USA > North Carolina > Gaston County > Belmont > Hill's Belmont, Cramerton, Mount Holly and Stanley (Gaston County, N.C.) City Directory [1963] > Part 1
USA > North Carolina > Gaston County > Cramerton > Hill's Belmont, Cramerton, Mount Holly and Stanley (Gaston County, N.C.) City Directory [1963] > Part 1
USA > North Carolina > Gaston County > Mount Holly > Hill's Belmont, Cramerton, Mount Holly and Stanley (Gaston County, N.C.) City Directory [1963] > Part 1
USA > North Carolina > Gaston County > Stanley > Hill's Belmont, Cramerton, Mount Holly and Stanley (Gaston County, N.C.) City Directory [1963] > Part 1
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org.
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49 | Part 50 | Part 51 | Part 52 | Part 53 | Part 54 | Part 55 | Part 56 | Part 57 | Part 58 | Part 59 | Part 60 | Part 61 | Part 62 | Part 63 | Part 64 | Part 65 | Part 66 | Part 67 | Part 68 | Part 69 | Part 70 | Part 71 | Part 72 | Part 73 | Part 74 | Part 75
dON THE BANK OF BELMONT abpnuly
B. & S. MACHINE COMPANY, Inc.
Precision Manufacturers of Woolen and Worsted Parts For Carding, Spinning, Pin Drafters, Combs, H.M.G. Machines
Phone 865-5056
2420 N. Chester Street
Gastonia, N. C. P. O. Box 2625
Watkins Pharmacy, Inc.
Prescriptions
"WE CARE FOR YOU"
132 N. MAIN BELMONT, N. C.
Located One Block North of Post Office
TELS. TAImadge 5-5966 Night TAImadge 5-8277
Fite Furniture Company
"Let Us Solve Your Home Problems"
WIS
FURNITURE FLOOR COVERING
Electrical Appliances
ARMST A
OLEUM
119 ACME RD. NORTH BELMONT
PHONE VAndyke 7-2252
Acme Petroleum & Fuel Co., Inc.
APFCO
FOREST C. ROBERTS, PRES. Jobbers : Shell Products COUNTY WIDE DELIVERY
SHELL
GASTONIA, N. C.
901 S. MARIETTA
UNiversity 7-7281
THE GASTONIA GAZETTE
"The Piedmont's Growing Newspaper" ABC Circulation 22,931 - 97% Home Delivered Full Associated Press Wire Service
228-32 W. Airline Av.
Gastonia, N. C.
Tel. 864-3293
26-28 N. MAIN
BELK-MATTHEWS
BELMONT, N. C.
"We Clothe the Family from Head to Foot-with Quality Merchandise"
COMPANY
PHONE TAImadge 5-8534
BRADLEY FLYER & REPAIR CO. RAYFIELD AND STEWART, INC. Office and Plant 1314 W. 2nd Av., P. O. Box 2488 Tels. UNiversity 4-1690 and UNiversity 5-1692 ..
Gastonia, N. C.
THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA
ILIATETAS
THE COLLECTION OF NORTH CAROLINIANA PRESENTED BY
Greensboro Chamber of Commerce
STONIA ITED OIL INC.
HOYLE T. EFIRD, President
C971.36 B45h 1963
AMERICAN
Mercerized Cotton Yarns-Textiles-Cotton Goods-Dyed Goods LINESTOWE DRIVE-BELMONT, N. C .-
ABERFOYLE MANUFA
AMERI
PROMPT N
This book must not be taken from the Library building.
GASOLINE
Office 2766 E. Oza P. O. Box 821, Gas
A
B
BELMONT ABBEY COLLEGE
BELMONT, NORTH CAROLINA
A fully accredited liberal arts College for men granting the degree of bachelor of arts and bachelor of science.
MAJORS
MINORS
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
BIOLOGY
CHEMISTRY
EDUCATION
MATHEMATICS
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
PHILOSOPHY SOCIOLOGY
PRE-PROFESSIONAL CURRICULA
Belmont Abbey College offers, at low cost, to both non- Catholic and Catholic students a four-year, integrated edu- cation program with particular emphasis on the mental, moral and physical development of the individual in a Christian Atmosphere.
