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GULE FUEL OILS
HIGH POINT SAVINGS & TRUST COMPANY Commercial Banking - Insurance of All Kinds Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
REAL ESTATE INSURANCE
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"Serving High Point Since 1931" 116 W. Washington St. DIAL 3456
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205-07 Centennial Ave. Tel. 3364
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HILL'S HIGH POINT (GUILFORD COUNTY, N. C.) CITY DIRECTORY 1953
INCLUDING FAIRMONT PARK AND OAKVIEW
Containing an Alphabetical Directory of Business Concerns and Private Citizens, a Directory of Householders, Occupants of Office Buildings and Other Business Places, Including a Complete Street and Avenue Guide, a Numerical Telephone List; also a
BUYERS' GUIDE
and a Complete
Classified Business Directory FOR CONTENTS SEE INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX ON PAGE III
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PUBLISHERS NOTE
The information in this Directory is gathered by an actual canvass and is compiled in a way to insure maximum accuracy.
The publishers cannot and do not guarantee the cor- rectness of all information furnished them nor the complete absence of errors or omissions, hence no responsibility for same can be or is assumed.
The publishers earnestly request the bringing to their attention of any inaccuracy so that it may be corrected in the next edition of the directory.
HILL DIRECTORY CO., INC., Publishers
INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX
HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., publishers of Southeastern Directories, present to sub- scribers and the general public, this, the 1953 edition of the High Point City Directory, which also includes Fairmont Park and Oakview.
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 Direc- tory 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 resultof their labors will meet with the approval of everyuser, and that the High Point Directory will fulfill its mission as a source of authentic information pertaining to the community.
Five Major Departments (Each department beginning with Page 1)
The five major departments are arranged in the following order: -
I. THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and business and professional 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, occupation 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.
II. THE BUYERS' GUIDE, the second major department, printed on goldenrod paper, contains the advertisements of leading manufacturing, business and professional interests of High Point and vicinity. The advertisements are indexed under headings descriptive of the business represented. This is reference advertising at its best, and merits a survey by all buyers eager tofamiliarize 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 evidenced by the many reference users of this City Directory service.
III. 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 appropriate headings. This feature con- stitutes 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.
IV. THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE 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 num- bers 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 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.
V. THE NUMERICAL TELEPHONE GUIDE, 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 advertise- ments 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 refer- ence 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.
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INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX
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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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION, THE YELLOW PAGES
Page
Adams Dance Studio
44
Albert's . . .
101
Alderman Photo Co Inc .
120
American Coal & Wood Co Inc.
. right side lines and 38
86
DeLite Venetian Blind Co. Dickens L A Co Inc. 133
65 150
Anvil Brand Inc . . right top lines and Archdale Machine Co
145
Art Chair Inc .
78
Artistic Floor Covering Inc
58
133
Atlantic Building & Loan Association . Atlantic Insurance & Realty Co 90 and
130
Atlas Pump & Plumbing Co
121 20
B & B Motor Co.
B & W Frame Works
Ballenger's Tailoring & Sport Shop
142 75
right side lines and Ellington's Florist & Greenhouses . .
44
Becker Tailoring Co The.
Belk-Beck Co. . . . right top lines and
46
Bicycles Sales & Service
Black's J E Antique Shop
Blair Insurance Agency
Blue Bird Cab Co Inc . . front cover and Bodie's Tire Service .
Boulding Upholstery Co.
Bray Electric Co Inc .
English Radio & Sound Service . Insert at Numerical Telephone Section Fairyland Child Center . 117
34 97
Carolina Auto Glass Co
Carolina Body Co.
Carolina Cotton Batting Co
Carolina Finance Co Inc .
right side lines and
Carolina Lunch
Carolina Tool Co
Carolina Upholstery Co Inc
80 Granville House Inc .
right top cards and
81
Cecil H L Cement Contractor left bottom lines and Central Finance Co
Central Ice Delivery Co
Central Monument Co
right bottom lines and 80 Gray-Art Flower Shop 39 left side lines and 64 106 Griffith Tailoring Co The . 142 90 67 Gulf Oil Corp . 112 81 . front cover, left and right side lines, right and left bottom lines, 6 and Hall Printing Company .. left top lines and left top lines, 105 and 123
Chapman Frame Co.
