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HILL'S WINSTON-SALEM (FORSYTH COUNTY, N. C.)
CITY DIRECTORY
1941
Containing an Alphabetical Directory of Business Concerns and Pri- vate Citizens, a Directory of Householders, Occupants of Office Buildings and Other Business Places, Including a Complete Street and Avenue Guide, and a Numerical Telephone Directory; also a
BUYERS' GUIDE
and a Complete
Classified Business Directory FOR DETAILED CONTENTS SEE GENERAL INDEX
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SOCIATION
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NORTH AMERICAN
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1898
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LISHERS
DIRECTORY
Forsyth County Public Library System Winston-Salem, N. C.
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Copyright, 1941, by Hill Directory Co., Inc.
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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 cor- rectness 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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GENERAL INDEX
Page
Abbreviations
16 and 17
Airports
682
Alphabetical List of Names
17
Apartment Buildings
682
Associations and Clubs-Commercial
683
Banks and Trust Companies
686
Buildings-Office and Public.
690
Bus and Coach Lines-Motor
690
Buyers' Guide opp
640
Cemeteries
691
Churches
691
City Government
518
Classified Business Directory
681
Clergymen
693
Clubs
695
County Government
163
Fire Department
518
Golf Clubs and Courses
706
Halls
709
Homes and Asylums
709
Hospitals and Dispensaries
709
Labor Organizations
717
Legal Blue Book
opp
716
Libraries
718
Museums
721
Newspapers
721
Numerical Telephone Directory
opp
740
Parks and Playgrounds
724
Police Department 518
477
Railroads
727
Schools-Public
731
Schools, Colleges and Academies
732
Societies-Benevolent and Fraternal
734
Societies-Miscellaneous
734
State Government 3.49
Street and Avenue Guide.
533
Tourists' Camps
737
United States Officials
477
Post Office
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION, THE YELLOW PAGES
Page
All-State Electric Co. 18
American Window Cleaning Co. 40
Anchor Co Inc ...... right side lines and 17
Atlantic Greyhound Corp. . back cover and X
Auto Repair & Sales Co Inc .. 4
Bland's Music Store. . right bottom lines Blue Bird Cab Co Inc.
39 15
Blum Frank L & Co.
Bocock-Stroud Co 39
Bonin Realty Co. 8
Bowen Jesse G Music Co.
Boyles Construction Co. .right bottom lines
10
.left side lines and Brewer Heating & Fuel Co ...
24
Brookbank & Stone Rock Wool Insula- tion & Roofing Co ..
.left bottom lines, 26 and 37
Brown John M. . back cover and right side lines
Brown-Ruffin Co Inc ...
B
Brownlow G W Co .... left side lines and Bullock Clothing Co ..
Camel City Realty Co. 34 Messick Bros. .left bottom lines
Carolina Marble & Tile Co.
right bottom lines and Carroll Coal Co .. right bottom lines and Central Carolina Motors Inc .. .right side lines and
4
City Tire Service. 4
Clinard Electric Co .. .back cover and Y
Clodfelter H W Roofing & Sheet Metal
Works .. .
front edge and
38
B
Craige & Craige.
. Legal Blue Book
Crystal Ice & Coal Co.
.left side lines and
14
Daniels E C & Co
Davis & Cody Inc. .right top lines and 20
Deal Roy L .. . Legal Blue Book B Pfaff's Inc 24 27
Dixie Sign Service ..
.left side lines and
39
Downtown Garage .... left top lines and Duke Power Co .. .left and right side lines and Z
Dull C A & Son left side lines Dunn's Laundry 29 Dunnagan & Rideout.
Elberson C E & Co. 2 .right side lines and 38
Electric Repair & Construction Co. 19
Electric Service Co Inc. .. right bottom lines and 18
Elliott Harry B Insurance Agency . .right side lines and Firestone Auto Supply & Service Stores .right side lines and 5
27
First Federal Savings & Loan Assn of Winston-Salem ...... left side lines and First National Bank of Winston-Salem .. Fogle Brothers Co. .backbone and Follin Co Inc
10 7 9
28
3
.right bottom lines Forsyth Woodwork Co. . left bottom lines Gassaway & Owen Inc.
left side lines and 15 B
Gay James E Jr Legal Blue Book Goodrich Silvertown Stores .. 5
Hamby Plumbing & Heating Co. 33
Hampton J E. left top lines and 8
Harris Construction Co. .right bottom lines Hastings, Booe & Abbott.
