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GREENSBORO
"The City of Charm" "Pivot of the Piedmont"
(Courtesy Greensboro Chamber of Commerce)
sVILFOLD ŁOUK' MOVIE ******** ****
MATH.
MONUMENT TO GEN. NATHANAEL GREENE, HERO OF THE BATTLE OF GUILFORD COURT HOUSE
Statistical Review
Form of Government-Council- city manager.
Population-City proper, 59,319; metropolitan district, 73,055 (1940 U. S. Census). Local estimate of city pop- ulation in 1948, 82,000; metropolitan district, 105,000. American-born, 99.8%.
Area-18.06 square miles.
Altitude-839 feet above sea level.
Climate-Mean annual tempera- ture, 56.9 degrees F .; average an- nual rainfall, 45.65 inches; days of clear sunshine annually, 136; humid- ity, 53.185.
Parks-17, with total of 270 acres.
Assessed Valuation - $128,354,117, with $1.51 new city and $1.66 old city, per $100 tax rate (1948).
Bonded Debt-$6,633,608.46.
Financial Data-4 banks, with total deposits of $98,557,796.66 (Dec. 31, 1948), and total resources of $104,- 482,986.33 (Dec. 31, 1948). Clearings for 1948, $902,700,742. 2 savings and loan associations, with total assets of $22,545,008.52 (Dec. 31, 1948).
Postal Receipts-$1,802,865.07 (cal- endar year 1948).
Telephones in Service-28,455.
Churches-121, representing 16 de- nominations.
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Building and Construction-Value of building permits, $10,305,339 (1948).
Real Estate - 18,220 homes, with about 40% owned by occupants.
Trade Area-Retail and wholesale area has radius of 50 miles, and popu- lation of approximately 1,200,000.
Newspapers-2 dailies, 1 Sunday and 3 weeklies.
Radio Stations-4: WBIG, WGBG and FM, WCOG and WFMY.
Railroads-2: Southern and At- lantic & Yadkin.
Highways-U. S. 29, 70, 220 and 421. Also 4 hard-surfaced State high- ways.
Airports-Greensboro-High Point Airport nearby. Served by Eastern Air Lines, Capital Air Lines and Pied- mont Airlines, with 26 planes daily.
Auto Registrations-14,325.
Amusements - Largest auditorium in city seats 2,700 persons. 7 moving- picture theatres, with total seating capacity of 6,200 persons. 1 legitimate theatre, with seating capacity of 1,400 persons. 4 golf courses.
Hospitals-5, with total of 400 beds.
Education-Institutions of higher learning include Woman's College of University of North Carolina, Greensboro College, Bennett College (c), Agricultural & Technical College of North Carolina (c), and Immanuel Lutheran College (c). 23 public schools, including 3 senior high and 6 junior high. 2 parochial schools.
Number of pupils in public schools, 11,521; in parochial, 158. Number of teachers in public schools, 414; in parochial, 5. Value of public school property, $6,500,000; parochial, about $85,000; college, $14,626,243. 9 insti- tutions of higher education in county, with 8,500 to 9,000 students. 31 urban public schools.
Public Libraries - 2, including branches, with total of 319,888 volumes (including college libraries).
City Statistics-Total street mile- age, 275, with 155 miles paved. Miles of gas mains, 109; sewers, 200. Num- ber of water meters, 14,400; electric meters, 37,300; gas meters, 6,202. Pumping capacity of water works (municipal), 30,000,000 gallons; daily average pumpage, 8,700,000 gallons; miles of mains, 200; value of plant, $4,500,000. Fire department has 98 men, with 7 stations and 18 pieces of motor equipment. Police department has 107 men, with 1 station and 29 pieces of motor equipment.
History
GUILFORD COUNTY: Settled by Ulster Scots, English and Welsh, Qua- kers and Germans, principally be- tween 1750 and 1770. The county was established in 1771, formed from parts of Orange and Rowan counties and named after Frederick (Lord North), Earl of Guilford. 624 square miles. Population, 153,916 (1940 U. S. Census).
