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Shinn Russell W. right bottom lines and 202
. left bottom cards and
Shirley and Barksdale .
Sikes Paul L . . . right side lines and Sills Robt A Co Inc left side lines and
Tick Tock Jewelry
238 |Traders Chevrolet Co Inc.
249 right top lines and 24
77 Truitt Manufacturing Co . back cover, right top cards and 243
192 Tuck Photo Supplies Inc. 205 Tucker-Jones Furniture Co Inc
Smith-Farrow Body Works
Smith J Harold
Smith S C Plumbing & Heating Co.
right top lines and
Smyre Sunset Service .
South Atlantic Bonded Warehouse Corp .
, left side lines and Southern Converting Co Inc. .
35 Vestal's Flower Shop right side lines and 255 W B I G Radio Broadcasting Station . . . right side lines and 217 234 W G BG Radio Broadcasting Station. . 106 . right top cards and W & H Home Improvement Co.
217
. left bottom cards and
Southern Elevator Co.
121 . . right top cards, left top cards and 168 Wade's Auto Trim Shop . left side lines and 32
99
Southern Life Insurance Co
Southern Mapping & Engineering Co .
Southern Mechanical Products Co. . right top lines and 195 left top lines and 115
Southern Paint Co. . left side lines and Southern Sales Inc .
97 Wade's Shell Service left side lines and 32
123
242 . left bottom lines and Southern Waste Paper Co.
152 Wafco Mills Warren's Inc . .. left bottom lines and Watson Flour & Feed Milling Co. 123 204 |Waynick W J & Son . . right bottom cards and 81 256 Weaver W H Construction Co Inc. ..
left top cards and 99
146 Weaver Realty Co 226
230 Welborn Electric Co 120
West Bros Co. 52
185 Weston John H. 82
222 Whaley's Painting .
Starr Electric Co Inc . right side lines and 203
116 White David J Realtor .
104 bottom stencil, left top lines and 223
97 White Star Laundry Co. 181
Stevens Insurance Inc.
Whittemore Plumbing Co
Stewart Motors In left side lines and 164 right top lines and 211
right top cards and
Stewart & Whitley
right bottom cards and 98 . left bottom lines and 113
Wilkins J D Co
199 right bottom lines, 170 and 240
Willard J A Co. 193
248 Wills-Jervis Book & Stationery Co Wimbish Insurance Agency Inc .
200
Sullivan W H Inc . front and back lip margins, right side lines and Sunset Amoco Service
Superior Arts left side lines and Superior Construction Co. left side lines and Superior Supply Co
Sutton's Florists Inc left side lines and
96 168 Sykes Florists Co Inc right side lines and 127 129
168
134 Talley Electric Co right top lines and 79
Tatum-Dalton Transfer Co. left top lines and 256
Telephoning & Answering Service .
96
. left bottom lines and 247
104 Thompson-Arthur Paving Co .
104 right bottom lines and BO 174
Silver T V Service Slye Howard O. . left bottom cards and Smith-Courtney Company . left bottom lines and Smith-Douglass Co Inc 31 Turner Transfer Inc . . left top lines and 124 left side lines and 141 252
204 Underwood Insurance Agency front cover and 208 Vanstory Clothing Co.
165 60 129
Southern Dairies Inc. . left top cards and
121 Wade's Dry Cleaning Co.
. . left top cards, 22 and Southern Tractor-Power Mower Co .
250
Southern Waterproofing Co. left side lines and Southside Hardware Co Inc. . right side lines and Standard Roofing & Sheet Metal Co. Stanley Finance Inc .
.right side lines and
Starmount Co Inc
. . . front cover, left top lines and Starr & Welker
State Engineering & Sales Co
Wilder J W Transfer Co. 253 213
23 Wiley Shelley R. Wilkerson Drug Co Inc
Stone Jos T & right side lines and Strandberg Engineering Laboratories . left top cards and Strong Tire Service Inc . left top cards and 31 . . front cover and 166 245 . Winchester-Ritch Surgical Co 78 Winfree's Esso Service 35 and Winkelman D W Carolina Co 134 83 34 Withers Shoe Service 237 207 | Wyrick S T & Co .
. right side lines and 98 Wysong & Miles Company . left side lines and 193 51 Yellow Taxi Co Inc . 246 Younts-DeBoe Co. . left top lines and 61
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GREENSBORO
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
DISTRIBUTION CENTERS IN THE SOUTH (Courtesy Greensboro Chamber of Commerce)
Monument to Gen. Nathanael Greene, Hero of the Battle of Guilford Court House
Statistical Review
Form of Government-Council-city man- ager.
