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Art Metal USA
SPENCER'S, Inc. OFFICE SUPPLIES 257-59 W. Main Av.
EQUIPMENT Phone UNiversity 5- 2356
RHYNE & SIMMONS OWNERS JENKINS RENEEDLING COMPANY, INC. Reneedling - Card Screens - Cylinders - Picker Aprons INDUSTRIAL SHEET METAL
1410 N. CHESTER ST.
PHONE UN 5-0522 and UN 5-8911
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"Your Friendly Stationer"
O.G.PENEGAR COMPANY
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Inc. Office Equipment and Supplies Business Machines
174-176 W. FRANKLIN AV.
Tels. 865-1236 865-1237
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DIAL UNiversity 5-2366
FREE DELIVERY SERVICE
611 E. Franklin Av.
Cocker Machine & Foundry Company Manufacturers of Textile Machinery P.O. Box 431, Gastonia, N.C.
Plant and Office: Ozark Extn., Ranla, N.C.
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BEMOL - Molybdenum Lubricants BLACK & DECKER - Electricol Toals BROWN & SHARPE - Precision Tools CARBORUNDUM - Bonded and Cooted
Abrasives CARMET . Carbide Tools, Blonks ond Inserts
CLARK - Electrical Controls
CLARK - Steam Trops and Valves CLIPPER - Belt Lacing COLUMBIA . Rapes
CONSOLIDATED KINETICS - Maunting Pods DIXON - Crayons
DRONSFIELD - Atlas Emery Fillet
FAFNIR . Ball Bearings
FAIRBANKS - Trucks and Casters
FAIRBANKS-MORSE - Pumps and Motars
FERRY - Cap and Set Screws
GAMISCO - Babbin Enamel
GITS . Lubrication Equipment
GOODYEAR - Industrial Rubber Gaads
GRABLER - Pipe Fittings HEIN-WERNER . Hydraulic Jacks
INGERSOLL RAND - Air Compressors
JABSCO - Pumps JENKINS - Valves
GASTONIA L SUPPLY CO.
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JOHNS-MANVILLE - Packings JOHNSON - Bronze Bors and Bearings JONES & LAUGHLIN - Steel
LOWELL - Mill Crayon MARIETTA - Paints MILFORD . Hack and Band Sow Blades NICHOLSON - Files PLEWS - Oilers
PYRENE-CO2 - Fire Extinguishers
REEVES . Transmission Equipment RELIANCE - Motors
RIDGE - Pipe Tools and Wrenches
SOUTHERN - Woad Screws ond Stove Balts SPAULDING - Fibre Cans and Boxes STANDARD - Cutting Tools
STANDARD PRESSED STEEL . Socket Fosteners and Shelving
STARRETT - Precision Tools STEPHENSON - Belt Dressing
SYLVANIA . Lamps ond Fixtures
UNITED STATES - Ring Trovelers WHEELING - Steel Pipe WILLIAMS . Wrenches WISS - Shears ond Snips
WORTHINGTON . Transmission Equipment YALE - Lacks and Hoists
Availability Serviceability Dependability
613 East Franklin Ave.
Tel. UNiversity 7-7221
HILL DIRECTORY COMPANY
TEL. 865-2354
P. O. BOX 37
121-125 W. MAIN AV.
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FACILITIES INCLUDE: Patterns, Foundry, Machining, Stainless Steel Fabrication and Sheet Metal Work, Assembly and Engineering.
HIGH SPEED WARPER and CRE HIGH SPEED SIZERS and CREI CYLINDER and ST SPECIAL SIZE BOXES and DYE B BALL WARPING, SINGEING, LINK INDIGO DYEING and METALLIC YARN WINDE
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RAINBOW PAINT STORE
E. STUART HARRIS
DEAN C. WOOD
New Location 215 E. Franklin Ave.
