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(ALAMANCE COUNTY, N. C.) CITY DIRECTORY
Vol. 1952-53 IX
Including Alamance, Elon College, Glendale, Graham, Haw River and Hopedale
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 and much information of a Miscellaneous Character; also a
BUYERS' GUIDE
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INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX
HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., publishers of Southeastern Directories, present to sub- scribers and the general public, this, the 1952-53 edition of the Burlington City Directory, which also includes Alamance, Elon College, Glendale, Graham, Haw River and Hopedale.
Confidence in the growth of Burlington's industry, population and wealth, and in the ad- vancement 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 residents, the publishers feel that the result of their labors will meet with the approval 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 (Each department beginning with Page 1)
The four major departments are arranged in the following order :-
I. 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.
II. THE BUYERS' GUIDE, the second major department, printed on goldenrod paper, contains the advertisements of leading manufacturing, 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 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 avail- able, is obvious. General appreciation of this fact is cvidenced by the many reference users of this City Directory service.
III. 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 com- mon 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.
IV. THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE 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 num- bers 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. A special feature of this section is the designation of tenant-owned homes. A new feature is the listing of telephone numbers.
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 pub- lishers 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 adver- tisements of Burlington and vicinity.
The Burlington Directory Library
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INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION, THE YELLOW PAGES
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Acme Drug Co Inc . . right side lines and
49
Clapp Furniture Co.
Aetna Loan & Finance Co.
90
Clapp's Gulf Service
Alamance Aviation Service Inc .
25
Cobb Motor Co. front cover and 4
Alamance Book & Stationery Co.
107
Coble Furniture Co. .right side lines and 71
Alamance Broadcasting Co Inc . right bottom lines and 119 Coble Hardware Co .
Alamance Electric Supply Co Inc .
left top lines and 55
Alamance Farm Supply
119
Colonial Furniture Co Inc.
Z . right side line's and
72
Alamance Hotel . . left top lines and
Alamance Industrial Loan Co.
79 96 93 Community Federal Savings & Loan. . Assn . .front cover and Correct Time Inn . . left side lines and Cox-Smith Machine Co. .
127 123
Alamance Lumber Co Inc .
98 left side lines and
102 47
Alamance Printing Co left top lines and
12 Crutchfield-Pennington Inc
Anderson Used Cars . right top lines and
119 Daily Times-News. . left top lines and Davis James Contract Plasterer .
Armette Coal Co Inc. left side lines and
21 . right side lines and 38 Davis Street Pharmacy Inc.
right top cards and Atkinson Dairy Co. . right top lines and Auto Parts & Electric Co . Bank of Haw River
35 44 Davis W T
12 |DeBruler Edwin J
28 |Duke Power Co. back cover and
Barker's Tire Service
left side lines and Belk-Beck Co Inc. . right toplinesand Bobbie's Texaco Service Station .
52 Elkins-Terrell Motors Inc.
53
. front and back lip margins and Ellis C B Music Co.
5 5
Bradshaw & Thompson
129
Bradshaw's Wholesale Co .
Brookwood Garden Apartments Inc
2
86
A Fifth Street Cleaners
First Federal Savings & Loan Assn of Burlington . . . ribbon book mark and Fonville D R Agency . . . left bottom lines, 86 and 122
126
Burlington Business College. . left top lines and 20 33
Foster Farm Machinery Co. Foster Shoe Co Inc.
61
Burlington Finance Co
97 Freedman J H Co
41
128 G & A Finance Co Inc. . back cover and G & D Motor Sales Inc.
96
22
120 Gant Cecil . .. . left bottom lines and General Tire Supply Inc . left side lines and
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132
Burlington Roofing Co.
125
Graham Dry Cleaners
53
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Graham Lumber Co.
100
71
Graham Plumbing & Heating Co
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Graham Savings & Loan Assn 128
3 Graham Underwriters Agency Inc. 87
28 Grayson's Motorcycle Shop .
133 . left side lines and
104
Cates J W Inc. . front stencil, 31 and Central Television Co .