Population-City proper, 74, 389; urban area, approximately 100, 000, and Greens- boro-High Point metropolitan district, 191,- 057 (1950 U. S. Census report). American- born, 99. 8%.
Area-18. 7 square miles.
Altitude-839 feet above sea level.
Climate-Mean annual temperature, 56.9 degrees F .; average annual rainfall, 45. 65 inches; days of clear sunshine annually, 136; humidity, 53. 185.
Parks-53, with total of 562 acres.
Assessed Valuation-$177, 912, 824 with $1. 57 new city and $1. 67 old city, per $100 tax rate (1952).
Bonded Debt-$6, 004, 882.
Financial Data-4 banks, with total de- posits of $141, 898, 729 (Dec. 31, 1952), and total resources of $152, 520, 475 (Dec. 31, 1952). Clearings for 1952, $1, 328, 502, 369. 2 savings and loan associations, with total assets of $35, 440, 229 (Dec. 31, 1952).
Postal Receipts-$2, 652, 227. 82 (calen- dar year 1952).
Telephones in Service-40, 468.
Churches-130, representing 16 denomi- nations.
Building and Construction-Value of build- ing permits, $8, 466, 769 (1952).
Real Estate-23, 116 homes, with about 42 % owned by occupants.
Trade Area-Retail and wholesale area has radius of 50 miles, and population of approximately 1, 500, 000.
Newspapers-2 dailies, 1 Sunday and 3 weeklies. Radio Stations-4: WBIG, WGBG, WCOG and WFMY-TV.
Railroads-Southern.
Highways-U. S. 29, 70, 220 and 421. Also a network of hard-surfaced State highways.
Airports-Greensboro-High Point Air - port nearby. Served by Eastern Air Lines, Capital Air Lines and Piedmont Airlines, with 28 planes daily.
Auto Registrations-18, 681.
Amusements-Largest auditorium in city seats 2, 700 persons. 9 moving-picture the- atres, with total seating capacity of 7,000 persons. 6 drive-ins. 1 legitimate theatre, with seating capacity of 1, 400 persons. 6 golf courses.
Hospitals-7, with total of 801 beds.
Education-Institutions of higher learning include Woman's College of University of North Carolina, Greensboro College, Bennett College, Agricultural & Technical College of North Carolina, and Immanuel Lutheran Col- lege. 25 public schools, including 3 senior high and 7 junior high. 2 parochial schools. Number of pupils in public schools, 13, 449; in . parochial, 226. Number of teachers in public schools, 509; in parochial, 6. Value. of public school property, $7, 500, 000; paro- chial, about $40, 000; college, $38, 478, 969. 9 institutions of higher education in county,-
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with approximately 8, 400 students. 31 urban public schools.
Public Libraries-2, including branches, with total of 383, 387 volumes (including col- lege libraries).
City Statistics-Total street mileage, 292. 54, with 171. 36 miles paved. Miles of gas mains, 120.8; sewers, 238. Number of water meters, 19,000; electric meters, 55, - 522; gas meters, 6,158. Pumping capacity of water works (municipal), 44,000,000 gallons; daily average pumpage, 10, 000, 000 gallons; miles of mains, 212; value of plant, $5,200, - 000. Fire department has 102 men, with 7 stations and 20 pieces of motor equipment. Police department has 116 men and 7 women, with 1 station and 35 pieces of motor equip- ment.
History
GUILFORD COUNTY: Settled by Ulster Scots, English and Welsh, Quakers and Ger- mans, principally between 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, 191,- 057 (1950 U. S. Census).
GREENSBORO: County seat, chartered, 1808, located in exact geographic center of county; named for Gen. Nathanael Greene, hero of the Battle of Guilford Court House. Comprises 18. 7 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; 1950, 74,389. American-born, 99.8%. 25% Negro.
POINTS OF HISTORIC INTEREST: Battle- ground National Park on site of the Battle of Guilford Court House: Here Gen. Greene so crippled the army of Lord Cornwallis that he was forced to surrender at Yorktown. Gen- erally regarded by historians as the "turning point of the Revolution." Maintained as a na- tional park. Historical museum and many monuments of battle heroes on grounds, in- cluding that of Gen. Greene, Winston, Clad- well, and the famous "giant, " Peter Fran- cisco.
