Hill's Charlotte (Mecklenburg County, N.C.) City Directory [1942], Part 1

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Publication date: 1942
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GENERAL INDEX


Page


Abbreviations 28 and 29


Alphabetical List of Names


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Apartment Buildings


971


Associations and Clubs-Commercial


973 978


Banks and Trust Companies


Board of Education


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Buildings-Office and Public


983


Bus and Coach Lines-Motor


984


Buyers' Guide


. preceding Classified


Cemeteries


985


Chamber of Commerce


158


Churches


986 161 969


Classified Business Directory


988


Clubs


990 541


Fire Department


161


Golf Clubs and Courses


1005


Halls


1008


Homes and Asylums


1009


Hospitals and Dispensaries


1009


Labor Organizations


1018


Libraries


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Museums


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Newspapers


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Numerical Telephone Directory


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Parks and Playgrounds 1032


162


Post Office


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Railroads


1037


Schools-Parochial


1043


Schools-Public


1043


Schools, Colleges and Academies 1044


Societies-Benevolent and Fraternal


1046


Societies-Miscellaneous 1046


Societies -- Patriotic 1046


State Government 594


12 Street and Avenue Guide 1057


Tourists' Camps . 1051


United States Government 800


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City Government


Clergymen


County Government


Police Department


INDEX TO ADVERTISERS PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION


Page


Abbott T M & Co. 83 Acousticon Charlotte Co. .front edge and 16 Commonwealth Fuel Co. 28


.right top corner cards and 46 Addressing Service Co right top lines and 63 Allen Thomas D 58 American Cyanamid & Chemical Corp ... 25 American Dry Cleaning Co.


left top lines and 60


American Trust Co.


back cover and 15


Andrews Music Co ... .left top lines and 76


Arkansas Fuel Oil Co ..


.left bottom lines and


4


Arrowood Dairy Farms ..


.left top corner cards and 35


Ashworth Bros Inc. .


24


Atlantic Co ..


.right bottom lines


Auto Finance Co .... left bottom lines and 64


Auto Parts & Salvage Co Inc. .


5


Auto Spring Co.


5


Avrett & Ledbetter Roofing & Heating Co .left top lines and 84


Awning Service Co. . . . . . left side lines and 14 Ballenger Bros Coal Co 28 Barringer J V Jr left top corner cards and 58 Biltmore Dairy Farms. 35 Blankenship A V .right top corner cards and 39


Blanton B Scott .. .front cover and 55 Bost Building Equipment Co .. right side lines and 20 Boyd L S. Y


Boyd & Goforth Inc .... left side lines and 31 . front cover, left side lines and 37 Dulin Hardware Co. 46 du Pont E I de Nemours & Co Inc, Paint Service Store ..... left bottom lines and 74 Eckerd's of Charlotte NC Inc. Breen J J & Sons. . left bottom lines and 77 Bridges Furniture Co. .. right bottom lines and 42 Brown W A & Son Inc. . 2 Caldwell Construction Co. .right bottom lines and 36


.right side lines and 22 Cannon Aircraft Sales & Service Inc .. .right bottom lines and 38 . . left side lines and 3 Carolina Business School Inc .. .right top lines and 23 Ellison Ernest Inc. right side lines and 51 F & R Coal & Oil Co .. left bottom lines and 28 First Federal Savings & Loan Assn .. . back cover and 86 Folger Lee A Inc ..... right side lines and 7 Foremost Dairies "Inc. . left side lines and 36 Forest Lawn Burial Park. . .


