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J. Y. TODD & SONS AGENCY
INSURANCE 201-02 National Bank of Commerce Bldg.
Phone 5-4621
Furnish Your Home Completely at
RUSTIN FURNITURE COMPANY, INC.
266-282 W. MAIN AVE. PHONE 6366 It's a Fact -"You Can Save Money at Rustin's"
SPENCER LUMBER CO. INCORPORATED
Building Materials
Lumber, Millwork, Brick, Lime, Cement, Plaster, Sheetrock, Roofing, All Kinds. Builders'
Hardware and Paints, Wall Paper, Screens -- Insulation
CORNER S. MARIETTA and 7th AVE. TELEPHONE 5-3486
GASTONIA NORTH CAROLINA
CONSULT US ABOUT YOUR Ah 15
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ALL LINES WRITTEN SERVICE UNEXCELLED
Boyce Insurance Agency Dial 5-3821
MAXWELL BROTHERS, INC.
Furniture Store Gastonia's Leading
W. M. DUNAWAY AUTO ELECTRIC SERVICE
Complete Auto Electric Service-Out Board Motor Repair
329 W. MAIN AVE.
PHONE DAY 5-3820
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Distributors of
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Wrenches ble Power Tools n Power Tools Iters and Tools
DAVID-BROWN-Spools and Bobbins
CARBORUNDUM-Abrasives, Cloth and Wheels CHASE-Brass Pipe and Fittings
CLARK-Steam Traps
COLUMBIA-Rope
CLIPPER-Belt Lacing
DODGE-Transmission Complete
DRONSSIELD-Atlas Emery Fillet
FAFNIR-Ball Bearings
FAIRBANKS Scales
FAIRBANKS-MORSE-Water Systems, Pumps, Motors, Diesel Engines FAULTLESS-Rollers and Casters
FERRY-Cap and Set Screws
GALLUN-Roller Leather
GAMISCO-Bobbin Enamel
GAMISCO-Leather Belting
GOODYEAR-Mechanical Rubber Goods
HALSEY TAYLOR-Water Coolers and Fountains
HASKELL-Bolts and Nuts
HEIN-WERNER-Hydraulic Jacks
HOPE-Spinning Tape
HUMPHRYES-Plumbing Fixtures
HYGRADE-Lamps
HYGRADE-Fluorescent Lighting
INGERSOLL-RAND-Air Compressors
JENKINS-Valves
JOHNS-MANVILLE-Insulation and Packing
JONES & LAUGHLIN-Steel Shafting
LOWELL-Mill Crayon
MORSE-Drills, Reamers, Taps, Cutters NICHOLSON-Arbor Presses
NICHOLSON-Files
NOONE-Slasher and Roller Cloths
PAIGE-Slasher and Roller Cloths PENBERTHY-Lubricators, Cellar Drainers PLEWS-Oilers
PYRENE-Fire Extinguishers
RELIABLE-Sprinkler Equipment
RHEEM-Electric, Gas, Oul Water Heaters
RICHMOND-Oil Tanks
RICHMOND RADIATOR-Plumbing Fixtures
RIDGE-Pipe Tools and Wrenches SOUTHWESTERN-Brooms
SPAULDING-Fibre Boxes and Trucks
STANDARD PRESSED STEEL-Cap. Set
Socket Screws and Lock Nuts STANLEY-Tools
STEPHENSON-Belt Dressing
STOCKHAM-Pipe Fittings
SYKES-Stripper Fillets
SYLVANIA-Lamps and Fixtures
TALCOTT-Belt Fasteners
THOMPSON-Milford Hack Saw and Band Saw Blades
UNITED STATES-Ring Travelers
WALWORTH-Genuine Stilson Wrenches WHEELING-Pipe
WINSLOW-Sheep and Calf Skins
WYANDOTTE-Cleaning Products
YALE & TOWNE-Locks and Hoists
YARNALL-Paints, Enamels, Stains, Etc.
613 East Franklin Ave.
Phone 5-3491
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Manufacturers of Textile Machinery
GASTONIA
NORTH CAROLINA
HIGH SPEED WARPERS AND CREELS for Warping Rayon yarns from Cones, Spools and Tubes.
HIGH SPEED WARPERS AND CREELS for Warping Cotton yarn.
SLOW SPEED WARPERS AND CREELS for Warping Rayon yarns from Spools.
HIGH SPEED CREELS for Silk System Sectional Warpers, Warping Synthetic yarns from Cones, Spools and Tubes.