Birthplace of O'Henry (Wm. Sydney Port- er), internationally-famous short-story writ- er. Bronze tablet on Masonic Temple identi- fies the location. O'Henry exhibits at Public Library, O'Henry Hotel, and Mann's O'Henry Drug Co.
Dolly Madison's Well -Identified by bronze marker near Guilford College.
Birthplaces of Dr. David and Rachael 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 Guil - ford County, $375, 272, 406 (1952). Tax rate, 98¢ per $100, plus 37¢ supplemental school tax on all property in the Greater Greensboro School District (1952). Total population, 1950 U. S. Census, 191, 057.
Guilford County is administered by a com - mission of five elected at large. It is general - ly regarded as one of the best managed coun-
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ties in the state, being frequently pointed to as a model by the North Carolina Institute of Government.
Greensboro, county seat, isadministered by a non-partisan council of seven elected at large. The council employs a full-time experi- enced city manager. For many years the council has been composed of successful busi- ness and professional men of demonstrated capacity in their private undertakings.
The council has directed municipal af- fairs upon well-established business princi- ples uninfluenced by partisan political con- siderations. Good management is reflected in nationally-recognized superiority in public health administration; reduction of fire losses and low insurance rates; the salability of mu- nicipal bonds; efficient police protection; unusually good water supply; clean, well- paved streets; modern sewerage and sanita- tion 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 pointed out as "a good town. "
Education
GUIL FORD COUNTY has nine institutions of higher education, with approximately 8,400 students. Eighteen modern consolidated rural public high schools and 13 urban public schools: total enrollment, 14, 976.
GREENSBORO: The Woman's College, University of N. C., ranks high among liberal arts colleges in America. Founded in 1891. Advanced schools of music, art, dramatics, home economics, physical education and sec- retarial science. Grants bachelor of arts and science degrees and offers graduate work. Dr. E. K. Graham, chancellor.
GREENSBORO COLLEGE (Methodist): 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. Harold H. Hutson, president.
GREENSBORO EVENING COLLEGE: A non-profit, educational institution, incorpo- rated under the laws of North Carolina and dedicated to the cultural and vocational im- provement of the adult population of Greens- boro and vicinity. Established in 1948.
GUILFORD COLLEGE (Quaker co-ed. ): Chartered in 1834-an accredited liberal arts college, conferring bachelor degrees. Dr. Clyde A. Milner, president.
· HIGH POINT COLLEGE (M. P.): Founded 1924 at High Point. Liberal arts courses, bachelor degrees. Dr. Dennis Cooke, presi- dent.
OAK RIDGE MILITARY INSTITUTE (R. - O. T. C.): Founded at Oak Ridge, 1851. Boys' preparatory school with long record for high- est rating by War Dept. Col. T. O. Wright, commandant.
AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL COL- LEGE (N.): Founded by State in 1891 for advanced training. Bachelor degrees. Dr. F. D. Bluford, president.
BENNETT COLLEGE (N.): Founded 1873 -liberal arts-bachelor degrees. Dr. David D. Jones, president.
IMMANUEL LUTHERAN COLLEGE (N.): Founded in 1903. Senior high school depart- ments, junior college, theological seminary. Dr. Wm. H. Kampschmidt, president.
PALMER INSTITUTE (N.): Founded 1902 -liberal arts. Dr. Charlotte H. Brown, pres- ident.
Industry
Guilford County, according to data com-
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piled by the Employment Security Commission of North Carolina, had a total labor force of 63, 473 in 1951. Their average weekly wage was $54.21, totaling a payroll of $178,929,026 for the year. These figures include only those employers having eight or more employees in 1951.
Greensboro's industrial structure is well diversified-there are cotton, silk and syn- thetic textile mills; women's full-fashioned silk stocking and men's hose mills; wood- working, laundry, sawmill, farm tool, ma- chine tool and sheet metal industries; general foundry and stove works; ornamental iron and steel fabricators; sewer pipe and building tile manufacturers; overalls, work pants and sleeping garment plants; fertilizer plants, belting and textile specialties factories; lum- ber and millwork plants; chemicals and phar- maceuticals manufacturers; coffee-roasting, flour and food products plants; auto body builders; railway repair shops; ice cream and dairy products plants; printers and book- binders; and a variety of specialty manufac- turers.
