Hill's High Point (Guilford County, N.C.) City Directory [1940], Part 1

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Publication date: 1940
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Carolina Exterminating Company TERMITE CONTROL C. G.^ BEDFORD PHONES 2615-4327

REAL ESTATE INSURANCE

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GUILFORD MEMORIAL PARK

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Here is the burial estate of today and the future-a garden-a park- completely planned in advance-developing quickly along logical lines.

You take no chance in selecting your burial plot here. You know now what the future holds in store for Guilford Memorial Park-its sweeping lawns, wind- ing driveways, Communal Mausoleums: exterior granite, interior polished marble, Spanish tile roof, delux furnishings.

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WHERE THE MEMORY OF BEAUTIFUL LIVES WILL BE KEPT BEAUTIFUL-ALWAYS!

Located Halfway Between Greensboro and High Point Out of the Smoke and City Encroachment, Among the Birds and Flowers

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Tel. Greensboro (County) 8813 Nights: High Point 5747

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

CITY DIRECTORY

1940

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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GENERAL INDEX

Page

Abbreviations

20 and 21

Alphabetical List of Names

Apartment Buildings

550

Associations and Clubs-Commercial . 553

551

Banks and Trust Companies

Buildings-Office and Public

557

Bus and Coach Lines-Motor

558

Buyers' Guide . opposite

512

Cemeteries

558

Churches

559

City Government

184

Classified Business Directory

549

Clergymen

561

Clubs

562

County Government

162

Fire Department

185

Golf Clubs and Courses

572

Halls

574

Homes and Asylums

575

Hospitals and Dispensaries

576

Labor Organizations

582

Libraries

584

Newspapers

588 590

Police Department

185

Post Office

390

Railroads

593

Schools-Public

596

Schools, Colleges and Academies

597

Societies-Benevolent and Fraternal

598

Societies-Miscellaneous 599

Societies-Patriotic 599

State Government 289

Street and Avenue Guide 429

United States Officials 389

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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS

PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION, THE YELLOW PAGES

Page

American Coal & Wood Co Inc. . back cover and Z

Andrews-Cooper Lumber Co Inc left side lines and 24 Atkinson Motors left side lines and Atlantic Insurance & Realty Co 2 28 17

Austin W F & Son. left side lines and

Barber-Hall Printing Co left top lines and

Bedford Sales Co

Blue Bird Cab Co Inc left side lines and

Buck Roofing & Sheet Metal Wks. . left top lines and

Carolina Electric Co right top lines and

Carolina Exterminating Co . front cover and

Cassell Luther F right top lines and

16 8

Central Stone Works Inc right top lines and 26 10

City Fuel Co . front cover and

City Transfer & Storage Co Inc. right side lines and Clover Brand Dairies Inc . front cover and Commercial Insurance & Investment Co. . front cover and Connor J O & Son 32 12 28 Conrad Donald W Agency right side lines and 18 19 Culler Appliance Co right side lines and Deal R L Construction Co 15 18 18

Duke Power Co.

back cover and

Dutch Laundry Inc . backbone and 22 4

Economy Auto Store Inc right side lines and

Efird's Department Store left top lines and

English Motor Co . back cover and

14 3 2

Firestone Auto Supply & Service Stores

Floral Garden Cemetery

. left top lines and

Furniture City Motors Inc left top lines and Garner N L Agency . right side lines and 4 19 Guilford Machine Works . left top lines and 26 C Guilford Memorial Park left top lines and Hayworth Robert V Hedgecock Lumber Co right top lines and 4 A 31 8 Heilig R L . left side lines and High Point Boiler & Tank Co left side lines and 11 Y High Point College . left top lines and High Point Furniture Co High Point Hardware Co Inc High Point Music Supply Co 19 26 4 High Point Radiator & Body Co Inc. 7

High Point Savings & Trust Co. . left top lines and

High Point Steam Laundry . . . . . front stencil and 23

High Point, Thomasville & Denton Railroad Co. .

back cover, right top lines and 33

Highland Motors Inc right side lines and 5 7

Hood System Industrial Bank front cover and Hunter Coal & Ice Co Inc . top stencil and A

