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CITY DIRECTORY
VOL. 1929 XVII
CONTAINING AN ALPHABETICAL DIRECTORY OF BUSINESS CON- CERNS AND PRIVATE CITIZENS, A DIRECTORY OF HOUSE-
HOLDERS, OFFICE BUILDINGS AND BUSINESS PLACES, INCLUDING A COMPLETE STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE
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GENERAL INDEX
Page
Abbreviations
96
Alphabetical Directory 97
Apartment Buildings 742
Associations and Clubs-Commercial.
743
Banks
746
Buildings-Office and Public.
750
Buyers' Directory
21
Cemeteries
751
Churches
752
City Government
257
Classified Directory
741
Clergymen
754
Clubs
756
County Government
263
Courts
263
Elks
219
Fire Department
257
Halls 767
Homes and Asylums 768
Hospitals and Dispensaries 768
307
Index to Advertisers 8
Insurance Companies
769
Junior O U AM
327
Knights of Pythias 337
Libraries
259
Mascnic Orders 366
Mocse Loyal Order of 397
Parks and Playgrounds 784
Police Department 258
Preface
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Schools-Public 791
Schools, Colleges and Academies 792
Societies 793
Street and Avenue Guide and Directory of Householders. 585
United States Post Office
536
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
Page
A & B Store. 42
Alvis & Perdue Motor Co.
Armfield Motor Co .. right side lines and 31
Atlantic Bridge Co Inc. .right bottom lines and 52 Auto Tire Accessory Co .. . left side lines and 29 27
Bales & Truitt Inc. . right side lines and Beaman R J & Co. . left bottom lines and 23 Benner & Fields ..... right top lines and 85 Biddell Harry G .... right top lines and 85 40
Big Frosty Bottling Co.
Brooks-Wilson Co
.right bottom lines and Brown Geo C & Co ...... back cover and Burgess & Grissom Motor Co. Burroughs Adding Machine Co Bynum H F. .
Callum-Sapp Inc.
Campbell Walter E .... left side lines and Carlton Phil R Inc .... left side lines and Carolina Insurance & Loan Agency .... Carolina Steel & Iron Co.
Carolina Warehouse.
Central Industrial Bank.
.right side lines and 37 95 45
Chamberlin Metal Weather Strip Co. . .. Citizens Coal Co ...... left side lines and Columbia Laundry Co.
. right bottom lines and 75
Cooper Insurance Service Inc ..
Craven E F Co .... left bottom lines and
Crescent Chevrolet Co.
Daniel & Stabler right top lines and 36 92
Dick's Laundry Co. . back cover and 75
Durham Life Insurance Co ..
Eagle Coffee Shop ... right side lines and Edwards Dry Cleaning Co.
94 Ellis Sign Co. .right side lines and 69 Michael-Bivens Electrical Co Inc. .left side lines and 50
Everett D H & Co ... .front cover and 22 Farley Jas H .. 43 68
Fetter A W .. .right top lines and Five Points Motor Co, right top lines and Franklin-Knight Motor Co.
27
.right top lines and 31
Franks J D. front cover and 87
Gate City Building & Loan Assn ..
Gate City Motor Co .right bottom lines and 30
Gordon's Restaurants Inc. 93 Greene Street Grille.right side lines and Greene Street Tire Co.
right top lines and 28 25
Greensboro Auction & Salvage Co.
Greensboro Auto Electric Co
26 Greensboro Hardware Co.
Greensboro Motor Car Co .left top lines and 58
81 Greensboro Nurseries.
right side lines and 83 Greensboro Paint Co. . left side lines and 84 Guaranty Loan Corp.
right bottom lines and 76
Guardian Life Insurance Co of America .right top lines and 68 Guilford Building & Loan Assn. . . .right bottom lines and 41
Guilford Lumber Mfg Co. right side lines and 78
H & H Clothing Co. 43
Hammel Wm C A ...... left top lines and 68
Hanes Funeral Home Inc .... 53
.left bottom lines and 35 Hanner Bros ... .left top lines and 59 Hardie Jack W Inc .. 83 Hargett Funeral Parlors. .right bottom lines and 55 Heath B D Motor Co .. .right side lines and 32 Holland Radio & Appliance Co Inc ....
