Hill's Greensboro (North Carolina) city directory [1931], Part 1

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Publication date: 1931
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Murchison Coal Company


130 SOUTH ELM STREET


TELEPHONE 8303


WOOD -- CDA COKE "Dependable Fuel" Prompt Servic


POOLE & BLUE, Inc.


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AMBULANCE SERVICE


342 N. Elm St. Phone 7115


Morris Plan Bank


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GEO. W. KANE


GENERAL CONTRACTOR


228 Jefferson Standard Buildin


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GENERAL INDEX


Page


Abbreviations


76


Alphabetical Directory


77


Apartment Buildings


706


Associations and Clubs-Commercial


707


Banks and Trust Companies. 710


Buildings-Office and Public.


714


Bus and Coach Lines-Motor


714


Buyers' Directory


25


Cemeteries


715


Churches


715


City Government.


236


Classified Directory


705


Clergymen


717


Clubs


718


County Government.


242


Courts


237


Fire Department


236


Halls


730


Homes and Asylums


730


Hospitals and Dispensaries


730


Index to Advertisers


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Introduction


10


Labor Organizations


739


Libraries


741


Masonic Orders.


753


Parks and Playgrounds.


746


Police Department


237


Post Office


507


Preface.


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Schools-Public


751


Schools, Colleges and Academies


752


Societies 753


Societies-Benevolent and Fraternal 753


Street and Avenue Guide and Directory of Householders 557


United States Government


507


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INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS


Atlantic Bridge Co Inc.


left top lines and 47


Auto Insurance Specialists Inc.


.right top lines and 52


Bales & Truitt Inc


right side lines and 28


Blake Chas J


marginal line front cover and 57


Bogle W G


Broadhurst & Kennett


Brooks, Parker, Smith & Wharton


Burroughs Adding Machine Co.


Callum-Sapp Inc


Campbell Walter E.


Carlton Phil R Inc. .


Carolina Insurance & Loan Agency.


Carolina Steel & Iron Co


Carolina Vulcanizing Co


Cheek J C Co.


Citizens Coal Co


marginal line front cover and


Cochrane Insurance Agency Inc.


Columbia Laundry.


left bottom lines and . right top lines and right side lines and . backbone and 58 65 62 59 68


Cowan Arch H Agency .


Craven E F Co.


left bottom lines and


Crescent Chevrolet Co


Davis Ellwood A & Co.


Dick's Laundry Co.


marginal line back cover and


Dixie Fire Ins Co of Greensboro.


Dixie Realty & Loan Co


left top lines and


Duke Otis W


Legal Blue Book


Durham Life Ins Co.


Edwards Dry Cleaning Co


Enter-Prize Coal Co.


.left bottom lines and marginal line front cover and 26


Fetter A W


.right top lines and 59 40


Foust & Haley.


bottom stencil and right bottom lines


Frazier & Frazier


Legal Blue Book top stencil and 54


Gate City Bldg & Loan Assn


. left top lines and 39


Gate City Motor Co.


Glenwood Barber Shop.


Gordon's Restaurant.


Graham-Paige Co of N C.


Greensboro Auction & Salvage Co


Greensboro Auto Inn ..


Greensboro Awning & Tent Co.


marginal line back cover and .right top lines and


Greensboro Creamery Dairy Inc


Greensboro Hardware Co ...


Greensboro Merchants Assn Inc


left top lines and


Greensboro Motor Car Co Inc. Griffin J H Roofing & Metal Works


right bottom lines and


Guilford Electrical Co.


. right side lines and


Guilford Insurance Agency


.right top lines and


H & H Clothing Co


Hammell Wm C A


left top lines and left top lines and


Hanes Funeral Home Inc.


Hanna Rug Cleaning Co


right bottom lines and


Harry Reece P.


right bottom lines and


Hedrick Auto Co.


left side lines and 33


Henderson & Henderson


Hiatt Motor Co Inc.


Hobgood, Vinson & MacClamroch.


Home Appliance Service Co


Home Building & Loan Assn.


Home Detective Co Inc.


marginal line back cover and 45


Home Furniture Co Inc The.


Home Industrial Bank


Hoyle & Harrison. .


Jefferson Motors Inc.


Jefferson Standard Life Ins Co.


right top lines and 50 35 Legal Blue Book .right top lines and 31 right side lines and 55


Cooper Insurance Service Inc.


left top lines and 33 27 66 53 63


63 45 41


Everett, Zane & Muse.


Fincher & Shoffner.


Fry & Stevens Inc.


. right bottom lines and 30 38 73 33 27 28 3 39 44 right top lines and 51 43


Greensboro Bldg & Loan Assn


back cover and 29 72 46 60 41 60 48 74 49 63


Hargett Funeral Home.


