Hill's Winston-Salem (Forsyth County, N.C.) City Directory [1946], Part 2

Author: Hill Directory Company.
Publication date: 1946
Publisher: Hill Directory Co.
Number of Pages: 964

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THE POSTAL UNIT GUIDE, on pink paper, follows the Classified and is separately paged from 1 to 3. This section is reproduced verbatim from copy supplied by the postal authorities.

THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, on pink paper, follows the Postal Unit Guide and is separately paged from 5 to 111. In this section the named streets are arranged in alphabetical order, followed by the numbered streets in numerical order; the numbers of the residences and business concerns are arranged in numerical order under the name of each street, and the names of the householders and concerns are placed opposite the numbers. The names of the intersecting streets appear at their respective crossing points on each street. Special features of this section are the designation of tenant-owned homes and the designation of homes and places of business having telephones.

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Municipal Publicity

The Directory reflects the achievements and ambitions of the city, depicting in unbiased terms what it has to offer as a place of residence, as a business location, as a manufacturing site and as an educa- tional center. To broadcast this information, the publishers have placed copies of this issue of the Directory in Directory Libraries, where they are readily available for free public reference, and serve as perpetual and re- liable advertisements of Winston-Salem.

The Winston-Salem Directory Library

Through the courtesy of the publishers of the Winston-Salem City Directory, a Directory Library is maintained in the offices of the Winston- Salem Chamber of Commerce, for free reference by the general public. This is one of more than 500 Directory Libraries installed in the chief cities of the U. S. and Canada by members of the Association of North American Directory Publishers, under whose supervision the system is operated.

HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., Publishers.

WINSTON-SALEM

CITY OF HISTORIC CHARM AND THRIVING INDUSTRY; THE WORLD'S TOBACCO CENTER

(Courtesy Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce, Inc.)

Ilistory

The story of Winston-Salem is reflected equally in the quaint and charming pre-Revolutionary buildings of historic Salem and in the great modern industrial plants located a few blocks away. For Winston-Salem, as its name implies, is a city of dual origins. Its history begins in 1766 with the founding of the small frontier village of SALEM in the rolling wilder- ness hills of Piedmont, North Carolina. The founders were a hardy band of Moravian pioneers, members of an old Protestant denomination of Bohemian origin, seeking religious freedom and opportunity in a new world. They were carefully selected for the task of establishing a new community and they built their town according to definite plans which had resulted from long study by their church leaders. These early settlers, who migrated

Main Hall, Salem College, with Historic Home Moravian Church (1800) in Left Foreground

south from Pennsylvania, built their churches and other structures so well that many of them still are being used. Among them are the church at nearby Bethabara (1788) and Home Church in Salem (1800); the Moravian Brothers' House (1769); Salem Tavern (1784); the Fourth House (1767) ; and the Sisters' House (1786). WINSTON, the newer half of the "Twin City," had its origin more than three-quarters of a century after the found- ing of Salem. It grew as a progressive business and manufacturing center close by the older Moravian community. The town was named in honor of Major Joseph Winston, soldier of Revolutionary War fame, by official act of the 1850-51 session of the North Carolina General Assembly. It was designated as the seat of Forsyth County, named for Colonel Benjamin Forsyth, hero of the War of 1812. The county was erected from a division of Stokes County by legislative act during the 1848-49 session. Winston was incorporated as a town in 1859, and common interests brought its citizens and those of Salem into close cooperation in many endeavors. The two communities, through the years, developed side by side; old Salem Church Square, in the heart of the original Moravian settlement, and the new Win- ston Court House Square were located less than a mile apart. In 1913, the two communities were consolidated by popular vote into WINSTON-SALEM -"A City Founded Upon Cooperation." From that consolidation has grown

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today's progressive community, where the best of the old and the best of the new have been blended into the life of a great Southern city.

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Top Right, Nissen Building; Top Left, Reynolds Building; Center, Typical Piedmont North Carolina Field of Bright-Leaf Tobacco; Bottom Right, Carolina Hotel; Bottom Left, Hotel Robert E. Lee

Facts in Brief

Altitude-From 850 to 1,000 feet above sea level and 250 feet above the Yadkin River, chief drainage artery.