City Transfer & Storage Co
98 147 Haralson Agency . . right top cards and Harper's Esso Service . 15 Haywood Woodroe F. 98
28 Hedrick Coal Co A
13 Heilig Robt L. 139
Coltrane-Graham Construction Co.
: . right side lines and Community Credit Corp
106
31 Hendrix Furniture Store Inc 73 Henry Sales Co . 76
14 Henry Upholstery Co 73
126 Herndon John W Agency 92
127
High Point Board of Realtors 132 High Point Boiler & Tank Co Inc .
141 . back cover, right side lines and 29
Davis George D CLU.
right top lines and
96
. left top lines and 24
Dize Awning & Tent Co. left side lines and 59
Duke Power Co. right side lines and 22 52
Duramite Chemical Co. .left side lines and 119 102
Elliott's Flowers & Gifts . . . right top cards and 60
Elm Street Gulf Service.
back cover and 5 61 14 89 5
53 Britt Electric Co. . left side lines and Bryant Electric Co Inc . . right bottom lines and Floral Garden Park Cemetery Burton Upholstery Co Inc . . left top lines and Flythe Insurance Agency
Byrum Cleaners
56 79 46 86 4
Fowler R D Motor Lines Inc , left side lines and 116
75 Garner N L & Son Agency . . left bottom lines and 91
Gate City Motor Co Inc . . right side lines and
15 Grace Flower Shop Inc . 64
Carrick Turning Works .
City Welding Co. . right side lines and 150 Clark-Mendenhall Auction & Real Es- tate Co . . left side lines and 44 Clover Brand Dairies Inc . 3 Hedgecock Lumber Co Inc left top lines and 109
Coca-Cola Bottling Co of High Point Collins Tire Service .
41 Henderson & Mooney Manufacturing Co Inc . . 82
Connor J O Construction Co
Connor's Gulf Service . . . right side lines and Conrad Donald W Agency Conrad James Realtor
left top lines and
Culler's Dick Inc
Davis Harold C Inc . left bottom lines and Davis John C Plumbing & Heating Co . Davis W A Milling Co Inc. . right bottom lines and
70 121
Dickens & Sons Mattress Co. . right top cards and 115 Diffendal's Floor Coverings Inc .
Asia Restaurant Inc right top cards and
33
78 Dutch Laundry Inc . . backbone and Efirds Department Store.
Bargain Furniture Co.
142
Z 3 97
Elwood Hotel. . . right side lines and English Motor Co Inc. right top lines and
143 13 79 57
105 135 147
Page
High Point Canvas Shop . .
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
High Point Chamber of Commerce . . Insert at Name in Alphabetical High Point Chemical Manufacturing Co. . right bottom lines and High Point College
High Point Hat Shop left top lines and 137
High Point Ice & Coal Co.
High Point Laundry Inc.
89 36
Murrow's Transfer Inc. left side lines and Neal's Auto Service . 21
116
9 High Point Mattress Co. back cover and 103 Neill Pontiac. . . . front stencil and Nelson Florist & Decorator left side lines and 115 High Point Paper Box Co Inc . 30| . right top cards and 65 New Service Laundry Inc. . . front cover and 104
High Point Savings & Trust Co . front cover, left top lines and High Point Sprinkler Co Inc .
25
Newsom Radiator Repair left side lines and 17
High Point, Thomasville & Denton Rail- road Co . back cover, right top lines and Highland Motors Inc
eft top lines and
Hill Guy Grocery
Hobson Street Shoe Repair Shop
Home Radio & Television Service
124| Payne Truck Sales Inc.
Pedigo & Williams .
26 . right bottom lines and 89 Perpetual Savings & Loan Association.
117
48 . right side lines and 33
Hunter Coal & Ice Co Inc
37
149 . right side lines and
108
Piedmont Building & Loan Association . . back cover and Piedmont Color & Chemical Co.
32 146 54
. right bottom lines, 2 and Jacobs Tin Shop
149
James Manufacturing Co.
