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. Alphabetical directory of business concerns and private citizens
. Complete street and avenue guide, including householders, and occupants of office bulldings and other business places
. Numerical telephone directory
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INTRODUCTION AND
GENERAL INDEX
HILL DIRECTORY COMPANY, publishers of Southeastern Directories, (publishers of the Lincolnton Directory since 1959), present to subscribers and the general public, this the 1963 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 by 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 following order :-
I. THE BUYERS' GUIDE constitutes the first major de- partment of the Directory, printed on yellow paper. In the first section of this department, grouped under appropriate headings, are included the advertisments and business cards of firms and individuals desiring to make a complete pre- sentation of their products or services. Following this is the Classified Business section, which embraces a list of the names and addresses of all business and professional con- cerns of the city, arranged in alphabetical order under ap- propriate headings-a catalog of all the activities of the city. The Buyers' Guide represents reference advertising at its best, and merits the attention of all buyers and sellers seek- ing sources of supply or markets for goods. In a busy and diversified community like Lincolnton, the necessity of hav- ing this kind of information up-to-date and always immediately available, is obvious. The Directory is the common inter- mediary 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 Lincolnton,
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and the name, official personnel, nature and address of each firm and corporation in the community.
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 resi- dences and business concerns are arranged in numerical order under the name of each street, and the names of the house- holders 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 sec- tion are the designation of tenant-owned homes and the listing of telephone numbers.
IV. THE NUMERICAL TELEPHONE DIRECTORY is the fourth major department, 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 a's a place of residence, as a business location, as a manu- facturing 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 pub- lic. 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 Direc- tory Publishers.
The publishers appreciatively acknowledge the recognition by those progressive business and professional men who have demonstrated their confidence in the City Directory as an ad- vertising medium, with assurance that it will bring a com- mensurate return.
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION
Abernethy Ralph Chevrolet Inc Page
front cover, left side lines, 8 and 9 Bill's Electrical Service .back cover, right side lines, 33 and 49
Black's Repair & Refinish Shop right top lines and Y Brown's Esso Servicenter right bottom lines and 70
Building Insulators Inc
.back cover, right side lines, 33 and 49 Carolina Distributing Co of Lincolnton Inc
left side lines and 40
Carolina Motel & Restaurant. left top lines and 60 Cherry Fuel Co. front stencil, right bottom lines and 41 Cherryville Concrete Products Co. left top lines and 24 Clark Tire & Auto Supply Co Inc ...... right bottom lines and 10 Cline Guy E Co left bottom lines and 11 Comfort Electric Heat & Insulation Co Inc
backbone, left bottom lines, 34, 46 and 50
Conner Furniture Co
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Credit Bureau Inc. back cover and 29
Dixie Grocery Co Inc. right side lines and 45
Drum's Funeral Home & Florist
Duke Power Co. front cover, left top lines, 3, 37 and 43
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Economy Auto Supply ...... top stencil, left top lines, 5 and 6
Elmore Refrigeration Service right top lines and 67 Elmore's Garage
14 First Federal Savings & Loan Association
right top lines and 69
First National Bank
front cover, left and right top lines, 16 and 17
Grooms Luke A right bottom lines and 51
Hartman Stores right bottom lines and 21
Heafner Tire Co back cover, left bottom lines and 72 Henderson Heating & Roofing Co Inc
right top lines and 47
Henkel Concrete Co Inc ...... back cover, left bottom lines and Hill Directory Company.
Hotel North State
Hoyle Motor Co Inc. right top lines and '12
Jewel Box
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King's Office Supply right bottom lines and 63
Kistler Heating Co. right bottom lines and 2 Lail Electric Service Inc
backbone, left bottom lines, 34, 46 and 50 Lawing-Keziah Drug Co Inc
front cover, right top lines and 31
Lincoln Builders Inc. back cover and 26
Lincoln County Credit Bureau Inc. 29 Lincoln County News The right bottom lines and 62 Lincoln Finance Co Inc 57 Lincoln Insurance Service Inc
back cover, left and right bottom lines and 52
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Lincoln Times The
left side lines and B Lincolnton Coca-Cola Bottling Co ...... left bottom lines and 19 Lincolnton Savings and Loan Association
back cover, left bottom lines and 68
Lingerfelt Electric Co
Link Robert E Co.
McGinnis Brothers Construction Co ...... right side lines and
Modlin Brothers Inc. right bottom lines and
North State Hotel
North State Insurance Agency Inc. front cover and
P W A Builders left side lines and 27
Robinson's Concrete Products Co. right top lines and 25 64
Roseman Coal & Paint Co right top lines and
Scronce M L. back cover, right bottom lines and Seth Lumber Co Inc
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Shuford J Fred Construction Co.
Shuford's Floral Garden left bottom lines and
Simmons Mercer W Inc ...... front cover, left top lines, 54 and Standard Sheet Metal. ..... bottom stencil, right top lines and
Stroup's Oil Service. right bottom lines and
Stroup's Soda Shop & Watch Repair
Superior Loan & Finance Co Inc. left top lines and
T & S Welding & Machine Co. right bottom lines, 59 and
Tillman's 'TV & Music Co.