Area-15.05 square miles in corporate limits of Winston-Salem. 388 square miles in Forsyth County.

Aviation Facilities-Smith Reynolds Airport, one of the nation's newest and finest air terminals, located 2.5 miles from center of business district. Area of approximately 600 acres. Class 6 field, with up-to-date adminis- tration building and control tower, operations building, 3 hangars with complete shops. Lighting system includes 36-inch rotating beacon, and range, contact and obstruction lights. 4 paved runways; east-west, 3,200 ft .; north-south, 4,300 ft .; northeast-southwest. 4,500 ft .; and northwest- southeast, 6,654 ft. Beautifully landscaped grounds. Headquarters of Piedmont Aviation, Inc. Regular Eastern Air Lines service (See "Trans- portation").

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Banking-5 banking institutions, including 2 commercial banks, 1 in- dustrial bank, the Federal Home Loan Bank, and the home office of the Wachovia Bank & Trust Co., which is the largest bank between Washington D. C., and Atlanta, Ga. Deposits as of Oct. 31, 1944, amounted to $235,- 341,657.85, of which $218,623,959.81 represented deposits of the Wachovia Bank & Trust Co. Total resources at Dec. 31, 1943, amounted to $219,- 876,741.95, of which $204,271,191 represented resources of the Wachovia Bank & Trust Co, Note: Deposits and resources of the Wachovia Bank & Trust Co. include those of branch offices in Asheville, Charlotte, Raleigh, Salisbury and High Point, N. C. It is impossible to give an accur- ate breakdown, city by city, for this bank, but resources are available to all branches.

Building Permits-$1,517,305 (1945).

Churches-Total of 148, representing 26 denominations and including: Adventist (2), Apostolic (1), Baptist (45), Catholic (1), Christian (1), Christian and Misssionary Alliance (1), Christian Science (1), Church of Christ (2), Congregational (1), Congregational Christian (1), Disciples (3), Friends (1), Greek Orthodox (1), Hebrew (2), Holiness (29), Lutheran (3), Methodist (20), Moravian (12), Presbyterian (7), Protestant Episcopal (2), Reformed (2), and non-denominational (5).

Civic, Fraternal, Business and Professional Organizations-Altrusa Club, American Business Club, American Institute of Banking, American Legion, American Legion Auxiliary, Association of Life Underwriters, Auto- mobile Club, Beta Sigma Phi, B'nai B'rith, Board of Realtors, Bon Air Woman's Club, Business and Professional Women's Club, Camera Club, Chamber of Commerce, Civitan Club, Colonial Dames, Community Council, Council of Jewish Women, Credit Women's Breakfast Club, Daughters of the American Revolution (two chapters), DeMolay, Dokies, Elks, Engin- eering Club, Exchange Club, Forsyth County Bar Association, Forsyth County Dental Society, Forsyth County Junior Bar Association, Forsyth County Medical Society, Forsyth Kennel Club, Forsyth Voiture of the 40 and 8, Garden Club Council, Jewish Community Council, Junior Chamber of Commerce, Junior League, Junior Woman's Club, Kiwanis Club, Knights of Columbus, Knights of Pythias, Lions Club, Masonic Order, Ministerial Association, Parent-Teachers' Association, Philatelic Society, Pilot Club, Police Pistol Club, Retail Merchants' Association, Rotary Club, Royal Arcanum, Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Sons of the Confederacy, Tobacco Board of Trade, Torch Club, Traffic Club, Truckers' Association, United Daughters of the Confederacy, United Spanish War Veterans, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary, Wachovia Historical Society, Wilsonian Democratic Club, Woman's Club.

Climate-Mild and moderate, with average of 232 clear days per year and average mean temperature of 58.2 degrees F. (from U. S. Weather Bur- eau records for 40-year period), Temperature ranges from a normal of 38.5 degrees F. for January to a normal of 77.5 degrees F. for July. Equally- distributed rainfall averages 44.88 inches per year. Average snowfall, 7.8 inches per year. Few extremes in weather. Minimum growing season of 180 days.