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GREENSBORO: County seat, char- tered, 1808, located in exact geogra- phic center of county; named for Gen. Nathanael Greene, hero of the Battle of Guilford Court House. Com- prises 18.06 square miles. U. S. Census figures show steady growth: 1890, 3,317; 1900, 10,035; 1910, 15,895; 1920, 19,861; 1930, 53,569; 1940, 59,319. American-born, 99.8%. 27% Negro.
POINTS OF HISTORIC INTER- EST: Battleground National Park on site of the Battle of Guilford Court House. Here Gen. Greene so crippled Lord Cornwallis that he was forced to surrender at Yorktown. Generally regarded by historians as the "turning point of the Revolu- tion." Maintained as a national park. Historical museum and many monu- ments of battle heroes on grounds, including that of Gen. Greene, Win- ston, Caldwell, and
the famous "giant," Peter Francisco.
Birthplace of O. Henry (Wm. Syd- ney Porter), internationally-famous short-story writer. Bronze tablet on Masonic Temple identifies the loca- tion. O. Henry exhibits at Public Library, O. Henry Hotel, and Mann's O. Henry Drug Co., 121 S. Elm St.
Dolly Madison's Well-identified by bronze marker near Guilford Col- lege.
Birthplaces of Dr. David and Ra- chael Caldwell, identified by bronze markers on Friendly Road.
Greensboro Historical Museum in Greensboro Municipal Center on Church Street.
Government
Assessed valuation of all property in Guilford County, $264,045,547 (1948). Tax rate, $1 per $100, plus 39 cent sup- plemental school tax on all property in the Greater Greensboro School Dis- trict (1948). Total population, 1940 Census, 153,916 (largest in state).
Guilford County is administered by a commission of five elected at large. It is generally regarded as one of the best-managed counties in the state, being frequently pointed to as a model by the North Carolina Insti- tute of Government.
Greensboro, county seat, is admin- istered by a non-partisan council of seven elected at large. The council employs a full-time experienced city manager. For many years the council has been composed of successful busi- ness and professional men of demon- strated capacity in their private undertakings.
The council has directed municipal affairs upon well-established busi- ness principles uninfluenced by par- tisan political considerations. Good management is reflected in nation- ally-recognized superiority in public health administration; reduction of fire losses and low insurance rates; the salability of municipal bonds; low tax rate; efficient police protection; unusually good water supply; clean, well-paved streets; modern sewerage and sanitation facilities. These and other evidences of good government have given to the city an atmosphere of enterprise and well-being which causes it to be enthusiastically point- ed out as "a good town."
GUILFORD COUNTY COURT HOUSE, GREENSBORO
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Education
GUILFORD COUNTY has nine in- stitutions of higher education, with approximately 8,500 to 9,000 students. Eighteen modern consolidated rural public high schools and 13 urban pub- lic schools; total enrollment, 12,876.
GREENSBORO: The Woman's Col- lege, University of N. C., ranks high among liberal arts colleges in Amer- ica. Founded in 1891. Advanced schools of music, art, dramatics, home economics, physical education and secretarial science. Grants bachelor of arts and science degrees and offers graduate work. Dr. W. C. Jackson, chancellor.
GREENSBORO COLLEGE (Metho- dist): For 100 years has been highly regarded as a liberal arts school for young women. Music, dramatics, and cultural courses leading to bachelor degrees. Dr. Luther Gobbel, presi- dent.
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GUILFORD COLLEGE (Quaker co-ed.): Chartered in 1834-an ac- credited liberal arts college, confer- ring bachelor degrees. Dr. Clyde A. Milner, president.
HIGH POINT COLLEGE (M. P.): Founded 1924 at High Point. Liberal arts courses, bachelor degrees. Dr. G. I. Humphries, president.
OAK RIDGE MILITARY INSTI- TUTE (R. O. T. C.): Founded at Oak Ridge, 1851. Boys' preparatory school with long record for highest rating by War Dept. Col. Earl Holt, commandant.
AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE (N.): Founded by State in 1891 for advanced training. Bachelor degrees. Dr. F. D. Bluford, president.
BENNETT COLLEGE (N.): Found- ed 1873-liberal arts-bachelor de- grees. Dr. David D. Jones, president. IMMANUEL LUTHERAN COLLEGE (N.): Founded in 1903. Religious training. Dr. H. Nau, president.
PALMER INSTITUTE (N.): Found- ed 1902-liberal arts. Dr. Charlotte H. Brown, president.
Industry
Guilford County, according to data compiled by the Employment Security Commission of North Carolina, had a total labor force of 71,885 persons in 1946. Manufacturing employment to- taled 31,576 in December, 1947. Wages amounting to $117,450,195 were paid 53,967 workers in 1947. These figures include only those employers having eight or more employees in 1947.
Greensboro's industrial structure is well diversified-there are cotton, silk and synthetic textile mills; wo- men's full-fashioned silk stocking and men's hose mills; wood-working, laundry, sawmill, farm tool, machine tool and sheet metal industries; gen- eral foundry and stove works; orna- mental iron and steel fabricators; sewer pipe and building tile manufac- turers; overalls, work pants and sleep- ing garments plants; fertilizer plants, belting and textile specialties fac- tories; lumber and millwork plants;
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chemicals and pharmaceuticals man- ufacturers; coffee-roasting, flour and food products plants; auto body builders; railway repair shops; ice cream and dairy products plants; printers and bookbinders; and a variety of specialty manufacturers.
The Cone Mills are the largest pro- ducers of cotton denim in the world. The Blue Bell Overall Co. is the larg- est in America, and the Mock-Jud- son-Voehringer Hosiery Mill and Pomona Terra Cotta Co. are the largest in the South. Vick's Vapo- Rub is known around the world.
ditions and certain intangible factors, manufacturers have demonstrated that goods can be produced and sold at Greensboro for a larger net profit than in comparable establishments elsewhere, giving local plants a decid- ed competitive advantage.
Commerce and Trade
Greensboro is easily accessible to a 50-mile trade area having a population of approximately 1,200,000. Retail sales for the area were approximately $778,- 279,000; wholesale sales, $621,322,000, in 1947.
CONE MILLS CORP., PROXIMITY PLANT
Greensboro is the home office of the Burlington Mills Corp., and located here are the Carter Fabrics Division of J. P. Stevens & Co .; a multi-million- dollar Sears, Roebuck & Co. mail-order plant; and a folding carton plant of the Container Corp. of America.
The principal industrial advant- ages are climate, good living and working conditions, availability of in- telligent native labor, harmonious in- dustrial relations, strict maintenance of law and order, efficient public utili- ties, adequate power, water and sewage-disposal; competitive trans- portation facilities, accessibility to raw materials and profitable markets, low taxes and insurance, and good gov- ernment. Operating under these con-
Greensboro is the principal market of the northern Piedmont. There are approximately 1,300 retail, service and professional outlets, handling goods, wares and merchandise lines available in metropolitan centers.
Wholesale and agency establish- ments travel between 1,800 and 2,000 salesmen and agents and distribute a wide variety of merchandise over a much larger territory. The area served has greater purchasing power than comparable areas surrounding Richmond or Atlanta.
The home offices of several large insurance companies, together with the territorial and general agencies of numerous national firms, offering all forms of coverage, have created
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an "insurance fraternity" which
characterizes Greensboro as the "Hartford of the South."
Greensboro is one of the principal cities for Virginia and North and South Carolina conventions. Be- cause Greensboro is the focal point of the most densely populated area in these three states, many organiza- tions register larger attendance at Greensboro than elsewhere. Class "A" hotels offer every modern facil- ity.
Greensboro is territorial headquar- ters for many nationally-known firms.
Transportation
REGULAR SCHEDULED DAILY DEPARTURES: 28 passenger trains, 221 busses in and out week days, (about 275 in and out Sundays), 26 planes daily, 24 freight trains, and 70 package cars.
