Hill's High Point (Guilford County, N.C.) City Directory [1963], Part 1

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Publication date: 1963
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· Alphabetical directory of business concerns and private citizens


· Complete street and avenue guide, including householders, and occupants of office buildings and other business places


. Numerical telephone directory


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INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX


HILL DIRECTORY COMPANY , publishers of Southeastern Directories (pub- lishers of the High Point City Directory since 1933), presents to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1963 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 authentic information pertaining to the community.


Four Major Departments


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


I. THE BUYERS' GUIDE constitutes the first major department of the Di- rectory, printed on yellow paper. In the first section of this department, grouped under appropriate headings, are included the advertisements and business cards of firms and individuals desiring to make a complete presentation of their prod- ucts or services. Following this is the Classified Business section, which embraces a list of the names and addresses of all business and professional concerns of the community, arranged in alphabetical order under appropriate headings-a catalog of all the activities of the community. The Buyers' Guide represents reference advertising at its best, and merits the attention of all buyers and sellers seeking sources of supply or markets for goods. In a busy and diversified community like High Point, the necessity of having this kind of information up-to-date and always immediately available, is obvious. The Di- rectory is the common intermediary between buyer and seller, and plays an important role in the daily activities of the commercial, industrial and profes- sional 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, and the name, of- ficial personnel, nature and address of each firm and corporation in the com- munity .


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 designation of tenant- owned homes and the listing of telephone numbers.


IV. THE NUMERICAL TELEPHONE DIRECTORY is the fourth major de- partment, printed on blue paper.


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


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INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX


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 Commerce, for free reference by the general public. This is one of more than 1,000 Directory Libraries installed in cities and towns throughout the U. S., Canada and Puerto Rico 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 anadvertising 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


Page


Acme Saw & Tool Co


174


Albertson Auction Co left bottom lines and 5


Alderman Studios Inc right top lines and 141


Allison Knitting Mills Inc


38


Anderson's Drug Store No 2 .


Anderson's West End Drug Store


Anvil Brand Inc right top and left bottom lines and


Archdale Mattress Co 126


Atlantic Insurance & Realty Co 110 and 166


Atlantic Savings & Loan Association


171


Autry F M Plumbing & Heating Co


144


B B S Studios Inc right bottom lines and


142


B & R Builders . right top lines and


B & T Construction Co right bottom lines and


Bailey Bruce A Associates Insurance Agency


Bailey's Flowers & Shrubs right top cards and


right top cards and 155


Beeson Hardware Co Inc


Blackwell Insurance Agency Inc right side lines and


Blossom Shop . .


Bob's Pure Oil Truck & Auto Service


Bolin Roofing Co


Boren Clay Products Co right top cards and


Boyles Insurance Agency Inc The back cover, right bottom lines and


105


Bray Electric Co Inc left side lines and


Bray Electric Motor Repair Co


Brower Oil Co .


Brown Raymond Well Drilling Co


Bryant Electric Co Inc left top lines and


Carolina Auto Glass Co


Carolina Truck & Trailer Sales Inc


191


Carrick Turning Works Inc right side lines, Z and


Causey's Furniture Co Inc


Central Ice & Coal Co


Central Monument Co


City Shoe Repair . right top cards and


left bottom lines and 1.79


City Transfer & Storage Co . . right side lines and


133


City Transit Co of High Point right side lines, 32 and City WeIding Co right side lines, 181 and


36 194 74 25


Coltrane J Wiley Contractor left bottom lines and


50 90


Conrad Donald W Agency


left top lines and 166


Conrad James S Inc .


156


Consolidated Bus Lines Inc


190


Corn Oil Co . back cover, right bottom lines, 80 and


Cornelison's Florist


Countee Radio & Television Service


Cranford Roy T .


139


Craven, Johnson, Pollock Inc left bottom lines and


157


Craver's T V and Appliance


187 149


Crown Printing Co


Cumby Mortuary Inc


front cover, 3 and Curt Manufacturing Co Inc


Darr J L & Son


. left side lines and


Davis Harold C Inc


right side lines and 87


Davis John C Plumbing & Heating Co


right bottom lines and


Davis W A Milling Co Inc


left bottom lines and


Deluxe Saw & Tool Co


Dependable Frame Co


right top cards and


174 99 12


Dillon Auto Parts Inc


72 71 82 195 66 17


Banks Septic Tank Service


115 50 110 77 175


Beard W H Realty Co .


right side lines, 32 and 102 113 78 12 170 26


93 91 79 1.27


Clinard Milling Co Inc left side lines and Coca-Cola Bottling Co of High Point right side lines and


Commercial Finishing Co


135 77 153


Creative Print Shop The


149 86 94 43


51 73


Allred Metal Stamping Works right side lines, Y and 127 62


62 37


tabbed Insert at Name in Alphabetical Section and


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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


Dixie Realty & Insurance Co


Dixon H C .


