Hill's High Point (Guilford County, N.C.) City Directory [1959], Part 1

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Publication date: 1959
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MENDENHALL-MOORE REALTORS


"The Friendly Real Estate Office" PROPERTY MANAGEMENT


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COMPLETE CLEANING and LAUNDRY SERVICE


PRINTING COMPANY


HALL PRINTING COMPANY


PRINTING - PHONES 2-1314 and 2-2116 - LITHOGRAPHY


8923


PHONES and


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U.S.ROYAL


WAGNER TIRE SERVICE


FIRE 'REBUILDING


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SERVICE


FLAT "JIFFY"


Jurpin ELECTRIC CO. CONTRACTORS


1616 English St.


Phone 3016


ALL STAR DAIRY


Lindale


PHONE 4538


HIGH POINT'S ONLY LOCALLY OWNED and OPERATED DAIRY 100 N. MAIN


MEMBER


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TIRES


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WELDING ACETY LENE and ELECTRIC REAR 708 GREENSBORO RD.


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HILL'S HIGH POINT (GUILFORD COUNTY, N. C.) CITY DIRECTORY 1959


INCLUDING ALLEN JAY, ARCHDALE, FAIRMONT PARK AND OAKVIEW


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, a Numerical Telephone Direc- tory, and Much Information of a Miscellaneous Character; also the


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INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX


HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., publishers of Southeastern Directories, (pub- lishers of the High Point City Directory since 1933), present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1959 edition of the High Point City Directory, which also includes Allen Jay, Archdale, Fairmont Park and Oakview. The inclusion of Allen Jay is new.


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 sec- tions 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 informa- tion pertaining to the community.


Four Major Departments


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


I. THE YELLOW PAGESconstitute the first major department of the Direc- tory. This embraces a complete list of the names and addresses of the business and professional concerns of the city andvicinity arranged in alphabetical order under appropriate headings -- a catalog of all the activities of the city and vicinity. Preceding this catalog, likewise grouped under appropriate headings are the ad- vertisements and business cards of firms and individuals desiring to present a more complete list of their products or services than is possible in the catalog inself. The Yellow Pages represent reference advertising at its best, and merit the attention of all buyers and sellers seeking sources of supply or markets for goods. In a progressive community like High Point, the necessity of having this kind of information up-to-date and always immediatley available, is obvious. The Directory is the common intermediary between buyer and seller, and plays an important role in the daily activities of the commercial, industrial and pro- fessional world.


II. THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and business and professional concerns is the second 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, Allen Jay, Arch- dale, Fairmont Park and Oakview and the name, official personnel, nature and address of each firm and corporation in the community. The inclusion of Allen Jay is new with this edition.


III. THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AV - ENUE GUIDE, is the third major department, printed on green paper. 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 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 listing of telephone numbers.


IV. THE NUMERICAL TELEPHONE DIRECTORY, on blue paper, is the fourth major department.


IV


INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX


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 Out-of-Town City 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 Com- merce, for free reference by the general public. This is one of more than 700 Directory Libraries installed in the chief cities of the U. S. and Canada by mem- bers of the Association of North American Directory Publishers, under whose supervision the system of operated.


The publishers appreciatively acknowledge the recognition by those progres- sive 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 ADVERTISING SECTION THE YELLOW PAGES


Page


A B C Nursery School & Child Center . right top cards and 141


Albertson Auction Company .


right bottom lines and 7


Alderman Studios Inc .


146


Allied Roofing & Metal Works


right bottom lines and 64


Allred Metal Stamping Works


. right top cards and


134 90


Anvil Brand Inc .


. left top lines and


.43


Arcee Machine Co


left side lines and


131


Archdale Mattress Co


133


Art Chair Incorporated


right top cards and


98


Atlantic Insurance and Realty Co.


116 and 164


Atlantic Savings & Loan Association


Tabbed Insert at name


Atlas Plumbing Co


left side lines and


148


B & W Aluminum Products Co.


left bottom lines and 39


Beeson Hardware Co Inc


right side lines and


Belk-Beck Co


left top cards and


Bodie's Tire Service


Boren Clay Products Co


30


Braica Benny Jr


. right side lines, 53 and 64


Bray Electric Co Inc


right side lines and


76


Carolina Auto Glass Company


Carolina Wrecking Co. .


