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Salisbury
NORTH CAROUNA
City Directory
1955
ors' Baldwin Directory Co Inc
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THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA
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Rowan Public Library
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NELSONS' BALDWIN'S
ROWAN PUBLIC LIBRARY NEGRO BRANCH
Salisbury NORTH CAROLINA
City Directory MASTER EDITION
VOLUME 33
1955
ABCD No. 5
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CONTAINING AN ALPHABETICAL DIRECTORY OF ALL RESIDENTS 16 YEARS OF AGE AND OVER, WITH DETAILED INFORMATION CONCERNING EACH; A NUMERICAL HOUSEHOLDERS' DIRECTORY AND STREET GUIDE; A CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY WITH SPECIAL LISTINGS FOR NATIONALLY ADVERTISED BRANDS, AND A COMPLETE BUYERS' GUIDE, CIVIC SECTION, A NUMERICAL TELE- PHONE DIRECTORY AND A RURAL ROUTE DIRECTORY
Issued with o speciol supplement edition for presentation to a selected group of privote homes, Chombers of Commerce, Boards of Trade, Merchants' Associotions, Selling Agents, Buyers, Government Officials ond Newspopers throughout the United Stotes.
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1955 POPULATION SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA 37,548
This populotion secured by an octual count of persons residing in territory covered by o House-to-House Convoss under Nelsons' Modern ABCD plon.
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HONOR ROLL AND INDEX TO DISPLAY SPACE
Aetna Loan & Finance Co. American Red Cross.
K. W. Arthur & Son, Inc .- See Buyers Guide and Spe- cial Margin Lines.
Atlantic Acceptance Corp .- See Blue Section. Austin's Refrigeration Service Co .- See Blue Section and Special Margin Lines.
Aycoth's Salvage Co .- See Classified Card and Blue Section.
Bailey Rexall Drug Store-See Blue Section.
Bamby Bokers, Inc .- See Back Supplement Cover and Margin Lines.
Bankett Tire and Battery Co .- See Margin Lines and Buyers Guide.
Barber Cabinet Shop-See Blue Section.
Belk-Harry Co., Inc .- See Back Supplement Cover and Margin Lines.
L. S. Bradshaw & Sons-See Buyers Guide.
Brockman's, Inc.
W. A. Brown & Son, Inc .- See Buyers Guide. Builders Supply Co.
Max Busby-Lawyer.
Carolina Tire Co., Inc .- See Front Supplement Cover and Buyers Guide.
Carolina Tractor & Equipment Co .- See Buyers Guide. Carolina Ventilated Awning Co., Inc .- See Front Sup- plement Cover, Margin Lines and Buyers Guide. J. W. Carpenter Agency.
Walter Carter, Inc .- See Back Supplement Cover and Buyers Guide.
Casper's Shoe Store-See Buyers Guide ond Special Margin Lines.
Cheerwine Bottling Co .- See Front Supplement Cover and Buyers Guide.
City Electric Co .- See Blue Section.
City Motor Co., Inc .- See Margin Lines ond Buyers Guide. City of Salisbury-See Buyers Guide.
Frank S. Cline-See Buyers Guide ond Special Margin Lines.
Dr. Jas. C. Coffey, M. D.
Craige & Craige-Lowyers.
Crescent Motor Co., Inc.
Delta Electric Repair-See Buyers Guide.
Dixie Loan Co., Inc .- See Inside Back Supplement Cover ond Buyers Guide.
Duke Power Co .- See Inside Front Supplement Cover. Durham Life Insurance Co.
Eorle's Office Supplies-See Buyers Guide. East Spencer Motor Co .- See Buyers Guide.
Eastern Finance Co. of Salisbury, Inc.
Eller-Wood Florist-See Buyers Guide ond Special Mar- gin Lines.
Employment Security Comm. of N. C.
Farmers & Merchants Bank - See Margin Lines and Buyers Guide.
Firestone Stores.
Fisher Upholstery Co .- See Special Margin Lines.
