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HILL'S CHARLOTTE (MECKLENBURG COUNTY, N. C.)
CITY DIRECTORY
Vol. 1947 XV
Containing an Alphabetical Directory of Business Concerns and Pri- vate Citizens, a Directory of Householders, Occupants of Office Buildings and Other Business Places, Including a Complete Street and Avenue Guide, a Numerical Telephone Directory and a Postal Unit Guide; also a
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GENERAL INDEX
Page
Abbreviations 28 and 29
Alphabetical List of Names
29
Apartment Buildings
935
Associations and Clubs-Commercial 936
Banks and Trust Companies 9.40
Board of Education
152
Buildings-Office and Public
944
Bus and Coach Lines-Motor
944
Buyers' Guide
· preceding Classified
Cemeteries
945
Chamber of Commerce
152
Churches
946
City Government
152
Classified Business Directory
933
Clergymen
948
Clubs
950
County Government
494
Fire Department
152
Golf Clubs and Courses
962
Halls 963
Homes and Asylums 964
Hospitals and Dispensaries 964
Hotels 965
Labor Organizations 970
Libraries
972
Museums
977
Newspapers 978
Numerical Telephone Directory . following Householders' Guide
981
Police Department
153
Post Office 726
Railroads 985
Schools-Parochial
990
Schools-Public
990
Schools, Colleges and Academies 991
992
Societies-Miscellaneous
992
Societies-Patriotic
993
State Government . 539
Street and Avenue Guide .
following Classified
United States Government . 726
United States Postal Unit Guide
. preceding Householders' Guide
401702
Parks and Playgrounds
Societies -- Benevolent and Fraternal
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION
Page
A & M Farm Equipment Co
Acousticon Charlotte Co .. .right bottom lines and 52
Allen Bob Agency 71 Dudley Realty Co ...
Allied Van Lines Inc. . right bottom lines. 121 and 130 Allison-Erwin Co Inc. . 70
American Cyanamid Co Industrial Chemicals Divi- sion
31
American Dry Cleaning Co .. . . left side lines and 19
American Trust Co.
.back cover and
21
Andrews Music Co. . left top lines and 90
Arkansas Fuel Oil Co. .
.left bottom lines and 102
Artistic Letter Shop ..
left bottom cards and
Ashworth Bros Inc.
Atkinson-Norfleet Inc.
left side lines and
Atlantic Co. .
right bottom lines
Auto Finance Co.
right top cards and 85
Auto Spring Co. 11
Avrett & Ledbetter Roofing &
Heating Co.
left top lines and 117
Ballenger Bros Coal Co.
front cover and 33 Y
Bartholomew Bradley W
40
Belk Bros Co
Berryhill Fountain Sales Co.
.left inside top cards and 123
Berryhill-Ward Sales Co right inside top cards and 126
Besser Chas S Co.
. left side lines and
90
Biltmore Dairy Farms. .
back cover and
45
Blankenship Alse V ... .. right inside top cards and 51
Bob's Dry Cleaners. .. .. left inside top cards and 49
Booth Realty Mortgage Co 111
Bost Building Equipment Co Inc.
. left side lines and
Boyd & Goforth Inc .. .left side lines and 40
Bridges Furniture Co. .
.... right bottom lines and
5.8
Burton Junior College. . right top cards and 123
Cannon Aircraft Sales & Service Inc.
Cannon-Jones Music Co Inc
. . left inside top cards and 104
Carolina Business School Inc .. . right top lines and
30
Hart's Cleaners Inc ..
right bottom cards and
Carolina China Market. . 31 Haverty Furniture Co left top lines and
Carolina Cut Rate Drug Store Inc .. 17 MIayes Nursery .right side lines and 98
Carolina Finance Co left bottom cards and
Carolina Marble & Granite Works Inc ..
. front cover, right top lines and 94
Carolina Realty Co of Charlotte Inc .. .front cover. right top lines and 109 Carolina Road Service Garage .. 12
Carolina Roofing & Siding Co
left top cards and 118
Case Bros Piano Co. .right top lines and 103
Cathey Lumber Co Inc.
