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Stevens Insurance Inc.
Stewart Motors Inc.
right side lines and right top cards and
Stone Jos J & Co.
right bottom lines and
Stout Henry H.
Strong Tire Service Inc .
Summit Shopping Center.
right side lines, Tabbed Insert at name in Alphabetical . Section, 246 and 247
. Summit Toy & Hobby Shop Inc.
left side lines, Tabbed Insert at Summit Shopping Center
Superior Stone Co.
Sutton M B & Son.
Sykes Florist Co Inc.
Talley Electric Co Inc.
right top lines and
Tatum-Dalton Transfer Co.
left top lines and
Thomas Bill Auto Sales.
Thomas Electrical Contractors Inc.
left bottom cards and
Thomas Tree Service.
left top cards and
Thompson-Arthur Paving
back cover, right bottom lines and
Tippett J Ralph.
.right bottom cards and right top lines and
Tropical Pet Shop The.
back cover, right top cards and
Tuck Photo Supplies Inc.
left side lines and
Turner Alan.
right top lines and
Turner Landscape Co The.
Turner Transfer Inc.
Tabbed Insert at Classified Section and
Union Labor Building Corp
left side lines and
Vanstory Clothing Co.
Vestal's Flower & Gift Shop. right side lines, Tabbed Insert at Summit Shopping Center
247
W BI G Radio Broadcasting Station.
W G B G Radio Broadcasting Station.
Wachter Surveys Inc.
Wade's Dry Cleaning Co.
right top lines and
Wafco Mills.
Warren Earl D.
.left bottom lines and
232
Welborn Electric Co.
West Bros Co.
West Building Supply Inc Westbrook Co The.
right bottom cards and
278 226
White David J Realtor. bottom stencil, left top lines and
White Plumbing Co. right side lines and 211
White Star Laundry Co.
Wiley Bros. left side lines and
Wilkerson Rexall Drug Co
Wilkins J D Co.
right bottom lines and
Willard J A Co.
Williams Roofing Co. left bottom cards and Williams Steel Co Inc. left side lines and 251
237
Wilson's Auto Glass Shop. left bottom cards and 29
Wimbish Insurance Agency Inc.
front cover and 165
218 218 255 103 112 231 262
Traders Chevrolet Co Inc.
right bottom cards, Tabbed Insert at name in Alphabetical .Section and 176 266 174 28 56
Tucker-Jones Furniture Co Inc.
138 231
Unique Auto Electric Co.
in Alphabetical Section, 122, 246 and right bottom lines, 3 and left bottom lines, 3 and
Warren's Inc. Weaver Realty Co. Webster Heating & Cooling Co. left side lines and 150 109 . left side lines, 49 and 183 49
176 203 101 170 188
Truitt Manufacturing Co.
261 252 89 121 107 270 20 110 268 82 110 21 204 253 206
. in Alphabetical Section, 246, 247 and .left bottom cards, X and
State Engineering & Sales Co Inc.
273 241 92 111 164 111 259 215 204 144 236 225 106 89 243 216 168 19 197 91 260
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
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Winkelman D W Carolina Co.
83
Wollard's H E Piedmont Insurance Agency Inc.
· left top cards and 169
Wray Plumbing & Heating Co Inc.
211
Wrenn Esso Servicenter.
left bottom cards and 31
Wrenn Lumber Corp. left side lines and 184
Wyrick S T & Co.
right side lines and 196
Wysong & Miles Co.
189
Y M C A Business Men's Health Club.
149
Younts -De Boe Co.
left top lines and 57
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GREENSBORO
ONE OF THE SOUTH'S IMPORTANT DISTRIBUTION CENTERS (Courtesy Greensboro Chamber of Commerce)
CHAMALL OFFERS
CO MAJOR GENTILI .
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SILAFEN YL HOTELTO
Monument to Gen. Nathanael Greene, Hero of the Battle of Guilford Court House
Greensboro, located in almost the geographical center of North Carolina, has long been a trans- portation focal point that in early years contributed much to the city's present size and position.
