Hill's Gastonia (Gaston County, N.C.) City Directory [1960], Part 1

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Publication date: 1960
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BUILDING MATERIALS


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GEORGE W. RANSOM, Pres.


Gaston County's Leading Realtors and Home Builders


162 S. SOUTH ST. DIAL UNiversity 5-8549


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TEXTILE MACHINERY AND SUPPLIES


226 Linwood Ave. Tels. UNiversity 5-1201 and UNiversity 5-1202


Aclean & Son Broad Oaks Chapel


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 Ranla, N.C. P.O. Box 431 Gastonia, N.C.


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MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS AND CONTRACTORS


605 09. E. FRANKLIN AVENUE. WESTINGHOUSE INDUSTRIAL AGENTS


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OFFICE SUPPLIES - MACHINES - EQUIPMENT 257-59 W. Main Av. Phone UNiversity 5- 2356


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COCKER MACHINE & FOUNDRY CO.


MANUFACTURERS OF TEXTILE MACHINERY


FACILITIES INCLUDE: Patterns, Foundry, Machining, Stainless Steel Fabrication and Sheet Metal Work, Assembly and Engineering.


HIGH SPEED WARPER and CREELS for all synthetic and natural fibres HIGH SPEED SIZERS and CREELS for all synthetic and natural fibres CYLINDER and STEAM DRYING CHAMBERS


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Exclusive Dealers in DeSoto Paints


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FLOOR SANDERS and POLISHERS FOR RENT


143 E. Franklin Ave.


Tel. University 5-2371


HILL'S GASTONIA (GASTON COUNTY, N. C.] CITY DIRECTORY 1960


INCLUDING Dallas, Flint Mills Villages No.'s 1 and 2, Groves Mills Village, Lowell, Ranlo, Smyre and West View Heights.


Contoining on Alphobeticol Directory of Business Concerns ond Private Citizens, o Directory of Householders, Occuponts of Office Buildings ond Other Business Ploces, Including o Complete Street ond Avenue Guide, o Numeri- col Telephone Directory ond Much Informo- tion of o Miscellaneous Chorocter; ol so the


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With a Special ADVERTISING SECTION and a Complete CLASSIFIED LIST


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PUBLISHERS NOTE


The information in this Directory is gathered by an actual canvoss ond is compiled in a way to insure maximum accuracy.


The publishers connot and do not guarantee the correctness of all information furnished them nor the complete obsence of errors or omissions, hence no responsibility for same con be or is assumed.


The publishers eornestly 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 1960 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.


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


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 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 recognitionby 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


Acme Petroleum & Fuel Co Inc. . bottom stencil, right side lines, 78 and


Page 93


Aetna Loan & Finance Co .left top lines


Akers Center Pharmacy left top lines and 57


American Academy of Hair Styling left side lines and 21


American Cab & Service Co Inc . . . . back cover, right bottom cards and American Textile Sheet Metal Works right side lines and


144 142


B & S Machine Co Inc left side lines and


161


Barkley Machine Works


.left side lines and


161


Barlowe Painting Co


.left bottom cards and


Beacon The


Beal Jno L Builders' Supplies Inc right top cards and


Beveridge H & Co . left top cards and 146


Beveridge Metal Products Inc right bottom cards and 167


Bland's Wholesale Barbecue


Bou Laundry & Cleaners Inc right side lines, 64 and


Boulevard Auto Wreckers


Bradley Flyer & Repair Co


.tabbed insert at name in alphabetical .section and 147


Bradley-Jenkins Inc .41 and 143 36 Bradshaw's Cabinet Shop .left bottom cards and 5


Braswell Fixit Shop . left bottom cards and


Brown-Medlin Drug Store. back lip margin, right side lines and 58


Brown's Radio & Electric Service left bottom cards and


Bryant Electric Repair Co Inc front cover and Bryant Supply Co Inc


Caldwell Robert F Insurance Agency back cover, right side lines and


Caldwell's Drug Store Inc . front cover, right side lines and 59


127


Carolina Transfer & Storage Co Inc .


.left side lines and


175


Carothers Funeral Home Ltd. . . . insert at name in Alphabetical Section . and 83


Carpenter Insurance Agency


Carson's Kit Speed Wash


Carson's Laundry


107 148


Central Plumbing & Supply Co


left top cards and 124


Citizens National Bank The .


