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HILL'S KANNAPOLIS (CABARRUS COUNTY, N. C.) CITY DIRECTORY
1953
Including China Grove and Landis
Containing an Alphabetical Directory of Business Concerns and Private Citizens, a Directory of Householders, Occupants of Office Buildings and Other Business Places, Including a Complete Street and Avenue Guide, a Numerical Telephone Directory, also a
BUYERS' GUIDE
and a Complete
Classified Business Directory FOR CONTENTS SEE INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX ON PAGE III
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INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX
HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., publishers of Southeastern Directories, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1953 edition of the Kannapolis City Directory, which also includes China Grove and Landis.
Confidence in the growth of Kannapolis' industry, population and wealth, and in the advancement of its civic and social activities, will be main- tained as sections of this Directory are consulted, for the Directory is a mirror truly reflecting Kannapolis to the world.
The enviable position occupied by HILL'S Directories in the estima- tion of the public, has been established by rendering the best in Directory service. With an unrivaled organization, and having had the courteous and hearty cooperation of the business and professional men and residents, the publishers feel that the result of their labors will meet with the ap- proval of every user, and that the Kannapolis Directory will fulfill its mission as a source of authentic information pertaining to the community.
Five Major Departments (Each department beginning with Page 1)
The five major departments are arranged in the following order :-
I. THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and business and professional concerns is the first 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 Kannapolis and vicinity, and the name, official personnel, nature and address of each firm and corporation.
II. THE BUYERS' GUIDE, the second major department, printed on goldenrod paper, contains the advertisements of leading manufacturing, business and professional interests of Kannapolis and vicinity. The adver- tisements, are indexed under headings descriptive of the business rep- resented. This is reference advertising at its best, and merits a survey by all buyers eager to familiarize themselves with sources of supply. In a progressive community like Kannapolis, the necessity of having this kind of information immediately available, is obvious. General apprecia- tion of this fact is evidenced by the many reference users of this City Directory service.
III. THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is the third major de- partment, printed on yellow paper. This department lists the names of all business and professional concerns in alphabetical order under appro- priate headings. This feature constitutes an invaluable and indispensable catalog of the numerous interests of the community. The Directory is the common intermediary between buyer and seller. As such it plays an important part in the daily activities of the commercial and professional world. More buyers and sellers meet through the Classified Business Directory than through any other mediun ..
IV. THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, on pink paper, is the fourth major department. In this section the numbered streets are arranged in numerical order, fol- lowed by the named streets in alphabetical order; the numbers of the resi- dences 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
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INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX
at their respective crossing points on each street. Special features of this section are the designation of tenant-owned homes and the listing of tele- phone numbers.
V. THE NUMERICAL TELEPHONE DIRECTORY, on blue paper, is the fifth major department.
Community Publicity
The Directory reflects the achievements and ambitions of the com- munity, 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 Kannapolis and vicinity. There are more than 600 of these Directory Libraries, installed and maintained in the chief cities of the U. S. and Canada through the courtesy of members of the Association of North American Directory Publishers, under whose super - vision the system is operated and of which the Hill Directory Co. is a member.
The publishers appreciatively acknowledge the recognition by those progressive business and professional men who have demonstrated their confidence in the City Directory as an advertising medium, with the assur- ance that it will bring a commensurate return.
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION. THE YELLOW PAGES
Page
A & J Concrete Co. . . left center lines and 45
Aetna Loan & Finance Co.
right center lines and 132
Atomic Oil Co . . right top lines and
81
Austin's Insurance Agency.
right side lines and
121
Auto Finance Co . . left top lines and
133
Auto Sales Co.
21 170
B & B Shoe Shop
left side lines and
34
Barnhardt Bruce T.
.left center lines and
69
Barr Sand & Stone Yard .
left side lines and
165
Barringer's Esso Service Center .
right bottom lines and
101 5
Beaver Lumber & Supply Co. left side lines and
36
Belk's Department Store . left top lines and Bell Cafe .