Cultural Opportunities-Annual concert series under auspices of well- established Civic Music Association. Lectures by outstanding speakers at Salem College. Little Theatre. Piedmont Festival of Music and Art in summer. Numerous music, book and garden clubs. Many special musical events produced by local talent. Salem College Library totaling approxi- mately 23,500 volumes. Carnegie Public Library containing 27,371 volumes; branch library containing 5,909 volumes (See also "Recreation").

Electric and Gas Service-Furnished by Duke Power Co. Electric power: 8 circuits, each carrying 100,000 volts, serve the city. Continuity of service insured at all times. Electric meters in city and suburban area (1945); 29,839, including residential, commercial and industrial meters. Artificial gas supply. Gas meters in city and suburban area (1945) : 3,811. including residential, commercial and industrial meters.

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Winston-Salem Post Office

Employment and Payroll-Average number of industrial wage-earners in city, 19,214; in county, 21,073 (1939 U. S. Census of Manufactures), Total wages paid Forsyth County workers covered by Social Security: 1940, $31,158,437; 1941, $36,926,101; first six months, 1942, $18,726,787 (biennial report, N. C. Unemployment Compensation Commission, December 1942). Including salaries and services in addition to wages, city's industrial payroll alone exceeds $30,000,000 annually.

Fire Protection-Municipal fire department staffed by more than 80 full-time employees. Latest-type mechanical equipment. 6 fire stations located strategically throughout city; 109 alarm boxes. Fire calls to any part of city answered within 5 minutes; calls in downtown district answered within 21/2 minutes. Over long period of years, city has had lowest annual fire loss record of any North Carolina city of comparable size.

Homes-Occupied dwelling units: City, 21,275; metropolitan district, 27.114. Home owners: City, 5,428; metropolitan district, 9,909 (1940 U. S Census).

Hospitals and Medical Facilities-3 first-class hospitals: City Memorial, Kate Bitting Reynolds Memorial and North Carolina Baptist (affiliated with Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest College). Total of 750 beds. Forsyth County Tuberculosis Sanatorium located nearby. 3 con- valescent homes. City-County health clinic, and full-time City and County health departments. Splendid record in disease prevention. Forsyth County named to National Rural Health Honor Roll in 1934, 1935, 1940, 1941 and 1942, in recognition of excellence in public health work.

Reynolds Memorial Auditorium

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Hotels-3 principal hotels, 630 rooms. Modern fireproof buildings. Con- vention facilities include roof garden, ballroom, coffee shops, public and private dining rooms, and conference, committee and club rooms.

industr.cs-Total of more than 90 diversified industries. City ranks second among all cities south of Baltimore and cast of the Mississippi River in value of manufactured products; annual industrial output valued at $309,617,528 (1939 U. S. Census of Manufactures). Largest tobacco- manufacturing center in the world. One of four largest leaf tobacco mar- kets in "Old Belt." City leads the world in manufacture of men's and boys' underwear and women's circular-knit hosicry. Among principal products: Cigarettes and other tobacco products, hosiery, underwear, furniture, boxes and cartons, air-conditioning and industrial machinery, specialized chem- ical materials and medicines, batteries, awnings, bedding and mattresscs, swimming suits, textiles.

Institutions for Care of Children-Memorial Industrial School for Negroes. Methodist Children's Home, State denominational institution.

Location-On Piedmont Plateau, in northwestern North Carolina, 45 miles south of the Virginia State Line and approximately 50 miles east of the main ridge of the Blue Ridge Mountains. City is situated almost ex- actly midway between Washington and Atlanta. Latitude is 36-05-48; longitude is 80-14-48. The Piedmont region is one of America's leading textile-manufacturing areas and also an outstanding agricultural section, suited to a wide variety of farm products. This same territory includes North Carolina's greatest centers of higher education. Within a 120-mile radius of Winston-Salem are located the majority of all the state's colleges and universities. Raleigh, the state capital, is 110 miles to the east. Win- ston-Salem is 540 miles by rail from New York and 312 miles from Wash- ington.