Legal Blue Book back cover and 31 Legal Blue Book . left bottom lines and 73 right top lines and 39


left bottom lines and 62 Legal Blue Book Legal Blue Book 27 2 left bottom lines and 65 . left side lines and 57 58 3 right side lines and 29 right side lines and 67 42


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Jones & Howerton


Kane Geo W


Keeley Institute of N C The


Kimrey Refrigeration Co


King and King


Koontz H L.


Kuykendall Edgar D


Lady Fair Shop Inc. Lane's Laundry


McClamroch Co The.


McDonald Service Stores Inc.


right bottom lines and


McIver Lock Co ..


Meredith Novelty Shop


Merrimon Insurance Agency


Miller Furniture Co


Milton Electric Co.


Modern Letter Shop


Moore A K Realty Co


Moore-Mitchell Co Inc.


Morris Plan Bank ..


Motor Bearings & Parts Co


Murchison Coal Co.


marginal line front cover and


Mutual Insurance Agency Inc.


ribbon book mark and


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Myrick, Stanley & Atkinson.


right side lines and


North Carolina Bank & Trust Co.


left top lines and


North Carolina Industrial Bank


Odell Hardware Co ..


O Henry Drug Stores right top lines and


Patterson Bros Inc.


Phipps Hardware Co Inc.


left top lines and


Pickett Storage & Battery Co.


Piedmont Cafe.


left side lines and


Piedmont Transfer Co


Pilot Life Insurance Co


left side lines and


Poole & Blue Inc.


front cover and


Pullen A M & Co.


Radio Sales & Service Co.


right bottom lines and


Redden Thos Gresham Inc


front stencil, 61 and


Rock Creek Jersey Dairy


.right top lines and . right top lines and


Ross W F Inc.


right bottom lines and


Rucker Bonded Warehouse Corp.


Sapp & Sapp


Legal Blue Book


Saslow's Inc.


Schenck Paul W


Schiffman Jewelry Co


Scott Geo G & Co.


Sharpe Funeral Home Inc.


Smith Austin. .


Smith Saml C.


Smith Tire Co


left side lines and


Smoot Wm J.


right bottom lines and


Sockwell & Causey Real Estate & Insurance Co.


Southern Engraving Co. .


Southern Public Service Co.


left side lines and left top lines and left bottom lines and


Southern Real Estate Co.


Star Credit Clothing Co.


Starr Raymond.


right top lines and


Sykes Florists Inc. T & H Motor Co.


Tatum-Dalton Transfer Co.


Trogdon Motor Co.


Tucker Motors Inc.


United Bank & Trust Co.


Vanstory Clothing Co.


Walker Tom Co ..


Wray Plumbing & Heating Co


Yellow Taxi Co Inc. Younce & Younce.


left bottom lines and 70 marginal line back cover and 74 . Legal Blue Book right bottom lines and 70


Young John A Sons.


Legal Blue Book front cover and 43 left bottom lines and 74 left top lines and 73 Legal Blue Book Legal Blue Book Legal Blue Book 38 right side lines and 67 right side lines and 69 33 67 40 right side lines and 61 . left top lines and 51 left bottom lines and 46 67 71 left top lines and front cover and 63 36 28 43


Legal Blue Book 66 34 37 52 45 51 52 28 73 75 64 49 27 71 64 71 44 47 72


Rowe & Roach Co The


right side lines and


69 75


64 62 64 26


Robins & Weill.


Ross Harold L.


left side lines and right top lines and left bottom lines and 50 75 70 29 50 72 48 42 72 41 46 4S


back cover and 32 75 34 32 38


right bottom lines and right bottom lines and front cover and back cover and 40 41


New Method Laundry Co.


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INTRODUCTION


Hill Directory Company, Inc., publishers of the Greensboro City Directory, present to subscribers and the general public this, the 1931 edition.


Confidence in the growth of Greensboro's industry, population and wealth, and in the advancement of its civic and social activities, will be created as sections of this directory are consulted, for the directory is a mirror truly reflecting Greensboro 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 the courteous and hearty co-operation of the business and pro- fessional 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 community.


FOUR MAJOR DEPARTMENTS


The several essential departments are arranged in the following order:


The Buyers' Guide, pages 25 to 76, printed on tinted paper, contains the advertisements of leading manufacturing, business and professional interests of Greensboro and vicinity. These pages will be found particularly interesting and instructive to sub- stantial purchasing factors. The advertisements have been care- fully 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 eager to familiarize themselves with sources of supply. The community's activities, in many interesting phases, are authentically pictured. In an ambitious and progressive community like Greensboro, the necessity of having this kind of information immediately avail- able is very great, and, frequently, pressing. General apprecia- tion of this fact is evidenced by the liberal support the city di- rectory enjoys in the many fields which it serves.