Foil Motor Co., Inc .- See Margin Lines and Buyers Guide.
Freeman Insurance Agency, Inc .- See Buyers Guide and Special Margin Lines.
Frank W. Fuller.
Fulton Street Pharmacy-See Front Supplement Cover and Buyers Guide.
Gable's.
Gem Automatic Gas Co., Inc .- See Margin Lines ond Buyers Guide.
General Insurance Agency, Inc .- See Buyers Guide ond Special Margin Lines.
Goodman Lumber Co., Inc. - See Morgin Lines ond Buyers Guide.
Gulf Oil Corp .- See Blue Section. Guyes of Solisbury.
H & S Finance Co. of Solisbury, Inc .- See Margin Lines and Buyers Guide.
Haden's Tire Service, Inc.
Hordiman & Son, Inc .- See Margin Lines ond Buyers Guide.
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E. L. Hardin & Co., Inc.
Hardin Electric, Inc. - See Margin Lines ond Buyers Guide.
Hedrick Auto Co., Inc .- See Morgin Lines ond Buyers Guide.
Hobson-Reynolds Co. - See Margin Lines ond Buyers Guide.
Hoffman Motor Co .- See Blue Section.
Holder's Grocery-See Blue Section.
Home Building & Loan Assn .- See Back Supplement Cover and Buyers Guide.
Home Oil & Coal Co., Inc .- See Front Supplement Cover and Margin Lines.
Home & Garden Supply Co .- See Buyers Guide and Special Margin Lines. Hospital Care Assn., Inc.
Hudson & Hudson-Lawyers.
Huneycutt Upholstery-See Blue Section.
Innes Street Drug Co .- See Front Supplement Cover, Margin Lines and Buyers Guide.
Isenhour Brick & Tile Co., Inc.
Isenhour-Freeman-See Buyers Guide and Special Mor- gin Lines.
J & M Flower Shop, Inc .- See Margin Lines and Buy- ers Guide.
Jacobs Auto Body Shop-See Buyers Guide.
Johnson Metal Co .- See Blue Section.
Kester-Stewart Furniture Co., Inc .- See Margin Lines and Buyers Guide.
Frank W. Kirk-Dentist.
Charles T. Kluttz-See Margin Lines and Buyers Guide.
Kluttz Music Co., Inc .- See Classified Cords and Spe- cial Insert.
Bruce Lanier Motor Co .- See Blue Section.
The Lashstone Concrete Co .- See Blue Section.
W. H. Leonard, Jr .- Jewelers-See Margin Lines.
Linn & Linn-Lawyers.
Livingstone College-See Buyers Guide.
J. P. Mattox Insurance Agency-See Margin Lines and Buyers Guide.
Maynard Music Co .- See Margin Lines.
McCanless Motor Co .- See Blue Section.
Mid Carolina Broadcosting Co., Inc. - See Morgin Lines and Buyers Guide.
Modern Finance Corp.
Moskin's Credit Clothing Co.
Nash Glass & Wheel Co .- See Margin Lines and Buyers Guide.
Newsom Jewelers-See Margin Lines.
R. W. Norman Co., Inc .- See Margin Lines ond Buy- ers Guide.
Norman's Jewelers-See Inside Supplement Cover. N. C. Department of Revenue. Oakes Motor Co.
Dave Oestreicher-See Blue Section and Special Morgin Lines.
Oil Products Co., Inc .- See Margin Lines ond Buyers Guide.
Owen-Leonard Heating & Plumbing Co .- See Margin Lines and Buyers Guide.
Parish Clothing-See Special Margin Lines.
Paul Motor Co .- See Blue Section.
Geo. C. Peeler Funeral Home-See Front Supplement Cover and Buyers Guide.
Peeler's Pure Oil Service-See Buyers Guide and Spe- cial Margin Lines.
Piedmont Broadcasting Corp .- See Margin Lines. Piedmont Radio Sales & Service-See Blue Section. Plyler Florist-See Margin Lines and Buyers Guide. Paul Propst-Tailor-See Buyers Guide.