. left top lines and 86 Hollowell-Gorham & Co. right top lines and
22 Home Building & Loan Assn. .right top lines and 41 Home Detective Co Inc .. back cover and Hotel Annex
48 60
Hunt Brothers.
line inside front cover and 86 Hutton Frank R ... . . . . front cover and 91 33
Hurdle Motor Co .... . . left side lines and 36 Jefferson Motors Inc. left bottom lines and Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Co ..
.right side lines and 64 72 56 84 94 2 88 94 57
57 Jewel Box The.
Johnson-Forbis-Simmons Co.
Jones W H.
Keeley Institute The.
King's Business College ..
Koonts Henry V. .front cover and Krahnke F H jr .... left bottom lines and Kriegsman Bros ..... right side lines and Lambeth Insurance Agency
Meredith Novelty Shop
Merrimon Insurance Agency.
Miller Furniture .right bottom lines and 57 92 50
Millikan Realty & Insurance Co ..
Milton R H Electric Co .. back cover and Monarch Machine & Mfg Co Inc .... left bottom lines, 51 and 79 93 72 46
Morris Plan Industrial Bank.
.right side lines and 38 44 Mutual Insurance Agency The.
93 Moskins Credit Clothing Co
.ribbon book mark and 42 70 65 National Cash Register Co The. .left bottom lines and National Surety Co .. right side lines and New Method Laundry Co. .right side lines and New Process Tire Co ... left top lines and 76 29 Z New York Life Insurance Co.
.left top lines and 33 Oettinger Lumber Co .. left side lines and Patterson Bros Inc ... 79 58 42 Peerless Cleaners Inc.
Philadelphia Battery Service Co. .right side lines and 25 Phipps Hardware Co. . left top lines and Pickett Storage Battery Co .. 59 40 Piedmont Ice & Coal Co 46 Piedmont Motors Inc. 36
66 Pilot Life Insurance Co .. front cover and Poole & Blue Inc .. . front cover and 54
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Direct Advertising Service. .left. top lines and 24 Dixie Fire Insurance Co 62 Dixie Sales Co. 28 Dorsett's Gun Key & Lock Shop. 77 71 93 49
.right side lines and 71 47 .front cover and 69 Latham J E Co. .bottom edge and 89 44 25 "Lewis" Mail-Ad Folks The .. 57 76 4 71 Maness A M Furniture Co. Mason J W & Co ... left top lines, 71 and Matheson-Wills Real Estate Co ... Mayes Mary E Inc .... left side lines and Maynard Music Co .. McClamroch Co The.right side lines and McIver Lock Co The ... 81 81 77 83
Fry & Stevens .. . top edge and 63 Moore A K Realty Co ..
. left bottom lines and 41 Moore-Mitchell Co .... left top lines and Morris Jas C
. back cover and 32 Greensboro Music Co. . left top lines and Greensboro Nehi Bottling Co. 40 North State Motors Inc.
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
Page
Pullen A M & Co ..
23 Star Credit Clothing Co.
Record Co The .. right bottom lines and
82 Starr Raymond ..
Redden Thomas Gresham Inc. 72
State Industrial Bank 39
Reliance Sales Co.
73
Robins & Weill .... .. front edge, 70 and 91 Steed Turned Column Works.
Rock Creek Dairy Sales Co .. right top lines and 48
Ross Harold L .. .right top lines and 52
Schiffman Jewelry Co.
left side lines and 73 34
Sineath J I Garage .. right side lines and Smith Auditing Co ..
24 80 34
Vanstory Clothing Co .... back cover and Varner M S & Co ...
Vaughn's
87
Smith Tire Co.
29
Walker Tom Co.
45
Smoot W J .. .right bottom lines and 55 White Realty Co ... . front cover and 92 Young John A & Sons ..
Southern Public Service Co ... left bottom lines and 46
.right side lines and 83
Southern Real Estate Co .. backbone and 90 Younts-DeBoe Co.
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Smith Austin & Son. . left side lines and Smith Chester Motor Co ..
Thompson Inc .. right bottom lines and 51 95 27 Turner's Transfer .... right top lines and Union Clothing Co. U-Drive-It Co. 44 43 60
Tatum-Dalton Transfer Co
State Investigation Agency Inc. 49 Sykes Florists Inc. .. T & H Motor Co ........ back cover and 95 53 35 94
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
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A & B Store. 42
Alvis & Perdue Motor Co ..