.front stencil, left top and bottom lines,


. 16 and 17


City Lumber Company Inc . front cover, right side lines, 31 and


110


Cobb Amoco Service .right bottom cards and 140


Cobb Trucking Co .left top cards and 178


Cocker Machine & Foundry Co


front cover, left top cards, B, 112 . and 149


Cohen's Inc


39


Coiffures By Georgia . left side lines and


23


Comer J T & Co .


left bottom lines and


Commercial Printers Inc


100 126


Consolidated Credit Corp. left side lines and


108 92 4


Craig Antiques & Refinishing .


left bottom cards and


D & W Leather Products.


right side lines and


108


Drum's Esso Servicenter


174


Duke Power Co


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Edwards Garage . . left bottom lines and 6


Esther's Florist & Gift Shop


74


Ferguson Gear Company


162


Fiber Controls Corp


162


Finger Bros Inc .


left top lines and


First Federal Savings & Loan Assn. . left top and right bottom lines and Fisher's Restaurant


47 138 131 49


Ford Marvin Painting Contractor right top cards and


Franklin Hardware Co . right top lines and


95


Friday Textile Machine & Supply Co. right bottom lines and 150


Gaston Cemetery Park Corp .


113


65 66 72 98


Carolina Building & Developing Co Inc


104 107


Carter A B Inc


front cover, right side lines and


Cooper's Garage


119 1 34 30


19 108 183


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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


Page


Gaston Memorial Park


. right top lines and I13


Gaston Electric Co Inc


right top and side lines and 67


Gaston Electric Contractors Inc


. right top and side lines and 45


Gaston Furniture Co


89


Gaston Realty Co Inc.


front cover, left and right side lines, 29, 109


. and 127


Gastonia Belting & Supply Co Inc


left side lines and


171


Gastonia Bobbin & Adapter Co


.right top cards and 172


Gastonia Coca-Cola Bottling Co .


right side lines and


27


Gastonia Combed Yarn (Division of Botany Cottons Inc) right top


cards and


173


Gastonia Floor Sanding Co


74


Gastonia Insurance Agency Inc left top lines and


99


Gastonia Lumber Co


. right bottom lines and


35


Gastonia Mill Supply Co The


. left bottom lines, A and


170


Gastonia Mutual Savings & Loan Assn. left bottom and right top lines


and


139


Gastonia Roller, Flyer & Spindle Co Inc


151


Gastonia Sheet Metal Works . left side lines, 43, 96 and


135


Gastonia Textile Manufacturing Co Inc


left bottom cards and


165


Gastonia Textile Sheet Metal Works Inc


Gastonia United Oil Co Inc


right top lines and


Goodyear Service Stores


left side lines and


114


Hamilton Roy Plumbing & Heating


123


Hamme Motorcycle Sales


.left bottom cards and


I13


Haynie Samuel B Plating Co


122


Henley Paper Co


.left top cards and


Heze's Barber Shop


right top cards and


Hill Directory Co Inc


right side lines and


140


Holland Wm G


Holland's Hardware & Builders Supply Co right top cards, 29 and


41


Homes Incorporated .left bottom cards and


42


Hopper Jim Insurance Agency


1 04


Howe's T Q Garage .


left top and right bottom lines and


7


Hoyle's Economy Store


94


Huffstetler & Jackson Furniture Co


91


Ideal Industries Inc . . . right bottom lines, insert at name in Alphabetical


Ideal Machine Shops Inc.


left bottom lines, insert at Ideal Industries


153


Imperial Chemical Corporation


37


Irene's Beauty Shop


23


J & J Electric Service


right top lines and


68


Jackson Mortgage & Realty Co


left side lines and


128


Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Co of Greensboro, N C . .. left bottom lines and


100


Jenkins Cleaners


Jenkins George A Agency Inc front lip margin and


101


Jenkins Metal Shops Inc


left side lines and


169


Jenkins Reneedling Company Inc


. back cover, left top and right


154 182


Johnson H V & Son of Gastonia Inc


left top lines and 77


' Johnston's Furniture Co


89


Kelly R J & Sons Inc right top lines and


82


Kendrick Brick & Tile Company Inc


28


Kennedy's Rexall Drug Store .left and right bottom lines and


60


Kincaid Engineering Company Inc


25


Kings Mountain Welding & Fabricating Shop.


back cover, right bottom


179


Kluttz Machine & Foundry Co


left bottom lines and


155


L & S Sales & Service


8


Lail's Fix-It Shop .


. left top cards and


71


Leazer's Dock Auto Electric


. right side lines and


9


Lee W D & Company .


