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CITY DIRECTORY Vol. 1951-52 XXXVI
Including Bessemer Sanitary District, Guilford College, and Hamilton Lakes.
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; a Numerical Telephone Directory; also a
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION
Page
Adamson Cadillac-Olds Co right side lines and 4
Amos Insurance Agency left side lines and . .. .108 Anderson W I & Co left top cards and .. 159
Arnold Furniture Co. 95
Art Shop Inc The right bottom lines, 154 and .. 155
Atlantic Builders Supply Co Inc right side lines and 31
Atlantic Insulation Co Inc right side lines and 105 Bain Oil Co Inc right top cards and 90
Bainbridge-Dance Well Drillers left top
cards and .
57
Baker's Auto Service 3
Bank of Greensboro 26
Barnes H D Inc right bottom lines and 49
Beaman's Inc right side lines and 186
Beane Lumber Co left side lines and 135
Beauford L O left side lines and 64
Beck Motor Co right bottom lines and 3
Belk's Department Store left bottom lines and 69
Benner & Fields right side lines and 155
Berry Coal Co Inc ..
47
Berry's Used Auto Parts Co right side
lines and
22
Bessemer Improvement Co left bottom
lines and 164
Biltmore Dairy Farms
66
Binswanger & Co Inc front cover,
left top lines and
97
Blake Construction Co.
57
Blue Bell Inc right bottom cards and 148
Blue Bird Taxi of Greensboro Inc right side
lines and
182
Bonitz Insulation Co-The left-side lines and . 106
Bowman-Smith- Auto Upholstery-Shop left top cards and . 22
Brewer Paint & Wallpaper Co Inc left bottom :
cards and
.58
Brewer Scaffolding Co Inc
.174
Brogden-Harvell Bronze Foundry left bottom
cards and
88
Brooks Lumber Co.
.135
Brown-Hamel Mortgage Co Inc left bottom lines, 165 and Insert at name Brown's Funeral Directors 90 Bullard's Superette 98
Burns Used Cars left top lines and 5 Burtner Furniture Co 95
Butler Bros Construction Co right top lines and 58
Ca-Nee Specialties Co right side lines and 59 Greymount Kennels 127
Carlton Phil R Ine left bottom lines and
109
Carolina Sales & Engineering Co Inc right
side lines and
38
Carolina Steel & Iron Co Inc B Carolina Studios Inc 72
Cecil Contracting 64
Central Floor Gardens left side lines and 85 Central Oil Co right bottom lines and 89 Chair Rental Service right side lines and 41 Chandler Tire Co right side lines and 6 Chuckle Inn 172
Citizens Loan & Finance Corp left side lines and 131 City Lumber Co left side lines and 136 City Welding & Spring Service Co right side lines and 190
Clegg-King Motors Inc right side lines and 18 Clendenin Kemp C . 163
Coble Dairy Products Inc 66 Coble H L Construction Co. back cover, left bottom lines and 50 Coble Sporting Goods Inc right side
lines and .178
Coekman's D Plumbing & Heating Store right 158 top cards and
Collins W Stuart left side lines and 120
Comer Tree Co Ine right side lines and 186
Commercial Credit Corp 131 Cooper W A & Son Lumber Co right bottom lines and 136 Cornatzer & Mock left bottom. lines and 41 Cox Radiator Co 7 Craven E F Co C Crutchfield-Browning Drug Co left top cards and 72
D & W Auto Glass Shop left top cards and 98 Davis Starr Co Inc left bottom lines and 106 Davis Tire Co Inc right side lines, 80, 81 and. 184 Dick's Laundry Co front cover and 129 Dickson Transfer Co Inc 186
Diebold Inc right top lines and 144
Dillard Paper Co right top cards and 151 Dixie Sales Co Inc left side lines and 7
Dixon & Christopher Co Inc right side lines and 156
Dize Awning & Tent Co left side lines and 26
Downs John O back cover and 123 Duke Power Co back cover and 160 Ellis-Stone & Co . 70 72
