Hill's Winston-Salem (Forsyth County, N.C.) City Directory [1936], Part 1

Author: Hill Directory Company.
Publication date: 1936
Publisher: Hill Directory Co.
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INSON -- Realtor Phones: Office 4863, Ros. 7979


Real Estate, Rentals and Property Management


REAL ESTATE BOUGHT AND SOLD


Every Form of Insurance Written


221 W. 5th STREET PHONE 7124


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Piedmont Federal Savings & Loan Assi.


Investments Insured Up To $5,000.00 By Federal Savings & Loan Insurance Corporation


MEMBER FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK SYSTEM


DIAL 5204


FARMERS NATIONAL CO. INC. Insurance and


FIRST FLOOR FIRST NATIONAL BANK BLOG.


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Insurance Agents and Brokers


Main Floor Reynolds Bldg. Phone 962


(1936) HILL DIRECTOY


GENERAL INDEX


Abbreviations


Page 50


Airports 612


Alphabetical List of Names 51


Apartment Buildings . 612


Associations and Clubs-Commercial 612


Banks and Trust Companies 615


Buildings-Office and Public 618


Bus and Coach Lines-Motor


618


Buyers' Guide 21


Cemeteries


619


Churches


619


City Government


455


Classified Business Directory


611


Clergymen


620


Clubs


623


County Government


169


Fire Department


455


Halls


631


Homes and Asylums


632


Hospitals and Dispensaries


632


Labor Organizations


637


Legal Blue Book


opp 638


Libraries


639


Museums . 640


Newspapers 641


Numerical Telephone Directory 655


Parks and Playgrounds 643


Police Department


456


Post Office


Railroads


646


Schools-Public 648


Schools, Colleges and Academies 649


Societies-Benevolent and Fraternal 650


Societies-Miscellaneous 650


Societies-Patriotic 650


State Government 319


Street and Avenue Guide North Carolina Room 467


United States Officials


Forsyth. County. Public Library


423


660 West Fifth Street


Winston-Salem, NC 27101


423


INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


Page


Page


Anchor Co Inc. left top lines


Auto Repair & Sales Co Inc.


24


Bennett Paul Motor Co Inc. Z


Blue Bird Cab Co Inc ..


48


Blum Frank L & Co .. 33


Bocock-Stroud Co Inc. 48 43 Nalley Paint Co. left side lines Nash A V & Sons Co.


Bowen Jesse G & Co. Brown John M .. . . back cover


Brown-Ruffin Co Inc.


3


Burke C A Coal Co 31


Camel City Laundry 41


Camel City Realty Co


44


Carolina Printing Co. .left side lines


Carolina Taxi Service Inc. 48 Pfaff's Inc.


Central Cadillac-LaSalle Co right side lines


City Fuel Co. 31


Clinard Electric Co Inc .... right top lines Clodfelter H W Roofing & Sheet Metal Co. ribbon bookmark and Cody Realty & Mortgage Co.


46 44 31


Consumers Coal Corp .... back cover and Craige & Craige. . Legal Blue Book


Craven John E.


37


Cruse Animal Hospital .... right side lines Davis & Cody Inc ... 3


Disher C C Chevrolet Co Inc.


.right side lines and 24


Dixie Motor Company Inc. 24


Dixie Music & Jewelry Co 42


Dize Awning & Tent Co back cover and 27


Douglas Battery Mfg Co ... 24


25 Downtown Garage .... left top lines and Duke Power Co. Z Dunnagan & Rideout.


Eaton R V Distributing Co Inc The ...


.right side lines and 22


Edman Electric Co. . left side lines


Elberson Charles E.


.backbone and


22


Elledge & Wells. Legal Blue Book


Ernst & Ernst. back cover and Evergreen Cemetery Assn Inc.


