Hill's Lincolnton (Lincoln County, N.C.) City Directory [1961], Part 1

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Publication date: 1961
Publisher: Hill Directory Co.
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HILL'S LINCOLNTON


(LINCOLN COUNTY, N. C.) CITY DIRECTORY 1961


Including Boger City


Containing an Alphabetical Directory of Business Concerns and Pri- vate Citizens, Including Rural Route Residents, 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


YELLOW PAGES With a Special ADVERTISING SECTION and a Complete CLASSIFIED LIST


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PUBLISHERS NOTE


The information in this Directory is gathered by an actual canvass and is compiled in a way to insure maximum accuracy.


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.


The publishers earnestly request the bringing to their attention of any inaccuracy so that it may be corrected in the next edition of the directory.


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INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX


HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., publishers of Southeastern Directories, (publishers of the Lincolnton Directory since 1959), present to subscribers and the general public, this the 1961 edition of the Lincolnton City Directory, which also in- cludes Boger City and Rural Route Residents.


Confidence in the growth of Lincolnton's industry, popula- tion 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 Lin- colnton to the world.


The enviable position occupied bby HILL'S Directories in the estimation of the public, has been established by render- ing the best in Directory service. With an unrivaled organiza- tion, and having had the courteous and hearty cooperation of the business and professional men and residents, the publish- ers feel that the result of their labors will meet with the ap- proval of every user, and that the Lincolnton Directory will fulfill its mission as a source of authentic information pertain- ing to the community.


Four Major Departments


The four major departments are arranged in the follow- ing order :-


I. THE YELLOW PAGES constitute the first major de- partment of the Directory. This embraces a complete list of the names and addresses of the business and professional con- cerns of the city and vicinity, arranged in alphabetical 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 busi- ness 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 ad- vertising 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 Lincolnton, the necessity of hav- ing this kind of information up-to-date and always immediate- ly available, is obvious. The Directory is a common intermed- iary 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, occupa- tion and address of each adult resident of Lincolnton and Boger City, and the name, official personnel, nature and ad- dress of each firm and corporation in the community.


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III. THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUD- ING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, is the third major de- partment, printed on green paper. In this section the num- bered 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 respec- tive crossing points on each street. Special features of this sec- tion 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.


Community Publicity


The Directory reflects the achievements and ambitions of the community, depicting in unbiased terms what it as to offer as a place of residence, as a business location, as a man- ufacturing 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 Lincolnton and vicinity.


The Lincolnton Out-of-Town Directory Library


Through the courtesy of the publishers of the Lincolnton City Directory, a Directory Library is maintained in the offices of the Lincoln County Chamber of Commerce and Mer- chants Association Inc., for free reference by the general pun- lic. This is one of more than 700 Directory Libraries installed in the chief cities of the U. S. and Canada by members of the Association of North American Directory Publishers.


The publishers appreciatively acknowledge the recogni- tion by those progressive business and professional men who have demonstrated their confidence in the City Directory as an advertising medium, with assurance that it will bring a commensurate return.


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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS PAGE NUMBERS LISTED BELOW REFER TO THE YELLOW PAGES


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Abernethy Ralph Chevrolet Inc


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Browns' Esso Servicenter ... right bottom lines and 57


Carolina Distributing Co left side lines and 28


Clark Corporation


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Conner Furniture Co.


Credit Bureau Inc


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Dixie Grocery Co Inc. right side lines and 35


Drum's Funeral Home & Florist


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Economy Auto Supply top stencil, left top lines, 4 and 7


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Firestone Home & Auto Supply


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First National Bank


front cover, right top lines, 14 and 15


Hartman Stores right bottom lines and 20


Heafner Tire Co left bottom lines and 58


Henderson Heating & Roofing Co Inc right top lines and 36


Henkel Concrete Co Inc back cover, left bottom lines and


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Hotel North State.


Jarrett's Laundry & Cleaners Inc 43 Jewel Box 42 Joe & Jim's Food Center. right side lines and 34 King's Office Supply right side lines and 51 2


Kistler Heating Co


Lail Electric Service. left bottom lines and 26


Lawing-Keziah Drug Co Inc


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Lincolnton Savings & Loan Association


back cover, left bottom lines and 56


Lowe's Transfer Service 47


McGinnis Bros Construction Co .right side lines and 12


Moore B C & Sons Inc. ..... right bottom lines and 37 23 North State Hotel


North State Insurance Agency Inc


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Seth Lumber Co Inc


front cover, left side lines, 18 and 46


Shuford J Fred Construction Co


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Stroupe Realty Co 55


Superior Loan & Finance Co Inc


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LINCOLNTON


Lincoln For Leadership


Statistical Review (Courtesy Industrial Division of Lincoln County Chamber of Commerce)


FORM OF GOVERNMENT-Aldermanic.


POPULATION-5,699 (1960 U. S. Census); American-born pop- ulation is 99 percent of the whole.


AREA-4 square miles.


ALTITUDE-846 feet above sea level.