.left bottom lines and 35 Hanner Bros. .. left top lines and
Armfield Motor Co. . right side lines and 31 Atlantic Bridge Co Inc ... right bottom lines and 52 Auto Tire Accessory Co. .left side lines and 29 Bales & Truitt Inc .. right side lines and 27 Beaman R J & Co. . left bottom lines and 23
Benner & Fields ..... right top lines and 85
Biddell Harry G .... right top lines and 85 Big Frosty Bottling Co. 40 Brooks-Wilson Co ..
. right bottom lines and Brown Geo C & Co ...... back cover and Burgess & Grissom Motor Co.
Burroughs Adding Machine Co. Bynum H F ..
Callum-Sapp Inc ..
Campbell Walter E .... left side lines and 74 67 67
Carlton Phil R Inc .... left side lines and Carolina Insurance & Loan Agency .... Carolina Steel & Iron Co
3 Carolina Warehouse .. 57 Jewel Box The.
Central Industrial Bank.
.right side lines and 37 95 45
Chamberlin Metal Weather Strip Co .... Citizens Coal Co ...... left side lines and Columbia Laundry Co. .. right bottom lines and 75
Cooper Insurance Service Inc .. .right side lines and Craven E F Co .... left bottom lines and Crescent Chevrolet Co.
71 47
Daniel & Stabler .right top lines and 36 92
Dick's Laundry Co .. . back cover and 75
Direct Advertising Service. left top lines and 24 62 28 77
Dixie Sales Co.
Dorsett's Gun Key & Lock Shop.
Durham Life Insurance Co.
71
Eagle Coffee Shop ... right side lines and Edwards Dry Cleaning Co.
Ellis Sign Co .. right side lines and Michael-Bivens Electrical Co Inc .left side lines and 50
Fetter A W .. .right top lines and Five Points Motor Co, right top lines and Franklin-Knight Motor Co ...
right top lines and 31 87
front cover and
Fry & Stevens. .. top edge and 63 Moore A K Realty Co.
Gate City Building & Loan Assn. .left bottom lines and Gate City Motor Co.
right bottom lines and 30
Gordon's Restaurants Inc ... 93
93
Greene Street Grille.right side lines and Greene Street Tire Co.
.right top lines and 28
Greensboro Auction & Salvage Co. 25
Greensboro Auto Electric Co .. 26
Greensboro Hardware Co ..
Greensboro Motor Car Co ... .left top lines and 58
32
New Process Tire Co ... left top lines and New York Life Insurance Co
29 Z
Oettinger Lumber Co .. left side lines and Patterson Bros Inc ..
Peerless Cleaners Inc
Philadelphia Battery Service Co. right side lines and 25 59 Phipps Hardware Co. . left top lines and Pickett Storage Battery Co 40 Piedmont Ice & Coal Co 46
Piedmont Motors Inc. 36
Pilot Life Insurance Co .. front cover and 66
Poole & Blue Inc. front cover and 54
48 60
Hunt Brothers.
. line inside front cover and 86
Hurdle Motor Co .... . . left side lines and 36
Hutton Frank R. front cover and 91 33
Jefferson Motors Inc. left bottom lines and Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Co ..
Johnson-Forbis-Simmons Co.
Jones W H.
Keeley Institute The. King's Business College.
Koonts Henry V ...... front cover and
Krahnke F H jr .... left bottom lines and Kriegsman Bros ..... right side lines and Lambeth Insurance Agency .front cover and Latham J E Co. bottom edge and
right side lines and 64 72 56 84 94 2 88 94 57 69 89 44 25 57 76 4 71 81 81 77 83 69
"Lewis"
Mail-Ad Folks The.
Maness A M Furniture Co.
Mason J W & Co ... left top lines, 71 and Matheson-Wills Real Estate Co ..
Mayes Mary E Inc .... left side lines and Maynard Music Co ..
McClamroch Co The.right side lines and McIver Lock Co The ..
Meredith Novelty Shop
Merrimon Insurance Agency.
Everett D H & Co .front cover and Farley Jas H ..
