Hill's Winston-Salem (Forsyth County, N.C.) city directory [1935], Part 1

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Publication date: 1935
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CITY DIRECTORY 1935


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GENERAL INDEX


Page


Abbreviations


48


Airports


594


Alphabetical List of Names


49


Apartment Buildings


594


Associations and Clubs-Commercial


594


Banks and Trust Companies


596


Buildings-Office and Public 599


Bus and Coach Lines-Motor


599


Buyers' Guide


21


Cemeteries


600


Churches


600


City Government 442


Classified Business Directory


593


Clergymen


601


Clubs


603


County Government


164


Fire Department 442


Golf Clubs and Courses


609


Halls


611


Homes and Asylums


611


Hospitals and Dispensaries 612


Labor Organizations 617


Legal Blue Book


opp 618


Libraries


618


Museums 620


Newspapers 620


633


Parks and Playgrounds


623


Police Department


442


Post Office


411


Railroads


625


Schools-Public


628


Schools, Colleges and Academies 628


629


Societies-Miscellaneous


629


Societies-Patriotic 629


State Government 310


Street and Avenue Guide 453


United States Officials


411


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Societies-Benevolent and Fraternal


Numerical Telephone Directory


INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


Page


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Anchor Co Inc. .left top lines


Auto Repair & Sales Co ..


Auto Spring Co ... .right side lines


Baldwin W Frazier .. 42


Bennett Paul Motor Co Inc.


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Blue Bird Cab Co Inc. 46


Boccck-Stroud Co Inc. 46


Bolling J R Co. .. .left top lines


Bowen Jesse G & Co.


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Piedmont Quarries Co. .left bottom lines and 42 Pilot Insurance Agency Inc ..


Brownlow G W Co ..


Camel City Laundry. 38


Camel City Realty Co. 43


City Fuel Co ... 29


Clinard Electric Co Inc.


31


Clodfelter H W Roofing & Sheet Metal Co


45


Cody Realty & Mortgage Co. 43


Commercial Printers Inc.


41


Consumers Coal Corp.


29 .... marginal line back cover and Crystal Ice & Coal Co .. .right side lines and 30


Disher C C Chevrolet Co. .right side lines and


24 47


Dixie Welding Works.


Dize Awning & Tent Co. . back cover and 25 Downtown Garage .... left top lines and 24 Dr Pepper Bottling Co 28 45


Dunnagan & Rideout.


Elberson C E & Co . backbone and 22


Elledge & Wells. . Legal Blue Book Ernst & Ernst .. ... marginal line back cover and 22


Farmers National Co.


.marginal line front cover and 36


Firestone Service Stores Inc. .right bottom lines and 24


First National Bank of Winston-Salem The


Forsyth Coal Co ...... right top lines and Goodrich Silvertown Stores.


Green Walter G Jr. ...


. Legal Blue Book


Hamby Plumbing & Heating Co. .. marginal line front cover and 40 Hanes P H Knitting Co. 47 32


Haverty Furniture Co. . left top lines and Union Furniture Co. Hege A L Radio Co .. 42 Vaughn Robert C .... Legal Blue Book


Home Real Estate Loan & Insurance Co


front cover and 43 Hood System Industrial Bank The. right top lines Hotel Robert E Lee. . 34


Huntley-Hill-Stockton Furniture Co ..


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Hutchison-Allgood Printing Co. . right top lines and 41


Ideal Dry Goods Co Inc.


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Johnson J A Electric Co


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Kester Machinery Co ...


Kinney & Googe ...... left top lines and 36


L & M Furniture Co. 33


Manly, Hendren & Womble.


Legal Blue Book


Medearis Stamp & Printing Co. 41 Messick J G & Son .. Modern Chevrolet Co. 45 25 Montaldo's Inc ... 37


Morris-Early & Co Inc ... right top lines Nalley Paint Co. . 39 44


Nash A V & Sons Co.


Patterson Drug Co Inc .. left top lines and 31 Penry-Aitchison Printing Co. 4


Perryman Bros Lumber Co. 38


23 Pfaff's Inc .. 34


Phoenix Co The .. 36


Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Co of Hartford, Conn. Piedmont Motor Corp. . back cover 25 Piedmont-Mutual Bldg & Loan Assn .. .front cover and 28


top stencil and


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Pilot Life Insurance Co.


right side lines and 36 Pine Hall Brick & Pipe Co Inc. left top lines and 28 Post The. 39 47


Public Transfer Co.


Pure Oil Co of the Carolinas Inc. 23 30


Quality Coals Inc ..


Ratcliff-Hudson & Ferrell.


Legal Blue Book Rawley & Apperson Inc .... front stencil Realty Bond Co The. 44 46 34


Red Bird Cab Co.