CLIMATE-Mean annual temperature 58.6 degrees F .; aver- age annual rainfall 48 inches.


ASSESSED VALUATION-$14,732,718, with $1.20 per $100 val- uation Tax Rate.


BONDED DEBT-$1,183,436, all of which is in general im- provement bonds.


FINANCIAL DATA-2 banks, with total deposits of $9,455,824 (December 31, 1960). Total Resources of $10,794,577 (De- cember 31, 1960). 2 building and loan associations, with total assets of $11,847,740 (December 31, 1960).


POSTAL RECEIPTS-$121,885.80 (Year Ended December 31, 1960).


TELEPHONES IN SERVICE-3,000.


CHURCHES-22, representing 10 Denominations.


INDUSTRY-Chief industries of the city and surrounding ter- ritory: Textiles, furniture, hosiery and lumber. 63 manu- facturing establishments, employing 3,569, paying wages of approximately $13,000,000, annually. Principal manu- facturers products: Cotton Yarns and Furniture.


TRADE AREA-Retail area has radius of 20 miles, and popu- lation of 25,000. Wholesale area has radius of 30 miles, and population of 60,000.


NEWSPAPERS-2 semi-weekly.


RADIO BROADCASTING STATIONS-W.L.O.N.


TELEVISION STATIONS-WBTV, Charlotte, N. C. and WSOC- TV, Charlotte, N. C.


HOTELS-1, with total of 30 rooms.


MOTELS-1, with total of 16 rooms, with adjoining restaurant.


RAILROADS-City served by 2 railroads: Seaboard Airline Railroad and Carolina & Northwestern Railway Company (a branch of Southern Railway System).


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BUS LINES-City served by 2 intra-city bus lines: Queen City Trailways & Lincolnton Bus Line.


HIGHWAYS-U. S. 321 and State 27 and 150.


AIRPORTS-1, Charlotte's Douglas Municipal Airport within 45 minutes driving time of Lincolnton.


AUTOMOBILE REGISTRATIONS-2,600 (city proper).


AMUSEMENTS-New Armory-seating capacity: High School Auditorium-seating capacity: 650, 1 theatre-seating capacity: 650. 1 golf course.


HOSPITALS-2, with total of 135 beds.


EDUCATION-5 public schools, including 1 senior high school. 2,300 pupils in public schools. 74 teachers. Value of School property $1,750,700. Lincolnton is presently building a new elementary school to house 500 children, costing approxi- mately $400,000.


PUBLIC LIBRARY-1, with total of 15,660.


CITY STATISTICS-Total street mileage 27.76 with 23.62 paved. 2,200 water meters; 2,409 light meters. Water works plant valued at $610,000. Value of fire department and equipment $110,269. Police dept. 11 men, with 1 station and 2 pieces of motor equipment.


Location


Ideally located on the South Fork of the Catawba River and at the junction of North Carolina Highways 27 and 150, and


Aerial View of Lincolnton


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Lincoln County Courthouse


United States 321, Lincolnton, the county seat and geographi- cal center of Lincoln County, is advantageously situated close to the heart of North Carolina's highly industrialized Piedmont area. Lincolnton, with a population of 5,699, is the only incor- porated city in Lincoln County. It is in but not hemmed in by in- dustrial expansion. While it enjoys plenty of room for growth, its quick and unimpeded access to the network of Federal and State public highways places it in an enviable location from both business and pleasure standpoints. North Carolina's new 4-lane highway system now brings Lincolnton within minutes of nationally known express ways linking it directly to the North, South, East and West. Lincolnton is within 30 minutes drive of the newly approved 4-lane highway which will make straight-line connection between Charlotte and Canton, Ohio.


Lincoln County, 30 miles long and 10 miles wide covers an area of 308 square miles of rich rolling terrain. Of its 197,120 acres, 91.4 percent are in farmlands with 81.0 percent of its total acreage devoted to agriculture.


With Lincoln County's ever increasing mechanization of farms, more and more farm operators and their family mem- bers become available for employment in diversified industry


Historic Residence "Woodside"


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each year. It is the goal of Lincoln County to develop its indus- trial potential and to provide jobs and subsequent economic betterment for its people who are now commuting to adjacent counties.


Climate


Enhanced by an average altitude of approximately 900 feet and its close proximity to the mountains immediately west- ward which regulate extremes in heat and cold, Lincoln Coun- ty enjoys an annual average temperature of 58.6 degrees F., a negligible snowfall annually measuring approximately 8 inch- es, and an annual average rainfall of 48 inches, and an annual average relative humidity of 66.5 percent. With a frost-free growing season of 194 days, only 4 to 5 months of heating is required. Frost penetration is but three inches.


History of Lincolnton


Lincolnton was already a cultural and commercial center at the time of the Revolution. Many of its fine, original homes still stand. Named for Benjamin Lincoln, who achieved fame at the time of Cornwallis's surrender to Washington at York- town, Lincolnton was settled in large measure by German and Dutch Protestants seeking religious asylum. Today, the county remains primarily Protestant; while its politics like that of other Southern Communities is largely Democratic.


