Hill's Gastonia (Gaston County, N.C.) City Directory [1951], Part 1

Author: Hill Directory Company.
Publication date: 1951
Publisher: Hill Directory Co.
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ncluding Arkray Mills Village, Arlington Heights, Arlington Mills Village, Armstrong Development, Fairmont Park, Flint Mills Village No. 's 1 and 2, Forest Hill, Groves Mills Village, Mutual Mills Vil- lage, Myrtle Mills Village, Ranlo, Smyre, Victory Mills Village, West View Heights and Winget Mills Village.


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The publishers cannot and do not guarantee the cor- rectness of all information furnished them nor the complete absence of errors or omissions, hence no responsibility for same can be or is assumed.


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INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX


HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., publishers of Southeastern Directories, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1951 edition of the Gastonia City Directory, which also includes Arkray Mills Village, Arlington Heights, Arlington Mills Village, Armstrong Development, Fairmont Park, Flint Mills Village Nos. 1 and 2, Forest Hill, Groves Mills Village, Mutual Mills Village, Myrtle Mills Village, Ranlo, Smyre, Victory Mills Village, West View Heights and Winget Mills Village. . A new feature, the Numerical Telephone Directory, marks this edition.


Confidence in the growth of Gastonia's industry, population and wealth, and in the advancement of its civic and social activities, will be main- tained as sections of this Directory are consulted, for the Directory is a mirror truly reflecting Gastonia to the world.


The enviable position occupied by HILL'S Directories in the estima- tion 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 Gastonia Directory will fulfill its mission as a source of authentic information pertaining to the community.


Five Major Departments (Each department beginning with Page 1)


The five 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 Gastonia 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 Gastonia and vicinity. The adver- tisements 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 progressive community like Gastonia, 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 Direc- tory service.


III. THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is the third major de- partment, printed on yellow paper .. This department lists the names of all business and professional concerns of the whole community in alpha- betical order under appropriate headings. This feature constitutes an in- valuable and indispensable catalog of the numerous interests of the com- munity. 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.


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INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX


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, fol- lowed by the named streets in alphabetical order; the numbers of the resi- dences 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 ap- pear at their respective crossing points on each street. Special features of this section are the designation of tenant-owned homes and the designa - tion of homes and places of business having telephones.


V. THE NUMERICAL TELEPHONE DIRECTORY, a new feature, on blue paper, is the fifth major department.


Community Publicity


The Directory reflects the achievements 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 educa- tional 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 Gastonia and vicinity.


The Gastonia Directory Library


Through the courtesy of the publishers of the Gastonia City Directory, a Directory Library is maintained in the offices of the Gastonia Chamber of Commerce, for free reference by the general public. This is one of more than 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 assur- ance that it will bring a commensurate return.


HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., Publishers.


INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


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


Acme Pattern Works . left side lines and


Acme Petroleum & Fuel Co Inc .


left and right lip margins, right top lines, 2 and 38


Adams Ice & Coal Co Inc. . right top lines and 39


Aetna Loan & Finance Co. left side lines and 103 150


Alexander Machine Co Inc.


All-Fiber Textile Machinery Co. 136


American Textile Sheet Metal Works Inc. . left top lines, X and Armington Hotel . .


154 88


Atkins Ennis Photography . left bottom lines and


Automotive Parts Inc. .right side lines and


Barker's Florist . left center lines and


Barkley Machine Works


Beeker's-Welding Service


Belton Typewriter Co


left center lines and


Bess J F & Co .


Beveridge H & Co.


Beveridge Metal Products Inc .


Black's Gray Iron Foundry right side lines and


Boyce Insurance Agency .


front cover and


Bradley Flyer & Repair Co


Bradley Service Station


Breeden's Oil Co.


Brown's Radio & Electric Service . left center lines and Bryant Electric Repair Co Inc. . front cover, left side lines and


62


Bryant Supply Co Inc . . back cover, left side lines and


63 91


Carolina Cleaners .


right center lines and 53


Carothers Funeral Home.


. . left center lines, 76 and tabbed insert at Telephone Section Carpenter & Robinson Motor Co Inc . right top lines and


Carson Sporting Goods Co left side lines and Carter A B Inc.


Champion's Esso Station .


Citizens National Bank The. . front stencil, left bottom lines and City Coach Co Inc.


City Lumber Co back cover, right side lines and


City Paint Store Inc . , left side lines and


City Wrecker Service & Garage. . right center lines and Cocker Machine & Foundry Co.


B


Colonial Ice Co . right top lines and


89


Costner Funeral Home.


