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HILL'S HIGH POINT (GUILFORD COUNTY, N. C.) CITY DIRECTORY 1961
NCLUDING 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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PUBLISHERS NOTE
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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 1961 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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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
PAGE NUMBERS LISTED BELOW REFER TO THE YELLOW PAGES
Page
Acme Office Machine Co
tabbed Insert at Name in Alphabetical Section and
134
Acme Saw & Tool Co left side lines and 174
Albertson Auction Co left bottom lines and 4
Alderman Studios Inc left side lines and 140
Allied Roofing & Metal Works right bottom lines and 55
Allred Metal Stamping Works
right side lines, Y and
Alman-Bass Furniture Co
front cover, left side lines, 91 and
135
Anderson's Drug Store No 2
60 60
Anderson's West End Drug Store
Anvil Brand Inc
right top lines and
Archdale Guttering
left bottom lines, 44 and
Archdale Mattress Co
Armfield Furniture Co
Art Chair Incorporated
right top cards and
Astra Brake Shop
Atlantic Insurance & Realty Co .
112 and 166
Atlantic Savings & Loan Association tabbed Insert at Name in Alphabetical Section and
Auto Electric Service Co
Autry F M Plumbing & Heating Co
B & W Aluminum Products Co
left bottom lines and
Bailey's Flowers & Shrubs
Bargain Furniture Co Inc
Beeson Hardware Co Inc.
right side lines and
Bell & Wood Insurance Agency Inc right top cards and
Blackwell Insurance Agency Inc
Blossom Shop .
Bodie's Tire Service 13 and
Bolin Roofing Co .
Boren Clay Products Co
left top lines and
Bowman Oil Co
Bryant Electric Co Inc right bottom lines and
Bullard N Kelly 99 and
Cagle & Wallace Contractors Inc left side lines and
Carrick Turning Works Inc right side lines, Z and
Cash Wayne E right side lines and
Cashatt C A
Central Ice & Coal Co left top lines and
Central Monument Co left top cards and
Central Savings Bank . . front cover, left top and right bottom lines and 18 Chick's Automatic Transmission Service right side lines and City Transfer & Storage Co right side lines and City Transit Co . 31 and City Welding Co right side lines, 180 and Clinard Milling Co Inc 9 190 35 .left side lines and Clover Hill Farms Insert at Name in Alphabetical Section and 194 69 Coca-Cola Bottling Co of High Point left side lines and 57 College Village Service 23 176 Commercial Finishing Co 89 156
Conrad Donald W Agency
left top lines and
Conrad James S Inc
. tabbed Insert at Real Estate in Classified Business Section and Consolidated Bus Lines Inc
157 191
Consolidated Credit Corporation
right top cards
Corn Oil Co .
Cornelison's Florist
Country Furniture Co .
right side lines and back cover, 3 and 89 186
Cravers T V and Appliance
147
Cumby Mortuary Inc
right bottom lines and
84
Cunningham Brick Co right bottom lines and 25
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128 87 American-Marietta Co, Marietta Paint & Color Co Division
36 179 127 88 93 9
172 13
143 31 73 88 101 112 116 75 190 171 24 83 65 193 44 92 143 45 104 128
right bottom lines and 78 73
Creative Print Shop The
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Page
Curt Manufacturing Co Inc
93
Darr J L & Son .
left side lines and 40
Davis Harold C Inc . right side lines
Davis John C Plumbing & Heating Co right bottom lines and 55
Davis W A Milling Co Inc
right side lines and 68 10
Dillon Auto Parts Inc
Dixie Auto Trim Shop 13 and
Dixie Realty & Insurance Co
left bottom lines and
Dobbins Electric Co
Doss Broadcasting of N C Inc back lip margin, right top lines and
Duke Power Co .
Dutch Laundry Inc
backbone, right top cards, 61 and
Earl's Grill .
101 and
Eaton Building & Repairing .
Ellington's Florist & Greenhouses right side lines and
6
English Radio & Television Service
left side lines and
Farlow John W Jr
right top cards, 23 and
Flex-O-Lators Inc
Floral Garden Park Cemetery
left top lines and
Fowler R D Motor Lines Inc
left top lines and
Furniture City Gulf Service
left top lines and
Furniture Illustrators
Garner Motors
George's Mobile T V Service
left side lines and
Glenola Frame Works Inc .
