Hill's Burlington (Alamance County, N.C.) City Directory [1948], Part 1

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Publication date: 1948
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MELVILLE DAIRY Grade "A" Dairy Products


Telephone 6-6391


The Hood System Industrial Bank


The Friendly Bank


Savings Accounts


THE HOOD WEEKLY LO SYSTEM


310 S. SPRING ST.


Member F. D. I. C.


Industrial Loans


TEL. 6-4506


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 728 - 729 W. DAVIS N. E. Cor. CHURCH


RICH & THOMPSON FUNERAL SERVICE


Mortuary and Chapel-Church St. and Glenwood Ave. AMBULANCE SERVICE Telephone 6-1622


CHAS. V. SHARPE, Inc. GENERAL INSURANCE Bonds-Real Estate-Rentals


PHONE 6-2484 457 S. MAIN ST.


COAL


Armette Coal Co., Inc .- Quality Coal "Dependable Service" Phone 6-2142


COAL


BURLINGTON'S OLDEST AND RELIABLE FLORIST


TROLLINGERS FLORISTS


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GROCERIES


Staple and Fancy Groceries


Fresh Fruits -- Vegetables Meats


Prompt Delivery Service AMPLE PARKING SPACE FOR OUR CUSTOMERS


Church


The G.


600 S. Church


Tel. 6-3922


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LIBRARY


Individual Groupings . Suggestive Layouts


Estimates Gladly Furnished


. Phone 6-2481 Graham


Home of COURTESY, QUALITY and PRICE


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DUKE UNIVERSITY


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Red Bird Cab Co., Inc. and Lea Taxi Company, Inc.


Safe, Dependable and Comfortable Taxi Service


Phones 6-6316 and 6-5561


213 and 214 W. FRONT ST.


Kirkman Plumbing & Heating Co., Inc.


PLUMBING REPAIR Serving Burlington Since 1918


NO JOB TOO LARGE OR TOO SMALL 20 Men To Serve You, Including 2 Master Plumbers REASONABLE PRICES-GUARANTEED WORK "We Are As Near You As Your Phone"


210 W. FRONT ST.


CALL 6-2007


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LOANS


· Personal Loans


· Automobile Loans


· Real Estate Loans


25 Years of Helpful Financial Service


THE MORRIS PLAN


The Morris Plan Industrial Bank 408 S. Spring OF BURLINGTON, N. C.


Tark every grave


BAUTZ


ASKEW STONE WORKS


W. W. ASKEW, Owner Fine Granite and Marble Monuments - All Kinds of Cemetery Fixtures 1200 S. Main St. OPPOSITE PINE HILL CEMETERY Telephones 6-5361 and 2583-W


HILL'S BURLINGTON (ALAMANCE COUNTY, N. C.) CITY DIRECTORY


Vol. 1948 VII


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


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GENERAL INDEX


Page


'Abbreviations.


24


Alamance County Government .


28


Alphabetical List of Names.


25


Apartment Buildings


495


Associations and Clubs-Commercial


495


Banks and Trust Companies


502


Buildings-Office and Public


506


Burlington-City Government.


83


Burlington-City Police Department


84


Burlington-Fire Department. 83


Bus and Coach Lines-Motor


507


Buyers' Guide · preceding Classified


508


Chamber of Commerce


83


Churches.


509


Classified Business Directory.


493


Clergymen


512


Clubs


514


Halls


534


Hospitals and Dispensaries


536


Hotels.


536


Labor Organizations


543


Libraries


544


Newspapers .


549


Parks and Playgrounds


551


Railroads


556


Schools- Public .


560


Schools, Colleges and Academies


561


Societies-Benevolent and Fraternal


563


Societies-Miscellaneous


563


Societies- Patriotic . 563


573


United States Government


448


United States Post Office


448


PUBLICO ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICAN


1898


DIRECTOR


PUBLISHERS


575755


Cemeteries


Street and Avenue Guide.


INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE, THE YELLOW PAGES


Page


A A Coal Co Inc back cover and 24 3


A & E Motor Co .


Abernethy Pascal M


90


Acme Drug Co Inc. right side lines and 36 Acme Motor Co 10 66 Aetna Loan & Finance Co . Alamance Aviation Service Inc 14 Alamance Awnings . .. right top lines and 15 Alamance Book & Stationery Co 73 Alamance Broadcasting Co. left center lines and 80 Alamance Electric Supply Co 42 Alamance Frozen Foods Inc 46 Z Alamance Gas Co 56 Alamance Hotel left top lines and Alamance Industrial Loan Co. .right center lines and 67 68


Alamance Lumber Co Inc .