77


Counts Transfer Co . . left bottom lines and 164


Craig Motor Co.


6 139


Dellinger's Upholstering Co. 166


151


Drum's Bar-B-Q and Esso Service 20 and 126


Duke Power Co.


Y


Dunaway W M Auto Electric Service. front cover and Efird's Department Store . .left top lines and 49


7


Electrical Contractors Inc.


insert opposite name in alphabetical


Elliott and Little Furniture Co. . . left side lines and


83


74 90 151 19 74 61


Caldwell Robert F. right side lines and


4 135 138 19 30 36 105 116 5


Creasman Steel Roller Machine Co Inc.


Dixie Machinery Co Inc .


Page 117


120 3 71 137 167


165 Z 150 156


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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


Page


Esther's Florist .


72


Evans College of Commerce .


37


Ferguson Gear Co


152


Firestone Florist . left top lines and 72


Firestone Stores .


8


First Federal Savings & Loan Assn .


Fox Coal & Fuel Oil Co. ribbon bookmark, right bottom lines and


128


Franklin Avenue Service Station .


20


Franklin Hardware Co.


86


Gaston Electric Co Inc. insert at name in Alphabetical


Gaston Floral Gardens. tabbed insert at name in Alphabetical


Gaston Inn Hotel right side lines and


88


Gaston Oxygen Supply Co Inc.


168


Gaston Service Co.


right side lines and


21


Gastonia Appliance Co Inc


right bottom lines and


60


Gastonia Belting & Supply Co Inc .


right side lines and


157


Gastonia Brush Co .


.left side lines and


35


Gastonia Coca-Cola Bottling Co.


.back cover and


33


Gastonia Combed Yarn Corp.


162


Gastonia Concrete Products Co.


back cover, left center lines and


42


Gastonia Fuel Co


right side lines and 40


Gastonia Ice Cream Co Inc.


left bottom lines and 89 92


Gastonia Lumber Co.


left top lines and


106


Gastonia Merchants Oil Co right side lines and


112


Gastonia Mill Supply Co . A and


158 21


Gastonia Motor Parts Co Inc .


Gastonia Mutual Building & Loan Assn. left top lines and


129


Gastonia Plumbing & Heating Co Inc. right center lines and 121


Gastonia Radiator Shop. .


right center lines and


22


Gastonia Roller, Flyer & Spindle Co Inc. . . right top lines and


Gastonia Sheet Metal Works .


left center lines and


140 131 134 85


Gastonia United Oil Co Inc.


Gastonia Venetian Blind Co


166


Good Will Press Inc .


left center lines and


123


Gossett Machine Works Inc.


141 159


Grigg A F Sheet Metal Works


right center lines and


132


Guthrie Machine Shop


Hamilton Roy Plumbing & Heating .


152 120 54


Highland Cleaners . right side lines and


Holland Sheet Metal Works


left center lines and


133


Holsum Baking Co.


right side lines and


Home Finance Co


Hotel Gaston Inn . right side lines and


Home Distributing Co Inc


Hotel Armington


left top lines and


Hudson Motors.


left side lines and


23 70 64


J & J Electric Service right top lines and Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Co of Greensboro, N C. . .


Jenkins Cleaners


right center lines and


55 98


Jenkins Geo A Agency Inc .


Jenkins Metal Shops Inc. left top lines and


155


Johnson H V & Son right top lines and


40


Johnston's Furniture Co .


83


Kennedy's Rexall Drug Store. right top lines and


51


Kincaid Cotton Co Inc. . left bottom lines and


163


29 28 88 87 88 22


Howe's T Q Garage


Industrial Finance Co Inc


97


Gastonia Textile Sheet Metal Works Inc.


Griffin Supply Co.


. back cover and


Gastonia Insurance Agency Inc.


37


INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


VII


Kincaid Engineering Co


160


Kincaid Insurance Agency.


99


Kluttz Machine & Foundry Co Inc.


142


Knox Sandwich Co.


right side lines and


127


Ladd Sea Foods .


130


Lane John Body & Paint Shop


23


Lawson W D & Co.Inc


163


Leventis P P & Co.


124


Lewis Motor Inc right bottom lines and


9


Lighting Center .


left side lines and


68


Lineberger Realty Co.


124


Linwood Oil Co.


75


Long Bros .


134


Loughridge Motor Co Inc.


. . . . right bottom lines, 10 and insert at name in Alphabetical


Lytten Sales & Repair. left side lines and


104 49


Manning's . right top lines and


11


Matthews-Belk Co.


