Miller's Hickory, N.C., City Directory [1937/1938], Part 1

Author: Miller, Chas. W. (Charles W.)
Publication date: 1937
Publisher: Southern Directory Co.
Number of Pages: 316


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G. A. FLOWERS AUTO PARTS 1121 NINTH AVE.


THE FLOWERS CO.


H. L. FLOWERS AUTO BODY BUILDERS PHONES 63 -64


478 J. F. MILLER, Owner and Manager PHONE Operating THE CAROLINA, RIVOLI & PASTIME THEATRES HICKORY AMUSEMENT CO.


COAL


ICE HICKORY ICE & COAL CO.


AIR CONDITIONED REFRIGERATORS


10TH AVE. COR. 8TH ST.


PHONE 261


FIELD INSURANCE AGENCY


MUTUALIZE and ECONOMIZE


CAROLINA THEATRE BLDG. PHONE 806


M & J FINANCE CORP


CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $150.000.00 C. A. Danner, Mgr.


WE PAY 5% INTEREST ON TIME CERTIFICATES


1338 UNION SQ.


PHONE 920


HARPER MOTOR CO.


SALES


Ford


SERVICE


GAS - OILS - STORAGE


1311-1317 9TH AVE.


PHONE 275


Hickory-Newton Hwy No. 10


CATAWBA MARBLE & GRANITE WORKS


HIGH GRADE MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS Buy Here and Save Agents' Commissions


PHONE 758


SHUFORD FUNERAL HOME 1430 11TH AVE. AMBULANCE SERVICE PHONE 99


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TITLE PAGE


MILLER'S HICKORY, N. C. CITY DIRECTORY


VOL VI


1937-1938


VOL VI


Containing an Alphabetical Directory of Business Concerns and Private Citizens, Occupants of Office Buildings and Other Business Places, Including a Complete Street and Avenue Guide, and Much Information of a Miscellaneous Character ;


And A Complete


Classified Business Directory


SOUTHERN DIRECTORY CO.


ASHEVILLE, N. C. : : PUBLISHERS (See General Index, Page 6)


Issued Bi-Annually


PRICE ,


$10.00


THE CAROLINA SERIES


HICKORY, N. C.


ASHEVILLE, N. C.


Copyright March 1937 by Chas. W. Miller.


NOTE-This publication has been carefully revised (a new canvass having been made by competent parties), but it is distinctly understood that no responsibility is assumed for any errors or omissions that may have occurred in such revision. -PUBLISHERS.


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INDEX


GENERAL INDEX


Page


Abbreviations


101


Alphabetical List of Names


101


Associations


13


Churches


14


City Government


13


Classified Business Directory


329


County Government (Catawba)


13


Introduction


7


Index to Advertisers


8


Longview Town Government


14


Miscellaneous Directory


11-15


North Carolina Government


12


Preface


9


Street Directory


347


Title Page


5


United States Government


11


THE CITY DIRECTORY


is the most effective and most economical method of reaching all the people all the time. Those who buy without looking at the list of those who sell do themselves great injustice. The classified lists in the Business Directory form the best Buyers' Guide on earth. A modern, up-to-date method of getting what you want.


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INTRODUCTION


HICKORY, N. C. Introduction


Southern Directory Company, publishers of the Hickory city directory, takes pleasure in presenting the 1937-38 edition to the general public. The work embodies all available and vital data relating to the civic, commercial, financial, social and industrial in- terests and activities of the municipality, and the publishers add their assurance that the work is complete in all its parts.


The publishers enjoy the prestige and advantage of a complete organization and thorough system essential in the production of directories and the additional advantage of having the courteous co-operation of citizens in furnishing information. These factors, added to the liberal support of patrons as shown by the advertise- ments displayed upon the printed page, were vital to the success of the publication.


Confidence in the growth of Hickory, in its wealth, indus- try and population, as well as in the advancement of its municipal and social activities, will be created as sections of this directory is consulted, for, truly, the directory is a mirror reflecting Hickory to the world.


Your attention is invited to those names appearing in DIS- PLAY BLACK TYPE throughout the directory as they are the responsible, enterprising, advertising business men who take pride in sustaining the city directory and who have made this publica- tion possible.


POPULATION


The estimated population of Hickory is 16,363, based on the number of individuals found by actual canvass at each resi- dence. Territory immediately adjacent, which is part of the city, as far as business and social life are concerned, is included in the directory.