Carolina Cut Rate Drug Store Inc. . 36 Carolina Insurors Inc. 55 Carolina Marble & Granite Works. .front cover, right top lines and 70 Carolina Realty Co of Charlotte Inc .. .right top lines and 80 Carolina Roofing & Siding Co ... .left bottom lines and 24 .left top corner cards and 84 Garmon R S Roofing Co. 85 Garrison & Hopkins Co Inc .left top lines and 77 "Gathings Motor Co Inc 10 Geyer Business College. .right top lines and 24 Godfrey P C Plumbing & Heating Co .... 78 Griffith Thomas & Co Inc ... .right side lines and 56 H & S Lumber Co .... right side lines and 67 Hammett Used Cars ... 10 Hardware Mutual Fire Ins Co Carolina Transfer & Storage Co ... right bottom lines and 90 Carson McAlister Insurance Agency Inc: . .right side lines and 56 Case Bros Piano Co .... right top lines and 77 Cathey Lumber Co ..... . . backbone and 65 Central Lumber Co .... left side lines and 64 Charlotte Awning Co. . right side lines and Z Charlotte Big Boy Bottlers Inc .. .right top corner cards and 20 Charlotte Commercial College. 23 Charlotte Hardware Co Inc. right side lines and 52 Harris Bros Transfer Co Inc.


.right top lines and 45 Charlotte Hudson Co Inc. .left side lines and 7 Harris James .right top corner cards and 88


Charlotte Laundry Inc. .left side lines and 62 Harris W C Co. 83 Charlotte Lumber Corp .. 64 Harry J M & Bryant Co. Charlotte Merchants Assn Inc .. left top lines and 41


.right side lines and 30 Charlotte Storage Battery Co. right side lines, A and 9 Charlotte Wagon & Auto Co ... 9


Charlotte Union Bus Station Inc. 23 Choate Rental Co .... . left side lines Citizens Savings & Loan Co ... .left top lines and Y


. bottom edge and City Chevrolet Co. 6 City Ice Delivery Co Inc. right side lines and 49 City Industrial Bank .right bottom lines and 19 City Lumber Co. . right bottom lines and 68


Commercial National Bank


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Cook Body Co. 88 Credit Service Co .. right side lines and 34 Crosland John Co ...... left side lines and 81 Crouch Funeral Home.


. left top corner cards and 40


Crowe Finance Co .. left bottom lines and 4 Curlee Bros Construction Co ... . left bottom lines and 32


Dandridge S W


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Darsey H F.


58


Daughtry Sheet Metal Co ..


left top lines and 85


Davis Horace & Co.


.right top corner cards and 58


Denman Tire & Rubber Co.


5


Denton Furniture Co.


DeWitt Motor Co Inc ..


.right top lines and 41


.right side lines and 10


Dillard Paper Co


.. right top corner cards and 75


Dixie Awning Co .... right side lines and 14


Doggett Lumber Co ..


.... back cover and 66


Dombhart George E .. right side lines and 2


Domestic Laundry Inc ...


. . right bottom lines and 62


Douglas & Sing.


40


Duke Power Co ..


Economy Electric & Supply Co.


left bottom lines and 53


Hart's Cleaners.


left side lines and 25


Haverty Furniture Co.


. left top lines and 44


Hayes Nursery. .


right side lines and 71


Heath Motor Co .. right bottom lines and


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Herrin Bros Coal & Ice Co.


28


Heyward T C ..


69


Hill C W Printing Co


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Hinson J 'S & Sons.


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Hobbs W H ...


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Home Realty & Management Co Inc ... . left side lines and 81 Hood B Mifflin Tile Co. left side lines and 21 Hoppe Motors Inc. . left top, side lines and 8


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Horne-Wilson Inc .left top corner cards and 78


Hotel Charlott


.left bottom lines and 47


Hotel Wm R Barringer 48 Howard & Kelly Coal Co 29


Hunt Bill Super Service.


.right side lines and 13 Industrial Loan & Investment Bank ... .left top lines and 19 Interstate Electric Co. .right bottom lines and 38


Interstate Roofing & Asphalt Co. 21 Isenhour Brick & Coal Co. 29 James' Garage .... right bottom lines and 10 Jarrell W G Machine Co .. . back cover and 69


Johnson H V & Son. . top edge and C Jones Electric Repair Co. .right top corner cards and 38


Kale-Lawing Co . backbone and 72


Kirkland C W. 34 Knott John R ..... right bottom lines and 59 Lee Construction Co ... right to lines and 32 Liquid Asphalt Co .. right bottom lines and 85 Little John M. 60


Local Brokerage Co. . left side lines and 63


33 Loftis V P Co


Long Robert H.


