Hill's High Point (Guilford County, N.C.) City Directory [1951-1952], Part 1

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Publication date: 1951
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Loans Payable by Weekly or Monthly Installments


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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


Page Numbers Below Refer to the Buyers' Guide Section


Page


Adams Dance Studio


Alderman Photo Co Inc ..


118


American Upholstering Co Inc.


71


Anvil Brand Inc ..


82


Haywood Woodroe F


Hedgecock Lumber Co Inc .. . left


top lines and 108


Hedrick Coal Co


Henderson & Mooney Manufacturing Co Inc. Hendrix Furniture Store Inc. .


Becker Tailoring Co. 137


Belk-Beck Co . right top lines and 41


24


Bicycle Sales & Service .. right side lines and Blossom Shop .


57


High Point Chamber of Commerce ... Insert


at name


High Point Chemical Manufacturing Co. . right bottom lines and 34


High Point College. .. .. left top lines and


High Point Hat Shop


High Point Ice & Coal Co


High Point Laundry Inc .... front stencil and High Point Mattress Co ..


Burton Upholstery Co Inc.


Byrum Cleaners. . . . left side lines and


Campbell's Esso Service


Carolina Auto Glass Co.


83 104


Carolina Finance Co Inc .. right side lines and Carrick Turning Works


74


Central Finance Co ...


Central Ice Delivery Co


Central Monument Co .... right side lines and City News Stand


City Transfer & Storage Co


City Window Cleaners.


145 cover, right top lines and. .


Horton Furniture Co .. . left side lines and Hospital Care Association Inc The. ... right side lines and


Ilotel Elwood .. right side lines and


Hunter Coal & Ice Co Inc ... . left top lines and Hunter & Co .... . left side lines and Industrial Finance Co of High Point Inc .... Industrial Sprinkler Corp


Jacobs Tin Shop .. back cover, right


29 7 bottom lines and


James Manufacturing Co


125 Jamestown Insurance Agency Inc.


Jim's Esso Service


Johnson E J Contracting Co. .. right


side lines and


Jones & Peacock Inc ...... left side lines and Kalee Products Inc. . .


83 90 34


Delk Wm B General Contractor .... right side lines and .


28


DeLuxe Diner


132


Dickens Mutual Insurance Agency . .... right


side lines and 94


Koonts Realty Inc. . front cover and


Lewis Edgar


Lewis Electric Co Inc. . left side lines,


8 86, 87 and


48 Lewis Motor Co Inc


74 Lindale Dairy Corp


43 Linthicum W E & Son top stencil,


Ellington's Florist & Greenhouses.


57 right side lines and


55 Lock & Key Service ..


9 Marietta Paint & Color Co. .rigb


87 side lines and


9


Master Cleaners


Mauldin W F Inc MeEwen Lumber Co Inc . front cover,


Everett's Coffee Shop & Restaurant.


F & L Sheet Metal Works. 135 left bottom lines, 91 and. 127 right Floral Garden Park Cemetery. Mickey Printing Co top lines and 33 122 58 64


Flythe Insurance Agency


95


Fowler R D Motor Lines Inc . left side lines and


114


Garner N L & Son Agency . left bottom lines and


96


Gate City Motor Co Inc


103 14 Nelson Florist & Decorators. 59 18 4 New Service Laundry Inc ... . front cover and Newsom Radiator Repair . . right Grace Flower Shop Inc 58


Gulf Oil Corp. . . left and right side lines 3 and 63 bottom lines and .. Hall Oil Co 10 North State Telephone Co. . right top lines and


15


140


Numerical Telephone Directory


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Page 41


Hall Printing Co .... left top lines, 104 and 122


Harris-Kelly Music Co Inc .. 115


Harris Motors 10 96


Art Chair Inc ...


Atlantic Building & Loan Assn. Atlantic Insurance & Realty Co. .. 88 and


Auman Refrigeration Service.


B & W Frame Works. 72


x 75 81 94 Herndon John W Agency. .. left side lines and High Point Boiler & Tank Co Inc. . .. right side lines and


25


Blue Bird Cab Co Inc. .. .. back cover and Boulding Upholstery Co ..