The Alphabetical List of Names of residents, business firms and corporations is included in pages 77 to 556. A feature of this section is the inclusion of the wife's name in parentheses following that of the husband.


The Directory of Householders, including Street and Avenue Guide, covers pages 557 to 704. In this section the named streets and avenues are arranged in alphabetical order, followed by the numbered streets in numerical order; the residences and business


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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 705 to 760. 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."


COMMUNITY PUBLICITY


The directory reflects the achievements and ambitions of the community, depicting in truthful terms what it has to offer as a place of residence, as a business location, as an industrial site and as an educational center. To broadcast this information the publishers have placed copies of this issue of the directory in Di- rectory Libraries, where they are readily available for free public reference and serve as perpetual and reliable advertisements of Greensboro, for business men everywhere realize that the city di- rectory represents a community as it really is.


THE GREENSBORO DIRECTORY LIBRARY


Through the courtesy of the publishers of the Greensboro City Directory a Directory Library is maintained in the offices of the Greensboro Chamber of Commerce for free reference by the gen- eral public. This is one of more than 500 Directory Libraries in- stalled in the chief cities of the United States and Canada by members of the Association of North American Directory Pub- lishers, under whose supervision the system is operated.


The publishers appreciatively acknowledge the recognition by those progressive business and professional men who have demon- strated their confidence in the city directory as an advertising medium, with assurance that it will bring a commensurate return.


HILL DIRECTORY CO., INC., Publishers.


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STATISTICAL REVIEW


Population-53,569. White population-Males, 18,817; females, 20,226. Colored popula- tion-Males, 6,470; females, 7,580. Foreign population-472 .- U. S. Census, 1931.


Area-17.4 square miles. Altitude-843 feet. Mean annual temperature-58.8 degrees. Average annual rainfall-46.76 inches .- U. S. Weather Bureau.


Parks-1,500 acres. Assessed valuation-$106,500,000. City debt-$15,829,000-City Auditor.


Class A-2 airport. Two passenger and four mail planes north and south daily.


Building permits issued-$4,039,760 yearly (average for past five years) .- City Permit Office.


Post office receipts-$424,748 (1930) .- U. S. Post Office.


Bank clearings-$256,664,000 (1930) .- Greensboro Clearing House.


Telephones in service-9,467 .- Southern Bell Telephone Co.


Industry-92 establishments, employing 6,811, with an annual payroll of $5,665,000 and a yearly output of $38,782,000 value of products .- 1929 Census of Manufacturers.


Retail trade-624 stores, with annual sales of $26,500,000. Population of 50-mile trading area-908,950 .-- U. S. Deportment of Commerce and Market Survey.


Churches-57.


Volumes in library-136,000.


Newspapers-2 dailies: Greensboro Daily News, 36,055 A. B. C. circulation; Greensboro Daily Record, 12,786 A. B. C. circulation.


Hotels-S, with total of 900 rooms.


Railroads-Southern, Atlantic and Yadkin.


Hospitals and sanatoriums-8, with 400 beds.


Amusements-8, with seating capacity of 6,000.


-Chamber of Commerce.


Education-22 public schools. Enrollment of 10,207 (1930-31). 329 teachers. Value of public school property about $5,000,000 .- Greensboro School Board.


Municipal statistics-Total street mileage, 270, with 138 miles paved. 96 miles of gas mains. 130 miles of sewers. 16 miles of electric street railway. Capacity of municipal water works, 1,023,000,000 gallons; daily average pump, 4,000,000 gallons, with 166 miles of mains and plant valued at $2,750,000. Fire department employs 47 full-time men and has property valued at $350,000. Police department has 58 men .- City of Greensboro.


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GREENSBORO "Pivot of the Piedmont"


AERIAL VIEW OF GREENSBORO


History


On March 15, 1781, the Battle of Guilford Courthouse was fought, five miles from what is now Greensboro. So intent was General Nathaniel Greene on crippling Cornwallis that he little realized he was to title a city of the future. Although the battle was not de- cisive, General Greene fought so fiercely that Cornwallis entered the Battle of Yorktown unable to stem the tri- umphant wave of the American forces, and the victory at the end of the Revolu- tion has been laid by authorities to the result of the Battle of Guilford Court- house. The scene of this battle is now Guilford Courthouse National Military Park, a mecca for tourists and students of history.