54 164 57 142
Big Tree Chinchilla Ranch
Bob & Chick 82 and
106
Brook's Novelty & Gift Shop
right center lines and
104 109 168 175 115
C & D Supply Co . . left side lines and 35 Cabarrus Bank & Trust Co. front cover, right top lines and 28 52
Cabarrus Creamery Co Inc . right side lines and
Cabarrus Ice & Fuel Co . left top lines and
44 19
Caldwell Furniture Shoppe
Cannon's Service Station . left bottom lines and
Can-Tex Service Station
Center Motor Court. right bottom lines and
156
Centerview Service Station
100
Centerview Sundries .
171
Centerview Taxi .
172
Central Distributing Co . Tabbed Insert at Numerical Telephone Section
74
Central Service Station
19
Childress Bros Home Furnishing Co left bottom lines and
91
China Grove Furniture Co
97
China Grove Hardware Co left bottom lines and 110
China Grove Ice & Fuel Co . 82 and
117
China Grove Plumbing & Heating Co .
149
Chuck's Cleaners
65
City Tin Shop
114
Colonial Finance Co
134
Colonial Frozen Foods of Kannapolis Inc
left bottom lines and
81
Concord Perpetual Building & Loan Assn
. back cover, right top lines and 32
Corriher's Servicenter right side lines and 103
Cox Motor Co Inc. . . . front lip margin, right top lines, A and Critz-Taylor Plumbing & Heating Contractors .
7
right side lines and
150
Bost Service & Grocery
Brown-Dexter Co Inc
Brown-Massey Co.
Brown-Smoot Typewriter Co
Brumley-Funderburk Furniture Co
right side lines, 87 and
Cabarrus Motor Supply . right center lines and
96 6 101 140
Centerview Radio & Television Service
Central Rewinding Co .
Chicken Boxette . right center lines and 163
B & W Supply Co.
Beasley-Cross Chevrolet Co. . front cover, right side lines and
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
Page
D & B Grocery
D & R Furniture House
96
Daily Independent The .
right top lines and 141 X
Davis Furniture Co Inc
88
Dellinger Auto Sales
21
Dixie Cleaners
Dove Bill Motor Co back lip margin, left side lines and
Duke Power Co.
Durham B Elwood Real Estate . . . top stencil, left top lines and
Dwiggins J V Jewelers left bottom lines and 126
Easy Loan & Finance Co. left bottom lines and 134
Economy Finance Co Inc . left top lines and
Efird R M Building Supply Co. . back cover, left bottom lines and
137 36 158
Efird R M Contractor . . . back cover, left bottom lines, 47 and Efird's Department Store. . back cover, right bottom lines and 55 Evans College of Commerce right bottom lines and 38 27
Firestone Home & Auto Supplies .
Flower Shop The front cover, right top lines and
right center lines, Insert at Name in Alphabetical Section and Foil's Inc .
128
Friendly Finance Co
Gables Inc
right side lines.and
Gaddy Bros
front cover, right top lines and
Gem Automatic Gas Co Inc
left side lines and
Glass Shop The .
left center lines and
Goodman & Fite Refrigeration
left bottom lines and
Graham Earl Studios .
left top lines and
Grant Motor Co. backbone, left side lines, 8 and
Green's Body Shop
right bottom lines and
Haney & Holbrook Inc.
Hardiman's Inc
Hardin Shell Service
left bottom lines and
Hill's Clothing Store
. left side lines and
41 84
Hinson Foy Radio Service
.right center lines and
155 157
Holbrook's Radio & Television Service . . right bottom lines and Home Building & Loan Association
33 38
Horton Rosie Bulldozer Service
Howard Electric Company
70
Ideal Electric Company .
right center lines and
71
Ideal Motor Co
left center lines and
22
Independent Coal Co.
right side lines, 44 and
84 12 107 158
Jackson Park Radio & T V Service.
left bottom lines and
Jewel Shoppe Inc The
. left top lines and
123
Joe's Sandwich Shop
left bottom lines and
Johnston's Furniture Co .
right side lines and
Kakie's Cities Service Center
Kannapolis Construction Co.
left center lines and
Kannapolis Florist. left top lines and
79
Kannapolis Furniture Co right center lines and 93
Kannapolis Ice & Fuel Co.