FOUR MAJOR DEPARTMENTS


The several essential departments are arranged in the follow- ing order.


THE MISCELLANEOUS DIRECTORY, containing valuable information concerning Local, State and National Governments, Churches, Schools, Colleges, Clubs, etc., included in pages 11 to 15.


THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents, busi- ness firms and corporations is included starting on page 101.


(Continued on Page Fifteen)


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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


Baker-Wright Co .fly Z


Belk-Broome Co .top lines


Better Homes Furnishing Co back cover


Bumgarner Electric Co


. back cover


Burgess Arthur H


bottom lines


Carolina Housing & Mortgage Co .... .p 20


Catawba Marble & Granite Wks front-cover


Cecil's Business College


.p 19


Cities Service Station


.p 17


Clay Printing Co


bottom lines


Cline Henry C


. top lines


Coca-Cola Bottling Co


top lines


Coles Jewelry Store


top lines


Crouch M G


fly Z


Deal-Goforth Motor Co ... bottom lines


Duke Power Co


. back cover


and top lines


Economy Drug Co


top lines


Efird's Dept Store


top lines


Empire Bond & Mortgage Co


.p 20


Farmers Insurance Agcy


.top lines


Field Insurance Agcy


.front cover


Flowers Co The


front cover


Gwin Clyde E


back cover


Harper Motor Co


front cover


Hickory Amusement Co


. front-cover


Hickory Auto Works


bottom lines


Hickory Flour Mills


bottom lines


Hickory Foundry & Machine Co .. p 18


Hickory Funeral Home


. back cover


Hickory Ice & Coal Co


. front cover


and p 18


Hickory Novelty Co . back cover Hickory Overall Co .p 17


Hickory Real Estate & Securities


Corp


bottom lines


Hickory Sheet Metal Co


top lines


Hickory Telephone Co


p 2


Lang Chevrolet Co .. top & bottom lines


Lavitt Louis Co


.p 17


Lenoir-Rhyne College


fly X & Y


Lipe Motor Lines


stencils


M & J Finance Corp front cover


Maple Springs Laundry & Dry


Cleaners


.bottom lines


Moss-Marlow Building Co


. insert


Mutual Bldg & Loan Assn


top lines


No 1 Tire & Battery Co


top lines


Paramount Motor Sales


. top lines


Paramount Theatre


.p 17


Piedmont Gas Co


lines


Piedmont Wagon & Mfg Co


.p 18


Setzer J T Motor Co


. bottom lines


Sherrill Ice & Fuel Co


. bottom-lines


Shuford Funeral Home


.front cover


Smith-Courtney Co .p 3


and bottom lines


Statesville Brick Co


.backbone


Stevens & Bradley


top lines


Tallant Transfer Co


top lines


Texas Co The


bottom lines


Todd Brooks M Floral Co


bottom. lines


Wagner Furniture Co


.p 18


Waldensian Bakery


. back cover


and top lines


Weaver Insurance Agcy .. bottom lines


Wilfong Florist


. bottom lines


Section 28, Copyright Law In Force July 7, 1909


That any person who wilfully and for profit shall infringe any copyright secured by this act, or who shall knowingly or wilfully aid or abet such infringement, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment for not exceeding 1 year, or by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or both, in the discretion of the court.


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PREFACE


HICKORY, N. C. Preface


LOCATION


Hickory is situated in the central western section of North Carolina on the Asheville Division of the Southern Railway, 80 miles East of Asheville and 60 miles Northwest of Charlotte. It is in the heart of what is termed the Piedmont Section of the State, situated at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The city is pro- tected from extreme temperature in Winter and Summer by these peaks that rise thousands of feet in height. To the North, West and South extend the Blue Ridge range. Hickory enjoys a year- round climate that is unexcelled anywhere, free from the rigors of northern winters and the extreme heat of the summers further South. It is also protected from the storms of the middle western plains. This section offers to those seeking a change of location an ideal, evenly-balanced winter and summer climate. The aver- age, annual temperature for the past ten years has been 60.2 de- grees, with a record of more than 300 days of sunshine each year. The summer nights are cooled by the mountain breezes, the tem- perature frequently ranging 20 degrees lower than that of mid-day.