.left side lines and 59


Lucielle Shops Inc.


60


Maxwell Bros


right top lines and 41


McCray's.


.left side lines and 62


McDonald Insurance Agency.


.right side lines and 82 McDonald Service Co Inc ..


.right top lines and 11 McEwen Funeral Home left side lines and 40 Southern Dairies Inc. McGinn E R .. 44 .left side lines and 50 McNeil Paper Co 75 Southern Engineering Co X Southern Real Estate & Ins Co.


Mechanics Perpetual Building & Loan Assn. back cover and 22 Mecklenburg Hotel Inc.


.right side lines and 47


Mecklenburg Nurseries Inc.


Mill Remnants Co. .left side lines and 71


.right bottom lines and 36


Miller Motor Express 70 Model Laundry Co .... left side lines and 63 Moretz Coal Co. 26 Mutual Building & Loan Assn.


.right top lines and 23


Myers Automobile Service Co inc .. .right side lines and 84


.right top corner cards and 11 Thomas Cadillac-Oldsmobile Inc. .. right side lines and 12 New South Express Lines Inc. .. .left top corner cards and 70 Thompson Antique Co Todd's Flowers Inc 39 3 New Way Laundry .... left side lines and 61 Nivens Construction Co. Torrence Charles A .... left side lines and 20 Traveler's Hotel 48 Tucker-Kirby Co .. .right top lines and 21 Turner Bros Plumbing & Heating 78 Union National Bank .front cover and 17 Union Storage & Warehouse Co .. .back cover and 90 Upchurch C W & Co Inc. .left bottom lines and 12 VanNess W I & Co Inc. 4 Wachovia Bank & Trust Co. .right top corner cards and 33 Norfleet Motors Co Inc ... .left side lines and 11 Norman George E Roofing Co ... .right too corner cards and 85 North State Fuel Co Inc .. . back cover and 26 Optometry Eye Clinic. left bottom lines and 73 Orkin Exterminating Co Inc .. 39 Orr Motor Co .. .left side lines and 11 Orr & Clary .... left top corner cards and 87 .left top lines and 18 Page Nelson Inc. 60 Page & Co ..... right top corner cards and 3 Waddell J R .. 34 Walker Irvin C Plumbing & Heating Co.


Palmers' Optometrists. . left bottom lines and 74 Parker-Gardner Co .... left top lines and 76 Payne-Farris Co .... right side lines and 43 Pennsylvania Oil Co. right side lines and 73


Perry-Mincev Co. . .right top lines and 43 Pet Dairy Products Co .right bottom lines and 50 Pettit Motor Co. right side lines and 12 Piedmont Fire Ins Co. .right top lines and 54 Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. .left bottom lines and 74 Pound & Moore Co. .right side lines and 73 Pritchard Paint & Glass Co Inc. .right side lines and 75 Pyramid Chevrolet Co Inc ..


.front cover and 9


Pyramid Life Ins Co .. . . left side lines and 57 Queen City Trailways right side lines and A Radio Doc .. .left side lines and 80 Radio Station WSOC Inc ... .right top corner cards and 80 Robinson Electric Co Inc. 38 Rogers Thomas F Co. ... right top corner cards and 74 Ross Electric Co. 39


Royal Auto Finance Co 4


Royal Coal & Coke Co. 29


Royal Dyers & Cleaners Inc.


25


Rulane Gas Co ..


. left side lines and 45


S & S Floor Covering Shop. Z Sanitary Laundry Inc. . front cover and C


Scoggins Memorial Art Shops.


69


Shaw J D ..... right top corner cards and 33


Shaw Victor Co.


.left side lines and 88


Shenandoah Life Ins Co


59


Shuman Roofing & Heating Co.


left top corner cards and 86


Sing R L ..


83


Sipe Realty Co


83


Smith Johnson C University .left side lines and 31


Smith-Wadsworth Hardware Co. .left top lines and 46 Sonotone Charlotte Co. .left top corner cards and 47


Southeastern Construction Co.


