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REICH FUNERAL HOME, INC.
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342 N. Elm St.
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GREENSBORO MOTOR CAR CO., Inc. BUICK AUTOMOBILES
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307 North Elm Street
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F. D. Lewis & Son's 10-E Rex Mixer helping build up Greensboro
A complete line of Contractor's Equipment and Supplies carried in stock, including:
"Rex" Concrete Mixers
"Red Edge" Shovels and Picks
"Sterling" Wheelbarrows
"Toledo" Torches
"Yellow-Strand" Cable
"Littleford" Asphalt Heaters
"Allis-Chalmers" Tractors
"Adams" Leaning Wheel Graders
"Bucyrus-Erie" Shovels
"Ingersoll-Rand" Air Compressors
"Universal" Rock Crushers
"Push Brooms," etc.
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401-3 Morehead Avenue
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CITY DIRECTORY
Vol. 1937 XXIV
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION, THE YELLOW PAGES
Page
Adamson Cadillac Co Inc.
.right side lines and 8
Air Conditioning Corp. . left side lines and 3 Amos Insurance Agency. . back cover and Anderson W I & Co Inc .. 45
35
Armor Insulating Co .. right top lines and 29
Atlantic Coal Co Inc ... right side lines and 14
Auto Finance Co 5
Barber Chas R .. 35
Beaman Screen & Weather Strip Co. 50
Benner & Fields .... right side lines and
44
Bernau Jewelry & Optical Co.
.right bottom lines and 38
Berry Coal Co .. . left top lines and 16 27 Binswanger & Co Inc. . left side lines and Blue Bird Taxi Inc. 51
Bonitz Insulation Co The.
left top lines and 29
Bonitz John H. left side lines and 17 Dixie Sales Co. . right side lines Borden Brick & Tile Co Inc .. .left top lines and 11 Brooks Lumber Co .... left side lines and 42 Duke Power Co. back cover and
Brown Geo C & Co of N C. right side lines and 42
Burtner Furniture Co. 25
Burtner R L Furniture Co. 25
Campbell Walter E. 19 35
Carlton Phil R Inc .... left top lines and
Carolina Insurance & Loan Agency.
33 Carolina Steel & Iron Co. . opposite inside front cover Carolina Vulcanizing Co. 4
Cecil C Marvin ...... left side lines and Chamblee Beatrice S.
Chandler Tire Co .... right side lines and Chapman & Strand. . right top lines and Cheek J C Letter Shop. 41 Gallimore Lloyd B. 19
Garvin-Stone Furniture Co. 25 Citizens Coal Co .... 15 Gate City Building & Loan Assn.
22
Clark Mitchel Furniture Inc.
right side lines and
26
Coble H L ..
. right side lines and
18
Colonial Ice Co
.right bottom and right side lines Columbia Laundry Co .right top lines and 40 Cowart Tire & Retreading Co. left side lines and 6 Craft Floyd Hugh. 35 Craven E F Co ..
back cover and opp title page Crutchfield-Sullivan Co 44 Cummings Battery & Plating Co. 11
.left top lines and Daly Geo F Inc ... 8
Davis and Edgerton. 47 5
Davis and Tally.
Dick's Laundry Co .. front cover and 41 Dixie Fire Insurance Co. 30
Dixie Realty & Loan Co .right top lines and
47 Dize Awning & Tent Co ..
.right side lines and 10
46
Durham Life Insurance Co. 36
Efird's Dept Store 20
Ellis Stone & Co Inc. 20
Ely-Bloodworth Motors Inc ..
.right side lines and
9
Everett, Zane & Muse
.right top lines and 2
Fetter A W .... .right bottom lines and 36 Five Points Service Station. 5 Fleming-Shaw Transfer Co 52 Flynt Studios 44 4
:18 47 Ford Body Co.
6 Foust Henry P. . .... right side lines and 36 2 Fry & Stevens Inc ... top stencil and 31
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Abbreviations 20
Halls 618
Homes and Asylums 619
Alphabetical Directory
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Hospitals and Dispensaries 619
Apartment Buildings
538
Associations and Clubs-Commercial.
59)
Lib_aries 629
Banks and Trust Companies.
602
Board of Education
153
Buildings-Office and Public.