SLOW SPEED CREELS for Silk System Sectional Warpers, Warping Synthetic yarns from Spools.
SIZING MACHINES (or Slashers) for Wa! of Synthetic yarns by Cotton or Silk S.
DIRECT BEAMING WARPERS for Warping and Cones.
COMBINATION WARPING-GASSING MA yarns from Cones and Twister Bobbins
WARP GASSING MACHINES, gassing cot Beam or Ball Warp.
WARP DYEING MACHINES, for handling : System of Warp Dyeing.
WARP BEAMING MACHINES of all types. WARP HANDLING EQUIPMENT, consistin Snaking, Warp Wrapping, Warp Unwra Warp Coiling Machines.
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GASTONIA CITY DIRECTORY
This book must not be taken from the Library building.
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CAROTHERS FUNERAL HOME, LTD
STREET GUIDE
BRYANT ELECTRIC REPAIR CO.
GASTONIA CONCRETE PRODUCTS CO.
THOMAS MOTOR SALES, INC.L"SON INSURANCE AGENCY, INC.
GASTON FLORAL GARDENS
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STOVALL'S BRASS FOUNDRY · HIGH GRADE BRASS, BRONZE AND ALUMINUM GRAY IRON CASTINGS
PARTS MADE FOR ALL KINDS OF MACHINERY · Cotton Mill Gear Blanks Our Specialty .
PHONES Plant: 5-4441 Residence: 5-1619
. PLANT York Road, South Gastonia, N. C.
HILL'S GASTONIA (GASTON COUNTY, N. C.) CITY DIRECTORY
Vol. 1953 X
Including 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.
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, a Nu- merical Telephone Directory; also a
BUYERS' GUIDE
and a Complete
Classified Business Directory
FOR CONTENTS SEE INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX ON PAGE III
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THROUGH THE
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$35.00
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DIRECTORY
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Copyright, 1953, by the Hill Directory Co., Inc.
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PUBLISHERS NOTE
The information in this Directory is gathered by an actual canvass and is compiled in a way to insure maximum accuracy.
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.
The publishers earnestly request the bringing to their attention of any inaccuracy so that it may be corrected in the next edition of the directory.
HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., Publishers
INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX
HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., publishers of Southeastern Directories (pub- lishers of the Gastonia City Directory since 1934), present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1953 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 Vil- lage.
Confidence in the growth of Gastonia's industry, population and wealth, and in the advancement of its civic and social activities, will be maintained as sec- tions of this Directory are consulted, for the Directory is a mirror truly re- flecting. Gastonia 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 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 golden- rod paper, contains the advertisements of leading manufacturing, business and professional interests of Gastonia and vicinity. The advertisements are indexed under headings descriptive of the business represented. This is reference ad- vertising 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 obvi- ous. General appreciation of this fact is evidenced 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 of the whole community in alphabetical order under ap- propriate 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 AV- ENUE GUIDE, on pink paper, is the fourth major department. Inthis section the numbered streets are arranged in numerical order, followed by the named streets 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 the designation of homes and places of business having telephones.
662026
CAROTHERS FUNERAL HOME, LTD.
STREET GUIDE
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BRYANT ELECTRIC REPAIR CO.
TSON INSURANCE AGENCY, INC.
GASTONIA CONCRETE PRODUCTS CO.
GASTON FLORAL GARDENS THOMAS MOTOR SALES, INC.L.
IV
INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX
V. THE NUMERICAL TELEPHONE DIRECTORY, on blue paper, is the fifth major department.
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 publishers have placed copies of this issue of the Directory in Directory Libraries, where they are readily available for free 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 Di- rectory Library is maintained in the offices of the Gastonia Chamber of Com- merce, 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 mem- bers of the Association of North American Directory Publishers, under whose supervision the system is operated.
The publishers appreciatively acknowledge the recognition by those progres- sive 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.
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION, THE YELLOW PAGES
Page
106
Acme Petroleum & Fuel Co
Inc. . . front and back lip
margins, right side lines, 2 and Adams Ice & Coal Co Inc . right bottom cards and Aetna Loan & Finance Co . . left side lines and
35
4
36
B
Anthony's Dairy .
. .left top inside cards and
40
Creasman Steel Roller Ma- chine Co Inc. . . right top . inside cards and 130
Atkins Ennis Photography . . left bottom lines and Automotive Parts Inc . .