Charlotte Auto Body Works 12
Charlotte Finance Co .. .left top cards and 85 Horne-Wilson Inc .. .left top cards and 106
Charlotte Floormaster Co 120
Charlotte Letter Writing Co. . . right top cards and 82 Charlotte Lumber & Manufacturing Co .. right top cards and 107
Charlotte Merchants Assn Inc .. .right side lines and B
Charlotte-Minneapolis Artificial Limb Co 4
Charlotte Motor Co 12
Charlotte Scale & Fixture Co. 123 Charlotte Union Bus Station Inc. 29 Children's Shop The . . 31
Chipley Realty Co. left top cards and 110
Citizens Bank left top cards and
20 85
City Anto Finance Co.
City Chevrolet Co. bottom stencil and 5 Johnson Motor Lines Inc City Ice Delivery Co Inc .... right side lines and 69 City Savings Bank. . front cover, right bottom lines and Coe J L Construction Co. 41 Kanoy & Sons Machine Co.
Commercial National Bank front stencil.
Concrete Supply Co. . right side lines and
Conder's Soda Shop
Contractors Service Inc
Cook Body Co ... 133
Cook Sausage Co 120
Crouch Funeral Home left top cards and Daughtry Sheet Metal 'Co. . .left top lines and 119 Davis Frozen Foods Inc
Davis Marion Co Ine right inside top cards and 53
Davis Roy Used Cars. . . left inside top cards and 12
Davis & Young Inc left side lines and
DeLaney E & Real Estate 111
Dellinger & Sons Motor Co. . . left bottom lines and 13 Liquid Asphalt Co. . right bottom lines and 43 Denton Furniture Co Inc .. 59 Litaker Chas H Mutual Insurance. . . Dickson R S & Co Inc .left bottom cards and 76
Dillard Paper Co right top cards and IOI
Doggett Lumber Co
back cover. 27 and 88
Domestic Laundry Ine
right bottom lines
Douglas & Sing. 57
110
Iluke Power Co
.front cover. left side Ines and
83
112
Dunaway Manley R
Jiunean Printmakers
Dwelle John M Co ..
Eckerd Drugs Inc. right bottom lines and
112 47
Econoud Electric & Supply Co right bottom lines and 50 50 30
Elam Electric Co. . left side lines and
Electrle Ice & Fuel Co
Ellison Ernest Ine
right bottom Ines and
Evans College of Commerce
, right top lines and
F & R Coal & Oil Co Inc.
. left side lines and
36
Faris Bros Furniture Co
Fields Jewelers Firestone Stores. left bottom lines and
79 1
First Federal Savings & Loan Assn of Charlotte ..
.back cover and 121
Folger Lee A Inc.
right side lines and
t-
Foremost Dairies Inc.
. right top lines and
Forest Lawn Co. .
.left bottom lines and
30
25
Forest Products Corp
Garmon Roy S Roofing Co
.right inside top cards and 119
Gathings Motor Co Inc. Godfrey P C Plumbing & Heating Co .left bottom lines and 13 105 41
Goode Construction Corp.
Graham's Pure Oil Service. Great Northern Life Ins Co
left side lines and 76 25
Gypsy Hair Dressing System
H & S Lumber Co ...
right side lines and
90
Hall Brown G . left inside top cards and 79 Hand Drug Co. 45 73 Hardware Mutual Fire Insurance Co front cover, right side lines and 27 55 134 Hart Truck Trailer Service . 19 59
85
Heath Motor Co.
Hefner Plumbing Co Inc ... . right bottom lines and 105
Herrin Bros. Coal & Ice Co
Heyward Theo C ..
Hicks Equipment Co. left top lines and
Hill C W Printing Co
Hinson I S & Sons. 135
Hobbs W H Inc .. 106 42
Home Designing & Building Co
Home Federal Savings & Loan Assn. .back cover. left top cards and 122
Hospital Savings Assn of N C Inc.
left top cards and 66 66 66
Hotel Wm R. Barringer.
