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MIELVILLE DAIRY Grade "A" Dairy Products
Telephone 1600
The Hood System Industrial Bank
The Friendly Bank
Savings Accounts
310 S. SPRING
THE HOOD WEEKLY LOA SYSTEM
Industrial Loans
TEL. 61
Member F. D. I. C.
Cobb Motor Company Complete One Stop Service Station
Wrecking Service and General Repairs Specializing in Frame, Axle and Wheel Service
Expert Body and Fender Repairing PHONES 128 - 729 CHURCH and DAVIS
RICH & THOMPSON FUNERAL SERVICE
Mortuary and Chapel - Church St. and Glenwood Ave. AMBULANCE SERVICE Telephone :1076
CHAS. V. SHARPE, Inc.
GENERAL INSURANCE
Bonds - Real Estate - Rentals
PHONES 382 - 383 457 S. MAIN ST.
COAL
Armette Coal Co., Inc. -- Quality Coal "Dependable Service": Phone 202
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(1946) HILL DIRECTORY CO.'S
HILL'S BURLINGTON
(ALAMANCE COUNTY, N. C.) CITY DIRECTORY Vol. 1946 VI
Including Graham, Haw River and Elon College
Containing an Alphabetical Directory of Business Concerns and Private Citizens, a Directory of Householders, Occupants of Office Buildings and Other Business Places, Including a Complete Street and Avenue Guide; also a
BUYERS' GUIDE and a Complete
Classified Business Directory
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GENERAL INDEX
Page
Abbreviations
28
Alphabetical List of Names.
29
Apartment Buildings 530
Associations and Clubs-Commercial. 531
Banks and Trust Companies.
536
Buildings-Office and Public. 540
541
Buyers' Guide preceding Classified
Cemeteries 542
Chamber of Commerce. 85
Churches 543
City Government. 86
Classified Business Directory 529
545
Clubs
547
County Government
32
Fire Department
86
Halls
564
Homes and Asylums
565
Honor Roll
8
Hospitals and Dispensaries
567
Hotels
567
Labor Organizations
573
Libraries
574
Newspapers
579
Parks and Playgrounds.
580
Police Department
86
Post Office
424
Railroads
584
Schools-Public
587
Schools, Colleges and Academies.
588
Societies-Benevolent and Fraternal. 590
Societies-Miscellaneous 590
Societies-Patriotic 590
Street and Avenue Guide 597
United States Government. 423
811127
Bus and Coach Lines-Motor
Clergymen
honor Roll
Page numbers below refer to Buyers' Guide
Name
Est.
Business
For further information see
Page
A A Coal Co., Inc ..
Coal.
. back cover and 20
Aetna Loan & Finance Co.
Veterinarian right bottom lines and 63
Alamance Awnings. 1936
Drugs. .right side lines and 31
*Abernethy Pascal M. 1918 Loans
Acme Drug Co., Inc ..
Awnings. .right top lines and 9
Alamance Book & Stationery Co.
Office Supplies
55
Alamance Broadcasting Co.
Radio Station. left center lines and 58
Alamance Hotel. 1925 Hotel. left top lines and 43
Alamance Industrial Loan Co.
Loans.
.right center lines and 51
Alamance Lumber Co., Inc .. .
Alamance Printing Co.
Printers
.right top lines and 57
Armette Coal Co., Inc.
Coal .. front cover and 21
Askew Stone Works
Monumental Works
C 5
Auto Parts & Electric Co.
Automobile Accessories Bakers. .right side lines and 9
Barnwell Insurance Service.
1945
Belk-Beck Co., Inc ...
Department Store . . right center lines and 29
Bell's Shoe Shop & Men's Department Store
Boston Cleaners
Clothes Cleaners
19
Bradshaw & Thompson .
Seeds 61
Brown C. C. Plumbing & Heating Co.
Brown W. W. & Sons
Bryan Jennings M ..
1925
Insurance.
left side lines and
48
1900 Funeral Directors 37
1912 Automobiles. right bottom lines and 5
Business College 17
Burlington Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Inc.
Bottlers
14
Burlington Drug Co., Inc ..
Drugs
31
Burlington Finance Co ... 1944
Loans right center lines and 52
Burlington Fish & Oyster Co ... 1929
Sea Food. 61
Burlington Ice Delivery Co., Inc ...