Dobbins Electric Co


Duke Power Co . .


Duke Refining Corp


Dutch Laundry Inc


Electrical Living Services Inc


right side lines and


English Motor Co Inc .


. right top lines and


English Radio & T V Service Inc


. left top lines and


Farlow John W, Jr


right side lines and


Flex-O-Lators Inc


Floral Garden Park Cemetery


Forrest J Howard Insurance


Fowler R D Motor Lines Inc


. left top lines and


Furniture City Gulf Service


left bottom lines and


Furniture City Motel Inc


G & J Machine Shop Inc


right top cards and


Gallimore J Ray Concrete Finishing Co


Garner Motors .


General Heating Service


General Tire Service Inc


Glenola Frame Works Inc


Go-Forth Exterminators


Gragg J F . front lip margin, right bottom lines and


Gragg Paint Company


left side lines and


Graham J R & Son Inc


Granville Bonded Warehouse


right side lines and


Gray Concrete Pipe Co Inc


Guil-Rand Realty Co . left bottom lines and


Guilford Memorial Park Inc


Guilford Monument Co Inc


H-B Custom Tailors


Haley Transfer & Storage Inc


Hall Printing Co . . .


Harmon Realty Co


Harris Music Co Inc


left side lines and


Harris Realty Co .


Haywood & Rankin Inc


front stencil, right side lines and


Hedgecock Lumber Co Inc


Heilig R L Roofing Co right side lines and


Henderson & Mooney Mfg Co Inc left bottom lines and


Herndon John W Agency


right bottom lines and


High Point Boiler & Tank Co Inc


High Point Broadcasting Co Inc


High Point Canvass Shop Inc .


right side lines and


High Point Chamber of Commerce


High Point Coal & Oil Co


High Point College . right top lines and


High Point Concrete Products


High Point Hardware Co Inc . left top lines and


High Point Laundry Inc left bottom lines, 64 and


Highland Motors Inc left top and right bottom lines and


Hill Directory Company


Hilliard Motor Co


Hilton J C Garage


Hotel Sheraton The


Hunter Air Conditioning & Heating Inc . 2 and Hunter Coal & Oil Co Inc front cover, left side lines, 38 and


A and 104 103 82


Hunter & Co . right top lines and 193


153


Hutchens-Justice Electronics right top cards and


53


Hylton Bill Inc


right bottom lines and


Ilderton Horace G Inc .


Industrial Lithographic Co Inc


148 178 114


Jacobs Tin Shop


Johnson B F Agency Inc left side lines and


150


Johnson Electronics


Jones & Peacock Inc left side lines and


112


right side lines and 59


Julian Tile Co The


Page 158 116 71 149 23 117


back bone, right top cards, 63 and


Ellington's Florist & Greenhouses


left side lines and


. right bottom lines and


.left top lines and 66 75 7 186 113 100 left top lines and 34 111 130 177 left top lines and 128 125 56 13 103 8 96 72 51 138 44 · 131 41 159 33 127 182 132 146 168 134 160 left top lines and 111 28 52 96 114 52 24 151 20 35 79 39 40 102 118 9 61 13 14


Idol-Green Co Realtors


161 167 14


Hutton Joseph E Masonry Contractor left top lines and


front cover, right top cards and


Hester Ralph Building Contractor


right top cards and tabbed Insert at Name in Alphabetical Section and


right side lines and


right side lines and


right top cards and


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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


Karen Inc


Kearns Tent & Awning Co


. back cover, right bottom and side lines, 19 and 101


Kennedy Oil Co Inc back cover, right side lines, 81 and 136


Kennedy's Mobile T V Service . left side lines and 187 125 Kester Machinery Co 97