72 73


Branch Upholstering Repair Britt Electric Co left side lines and Bryant Electric Co Inc. . right bottom lines and Buchanan Supply Co .... left side lines, 24 and Burtner Furniture Co


49 52


81 73 46 18 High Point Paper Box Co Inc ..


High Point Motors. .left side lines and


High Point Savings & Trust Co ... .. front cover, left top lines and


High Point Saw & Repair Shop ..


High Point, Thomasville & Denton Railroad Co .. .. back cover, right top lines and Highland Motors Inc ...... left top lines and 1Till Wiley . . . . ... right bottom lines and Hood System Industrial Bank The. . ... front


Clark-Mendenhall Auction & Real Estate Co left side lines and. 2


Clinard Milling Co Inc. 60 Clover Brand Dairies Inc. 39 29 Huffman Paint Co Inc ..


Collins C F Contractor. Collins Tire Service 7


Coltrane-Graham Construction Co right side lines and 39


Community Credit Corp Connor J O Construction Co


105


Connor's Gulf Service. ... right side lines and Conrad Donald W Agency front cover,


right top lines 89 and


129


Conrad James Realtor . left top lines and Country Gas Service Co.


82


Cox Shell Service 8


95


Davis George D. OLU .. . left top lines and Davis Harold C Inc. ... left bottom lines and 65 Davis W A Milling Co Inc .... right bottom lines and 61


De Lite Venetian Blind Co 144


left bottom lines and


Kennedy Oil Co Kester Machinery Co 110


Kimsey S. P. Plumbing & Heating Co. . . right top lines and 120


Koonce Funeral Home Inc. .. left top lines and 66 126 37


Diffendal's Floor Coverings Inc .... left side lines and . . Dize Awning & Tent Co. .. right side lines and Dowd's Esso Servicenter Duke Power Co


53


19


Dutch Laundry Inc. . . backbone and 101 Jilly Co The


Eastern Chair Co Inc


Efird's Department Store


Elliott's Flowers & Gifts .. .. back cover and Elm Street Gulf Service .. Elwood Hotel right side lines and English Motor Co Inc ... . right top lines and English Radio & Sound Service right bottom lines and


123 131


Mendenhall-Moore Realtors.


117 46 13 110


Midway Florists .right top lines and Mitchell C B Fuel Co. ... left side lines and Mom Rogers Restaurant


132 14 Morgan's Esso Service .... left top lines and Mutual Tire & Battery Co.


Neill Pontiac. .. . . left top lines and


118 13 70 40 38 99


Kearn's Esso Service ... ... left top lines and 12


Kearns Tent & Awning Co .. back cover. 20 61


133 86 35 102 113 11 26 21 133 124 11 116 22 68 97 87 118 36 143 106 137 134 75 98 12


120


105 88 114 115 142


138


71 31 129 131


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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


Page


Page


O'dell's Community Service.


85


Stampagraph Co Inc. . . 48 8.5


Stroud E W Grocery . ..


77


side lines and


84


Parks Service & Grocery


Perpetual Savings & Loan Assn . right side lines and


31


T & T Upholstery Co 78


Taylor-Crinfield Co The


112 78


Piedmont Building & Loan Assn .. . . . back


30


cover and


Piedmont Color & Chemical Co. ...


142


top lines and


50 Ten-A Gulf Service


16


Piedmont Electric Repair Co Inc ...


Texas Company The .... right side lines and Tuttle Body Shop .


6 17 139


Piedmont Roofing & Siding Co ..


lines and


54


84 side lines and


Vinson-Refrigeration & Motor Service .... left side lines and


51 47


Queen Carving Co


Reed Supply Co .. .right side lines and 27


76


Rhodes Auto Repair


Robert's Gulf Service. . . . left side lines and


Rose Furniture Co


45


Royal Upholstering Co Inc ..


Ruby's Inc. . left side lines and 99


111


Wertz-Simmons Chair Co ..


West End Fuel Co ...... left side lines and


Sartin Dry Cleaning Co. . . . front cover and


19


West End Machine Works ..


42 West End Welding Co .... left side lines and Whitaker D R Realtor ... right top lines and White Murray M Inc .... left bottom lines and White Realty Co. .


