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247 E. Main Ave.
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HILL'S GASTONIA (GASTON COUNTY, N. C.) CITY DIRECTORY 1961
INCLUDING Dallas, Flint Mills Villages No.'s 1 and 2, Groves Mills Village, Lowell, Ranlo, Smyre and West View Heights.
Containing on Alphabetical Directory of Business Concerns and Private Citizens, a Directory of Householders, Occuponts of Office Buildings ond Other Business Ploces, Including o Complete Street ond Avenue Guide, a Numeri- col Telephone Directory and Much Informa- tion of a Miscellaneous Choracter; also the
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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 correctness 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 1961 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 commonintermediary 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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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 maintainedin 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.
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
PAGE NUMBERS LISTED BELOW REFER TO THE YELLOW PAGES
Page
Acme Petroleum & Fuel Co Inc .... bottom stencil, right side lines, 92 and 111
Aetna Loan & Finance Co .. . left top lines
Akers Center Pharmacy Inc. left top lines and 72
American Academy of Hair Styling. back cover, left side lines and
26
Auten Carl W Building Contractor. left top cards and 48
B & S Machine Co Inc ... left side lines and 176 194
Barkley Machine Works
left side lines and
Barlowe Painting Co
. front cover, left side lines,
right bottom cards, 146 and
Barlowe W J & Sons Tank Service
.right top cards and
Beacon The .
. right top cards and
Beal John L Builders Supplies Inc Bennett Brick & Tile Co .. right bottom cards and 34 Bess Cregg A Construction Co . left top cards and 57 Best Electric Co. left bottom cards and Beveridge H & Co. .left side lines and Beveridge Metal Products Inc . .left side lines and 84 177 178 Bill's TV Service & Electrical Contractor .left bottom cards and 62 Bland's Wholesale Barbecue 25 49 Bradley-Jenkins Inc. Brice Bolster Co . 194 Brooks Plumbing & Appliance Co 151 Brooks W H Building & Repairs 36 73 . back lip margin, right side lines and 84
Brown- Medlin Drug Store.
front cover, insert at name
Bryant Electric Repair Co Inc.
. in alphabetical section and 30
Bryant Supply Co Inc insert at Bryant Electric Repair Co Inc
Burrell Melody Center . in alphabetical section and 85
.left bottom cards and 138
Caldwell Robert F Insurance Agency front cover, right side lines and
118
Caldwell's Drug Store Inc.
front cover, right side lines and 74 157
Carolina Building & Developing Co Inc
Carothers Funeral Home Ltd .. .right top cards,
insert at name in alphabetical section and 100
Carter A B Inc front cover, right side lines and 179
Carter Mary Paint Store. right top cards and 142
Citizens National Bank The front stencil,
23
City Wrecker Service & Garage
15 15
Clark's Auto Repairs.
right bottom cards and
172
Cobb Trucking Co.
left top cards and 207
Cocker Machine & Foundry Co.
. front cover,
left top and right bottom cards, B, 135 and 180
Cohen's Inc
Colony Motel . . right top cards and
45 137
Comer J T & Co. left bottom lines and 120 Commercial Printers Inc 154 Consolidated Credit Corp. left side lines and 131 103 57
Cunningham James A Construction Co.
.left bottom cards and
130
D & W Leather Products. right side lines and Downey S C Construction Co Inc left top cards and Drum's Esso Servicenter
50 204 Z
Duke Power Co . ..
Duraclean Service of Gastonia. . left top cards and East Gastonia Used Furniture Co
41 210 9
Edwards Garage . right side lines and
Electronic Service Center . right top cards and
5
Esther's Florist & Gift Shop right bottom cards and
90 195
Ferguson Gear Company.
195
Fiber Controls Corp .
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Costner Funeral Home .
left top and bottom lines, 22 and
Cobb Amoco Service
175 211 163 37
Brown's Radio & Electric Service
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Finger Brothers Inc. left bottom lines and 51
First Federal Savings & Loan Assn .... left top and right bottom lines and 168
First Union National Bank of North Carolina . backbone, tabbed
insert at street guide, 24 and 167
Franklin Hardware Co. .
. right top lines and
112
Freeman's Ches Gastonia Appliance Co Inc .
right side lines and
Fulghum James E.
left bottom cards and 58
Gaston Body Shop .
16
Gaston Electric Co Inc
right side lines and
81
Gaston Electric Contractors Inc
right side lines and 81
Gaston Merchants Oil Co Inc .
. left top cards and 93
Gastonia Belting & Supply Co Inc
left side lines and
201
Gastonia Coca-Cola Bottling Co. .
right side lines and
33
Gastonia Combed Yarn Division of Botany Cottons Inc.