Exclusive Dealers in DeSoto Paints
Dutch Boy
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1110 premium quality HOUSE PAINT fume and mildew resistant
Wall Paper and Painters' Supplies
FLOOR SANDERS and POLISHERS FOR RENT ALSO PAINT SPRAYS - LADDERS
215 E. Franklin Ave.
Tel. 865-2371
Hill's GASTONIA
(GASTON COUNTY, N. C.) CITY DIRECTORY 1963
Including Dallas, Flint Mills Villages No.'s 1 and 2, Groves Mills Village, Lowell, New Hope Acres, , Ranlo, Smyre and West View Heights
CONTAINS:
· Buyers' Guide and a complete classified business directory
. Alphabetical directory of business concerns and private citizens
. Complete street and avenue guide, including householders, and occupants of office buildings and other business places
. Numerical telephone directory
PLUS
Useful and interesting information about the city
PRICE $50.00
(Directory Library for free use of Public at Chamber of Commerce)
HILL DIRECTORY COMPANY PUBLISHERS 2910 W. CLAY ST. · P.O. BOX 6874 RICHMOND 30, VA. Member Association of North American Directory Publishers Copyright, 1963, by Hill Directory Company
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PUBLISHERS NOTE
The information in this Direc- tory 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 re- qu'est the bringing to their attention of any inaccuracy so that it may be corrected in the next edition of the directory.
Hill Directory Company, Publishers
*Association of North American Directory Publishers
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INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX
HILL DIRECTORY COMPANY, publishers of Southeastern Directories (publishers of the Gastonia City Directory since 1934), presents to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1963 edition of the Gastonia City Directory, which also includes Dallas, Flint Mills Villages No.'s 1 and 2, Groves Mills Village, Lowell, New Hope Acres, 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 sections of this Directory are consulted, for the Directory is a mirror truly reflecting 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 information pertaining to the community.
Four Major Departments
The four major departments are arranged in the following order:
I. THE BUYERS' GUIDE constitutes the first major department of the Di- rectory, printed on yellow paper. In the first section of this department, grouped under appropriate headings, are included the advertisements and business cards of firms and individuals desiring to make a complete presen- tation of their products or services. Following this is the Classified Business section, which embraces a list of the names and addresses of all business and professional concerns of the community, arranged in alphabetical order under appropriate headings-a catalog of all the activities of the community. The Buyers' Guide represents reference advertising at its best, and merits the attention of all buyers and sellers seeking sources of supply or markets for goods. In a busy and diversified community like Gastonia, the necessity of hav- ing 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, indus- trial 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, mar- ital status, occupation and address of each adult resident of Gastonia, and the name, official personnel, nature and address of each firm and corporation in the community.
III. THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE 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 business concerns are arranged in numerical order under the name of each street, and the names of the householders and concerns are placed opposite the numbers. The names of the intersecting streets appear at their respec- tive 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 is the fourth major de- partment, printed on blue paper.
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
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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 Gaston- ia 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 Commerce, for free reference by the general public. This is one of more than 1,000 Directory Libraries installed in cities and towns throughout the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico by members of the Association of North American Directory Publishers, under whose supervision the system is op- erated.
The publishers appreciatively acknowledge the recognition by those pro- gressive business and professional men who have demonstrated their confi- dence in the City Directory as an advertising medium, with assurance that it will bring a commensurate return.
HILL DIRECTORY COMPANY, Publishers.
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS Page numbers below refer to the Buyers' Guide Section
Able Plating Co Inc
right top lines and
Acme Petroleum & Fuel Co Inc
bottom stencil and
Airline Pure Oil
left side lines and
Akers Center Pharmacy Inc
Anthony- Adams Insurance Agency Inc .
Auten Carl W Building Contractor right side lines and
B & S Machine Co Inc .left side lines and
Barkley H C Real Estate.
.left side lines and
Barkley Machine Works .left side lines and
Beacon The
Belle Chemical Co Inc back cover, left bottom lines and
Bennett Brick & Tile Co.
. top stencil and
Bolin Thad G Electrical Contractor
Brantley's Garage & Esso Service
Brown- Medlin Drug Store . . . back lip margin, right side lines and
Brown's Radio & Electric Service
Bryant Electric Repair Co Inc .
front cover, Tabbed Insert at Name in Alphabetical Section and
54
Bryant Supply Co Inc .Tabbed Insert at Bryant Electric Repair Co
Caldwell Robert T Insurance Agency.
Caldwell's Drug Store Inc . front cover, right side lines and
Candor Machine Inc
Capitol Finance Co. .
left side lines and
Carolina Launderette .
right bottom cards and
Carolina Speedway
Carolina Steel Roller Machine Inc
Carothers Funeral Homes Inc
right top cards, Insert at Name in
Alphabetical Section and 66
Carter A B Inc
front cover, right side lines, 94 and 119
Centralized Services Inc.
