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CITY LUMBER COMPANY, INC. A Complete Line of
BUILDING MATERIALS
733-739 N. Marietta St.
Phone UNiversity 7-7208
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GASTON REALTY CO., INC.
GEORGE W. RANSOM, Pres.
Gaston County's Leading Realtors and Home Builders
162 S. SOUTH ST. DIAL UNiversity 5-8549
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W. A. DIXON, DISTRIBUTOR
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GULF OIL PRODUCTS
FUEL OIL
Plant and Office (RANLO) GASTONIA
PHONE VAlley 4-3541
BELMONT PHONE TAImadge 5-5336
Aclean & Son Funeral Home
GASTONIA'S OLDEST FUNERAL DIRECTOR
AMBULANCE SERVICE Phone UNiversity 5-3451
206 S. Broad St.
Cocker Machine & Foundry Company Manufacturers of Textile Machinery
Plant and Office Ranlo, N.C. P.O. Box 431 Gastonia, N.C.
Tel. VAlley 4-3565
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Prescriptions . Called for And Delivered Anywhere® Gastonta®
DIAL University 5-2366
FREE DELIVERY SERVICE
611 E. Franklin Av.
PHONE UNiversity 5-3466
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS AND CONTRACTORS MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS
SERVICE
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BRYANT ELECTRIC REPAIR COMPANY, INC.
505 09 E FRANKLIN AVENUE WESTINGHOUSE INDUSTRIAL AGENTS
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SPENCER'S, Inc. OFFICE SUPPLIES - MACHINES - EQUIPMENT 257-59 W. Main Av. Phane UNiversity 5- 2356
"TEXTILE" MACHINE MANU- FACTURERS
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CLARK - Automatic Controls
CLARK - Steam Traps
COLUMBIA - Rope
CLIPPER - Belt Lacing
DIXON - Crayons
DODGE - Transmission Complete
DRONSFIELD - Atlas Emery Fillet
FAFNIR - Ball Bearings
FAIRBANKS - Scales
FAIRBANKS-MORSE - Water Systems, Pumps, Motors, Diesel Engines
FERRY - Cap and Set Screws
FURNAS - Electricol Controls
GALLUN - Roller Leather
GAMISCO - Bobbin Enamel
GAMISCO - Leother Belting
GOODYEAR - Mechanical Rubber Goods
HALSEY TAYLOR - Water Coolers and Fountains
HASKELL - Bolts and Nuts
HEIN-WERNER - Hydraulic Jacks
HOPE - Spinning Tape INGERSOLL-RAND - Air Compressors
GASTONIA SUPPLY CO.
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JENKINS - Valves
JOHNS-MANVILLE - Insulation and Packing
JONES & LAUGHLIN - Steel Shofting
LUFKIN - Tools
NICHOLSON - Arbor Presses
NICHOLSON - Files
PAIGE - Slasher and Roller Cloths
PLEWS - Oilers
RICHMOND RADIATOR - Plumbing Fixtures
RIDGE - Pipe Tools ond Wrenches
SOUTHWESTERN - Brooms
CONTINENTAL DIAMOND - Fibre Boxes and Trucks
STANDARD PRESSED STEEL - Cap, Set Socket Screws and Lock Nuts
STANLEY - Tools
STARRET - Tools
STEPHENSON - Belt Dressing
SYKES - Stripper Fillets
SYL VANIA - Lamps and Fixtures
TALCOTT - Belt Fasteners
THOMPSON - Milford Hack Saw and Bond Saw Blades
UNITED STATES - Ring Trovelers
WAL WORTH - Genuine Stilson Wrenches WHEELING - Pipe
WILLIAMS - Wrenches
WINSLOW - Sheep and Calf Skins
WISS - Shears
YALE & TOWNE - Locks and Hoists YARNALL - Paints, Enamels, Stains, Etc.
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Phone UNiversity 7-7221
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HILL'S GASTONIA ( GASTON COUNTY, N. C. )
CITY DIRECTORY 1959
INCLUDING
Dallas, Flint Mills Villages No.'s 1 and 2, Groves Mills Village, Lowell, Ranlo, Smyre and West View Heights.
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 Di- rectory, and Much Information of a Miscellanous Character; also the
YELLOW PAGES
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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, (pub- lishers of the Gastonia City Directory since 1934), present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1959 edition of the Gastonia City Directory, which also includes Dallas, Flint Mills Villages Nos. 1 and 2, Groves Mills Village, Lowell, Ranlo, Smyre and West View Heights. The inclusions of Dallas and Lowell are new.