Because of its central location, Greensboro was placed on the main railroad lines and highways. And when airline facilities were being installed around the country in the 1920's, the city was included in the first north-south mainline service. These transportation facilities and its location were among the more important factors that have made Greensboro natural as an industrial and distribution site, both wholesale and retail.
In its early years, Greensboro became the home of several colleges and is now one of the educa- tional centers of the nation. This, of course, has contributed much to the cultural growth so that the city is a well-rounded, progressive community.
Greensboro, known as "The Insurance Center of the South, " is the home of the world's leadingtex- tile manufacturers, is a leader in education, and is a location of one of the world's largest cigarette manufacturers, P. Lorillard Co.
Statistical Review
FORM OF GOVERNMENT-Council, City Manager.
POPULATION -- City, 89, 000; urban, 116, 000; Greensboro-High Point metropolitan district, 210, - 000. 99. 9 per cent American-born.
AREA-19. 57 square miles.
ALTITUDE-839 feet above sea level.
CLIMATE-Mean annual temperature, 58. 2 degrees; average annual rainfall, 45. 7 inches; days of clear sunshine annually, 136; humidity, 42. 4 per cent.
PARKS-28 with 525 acres.
ASSESSED VALUATION -- $260, 026, 719 with $1. 26 per $100 tax rate.
BONDED DEBT-$5, 460, 519. 80.
COMMERCE-Latest business census shows 791 retail establishments and 241 wholesale firms. One-sixth of the State's population lives in Greensboro's 12-county trading area, one-fifth of the retail sales are made there, and one-fourth of the State's manufactured goods produced there.
FINANCIAL DATA-4 banks with total deposits of $165, 479, 019 (Dec. 31, 1955) and total resources of $180, 213, 120; two savings and loan associations with total assets of $55, 913, 288.
POSTAL RECEIPTS-$2, 985, 185 for 1955 calendar year.
TELEPHONES IN SERVICE-47, 238.
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CHURCHES-135, representing 16 denominations.
BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION-Value of building permits for 1955, $11, 276, 971.
REAL ESTATE-23, 769 homes with 48 percent owned by occupants.
TRADE AREA-Retail and wholesale area has radius of 50 miles with a population of about 1, 400, 000
NEWSPAPERS-2 dailies and 3 weeklies.
RADIO STATIONS-WBIG, WGBG, WCOG, and WPET.
TELEVISION STATIONS-WFMY-TV (100, 000 watts), and WUNC-TV (100, 000 watts).
RAILROADS-Southern Railway operates 18 passenger and 20 freight trains daily.
HIGHWAYS-U. S. 29, 70 (main east-west), 220 (main north-south), and 421.
AIRPORT-Greensboro-High Point Airport is 6 miles from the city on U. S. 421. Served by East- ern, Capital and Piedmont Airlines with 34 flights daily.
AUTOMOBILE REGISTRATIONS-19, 278 for 1955.
AMUSEMENTS-Largest auditorium in city seats 2, 700; 7 motion picture theaters with seating ca- pacity of 6, 500; 6 drive-in movies; 1 legitimate theatre with capacity of 1, 600; 6 golf courses.
HOSPITALS-5, with total of 678 beds.
EDUCATION-Woman's College of the University of North Carolina, Greensboro College, Guilford College, Greensboro Division of Guilford College, Bennett College, Agricultural and Technical College of North Carolina, and Immanuel Lutheran College.
28 public schools, including 3 senior high and 8 junior high; 2 parochial schools. Number of pupils in public schools, 16, 656, parochial, 435. Number of teachers in public schools, 654, parochial, 13. Value of public schools property, $11, 817, 000; parochial, $460, 000.
9 institutions of high education in the county with about 8, 300 students; 31 urban public schools. PUBLIC LIBRARIES-2 in Greensboro with 119, 930 volumes. Including college libraries, books total 451, 486.
CITY STATISTICS-Total street mileage, 290. 2 with 204 miles paved. Miles of gas mains, 138, sewers, 263. 5. Number of water meters, 22, 600, electric meters, 69, 082, gas meters, 6, 791. Pump- ing capacity of municipal waterworks, 59 million gallons daily; daily average pumpage, 9. 5 million gal- lons; 240 miles of mains.