47


Maxwell Bros & Morris


McCluney's Inc . right center lines and


McLean & Son Funeral Home . right bottom lines and


McLurd & Babington . left center lines and


93


Mill & Marine Electric Inc. right bottom lines, 66 and 67 and insert at name in Alphabetical


Mitcham & Co. . left bottom- lines and 143


Modern Cleaners.


Mohawk Machinery Co. right side lines and


58 153


Moore & Stewart Inc .


126 99


Morris Jewelry Co Inc.


Morris Glass Co. right side lines and


Moss Chas A Florist .


Moss Rexall Drug Store


Mott Motor Co Inc .


National Bank of Commerce backbone, left side lines and Nelson Iron & Metal Co.


Nesbitt Bottling Co Inc.


New-Way Laundry & Cleaners Inc. left bottom lines and New York Life Insurance Co.


Nivens Virginia


Norlander-Young Machine Co.


Norris Supply & Machine Co. . .left side lines and


On Time Cleaners .


Orange Crush-Double Cola Bottling Co.


34


Parkdale Mills Inc.


Pearce Supply Co


Penegar O G Co. back cover, right side lines and


Peoples Furniture Co .


Petroleum Transportation Inc back cover and


Piedmont Iron Works .


Piedmont Motors Inc.


Powell Motor Co .


right side lines and


Public Service Co of N C Inc.


left top lines and Puritan Furniture Manufacturers Outlet. .right center lines and


Quality Cleaners.


Rainbow Paint Store


right side lines and


Rankin-Armstrong Co Inc.


right top lines and


Rankin Motors Inc . right side lines and


Ranlo Ice & Fuel Co Inc


Rawlings Co The.


Rawlings-Todd Co Inc The . left side lines and 69


Recreation Inc.


34


Red Front Cleaners


left side lines and


59


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front cover and 78 48 77


Martin Lawrence Used Cars


right top lines and


12 73 50


24 31 130 32 102


97 32 144 108 58


164 36 110 84


118 153 13 24


84 79 56 114 80 14 41 68


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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


Page


Red Top Cabs.


left top lines and 135


45


Roosevelt Tire Service.


Roy's Inc . right center lines and


25 100


Rudisill-Colvin Motors Inc


Rustin Furniture Co Inc. . front cover, left bottom lines and


S & O Service & Garage.


Sam's Jewelry Shop


Saunders Dry Cleaning Co .right bottom lines and 57 50


Schneider Leon I Inc.


right side lines and


69 119


Sherwin Williams Co The . , left side lines and


116


Shirley's Esso Servicenter


26 15


Smith Textile Arrow Co.


Smith's Cut Rate Drug Stores Inc. right center lines and


52


Smith's Farm Supply Co & Hatchery. right bottom lines and


70


Southern Motor Express Inc .


109


Southern Paper Industries Inc. . insert at name in Alphabetical Spencer & Cauthen Service Center.


27


Spencer Lumber Co Inc . front cover and


107


Spencer Machinery & Supply Co left top lines and 161


Spencer Rhyne Co Inc . right bottom lines and


111 59


Standard Hardware Co Inc. right bottom lines and


87 101


Stanley's Jewelers .


Stewart Construction Co. . left side lines and


44


Stewart Machine Co Inc


146


Stovall's Brass Foundry


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Sunrise Dairy Inc


. bottom stencil, 46 and insert at name in Alphabetical . Superior Bolster Co


147


T & T Super Market


85


Talley's Florist.


. . . . . left center lines, 73 and insert at name in Alphabetical Textile Parts & Machine Co Inc.


148


Thomas Motor Sales .


left bottom lines and 17


Todd F C Inc.


left side lines and 149


Todd J Y & Sons Agency. front cover and 95


Tom's Shell Service


27


United Dry Cleaners


60


WGNC Radio Station left side lines


18


. tabbed insert at name in Alphabetical


125


Watson Insurance Agency Inc. .right side lines and


96


Whisnant-William Furniture Co right side lines and


82


Whitesides & Co Inc left bottom lines and 98 109


Wiley's Monument Works


Williams E S & Sons . left center lines and 113


115 44


Williams Paint Service . left center lines and Wilson-Ledford Construction Co Inc Winget's Inc . left bottom lines and


102


Wright Bros right center lines and 43


125


Wright-Fair Real Estate Co


Yarborough & Elrod Inc. . left side lines and 122


,


25 81 26 101


Severance Appliance Co


Shelby's Studio right center lines and


Simmons Auto-Electric . . left bottom lines and


Simmons Insurance Agency right center lines and


Smith Chevrolet Co Inc .


top stencil and


94 16 145


Square Cleaners . . right side lines and


Walker G G Motor Co Inc


right center lines and Ward-Paysour Funeral Service Inc.