Moravian Early Easter Service-One of America's oldest and most widely-known religious observances. Impressive and beautiful, this service has been held in the city each Easter dawn since 1773. Conducted by Bishop of Moravian Church as climax of Holy Week services. Attracts thousands of visitors from all parts of the nation.

Motor Vehicle Registrations- 17,647 automobiles, trucks and trailers in Winston-Salem and Forsyth County ( 1945).

Forsyth County Court House

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Municipal Government-Aldermanic-mayor form. Officials elected for two-year terms. Progressive municipal leadership. City has never de- faulted on any of its financial obligations.

Newspapers-1 morning and 1 evening daily, with combined Sunday edition. 1 weekly.

Parks and Playgrounds- 35, totaling 536 acres and including athletic fields, picnic areas, special amusement features. Largest is Reynolds Park, just beyond eastern edge of city. One of the South's finest municipal recreation centers, built at cost of nearly $1,000,000. Covering 184 acres, it offers an 18-hole golf course, swimming pool, skating rink and gym- nasium, outdoor amphitheatre, large wooded picnic area and many other amusement facilities. City has average of more than 10 acres of playground per public school, with year-'round supervision. Many neighborhood parks and picnic grounds (See also "Recreation").

Police Protection-Provided by municipal police department staffed by 103 employees. Uniform patrol, traffic and detective divisions. Best mod- ern equipment, including radio-equipped patrol cars, ample armaments. Police calls to any part of city answered within 4 minutes; downtown calls answered within 2 minutes. City has excellent nation-wide safety record.

Population-Corporate limits: 75,274, 1930; 79,815, 1940. Metropolitan district: 97,274, 1930; 109,833, 1940. Forsyth County: 11,681, 1930; 126,475, 1940 (official U. S. Census figures). Population is predominately of old American stock. Total of 99.55% of people are native-born. Population between 48% and 50% gainfully employed.

Port of Entry-Though located at least 200 miles from the nearest navigable water, Winston-Salem ranks as the nation's sixteenth port of entry. This unusual circumstance arises from the fact that tremendous amounts of tobacco and other products are imported by the city's industries regularly.

Postal Receipts-$500,680, 1941; $591,266, 1942; $704,460, 1945.

Property Valuation-Winston-Salem assessed valuation, $117,014.000; Forsyth County assessed valuation, $226,052,565 (1944).

Radio Stations-WAIR, Mutual and Blue Network affiliate, 250 watts; WSJS, NBC affiliate, 5,000 watts.

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Scene on W. 4th St., in Winston-Salem's Busy Shopping District

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Recreation-Abundance of varied recreational facilitics. Numerous amateur and "semi-pro" baseball, basketball and softball teams with regu- lar schedules of games. Three 18-hole golf courses; golf is a year-'round sport. 6 swimming pools. 5 motion-picture theatres for white people, with total seating capacity of 5,750; 2 Negro theatres, with scating capacity of 1,140. R. J. Reynolds Memorial Auditorium, containing 2,117 scats, avail- able for special entertainment events. Bowman Gray Stadium, with seat- ing capacity of 12,000, utilized for football games, open-air concerts and other events. Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. provide wide range of recreational programs. City Recreation Department conducts extensive supervised activities throughout year (See also "Cultural Opportunities" and "Parks and Playgrounds.")

Retail Trade-Trading area covers several Piedmont counties and ex- tends 50 miles north, 54 miles southwest, 15 miles east and 50 miles west. Population of area, 456,881. Winston-Salem leads North Carolina in num- ber of retail outlets, with total of 1,025 stores in city (4,109 employees, payroll of $3,491,000), and 1,263 metropolitan district (4,343 employees, payroll of $3,655,000), Volume of retail sales (1939): City, $29,203,000; metropolitan district, $31,428,000. City's stores sell 42% of all merchandise sold in retail trading area. Per capita sales in Winston-Salem rank $40 above the national average and $164 above the state average (1940 U. S. Census data), Steadily-increasing purchasing power.