35 Green & McClure. . right top lines and 68
132 Green's Fuel Gas Co of North Carolina 73 Inc . . right bottom lines and 75
Christian Harward Furniture Co.
City Drug Co . . . . left side lines and
49 | Griffith Motor Sales .
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Duncan W H Esso Station . Ed & Bill Gulf Service
Efird's Department Store .
47 13 . left bottom lines and 48
Boone R E Laundry & Dry Cleaners . Boston Cleaners. . . left top lines and Bowman's Used Car Sales .
22
76 Elon College right bottom lines and 106 X 36
left side lines and Bryan Jennings M. . left side lines and Burke Funeral Home
Faucette Coal Sales Co Inc . Faulk's Insulation Co. left side lines and 81 52
Burlington Auto Co . insert at name in Alphabetical Burlington Awning Co.
Burlington Coca-Cola Bottling Co Inc . back cover and 29 Frank's Jewelry . right side lines and 131 91
right bottom lines and Burlington Fish & Oyster Co. . . Burlington-Graham Broadcasting Co . Inc. . . back cover and Burlington Ice Delivery Co Inc . . left side lines and 80
Burlington Merchants Assn Inc . .right side lines and 42 Burlington Real Estate Co Inc. . left bottom lines and 122 Graham Chemical Co Inc
Gilliam's Radio Sales & Service. Goldston Lumber Co Inc. . left side lines and 99
54
C & L Radiator & Battery Co.
Canady Peerson Furniture Co. . right side lines and Carolina Casualty Insurance Co
Carolina Motors Inc Carolina Soda Shop
Carolina Theatre.
City Laundry & Cleaners Inc
Page 93 73 13
Cole Motors Inc. . right side lines and Coleman's Men Shop 34
76 14
Alamance Gas Co.
Alamance Laundry & Dry Cleaners
Alamance Motors Inc. back cover and
Crawford Department Store .
. right side lines and 115 107
left top lines and 51 107 114 95 22 14
90
Graham Motor Sales Inc. 15
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
Gulf Oil Corp .... right top lines and Hadley's The Jewelers left top lines and 91
Page 111
McNeill's Furniture Shop .
Mebane Laundry & Dry Cleaners . . left bottom lines and 94
Hanford Brick Co Inc. . left top lines, C and 31
Hardie's M C Esso Service . left side lines and 16
45
Hargett Funeral Home . . Harrell Jesse J. . right side lines and Harris J C Lumber Co . left bottom lines and 101
66 105
Medical Center Pharmacy Inc. right bottom lines and Melville Dairy. . left bottom lines and Midway Oil Corp. right side lines. 65 and Midway Super Market . Modern Shoe Shop
109 76
Haw River Pharmacy . right side lines and
50
131
Hogan Plumbing & Heating Co . right side lines, 77 and
115
Modern Venetian Blind Co. left side lines and Mooneyham Electric Co . right bottom lines and Moore-Jones Inc. . right side lines and Moore Oil Co Inc . left bottom lines and
60
Holt I Jr Lumber Co Inc . . right side lines and
Holt Oil Co.
Home Appliance Store
Home Finance Co. . right top lines and Hood Sporting Goods
Hood System Industrial Bank The .
front cover and
26
Hotel Alamance left top lines and 79 79
Hotel Piedmont
Hotel Service Station
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Hotel Ward .
78
Neese-Shoffner Furniture Co Inc .
38 . left top lines and
109 |Nelson Carl V left side lines and
Hughes Ken Motor Co.
16 17
Newlin Hardware Co Inc . Nichols Cleaners
Hughes W L Garage
Imperial Life Insurance Co
J & R Brake Service
Jeff-Ray Appliance Co.
Jeffreys Paint & Paper Co
.front cover and 112 P & R Electric Repair Co.
Jeffreys & Whedbee
right side lines and Jessup Lester A. . right side lines and Jewel Box Inc The .
113 |Pat & Charlie's Esso Service & Repair 39 Patterson Dean Construction Co . 92 Payne Oil Co.
Jimmie's Beauty Salon .