Elm Street 'Pharmacy Inc right top cards and. . Emory N B left side lines and 172 Eubanks Upholstery Co 22
Evans Ray right top cards and Faires Trailer Co right top lines and Fashion Cleaners left side lines and 74
103 185
Ferree J S Sr 65
Ferree Motor & Equipment Co 22
Firestone Stores 18
Fleming-Shaw Transfer Co Inc left bottom lines and 185 Forbis & Murray Funeral Home Inc right top lines and 91
Franklin K C Co The right top cards and 180
Frazier Piano Co Inc right top lines and 154 Fry Fielding L & Co Ine top stencil and 110 84
Gate City Electric Co Inc 78
Gate City Hotel Gate City Motor Co Inc right top lines and. 103 8 Gate City Paint Co . 149 Gate City Roofing Co Inc 173
Gate City Savings & Loan Assn left side lines and 31
General Insulating Corp left side lines and 107 Gibbs Machine Co right side lines and 138
Greene Street Drug Co right top lines and. 72 19 26
Greensboro. Bonded . Warehouse Inc right top cards and
187
i.Greensboro Broadcasting Co Inc right top cards and 162
Greensboro Coca-Cola Bottling Co right top lines and 29
Greensboro Frozen Food Lockers Inc right top cards and
87 47
Greensboro Ice & Coal Co right side lines and. . Greensboro Laundry & Cleaners Inc x Greensboro Marble & Tile Co right top cards and 59 Greensboro Metal Awning Co Inc Insert at Name in Alphabetical
Greensboro Motor Co left side lines and. 9 Greensboro News Co left side lines and. 143
Griffin J H & Sons Roofing & Sheet Metal Works right side lines and 174 Griffin Roscoe Shoe Co Inc right top lines and. . 177 Groome Tire Co right top lines and 23 Gross Upholstering Co 96
Guaranteed Water Proofing Co The 35 and. 60
Guilford Builders Supply Co Inc left top lines
and 36
Guilford Memorial Park Inc left top cards and. 38
Guilford Mortgage Co
169
Guilford National Bank . Tabbed Insert at Name
H & H Clothing Co right side lines and .. 45 Hall-Putnam Clothing Co Ine right top lines and 45 Ham Coal Co backbone, left side lines and .... 46 Ham Leon M 169
Hanes Funeral Home Inc front cover, 92 and Insert at Name Hardin Oil Co right bottom lines and 88 Hardware Distributors Inc left bottom lines Henderson-Martin Ine left bottom cards and .. 60 and 99 Hertz Driv-Ur-Self System Inc 25 Hodge Emile Appliances Inc right bottom lines and 105
Hodgin Roofing & Supply Co Inc right side lines and 173 Holden Recapping Co right side lines and 23 Home Federal Savings & Loan Assn back cover and 30
Home Security Life Insurance Co 120 Home Specialty left side lines and 36
111 Hospital Care Assn Inc The left top lines and. Hotel Gate City 103
Hughey Tile Co left top lines and 61
Huntley I Clothing Co . 45
Industrial Welding Co right side lines and. 189 Ingram Motor Co right side lines and 19 Jamestown Insurance Agency 120
Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Co front stencil and A Jennings Plumbing Co left side lines and .. 157 Johannesen Electric Co Inc 75
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Fuller Floor Cleaning & Waxing Co
Greensboro Auto Parts Co Inc left side lines and , Greensboro Bag. Co
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Johnson G E right side lines and
Johnson Motor Co left side lines and
Jones-Lewis Furniture Co Inc The left side lines and
96 51
Kane George W front cover and
149
Kellett Harry D Inc left top lines and
King-Hunter Inc left side lines and
Kirk's Sineath Motor Co right bottom lines and Lakeview Memorial Park right bottom lines and Lambeth Construction Co left top lines and.
Lassiter J Hal
171 20 53
Lewis F D & Son Inc right bottom lines and .