Piedmont Radiator Works-See Buyers Guide, Special Margin Lines and Classified Cards.
Post Publishing Co .- See Buyers Guide.
Purcell Drug Co., Inc .- See Margin Lines.
Quality Oil Co. of Salisbury, Inc .- See Margin Lines and Buyers Guide.
Ramsey Realty & Insurance Co .- See Margin Lines ond Buyers Guide.
Reliable Pawn Shop. Retail Credit Co.
Rockwell Rodio & Electric Co .- See Blue Section.
Rowon County.
Rowan County-Alcoholic Beverage Control Boord. Rowon County-Public Welfare Dept.
Rowan County Tuberculosis Assn.
Rowan Dairy, Inc .- See Buyers Guide ond Speciol Mar- gin Lines.
Rowon Drug, Inc .- See Blue Section.
Rowan Furniture Co. - See Buyers Guide ond Speciol Margin Lines.
Rowan Memoriol Hospitol, Inc.
Rowan Printing Co., Inc .- See Margin Lines ond Buyers Guide.
HONOR ROLL AND INDEX TO DISPLAY SPACE-CONTINUED
Rowan Public Library.
Rustin Furniture Co., Inc .- See Back Supplement Cover and Buyers Guide.
Sacred Heart Catholic Church-See Buyers Guide. Salisbury Business College-See Buyers Guide.
Salisbury Chamber of Commerce-See Buyers Guide. Salisbury Floor Covering Co .- See Classified Cards and Blue Section.
Salisbury Hardware & Furniture Co .- See Buyers Guide. Salisbury Laundry.
Salisbury Lumber & Supply Co., Inc .- See Back Supple- ment Cover and Buyers Guide.
Salisbury Marble & Granite Co., Inc. - See Margin Lines and Buyers Guide.
Salisbury Motor Co., Inc .- See Margin Lines ond Buy- ers Guide.
Salisbury Pharmacy - See Buyers Guide and Special Margin Lines.
Salisbury-Spencer Merchants Assn., Inc. - See Buyers Guide.
Salisbury Venetian Blind Mfg. Co .- See Blue Section. The Scottish Bank-See Buyers Guide and Special Mar- gin Lines.
Security Bank & Trust Co .- See Back Supplement Cover, Buyers Guide and Special Margin Lines.
Shaw Maving & Storage, Inc .- See Margin Lines.
The Sherwin-Williams Co .- See Buyers Guide.
W. T. Shuford.
Simpson-Peocock Co.
Social Security Administration.
Smoot Typewriter Co .- See Buyers Guide.
Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.
Southern Radio Service-See Buyers Guide.
Sparks Furniture Co., Inc .- See Back Supplement Cover and Buyers Guide.
Spencer Linoleum Shop-See Blue Section. Sterchi Bros Stores, Inc.
Stoudemire Furniture Store-See Margin Lines ond Buy- ers Guide.
Summersett Funeral Home, Inc .- See Front Supplement Cover, Margin Lines and Buyers Guide.
Super Service Cleaners-See Buyers Guide and Special Margin Lines.
Superior Oil Co., Inc .- See Buyers Guide and Special Margin Lines.
Swaringen's Bonding Agency-See Buyers Guide and Special Margin Lines.
Swartz & Co .- See Margin Lines and Buyers Guide. Swinson's Used Cars-See Blue Section.
Tate Distributing Co .- See Margin Lines and Buyers Guide.
Taylor Mattress Co .- See Back Supplement Cover, Mar- gin Lines and Buyers Guide.
Torrence Studio-See Buyers Guide and Special Margin Lines.
Town of East Spencer-See Buyers Guide.
Chas. O. P. Trexler.
Trexler Bros., Inc .- See Front Supplement Cover ond Buyers Guide.
Union Finance Co.
United States Post Office.
Wachovia Bank & Trust Co.
Wagoner Construction Co .- See Buyers Guide ond Spe- cial Margin Lines.
Wagoner Supply Co. - See Margin Lines and Buyers Guide.