605
Bus and Coach Lines-Mctor
605
Police Department 154
Post Office 382
Railroads 636
Schools-Public 639
Schools, Colleges and Academies 639
Societies-Benevolent and Fraternal 640
Societies-Patriotic 641
State Government 280
County Government
159
Fire Department 154
Golf Clubs and Courses 617
Museums 631
Newspapers 632
Parks and Playgrounds 634
Buyers' Guide opposite 518
Cemeteries 636
Churches 608
City Government 153
Classified Business Directory. 597
Clergymen 637
Clubs 603
Street and Avenue Guide and Directory of Householders 425
United States Government 381
.left top lines and 86383
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Airports 593
Labor Organizations 627
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Gate City Electric Co. .left side lines and 22 Gate City Motor Co Inc.
.... bottom stencil, right top lines and 7
Greensboro Ice & Coal Co .... .left side lines and 16 Odell Hardware Co.
Greensboro Motor Car Co Inc ... . front cover and 8 Griffin J H & Sons. .ribbon bookmark and 49
Guilford Mortgage Corp ..
Guilford National Bank. .right top lines and 47
.left side lines and 11
Guilford Printing Co Inc. 45
Guilford Sign Co. left bottom lines and 50 H & H Clothing Co .. right side lines and 14
Hammel Wm C A .. right side lines and 33 Phipps Hardware Co Inc.
Hanes Funeral Home Inc. Hargett Funeral Home. . front cover and 23 Pickett's Inc. .left side lines and 22 Pilot Life Ins Co .... right side lines and 37 Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co .. .right top lines and 27 34
.right bottom lines and 24 Home Building & Loan Assn ..
. back cover, left top lines and 12 Pullen A M & Co. 3
Home Detective Co Inc.
.back cover and 21 10
Home Industrial Bank .. back cover and Hunt Bros Inc .. 45
Huntley-Stockton-Hill Co 26
Ice Delivery Co .right side lines
Ideal Laundry
Idol's Tire Shop.
Inter-Ocean Casualty Co.
36
right side lines and Investors Syndicate
Jefferson Standard Life Ins Co ..
. front stencil and inside front cover
Jefferson Standard Life Ins Co Greens- boro Agency .left side lines and Johnson R E Inc.
37 43
Jones-Lewis Furniture Co Inc The.
left top lines and 26 Seburn's Inc 40
Kane Geo W front cover and 18
Keeley Institute of N C The ..
. left bottom lines and 50 48
Lassiter J Hal ...... right side lines and Lewis and Hall Inc .. right top lines and 38
Lucas-Waldron Motor Co .. .right top lines and 9
Mann's O Henry Drug Store ... .right bottom lines and 21 Southside Hardware Co Inc. .right side lines and 29 Stansbury & Rackley Funeral Service Inc
Matlock Thos L. Melvin Coal Co. 17 Mendenhall's Inc .left side lines
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Star Credit Clothing Co.
Starr Electric Co .... right top lines and Stone Joseph J & Co .. . right side lines and 43
24 19 23
Tatum-Allen Coal Co. .right side lines and 17 52
.right top lines and 27 51 13
Vanstory Clothing Co. . front cover and Webster Joe A.
Montaldo's .left top lines and 37 14 38 Moore J S Realty & Ins Co. 48 Wimbish C C. front cover and 32 10 51
Moore & Turner .... right side lines and 48 Woodor Baking Co
Mutual Benefit Life Ins Co of Newark, N J 37
New Method Laundry Co
.left side lines and 41 North State Chevrolet Co. .left side lines and 9
O'Connor Arthur 23
Cettinger Lumber Co.
Office Supply Co ... . back cover and 3
O Henry Service Station.
.left side lines and 6 Paramount Cleaners & Dyers .. right side lines and 13 16
Parker Coal Co.
Patterson Bros Inc. 20 Payne Beverly T .. 37
Personal Finance Corp
left side lines and 42 42
Phillips-Bolling Lumber Co.
.left top lines and 27
Provident Mutual Life Ins Co
Rabb-Smith Co ...... right side lines and 51 Redden Thomas Gresham Inc .. . front cover and left top lines Reich Funeral Home Inc .. .front cover and 24
Rierson Bros .. .