Hough-Wylie Co. .. . right side lines, A and S
Industrial Loan & Investment Bank
.left top lines and 20 Interstate 'Construction Co. .. . right top cards and 42 Interstate Electric Co ... right bottom lines and 50 Interstate Roofing & Asphalt Co I19 Jacobs E H Manufacturing Corp 126
James Agency 76
Jarrell W G Machine Co.
back cover. left top cards and 93
Jean's Jewelry & Gifts left side lines and 133
Johnston's Furniture Co. left side lines and 59
Kale-Lawing Co . backbone and 99
Karr & King Inc. right bottom cards and
Keith's Garage .
Kerr Thos F & Co
112
40 43 Kimbrell's Inc .. . right side lines and 60
King's Business College . right inside top cards and 30
Kirkland C W Co. right side lines and
Kiser Drug Co
Kiser Hardware Co ..
Kool Vent Metal Awning Co. . . right side lines and Lanier Co
20 47
Lee Construction Co. right top lines and 12
Lewith Wilson Machinery Corp 127
Little l'ep Delmonico Restaurant. I16
13
19 Harris Upham & Co Harry J M & Bryant Co Inc
37 90 52 108
Carolina Transfer & Storage Co Inc .. .right bottom lines. 124 and 130 Carson MeAlister Insurance Agency Inc. . right side lines and 75 MIome Ileating Co Inc .... right bottom cards and backbone and S 64 Home Realty & Olanagement Co Inc .. . left side lines and I11 Hoppe Motors Inc. . left top and left side lines and
Hotel Charlotte left side lines and
Z and 128 65 9
right and left side lines and 23 3.8 Kerlin Motors Inc. .left side lines and 9
Kirchofer & Arnold Inc .. . left bottom cards and 43 63
left top lines and 32
Page
127 11
Bank of Charlotte ..
46
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
Page
Longhaven Tourist Conrt
.left side lines and 128
Lucielle Shops Inc. . .
left top cards and
80
Ross & Witmer Inc. .
lett bottom lines and
2
M & J Finance Corp.
.right side lines and 86
Marley Realty Co ..
left bottom lines and 112
Martin Transfer & Storage Co
left bottom cards and 131
Maxwell Bros & Morris Inc .. .. right top lines and 60
Mayfair Hotel.
68
MeAuley Plumbing '& Heating Co
106
MeDonald Realty Co. .
.left bottom lines and 113
McEwen Funeral Service Inc ... . left side lines and 56
Shaw Bill Co.
.left top lines and 100
MeGinn Edw R
62
Shenandoah Life Insurance Co of Roanoke. Va ...
left bottom lines and
75
McKee Realty Co Inc.
.left side lines and 113
McNeil Paper Co Inc ...
right top cards and 102
Mecklenburg Furniture Shops Inc ..
Mecklenburg Hotel.
.right bottom lines and
60
Mecklenburg Motors Inc.
right side lines and
67
. left side lines and
Mecklenburg Nurseries Inc. .
. . left side lines and
98
Melton Tire & Appliance Co.
Metropolitan Lite Insurance Co.
right bottom lines and 76
Meyers Furniture Co. 60
Mill Remnants Co 117 Soule Steel & Iron Co. . right inside top cards and Southeastern Construction Co ..
Miller Motor Express .left side lines and 133
Mincey's Inc. .
left bottom cards and
61
Southeastern Ice & Coal Co
Moretz Coal Co
32
Morris J H Realty Co .. 113
Morton Music Co. .
95
Southern Dairies Inc. .
Morton Refrigeration Sales & Service Inc
.left bottom cards and 115
Mutual Building & Loan Assn. . right top lines and 28
Myers 'Bicycle & Key Shop 25 Myers Tire Co. . 14
New China Restaurant. 116
New Way Laundry
.left side lines, 48 and
81
New York Cafe.
116
Nisbet E P Co. ..
left bottom lines and
55
North Carolina Equipment Co.
right top cards and
44
North State Fuel Co Inc. . 34
North State Laundry Ine 89
Observer Co. .left top lines and 97
Oriental Restaurant 117
Orr Motor Co.
right side lines and
14
Page Air Conditioning Co Inc ..
right top cards and 2
Parker-Gardner Co.
