Hill's High Point (Guilford County, N.C.) City Directory [1960], Part 1

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Publication date: 1960
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HILL'S HIGH POINT (GUILFORD COUNTY, N. C.) CITY DIRECTORY 1960


INCLUDING ALLEN JAY, ARCHDALE and EMERYWOOD ESTATES


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 1960 edition of the High Point City Directory, which also includes Allen Jay, Archdale and Emerywood Estates.


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 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 authen- tic information pertaining to the community.


Four Major Departments


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


I. THE YELLOW PAGES constitute the first major department of the Di- rectory. This embraces a complete list of the names and addresses of the business and professional concerns of the city and vicinity, arranged in alpha- betical 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 advertisements 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 itself. The Yellow Pages represent reference advertis- ing 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 immedi- ately available, is obvious. The Directory is the common intermediary between buyer and seller, and plays an important role in the daily activities of the com- mercial, industrial and professional 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 and Emerywood Estates, and the name, official personnel, nature and address of each firm and corporation in the community.


III. THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE 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 designa- tion of tenant-owned homes and the listing of telephone numbers.


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


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INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX


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 Commerce, 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 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 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 LISTED BELOW REFER TO THE YELLOW PAGES


Page


Albertson Auction Co


back cover and


6


Alderman Studios Inc


147


Allied Roofing & Metal Works right bottom lines and


58


Allred Metal Stamping Works right side lines, Y and 136


American Coal & Oil Co Inc


left side lines and 79


Anvil Brand Inc .


left top lines and


40


Archdale Mattress Co


left bottom lines and


81


Art Chair Incorporated


. right top cards and


95


Atlantic Insurance & Realty Co


116 and


168


Atlantic Savings & Loan Assn


tabbed Insert at Name in Alphabetical Section and


29


Auto Electric Service Co


16


B & W Aluminum Products Co left bottom lines and


36


Bailey Bruce A


right bottom lines and


122


Beeson Hardware Co Inc


right side lines and


105


Blackwell Insurance Agency Inc


right side lines and


116 78


Blossom Shop


Bodie's Tire Service 16 and


184


Boren Clay Products Co left top lines and


27


Brower J Cliff left top cards and 49


Brown & Whaley Realty Co


left top lines and


157 69 189


Bullard N Kelly


100, 102 and


95


Cagle & Wallace Contractors Inc


left bottom lines and


49 104 18


Carolina Body Co .


left top cards and


124


Carrick Turning Works Inc


right side lines, Z and


Cashatt C A


Central Finance Co.


left side lines and


Central Monument Co


. left side lines and


136


Central Realty Co


right side lines and 158


Central Savings Bank


front cover, left top lines, right bottom lines and


21


City Fuel Co Inc


City Transfer & Storage Co


37 and


City Welding Co


right side lines, 179 and


Clark George P


Clark's Truck Garage


Clinard Milling Co Inc left side lines and


Clover Hill Farms


back cover, left side lines and


61


Coca-Cola Bottling Co of High Point


left side lines and 26 175 130


Community Credit Corp


Conrad Donald W Agency


left top lines and 159


Conrad James S Inc .


tabbed Insert at Real Estate in Classified Business Section and Consolidated Bus Lines Inc


160 188


Consolidated Credit Corporation right top cards


Corn Oil Co . right bottom lines and 82


91


Country Furniture Co Cranford Roy T . right bottom lines and Creative Print Shop The


146 153


Culler's Dick Inc


62


Cumby Mortuary Inc front lip margin and


87


Cunningham Brick Co right bottom lines and


28


Curt Manufacturing Co Inc


96


Darr J L & Son .


left side lines and


44


39 191 117 188 72 60


Coble Dairy Products Inc


right top cards and


College Village Service


Coronet Furniture Co


back cover, 5 and


90


Carolina Auto Glass Co


Carolina Metal & Ornamental Iron Works


94 50 74 109


Central Ice & Coal Co


80


187


City Transit Co


Bryant Electric Co Inc right bottom lines and


C & S Furniture of High Point Inc


135


Archdale Oil Co


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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


