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FRED LYTLE BUICK CO., INC. Sales and Service
242 E. Franklin Ave.
Tel. UNiversity 5-2389
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FLOWERS and GIFTS WERNER and ANNE B. HOLFELD, Props.
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200 W. Main Av. Tel. UNiversity 7-7166
Spencer Lumber Co. Inc.
"Furnishing Quality Materials Since 1910"
BUILDING MATERIALS Lumber, Millwork, Sheetrock, Roofing, Paints, Builders' Hardware Screens, Insulation, Anderson Windows, Weldwood Plywood, Cabinets and Mantels
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Cocker Machine & Foundry Company Manufacturers of Textile Machinery Gastonia, N. C.
Tel. UNiversity 5-2331
213 South Chestnut Street
MAXWELL BROTHERS, INC.
Gastonia's Leading Furniture Store
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RHEEM-Electric, Gas, Oil Water Heaters
RICHMOND-Oil Tanks
RICHMOND RADIATOR-Plumbing Fixtures
RIDGE-Pipe Tools and Wrenches
SOUTHWESTERN-Brooms
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STANLEY-Tools
STARRET-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
HOPE-Spinning Tape
HYGRADE-Lamps
HYGRADE-Fluorescent Lighting
INGERSOLL-RAND-Air Compressors JENKINS-Valves
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613 East Franklin Ave.
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CLARK-Automatic Controls
CLARK-Steam Traps
COLUMBIA-Rope
CLIPPER-Belt Lacing
DIXON-Crayons
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FAFNIR-Ball Bearings
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GAMISCO-Leather Belting
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HILL'S GASTONIA
( GASTON COUNTY, N. C. ) CITY DIRECTORY 1957
INCLUDING
Armstrong Development, Flint Mills Village No.'s 1 and 2, Groves Mills Village, Ranlo, Smyre and West View Heights.
Containing an Alphabetical Directory of Business Concerns and Private Citi- zens, a Directory of Householders, Occupants of Office Buildings and Other Business Places, Including a Complete Street and Avenue Guide and a Numerical Telephone Directory; also the
YELLOW PAGES
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FOR DETAILED CONTENTS SEE INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX
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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.
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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 1957 edition of the Gastonia City Directory, which also includes Armstrong Development, Flint Mills Village Nos. 1 and 2, Groves Mills Village, Ranlo, Smyre and West View Heights.
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.
Four Major Departments
The four major departments are arranged in the following order :-
I. THE YELLOW PAGES constitute the first major department of the Direc- tory. This embraces a complete list of the names andaddresses of the business and professional concerns of the city, arranged in alphabetical order under ap- propriate headings-a catalog of all the activities of the city. Preceding this catalog, likewide grouped under appropriate headings, are the advertisements and business cards of firms and individuals desiring to present a more com- plete list of their products or services than is possible in the catalog itself. The Yellow Pages represent reference advertising at its best, and merit the atten- tion of all buyers and sellers seeking sources of supply or markets for goods. In a busy and diversified community like Gastonia, the necessity of having this kind of information up-to-date and always immediately available, is obvious. The Directory is the common intermediary between buyer and seller, and plays an important role in the daily activities of the commercial, industrial and pro- fessional world.
II. THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and business and professional concerns is the second 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.
III. THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AV- ENUE GUIDE, on green paper, is the third major department. In this section the numbered streets are arranged in numerical order, followed by the named streets in alphabetical order; the numbers of the residences and business con- cerns 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 listing of telephone numbers.
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IV. THE NUMERICAL TELEPHONE DIRECTORY, on blue paper, is the fourth major department.
Community Publicity
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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
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INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX
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 700 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.
