Hill's Kannapolis (Cabarrus County, N.C.) City Directory [1957], Part 1

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Publication date: 1957
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PHONES 2286 and 0841


ATOMIC OIL CO


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KEROSENE and FUEL OIL


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Phone 8666


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DRIVE IN WINDOWS PHONE 2193


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Kannapolis 101 S. Ridge Ave.


Phone 2-0643


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1957


Including China Grove, and Landis


Containing an Alphabetical Directory of Business Concerns and Private Citizens, Including Rural Route listings emanating from the Kannapolis Post Office, a Directory of Householders, Occupants of Office Buildings and Other Business Places, Including a Complete Street and Avenue Guide, a Numerical Telephone Directory 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, pre- sent to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1957 edition of the Kanna- polis City Directory, which also includes China Grove, Landis and the rural routes emanating from the Kannapolis Post Office.


Confidence in the growth of Kannapolis' industry, population and wealth, and in the advancement of its civic and social activities, will be maintained as sec- tions of this Directory are consulted, for the Directory is a mirror truly re- flecting Kannapolis 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 cooperation 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 Kannapolis Directory will fulfill its mission as a source of authentic informa- tion 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 Direc- tory. This embraces a complete list of the names and addresses of the business and professional concerns of the city, arranged in alphabetical order under ap- propriate headings-a catalog of all the activities of the city. Preceding this catalog, likewise grouped under appropriate headings, are the advertisements and business cards of firms and individuals desiring to present a more com- plete list of their products or services than is possible in the catalog itself. The Yellow Pages represent reference advertising at its best, and merit the attention of all buyers and sellers seeking sources of supply or markets for goods. In a busy and diversified community like Kannapolis, the necessity of having this kind of information up-to-date and always immediately available, is obvious. The Directory is the common intermediary between buyer and seller, and plays an important role in the daily activities of the commercial, 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 Kannapolis, China Grove, Landis and on the Kannapolis Rural Routes, and the name, official personnel, nature and address of each firm and corporation.


III. THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AV- ENUE GUIDE, on green paper, is the third major department. 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 con- cerns 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, on blue paper, is the fourth major department, showing a section for Kannapolis followed by a separate section for China Grove and Landis.


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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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 Kanna- polis and vicinity. There are more than 700 of these Directory Libraries, in- stalled and maintained in the chief cities of the U. S. and Canada through the courtesy of members of the Association of North American Directory Publish- ers, under whose supervision the system is operated and of which the Hill Di- rectory Co. is a member.


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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE ADVERTISING SECTION THE YELLOW PAGES


Page


Adams Furniture Shop. left side lines, 4 and 82


Atomic Oil Co . . . front cover, right top lines, right bottom lines, 5 and 70


Austin & Ingram Masonry Contractors left side lines and 52


Austin Insurance Agency . right top cards and 92 Auto Finance Co. left bottom lines and B & W Supply Co. . right side lines and 26 Barefoot Oil Co 33 101


Barger John V & Co. left side lines, Z and


Barnhardt Bruce T. .left top cards and


48 49


Beasley-Cross Chevrolet Co right side lines and 6 left top lines and Belk's Department Store. Bitsy Bakery . 55 27 101 ยท . Bob & Chick . back cover, left bottom lines, 71 and . 119 4


Bostian Dean . . left side lines and


Boulevard Gulf Service right bottom lines and


Boulevard Shell Service


right top cards and


Brown C H. left bottom lines and


Brumley-Funderburk Furniture Co


. right side lines and


C & D Supply Co .


. left side lines and


Cabarrus Bank & Trust Co


front cover, right top lines and


Calvary Baptist Church The.


Carpet Shop Inc The .


Carter's Transfer & Service


left side lines, 74 and


Center Motor Court .


left top lines and


Centerview Taxi


back cover, left top cards and


Central Distributing Co tabbed insert at Phones Numerically and


Central Rewinding Co


Chapman O Rowland Jewelry


left bottom cards and


Childress Bros Home Furnishings


right side lines and


China Grove Ice & Fuel Co.


left top cards and


China Mart The .


left top lines and


Cities Servicenter left side lines and


Colonial Frozen Foods of Kannapolis Inc. left bottom lines and


Concord Perpetual Building & Loan Assn. . back cover, right top lines and Cox Motor Co Inc . backbone, right top lines, A and


Critz R E Contractor back cover and


Critz-Taylor Plumbing & Heating Contractors . left bottom cards and


Daily Independent The


Daugherty David A


right bottom cards and Deal's Texaco Service right bottom cards and


Denny's Tire Service


right top cards and


Duke Power Co .


Durham B Elwood Real Estate bottom stencil,


tabbed insert at Real Estate in Classified Business Section, 106 and Eddleman Cycle & Machine Shop


Efrid's Upholstery


right top lines and Ferguson's Texaco


Firestone Home & Auto Supplies . front


88


cover, right top lines, insert at Name in Alphabetical Section, 10 and Fisher W Howard .


121


Fleming Floor Covering Co right top cards and 65


Flower Shop The


right top lines, tabbed insert at Name in Alphabetical Section, 66 and 68


Foil's Inc .


left bottom cards and


111 92


Gables Inc .