Johnston Clyde C
Jon-Eva Flower Shop
62 Kilowatt Inn right bottom lines and 124 33 Perry Bros Garage
King Brick & Pipe Co
King Electric Co. . right side lines and
King's Auto Shop
Kirkpatrick R F & Sons Inc.
37 |Raven Motors
Kivett Motor Sales
18 Ray W G & Son back cover and
Levin Brothers Inc.
30 Red Star Service Station left bottom lines and
88 Rich & Thompson
7 Rogers Esso Service
Linberg Engineers The .
Lindsey's Garage & Body Works . right bottom lines and 8 Sandlin Furniture Co
Lloyd's Esso Service
23 Sawyer Motor Co Sears, Roebuck and Co .
Long B B Plumbing Co. left side lines and 116 . right bottom lines and Long Bick Motors Inc left top lines and Self Electric Co. . right side lines and 10 Sellars Department Store . 66 right top lines and 48
Lowe Funeral Home
Loy & Lynn Plumbing Co Lynch Harry-L .
Main Street Drug Co Inc.
. right side lines and Martin's Welding, Plumbing & Repair right bottom lines and Mast Phil H Agency .
117 |Sherard's Pharmacy 89 |Smith C B Roofing & Waterproofing Co 23 . . right side lines and 125
126 Smith Electric Repair Co. left side lines and 57
Somers-Pardue Agency Inc. . . backbone, left bottom lines and 85
90 Southern Music Studios & Shop . 106
73 20 92 33 73 24 46 60
116 Service Furniture Co.
64
. left side lines and
Sharpe Chas V Inc .
49 . front cover, right top lines and Sharpe Funeral Home 67 51
72 84
Master Garage . May E Rug Service . McClure Funeral Service . . insert at name in Alphabetical McMahan Insurance Agency Inc .
left side lines and
Page 136
Mebane Lumber Co Inc . C
50
left bottom lines and 130
Haynes Fixture Co. left side lines and
59
Holt G Marvin Inc . right bottom lines and 58 Morgan R L Lumber Co. Morris Plan Industrial Bank .
110 32
102 35 56
Morton's (Morton-Miller Inc) .
left side lines and 43
117
Hoyle Ernest E. . left bottom lines and Huffman Oil Co. .
Hughes Motor Co Inc
135 |Norton-Russ Automotive Co 88 Oakwood Trailer Associates 23 Oil Sales Co Inc . . . front cover and 58 Ossipee Lumber & Building Supply Co
. 32 and 97 55 133 19 39 110
B . right bottom lines, 65 and Pearce E N Insurance Agency left top lines and 90
64
Peoples Insurance Agency Inc . back cover and 83
23 19 79 20 134 9
Life & Casualty Insurace Co of Tennes- see .
Lilien & Lee Inc . front cover and
38 Rogers Jewelry Salvation Army The
59 Phillips Motor Co. . right top cards and 17 Piedmont Hotel .
Paramount Theatre .
97 131 Muckenfuss A S Co left side lines, 77 and Mutual Insurance Agency . left side lines and 89 National Bank of Burlington The. . bottom stencil and 27 69 89 76 53 18 80 108
136
right side lines and 28
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Sox Esso Service
21
Trollingers Florists , right bottom lines and 63
Spinks' Shoe Repairing . .right side lines and 130
Square Deal Metal Works . . right bottom lines, 78 and
129
WFNS-WFNS-FM Radio Station
80
78
Supreme Dry Cleaners
Sykes Plumbing & Heating Co
right side lines and
118
103
62
right top lines and
70
Television Company of Burlington The
132
West Roy & Co. . . right side lines and Western Auto Associate Store. .
60
Thomas Paint & Paper Co. left bottom lines and 114
Thomas S B Co
129
left side lines and 24 White Engineering Co . . . right side lines and 118 White's Flower Shop. . left side lines and 63 40 Why Not Coffee Shop . 124
Wicker WK Pick Up& Delivery Service left side lines and 135
40
Wilson Auto Supply Inc 25
91 Workman J P & Son .
. left top lines and
113
Zimmerman Lumber Co.
