Greensboro (Guilford County, N.C.) city directory, 1946, Part 1

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HILL'S GREENSBORO 1 (GUILFORD COUNTY, N. C.) CITY DIRECTORY Vol. 1946 XXXII


Including Bessemer, Guilford College, Hamilton Lakes, Pomona and Starmount Forest


Containing an Alphabetical Directory of Business Concerns and Pri- vate Citizens, a Directory of Householders, Occupants of Office Buildings and Other Business Places, Including a Complete Street and Avenue Guide; also a


BUYERS' GUIDE


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GENERAL INDEX


Page


Abbreviations 24 and 25


Alphabetical List of Names 25


Apartment Buildings 694


Associations and Clubs-Commercial 695


Banks and Trust Companies 698


Board of Education 204


Buildings-Office and Public


702


Bus and Coach Lines-Motor 703


Buyers' Guide


.opp 568


Cemeteries


703


Churches 704


City Government 204


Classified Business Directory 693


Clergymen


705


Clubs


707


County Government 212


Fire Department


205


Halls 719


Homes and Asylums 720


Hospitals and Dispensaries 721


Hotels


721


Labor Organizations


726


Libraries


727


Museums


730


Newspapers


731


Parks and Playgrounds


734


Police Department 205


Post Office 515


737


Schools-Parochial


740


Schools-Public 740


Schools, Colleges and Academies 740


Societies-Benevolent and Fraternal 742


Societies-Miscellaneous 742


Societies-Patriotic 742


State Government


375


Street and Avenue Guide and Directory of Householders


following Classified


United States Government 137539


Railroads


INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION


Page


Acme Fuel Co.


left top cards and


29


Acme Shell Service .... left top cards and 2 Acme Taxi Service .... left top cards and 115 Adamson Cadillac-Oldsmobile Co .. .right side lines and 6 Amos Insurance Agency. .backbone, left side lines and 65


Atlantic Builders Supply Co Inc ..


Atlantic Insulation Co Inc ...


.left top lines and


18


Auto Finance Company


.left bottom lines and


63


.right side lines and


83


Ayers Fred Music Co. 2 Baxter Furniture Co. 55


Beaman's Inc.


left side lines and 121


Beck Motor Co. left top cards and 10 Belk's Department Store. .. left bottom lines and 43


Benner & Fields ..


. right side lines and 100


Berry Coal Co ...


... left top lines and


29


Bessemer Food Center


59


Bines Jewelers ...


... right top lines and


Binswanger & Co Inc. . left top lines and


58


77


Bloodworth-Ingram Motors Inc ...


.right side lines and


3


Blue Bell Incorporated .. 94 Blue Bird Taxi of Greensboro Inc .. 115 Bonitz Insulation Co. . left side lines and 64 Boston Sample Shoe Store .. 112 Brewer Paint & Wall Paper Co.


.left bottom cards and


95


Brooks Lumber Co. . 85 Brown Chas T Truck Line.


.left top cards and 120


Brown's Furniture & Rug Shoppe Inc.


.left bottom lines and


55


Buffalo Rock Inc ...


.. left side lines and


18


Burlington Mills Corporation. .


right top cards and 105


Burtner Furniture Co 55 Carlton Phil R Inc. 66


Carolina Casualty Insurance Co Inc. 63


Carolina Insurance & Loan Agency 70


Carolina Steel & Iron Co. B Carolina Trailer Sales 63


Carolina Willys Co Inc.