Fire Department has 103 men with 7 stations and 23 pieces of motor equipment. Police Department has 120 men and 7 women with 1 station and 34 pieces of motor equipment.
General Review
GUILFORD COUNTY-Settled chiefly between 1750 and 1770 by the Ulster Scots, English and Welsh, Quakers and Germans, the county was established in 1771 from parts of Orange and Rowan counties. It was named after the Earl of Guilford. Containing some 624 square miles, Guilford County in 1950 had a population of 191, 057.
GREENSBORO-The county seat was chartered in 1808 and named after Gen. Nathanael Greene, American leader in the Battle of Guilford Courthouse. 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; and 1950-74, 389. The pop- ulation is 99. 9 per cent American-born with Negroes making up twenty-five per cent of the total.
POINTS OF HISTORIC INTEREST-Battleground National Park is located on the site of the Battle of Guilford Courthouse. Here Gen. Greene fought one of the final and significant battles of the Revolu- tion in North Carolina and the losses Cornwallis suffered contributed in large part to his surrender at Yorktown several months later. Maintained as a national park, the site has a historical museum and many monuments, including Gen. Greene, Winston, Caldwell, and the famous "giant, " Peter Francisco.
O. Henry, one of the most famous writers of this country, was born in Greensboro. A bronze tablet "on the Masonic Temple identifies his birthplace. O. Henry exhibits are to be found at the Greensboro Public Library and the O. Henry Hotel.
Dolly Madison's Well-This site, identified by a marker near Guilford College, marks the birth- place of the wife of the fourth U. S. president.
The birthplaces of Dr. David and Rachael Caldwell, early educators, are marked by plaques on Friendly Road.
The Greensboro Historical Museum, containing many well-preserved relics from the city's past, is located in the Municipal Center on Church Street.
COMMERCE AND TRADE
Greensboro is easily accessible to a 50-mile trade area with a population of about 1, 400, 000. Re- tail sales for the area in 1954 totaled $1, 073, 549, 000.
Greensboro is the principal market of the northern Piedmont section of the State. There are some 1, 500 retail, service and professional outlets and nearly 2, 000 salesman and agents who distribute a wide variety of merchandise of a much larger territory.
The home offices of several large insurance companies, plus territorial and general agencies of many national firms, have given the city its title of the "Insurance Center of the South. "
Although not the largest tobacco market in the Old Belt, Greensboro's market is growing the most rapidly of any in the section. Reactivated in 1949 after twenty-five years of inactivity, the market has increased its sales faster than any other in the Old Belt. This growth is due mainly to the excellent management and Greensboro's location in the center of one of the nation's finest tobacco-growing areas.
Annual sales since 1949 have been: 1949-1, 935, 084 pounds; 1950-3, 102, 664 pounds; 1951-5, 894, 950 pounds; 1952-8, 681, 812 pounds; 1953-5, 577, 000; 1954-9, 060, 534; and 1955-10, 119, 850 pounds.
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Old Gold
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P. Lorillard Co.
GOVERNMENT
Greensboro is administered by a non-partisan council of seven members elected at large who employ a full-time city manager, an office now held by Gen. James R. Townsend.
Good management of the city is reflected in nationally-recognized superiority in public health ad- ministration, reduction of fire losses and low insurance rates, salability of municipal bonds, efficient police protection, well-paved streets, and modern sewerage and sanitation facilities. These and other evidences of good government have given Greensboro an atmosphere of enterprise and well-being.
Administering the affairs of Guilford County is a commission of five members elected at large. With its county manager, it is generally regarded as one of the best managed counties in the State, and is frequently pointed out as a model by the N. C. Institute of Government.
EDUCATION
Guilford County has nine institutions of higher education with about 8, 300 students; 18 modern con- solidated rural public high schools, and thirty-one urban public schools with an enrollment of 17, 683.