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE ADVERTISING SECTION THE YELLOW PAGES
Page
Acme Petroleum & Fuel Co Inc . right bottom cards
Aetna Loan & Finance Co. . left side lines and $ 2
Akers Center Pharmacy .left top cards and Akers Center Hardware & Supply Inc. left bottom cards and 77 Z Atkins Ennis Studio right top cards and 108 B & S Machine Co Inc left top cards and 123 Barkley Machine Works 122 28
Beal Jno L Builders Supplies Inc . right top cards and
Beveridge Metal Products Inc. right bottom cards and 120 Bou Laundry & Cleaners Inc . 47 Bowman's Crown Service left side lines and 13 Bradley Flyer & Repair Co left top cards and 138 52 Brown's Radio & Electric Service right bottom cards and 53 Bryant Electric Repair Co Inc . .front cover, left side lines and 54 Bryant Supply Co Inc . 90 140
Busby's Jewelry . eft top cards and
C & W Roller Shop Inc .
Caldwell Robert F Insurance Agency.
back cover, right side lines and 81
Caldwell's Drug Store Inc . . · . front and back lip margins, right side lines, 44 and .
45 49
Carolina Cleaner Carolina Florist
64 front cover, right top lines, Insert at Name in Alphabetical Section and Carolina Steel Roller Machine Inc . . . · · · right side lines, right bottom cards and 124
Carolina Transfer & Storage Co Inc . right bottom cards and Carothers Funeral Home Ltd. .
149
. left top lines, Insert at Phones Numerically and
69
· Carpenter Insurance Agency right bottom cards and Carson's Laundry
88 05
Carter A B Inc . right bottom cards and
125
Central Plumbing & Supply Co left bottom cards and 108
Citizens National Bank The .
City Coach Co Inc front stencil, left top and left bottom lines and
16
30
City Lumber Co Inc . back cover, right side lines, 24 and 94
City Wreckers Service & Garage . left top cards and 15 Cocker Machine & Foundry Co front cover, left top cards, B and 126 Comer J T & Co. . left side lines and 83 93 Consolidated Credit Corp. left bottom cards and Costner Funeral Home . 68 Creasman Steel Roller Machine Co Inc left bottom cards and 127 2 90 51 Creech Motorcycle Co Inc . D & W Leather Products . left side lines and Delta Electric Co. Double Cola Bottling Co left side lines and 22 91 Y and Duke Power Co . E S & W Textile Machine Co Inc . 138 11
Edwards Garage .
Elmer Lumber Co Inc . right bottom cards and 60
back cover, right top and right bottom lines, right bottom cards and Evans College of Commerce . left side lines and
95 31
Ferguson Gear Company .
139
Fiber Controls Corp left bottom lines and
128
Firestone Stores . . right side lines and 3
118
78
55
Freeman's Ches Gastonia Appliance Co Inc right bottom lines and Gardner's Warren Inc right top cards and Gaston Electric Co Inc
99
. tabbed Insert at Name in Alphabetical Section and
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First Federal Savings & Loan Assn .right top and right bottom lines, Insert at Name in Alphabetical Section and Franklin Hardware Co. . . left top cards and
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Electric Specialty Co.
.right bottom cards and
left bottom cards and
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Gaston Electric Contractors Inc
. . tabbed Insert at Gaston Electric Co Inc in Alphabetical Section and Gaston Floral Gardens . insert at Name in Alphabetical Section and
Gaston Furniture Co.
Gaston Memorial Park left side lines and
Gaston Paving Co Inc.
insert at Name in Alphabetical Section and
Gastonia Belting & Supply Co Inc . left side lines and Gastonia Combed Yarn Division of Botany Cottons Inc .
Gastonia Gazette The .. . back cover, right top cards and
Gastonia Insurance Agency Inc right top lines, left bottom lines and
Gastonia Lumber Co . . right bottom lines and
Gastonia Mill Supply Co The eft top and right top lines, A and Gastonia Motor Parts Co Inc
Gastonia Mutual Building & Loan Assn . . left bottom lines, tabbed insert at Building and Loan Associations in Classified Business Section and Gastonia Roller, Flyer & Spindle Co Inc .