Legal Blue Book Haverty Furniture Co. . left top lines and 21 Henning's General Tire Service. 5
Hinkle's Book Store ...... right top lines
Page Home Real Estate Loan & Insurance Co front cover and 35 Hood System Industrial Bank. Hotel Robert E Lee ... 25 .right top lines and 7 Huntley-Hill-Stockton Furniture Co .... Hutchins & Parker .... Legal Blue Book X B Ideal Dry Goods Co Inc. .right side lines and 17 Independent Coal Co .. right top lines and Insurance Service Co ... 13 A Johnson T E & Sons .... front cover and 35 Jones H H Furniture Co Inc ..
Kern W H. .left top lines and 22 40
Kesler Construction Co. .left side lines and 16
Kester Machinery Co Y
Kiger G R & E L. 16 Lentz Transfer & Storage Co Inc .. .right side lines and 31 Manly, Hendren & Womble C . Legal Blue Book Medearis Stamp & Printing Co ... right top lines and
33
Miller Matthew M 32 5
13
Montaldo's Inc .
29
Morris-Early & Co.
21
6
Nash A V & Sons Co. left side lines and
Naylor Builders Supply Co. .back cover and 10
Parrish Fred M .. Legal Blue Book C
Patterson Drug Co Inc ... .right side lines and 18 Pet Dairy Products Corp. right side lines and 25 18
Petree E H Co Inc.
4 Phoenix Co. .right top lines and
Piedmont Aviation Inc. left side lines and 3
Piedmont Federal Savings & Loan Assn .front cover and 11
Piedmont
.left top lines and
33
Piedmont Sheet Metal Co ... .right top lines and 24 Pilot Insurance Agency Inc .. . top edge and 26
Pine Hall Brick & Pipe Co Inc .. left top lines and 8
Powell H Walker. left side lines and 26
Pullen A M & Co. : 2
Quality Coals Inc .. 14
Quality Oil Co ...... right side lines and Ratcliff, Hudson & Ferrell.
3
Rawley & Apperson Inc. 31
Realty Bond Co .. 36 Reynolds Grill & Cafeteria ..
37
22 3
Ryan Funeral Home .. 20
Salem Academy and College. 14 Sapp Bros Sheet Metal Works.
.left bottom lines and 38 Sartin Dry Cleaning Co. .front cover and 12
Sears, Roebuck and Co .. 17 Security Bond & Mortgage Co Inc .. .front cover and C Security Insurance & Investment Co .... 28 Seven-Up Winston-Salem Co. left bottom lines
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B
Forsyth Oil Co .. . left side lines and Forsyth Recreation Center. .right bottom lines and Rominger Furniture Co Inc. back cover and Russell's Auto Service.
Legal Blue Book C
B
32
12
29
Camel City Laundry
40
Modern Chevrolet Co
Motor Sales Co Inc .... left side lines and Mullican Lumber Co .. left side lines and 10 36
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
Page
22
36
Southern Dairies Inc.right side lines and 16 Southern Furniture Co Inc. left side lines and 23
Spainhour A C. .. right side lines and Standard Building & Loan Assn ... . back cover and
11
Standard Motor Sales Co.
Steifel Mattress Co .. right top lines and Stockton Norman Inc .. left side lines and Stuart Albert C ...... left side lines and Suburban Gas Co .... right side lines and Terminix Co .. right bottom lines Tierney J F & Son.
6 30 13 28
23
.right bottom lines and 16 6
Trutred Tire Co. .left top lines and Twin City College of Commerce. left side lines and 15
Twin City Lumber Co. .right bottom lines and
30
Twin City Motor Co. 6 Union Furniture Co .. right side lines and 23
Vaughn & Graham. Legal Blue Book Vermilya H M.
Vick Paint Co. front cover and 32
Page Vogler Frank & Sons Inc. .bottom edge and 20 Vogler W T & Son .. right side lines and 28 W A IR Radio Broadcasting Station .... 34 Wachovia Bank & Trust Co ... .left side lines and Z Wachovia Bank & Trust Co Ins Dept .. . back cover and Wachovia Oil Co. .right bottom lines 27 Walker, Wilson & Co. right top lines and 2 19 31 19
Walker's Florist. . . left side lines and Wall Monument Co .. right side lines and Warner Flooring Co .. right side lines and Webster & Little ...... Legal Blue Book Wilkinson W A & Son ..
