Hill's Winston-Salem (North Carolina) city directory [1933], Part 2

Author: Hill Directory Company.
Publication date: 1933
Publisher: Hill Directory Co.
Number of Pages: 672

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The topography may be generally described as consisting of smoothly rolling slopes dissected by numerous streams which furnish an effective natural drainage system.

The general elevation of the city is approximately 250 feet above the Yadkin River, which is located some

mountain country or monotonous flats has a decided influence on the lives and character of people. Hap- pier conditions are found between these extremes, and the topographi- cal variety surrounding Winston- Salem is pleasing. The Blue Ridge Mountains are visible from Winston-

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Salem. Pilot Mountain raises its crest as an enduring landmark 20 miles to the northwest of the city, and the Sauretown Range, 35 miles to the north, provides a screen which bene- fits climatic conditions.

Climatic Conditions

Possibly the entire mountain screen is responsible for the exceptional cli-

or winds inconvenience the city. High winds are apparently thrown at least twenty miles farther to the east. Un- questionably the mountain range is responsible for the fact that the aver- age July temperature is only 75.8 de- grees, and that the mean annual tem- perature is 58 degrees, Fahrenheit.

OFFICE BUILDING OF THE R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO., WINSTON-SALEM Erected in 1929 at a cost of more than $2,000,000. This building is twenty-three stories in height and is one of the most ornate in the country. Modernistic design throughout.

matic conditions attained in the im- mediate vicinity. While the prevail- ing winds are from the southwest, the cooler, tree-clad mountain areas temper the breeze, especially after sundown. The nights are regularly pleasant for sleeping. No violent gales

Summer visitors from sections far- ther north expecting a "Palm Beach" atmosphere, are surprised. Agreeably so when they discover that due to the dip south in the 75th-degree isother- mal line (July average), the climate is more pleasant than in such points

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R. J. REYNOLDS MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM

Used as a part of the High School plant for chapel and other exercises. Building cost $750,000. In this building concerts and musical attractions sponsored by the civic music commission are held. The commission is a quasi-civic body, charged with the duty of bringing to Winston-Salem, for the benefit of the entire citizenship, outstanding musical attractions. World-famous artists, like Galli-Curci, Marion Talley, Schumann-Heink and John McCormack, have appeared here under the auspices of the commission as a com- munity proposition.

as Cincinnati, Baltimore, Philadel- phia and Washington. It is quite no- ticeable that there is a lower degree of humidity than at more northern points.

Average of 232 Clear Days

Probably due to some peculiar to- pographical arrangement of the

mountains, Winston-Salem enjoys an average of 232 clear days in the year. This is an exceptional condition, where points 20 to 30 miles distant have only 136 to 175 clear days in the year. In fact, compared with Los An- geles and San Francisco, which cities have, respectively, average of 166 and

PILOT MOUNTAIN, NEAR WINSTON-SALEM

A peculiar geological formation, rising 1,000 feet above its mountain base. The name "Pilot"' was given to this mountain because it was used as a direction-finder by the Indians in the early days of the Colony of the Carolinas. The Red Men would make their way to this mountain and get their directional bearings from this point.

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GRADE SCHOOL AT WINSTON-SALEM

One of the grade schools in Winston-Salem's school development plan. This school, like others built recently, is located on acres instead of lots, which areas are developed and used for school and neighborhood recreational activities. Recently the City voted $2,000,000 for additional school facilities, and only seven votes were cast against the measure.

168 clear days, Winston-Salem might well claim to be a "City of Sunshine."

The sunshine in the fall and winter months is delightful. The normal January temperature ranges between 35 and 40 degrees Fahrenheit. There is an average snowfall of 6 inches in the winter, distributed over January and February, but the suns rays,clear the streets in a day or two. In conse- quence, automobiles can be driven and golf played with pleasure throughout the entire winter.

The above description, it is be- lieved, exactly portrays climatic con- ditions in Winston-Salem.

Industry and Education

Winston-Salem is nationally known for two outstanding factors in its growth and development.

One is industry and the other is education.

While the manufacture of tobacco products is its chief industrial pur- suit, it has a number of diversified industries that, in themselves, would make the city a manufacturing cen- ter.

The output of the cigarette factor- ies of Winston-Salem, in comparison with those of other cities in which cigarettes are manufactured, easily

FIRST UNIT OF RICHARD J. REYNOLDS HIGH SCHOOL AT WINSTON-SALEM

Winston-Salem is known in American educational circles as a city which is developing an ideal school plan. 75 acres are part of the High School plant, some of the space being set aside for future expansion and the balance being devoted to an athletic field. Each school in Winston-Salem has approximately 10 acres of ground, used for neighborhood and school athletic and recreational activities. More than $2,000,000 have been spent re- cently for new buildings and additional units. This money was authorized by bond elec- tion, when only seven votes were cast against the measure.