Johnson B F Agency Inc.
Johnson E J Contracting Co
right side lines and
87 Quality Dry Cleaning Co.
Reed Supply Co. . right side lines and Reliable Manufacturing Co.
Rhodes Auto Repair .
99| Rike J D & Son . . right top cards and Ring's Gulf Service . 23 left side lines and Roberts' Gulf Servicc left side lines and 22
19
66 Rose Radio Sales & Service. Royal Auto Body Shop.
113
Royal Cleaners .
Royal Upholstering Co Inc.
124 19 48 84 101 113
Kivett Drive Cabinet Shop . left side lines and
34
47
Koonce Funeral Home Inc . . . right bottom lines and Koonts-McGhee Drug Co.
72
10
Koonts Realty Inc . right side lines and . front cover, right top lines, 96 and Lawrence Chair Co .
46 128
83 105
39 Seward's Market
16 Shackelford's Men's Wear Inc.
77 . right side lines and
36 68
Lindale Dairy Corp
Linthicum W E & Son
. . top stencil, right side lines and Lock & Key Service.
101 Sloop Auto Service
118| Smith M G & Son Inc. left side lines and 20
50 right side lines and 31
McEwen Lumber Co Inc .
McGhee Upholstery Co Inc .
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Page
35
Mendenhall-Moore Realtors . front cover, left bottom lines, 93 and 129 Mickey Painting Co . 123 Mitchell C BOil Co . . left side lines and Mom Rogers Restaurant 66 134 Morgan's Esso Service . 17
7 87 139
North State Telephone Co right top lines and Original Blackwelders Barbecue #3 of Salisbury N C The . 134 18
18 21 21 145
. right side lines and Hood System Industrial Bank The . . front cover, right top lines and Hotel Elwood . . . right side lines and Houser Dry Cleaning .
Hunter & Co. . left side lines and Hunter Oil Co. . lip margin and back cover Ilderton Horace G Inc.
20
left side lines and Industrial Finance Co of High Point Inc JE & C Machine Service Co .
107
Piedmont Electric Repair Co Inc. . left top cards and Piedmont Insurance & Realty Co Inc. . right top lines and Piedmont Petroleum & Fuel Co.
100 68 137
Jones Business College right top lines and Jones & Peacock Inc. left side lines and
38
Kearns Esso Service left top lines and 8
Kearns Tent & Awning Co. left bottom lines and Kennedy Oil Co . right side lines and Kester Machinery Co. . right top cards and Kimsey S P Plumbing & Heating Co Inc right top lines and King Electric Repair
53 Sartin Dry Cleaning Co
front cover and 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 Security National Bank . right top lines and
45 71 27 88
Leonard Saw & Lawn Mower Service Lewis Edgar
Lewis Motor Co Inc.
Lilly Co The.
43 Shaver Oil Co. .right bottom lines and Siceloff Oil Co 69
40 Simpson Taylor M Co 130
Marietta Paint & Color Co. . right side lines and Master Cleaners. . right top cards and Mauldin W T Inc .
16 Smithdeal Curtis Inc
112 bottom stencil and 83 .Snow Lumber Co Inc. . back cover and 111
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141 Newton's Shell Service .
125 Norman Gulf Service left side lines and
Norman Recapping Co.
Piedmont Auto Finance Co
back cover, right bottom lines, 136 and 138 82 99
Piedmont Roofing & Siding Co . .right side lines and Pugh-Byerly Sporting Goods Co Inc .. left side lines and 140 50 110 84 21 60
122 Ruby's Inc. right side lines and Ruth Machine Service
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
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Snow Studio & Camera Shop .
Southeastern Marble & Tile Co Inc . left side lines and 146
Southern Foam Rubber Co. . left side lines and Southern Motor Co. . left side lines and Southern Welding & Machine Co . right top cards and
Southland Factors Corp
Spencer Texaco Service
22
Stampagraph Co Inc. .
Steele's Diner . . . right top cards and Stewart R K & Sons. right top cards and 42
Street Paint Co. left side lines and Stroud E W Grocery
Stroupe Mirror Co Inc
left side lines and 86
Superior Dry Cleaners . right side lines and Taylor-Crihfield Co The . right top cards and Taylor Upholstery Co.