107 Dawn D W & Co left top cards and
38
138
62
128
75
151
81
138
Esther's Florist . . right bottom cards and Evans College of Commerce. 65 31
54 Falls Appliance Service .
.left top cards and 51
Ferguson Gear Company . Firestone Florist .
. left top lines and
63
Bryant Supply Co Inc . ·
. back cover, left side lines, tabbed insert at Classified Section and Caldwell Robert F .
53
82 Fox Coal & Fuel Oil Co . Francum Realty Co . 46 . . left top cards and 115
Franklin Hardware Co. 77
49
Furr's Laundry & Cleaners . . right bottom cards and . Gaston Electric Co Inc . insert at name in
32
Alphabetical Section Gaston Floral Gardens . . .
tabbed insert at name in Alphabetical . Section Gaston Oxygen Supply Co Inc . left bottom cards and 152
Gastonia Appliance Co Inc. .
right bottom lines and 55
Gastonia Belting & Supply Co Inc. .. right side lines and 142
109
Gastonia Brush Co left side lines and 29 Gastonia Combed Yarn Corp.
149
Section and 24
City Lumber Co Inc back cover, right . side lines and City Paint Store Inc . left side lines and City Wrecker Service & Ga- rage . . left side lines and Cocker Machine & Foundry Co .
93 Costner Funeral Home 68
3 Dixie Machinery Co Inc . Duke Power Co . . Y 5
. right top cards and Barker's Florist left side lines and Barkley Machine Works .. Beal John L . Belton Typewriter Co . right top lines and Boyce Insurance Agency . . front cover and
Bradley Flyer & Repair Co . . . left top cards and Brown's Radio & Electric . . Service. . left bottom lines . and Bryant Electric Repair Co
Inc . .front cover, left
side lines, tabbed
insert at Classified Section and 52 Firestone Stores. . right bottom cards and - · . First Federal Savings & Loan
6
Assn .
. . ribbon book
.mark, right bottom lines and 118 33
. right side lines and Caldwell's Drug Store Inc . . . . right top inside cards and Carolina Cleaners . . right side lines and Carolina Florist left top cards and Carolina Hardware & Supply Co Inc. . . left top inside cards and 79
Carothers Funeral Home Ltd . left top lines, tabbed
insert at Numerical Telephone Section and 66
Carson Sporting Goods Co. . left side lines and 124 Carter A B Inc . . left bottom cards and 129
Central Plumbing & Supply . Co. . . right top cards and Citizens National Bank The . . front stencil,
. left bottom lines, insert . at name in Alphabetical
CAROTHERS FUNERAL HOME, LTD.
STREET GUIDE
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BRYANT ELECTRIC REPAIR CO.
GASTONIA CONCRETE PRODUCTS CO.
THOMAS MOTOR SALES, INC.LTSON INSURANCE AGENCY, INC.
GASTON FLORAL GARDENS
Page
Acme Pattern Works . left side lines and
95
105
30
Dunaway W M Auto Electric Service. . front cover and East Gastonia Gift Shop. . Efird's Department Store . . left top lines and 45 Elliott and Little Furniture . Co. . . left side lines and 69
139
63
VI
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
Gastonia Concrete Products. Co . . tabbed insert at name in Alphabetical
Section
Gastonia Fuel Co left side lines and Gastonia Insurance Agency . Inc . . back cover, right .top lines and Gastonia Lumber Co . left top lines and Gastonia Merchants Oil Co . . . .right side lines and Gastonia Mill Supply Co. . . A and Gastonia Motor Parts Co Inc
Gastonia Mutual Building & Loan Assn. . left top lines
. and
119
Gastonia Plumbing & Heating
Co Inc. . right top lines and 110
Gastonia Sheet Metal Works . . . left bottom cards and Gastonia Textile Sheet Metal Works Inc 121
Gazette Publishing Co Inc
The . . right top cards,
Good Will Press Inc X and 113
. . right bottom lines and Gossett Machine Works Inc .
112 Lighting Center left side lines and 59
Lightner Taxi Cab Co . . left bottom lines and Lineberger James R . . . right top inside cards and Lineberger Realty Co
125
39
113
115
Linwood Super Market
. . . left top inside cards and Long Bros . Loughridge Motor Co Inc. back cover, right bottom lines, insert at name in Alphabetical Section and 10
M & J Finance Corp
94
Hoffman Service Station . . left top cards and Holland Sheet Metal Works Inc
21
44
. . . right bottom cards and Holsum Baking Co .
123
. right top lines and
43
.