43 39


Farmers National Co Inc front cover and Firestone Service Stores ... 25 Smithdeal Realty & Ins Co Inc front cover and 46 37


First Federal Savings & Loan Assn of Winston-Salem ...... left side lines and 29 First National Bank of Winston-Salem The 28


Fogle Bros Co .right bottom lines


Forsyth Coal Co. .right top lines and 31


Gay James E jr. Legal Blue Book


Goodrich Silvertown Stores 25


Green Walter G jr .. . Legal Blue Book Hanes P H Knitting Co Inc.


49


36


44


Highfill H T & H M Ins Agency.


39


Holland Furnace Co ... 35 Twin City Motor Co Inc .. 26


Holton Geo R. . Legal Blue Book


Vaughn Robert C .. . . . . Legal Blue Book


Vermilya Herbert M. 22


Home Real Estate Loan & Ins Co ..


.front cover and


45


Vick Paint Co.


. front cover and


43


Vogler Frank & Sons Inc. . bottom stencil and 35


Vogler W T & Son. . front cover and 40


Wachovia Bank & Trust Co (Ins Dept)


Huntley-Hue-Stockton Furniture Co .. 36


Hutchins Fred S ...


. Legal Blue Book


Ideal Dry Goods Co Inc. . right side lines Johnson J A Electric Co ... 42


Johnson Motor & Supply Co Inc.


Johnson Thos E. right top lines and 25


front cover and 45 Wilkinson W A & Son. 2


Johnson W Reade . Legal Blue Book Jones H H Furniture Co Inc.


36


Julian Sidney H ..


47 Kester Machinery Co. Y L & M Furniture Co Inc.


36


Lentz Transfer & Storage Co Inc ..


.right side lines and Lewis Auto Repair & Blacksmith Shop .. Love Furniture Co .... right bottom lines Madison Face Brick Co. 29


42 23


Messick J G & Son .. 46


Modern Chevrolet Co Inc. 26 Montaldo's Inc. 41


Mutual Benefit Life Ins Co of Newark N J ..


40


45


Par-T-Pak Bottling Co right bottom lines Patterson Drug Co ... .left top lines and Pegram Coal Co ..


34 32


Penry-Aitchison Printing Co Inc. 4 Perryman Bros Lumber Co. 41 37


Phoenix Co The. .right top lines Phoenix Mutual Life Ins Co of Hartford Conn .. . back cover Piedmont Federal Savings & Loan Assn .front cover and Piedmont Quarries Co. . left top lines and Pilot Insurance Agency ... top stencil and Pilot Life Ins Co .... right side lines and Pine Hall Brick & Pipe Co ...


30 43 38 40


23


Legal Blue Book Rawley & Apperson Inc .. front stencil


Red Bird Cab Co. Risner Emzy E .. Legal Blue Book


Rominger Furniture Co Inc. back cover and 37


27


Royal Cleaners. left side lines Sartin Dry Cleaning Co. . front cover and 34


Sears, Roebuck & Co. 33


Security Bond & Mortgage Co Inc ..


.left top lines


Service Coal Co Inc.


32


Shore Real Estate Co .... right top lines Smith-Phillips Lumber Co .. 42


Southern Furniture Co Inc .. Spainhour Armenius C .... right side lines Spaugh Realty & Insurance Co Inc. . .left side lines


Spencer's Mid Town Service ... 23 Standard Building & Loan Assn.


Steifel Mattress Co.


right top lines


Stockton Norman Inc


30


26


Stowe's Garage Inc ...


Trade Street Coal Co. 32


Trogdon Annie T .. . .. left side lines


. back cover and


39


26


Wachovia Oil Co ... .right side lines and


Wall Coal Co. left top lines


Wall Funeral Home 35


Webster & Little . Legal Blue Book West End Tin Shop. 47


44


Williams C R Radio Co back cover and Winston Mutual Life Ins Co ... .left side lines and 40 Winston Printing Co Inc ... 2 Winston-Salem Bldg & Loan Assn .. .right side lines and 30 Winston-Salem Hardware Co. 4 Winston-Salem Teachers College.


Winston Steam Laundry.