Page


Davis Harold C Inc


right side lines


Davis John C Plumbing & Heating Co right bottom lines and 57


Davis Patrol & Watchman Service right top cards and Davis-Pruett Motor Co Inc 146 16 73 Davis W A Milling Co Inc right side lines and Deluxe Saw & Tool Co 173 Dillon Auto Parts Inc 13 Dixie Auto Trim Shop 13 161 Dixie Realty Co . right top cards and Dobbins Electric Co Doggett Nursery Co 70 125 Duke Power Co . 153 Dutch Laundry Inc back bone, right top cards, 65 and Earl's Grill . 104 and Eckerd's Drug Stores right side lines and 126 180 64 Ellington's Florist & Greenhouses right side lines and English Motor Co Inc . right top lines and 77 8 173 English Street Gulf Service Farlow John W Jr . right top cards, 26 and 123 117 Fletcher C F Insurance Agency Flex-O-Lators Inc . 99 37 Floral Garden Park Cemetery left top lines and Flythe Insurance Agency Inc left bottom lines and Fowler R D Motor Lines Inc right top cards and 118 138 90 Furniture Barn The . 175 Furniture City Gulf Service 137 Furniture City Motel Inc left top lines and Furniture Illustrators 148 18 Garner Motors 17 General Finance Co right side lines and 184 George's Mobile T V Service left side lines and Glenola Frame Works Inc 96 75 Grace Flower Shop Inc Graham J R & Son Inc back cover, left bottom lines and Granville Bonded Warehouse 45 139 78


Gray-Art Flower Shop


Gray Concrete Pipe Co Inc left side lines and 43 97


H & H Upholstering Co Inc


right top cards and


Hall Printing Company.


front cover, left top lines, 130 and


Harmon Realty Co right side lines and


Harris Realty Co


Haywood Woodroe F


Hedgecock Lumber Co Inc


Heilig Robert L .


front stencil, right side lines and left side lines and


Henderson & Mooney Mfg Co Inc


Herndon John W Agency


Hertz Rent-A-Car Inc . 17 and


Hickory Springs Mfg Co Inc


High Point Boiler & Tank Co Inc left side lines and


High Point Broadcasting Co Inc .


High Point Canvas Shop . .


High Point Chamber of Commerce


right side lines and


High Point College


High Point Cotton Batting Co right top cards and


. left side lines and


High Point Hardware Co Inc . right top cards and


High Point Laundry Inc . left bottom lines and


127


High Point Mattress Co


100


High Point Savings & Trust Co front cover, left top lines, 22 and


High Point Sprinkler Company left side lines and


110 178


. . . left and right top lines, Insert at Name in Alphabetical Section and left top and bottom lines and Highland Motors Inc


156 9


Hill Directory Co Inc


63 A


Hunter Air Conditioning & Heating 3,54,90 and 108


Hunter Coal & Oil Co Inc . front cover, left side lines and 86


190


Industrial Lithographic Co Inc


152


Jacobs Tin Shop


back lip margin, right bottom lines, X and


107


left top lines and


150 169 162 119 31 50 97 119 188 100 25


right top cards and


155 19 38 41 100 105


High Point, Thomasville & Denton Railroad Co


Hotel Sheraton The


Hunter & Company . right top lines and Ilderton Horace G Inc


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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


Johnson B F Agency Incorporated


left side lines and


Page 123 56


Johnston W B Painting Contractor


Jones & Peacock Inc


. left side lines and 120 58


Julian Co The . right side lines and


K & S Printing Co


right side lines and


153


Kearns Tent & Awning Co


right side lines and


Kennedy Paul Farm & Home Supply


Kerr Oil Co


Kester Machinery C


right side lines, B and


Kimsey S P Plumbing & Heating Inc


right side lines and 150 88 163


Koonts Realty Inc


right top lines and


Lamb's Heating Co


left side lines and


Lancaster J M Inc


Lester's Jewelers


Linthicum W E & Son Inc


. . . top stencil, tabbed Insert at Name in Alphabetical Section, 42 and


55


Lowder Supply Co Inc


Lyn-Mar Camera Shop


Madison Frame Co Inc


left top lines and


99 164 36 141


Marietta Paint & Color Co


left side lines and Marsh G Reid


Marshall's Beauty Salon


Mauldin W F Inc


right top cards and


Mendenhall Auction Co Inc


Mendenhall-Moore Realtors


front cover, right top and bottom lines, 111 and


Merchants Credit Association Inc


Mickey Printing Co .