Lincolnton is the county seat of Lincoln County which orig- inally embraced the present counties of Catawba, Gaston, half of Cleveland, and after 1779, a part of Burke; Lincoln was es- tablished along with Rutherford, out of Tryon in 1779, when that county was abolished, reportedly because the name of Governor Tryon had become odious to Revolutionary Patriots. Cleveland, Gaston, and Catawba were carved from this area but voted with Lincoln until 1854, when Lincoln was allowed her own representatives.


The Battle of Ramsour' Mill in June 1780 was fought with- in the present city limits of Lincolnton. Had this battle not been fought, it is probable that America would be today an English Colony. This seemingly insignificant battle to which little note or credit has ever been given, changed the history of the world. It directly set the stage for the Victory over the English at Kings Mountain and the subsequent surrender of Cornwal- lis at Yorktown, Virginia.


Southern Bell Telephone Headquarters


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Government


Lincolnton is administered by a board of aldermen, a may- or, and a vice mayor, who are elected by the people. Lincoln County affairs are administered by a commission of five mem- bers, who are elected by popular vote of the citizens. Both boards comprise successful business men who make it their business to protect the rights of small business as well as large industry.


Industrial Potential


As is the case with many counties whose county seat is its only or chief incorporated city, most of Lincolnton's industries lie immediately outside or relatively close to the present city limits. A survey made in 1958 by the Lincolnton office of N. C. Employment Security Commission credits Lincoln County with 63 industrial establishments employing approximately 3,569 workers. While the 13 textile firms dominate its economy with almost 2,000 workers, its 7 furniture plants running it a close second with over 700 employees, numerous other types of in- dustries from hosiery to mining enjoy a most profitable exis- tence.


Labor


One of Lincoln County's greatest assets is her abundance of available labor. Within a fifteen-mile radius of Lincolnton it is estimated that there are approximately 2,200 workers, easily trainable and in the productive age brackets, available for in- dustrial employment. These people are native-born, highly in- telligent, industrious, loyal, and efficient with strong religious ties, the larger percentage owners of modest homes or farms. Industry finds these people to be extremely conscious, stable, and thoroughly reliable citizens, readily adaptable to new in- dustrial processes and capable of being quickly trained to per- form complicated operations at high rates of production. Lin- coln County enjoys the highest degree of tranquil employee- employer relationships. Lincoln County knows no labor unrest. Located in Lincolnton, the office of the Employment Security Commission of North Carolina offers every assistance to both present and prospective employers with regard to labor re- quirements.


Transportation


Major highways serving Lincolnton and Lincoln County in- clude U. S. Highway 321 and North Carolina Highways 27 and


Reeves Gamble Hospital


Gordon Corwell Memorial Hospital


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150. A few minutes drive on North Carolina's first-class high- way system speeds you to all points in the Nation.


Fourteen major truck lines serve Lincolnton daily. Caro- lina Freight Carriers, one of the largest operating freight car- riers in America, maintains its home depot 8 miles from Lin- colnton. Charlotte, the second largest trucking center in the U. S. is less than an hour of trucking time from Lincolnton. More than 60 major truck lines operate terminals in Charlotte dispatching over 3,000 trucks in and out daily.


Lincolnton has the advantage of excellent service being served by both the Seaboard Airline Railroad and the Carolina and Northwestern Railway Co., a branch of the Southern Rail- way System.


Lincolnton is within 45 minutes driving time of Charlotte's Douglas Municipal Airport which provides over 200 daily scheduled flights by Eastern, Southern, Capital, Delta, and Piedmont Airlines to all parts of the County.


Hickory Airport, a thirty-minute auto drive from Lincoln- ton accommodates simple and 2 engine aircraft.


Lincolnton is served by two bus companies which operate on daily schedules to make connections to points throughout the nation. Queen City Trailways, one of the largest indepen- dent bus companies in the nation with headquarters in nearby Charlotte, has six scheduled departures daily, three to Hick- ory and three to Charlotte. Lincolnton Bus Line, a locally owned company makes four regularly scheduled round trips daily between Lincolnton and Gastonia.


Communications


Two semi-weekly newspapers, the Lincoln Times and the Lincoln County News, both locally published give wide cover- age to all phases of news on the local level. Daily delivery of


One of Lincolnton's Landmarks Houses the Public Library


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Lincolnton's First Baptist Church


both the Charlotte Observer and the Charlotte News give top- notch coverage on the local, state and national level. Lincoln- ton is the home of the Southern Textile News.


Station WLON locally owned and operated on a clear chan- nel of 1050 KC and on 1000 Watts power. Serves all parts of Lin- colnton County as well as adjoining counties during daylight hours with excellent daily round-up of news, community and national affairs. It is cited for its community and public serv- ice features.


T. V. reception is excellent throughout Lincoln County through two Charlotte channels in addition to those carrying Asheville, Winston Salem, Greenville (S. C.) stations.




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