. back cover and


Alamance Memorial Park Inc front and back Street Insert


Alamance Motors Inc .left top lines and 3 78 Alamance Plumbing & Heating Co. . left side lines and Alamance Printing Co right top lines and 80 Armette Coal Co Inc. front cover and 25 C Askew Stone Works . Auto Parts & Electric Co 10 Bamby Baker's Inc . Bee Line Wheel Service 15 10 Belk-Beck Co Inc. . . right center lines and Bell's Shoe Shop & Men's Dept Store 34 35 Bradshaw & Thompson Brown C C Plumbing & Heating Co 84 79 80 Brown W W & Son . right top lines and Bryan Jennings M left side lines and 62 Burke Funeral Home 46 Burlington Auto Co . right bottom lines and Burlington Cab Co . front and back lip margins and Burlington Coca-Cola Bottling Co Inc 10 87 29 Burlington Delivery Service 75 Burlington Finance Co right center lines and 67 84 Burlington Fish & Oyster Co right side lines and Burlington-Graham Broadcasting Co . . right bottom lines and 80 Burlington Ice Delivery Co Inc. Burlington Merchants Assn Inc .right bottom lines and . right side lines and 58 30 right bottom lines and 82 82 Burlington Sporting Goods Co left side lines and 86 90 Burlington Veterinary Hospital 62 Carolina Casualty Insurance Co Carolina Motors Inc 4 19


Burlington Real Estate Co Inc


Burlington Roofing Co


Carolina Soda Shop .


right side lines and


26


Cates J N & Sons Coal Co. . . back cover and Cates J W Inc. . front stencil, 21 and


23


Chapman's Studio and Camera Store 78


Church Street Grocery . A


v


1


5


Page.


City Drug Co .


left side lines and 36


Clapp-Coble Furniture Co . left top lines and 48


Cobb Motor Co . . front cover and 2


Coble Furniture Co


52


Colonial Club Billiard Parlor


Colonial Furniture Co right side lines and


Colonial Soda Shop .


Community Federal Savings and Loan Assn


Crowson Mortimer W.


Davis Street Pharmacy Inc . left top lines and


Dean Taxi Service


Dennis C R Florist


. right center lines and


Derr Electric Co


Doyle's .


Duke Power Co. . back cover and


Efird's Department Store left bottom lines and


Elder Motor Co


Elkins-Terrell Motors Inc.


. right side lines and


Faucette Coal Sales Co Inc .


Faulk's Insulation Co. right bottom lines and


Fifth Street Cleaners


First Federal Savings & Loan Assn of Burlington


Fonville D R Agency ribbon book mark and 84 Foster W A Construction Co Inc . right side lines and Frank's Jewelry . 59 30 65 X Franks Refrigeration Co. 30 67 Freedman Jacob H G & A Finance Co Inc right side lines and 63 Gant Cecil . left bottom lines and Gate City Motor Sales Inc 11 General Tire Supply . left side lines and 11 Gilliam's Poultry & Feed Co. .right bottom lines and Graham Furniture Mart 56 54 5 Graham Motor Sales Inc Graham Plumbing & Heating Co Z Graham Underwriters Agency Inc 63 20 A


Green Grill


Green & McClure front cover, left bottom lines and


Green's Fuel Co of North Carolina Inc. . left center lines and 55 Gulf Oil Corp .. . right top lines and H & H Auto Parts Co 73 5 65 Hadley's The Jewelers left center lines and 22


Hal's Men's Shop


Hanford Brick Co Inc .


20 69 11


Harris R E Esso Service


Holt G Marvin .


. right bottom lines and - 42


Home Finance Co. . right center lines and 67


Hood Sporting Goods . right side lines and 86


Hood System Industrial Bank The .front cover and 16


Hooper Thos L . .. right top lines and


Horne Dry Cleaners left bottom lines and Huffman Oil Co


82 37 74


Hughes Ken Motor Co left top lines and 6


Hughes Motor Co Inc . left top lines and 6


Huntley-Stockton-Hill Co top stencil and 49


Imperial Life Insurance Co


63


575755


20 52 19 83 63 36 88 45 40 64 Y 34 4 11 27 59 37


INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


. left side lines and


Harris J C Lumber Co.