93 130 56


Security National Bank .... right top lines and Shackelford's Men's Wear Inc .. . right


35


bottom lines and


Williams Flowers .. . right bottom lines and 59 119


Wilson Machine Co


100


Shaw Jo Woody Mrs ...


54


Shelton Radio Service .... left side lines and 123 64 Woodall M. P Plastering Co Inc ...... left 119 128 Siceloff Oil & Coal Co ... Simpson Taylor M Co .... left top lines and side lines and 16 Wright Frame Works. Sloop Auto Service ...... left side lines and Smith Studio & Camera Shop 104 Wright's Flower Shop . 60


80


119 B Wright's Lawn Mower Service


139


Snow Lumber Co Inc ... back cover and 109


145


69 York Truck Service. ..... left side lines and 18 Young's Furniture & Rug Co. 80 Young's Inc 68


Southern Welding Supply Co ... .. right side lines and


145


107


Zett Plumbing & Heating Co.


121


Southland Factors Corp


.left


Parker-Brown Lumber Co Inc. .


32


Stroupe Mirror Co Inc ..


Summey T G & Sons .... right top lines and 121 Superior Dry Cleaners. . right side lines and 47


Piedmont Anto Finance Co ..


106


Taylor Upholstery Co


Television Sales and Service Iuc .. . right


141


Piedmont Insurance & Realty Co. . ... right 97


top lines and .. right


132


Vail Street Garage


Vick Paint & Wall Paper Co Inc .. . .. left


116


Pugh-Byerly Sporting Goods Co Inc ...... left side lines and


136 76


Vogue Cleaners Inc


Wachovia Bank & Trust Co (Insurance dept) left side lines and


98 79 143


Reliable Manufacturing Co


Wade Upholstering Co


Warner's Transfer ...... right side lines and


Washburn Oil Corp .. .front cover, left 63


Royal Cleaners. .left side lines and


77


and right bottom lines, 3 and. . . Insert at Streets, Welborn Allen B Inc ... lett bottom lines and


92 79 37 111 144 130


Saunders Nash Inc ... .. right side lines and Sears, Roebuck and Co ... . left top lines and Sechrest J W & Son Inc .. .... back cover, right top lines, 2 and.


67 23


Whitlark's Flowers & Gifts .. right


side lines and . left Shaver G M & Son Oil Co top lines and .


62


113


Witcher Landscaping


Wood Geo T & Sons Inc ..


Smithdeal Curtis Inc ...... bottom stencil and


Yellow Taxi Co. .


Southern Machine & Welding Co .. Southern Motor Co ... . left side lines and


5


Yow's Funeral Home


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United Cab Service Inc


17


Piner C B & Son .. left side lines and Prospect Grocery & Service Station ..


19 15 69


Ruth Machine Service


44


INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX


HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., publishers of Southeastern Directories, pre- sent to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1951-52 edition of the High Point City Directory, which also includes Fairmont Park and Oakview. A new feature, the Numerical Telephone Guide, 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 re- flecting 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 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 community.


Five Major Departments


The five major departments are arranged in the following order :-


THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and business and pro- fessional concerns is the first major department, printed on white paper. This is the only record in existence that aims to show the name, marital status, occu- pation and address of each adult resident of High Point, Fairmont Park and Oakview, and the name, official personnel, nature and address of each firm and corporation.


THE BUYERS' GUIDE, the second major department, printed on goldenrod paper, contains the advertisements of leading manufacturing, business and pro- fessional interests of High Point and vicinity. The advertisements are indexed under headings descriptive of the business represented. This is reference ad- vertising at its best, and merits a survey by all buyers eager to familiarize them- selves 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 evidenced by the many reference users of this City Directory service.


THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is the third major department, printed on yellow paper. This department lists the names of all business and professional concerns of the whole community in alphabetical order under ap- propriate headings. This feature constitutes an invaluable and indispensable catalog of the numerous interests of the community. The Directory is the com- mon 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.


THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVE- NUE GUIDE, on pink paper, is the fourth major department. 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 con- cerns are arranged in numerical order under the name of each stret, and the names of the householders and concerns are placed opposite the numbers. The names of the intersecting streets appear at their respective crossing points on each street. Special features of this section are the designation of tenant-owned homes and the designation of homes and places of business having telephones.