Ice.
right bottom lines and 44
*Burlington Merchants Association, Inc. 1918
Burlington Retreaders.
Burlington Roofing Co. 1939
Carolina Casualty Insurance Co ..
Carolina Soda Shop
Beer-Billiards
13
Cates J. N. & Sons Coal Co ..
Coal. .
back cover and 22
Coal, Building Material
56 Chapman's Studio & Camera Store ... 1943 Photographers front stencil and pages 17 and 25
Cherokee Flooring Corp
Flooring Mfrs. back cover and 35
A
City Radio Service
Radios right center lines and 58 Automobile Tires . right side lines and 5
Clapp-Coble Furniture Co. Cobb Motor Co ...
Automobiles .
. front cover and
2
Beer, Billiards 13
Community Federal Savings & Loan Association
Savings & Loan Assn. 60
Cooper-McElroy Funeral Home. 1939 Funeral Directors. . .right side lines and 39 Insurance 48
Crowson Mortimer W ..
Drugs. left top lines and 32
Dennis C. R. Florist. 1935 Florist. right center lines and 37 Jewelers 49
Doyle's
Duke Power Co.
Light, Heat and Power
.back cover and
Y
Duncan W. H. Esso Station 1934 Service Station. 6
Economy Auto Supply Inc.
Automobile Accessories. 6
Efird's Department Store.
Department Store ... left bottom lines and 29
Faucette Coal Sales Co., Inc.
1925
Coal.
right bottom lines and 23
Fesperman's Esso Service.
Service Station. .
3
Savings & Loan Assn .. . ribbon bookmark and 60
First Federal Savings & Loan Associa- tion of Burlington.
1936 Furniture .. left top lines and 40
Colonial Club Billiard Parlor.
. left side lines and 31
City Tire & Supply Inc.
Mercantile Agency .... right side lines and 25 Automobile Tires .... left center lines and 5 Roofers. .right bottom lines and 60 Insurance 48
Cates J. W., Inc .. .
Church Street Grocery. 1944 Grocers
City Drug Co ... 1912 Drugs
Plumbers . left center lines and 57 Real Estate. 58
*Burke Funeral Home.
*Burlington Auto Co .. Burlington Business College.
Building Materials. . back cover and 15
Bamby Baker's, Inc .. ..
Insurance
47
Department Store . left side lines and 30
51
Each * indicates 25 years in business.
Davis Street Pharmacy Inc ..
Page numbers below refer to Buyers' Guide
Name
Est. Business
For further information see
Page
Florence Millinery Shop
Milliners 53
Fonville D. R. Agency.
Insurance
47
Freedman Jacob H. Gant Cecil .. 1930
Cotton Goods
25
Gate City Motor Sales Inc ..
Automobiles
6
Graham Plumbing & Heating Co ..
Plumbers
Z
Graham Underwriters Agency Inc ..
Insurance
Green Grill.
Beer, Billiards.
Green & McClure.
Funeral Directors . front cover, left
Gulf Oil Corp. H & H Auto Parts Co ..
bottom lines and A 3 Oils and Lubricants. .. right top lines and 55 Automobile Accessories. .
*Hadley's The Jewelers. 1898 Jewelers.
Hal's Men's Shop.
1936 Clothing
17
Harris J. C. Lumber Co ..
Building Materials
16
Harris R. E. Esso Service
Service Station 6
Holland-Cammack Co ..
1944 Office Supplies
55 32
Home Finance Co ..
Loans. . right center lines and 52 Sporting Goods .right side lines and 63
Hood Sporting Goods ..
Hood System Industrial Bank The. ..
1926 Bank.
Horne Dry Cleaners ..
Hub's Bee-Line Wheel Service.
Huffman Oil Co., Inc .. 1933
Oils and Lubricants. 56
7
Hughes Motor Co., Inc ..
Automobiles
4
Huntley-Stockton-Hill Co ..
Imperial Life Insurance Co.
Jeffrey's Paint & Paper Co.
1938 Paint and Wall Paper right bottom lines and 56
Jewel Box Inc.
K & H Motor Sales.