.right side lines and
52
45
Riser Printing Co .... left side lines and Rogers Paint Store. 44
Ross W F. . .right top lines and 46
Rowe & Roach Co The .. left side lines and 43 39
38
Sancton & Dickerson.
Saslow's Inc. 39 34
Schenck Paul W
Schiffman Jewelry Co.
left side lines and 39 21
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Security National Bank.
.left top lines and 11 48 50 52 17
Sharpe & Doggett Inc ..
Sills Robt A Co Inc. . left side lines and South Atlantic Bonded Warehouse Corp Southern Credit Adjustment Bureau Inc Southern Motors of Greensboro Inc .... .right side lines and
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Merrimon Insurance Agency Inc ... .right side lines and 34 Meyers Co The .left top lines Miller Furniture Co Inc. .left top lines and 26 Mitchel Clark Furniture Inc ... Teague-Mackie Furniture Co. Tatum-Dalton Transfer Co. .. right side lines and 26 Turner Sign Co. . right side lines and
Mitchell Insurance Agency Inc ..
Yellow Taxi Co Inc.
YMCA ...
.left side lines and
4
National Jewelry Co. 39 Younts-DeBoe Co .... left side lines and 14
Master Service Station .left side lines and 5
40 6
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INTRODUCTION
HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., publishers of Southeastern Directories, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1937 edition of the Greensboro City Directory.
Confidence in the continued growth of Greensboro's industry, popu- lation and wealth, and in the advancement of its civic and social activities, will be maintained as sections of this Directory are consulted, for the Directory is a mirror truly reflecting Greensboro to the world.
The enviable position occupied by HILL'S Directories in the estima- tion of the public, has been established by rendering the best in Directory service. With an unrivaled organization, and having had the courteous and hearty cooperation of the business and professional men and resi- dents, the publishers feel that the result of their labors will meet with the approval of every user, and that the Greensboro Directory will fulfill its mission as a source of authentic information pertaining to the city.
Population
The population of Greensboro is estimated at 73,321, based on the number of personal names in the Alphabetical section of the Directory, with due allowance for those under Directory age. Territory immediately adjacent, which is part of the city, as far as business and social life are concerned, is included in the Directory, and, likewise, in the population estimate.
Four Major Departments
The four major departments are arranged in the following order: -
THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and business and professional concerns is included in pages 21 to 421. This is the only record in existence that aims to show the name, marital status, occupation and address of each adult resident of Greensboro, and the name, official personnel, nature and address of each firm and corporation in the city. A feature of this section is the designation of the number of minor chil- dren in each family.
THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, covers pages 425 to 548. In this section the named streets are arranged in alphabetical order, followed by the numbered streets in numerical 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 respec- tive crossing points on each street. A feature of this section is the desig- nation of tenant-owned homes.
THE BUYERS' GUIDE, beginning opposite page 548 and separately paged from 1 to 48, printed on tinted paper, contains the advertise- ments of leading manufacturing, business and professional interests of Greensboro. The advertisements are indexed under headings descriptive of the business represented. This is reference advertising at its best, and merits a survey by all buyers eager to familiarize themselves with sources of supply. In a large commercial and industrial center like Greensboro, the necessity of having this kind of information immediately available, is obvious. General appreciation of this fact is evidenced by the many reference users of this City Directory service.
THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is included in pages 597 to 644. This department lists the names of all business and profes- sional concerns in alphabetical order under appropriate headings. This feature constitutes an invaluable and indispensable catalog of the numer- ous interests of the community. The Directory is the common interme- diary between buyer and seller. As such it plays an important part in
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the daily activities of the commercial and professional world. More buyers and sellers meet through the Classified Business Directory than through any other medium.
Municipal 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 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 avail- able for free public reference, and serve as perpetual and reliable adver- tisements of Greensboro.
The Greensboro Directory Library
Through the courtesy of the publishers of the Greensboro City Direc- tory, a Directory Library is maintained in the offices of the Greensboro Chamber of Commerce, for free reference by the general public. This is one of more than 450 Directory Libraries installed in the chief cities of the U. S. and Canada by members 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 professional men who have demonstrated their confidence in the City Directory as an advertising medium, with assurance that it will bring a commensurate return.
