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Miller Furniture Co Inc.
left bottom lines and
132
Mitchell J Elwood Co
left top lines and right top cards, Y and
154 79
Montaldo's
right bottom lines and
Moody's Linoleum & Tile Shop
. right top cards and
Moore Realty and Mortgage Co
.left side lines and 204
Moore's Venetian Blind Co. .
.left side lines and
238
Morrison-Neese Inc .
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Murdock Concrete Construction
.left side lines and
87
Murray Robt H Agency The
. left bottom lines and
161
National Cash Register Co The .
left top cards and 43
North Carolina Broadcasting Co Inc.
. back cover, right bottom lines, 3 and
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North State Chevrolet Co Inc
left side lines and 19
North State Engraving Co. .
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North State Pyrophyllite Co Inc.
right top cards and
116
O K Rubber Welders
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Oakmont Inc
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Oaks Motel The
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180
left top cards and 95 204 153 191 113 · 24
Kellett Harry D Inc.
right bottom lines and
198 18
175 87 63 28 71 206 93
M & M Well Co
25 243 25 191 189 178
Matthews Lumber Co Inc .
McCracken Supply Co
Meadows Furniture Co
Merrimon Insurance Agency Inc
Meyer's Department Store .
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Monroe N C Construction Co.
244 117
Morse-Dobbs College
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141 227 32 93 86 45 134 104
Hill Harry L
92 209 206 213 56 117 145
Lewis F D & Son Inc .
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Office Service Company.
O'Henry Hotel The
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Owen Construction Co Inc Owen Harry R Insurance Agency .
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Paddock Engineering of North Carolina Inc.
Paramount Grill.
Parnell Furniture.
left side lines and
Pegram-West Inc .
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Perma-Shade Awning Co Inc.
right bottom lines and .right side lines and
Phipps Hardware Co Inc
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Piedmont Memorial Park.
Piedmont Pie Co Inc .
Piedmont Radio, Television & Appliance Corp.
Pineview Nursery & Landscaping
Pitts J R Lumber Co Inc .
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Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co
right top lines, 136 and
Plaza Amoco Service
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Pallard W F & Co.
Price's Auto Service.
Priester Carl & William McCoy
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Purvis-Webster Wayside Furniture Co.
Radio Station W PET.
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Ready-Mixed Concrete Co
. back cover, left bottom lines, tabbed Insert at . end of Classified Business Section and
Reddick G D Inc
Rent-A-Car Inc
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Rhodes Inc
Richardson Realty Inc.
Robbins John Motor Co Inc. .right side lines and
Robinson Sid .
Rosemary Designs Co.
Routh Bros Masonry Contractors
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Routh Chas S Realtor
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Routh L W Construction Co
Rummage E L
Rust Associates .
Ryder Truck Rental System Inc.
S & S Electric Co. S & V Construction Co Sapp Robert L Jr
Saslow's Inc right top lines and
Schenck & Co.
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Schiffman Jewelry Co Scott Seed Co.
.left side lines and
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Seawell Realty & Insurance Co 160 and
Security National Bank
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Senn, Forbes & Senn.
Sharpe Terry D Agency
Shirley and Canty . .
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Shoe's Welding Service
Shoffner's Tailor Shop.
Sikes Paul L
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Sink Edwin M.
Skylight Cafe .
Smith Coal & Oil Company
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Smith-Courtney Co. .
Smith R HI Plumbing & Heating Co.
left bottom cards and
Smith's Radio & Television Service .
Smith's Wheel Alignment Service Inc
Smoot's Funeral Home
Smyre Sunset Service
South Atlantic Bonded Warehouse Corp.
left top cards and
Southern Converting Co Inc Southern Dairies Inc .
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Southern Elevator Co
Southern Engraving Co Inc
left top cards and
Southern Mapping & Engineering Co.
Southern Sales Co Inc . . right side lines, 5 and left bottom lines and
Southern Tractor-Power Mower Co. Southern Waste Paper Co.
Southside Hardware Co Inc.
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Classified Business Section and
Pet Dairy Products Co
Pickett's Inc
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49 38 97 138 109 58 39 229 166 172 188 32 193 33 89 133 195
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Smith & Son Tile Shop.
Southern Life Insurance Co
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Standard Roofing & Sheet Metal Co
Starmount Co Inc .
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Starr Electric Co Inc Stay-Right Septic Tank Co Inc. Steed Bros Body Works
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Stevens Insurance Inc
Stewart Motors Inc .
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Stone Jos J & Co
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Strong Tire Service Inc .
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Summers & Vickery .
Summit Shopping Center.
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Name in Alphabetical Section, 218 and
Summit Toy & Hobby Shop Inc.
Superior Stone Company
Sutton M B & Son
Sykes Florist Co Inc .
Tallevast Construction Co
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Talley Electric Co Inc.
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Thompson-Arthur Paving Co Inc .
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Toy Box The
Toy & Hobby Shops Inc
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Traders Chevrolet Co Inc
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Truitt Manufacturing Co
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Tuck Photo Supplies Inc.
Tucker-Jones Furniture Co Inc.
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Turner Landscape Co The
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Turner Transfer Inc .
left side lines, tabbed Insert at Classified Business Section and
Unique Auto Electric Co
United Securities Co Inc
Vanstory Clothing Co
left bottom lines and
Vestal's Flowers & Gift Shop
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W BIG Radio Broadcasting Station.