Carrick Turning Works Inc


right side lines, Z and


Cashatt C A .


Central Ice & Coal Co


left side lines and


109


Central Monument Co


left side lines and


134


Central Realty Company.


. left top cards and


Central Savings Bank


.front cover, left top lines and


City Auto Auction Co.


City Fuel Co Inc


City Transfer & Storage Co


39 and


City Welding Co


right side lines and


Clark George P


Clinard Milling Co Inc


left side lines and


Clover Hill Farms


back cover, left side lines and 65


Coca-Cola Bottling Co of High Point


right side lines and


29 46


Connor J O Construction Company


129 54


Conrad Donald W Agency.


left top lines and 110


Conrad James S Inc


. Tabbed Insert at Real Estate in


.Classified Business Section and


158 129


Country Furniture Company .


left bottom lines and


95


Cranford Roy T.


. left side lines and


145 93


Cunningham Brick Co . left bottom lines and


31


98


Darr J L & Son. Insert at name in Alphabetical Section and Davis Harold C Inc


54


.right side lines Davis John C Plumbing & Heating Co.


149


Davis Patrol and Detective Agency 70 anđ Davis-Pruett Motor Company Inc Davis W A Milling Co Inc . Insert at name in


19


Dick Culler's


Alphabetical Section and


87


70


Dobbins Electric Co


78


105 69 86 181


Blossom Shop


Boyles J C . left side lines and


right side lines and 116


Bryant Electric Co Inc . Byrd Royce . . right bottom lines and 77 63 104


19 97 53


157 23 9 88


City Transit Co


184 42


175 117 81


Coltrane-Graham Construction Co.


back cover, right side lines and


Community Credit Corporation .


Consolidated Credit Corporation


right top cards and


Cumby Mortuary Inc.


right bottom lines and Curt Manufacturing Co Inc


793352


145


American Coal & Oil Co Inc


back cover, left side lines and


in Alphabetical Section and


32


VI


INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


Duke Power Co .


Dutch Laundry Inc , back bone, right top cards, 73 and


Eaton Building & Repairing right side lines and 55


Electronic Service Co . . left top cards and 177


Ellington's Florist & Greenhouses. .right side lines and 85


English Motor Co Inc . right top lines and


10


English Street Gulf Service


Everhart Furniture Co


Farlow John W jr


right top cards, 29 and


122


Fletcher C F Insurance Agency


.left side lines and


117 102


Flex-O-Lators Inc .


.left top lines and


40


Flythe Insurance Agency Inc .


left bottom lines and 118


Fouts Brown W .


right top cards and


172


Furniture City Motel Inc .


left top lines and


135


Garner's Motor Sales & Repair


20


General Finance Co .


right side lines and


20


Glenola Frame Works Inc


right side lines and


60 83


Grace Flower Shop Inc .


Granville Bonded Warehouse


138 85


Gray-Art Flower Shop


Gray Concrete Pipe Co Inc left side lines and


45 164


H & H Upholstering Co Inc right top cards and 99


Hall Printing Company front cover, left top lines, 128 and


Harmon Realty Co . .right side lines and


Harris Drug Store Inc


Hayes J H Inc right side lines and


119


Haywood Woodroe F


Hedgecock Lumber Co Inc front stencil, right side lines and


34


Heilig Robert L


. left side lines and


56


Henderson & Mooney Mfg Co Inc


99 119


Hi Point Displays .


2


High Point Boiler & Tank Co Inc left side lines and


High Point Broadcasting Co Inc .right top cards and


28 155


High Point Canvas Shop. right side lines and


21 41


High Point Hardware Co Inc


right top cards and


105 125


High Point Laundry Inc .


left bottom and left side lines and


, left side lines and High Point Cotton Batting Co


High Point Mattress Co


High Point Savings & Trust Co. front cover, left top lines, 24 and


High Point Sprinkler Company left top cards and 173


. left and right 156


High Point, Thomasville and Denton Railroad Co. . . top lines, Insert at name in Alphabetical Section and Insert at J L Darr & Son


5


Highland Motors Inc


left top and bottom lines and


11


Hill Directory Co Inc.


