Greensboro (Guilford County, N.C.) city directory, 1949, Part 2

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HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., Publishers.


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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PILOT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY HOME OFFICE


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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HILL'S GREENSBORO CITY DIRECTORY 1949


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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