WFMY-TV
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Wachter Surveys Inc .
Wade's Dry Cleaning Co
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Warren's Inc .
right top lines and
Watkins Quality Products
Waynick W J & Son .
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Weaver Realty Co.
West Bros Building Materials Co
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West Building Supply Inc
White David J Realtor .
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Wilkerson Rexall Drug Co
Wilkins J D Co.
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Williams Roofing Co
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Wilson-Legare Inc .
Wimbish Insurance Agency Inc
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Winkelman D W Carolina Co.
Wrenn Lumber Corp.
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Wyrick S T & Co
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Wysong & Miles Co.
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York Auto Sales .
Young Men's Christian Association
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Younts-DeBoe Co
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81 173 185
Williams Steel Co Inc
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WGBG Radio Broadcasting Station
Tatum-Dalton Transfer Co.
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THE CITY DIRECTORY
represents the City and its institutions in every corner of these United States
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GREENSBORO
ONE OF THE SOUTH'S IMPORTANT DISTRIBUTION CENTERS (Courtesy Greensboro Chamber of Commerce)
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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 leading tex- 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, 91,000; urban, 125,000; 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-64 with 628 acres.
ASSESSED VALUATION-$274,518,148.00 with $1.18 per $100 tax rate. BONDED DEBT-$6,068,250.
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 $638,654,224 (Dec. 31, 1956) and total resources of $708,722,569; two savings and loan associations with total assets of $58,109,252.
POSTAL RECEIPTS-$2,975,665 for 1956 calendar year.
TELEPHONES IN SERVICE-51,032.
CHURCHES-147, representing all denominations.
BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION-Value of building permits for 1956, $13,601,855.
REAL ESTATE-25,000 homes with 50 per cent owned by occupants.
TRADE AREA-Retail and wholesale area has radius of 50 miles with a population of about 1,400, -
000.
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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 20 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-22,171.
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.
HIOSPITALS-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.
33 public schools, including 3 senior high and 9 junior high; 3 parochial schools, including 1 high school. Number of pupils in public schools, 18,406; parochial 215. Number of teachers in public schools, 688, parochial, 23. Value of public school property, $16,000,000; parochial, $1,800,000.
9 institutions of high education in the county with about 8,541 students; 33 urban public schools.
PUBLIC LIBRARIES-2 in Greensboro with 129,012 volumes. Including college libraries, books total 472,532.
CITY STATISTICS-Total street mileage, 306 with 227 miles paved. Miles of gas mains, 138, sewers, 279.06. Number of water meters, 23,500, electric meters, 72,935, gas meters, 7,316. Pumping capacity of municipal waterworks, 60 million gallons daily; daily average pumpage, 10 million gallons; 244 miles of mains.
Fire Department has 122 men with 7 stations and 24 pieces of motor equipment. Police Department has 129 men and 7 women with 1 station and 38 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 coun- ties. 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 popu- lation 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 $1,267,658,000.
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 salesmen 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; 1955-10,119,850 pounds; 1956-10,336, - 750 pounds.
GOVERNMENT
Greensboro is administered by a non-partisan council of seven members elected at large who em- ploy a full-time city manager, an office now held by Gen. James R. Townsend.
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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 sewage and sanitation facilities. These and other evidences of good government have given Greensboro an atmosphere of enterprise and bell-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.
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EDUCATION
Guilford County has nine institutions of higher education with about 8,540 students; 18 modern con- solidated rural public high schools, and thirty-three urban public schools with an enrollment of 18,406.
Woman's College of the University of North Carolina-this is the largest residence woman's col- lege 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.
Greensboro College (Metrodist-co-ed)-For a century this college has been regarded highly as a liberal arts school. Courses are offered leading to bachelor degrees in music, dramatics, and cultural subjects. The president is Dr. Harold H. Hutson. Number students enrolled-455. Value of college pro- perty-$2,728,151.00. Number volumes in college library-35,288.
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 grown to more than 600 students. Classes are now offered (1) college graduates (2) college students (3) adults who did not attend college. A $500,000 expansion program has been appro- ved 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 Cooke, 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 comman- dant.
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 is 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. Wilhelmina M. Crosson is president.
INDUSTRY
According to the Employment Security Commission of North Carolina, Guilford County has a total labor force of 73,406 in 1956. The average weekly wage was $63.87, for an annual payroll of approxi- mately $250,000,000.
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Greensboro Municipal Building
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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 textile spe- cialties 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 specialty 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-Judson- 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. P. Lorillard Company, one of the world's largest manufacturers of cigarettes, is located here.
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; 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.
United States Post Office, Greensboro, N. C.
TRANSPORTATION
Regular daily schedules include: 20 passenger trains, 158 busses, 34 airline flights, 11 freight trains, and 13 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, restaurant, and complete radio equipment.
Greensboro also has a large number of trucking companies with excellent warehousefacilities. The companies operate large fleets in alldirections 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 distinct influence on community health and well-being. Greensboro has won repeatedly national recognition in municipal health contests.
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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. Boating and fishing are available at Lake Brandt. Windsor Community Center, a re- creational 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 hun- dreds 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 Greensboro. A total of 628 acres is reserved for parks and playgrounds by Greensboro, and a full-time recreational 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 ministerial asso- ciations and the Council of Protestants, Catholics and Jews.
The social life of many rural communities centers around 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.
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