Hickory was first chartered as a town in 1870. This charter was amended in 1879, and in March 1913 the citizens by a large majority adopted what is known as the City Manager form of gov- ernment, being the first city in North Carolina and one of the first in the United States to adopt this plan.


EDUCATION


Hickory has 10 graded schools which stand well toward the top of the list in North Carolina.


Lenoir Rhyne College, a Grade A Co-educational Institution of the Lutheran Church, is located in Hickory, with an enrollment of 400 young men and women from all over the United States. This institution, with an endowment of over $500,000 and with a highly trained faculty, affords an opportunity for the higher education of the youth of Hickory and the South at a remarkably low cost.


INDUSTRIES


More than $12,000,000 is invested in the 75 diversified manu- facturing plants of Hickory and the valuation of the annual output is in excess of $50,000,000. Nearly one hundred separate articles are manufactured in these plants.


The products include auto seats and tops, auto parts, wooden boxes and box shooks, brass, bronze and iron castings, building


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PREFACE (cont.)


material of all kinds, butter and creamery products, chairs, cotton mill supplies, wooden crates, office, church and theatre furniture, dining room suits, juvenile and kindergarten furniture, harness and leather, interior mill work, overalls, paper boxes and cartons, pumps, sash cords, wooden toys, general household furniture, wagons, shoe strings, pottery, tapestries.


The textile plants, hosiery, etc., of Hickory produce carpet yarns, cambrays, corduroys, corsets and dobby cloth, cotton yarns, curtain goods, moleskins, palm beach cloth and sateens.


Besides these many diversified products, there are 28 hosiery and knitting mills, with upward of 4,000 employees, with an annual output of 7,000,000 dozen pairs of hosiery.


Hickory is the largest cordage manufacturing center in the world, and 90 per cent of capital invested in these enterprises is furnished by Hickory investors.


TRADE AND COMMERCE


Hickory is the trading center for 50,000 people, living in Catawba, Caldwell, Burke and Alexander counties. The county population, which is 89.3 per cent native white, together with the high class of workers in the manufacturing plants in the city, offers an unusually attractive opportunity for the retail and whole- sale merchant looking for a new location.


TRANSPORTATION


Hickory is served by the Southern Railway and the Carolina & North-Western Railway thus offering every facility for passenger and freight traffic. Eight passenger trains daily going direct to the larger Eastern and Western centers. Through freight service to and from the East and Midwest on a favorable rate basis makes Hickory an ideal location for the manufacturer, merchant of jobber.


UTILITIES


Hickory is very fortunate to be served by the hydro-electric and steam plants of the Duke Power Company. The combined power sources represent approximately 1,127,395 K. V. A.


Power for manufacturing purposes (textiles) is available as low as 1.2 cents per Kilowatt hour, with demand discounts as high as 40%, and other power rates as low as eight mills with fixed demand charges.


The residential lighting and cooking rate is 2.5 cents per Kilo- watt hour above 50 Kilowatt hours, based on monthly consumption.


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MISCELLANEOUS DIRECTORY


MILLER'S HICKORY North Carolina


Miscellaneous Directory 1937-1938


Containing valuable information concerning Local, State and National Gov- ernments, Churches, Schools, Colleges, Clubs, and msuch other useful information.


UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT


Franklin Delano Roosevelt, President John Nance Garner, Vice President


The Cabinet


Cordell Hull, Secretary of State


Henry Morgenthau, Secretary of the Treasury


*Geo Henry Dern, Secretary of War


Homer Stille Cummings, Attorney - General


Claude A Swanson, Secretary of the Navy


Harold L Ickes, Secretary of the In- terior


Henry Agard Wallace, Secretary of Agriculture


Daniel Calhoun Roper, Secretary of Commerce


Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labor


The Supreme Court


Charles Evans Hughes, Chief Justice


Associates-Willis VanDevanter, Jas Clark McReynolds, Lewis D Brandeis, George Sutherland, Pierce Butler, Har- lan F. Stone, Owen J. Roberts, Benja- min N. Cordozo.


