?) Oakwood Cemetery, Bet S 4th and S 7th, Gurley av and Oakwood av, office rear 2124 S 5th, Tel 402 (the most beautiful cemetery ever! (that I have seen); glorioulsy shaded; a cemetery walker's delight; historical figures bur. here) Odd Fellow Cemetery, 912 S 1st (did this cemetery get incorporated into First Street Cem. or what??) Rosemound Cemetery, s end S 12th (still there; next to Jacob Jewish Cem.) Temple Rodef Sholom and Congregation Agudath, s end Garden dr and S 12th (same addy as Jacob Jewish Cemetery) Still there after all these years!!- Cemetery Memorials Dietz Memorial Co The 2101-3 S 5th, Tel 510 (Of course, it is prob. bigger then it was then and the tel. number has changed) Did you have a Chiropodist in the family? (and please tell me what this practise was) Harris J Riley, 604 Amiable Life bldg Loftin Wm C, 907 Professional bldg Chiropractors Chance Joel R DR, 401 N 5th, Tel 3883 If no answer Tel 3556 Davis J Douglass, 1100 N 15th Guyton & Guyton, 101 Provident bldg Jensen Fredk F, 407-8 Service Mutual Bldg Lege J H, 116 Dallas Lemey Chas C, 1307 Columbus av Christian Science Practitioners MacDonald Leola S Mrs, 700 N 34th Neff Annie L Mrs, 1607 Austin av Wingo Sabra C Mrs, 1410 N 11th Court Reporters Clendening Paul 3d fl Courthouse Davis Samuel W 3d fl Courthouse McAtee James L 3d fl Courthouse Domino Parlors B&B Club 124-26 S 3d Brack's Club 115 S 6th Brown Derby Club 206 Square (SS) Business Men's Amusement Club 120 1/2 S 3d Colonial Club The 108 1/2 S 6th Eighth Street Club 116 1/2 S 8th Pastime Club 121 1/2 S 3d Roberts Gus 122 S 3d Van Hook Winger 114 1/2 S 2d Waco Club 101 S 6th Funeral Decorations-Floral Reed's Flowers Inc. 1025 Austin av Tel 321 (still there! my family has used Reed's for a long time. Look among your funeral books/bags, the one the family got after a funeral, and I bet you find several with cards from Reed's) Funeral Directors (some I have never heard of. No telling where their records ended up. Perhaps someone out there could shed some light) Bolger-Haney Funeral Home 725 Columbus av Tel 278 Compton F M & Son 1024 Austin av Tels 98 and 99 ( at some point merged with Connally Funeral Directors which isn't listed in this directory); this particular location closed some time ago and is now an annex for American Life Ins. Co. (ALICO); there is still a Connally-Compton Funeral Home on corner of Waco Dr. and New Rd.) East Waco Funeral Home (colored) 117 Clifton rd (E Waco) Tel 8989 Shackelford Funeral Home (colored) 212 Webster av Tel 1044 Wilkirson & Hatch 1124-26 Washington av Tels 63 and 64 (still there after all these years; name Bailey added to the mix some yrs back; still in family; the f.h. my family uses-bur. my pat. grandparents, my father, and other relatives; www.wilkirsonhatchbailey.com) Funeral Homes-many of the above listed here as well, with one different not listed above: Gunter's Funeral Home (colored) 213 Clay av Tel 3132 House Movers Bowie Otis A 1516 N 6th Jewell Arth J 1014 S 20th Jewell Geo N 2001 Connor av Jewell Joseph M 2026 Flint av Music Teachers Alessandra Mary (piano) 2007 Ethel av Alessandra Alex D (band) 2425 McFerrin av Barnes Agnes W Mrs (piano) 1809 Seneca av Bell Lucille (piano) 2406 Ethel av Bishop Eva Mrs. (voice) 912 N 19th Blume Johanna (piano) 1501 Mitchell av Bolger Lucy (piano) 1900 Clay av Buchanan Clara Mrs (piano) 601 N 17th Chandler Clarence C (piano) 1327 S 11th Duncan Beulah (piano) 601 N 30th Ferguson Nannie B (violin & piano) 2212 Sanger av Goebel Antone J (violin) 316 N 13th Goebel Grace Mrs (piano) 316 N 13th Green Minta Mrs (piano) 1000 S 20th Henderson Eliz K (piano) 529 N 14th Holliday Mary L Mrs Piano 600 N 15th Maxey Estella (piano) 600 N 15th Muldrow Alilea 1625 S 11th Patterson Alice H Mrs (band and orchestra) 1514 S 4th Ray Ermine H Mrs (violin) 1818 Fort av Redman Zuma Mrs (piano) 3224 Morrow Richardson Lucy (piano) 2501 Lou av Shaffer Wilma (piano) 1009 Jefferson av Standefer Ethel (piano) 1004 Washington av Standefer Frances (piano) 1004 Washington av Todd Ruth Mrs (piano) Jeffeson av n e cor N 38th Vahrenkamp Gertrude B Mrs (piano) 625 N 32d William Minnie B Mrs (piano) 2124 Fort av Will send more later. You may find someone and it's my hope you do. I can do the short lists. It's the long ones that will get me. Waco had a lot of grocers and meat mkts then!! as well as a few other business that we now only see a fraction of, or business w/o family names that have given way to 'chains'. teresa G.O.S.P.E.L. - God Offers Sinful People Eternal Life