C A
34 Williams C R Radio Co. : back cover and Winston Jewelry & Loan Co Inc. .left bottom lines and 29
Winston-Salem Bond & Mortgage Co ... .left top lines and Winston-Salem Building & Loan Assn .. left side lines and Winston-Salem Hardware Co ..
31
12 C Winston-Salem Teachers College ..
14 .right side lines and Winston Steam Laundry Inc .. .right side lines and 30 Wood Electric Co. . right bottom lines and 19
C 2 Zinzendorf Hotel 25 Zinzendorf Laundry Co. left side lines and 30
.
MORE GOODS
ANE BOUGHT AND SOLD THROUGH THE
CLASSIFIED BUSINESS LISTS IF THE DIRECTORY THAN
ANY OTHER MEDIUM
ON. FARTH
9
Shepherd's Shore Real Estate Co .... front cover and Smithdeal Realty & Insurance Co Inc .. ... front cover and right side lines Southern Asphalt Roofing Co. right side lines and 37
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INTRODUCTION
HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., publishers of Southeastern Directories, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1941 edition of the Winston-Salem City Directory. A new feature, the designation of homes and places of business having telephones, marks this edition.
Confidence in the continued growth of Winston-Salem's industry, population and wealth, and in the advancement of its civic and social ac- tivities, will be maintained as sections of this Directory are consulted, for the Directory is a mirror truly reflecting Winston-Salem 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 serv- ice. 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 Winston-Salem Directory will fulfill its mission as a source of authentic information pertaining to the city.
Five Major Departments
The five major departments are arranged in the following order :-
THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and business and professional concerns is included in pages 17 to 530, 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 Winston-Salem, and the name, official personnel, nature and address of each firm and corporation in the city.
THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, on pink paper, covers pages 533 to 637. In this section the named streets are arranged in alphabetical order, followed by the num- bered streets in numerical order; the numbers of the residences and busi- ness 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 re- spective crossing points on each street. A feature of this section is the designation of tenant-owned homes. A new feature is the designation of homes and places of business having telephones.
THE BUYERS' GUIDE, preceding the Classified and separately paged from 1 to 40, on goldenrod paper, contains the advertisements of leading manufacturing, business and professional interests of Winston-Salem. The advertisements are indexed under headings descriptive of the business represented. This is reference advertising at its best, and merits a survey by all buyers eager to familiarize themselves with sources of supply. In a large commercial and industrial center like Winston-Salem, the necessity of having this kind of information immediately available, is obvious. Gen- eral appreciation of this fact is evidenced by the many reference users of this City Directory service.
THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is included in pages 681 to 739, on white paper. This department lists the names of all business and professional concerns in alphabetical order under appropriate headings. This feature constitutes an invaluable and indispensable catalog of the numerous interests of the community. The Directory is the common inter- mediary 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 medium.
THE NUMERICAL TELEPHONE DIRECTORY, on blue paper, follows the Classified Business Directory.
Municipal Publicity
The Directory reflects the achievements and ambitions of the city, 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 avail- able for free public reference, and serve as perpetual and reliable advertise- ments of Winston-Salem.
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The Winston-Salem Directory Library
Through the courtesy of the publishers of the Winston-Salem City Directory, a Directory Library is maintained in the offices of the Winston- Salem Chamber of Commerce, for free reference by the general public. This is one of more than 500 Directory Libraries installed in the chief cities of the U. S. and Canada 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 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.
HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., Publishers.
WINSTON-SALEM
"THE WORLD'S TOBACCO CENTER" (Courtesy Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce)
Statistical Review
Form of Government-Aldermanic-commission.
Population-79,828 (1940 U. S. Census preliminary report). American- born, 99.4%.
Area-15.5 square miles.
Altitude-885 to 1,000 feet above sea level.
Climate-Mean annual temperature, 58.2 degrees F .; average annual rainfall, 54.4 inches.
Parks-31, with total of 520 acres.
Assessed Valuation-$101,677,849, with $1.50 per $100 (based on two- thirds valuation) City tax rate.
Bonded Debt-$14,500,000.
Financial Facts-2 national banks, 1 state bank and trust company and 1 industrial bank, with total deposits of $111,292,626.67, and total resources of $120,277,551.01. 4 building and loan associations. 1 Federal home loan bank.