. right top cards and 2
Citizens National Bank The . front stencil, left top and right bottom lines, 12 and 13
City Floor Service
City Lumber Co Inc.
right bottom cards and
60 20
City Wrecker Service & Garage
7 and 142 113
Cobb American Service.
right side lines and
Cobb Trucking Co .
right side lines and
38
Cocker Machine & Foundry Co. front cover, left top and right bottom
cards, B, 92 and 120
Cohen's Inc
Comer J T Inc left bottom lines and
Consolidated Credit Corp . left side lines and
Cornwell Ernest & Sons Inc.
right top cards and
D & W Leather Products
left side lines and
Dixie Concrete Co.
Duke Power Co.
Electronic Service Center.
Ferguson Gear Company
Firestone Cities Service
right top cards and
113
First Federal Savings & Loan Assn
right side lines and
111
First Union National Bank of North Carolina
right top lines and
Fulghum James E
right top lines and
Gaston Body Shop
left side lines and
Gaston Electric Contractors Inc.
left side lines and 55
Gaston Sign Co Inc. left side lines
Gastonia Coca-Cola Bottling Co . right side lines and 17
Gastonia Combed Yarn Division of Botany Cottons Inc . . . right top cards and
134
Gastonia Comber Needling Co
left side lines and 137
Gastonia Fire Extinguisher Co.
right top lines and
59
Gastonia Floor Sanding & Tile Co
38 and 60
Gastonia Glidden Paint Center .
left side lines and
99
Gastonia Insurance Agency Inc
right top lines and
78
89 34 88 30 Z 3 130
Franklin Hardware Co
backbone, 14 and 15 74 36 8 55
Gaston Electric Co Inc
28 79
Inc and 58 84 48 118 59 88 116 118
Page 102 61 4 46 84 33 117 107 130 108 24 18 57 7 47 57
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Gastonia Lumber Co .
right. side lines and 21
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Gastonia Mill Supply Co The
Gastonia Mutual Savings & Loan Assn . . front cover, left top lines and 112
Gastonia Sheet Metal Works right side lines and 114
Gastonia Textile Manufacturing Co Inc left side lines and 1 35
Gastonia Textile Sheet Metal Works Inc .left side lines and
137 62
Gazette Publishing Co Inc The . Insert at name in Alphabetical Section and 95
H & E Tobacco Co
Hagan Oil Co
Harrison's Grading .
left top lines and
Helen's Inc
Henley Paper Co
left top lines and
Henry's Atlantic Service
right side lines and Hill Directory Company .
Holland's Hardware & Builders Supply Co
right bottom lines, 19 and
Home Appliances Co .
. left side lines and
Hooper Jim Insurance Agency
Howe's T Q Garage Inc.
left top and right bottom lines and
Ideal Industries Inc
right bottom lines, tabbed Insert at Name in
Alphabetical Section, and 122
Ideal Machine Shops Inc
left bottom lines, tabbed Insert at Ideal
123
Imperial Chemical Corporation
25 56
J & J Electric Service .
left top cards and 16
Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Co of Greensboro, NC
left bottom
lines and 79
.left side lines and ! 40
Jenkins Dairy Jenkins Metal Shops Inc back cover, right bottom and left side lines, 93 and 1 38
76 63
Johnson H V & Son of Gastonia Inc
left side lines and
Jumper Bill Rambler
left side lines and
Kennedy's Rexall Drug Store
Kleenmaster House & Commercial Cleaning Service
Kluttz Machine & Foundry Co
Kluttz Rings Inc
Kostee's Drive In
Leazer's Dock Auto Electric . left top lines and
Lee W D & Co
.left side lines, Y and
Lewis Motors Inc of Gastonia
. left top cards and
Lewis W D Textile Machinery Co
Life Insurance Co of Virginia The
Linda's Shop
Long Dan Sheet Metal Works .
left side lines and
Lowie Ice & Fuel Company
right side lines and
Lytten Sales & Repair
back cover, right side lines and
Maxwell Brothers Inc
.right side lines and
McCall Bros Pump & Well Co .