39


Gem Automatic Gas Co Inc


left side lines and Glass Shop The . left side lines and


86 3


Goodman Lumber Co Inc. left bottom cards and 34


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Freeze S Worth Insurance Agency left side lines and


C 119 81 36 18


Elliott Furniture Co


Evans College of Commerce


Curran's & Kannapolis Florist . left top cards and left top lines and


Dove Bill Motor Co .


tabbed insert at Name in Alphabetical Section and


Cabarrus Motor Supply


right top cards and


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Grant Motor Co


11


Green Star Cafe


Green's Body Shop left bottom lines and


Gregory H J Motor Co left bottom lines and


Herman Frank . .


left side lines, 52 and


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Hill's Clothing Store . left side lines and


Hilton's Garage .


Holbrook's Radio & Television Inc. right bottom lines and


Honeycutt Funeral Home Inc


. left bottom lines and


Hudson Gulf Service . right top cards and


Ideal Motor Co .


left bottom lines and


Isenhour Bros General Contractors .


. left side lines and


Jackson Park Cab


Jewel Shoppe Inc The .left top lines and


Jon's Ornamental Iron Service


Kannapolis Construction Co. left top cards and


Kannapolis Furniture Co


left top lines and


Kannapolis Ice & Fuel Co


right bottom lines and


Kannapolis Laundry .


Kannapolis Merchants Association Inc left side lines and


Kannapolis Real Estate Agency .


left top cards and


Kannapolis Taxi Cab .


right top cards and


Kannapolis Well Drilling Contractors


Kluttz Construction Co


front cover, right side lines, 3 and


Lambert W T .


Lane Street Body Shop


. right bottom cards and


Lee R B General Insurance


tabbed insert at Street Guide and


Lee's Tin Shop


back cover, left side lines, 49 and


Linoleum Shop The


eft side lines and


Lyles M S & Co.


Main Texaco Service .


right side lines and


Marlow J W.


Martin Drug Co right side lines and


Martin's Iron & Metal Co .


left bottom cards and


Massey F B Septic Tank Co.


right bottom lines and


Maxwell Bros Furniture Co Inc


right side lines and


Midway Taxicabs


left bottom lines and


Mills Florist


right bottom lines and


Moon's Florist


. right top cards and


68 53


Mooresville Creamery Inc


left top cards and


89 35


Morrison E L Lumber Co


left bottom cards and


121


Motor Parts Service Co .


right side lines and


22


North Ridge Cleaners .


left side lines and


59 64 93


Odell W C Insurance Agency


left top lines and


14


Parker's A B Plumbing Shop


Penney J C Co Inc .


left top lines and


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Phillips Electric Service


right side lines and 61


Phillips Exterminating Co left side lines and 61


Piedmont Cleaners


left side lines and 57


Puritan Laundry & Cleaners


front and back lip margins, right top cards, 59 and


97


Quality Motors


. left bottom cards and


22


Raymer David E


. left bottom cards and


48


Riggs John G Jr .


right top cards, Y and


49 36


Ritchie Auto Parts


left side lines, 27 and


51


Roach Floyd Inc .


back cover, left top lines and


91


Roberts Ray R


110 24 12 65 56 39


101 42 82 75 97 53 107 117 120 50 77 108 13 90 115 63


102


Ludwig's Studio


right bottom cards and


74 20 47 57 110 114 83 21


Midway Amoco Service


left side lines and 118 34 67


Miller Lumber Co


right bottom cards and


Mooresville Ice Cream Co Inc.


Morrison Mott


right side lines and 21


North Ridge Amoco Service


right side lines and


O K Floor Covering Co


top stencil, left top lines and


103 55


Perkins S D Septic Tank Contractors


back cover, right side lines, 43 and 112


Parker-Davis Tire Co .


right bottom lines and


Lady's Funeral Home


. left bottom lines, 47 and


104 76 19 20 46 117 94


right bottom lines and


19


right top cards and


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Page


Rose D L Sanitary Construction right side lines and 113 105


Rufty Wayne C . .


Rustin Furniture Co The right top lines and 84 29


Scottish Bank The . right top lines, left side lines and


Sealtest Dairy Products front cover, left top cards and 54


Sechler Service Station .right side lines, B and 25


Security Bank & Trust Co. front cover, right top lines and


Sills N B Realtor


Sloan's Radio & Television Shop


Sloop Jacob H .


right side lines and


Smith F L Drug Co Inc


. right top cards and


Smith Radio-T V Service


Smith Wade Motor Sales


Spencer Auto Parts Co .