94 53
Gragg J F .
front lip margin, right bottom lines and
right bottom lines and
Graham J R & Son Inc
back cover, left bottom lines and
Granville Bonded Warehouse
Gray-Art Flower Shop
Gray Concrete Pipe Co Inc
right side lines and
32 159
Harmon Realty Co
left side lines and
Harris Music Co Inc
Harris Realty Co left top and right bottom lines and
Haywood Woodroe F.
front stencil, right side lines and
26 76
Hedrick Coal & Oil Co .
right top cards and
Heilig Robert L . right side lines and 46 Henderson & Mooney Mfg Co Inc 95 Herndon John W Agency left top lines and 14 and Hertz Rent-A-Car Inc 113 191 46
Hester Ralph Building Contractor left bottom lines and
Hickory Springs Manufacturing Co Inc High Point Boiler & Tank Co Inc left side lines and
97 22
High Point Broadcasting Co Inc High Point Canvas Shop
right top cards and
151
High Point Chamber of Commerce
16 34
High Point College
right top cards and 37 98
High Point Hardware Co Inc . right top cards and
102
High Point Laundry Inc
left bottom lines, 64 and
123 98
High Point Office Equipment Co left top cards and 133
High Point Savings & Trust Co front cover, left top lines, 19 and 106
High Point, Thomasville & Denton Railroad Co
. . left and right top lines, tabbed Insert at Name in Alphabetical Section,
.. 154 and 155
Highland Motors Inc
left top and bottom lines and
7
Hill Directory Co Inc
59
Holiday Motors of High Point Inc
8
Hotel Sheraton The
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Howell C C & Sons right bottom lines and 54
Howell Termite Control right bottom lines and 139
Huffman Paint & Wallpaper Co
left top cards and 136
131 74 39
Guilford Memorial Park Inc
Guil-Rand Realty Co . right bottom lines and
H & H Upholstering Co Inc left bottom side lines and
94 146 169
Hall Printing Company front cover, left top lines, 124 and
132 160
113
Gragg Paint Company
left bottom lines and . . left side lines and 71 54 138 41
Glover Bob Grading Contractor
Grace Flower Shop Inc
97 33 130 177 129
English Motor Co Inc . . right top lines and
175 158 67 150 148 119
182 45 74
187 116
Furniture City Motel Inc
141 10 188
Hedgecock Lumber Co Inc
right side lines and
High Point Cotton Batting Co
left side lines and
High Point Mattress Co
left side lines and
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Hunter Air Conditioning & Heating . 2, 87 and 103
Hunter Coal & Oil Co Inc . front cover, left side lines and 83 Hutchens-Justice Electronics 151
Hylton Bill Inc left top lines and 161
Idol-Green Co Realtors right bottom lines and 166 146
Industrial Lithographic Co Inc
Johnson B F Agency Inc .
left side lines and
117
Johnson Street Treasure House Nursery School and Kindergarten
Jones & Peacock Inc
Julian Co The .
right side lines and
K & L Floor Covering
right side lines and
Kearns Tent & Awning Co
. back cover, left bottom lines, 17 and
Kennedy Oil Co Inc
. back cover, right side lines and
Kerr Oil Co . right bottom lines and
Kester Machinery Co right side lines, B and
Kirkman's Airport Transportation ribbon book mark and 15 Koonce Funeral Home Inc . left top lines, 2 and 85 Koonts Realty Inc . right top and left bottom lines and 162 13
Lackey Motors
Lamb's Heating Co
left side lines and
Linthicum W E & Son Inc
tabbed Insert at Name in Alphabetical Section, 38 and
Lowder Supply Co Inc
right side lines and
Lyn-Mar Camera Shop
Madison Frame Co Inc
Malpass Realty Co .
Mangum Concrete Co
right side lines and
Marsh G Reid .
right side lines and 117
Marshall's Beauty Salon
Mauldin W F Inc
left side lines and
right top cards and
21 11 35 5
Mickey Printing Co
Midway Seafood Restaurant left side lines and
Mitchell L T right side lines and
114
Mitchell Septic Tank Service ,left bottom lines and
Moore Malcolm G Realtor right side lines and
Murrow Clyde L . right top cards and
National Bureau of Investigation
National Upholstery Co
Neal's Auto Service
Nelson Florist & Decorator Inc
New Service Laundry Inc left side lines, 62 and
No-Name Tavern .
