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STARR ELECTRIC CO., Inc. Distributors of Westinghouse Refrigerators, Stoves and Appliances
2311/2 N. Greene PHONE 2-2175
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Industry for Over 75 Years
MACHINERY
CONTRACTORS' EQUIPMENT
Serving outhern 239-241 S. Davie St. Tels. 2-4558 and 2-4559
GREENSBORO
RICHMOND HICKORY
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ESTABLISHED 1872
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HILL'S GREENSBORO (GUILFORD COUNTY, N. C.) CITY DIRECTORY Vol. 1947-48 XXXIII
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
838
Associations and Clubs-Commercial.
839
Banks and Trust Companies.
843
Board of Education
243
Buildings-Office and Public.
848
Bus and Coach Lines-Motor
848
Buyers' Guide
. opp
680
Cemeteries
849
Churches
850
City Government
242
Classified Business Directory
837
Clergymen
851
Clubs
853
Convents
857
County Government
251
Fire Department
243
Halls
868
Homes and Asylums
869
Hospitals and Dispensaries
869
Hotels
869
Labor Organizations
876
Libraries
878
Museums
882
Newspapers
882
Parks and Playgrounds
885
Police Department
244
Post Office
618
Railroads
889
Schools-Parochial
893
Schools-Public
893
Schools, Colleges and Academies. 893
Societies-Benevolent and Fraternal. 895
Societies-Miscellaneous 896
Societies-Patriotic
896
State Government
452
Street and Avenue Guide and Directory of Householders.
following Classified
United States Government 618
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION
Page
Acme Shell Service .. .left top cards, 2, 36 and 147
Adamson Cadillac-Olds Co .. .right side lines and 2 Darst Thomas & Co ..
Aldridge Motors Inc .. 13
Amos Insurance Agency
Anderson W I & Co. . backbone, left side lines and 83
.. right bottom lines and 64
Auto Finance Co .... right side lines and 102 Ayers Fred Music Co. 121
Baxter Furniture Co Inc. 69
Beaman's Inc. .left side lines and 151 Beck Motor Co ...... left top cards and 13 Belk's Department Store .. . left bottom lines and 54
Benner & Fields ... right side lines and 124 Berry Coal Co .. .left top lines and 38 Berry-Webster Co .... right top cards and 18 Binswanger & Co Inc. .. left top lines and 75 Bloodworth-Ingram Motors Inc .. ..
right side lines and 3
Blue Bell Inc .... right bottom cards and 116 Blue Bird Taxi of Greensboro Inc .. 146 Bond Finance Co. 102
Bonitz John H. .left side lines and :81
Boston Sample Shoe Store .. 142 Brewer Paint & Wall Paper Co. .left bottom cards and 45 Brogdon-Harvell Bronze Foundry. .left bottom cards and 64 69 Brown's Funeral Directors Brown's Furniture & Rug Shoppe Inc .. left side lines and 72
Buffalo Rock Inc.
.left side lines and
24
Buffalo Sales Co. 1+1
Builders Warehouse Supply Inc. 26 Burlington Mills Corp.
right top cards and 132
Burtner Furniture Co. 72
Butler Bros Construction Co. 49
Butler Furniture Co ... .right bottom cards and 74 84
Carlton Phil R Inc ....
Carolina Camera Center Inc .. 122
Carolina Casualty Insurance Co Inc. 94
Carolina Gulf Service.left top cards and 18 Carolina Insurance & Loan Agency 82 Carolina Sales & Engineering Co Inc. .left bottom cards and 142
Carolina Steel & Iron Co B
Carolina Theatre .. 148
Carolina Trailer Sales. Carolina Willys Co Inc.left top cards and Cecil Contracting 79 '14 49 56
Cecil-Russell Drug Co
Central Floral Gardens.
63
Central Oil Co ..... left bottom cards and 18 Chamblee Beatrice S. 136
Chandler Motor Co .. right side lines and 4 Chandler Tire Co ..... left side lines and 149 City Industrial & Savings Bank. 22 City Welding & Spring Service Co. . right side lines and Greensboro Ice & Coal Co. 39 Greensboro Marble & Tile Co ... .right top cards and 46
Clegg-King Motors Inc .. .right side lines and 152
Clendenin Kemp C. right side lines and 14
136
Clover Brand Dairies Inc.