Automobiles left center lines and
7
Kester Machinery Co.
Mill Supplies. .left side lines and 52
King Electric Co ...
Electrical Contractors.
. left center lines and 34
Lea Taxi Co., Inc ..
Taxicabs
right top lines and
B
Levin Bros .. Life Insurance Company of Va.
Insurance 49
*Linberg Engineers The. 1921
Civil Engineers 18
Long's Sign & Display Studio
Signs
Lowe Funeral Home.
Funeral Directors.
39
M & B Transit Lines Inc.
Bus Line. . left top lines and B
May McEwen Kaiser Co ..
Hosiery Manufacturers.
left bottom lines and 42
Melville Dairy.
Modern Laundry & Cleaners
Modern Shoe Shop ...
Morris Plan Industrial Bank The ..
Morton-Miller Inc .. .
Shoe Repairers left bottom lines and 61 Bank. right side lines and C Curtains and Draperies. left side lines and 26 Electrical Repairs 34
Myers P. L. Electric Repair Co.
National Bank of Burlington The .. 1932 Bank. bottom stencil and 11
Neese-Shoffner Furniture Co .. Norton-Russ Automotive Co.
Pate-Dawson Co ..
Peele Electrical Co.
7 37 1932 Electrical Contractor .. right top lines and 33 1902 Department Store .. right bottom lines and 30 Insurance. . back cover and 45
*Penney J. C. Co ... Peoples Insurance Agency Inc. Pet Dairy Products Co. Piedmont Hotel ..
Dairy right center lines and 44 Hotel
43
Pritchett Lloyd W. 1921 Oils and Lubricants. .right top lines and 55 Raylass Department Stores. Department Store Rhodes-Collins Furniture Co. 31 Furniture left top lines and 40 Rich & Thompson.
*Rich & Thompson Funeral Service Inc.
1902 Funeral Directors. front cover and 38 Jewelers . left center lines and 51
Robert's Jeweler. Rock Creek Dairy.
Salvation Army The.
Sandlin Furniture Co ..
Social Service. Furniture
*Sears, Roebuck and Co .. 1886 Department Store. . left top lines and 28 54
Security Bank Building.
Office Building
Security National Bank.
Sellars B. A. & Sons Inc. Sellers C. V. Art Store.
Bank. ... . back cover, left top lines and 12 Department Store .... right top lines and 30 Picture Framing. 56
Sharpe Charles V. Inc ..
Insurance. front cover and 46
Sharpe Funeral Home ...
Funeral Directors. 40
Smith Electric Repair Co ..
. left side lines and 32 Electrical Repairing.
Somers C. G. Agency The Realtor. . . 1928 Real Estate.
. backbone, left bottom lines and 59
49
1928 Jewelers
7 . front cover and 10 Clothes Cleaners .... left bottom lines and 19 Automobile Wheel Alignment.
Hughes Ken Motor Co ..
Automobiles
Furniture. top stencil and X Insurance
50
Building Material. 14
62
1927 Dairy . . front cover, left bottom lines and 27 1936 Laundry 51
Furniture. left top lines and 41 Automotive Equipment Fruits and Produce
Furniture 42
Dairy. . right top lines and 26 18 42
Each * indicates 25 years in business.
Insurance. left bottom lines and 48
49 14
left center lines and 50
Holt G. Marvin. . 1934 Electrical
Page numbers below refer to Buyers' Guide
Name
Est. Business For further information see Page
Spence Motors.
Automobiles . left side lines and 8
Spinks Shoe Repairing.
1938 Shoe Repairers. .right side lines and 62
Spoons Auto Service.
Automobile Repairing.
4
Supreme Dry Cleaners
House Movers. .. ...... right top lines and 44 Clothes Cleaners. . right bottom lines and 18 Plumbers
Sykes Plumbing & Heating Co.
Thomas S. B. Co ..
Sheet Metal Workers.
61
Tillman's Jewelers. 1935
Jewelers. right center lines and 50
Tire Sales Co ..
Automobile Tires. right side lines and 8
k*Trollinger H. W .. 1892 Coal.
.back cover and 24
Trollingers Florists.
Florists.
.front cover and 36
Vera's Beauty Shop
Beauty Shops
13
Victor's Credit Clothing Co.