Cecil C Marvin. left top cards and 10


Cecil-Russell Drug Co. 45


38


Chamblee Beatrice S. 107


Chandler Motor Co .. right side lines and 4 Chandler Tire Co .... left side lines and 119 City Welding & Spring Service Co. .right side lines and 122 Clegg-King Motors .. right side lines and 6 Clendenin Kemp C. 107


Clover Brand Dairies Inc. .left top lines and 40


Coble H L Construction Co Inc ... . back cover, left bottom lines and 33


Coble Sporting Goods Co Inc ... .right top lines and 106


.. right side lines and 113 Coe J 'N. .left bottom lines and 32 Colonial Auto Finance Co.


right top cards and 183 Colonial Ice Co .... right side lines and 31 Columbia Laundry Co. .right top lines and 79


Commercial Credit Corp. 84


H & H Clothing Co.


right side lines and


24


Cornatzer & McDade


25


Cox Radiator Co.


Z


Craven E F Co ..


O


D & R Motors .. right bottom cards and


7


Ham Leon M


108


Ham Coal Co


... backbone, left side lines and


30


Hanes Funeral Home Inc.


.front cover, left top lines and


52


D & R U-Drive It. .right bottom cards and 7 Daly Geo F Inc .. left top lines and 11 Harlem Cab 116 Harrelson Sign Co .. left bottom lines and 113


Daniel Taxi Service.


116


Page


Davis Starr Co .... right top cards and 64


Dick & Kirkman.


.left bottom cards, 61 and 100


Dick's Laundry Co ...... front cover and


80


Dillard Paper Co .... right top cards and


97


Dixie Fire Insurance Co of Greensboro,


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70


Dockery Lumber Co


85


Doggett J A Realty & Insurance Co ....


left side lines and 108


Downs J O .. . back cover and 74


Duke Power Co.


.back cover and 101


El Moro Cigar Co 23


Ferris Awning Co. 14


Five Points Service Station .. 11


Five Way Garage


right bottom lines and


11


Fleming-Shaw Transfer Co ..


120


Forbis & Murray Funeral Home Inc ..


right top lines and


51


Fordham Ed


108


Frazier Piano Co Inc. 98


Fry Fielding L & Co Inc .. top stencil and


67


Gate City Electric Co Inc.


45


Gate City Motor Co Inc ..


... right top lines and


5


Gate City Paint Co.


95


Gate City Roofing Co Inc.


110


Gate City Savings & Loan Association.


left side lines and


20


Good Luck Coal Company ..


left side lines and


31


Goodrich B F Stores.


Grantham Hardware Co.


.left side lines and


12


.right top lines and


59


Gray Jewelry Company


Greensboro Auto Electric Co ..


.left top cards and


88


Greensboro Bag Co. . right top cards and. 15


Greensboro Broadcasting Co Inc.


.left top cards and 102


Greensboro Broom Company


18


Greensboro Coca-Cola Bottling Co.


.right top lines and


18


Greensboro Ice & Coal Co ....


.right side lines and


31


Greensboro Marble & Tile Co.


. right top cards and 118


Greensboro Memorial Co


87


Greensboro Motor Co. . left side lines and


7


Greensboro News Co. . left side lines and


89


Griffin J H & Sons Roofing & Sheet


Metal Works


110


Guaranteed Waterproofing Co The.


.left side lines, 19 and


36


Guilford Memorial Park ..


Guilford Mortgage Co.


left top cards and


22


Guilford National Bank


.. ribbon book mark and


Y


Guilford Piano Co ..


.right bottom lines and


98


Guilford Piano Co No 2.


.right bottom lines and


47


Guilford Salvage Co.


2


Dixie Sales Co ..


.. right side lines and


11


Anderson W I & Co .. .right bottom lines and 49 Dize Awning & Tent Co. .. right bottom cards and 14


Ellis, Stone & Co ..


44


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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


Page


Hodgin Roofing & Supply Co Inc 111 Holden Recapping Co. 12 Hollowell D R & Co .. 2


Home Federal Savings & Loan Associ- ation ... . back cover and 21


Home Ice & Coal Company .left side lines and 63 Hospital Care Association Inc The-Dur- ham, NC ... .right side lines and Humphries Funeral Home.