Guilford County was settled in 1772 by Scotch-Irish and German stock from Pennsylvania, and English and Scotch


Highlander immigrants. It was named for Frederick, Earl of Guilford, better known as Lord North. Its people were simple and rural. They possessed no large estates or wealth. They were in- tensely religious, democratic, arduous in the pursuit and advancement of educa- tion, energetic and thrifty, home-loving and liberty-seeking. The original county seat was Martinsville, where was fought the Battle of Guilford Courthouse.


In 1808 Greensboro was founded as the county seat of Guilford and named for the famous General Greene. The town site was located in the exact center of the county. Commissioners paid Ralph Gorrell $98 for forty-two acres of land, and the new county capital and courthouse was laid off there.


Almost from its beginning Greensboro forged ahead in education. Dr. David Caldwell established his noted "Log College," the forerunner of several


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WORLD WAR MEMORIAL STADIUM


academies and schools founded in 1816, has forged industrially, commercially, 1820, 1833 and 1836, leading up to the chartering in 1838 of Greensboro Female College, the grading of public schools in 1872, the establishment of North Carolina College for Women in 1892, and the building of three negro colleges.


Prior to 1860 the city was Whig, and opposed to secession. John A. Gilmer, of Greensboro, was offered a place on Lincoln's cabinet, but the city, of course, finally supported the State and the Con- federacy. It was at Greensboro that General Joseph E. Johnston disbanded his army, following his surrender to Sherman, and it was in the railway sta- tion here that Jefferson Davis held his last cabinet meeting. Greensboro's citi- zens have always taken a prominent part in state affairs. John M. More- head, as Governor, was one of the State's foremost proponents of good roads as early as 1840, and Edw. B. Jeffries is now chairman of the State Highway Commission, which admin- isters the entire highway system of the State, North Carolina being the first state to consolidate state, county and township roads under a single control.


Greensboro had a cotton mill as early as 1834, but it was in Reconstruction days that it began to be an important commercial and industrial factor. Its central position in the state then, as now, was its chief reason for growth. Here three main traffic arteries (Federal highways) converge. In 1856 came the first railroad (built by the State).


At the turn of the century Greens- boro's real growth began. In 1892 came Caesar and Moses Cone to establish their cotton mills, and to begin such well- balanced industrial development as is rarely seen. Steadily ahead Greensboro


and educationally, capitalizing its ad- vantages of accessibility, elimate, ideal labor conditions, agriculture, power, transportation. raw materials and a spirit of progressiveness. Let us look at Greensboro today.


Location


Greensboro is the pivot and focal point of the rich "Piedmont" section of the two Carolinas and a part of Vir- ginia. It is equidistant from Atlanta and New York, each being twelve hours by rail and five by air. Here also crosses the main East-West traffic arteries of the State and one of the main North-South highways. Other import- ant roads converge at Greensboro to make it the hub of highway trans- portation.


The Piedmont area of North and South Carolina contains 42% of the population of the two states, and pro- duces over 73% of their industrial out- put. From Greensboro into all sections of the Piedmont diverge the belts of traffic, over railroads and highways. That Greensboro is the logical, domi- nant "pivot" of this area is demon- strated by the fact that over 1,500 traveling salesmen and agency repre- sentatives have made their homes and headquarters here.


Two railroads serve Greensboro: the Southern and the Atlantic and Yadkin. Forty-eight passenger trains arrive and depart daily in six directions from a new and modern $1,000,000 station. The main North and South double-track line of the Southern intersects the main East and West trans-state line of the Southern at Greensboro. All important


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grade crossings have been separated to safeguard life and property and to speed traffic. Sixty-five buses leave here daily for every section of the State, as do a complete system of regulated motor transport lines.


Two northbound and two southbound air mail planes leave the Greensboro airport daily, besides two passenger planes in each direction. A letter mailed here after business hours will be in New York or Atlanta the following morning by rail, and in Chicago that morning by air.


Municipal Government


Greensboro has been especially for- tunate in its selection of those men into whose hands its affairs of government are placed, and great municipal progress has been made by means of the complete confidence held by the taxpayers in the integrity and ability of the municipal officials. With a councilmanic-city man- ager form of government and non- partisan elections, modern machinery is provided for the efficient dispatch of the city's business, which insures the services of business leadership of the highest character. At the helm of Greensboro's municipal government there have long been business men of the highest char- acter and business judgment, often at great personal sacrifice to themselves.


Among those who have served on the city council are men who have made out- standing successes of their own business. These men have brought to the city a managerial skill never possessed by cities influenced by petty partisan politics. As a result the physical facili-


ties of Greensboro are strikingly attrac- tive and effective.


Greensboro has good water, and plenty of it, carefully safeguarded as to purity and sanitary distribution. The water works have a capacity of one billion, twenty-three million gal- lons, with a twenty-one million gallon reservoir for filtered water, a supply sufficient to serve the city for many years to come.




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