68
27
Greensboro Nurseries.
.right side lines and 83
84
Greensboro Paint Co. . left side lines and Guaranty Loan Corp.
76
.right bottom lines and Guardian Life Insurance Co of America . right top lines and Guilford Building & Loan Assn.
68
.right bottom lines and 41
Guilford Lumber Mfg Co .. right side lines and 78 H & H Clothing Co. 43
Hammel Wm C A ...... left top lines and 68
Hanes Funeral Home Inc .... 53 59 Hardie Jack W Inc. 83 Hargett Funeral Parlors.
Heath B D Moto .right bottom lines and 55
right side lines and 32 Holland Radio & Appliance Co Inc ....
. left top lines and 86 Hollowell-Gorham & Co. .. right top lines and 22 Home Building & Loan Assn. .right top lines and 41 Home Detective Co Inc .. back cover and Hotel Annex
74 77 35 24 73 61
Dixie Fire Insurance Co.
93 49 94 22 43
Franks J D.
41 Moore-Mitchell Co .... left top lines and Morris Jas C.
Miller Furniture Co. .right bottom lines and Millikan Realty & Insurance Co. 57 92 50 Milton R H Electric Co. . back cover and Monarch Machine & Mfg Co Inc .. ... left bottom lines, 51 and 79 93 72 46 Morris Plan Industrial Bank. right side lines and 38 44 Moskins Credit Clothing Co. Mutual Insurance Agency The. . .ribbon book mark and 65 National Cash Register Co The. . left bottom lines and National Surety Co. . right side lines and 42 70 New Method Laundry Co .. .right side lines and 76
back cover and Greensboro Music Co. . left top lines and 81 Greensboro Nehi Bottling Co. 40 North State Motors Inc. left top lines and 33 79 58 42
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
Page
Pullen A M & Co. 23
Star Credit Clothing Co
Starr Raymond ..
Record Co The. . right bottom lines and 82
Redden Thomas Gresham Inc ... 72
State Industrial Bank
Reliance Sales Co ... 73
91
.right top lines and 48
Ross Harold L .. .right top lines and 52
Schiffman Jewelry Co ..
.left side lines and 73
34
Union Clothing Co
80 24 Vanstory Clothing Co .... back cover and Varner M S & Co.
Vaughn's
Smith Tire Co .... 29
Smoot W J ....... right bottom lines and 55
Southern Public Service Co .. left bottom lines and
46
White Realty Co .. . front cover and 92 Young John A & Sons. .right side lines and 83
Southern Real Estate Co .. backbone and 90 Younts-DeBoe Co 45
Page 44 51 39
Robins & Weill ...... front edge, 70 and Rock Creek Dairy Sales Co.
State Investigation Agency Inc. 49 95 Steed Turned Column Works. Sykes Florists Inc. 53 T & H Motor Co .. . back cover and 35 Tatum-Dalton Transfer Co. 94 51
Thompson Inc .. right bottom lines and Turner's Transfer .... right top lines and U-Drive-It Co ..
95 27 44 43 60 87 45
Sineath J I Garage. . right side lines and Smith Auditing Co.
Smith Austin & Son. . left side lines and Smith Chester Motor Co.
34
Walker Tom Co.
INTRODUCTION
HILL DIRECTORY CO., publishers of the Greensboro City Directory, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1929 edition of the Greensboro Directory.
Confidence in the continued growth of Greensboro's wealth, industry and population, and in the advancement of its municipal and social activ- ities, will be created as sections of this directory are consulted, for the directory is a mirror truly reflecting Greensboro to the world.
The enviable place occupied by HILL'S directories in offices, stores, libraries and homes, has been established by rendering the best in directory service. With an unrivaled organization, and having the courteous and hearty cooperation 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 Greensboro Directory will fulfill its mission as a source of authentic information pertaining to the city.
Population
The estimated population of Greensboro is 59,262, based on the number of individuals' names in the alphabetical section of the directory, with due allowance for children and for women whose names are not listed separately from those of their husbands. Territory immediately adjacent, which is part of the city, as far as business and social life are concerned, is included in the directory.