Coordinated Engineering Program With N. C. State and Notre Dame
For Tuition Fees and Boarding Rates, Write To
Office of the Registrar, Belmont Abbey College, Belmont, N. C. Belmont-Mount Holly Rd.
Tel. TAImadge 5-2693
BELMONT, CRAMERTON, MOUNT HOLLY and STANLEY CITY DIRECTORY
W. D.
L
&
Co.
....
......
-
1 100
TES. 167-7242 864-5451
......
12111-1
PRE-MED CHEMISTRY ENGLISH
HISTORY
c
SACRED HEART JUNIOR COLLEGE
Conducted by The Sisters of Mercy
BELMONT, N. C.
Offers Two years of the Arts and Science or prepares the student for further college work leading to:
Technical Courses in Nursing
Laboratory Technician
Laboratory Technique Nurse
Business Administration
Research Analyst
Home Economics
Wife and Mother
Medical Secretarial
Civic Leader
Writer in Communication Arts Teacher
Translator and Interpreter
Musician
Commercial or Fine Artist
ASSOCIATE IN ARTS ASSOCIATE IN SCIENCE ASSOCIATE IN APPLIED SCIENCE
Accredited by The North Carolina State Board of Education The Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Member of The North Carolina College Conference SACRED HEART ACADEMY BELMONT, N. C. A Standard 4-Year High School
-
Accredited by The Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools The North Carolina State Board of Education
Boarders fram the Eastern Seabaard and faurteen fareign countries. Day students fram Belmont, Gastania, Kings Mountain, Cherryville, Charlatte and vicinities.
HILL DIRECTORY COMPANY'S
K
HILL'S BELMONT
CRAMERTON, MOUNT HOLLY AND STANLEY (GASTON COUNTY, N. C.) CITY DIRECTORY 1963
Including Alba Town, Browntown, Catawba Heights, McAdenville, North Belmont and Springwood Containing an Alphabetical Directory of Business Concerns and Private Citizens, Including Rural Route Residents, a Directory of Householders, Occupants of Office Buildings and Other Business Places, Including a Complete Street and Avenue Guide, a Numerical Telephone Directory and Much Information of a Miscellaneous Character; also a
BUYERS' GUIDE and a Complete CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY
FOR CONTENTS SEE INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX PRICE $35.00
NORTH
PUBLICO
ASSOCIAI
AV P
1891
HILL DIRECTORY COMPANY, Publishers
2910 W. Clay St., P. O. Box 6874, Richmond 30, Va. DIRECTORY LIBRARY FOR FREE USE OF PUBLIC AT BELMONT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, 300 BANK BLDG., 32 N. MAIN Member Association of North American Directory Publishers
Copyright, 1963, by Hill Directory Company
aNa
DP 1898
Excernt from Section 104, Title 17 United States Code Annotated
WILLFUL INFRINGEMENT FOR PROFIT .- Any person who willfully and for profit shall infringe any copyright secured by this title, or who shall knowingly and will- fully aid or abet such infringement, shall be deemed guilty of a misde- meanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment for not exceeding one year or by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000, or both, in the dis- cretion of the court.
PUBLISHERS NOTE
The information in this Direc- tory is gathered by an actual canvass and is compiled in a way to insure maximum accuracy.
The publishers cannot and do not guarantee the correctness 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 re- quest the bringing to their attention of any inaccuracy so that it may be corrected in the next edition of the directory.
Hill Directory Company, Publishers
*Association of North American Directory Publishers
INTRODUCTION AND
GENERAL INDEX
HILL DIRECTORY COMPANY, publishers of Southeast- ern Directories (publishers of the Belmont City Directory since 1941), present to subscribers and the general public, this the 1963 edition of the Belmont, Cramerton, Mount Holly and Stanley City Directory, which also includes Alba Town, Brown- town, Catawba Heights, McAdenville, North Belmont, Spring- wood and Rural Route Residents.
Confidence in the growth of Belmont, Cramerton, Mount Holly and Stanley's industry, population and wealth, and in the advancement of their civic and social activities, will be maintained as sections of this Directory are consulted, for the Directory is a mirror truly reflecting Belmont, Cramerton, Mount Holly and Stanley to the world.
