Hill's Gastonia (Gaston County, N.C.) City Directory [1961], Part 1

Author: Hill Directory Company.
Publication date: 1961
Publisher: Hill Directory Co.
Number of Pages: 1214


USA > North Carolina > Gaston County > Gastonia > Hill's Gastonia (Gaston County, N.C.) City Directory [1961] > Part 1


Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org.


Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49 | Part 50 | Part 51 | Part 52 | Part 53 | Part 54 | Part 55 | Part 56 | Part 57 | Part 58 | Part 59 | Part 60 | Part 61 | Part 62 | Part 63 | Part 64 | Part 65 | Part 66 | Part 67 | Part 68 | Part 69 | Part 70 | Part 71 | Part 72 | Part 73 | Part 74 | Part 75 | Part 76 | Part 77 | Part 78 | Part 79 | Part 80 | Part 81 | Part 82 | Part 83 | Part 84 | Part 85 | Part 86 | Part 87 | Part 88 | Part 89 | Part 90 | Part 91 | Part 92 | Part 93 | Part 94 | Part 95 | Part 96 | Part 97 | Part 98 | Part 99 | Part 100 | Part 101 | Part 102 | Part 103 | Part 104 | Part 105 | Part 106 | Part 107 | Part 108 | Part 109 | Part 110 | Part 111 | Part 112 | Part 113 | Part 114 | Part 115 | Part 116 | Part 117 | Part 118 | Part 119 | Part 120 | Part 121 | Part 122 | Part 123 | Part 124 | Part 125 | Part 126 | Part 127 | Part 128 | Part 129 | Part 130 | Part 131 | Part 132 | Part 133 | Part 134 | Part 135 | Part 136 | Part 137 | Part 138 | Part 139 | Part 140 | Part 141 | Part 142 | Part 143 | Part 144 | Part 145 | Part 146 | Part 147 | Part 148 | Part 149 | Part 150 | Part 151 | Part 152 | Part 153 | Part 154


ROBERT F. CALDWELL INSURANCE AGENCY


247 E. Main Ave.


Insurance OFALL KINDS Tel. UNiversity 4-2618


BARLOWE PAINTING COMPANY


PAINTING


PAINTING AND DECORATING: CONTRACTORS AMERICA


DECORATING


RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL SPRAYING * SAND BLASTING


1220 Oakwood Ave UNiversity 5-2144


B. CARTER INC. TEXTILE MACHINERY AND SUPPLIES


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


Ac Lean & Son Broad Daks Chapel


GASTONIA'S OLDEST FUNERAL DIRECTORS


AMBULANCE UNiversity 5-3451


ASSOCIATED A FUNERAL DIRECTORS SERVICE inc.


MEMBER


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. VAlloy 4-3565


DRUG STORE


Inc


Prescriptions Called for ! And Delivered Anywhere, In Gastonia


DIAL University 5-2366


FREE DELIVERY SERVICE


611 E. Franklin


BRYANT ELECTRIC REPAIR COMPANY, INC.


WESTINGHOUSE INDUSTRIAL AGENTS 605 09 E FRANKLIN AVENUE


GLOBE - WERNICKE


SPENCER'S, Inc. OFFICE SUPPLIES - MACHINES- EQUIPMENT 257-59 W. Main Av. Phone UNiversity 5- 2356


SERVICE


B


PHONE UNiversity 5-8466


ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS AND CONTRACTORS MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS


INSURANCE


5


AGENCY


C.


338 W. Main Av.


UNiversity 7-7286


THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA


LUX


LIMERTAS


THE COLLECTION OF NORTH CAROLINIANA PRESENTED BY Greensboro Chamber of Commerce


A


GASTONIA LL SUPPLY CO.


SERVING INDUSTRY ECONOMICALLY SINCE 1920


C971.36 G25h


1961


BEMOL - Molybdenum Lubricants BLACK & DECKER . Electrical Toals BROWN & SHARPE . Precision Toals CARBORUNDUM - Bonded and Caated


Abrosives CARMET - Carbide Tools, Blonks and Inserts


CLARK - Electrical Contrals


CLARK - Steam Traps and Valves


CLIPPER - Belt Lacing


COLUMBIA - Rapes


CONSOLIDATED KINETICS - Mounting Pads DIXON - Crayons


DODGE - Transmission Equipment


DRONSFIELD - Atlas Emery Fillet


FAFNIR - Ball Bearings FAIRBANKS . Trucks and Casters


FAIRBANKS-MORSE - Pumps and Motors


FERRY . Cap and Set Screws GAMISCO · Bobbin Enamel GOODYEAR - Industrial Rubber Goods GRABLER - Pipe Fittings HASKELL . Bolts and Nuts HEIN-WERNER - Hydraulic Jacks INGERSOLL RAND - Air Compressors JABSCO - Pumps


ors of Industrial Products


JENKINS - Valves


JOHNS-MANVILLE - Packings JOHNSON . Bronze Bors and Bearings


JONES & LAUGHLIN . Steel LOWELL - Mill Crayan MARIETTA . Paints MIL FORD - Hock and Band Saw Blades NICHOLSON - Files PLEWS . Oilers PYRENE-CO2 - Fire Extinguishers


