Hill's Greensboro (Guilford County, N.C.) City Directory [1954], Part 2

Author: Hill Directory Company.
Publication date: 1954
Publisher: Hill Directory Co.
Number of Pages: 1314


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Smith J Harold Studio


Smith S C Plumbing & Heating Inc.


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Smith Well Drilling Co.


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Smith's Ranch Motel


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Smith's Transfer


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Smith's Wheel Alignment Service Inc


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Smoot's Funeral Home


Smyre Sunset Service.


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Southern Converting Co Inc


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Southern Dairies Inc .


Southern Life Insurance Co .


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Southern Mapping & Engineering Co


Southern Mechanical Products Co .


Southern Sales Inc .


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Southern Tractor-Power Mower Co


Southern Waste Paper Co


Southside Hardware Co Inc


Spring Garden Television Service


Standard Roofing & Sheet Metal Co.


Stapleton Realty Co .


Star Housecraft Inc


Starmount Co Inc .


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Starr & Welker


State Engineering & Sales Co Inc


Stay-Right Septic Tank Co Inc


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Stevens Bros Poultry


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Stevens Insurance Inc


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Stewart Motors Inc .


Stewart & Whitley


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Stigall James


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Storkline Diaper Service Inc


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Strong Tire Service Inc .


Summit Radio TV Service


Sunset Flower Mart . .


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Swain J H Lumber Co.


Sykes Florist Co Inc .


Talley Electric Co Inc


Tate Cleaners


Tatum-Dalton Transfer Co


Telephone Answering Service of Greensboro N C Inc


Thomas Miss Dancing School. .


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Vanstory Clothing Co


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WBIG Radio Broadcasting Station


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WGBG Radio Broadcasting Station .


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W&H Home Improvement Co


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Wachter Surveys Inc.


Wade's Dry Cleaning Co


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Wafco Mills Co


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Ward's Awning & Bedding Co


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Watson Flour & Feed Milling Co


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Weinstein Music Company


Welker's


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West Bros Co


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Western Auto Store


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Tucker-Jones Furniture Co Inc


Vestal's Flower Shop.


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Sutton's Florists Inc


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Stephens Radiator Service .


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Starr Electric Co Inc .


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South Atlantic Bonded Warehouse Corp.


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Whaley's Painting Co


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White David J Realtor


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White Plumbing Co .


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White Star Laundry Co


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Wilkerson Drug Co Inc.


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Willard J A Co


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Wilson's Auto Glass Shop


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Woolard's HI E Piedmont Insurance Agency Inc


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Wrenn Esso Service


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Wysong & Miles Co.


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Younts-DeBoe Co


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Whittemore Plumbing Co


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Wimbish Insurance Agency


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 manager.


Population-City proper, 74, 389; urban area, approximately 100, 000, and Greensboro -High Point metropolitan district, 191, 057 (1950 U. S. Census report). American-born, 99. 80/o.


Area-18. 7 square miles.


Altitude-839 feet above sea level.


Climate-Mean annual temperature, 58.2 de- grees F. ; average annual rainfall, 45. 65 inches; days of clear sunshine annually, 136; humidity, 42. 43.


Parks-50, with total of 557 acres.


Assessed Valuation-$250, 032, 977 with $1. 14 per $100 tax rate. (1953).


Bonded Debt-$5, 110, 098. 21.


Financial Data -- 4 banks, with total deposits of $143, 879, 818 (Dec. 31, 1953), and totalresources of $155, 173, 280 (Dec, 31, 1953). Clearings for 1953, $1, 427, 207, 548. 2 savings and loan asso- ciation, with total assets of $42, 981, 709 (Dec. 31, 1953).


Postal Receipts-$2, 773,497.54 (calendar year 1953).


Telephones in Service-42, 617.


Churches-130, representing 16 denomina- tions.


Building and Construction -- Value of building permits, $9, 820, 683 (1953).


Real Estate -- 23, 277 homes, with about 470/o owned by occupants.


Trade Area-Retail and wholesale area has radius of 50 miles, and population of approxi- mately 1, 500, 000.