North Carolina National Bank . back cover, right top lines and
North State Telephone Co right top and left bottom lines, 184 and
Oakview Printing Co
right side lines and
Old Master Stain Co Inc .
Parham-Darr Construction Co Inc
Parks Garage
Payne Truck Sales Inc
Peace's Trailer Court
Peatross William T Inc
.right top cards and
Peerless Wood Yard .
right side lines and
Piedmont Auto Finance Co
. left side lines and
Piedmont Electric Repair Co Inc
right side lines and
67 108 81
Piedmont Petroleum & Fuel Co Inc
Piedmont Savings & Loan Assn
174 181
Purcell Supply Co
144
Putman J C & Son
left bottom lines and
47 32
Quality Cafe & Catering Service
right side lines and
175 96
R & H Insulation Co Inc
53
Radio Station W M F R Inc
right top cards and 149
190 47 76 173
Perpetual Savings & Loan Assn Phipps R A & Son ..
back cover, right top cards and 42 125
Piedmont Insurance & Realty Co
right top lines and
Pierce Aluminum Specialties
right side lines and
2 and Quality Saw Shop
Queen Carving Inc
50 27 142 96 167 49
L & C All The Way Garage
14 and 193 102
. top stencil,
Mendenhall Auction Co Inc Mendenhall-Moore Realtors . front cover, right top and bottom lines, 107 and 163 147 169
176 167 191 58 95 12 75 120
170 20 185 148 137 48 14 192
Men's Den The
58 114 56 70 100 79 81 127
left side lines and
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Radio Station W NOS
Reed Supply Co .
left and right side lines, 28 and
Reynolds J C Jr . left bottom lines, C and
Rogers Insurance Agency Inc
right top cards and
Royals Insurance Agency
Sam's Welding Service
Sartin's Cleaners and Launders Sechrest J W & Son Inc
front cover, left side lines, 63 and back cover, right top lines, 3 and
Servisign Co The
Shaver Oil Co .
right top cards and
Sheppard Motor & Supply Co
right top cards and
Sheraton Hotel The .
Shore Joe Service Station
Siceloff Oil Co .
Simpson Taylor M Co
Sloop Auto Service
Smith Clayton
Smithdeal Curtis Inc . bottom stencil, left side lines, 164 and
Snipes Radio & T V Service
Snow Lumber Co Inc .
left and right side lines, 29 and
Snow Studio & Camera Shop
Snyder Paper Corp
South Main Launderette
. left side lines and
Southeastern Marble & Tile Co Inc
Southern Motors Inc .
left side lines and
Southern Salcs and Service
Southern Saw & Cutter Co Inc
Southern Welding & Machine Co Inc
left side lines, 51, 180 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
Sunshine Laundry Inc
right side lines and
Tar Heel Paving Co Inc
Taro's Restaurant
Taylor's Service
right side lines and
10-A Crown Service Station
Texaco Inc
Truck & Trailer Sales Inc
Turpin Electric Co .
Underwood G W Grading Contractor
front cover, right side lines and left top cards and
United Credit Corp
left bottom lines and
Vick Paint & Wallpaper Co Inc
. left side lines and
Viking Sprinkler Co . .
right side lines and
Village Paint Center Inc
W H P E Radio Station .
right top cards and
Wachovia Bank & Trust Co, Insurance Department,
left top lines and
Wagner Tire Service Inc
tabbed Insert at Name in Alphabetical Section and
189
132
Weisner's Sandwich Shop
Welborn Allen B Inc . tabbed Insert at Street Guide, 110 and
West End Fuel Company Inc
White & Wright Realtors
Whitlark's Flowers and Gifts
Williams Flowers & Gifts .
Wood-Armfield Furniture Co Inc left side lines and
Wood Geo T & Sons Inc
Wright Frame Works
99
Yokeley Furniture Co
90
York Henry J .