Gastonia Fire Extinguisher Co right top cards and 202
Gastonia Floor Sanding & Tile Co
64 and 90
Gastonia Glidden Paint Center.
right top cards and
143
Gastonia Insurance Agency Inc left top lines and 119
Gastonia Lumber Co . right side lines and
38
Gastonia Mill Supply Co The left bottom lines and
Gastonia Mutual Savings & Loan Assn .left top lines,
. tabbed insert at phones numerically and
169 181
Gastonia Roller, Flyer & Spindle Co Inc
Gastonia Textile Manufacturing Co Inc left top cards and 198
Gastonia United Oil Co Inc . right top lines and
94 155
Guyton James Masonry Contractor. left side lines and 52
H & E Tobacco Co .
H & H Upholstering Co
Hagan Oil Co .
Hamme Motorcycle Sales left bottom cards and
Harmon Products Co
Harrison Realty Co
right top cards and
Haynie Samuel B Plating Co.
right bottom cards and
42 158 148
Henley Paper Co. . left top cards and Hill Directory Co Inc. 147 70 right side lines and 172 58
Holland's Hardware & Builders Supply Co
Home Appliances Co. .left side lines and 7
Homes Inc right side lines and Hopper Jim Insurance Agency. 53 Howe Distributing Co Inc 126 116 Howe's T Q Garage Inc left top and right bottom lines and 10 108
Huffstetler & Jackson Furniture Co
Hull's Exterminating Co
right bottom cards and 86
Ideal Industries Inc
. right bottom lines,
insert at name in alphabetical section and 182
left bottom lines, insert at
Ideal Industries Inc in alphabetical section and 183
Imperial Chemical Corp Iola's Hair Styling .
42 29
J & J Electric Service
. right top lines and 82
Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Co of Greensboro N C ..
left bottom lines and 120
Jenkins Dairy
Jenkins George A Agency Inc
front lip margin and
Jenkins Metal Shops Inc. back cover,
right bottom and left side lines and 200
Johnson H V & Son of Gastonia Inc left top lines and 95
Johnston's Furniture Co left side lines and 108
Kallie's Beauty Shoppe. left top cards and
29
Kate's Roller Rink . right top cards and
Kelly R J & Sons Inc right top lines and
Kendrick Brick & Tile Co Inc
Kennedy's Rexall Drug Store ..
. right top and left bottom lines and
173 98 35 75
Kleenmaster House & Commercial Cleaning Service
left bottom cards and 44 Kluttz Machine & Foundry Co . back cover, left bottom lines, 184 and Kluttz Rings Inc 185
back cover, 184 and 185
66 121
Ideal Machine Shops Inc
Hoffman's Esso Service Center .. right bottom lines, 36 and
203 209 98 16
General Services. left bottom cards, 2 and
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right bottom cards and 89
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L & S Sales & Service 17 and
Leazer's Dock Auto Electric.
left and right side lines and 11
Lee W D & Co. right side lines, Y and 196
Len's Linwood Pure Service
Leventis Realty Company . right side lines and
Lewis Motors Inc . left top cards and
Lewis W D Textile Machinery Co.
Life Insurance Co of Virginia The
Linda's Shop
Lineberger James R
Little Furniture Co
Long Jim Inc
left side lines and Long Spindle & Machinery Co right bottom cards and
Lytle Buick- Pontiac Inc. .
Lytten Sales & Repair
M & J Finance Corp.
right bottom cards and M & J Machine Shop.
Magner Kathleen Hawkins Realtor
left bottom lines, X and
Mann Construction Co
Marietta Realty Co. ..
left bottom cards and
Marlene's Flower School
back cover, right top lines and
104 213
McCall Bros Pump & Well Co .
front cover, left top lines, 4 and
101
Mc Lurd & Babington
right top lines and
187
Melton Machine Shop
right top cards and
13 18
left side lines and
Moore & Stewart Inc
130
Morris Jewelry Co Inc
30
Morrow's Beauty Shop
Moss Rexall Drugs. back cover, right top lines and
76 8
National Electronics
.left bottom cards and
Nixon Exterminating Co
27
Noble's Coiffures . .
Nolen Concrete Supply Inc
left and right top cards, 61 and 166
Nolen-Smith Concrete Paving Inc .
71
Norris Engineering Co. .
.left side lines and
Norris Supply & Machine Co
right side lines, 117 and
Parker L Jack Realty Co .
Pat's Beauty Shop. .
Patterson-Campbell Oil Co
Penegar O G Co Inc
. tabbed insert at name
in alphabetical section and 139
206
Petty Machine Co Inc.
189
Piedmont Motors Inc .
right side lines and
Pinnacle Electric Co
right top cards and Queen Roland E
18 83 96 19 144
.left side lines and Queen's Texaco Service
Rainbow Paint Store. ... right bottom lines, C and
152
Rankin- Armstrong Co Inc.
.left side lines and
105
Rankin L S & Sons Inc. right bottom cards and
97
right bottom lines and Rankin's Cafeteria
162
left bottom cards and Ranlo Beauty Shop
28
Rawlings- Lyda Co
right top cards and
6
Ray's Amoco & Tire Service
. right top cards, insert at
47
Red Front Cleaners
Rhyne A Leonard Co
140 66
Rhyne & Simmons.