Maxwell Brothers Inc .. front cover and 70
Home Finance Co
Howe Distributing Co Inc
79
Mc Arver P J & Co Inc . . . right top cards and McLean & Son Funeral Home . right bottom lines and McLurd & Babington . . . . left top inside cards and Merrill Electric Co .
67
7
132
61
132
. right top lines and
56
57
114
Page
Jenkins George A Agency Inc . . right top inside cards and Jenkins Metal Shops Inc. . . left top lines and 141
80
33 .
Johnson H V & Sons . . right top lines and Johnston's Furniture Co . . . Jones Trim Shop . left top cards and
34
68
83
8
Keesee Belting & Supply Co
96
Inc. . left bottom cards and 147
Kempton Parts & Spring Co . left bottom cards and 147
143
Kennedy's Rexall Drug Store back cover, right
17 Kincaid Cotton Co Inc . top lines and 47
150
left bottom lines and Kincaid Engineering Co. . . right top inside cards, . Z and 26
Kluttz Machine & Foundry Co . right bottom cards and 133
120
Laughter Bros Esso Service .. . left bottom cards and Lewis Motors Inc 18 . left bottom cards and 9 Lewis WD Textile Machinery & Equipment. . left bottom cards and 148
59
. . left bottom cards and 122 Hamilton Roy Plumbing & Heating . . 111
144
76 124
Hampton Battery & Electric . Service . right top
17 cards and Henley Paper Co left top cards and 106
Mack's Johnny Auto Sales .left top cards and Manning's Department Store . right top lines and Matthews -Belk Co .
18
.
. right side lines and
23 22
116
Howe's T Q Garage left side lines and Ideal Industries Inc .
85
. . left top inside cards and . Ideal Machine Shops Inc . . . . left top inside cards and J & J Electric Service .
J & W Insurance & Realty Co . right bottom cards and Jefferson Standard Life In- surance Co of Greensboro, . left bottom NC.
cards and 84
:
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·
.
Page
Gray Cotton Co . right top cards and Grayson Radio Electronics . . right top inside cards and Griffin Supply Co . . left bottom cards and Grigg A F Sheet Metal Works
131
103
. . right top inside cards and Mill & Marine Electric Inc. . . right top cards, insert . at name in Alphabetical Section and Mitcham & Co , left bottom lines and 134
Moore & Stewart Inc . 117
Morris Jewelry Co Inc. 89
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
Moss Rexall Drugs . left top cards and National Bank of Commerce . back bone, left side . . lines, insert at Streets and New -Way Laundry & Cleaners
Inc . . . left top cards and New York Life Insurance Co . right bottom cards and Nolen Trucking Service . . . . right top inside cards and Norlander - Young Machine Co
Norris Supply & Machine Co .
.left side lines, 98 and 145
Oakley Construction Co . . . left top inside cards and On Time Cleaners .
. right bottom cards and Orange Crush - Double Cola Bottling Co
Penegar O G Co back cover, right side lines and 101
Peoples Furniture Co Inc . . . right bottom cards and 75
Piedmont Iron Works . · . right top cards and Powell Motor Co. .right side lines and Public Service Co of N C Inc . left top lines and Puritan Furniture Manufac -
turers. Outlet . . right top lines and Queen's Service Co
Rainbow Paint Store
. . right side lines and Rankin-Armstrong Co Inc .
72 . right top lines and Rankin Henry Jr Inc .
. right top cards and
Rankin Lawrence Motors Inc : . . right side lines.and
Ranlo Ice & Fuel Co Inc. . · Rawlings Co The . ·
34 left side lines and
. right top cards and Rawlings-Todd Co Inc The. left side lines and Ready Mixed Concrete Works . right top cards and Recreation Inc .
58
T & T Super Market .
60 Talley's Florist left top cards and 76
32
64 . . . left top inside cards and Tarlton Jim Esso Service. .
20
41
Textile Parts & Machine Co Inc .
64
137 Thomas Motor Sales Inc . back cover, left
bottom lines, tabbed
insert at name in
. Alphabetical Section and 15
Todd J Y & Sons Agency . . front cover and 86
Transport Service .
21
. . right top inside cards and Veteran's Cab Co Inc . 26 . . right top cards and . 126 Victoria Beauty Shoppe . W GN C Radio Station .
