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PHIL R. CARLTON, Inc. SERVICE REAL ESTATE wm. RENTS - INSURANCE - BONDING
CARLTON BUILDING Opposite Court House Phone 8157
UNDERWOOD INSURANCE AGENCY
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Sporting Goods
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Corbin Hardware HARDWARE CO.
Barretts Roofing
Phone 4171
"The Carolina's Greatest Hardware House"
GEO. W. KANE
GENERAL CONTRACTOR
603 Jefferson Standard Building Dial 4239
Follow The Building of The Pyramid
"A Pyramid of Gold Set in a Foundation of Granite"
Illustrated on Page 30, Buyers' Guide
Hanes Funeral Home, Inc. 401 West Market Street
Phone 5158
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"Sterling" Wheelbarrows "Toledo" Torches pressors "Universal" Rock Crushers
"Yellow-Strand" Cable
"Littleford"' Asphalt Heaters
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Phones 2-1187 and 2-1188
401-3 Morehead Avenue
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CITY DIRECTORY
Vol. 1940 XXVII
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GENERAL INDEX
Page
Abbreviations
24 and 25
Airports 588
Alphabetical List of Names. 25
Apartment Buildings 588
Associations and Clubs-Commercial 589
Banks and Trust Companies 592
Board of Education
167
Buildings-Office and Public
596
Bus and Coach Lines-Motor 596
Buyers' Guide
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Cemeteries
597
Churches 597
City Government 167
Classified Business Directory 537
Clergymen
599
Clubs
600
County Government
173
Fire Department 167
Golf Clubs and Courses 609
Halls
610
Homes and Asylums 611
Hospitals and Dispensaries 611
Labor Organizations
618
Libraries
620
Museums
623
Newspapers
623
Parks and Playgrounds 626
Police Department
168
Post Office
414
Railroads
628
Schools-Public
632
Schools, Colleges and Academies
632
Societies-Benevolent and Fraternal.
633
Societies-Miscellaneous
634
Societies-Patriotic
99573
634
304
State Government
Street and Avenue Guide and Directory of Householders 457 United States Government 413
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION, THE YELLOW PAGES
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Acme Fuel Co .... right bottom lines and 15
Adamson Cadillac Co Inc ..
7
Anderson W I & Co. . right side lines and
Atlantic Coal Co Inc. . right side lines and Auto Finance Co ...... right side lines and Beaman Screen & Weather Strip Co Inc right side lines
15 4
Belk's Department Store.
.right side lines and
Benner & Fields
.right side lines and
21 43 16
Berry Coal Co.
.left top lines and
Binswanger & Co Inc. . left top lines and
Blue Bird Taxi.
26 48
Bonitz John H ..
.left side lines and
18
Borden Brick & Tile Co. .left top lines and 11
Boston Sample Shoe Store
Brooks Lumber Co .. .
left side lines and
Brooks Roofing Co ... left side lines and Burtner Furniture Co.
Campbell Walter E.
Carlton Phil R Inc ...... front cover and Carolina Insurance & Loan Agency.
Carolina Steel & Iron Co ...
Carolina Taxi.
left side lines and
left side lines and
Cecil C Marvin.
. left side lines and
B 48 18
Ideal Laundry Co.
Inter-Ocean Casualty Co.
.right side lines and
35
City Welding & Spring Service Co.
Clegg-King Motors. . right side lines and Clover Brand Dairies Inc.
Coble H L. . back cover and Colonial Ice Co ..
16
Columbia Laundry Co.
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co ... Craft Floyd Hugh.
Craven E F Co. .
Crutchfield Plumbing Co.
Daly Geo F Inc. . left top lines and
Decker Arth M ..
Delk R G ... . left side lines and 19 Dick's Laundry Co. front cover and Dixie Fire Insurance Co .. 38 32 40
Dixie Sales Co .right side lines Dockery Lumber Co .. right side lines and Downs J O. .right top lines
Duke Power Co. back cover and 44
Efird's Department Store.
21
Ellis, Stone & Co.
21
Ely-Bloodworth Motors Inc.
Everett, Zane & Muse right side lines and 8 2
F & G Refrigeration Service Co 46 Five Points Service Station 4 Flynt Studios ... 43
Forbis & Murray Funeral Home Inc.
.right top lines and 23
Ford Body Co. 3 Foust Henry P. .right side lines and 35 Montaldo's .. right side lines and
Fry Fielding L & Co Inc. . top stencil and 29 Moore & Turner ... .right top lines and
Gallimore Lloyd B .... left side lines and 19 Gate City Bldg & Loan Assn .. .right side lines and 13
Gate City Electric Co Inc .. 6 .left side lines and 22 Gate City Motor Co Inc ... .. bottom stencil, right top lines and Gate City Paint Co ... 42 General Tire Service Inc.