116
Younts E E Inc
back cover, right bottom lines, 43 and 105
121 86 145 80 124 21 A 177 82 169 14 118 168 152 126 141 98 122 56 12 142 175 194 30 64 168 117 123 54 170 178 178 82 192 66 52
Shaw's Letter Shop .
left top lines and
Page 150 31 48 115 115 195
back lip margin, right top lines and
Varner Electric Inc
right top cards and 125 67 138 179 139 151 117
Warner's Transfer & Storage Co . . right side lines and Washburn Oil Co .... Insert at Service Stations in Yellow Page Section Watson & Setliff Realty Co Inc right top cards and 165 182 111 77 right side lines and left side lines and 168 75 72 90 69
HIGH POINT
AN INDUSTRIAL CENTER, WHERE IT IS ALSO A PLEASURE TO LIVE
(Courtesy High Point Chamber of Commerce)
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Aerial View of High Point.
Statistical Review
Form of Government-Council-Manager.
Population-1961 U. S. Census for city proper, 62,063 (1961). American- born, 99.5 per cent. Predominating nationality of foreign-born residents, Greek, .5 per cent. Total Negro population, 19.7 per cent.
Area-30.3 square miles.
Altitude-940 feet above sca level.
Climate- Mean annual temperature, 58 degrees F .; average annual rain- fall, 47.17 inches.
Estimated Assessed Valuation for 1961, $207,500,000. Assessed Valuation, $200,066,056 with $1.20 per $100 tax rate (Dec. 31, 1960). Bonded Debt-$8,145,000.
Financial Data-4 banks, with total deposits of $1,018,867,657 (Dec. 31, 1960), and total resources of $1,169,862,389 (Dec. 31, 1960). 3 savings and loan associations, with total assets of $30,198,318 (Dec. 31, 1960).
Postal Receipts-$1,316,549.23 (Calendar year 1960).
Telephones in Service-27,000.
Churches-137, representing 17 denominations.
Industry-Chief industry of city and surrounding territory is manufacturing. 410 manufacturing establishments, employing 9,450 men and 11,550 women, total 21,000, and paying wages of $68,129,136 annually. Principal manufactured products: Hosiery, textiles, furniture, chemicals, metal products, electronics, etc.
Trade Area-Retail area has radius of 25 miles and population of 415,000; wholesale area, radius of 50 miles, and population of 1,350,000.
Newspapers-1, daily and Sunday.
Broadcasting Stations-WMFR, WHPE and WNOS.
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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. Interstate 85 and 40.
Air Lines-Eastern Airlines, Capital Airlines and Piedmont Airlines.
Airports-3 (1 commercial and 2 private for small planes).
Amusements-Largest auditorium in city (school) seats 1,300, next 1,000 persons. 3 moving-picture theatres, with total seating capacity of 5,000 persons. 3 golf courses.
Hospitals-1, with 240 beds.
Public Libraries-2, with total of 60,000 volumes, and Book Mobile with 1,000 volumes.
City Statistics-Total street mileage, 285 with 181 miles hard surfaced. Miles of gas mains, 76; sewers, 190; number of water meters, 14,260; light meters, 15,870; gas meters, 5,573. Capacity of water works (municipal), 12,- 000,000 gallons; daily average pumpage, 15,000,000 gallons; miles of mains, 160; value of water and sewer plants, $6,000,000. Fire department has 87 men, with 6 stations and 16 pieces of motor equipment. Value of fire department property, $535,500.00. Police department has 92 police with 1 station and 26 pieces of motor equipment. Police department has 3 meter checkers, 5 clerks, and 17 school crossing guards.
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."
Southern Furniture Exposition Building
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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.
Located here are 6 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 Exhibi- tion Building, the Merchandise Mart, the Southeastern American Furniture of Martensville, New South Furniture Building and the Manufacturers Furniture Market, with combined floor space of 619,920 square feet. Over 555 manufac- turers of household furnishings exhibit their products in this-This Southern Furniture and Rug Market. SFE Building has 14 acres of exhibit space.
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 100 furniture factories and 30 hosiery mills, there are 280 other diversified manu- facturing plants. Among these are plants manufacturing: Overalls, work shirts, men's summer clothing, mattresses, box springs, pillows, veneers, plywoods, fibre glass boats, art glass, paints, enamels, varnishes, lacquers, sealers, stains, fillers, undercoats and reducers, bobbin heads, shuttle blocks, building material, mirrors, glass furniture and novelties, toys, hosiery transfers, em- bossers' labels and seals, silk and rayon weaving, hosiery and underwear yarns, dyes, chemicals and textile oil specialties, paper boxes, corrugated shipping containers, television cabinets, textile spools, polyether foam, elec- tronics, etc.
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