64


Hunt Coal Co .... .left side lines and 31 Huntley-Stockton-Hill Co 55


Hutton Frank R. 108


Irvin C A-Enterprises. 89 Phipps Hardware Co Inc ... Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Co. left top lines and .front stencil and A Pickett's Inc 104 59 Johannesen Electric Co Inc. 45 Piedmont Hardware Co .right side lines and 59 Johnson Motor Co. 12 Pitts J R Lumber Co. 86


Johnson & Aulbert Clothing Co. .left bottom lines and 26 Plantation Supper Club left bottom cards and Jones Bros Bakery Inc. . .left top cards and 16 12 Jones H Roger Inc. 90 Pure Oil Co The .. right bottom lines and 50 Polk's Bankers Encyclopedia. 124 Redden Thomas Gresham Inc .. front cover 68


Kane George W ... .front cover and and 34 Kay Jewelry Co. . right bottom lines and 77 Regal Jewelers 78


Kearns Paint Co Inc. . left side lines and 95 Rhodes-Perdue Furniture Co Inc.


Keeley Institute of NC The.


.left top lines and 111


Kellett Harry D Inc .. right top cards and 8 Kester Furniture Co. 56 Koonts Kleaning Co Inc ..


Lambeth Shannon T.


Lassiter J Hal. .left top lines and 36


Leonard Motor Co ... right top cards and 13


Lewis F D & Son .right bottom lines and 37


Lewis & Stevens Inc ..


Lindley Nurseries Inc .. left side lines and 73 91


Litho Press The ...... left side lines and 100 Loman Floral Co .... left side lines and Loman Supply & Equipment Co.


right top cards and 99


Love & Co .. . right side lines and 84 Lowman Motor Co. . left side lines and 8 Seburn's 76 M & J Finance Corp. . left side lines and 85 M & M Coal Company Security National Bank .bottom stencil and 17 .right side lines and 32 Martin Furniture & Carpet Co .. .left top cards and 54 87 Sharpe-Smith Funeral Service left side lines and 53 Sherwin-Williams Co. . left side lines and 96 Silver Streak Cab. 117


Marus Marble & Tile Co ..


Master Service Station.


Matthew's Grill left side lines and 13


110


Mauldin Oil Co .. right bottom lines and 50 McAden's Cleaners & Dyers. 24


McLeod Leather & Belting Co. 87 McRae Taxi 116 115


Medearis J Iva. Melvin Coal Co 32 19


Mendenhall's Inc. . right bottom lines and Merrimon Insurance Agency Inc.


.right side lines and 71 Meyer's Department Store. ... left top lines and 43


... right top cards and 42 Southern Mapping & Engineering Co ... 38 Southern Paint Co .... left side lines and 95 Southern Sales Inc .. . left top cards, 14 and 48 Southern Waterproofing Co. .left side lines and 122 Miller Furniture Co Inc. .left top lines and 56 Southside Hardware Co Inc .. Mitchell J Elwood Co .right side lines and 61 .left top lines and 71 Sparling Cons right bottom lines and 37 Mock, Judson, Voehringer Co of NC Inc .right bottom lines and 62 29 44


Montaldo's. . .right top lines and


Stanley Electric Co." .right side lines and 48 Montgomery Ward & Co Moore Wade Jewelry 77 Starr Electric Co Inc.


Moore & Turner. .. .. right top lines and 106 Morgan-Jarvis Electric Co Inc ... .right top lines and 47 Morrison-Neese Furniture Co .. . left bottom lines and 56 Moss W S .right bottom lines and 53 N C Diner 110


National Life Insurance Co.


.left bottom lines and 73 New Home Building Supply Co. .right top cards and 86 New Method Laundry .... back cover and 81


Newman Machine Co Inc ..


North State Chevrolet Co Inc.


.left side lines and 9 North State Insulation Co ....


.right top lines and 64 Odell Hardware Co. . front cover, right top lines and 60


¥72 Owen Harry R .... left bottom cards and Page Kilby A. 109


53 Patterson Bros Inc .. 112


Peebles Electric Co. 47


Pet Dairy Products Co.