. bottom stencil, left center lines, 43 and
83
Kannapolis Laundry
131
50
Kannapolis Merchants Association Inc left side lines and Kannapolis Plumbing & Electric Co.
147
135 40 151 99 4 162 37 144 9 10 11 138 97 22
Goodman Lumber Co Inc.
Gregory H J Motor Co.
Hill's Funeral Home
Home Heating Co The . tabbed insert at Streets
Jackson A P Motor Co
left bottom lines and
Jackson Park Grocery .
166 92 23 48 59
Kannapolis Drug Co.
107
Dalrymple Lumber Co
66 Z 68 159
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Page
Kannapolis Real Estate Agency
160
Kannapolis Store Company . right center lines and 111
Kannapolis Taxi Cab .
174
Keene John R General Contractor
46
Keever's Studio
145
Kluttz Lee Piano Co.
146
Kluttz School of Dancing . left center lines and
53
Knight & Deal Upholstery
23
Lady's Funeral Home. front cover, right side lines and
85
Landis Curb Market .
50
Landis Plumbing Co Inc.
left side lines, B and
117
Lee's Tin Shop
left side lines and
169
Leonard W H Jr Jewelers
left top lines and
124
Linoleum Shop The .
76
Loflin's of China Grove
left side lines and
122
Lois' School of Dance .
left side lines and
Y
Lowe's Center Shell Service
Lowery Furniture Co . left bottom lines and
Lowrance Implement Co Inc .
right side lines and
145
Magneto & Electric Service
. left center lines and
13
Margaret's Grocery
108
Martin Drug Co.
59
Martin's Iron & Metal Co
129
Maxwell Brothers Furniture Co
89
Merchants & Farmers Bank
30
Midway Motors
14
Midway Taxicabs
right side lines and 173
171
Mills Florist. left center lines and
78
Miss Deb's .
42
Modern Finance Corp
right side lines and
135 20
Mull Bill Furniture & Appliance Co
right bottom lines and 116
Mullinax Insurance Agency Inc .
front cover, left center lines and
118
Murray's . left side lines and
C
Myers Bootery right bottom lines and
170
Nu-Brite Cleaners .
60
OK Floor Covering Co. right side lines and
77 119
Odell W C Insurance Agency
80
P X Grocery & Grill . right bottom lines, 106 and
164
Parker-Davis Tire Co . left top lines and 15
148
Penney J C Co Inc
left center lines and
56
Peoples Electric Co .
right side lines and
167 108
Petrea M N & Sons .
right side lines and
61
Pig N' Pit Bar-B-Cue
31
Plaza Jewelry Co .
127
Price Furniture Co .
98
Radio Station W G T L
back cover, right side lines and
2
Ramsey's Produce . left bottom lines and Raper Bros .
154
153
136
112
Reliable Finance Co right side lines and Ritchie Hardware Co Inc .. right top lines, left bottom lines and Ritchie J Nestor. .
121
24 98 74
Ludwig's Studio
McManus Curtis F. front cover, right top lines and
143
Motor Parts Service Co.
Parker's A B Plumbing Shop .
Parker's Motel .
left side lines and 139
67
Perkins S D Septic Tank Contractor
Phillips Electric Service
72
Piedmont Cleaners .
left top lines and Outen Florist
Miller Archie Sign Service .
148
Lee R B General Insurance
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Page
Roberts Ray R.
. right bottom lines and 120
Rogers Upholstery
176
Ross Laundry Inc . right center lines and 130
Rowan County Building & Loan Association The .
33
Rowan Dairy Inc. . tabbed insert at name in Alphabetical Section Russell Lewis E .
49
Russell's Gulf Service .
25
Salisbury Lumber & Supply Co
Scottish Bank The .