Lindley Nurseries Inc
Lowdermilk R E & Son
Lowman Motor Co left side lines and
11
M & J Finance Corp left side lines and
Marsh's Five-Way Garage
Smith S C Plumbing & Heating Inc right top lines and . 157
Sonny Service Oil Co left side lines and 14
South Atlantic Bonded Warehouse Corp left side lines and 188
Southern Converting Co Inc 127
Southern Dairies Inc right top cards and 67 Southern Elevator Co 81 Southern Life Insurance Co 122
Southern Mapping & Engineering Co 82
Southern Mechanical Products Co right top lines and 141
Southern Paint Co left side lines and 63 Southern Sales Inc left top cards, 15 and. 104
Southern Waste Paper Co 152 Southern Waterproofing Co left side lines and. . 189 Southside Hardware Co Inc right side lines and 102 Spencer Support Shop right top cards and 182
Springfield's Flowers 87
Stamper Optical Co right bottom lines and . 147 Standard Roofing & Sheet Metal Co 174 Stanley Finance Inc right side lines and 133
Starr Electric Co Inc front cover, left top lines and 77
Starr & Welker 65
State Farm Insurance Co's right side lines and. 119 Stevens Insurance Inc left side lines and 116 Stewart Motors Inc right top cards and 16 Stone Joseph J & Co right side lines and 145
Strong Tire Service Inc left top cards and. 24
Sullivan W H Co Inc front and back lip mar gins, right side lines and 54 Sungas Service of Greensboro 28 Sutton's Florists Inc right side lines and . 86
Sykes Florists Co Inc 84
Talley Electric Co left bottom cards and 55
Tatum-Dalton Transfer Co right bottom lines and 188
Telephoning & Answering Service left bottom lines and 183 Thompson-Arthur Construction Co Inc right bot- tom lines and 56
17 Traders Chevrolet Co Inc right top lines and. . . Tri-State Construction Co left bottom lines and 35 Truitt Manufacturing Co back cover, right top cards and 181
Tucker-Jones Furniture Co Inc left side lines and 96
Underwood Insurance Agency front cover and. . 117
Patterson Electric Co left bottom lines and. 76
Union Labor Building Corp 128
Paul Revere Life Insurance Co 121
Peebles Electric Co left side lines and 79 Vanstory Clothing Co 43
Pegram-West Inc left top cards, 34 and 142, and Insert at name in Alpha.
Pennisi & Lowdermilk Inc 121
Phil's Tire & Battery Service 24
Phipps Hardware Co Inc left top lines and. 101
Pickett's Inc 78 Warren's Inc right side lines and 184
Piedmont Auction Co 3 Weaver Realty Co 171
Piedmont Employment Service
82
Pinnix Electric, Co 79 cards and 63
Pitts J R Lumber Co Inc
137 West Bros Co 37
White & Lewis Realtors left top lines and. 168
Wilkerson Rexall Drug Co Inc left bottom lines and 73
Wilkins J D Co right bottom lines and. 179 Willard J A Co 138
Wills-Jervis Book & Stationery Co 146
Regal Jewelers
127
Remco Supply Inc 141
Richardson Realty Inc right bottom lines, 115 and 167
Richardson's K-F Motor Co right side lines and 13 Rierson Bros left side lines and 191
Riser Printing Co Inc left bottom lines and. 158
Robbins John Motor Co Inc left side lines and . . 21
Roberson's Garage 24
75 23 Rollins & Baskin 163
Rustin Furniture Co Inc 95
St Benedict's Catholic Church 41
Saslow's Inc right top lines and 124
Schenck & Co left side lines and 121 125 176
Seawell Realty & Insurance Co
171
Seaside Grill 20
Seburn's left side lines and
126
Security National Bank bottom stencil and. Servicall Inc left top cards and
131 65
Shalamor Grill
172 150
Smith Coal Co . 47 Smith-Douglass Co Inc left top lines and 83
Martin C O & Sons left top cards and
Martin Furniture & Carpet Co left top cards and Martin & Robinson
24
Martin's Studio right bottom lines and 153
Marus Marble & Tile Co Inc
140
Matthews Lumber Co Inc
Mendenhall Lumber Co Inc right bottom lines and 32
Merrimon Insurance Agency Inc right side lines and 112
Meyer's Department Store left top lines and .. 71
Miller Furniture Co Inc left top lines and. 96
Mitchell J Elwood Co left top lines and. 113
Mock Judson Voehringer Co of N C Inc right top cards and
103 74
Modern Cleaners left side lines and
Modern Home Builders Supply Co Inc right bottom lines, 33 and
134
Montaldo's right top lines and 42
Montgomery Ward & Co .
