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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
YELLOW PAGES
With a Special ADVERTISING SECTION and a Complete CLASSIFIED LIST
FOR CONTENTS SEE INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX
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The publishers cannot and do not guarantee the correctness of all information furnished them nor the complete absence of errors or omissions, hence no responsibility for same can be or is assumed.
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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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The High Point Out-of-Town City Directory Library
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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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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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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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