71


Hill's Ed Radio & TV Service.


177


Home Pools Inc .


right side lines and


Hotel Sheraton The


Hufford Pete Home Builder left side lines and


48


Hunter Air Conditioning & Heating .5, 58, 95 and


108


Hunter Coal & Oil Co Inc back cover, right side lines and


92


Hunter & Company right top lines and


186 70 12


Ilderton Horace G Inc


Industrial Lithographic Co Inc


151 107


Jacobs Tin Shop .


front and back lip margins, 3 and


122


Johnson H C


122


Jones & Peacock Inc left side lines and


120


Julian Company The right side lines and


180


K & K Equipment Co Inc


left side lines and 4


173


39


Floral Garden Park Cemetery


right side lines and 55 136


Fowler R D Motor Lines Inc


Furniture City Gulf Service


102


Glover & Irvin Grading Contractors


Griffith Realty & Insurance Co left top cards, 118 and


151 165 72 47


Herndon John W Agency


High Point Chamber of Commerce


102 102 25


High Point-Trinity Air Service in Alphabetical Section and


Horneytown Furniture Co


back cover and 175 96 A


Hutto's Inc .


Johnson B F Agency Inc right top cards and


Page 152 124


VII


INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


Kearns Tent & Awning Co. . back cover, left bottom lines, 22 and


Page 103


Kennedy Oil Company Inc.


right side lines and 91


Kester Machinery Co . right side lines, B and 132


Kimsey S P Plumbing & Heating Inc. right side lines and 148 Kindergarten of Culture & Dance School . Koonts Realty Inc . 68 159 13 Lackey Motors . right top lines and .left top cards and Lamb's Heating Co left side lines and 108 Lester's Jewelers 123 67


Lindale Dairy Corp


front cover, right bottom lines, 66 and


Linthicum W E & Son Inc


Love N B Builder


Lowder Supply Co Inc


Lyn-Mar Camera Shop


Marsh G Reid


Marshall's Beauty Salon


Martin Robert


Mauldin W F Inc


Mendenhall Auction Co Inc


Mendenhall-Moore Realtors


front cover, right top and


Mickey Printing Co


Mitchell L T


Mitchell Septic Tank Service


Mobile Home Exchange Inc


Modern Music Co


Modern Trucking Co.


Murrow's Transfer Inc


Neal's Auto Service


Neill Pontiac Inc .


Nelson Florist & Decorator Inc


New Service Laundry Inc


No-Name Tavern


North State Telephone Co. right top and left bottom lines 178 and


Oakview Printing Company


Old Master Stain Co Inc .


Parham-Darr Construction Co


Peerless Wood Yard


Perpetual Savings & Loan Association


Piedmont Auto Finance Co . right side lines and


Piedmont Chemical Industries Inc .


Piedmont Electric Repair Co Inc.


Piedmont Insurance & Realty Co .


Piedmont Savings & Loan Association


Primm J G Distributor


Purcell Supply Co


Queen Carving Inc .


R & H Insulation Co


Radio Station W M F R Inc.


Radio Station W NOS


Ralph's Grill


Redwine Hardware Co


Reed Supply Company .


back cover, left side lines and


Reynolds J C Jr


144 57


Rike J D & Son


right bottom lines, C and left bottom lines and


82 72


Rogers J Wilson Insurance Agency


right top cards and 121


Royals Insurance Agency .


121 127


Sechrest J W & Son Inc .


. back cover, right top lines, 6 and right top lines and


94 26 150 27


Sheppard Motor & Supply Co


right top cards and Sheraton Hotel The


A


Shore Joe Service Station


173


Siceloff Oil Co


89


Simpson Taylor M Co


166


Sloop Auto Service.


