Hill's High Point (Guilford County, N.C.) City Directory [1939], Part 1

Author: Hill Directory Company.
Publication date: 1939
Publisher: Hill Directory Co.
Number of Pages: 582

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NORTH CAROLINA COLLECTION

HILL'S HIGH POINT (GUILFORD COUNTY, N. C.)

CITY DIRECTORY

1939

Containing an Alphabetical Directory of Business Concerns and Pri- vate Citizens, a Directory of Householders, Occupants of Office Buildings and Other Business Places, Including a Complete Street and Avenue Guide; also a

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INTRODUCTION

HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., publishers of Southeastern Directories, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1939 edition of the High Point City Directory. A new feature, the designation of tenant-owned homes, marks this edition.

Confidence in the growth of High Point'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 High Point 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 co- operation of the business and professional men and resi- dents, the publishers feel that the result of their labors will meet with the approval of every user, and that the High Point Directory will fulfill its mission as a source of authentic information pertaining to the city.

Four Major Departments

The four major departments are arranged in the fol- lowing order :-

THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and business and professional concerns is included in pages 21 to 401, 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 High Point, and the name, official personnel, nature and address of each firm and corporation in the city.

THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, on pink paper, covers pages 405 to 484. In this section the named streets are arranged in alphabetical order, followed by the numbered streets in numerical 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 numbers. The names of the intersecting streets appear at their respective cross- ing points on each street. A new feature of this section is the designation of tenant-owned homes.

THE BUYERS' GUIDE, beginning opposite page 484 and separately paged from 1 to 32, on goldenrod paper, con- tains the advertisements of leading manufacturing, busi- ness and professional interests of High Point. The ad- vertisements are indexed under headings descriptive of the business represented. This is reference advertising at its best, and merits a survey by all buyers eager to familiarize themselves with sources of supply. In a progressive com- munity like High Point, the necessity of having this kind of information immediately available, is obvious. General appreciation of this fact is evidenced by the many reference users of this City Directory service.

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THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is included in pages 517 to 571, on white paper. This department lists the names of all business and professional concerns in al- phabetical order under appropriate headings. This feature constitutes an invaluable and indispensable catalog of the numerous interests of the community. The Directory is the common intermediary between buyer and seller. As such it plays an important part in the daily activities of the commercial and professional world. More buyers and sellers meet through the Classified Business Directory than through any other medium.

Municipal Publicity

The Directory reflects the achievements and ambitions of the city, depicting in unbiased terms what it has to offer as a place of residence, as a business location, as a manu- facturing 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 public reference, and serve as perpetual and reliable advertisements of High Point.

The High Point Directory Library

Through the courtesy of the publishers of the High Point City Directory, a Directory Library is maintained in the offices of the High Point Chamber of Commerce, for free reference by the general public. This is one of more than 500 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 super- vision the system is operated.

The publishers appreciatively acknowledge the recog- nition by those progressive business and professional men who have demonstrated their confidence in the City Direc- tory as an advertising medium, with assurance that it will bring a commensurate return.

HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., Publishers.

HIGH POINT

AN INDUSTRIAL CENTER, WHERE IT IS ALSO A PLEAS- URE TO LIVE (Courtesy High Point Chamber of Commerce)

Air View of the Retail Section of High Point

Statistical Review

Form of Government-City-manager.

Population-1930 U. S. Census, 36,745; Government esti- mate in 1935, 48,517; local estimate at present, 50,200. Amer- ican-born, 99.5%.

Area-9.75 square miles.

Altitude-940 feet above sea level.

Climate-Mean annual temperature, 58 degrees F .; av- erage annual rainfall, 47.59 inches.

Parks-15, with total of 140 acres, valued at $750,000.

Assessed Valuation-$39,713,230, with $1.50 per $100 tax rate.

Financial Facts-4 banks, with total resources of $114,- 944,414.57 (June 30, 1939). 3 building and loan associations, with total assets of $1,919,323.50 (June 30, 1939).

Postal Receipts-$243,938.60 (calendar year 1938).

Telephones in Service-5,775.

Churches-77, representing all denominations.

Building and Construction-820 permits, with total value of $653,467, issued in fiscal year ended June 30, 1939.

Real Estate-987 transfers, with total value of $964,780, made in fiscal year ended June 30, 1939 (estimate). Num- ber of homes, 7,210 (each apartment considered a home), with 32 to 35% owned by occupants.

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Industry-Chief industry of city and surrounding ter- ritory is manufacturing. 153 manufacturing establishments, employing 7,075 men and 12,133 women, paying wages of $9,000,000 annually, and having products valued at $40,- 000,000 annually (1937 report). Principal manufactured products: Furniture and hosiery.

Trade Area-Retail area has radius of 7 miles, and population of 75,000; wholesale area, radius of 75 miles, and population of 908,950.

Newspapers-1 daily and Sunday.

Hotels-4, with total of 275 rooms.

Railroads-2: Southern (main line) and High Point, Thomasville & Denton.