27 31 32 31 15

INDEX TO ADVERTISERS

Industrial Electric & Machine Co Inc

Jarrett Stationery Co

Jones & Peacock Inc. 19

Kalte Insurance & Realty Co Inc. right top lines and 20

Kearns Tent & Awning Co back cover and- 6

Koonts & White .. ight top lines and

Lewis & Holmes Motor Freight Corp

Lindale Dairy Corp

ribbon bookmark and

26 13 5

Lyles Chevrolet Co

Marietta Paint & Color Co right side lines and 27

McEwen Lumber Co . left top lines and

Mendenhall-Thompson . front cover and

Mickey Printing Co . left top lines and

Monark Shade Co.

New Service Laundry Inc back cover and

North State Telephone Co

32 33

Northwood Acres Veterinary Hospital.

Parker-Brown Lumber Co . ..... right side lines and

24 8

Piedmont Electric Repair Co Inc

Piedmont Insurance & Realty Co. .. . left side lines and 20

Quality Dry Cleaning Co left top lines and

Redwine Hardware Co

Rose Furniture Co . right top lines and

Ruby's Inc right side lines and 21

Sartin Dry Cleaning Co . front cover and 14 Sears, Roebuck & Co left top lines and 14 16

Sechrest J W & Son .. back cover, right top lines and

Shell Electric Co.

right side lines and

15 5

Shell Tire & Battery Station Inc

Siceloff Ice & Fuel Co. right top lines and 10

Simpson Taylor M & Co. . left top lines and 30

Smithdeal G Curtis, Realtor bottom stencil and 29 30

Smithdeal Realty & Insurance Co . front cover and

Teague's Esso Service . right side lines and

24 6

Time Service .. . right top lines and

Vick Paint & Wall Paper Co . right top lines and 27

Wagger Jewelry Co Inc right side lines and

Warner Transfer Co. right side lines and

Watt's Bakery. . . left top lines and

Welborn Allen B. insert opposite Classified Section

Welborn Realty Co . front cover and 28

Welborn Sheet Metal Works . left side lines and 31

White Murray M Inc. right side lines and 20

Yow's Funeral Home. left side lines and 17

Page 25

Koonce Funeral Home Inc

Master Retreading Co

28 33 23

Piedmont Building & Loan Association. . back cover and

9 B 17

Security National Bank . right top lines and

Snow Lumber Co. . right top lines and

Sunshine Laundry Inc. right top lines and

INTRODUCTION

HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., publishers of Southeastern Directories, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1940 edition of the High Point City Directory.

Confidence in the growth of High Point's industry, popu- lation 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 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 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 follow- ing order :-

THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and business and professional concerns is included in pages 21 to 427, 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 cor- poration in the city.

THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUD- ING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, on pink paper, covers pages 429 to 510. 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 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 intersect- ing streets appear at their respective crossing points on each street. A feature of this section is the designation of tenant- owned homes.

THE BUYERS' GUIDE, beginning opposite page 512 and separately paged from 1 to 36, on goldenrod paper, con- tains the advertisements of leading manufacturing, business and professional interests of High Point. The advertisements are indexed under headings descriptive of the business repre- sented. 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 community like High Point, the necessity of having this kind of information immediately available, is obvious. General appreciation of this fact is evi-

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denced by the many reference users of this City Directory service.

THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is included in pages 549 to 604, on white paper. This department lists the names of all business and professional concerns in alpha- betical order under appropriate headings. This feature con- stitutes an invaluable and indispensable catalog of the numer- ous 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 manufactur- ing site and as an educational center. To broadcast this infor- mation, the publishers have placed copies of this issue of the Directory in Directory Libraries, where they are readily avail- able for free public reference, and serve as perpetual and re- liable 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 supervision the system is operated.

The publishers appreciatively acknowledge the recogni- tion 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 com- mensurate return.

HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., Publishers.