.right side lines and


33


Manly, Hendren & Womble right top lines and 41 Woodall Basil T .. 40 . Legal Blue Book McDade Dry Cleaners .... right side lines Yates I C Fuel Co. 33


.left top lines and 29 23 32


Pure Oil Co of The Carolinas Inc


Quality Coals Inc ... Quality Oil Co ...... right side lines and Ratcliff, Hudson & Ferrell ..


Dixie Sign Co. 47 Realty Bond Co The. 45 48


47 Royal Baking


22


Haverty Furniture Co. . left top lines and Hege A L Radio Co.


Hood System Industrial Bank The. .right top lines


Horton Phin jr Legal Blue Book Hotel Robert E Lee.


38


. back cover and 30


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INSURANCE


Fire Automobile


Marine


Tourist Floater Jewelry and Furs Burglary Tornado


Use and Occupancy Explosion


Riot and Civil Commotion Sprinkler Leakage


Accident and Health


Public Liability


Workmen's Compensation


Steam Boiler Plate Glass Electrical Machinery Group Life Paymaster Fidelity Bonds Surety Bonds


By reason of our experience and company connections we are prepared to handle well these and many other forms of insurance with all their varied individualities.


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Winston-Salem, N. C.


WINSTON - SALEM HARDWARE CO.


Charlie Beck, Mngr.


Jobbers and Dealers in Hardware, Cutlery, Sporting Goods, Agricultural Implements, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Glass, Etc.


215 W. 5th St.


Winston-Salem, N. C.


Phone 2-1173


(1936) HILL DIRECTORY CO.'S


HILL'S WINSTON-SALEM (FORSYTH COUNTY, N. C.) CITY DIRECTORY 1936


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


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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.


HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., Publishers


IRECTORY


INTRODUCTION


HILL DIRECTORY CO. Inc., publishers of Southeastern Directories present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1936 edition of the Winston-Salem City Directory.


Confidence in the continued growth of Winston-Salem's industry, popu- lation 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 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 service. With an unrivaled organization, and having had the courteous and hearty co- operation 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.


Population


The population of Winston-Salem is estimated at 85,068, based on the number of personal names in the Alphabetical section of the Directory, with due allowance for those under Directory age. Territory immediately adjacent, which is part of the city, as far as business and social life are concerned, is included in the Directory, and, likewise, in the population estimate.


Five Major Departments


The five major departments are arranged in the following order :-


THE BUYERS' GUIDE, pages 21 to 50, printed on tinted paper, con- tains 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. General appreciation of this fact is evidenced by the many reference users of this City Directory service.


THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and business and professional concerns is included in pages 51 to 465. 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 per- sonnel, nature and address of each firm and corporation in the city.


THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, covers pages 467 to 610. In this section the named streets are arranged in alphabetical order, followed by the numbered streets in numerical 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 respective crossing points on each street. A feature of this section is the designation of tenant-owned homes.


THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is included in pages 611 to 653. This department lists the names of all business and professional concerns in alphabetical order under appropriate headings. This feature con- stitutes an invaluable and indispensable catalog of the numerous interests of the community. The Directory is the common intermediary between buyer


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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 extends from page 655 to page 686.


Municipal Publicity


The Directory reflects the achievements and ambitions of the city, depict- ing 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 Winston-Salem.


The Winston-Salem Directory Library


Through the courtesy of the publishers of the Winston-Salem City Direc- tory, 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 450 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 pro- gressive 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 METROPOLIS" (Courtesy Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce)


Statistical Review


Form of Government-Aldermanic- commission.


Population-Total, 75,274; males, 35,792; females, 39,482; total colored, 32,566 (1930 U. S. Census). Ameri- can-born, 99.4%. Local estimate of population at present, 85,000.


Area-15.5 square miles.


Altitude -- 875 to 1,000 feet above sea level.


Climate-Mean annual temperature,


58.2 degrees F .; average annual rain- fall, 54.4 inches.


Parks-27, with total of 328.09 acres.


Assessed Valuation-$102,700.000, with $1.25 per $100 tax rate.