Walker-Mendenhall Motor Co .- See Margin Lines and Buyers Guide.
Wallace Motor Co., Inc .- See Margin Lines and Buyers Guide.
Wallace Realty Co. - See Margin Lines and Buyers Guide.
Geo. E. Weant & Sons-See Buyers Guide and Special Margin Lines.
G. B. Weaver & Sons-See Margin Lines and Buyers Guide.
Western Union Telegraph Co. Dr. Richard G. Wharton-Dentist.
Wood's Auto Body Works-See Margin Lines ond Buyers Guide.
Woodson & Woodson-Lawyers.
Wright's Funeral Home-See Margin Lines and Buyers Guide.
Yadkin Hotel.
Yarbrough Appliance Co .- See Blue Section.
ROWAN PUBLIC LIBRARY NEGRO BRANCH
EXPLANATION
All people sixteen years or over are listed.
Wives are listed with husbands, the wife being shown in parenthesis as follows: Smith Robt R (Mary L).
The number of children under sixteen years is shown after the wife's name as follows: Smith Robt R (Mary L) 3.
The @ both in the resident directory and the householders' directory desig- nates ownership of the home.
In case of a natural widow this fact is shown with the name of the deceased husband in parenthesis, whenever possible, as follows: Smith Mary L (wid Robt R).
The occupation and place of employment are shown os follows: Smith Ra- bert R (Mary L) clk Hub Clothing Co.
The residence of each person is shown "h" denoting a householder or head of the family, "r" denoting people in the home.
Married women, engaged in some other occupation than housekeeping, are listed individually in addition to their regular listing with their husbands, as follows: Smith Mary (Mrs Robt R) bkpr Henry Jones & Co r 210 Main.
Names in heovy type denote patrons of the directory and are usually the leoding firms in each line of business.
Colored is shown by a @. The publishers are very careful in using this, but do not assume any responsibility in case of error.
This directory contains all the regular departments of the modern city directory and mony features used by no other publisher in the United Stotes.
A numerical telephone directory will be found in the back of the directory listing each telephone according to number.
The classified business directory lists each firm according to line of business.
The numericol street directory lists each street alphabetically ond each house according to number, with the street intersections as they appeor. After each householder's name will be found his telephone number. In case he hos no tele- phone the nearest telephone may be found. The @ denotes householders who own the house in which they live. By using the street guide as a mailing list, a thorough coverage of the city will be obtained without any duplicotion of names.
The buyers' guide carries the printed messages of the city's leoding business and professional firms arranged alphabetically according to classifications.
This directory shows the approximate population and environs at the present time.
NELSONS' BALDWIN DIRECTORY COMPANY, Inc.
INTRODUCTION
Baldwin Directory Company, Inc., publishers of your city directory, takes pleasure in presenting the 1955 edition to the general public. A large force of trained enumerators and solicitors worked diligently in the preparation of this volume and we are confident that the result is an authentic and useful city directory.
We have faith in the continued growth of your city and we believe that our directory will take its place as one of the vital instruments for the advance- ment of your community. Subsequent editions will be issued promptly and regularly.
This volume is an example of the ABCD type of city directory as originated and developed by the Baldwin Directory Company, Inc. In the modern business world with its greatly changed sales and credit systems, the old type of directory has become completely obsolete. In adapting the directory to modern conditions the Baldwin organization is the pioneer. The excellent city directory which your city now has is the result of the progressive spirit of this company and its accu- rate interpretation of modern business requirements.
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SIX DIVISIONS OF THE BOOK
The principal parts of the Baldwin Directory are as follows:
1. The Buyer's Guide and Civic Section is made up of the advertisements of the leading business firms of the city, announcements of churches, clubs, lodges, associations and schools, and professional cards of public-spirited lawyers, physicians and dentists. The display spaces have been carefully grouped and indexed under headings which are descriptive of the business engaged in by each firm. The Buyer's Guide, when properly arranged and distributed, is of tremendous value in the building of business in the community.