Robert E Lee Hotel.


Rogers Paint Store. 39 Rominger Furniture Co .. back cover and Sapp H O & Son .... . Legal Blue Book 33 Sartin Dry Cleaning Co ..


.marginal line front cover and 31 Security Bond & Mortgage Co Inc. . 44 Security Life & Trust Co. .left side lines and 37


Shore Real Estate Co .. 44 Smith-Phillips Lumber Co. 38 Smithdeal Realty & Insurance Co .. .front cover and Southern Furniture Co Inc. 33 45 Spainhour Armenius C. . right side lines Standard Bldg & Loan Assn ...


. back cover and 28 25


Stowe's Garage Inc.


Vermilya H M & Co. right top lines and 22


Vick Paint, Co .. .marginal line front cover and 40 Vogler Frank & Sons Inc .. . bottom stencil and 32 37 27


Vogler W T & Son ...... front cover and Wachovia Bank & Trust Co. .


Wachovia Bank & Trust Co Insurance Dept .. . marginal line back cover and


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West End Tin Shop 46 Walker Carbis A ...... left top lines and 22 Wilkinson W A & Son. 2


Williams C R Radio Co. 42 . marginal line back cover and Winston Mutual Life Insurance Co. left side lines and 37 2 Winston Printing Co.


Winston-Salem Bldg & Loan Assn. right side lines and 29 Winston-Salem Hardware Co .. 4 Winston-Salem Teachers College .. .right side lines and 30


Winston Steam Laundry. right top lines and 38


26 30 24 Stanley-Hudsen Inc. . right top lines and Steifel Mattress Co ...... right top lines Stockton Norman Inc.


29 23 33


James Realty Co. 43 47 Wachovia Oil Co .... .. right side lines


Brown-Matthews Motor Co Inc.


INTRODUCTION


HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., publishers of Southeastern Directories, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1935 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 Direc- tory 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 ser- vice. 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 ap- proval 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 84,906, based on the number of personal names in the Alphabetical section of the Directory, with due allowance for those under Directory age. Territory immediately ad- jacent, which is part of the city, as far as business and social life are con- cerned, is included in the Directory, and, likewise, in the population esti- mate.


Five Major Departments


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


THE BUYERS' GUIDE, pages 21 to 48, printed on tinted paper, contains the advertisements of leading manufacturing, business and professional interests of Winston-Salem. The advertisements are indexed under head- ings descriptive of the business represented. This is reference advertising at its best, and merits a survey by all buyers eager to familiarize them- selves with sources of supply. In a large commercial and industrial center like Winston-Salem, the necessity of having this kind of information im- mediately available, is obvious. General appreciation of this fact is evi- denced 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 49 to 452. 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 453 to 592. In this section the names of the streets are arranged 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 respective crossing points on each street.


THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is included in pages 593 to 632. This department lists the names of all business and professional con- cerns 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 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 633 to page 660.


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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 cen- ter. 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 ad- vertisements 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 nearly 450 Directory Libraries installed in the chief cities of the United States and Canada by members of the Association of North Ameri- can 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.


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WINSTON-SALEM


"The World's Tobacco Metropolis" (Courtesy Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce)


Statistical Review


Form of Government-Alderman- ic-Commission.


Population-Total, 75,274; males, 35,792; females, 39,482; total colored, 32,566 (1930 U. S. Census). Amer- ican-born, 99.3%. Local estimate for 1935, 85,000.


Area-15.5 square miles.


Altitude-877 to 1,000 feet.


Climate-Mean annual tempera- ture, 58 degrees F .; average annual rainfall, 54.4 inches.


Parks-13, with total of 310 acres, valued at $1,000,000.


Assessed Valuation- $101,000,000, with $1.30 per $100 tax rate.


Bonded Debt-$6,573,456.


Financial Facts-1 state bank, 1 national bank and 1 trust company, with total deposits of $64,591,422.28, and total resources of $69,933,554.77 (exclusive of trust funds, Oct. 30, 1934). 4 building and loan associa- tions, with total assets of $5,216,000 (June 30, 1934).


Postal Receipts-$373,729.89 (fiscal year ended June 30, 1934).


Telephones in Service-7,716.


Churches -127, representing


all denominations.


Industry-Chief industry: Manu- facturing. 72 manufacturing estab- lishments, employing 16,798 workers, paying wages of $11,452,654 annually, and having products valued at $283,- 566,465 annually (1930 U. S. Census). Principal manufactured products: Cigarettes, tobacco products, furni- ture, underwear, blankets, hosiery, bathing suits, tinfoil 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 1 week- ly.


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. 121, 158, 311 and 421; State 48, 60, 66, 67, 77, 89, 109, 661, 771 and 892.