Greensboro is the focal point of rail, highway, and air carriers of the northern Piedmont. It is served by the main line of the Southern Rail- way system (double-track), running north and south. Here also is the east and west line of the North Caro- lina Railroad (Southern operated), and the Southern Railway line, Greensboro to Winston-Salem and
points beyond. Greensboro also is served by the Atlantic & Yadkin Railway, providing through rates and routes to and from points in all parts of the country by its direct connec- tions with the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, Norfolk & Western Railroad, Norfolk Southern Railroad and Sea- board Air Line Railway.
Modern union passenger, mail and express terminals with free pick-up and store-door delivery on LCL ship- ments. Railway Express Agency main- tains express service on practically all passenger trains, making available passenger train express service at railroad freight rates to all points in North Carolina and to a large portion of Georgia, South Carolina, Tennes- see and Virginia and a part of West Virginia.
A network of more than 2,500 miles of hard-surfaced highways within a radius of 50 miles, provides a means of easy access to Greens- boro for approximately 170,000 auto- mobile owners in the area.
Standard bus lines move in eight directions, connecting with all prin- cipal cities. Atlantic Greyhound, Car- olina Coach and the other carriers operate under State regulations, clearing through a union terminal.
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JEFFERSON STANDARD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY BUILDING
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Greensboro-High Point Airport - "Lindley Field" (a pioneer in the Southeast)-serves Greensboro and High Point. On Eastern Air Lines' main line, New York to Brownsville, Texas, and Mexico City, and Detroit to Miami. Also Capital Air Lines and Piedmont Airlines-passengers, mail and express. The field has paved runways; a first-order weather bu- reau, hangars, restaurant, modern lighting, service equipment, radio bea- con, radio and telephone. Transporta- tion facilities and density of popula- tion combine to make Greensboro more easily accessible to more people than any other city in the South At- lantic States.
Greensboro is served by a large number of trucking companies, hav- ing excellent warehouse facilities and operating large fleets of trucks in all directions, which further adds to
Greensboro's transportation facilities, contributions to the development of fine character and strong citizenship.
Today all leading denominations are represented-Protestant, Catholic, Jewish-and maintain handsome and inspiring places of worship. There exists among all communes an ex- traordinary religious tolerance ac- tivated by progressive ministerial associations and the Council of Prot- estants, Catholics and Jews.
The social life of many rural com- munities centers around and in their neighborhood churches. The urban churches also have highly-developed social programs.
Modern country clubs at High Point, Sedgefield, Starmount and
Greensboro have handsome club- houses, where friends gather for dancing, bridge, study, musical pro- grams, fox-hunting, riding, tennis,
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with transportation rates to serve all industries on a fair basis.
Religious and Social Features
The church as an institution has always been a powerful and construc- tive force in the life of every neigh- borhood in Guilford County. The Quaker Meeting House at New Garden (now Guilford College) was established in 1752. Old Buffalo Pres- byterian Church was established in Greensboro in 1756.
Colonial churches at Alamance, Deep River, Friedens and elsewhere in this county have made important
skeet, hiking, swimming and many other forms of social intercourse.
Regular music and lecture courses bring outstanding attractions to the city: Authors and artists, symphony music, occasional opera and metro- politan stage productions. Seven moving-picture theatres (two largest seating 1,950) offer current attrac- tions. Three auditoriums seating 2,700, 1,500 and 1,200 respectively.
The famous "Playliker" organiza- tion of Women's College, University of N. C., and the dramatic units at Greensboro and Guilford colleges of- fer an outlet for amateur theatricals.
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Recreation
Few sections offer greater oppor- tunity for year-'round living out-of- doors, or more varied recreational ad- vantages. The extent to which people in all walks participate in out- door pursuits is remarkable, and has a distinct influence on community health and well-being. Greensboro has repeatedly won national recog- nition in municipal health contests.