. right side lines and


156


Leventis Realty Company .


left bottom cards and


I28


Lewis & Mitchum Sunoco Service


right bottom cards and


141


Lewis Motors Inc


. left top cards and


15


Lewis W D Textile Machinery & Equipment


163


4


121 20 56


Hoffman's Esso Service Center


41


Home Appliances Company .left bottom cards and


Section and 152


Inc in Alphabetical Section and


63


. bottom lines and


Johnny's Wrecker Service & Garage


right bottom cards and


. lines and


168 79 14


Griffin Neil Music Centers Inc


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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


Page 71


Lighting Center


Lineberger James R


46


Little Furniture Co


90


Long Jim Inc .


left side lines and 96 46


Lytle Buick-Pontiac Inc left side lines and M & J Finance Corp


73 37 129


Magner Kathleen Hawkins Realtor


Mann Construction Co


left bottom lines and


4


Matthews-Belk Co


.back cover, right top lines and 54


Maxwell Brothers Inc


right side lines and 86 181


McLean & Son Broad Oaks Chapel


front cover, left top lines, 3 and


84


McLurd & Babington


left top cards, 106 and


129


Melton Machine Shop


163


Metropolitan Life Insurance Co


Monte Vista Drive-In Theatre .


Moore & Stewart Inc . left side lines and


Moore's Painting Service


120


Morris Jewelry Co Inc


107


Moss Rexall Drugs


right top lines and


63 132


National Bank of Commerce


. backbone, tabbed insert at Street


Neal Hawkins Companies


left side lines and 177


Nolen Sand & Supply Co back cover, left top cards, 44 and


Norris Supply & Machine Co


left and right side lines, 26. 97 and


180 76


Penegar O G Co Inc. . . tabbed insert at name in alphabetical section and Penner L W Building Contractor left bottom cards and


40


Petroleum Transportation Inc


left side lines and


177


Petty Machine Company Incorporated


.left side lines and


157 158


Piedmont Motors Inc


right top cards and


Quality Cleaners


Queen Roland E


left side lines and


Rainbow Paint Store .


right side lines, C and 118


Rankin-Armstrong Co Inc .left side lines and 87


Ranlo Beauty Shop


right top cards and


22 70


Rawlings-Todd Co Inc The


69


Rayfield & Stewart Inc


. tabbed insert at Bradley Flyer & Repair


.Co in Alphabetical Section and 147


Recreation Inc


Red Front Cleaners


Reese Radio & TV Service


right side lines and


145


Rhyne A Leonard Co


. back cover and 116 53


Rhyne Milling & Oil Co


right side lines and 81


Rhyne & Simmons.


back cover, left top and right bottom lines and . right top cards and


43


Rogers Transfer Inc


. right bottom lines and


175


Roseberry's Wrecking Service


right top cards, 34 and


183 159


Rudisill Brothers Co Inc


Rustin Furniture Co Inc


left side lines and


St Michael's Catholic Church


Sammy's Drive In


left bottom cards and 128


55


Sears J C and Sons Contractors . right bottom cards and 42


left top cards and 32


Sherrill Manufacturing Co Inc


166


Shuford J Fred Construction Co


43


Simmons Auto Electric


11


Smart Shop The


39


Smith Chevrolet Company Incorporated .


. top stencil, right bottom lines


. and


12


136


Patterson-Campbell Oil Co


. left bottom cards and


115


Piedmont Machine Shop Inc


15 64 80 15


Rawlings Lyda Co Inc right top cards and


left top cards and


129 38


Rhyne M A & Sons Inc


154


Robinson W R


Roy B S & Son Company


97 88 38 133


Saunders Mortgage & Realty Co Inc Schneider Leon Inc .


Seth Lumber Co Inc. .


Long's Gus Heating & Roofing Works


10


M & L China Shop.


McCall Bros Pump & Well Co.


106 Y 14


Mountain View Fish Camp


. Guide, 18 and 137


Queen's Texaco Service


INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


Page


Smith, Wilson & Minges Co


.left bottom cards, 2 and 126


Smith's Cut Rate Drug Store. . insert at name in alphabetical section and 6I


Southard Roofing & Siding Co .


Spencer Lumber Co Inc. .back cover, right top lines, 33 and


. . left side lines and 51 III 117


Spencer's Inc . front cover, left top lines and


Stewart Paul Machine Co Inc


164


Summerrow Furniture Co left top lines, 90 and


106


Summey Drug Co . left bottom lines and 62


52


Sweetland Restaurant


Talley's Florist Inc


Textile Grinder Co.


Textile Parts & Machine Co Inc .


160 49


Threlkeld Bros.


left bottom lines and


Todd Insurance Agency


right bottom cards and


Walters Paul Garage


right bottom cards and


Ward-Love Funeral Service Inc


Watson Insurance Agency Inc .