Bonded Debt-$6,528,087.66.


Financial Facts-1 national bank, 1 state bank and trust company and 2 other banks, with total deposits of $65,639,000, and total resources of $72,802,000 (Polk's Bankers Encyclo- pedia report as of June 30, 1935). 4 building and loan associations, with total assets of $5.528,664.58 (Oct. 30, 1935).


Postal Receipts-$366.309.09 (fis- cal year ended June 30, 1935) .


Telephones in Service-8,185.


Churches-131, representing all de- nominations.


Industry-Chief industry is manu- facturing. 67 manufacturing establish- ments, employing 17,304 workers, pay- ing wages of $10,174.201 annually, and having products valued at $193,- 289,911 annually (1933 report) . Principal manufactured products: Ci- garettes, tobacco products, underwear, furniture, blankets, homespun cloth, tinfoil, swimming suits and air-condi- tioning machinery.


Trade Area-Retail area has radius of 50 miles, and population of 802,- 358; wholesale area, radius of 150 miles, and population of 4,434,119.


Newspapers-2 dailies and 3 weeklies.


Hotels-3, with total of 612 rooms. Newest hotel opened in 1929.


Railroads-3: Southern, Norfolk & Western and Winston-Salem South- bound. 23 "off-line" railway offices and 3 steamship line offices.


Highways-U. S. 52, 158, 311 and 421; State 67, 109 and 771.


Airports-2, including 1 municipal.


Amusements-Largest auditorium in city seats 3,000 persons. 6 moving- picture theatres, with total seating ca- pacity of 8,200 persons. 3 golf courses.


Hospitals-4, with total of 400 beds.


Education - Salem College and Academy. 21 public schools, including 4 senior high. Number of pupils in public schools, 16,000; teachers. 444. Value of public school property, $4 - 720,000.


Public Libraries-2, with total of 26,419 volumes.


City Statistics-Total street mileage, 265, with 143 miles paved. Miles of gas mains, 96.5; sewers, 298; electric street railway, 10. Number of water meters, 13.500; light meters, 17,866; gas meters, 2,926. Capacity of water works (municipal), 18,000,000 gal- lons; daily average pumpage, 6,000,- 000 gallons ; miles of mains, 224; value of plant, $3,000,000. Fire depart- ment has 80 men, with 9 pieces of motor equipment. Value of fire depart- ment property, $150,000. Police de- partment has 94 men, with 1 station and 19 pieces of motor equipment.


Interesting Historical Background


Co-operation was and is the foun- dation of Winston-Salem.


On July 6, 1415, John Huss, of Bo- hemia, a province of Austria, was burned at the stake as the first Protest- ant martyr preceding the Reformation. His martyrdom, together with the per- secution of the small band which fol- lowed him, bore the germ of a move- ment which culminated in migration.


This migration was ultimately to be responsible for the initial settlement of Winston-Salem, North Carolina.


Fleeing from Bohemia and Moravia to escape further religious persecutions, John Huss' little band settled for a time in Saxony, Germany, under the protection and patronage of Count Zin- zendorf. Continued resistance to the desire for full religious liberty caused them to look toward the New World, and in 1740 the "Moravians," as they are now called, settled in Pennsylvania.


SALEM-In January, 1753, a small party seeking an ideal location, settled at the three forks of the Yadkin River, calling the region "Wachovia," to per- petuate the name of the beautiful estate of Count Zinzendorf left behind in Eu- rope. Thirteen years later, in 1766,


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eight men-two Danes, two Germans, one Englishman and three Moravians -commenced the first building in the town of Salem. Here the Moravians made their permanent abode and when the visitor enters Winston-Salem, a


numerous other names harking back to the origin of the city ..


What the Pilgrim Fathers were to New England, the Protestant Mora- vians were to this region. Each brought a strong desire for religious freedom.