Kitchen-Queen Inc right side lines, B and


Koonce Funeral Home Inc left top lines, 4 and 88


Koonts Realty Inc . left top lines and Lester's Jewelers


162 115


Linthicum W E & Son Inc


Lowder Supply Co Inc . right side lines and Lyn-Mar Camera Shop . . . . top stencil, tabbed Insert at Name in Alphabetical Section, 42 and 57 29 143 M & Y Garage . 15 98 Madison Frame Co Inc 60 Mail-O-Tronic Inc right top cards and Mangum Concrete Co left bottom lines and 55 Marietta Paint & Color Division of Martin Marietta Corp 92 · Marietta Paint Store left side lines and 137 114 24


Marsh G Reid . right side lines and


Marshall's Beauty Salon


Martin Marietta Corp front cover


15


McEwen Lumber Co Inc


123


Mendenhall Auction Co Inc right top cards and 6


Mendenhall-Moore Realtors


front cover, right top and left bottom lines, 106 and


163


Mickey Printing Co


Midway Seafood Restaurant


Mitchell Septic Tank Service


175 95 164


Monk George Realty Co .


back cover, left side lines and


168 19 2


Myrtie's Shop


195 60


National Bureau of Investigation


Neill Pontiac Inc . right top cards and


17


New Service Laundry Inc left side lines, 64 and 118


New South Service Station left side lines and 177


New York Life Insurance Co right side lines and 114


North Carolina National Bank


front cover, right top and left bottom lines and 21


North State Telephone Co right top and left bottom lines, 184 and


185


Oakview Printing Co right side lines and


149 17


Paramount Furniture Co Inc


91


Payne Truck Sales Inc .


192


Peace's Trailer Court


189 79


Peerless Wood Yard


Perpetual Savings & Loan Association right side lines and


172


Phipps R A & Son . . back cover, right top lines and 45


Piedmont Auto Finance Co


. left side lines and 121 68 and 69 83


Piedmont Savings & Loan Association


front cover, left bottom lines and 173


Piedmont Trailer Repairs Inc


right bottom lines and 190


Powell, Kistler & Co


182


Powers Wire Staple Co Inc


right top cards and


181 180


Purcell Supply Co


3 and


144


Putman J C & Son


53


R & H Insulation Co Inc


Radio Station W M F R Inc right top cards and 152


Rent-A -Car Inc 18 and


191


Reynolds J C, Jr . C and 54


Rhodes Auto Repair


right side lines and 17


Rich's Auto Service


16


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May J Sturgis & Co Inc


Mauldin W F Inc . right top lines and 27


148 169


Monarch Furniture Co Inc


Moore Malcolm G Realtor


Murrow Clyde L .


Odell's Auto Repair


Piedmont Electric Repair Co Inc


Piedmont Petroleum & Fuel Co Inc


Pugh's Sporting Goods Inc


left side lines and Queen Carving Inc


98 58


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Ring-Harris Pharmacy Inc .


Rose Radio & T V Sales & Service


154


Royals Insurance Agency


112


Ruth Machine Service


180 119


Sartin's Cleaners and Launderers left side lines, 65 and


Scottish Bank The . back cover, left top lines, 22 and


120


Sechrest J W & Son Inc back cover, right top lines, 4 and


89


Servisign Company The


left top lines and


Shaver Oil Co . .


Sheppard Motor & Supply Co right top cards


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Sheraton Hotel The . .


right side lines and


Siceloff Oil Co


Simpson Taylor M Co


Sloop Auto Service


right top cards and


Smith J C Remodeling Co


Smith Paul Studio .


left side lines and


Smith's Home Improvement


bottom stencil and


Snow Lumber Co Inc


left side lines, 30 and


Snyder Paper Corp


Southeastern Marble & Tile Co Inc


Southern Motors Inc . left side lines and


Southern Saw & Tool Co Inc


Southern Welding & Machine Co Inc left side lines, 58, 182 and


Southland Factors Corporation right side lines and


Southland Supply Co Inc right bottom lines and


Spivey's Oil Co .


Stanford-Marley Inc left side lines and


right bottom lines and


Stewart R K & Sons


right side lines, 54 and


Street Paint Co


Summey Plumbing Co


Tar Heel Paving Co Inc


Taro's Restaurant


Teague R A Pump Co


Texaco Inc .