Highways-U. S. 29, 70, 170 and 311; State 10 and 77. Airports-1, municipal.

Amusements-Largest auditorium in city (armory) seats 1,500 persons. 5 moving-picture theatres, with total seating capacity of 4,880 persons. 3 golf courses.

Hospitals-2, with total of 125 beds.

Education-High Point College. 13 public schools, in- cluding 2 senior high and 1 junior high. Number of pupils in public schools, 8,563; teachers, 227. Value of public school property, $2,610,000.

Public Libraries-2, with total of 16,532 volumes.

City Statistics-Total street mileage, 142, with 71 miles paved. Miles of gas mains, 31; sewers, 125. Number of water meters, 7,073; light meters, 10,320; gas meters, 1,629. Capacity of water works, 15,000,000 gallons; daily average pumpage, 3,000,000 gallons; miles of mains, 85; value of plant, $2,650,000. Fire department has 53 men, with 6 sta- tions and 12 pieces of motor equipment. Value of fire de- partment property, $300,000. Police department has 41 men, with 10 pieces of motor equipment.

HIGH POINT

Mountains

Piedmont Section

Sand Hills

Pine Belt

Coastal Plain

A Few Facts About Piedmont Carolina, of Which High Point Is One of the Larger Cities

The Piedmont section of the Carolinas has probably come in for more attention from the country at large than any part of the South, in recent years. The Piedmont section is largely responsible for the remarkable developments attributed to the state of North Carolina, such as good roads, schools, transportation facilities and hydro-electric power. The growth in wealth and population of the Piedmont sec- tion is due to its peculiar suitability for industry, and besides offering advantages of transportation, power, labor and proximity to markets, it is an enjoyable place in which to live. At present there are three men working on the farms

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to one in other industries. An abundance of potential labor is available from this source. Manufacturing costs are gen- erally lower in all lines. Natural resources are only partially developed. Modern transportation facilities are daily bring- ing the outside markets closer. The local market has devel- oped into a factor.

The central location of High Point in the Piedmont area can be noted from the accompanying map.

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Origin of the Name

High Point gets its name from being the highest point on the original survey made for the old North Carolina Rail- road between Goldsboro and Charlotte.

Industrial Growth

High Point has gained a permanent and enviable position among the leading cities in the Piedmont section and in North Carolina as the center of two of the largest industries in the entire South-furniture-manufacturing and hosiery- manufacturing. The success and growth of these two types of industry in High Point has brought it to a predominating position that attracts the outside manufacturer of similar products. And in the natural follow-up of events, other industries, many of them allied, have found in High Point the ideal conditions necessary to continued, profitable manu- facturing.

Furniture-Manufacturing

High Point maintains an undisputed lead in the manu- facture of wooden household furniture and is the recognized center of this industry in the South. Developed originally because of the raw material supply (hardwood lumber) close at hand, this industry now imports from neighboring states and abroad the bulk of its raw materials. However, there still exists under controlled forces, millions of acres of virgin forests which continue to supply the wood-working industry in increasing amounts. High Point conducts one of the four important furniture markets of the country, which holds semi-annual shows in the ten-story Southern Furniture Exposition Bldg., attracting furniture dealers from all over the U. S. This leading industry of High Point is made up of 27 factories producing nearly every conceivable kind of household furniture. The native skill of the American-born laborer has been highly developed in this industry to his own betterment and to the success of the industry. The contrib- uting factors to success have been labor, power, transporta- tion, raw materials and markets, all under favorable circum- stances.

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Southern Furniture Exposition Building, with 10 Stories and 712 Acres Floor Space

Hosiery-Manufacturing

High Point has three cotton mills and two silk mills. Hosiery-manufacturing has been developed as a natural result of proximity to yarn mills. It will be noted upon in- vestigation that, whereas cotton mills have sought out the smaller communities and isolated sections, industries mak- ing a finished product, such as hosiery, have located in- variably in the largest towns, and as in the case of High Point, closer to the Northern markets. There are 18 hosiery mills in High Point. Most of the mills are as modern as can be found in the country, both in building and machin- ery. The majority of them are highly successful. The reasons for this are found in the peculiar advantages High Point has to offer-reasonable labor costs, cheap power, proximity to markets, temperate climate, excellent transpor- tation facilities and nearness to raw materials.

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Diversified Industry

Passing on from the two leading High Point industries, furniture and hosiery manufacturing, we find a balance of diversified products among the 108 other factories making not only allied products, but a variety of merchandise. High Point's opportunity for successful industry lies in two favor- able major facts-economical production and proximity to metropolitan markets. People in this territory have money to spend because they are regularly employed at fair wages. As in all industrial communities, most of the money stays at home.

A few of the successful diversified industries, classified by products, are noted here:

Silk, rayon cloth, cotton batting, veneer, panels, ply- wood, art glass, mirrors, paints, varnishes, lacquer, caskets, hardwood dimension stock, building material, hosiery yarns, overalls, work shirts, trailers, paper boxes, corrugated ship- ping containers, batteries, wood-working and electrical ma- chinery, overall and clothing tickets, wall cleaner, etc.