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Newspapers -- 2 dailies, 1 Sunday and 3 week- lies.


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 Airport nearby. Served by Eastern Air Lines, Capital Lines and Piedmont Airlines, with 30 planes daily.


Auto Registrations -- 18, 700.


Amusements -- Largest auditorium in city seats 2, 700 persons. 7 moving-picture theatres, with total seating capacity of 6, 500 persons. 6 drive- ins. 1 legitimate theatre, with seating capacity of 1, 400 persons. 6 golf courses.


Hospitals-5, with total of 678 beds.


Education -- Institutions of higher learning in- clude Woman's College of University of North Carolina, Greensboro College, Bennett College, Agricultural & Technical College of North Caro- lina, and Immanuel Lutheran College. 26 public schools, including 3 senior high and 8 junior high. 2 parochial schools. Number of pupils in public Schools, 15, 378, in parochial, 178. Number of teachers in public schools, 538; in parochial, 6. Value of public school property, $10, 668,000; parochial, about $5, 500; college, $42, 760, 357. 9 institutions of higher education in county, with approximately 7, 500 students. 31 urban public schools.


Public Libraries-2, including branches, with total of 405, 107 volumes (including college li- braries).


City Statistics-Total street mileage, 293, with 180 miles paved. Miles of gas mains, 123; sewers, 242. Number of water meters, 20, 492, electric meters, 59,394; gas meters, 6,278. Pumping capacity of water works (municipal), 53, 000, 000 gallons; daily average pumpage, 10, - 000, 000 gallons; miles of mains, 217; value of plant, $5, 963, 000. Fire departmenthas 102 men, with 7 stations and 23 pieces of motor equipment. Police department has 116 men and 7 women, with 1 station and 33 pieces of motor equipment.


History


GUILFORD COUNTY: Settled by Ulster Scots, English and Welsh, Quakers and Germans, prin- cipally 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. 80/o. 250/o Negro.


POINTS OF HISTORIC INTEREST: Battle- ground National Park on site of the Battle of Guil- ford Court House. Here Gen. Greene so crippled the army of Lord Cornwallis that he was forced to surrender at Yorktown. Generally regarded by historians as the "turning point of the Revolution. " Maintained as a national park. Historical museum and many monuments of battle heroes on grounds, including that of Gen. Greene, Winston, Cladwell, and the famous "giant, " Peter Francisco.


Birthplace of O'Henry (Wm. Sydney Porter), internationally-famous short-story writer. Bronze tablet on Masonic Temple identifies the location. O'Henry exhibits at Public Library, O'Henry Hotel, and Mann's O'Henry Drug Co.


Dolly Madison's Well-Identified by bronz e marker near Guilford College.


Birthplaces of Dr. David and Rachael Cald- well, identified by bronze markers of Friendly Road.


Greensboro Historical Museum in Greensboro Municipal Center on Church Street.


Government


Assessed valuation of all property in Guilford County, $544, 841, 912 (1953). Tax rate, 70¢ per $100, plus 27o/o supplemental school tax on all property in the Greater Greensboro School District (1953). Total population, 1950 U. S. Census, 191, - 057.


Guilford County is administered by a com- mission of five elected at large. It is generally regarded as one of the best managed counties in the state, being frequently pointed to as a model by the North Carolina Institute of Government.


Greensboro, county seat, is administered by a non-partisan council of seven elected at large. The council employs a full-time experienced city manager. For many years the council has been composed of successful business and professional men of demonstrated capacity in their private under takings.


The council has directed municipal affairs upon well-established business principles unin- fluenced by partisan political considerations. Good management is reflected in nationally-rec- ognized superiority in public health administra- tion; reduction of fire losses and low insurance rates; the salability of municipal bonds; efficient police protection; unusually good water supply; clean, well-paved streets; modern sewerage and sanitation facilities. These and other evidences of good government have given to the city an at- mosphere of enterprise and well-being which causes it to be enthusiastically pointed out as "a good town. "


Education


GUILFORD COUNTY has nine institutions of higher education, with approximately 7, 500 stu- dents. Eighteen modern consolidated rural pub- lic high schools and 31 urban public schools: to- tal enrollment, 16, 560.