Revenue-Winston-Salem firms pay an average of $500,000 in internal revenue each working day.

Schools and Colleges-Excellent educational facilities include 20 mod- ern, well-equipped public schools (16 grade and primary and 4 high schools), having a property valuation of $5,681,368. 3 colleges, including Salem Col- lege, one of the nation's oldest leading four-year colleges for women ( found- ed in 1772); Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest College, 4-year medical school; and Winston-Salem State Teachers' College, co- educational Negro institution. Salem Academy, day and boarding school for girls. 3 business colleges. Private elementary school. Numerous kin- dergartens, music schools and trade schools.

Tax Rate-City tax rate, $1.85 per $100 valuation; County tax rate, $0.50 per $100 valuation (1946). Method of assessment based on 1940 schedules, which are 70% of appraised value on real estate and 70% of retail cost on inventories.

Telephones-16,000 in city (1945). Service by Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.

Theatres-See "Recreation."

Tobacco Market-One of the oldest major leaf tobacco markets in the nation, dating from 1872, and in the 1945-46 season was the "World's Largest Bright Leaf Tobacco Market." Total poundage for 1945-46 season, 70,108,- 288, with cash sales value of $30,764,786.52. 4 sets of buyers; 12 scheduled daily sales; 8 warehouses. Market is open annually from mid-September until end of season, usually about Feb. 1. Visitors are welcome at auctions, outstanding among America's most colorful market scenes.

Topography-Land is gently rolling, with quick drainage through small streams running into the Yadkin River, 15 miles from city.

Richard J. Reynolds High School, One of Four Fine Winston-Salem High Schools

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Municipal Iris Gardens, Winston-Salem

Transportation-Direct passenger, express and mail service by Eastern Air Lines. 3 railways: Norfolk & Western, Southern and Winston-Salem Southbound. 30 "off-line" railways maintain Winston-Salem offices. Bus services by Atlantic Greyhound Lines, Pan-American Lines and Piedmont Coach Co .; city is southern division headquarters for Greyhound, operating more than 130 schedules daily from Winston-Salem terminal. 35 trucking lines. 5 local bus lines and 3 taxicab companies handle urban traffic. City is served by more in-and-out hard-surfaced roads than any other city or center in North Carolina. Principal Highways: U. S. 52, U. S. 158, U. S. 311 and U. S. 421; N. C. 67, N. C. 109 and N. C. 150.

Water Supply-Completely adequate and modern water supply system. Designed capacity of municipal water works: 12,000,000 gallons. Average daily consumption (1942): 8,120,500 gallons. 241 miles of water mains. 16,151 water meters. Plant valuation, $4,178,000. Monthly State Board of Health reports show that water is uniformly excellent in quality. Chemical and bacteriological analyses furnished on request by City Public Works Department.

Wholesale Trade-Trading area extends over 150-mile radius, with pop- ulation of 4,434,118 (1940 U. S. Census), City is a "natural" as a jobbing and distributing point because of its strategic location in the prosperous and well-populated North Carolina textile and tobacco-manufacturing area, and within easy reach of the nation's largest centers of population and industry. Sales (1939): Winston-Salem, $41,752,000; Forsyth County, $42,382,000. Total of 140 wholesale firms in city, employing 2,553 persons, with payroll of $2,276,000 (1940 U. S. Census).

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

THE WINSTON-SALEM CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, Inc., conveniently located at 1831 Nissen Bldg., welcomes all inquiries for information about the city. Vistors, industrialists, business men and others interested in Win- ston-Salem are invited to use the Chamber's informational services. City maps, statistical records, files of latest commercial and industrial data, and an extensive library of up-to-date City Directories are among readily-avail- able facilities.

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Hill's Winston-Salem (Forsyth County, N.C.) City Directory [1946], Part 2

Author: Hill Directory Company. Publication date: 1946 Publisher: Hill Directory Co. Number of Pages: 964

Author: Hill Directory Company.
Publication date: 1946
Publisher: Hill Directory Co.
Number of Pages: 964