Greensboro (Guilford County, N.C.) city directory, 1956, Part 2

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Publication date: 1956
Publisher: Richmond, Hill Directory Co.
Number of Pages: 1462


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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


Page


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 .


PKT-


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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KENT


Old Gold


KOLLHH!


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


LEFT


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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