Government Officials


Treasurer of the United States-Wil- liam Alexander Julian


Comptroller of Currency - J F T O'Conner


Director of the Mint-Nellie Taylor Ross


Register of the Treasury-Edward E Jones


Director of the Bureau of Engraving, Alvin W Hall


Judge Advocate General of the Army, General Douglas McArthur


Quartermaster General of the Army, General J L Dewitt


Surgeon General of the Army-Maj Gen Robert U Patterson


Judge Advocate General of the Navy, Rear Admiral O G Murfin


Quartermaster General of the Navy, Brig Gen Hugh Matthews


Chief of the Weather Bureau-Chas F Marvin


Chief of the Bureau of Animal Ind- John F Mohler


Chief of the Bureau of Dairy Ind- O E Reed


Chief of the Bureau of Plant Ind- William A Taylor


*Deceased


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MISCELLANEOUS DIRECTORY


NORTH CAROLINA GOVERNMENT


Clyde R. Hoey-Governor


Wilkins P. Horton-Lieut-Governor


Thad Eure-Secretary of State George R Pou-Auditor


C M Johnson-Treasurer


Clyde A Ervin-Supt of Public Instruction


Supreme Court


W. P. Stacy- Chief Justice


Associate Justice-Michael Schen k. Herlot Clarkson, George W Connor, W A Devin


North Carolina Senators Josiah W Balley and Robert R Reynolds


North Carolina Representatives - Lindsay W Warren, John II Kerr, Gra- ham A Barden, Harold D Cooley, Frank W Hancock Jr, William B Umstead, 1 Bayard Clark, Walter Lambeth, Robi L. Doughton, Alfred 1. Bulwinkle and Zebulon Weaver


COUNTY SEATS POPULATION


County


Pop.


County Seat


Alamance


11,140


Grahamt


Alexander


12,922


Taylorsville


Alleghany


7,186


Sparta


Jones


10,428


Trenton


Anson


23.319


Wadesboro


I.eo


16.996


Sanford


Ashe


21,019


Jefferson


Ix.noir


35,716


Kinston


Avery


11,803


Newland


Lincoln


22,872


Lincolnton


Beaufort


35,026


Washington


Macon


20,336


Frankin


Bertie


25,844


Windsor


Madison


13,672


Marshan


Bladen


23.389


Elizabethtown


Martin


20.306


Williamston


Brunswick


IS, SIS


Southport


McDowell


23,400


Marlon Charlotte


Burke


29,410


Morganton


Mitchell


13,962


Bakersvine Troy


Caldwell


28.116


Lenoir


Moore


28,215


Carthage


Camden


5,461


Camden


Nash


57.752


Nashville


Cartret


16,900


Beaufort


New Hanover


13,010


Wilmington Jackson


('atawha


13,981


Newton


Orange


21.171


Hillsboro


Chatham


24.177


Pittsboro


Pamlico


9.299


Rayboro


Chowan


11,282


Edenton


Pasquotank


19.113


Elizabeth City


Clay


5,434


Hayesville


Pender


15.666


Burgaw


Cleveland


51,914


Shelby


Pergnimans


10.665


Hertford


Cohunbus


37.720


Whiteville


Person


20,039


Roxboro


Craven


45.219


Fayetteville


Pitt


54.166


Greenville


Cumberland


30.665


New Bern


l'olk


10.216


Columbus


Currituck


6,710


Currituci.


Randolph


36.259


Asheboro


Dare


5.202


Manteo


Richmond


30.016


Rockingham


Davidson


47,565


Lexington


Robeson


66.512


Lamberton


Davle


14.38€


Duplin


35,103


Durham


67,196


Durham Tarboro


Edgecombe


17,894


Forsythe


111,681


Winston-Salemi


Franklin


29,456


Louisburg


Gaston


78,093


Gastonm Gatesville


Graham


5,841


Robbinsville


Granville


28,723


Oxford


Greene


28,723


Gullford


133,010


Halifax


53,246


Hartnett


37,911


llaywood


17,273


Henderson


23,401


Hendersonvinte


Hertford


17,542


Winton


Hoke


14,244


Racfora


Ilyde


5.950


Swan Quarter


Iredel


16,693


Statesville


Jackson


17,519


Syl . A


Johnston


57,621


Smithfleht


Buncombe


97,937


Asheville


Mecklenburg


127,971


Cabarrus


14,331


Concord


Montgomery


16,218


('aswell


1S,214


Yanceyville


Northampton


27,161


Jacksonville


Cherokee


16,151


Murphy


Onslow


15,289


Snow HII Greensboro Halifax I.llington Waynesvhc


Ciates


10,551


Mocksville Kenansville


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MISCELLANEOUS DIRECTORY


Rockingham


51,083


Wentworth


Rowan


55,665


Salisbury Rutherfordton


Rutherford


40,452


Sampson


40,082


Clinton


Stanley


20,174


Laurinburg


Scotland


30,312


Albemarle


Solicitor-Richard H Shuford


Health Officer-Dr R T Hambrick


Board .of Aldermen-Eulan Shook (Ward 1), Ernest E Whisnant (Ward 2), Geo Baily (Ward 3), John W Maus- er (Ward 4), M G Crouch (Ward 5), and John J H Geitner (Ward 6)