McLean & Son Funeral Directors (Broad Oaks Chapel).
back cover,
Melton Machine Shop
left bottom lines and
86
Milo Concrete Co
left top cards and
31
Mitcham Harley & Co Inc
left top lines and
131
Moore & Stewart Inc
left side lines and 9
88
Moss Rexall Drugs
back cover, right top lines and Nationwide Insurance Co
. right top cards and
80
Nolen Concrete Supply Inc. . . back cover, left and right top cards, 32 and Nolen-Smith Concrete Paving Inc .
45
Norris Engineering Co. .
16
Norris Supply & Machine
77
Owen Steel Co of N. C. Inc
116
131 86 29 75 75 65 90
Matthews- Belk Co.
41 70 141
right bottom lines and 67 126
Mervin's Auto Electric Inc
right top cards
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
69 11 65 49 26 124 124 109 6 125 9
John's Toy & Hobby Shop left top lines and
Johnston's Furniture Co
right top lines and
Kelly R J & Sons Inc right bottom lines and
44 36 3
85 5
Jacque's Coiffures DeVille
Industries Inc and
139 65 73 28 101 8
Gastonia United Oil Co Inc . .Insert at Street Guide and
Morris Jewelry Co Inc
50
110
Long Jim Inc
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Parker L Jack Realty Co
left side lines and 108
Penegar O G Co Inc
front cover, right top lines and 96
Piedmont Machine Shop Inc .
127
Queen's Textile Service . . left side lines and
10
Rainbow Paint Store C and
100
Rankin L S & Sons Inc
right top lines and
64
Rhyne A Leonard Co
Rhyne M A & Sons Inc
Rhyne & Simmons . . front cover, left top and right bottom lines, 115 and
Roach Plating Co
back cover, right top lines and
Roy B S & Son Company
Rudisill Bros Co Inc
St Michael's Catholic Church
Schneider Leon Inc
Sears J C & Sons right bottom lines and
Seth Lumber Co Inc .
left top cards and
Sherrill Manufacturing Co Inc
Shuford J Fred Construction Co.
right top lines and 37
Smart Shop The.
left side lines and 43
Smith Chevrolet Co Inc. right bottom lines and 10
Smith W Z "Bill" Insurance Agency right top cards and
80
Smith's Cut Rate Drugs front lip margin, Insert at Name in
Alphabetical Section and
Southeastern Plating Co Inc
Spencer Lumber Co Inc.
back cover, right top lines, 23 and
Spencer's Inc
. front cover, left top lines and
Sterchi Bros Stores Inc
Stewart J H & Sons
Stewart Paul Machine Co Inc
Summerrow Furniture Co
right top lines, 71 and
Summey Drug Co
Sunrise Dairy Inc
Superior Bolster Co
Terry Insurance Agency .
right side lines and
Textile Parts & Machine Co Inc .
Tire Town Company
right side lines and
Victory Radiator & Lawn Mower Repair
. left top cards and
Ward Funeral Service Inc .
Watson Insurance Agency Inc.
Whisnant Howard Furniture Co Inc
Whitesides & Co
left top lines and
Wilson & Minges Co
106
2 and Wilson Transfer Co Inc
left bottom lines and
140
Wix Corporation .
. left top cards and
11
Yancey W Harrelson
107
Yarborough & Elrod Inc
105
Young Insurance Agency .
.left side lines, 'X and
86
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.left side lines and 97 40 128 103 132 76 25
42 35 22 136
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104 91 98
.left side lines and 72 37 132
87 52 39 133 85 129
Todd Insurance Agency.
139 81 106 27 68
Vogue The .
82 72 83
GASTONIA
"City of Unlimited Opportunity"
(Courtesy of Gastonia Chamber of Commerce)
Location and History
Gastonia is pleasantly and strategically located in the geographical center of the Piedmont Section of the Carolinas. This Piedmont is the section be- tween the Coastal Plain on the east and the mountains on the west; it runs north-east and south-west; its average elevation above sea level is about 800 feet; and it contains the greatest concentration of population and industry in the southeast, More people live within 50 miles of Gastonia than within 50 miles of any other city in North Carolina
The section which now contains Gastonia and Gaston County was settled by Scotch-Irish and German settlers during the last half of the eighteenth cen- tury, These pioneers laid out their farms along the fertile countryside where only the Catawba Indians had previously lived, They treated the Indians fairly, there was no trouble between the races, and the Catawbas fought with them against other Indian tribes and in their struggles during the Revolutionary War. It is no surprise that the Battle of Kings Mountain, the turning point of the Revolutionary War, was fought only 20 miles from Gastonia by these same pioneers who were determined to preserve their political and religious free- dom.