.left side lines and 41


.left bottom lines and


54


Richardson Realty Inc ...


right bottom lines and 107


Richardson's Auto Service


left top cards and


13


.right top lines and 24 Rierson Bros. left side lines and 122


Riser Printing Co Inc.


left bottom lines and 91


Robbins John Motor Co Inc. 13


Roberts Wm A Studio The


98


Rollins Roofing Supply Co.


19


Royal Taxi


117


Rustin Furniture Co Inc. 57


Salvation Army The. . right side lines and 123 Saslow's Inc. .right top lines and 76 Schenck Paul W 72


49


Schiffman Jewelry Co.


.right side lines and


75


Scott Seed Co


.left side lines and 112


Smith-Courtney Co.


.front cover, left bottom lines and


Street Divider


Smith-Douglass Co Inc. 48 South Atlantic Bonded Warehouse Corp .left side lines and 122 Southern Dairies Inc.


Spencer K E ..


109


Staley Lumber Co. 86


.front cover, left top lines and 46


Starr Thomas M 39 State Finance Corp


left top cards and 82 Stewart Motor Co .left top cards and 9 Stone Joseph J & Co. .right side lines and 92 Sullivan W H Co Inc. right side lines and 61 Sutton's Florists .... right side lines and 49


Sykes Florists Co Inc. 49 Newell M G Co Inc. 48 Tatum-Dalton Transfer Co 120


Page 86


Jones-Lewis Furniture Co Inc .. 56


109


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Thompson-Arthur Construction Co.


Traders Chevrolet Co Inc. .right bottom lines and 39 White David J .. .left top lines and 109


Truitt Manufacturing Co .. .right top lines and 10


. back cover, right top cards and X


Tucker Tile Co.


.left side lines, 111 and 117 Turner's Transfer .... right top cards and 121 Vanstory Clothing Co ... back cover and 27


W B I G Radio Broadcasting Station ... right side lines and 103


Weaver W H. left top cards and 38


West Bros Co 20


Wilder J W Transfer Co .. 121 Wilkerson-McFalls Drug Co Inc. .left bottom lines and 44 Wilkins J D Co .. right bottom lines and 114 Wills Book and Stationery Co ... left top cards and 92


Wimbish Chas C ... . . . .. front cover and 69 Wyrick S T & Co ... right side lines and 93 Yellow Taxi Co Inc. . 116


Wright-Wilson Sign Co. 113


Younts DeBoe Co .... left top lines and 28


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PUBLISHERS NOTE


The information in this Directory is gathered by an actual canvass and is compiled in a way to insure maximum accuracy.


The publishers cannot and do not guarantee the cor- rectness of all information furnished them nor the complete absence of errors or omissions, hence no responsibility for same can be or is assumed.


The publishers earnestly request the bringing to their attention of any inaccuracy so that it may be corrected in the next edition of the directory.


HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., Publishers


INTRODUCTION


HILL DIRECTORY CO., INC., publishers of Southeastern Directories, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1946 edition of the Greensboro City Directory, which also includes Bessemer, Guilford College, Hamilton Lakes, Pomona and Starmount Forest.


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 com- munity.


Four Major Departments


The four major departments are arranged in the following order :-


THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and business and profession concerns is included in pages 25 to 567, 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 vicinity, and the name, official personnel, nature and address of each firm and corporation.


THE BUYERS' GUIDE, preceding the Classified and separately paged from 1 to 124, on goldenrod paper, contains the advertisements of leading manufacturing, business and professional interests of Greensboro and vicinity. 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 refer- ence users of this City Directory service.


THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is included in pages 693 to 748, on yellow 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- portant part in the daily activities of the commercial and professional world. More buyers and sellers meet through the Classified Business Direc- tory than through any other medium.


THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, on pink paper, follows the Classified and is separately paged from 1 to 104. 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 respective crossing points on each street. Special features of this section are the designation of tenant- owned homes and the designation of homes and places of business having telephones.