. right bottom cards and Roach Plating Co
149
60 Robinson W R ..
right bottom cards and 201
Ropat Textile Wood Products.
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Rhyne M A & Sons Inc back cover, left top and right bottom lines and
190
Rawlings- Todd Co Inc The . right top cards, 19 and
203
Ready Mixed Concrete Works . Contractors Concrete in classified business section and 43, 79, 110 and
165
left side lines and
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Petroleum Transportation Inc
„left side lines and
188
Piedmont Machine Shop Inc
. right side lines and
32 212 160 30 99
Maxwell Brothers Inc
right side lines and
159 91 67
Matthews- Belk Co .
Mc Lean & Son Broad Oaks Chapel
.left top cards, 128 and 160
Mervins Auto Electric Inc
right top cards and 87
back cover,
Ramsey Grover Plumbing. O · right bottom cards and
right side lines and
106
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88 186 159 54
. left side lines and 171 158 17 196 128 45 62 109 115 . right top lines and 197 12 132
left bottom cards and
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Rosdahl Machinery Riggers & Movers. . , right top cards and 136
Roseberry's Wrecking Service. . left top cards, 40 and 214
Roseboro William "Bill" Building Contractor
59
Roy B S & Son Company right top cards and 191
Roy International Inc . .
Rudisill Brothers Co Inc.
Safe Drivers Club of Gastonia . right bottom cards and
St Michall's Catholic Church.
Sanders Harry Garage.
Schneider Leon Inc
Sears J C & Sons
right bottom lines and
Seth Lumber Co Inc
. left top cards and
Sherrill Manufacturing Co Inc.
left top cards and
Smart Shop The.
top stencil,
Smith Chevrolet Co Inc
14
Smith E E & Son Inc. left bottom cards and 192 122
Smith W Z "Bill" Insurance Agency
left bottom cards, 3 and 156
Smith, Wilson & Minges Co
. insert at name in
Smith's Cut Rate Drug Store
South Gastonia Garage.
Southeastern Plating Co Inc back cover, right top lines, 39 and
Spencer Lumber Co Inc ..
front cover, left top lines and
Stewart Construction Co.
Stewart J H & Sons. .
Stewart Paul Machine Co Inc
Summerrow Furniture Co. .
Summey Drug Co
Sunrise Dairy Inc
Surveying & Mapping Inc.
Suzette's Beauty Salon.
Sweetland Restaurant.
Talley's Florist
Terry Insurance Agency
Textile Grinder Co. .
Textile Parts & Machine Co Inc
Thermo Control Service Inc.
Todd Insurance Agency
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Toot's 321 South Grill .
Victoria Beauty Shop .
Violet's Ceramics
Vogue The . .
Ward- Love Funeral Service Inc
Watson Insurance Agency Inc.
Welding & Industrial Supply Inc.
Wells C B
Whisnant Howard Furniture Co
Whitesides & Co . .
left top lines and 125 113
Wilfong's Oil Burner Service.
. right top cards, 63 and
Williams E L Contractor
Williams E S & Sons . right top cards and
Wilson Transfer Co Inc .. left bottom lines and
Wilson's Upholstery Co.
Yarborough & Elrod Inc
153 21
York Road Gulf . ..
left side lines and 127
Young Lewis Insurance Agency .
116
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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- 1960 Federal Census 37,276; Greater Gastonia 60,000.
Area-11 square miles.
Altitude -- 825 feet above sea level.
Climate -- Mean annual temperature, 60.6 degrees F .; average annual rain- fall, 45.87 inches.
Parks-12, with total of 225.5 acres.
Assessed Valuation-$69,500,000 with $1.50 per $100 tax rate.
Bonded Debt -- $7,508,000 gross.
Financial Data-2 banks with total assets $232,589,520. 2 Savings and Loan associations with total assets of $25,229,134.
Postal Receipts-1930, $65,841.25; 1940, $102,002.45; 1950, $320,640.35; 1955, $633,430.04; 1960, $839,483.48.
Telephones in Service -- all exchanges 33,991.
Trade Area-Retail area has radius of 25 miles, with over 250,000 population. Newspapers -- 1 daily, Gastonia Gazette; circulation, 22,756.
Radio Stations -- WGNC, 250-watt, dial 1450; WLTC, 1,000-watt, dial 1370; WGAS, 500-watt, dial 1420.
Motels -- 10 with 215 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.
Photo by Harley Ferguson
A few of the great variety of textile products made in Gastonia.
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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 8,626 pupils enrolled, and 297 teachers. Greater Gastonía, 20 schools, 14,353 pupils and 485 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, the Industrial Education Center at Ashley Senior High School, and the Extension Division of N. C. State College with liberal arts courses.
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