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Photo by Harley Ferguson
Twenty miles west of Gastonia, the Kings Mountain 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.
In 1846 Gaston County, of which Gastonia is the County Seat, was formed by a division of Lincoln County. It derives its name from Colonel William Gaston who was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina and a congressman from NorthCarolina serving in the House of Representa- tives. Gaston is relatively small in area, having only 358 square miles,
Gaston County was only two years old when its first cotton manufacturing plant, the Mountain Island Mill, began operations. In 1852 the Woodlawn of "Pinhook Mill" began making textiles, and from these small beginnings the
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This is a reproduction of the Woodlawn Factory of "Pinhook" Mill, as it was more familiarly known. It was built in 1849, in Gaston County, operated by water power, and was the second textile manufacturing plant in Gaston County.
Two modern textile manufacturing plants in Gastonia. Twenty three thousand people are engaged in manufacturing textile products in Gaston-
county has developed into the foremost textile manufacturing county in the na- tion -- it consumes more cotton and has more active spindles than any other county.
From a predominantly agricultural economy in the beginning, Gastonia and its mother county have developed during the century into North Carolina's third largest industrial county. While Gaston has maintained its supremacy in textile manufacturing, it has also diversified and added to its long list of products, in the making of which 29,000 persons are employed.
From a crossroads settlement, Gastonia was incorporated in 1877 and has grown to over 37,000, and a metropolitan population of 60,000. Lots of its manufactured products have an international market, and its good industrial climate beckons other industries to come and enjoy its benefits. With all its rapid, but stable growth, it has not neglected its educational, cultural, reli- gious and recreational facilities.
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Photo by Harley Ferguson
A few of the great variety of textile products made in Gastonia.
Gastonia's great asset is its people-quick and eager to learn and conserva- tive in their thinking.
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For several generations the predominant industry has been manufacturing, and with this background the people possess an inherited aptitude for me- chanical work and an ability to compete successfully. Census reports indicate that 47º/o of employed persons are engaged in manufacturing and 32/o in white collar occupations. Those employers who have had occasion to com- pare Gastonians with those from elsewhere are very positive in their tributes as to their loyalty and the readiness with which they acquire mechanical skills. They are quick and eager to learn, cooperative and friendly in their attitude to their employer, and basically conservative in their thinking.
Completely adequate transportation facilities are at your "finger tips" in Gastonia. These facilities consist of three railroads, twenty-five motor freight carriers, a network of four U. S. and three State Highways, and the Douglas Airport, fifteen miles distant, which schedules 100 passenger and freight flights per day.
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All means of transportation are readily available to Gastonia and its varied enterprises.
Retail Trade
Gastonia's trading area includes Gaston County and spills over into three adjoining counties, with an aggregate population of 250,000. The latest estimate by Sales Management gives Gastonia total retail sales of $69,128,000 and Gas- ton County $117,283,000.
Financial
Supporting Gastonia's spectacular growth is an aggressive attitude on the part of its banking fraternity and a formidable array of assets available from its three banks and two savings and loan associations. There are nine local branches for the convenience of banking customers.
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Shoppers can have their most fastidious needs satisfied at Gastonia's mercan- tile counters.
One of the numerous plants in Gastonia where textile machinery is made.
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Educational and Cultural
The educational facilities of the community are closely adjusted to its in- dustrial, economic and cultural needs. Beyond the level of the splendid public and parochial schools are Belmont Abbey College (Senior), Sacred Heart Acad- emy, a junior schools for girls, Gaston Technical Institute with four two-year terminal courses in technology, the North Carolina Vocational Textile School, the Industrial Education Center with vocational courses for high school stu- dents and adults, the Evans College of Commerce and the Gaston Memorial Hospital School of Nursing. The Gaston County Nature Museum has had wide acclaim for the great variety of its fossils, artifacts, mineral and animal specimens. Many choral and study groups and associations and clubs add greatly to Gastonia as an attractive place to live and do business. The County Library with 125,000 volumes, has seven branches over the county for the convenience of all the people.
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