44
. left side lines
Page
Page
48
Shelby's Studio . . left side lines and 60
108
25
92
89
31
140
Smith's Cut Rate Drug Stores Inc. . left bottom lines and Southern Motor Express Inc . 48 left top cards and 100
80
27
Southern Supply Co Inc . . . . left top inside cards and Spencer Lumber Co Inc . . . front cover, left top lines and 97
Spencer Machinery & Supply Co. . left top lines and 146 Spencer-Rhyne Co Inc . .
right bottom lines, .insert at name in
Alphabetical Section and 102
11
Standard Hardware Co Inc. . . . right bottom lines and
78
75
Stewart Machine Co Inc. . Stovall's Brass Foundry. Stowe & Lewis Electric Co
135 C
71 21 Stroup D Glenn
. . right top inside cards and Summey-Smith Tire & Appli- 38 ances Inc . . left top cards and 20
Sunrise Dairy Inc
19
bottom stencil,
12
right side lines, insert . at name in Alphabetical Section and 42
Superior Bolster Co . . left bottom cards and 136
28
Rhyne M A & Sons. Rhyne's Flowers . right bottom cards and Roosevelt Tire Service . .insert at name in
Alphabetical Section Roy's Inc right bottom
. cards and 90
Rudisill-Colvin Motors Inc. .
Rustin Furniture Co Inc .
front cover, left bottom lines and 73
Saunders Dry Cleaning Co. . right bottom lines and 50
Schneider Leon Inc . Severance Appliance Co
, right bottom lines and Sherwin-Williams Co The . . . right bottom cards and 105 Shuford's Studio . . right top cards and
109 Smith Chevrolet Co Inc . top stencil, right bottom lines and 13 Smith Gene Pontiac Inc . . right top lines, insert at name in Alphabetical . Section and 14
GASTON FLORAL GARDENS THOMAS MOTOR SALES, INC.,
GASTONIA CONCRETE PRODUCTS CO.
TSON INSURANCE AGENCY, INC.
BRYANT ELECTRIC REPAIR CO.
STREET GUIDE
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CAROTHERS FUNERAL HOME, LTD
19
61
104
140
37 51
VIII
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
Page
Webster's Television Center
. right bottom cards and 127
Whisnant-Williams Furniture
Co. . . right side lines and 74
ice Inc. . . insert at name
. . in Alphabetical Section Warren Radio & Television Service . . right top
inside cards and
126
Watson Insurance Agency Inc . right side lines,
. tabbed insert at name
Page
Walker G G Motor Co Inc . . left bottom lines and
16
Ward-Paysour Funeral Serv-
Whitesides & Co . . left bottom lines and 88 Wilson Transfer Co Inc. . left bottom cards and 99
Winget's Inc . . left bottom lines and 91 Yarborough & Elrod Inc. .
. . in Alphabetical Section and 87 right bottom lines and 111
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 report for city, 23,069; Greater Gastonia, 45, 762. American-born, 99. 3 o/o. Area -- 6. 6 square miles. Altitude-825 feet above sea level.
Climate -Mean annual temperature, 60. 6 degrees F. ; average annual rain-
fall, 45. 87 inches.
Parks -- 4, with total of 61 acres.
Assessed Valuation-$43, 841, 186, with $1. 40 per $100 tax rate.
Bonded Debt -- $2, 660, 000 gross; $1, 132, 000 net.
Financial Data -- 2 banks, with total assets of $35, 000, 000 (Dec. 31, 1952). 2 building and loan associations, with total assets of $7, 900, 000 (Dec. 31, 1952). Postal Receipts -- 1930, $65, 841. 25; 1940, $102, 002. 45; 1948, $289, 711.03; 1950, $320, 640. 35; 1952, $510, 610. 18.
Telephones in Service -- 12, 962.
Churches-29, representing 12 denominations.
Industry -- Chief industry cf city and surrounding territory is textile manu- facturing. Total of 172 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 popula- tion.
An Aerial View of Gastonia's Principal Business District.
GASTON FLORAL GARDENS
THOMAS MOTOR SALES, INC. LTSON INSURANCE AGENCY, INC.
GASTONIA CONCRETE PRODUCTS CO.
BRYANT ELECTRIC REPAIR CO.
STREET GUIDE
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CAROTHERS FUNERAL HOME, LTD.
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INTRODUCTION
Newspapers -- 1 daily, Gastonia Gazette; circulation, 19, 325. Also 1 semi- weekly, Gaston Citizen; circulation, 5, 000.
Radio Stations-WGNC, 250-watt, dial 1450; WLTC, 1, 000-watt, dial 1370. Hotels -- 3, with total of 189 rooms.
Railroads -- 3: Main line of Southern, Carolina & Northwestern, and Pied- mont & 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.
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