The Cone Mills are the largest producers of cotton denim in the world. The Blue Bell Overall Co. is the largest in America, and the Mock-Judson-Voehringer Hosiery Mill and Pomona Terra Cotta Co. are the largest in the South. Vick's Vapo-Rub is known around the world.
Greensboro is the home office of the Burl - ington Mills Corp., and located here are the purchasing offices of J. P. Stevens & Co., Inc., and executive offices of the Carter Fabrics Group of J. P. Stevens & Co. ; a multi-mil- lion-dollar Sears, Roebuck & Co. mail-order plant; a folding carton plant of the Container Corp. of America; a redrying plant of the 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, har- 'monious industrial relations, strict main- tenance of law and order, efficient public utilities, adequate power, water and sewage- disposal; competitive transportation facili- ties, accessibility to raw materials and pro- fitable markets, lowtaxes and insurance, and good government. Operating under these conditions and certain intangible factors, manufacturers have demonstrated that goods can be produced and sold at Greensboro for a larger net profit than in comparable establish- ments elsewhere, giving local plants a decided competitive advantage.
Commerce and Trade
Greensboro is easily accessible to a 50- mile trade area having a population of approx- imately 1, 500, 000. Retail sales for the area were approximately $961, 971, 000 in 1951.
Greensboro is the principal market of the northern Piedmont. There are approximately 1,500 retail, service and professional outlets, handling goods, wares and merchandise lines available in metropolitan centers.
Wholesale and agency establishments travel between 1,800 and 2,000 salesmen and agents and distribute a wide variety of mer- chandise 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 insur - ance companies, together with the territorial and general agencies of numerous national firms, offering all forms of coverage, have created an "insurance fraternity" which characterizes Greensboro as the "Hartford of the South. "
Greensboro is one of the principal cities
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for Virginia and North and South Carolina conventions. Because Greensboro is the focal point of the most densely populated area in these three states, many organizations reg- ister larger attendance at Greensboro than elsewhere. Class "A" hotels offer every modern facility.
Greensboro is territorial headquarters for many nationally-known firms.
Although far from being the largest to- bacco market in the Old Belt, Greensboro's tobacco market is by any standards the Old Belt's most rapidly growing market. Re- activated in 1949 after a quarter-century of inactivity, the Greensboro market by the 1952 season had increased its annual sales by 409 %. This remarkable growth is due mainly to a high calibre of management and Greens- boro's strategic location in the center of one of the nation's finest tobacco-growing areas. Annual sales for the first four years of the reactivated market have been: 1949, 1, 935, - 084 pounds; 1950, 3, 102, 664 pounds; 1951, 5, 894, 950 pounds; 1952, 8, 681, 812 pounds.
Transportation
REGULAR SCHEDULED DAILY DEPAR- TURES: 22 passenger trains, 192 busses in and out week days, 28 planes daily, 18 freight trains, and 56 package cars.
Greensboro is the focal point of rail, high- way, and air carriers of the northern Pied- mont. It is served by the main line of the Southern Railway system (double-track), running north and south. Here also is the east and west line of the North Carolina Railroad (Southern operated), and the Southern Rail- way lines, Greensboro to Winston-Salem and Mt. Airy to Sanford and points beyond.
Modern union passenger, mail and express terminals with free pick-up and store-door delivery on LCL shipments. Railway Express Agency maintains express service on practi- cally ali 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 Caro- lina, Tennessee 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 Greensboro for approximately 170, 000 auto- mobile owners in the area.
Standard bus lines move in eight direc- tions, connecting with all principal cities. Atlantic Greyhound, Carolina Coach and the other carriers operate under State regula- tions, clearing through a union terminal.
Greensboro-High Point Airport-(a pio- neer in the Southeast)-serves Greensboro and High Point. On Eastern Air Lines' main line. Also Capital Air Lines and Piedmont Airlines-passengers, mail and express. The field has paved runways; a first-order weather bureau, hangars, restaurant, modern lighting, service equipment, radio beacon, radio and telephone. Transportation facilities and den- sity of population combine to make Greens- boro more easily accessible to more people than any other city in the South Atlantic States.
Greensboro is served by a large number of trucking companies, having excellent ware- house facilities and operating large fleets of trucks in all directions, which further adds to Greensboro's transportation facilities, with transportation rates to serve all indus- tries on a fair basis.
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Religious and Social Features
The church as an institution has always been a powerful and constructive force in the life of every neighborhood in Guilford County. The Quaker Meeting House at New Garden (now Guilford College) was established in 1752. Old Buffalo Presbyterian Church was established in Greensboro in 1756.