Ware J White


Rhyne M A & Sons


GASTONIA


"THE CITY OF UNLIMITED OPPORTUNITY"


(Courtesy Gastonia Chamber of Commerce)


Statistical Review


Form of Government-City manager-council (Plan D).


Population-1950 U. S. Census preliminary report for city, 23, 003; Greater Gastonia, 44, 907. American-born, 99. 3%.


Area-6. 6 square miles.


Altitude-825 feet above sea level.


Climate-Mean annual temperature, 60.6 degrees F .; average annual rainfall, 45. 87 inches.


Parks-4, with total of 61 acres.


Assessed Valuation-$32, 542, 402, with $1. 40 per $100 tax rate.


Bonded Debt-$2, 882, 000 gross; $1, 132, 000 net.


Financial Data-2 banks, with total assets of $33, 000, 000 (Dec. 31, 1950). 2 building and loan associations, with total assets of $5, 750, 000 (Dec. 31, 1950).


Postal Receipts-1930, $65,841.25; 1940,$102, 002.45; 1948,$289,711.03; 1950, $320, 640. 35.


Telephones in Service-9, 700.


Churches-29, representing 12 denominations.


Industry-Chief industry of city and surrounding territory is textile manufacturing. Total of 168 manufacturing plants of all classifications, with annual payroll of $35, 000, 000. Principal manufactured products: Cotton yarn, textile machinery, sewing thread, tire fabric, motor-oil filters, and numerous textile and miscellaneous products.


Trade Area-Retail area has radius of 25 miles, with over 250, 000 population.


Newspapers-1 daily, Gastonia Gazette; circulation, 19, 000.


Radio Stations-WGNC, 250-watt, dial 1450; WLTC, 1, 000-watt, dial 1370.


Hotels-4, with total of 240 rooms.


Railroads-3: Main line of Southern, Carolina & Northwestern, and Piedmont & Northern (electric).


Highways-U. S. 29, 74 and 321; N. C. 7 and 274.


Airports-1 landing field on outskirts of city, 1 airport, and 2 airports near Charlotte, about 15 miles distant.


Amusements-Largest auditorium in city seats 1,654 persons. 5 mo- tion-picture theatres, with total seating capacity of 3,200 persons. 2 golf courses.


Hospitals-4, with total of 394 beds.


Education-10 public schools, with 6, 800 pupils enroned, and 225 teachers. Greater Gastonia, 18 schools, 10, 640 pupils and 339 teachers.


Public Libraries-1, with 53,114 volumes and 368,647 annual circula- tion.


City Statistics-Total street mileage, 83, with 48 miles paved and several miles under construction. Miles of gas mains, 96; sewers, 79. Number of water meters, 8, 013; light meters, 7,011; gas meters, 1, 595. Capacity of water works, 6, 300, 000 gallons; daily average pumpage, 5, 000, 000 gallons; miles of mains, 114. Number of fire hydrants, 499; street lights, 930. Fire department has 32 men, with 2 stations, 6 pieces of motor equipment, and 90 fire-alarm boxes. Police department has 46 men, with 1 station and 8 pieces of motor equipment.


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INTRODUCTION


History and Location


The area of which Gastonia is the trade center began to be settled about the year 1735 by Scotch-Irish and Germans who had previously settled temporarily in Pennsylvania. These sturdy pioneers were attracted by the genial climate, the numerous springs and streams, and the fertile, virgin soil. It should be said in testimony of their fairness and right living that the powerful tribe of Catawba Indians, into whose midst the settlers came, assumed a friendly attitude toward their white brothers and often fought with them against other Indian tribes and also in their conquests for freedom during the Revolutionary War. It is not surprising to find from the pages of history, therefore, that the battle of Kings Mountain, the turning point of the Revolutionary War, should have been fought twenty miles from Gastonia by those early pioneers who prized their religious and political freedom so highly.


Romantic Growth


The manufacturing industry began to develop in this community in 1848 when the Mountain Island and Woodlawn cotton mills were built. During the next 24 years only one other industry came into being, and it was not until 1872, after the War between the States, that real industrial development began. In 1888 there were eight manufacturing plants in the county


It was in 1872 that the first railroad was built through Gaston County, making available to the manufacturers of the area raw material supplies and the consuming markets of the world.




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