. left side lines and 5
Greensboro Coca-Cola Bottling Co .. right top lines and 11
Greensboro Floral Co.
22
Greensboro Ice & Coal Co.
Greensboro Memorial Co ..
.. left side lines and
16
.right bottom lines and 41 Greensboro Motor Car Co. right side lines and 8 Greensboro News Co ...... left side lines Griffin J H & Sons Roofing & Sheet Metal Works .. 47
Guilford Memorial Park.
.right bottom lines and
13
Guilford Mortgage Corp.
.right top lines and
45
Guilford National Bank
left side lines and
9
H & H Clothing Co .. right side lines and
13
Ham Leon M ...
.right top lines and
45
Hanes Funeral Home Inc. front cover and 24 Harrelson Sign Co ... .left top lines and Higgins V B Co .. 48 19 Home Building & Loan Assn .. 12 10 44
.back cover, left top lines and Home Industrial Bank ... back cover and
left side lines and 47 40 40 24 20 31 32 Hunt Bros ... .left side lines and Hunt Coal Co ...... right side lines and 16 25 39
Chandler Tire Co ... . right side lines and 5 Cheek B S Co. 43 Cheek J C Letter Shop. Investors Syndicate. . right top lines Citizens Coal Co .. . backbone and Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Co .. .front stencil and Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Co ( Greensboro Agency) ..
Jones-Lewis Furniture Co Inc .. Kane Geo W. .front cover and
Keeley Institute of N C left top lines and
47
Kelly Oil Co Inc ... .right bottom lines King Cotton Auto Storage Co.
5
Kirk's Auto Service .. 4 45 46
Lassiter J Hal ...... right side lines and Lewis & Routh Real Estate Brokers. .. Lowman Motor Co. . right side lines and Mackie Furniture Co ..
9 25
Meyer's Department Store. . left top lines left side lines and 5 2
Matlock Thomas L. McKeel C A & Co. Melvin Coal Co. Mendenhall's Inc .... right top lines and Merrimon Insurance Agency Inc.
.right side lines and 33
Meyer's Department Store. ... left top lines Miller Furniture Co Inc ... .left top lines and 25 Mitchell Insurance Agency Inc .. left top lines and 36
35 17 41
Mock, Judson, Voehringer Co of N C Inc .. .right bottom lines and 28 14 46 39 22 New Method Laundry ... back cover and Newell M G Co Inc.
North State Chevrolet Co. left side lines and 9
Odell Hardware Co. . front cover, right top lines and 27 Oettinger Lumber Co. Z Office Supply Co. .back cover and 3 Patterson Bros Inc. 20 Personal Finance Corp.
General Truck Sales & Service Inc. .left side lines and 40 .right top lines and 8 Phillips-Bolling Lumber Co ... 41 Phipps Hardware Co Inc .. .left top lines and
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.right top lines and 38 34 34 C 44 8 45
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co . left side lines
.left top lines and 35 25 18
Huntley-Stockton-Hill Co.
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.. right side lines and Amos Insurance Agency ... backbone and 31 23
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Pilot Life Insurance Co. .right side lines and 36 Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co .... .right top lines and 26
Pullen A M & Co. 2
Redden Thomas Gresham Inc. . front cover and left top lines
Rhodes Furniture Co Inc .... Rierson Bros ... .left side lines and
Riser Printing Co Inc.
Rock Creek Dairy left side lines
Rogers Paint Store.
43
Ross W F. . . right top lines and 46 49
Salvation Army .... right side lines and Sancton & Dickerson .. 36 Saslow's Inc. 37 33
Schenck Paul W. 32 and
Schiffman Jewelry Co.
.right side lines and 37
Sears, Roebuck and Co. Seburn's Inc. .left side lines and 37 21 Wimbish Chas C ... . front cover and 30 Security National Bank .left top lines and 10 Sills Robt A Co Inc. left side lines and 47 Wyrick S T & Co. . right side lines and 42 Yellow Taxi Co Inc ... 48 Young Men's Christian Assn .right bottom lines and 3 Younts-DeBoe Co .... left side lines and 14
Sineath Motor Co.
4
South Atlantic Bonded Warehouse Corp left side lines and 49 Southern Converting Co Inc ..
.right bottom lines 22 Starr Electric Co .... right top lines and Starr T M .. left side lines and 19 Stewart Motor Co. . left side lines
Stone Joseph J & Co. right side lines and 42
26 49 41 Sullivan W H Co Inc.
right side lines and 28
Sun Life Assurance Co .... left side lines Underwood Insurance Agency. .front cover and 34 Uptown Storage Garage .. right side lines Vanstory Clothing Co .... back cover and Waldron W R Motor Co. 14
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West Bros Co ..... .left side lines and 11
INTRODUCTION
HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., publishers of Southeastern Directories, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1940 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 80,578, 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 25 to 455, on white paper. 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 cor- poration in the city. A feature of this section is the designation of the number of minor children in each family.
THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, on pink paper, covers pages 457 to 534. In this section the named streets are arranged in alphabetical order, followed by the numbered streets in numerical order; the numbers of the resi- dences 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 respective crossing points on each street. A feature of this section is the designation of tenant-owned homes.
THE BUYERS' GUIDE, beginning opposite page 536 and separately paged from 1 to 50, on goldenrod paper, contains the advertisements of leading manufacturing, business and professional interests of Greens- boro. 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 587 to 639, on white paper. This department lists the names of all busi- ness and professional concerns in alphabetical order under appropriate headings. This feature constitutes an invaluable and indispensable cata- log of the numerous interests of the community. The Directory is the common intermediary between buyer and seller. As such it plays an im-
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portant part in the daily activities of the commercial and professional world. More buyers and sellers meet through the Classified Business Di- rectory 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 500 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.
HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., Publishers.
GREENSBORO "Pivot of the Piedmont"
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AERIAL VIEW OF GREENSBORO
Statistical Review
Form of Government-Council- city manager.
Population-1930 U. S. Census, 53,569; Hill Directory Co. estimate for 1940, 80,578. American-born, 99.8%. Negro, 19%.
Area-18.06 square miles.
Altitude-839 feet above sea level.
Climate-Mean annual tempera- ture, 56.9 degrees F .; average an- nual rainfall, 45.65 inches.
Parks-19, with total of 425 acres.
Assessed Valuation-$89,127,608.
Bonded Debt-$6,371,598 (Dec. 31, 1939).
Financial Facts-3 banks, with total deposits of $20,857,476.82 (Dec. 31, 1939), and total resources of $22,879,812.31 (Dec. 31, 1939). Clear- ings for 1939, $234,380,000. 2 build-
ing and loan associations, with total assets of $5,725,999.72 (Dec. 31, 1939).
Postal Receipts-$519,714.63 (cal- endar year of 1939).
Telephones in Service-About 12,- 750.
Churches-62 white and 53 col- ored, representing 22 denominations.
Building and Construction-Value of building permits, $2,068,536 (1939).
Industry-Chief industries of city and surrounding territory: Manu- facturing and agriculture. Principal manufactured products : Denims, flannels, overalls, silk and cotton hose, fertilizers, cigars, machinery, pajamas, elastic fabrics, silk and rayon dress goods, millwork, sewer pipe and building tile.
Trade Area-Retail area has ra- dius of 50 miles, and population of approximately 1,000,000.
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Newspapers-2 dailies, 1 Sunday and 3 weeklies.
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 and 421. Also 7 hard-surfaced State highways.
Airports-Greensboro-High Point Airport nearby. 4 planes daily.
Amusements-Largest auditorium in city seats 2,800 persons. 7 mov- ing-picture theatres, with total seat- ing capacity of 6,000 persons. 1 le- gitimate theatre, with seating capa- city of 1,540 persons. 3 golf courses.
Hospitals-5, with total of 308 beds.
City Statistics-Total street mile- age, 271, with 137.5 miles paved. Miles of gas mains, 105; sewers, 220. Num- ber of water meters, 10,490; electric meters, 18,779; gas meters, 4,684. Capacity of water works (munici- pal), 1,417,000,000 gallons; daily av- erage pumpage, 4,700,000 gallons; miles of mains, 176; value of plant, $3,675,000. Fire department has 47 men, with 5 stations and 13 pieces of motor equipment. Value of fire department property, $441,616. Police department has 77 men, with 1 sta- tion and 17 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
WORLD WAR MEMORIAL STADIUM
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, including 3 senior high and 3 junior high. 1 parochial school. Number of pupils in public schools, 10,551; in parochial, 115. Number of teachers in public schools, 322; in parochial, 4. Value of public school property, $4,500,000; paro- chial, $30,000; college, $9,500,000. 9 institutions of higher education in county, with 4,000 to 4,500 students. 45 new urban public schools.
Public Libraries-3, including branches, with total of 150,000 vol- umes (Including college libraries).
Guilford. 624 square miles. Popu- lation, 133,000 (1930 U. S. Census).
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 18.06 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, 1940, shows 80,578. American-born, 99.8%. 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
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UNION RAILROAD STATION
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, 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, $170,951,635. Tax rate, $.75 per $100 (1939). 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.
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GUILFORD COUNTY COURT HOUSE, GREENSBORO
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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 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 valuation of property in Greensboro, $89,127,608.
Old city tax rate, $1.43; new city tax rate, $1.19.
Education
GUILFORD COUNTY has nine in- stitutions of higher education, with between 4,000 and 4,500 students. Fifteen modern consolidated rural public high schools and 45 new ur- ban public schools; total enroll- ment, 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 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
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rating by War Dept. Col. Earl Holt, commandant.
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