Woman's College of the University of North Carolina -- this is the largest residence woman's college in the U. S. with advanced schools of music, art, dramatics, home economics, physical education, and secretarial science. Ranking high among the liberal arts colleges in America, Woman's College grants bachelor of arts and science degrees and offers graduate work. It was founded in 1891. Dr. Edward K. Graham is the chancellor.
Greensboro College (Methodist) -- For a century this college has been regarded highly as a liberal arts school for young women. Courses are offered leading to bachelor degrees in music, dramatics, and cultural subjects. The president is Dr. Harold H. Hutson. Number students enrolled -- 393. Value of college property-$2, 161, 151. 40. Number volumes in college library -- 30, 000.
Guilford College (Quaker co-ed) -- This accredited liberal arts college was chartered in 1834. Dr. Clyde A. Milner is president.
Greensboro Division of Guilford College -- Organized in 1948 primarily to offer night classes to adults, the unit has now grownto more than 600 students. Classes are now offered (1) college graduates (2) col- lege students (3) adults who did not attend college. A $500, 000 expansion program has been approved by the Trustees. Grady Love is the director.
High Point College (M. P. ) -- This institution was founded in 1924 at High Point to offer liberal arts courses leading to bachelor degrees. Dr. Dennis Cook, president.
Oak Ridge Military Institute (R. O. T. C. )-Founded at Oak Ridge in 1851, this boys' preparatory school holds a long record for highest rating by the War Department. Col. T. O. Wright is the com- mandant.
Agricultural and Technical College (N. )-Founded by the State of North Carolina in 1891, A & T is now the second largest Negro college in the U. S. Bachelor degrees are offered. Warmoth T. Gibbs, acting president.
Bennett College (N. )-Liberal arts courses and bachelor degrees. This is the oldest (founded in 1873) of the four Negro colleges in Greensboro. Dr. Willa B. Player is president.
Immanuel Lutheran College (N. ) -- Senior high school departments, junior college, and a theological seminary make up its curriculum. Founded in 1903, the college is now headed by the Rev. William H. Kampschmidt.
Palmer Memorial Institute (N. )-This liberal arts school was founded in 1902. Dr. Charlotte H. Brown is president emeritus.
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Guilford Court House
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Greensboro Municipal Building
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INDUSTRY
According to the Employment Security Commission of North Carolina, Guilford County has a total labor force of 65, 643 in 1955. The average weekly wage was $60. 75, for an annual payroll of $204, - 207, 237.
Greensboro's industrial structure is a broad one. The city has cotton, silk, and synthetic textile mills; women's full-fashioned hosiery and men's hose mills; woodworking, laundry, sawmill, farm tool, machine tool, and sheet metal industries; general foundry and stove works; ornamental iron and steel fabricators; overalls, work pants, and sleeping garment plants; fertilizer plants; belting and tex- tile specialities factories; lumber and mill work plants; chemicals and pharmaceutical manufacturers; 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 speciality manufacturers.
Cone Mills Corporation Greensboro Plants
Pilot Life Insurance Company Home Office
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Cone Mills is the largest producer of cotton denim in the world. The largest textile manufacturers in the world, Burlington Industries, Inc. (formerly Burlington Mills) maintains its headquarters and has several plants in the city. The Blue Bell Overall Co. is the largest in America, and the Mock-Jud- son-Voehringer (Mojud) Hosiery Mill and Pomona Terra Cotta Co. are the largest in the South. The Vick Chemical Co. and its many products are known around the world.
Also located in Greensboro are the purchasing offices of J. P. Stevens & Co., Inc., and executive offices of Carter Fabrics; a Multi-million-dollar Sears, Roebuck and Co. mail order plant; a folding carton plant of the Container Corp. of America; a redrying plant of R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. ; and an electronics plant of Western Electric Co.
The principal industrial advantages are climate, good living and working conditions, availability of intelligent native labor, efficient public utilities, adequate power, competitive transportation facilities, accessibility to raw materials and markets, low taxes and insurance, and good government.
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United States Post Office, Greensboro, N. C.
TRANSPORTATION
Regular daily schedules include: 18 passenger trains, 151 busses, 34 airline flights, 20 freight trains, and 16 package cars.