6


INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


Page


Jack's Cycle Center


left side lines and 70


Jeffreys Paint & Paper Co. .back cover and 76


Jewel Box Inc The


Jones Vance Rulane Gas Service


65 55 7


K & H Motor Sales .


left center lines and


K & R Gulf Service Station


Kester Machinery Co left side lines and 70


King Electric Co. left center lines and 42


Kirkman Plumbing & Heating Co Inc. right bottom lines and Lashley Motor Co


B 8


Lea Taxi Co Inc . right top lines and


Linberg Engineers The


Lowe Funeral Home .


Loy & Lynn Plumbing Co.


Lucas Inn .


M & B Transit Lines Inc . left top lines and


Massey's Sport Shop


Mast Phil H Agency right side lines and


May McEwen Kaiser Co. : left bottom lines and McNeill's Furniture Shop


Melville Dairy . front cover, left bottom lines and


Midway Oil Corp.


right bottom lines and


Miller B A Jewelers .


Miller's Home Florist & Gift Shop


Mize-Burchette


right side lines and


Modern Shoe Shop . left bottom lines and


Mooneyham Electric Co


Moore-Jones Inc . right side lines and


Morris Plan Industrial Bank The


Morton's . left side lines and


Moser Auto Supply


Motor Service Co


National Bank of Burlington The.


bottom stencil and


Neese-Shoffner Furniture Co Inc. . left top lines and


Norton-Russ Automotive Co


Orkin Exterminating Co Inc


P & R Electric Repair Co


P & S Motor Co.


. left center lines and Payne Oil Co .


Peoples Insurance Agency Inc. . back cover and


Pet Dairy Products Co. . . right center lines and


Petree Cut-Rate Furniture Co


. right bottom lines and Piedmont Hotel .


Porter Roofing Co .


Railroad Salvage of Burlington Inc right side lines and 54 Raylass Department Stores 35 Retail Appliance Co. left center lines and 41 53 Rhodes-Collins Furniture Co. left top lines and Rich & Thompson Rich & Thompson Funeral Service Inc . front cover and 54 47 66 Robert's Jewelers. .left center lines and Rock Creek Dairy .right top lines and 31 66 22


Roger's Jewelry left side lines and Salvation Army The


Sandlin Furniture Co .


54 33


Sears, Roebuck and Co


Security Bank Building


72


Pearce E N Insurance Agency left top lines and Peele Electrical Co Inc. . right top lines and 39 60 58 53 57 83


8 12 17 50 12 43 38 9 73 62


B 22 48 79 82 89 86 64 56 89 32 74 65 45 X 85 40 12 C 31


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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


Security National Bank


back cover, left top lines and


Page 18


Self Electric Co. right side lines and 42


Self Service Laundry. . . left top lines and 66


Sellars Department Store .right top lines and 35 Sellers C V Art Store 78 61


Sharpe Chas V Inc front cover and


Sharpe Funeral Home


48


Shell Oil Co Inc .


Smith Electric Repair Co . left side lines, 38 and


74 41 9


Snow & Anderson Used Car Exchange.


Somers C G Agency Inc The Realtors


backbone, left bottom lines and 81


Spence Motors left side lines and 12 Spink's Shoe Repairing . right side lines and 85 21 Standard Concrete Products Co Inc. . left center lines and Stearns & Son right center lines and 57 37 Supreme Dry Cleaners . .right bottom lines and Sykes Plumbing & Heating Co 79 Thomas S B Co . 85 Thompson Auto Sales .right side lines and Tillman's Jewelers . right center lines and Times-News Publishing Co The 13 64 71 Tire Sales Co. right side lines and 13 13


Trading Post The


Trollinger H W . . back cover and 28


Ward Hotel


Trollingers Florists . front cover and 44 90 Venetian Blind Shop . left bottom lines and Victor's Credit Clothing Co 23 57 Ward's Typewriter Service 89 Warren's Esso Service 13 West End Furniture Co Inc left bottom lines and 51 West Roy & Co . 43 77


Westbrook Studios . left center lines and


Western Auto Associate Store . left side lines and 14 14


Wilson Auto Supply Inc


Workman J P & Son . . left center lines and Zimmerman Lumber Co 22


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INTRODUCTION


HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., publishers of Southeastern Directories, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1948 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 esti- mation of the public, has been established by rendering the best in Direc- tory service. With an unrivaled organization, and having had the courteous and hearty cooperation of the business and professional men and residents, the publishers feel that the result of their labors will meet with the ap- proval of every user, and that the Burlington 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 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 Burlington and vicinity, and the name, official personnel, nature and address of each firm and corporation.