Clothing
19
Victory Taxi Cab Co. Inc ..
Taxicabs
63
*Ward Hotel. 1904 Hotel
42
Warren's Esso Service.
Service Station
Western Auto Associate Store.
Zimmerman Lumber Co ..
Each * indicates 25 years in business.
8 8 Automobile Accessories. . left side lines and Building Materials. 17
57
*Times-News Publishing Co. The. 1885 Newspapers
53
Stearns D. B .. . .
INTRODUCTION
HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., publishers of Southeastern Directories, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1946 edition of the Burlington City Directory, which also includes Graham, Haw River and Elon College.
Confidence in the growth of Burlington'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 Burlington 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 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 Burling- ton Directory will fulfill its mission as a source of authentic information pertaining to the community.
Four Major Departments
The four major departments are arranged in the follow- ing order :-
THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and business and professional concerns is included in pages 29 to 464, 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 Burlington 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 64, on goldenrod paper, contains the advertisements of leading manufacturing, business and professional interests of Burlington and vicinity. The ad- vertisements 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 progressive com- munity like Burlington, the necessity of having this kind of information immediately available, is obvous. 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 529 to 596, on yellow paper. This department lists the names of all business and professional concerns in al- phabetical 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 AVENUE GUIDE, on pink paper, covers pages
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597 to 666. In this section the names of the streets are ar- ranged in alphabetical order; the numbers of the residences and business concerns are arranged in numerical order un- der the name of each street, and the names of the house- holders and concerns are placed opposite the numbers. The names of the intersecting streets appear at their re- spective crossing points on each street. Special features of this section are the designation of tenant-owned homes and designation of homes and places of business having tele- phones.
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 broad- cast 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 Burlington and vicinity.
The Burlington Directory Library
Through the courtesy of the publishers of the Burling- ton City Directory, a Directory Library is maintained in the offices of the Burlington 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 super- vision the system is operated.
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 CO., Inc., Publishers.
Burlington and Alamance County
(Courtesy Burlington Chamber of Commerce)
STATISTICAL REVIEW (CITY OF BURLINGTON)
Form of Government-Council-manager.
Population-21,830 (special U. S. Census in 1944). Amer- ican born, 99.4%.
Area-7 square miles.
Altitude-656 feet above sea level
Climate-Mean annual temperature, 59.6 degrees F .; average annual rainfall, 50.21 inches.
Parks-3, with total of 46 acres.
Assessed Valuation-$21,550,751.10, with $1.50 per $100 tax rate, based on 65% valuation.
Bonded Debt-$1,745,500.
Financial Data-2 commercial and 2 industrial banks. 2 building and loan associations.
Telephones in Service-5,462 (local exchange).
Churches-35, representing 15 denominations.
Building and Construction-Value of building permits, $2,338,706 in city and immediate suburbs (average in a nor- mal year).
Real Estate-6,140 homes, with about 58% owned by occupants.
Industry-Chief industries of city and surrounding ter- ritory: Manufacturing and agriculture. 68 manufacturing establishments, employing 15,000 workers, and paying wages of $18,875,610 annually (metropolitan area only). Principal manufactured products: Hosiery, rayon, silk, dairy products and aircraft.
Trade Area-Extends 8 miles west and 20 miles in other directions, with total population of 125,000.
Newspapers-1 daily and 1 weekly.
Hotels-2 principal, with total of 153 rooms. Numerous smaller hotels.
Railroads-Southern.
Highways-U. S. 70; State 49, 54, 62, 87, 93, 100 and 103. Airports-1, commercial.
Amusements-Largest auditorium in city seats 1,000 per- sons. 4 moving-picture theatres, with total seating capacity of 2,500 persons. 1 golf course.
Hospitals-5, with total of 62 beds.
Education-Elon College 4 miles west. 11 public schools, including 1 senior high and 1 junior high. 1 parochial school. Number of pupils in public schools, 5,240; teachers, 152.
Public Libraries-1, with 21,750 volumes. Also school libraries maintained separately.