Sealtest Dairy Products
Sechler Service Station
Security Bank & Trust Co.
right top lines and
Service Oil Co
25 and
29 83 161 105
Sloop E A & Co back cover, right center lines and 58
Sprott-Elliott Furniture Co
. right top lines and 95
Sunshine Cleaners
66 and
Taylor's Hatchery
right bottom lines, 75 and
113
Thompson & Nance Garage
26
Towel City Furniture Co.
. right side lines and
26 84 145
Tysinger Hal Studio
U-Needa Cleaners . front cover, left bottom lines and
63
Watkins Building Materials Co
left side lines and
102
Wensil L R Co right center lines and
152
Western Auto Associate Store
back cover, right center lines and
16
White Hill Electric Co.
back cover, right bottom lines and
73
White J Henry
49
White Top Cabs
174
Whitley W H & Sons Inc
front stencil, left
86
Widenhouse Service Inc left center lines and
125
Widenhouse Tire & Recap Store
. right center lines and 17 127
Williams Printing Co.
right side lines, 142 and
154
Wrenn's Cleaners
64
Wyke & Gulledge Cabinet Shop
39
Yoos H R Motor Co Inc. back cover, right side lines and 18
.
side lines, tabbed insert at name in Alphabetical Section, 3 and Whitmire-Falls Inc
right bottom lines and 99
Willeford's Jewelers
right top lines and 90 175
Towel City Theatres Inc.
Towel City Welding & Radiator Works . right side lines, 44 and
Triece's Independent Coal Co.
left center lines and 62 65 131
Sunshine Laundry & Cleaners
30 51 102
Sills N B-Real Estate right center lines and
Smith F L Drug Co Inc .
Rustin Furniture Co The . left center lines and 94 138
Star Dry Cleaners .
37
Weant's Texaco Service
KANNAPOLIS
"THE TOWEL CITY"
(Courtesy City Editor, Daily Independent)
Statistical Review
Population-28, 443 (1950 U. S. Census).
Area-30 square miles (estimated). Boundaries are arbitrary, not official.
Altitude-803 feet above sea level.
Financial Data-Cabarrus Bank & Trust Co., with deposits of $26, - 298, 784 (Dec. 31, 1952), and resources of $29, 218, 112 (Dec. 31, 1952). Security Bank & Trust Co., with deposits of $8, 768, 739 (Dec. 31, 1952), and resources of $9, 536, 490 (Dec. 31, 1952).
Postal Receipts-$155, 000 (1950).
Churches-50, representing 20 denominations.
Industry-Cotton textile manufacturing. Principal manufactured prod- ucts: Towels, sheets, pillowcases and other household textiles.
Newspapers-1 daily and Sunday.
Railroads-Southern Railway.
Highways-U. S. 29 and 29-A.
Airports-2.
Amusements-Largest auditorium in city (theatre) seats 1,100. 6 mov- ing-picture theatres, with total seating capacity of 4, 200. 1 golf course near city.
Hospitals-Cabarrus Memorial Hospital, between Kannapolis and Con- cord, serves this area.
Education-9 public schools, including 1 senior high. Number of pupils in public schools, 5, 364; teachers, 179.
Public Libraries-1, with 9, 389 volumes.
General Review
Astride the Cabarrus-Rowan county line, Kannapolis is thirty miles north of Charlotte. U. S. Highway 29 runs a few blocks east of the prin- cipal business district, while 29-A is the town's main street.
There are ample transportation facilities. The New York-New Orleans line of the Southern Railway and Carolina Coach-National Trailways buses serve Kannapolis.
The Post Office Department estimates the present population to be 35, 000, while the 1950 U. S. Census figure was 28, 448.
Kannapolis' 340 retail firms did $28,000,000 worth of business in 1948. Effective purchasing power of Cabarrus County that year was $862 per capita, which compared favorably with state and national averages.
The people here are church-goers. They make up more than 50 con- gregations.