THE BUYERS' GUIDE, following the Alphabetical List of Names, printed on goldenrod paper, contains the advertisements of leading manu- facturing, business and professional interests of Burlington and vicinity. The advertisements are indexed under headings descriptive of the business - represented. This is reference advertising at its best, and merits a sur- vey by all buyers eager to familiarize themselves with sources of supply. In a progressive community like Burlington, the necessity of having this kind of information immediately available, is obvious. General apprecia- tion of this fact is evidenced by the many reference users of this City Di- rectory service.


THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY follows the Buyers' Guide, printed on yellow paper. This department lists the names of all business and professional concerns in alphabetical order under appropriate head- ings. 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, follows the Classified. In this section the names of the streets are arranged 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 designation of homes and places of business having telephones.


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INTRODUCTION


COMMUNITY PUBLICITY


The Directory reflects the achieve ments and ambitions of the com- munity, depicting in unbiased terms what it has to offer as a place of resi- dence, 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 Burlington and vicinity.


THE BURLINGTON DIRECTORY. LIBRARY


Through the courtesy of the publishers of the Burlington City Direo- tory, 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 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 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.


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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). American born,


99.4 per.cent.


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-$ 26,550,751.10, with $1.80 per $ 100 tax rate,


based on 65 per.cent valuation.


Bonded Debt-$1,745,500.


Financial Data-2 commercial and 2 industrial banks, 2 building and loan associations.


Telephones in Service-7,462 (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 normal year).


Real Estate-6,640 homes, with about 58 per.cent owned by occupants.


Industry-Chief industries of city and surrounding territory: Manu- facturing and agriculture. 78 manufacturing establishments, employing 19,000 workers, and paying wages of $40,875,610 annually (metropolitan area only). Principal manufactured products: Hosiery, rayon, silk, dairy products and electronics.


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 persons. 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 pub- lic schools, 5,240; teachers, 152


Public Libraries-1, with 25,750 volumes. Also school libraries maintained separately.


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 volunteers, with 2 stations and 6 pieces of motor equipment. Police department has 20 men, with 1 station and 3 pieces of motor equipment.


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IN THE PIEDMONT REGION


AVAILABILITY


Within 600 miles from the boundaries of Piedmont Carolinas lie New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Detroit, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Little Rock, New Orleans and Miami.


In other words, any part of this section is only about one day's rail- road travel from the nation's chief centers of population and industry-a consideration that counts heavily in the distribution and marketing of manu- factured 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 Carolinas, to the world-known resorts in the Sandhills-internationally 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 charac- ter of its men and women. This has made the industrial development possi- ble and attracted a host of manufacturers.


Long before the Revolution these pioneers ranged down the valleys of the Appalachians from Pennsylvania, Maryland, and other states. Largely of English stock, with admixtures of German and Scotch-Irish, they set- tled 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 keento 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 eager- ness 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-mille circle (the economical marketing radius) center on New' York reaches 44.5 per.cent of the national purchasing 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 embraces 66.8 per.cent of the country's purchasing power-a 50 per.cent greater avail- ability to the national market.


COST OF LIVING


It has been estimated by one authority that the cost of living aver- ageseach Pledmont 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.


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U. S. Post Office


CIVIC FEATURES


LOCATION AND AREA


Alamance County is located in the famous rapidly-developing indus- trial 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 sec- tion 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 published 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 immigration of settlers from the North, and it was this movement that gave the region its first white inhabitants in any number. These came from Virginia, Mary- land, 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.'


POPULATION


In 1930 the population within 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 population was 21,830.


Within a 1 } mile radius of the City Hall there are now 25,000, while a four-mile radius will take in over 35,000, or over 50 per.cent of the population of the entire county.


The following are 1940 population percentages for Burlington:


Native white . .88.0 per.cent


Foreign-born white . 0.6 per.cent Negro . .11.4 per.cent


Total native-born .99.4 per.cent


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The same census showed that for the U. S. the percentage of increase in population during the period of 1920 to 1930 was 16.1per.cent. North Carolina was 23.9 per.cent.


The population of Alamance County during the same period increased 25 per.cent, while the population of Burlington increased 63.5 per.cent.


Thus Burlington's growth was four times that of the U. S. average, and nearly three times the state average.


CHURCHES


The essential religious atmosphere of the community and its influ- ence on Burlington's citizenship are indicated by the presence of 35 churches (30 white and 5 colored), including all leading denominations, this being a ratio of one church to every 650 of the population, Total membership in local churches is around 15,000.




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