Gastonia Sheet Metal Works . right top cards, 116 and
Gastonia Textile Sheet Metal Works Inc. right top cards and
Gastonia Truck & Tractor Co . right top cards and
Gastonia United Oil Co Inc . left top cards and
Gazette Publishing Co Inc The . back cover, right top cards and
Good Will Press Inc right bottom lines and Goodyear Service Stores left side lines and
Gossett Machine Works Inc
Griffin Supply Co Inc. . right bottom cards and
Hamilton Roy Plumbing & Heating right side lines and
Harris & Moore Realty Co .
Hawkins Coal Co .
left side lines and
Hawkins Neal Contractor left side lines and
Hawkins Neal Transfer Co Inc. left side lines and
Henley Paper Co . left bottom cards and
Hill Directory Co Inc
House-All Supply Co
Howard's Bar-B-Q .
Howe Distributing Co Inc .
Howe's T Q Garage.
.left side lines, Insert at Name in Alphabetical Section and
Ideal Industries Inc
Ideal Machine Shops Inc. left bottom lines and 132
J & J Electric Service left top lines and 56
Jackson Mortgage & Realty Co right top cards and 114
Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Co of Greensboro, N C
left side lines and
Jenkins Cleaners
Jenkins George A Agency Inc . front cover, right side lines and
Jenkins Metal Shops Inc . left top cards and Johnson H V & Son . left bottom cards and 143 Johnston's Furniture Co . right top cards and 32 75 Kennedy's Rexall Drug Store right side lines and 46 Kincaid Engineering Co Inc. 121 85
Kincaid Insurance Agency .
left side lines and
Kistler Iron Works . left side lines and 66
Kluttz Machine & Foundry Co left side lines and
Lighting Center .
left top cards and
140 60 57
Lineberger James R
119
Long Jim Inc left bottom cards, 2 and 79
Long Spindle & Machinery Co . right bottom cards and 139
Lytle Fred Buick Co Inc .
front cover, right top lines, left side lines and 5
63
Massey Hardware Co right top cards and
147
Matthews-Belk Co . right top and right bottom lines and 42
Maxwell Brothers Inc . front cover and 72
Mayer Body & Hoist Co right top cards and 12 150
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70
Mill Motor Repair Inc .
100
Moore & Stewart Inc .
left top cards and
115 89
Morris Jewelry Co Inc .
61
65 71
32 38 144 148 101 82 29
145 13 23 129 119 142 11 66 101 112 14 130 146 110 114 107 107 107 106 43 25 116 76 4
131
83 48 84
Long Bros .
M & J Finance Corp
McCall Bros Pump & Well Co
McLean & Son Funeral Home. left top lines and
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
National Bank of Commerce .
. . backbone, right side lines, Tabbed Insert at Street Guide, 18 and
19
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New York Life Insurance Co right top cards and 133 88 Nolen Machine Co .
Nolen Sand & Supply Co. Tabbed Insert at Name in Alphabetical Section, 27 and
Norris Supply & Machine Co .
left side lines, 21, 80 and
150
Oakley Oliver G Masonry Contractor
right bottom cards and
Orr Realty Co Inc .
ribbon bookmark and
Petroleum Transportation Inc. . left side lines and
107
Petty Machine Co Inc
left side lines and 98
Piedmont Machine Shop Inc .
Tabbed Insert at Name in Alphabetical Section and
134
Piedmont Oil of Gastonia Inc
, left bottom cards and 67
Powell Motor Co
. right side lines and
12
Quality Cleaners
. left top cards and
50 68
Queen's Texaco Service
left top cards and 13
Rainbow Paint Store .
right side lines and 105
Rankin-Armstrong Co Inc.
left top lines, left top cards and 73
Rawlings Co The . .
left top cards and
58
Rawlings-Todd Co Inc The
right top cards and
59
Rayfield & Stewart Inc .
left top cards and 138 6
Rays Amoco & Tire Service .
Ready Mixed Concrete Works .
37 Insert at Contractors-Concrete in Classified Business Section and Rhyne A Leonard Co. left side lines and 103
Rhyne M A & Sons back cover, 38 and 41 34
Riddle Joe S Contractor Inc.