Coble H L Construction Co Inc ... left top lines and 51
.back cover, left bottom lines and 41 Coble Sporting Goods Co Inc .. .right side lines and 144 45
Coe J N. .left bottom lines and Collins, William Stuart. . 92
Colonial Ice Co ...... right side lines and 38
Columbia Laundry Co.right top lines and 99 Commercial Credit Corp. 104 Conrad S G Distributor Inc. 138 Container Corp of America.
.... left bottom cards and 25
Page Cox Radiator Co .... right top cards and Z
Craven E F Co. C Daniel Taxi Service. 147
Davis & Sons Sales Co.
40
Davis Starr Co.
.left top cards and
82
Dependable Machine Co Inc.
107
Dick & Kirkman .. left top cards, 78 and 125
Dick's Laundry Co ...... front cover and 100 Dillard Paper Co .... right top cards and 120 Dixie Fire Insurance Co of Greensboro N C .. 90
Dixie Multigraphing Service.
. right side lines and 111
Dixie Sales Co ..
. left side lines and
18
Dize Awning & Tent Co.
.right bottom cards and
22
Dockery Lumber Co
105
Doggett J A Realty & Insurance Co. left side lines and 134
Downs John O.
. back cover and
95
Duke Power Co.
back cover and 129
Ellis, Stone & Co.
56
El Moro Cigar Co.
32
Farrell's Camerat Shop Inc ..
.right bottom lines and 123
153
Fashion Shop ..
Felicia Studio of Dance.
Ferris Awning Co ..
right top lines and
54
21
Five Points Service Station. 19 Five Way Garage .. right bottom lines and 19 Five Way Service Station 19 Fleming-Shaw Transfer Co. 149
Forbis & Murray Funeral Home Inc ...
.right top lines and
66
Fox-Stotler Stores Inc.
.right top lines and
80
Frazier Piano Co Inc ..
124
Fry Fielding L & Co Inc .. top stencil and
85
Gate City Electric Co Inc ..
60
Gate City Motor Co Inc.
right top lines and 6
Gate City Paint Co.
118
Gate City Roofing Co Inc.
139
Gate City Savings & Loan Assn. . left side lines and 30 General Radio Service right bottom cards and 143
Gibbs Machine Co ..... left side lines and 108 Glenwood Cleaners 59
Gold Star Co ..... right bottom cards and 50 Good Luck Coal Co. . left side lines and 40
Goodrich B F. . . left side lines and 15 Grantham Hardware Co .. .right top lines and 77
Greensboro Auto Electric Co ..
.left top cards and 109
Greensboro Broom Co Inc ..
26
Greensboro Coca-Cola Bottling Co.
.right top lines and
24
Greensboro Memorial Co .. 108 Greensboro Motor Co.left side lines and 7 Greensboro Music Co Inc .... .right bottom cards and 111 Greensboro Mutual Insurance Agency .... . right top cards and 90 Greensboro News Co .. left side lines and 112 Greensboro Typewriter Exchange 150 Griffin J H & Sons 139 Groome Tire Co. 19
Guaranteed Waterproofing Co ... . left side lines, 27 and 46 Guaranty Loan Corp. right bottom cards and 136 Guilford Builders' Supply Co Inc .... . left bottom cards and 26
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Guilford Memorial Park. Page
left top cards and 30
Guilford Mortgage Co. .right top lines and 134
Guilford National Bank. .ribbon book mark and Y Guilford Piano Co.right bottom lines and 123 Guilford Salvage Co ... 2
H & H Clothing Co .. right side lines and 36 Haley Alvin T. 92 Hall Putnam Clothing Co Inc. 36
Ham Coal Co ..
. backbone, left side lines and
37
Ham Leon. 136 Hamlin Manufacturing Co .. .right bottom cards and 149
Hanes Funeral Home Inc. front cover, left top lines and 67
Harlem Cab.
148
Harrelson Sign Co.left bottom lines and 142 Hill G B Motor Co ... 15
Hobart-Dayton Sales Agency. 140
Hockett Frank Supply Co Inc. 127 Hodgin Roofing & Supply Co Inc. 139
Holden Recapping Co. 20
Home Federal Savings & Loan Assn.
. back cover and
29
Home Ice Co. .left bottom lines and 150
Home Security Life Insurance Co .... 93
Hospital Care Association Inc The-Dur- ham N C. right side lines and 91
Hubbard Pettee Masonry Co .... .left bottom cards and 28
Hunt Coal Co.