LONGVIEW TOWN GOVERNMENT


Mayor-Hon John R Abee


Secretary-Treasurer-Mrs Edna Frye Chief of Police-Wm H Carpenter


Board of Aldermen-W M Martin, O T Crump, and W Thos Phillips


CATAWBA COUNTY GOVERMENT


Court House-Newton, N. C.


County Clerk-Wade H Lefler


Register of Deeds-L H Phillips Sheriff-O D Barrs


County Manager-N J Sigman


Supt of Schools-J A Capps


Coroner-R L Washburn


Welfare Officer-Miss Frances Lentz Surveyor-G S Rowe


County Commissioners-Carl V Cline (Hickory) chairman, R K Bolick (Con- over), Dr H E Booth (Catawba), T H Phillips (Newton), H B Lindler (Sher- rill's Ford)


Judge County Court-W B Gaither Solicitor-Russell W Whitener


Superior Court Judge-Wilson War- lick (Newton)


Solicitor-L Spurgeon Spurling (Le- noir)


HICKORY CITY GOVERNMENT


Municipal Building-1020 14th Mayor-Hon M H Yount


City Manager-Raymond L Hefner Director of Public Works-H K Set- zer


Chief of Police-Eugene W Lentz Chief Fire Dept-Donald E Shuford


ASSOCIATIONS AND CLUBS


Hickory Community Council-Jos W Shuford pres, Mrs Clyde V Price, sec- treas; Municipal Building


Hickory County Club-Country Club Rd


Hickory Merchants Association-Miss Thelma C Williams sec; 1350 Union Sq


Kiwanis Club-Meets every Tuesday 6:30 p m, Hotel Hickory


Lions Club-Meets every Thursday 6:30 p m, Hotel Hickory


Rotary Club-Meets every Thursday 12:30 p m, Hotel Hickory


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CEMETERIES


Dry Pond Cemetery-N 37th (LV) Oakwood Cemetery-1422 14th Av Old Robinson Cemetery-931 9th Av Westview Colored-1560 2d Av


CHURCHES (White)


Bethany Lutheran-2624 11th Av Bethel Methodist-N 37th (LV) Brown Memorial Baptist-Taylors- ville Rd (WC)


Christ Evangelical Lutheran-629 Sth Av


Supt of Schools-Ralston W Carver Treasurer-Clyde L Herman


Chemist-Foy V Mitchell


Judge Municipal Court-Theodore F Cummings


Stokes


22,290


Danbury Dobson


Surry


39,749


Swain


11,568


Bryson City


Transylvania


9,589


Brevard Columbia


Tyrell


5,164


Union


40,949


Monroe


Vance


27,757


Henderson


Wake


94,757


Raleigh Warrenton


Washington


11,603


Plymouth Boone


Watauga


15,165


Wayne


53,013


Goldsboro


Wilkes


36,162


Wilkesboro


Wilson


44,914


Wilson


Yadkin


18,011


Yadkinville


Yancey


14,486


Burnsville


Warren


23,364


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MISCELLANEOUS DIRECTORY


Church of God (Holiness)-2415 7th Av


Church of the Ascension (Episcopal) -1018 10th Av


Corinth Evangelical-1225 13th First Baptist-1446 11th Av


First Methodist-1438 10th Av First Presbyterian-1229 13th


Good Hope Lutheran-824 Company Highland Baptist-402 Highland Av E


Highland Methodist (Stafford Memo- rial)-1102 Ridge


Holy Trinity Lutheran-1229 15th Mt Olive Evangelical Lutheran- Taylorsville Rd


Penelope Baptist-10th Av (LV)