.right bottom cards, Z and
Ritch's Gulf Service .
back cover, left side lines and
Royal Cleaners .
left bottom lines and
Saunders Dry Cleaning Co
Schneider Leon Inc .
left top cards, 79 and
Seth Lumber Co Inc .
left top cards and
Settlemyer Beauty Shop
right bottom cards and
Sherrill Manufacturing Co Inc
Simmons Auto-Electric
left side lines and
Smart Shop The right bottom cards and 32
Smith Chevrolet Co Inc
top stencil, right bottom lines and 9
98
Spencer Lumber Co Inc. . front cover, left top lines, 26 and
97
Spencer Machinery & Supply Co
left top lines and
135
Stewart Paul Machine Co
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Stovall's Foundry .
right bottom cards, Cand
122 35
Summerrow Furniture Co
right side lines and 75
Sunrise Dairy Inc .
. bottom stencil,
right side lines, Tabbed Insert at Name in Alphabetical Section and Textile Parts & Machine Co Inc
136
Tommy Pontiac Inc .
10
Van Sleen's
90
Wallace Electric Co . left top cards and
62
Ward-Love Funeral Service Inc .
71
. Insert at Gaston Paving Co Inc in Alphabetical Section and Watson Insurance Agency Inc . .
86
White Sarah Mason Mrs Interior Decorator. right top cards and
89
Whitesides & Co . right top lines and Wide World Travel Services Inc right side lines and 149
87
Wiley Elmer Brick Contractor
36
Williams Gates Furniture Co .
right top cards and
76
Wilson Transfer Co Inc left bottom cards and 99
114
Yarborough & Elrod Inc . . right top cards and
111
Young F A Machine Co right bottom cards and 137
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Sellers Sheet Metal Works
96 20 141 8
Smith's Cut Rate Drug Store Insert at Name in Alphabetical Section . left side lines and
Southern Reneedling Works Inc
104
Spencer's Inc . back cover and
140
Styers & Jenkins Inc
40
Insert at Name in Alphabetical Section and
right top cards and Watkins Fred Construction Co Inc .
33
Wright Guy Insurance & Realty Co right side lines and
Page
33
Penegar O G Co Inc
35 113 102
Queen Roland E.
Roosevelt Tire Service Inc
Rustin Furniture Co Inc .
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GASTONIA "THE CITY OF UNLIMITED OPPORTUNITY"
(Courtesy Gastonia Chamber of Commerce)
Statistical Review
Form of Government-City Manager-Council (Plan D).
Population-1955 Special Federal Census Enumeration-34,389; Greater Gastonia 50,000. American-born, 99.3 %.
Area-9 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-$61,500,000, with $1.50 per $100 tax rate.
Bonded Debt-$5,150,000, gross.
Financial Data-2 banks, with total assets of $37,465,203. 2 building and loar. associations, with total assets of $15,446,622.
Postal Receipts-1930, $65,841.25; 1940, $102,002.45; 1950, $320,640.35; 1956, $630,938.04.
Telephones in Service-15,300.
Churches-92, representing 12 denominations.
Industry-Chief industry of city and surrounding territory is textile manu- facturing. Total of 188 manufacturing plants of all classifications, with annual payroll of $45,000,000. Principal manufactured products: Cotton yarn, textile machinery, sewing thread, tire fabric, motor-oil filters, chemical products, electrical goods, corrugated boxes and miscellaneous products.
Trade Area-Retail area has radius of 25 miles, with over 250,000 popula- tion.
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Newspapers-1 daily, Gastonia Gazette; circulation, 20,500.
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 Piedmont & Northern.
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. 4 motion- picture theatres, with total seating capacity of 3,200 persons. 2 golf courses. Hospitals-4, with total of 443 beds.
Education-10 public schools, with 7,234 pupils enrolled, and 246 teachers. Greater Gastonia, 18 schools, 12,000 pupils and 352 teachers. Gastonia also is the home of Evans College of Commerce and Gaston Technical Institute. In the county are Sacred Heart College (Junior for Girls), Belmont Abbey College (Senior) and the North Carolina Vocational Textile School, all of which are at Belmont, N. C.
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