Postal Receipts-$460,774.71 (1939).
Telephones in Service-12,608 (Oct. 1, 1940).
Churches-145, representing 26 denominations.
Building and Construction-Value of building permits, $2,261,676 (1939).
Industry-Chief industries of city and surrounding territory: Manu- facturing and agriculture. World center of tobacco business, and one of the largest leaf markets. Leading manufacturing city of the South in value of manufactured products (U. S. Census of Manufactures). 79 manu- facturing establishments, employing 21,180 wage-earners, paying wages of $16,819,541 annually, and having products valued at $343,585,849 annually (U. S. Census of Manufactures). Principal manufactured products: Cigar- ettes and other tobacco products, hosiery, underwear, furniture, textile products, air-conditioning machinery, nicotine sulphate, tinfoil, and swim- ming suits.
Trade Area-A. B. C. area has population of approximately 500,000. About 1,000,000 population in 50-mile radius.
Newspapers-1 morning and 1 evening daily, with combined Sunday edition. 3 weeklies (1 conducted by Negroes).
Hotels-4, with total of 650 rooms.
Railroads-3: Southern, Norfolk & Western and Winston-Salem South- bound. Also 34 off-line railroad offices and 3 steamship offices.
Highways-U. S. 52, 158, 311 and 421; State, 67, 109 and 150.
Airports-1, municipal.
Amusements-Largest auditorium in city (Civic Auditorium) seats 3,000 persons. 7 moving-picture theatres, with total seating capacity of 8,500 persons. Municipal stadium, with seating capacity of 11,174 persons. Municipal park with variety of entertainment features. 3 18-hole golf courses and 1 9-hole course. Golf a year-around sport.
Hospitals-3, with total of 750 beds, 1 attached to medical school. 1 tuberculosis sanatorium.
Education-Salem College (for women); Salem Academy (for girls) ; Bowman Gray Medical School of Wake Forest College (4-year medical school); Winston-Salem Teachers College (Negro). 21 public schools, in- cluding 4 high schools. Value of public school property, $5,700,000.
Public Libraries-2, with total of 31,462 volumes.
City Statistics-Total street mileage, 265. with 143 miles paved. Miles of sewers, 254. Number of water meters, 14.225; light meters, 24,242; gas meters, 3,101. Capacity of water works, 12,000,000 gallons; daily average pumpage, 7,980,000 gallons; miles of mains, 265; value of plant, $3,925,000. Fire department has 81 men, with 6 stations and 12 pieces of motor equip- ment. Value of fire department property, $120,000. Police department has 101 men, with 1 station and 19 pieces of motor equipment.
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Toward a Better Understanding of Winston-Salem
WINSTON-SALEM, with more than the average share of taken-for- granted facilities found in any modern American city, is still cut definitely to its own pattern-and with good reason. This fact makes the community unusually interesting to visitors, inquirers and prospective residents.
The city had two separate beginnings, three-quarters of a century apart. SALEM was planned and named in the heart of 18th Century Eu- rope, as the central town in a 100,000-acre tract purchased in Piedmont, North Carolina after long search for an ideal location, by the Moravian Church, a Protestant denomination of ancient (1457) Bohemian origin. Salem was started as a village project in 1766. WINSTON was originated, named and incorporated as the seat of Forsyth County by the state legisla- ture in 1849. Less than a mile separated the new Winston Court House Square from the old Salem Church Square.
The Moravians exemplified unity, even in the original Latin name for their denomination, Unitas Fratrum. Early settlers of Winston showed a willingness to work together with their neighbors in all matters for the public good. This explains why, after the two communities were consoli- dated into Winston-Salem in 1914, the motto became: "A city founded upon co-operation."
A respect for hard work was the long heritage of the Moravians who settled Salem, and the way to growth for the struggling new town of Win- ston. This explains why 95% of the industries that give Winston-Salem first place among manufacturing cities of the South are of local origin and/ or ownership.
Education was regarded as a practical necessity in Salem, where good private schools attracted widespread patronage from almost the founding date of the community. Winston produced the great Dr. Calvin Henderson Wiley, founder of the public school system of North Carolina. With excep- tional educational opportunities available over a long period, Winston- Salem has a cultural interest and development well above that of the typically industrial center.
Religious freedom motivated the founding of Salem and permeated the life of the neighboring community of Winston. The strong religious spirit of the city finds expression in the variety of denominations repre- sented, the impressive church structures, and the host of visitors that come to Winston-Salem for the widely-known special services of the Moravians, notably the traditional Early Easter Service.