2. The Resident Directory contains most of the data concerning the indiv- idual. The wife's name is given in parenthesis, and the number of dependents under 16 is shown as well as the ownership of homes. This is followed by posi- tion, place of employment and home address.
3. The Householders' Directory contains a complete directory of streets and avenues, properly located, gives the names of all householders arranged as they come upon the streets and avenues, indicates ownership of property.
4. The Business Directory and List of Nationally Advertised Brands contains the names of all business firms, professional people and non-profit organizations, properly classified. In this division are also listed the names of nationally ad- vertised brands of merchandise, with the name of the local agents or distributors.
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5. The Numerical Telephone Directory contains telephone numbers ar- ranged in numerical sequence.
6. Rural Route Directory contains names of all rural residents.
SPECIAL ABCD FEATURES
The following valuable information which appears in the ABCD type of directory is not to be found in the old-style city directory:
Number of dependents under sixteen;
Designation of home ownership;
Nationally Advertised Brands;
Numerical Telephone Directory;
Telephone Numbers on Street Guide.
In addition to these valuable features, the ABCD type of directory is more conservatively styled, printed on better paper and more beautifully bound, ar- ranged for more convenient use and contains a much more complete civic section. Directory stands are maintained in the business district for the use of the general public.
THE HOUSEHOLDERS' SUPPLEMENT
After including every conceivable feature which would tend to make the directory as useful and attractive as possible, the originators of the ABCD type of directory made one more bold stroke-they established a guaranteed HOME circulation for advertising matter by issuing the Householders' Supplement and delivering it to the homes of the community. Every advertisement which appears in the Baldwin Directory also appears in the Householder's Supplement, making the Baldwin. Directory "America's greatest dollar-for-dollar advertising medium" today.
NELSONS' BALDWIN DIRECTORY CO., INC.
Population Summary SALISBURY, N. C. 1955
A 1,098
B
3,979
C
3,091
1,157 D F
993 E
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F
1,199
G
1,674
H
3,305
I
160
J
1,008
K
1,398
L
1,978
Mc
802
M
2,469
N
490
O
370
P
2,078
23
1,889
3,670
1,308
U
36
V
167
W
2,880
X
Y
291
35
Z
1
37,548
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Salisbury North Carolina
"Where Location Pays An Extra Dividend"
Locoted 42 miles NE of Chorlotte and 37 SW of Winston-Solem, on U. S. Highways 29, 52, ond 70, SALISBURY is one of the finest medium-size cities in the South's Number One Stote, North Corolino.
Serving Rowon County's 78,000 people os county seot, Solisbury is one of o tri-cities with odjocent ond contiguous populotion.
Recent studies of the thirty-mile rodius shows o populotion of 310,040 within our primory and secondory morkets. For the some radius, it is estimoted there ore 62,000 school-oge children, excluding colleges, (1950).
Estimoted consumer spendoble income for 1953 is $93,048,000 (Rowon County.)
New construction includes o 1,128-bed Veteron's Administration Hospitol now erected ot an estimated cost of $21,000,000; o $1,250,000 oddition to the Rowan Memoriol Hospitol; obout $4,000,000 in new churches ond odditions to some; o $150,000 new community librory; $2,500,000 in school exponsion pro- grams; a new asphalt processing plont; o new plont fusing cloy ond coke in a rodicolly new process; o new clay products plont moking glozed tile, etc .; a 31,000 sq. ft. sewing plont employing 300, o 148,000 sq. ft. shipping contoiner plont employing 175; o $1,500,000 180-unit aportment project for colored and white, ond other progressive notes too numerous to list here. Salisbury is now moving ot o fost pace. The city is improving its focilities ond utilities, monag- ing its finances wisely, and olreody shows morked improvement in several direc- tions.