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 coop- eration 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 in- formation pertaining to the community.
Four Major Departments
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I. THE YELLOW PAGES constitute the first major department of the Direc- tory. This embraces a complete list of the names and addresses of the business and professional concerns of the city and vicinity, arranged in alphabetical or- der under appropriate headings -- a catalog of all the activities of the city and vicinity. Preceding this catalog, likewise grouped under appropriate headings, are the advertisements and business cards of firms and individuals desiring to present a more complete list of their products or services than is possible in the catalog itself. The Yellow Pages represent reference advertising atits best, and merit the attention of all buyers and sellers seeking sources of supply or markets for goods. In a progressive 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 professional 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, Dallas, Flint Mills Villages Nos. 1 and 2, Groves Mills Village, Lowell, Ranlo, Smyre and West View Heights, and the name, official personnel, nature and address of each firm and corporation in the community.
III. THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AV- ENUE GUIDE, is the third major department printed on green paper. 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 busi- ness concerns are arranged in numerical order under the name of each street, and the names of the householders and concerns are placed opposite the num- bers. 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.
IV. THE NUMERICAL TELEPHONE DIRECTORY, on blue paper, is the fourth major department.
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INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX
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 Out-of-Town City 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 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 members 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 LISTED BELOW REFER TO THE YELLOW PAGES
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Acme Petroleum & Fuel Co Inc . bottom stencil, right side lines,
Aetna Loan & Finance Co
left top lines
Akers Center Pharmacy
Atkins Ennis Studio .
right top cards and
B & B Furniture Co Inc
B & S Machine Co Inc
left side lines and
Barkley Machine Works
left side lines and
Barnes Kenneth right bottom lines and
Beacon The
Beal Jno L Builders Supplies Inc right top cards and
Bou Laundry & Cleaners Inc right side lines, 50 and
Boulevard Auto Wreckers .
Bradley Flyer & Repair Co
Brewer's Sinclair Service .
Brooks Plumbing & Appliance Co right side lines and
Brown's Radio & Electric Service
Brunnemer H K Inc . right side lines and
Bryant Electric Repair Co Inc
C & W Roller Shop Inc .
Caldwell Robert F Insurance Agency back cover, right side lines and .
Caldwell's Drug Store Inc . front cover, right side lines and Carolina Cleaners right top cards and
Carolina Freight Carriers Corp
Carolina Transfer & Storage Co Inc
left side lines and
Carothers Funeral Homes Ltd
Insert at Name in Alphabetical
Carpenter Insurance Agency
right top cards and
Carson's Laundry
Carter A B Inc
right bottom cards and
Central Plumbing & Supply Co
left top cards and
Citizens National Bank The
front stencil, left top and bottom lines,
10 and 11
City Lumber Co Inc
front cover, right side lines, 22 and
86
Cocker Machine & Foundry Co
front cover, left top cards, B, 88 and 118
Cohen's Inc
Comer J T & Co
left bottom lines and
Commercial Printers Inc
Consolidated Credit Corp
left top cards and 85
Dixon Oil Co .
front cover, right side lines, 60 and
Drum's Esso Servicenter
Duke Power Co .
left side lines and 16 141 Z
Edwards J H .
left top lines and
38 114
Elmer Lumber Co Inc .
back cover, right top and side lines, 23 and 87 2
130
Fiber Controls Corp
131
Finger Brothers Inc
left side lines and 39
First Federal Savings & Loan Association
left top and right bottom
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Franklin Hardware lines and 111
Freeman's Ches Gastonia Appliance Co Inc left top cards and 73
Friday Textile Machine & Supply Co
left bottom lines and 119 29
Gardner's Warren Inc .
right top lines and
29
Gaston Cemetery Park Corp
right top lines and 27
Gaston Electric Co Inc . .