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NISSEN OFFICE BUILDING, WINSTON-SALEM


One of the skyscrapers of the Piedmont area of the Carolinas. Many communities, in keeping with the demands for office space, made necessary by their growth, have erected towering office structures which are indicative of the confidence of investors in the future of this section.


tinge of Old World atmosphere meets his eye, not so much in architecture, but in the names that reflect the past. Here one finds the MORAVIAN Church and College, the ZINZENDORF Hotel, the WACHOVIA Bank & Trust Co., and


Each brought a desire for education. Both brought that courage and daring, that zeal and heroism which made pos- sible the America of today.


The colony prospered from the be- ginning, for the Moravians, like the Pilgrim Fathers, brought with them


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ideas and ideals founded on thrift, econ- omy and community spirit.


By co-operation the first church was built, and co-operation proceeded to build the first school.


WINSTON-The prosperity of the colony began to attract others and about 1850 a small settlement was commenced on the fringe of Salem.


them under the name of Winston-Sa- lem-the "Twin City."


THE TWIN CITY-Permeating the term "Twin City" is the text of the Moravians, "Unitas Fratum," or "Unity of Brothers," which in fami- liar phraseology is "co-operation," and this co-operation has been largely responsible for the growth and pros-


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CAROLINA THEATRE, HOTEL AND APARTMENTS


This twin colony grew rapidly until on Jan. 15, 1851, the Legislature passed an act naming Winston in honor of Major Joseph Winston, of Revolution- ary fame.


The two communities, Winston and Salem, grew together until in May, 1913, by a large majority in each mu- nicipality, it was voted to combine


perity of the industrial metropolis of the Carolinas-Winston-Salem.


In commenting upon the care ex- ercised by the early settlers in selecting this particular location, the United States Department of Agriculture, in a soil survey, has the following to say:


"Prior to the settlement of Forsyth County, a reconnaissance survey was made to determine the quality of the


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land, its physiography, drainage, etc. The natural conditions were considered ideal. Perhaps no other colony in America was so systematic and thor- oughly scientific in its investigation of the natural resources as those settlers who first occupied this section. The colony was successful from the begin- ning.'


Carolinas. Its industries, in 1909,


turned out products valued at $18,- 240,000, while in 1933 the total out- put of its plants was $193,289,911, far outstripping that of any other city in the Piedmont area. The 1930 U. S. Census revealed a population of 75,274.


There are many factors responsible for the growth of Winston-Salem, both


FICEE


HOTEL ROBERT E. LEE


One of the newer type of hotels which have been erected in the Piedmont area of North Carolina. During the past fifteen years, in keeping pace with the Old North State's progress in highways, schools and industries, many of the communities have erected hotels that, in size, equipment and operation, come under the metropolitan classification. The Hotel Robert E. Lee, named for the South's noblest son, is a hostelry of 385 rooms, built especially to accommodate large conventions and meetings.


In 1880 the population of Winston and Salem together was that of an average village.


From this village, Winston-Salem progressed to a dominant position in the famous Piedmont Plateau of the


in population and industry. In the first place, it is the center of that part of North Carolina of which the late Franklin K. Lane said:


"That section of the Carolinas stretching from a point about Ashe-


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ville to a point about Goldsboro is destined to become the greatest indus- trial area in the country because of its great industrial advantages and econo- mies."


Location and Topography


The Piedmont Plateau, extending from Virginia through the Carolinas to


This city of approximately 85,000 population, covering an area of 15.5 square miles, is the county seat of FOR- SYTH COUNTY, and is situated on a plateau 875 to 1,000 feet above sea level.


The topography may be generally described as consisting of smoothly


HOME OF THE MORAVIAN CHURCH AT WINSTON-SALEM


Built during the latter part of the Eighteenth Century. Much of the work in this edifice was done by the brethren of the colony. The church bell was transported overland by stage-coach from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The church is the scene of the Easter morning sunrise service, which, each year, attracts over 50,000 visitors from distant points to Winston-Salem. The bishop begins the service from the steps of the church. The Easter morning service has taken place annually since the founding of the colony in 1766.




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