18


. bottom lines, 111 and 160 152 120 left bottom lines and 168 . right top cards and 183 140 136 .left side lines and 137 18 15 left side lines, 74 and 86 126 right side lines and right side lines and 167 179 152 142 49 left top lines and 88 33 left side lines and 130 180 78 right side lines and right top lines and 112 167 5 and 153 149 100 59 154 right top cards and left side lines and 155 . 104 and 176 106 36


Reliance Varnish Co Inc


Ring-Harris Pharmacy Inc.


Sartin's Cleaners and Launderers


front cover, left side lines, 75 and


Security National Bank .


Servisign Company The


left side lines and


80 56 35 147 123 27 145 14 8


top stencil, tabbed Insert


at name in Alphabetical Section, 44 and


VIII


INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


Page 16 1


Smithdeal Curtis Inc bottom stencil, left side lines and


Snow Lumber Co Inc . .left side lines, tabbed Insert at


. Building Materials in Classified Business Section and 38


Snow Studio & Camera Shop .


16


Southern Welding & Machine Co. left side lines, 58, 174 and


187


Southland Supply Co Inc . right bottom lines and


37


Spectrum Furniture Co Inc


right side lines and


100 122


Stafford O F Insurance Agency


Stampagraph Co Inc


Stanford- Marley Inc . left side lines and


76 162 128 50 5]


Stephens Jake Home Builder


left bottom lines and


143


Sunshine Laundry Inc


right side lines and


128


Taylor's Service .


right side lines and


Thompson-Arthur Paving Co


right top cards and


172 63 101


Turner Upholstery Co


front cover and 79


Underwood G W Grading Contractor


61


United Auto Salvage Co Inc


19 176 130


United Credit Corp .


right top cards and


185


Vick Paint & Wallpaper Co Inc


left side lines and 141


Viking Sprinkler Company


left bottom lines and 174


WHPE


. right top cards and 155


Wachovia Bank & Trust Co Insurance Dept . left bottom lines and


123


Wagner Tire Service. front cover, left side lines, 17 and


182


Walker Charles B Grading Contractor right side lines and


62


Washburn Oil Co .


left top and right bottom lines, 170 and


176


Welborn Allen B Inc


left top lines, tabbed Insert


at Street Guide, 114 and 115


Welch Realty Co


. left top cards and


165


West End Fuel Co


right side lines and


89


White & Wright Realtors


left side lines and


166 86 84


Williams Flowers and Gifts


right top cards and


131


Williamson D C Realtor


right side lines and


163


Wilson-Ayers Metal Shop


132


Wilson Machine Co .


81


Wright Frame Works.


101


Yarborough Jewel I .


left bottom lines and 57


96


Yokeley Furniture Co


123


York Henry J


Younts E E Inc


back cover, right bottom lines and 52


147


Southern Motor Company . left side lines and


Star Cleaners & Laundry Inc right side lines and


Stewart R K & Sons


left side lines and


Street Paint Co .


Turpin Electric Co


United Cab Service Inc .


Vestal Tree Service


Warner's Transfer & Storage Co right side lines and


139 171


Weisner's Sandwich Shop


Whitlark's Flowers and Gifts


Williams Sales Co Inc.


133


Wood Geo T & Sons Inc


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 22 to 11 Feet.


Statistical Review


Form of Government-City-manager.


Population-1950 U. S. Census for city proper, 39,973; 1958 Estimated 47,- 500. American-born, 99.5 percent. Predominating nationality of foreign-born residents, Greek .5 percent. Total Negro population 20 percent.


Area-11.02 square miles.


Altitude-940 feet above sea level.


Climate-Mean annual temperature, 58 degrees F .; average annual rain- fall, 47.17 inches.


Assessed Valuation-$152,000,000, with tax rate of $1.20 per $100 valuation. Bonded Debt-$9,000,000.


Financial data-4 banks, with total deposits of $616,270,340 (June 30, 1958), and total resources of $689,933,278 (June 30, 1958). 3 savings and loan associa- tions, with total assets of $20,500,000.00 (June 30, 1958).


Postal Receipts-$979,879.24 (calendar year 1957).