And they have a keen civic spirit, working through such organizations as the Masons, Odd Fellows, Woodmen of the World, Red Men, Patriotic Order Sons of America, Junior Order United American Mechanics, Busi- ness Men's Club, Junior Chamber of Commerce, Rotary Club, Lions International, Pilot Club, Credit Women's Breakfast Club, American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars and their auxiliaries, War Dads, War Mothers, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Independent Student Aid Associa- tion, Red Cross and dozens of fellowship clubs for all ages.
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Main Street, where the first store in Kannapolis was constructed, in- cludes some of the finest shops in the state.
Center of social and religious life in Kannapolis is the handsome and spacious Cannon Memorial Y. M. C. A.
LARGEST MANUFACTURER OF MOUSE LATES
This large neon sign overlooking the Cannon Mills lake portrays the famous trademark of Cannon products.
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The heart of the community is the Cannon Memorial Y. M. C. A., which claims one of the largest memberships under one roof in the world-wide organization. At the end of the 1950 campaign, the rolls listed the names of 9, 500 men, women, boys and girls.
It operates in a Colonial-style structure that cost $500,000 in the years before World War II, when money went much farther than it goes today. Facilities include two large gymnasiums, three kitchens, a library that ranks with the finest in North Carolina, a spacious swimming pool, a health club, handball and volleyball courts, bowling alleys, billiard and tennis tables and numerous club and conference rooms.
Kannapolis' public schools bow to none in North Carolina. Enrollment is a record 5, 364 boys and girls.
Looking south of West Ave., this scene depicts new Colonial-type build- ings now being erected in the multi-million-dollar expansion program under way in Kannapolis.
The First Baptist Church, located in the heart of the "Towel City, " is one of many churches serving residents of Kannapolis.
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Cannon High is known widely for its diversified courses, offering: The prescribed academic studies, home economics, vocational courses, art, dramatics, music, debating, journalism, physical education and Bible.
The public school music program begins in the first grade and extends through Cannon High's senior class. The organizations stand out in high school competition, and in July, 1949, the Cannon High band represented North Carolina at the Lions International convention in New York City.
Kannapolis' key industry is the Cannon Mills Co., the world's largest manufacturer of household textiles-towels, bath mats, wash cloths, dish towels, sheets and pillowcases, also nylon stockings.
The town has been developed around the Cannon Mills.
Kannapolis, which derives its name from the Greek word meaning "loom city," was founded by the late James W. Cannon in 1905, when the great demand for Cannon towels prompted him to purchase a 600-acre tract of land in this section for the location of a new plant.
The village mushroomed.
Mr. Cannon, whose dream was a model textile city built around a booming industrial plant, contributed land and funds for construction of churches and schools.
He made, back in 1898, the first hand towel manufactured in the South, and by the time he died in 1921, Cannon towels had become nationally- famous.
After the founder's death, his son, Charles A. Cannon, became chief of the vast industry, and developed a textile trade far beyond his father's fondest hopes.
The Cannon organization now employs 21,000 men and women. Thou- sands of these workers have service records extending from 15 to more than 60 years. Those who have been with the company 25 years or longer are entertained at loyalty banquets each autumn.
Approximately 1,300 boys and girls of Kannapolis are enrolled at the J. W. Cannon High School, which includes complete vocational training.
Charles A. Cannon, like his father, had dreams of a model manufac- turing town-a beautiful town to which North Carolinians could point with pride.
In 1937, the fiftieth anniversary of the company, he launched a gi- gantic, multi-million-dollar construction and remodeling program. This expansion, interrupted by World War II, is still in progress.
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Mr. Cannon was impressed with the manner in which historic Williams- burg, Va., had been rebuilt, and he engaged the C. E. Swanson Associates, Chicago architects, to survey Kannapolis' business district and draw plans to be used in the long-range construction program.
A result has been a transformation of the downtown district into Colonial-type architecture.
Little Mt. Vernon in the City Park is a memorial to the more than 4, 000 local men and women who served in the Armed Forces during World War II.
Mary Ella Hall, named in honor of the wife of the "Towel City" founder, is one of the buildings housing employees of Cannon Mills.
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