HISTORY
Solisbury and Rowon County shore in the eorliest history of this progressive state and it is a history thot the descendants of the earliest settlers ond the people of todoy may well be proud to tell the world. The County was first settled in 1720 by Protestants from Moravia and a few yeors loter, Scotch ond Irish mi-
grated here from their mother country. These were later followed in 1745 by a steady flow of Germans,
The County of Rowan was established at the session of the general assembly of the province of North Carolina on March 27, 1753. Thirty counties in Western North Carolina were later formed from Rowan County. The first Court-the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions -- met in Rowan in 1753, the same year of the organization of the county. The first court house was erected in 1756 and old records dating back as far as 1750 are still in file in the office of the register of deeds. The deed for Salisbury Township was granted February 11, 1755, and it is a point of interest to note that as early as 1757 Salisbury boasted of traffic laws.
Salisbury and Rowan County were especially active during the Revolutionary War and in 1781 Lord Cornwallis made temporary headquarters here. General Nathaniel Greene occupied Salisbury immediately before the arrival of Cornwallis' army. In the spring of 1791 George Washington visited Salisbury.
Near Salisbury today stands the remains of one of the South's most out- standing relics-"The Old Stone House"-a large building constructed of native granite, built somewhat in the style of a fort, and occupied by Michael Braun, the forerunner of many of the Browns in the city today.
A national cemetery is located in Salisbury in which Federal soldiers held prisoners by the Confederacy here, Spanish American War veterans and World War veterans are buried.
"Boone's Cave," where the pioneer Daniel Boone sought refuge from the Indians, is located north of the city near the Yadkin River and "Old Trading Ford" on the Yadkin River, established before the Declaration of Independence, is also north of the city.
West of Salisbury, in the graveyard of the Old Third Creek Presbyterian Church, is the modest grave of Peter Stuart Ney, well-known school teacher who came to this country from France and is believed by many to be Marshal Ney, Napoleon's "right hand" man. He was supposed to have been executed for treason to Louise XVII of France, but many believe he escaped through conniv- ance with the firing squad and then came to this country, taking up residence in North Carolina.
Andrew Jackson, at one time President of the United States, studied law in this city.
The mother of James K. Polk, eleventh President of the United States, was born and reared in Rowan County.
Mrs. Frances Christine Tiernan-Christian Reid, a writer of National reputa- tion-was a native of Salisbury. She was author of the volume "The Land of the Sky," from which Western North Carolina derives the name "Land of the Sky."
GOVERNMENT
Since 1927 the city has operated under a City Council - Manager form of government. The Council is composed of five members elected at large. The Council elected a mayor from its own membership and appoints the City Man- ager, who is the administrative head of the city.
Salisbury has a municipal water system ample to supply pure water to care for the city's needs; a modern sewer system and disposal plant; efficient police department with every modern facility for the detection and prevention of crime.
The fire department hos long been a source of pride to the city and through its efficiency has compiled throughout the past number of years an enviable record.
Salisbury and Rowan County has a well-organized health department, rank- ing among the best in the South, and now centered on W. Innes Street in a modern $285,000 building.
INDUSTRIAL
The fact that Salisbury Rowan is a manufacturing community of importance is evidenced by the presence of more than 106 diversified industries located here, manufacturing a very wide variety of products and giving employment to ap- proximately 17,500 employees with a total annual payroll of approximately $70,000.000.
Salisbury businesses have a highly diversified industrial structure. Soaps, combed yarns, cotton battings, shirting, furniture, wash cloths, rubber rolls, hos- iery, rubber hose, rubber printing plates, lumber and millwork, florists' supplies, packing plant products, flour and feeds, paving blocks, building ceramics, refriger- ation equipment, beverage syrups, proprietary medicines, bakery products, cost- ings and machine durable goods, printing and publishing, building and monu- mental granites, cotton and rayon finishing, and many other products and types of business help to make a rich industrial and commercial community.
Balfour Pink Granite, recognized as the hardest granite obtainable, is said to be quarried exclusively near Salisbury and has been used in the construction of monuments and buildings throughout the world.
Salisbury is located at the center of the immense system of the Duke Power Company (including power dams and steam plants), which provides practically an unlimited source of power at exceptionally low rates. Anticipating demands for increased power in this area, the capacity of the Buck Steam plant has just been increased to 460,000 KW, largest in the system today.
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