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SALEM TAVERN AT WINSTON-SALEM

MODERN HOME AT WINSTON-SALEM

During the past few years many homes have been erected in the environs of Winston- Salem that might be classed as estates. This residence, like many others, is located on a wide expanse of land, and is typical of residential structures erected by Winston-Salem citizens. Winston-Salem's low tax rate and low valuation has greatly encouraged home- owning in this city.

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makes this community the world's cigarette capital. Far more cigarettes of a particular brand are manufac- tured in Winston-Salem than in any other city in which this product is made. Over 15,000 people are em- ployed in Winston-Salem's tobacco industry, which includes the produc- tion of cigarettes and smoking and chewing tobacco in large volume.

The hugeness of the tobacco indus- try of Winston-Salem can be visual- ized by noting the fact that the city pays to the United States Govern- ment, in internal revenue, more than $160,000,000 per annum and its man- ufacturers purchase from tobacco farmers on this and other nearby leaf tobacco markets over $20,000,000 worth of leaf tobacco per year.

Blankets, hosiery, underwear and furniture are the four other major products. In underwear it is one of the leading centers of the country. One unit of this local industry-that of heavy knit goods-far exceeds the production of any single unit in any other state. The South's largest woolen mill gives Winston-Salem the rank of America's third largest blan- ket center. The world's largest silk rayon hosiery mill is another Win- ston-Salem manufacturing establish- ment, while in furniture this city is one of the leading North Carolina manufacturing points-the state as a whole producing more furniture than any other in the U. S.

As a city of industry, Winston-Sa- lem compels attention because the value of the output of its factories exceeds that of any other Southern city except Baltimore. In value add- ed to manufacture, it outranks all Southern cities and is, according to the United States Census, one of America's forty leading industrial cities.

The interesting thing about the in- dustrial development of Winston-Sa- lem is that ninety-six per cent of the city's factories are of local origin and ownership. All the major industries had their beginning through the in- itiative and energy of local citizens, and each one had a small beginning. The entire investment in the tobacco industry in 1875 was $25,000. Today one company alone, based upon net earnings in excess of $30,000,000 per anum, has a valuation of over $500,- 000,000.

While the city has grown industri- ally, the civic leaders of the com- munity have not lost sight of the ne- cessity of planning definitely a com- prehensive program of civic develop- ment. This phase of the commun- ity's vision is best emphasized by the school development program.

In educational circles the "Winston- Salem Plan" is often referred to. In

1922 the city made provision for a modern school development program, not only to take care of present needs, but for the future. Each school is lo- cated upon expansive grounds instead of on mere lots, not only permitting expansion of facilities, but providing neighborhood school recreational and play areas. The average school acre- age under the plan is ten, and each school was located according to den- sity of population and area served, as charted in the City Plan. A recent bond election for more than $2,000,- 000 for additional school funds, for the then present and future develop- ment, had but eleven votes against the measure.

Winston-Salem is the home of Sa- lem College and Academy, a Class A institution, founded in 1766. This in- stitution, though an educational ac- tivity of the Moravians, is non-de- nominational, and the annual student enrollment represents nearly every state in the Union, as well as a num- ber of foreign countries. In one year students from Alaska, China, Russia and Nicaragua were among those en- rolled.

Salem College, despite the ravages of the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, has never closed its doors since it was founded, except during the usual va- cation pediod.

Social-Service-Mindedness

Another outstanding feature about Winston-Salem is the record it has made in connection with the annual Community Chest campaign. Those engaged in social service work often refer to Winston-Salem as "The South's Community Chest City." This appellative is given to the community because of the fact that for ten con- secutive years Winston-Salem has not only exceeded the set goal, but only one day was required to put over each drive successfully. The 1932 cam- paign goal was for $140,000, and the sum of $163,000 was subscribed and there were more contributors than in any previous campaign.

Lowest Taxes

Winston-Salem enjoys the distinc- tion of having the lowest combined county and city tax rate in North Carolina. The county rate is 50c and the city is $1.25. This low tax rate is not only due to Winston-Salem's form of government, but because its major industries have adopted a pol- icy of concentration and have built all their plants in Winston-Salem; and have their home offices and as- sets domiciled here, thus making a wide spread of taxable values to the advantage of the individual home- owner or small taxpayer.

CLASSIFIED BUYERS' GUIDE OF THE CITY OF

WINSTON-SALEM (NORTH CAROLINA)

1933

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Hill's Winston-Salem (North Carolina) city directory [1933], Part 2

Author: Hill Directory Company. Publication date: 1933 Publisher: Hill Directory Co. Number of Pages: 672

Author: Hill Directory Company.
Publication date: 1933
Publisher: Hill Directory Co.
Number of Pages: 672