.left top lines and 104
Payne-Farris Co
right side lines and
61
Pennsylvania Oil Co. . right side lines and 100
Perry-Mincey Co
.right top lines and
57
Pet Dairy Products Co.
. right bottom lines and
69
Pettit Motor Co.
right side lines and
10
Thies Realty & Mortgage Co. .. right side lines and 114
Thomas Cadillac-Oldsmobile Inc. .
right side lines and
17
114
Petty L L Used Cars. 14 Thomas Theron W.
Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Co of Hartford, Conn
71
Piedmont Fire Insurance Co .... right top lines and 74
Piedmont Mountain Freight Lines Inc. . 132 Piedmont Restaurant. .. 117
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co ..
Polk's Bankers Encyclopedia. left bottom lines and 101
Pound & Moore Co ..
right side lines and 100
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Presson, Corse & Keefer Inc. 135
Price A Z Co Inc .. right top cards and 64 Price W E & Son. right side lines and 77
Pritchard Paint & Glass Co Inc.
.right side lines and 101
Pyramid Chevrolet Co Inc. .. .. right top cards and 14 Queen City Coach Co. right side lines and A Query-Spivey-McGee Co Inc. 53 Weill B C Co ..
Radio Station W A Z S
.left and right side lines and 108 Radio Station W S O C Inc. . . . right top cards and 108 Rayburn's Parkwood Pharmacy.
Reese's Antique Shop. .. .. left bottom cards and 3 Remodernization Inc .. .. right bottom cards and 120 Reo Truck & Bus Co Inc 15 Wilkinson Jas W
Wiggins T J & E L Lumber Co.
Wiley Robt E.
115
77
Witt Tire Co. . .
.right top cards and
Richardson Don Piano Shop. right inside top cards and 104 Woods Frank Inc 17 Rike Roofing & Manufacturing Co. 120 Robinson Electric Co Inc .. Yandle-Weathers Inc 56 York Memorial 'Assn Inc .. 31 51 Yellow Cab Co Inc ... .left bottom lines and 126 Robinson Tire Recappers. 15
Robinson's Bob Auto Service. .. . left side lines and 15
Page
Local Finance Co . left side lines and 84 Rogers Thos F Co. right top cards and 101 Ross Electric Co
51
Royal Billiard Parlor 25 Rulane Gas Co left top lines and 62
Sanders Mack Motors Inc
right inside top cards and 15
Matthews-Morse Sales Co ..
106
Saxon's Inc. .
left top cards and 134
Scholl Wm P Inc .. right top cards and 78 Schwartz Sam Machinery Corp 127 95
Scoggins Memorial Art Shops Sharon Memorial Park. . .left side lines and 30
Shuman Co The
left top cards, 3 and 119
Simpson's Studio
left bottom lines and 102
Sing & Hardin
Smith Haviland Commercial Photographer.
.right and left bottom cards and C Smith Johnson C University. .. . left side lines and 37 79
Smith MI 'B Jewelers Inc. Smith-Wadsworth Hardware Co Inc.
Smith Watt Co Inc .. .left top lines and 63 105 124 43 B 68
Southern Appliances Inc .. .
Southern Bearings & Parts Co Inc .. .10 and. 68 70
Southern Engineering Co.
.left top lines and
Southern Finance Co.
84
Speir & Co Inc.
.left inside top cards and
77
Springside Dairy
right bottom cards and
Stafford Erven MI.
Standard Ice & Fuel Co.
ribbon bookmark. left top lines and 35
Standard Insulating Co .... right bottom cards and 71 Standard Restaurant Supply Co .. 115 Standard Supply Co .... . right inside top cards and 135 Starnes Esso Service ..
Sterchi's State Farm Insurance Co's ..... . left side lines and .right top lines and
Stiwalt Furniture Co.
Stockton Motor Co.
Sun Crest Bottling Co.
Superior Block Co. .
Superior Motor Co Inc. . . .. right top cards and 16
Swinson Food Products ..
130 Sykes Bill Transfer .. .top stencil, right side lines and 54
Thompson Antique Co.
3
Thompson's Cleaners. .