. left side lines and
40
Huntley-Stockton-Hill Co. 73
Hutton Frank R. 137
Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Co ..
front stencil and A
Johannesen Electric Co Inc. 60
Johnson Motor Co. 20
Jones Bros Bakery Inc.
Jones H Rogers Inc. .left top cards and 22 20
Jones-Lewis Furniture Co Inc. 73
Justice Dry Cleaning Co. 59
Kane George W ... . front cover and 42
Kearns Paint Co Inc.left side lines and 117 Kellett Harry D Inc ... left top lines and 5
Kester Furniture Co .. 73 Kirk's Sineath Motor Co. . left bottom cards and 16 Richardson's Auto Service .left top cards and 21
Koonts Kleaning Co Inc.
Lambeth Construction Co .. .left top lines and 47
Lassiter J Hal. 137 Launderette ........ left bottom cards and 102 Leonard Motor Co .. right top cards and Lewis F D & Son. right bottom lines and 47 Lewis & Stevens Inc. .. left side lines and 91 Lindley Nurseries Inc. 113
Litho Press The ...... left side lines and 127 Loman Floral Co ...... left side lines and 63 Loman Supply & Equipment Co Inc .. ... right top cards and 126
Lowman Motor Co .... left side lines and 9 Lynch Motors Inc .... right top cards and 8
M & J Finance Corp. . left side lines and 104 M & M Coal Co ...... right side lines and 39 Marietta Paint & Wallpaper Store .. 118 Martin Furniture & Carpet Co.
.left top cards and 70
Martin's Studio .. right bottom cards and 121 Marus Marble & Tile Co Inc. 108
Mason-Pettey Florists Inc .. 64 20 Master Service Station.left side lines and Matthews Grill. 138
65
Medearis J Iva
Mendenhall's Inc.right bottom lines and 27 Meritt Chemical Co Inc.left top lines and 31 Merrimon Insurance Agency Inc. .. right side lines and 92 Meyer's Department Store .. .left top lines and Miller Furniture Co Inc.left top lines and Mitchell J Elwood Co.left top lines and Montaldo's. . .. .. right top lines and 33
Montgomery Ward & Co 54
Page Moore & Turner. .right top lines and 135 Moore Wade Jewelry. 98 Morgan Appliance Co. 62
Morrison-Neese Furniture Co ..
Moss W S. .
.right bottom lines and
69
Mutual Insurance Agency.
93
left bottom lines and
73
Motor Finance Co of N C Inc ...
105
National Life Insurance Co.
. left bottom lines and 93
New Home Building Supply Co. .left top cards and 105 New Method Laundry .... back cover and 101 Newman Machine Co .. 106 North State Chevrolet Co Inc.
North State Insulation Co ..
.left side lines and
10
Odell Hardware Co. right top lines and 82
front cover, right top lines and 76
Oettinger Lumber Co Inc ... . . left bottom cards and 106
Office Supply Co .. left bottom lines and 113 Owen Harry R .... left bottom cards and 87 Page Kilby A. . 137 Patterson Bros Inc. 141
Peaslee-Gaulbert Paint & Varnish Co Inc right bottom cards and 119 Peebles Electric Co. 62
Pegram-West Inc.left bottom cards and 28 Pet Dairy Products Co.left side lines and 52 Phipps Hardware Co Inc .... .left top lines and 78
Pickard J B Repair Service
110
Pickett's Inc ...
131
Piedmont Hardware Co.
right side lines and 77
Piephoff Melvin Co.
146
Pitts J R Lumber Co.
106
Polk's Bankers Encyclopedia. 155
Pure Oil Co The.right bottom lines and 65
Puritan Cafe ..
138
R K Sign Co. 143
Redden Thomas Gresham Inc ...
.front cover and
88
Regal Jewelers.
98
Rhodes-Perdue Furniture Co Inc. left bottom lines and 72 Richardson Realty Inc. .right bottom lines and 133
right top lines and 58 Rierson Bros. .right side lines and 152 Riley's Motor Service right bottom cards and 17 Riser Printing Co Inc. .left bottom lines, 114 and 128 Robbins John Motor Co. 21 16 Roberts Chas D Co. .right bottom cards and 154
Roberts Wm A Studio The.
122
Rogers Paint Products Inc.
right bottom cards and 119 Royal Taxi. 148
Rustin Furniture Co Inc. 74
Salvation Army The. . right side lines and 153 Saslow's Inc .. . right top lines and 97 Schenck Paul W 93
Schiffman Jewelry Co.
right side lines and 96 Schiffman L D .... right bottom lines and 128 Scott Seed Co ... . left side lines and 141 Seawell Realty & Insurance Co. 137 Seburn's 97
Security National Bank.