Midway Seafood Restaurant


left side lines and


Mitchell Septic Tank Service left bottom lines and


Murrow's Transfer Inc


Neal's Auto Service


Nelson Florist & Decorator Inc


New Service Laundry Inc right side lines, 66 and


North State Telephone Co


Oak View Oil Co


Oakview Crown Service . right top cards and


Oakview Printing Co . right side lines and


Old Master Stain Co Inc


Paramount Furniture Co Inc


Parham-Darr Construction Co Inc


Parks Garage .


Peace's Trailer Court


Peerless Wood Yard .


Peoples Tire & Service Station Inc


right bottom lines, 178 and


Perpetual Savings & Loan Association


Phipps R A & Son


Piedmont Auto Finance Co left side lines and


Piedmont Electric Repair Co Inc


Piedmont Insurance & Realty Co


Piedmont Savings & Loan Association


Prudential Insurance Co of America The


Purcell Supply Co and Putman J C & Son left bottom lines and


Quality Wood Carving Co right side lines and


Quality Wood Turning Inc right side lines and Queen Carving Inc .


R & H Insulation Co .


Radio Station W M F R Inc right top cards and


Radio Station W NOS. left side lines and Redwine Hardware Co


Reed Supply Co . back cover, left side lines, 33 and


Reliable Manufacturing Co Inc


Reliance Varnish Co Inc


Reynolds J C Jr


left bottom lines, C and


52


right bottom lines and


72 84 134


Kennedy Oil Co Inc .


back cover, left bottom lines, 20 and


103 83


Koonce Funeral Home Inc


left top lines, 4 and


149


Malpass Realty Co


Manufacturers Supply Co Inc left and right side lines, 93 and


123 24 14 7


165 59 152


170 173 138 14 78 128


Norman's Amoco Service right top lines, left bottom lines, 182 and


left bottom lines and 176 183 right top cards and 84 178 153 142 92 left top cards and 51 16 186 80 184 right side lines and 30 46 right top cards and 131 70 right side lines and right top lines and 112 172 120 150 51 98 98 98 56 154 155 106 37 99 145


108 133 125


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Roger's Pure Oil Service Station


Rogers Insurance Agency .


Royals Insurance Agency .


Sartin's Cleaners and Launderers


.right side lines and 176 right top cards and 121 121


Sechrest J W & Son Inc front cover, left side lines, 67 and


Security National Bank back cover, right top lines, 4 and


Servisign Company The


right top lines and


Shaver Oil Co . . .


Sheppard Motor & Supply Co right top cards and


Sheraton Hotel The .


right top cards and


Shore Joe Service Station


Siceloff Oil Co .


Simpson Taylor M Co


Sloop Auto Service


Smith Paul Studio


Smithdeal Curtis Inc


Smitty's Drive In .


Snow Lumber Co Inc


left side lines, tabbed Insert at


Snow Studio & Camera Shop


Snyder Paper Corp .


left bottom lines and


Southeastern Marble & Tile Co Inc


Southern Heritage Life Insurance Co


Southern Motors Inc


Southern Saw & Cutter Co


Southern Welding & Machine Co


left side lines, 54, 179 and


Southland Bedding Co .


left top cards and


Southland Supply Co Inc


right bottom lines and


Stampagraph Co Inc


Stanford-Marley Inc


left side lines and


State Farm Insurance Companies


right bottom lines and


Stewart R K & Sons


left bottom lines and


Stout Roy ..


left bottom lines and


Street Paint Co


left bottom lines and


Studio of Child Care


Suburban Homes


right bottom lines and


Suburban Pools .


right bottom lines and


Sunshine Laundry Inc


right side lines and


Taylor's Service


right side lines and


Texaco Inc .


Thompson-Arthur Paving Co


right side lines and


Truck & Trailer Sales Inc


Turpin Electric Co .