Telephones in Service-23,925.


Churches-114, representing 17 denominations.


Industry-Chief industry of city and surrounding territory is manufacturing. 359 manufacturing establishments, employing 11,897 men and 7,986 women, total 19,883 and paying wages of $33,829,400 annually. Principal manufactured pro- ducts: Hosiery, textiles, furniture, chemicals, metal products, etc.


Trade Area-Retail area has radius of 7 miles, and population of 94,000, wholesale area, radius of 50 miles, and population of 1,285,900.


Newspapers-1 daily and Sunday.


Broadcasting Stations-WMFR, WHPE and WNOS. Hotels-3, with total of 300 rooms.


Motels-13, with total of 309 rooms.


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


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


Highways-U. S. 29, 70, 311, 68, 61 and 62.


Air Lines-Eastern Air Lines, Capital Air Lines and Piedmont Airlines. Airports-2 (1 commercial, and 1 private for small planes).


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INTRODUCTION


Amusements-Largest auditorium in city (school) seats 1,300, next 1,100 persons. 8 moving-picture theatres, with total seating capacity of 7,880 persons. 3 golf courses.


Hospitals-1, with 240 beds.


Education-High Point College. 16 public schools, including 2 senior high and 1 junior high. 2 parochial schools. Enrollment of pupils in public schools, 10,100, teachers 380. Value of public school property, $8,900,000.


Public Libraries-2, with total of 39,525 volumes.


City Statistics-Total street mileage, 161, with 106 miles hard-surfaced. Miles of gas main, 77; sewers, 141. Number of water meters, 12,997; light meters, 14,886; gas meters, 3,849. Capacity of water works (municipal), 15,- 000,000 gallons; daily average pumpage, 4,500,000 gallons; miles of mains, 150; value of plant, $4,569,697.21. Fire department has 72 men, with 5 stations and 13 pieces of motor equipment. Value of fire department property, $456,184.65. Police department has 72 police with 3 stations and 22 pieces of motor equip- ment.


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 manufacturing.


The first furniture factory was established in 1888-today there are 89 furn- iture factories located here manufacturing a complete line of wooden household furniture including office desks and other equipment.


Located here are five furniture exhibition buildings for the exhibition of furn- iture, rugs, floor coverings and other household furnishings to the dealer-the fourteen-story Southern Furniture Exposition Building, the Tomlinson Exhibi- tion Building, The Merchandise Mart, the Southeastern American Furniture of Martensville, Furniture Building and the Manufacturers Furniture Market, with combined floor space of 569,920 square feet. Over 500 manufacturers of household furnishings exhibit their products in this-This Southern Furniture and Rug Market. An SFEB Annex under construction will add 138,000 square feet more.


The daily capacity of the 30 hosiery mills of High Point exceeds 50,000 dozen pairs of hose. The manufacture of hosiery ranges from infants' hose to full- fashioned hose, the volume in men's half hose being predominant. First hosiery mill established in 1905.


There is a wide diversity of manufacturing in High Point-in addition to 97 furniture factories and 30 hosiery mills, there are 232 other diversified manu- facturing plants. Among these are plants manufacturing: Overalls, work shirts, men's summer clothing, mattresses, box springs, pillows, veneers, plywoods, art glass, paints, enamels, varnishes, lacquers, sealers, stains, fillers, under- coats and reducers, bobbin heads, shuttle blocks, building material, mirrors, glass furniture and novelties, toys, hosiery transfers, embossers' labels and seals, silk and rayon weaving, hosiery and underwear yarns, dyes, chemicals and textile oil specialties, paper boxes, corrugated shipping containers, tele- vision cabinets, textile spools, polyether foam, electronics, etc.


The manufacturer will find in High Point many advantages so necessary for successful and profitable operation (this is proved by the successful operation of plants now located here). Among these are climate (good living and working conditions); availability of intelligent native labor, 79.8 percent native white, 19.7 percent Negro, 0.5 percent foreign-born; harmonious industrial relations; effi- cient public utilities; adequate electric power and modern municipal facilities.




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