33


Southeastern Ice & Coal Co.


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Southeastern Institute Inc.


.left top corner cards and 87


Spencer Harry J.


.right side lines and 82


.left top corner cards and 59


Stafford & Stroupe Motors Inc ..


12


Standard Ice & Fuel Co.


left top lines and 27


Steffey R P Co.


Z


Sterchi's.


.right bottom lines and


44


Swinson Food Products.


75


Tallev Vacuum Cleaner Co.


91


Textile Salvage Co


88


Thies Realty & Mortgage Co ..


Weathers Bros Transfer Co.


89


Westbrook Ins Agency


.left side lines and 57


Wiggins Ice & Fuel Co.


27


Whitsett Photo Co.


76


Wiggins J L & Son Lumber Co.


. front cover and 67


Wiggins T J Lumber Co.


right side lines and 68


Willard Hotel ..


48


Yellow Cab Co Inc.


left bottom lines and 87


York Ice Machinery Co.


2


Zagora J Machine & Gear Co.


68


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Ware Realty Co.


right top corner cards and 78


left top corner cards and 84


Warren-Harris Co.


63


Washburn Printing Co.


right side lines and 79


INTRODUCTION


HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., publishers of Southeastern Directories, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1942 edition of the Charlotte City Directory, which also includes Amity Gardens, Briar Creek Park, City View Heights, Club Colony, Commonwealth Park, Glenwood, Green Hills, Grier Heights, Hoskins, Marsh Estates, Myers Park Manor, Oak- hurst Heights, Pharr Acres, Poplar Gables and Washburn Heights.


Confidence in the continued growth of Charlotte'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 Charlotte 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 serv- ice. 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 Charlotte Directory will fulfill its mission as a source of authentic information pertaining to the community.


Five Major Departments


The five major departments are arranged in the following order :-


THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and business and professional concerns is included in pages 29 to 875, 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 Charlotte and vicinity, and the name, official personnel, nature and address of each firm and corpora- tion.


THE BUYERS' GUIDE, preceding the Classified and separately paged from 1 to 92, on goldenrod paper, contains the advertisements of leading manufacturing, business and professional interests of Charlotte and vicin- ity. 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 sourcs of supply. In a large commercial and industrial center like Charlotte, the necessity of having this kind of information immediately available, is obvious. 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 969 to 1055, on yellow paper. This department lists the names of all business and professional concerns in alphabetical order under appropriate headings. This feature constitutes an invaluable and indispensable catalog of the numerous interests of the community. The Directory is the common in- termediary between buyer and seller. As such it plays an important part in the daily activities of the commercial and professional world. More buy- ers 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 1057 to 1226. In this section the named streets are arranged in alphabetical order, followed by the num- bered streets in numerical 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. Features of this section are the designation of tenant-owned homes and the designation of homes and places of busi- ness having telephones.


THE NUMERICAL TELEPHONE DIRECTORY, on blue paper, begins opposite page 1228.


Community Publicity


The Directory reflects the achievements and ambitions of the commun- ity, depicting in unbiased terms what it has to offer as a place of residence,


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as a business location, as a manufacturing site and as an educational cen- ter. 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 Charlotte and vicinity.


The Charlotte Directory Library


Through the courtesy of the publishers of the Charlotte City Directory, a Directory Library is maintained in the offices of the Charlotte 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 Pub- lishers, 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.


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"WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT YOUR CITY"


"The helpful kind of patriotism is the kind that grows out of a knowledge of one's town, of her growth, her people, her property, her government and her needs. This knowledge develops, first, an intelligent interest; then, a sympathy; then a reasonable affection, a wise and temperate jealousy for her good name and a wish that she may prosper and grow more beautiful; and, finally, a desire to help her to become greater and finer, a bright and clean workshop and a home for the best of men and women."-John Cotton Dana.


CHARLOTTE


"THE QUEEN CITY"


(Courtesy The Charlotte Chamber of Commerce, Inc., Charlotte, N. C.)