102 and
104
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Thompson O G & Sons right bottom lines and
Thompson Paul P. . right top lines and
Thompson Worth L Agency Inc . . left side lines and Times-News Publishing Co The .
left top lines and 107 Wright Neal Jewelry 92
Tire Sales Co . back cover and 11
Turner Russell J . 136
Victor's Clothing Co 34
Stearns & Son .
right top lines and
Strader JD .
top stencil and
121
Ward Hotel back cover and 120
24
53 Warren's Texaco Service Web Grill . . right top cards and Webster Furniture Manufacturing Co. West End Furniture Co Inc. .
123
74
Sykes Supply Co. front cover and Teer's Flowers. . . left side lines and
. left top lines and
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-where a person lives.
-what his occupation is.
-who lives at a certain number on a street.
-where a street is located. -the correct spelling of a name. -the officers of a corporation. -the partners in a firm.
-the solution to any of scores of prob- lems that pop up unexpectedly to annoy and baffle you.
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Burlington and Alamance County
(Courtesy Burlington Chamber of Commerce)
STATISTICAL REVIEW (CITY OF BURLINGTON)
Form of Government-Council-manager.
Population-24,560 (1950 U. S. Census). Also 15,000 additional in suburban area. 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-4, with total of 128 acres.
Assessed Valuation-$52, 635, 840, with $1.51 per $100 tax rate, based on 33 1/3% valuation.
Bonded Indebtedness-$3, 010, 000.
Financial Data-2 commercial and 2 industrial banks; 2 building and loan associations.
Telephones in Service-16, 521.
Churches-37, representing 15 denominations.
Building and Construction-Value of building permits, $3,160,000 in city and immediate suburbs (1950).
Real Estate-7, 220 homes, with about 60% owned by occupants.
Industry-Chief industries of city and surrounding territory: Manufacturing and agricul- ture. 119 manufacturing establishments, employing 18, 300 workers, and paying wages of $60, 000, 000 annually (metropolitan area only). Principal manufactured products: Hosiery, rayon, silk fabrics, dairy products and electronics.
Trade Area-Extends 8 miles west and 20 miles in other directions, with total population of over 125, 000.
Newspapers-Burlington Times-News (daily); Alamance News (weekly).
Hotels-2 principal, with total of 164 rooms. Numerous smaller hotels.
Radio Stations-Alamance Broadcasting Co. (WBBB) AM and FM; Burlington-Graham Broadcasting Co. (WFNS) AM and FM.
Railroads-Southern.
Highways-U. S. 70; State 49, 54, 62, 87, 93, 100, 103.
Airports-2 (1 commercial, 1 private).
Amusements-Largest auditorium in city seats 2,500 persons. 4 moving-picture theatres, with total seating capacity of 2, 500 persons. 2 golf courses.
Hospitals-6, with total of 200 beds.
Education-Elon College 4 miles west. 11 public schools, including 1 senior high and 2 junior high. 1 parochial school. Number of pupils in public schools, 5, 830; teachers, 191.
Public Libraries-1, with 35,298 volumes. Also school libraries maintained separately.
City Statistics-Total street mileage, 110.7, with 49.7 miles paved. Miles of gas mains, 38. 8; sewers, 55. Number of water meters, 7, 000. Capacity of water works (municipal), 5, 500, 000 gallons; daily average pumpage, 4,000,000 gallons; miles of mains, 70. Fire de- partment has 22 paid men and 30 volunteers, with 2 stations and 5 pieces of motor equip- ment. Police department has 38 men, with 1 station and 7 pieces of motor equipment.
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, NewOrleans 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 heavily 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 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 character of its men and women. This has made the industrial development possible and attracted a host of manu- facturers.
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 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.
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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, care- ful 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 purchasing power. Centered on areasfarther north and east, a smaller pro- portion of the national market will be included.
A similar circle drawn from Piedmont Carolinas embraces 66. 8 % of the country's purchasing power-a 50 % greater availability to the national market.
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.
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