The enviable position occupied by HILL'S Directories in the estimation of the public, has been established by render- ing the best in Directory service. With an unrivaled organiza- tion, and having had the courteous and hearty cooperation of the business and professional men and residents, the publish- ers feel that the result of their labors will meet with the ap- proval of every user, and that the Belmont, Cramerton, Mount Holly and Stanley Directory will fulfill its mission as a source of authentic information pertaining to the communities.
Five Major Departments
The five major departments are arranged in the following order: -
I. THE BUYERS' GUIDE constitutes the first major de- partment, printed on goldenrod paper, and contains the ad- vertisements of leading manufacturing, business and profes- sional interests of Belmont, Cramerton, Mount Holly and Stan- ley. The advertisements are indexed under headings descrip- tive of the business represented. This is reference advertising at its best, and merits a survey by all buyers eager to famili- arize themselves with sources of supply. In progressive com- munities like Belmont, Cramerton, Mount Holly and Stanley, the necessity of having this kind of information immediately available, is obvious. General appreciation of this fact is evi- denced by the many reference users of this City Directory service.
II. THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is the sec- ond major department, printed on canary paper. This depart- ment 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 communities. The Directory is the common intermediary between buyer and seller. As such, it plays an important part in the daily activities of the commer-
-
.
177366
xiii
INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX
cial, industrial and professional world. More buyers and sellers meet through the Classified Business Directory than through any other medium.
III. THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and business and professional concerns, is the third major de- partment, printed on white paper. This is the only record in existence that aims to show the name, marital status, occu- pation and address of each adult resident of Belmont, Cramer- ton, Mount Holly and Stanley, and the name, official person- nel, nature and address of each firm and corporation in the communities.
IV. THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUD- ING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, is the fourth major de- partment, printed on green paper. In this section the num- bered 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 respec- tive crossing points on each street. Special features of this sec- tion are the designation of tenant-owned homes and the listing of telephone numbers.
V. THE NUMERICAL TELEPHONE DIRECTORY is the fifth major department, printed on blue paper.
Community Publicity
The Directory reflects the achievements and ambitions of the communities, depicting in unbiased terms what they have 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 Belmont, Cram- erton, Mount Holly, Stanley and vicinity.
The Out-Of-Town City Directory Library
Through the courtesy of the publishers of the Belmont, Cramerton, Mount Holly and Stanley Directory, a Directory Library is maintained in the offices of the Belmont Chamber of Commerce, for free reference by the general public. This is one of more than 1,000 Directory Libraries, installed in cities and towns throughout the U. S., Canada and Puerto Rico by members of the Association of North American Direc- tory Publishers, under whose supervision the system is oper- ated.
The publishers appreciatively acknowledge the recogni- tion 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 COMPANY, Publishers.
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION
Aberfoyle Manufacturing Co Page
front lip margin, right side lines and 104 Acme Petroleum & Fuel Co Inc front cover, right top and side lines, 48, 49 and 61 Alexander Hardware right top lines and 4
Archer "Fix-Um" Shop right center lines and 9
Austin's Body Shop
B & S Machine Co Inc
front cover, left top lines and 95
Bailey's Stonewall Motel left side lines and 76
Bank of Belmont The
front cover, left and right side lines, 14 and 15 Barlowe Painting Co Insert at name in Alphabetical Section and 82
Belk-Matthews Co front cover, right top lines, 27 and 35
Belmont Abbey College right top lines, B and 91 Belmont Automotive Distributors
right bottom lines and 111
Belmont Chamber of Commerce left side lines and 24
Belmont Cleaners Inc. back cover and 26
Belmont Motel. right center lines and 75
Bishop's Motel right center lines and
Boulevard Motel right side lines and
76
Boulevard Super Market. right center lines and
62
Bradley Flyer & Repair Co front cover, left top lines and 102
Brookshire's Radio & TV.