United Auto Salvage Co Inc


United Credit Corp


right top cards and


Vaughn's Drive In Restaurant


right top cards and


WHPE


right top cards and


Wachovia Bank & Trust Co, Insurance Department left top lines and


Wagner Tire Service Inc


Warner's Transfer & Storage Co front cover, left side lines, 12 and


Washburn Oil Co . right side lines and


right bottom lines, left and right side lines and Weisner's Sandwich Shop Welborn Allen B Inc


. . . left top lines, tabbed Insert at Street Guide, 114 and


West End Bicycle Shop .


115 24


West End Fuel Company Inc right side lines and 81


White & Wright Realtors . . Whitlark's Flowers and Gifts left side lines and 169 77 Williams Flowers & Gifts 76 134 Wilson Machine Co .. left side lines and Witcher E M Landscaping 125 Wood Geo T & Sons Inc . 74 Wright Frame Works 101 53


Yarborough Jewel I .


left bottom lines and


Yokeley Furniture Co


92


York Henry J .


right bottom lines and 122


Younts E E Inc


back cover, right bottom lines and 48


129 89 23 151 85 24 A 177 85 170 15 148 167 170


132 149 101 59 113 11 172 191 135 35 68 167 122 47 52 143 62 53 180 125 171 177 86 57 189 71 15 131 171 144 155 123 185 140 174 180


front cover and


Vick Paint & Wallpaper Co Inc


left side lines and


Taro's Restaurant


left side lines and


Building Materials in Classified Business Section, 34 and


bottom stencil, left side lines, 166 and


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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 24 to 11 Feet.


Statistical Review


Form of Government-City-manager.


Population-1950 U. S. Census for city proper, 39,973; 1960 estimated 63,000. American-born, 99.5 per cent. Predominating nationality of foreign- born residents, Greek, .5 per cent. Total Negro population 20 per cent.


Area-30.3 square miles.


Altitude-940 feet above sea level.


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


Estimated Assessed Valuation in 1960-$185,000,000, with tax rate of $1.20 per $100 valuation.


Bonded Debt-$8,500,000.


Financial Data-4 banks, with total deposits of $620,000,000 (June 30, 1959), and total resources of $674,613,838 (June 30, 1959). 3 savings and loan associ- ations, with total assets of $23,000,000 (June 30, 1959).


Postal Receipts-$1,103,278.35 (calendar year 1958).


Telephones in Service-26,493.


Churches-137, representing 17 denominations.


Industry-Chief industry of city and surrounding territory is manufacturing. 380 manufacturing establishments, employing 12,789 men and 8,919 women. total 21,708, and paying wages of $70,427,000 annually. Principal manufactured products: Hosiery, textiles, furniture, chemicals, metal products, electronics, etc.


Trade Area-Retail area has radius of 25 miles and population of 375,000; wholesale area, radius of 50 miles, and population of 1,350,000.


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


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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. 17 public schools, including 2 senior high and 2 junior high. 2 parochial schools. Enrollment of pupils in public schools, 10,250, teachers, 407. Value of public school property, $8,900,000.


Public Libraries-2, with total of 52,547 volumes, and Book Mobile with 900 volumes.


City Statistics-Total street mileage, 298, with 196 (est.) miles hard- surfaced. Miles of gas main, 77; sewers, 180. Number of water meters, 13,860; light meters, 15,438; gas meters, 4,466. Capacity of water works (municipal), 15,000,000 gallons; daily average pumpage, 12,000,000 gallons; miles of mains, 152; value of plant, $4,569,697.21. Fire department has 85 men, with 6 stations and 15 pieces of motor equipment. Value of fire department property, $592,- 684.65. Police department has 106 police with 3 stations and 27 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."


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Southern Furniture Exposition Building


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 98 fur- niture factories located here manufacturing a complete line of wooden household furniture including office desks and other equipment.


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Located here are five furniture exhibition buildings for the exhibition of fur- niture, rugs, floor coverings and other household furnishings to the dealer -- the fourteen-story Southern Furniture Exposition Building, the Tomlinson Exhibition 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 house- hold furnishings exhibit their products in this-This Southern Furniture and Rug Market. SFE Building has 14 acres of exhibit space.


Men and Machines at Work in One of 33 Hosiery Mills, with Daily Capacity of 60,000 Dozen Pairs of Hose.


The daily capacity of the 29 hosiery mills of High Point exceeds 60,000 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 98 furniture factories and 29 hosiery mills, there are 253 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.




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