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GREENSBORO "Pivot of the Piedmont"
AERIAL VIEW OF GREENSBORO
Statistical Review
Form of Government-Council- city manager.
Population-1930 U. S. Census, 53,569; Hill Directory Co. estimate for 1937, 73,321. American-born, 98.2%.
Area-17.4 square miles.
Altitude-843 feet above sea level.
Climate-Mean annual tempera- ture, 59 degrees F .; average annual rainfall, 47.47 inches.
Parks-46, with total of 1,109 acres, valued at $1,150,000.
Assessed Valuation-$83,315,303, with $1.35 per $100 tax rate.
Bonded Debt-$14,858,271.25.
Financial Facts-3 banks, with total deposits of $15,714,936 (Dec. 31, 1936), and total resources of $17,709,568 (Dec. 31, 1936). Clear- ings for 1936, $198,576,000.
Postal Receipts-$468,009.59 (cal- endar year 1936).
Telephones in Service-10,500.
Churches-73, representing 22 de- nominations.
Building and Construction-Value of building permits, $1,843,515 (1936).
Real Estate-About 4,000 trans- fers in 1936. Approximately 13,000 homes, with about 60% owned by occupants.
Industry-115 manufacturing es- tablishments, employing 7,200 men and 4,800 women, paying wages of $11,250,000 annually, and having products valued at $60,000,000 an- nually. Principal manufactured products : Denims, flannels, over- alls, silk and cotton hose, fertilizers, proprietary medicines, cigars, ma- chinery, pajamas, elastic fabrics, silk and rayon dress goods, clay products and millwork.
Trade Area-Retail area has ra- dius of 50 miles, and population of 908,000 (1930); wholesale area, ra- dius of 175 miles, and population of 2,000,000.
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Newspapers-2 dailies, 1 semi -- weekly and 1 weekly.
Hotels-15, with total of 1,000 rooms.
Railroads-5: Southern; Atlantic & Yadkin, connecting with Seaboard Air Line, Norfolk & Western, Nor- folk & Southern and Atlantic Coast Line.
Highways-U. S. 29, 70, 220, 311 and 421. Also 7 hard-surfaced State highways.
Airports-1, County.
Amusements-Largest auditorium in city seats 2,800 persons. 8 mov- ing-picture theatres, with total seat- ing capacity of 6,500 persons. 2 legitimate theatres, with total seat- ing capacity of 4,600 persons. 3 golf courses.
pal), 1,417,000,000 gallons; daily av- erage pumpage, 4,500,000 gallons; miles of mains, 210; value of plant, $4,000,000. Fire department has 47 men, with 5 stations and 16 pieces of motor equipment. Value of fire department property, $500,000. Po- lice department has 70 men, with 1 station and 16 pieces of motor equip- ment.
History
GUILFORD COUNTY: Settled by Scotch - Irish colonists in 1772. Formed from parts of Orange and Rowan counties and named after Frederick (Lord North), Earl of Guilford. 624 square miles. Popu- lation, 133,000 (1930 U. S. Census).
WORLD WAR MEMORIAL STADIUM
Hospitals-4 public.
Education-Institutions of higher learning include Woman's College of University of
North Carolina, Greensboro College, Bennett College for Women (c), Agricultural & Tech- nical College of North Carolina (c), and Immanuel Lutheran College (c). 20 public schools. 2 parochial schools. Number of pupils in public schools, 11,021; in parochial, 221. Number of teachers in public schools, 318; in parochial, 8. Value of public school property, 2,400,000; paro- chial, .$80,000; college, $9,500,000.
Public Libraries-3, including branches, with total of 150,000 vol- umes (Including college libraries). - City Statistics-Total street mile- age, 270, with 135 miles paved. Num- ber of water meters, 10,000; light meters, 15,124; gas meters, 4,412. Capacity of water works (munici-
GREENSBORO: County seat, chartered 1808, located in exact geo- graphic center of county; named for Gen. Nathaniel Greene, hero of the Battle of Guilford Court House. Com- prises 17.4 square miles. U. S. Cen- sus figures show steady growth: 1890, 3,317; 1900, 10,035; 1910, 15,- 895; 1920, 19,861; 1930, 53,569. Hill Directory Co. canvass of March, 1937, shows 73,321. American-born, 98.2%. 19% Negro.