68
Moore & Turner right top lines and 166
Morrison-Neese Furniture Co left bottom lines and 94
Motor Finance Co of N C Inc 133
Murray Arthur School of Dancing right side lines and 68
Murray's Wood Works left bottom lines and . 39
National Cash Register Co The left top cards and 28
National Life Insurance Co 120
New Home Building Supply Co left top cards and
37 130 New Method Laundry back cover and
North Carolina Equipment Co left side lines and
139
North State Chevrolet Co Inc left side lines and
12
North State Pyrophyllite Co Inc right top cards and 84 62
Oakmont Inc right side lines and
Odell Hardware Co front cover, right top lines and 100
Office Supply Co left bottom lines and 2
Ord Sales & Service 79
Ord Tire Co . 25
Owen Construction Co Inc left top cards and .. 65 Tuck Photo Supplies Inc 154
Owen Harry R Insurance Agency left bottom lines and 107
Patterson Bros Inc right side lines and 175
United Taxi 183
Vestal's Flower Shop right side lines and 87 WBIG' Radio Broadcasting Station 161
WFMY-FM Radio & T-V Stations left top cards and 162
Wade's.Dry Cleaning Co left side line's and. 74
Weaver W H Construction Co Inc left top
Pittsburg Plate Glass Co right top lines and. 98
Provident Mutual Life Insurance Co left side lines and- 121 Ready- Mixed Concrete Co back cover, right side lines and 48
Redden Thomas Gresham Inc 114
Wimbish Insurance Agency Inc front cover and. 118
Winkelman D W Carolina Co right side lines and Wood L Lumber Co 137
64
Woodmen of the World left bottom lines and .. 119 Wray Plumbing & Heating Co Inc 66 Wyrick S T & Co right side lines and. 146 Wysong & Miles Co right side lines and. 140
Yellow Taxi Co Inc 183
Younts-DeBoe Co left top lines and 44
27
Lawndale Garage & Body Works
10 61
Schiffman Jewelry Co right side lines and Scott Seed Co left side lines and
20
40
52
Shafter Construction Co
144 170 21 Sherwin-Williams Co right bottom lines and Sills Robt A Co Inc left side lines and. . 177
Lynch Corry Motors left top lines and
132 23 62 93
137
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Roberts Chas D Co right bottom cards and. 192
Kearns Paint Co Inc left side lines and .
INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX
HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., publishers of Southeastern Directories, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1951 edition of the Greensboro City Directory, which also includes Bessemer Sanitary District, Guilford College and Hamilton Lakes. A new feature, the Numerical Telephone Directory, marks this edition.
Confidence in the continued growth of Greensboro's industry, population 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 estimation of the public, has been established by rendering the best in Directory service. With an unrivaled organization, and having had the courteous and hearty co- operation of the business and professional men and residents, 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 community.
Five Major Departments
The five major departments are arranged in the following order :-
THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and business and professional concerns is the first major department, printed 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, the second major department, printed on goldenrod paper, contains the advertisements of leading manufacturing, business and pro- fessional interests of Greensboro and vicinity. The advertisements are indexed under headings descriptive of the business represented. This is reference adver- tising at its best, and merits a survey by all buyers eager to familiarize them- selves with sources of supply. In a large commercial and industrial center like Greensboro, the necessity of having this kind of information immediately avail- able, is obvious. General appreciation of this fact is evidenced by the many reference users of this City Directory service.
THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is the third major department, printed on yellow paper. This department lists the names of all business and professional concerns in alphabetical order under appropriate headings. This feature constitutes an invaluable and indispensable catalog of the numerous interests of the community. The Directory is the common intermediary between buyer and seller. As such it plays an important part in the daily activities of the commercial and professional world. More buyers and sellers meet through the Classified Business Directory than through any other medium.
THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVE- NUE GUIDE, on pink paper, is the fourth major department. In this section the numbered streets are arranged in numerical order, followed by the named streets in alphabetical 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.
THE NUMERICAL TELEPHONE DIRECTORY, a new feature, on blue paper, is the fifth major department.
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Community Publicity
The Directory reflects the achievements and ambitions of the community, 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 available for free public reference, and serve as perpetual and reliable advertisements of Greens- boro and vicinity.
The Greensboro Directory Library
Through the courtesy of the publishers of the Greensboro City Directory, 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 600 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 pro- gressive 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.
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GREENSBORO
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT DISTRIBUTION CENTERS IN THE SOUTH
(Courtesy Greensboro Chamber of Commerce)
Monument to Gen. Nathanael Greene, Hero of the Battle of Guilford Court House
Statistical Review
Form of Government - Council-city manager.
Population - City proper, 74,389; urban area, approximately 100,000, and Greensboro-High Point metropolitan district, 191,057 (1950 U. S. Census preliminary report). American-born, 99.8%.
Area- 18.7 "square miles ... ...
Altitude-839 feet above sea level.
Climate-Mean annual temperature, 56.9 degrees F .; average annual rainfall, 45.65 inches; days of clear sunshine an- nually, 136; humidity, 53.185.
Parks-29, with total of 560 acres.
Assessed Valuation - $146,438,598 with $1.57 new city and $1.67 old city, per $100 tax rate (1950).
Bonded Debt-$6,308,163.87.
Financial Data-4 banks, with total deposits of $118,811,822.46 (Dec. 31, 1950), and total resources of $125,669,- 187.53 (Dec. 31, 1950). Clearings for 1950, $1,072,987,286. 2 savings and loan associations, with total assets of $28,- 405;008:18 (Dec. 31, ~1950) ...
Postal Receipts -- $2,252,482.53 (Calen- dar year 1950).
Telephones in Service-36,352.
Churches-130, representing 16 de- nominations.
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Building and Construction-Value of building permits, $17,465,305 (1950).
Real Estate - 21,000 homes, with about 40% owned by occupants.
Trade Area-Retail and wholesale area has radius of 50 miles, and popu- lation of approximately 1,500,000.
Newspapers-2 dailies, 1 Sunday and 3 weeklies.
Radio Stations-4: WBIG, WGBG, WCOG and WFMY-TV.
Railroads-Southern.
Highways-U. S. 29, 70, 220 and 421. Also a network hard-surfaced State highways.
Airports-Greensboro-High Point Air- port nearby. Served by Eastern Air Lines, Capital Air Lines and Piedmont Airlines, with 32 planes daily.
Auto Registrations-17,708.
Amusements-Largest auditorium in city seats 2,700 persons. 9 moving-pic- ture theatres, with total seating capacity of 7,000 persons. 4 drive-ins. 1 legitimate theatre, with seating capacity of 1,400 persons. 5 golf courses.
Hospitals-6, with total of 501 beds. The multi-million-dollar Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital is now under con- struction and will contain 300 beds.
Education - Institutions of higher
learning include Woman's College of University of North Carolina, Greens- boro College, Bennett College (c), Agri- cultural & Technical College of North Carolina (c), and Immanuel Lutheran College (c). 25 public schools, including 3 senior high and 7 junior high. 2 parochial schools. Number of pupils in public schools, 13,451; in parochial, 162. Number of teachers in public schools, 475; in parochial, 9. Value of public school property, $7,500,000; parochial, about $85,000; college, $25,081,471. 9 institutions of higher education in coun- ty, with approximately 8,400 students. 31 urban public schools.
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