Times Oil Corp left bottom lines and
Turner C V Concrete Works right top lines and 23
20 Turner's Store Inc. front cover, right side lines and Warlick Funeral Home ... back cover, left bottom lines, 4 and 44
Warlick's Flowers
right bottom lines and
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front cover, left bottom lines, 18, 58 and 65 x 39 66
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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-$16,285,283 with $1.20 per $100 valua- tion tax rate.
BONDED DEBT-$1,081,000 all of which is in general im- provement bonds.
BANKING & FINANCE-2 banks, 2 building and loan as- sociations and 4 finance companies.
POSTAL RECEIPTS-$128,962.80 for year ending December 31, 1962.
TELEPHONES IN SERVICE-3,200.
CHURCHES-23 representing all major denominations.
INDUSTRY-Chief industries of the city and surrounding ter- ritorv: Textiles, furniture, hosiery and lumber. 78 manu- facturing establishments, employing approximately 4,500, paying wages of approximately $14,000,000 annually. Prin- cipal manufactured products: Cotton yarns and furniture.
COMMUNICATIONS-2 semi-weekly newspapers, radio sta- tion WLON and TV stations WBTV, Charlotte, N. C. and WSOC-TV, Charlotte, N. C.
HOTELS-1, with total of 30 rooms.
MOTELS-1, with total of 24 rooms, with adjoining restaurant.
RAILROADS City served by 2 railroads: Seaboard Airline Railroad and Carolina & Northwestern Railway Company (a branch of Southern Railway System).
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.
HOSPITALS-2, with total of 135 beds.
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EDUCATION-6 public schools, including 1 senior high school. 2,552 pupils in public schools and 87 teachers. Value of school property $1,750, 700.
PUBLIC LIBRARY-1 with total of 19,500 volumes.
RECREATION-1 theatre, 2 drive-in theatres, swimming pool, City Recreation Park, tennis, golf, 16 lane bowling alley. Also approximately 50 miles of shoreline of Lake Norman border East Lincoln County providing excellent opportunity for boating, fishing and all water sports.
Location
Ideally located on the South Fork of the Catawba River and at the junction of North Carolina Highways 27 and 150, and 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. A 12 minute drive south puts you on Interstate Highway 85, and a 20 minute drive north puts you on Interstate Highway 40.
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.
Aerial View of Lincolnton
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Lincoln County Courthouse
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 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 inches, 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
Historic Residence "Woodside"
A Typical Home
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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.
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. While the 14 textile firms dominate its economy with almost 2,000 workers, its 5 furniture plants running it a close second with over 600 employees, numerous other types of in- dustries from hosiery to mining enjoy a most profitable exis- tence.
Southern Bell Telephone Headquarters
Lincolnton Post Office
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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 1,800 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 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 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 Country.
Hickory Airport, a thirty-minute auto drive from Lincoln- ton accommodates single and 2 engine aircraft.
Reeves Gamble Hospital
Gordon Corwell Memorial Hospital
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An investigation is presently underway for the purpose of securing an air-strip for Lincolnton and Lincoln County.
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 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 1,000 watts power, serves all parts of Lin- coln 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.
Television reception is excellent throughout Lincoln County through two Charlotte channels in addition to those carrying Asheville, Winston Salem, Greenville (S. C.) stations.
Telephones
Telephone service is provided by Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company. Long distance inter-toll dial service is supplied direct through Charlotte's new toll center. TWX and long distance leased lines are available. Installation costs
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One of Lincolnton's Landmarks Houses the Public Library
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Lincolnton's First Baptist Church
and rates will be furnished upon submission of specification and requirements.
Altogether there are over 7,225 telephones in operation in Lincoln County, operated by Southern Bell, the latter company having grown from 1,895 telephones in 1950 to the present num- ber in January 1963.
Of the above total number 3,200 telephones are in operation within the city limits of Lincolnton.
SOCIAL AMENITIES EDUCATION LINCOLNTON CITY SCHOOLS
City schools are under the direction of a Board of Educa- tion comprised of 5 members serving staggered 5-year terms, elected on election years by popular vote, and appointed on off- year election years by the Board of Aldermen.
There are 4 white grammar and primary schools, 1 col- ored grammar school, and 1 white consolidated (with county) high school.
Daily school bus service is provided. 2 modern, fully- equipped cafeterias serve an average of 1,700 students daily at the city schools. Hot meals are transported daily from the central school cafeteria to the city elementary schools.
The High School offers 45 courses of work, including voca- tional, agriculture, and a driver training educational program. It has an excellent commercial department, with both manual and electric typewriters and business machines. Its physical education program includes a full-time director for gram- mar schools, while the High School has 2 directors and one ad- visor. There is a large senior band, a junior band, and a begin- ners band, with a full-time director.
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Lincolnton High School
The current total value of school buildings and properties in the city school system exceeds $1,750,700 as of the July 1962 audit. In addition to the foregoing school properties, a new elementary school to house 500 children, costing approximately $400,000, has been completed. New Memorial Stadium under construction which will provide permanent seating facilities to accommodate 4,200 fans, press box, lighting, dressing rooms, track, baseball and football fields and adequate parking facili- ties.
Lincolnton is justly proud of its fully-accredited school system. Its general liberal arts curriculum is supplemented by home economics, glee club, three bands, music, and physical education. Its vocational education facilities include a modern- ly equipped manual arts shop, which maintains a program de- signed to be of service to local industry. A broad program of major athletics is also maintained. The Superintendent of Lin- colnton City Schools is a member of the Board of Directors of North Carolina Education Association.
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