REEVES . Transmissian Equipment RELIANCE - Mators


RIDGE . Pipe Toals and Wrenches SOUTHERN . Woad Screws and Stove Bolts SPAULDING . Fibre Cans and Baxes STANDARD - Cutting Tools STANDARD PRESSED STEEL . Socket Fosteners and Shelving


STARRETT . Precision Toals STEPHENSON . Belt Dressing SYL VANIA . Lamps and Fixtures UNITED STATES - Ring Travelers WHEELING . Steel Pipe WILLIAMS . Wrenches WISS - Sheors and Snips YALE . Locks and Hoists


Availability Serviceability Dependability


613 East Franklin Ave.


UNiversity 7-7221


HILL DIRECTORY CO.'S


B


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


SPECIAL SIZE BOXES and DYE BOXES, CO BALL WARPING, SINGEING, LINKING, COILI INDIGO DYEING and SLASHER C


METALLIC YARN WINDERS - ALL


SPECIAL TEXTILE MACHINERY JOB WORK in foundry, stainless steel fc machine shor


MANUFACTURERS OF OTHER


Write us for cuts and any desire the above Machinery in which


Plant and Office R


P. O. Box 431, Gastonia


This book must not be taken from the Library building.


GASTONIA CITY DIRECTORY


O. G. PENEGAR CO., INC.


OF NORTH CAROLINA FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK


...


GASTONIA MUTUAL SAVINGS &


LOAN ASSN.


C


RAINBOW PAINT STORE


E. STUART HARRIS


DEAN C. WOOD


Exclusive Dealers in DeSoto Paints


DESOTO


HOUSE PAINT 1110 FUME & MILDEW RESISTANI OUTSIDE WHITE


Wall Paper and Painters' Supplies


FLOOR SANDERS and POLISHERS FOR RENT ALSO PAINT SPRAYS - LADDERS


143 E. Franklin Ave. Tel. UNiversity 5-2371


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


YELLOW PAGES


With a Special ADVERTISING SECTION and a Complete CLASSIFIED LIST


FOR CONTENTS SEE INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX


ASSOCIATION OF


PUBLICO


NORTH AMERICAN


$45.00


PRICE


1898


DIRE DERUDITO


DIRECTORY


PUBLISHERS


HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., Publishers 2910 W. Cloy St., PO Box 767, Richmond 6, Va.


DIRECTORY LIBRARY FOR FREE USE OF PUBLIC AT GASTONIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, 601 W. FRANKLIN AVE.


Member Association of North American Directory Publishers


Copyright, 1961, by Hill Directory Co., Inc.


---


O. G. PENEGAR CO., INC.


OF NORTH CAROLINA FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK


LOAN ASSN. GASTONIA MUTUAL SAVINGS &


Excerpt from Section 104, Title 17 United States Code Annotated


WILLFUL INFRINGEMENT FOR PROFIT .-- Any person who will- fully and for profit shall infringe any copyright secured by this title, or who shall knowingly and willfully aid or abet such infringement, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment for not exceeding one year or by a fine of not less than $ 100 nor more than $1,000, or both, in the dis- cretion of the court.


ASSOCIATION OF


Bomto


RBLICO


NORTH AMERICAN


189


DIRECTORY


PUBLISHERS


FOT


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 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.


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 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.


O. G. PENEGAR CO., INC.


---


OF NORTH CAROLINA FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK


LOAN ASSN.


GASTONIA MUTUAL SAVINGS &


25096L


IV


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 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.


HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., Publishers.


300


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 .


O. G. PENEGAR CO., INC.


OF NORTH CAROLINA FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK


LOAN ASSN.


GASTONIA MUTUAL SAVINGS &


Costner Funeral Home .


left top and bottom lines, 22 and


Cobb Amoco Service


175 211 163 37


Brown's Radio & Electric Service


VI


INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


Page


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


A


right bottom cards and 89


7


VII


INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


Page 214


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.


O. G. PENEGAR CO., INC.


OF NORTH CAROLINA FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK


LOAN ASSN.


GASTONIA MUTUAL SAVINGS &


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


.


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


-


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


VIII


INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


Page


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


.


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


Young Mercantile Co Inc. .


0


.


O


.


.


.


.


0


.


0


.


.


.


...


191 115 126 43 20 68 55 40 199 59 69


Shuford J Fred Construction Co


left side lines and


right bottom and left side lines and


Spencer's Inc.


alphabetical section and 77 20 150 133 141 left bottom cards and right top cards and 56 60 197 right top lines, 107 and 129 78 65 174 31 161 right side lines and 91 127 134 193 left bottom lines and 114 right side lines and 123 164 31 41 left top cards and 46 102 124 212 63 109


170 145 205 208


.


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.


O. G. PENEGAR CO., INC.


OF NORTH CAROLINA FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK


LOAN ASSN.


GASTONIA MUTUAL SAVINGS &


X


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 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.




Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.