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City Statistics-Total street mileage, 75, with 45 miles paved. Miles of gas mains, 30; sewers, 70. Number of water meters, 4,300. Capacity of water works (municipal), 18,000,- 000 gallons; daily average pumpage, 2,500,000 gallons; miles of mains, 53. Fire department has 6 paid men and 38 vol- unteers, with 2 stations and 6 pieces of motor equipment. Police department has 20 men, with 1 station and 3 pieces of motor equipment, including radio.
IN THE PIEDMONT REGION
Availability
Within 600 miles from the boundaries of Piedmont Caro- linas lie New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Detroit, Cleve- land, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Little Rock, New Orleans and Miami.
In other words, any part of this section is only about one day's railroad travel from the nation's chief centers of population and industry-a consideration that counts heav- ily in the distribution and marketing of manufactured goods.
From any part of the Piedmont it is only a few hours by automobile over modern paved roads to the wonderful recreational facilities of the mountains in the western Caro- linas, to the world-known resorts in the Sandhills-inter- nationally famous for their golf courses-and to the great seaside resorts along the Atlantic Coast.
Labor
Greater than any other resource of Piedmont Carolinas is the character of its men and women. This has made the industrial development possible and attracted a host of manufacturers.
Long before the Revolution these pioneers ranged down the valleys of the Appalachians from Pennsylvania, Mary- land, and other states. Largely of English stock, with ad- mixtures of German and Scotch-Irish, they settled in the hilly Piedmont section. Their descendants are true to those early traditions. They are energetic and ambitious. It is these qualities that years ago overcame the handicap of debt and stagnation left by the Civil War. They are keen to take their place in the forefront of the nation's development.
Manufacturers coming from older, over-industrialized sections, have been struck by the ready intelligence of these people, their eagerness to be taught, and their loyalty.
National Market
Piedmont Carolinas is 300 miles closer to the country's center of population than, for example, New York City. Based on the Life Insurance Sales Research Bureau studies, careful percentages have been worked out for every county in the U. S. in terms of ability to buy.
A 600-mile circle (the economical marketing radius) center on New York reaches 44.5% of the national pur- chasing power. Centered on areas farther north and east, a smaller proportion of the national market will be included.
A similar circle drawn from Piedmont Carolinas em- braces 66.8% of the country's purchasing power-a 50% greater availability to the national market.
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U. S. Post Office
Cost of Living
It has been estimated by one authority that the cost of living averages each Piedmont workman several dollars per week less than an equal standard of living costs in more highly industrialized parts of the country. Houses cost less; food costs less. The mild climate requires lower fuel and clothing costs. Naturally labor costs less.
CIVIC FEATURES
Location and Area
Alamance County is located in the famous rapidly- developing industrial area known as the Piedmont Section. It lies between north latitude 35 degrees 52 minutes and 36 degrees 17 minutes and west longitude 79 degrees 16 minutes and 79 degrees 34 minutes, in the north central section of the state. (Burlington's altitude is 656 feet). The county has 492 square miles land area, or 314,880 acres.
History and Peoples
The following is quoted from a study by John W. Harden, entitled "Alamance County : Economic and Social," and pub- lished by the University of North Carolina: "It is not known exactly when the early settlers came to the region which is now Alamance County, but in 1700, when Lawson, an English explorer and adventurer, journeyed through this locality, he found it heavily forested and in the hands of the Saxaphaw Indians, with only a few scattered whites present.
"It seems that this section of the state was first settled by emigrants from the Rhine River section of Germany, known as the Palatine.
"These early settlers were augmented in 1720 by immi- gration of settlers from the North, and it was this move- ment that gave the region its first white inhabitants in any number. These came from Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and even the more distant New England. The newcomers were mostly Scotch-Irish, German and English families, the last being mainly Quaker in religion."
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Population
In 1930 the population with Burlington's city limits was 9,737, with several thousand in the immediate suburbs. According to the 1944 special U. S. Census, the city's popu- lation was 21,830.
Within a 134-mile radius of the City Hall there are now 22,491, while a four-mile radius will take in over 30,000, or over 50% of the population of the entire county.
The following are 1940 population percentages for Bur- lington:
Native white 88.0%
Foreign-born white 0.6%
Negro 11.4%
Total native-born 99.4%
The same census showed that for the U. S. the per- centge of increase in population during the period of 1920 to 1930 was 16.1%. North Carolina was 23.9%.
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