Brown's Furniture Co Inc. left side lines and 55
Carolina Sales Co left side lines and
'20
Carothers Funeral Home
back cover, left side lines, 3 and 53
Carter A B Inc. Christian Oil Corp right bottom lines and 68
Citizens National Bank The
back cover, right side lines, 16 and 73
City Supply Co
left side lines and 22
City Wrecker Service & Garage right side lines and 12
Cloninger's Auto Parts. right side lines and 11
Cobb Trucking Co left center lines and 112
Cocker Machinery & Foundry Co. left bottom lines and 97
Cox's Fish Fry. right bottom lines and 88 Craig Realty & Development Co
right side lines and 85 34
Credit Bureau of Belmont
Crossroads Cafc. left top lines and 88
Dixon Block Co Inc. right center lines and 30
Dixon-Bradsher Tire Co left side lines and 108
Dixon Motor Co .. right center lines and 5
Dixon Properties Inc.
right side lines and
86
Downtown Snack Bar
89
Duke Power Co
Z
Elmore Insurance & Realty Co
back cover, right top lines and 87
76
Brooks House The. left center lines and 38 84
left top lines and 96
9
x
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
Page
Evergreens The right center lines and 37
Featherstone's Service Station left side lines and 6 Finger Brothers Inc left bottom lines
First State Bank & Trust Co
backbone, right side lines and 17
First Union National Bank .left side lines and 18 Fite & Bumgardner Funeral Home Inc
bottom stencil and 54
Fite Furniture Co front cover, left side lines and 56
Ford W R Hardware right top lines and 64
Fowler H L Insurance Agency right side lines and 70 Gaston County Dyeing Machine Co. .left side lines and 98 44
Gaston Electric Co Inc left center lines and
Gaston Electric Contractors Inc. left center lines and 44 46 Gastonia Floor Sanding & Tile Co
Gastonia United Oil Co Inc
back cover, right top lines, A and 50 Gazette Publishing Co Inc ...... front cover, left side lines and 79
Goodwill Exterminating & Insulating Co Inc left bottom lines and 45 25 7
Grier Cleaners & Laundry Inc.
Groner's Texaco Service left side lines and
Haney Oil Co. left bottom lines and
Hill Directory Company
Holland Drug Co
left side lines and
Holly Hill Corporation right bottom lines and
Hoover Frank P Burner Service. left bottom lines and
67
Jenkins Metal Shops Inc. left center lines and 106
Lakewood Motor Sales & Service right side lines and
Lee W D & Co back lip margin, left bottom lines and
Liberty Loan Corp of Belmont left top lines and
Loftin Richard L. right center lines and
Long Jim Inc. right center lines and
Long Spindle & Machinery Co left center lines and 102
M & M Auto Parts & Service
Mabe's Upholstering Shop
Mann LeRoy left center lines and 65 69 Massey Hardware Co right bottom lines, 63 and McCall Brothers Pump and Well Company
right side lines and 113 right side lines and 78
Melody Musicland
Mickey's Beauty Shop
19
Mitcham Harley & Co
right bottom lines and 93 47
Montbell Ice & Fuel Co. left top lines and 77
Mount Holly-City of left and right bottom lines and
Mt Holly Funeral Home back cover, left side lines, 3 and 53
Mount Pleasant Baptist Church right side lines and 24 Mutual Building & Savings Association
Nelle's
right bottom lines and backbone, left side lines and 90 28 8 21
Neely Chevrolet Inc.
Norris Engineering Co
left side lines and 21
Norris Supply & Machine Co
Piedmont Machine Shop Inc. right side lines and 100
Pure Oil Co The ... front stencil, right side lines and 51
R & B Seafood Restaurant .. right side lines and 89 Rainbow Paint Store Y
left bottom lines and 10 112
X 99 74 31 66
52 39 43 34
xi
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
Page
Rankin-Armstrong Co Inc. left top lines and 57
Rankin L S & Sons Inc left bottom lines and 52
Rawlings-Lyda Co Inc. left bottom lines and 60
Rayfield & Stewart Inc. front cover, left top lines and 103
Roberts Trailers 109 107 Ropat Textile Wood Products.
Rhyne A Leonard Co. left bottom lines and 81
Rhyne & Simmons Owners Jenkins Reneedling Co Inc ribbon bookmark, right bottom lines and 101
Riverbend Township Merchants Assn Inc
Roach Plating Co right bottom lines and 29
left center lines and 83
Robinson's Drug Store left top lines and 41
Rudisill Brothers Co Inc.