103


Welding & Industrial Supply Inc


Whisnant Howard Furniture Co


Whitesides & Co .


. left top lines and


Williams E S & Sons


right top cards and 50


Wilson Transfer Co Inc .


left bottom lines and


176


Yarborough & Elrod Inc .


125


Yellow Cab Co


right bottom cards and


144


Young F A Machine Co


right bottom lines and


I64


Young Lewis Insurance Agency


105


Veteran's Cab Co


right bottom cards and 102 144


Vogue The


left top cards and 39 13 85


180 91 105


Sunrise Dairy Inc Suzette's Beauty Salon right side lines and 24 .right top cards and 133 75 III


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 Gas- tonía 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-$68,500, 000. with $1.50 per $100 tax rate.


Bonded Debt-$4,784,000 gross.


Financial Data-2 banks with total assets $44, 742, 019. 2 Savings and Loan associations with total assets of $22,627,948.


Postal Receipts-19 30, $65,841.25; 1940, $102,002.45; 1950, $320,640.35; 1957, $644,949.18, 1958, $726,670.69, 1959, $862,166.49.


Telephones in Service-all exchanges 32,000.


Trade Area-Retail area has radius of 25 miles, with over 250, 000 population. Newspapers-1 daily, Gastonia Gazette; circulation, 22,300.


Radio Stations-WGNC, 250-watt, dial 1450, WLTC, 1,000-watt, dial 1370; WGAS, 500-watt, dial 1420.


Motels-7 with 203 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, I airport, and 2 airports near Charlotte, 15 miles distant.


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Photo by Harley Ferguson


A few of the great variety of textile products made in Gastonia.


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INTRODUCTION


Amusements-Largest auditorium in city, seats, 1, 654 persons. 4 motion- picture theatres, with total seating capacity of 3,200 persons. 2 golf courses, 2 bowling alleys with 50 lanes.


Hospitals-4, with total of 443 beds.


Education-10 public schools with 7,846 pupils enrolled, and 298 teachers. Greater Gastonía, 20 schools, 13,909 pupils and 484 teachers. Gastonia is also the home of the 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. In Gastonia also is the School of Nursing at Gaston Memorial Hospital and the Industrial Education Center at Ashley Senior High School.


Public Libraries-1, with 85, 000 volumes and 450, 000 annual circulation. Five branches.


City Statistics-Total street mileage, paved 157; Sewers, 225; number of water meters 11,773; number light meters, 13,217, capacity of water works, 12.5 million gallons daily; daily average pumpage, 6.8 m.g.d .; miles of mains, 180, number of fire hydrants, 934, Fire department has 44 persons with 3 stations, ten pieces of motor equipment, and 100 fire alarm boxes. Police department has 68 men, with one station, and 12 pieces of motor equipment. Value of Municipal property is $14,594,484.


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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The Changing Scene


Seventy-five years ago this was an undeveloped, backwoods community with nothing to indicate that it was destined to become a giant industrial center. In 1848 some local citizens, recognizing the county's rich natural resources, built the Mountain Island and Woodlawn cotton mills. But industrial development did not begin in earnest until a railroad was built through Gaston County in 1872, bringing the manufacturers into touch with available raw material supplies and the large consuming markets of the nation.


Growing


TEMPLE NEWS .CART DON


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Gastonia's Main Street and shopping district.


One of the Largest Tire Fabric Plants Under One Roof in the World, located in Gastonia.


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Industrial Supremacy


Today Gastonia has 48 textile manufacturing plants and Gaston county 128 plants. The county has 1,250,000 textile spindles, half of which are in Greater Gastonia. The native-born labor is dependable and highly intelligent, and there is nodiscernable friction in industrial relationships between employer and em- ployee. The list of Gaston's manufactured products is long and is constantly growing longer and more varied. Here are a few of the products: Carded, comb- ed cotton, synthetic and worsted yarns, hosiery, shoe laces, knit goods, woven labels, tire fabric, sewing thread, woven cotton and synthetic goods, heat-re- sistant textiles, gears, drives, castings, brushes, card clothing, reneedling, rolls, ring travelers, weavers' knotters, belting, textile aprons, dyeing machinery, forgings, and many other textile machines and machine parts; also, business forms, boats, chemicals, resisters and other electrical goods, motor oil filters, corrugated boxes, chain saws, riding lawn mowers, molded plastics, Venetian blinds, leather products, upholstered furniture, tools and dies, and many other items incident to any well balanced community.




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