Texas Co The .
Tucker's Dry Cleaning Co
49 Wrights Cleaners 51
57
Yellow Top Cab Co
144 right bottom lines and 144
Yokeley Furniture Co. . 74
55
Young's Furniture & Rug Co 75
50 Yow's Funeral Home . 72
Zett Plumbing & Heating Co 122
Wachovia Bank & Trust Co Insurance Dept left side lines and 100
Page 120 Ward Baking Co Warner's Transfer
Page 24
Washburn Oil Corp . . right side lines and 148
66
11
. front cover, left and right side lines, right and left bottom lines, 6 and Welborn Allen B Inc.
67 Y left bottom lines, insert at Streets and 94 Welborn Cleaner Products Co Inc. . . West End Fuel Co . left side lines and 69
135 West End Machine Works . Whitaker D R Realtor
114
119 White Murray M Inc right bottom lines and 131
88
left bottom lines and 95
White Realty Co. 131 Whitlark's Flowers & Gifts
front lip margin and 62
49 Williams Flowers right bottom lines and 63
85 Wilson Machine Co 114
74
Wood Geo T & Sons Inc 57
12 Wright Frame Works 85
Turpin Electric Co. . left side lines and United Cab Service Inc.
Vinson Refrigeration & Motor Service. . right bottom lines and Vogue Cleaners Inc .
151 107
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DIRECTORY SYMBOLS AND DESIGNATIONS
HOUSEHOLDERS SECTION
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WIFE'S NAME
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TN ADDITION to names and addresses, your City Direc- tory contains much detailed information concerning the people of your community. In order to list this information certain symbols and designations have been developed which enable important statistics to be compressed into the smallest possible space. You will receive far greater benefits from your City Directory if you familiarize yourself with the symbols and what they stand for.
In checking credit applications, in conducting direct mail advertising programs, in planning sales campaigns, in build- ing prospect lines, and in scores of other ways your City Directory will prove of invaluable assistance.
KNOW YOUR DIRECTORY SYMBOLS
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HIGH POINT
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. Censusfor city proper, 39,973; including the unincorporated west end section, 42, 770. American-born, 99. 5%. Predominating nationality of foreign-born residents, Greek. Total colored population, 19. 7%.
Area-9. 82 square miles.
Altitude-940 feet above sea level.
Climate-Mean annual temperature, 58 degrees F .; average annual rainfall, 47.59 inches. Parks-15, with total of 150 acres, valued at $750, 000.
Assessed Valuation-$81, 956, 947, with tax rate of $1. 50 per $100 valuation. Bonded Debt-$6.228. 000.
Financial Data-3 banks, with total deposits of $396, 561, 660 (June 30, 1952), and total resources of $435,902,519 (June 30, 1952). 3 building and loan associations, with total assets of $6, 845, 592. 49 (June 30, 1951).
Postal Receipts-$711, 378. 58 (calendar year 1951). Telephones in Service-16, 896. Churches-98, representing 17 denominations.
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 manufacturing. 309 manu- facturing 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, 118, 474.
Newspapers-1 daily and Sunday and 1 weekly.
Broadcasting Stations-WMFR and WHPE.
Hotels-3, with total of 300 rooms. Railroads-2: Southern; High Point, Thomasville & Denton. Bus Lines-Greyhound Lines, Carolina Coach Lines, Queen City Lines and Greensboro- Fayetteville Lines.
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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 30, 822 volumes.
City Statistics-Total street mileage, 148. 78, with 90. 94 miles hard-surfaced. Miles of gas main, 32; sewers, 125. Number of water meters, 11, 579; light meters, 18, 505; gas meters, 2, 225. 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 70 men, with 6 stations and 13 pieces of motor equipment. Value of fire department property, $300, 000. Police department has 76 men with 3 stations and 20 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 indus- tries-furniture and hosiery.
The first furniture factory was established in 1888-today there are 89 furniture factories located here manufacturing a complete line of wooden household furniture including office desks and other equipment.
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