66 Sacred Heart Junior College
Seth Builders Supply Inc
top stencil, left side lines, 23, 32, 67 and 74
Shepherd's Jewelry back cover, left top lines and 72
Sherrill Manufacturing Co Inc. left bottom lines and 105 Spencer's Inc. right bottom lines and 80
Sterchi Bros Stores Inc. right top lines and
58 36
Stowe Mercantile Co
Summerrow Furniture Co. left bottom lines and
Thermo Control Service Inc.
Thrower's Auto Sales right center lines and
Untz Dry Cleaners left bottom lines and 43
W C G C Central Broadcasting Co ...... right side lines and 2
Walls Howard F back cover, right top lines and 33
Watkins Pharmacy Inc ....... front cover, left top lines and
Watson Insurance Agency Inc.
42 71
What-A-Burger Drive-In, left side lines and 40
What-A-Towel Drive-In. left side lines and
40
Wilson Printing Co right side lines and 84
Wilson & Satterfield
62
Wilson Transfer Co Inc.
right bottom lines and 110
94 2 10
59 Textile Parts & Machine Co Inc. back cover and
right bottom lines, C and 92
MORE GOODS ARE BOUGHT AND SOLD THROUGH THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS LISTS OF THE DIRECTORY THAN ANY OTHER MEDIUM ·ON EARTH
BELMONT
(Courtesy Belmont Chamber of Commerce)
Statistical Review
FORM OF GOVERNMENT-Aldermanic (City), Mayor and five Commissioners elected at large.
POPULATION-1960 U. S. Census, 5,007 Greater Belmont, 15,021
AREA-1.7 square miles.
ALTITUDE-676.5 feet above sea level.
CLIMATE-Mean annual temperature, 60 degrees F .; aver- age annual rainfall, 50 inches.
RECREATION-7 parks with total of thirty (30) acres. Ath- letic stadium seats 4,000.
ASSESSED VALUATION-$15,000,000.
BONDED DEBT-$280,000.
FINANCIAL FACTS-June 30, 1962, 1 bank with total re- sources of $14,000,000; 1 building and loan association with assets of $9,900,000.
POSTAL RECEIPTS-$120,020.02 (Fiscal year ending June 30, 1962).
TELEPHONES IN SERVICE-4,500.
CHURCHES-45, representing all denominations.
INDUSTRY-Chief industry is the manufacture of textiles and both men's and women's hosiery. 30 plants, employing 6,- 500 workers, paying wages of more than $15,000,000.00 annually.
TRADE AREA-Radius of 3 miles with 18,000 population.
NEWSPAPERS-Belmont has one weekly newspaper, and is served by a number of daily papers.
MOTELS-Several modern motels are located in or near Bel- mont.
RADIO STATIONS-Radio Station WCGC, operating on 1,000 watts, serves Mt. Holly, Cramerton and Belmont.
RAILROADS-Southern Railway and Piedmont and Northern serve Belmont.
HIGHWAYS-U. S. 29 and 74; State 7 and 273 and Interstate 85.
AIRPORTS-3 near by.
AMUSEMENTS-Largest Auditorium (High School) 1,000 capacity. 3 moving picture theatres, 6 golf courses in vicinity.
-
<000
Minnie Stowe Puett Memorial
1
Library Erected June, 1960
xvi
INTRODUCTION
EDUCATION-Belmont Abbey College-a four year college for men; Sacred Heart Academy, a Junior College for Women; are located here. 9 public schools, including 2 high schools and 2 parochial schools. Number of students in public schools, 3,570; number of teachers in public schools 135; number in parochial 54. Value of public school property, $1,500,000; parochial $50,000; colleges $2,000,000; North Carolina Vocational School with 300 students and 10 teachers, valued at $500,000.
PUBLIC LIBRARIES-1, with 6,500 volumes, access to Cen- tral Library with 103,874 volumes.
CITY STATISTICS-Street mileage 20, with 18 miles paved and 2 miles secondary streets; miles of sewers, 26; num- ber of water meters, 1,250; light meters, 3,500. Daily capacity of water works, 5,000,000 gallons; daily average pumpage, 1,500,000 gallons; miles of mains, 22. Fire de- partment has 3 full time firemen and 20 volunteers; two modern fire trucks, hose and apparatus value at $30,000. Police department has ten men operating from one sta- tion.