Sprinkle's Phillips 66 Service Station


Stack's Furniture Co


Steere J E & Co


Stone E B Finance Co Inc. left side lines and


Taylor's Hatchery & Garden Supply right bottom lines and


Towel City Furniture Co left top cards and


Towel City Welding & Radiator Works right top lines and


Triece's Independent Coal Co . left top cards, 40 and


29 Motors Inc left bottom cards and


U-Needa Cleaners


front cover, right top cards, 58 and


Wagner A A Co


Walker C T. back cover, right bottom cards and


Watkins Building Materials Co .right bottom lines and


Weant's Texaco Service left side lines and 87


Whitley W H & Sons Inc . front stencil,


78


left side lines, tabbed insert at Name in Alphabetical Section, 2 and Whitmire-Falls Inc


left bottom lines and 95


Widenhouse Service Inc right bottom lines, tabbed insert at Widenhouse Tire Service in Alphabetical Section and Widenhouse Tire Service . . left top lines, tabbed insert at Name in Alphabetical Section and


16


Willeford's Jewelers left bottom lines and Williamson & Russell


102


Winecoff L B & Son right bottom cards and


45


Winecoff Transfer & Storage Co


. 99 and 118


Wyke & Gulledge Cabinet Shop & Building Supply


front cover, right side lines and 32


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left bottom cards and 105 23 left side lines and 23 25 . right side lines and 83 99 62 85 84 15


30 74 108 103 51 57


Service Oil Co . right bottom cards and


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KANNAPOLIS


"THE TOWEL CITY"


(Courtesy Kannapolis Merchants Association, Inc.)


Statistical Review


Population-The 1950 U. S. Census lists a population of 28,448 -25,466 White and 2,976 Negroes. It is estimated that the population of Greater Kannapolis in 1957 is more than 37,000.


Area-Kannapolis occupies an area of approximately 25 square miles.


Government-It is one of the World's largest un-incorporated cities and is policed by County Deputies. Two police stations-one in Cabarrus County with one Chief and 23 officers and one in Rowan County with one Chief and 7 officers. An excellent volunteer Fire Department-completely equipped. Street names and numbers are controlled by a "Street Planning Board."


Utilities-Natural gas is available in unlimited quantities. Electric power is also available in unlimited amounts. A modern dial telephone exchange serves 9,134 telephones in Kannapolis, in addition free access to 2,646 telephones in China Grove and Landis is available. A huge artificial lake and a modern filter plant provide an adequate supply of pure water.


Education-10 schools-196 teachers (9 white-4,823 pupils-1 Negro-823 pupils). Value of buildings, $2,707,872. Buildings under construction and proposed $1,014,850.


Religion-Approximately 22 denominations with 80 congregations. Largest Y.M.C.A. membership in world under one roof-12,566 members.


Housing-There are approximately 10,000 householders with about 75 % pri- vately owned.


Industry-Products: towels, sheets and other household textiles. Two main plants and Home Office of Cannon Mills Co., here. Other employers include re- tail and service establishments. Total employment is approximately 15,500.


Business-Approximately 450 firms all types. Retail sales approximately $975. per capita. N. C. Sales and Use Taxes amounted to $735,221.60 in 1956. (Compares with counties doing $40,000,000 annually-sales by cities not given.)


Motor Vehicles-License plates sold-17,232 (14,377 passenger cars) 1956. Financial-(1) Cabarrus Bank & Trust Co. December 31, 1956 (all branches) resources and liabilities, $28,091,505.92. (2) Security Bank & Trust Co. Decem- ber 31, 1956 (all branches) resources and liabilities, $14,024,521.21.


Transportation-Main line Southern Railway, U. S. Highway 29, Carolina Coach and National Trailways.


Airports-1.


Amusements-Largest auditorium in city (A L Brown High School) seats 2,000. 6 moving-picture theatres, with total seating capacity of 4,200. 2 golf courses near city.


Postal Receipts-1956-$177,130.53.


Libraries-12,985 volumes Y.M.C.A .; 36,090 volumes white schools; 2,975 volumes Negro school.


Newspapers-1, daily and Sunday.


Radio Stations-1, 1,000 watts.


Hospitals-Cabarrus Memorial-5 miles south-serves area-329 beds, 60 doctors, 510 others on staff. (4th from top in annual admissions in N. C. for general type hospital.)


General Review


Kannapolis-translated from the Greek meaning "Loom City"-is situated in the heart of the industrial Piedmont Section of North Carolina in the Southern part of Rowan County and the Northern part of Cabarrus County-803 feet above sea level.


The late Mr. J. W. Cannon, founder of the Cannon Mills Co., purchased 600 acres for the Kannapolis site in 1905, began the construction of houses in 1907. Production at Plant #1 was begun during 1908.


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Main Street where the first stores in Kannapolis were constructed and today in- cludes some of the finest shops in N. C.


Cannon Memorial Y. M. C. A. center of social and religious life in Kannapolis, N. C., named in memory of the late James Wm. Cannon, founder of Cannon Mills.


Aerial view of business district and Cannon Mills, Plant 1, Kannapolis, N. C.


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Kannapolis has 340 retail firms. Effective purchasing power of Cabarrus County compares favorably with state and national averages.


The people here are church-goers. They make up 80 congregations.


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, Business 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, Inde- pendent Student Aid Association, Red Cross, Moose Lodge and dozens of fellow- ship clubs for all ages.


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 1957 campaign, the rolls listed the names of 12,566 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 5,600 boys and girls.


A. L. Brown Senior High School 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.




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