GREENSBORO: The Woman's College, Uni- versity of N. C., ranks high among liberal arts


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colleges in America. Founded in 1891. Advan- ced schools of music, art, dramatics, home eco- nomics, physical education and secretarial science. Grants bachelor of arts and science de- grees and offers graduate work. Dr. E. K. Gra- ham, 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.


GUILFORD COLLEGE (Quaker co-ed. ): Char- tered in 1834-an accredited liberal arts college, conferring bachelor degrees. Dr. Clyde A. Mil- ner, president.


GREENSBORO EVENING COLLEGE DIVISION OF GUILFORD COLLEGE, with headquarters in downtown Greensboro, offers accredited college courses in night school, with particular attention to adult education.


HIGH POINT COLLEGE (M.P.): Founded 1924 at High Point. Liberal arts courses, bachelor de- grees. Dr. Dennis Cooke, president.


OAK RIDGE MILITARY INSTITUTE (R.O. - T. C. ): Founded at Oak Ridge, 1851. Boys' pre- paratory school with long record for highest 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 departments, junior college, theological seminary. Dr. Wm. H. Kampschmidt, president.


PALMER INSTITUTE (N. ): Founded 1902- liberal arts. Dr. Charlotte H. Brown, president emeritus.


Industry


Guilford County, according to data compiled by the Employment Security Commission of North Carolina, had a total labor force of 61, 240 in 1951. Their average weekly wage was $55. 05, totaling a payroll of $175, 303, 664 for the year. These figures include only those employers having eight or more employees in 1951.


Greensboro's industrial structure is well di- versified -- there are cotton, silk and synthetic tex- tile mills; women's full-fashioned silk stocking and men's hose mills; woodworking, laundry, saw- mill, farm tool, machine tool and sheet metal in- dustries; general foundry and stove works; orna- mental iron and steel fabricators; sewer pipe and building tile manufacturers; overalls, work pants and sleeping garment plants; fertilizer plants, belting and textile specialties factories; lumber and mill work plants; chemicals and pharmaceuti- cals manufacturers; coffee-roasting, flour and food products plants; auto body builders; railway repair shops; ice cream and dairy products plants:


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printers and bookbinders; and a variety of specialty manufacturers.


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 pur- chasing offices of J. P. Stevens & Co., Inc. , and executive offices of the Carter Fabrics Group of J. P. Stevens & Co. ; amulti-million-dollar Sears, Roebuck & Co. mail-order plant; a folding carton plant of the Container Corp. of America; a re- drying plant of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co .; and an electronics plant of Western Electric Co.


The principal industrial advantages are cli- mate, good living and working conditions, availa- bility of intelligent native labor, harmonious in- dustrial relations, strict maintenance of law and order, efficient public utilities, adequate power, water and sewage-disposal; competitive transpor- tation facilities, accessibility to raw materials and profitable markets, low taxes and insurance, and good government. Operating under these con- ditions and certain intangible factors, manufac- turers have demonstrated that goods can be pro- duced and sold at Greensboro for a larger net profit than incomparable establishments else- where, giving local plants a decided competitive advantage.


Commerce and Trade


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1, 500, 000. Retail sales for the area were approxi- mately $1, 589, 813, 000 in 1952.


Greensboro is the principal market of the northern Piedmont. There are approximately 1, - 500 retail, service and professional outlets, hand- ling goods, wares and merchandise lines avail- able in metropolitan centers.


Wholesale and agency establishments travel between 1, 800 and 2, 000 salesmen and agents and distribute a wide variety of merchandise over a much larger territory.


The home offices of several large insurance companies, together with the territorial and gen- eral 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 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 register 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 tobacco market in the Old Belt, Greensboro's tobacco mar- ket is by any standards the Old Belt's most rapidly growing market. Reactivated in 1949 after a quarter-centuryof inactivity, the Greensboro market by the 1952 season had increased its an- nual sales by 4090/o. This remarkable growth is due mainly to a high calibre of management and Greensboro's strategic location in the center of one of the nation's finest tobacco-growing areas. Annual sales for the first five years of the re- activated market 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 pounds.