Colonial churches at Alamance, Deep River, Friedens and elsewhere in this county have made important contributions to the development of fine character and strong citizenship.
Today all leading denominations are rep- resented-Protestant, Catholic, Jewish-and maintain handsome and inspiring places of worship. There exists among all communes an extraordinary religious tolerance activated by progressive ministerial associations and the Council of Protestants, Catholics and Jews.
The social life of many rural communi- ties centers around and in their neighborhood churches. The urban churches also have high- ly-developed social programs.
Modern country clubs at High Point, Sedgefield, Starmount and Greensboro have handsome clubhouses, where friends gather for dancing, bridge, study, musical programs, fox-hunting, riding, tennis, skeet, hiking, swimming and many other forms of social activities.
Regular music and lecture courses bring outstanding attractions to the city: Authors and artists, symphony music, occasional
opera and metropolitan stage productions. Nine moving-picture theatres (two largest seating 3,350) offer current attractions. Three auditoriums seating 2, 700, 1, 100 and 1, 585 respectively.
The famous "Playliker" organization of Women's College, University of N. C., and the dramatic units at Greensboro and Guilford colleges offer an outlet for amateur theatri- cals.
Recreation
Few sections offer greater opportunity for year-'round living out-of-doors, or more varied recreational advantages. The extent to which people in all walks participate in outdoor pursuits is remarkable, and has a distinct influence on community health and well-being. Greensboro has repeatedly won national recognition in municipal health con- tests.
The World War Memorial and Senior High School stadiums provide ideal settings for major football games, day and night baseball, interstate track meets, tennis tournaments, etc.
A city-county park provides three lakes for fishing and boating. A recreation center near Jamestown affords a modern swimming pool. Brandt Lake offers boating and fishing.
At Sedgefield there are horses and fox- hounds. The countryside abounds in quail and other game. Several game preserves are maintained by sportsmen of national promi- nence. There are numerous private clubs and
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camps nearby, containing hundreds of acres of land and water area.
Championship 18-hole golf courses, mu- nicipal 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 678 acres is reserved for parks and playgrounds
by the City of Greensboro, and a full-time recreational director is employed to pro- mote a well-rounded program of neighborhood activity throughout the year.
Pinehurst and Roaring Gap resorts within two hours' drive, and Greensboro is equi- distant between famed mountain and seashore resorts.
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Don't Contribute to Counterfeiters KNOW YOUR MONEY!
Don't Be Fooled by Forgers KNOW YOUR ENDORSERS!
The Government never redeems counterfeit money!
1. KNOW YOUR MONEY! Study the bills you receive so as to become familiar with the workmanship on them, especially in the por- traits.
2. COMPARE a suspected bill with a genuine of the same type and denomination. Observe these things:
PORTRAIT
Counterfeit-Dull, smudgy, or unnaturally white, scratchy; oval background is dark, lines irreg- ular and broken. Portrait merges into the background.
Genuine-Stands out distinctly from the oval back- ground. Eyes appear lifelike. Background is a fine screen of regular lines.
COLORED SEAL
Counterfeit-Saw-tooth points around rim are usu- ally uneven, broken off.
Genuine-Saw-tooth points around rim are even and sharp.
SERIAL NUMBERS
Counterfeit-Poorly printed, badly spaced, uneven in appearance.
Genuine-Figures firmly and evenly printed, well spaced.
PAPER
Counterfeit-Generally has no silk threads, but these may be imitated by very small red and blue ink lines.
Genuine-Printed on distinctive paper in which very small red and blue silk threads are scattered. The silk threads are not always noticeable on bills that are badly soiled or worn.
3. RUBBING a bill on a piece of paper will not prove it is genuine or counterfeit; ink can be rubbed from good bills as well as bad ones.
4. CONSULT an experienced money-handler or police officer to make sure, if you are still in doubt, whether a bill is genuine or coun- terfeit.
5. REMEMBER, NOT ALL STRANGERS ARE COUNTERFEIT- ERS, BUT ALL COUNTERFEITERS ARE LIKELY TO BE STRAN- GERS.
This information is reprinted from the U. S. Secret Servic! 32-page booklet, "KNOW YOUR MONEY", which tells how to detect counterfeit coins and bills and how to guard against losses from forged Government checks. Copies may be pur- chased for 10c each, or $7.50 per 100, from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C.
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