Airports-2, including municipal airport.


Amusements-Largest auditorium in city seats 3,000 persons. 6 moving-


picture theatres, with total seating capacity of 8,200 persons. 3 golf courses.


Hospitals-4, with total of 400 beds. Education - Salem College and Academy. 21 public schools, includ- ing 4 senior high. Number of pupils in public schools, 15,445; teachers, 404. Value of public school property, $4,720,000.


Public Libraries-3, with total of 25,558 volumes.


City Statistics-Total street mile- age, 265, with 143 miles paved. Miles of gas mains, 96.5; electric street rail- way, 10. Number of water meters, 13,300; light meters, 16,172; gas me- ters, 2,874. Capacity of water works (municipal), 18,000,000 gallons; daily average pump, 6,000,000 gallons; miles of mains, 219.95; value of plant, $3,- 000,000. Fire department has 80 men, with 9 pieces of motor equipment. Value of fire department property, $150,000. Police department has 87 men, with 1 station and 17 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 Prot- estant martyr preceding the Refor- mation. His martyrdom, together with the persecution of the small band which followed him, bore the germ of a movement which culmin- ated 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 persecu- tions, John Huss' little band settled for a time in Saxony, Germany, un- der the protection and patronage of Count Zinzendorf. Continued resis- tance to the desire for full religious liberty caused them to look toward the New World, and in 1740 the "Mo- ravians," as they are now called, set- tled in Pennsylvania.


SALEM-In January, 1753, a small party seeking an ideal location, set- tled at the three forks of the Yadkin River, calling the region "Wachovia," to perpetuate the name of the beau- tiful estate of Count Zinzendorf left behind in Europe. Thirteen years later, in 1766, eight men-two Danes


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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 tinge of Old World atmosphere meets his eye, not so


What the Pilgrim Fathers were to New England, the Protestant Mora- vians were to this region. Each brought a strong desire for religious freedom. Each brought a desire for education. Both brought that cour- age and daring, that zeal and hero-


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One of the recently-erected 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.


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


ism which made possible the America of today.


The colony prospered from the be- ginning, for the Moravians, like the Pilgrim Fathers, brought with them ideas and ideals founded on thrift, economy and community spirit.


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


liar phraseology is "co-operation," and this co-operation has been large- ly responsible for the growth and prosperity of the industrial metro- polis of the Carolinas-Winston-Sal- em.


In commenting upon the care ex- ercised by the early settlers in select- ing this particular location, the United States Department of Agricul- ture, in a soil survey, has the follow- ing to say:


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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 them under the name of Winston- Salem-the "Twin City."


THE TWIN CITY-Permeating the term "Twin City" is the text of the Moravians, "Unitas Fratrum," or "Unity of Brothers," which in fami-


"Prior to the settlement of Forsyth County, a reconnaissance survey was made to determine the quality of the land, its physiography, drainage, etc. The natural conditions were consid- ered ideal. Perhaps no other colony in America was so systematic and thoroughly scientific in its investi- gation of the natural resources as


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those settlers who first occupied this section. The colony was successful from the beginning."


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


Census revealed a population of 75,- 274.


There are many factors responsible


for the growth of Winston-Salem, both 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:


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One of the newer type of hotels which have been erected in the Piedmont area of North Carolina. During the past twelve years, in keeping pace with the Old North State's pro- gress 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.


Carolinas. Its industries, in 1909, turned out products valued at $18,-


240,000, while in 1930 the total out-


put of its plants was $283,566,465, far outstripping that of any other city in the Piedmont area. The 1930 U. S.


"That section of the Carolinas stretching from a point about Ashe- ville to a point about Goldsboro is destined to become the greatest in- dustrial area in the country because of its great industrial advantages and economies."


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Location and Topography


The Piedmont Plateau, extending from Virginia through the Carolinas to Alabama, needs no advertising, as it is generally known throughout the nation as a leading industrial area. of the Southeast.


The topography may be generally described as consisting of smoothly rolling slopes dissected by numerous streams which furnish an effective natural drainage system.


The general elevation of the city is approximately 250 feet above the


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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.


WINSTON-SALEM is located to- ward the center of this section, in the northwestern sector of North Caro- lina.


This city of approximately 85,000 population, covering an area of 15.5 square miles, is the county seat of FORSYTH COUNTY, and is situated on a plateau 877 to 1,000 feet above sea level.


Yadkin River, which is located some 15 miles distant, and is the main ar- tery of drainage for the region.


The precise location of Winston- Salem is:


Latitude .36° 05' 48" Longitude .80° 14' 48"


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mountain country or monotonous flats has a decided influence on the lives and character of people. Happier conditions are found between these




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