Charlotte is located in the center of a territory recognized as the most rapidly developing industrial and commercial section in the South. The eyes of the commercial as well as tourist world are focused on the Piedmont Caro- linas, the section of which Charlotte is the geographic and industrial center.


The city that had the greatest increase in population between 1930-1940 was Miami, Fla., with the following cities in consecutive order: San Diego, Calif .; Washington, D. C .; Jacksonville, Fla .; Houston, Texas; and CHAR- LOTTE, N. C. Charlotte stood sixth in the nation, with a gain of 21.4%. There are now in the U. S. only 92 cities of more than 100,000 population, and Charlotte is the 91st city, with 100,899 inhabitants. In 1930 its place was the 101st, so, then, it moved up ten places within the ten-year period.


Hard-surfaced roads radiate from Charlotte in every direction. Eleven highways enter Charlotte. Three national highways cross North Carolina State highways at Charlotte. North Carolina has 9,000 miles of paved roads. Two million people can come to Charlotte from a radius of 100 miles by automo- bile, transact business and return home on the same day.


Charlotte's Skyline in the Distance


Charlotte is the distributing center of the Carolinas and is the natural radial point for the railroads of this section. There are eight railway lines radiating from Charlotte, this situation making possible a maximum of rail- way trackage for new industries of various kinds. Charlotte has an abundance of skilled and unskilled labor willing to give an honest day's work for a reason- able wage. Charlotte is not disturbed by continued labor difficulties, strikes and labor agitation.


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The quality of Charlotte's water is excellent. The supply is abundant, with a modern filter plant, completed at a cost of $1,000,000 or more, and a daily capacity of 16,000,000 gallons and an average daily pumpage of 8,500,000 gallons.


Electricity, ample and at low rates, has been probably the greatest factor in the industrial and commercial development of Charlotte.


Charlotte's rapid growth as a manufacturing and business center has developed financial institutions commensurate with the demands of the rapidly- growing city and section which they serve.


Charlotte is live, aggressive and progressive. .


Charlotte citizens cooperate in matters which prompt the civic, com- mercial, religious and industrial welfare of the community.


Charlotte is a friendly city. It welcomes the newcomer, be he from the North, West, East or South.


STATISTICAL REVIEW


Slogan-"Watch Charlotte Grow"; also "Queen City of the South."


Form of Government-Council-manager.


Population-100,899 (1940 U. S. Census). American-born, 99.7%.


Area-19.6 square miles.


Altitude-780 feet above sea level.


Climate-Mean annual temperature, 60.2 degrees F .; average annual rainfall, 46.05 inches.


Parks-23, with total of 352 acres, valued at $600,000.


Assessed Valuation-$111,879,155, with $1.48 per $100 tax rate.


Bonded Debt-$10,197,500 (net, $4,781,350).


Financial Facts-2 national banks, 2 state banks and 4 industrial banks, with total deposits of $294,663,259.19 (Dec. 31, 1941), and total re- sources of $314,725,041.27 (Dec. 31, 1941). Branch of Federal Re- serve Bank of Richmond located here. Clearings for national and state banks for 1941, $1,159,172,561. 2 building and loan associations, with total assets of $8,706, 714.06 (Dec. 31, 1940).


Postal Receipts-$1,274,644.33 (calendar year 1941).


Telephones in Service-24,960.


Churches-172, representing 18 denominations.


Building and Construction-Value of building permits, $4,835,966 (1941). Industry-Chief industries of city and surrounding territory: Manufacturing, 55 % ; agriculture, 45 %. 285 manufacturing establishments, paying wages of $12,750,000 annually, and having products valued at $57,- 915,697 annually (last available report).


Trade Area-Retail area has radius of 50 miles, and population of 583,000; wholesale area, radius of 75 miles, and population of 1,131,000. 1,700 retail stores in city, with annual sales of $50,997,000.


Newspapers-2 daily and 1 Sunday and 3 weekly.


Hotels-8, with total of 1,350 rooms. Newest hotel opened in 1940 (200 rooms).


Railroads-4: Southern, Seaboard Air Line, Norfolk-Southern and Piedmont & Northern (last an electric line).




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