POINTS OF HISTORIC INTER- EST: Battleground National Park on site of the Battle of Guilford Court House. Here Gen. Greene so crippled Lord Cornwallis that he was forced to surrender at Yorktown. Generally regarded by historians as the "turning point of the Revolu- tion." Maintained as a national park. Historical museum and many monu- ments of battle heroes on grounds,
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UNION RAILROAD STATION
including that of Gen. Greene, Win- ston, Caldwell, and the famous "giant," Peter Francisco.
Birthplace of O. Henry (Wm. Syd- ney Porter), internationally-famous short-story writer. Bronze tablet on Masonic Temple identifies the loca- tion. O. Henry exhibits at Public Library, O. Henry Hotel, and Mann's O. Henry Drug Co., 121 S. Elm St.
Dolly Madison's well-identified by bronze marker near Guilford Col- lege.
Birthplaces of Dr. David and Ra- chael Caldwell, identified by bronze markers on Friendly Road.
Greensboro Historical Museum on Cypress Street-first building south of Aycock School.
Government
Assessed valuation of all property in Guilford County, $160,028,332. Tax rate, $.75 per $100 (1937). Total population, 1930 Census, 133,000 (largest in state). Estimate for 1937, 175,000.
Guilford County is administered by a commission of five elected at large. It is generally regarded as one of the best-managed counties in the state, being frequently pointed to as a model by the North Carolina Insti- tute of Government.
Greensboro, county seat, is admin- istered by a non-partisan council of seven nominated by districts elected at large. The council employs a full-time experienced city manager. For many years the council has been composed of successful business and
GUILFORD COUNTY COURT HOUSE, GREENSBORO
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professional men of demonstrated capacity in their private undertak- ings.
The council has directed municipal affairs upon well-established busi- ness principles uninfluenced by par- tisan political considerations. Good management is reflected in nation- ally-recognized superiority in public health administration; reduction of fire losses and low insurance rates; the salability of municipal bonds; low tax rate (according to Nation- al Municipal Review, Greensboro's tax rate was lowest in U. S. or Canada among cities of 50,000 to 100,000 population) ; efficient police protection; unusually good water supply; clean, well-paved streets; modern sewerage and sanitation facilities. These and other evidences of good government have given to the city an atmosphere of enterprise and well-being which causes it to be enthusiastically pointed out as "a good town." Assessed value of property in Greensboro, $83,315,303. Tax rate, $1.35 per $100 (1936).
Education
GUILFORD COUNTY has nine in- stitutions of higher education, with between 3,500 and 4,000 students. Fifteen modern consolidated rural public high schools and thirty-two new urban public schools; total en- rollment, 32,373.
GREENSBORO: The Woman's College, University of N. C., ranks high among liberal arts colleges in
America. Founded in 1891. Ad- vanced schools of music, art, dra- matics, home economics, physical education and secretarial science. Grants bachelor of arts and science degrees and offers graduate work. Dr. W. C. Jackson, dean.
GREENSBORO COLLEGE (Meth- odist) : For nearly 100 years has been highly regarded as a liberal arts school for young women. Music, dramatics, and cultural courses lead- ing to bachelor degrees. Dr. Luther Gobbel, president.
GUILFORD COLLEGE (Quaker co-ed.) : Established 1836-an ac- credited liberal arts college, confer- ring bachelor degrees. Dr. Clyde A. Milner, president.
HIGH POINT COLLEGE (M. P.) : Founded 1924 at High Point. Liberal arts courses bachelor degrees. Dr. G. I. Humphries, president.
OAK RIDGE MILITARY INSTI- TUTE (R. O. T. C.) : Founded at Oak Ridge, 1851. Boys' preparatory school with long record for highest rating by War Dept. Col. Earl Holt, commandant.
AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNI- CAL COLLEGE (N.): Founded by State in 1891 for advanced training. Bachelor degrees. Dr. F. D. Bluford, president.
BENNETT COLLEGE (N.) : Founded 1873-liberal arts-bache- lor degrees. Dr. David D. Jones, president.
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