.right bottom lines and


Turpin Electric Co front cover, right side lines and


Underwood G W Paving & Grading Inc


United Auto Salvage Co Inc


United Cab Associates Inc


left bottom lines, 54 and


Vick Paint & Wallpaper Co Inc left side lines and


Viking Sprinkler Co


W H P E Radio Station front cover, right top cards and


W MR F Radio Station left top cards and


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


right side lines, 11 and


Warner's Transfer and Storage Co


Warrell's Archie Garage


Washburn Oil Co


Welborn Allen B Inc


left top lines, tabbed Insert at Street Guide, 108 and


109


Wheeler L F & Son Inc


right top cards and 48


White Murray M Inc


right bottom lines and


113


White & Wright Realtors


. left side lines and


168 78 76


Williams Flowers & Gifts


left side lines and


124


Wilson Machine Co .


left side lines and


116


Witcher E M Landscaping


90


Wood-Armfield Furniture Co Inc


74


Wood Geo T & Sons Inc


126


Wright Frame Works


36


Wright-Womble-Pitts Inc


91


Yokeley Furniture Co


right bottom lines and Younts E E Inc


49


104 129 84 169 18 59 143 46 165 122 100 60 10 189 194 121 31 84 167 47 138 145 59 170 2 85 129 70 140 16


Town House Motel .


Varner Electric Inc


right side lines and


left side lines and 183 71 139 180 151 152


Wagner Tire Service Inc


114 188 133 18 176


Whitlark's Flowers & Gifts


left side lines and


62


147 83


Sheraton Motor Inn & Restaurant


Smithdeal Curtis Inc


HIGH POINT


AN INDUSTRIAL CENTER, WHERE IT IS ALSO A PLEASURE TO LIVE


"HIGH POINT, AN ALL-AMERICAN CITY OF 1963"


(Courtesy High Point Chamber of Commerce)


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Aerial View of High Point


Statistical Review


Form of Government-Council-Manager.


Population-1960 U. S. Census for city proper, 62,063 (1963 estimated 63,900). American-born, 99.5 per cent. Predominating nationality of foreign- born residents, Greek, .5 per cent. Total Negro population, 18.0 per cent. Area -- 30.3 square miles.


Altitude-940 feet above sea level.


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


Assessed Valuation for 1962, $215,392,844 with $1.20 per $100 tax rate. Bonded Debt-$13,644,000.


Financial Data-5 banks with total deposits of $75 million (Dec. 31, 1962) and total resources of $85 million (Dec. 31, 1962). 3 savings and loan associa- tions with total assets of $39,000,000.


Postal Receipts-$1,369,229.54 (Calendar year 1962).


Telephones in Service-31,250. Exchange area coverage 290 square miles; 86 PBX systems; 289 toll circuits providing nationwide and overseas long distance service.


Value Building Permits-$9,499,700 (1962).


Churches-137, representing 17 denominations.


Industry-Chief industry of city and surrounding territory is manufacturing.


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420 manufacturing establishments employing 12,600 men and 8,400 women, total 21,000 and paying wages of $70,000,000 annually. Principal manufactured prod- ucts: Hosiery, textiles, furniture, chemicals, metal products, electronics, etc.


Trade Area-Retail area has radius of 25 miles and population of 450,000; 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-14, with total of 429 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.


Airlines-Eastern Airlines, Piedmont Airlines and United 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. Golf Courses-3.


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, 282.29 with 191.01 miles hard surfaced. Miles of gas mains, 91; sewers, 255; number of water meters, 16,088; light meters, 16,254; gas meters, 6,369. Capacity of water works (municipal), 12,000,000 gallons; filtered water storage, 13,000,000 gallons; daily average pumpage capacity, 7,000,000 gallons; and capacity of sewage treatment plants, 12,000,000 gallons daily; miles of mains, 195; value of water and sewer plants, $6,000,000. Fire department has 97 men with six stations and 1 new station under construction, and 17 pieces of motor equipment. Value of fire department property, $535,500.00. Police department has 93 police with 1 station and 27 pieces of motor equipment. Police department has 3 meter checkers, 5 clerks and 17 school crossing guards.


Origin of Name


High Point was originally on the Indian Trail extending from the sea-shore to the mountains.


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


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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 100 furniture factories located here manufacturinga complete line of wooden house - hold furniture including office desks and other equipment.


Located here are six furniture exhibition buildings for the exhibition of furni - ture, 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 Mar- tins ville, New South Furniture Building and the Manufacturers Furniture Market, with combined floor space of 619,920 square feet. Over 555 manufacturers of household furnishings exhibit their products in this-This Southern Furniture and Rug Market, SFE Building has 23 acres of exhibit space.


The daily capacity of the 30 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 290 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, 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 tex- tile oil specialties, paper boxes, corrugated shipping containers, television cabinets, textile spools, polyether foam, electronics, tools and dies, etc.




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