General Review
Belmont is located in what is known as the South Point section of Gaston County. This section is formed by the junc- tion of the South Fork River with the Catawba River. Belmont is the second largest town in Gaston County. Two hundred years ago this section was inhabited by thousands of the tribe of Catawba Indians, and it is from this tribe that the river which divides Mecklenburg and Gaston counties gets its name.
No section of Gaston County is richer in history than this section, in which Belmont is located. During the War of the Revolution, Major Wm. Chronicle, from this section, together with many from South Point, fought in the battle of Kings Mountain and in other important engagements of the war.
Many from this section, with family names now prom- inent in Gaston County, served in the Civil War. The same was true in the Spanish-American War of 1898 and the World War of 1917 and 1918, and of those who served in World War 2 and the Korean War.
An example of the rich history of this section is the monu- ment, near Belmont, erected on what is alleged to be the spot where Nancy Hanks, mother of Abraham Lincoln, lived with her uncle, Dicky Hanks, during her girlhood, before marrying Thomas Lincoln and moving to Kentucky. The monument is of granite, and stands in South Point Township of Gaston County, a mile from Belmont, on the farm formerly owned by the late C. T. Stowe. It was erected by descendants of Mr. Stowe.
The Southern Railway built its road through this section in the early 1870's, and this hitherto agricultural section soon became a trading center of much importance. In 1878, leaders of the Order of St. Benedict, with Leo Haid as director found- ed a monastery here, which is known as the Belmont Abbey, and about that time this trading center was named "Garibal- di." In 1895, by an act of the General Assembly of North Caro- lina, Belmont became an incorporated town with a population of approximately 100.
xvii
INTRODUCTION
Aerial View of Belmont
During the 67 years that have come and gone since then, the town has grown rapidly. In 1900 the population of Belmont was 145; in 1910, 1,176; in 1920, 2,941; in 1930, 4,121 and in 1940, 4,356; in 1950, 5,330. Census of 1960, gave the town a popula- tion of 5,007.
This community, known as "Greater Belmont," has a population of 15,021.
Belmont is primarily a manufacturing town. In its trade territory there are 30 manufacturing establishments, em- ploying 6,500 men and women and having a payroll in excess of $15,000,000 annually. The majority of these plants are spin- ning mills. Others include a dye plant, a processing and fin- ishing plant, a silk-throwing plant for the manufacture of men's hosiery, two plants manufacturing full-fashioned hosie- ry, a box factory, a lumber company and several knitting mills.
-
xviii
INTRODUCTION
View of North Main Street
The products of most of these manufacturing corporations are sold in every country in the world.
Belmont has an aldermanic form of government, with a mayor and five aldermen elected at large. Its finances are in excellent condition, the town having taxable property amount- ing to $15,000,000 and with a tax rate of only $1.05 per $100.
Belmont has all the conveniences found in the larger cities. It has twenty-six miles of sewer line. It has 18 miles of paved streets completed. It has 2 miles of secondary streets; over ten miles of concrete sidewalks; a modern water system; ad- equate departmental equipment, including 2 modern fire trucks, tractors, trucks and other accessories; a community house and recreational center; a modern athletic field, includ- ing parks, tennis courts, football field, baseball field, and a stadium with a seating capacity of 4,000, representing an ex- penditure of more than $2,000,000 in permanent capital assets of the city.
Belmont is especially proud of its school system, consist- ing of nine buildings. The magnificent new high school build- ing, occupied for the first time, in the fall of 1940, cost more than $200,000. The system employs 142 teachers and has a total enrollment of 4,222 students. Four years ago Belmont citizens voted a supplementary tax for the operation of the nine- month term.
Numerous championship athletic teams and dramatic and forensic groups have been produced at Belmont High School and at Belmont Abbey. Two years after Belmont High School's band was organized, it won the national championship in its class at a national tournament in Richmond, Va., in the spring of 1941.
xix
INTRODUCTION
Belmont High School Band
While speaking of schools, it must not be overlooked that Belmont is a college town. For here are situated Belmont Ab- bey College and the Sacred Heart Academy and College for Women. Belmont Abbey is the oldest Catholic institution of learning in the South Atlantic states. It draws its students from throughout the North and the Atlantic Seaboard and from a number of foreign countries. An increasingly large number of students from Belmont and Gaston County attend this institution.
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.