The practical pioneering and innate self-reliance that brought the founders of Salem from their European homelands to a place of their own selection and purchase in the New World continue to be strongly reflected in community characteristics and activities today. Winston-Salem leaders are men of long vision, common sense and initiative. They know by his- toric precedent that their city has never advanced one step nor gained one facility by any sort of "happy accident."
Winston-Salem was founded as a permanent home. Even the earliest structures were built for the years, and still stand and serve.
These are among the salient factors that underly Winston-Salem's individuality and bring consistently into one compact pattern every aspect of the varied activities of this prosperous and well-balanced community.
Additional Facts
Altitude-From 885 to 1,000 feet above sea level; 250 feet above Yadkin River, chief drainage artery.
Area-15.5 square miles in corporate limits of Winston-Salem; 396, square miles in Forsyth County.
Aviation-Municipal Airport, 2.5 miles from center of city, area of 170 acres, three paved runways of 4,000, 3,500, and 3,200 feet, all-way field, three hangars.
Banking-Three commercial banks, one industrial bank; headquarters of Federal Home Loan Bank for Southeastern territory; resources of com- mercial banks, $120,000,000; bank clearings, average of $10,000,000 per week; home of largest bank between Washington and Atlanta.
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Churches-145, denominations represented including: Adventist (2), Apostolic (1), Baptist (45), Catholic (1), Christian (6), Christian Science (1), Christian and Missionary Alliance (1), Church of Christ (2), Congre- gational (1), Congregational-Christian (1), Disciples (3), Episcopal (2), Friends (1), Greek Orthodox (1), Hebrew (2), Holiness (29), Lutheran (3), Methodist (20), Moravian (12), Presbyterian (7), Reformed (2), Undenomi- national (5).
Climate-Equable, with 232 clear days per year (U. S. Weather Bureau records covering 40 years); average temperature-normal of 35° to 40º F. for January, 70° to 75° F. for July, average mean temperature of 58.2º. Rainfall, 54.4 inches per year, equably distributed. Snowfall, 7.8 inches per year. No weather extremes. Daily weather forecasts for the city.
Cultural Opportunities-Musical and dramatic presentations under sponsorship of Civic Music Association; frequent lectures on literary and timely topics centering at Salem College; music clubs, garden clubs, little theatre groups.
Employment and Payroll-Population 46% gainfully employed. In- dustrial payroll including wages, salaries and services, in excess of $25,000,- 000 annually.
Estates, Private-Large private residence estates near Winston-Salem include: Reynolda (Mrs. Charles Babcock), Graylyn (Bowman Gray Estate) ; Tanglewood (W. N. Reynolds), Wilsher Lodge (S. Clay Williams), Forest Hills (R. E. Lasater).
Events (special annual)-Early Easter Service of the Moravians, held annually on Easter morning since 1773, beginning in front of Home Mora- vian Church and concluding on nearby God's Acre (graveyard); Municipal Iris Gardens in bloom May and early June; annual garden tour, some time in April; May Day, Salem College, first Saturday in May; Winston-Salem Horse Show, late spring; Forsyth County Fair, early October; Christmas Party for tobacco growers and families, sponsored by Joint Leaf Tobacco Market Committee, week before Christmas; Moravian Christmas Eve.
Forsyth County, of which Winston-Salem is county seat, was created in 1849 and named for Col. Benjamin Forsyth, Revolutionary War hero; comprises 253,440 acres, suitable for raising corn, tobacco, wheat, oats, cotton, clover, alfalfa, sweet potatoes, Irish potatoes, cabbage, cowpeas, rye, sorghum, melons, fruits and garden vegetables, dairy products. Free from malaria and typhoid. All streams protected against pollution.
Hotels-Three principal hotels, with 630 rooms; ball room, roof garden, public and private dining rooms, coffee shops, conference and committee rooms and other convention facilities.
Industries-79, with manufactured products valued at $343,585,000 per year (U. S. Census of Manufactures). Principal products are: Cigarettes and other forms of tobacco, hosiery, underwear, furniture, air-condition- ing machinery, nicotine sulphate, tinfoil, textiles, narrow fabric, boxes.
Location-On Piedmont Plateau, 45 miles south of Virginia State Line, midway between Washington and Atlanta.
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