Transportation


REGULAR SCHEDULED DAILY DEPAR- TURES: 22 passenger trains, 184 busses in and out week days, 28 planes daily, 18 freight trains, and 11 package cars.


Greensboro is the focal point of rail, highway, and air carriers of the northern Piedmont. It is served by the main line of the Southern 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 Railway lines, Greensboro to Winston. Salem and Mt. Airy to Sanford and points beyond.


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Modern union passenger, mail and express terminals with free pick-up and store-door de- livery on LCL shipments. Railway Express A- gency maintains express service on practically all passenger trains, making available passenger train express service at railroad freight rates to all points in North Carolina and to a large portion of Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee and Vir- ginia 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 automobile owners in the area,


Standard bus lines move in eight directions, connecting with all principal cities. Atlantic


a first-order weather bureau, hangars, restau- rant, modern lighting, service equipment, radio beacon, radio and telephone. Transportation faci- lities and density of population combine to make Greensboro 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 warehouse facilities and operating large fleets of trucks in alldirections, which further adds to Greensboro's transportationfacilities, with transportation rates rates to serve all industries on a fair basis.


Religious and Social Features


The church as an institution has always been a powerful and constructive force in the life of


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Greyhound, Carolina Coach and the other carriers operate under State regulations, clearing through a union terminal.


Greensboro-High Point Airport-(a pioneer 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;


every neighborhood in Guilford County. The Qua- ker Meeting House at New Garden (now Guilford College) was established in 1752. Old Buffalo Presbyterian Church was established in Greens- boro 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,


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Today all leading denominations are repre- sented-Protestant, Catholic, Jewish-and main- tain handsome and inspiring places of worship. There exists among all communes an extraordi- nary religious tolerance activated by progressive ministerial associations and the Council of Protes- tants, Catholics and Jews.


The social life of many rural communities cen- ters around and in their neighborhood churches. The urban churches also have highly-developed social programs.


Modern country clubs at High Point, Sedge- field, 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 out- standing attractions to the city: Authors and art- ists, symphony music, occasional opera and metropolitan stage productions. Seven moving- picture theatres (two largest seating 3, 350) offer current attractions. Three auditoriums seating 2, 700, 1, 100 and 1, 585 respectively.


Thefamous "Playliker"organization of Woman's College, University of N. C., and the dramatic units at Greensboro and Guilford colleges offer an outlet for amateur theatricals.


Recreation


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recreational advantages. The extent to which peo- ple in all walks participate in outdoor pursuits is remarkable, and has a distinct influence on com- munity health and well-being. Greensboro has re- peatedly won national recognition in municipal health contests.


The World War Memorial and Senior High School stadiums provide ideal settings for major football games, day and night baseball, inter- state 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 sports- men of national prominence. There are numerous private clubs and camps nearby, containing hun- dreds of acres of land and water area.


Championship 18-hole golf courses, munici- pal 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 678 acres is reserved for parks and playgrounds by the City of Greensboro, and a full-time recreational director is employed to promote a well-rounded program of neighborhood activity throughout the year.


Pinehurst and Roaring Gap resorts within two hours' drive, and Greensboro is equi-distant be- tween famed mountain and seashore resorts.


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Your new, improved City Directory is the most complete and comprehensive catalog ever published of the inhabit- ants, business concerns and institutions of your city. It is much more than just an alphabetical list of names and addresses.


Your City Directory Contains:


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An Alphabetical list of names and addresses of every resident, business concern and insti- tution, plus wife's name and if a widow the deceased husband's initial, and the occupa- tions of all. Principal officers or owners and a description of businesses are included as well.


2 A Householders' Directory including a Street and Avenue Guide. This section lists every street and where intersecting streets appear. It lists numerically every location on each street, naming the householder or business at each number and whether the person is a homeowner or renter and if he has a telephone. Similar information is provided on office and public buildings and their occupants.


3 A Classified Business Directory -listing every business, classified as to type, and showing names and addresses. It also lists every pro- fession, club, society and association, hospital and cemetery, labor organization, library, park and playground and school.




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