Todd's Flowers Inc. ... .. right inside top cards and
Torrence Chas
. left side lines and
Transit-Mix Concrete Co.
.. left bottom lines and
39
67
Traveler's Hotel
Tucker-Kirby Co.
.right top lines and
37
Union National Bank
front cover. right top lines and 24 125 17
Union Storage & Warehouse Co Inc ...
Upchurch C W & Co Inc.
.right top lines and
Vinson Realty Co ..
92
. left bottom cards and 114
Walke Henry Co ...... right and left top cards and
Washburn Printing Co .. .
.right side lines and 107
Wearn Lamber Co ... . right side lines and 93 129 Weathers Bros Transfer Co Inc. 135 West End Auto Service. 17 18 West Side Used WAuto Parts Westside Ice & Fuel Co. . left 'bottom lines, 37 and Wiggins Ice & Fuel Co. 69 36 89
49 53 26
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Moss Trucking Co Inc ..
134
Speir N G Inc.
. left inside top cards. 95 and 114
113
13
Zagora J Machine & Gear Co Inc.
90
INTRODUCTION
HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., publishers of Southeastern Directories, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1947 edition of the Charlotte City Directory.
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 city.
Six Major Departments
The six 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 793. 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 the name, official personnel, nature and address of each firm and corporation in the city.
THE BUYERS' GUIDE, preceding the Classified and separately paged from 1 to 136, on goldenrod paper, contains the advertisements of leading manufacturing, business and professional interests of Charlotte. The ad- vertisements are indexed under headings descriptive of the business repre- sented. This is reference advertising at its best, and merits a survey by all buyers eager to familiarize themselves with sources of supply. In a large commercial and industrial center like Charlotte, the necessity of having this kind of information immediately available, is obvious. General appre- ciation of this fact is evidenced by the many reference users of this City Directory service.
THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is included in pages 933 to 1000, 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 POSTAL UNIT GUIDE, on pink paper, follows the Classified and is separately paged from 1 to 4. This section is reproduced verbatim from copy supplied by the postal authorities.
THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, on pink paper, follows the Postal Unit Guide and is separately paged from 5 to 174. In this section the named streets are ar- ranged in alphabetical order, followed by the numbered 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. Special features of this section are the designation of tenant-owned homes and the designation of homes and places of business having tele- phones.
THE NUMERICAL TELEPHONE DIRECTORY, on blue paper, follows the Directory of Householders.
INTRODUCTION
Municipal Publicity
The Directory reflects the achievements and ambitions of the city, 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 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.
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.
HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., Publishers.
CHARLOTTE
"Queen City of the South"
(Courtesy The Charlotte Chamber of Commerce, Inc., Charlotte, N. C.)
LOCATION IN RELATION TO LARGER CITIES
Charlotte, the county seat of Mecklenburg County, is located in the south central section of North Carolina. It is 600 miles southwest of New York City, 400 miles southwest of Washington, D. C., 600 miles southeast of Chicago and 250 miles northeast of Atlanta, Ga. It is the center of the nationally-known "Piedmont Carolinas." 7
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POPULATION
The population within the city limits of Charlotte .is 100,899. Within a 50-mile radius, there are 600,000 people-69% of whom are white and 99 % native-born.
ELEVATION
Charlotte has an elevation of 779 feet above sea level datum. The city is neither flat nor hilly, but has a gradual rolling contour. The Piedmont section, of which Charlotte is the center, is the most level section in the two Carolinas.
TRANSPORTATION
There are 4,500 miles of hard-surfaced roads within 150 miles of Char- lotte, which makes practically all important sub-distribution points in the two Carolinas accessible by motor truck overnight. Motor bus lines maintain regular schedules to Greensboro, Raleigh, Asheville, Winston-Salem, Salis- bury, Statesville, Columbia, Greenville, Spartanburg, Rock Hill and Chester, connecting at those cities for more distant points.
The Charlotte motor bus system reaches into every residential and in- dustrial section of the city, embracing 121 miles. Convenient schedules are maintained on all lines, and the service is complete in every detail. Charlotte is the home of the Duke Power Co., supplying the Piedmont Carolinas with light, power and transportation.
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