Population and Industrial Growth

U. S. Census figures for High Point since 1900 show the following increases:

1900

4,163

1910

9,525-128.8% increase

1920

14,302- 40.7% increase

1930 .36,745-156.8% increase

1935 43,517 (U. S. Census est.)

It will be noted that the ten years of High Point's growth from 1920 to 1930 was greater than in any other period. The future is predicted in even more impressive figures.

Manufacturing additions from the outside have kept pace with inside expansion. For every increase in size of an established factory, a completely new organization or plant has come in, proving that "nothing succeeds like success" in High Point. High Point and its surrounding territory is on the "make." Its industries are growing, new industries are coming in, the local markets are increasing and the people are prosperous.

A Future Founded on Success

Necessarily, predictions for the future must be based on conditions as they exist today, regardless of past history. What High Point has accomplished during the last twenty years will not necessarily be duplicated in the next twenty. However, the facts in the case point to even greater strides in the next ten-year period. Today High Point moves with a gathered momentum, the result of the progress of the entire state of North Carolina, and the entire Piedmont sec- tion. High Point is in the center of this progress, retaining many advantages peculiar to itself. High Point is in the largest and wealthiest county in the state. It is convenient to the largest cities in the state. It is on the main line of the Southern, the leading railroad in the South. It has connec- tions with competitive roads through its own locally-owned short line, the High Point, Thomasville & Denton R. R. It is on the New York-New Orleans air mail route. Hard-surfaced roads lead in all directions to points near and far. It is the largest city closest to the geographical center of the state and its is in the north central section of the Piedmont area.

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These factors have developed in High Point's favor in the last twenty years, where most of them did not exist before.

Add to these, those important features of natural re- sources, still in an undeveloped state, abundant labor supply (3 to 1 farmers at present) ; ample hydro-electric power with still greater facilities for development; and the equable cli- mate, vigorous without extremes.

Briefly summing up these resources with the advantages of momentum, size and surroundings, High Point has prob- ably just hit its stride.

High Point's future is bound up in the future of the New South, North Carolina and the Piedmont section.

Enterprise locating in High Point is buying taxes on a falling market without paying the price of inadequate municipal facilities, isolation and general lack of progress that are commonly offered with a low tax rate. Suffice it to say that the city and its people look with favor upon new industry.

City Government

High Point is zoned for business, residential and factory districts. At present there are four wards, each represented by a councilman. A mayor-at-large, who presides over the city council, is elected. A city manager, who is responsible to the city council, is employed. All city departments are responsible to the city manager.

North Carolina's Urban Character

Citizens of High Point are citizens of North Carolina at large. Their interests, friends, recreations and pleasures extend over the state. High Point in itself is one of the state's most delightful cities in which to live and enjoy life. This fact is attested by newcomers and old residents as well. With no outstanding large city in the state, social activity is in a measure interdependent among towns. There is no city population as the word implies. It is all urban. Busi- ness men live within a few minutes' drive of their offices.

A City of Beautiful Homes

High Point is fortunate in having several delightful resi- dential developments, one of which has achieved national attention for its natural beauty and development of attrac- tive homes. All residential areas are zoned as such by the City, and building restrictions are maintained by the devel- opers. Beautiful paved streets, boulevard lighting and city parkways are features of the city, with all city conveniences and all within a ten-minute drive of nearly every other part of the city. High Point has its own country club, with swim- ming pool, tennis courts and golf course within the cor- porate limits. A municipal course is operated by the City within the corporate limits.

Recreational, Educational and Climatic Advantages

Seaside resorts can be reached in five hours, as can also the famous mountain resort of Asheville, with Roaring Gap and Blowing Rock much closer. Most every kind of recrea- tional activity and sport is a year-round affair in North Carolina. High Point is situated within convenient driving distance of many world-famous resorts. Airports through- out the state have greatly shortened these distances in time.

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A splendid school system is maintained, most of the buildings being new. A well-equipped denominational co- educational college of several hundred students is of im- measurable benefit to the city. Seventy-seven churches of 17 denominations are active in the city's life.

High Point is 940 feet above sea level; has a precipita- tion average of 47.59 inches, and a mean temperature of 58 degrees F. Spring average, 57 degrees; summer, 76 degrees; autumn, 56 degrees; winter, 42 degrees. No malaria.

High Point is a pleasant place in which to live, as it is an excellent place to work. Those who make their living under favorable conditions of climate, surroundings and among friends are indeed fortunate.

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Hill's High Point (Guilford County, N.C.) City Directory [1939], Part 1

Author: Hill Directory Company. Publication date: 1939 Publisher: Hill Directory Co. Number of Pages: 582

Author: Hill Directory Company.
Publication date: 1939
Publisher: Hill Directory Co.
Number of Pages: 582