Greensboro is the center of rail, highway, and air transportation of the northern Piedmont. It is served by the main line of Southern Railway (double track) that runs north and south. Here also is the east-west line of the N. C. Railroad (southern operated), and the Southern Railway lines: Greensboro to Winston-Salem and Mt. Airy to Sanford and points beyond.
Modern union passenger, mail, and express terminals are maintained with free pick-up and store delivery on LCL shipments. The Railway Express Agency has express service on practically all pas - senger trains. This makes available passenger train express service at railroad freight rates to all points in the State and to a large portion of Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and part of West Virginia.
More than 2, 500 miles of hardsurfaced highways within a radius of fifty miles provide a means of easy access to Greensboro for the 175, 000 automobile owners in the area.
Standard bus lines travel in eight directions to connect all principal cities. Atlantic Greyhound, Carolina Coach, and others operate under State regulations and clear through a union terminal.
The Greensboro-High Point Airport, a pioneer in the Southeast, serves the two Guilford County cities. The airport is on Eastern Airlines' main line and is also served by Capital Airlines and Pied- mont Airlines. In addition to paved runways, the airport also has a weather bureau, hangars, restau- rant, and complete radio equipment.
Greensboro also has a large number of trucking companies with excellent warehouse facilities. The companies operate large fleets in all directions which adds further to the city's transportation facilities. This, and the density of population, make Greensboro more easily accessible to more people than any other city in the South Atlantic States.
RECREATION
Few sections offer greater opportunity for year-round living out-doors or more varied recreational advantages. The extent to which people in all walks of life participate in outdoor activities has a dis -
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tinct influence on community health and well-being. Greensboro has won repeatedly national recogni- tion in municipal health contests.
The World War Memorial and Senior High School stadia provide settings for football games, day and night baseball, inter-state track meets, tennis tournaments, and others.
A city-county park provides three lakes for fishing and boating. A new swimming pool that can ac- commodate 800 was opened in 1955 in Lindley Park. A recreation center near Jamestown affords a mod- ern swimming pool with boating and fishing at Lake Brandt. Windsor Community Center, a recreational spot for Negroes, is one of the finest in North Carolina.
At Sedgefield, sportsmen ride to the hounds. The countryside abounds in quail and other game and several game preserves are maintained. There are numerous private clubs and camps nearby with hundreds of acres of land and water area.
Sedgefield Inn
Championship eighteen-hole golf courses, municipal and public golf courses, private tennis courts, and swimming pools are offered by country clubs at High Point, Starmount, Sedgefield, and Greens- boro. A total of 525 acres is reserved for parks and playgrounds by Greensboro, and a full-time rec- reational director is employed to promote activity throughout the year.
Pinehurst and Roaring Gap resorts are within two hours' drive, and the city lies between the moun- tain and seashore resorts.
RELIGIOUS FEATURES
The church has always been a powerful and constructive force in the life of every Guilford County neighborhood. The Quaker meeting House at New Garden (now Guilford College) was established in 1752 and Old Buffalo Presbyterian Church organized in 1756.
Today all leading denominations are represented -- Protestant, Catholic, Jewish -- and maintain hand- some places of worship. There is a broad religious tolerance activated by progressive ministerialasso- ciations and the Council of Protestants, Catholics and Jews.
The social life of many rural communities centers around their neighborhood churches and urban churches also have highly developed social programs.
SOCIAL and CULTURAL ACTIVITIES
Modern country clubs at High Point, Sedgefield, Starmount, and Greensboro have handsome club- houses where many social gatherings are held: riding, fox hunting, musical programs, dancing, bridge, tennis, skeet, swimming and others. Each year the Greater Greensboro Open Golf Tournament is held at one of the country clubs with the event scheduled for Sedgefield this spring. This tournament attracts the top golfers in the U. S. and draws galleries of many thousands.
Regular music and lecture courses bring outstanding attractions to the city: concert artists, sym- phony orchestras, plays, authors, and lecturers. Three auditoria seat 2, 700, 1, 585 and 1, 100 respec- tively.