The World War Memorial Stadium provides an ideal setting for major football games, day and night base- ball, interstate track meets, tennis tournaments, etc.
A city-county park provides three lakes for swimming, fishing and boating. A recreation center near Jamestown affords a modern swim- ming pool. Brandt Lake offers boat- ing and fishing.
At Sedgefield there are horses and foxhounds. The countryside abounds in quail and other game. Several game preserves are maintained by sportsmen of national prominence. There are numerous private clubs and camps nearby, containing hundreds of acres of land and water area.
Championship 18-hole golf courses, municipal and public golf courses, pri- vate tennis courts and swimming pools are offered by country clubs at High Point, Starmount, Sedgefield and Greensboro. A total of 270 acres re- served for parks and playgrounds by the City of Greensboro, and a full- time recreational director is employed to promote a well-rounded program of neighborhood activity throughout the year.
Pinehurst and Roaring Gap re- sorts within two hours' drive, and Greensboro is equi-distant between famed mountain and seashore resorts.
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ABBREVIATIONS
acct accountant
adj adjuster
ady advertising dlr
agcy agency
agrl agricultural do ditto or same
agt
agent
al alley
alt . alteration
Am , American
appr
apprentice
apts apartments
archt .. architect
asmblr .. assembler
Assn .. Association
asst
assistant
atndt
attendant
atty attorney
aud
. auditor
e6
auto
automobile
avenue
1
. telephone
Bapt Baptist
bet between
bey beyond
bgemn .. baggageman bkbndr .. bookbinder
bkpr bookkeeper
bldg
building
bldr
builder
blksmith .. blacksmith
blrmkr .. boilermaker blvđ boulevard br
branch
brklyr
... bricklayer
brkmn .... brakeman brnr
.burner
CSP ...... Christian
Science Practitioner
cabtmkr cabinetmaker
capt
. captain
сагр
carpenter
cash
cashier
Cath Catholic
Ch Church
chem chemist or
chf
chief
chkr
checker
inc
incorporated
civil
ins
cik clerk
cinr cleaner
clo clothing
conil .. commercial
comn
commission
coninr .. commissioner
compt .. comptometer
condr
confr
confectioner
Cong . Congregational cons consulting
contr contractor
cor
corner
ct
custdn .... custodian
ctr
cutter
del
delivery
dep deputy
dept department dicta dictaphone
dietn . dietitian
dir
. . director Met Metropolitan
dispr
dispatcher
dist
district
reader Ry
Railway
RyMS
.
Railway Mail Service
s or
S
South
san
sanitary
Sav
.Savings
sch school
.. southeast
mldr
molder
sec
secretary
sergt
mn
man
sergeant
ship
shipping
sht mtl .. sheet metal
miono monotype msngr messenger sls .sales
soc
society
square
es.
.south side
sta
station
sta eng
stationary engineer sten ... stenographer stereo .. stereotyper stmftr
..
steamfitter
str
setter
stvdr stevedore
supt . . superintendent
supvr
supervisor
surg
surgeon
optom .. osteo .. osteopath optometrist SW southwest swtchmn ... switcbman tab mach
tabulating machine
tchr
. teacher
tech
. technician
tel
telephone
teleg
telegraph
tmkpr timekeeper tmstr teamster tndr tender
trans .. transportation trav traveling
trnmn
trainman
treas
treasurer
tstr
. ..
tester
twp
. township
typ
.. typist
undwrtr .. underwriter Univ University uphol .... upholsterer US ... United States USA
United States Army
USCG United
States Coast Guard USMC .. United States
Marine Corps
USMS
..... United
States Maritime
Service
USN
United States Navy
vet
veterinary
vulc
vulcanizer
w or W
West
whol
wholesale
wbsemn warehouseman
recpt receptionist wid widow wkr
worker
mdse merchandise
mech
or mechanical
ret
retail
WS.