STREETS


Numerical Telephone Directory


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INTRODUCTION


THE NUMERICAL TELEPHONE GUIDE, a new feature, on blue paper, is the fifth major department.


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 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 public reference, and serve as perpetual and reliable advertisements of High Point and vicinity.


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 600 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 recognition by those pro- gressive businesses 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.


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An Industrial Center, Where It Is Also a Pleasure to Live


(Courtesy High Point Chamber of Commerce)


Swimming Pool at City Lake, 270 Feet Long, 165 Feet Wide, Ranging in Depth from 21/2 to 11 Feet.


STATISTICAL REVIEW


Form of Government-City-Manager.


Population-1950 U. S. Census 39,973. American-born, 99.5%. Predominat- ing nationality of foreign-born residents, Greek. Total colored population, 19.7%.


Area-9.75 square miles.


Altitude 940 feet above sea level.


Climate-Mean annual temperature, 58 degress F .; average annual rainfall, 47.59 inches.


Parks-15, with total of 150 acres, valued at $750,000.


Assessed Valuation-$77,000,000, with tax rate of $1.50 per $100 valuation.


Bonded Debt-$6,699,000. Of this amount, $3,360,000 in bonds is fully sup- ported by Guilford County appropriations and net electric revenues.


Financial Data-3 banks, with total deposits of $355,048,325.98 (June 30, 1951), and total resources of $389,424,863.07 (June 30, 1951). 3 building and loan associations, with total assets of $6,845,592.49 (June 30, 1951).


Postal Receipts-$635,446.23 (calendar year 1950).


Telephones in Service-15,394.


Churches-98, representing 17 denominations.


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INTRODUCTION


Building and Construction-1,133 permits, with total value of $4,408,430, issued in 1950. 336 new residential units constructed.


Industry-Chief industry of city and surrounding territory is manufactur- ing. 299 manufacturing establishments, employing 8,330 men and 5,900 women, and paying wages of $26,798,436 annually. Principal manufactured products: Hosiery, textiles and furniture.


Trade Area-Retail area has radius of 7 miles, and population of 85,000; wholesale area, radius of 50 miles, and population of 1,167,100.


Newspapers-1 daily and Sunday and 1 weekly.


Broadcasting Stations-WMFR and WHPE.


Hotels-3, with total of 300 rooms.


Railroads-2: Southern and High Point, Thomasville & Denton.


Bus Lines-Greyhound Lines, Carolina Coach Lines, Queen City Lines and Greensboro-Fayetteville Lines.


Highways-U. S. 29, 70, 170 and 311.


Air Lines-Eastern Air Lines, Capital Air Lines and Piedmont Airlines.


Airports-2 (1 commercial, and 1 private for small planes).


Amusements-Largest auditorium in city (school) seats 1,500 persons. 6 moving-picture theatres, with total seating capacity of 4,880 persons. 3 golf courses.


Hospitals-1, with 175 beds.


Education-High Point College. 13 public schools, including 2 senior high and 1 junior high. 1 parochial school. Number of pupils in public schools, 8,038; teachers, 271. Value of public school property, $2,610,000.


Public Libraries-2, with total of 29,000 volumes.


City Statistics-Total street mileage, 142, with 71 miles paved. Miles of gas main, 32; sewers, 125. Number of water meters, 11,221; light meters, 17,283; gas meters, 2,220. Capacity of water works (municipal), 15,000,000 gallons; daily average pumpage, 4,000,000 gallons; miles of mains, 85; value of plant, $2,650,000. Fire department has 57 men, with 6 stations and 12 pieces of motor equipment. Value of fire department property, $300,000. Police department has 56 men with 3 stations and 13 pieces of motor equipment.


HIGH POINT TODAY Origin of Name


High Point derived its name from a statement made by Captain Gregg, chief engineer of the surveyors of the North Carolina Railroad, from Goldsboro to Charlotte (now leased by the Southern Railway), in which he said, "This is the highest point along the whole survey, so we will mark it High Point."


Industry


High Point occupies the unique position of being the Southern center of two major industries-furniture and hosiery.




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