Sedgefield Cleaners bottom stencil and 23
59
Serunian Sosik Rug Co.
.right bottom cards and 139 Sharpe & Smith Funeral Service.
Melvin Coal Co. .left side lines and 68
Sherwin-Williams Co. . left side lines and 118 Sills Robt A Co .... left bottom lines and 142 Slater C H Realty & Mortgage Corp .... 138 Smirs 111
Smith-Courtney
. front cover
insert at streets and left bottom lines
Smith-Douglass Co Inc.
62
71 86 Sonny Service Oil Co. 21
South Atlantic Bonded Warehouse Corp left side lines and 151
Mauldin Oil Co .... right bottom lines and McRae Taxi .. 148 146 40
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Page
Southern Dairies Inc.right top cards and 53 Southern Electric Service Co Inc ..
.left top lines and 107
Southern Mapping & Engineering Co ... 50
Southern Sales Inc .. left top cards, 17 and 79 Southside Hardware Co Inc.
.right side lines and 78
Spencer Support Shop .right bottom cards and 146
Staley Lumber Co .. 106
48
Stanley Electric Co.right side lines and Starr Electric Co Inc .. . front cover, left top lines and 61
Starr & Welker. 50
State Finance Corp .... left top cards and 103 Stewart Motor Co .... right top cards and 11 Stone Jos J & Co ..... right side lines and 114 Sullivan W H Co Inc. .front and
back lip margin, right side lines and 43 Sutton's Florists Inc. right side lines and Sykes Florists Co Inc ... 64 Tatum-Dalton Transfer Co.
63
right bottom lines and 151 Thompson-Arthur Construction Co Inc .. right bottom lines and 48 Traders Chevrolet Co Inc .. .right top lines and 12 Truitt Manufacturing Co .... . back cover, right top cards and x
Trull C G Distributing Co
.right bottom lines and 153 Tuck Photo Supplies Inc 121 Tucker-Jones Furniture Co. 74 Turner Sign Co The. .left bottom cards and 143
Turner's Transfer .... right top cards and 150 Vanstory Clothing Co .... back cover and 34 WBIG Radio Broadcasting Station .. .right side lines and 130 Wade's Dry Cleaning Co. 60 Weaver Buck & Sons.
Weaver W H. left bottom lines and .left top cards and 44 49 West Bros Co. 28 White David J. left top lines and 135 Wilder J W Transfer Co .. 150 Wilkerson-McFalls Drug Co Inc.
left bottom lines and 57 Wilkins J D Co .. right bottom lines and 145 Willard Insurance Agency 94 Wills Book & Stationery Co.
Wimbish Chas C ..
left top cards and 115
.front cover, right top cards and 89 Wright Sign Co. 143 Wyrick S T & Co .... right side lines and 115 Wysong & Miles Co ... ... right bottom cards and 107
Yellow Taxi Co Inc .. 147
Younts-DeBoe Co ..... .left top lines and 35
MORE GOODS
ARE BOUGHT AND SOLD THROUGH THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS LISTS
OF THE DIRECTORY THAN ANY OTHER MEDIUM ON EARTH
INTRODUCTION
HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., publishers of Southeastern Directories, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1947-48 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 professional concerns is included in pages 25 to 680, 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 156, 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 837 to 903, 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 117. 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 600 Directory Libraries installed in the chief cities of the U. S. and Canada by members of the Association of North American Directory Pub- lishers, 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 assur- ance that it will bring a commensur ate return.
HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., Publishers.
GREENSBORO
"The City of Charm"; "Pivot of the Piedmont"
(Courtesy Greensboro Chamber of Commerce)
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-18.15 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 504 acres.
Assessed Valuation - $103,777,560, with $1.42 new city and $1.62 old city, per $100 tax rate (1947). /
Bonded Debt-$6,346,996.90.
Financial Data-4 banks, with total deposits of $82,252,228.35 (June 30, 1947), and total resources of $87,- 738,321.09 (June 30, 1947). Clearings for 1946, $653,657,300. 2 savings and loan associations, with total assets of $19,184,562.14 (June 30, 1947).
Postal Receipts-$959,332.05 (calen- dar year 1946).
Telephones in Service-22,687.
Churches-121, representing 16 de- nominations.
Building and Construction-Value of building permits, $3,635,625 (1945).
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