. west side
..
yardman
wtchmn .. watchman
ydmn
ydmstr .. yardmaster
ABBREVIATIONS OF GIVEN NAMES
Abraham Abr
Alexander Alex
Alfred Alf
Archibald Arch
Edward Edw
Elizabeth Eliz
Eug
Michael Michl
Thomas Thos
Benjamin 9-44
Benj
Frederick
Fredk
Patrick Patk
Geo
Richard
Richd
Robert Robt
Samuel Saml
Solomon
Sol
Stephen
Steph
Margaret
Margt
Thendore
. Theo
August
Aug
Eugene
Cath
Charles
Chas
James Jas
Joseph
Jos
Katherine
Kath
proprietor
prsfdr
. press feeder
prsmn pressman
prsr .presser
ptrnmkr patternmaker
kpr
keeper
pub
publishing
publr
.. publisher
purch ... purchasing
lumber
lieut
.lieutenant
lino linotype
litho lithographer
laundress
Indry laundry
Itd
limited
Luth Lutheran
meter rdr
.meter rm
| Meth
Methodist
division mfg . . manufacturing
.. dealer mfr .. manufacturer
ingr
manager
mimeo .mimeograph
drive mkr
maker
rukt
market
drsmkr .. dressmaker e or E East mlnr milliner
elec
electrical
electn
electrician
Episc
Episcopal
equip
equipment
east side
exam
.examiner
exchange
exec
executive
exp express
fcty
factory
Fed
Federal
tigmn
flagman
fnshr
finisher
formn
foreman
forwn forewoman frt freight
furn
furngs
furnishings
øds
gdnr
gardener
goods
genl
general
pharm
pharmacist
photog .. photographer
phys
physician
govt
government
pk
gro
grocer
pkr
.
packer
pkwy
parkway
place
pimbr plumber
plshr
polisher
plstr
plasterer
pntr painter
PO postoffice
pres
president Presby ... Presbyterian prfrdr . . proofreader prin principal
priv . . private
prntr
printer
prod
produce
professor
prof
prop
internal revenue
.
junior
jwlr
jeweler
insurance
inspr
inspector
instr
hngr hanger
chauf
chauffeur
hosr
hospital
PS
Public School
hsekpr . housekeeper
chemical Hts Heights
implts implements
hdqtrs . . headquarters lidw hardware Heb Hebrew
hlpr helper
h
householder hairdrsr . . hairdresser pl
furniture pat
ftr fitter pass passenger
pdlr
. peddler
northeast
near
nr
ns ..
.north side
nw northwest
O ... property owner
ofe
office
opp
. opposite
opr
operator
mus
music
mut · mutual
n or N North
Vatl National
ne
emp
employee
mtce
maintenance
assoc ..
.associate
eng
engineer
mtrmn
motorman
solr
solicitor
8pl
special
engr
engraver
multi
.... multigraph
electro .. electrotyper elevator mstr master smstra seamstress
elev
distr distributor
diy
dmnstr .. demonstrator
dr
drftsmn .. draftsman
Rev Reverend
room
r .. residee or rooms R C. . Roman Catholic rd road RD .. Rural Delivery real est ... real estate rec receiving
niach
machinist
rep
representative
reprmn
repairman
wks
works
mechanic
restr
restaurant
wldr
welder
Arthur Arth
court
Indrs
collr collector jan janitor jr
instructor
int rev
conductor
lab
laborer
laby . laboratory lbr
Catherine
George
Daniel
Danl
William Wm
..
park
ter
terrace
. patent
civ
blk block ft foot
exch
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Copyright, 1949, by Hill Directory Co., Inc. For List of General Abbreviations see opposite page
Special Abbreviations
A &TCoi ..
Agricultural & Technical College
A & YRy.
. Atlantic & Yadkin Railway Co
kntr ..
. knitter
AT&T. American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Im fxr.
.loom fixer B. Bessemer Sanitary District 1pr ..
Belk's. . Belk'a Dept Store
blr .. . baler Northwd.
bobn.
. bobbin P Pomona
bobr.
bobher
brdr.
boarder
hrndr
brander
brkr broker
brir.
. burler
pshr.
. pusher
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