Four Major Departments
The several essential departments are arranged in the following or- der -
THE BUYERS' GUIDE, pages 21 to 96, printed on tinted paper, con- tains the advertisements of leading manufacturing, business and profes- sional interests of Greensboro. These pages will be found particularly in- teresting and instructive to substantial purchasing factors. The advertise- ments have been carefully grouped by departments and are indexed under headings descriptive of the business represented. This is reference adver- tising at its best and, as such, merits a survey by all buyers anxious to famil- iarize themselves with sources of supply. The city's activities, in many in- teresting phases, are authentically pictured. In an ambitious and progres- sive community like Greensboro, the necessity of having this kind of infor- mation immediately available, is very great and, frequently, pressing. Gen- eral appreciation of this fact is evidenced by the liberal support the city directory enjoys in the many fields which it serves.
THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents, business firms and corporations is included in pages 97 to 584. Features of this section are the inclusion of the wife's name in parentheses following that of the husband, and the designation of colored persons with "(c)".
THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, covers pages 585 to 738. In this section the names of the streets and avenues are arranged in alphabetical order; the residences and business houses are arranged numerically under the name of each street and avenue, and the names of householders and business concerns are placed opposite the numbers.
THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is included in pages 741 to 797. This department lists the various manufacturing, mercantile and professional interests in alphabetical order under appropriate headings. This feature constitutes an invaluable and indispensable epitome of the business interests of the community. "The Directory is the common intermediary between Buyer and Seller." As such it plays no small part in the daily doings of the business world. "More goods are bought and sold through the Classified Business Directory than through any other medium."
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Municipal Publicity
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The Greensboro Directory Library
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The publishers appreciatively acknowledge the recognition by those progressive 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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GREENSBORO
"Pivot of the Piedmont"
Form of Government-City Manager-Council.
Population-59,262. Native white, 79 %. Negroes, 21 %. American- born population, 98% of whole population
Area-17 square miles.
Altitude-843 feet.
Assessed Valuation-$105,594,954.
Parks-4, with 1,054 acres valued at $3,000,000.
City's Bonded Debt-$5,645,120.49.
Financial-6 banks, with total deposits of $25,415,673, resources of $36,349,069, and clearings of $312,689,000 annually.
Post-Office Receipts (1928)-$468,953.01.
Telephones in Service-9,491.
Churches-52, leading denominations.
Building and Construction-Value of building permits, $5,048,295, with 395 new dwelling units constructed (1928).
Real Estate-Number of homes, 12,100, with about 75% owned by occu- pants.
Industry -- 141 establishments, employing 8,700 workers, paying wages of $12,000,000 annually, and having products valued at $47,500,000 annually.
Trade-Territory (retail) serves 600,000 people in a trading area having a radius of 25 to 50 miles. Jobbing territory service 790,000 people with- in a radius of 75 to 100 miles.
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Newspapers-2 dailies, 1 weekly.
Hotels-8, with total of 900 rooms.
Railroads-2: Southern and A & Y., the latter connecting with Nor- folk-Southern, Atlantic Coast Line, Seaboard Air line and Norfolk & Western.
Amusements-Largest auditorium seats 1,985 persons. There are 8 theatres, with a total seating capacity of 6,000 persons.
Hospitals-8, with 400 beds.
Education-North Carolina College for Women, a $6,750,000 plant, a faculty of 180 and an enrollment of 1,867 regular students, in addition to 1,634 summer students; Greensboro College for Women, founded 1838, with an enrollment of 400; North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College; Bennett College and Immanuel Lutheran College for the Negro Race; King's Business College, Greensboro Business School, and Greensboro Bible and Literary School. Number of preparatory schools, 24, including 2 high and 2 parochial. Number pupils in public schools, 10,271; in private, 150. Total of all teachers, 375. Value of all school property, private and public, ap- proximately $5,000,000. In the immediate vicinity are other well-known educational institutions, including Guilford College, five miles west of the city, a Friends' School of more than a hundred years standing, co-educa- tional, 300 students; value plant and endowment, $1,000,000. Eighteen miles east, Elon College, founded 1887, by the Southern Christian Conven- tion, co-educational, enrollment 396. Fifteen miles southwest, High Point College, Methodist Protestant, co-educational, enrollment 286. Eighteen miles northwest, Oak Ridge Institute, Junior R. O. T. C., 225 enrollment representing 12 states.
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