Community Publicity


The Directory reflects the achievements and ambitions of the com- munity, 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


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placed copies of this issue of the Directory in Directory Libraries, where they are readily available for free public reference, and serve as per- petual and reliable advertisements of Greensboro and vicinity.


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.


HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., Publishers.


OUT OF SIGHT! OUT OF MIND! OUT OF BUSINESS!


The importance of keeping firm and product names in the public eye is recognized by all business men. It is astonishing to see how a firm or prod- uct, however meritorious, will slip into the limbo of the forgotten if not persistently advertised.


The City Directory is the natural medium for keeping a business or product name in the spotlight. Insist on being well represented in its pages.


GREENSBORO


"The City of Charm"; "Pivot of the Piedmont"


WORLD WAR MEMORIAL STADIUM


Statistical Review


Form of Government-Council- city manager.


Population-City proper, 59,319; metropolitan district, 73,055 (1940 U. S. Census). Local estimate of city pop- ulation in 1946, 83,000. American- born, 99.8%.


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-18, with total of 550 acres.


Assessed Valuation - $101,222,580, with $1.20 new city and $1.40 old city, per $100 tax rate (1945).


Bonded Debt-$6,153,000.


Financial Data-4 banks, with total deposits of $97,222,485 (Dec. 31, 1945), and total resources of $99,045,748 (Dec. 31, 1945). Clearings for 1945, $516,687,- 349. 2 savings and loan associations, with total assets of $15,417,552 (April 30, 1946).


Postal Receipts-$914,509.47. (calen- dar year 1945).


Telephones in Service-18,889.


Churches-106, representing 20 de- nominations.


Building and Construction-Value of building permits, $3,458,502 (1945).


Real Estate-16,500 homes, with about 40% owned by occupants.


Industry-Chief industries of city and county: Manufacturing and agri- culture. 252 manufacturing establish- ments and service industries, employ- ing 25,176 workers, paying wages of $19,607,164 annually, and having products valued at $88,993,154 annu- ally (1940 U. S. Census). Principal manufactured products: Denims, flannels, overalls, silk and cotton hose, fertilizers, cigars, machinery, paja- mas, elastic fabrics, silk and rayon dress goods, millwork, sewer pipe and building tile.


Trade Area-Retail and wholesale area has radius of 50 miles, and popu- lation of approximately 1,250,000.


Newspapers-2 dailies, 1 Sunday and 3 weeklies.


Radio Stations-WBIG and WGBG.


Hotels - 14, with total of 1,000 rooms.


Railroads-2: Southern and At- lantic & Yadkin.


Highways-U. S. 29, 70, 220 and 421. Also -7 hard-surfaced State


highways.


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Airports-Greensboro-High Point Airport nearby. Served by Eastern, Pennsylvania Central and Southeast air lines, with 22 planes daily.


Auto Registrations-10,285.


Amusements - Largest auditorium in city seats 2,700 persons. 7 moving- picture theatres, with total seating capacity of 6,200 persons. 1 legitimate theatre, with seating capacity of 1,400 persons. 4 golf courses.


Hospitals-5, with total of 400 beds.


Education-Institutions of higher learning include Woman's College of University of North Carolina, Greensboro College, Bennett College (c), Agricultural & Technical College of North Carolina (c), and Immanuel Lutheran College (c). 20 public schools, including 2 senior high and 4 junior high. 2 parochial schools. Number of pupils in public schools,


has 101 men, with 1 station and 21 pieces of motor equipment.


History


GUILFORD COUNTY: Settled by Ulster Scots, English and Welsh, Qua- kers and Germans, principally be- tween 1750 and 1770. The county was established in 1771, formed from parts of Orange and Rowan counties and named after Frederick (Lord North), Earl of Guilford. 624 square miles. Population, 153,916 (1940 U. S. Census).




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