HIGH POINT

AN INDUSTRIAL CENTER, WHERE IT IS ALSO A PLEASURE TO LIVE

(Courtesy High Point Chamber of Commerce)

Air View of the Retail Section of High Point

Statistical Review

Form of Government-Council-manager.

Population-1940 U. S. Census preliminary report, 38,449.

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-$40,521,503, with $1.50 per $100 tax rate.

Financial Facts-3 banks, with total resources of $134,- 396,601.96 (March 1, 1940). 3 building and loan associations, with total assets of $1,919,328.60 (March 1, 1940).

Postal Receipts-$256,531.84 (calendar year 1939).

Telephones in Service-5,775.

Churches-77, representing all denominations.

Real Estate-Number of homes, 9,692 (each apartment considered a home), with 32 to 35 % owned by occupants.

Industry-Chief industry of city and surrounding ter- ritory is manufacturing. 170 manufacturing establishments, employing 7,000 men and 5,000 women, paying wages of $9,000,000 annually, and having products valued at $40,000,- 000 annually (1937 report). Principal manufactured prod- ucts: Furniture and hosiery.

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Trade Area-Retail area has radius of 7 miles, and popu- lation of 80,000; wholesale area, radius of 75 miles, and popu- lation of 908,950.

Newspapers-1 daily.

Hotels-4, with total of 275 rooms.

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

Highways-U. S. 29, 70 and 311.

Airports-1 (county).

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, 32; sewers, 125. Number of water meters, 7,073; light meters, 10,320; gas meters, 1,675. 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 43 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 port of the South, in recent years. The Piedmont section is largely responsible for the remarkable developments attri- buted 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 section is due to its peculiar suitability for industry, and besides offer- ing 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 to one in other industries. An abundance of potential labor is available from this source. Manufacturing costs are generally lower in all lines. Natural resources are only partially developed. Modern

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transportation facilities are daily bringing the outside markets closer. The local market has developed into a factor.

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

HIGH O POINT

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Carolina

PIEDMONT

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South

Carolina

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-manufac- turing. 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 manufacturing.

Furniture-Manufacturing

High Point maintains an undisputed lead in the manufac- ture of wooden household furniture and is the recognized cen- ter 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 con- tinue to supply the wood-working industry in increasing amounts. High Point conducts one of the four important fur- niture 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 34 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 contributing factors to success have been labor, power, transportation, raw materials and markets, all under favorable circumstances.

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

Hosiery-Manufacturing

High Point has two cotton mills and two silk mills. Hos- iery-manufacturing has been developed as a natural result of proximity to yarn mills. It will be noted upon investigation that, whereas cotton mills have sought out the smaller com- munities and isolated sections, industries making a finished product, such as hosiery, have located invariably in the largest towns, and as in the case of High Point, closer to the Northern markets. There are 20 hosiery mills in High Point. Most of the mills are as modern as can be found in the country, both in building and machinery. The majority of them are highly successful. The reasons for this are found in the peculiar ad- vantages High Point has to offer-reasonable labor costs, cheap power, proximity to markets, temperate climate, ex- cellent transportation 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 116 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

1940 38,449-(U. S. Census preliminary report)

Manufacturing additions from the outside have kept pace with inside expansion. For every increase in size of an esta- blished 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 pros- perous.

A Future Founded on Success

Today High Point moves with a gathered momentum, the result of the progress of the entire state of North Carolina, and the entire Piedmont section. 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 connections with competitive roads through its own locally-owned short line, the High Point, Thomasville & Den- ton 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 it is in the north central section of the Piedmont area. These factors have developed in High Point's favor in the last twenty years, where most of them did not exist before.

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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 climate, vigorous without extremes.

Briefly summing up these resources with the advantages of momentum, size and surroundings, High Point has probably 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 muni- cipal 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 re- sponsible 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. Business men live within a few minutes' drive of their offices.

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Hill's High Point (Guilford County, N.C.) City Directory [1940], Part 1

Author: Hill Directory Company. Publication date: 1940 Publisher: Hill Directory Co. Number of Pages: 610

Author: Hill Directory Company.
Publication date: 1940
Publisher: Hill Directory Co.
Number of Pages: 610