right side lines and 55
Gaston Electric Contractors Inc
right top lines and 37
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D & W Leather Products
right side lines and 84 71
Double Cola Bottling Co
Electronic Service Center
Falls-Stewart Service Co
Ferguson Gear Company
right bottom cards, 2 and 70
Furr's Laundry & Cleaners
Section and 63 82 84 117 97
tabbed Insert at Name in Alphabetical Section and 116 9 99 50 100 51 front cover and 130 76 46 49 144 142
left top cards and 45 96 65 115 134 32 107 21 84 146
59 and 72
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Gaston Furniture Co
Gaston Realty Co Inc front cover, left top and right bottom cards, 19, 85 and 101
. Gastonia Belting & Supply Co Inc left side lines and 139
Gastonia Coca-Cola Bottling Co right side lines and 17
Gastonia Combed Yarn Division of Botany Cottons Inc
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Gastonia Floor Sanding Co
56
Gastonia Insurance Agency Inc right top lines and 77
Gastonia Lumber Co right bottom lines and 26
Gastonia Mill Supply Co The right top lines, A and
138
Gastonia Mutual Savings & Loan Association right top and left bottom
lines, tabbed Insert at Savings & Loan Associations in Classified Business Section, 20 and
112
Gastonia Roller, Flyer & Spindle Co Inc
120
Gastonia Sheet Metal Works left side lines, 32 and
108
Gastonia United Oil Co Inc left top lines and
61
Gazette Publishing Co Inc The back cover, right top cards and 91
Godwin's Refrigeration Service Co
105 101
Good Will Publishers Inc
left side lines and
9
Hagan Oil Co left side lines and
Hamilton Roy Plumbing & Heating
Harris & Moore Realty Co
Hawkins Coal Co left side lines and
143
Hawkins Neal Contractor
left side lines and 143
Henderson Heating & Roofing Co Inc left side lines and 35
Henley Paper Co . left bottom cards and
Hill Directory Co Inc
left bottom lines and
Holland's Hardware & Builders Supply Co left side lines, 19 and Homes Inc
34
Howe Distributing Co Inc
Howe's T Q Garage
left top lines and
3
Ideal Industries Inc
left bottom lines, Insert at Name in
Alphabetical Section and 122
Ideal Machine Shops Inc
left bottom lines, Insert at Ideal
J & J Electric Service . left top lines and 52
Jackson Mortgage & Realty Co right top cards and Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Co of Greensboro, N C
101
Jenkins George A Agency Inc left bottom lines and 78
right bottom lines and 82
Jenkins Mctal Shops Inc . left side lines and 137
Jenkins Reneedling Company Inc back cover, left top lines and
124 58
Johnston's Furniture Co right top cards and
68 62
Kendrick Brick & Tile Co Inc
18
Kennedy's Rexall Drug Store right bottom lines and
47
Kincaid Engineering Co Inc
14
Kiro Bolster & Machine Co Inc
back lip margin, left side lines and
131
Kistler Iron Works . back lip margin, left side lines and 115
Kluttz Machine & Foundry Co
left bottom lines and 132 7
Life Insurance Co of Virginia The
82
Lighting Center
50
Lincberger James R
53
Little Furniture Co
69
Long Jim Inc .
Long Spindle & Machinery Co left bottom lines and
Long's Gus Heating & Roofing Works
left top cards and 74 125 38
Lytle Buick-Pontiac Inc right side lines and 4
56
M & L China Shop 27
105
Magner Kathleen Hawkins Rcaltor
Marietta Realty Co left top lines and 103
96 44 2
33
Hopper Jim Insurance Agency
80 75
Goodyear Service Stores
Guthrie Machine Shop front lip margin, left side lines and
121
58 97 103
Holland Company
Industries Inc in Alphabetical Section and 123
Johnson H V & Son of Gastonia Inc left bottom lines and
Kelly R J & Sons Inc right top lines and
Lang's Lester Garage .
M & J Finance Corp .
ght top cards and 140
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Matthews-Belk Co . back cover, right top lines and 42
Maxwell Brothers Inc
McCall Bros Pump & Well Co right side lines and 66 146
McLean & Son Funeral Home front cover, left top lines and 64 132
Melton Machine Shop right bottom lines and
Mill Motor Repair Inc
Moore & Stewart Inc left side lines and
Morris Jewelry Co Inc
left side lines and
Nolen Machine Co
Nolen Sand & Supply Co back cover, left top cards, 36 and
Norris Supply & Machine Co left side lines, 15, 75 and
Orr Realty Co Inc back cover, right top lines and
Penegar O G Co Inc tabbed Insert at Nanme in Alphabetical
Petroleum Transportation Inc
Petty Machine Co Inc ,left side lines and
Piedmont Machine Shop Inc
right side lines and
Princess Beauty Salon
Queen Roland E
Queen's Texaco Service left side lines and
Rainbow Paint Store . right side lines and Rankin-Armstrong Co Inc nd 95 67 54 top cards 113
Ray's Amoco & Tire Service
Rayfield & Stewart Inc
tabbed Insert at Bradley Flyer & Repair . Co in Alphabetical Section and 116
Ready Mixed Concrete Works
Insert at Contractors-Concrete in
Classified Business Section and Recreation Inc
Red Front Cleaners
Rhyne A Leonard Co
back cover, left side lines and
Rich's Welding Plant
Rogers Transfer Inc
left bottom lines and
Roy B S & Son Company
Roy's Inc .