The famous "Playliker" organization of Woman's College and the dramatic units at Greensboro and Guilford colleges offer an outlet for amateur theatricals.
For additional information contact the
Greensboro Chamber of Commerce
Greensboro, N. C.
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GENERAL ABBREVIATIONS
South
ad
. adjuster
e ur E
Esat
mfr
manufacturer S&D
sanitary
admn
administrator
educ
education
mkr
maker
ach
school
adv
advertising
agcy
agency
electn electriclan
mlnr
milliner
serv
service
agt
agent
eler
elevator
mono
monotype
Am
American
eng
engineer
matr
master
snistrs
seamstress
apts
apartments
equip
srcht
architect es
asmblr
assembler
exam
assoc
associate
exch
aast
assistant
exp
attendant
fety
factory
Natl
National
sta
station
sud
auditor
Fed
Federal
floor
nw
.northweat
stat statistician or
bgemn
baggageman
fnshr
bkbndr
bookbinder
formn
forwn
forewoman
opr
operator
stereo stereotyper
blk
block
ft
foot
optom optometrist
osteo
osteopath
str
setter
blvd
boulevard
furngs
furnishings
PTS
. Postal
gup supply
br
branch
brklyr
bricklayer
genl
general
pharm pharmacist
8W
south west
bur
bureau
Kort
government
phys
physician
sya
system
CSP
Christian
h
householder
pkr .. packer tchr teacher
cabtmkr
. cabinetmaker
hdw
hardware
CATP
carpenter
hlpr
helper
cash
cashler
hndlr
handler
hospital
headquarters
housekeeper
pntr
painter
tndr
tender
chkr
checker
Hts
Heights
prfrdr
proofreader
trans transportation
prin
principal
trav
traveling
clk
clerk
ins
Insurance
priv
private
treas
treasurer
cln. . cleaning or cleaner
clo
clothing
Instr
Instructor
prof
professor
tstr
tester
com
commercial
comn
commission
comnr
commissioner
Int rev. Internal revenue Inv
prar
presser
USA
U S Army
comp
compositor
jan
janitor
pub
jeweler
publ publisher or
consto . construction
kpr
keeper
publishing
contr
contractor
cor
corner
lab
laborer r
.resides or rooms
USN US Navy
ct
court
1br
lumber RC Roman Catholic
Univ University
ctr
cutter
11brn
librarian RD
Rural Delivery
uphol upholsterer
custdn
custodian
lino
linotype
rd
road
vet veterinary
del
delivery
dep
deputy
Indrs
laundress
real est .real estate
w or W
. West
dlr
director ltd
limited
recpt receptionist
dispr
dispatcher
1wyr
lawyer
dist
district
mach
machinist or
distr
distributor
machine rep
representative
wkr
worker
wks
works
widr welder
do
ditto or same
med
medical ret
dr
drive
Met
Metropolitan
Rev
Reverend
ydmn
yardman
driftama .... draftsman i meter rdr. . meter reader
room
ydmatr
yardmaster
ABBREVIATIONS OF GIVEN NAMES
Richard
Abr
Abraham
Chas
Charles
Jea
Daniel
Joe
Joseph
Saml
Samuel
Alf
Alfred
Edw
Edward
Kath
Katherine
Sol
Solomon
Arth
Arthur
ElIz
Elizabeth
Margt
Margaret
Steph
Stephen
Aug
August
Eug
Eugene
Michl
Michael
Theo
Theodore
Bent
Benjamin
Fredk
Frederick
Nathl
Nathanlel
Thos
Thomas
Cath
Catherine
Geo
George
Patk
Patrick
Wm
William
8-1-50
mgr
manager Sav
Savings
or administration
elec
electrical or
mkt
market
southeast
agrl
agriculture
electro
electrotyper
MD
man
shlp
shipping
alley
emp
employee
msngr
messenger als
.sales
sppr
apprentice
engr
engraver
equipment
east alde
examiner
exchange
express
n or N
. North as
south side
atty
attorney
fdry
foundry
ne
northeast
sta eng
north side
stationary engineer
bkpr
bookkeeper
bldr
bullder
frt
freight
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