St Aloysious Catholic-1820 11th Av


St Andrews Lutheran-10th Av cor 2d


St Paul's Lutheran-1725 8th Av Salvation Army Hall-1121 Sth Av Seventh Day Adventist-9th Av (LV) West Hickory Baptist-1100 23rd West View Methodist-2333 9th Av


(Colored)


Clinton Tabernacle A M E Zion-821 Lincolnton Rd


Friendship Baptist-601 13th


Hartzell Memorial Methodist - 751 12th


Holiness-139 12th


Morning Star Baptist-1325 6th Av Mt Pigash A M E Zion-321 13th Mt Zion Baptist-333 Chestnut Av St James Presbyterian-1316 3d Av St Paul A M E Zion-510 12th


COLLEGES


Lenoir-Rhyne College-10th Av cor 2d


HOSPITALS


Baker Richard-1416 12th Hickory Memorial-1205 12th


LIBRARIES


Worth-Elliott Carnegie-1511 11th Av


PARKS


Carolina Park-11th Av between 10th and Sth


Catawba County Fair Grounds- Windy City


SCHOOLS


Claremont High-816 13th Av


East Hickory Colored-301 9th Av


Green Park-1609 7th Av


Highland-509 Woodland Av


Kenworth-619 Sth Av Longview-9th Av (LV)


Oakwood-1360 15th


Ridgeview Colored-1351 3d Av


Viewmont-R D 2 (WC)


Westmont Junior High-2350 11th Av


LEGAL OR PUBLIC HOLIDAYS


January 1-New Year's Day


February 22-Washington's Birthday May 30 -- Memorial Day (all states except Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and North and South Carolina)


July 4th-Independence Day September 6 (1937)-Labor Day


October 12-Columbus Day (Arkan- sas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Con- necticut, Delaware, Florida, Idaho, Il- linois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massa- chusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Is- land, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washing- ton and West Virginia)


November 11 - Armistice Day (Ala- bama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Massa- chusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Mon- tana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont and Virginia)


November 25 (1937) - Thanksgiving Day


December 25-Christmas Day


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INTRODUCTION


INTRODUCTION (continued from page 7)


THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is included in pages 329 to 346. This department lists the various manufactur- ing, mercantile and professional interests in alphabetical order under appropriate headings. This feature constitutes an invaluable and indispensable epitome of the business interests of the com- munity.


THE STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE begins with page 347 In this section the names of the streets and avenues are arranged in alphabetical order; the residences and business houses are arranged numerically under the name of each street and avenue, and the names of householders, with the number of occupants, and business concerns are placed opposite the numbers.


MUNICIPAL PUBLICITY


The directory reflects the achievements and ambitions of the city, depicting in truthful terms what it has to offer as a place of residence, as a business location, as an industrial site and as an educational center. To broadcast this information over the coun- try, the publishers have placed copies of this issue of the directory in Directory Libraries, which are maintained in all the chief cities of the country. Here they are readily available for free public reference and serve as perpetual advertisements of Hickory for business men the country over realize that the city directory represents the community as it really is.


SOUTHERN DIRECTORY COMPANY Publishers


Names Appearing in Black Letters


IN THIS DIRECTORY are the names of those people who accomplish things and are entitled to favorable consideration, if for no other reason than their public spirited support of measures which make for prog- ress. They represent the energy and push so essen- tial to the commercial prosperity of the City, and in dealing with them no mistake will be made. The publishers are honored in thus making them better known to the public.


PATRONIZE THEM!


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PREFACE


PREFACE (Continued from page 10)


Hickory is also fortunate in having an abundant supply of artificial gas, which is manufactured by the Piedmont Gas Com- pany, whose plant not only serves the city but several surround- ing towns.


The gas rate in Hickory is among the lowest in North Caro- lina, thus making it practical for industrial plants requiring gas in their manufacturing operations to use it economically.


CONCLUSION


Hickory is a city of home owners, 75 per cent of the inhabi- tants owning their own property. This is due to the far-sighted and progressive policy of the Building and Loan Associations of the city, whose total assets run well over $2,000,000. It is a popu- lation with a "stake" in the community-home owning and home loving people.


The fact that the head of a large Eastern transportation sys- tem, following a survey of the Atlantic coast states, declared Hickory to be the best balanced city in America, is significant. Whether or not it is the "best balanced city in America," everyone familiar with its diversified industrial and agricultural develop- ment is in agreement that it is an ideal community in which to live and labor.




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