Rudisill Brothers Co
Rustin Furniture Co Inc
left bottom lines and
St Michael's Catholic Church
Schneider Leon Inc
Seth Lumber Co Inc
Setzer Plymouth Co right bottom lines and
Sherrill Manufacturing Co Inc
.134 and 135 5
Simmons Auto-Electric
.left side lines and Smart Shop The . right top cards and 30
Smith Chevrolet Co Inc top stencil, right bottom lines and 6
Smith W Z "Bill" Insurance Agency . left side lines and 82
Smith's Cut Rate Drug Store Insert at Name in Alphabetical
Section and 48
Spencer Lumber Co Inc
left top and right bottom lines and
Spencer's Inc .
front cover and
Stewart & Haynie Plating Co
Stewart Paul Machine Co
Styers & Jenkins Inc
Summerrow Furniture Co
left top lines and Sunrise Dairy Inc .
Sweetland Restaurant
Talley's Florist Inc
left top cards and
Textile Parts & Machine Co Inc
Vogue The
Ward-Love Funeral Service Inc
Watson Insurance Agency Inc
65 79 70
White Sarah Mason Mrs Interior Decorator
83
Whitesides & Co .
right top lines and
80
Wide World Travel Services Inc
144
Williams E S & Sons
.right top cards and 40
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Rawlings Co The .
left side lines and 143 133 126 13 62 8
Section and 92
Moss Rexall Drugs National Bank of Commerce backbone, tabbed Insert at Street Guide, 12 and 110 133 109 145 102
90 7 83 49
Whisnant Howard Furniture Co
25 94 136 134 34 69 41 106 57 128 30
left top cards and 24 8
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Wilson Transfer Co Inc
left bottom lines and 89
Wright Guy Insurance & Realty Co
.right top lines, 81 and 104
Yarborough & Elrod Inc
. . right top cards and 98
Young F A Machine Co right bottom lines and 129
Young Lewis Insurance Agency
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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 Gastonía 55,000. American-born, 99.3 per cent.
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-9, with total of 242 acres.
Assessed Valuation -- $67,000,000, with $1.50 per $100 tax rate.
Bonded Debt-$5,150,000, gross.
Financial Data-2 banks, with total assets of $41,611,591. 2 building and loan associations, with total assets of $19,775,690.
Postal Receipts-1930, $65,841.25; 1940, $102,002.45; 1950, $320,640.35; 1957, $644,949.18; 1958, $726,670.69.
Telephones ín Service-17,511.
Churches-100 representing 13 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 $65,000,000. Principal manufactured products: Cotton yarn, textile machinery, sewing thread, tire fabric, motor-oil filters, chemical products, electrical goods, corrugated boxes, moulded plastics, power chain saws and miscellaneous products.
Trade Area-Retail area has radius of 25 miles, with over 250,000 popula - tion.
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A few of the great variety of textile products made in Gastonia.
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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, 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 7,691 pupils enrolled, and 261 teachers. Greater Gastonia, 18 schools, 13,236 pupils and 427 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.
Public Libraries-1, with 68,861 volumes and 450,000 annual circulation.
City Statistics-Total street mileage, paved 150. Sewers, 140; number of water meters 11,469; number light meters, 12,913. Capacity of water works, 12. 5 million gallons daily; daily average pumpage, 6.5 million gallons; miles of mains, 175. Number of fire hydrants, 925. Fire department has 44 men, with 3 stations, 10 pieces of motor equipment, and 100 fire-alarm boxes. Police de - partment has 68 men, with 1 station and 12 pieces of motor equipment. Value of municipal property is $10,626,819.
History and Location
Gastonia is the trade center of an area first settled in the year 1735 by Scotch-Irish and Germans who had lived for a time in Pennsylvania. These early pioneers were attracted here by the mild climate, numerous springs and streams, and fertile soil. Their fair attitude and high standards of living won the friendship of the powerful Catawba Indians, who often fought beside them against unfriendly Indian tribes and also in their Revolutionary War struggles. It is not surprising that the Battle of Kings Mountain, turning point of the Revo- lution, was fought 20 miles from Gastonia by these same pioneers, determined to keep their religious and political freedom.
Photo by Harley Ferguson
Twenty miles west of Gastonia a National Military Park, the turning point of the Revolutionary War. Thousands of tourists visit this historic spot every year. This is a picture of the battleground monument.
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