Nelsons' Metropolitan Salisbury, North Carolina City Directory [1962], Part 2

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The First American Gold Rush took place at Gald Hill, located 17 miles SE af Salisbury an Highway 52. Gold was first knawn to exist in Rawan as early as 1799, but the first veins were not discavered until 1B42, when the Gald Hill Campany was activated. Shafts sunk 800 feet inta the ground still exist.

Educational Future Brighter

The educational future af the yauth af Salisbury and Rowan Caunty has never been brighter.

The Salisbury schaal system includes six elemen- tary schoals, twa high schaals and ane brand new juniar high schaal. While facilities are excellent, they alsa exemplify quality education at its best. This entire system is accrediated by the Southern Assacia- tian af Secandary Schaals and Calleges, and at pres- ent is the anly camplete system in Narth Caralina ta meet these standards.

In the Rowan County school system there are five new consalidated high schoals, twa junior high schoals and 19 elementary schaals. Three of the high schaals are already accredited by the Sauthern Associatian and the ather two are working tawards this accreditotion.

Altogether, these twa systems enralled 1B,242 students in 1962. While the drop-out prablem can- not be minimized, the recard here is well abave aver- age, as 86% af the students campleting the eighth grade alsa camplete high school and 45% of the high schaal graduotes also enter college.

Of majar impartance is the Rawan Industrial Edu- catian Center which will be camplete and in aper- ation by late 1962. This regional schoal, part af the North Caralina system, will provide sub-callege tech- nological educatian ond training in industrial trades and skills far the citizens af Rawan and several adjacent caunties.

Salisbury is also the home af two fine faur-year liberal arts caeducatianal calleges, bath fully accred- ited by the Sauthern Assaciatian of Secandary Schaols and Calleges.

Catawba Callege, faunded in 1851 by the Eve gelicol and Reformed Church, has a campus af 19 ocres and 22 buildings, a staff af aver 100 and en- rallment of about 900 including same 400 lacal day students. It grants a B. A. degree in 25 majar fields af study, and its Science, Pre-Med and Business Ad- ministration Deportments are especially highly re- garded. A number af night classes are affered ta lacal residents.

Livingstane College is ane af the finest Negra colleges in the country. Spansared by the A. M. E. Zian Church, it has a lavely 315 acre campus and a student bady numbering abaut 800. The spirit pre- vailing between Livingstane and the cammunity is a majar factor in the unusually goad race relatians pre- valent in Salisbury. Bath Livingstane and Catawba are currently in the midst af extensive building pra- grams.

The final link in Salisbury's complete educational picture is Solisbury Business Callege. Having just maved inta new quarters, it has a capacity af abaut 100 students and affers a full range af business caurses.

ROWAN MUSEUM The old Presbyterion Manse, erected in 1819. Owned and operated by a private historical society.

"OLD STONE HOUSE"

Restared and open for viewing is this 18th century German form- hause located near Granite Quarry.

ROWAN INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION CENTER Architect's madel of this fine facility now under construction on a lavely site an Interstate 85 ane mile south of Solisbury.

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HIGH ROCK LAKE One of the mony vontoge points on the 365 mile shoreline of this lovely loke.

RETIRED CITIZENS CLUB Some like to ploy-others prefer kibitzing-but oll enjoy their club.

ABERNETHY

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DOP 413

Godement

MILL

SUPPLY

CONFEDERATE MOTORN

SOAP BOX DERBY Orderly confusion before the stort of this onnuol event.

Recreation Is Booming Business

Recreation, bath arganized and independent, is a baaming business in Salisbury and Rowan Caunty.

In the last few years Salisbury has expanded its arganized recreatian pragram through the building af twa city recreation centers around which year-'raund programs revalve. In addition the citizens of Salis- bury and Rawan Caunty have built a half-million dallar YMCA and implemented it with a full staff and well-rounded extensive program.

The Salisbury recreatian pragram provides a va- riety af activities for all age graups, from the an- nual Saap Box Derby ta adult classes in ballroom dancing, art, ceramics and interior decorating.

The City Park Recreation Center is the meeting place of the Retired Citizens Club. The largest and most active such club in North Caralina, about 140 af its 350 members meet here every Tuesday far a morning af fun and fellowship

Sparts events af the lacal calleges and high schaols affer a full schedule of spectatar entertain- ment. The Salisbury Braves, in the Western Caro- lina League, Class D won their pennant in 1962 and pravide exciting prafesional baseball. Woodleaf Lanes, a new addition, offers the best in facilities for bath league and apen bawling. There are twa theatres in downtown Salisbury and three drive-in theatres just outside the city.

In addition to the Salisbury Country Club and its 18 hale Donald Rass championship course, there are two 18 hale golf courses in Rowan County. The best mountain caurses are less than 90 miles away and Pinehurst, Caralina's golf capital is abaut 65 miles fram Salisbury.

Prabably the fastest growing spart in the area is baating, enjayed mastly on 15,000 acre High Rock Lake with many miles of beautiful shoreline. Public access areas are provided, and many Rawan residents maintain lake front cottages-useful in our climate for mast of the year.

High Rack Lake is popular alsa far water skiing, fishing and swimming, and now anather most at- tractive man-made lake, Tuckertown, is filling in a wilderness area just east af High Rack.

Salisbury is lacated just west of the center of North Caralina. As a result the Blue Ridge Moun- tains are less than a twa haur drive away, while in the oposite direction the lovely Caralina beaches are anly a faur or five haur drive.

Fine Year-Around Climate

Rawan County enjoys a nearly ideal "happy medium" in respect ta climate. The temperature in the winter is maderate, nat only because af its sauth- erly latitude, but alsa because the high mountains of Western North Carolina form a massive barrier against the bitter cald waves maving west to east. Thaugh definitely Southern in climate, Salisbury is still far enaugh north, and has sufficient altitude (764 feet abave sea level), ta escape the humid op- pressive summers of many regians af the South. Early morning temperatures average belaw 68° even at the hattest time af the year.

Thus extremes in climate are very rare and shart- lived and the usual winter days are pleasant. The total snawfall in a year averages araund 6 inches and each is generally welcame because af its beauty and ephemeral quolity. In the winter days af Jan- uary and February, the high temperature averages around 50° and the law oraund 32º. The average July and August day has a high af araund 87º and a law of 66° with a usually camfartable range af humidity. And Spring? It is the Spring af the poets beautiful, refreshing, flawering, and unfar- gettable. Then after the pleasant and fun-filled Sum- mer . . . Autumn is dry, crisp, exceptianal with a vivid radiance that lingers well inta Navember.

All in all, the climate af Salisbury and Rowan County affard smany pleasant days far enjayable living.

HOMES

Salisbury's residential areas are amang the mast pleosant ta be faund anywhere in the country. From the charming alder hames clase ta the dawntawn area, the lavely hames in the Country Club sectian or the newer outlying develapments a hame can be found to meet almost any taste and purse.

Most streets in bath old and new sections are lined with beautiful shade trees, adding much to the friendly, relaxed atmasphere. Municipol facili- ties ore well maintained ond steadily being impraved. The majority of aur homes are awner-accupied and show the gaad effects af pride in hame ownership.

While Solisbury's transient papulatian is small, there ore always same hames and apartments far rent and af caurse hames for sale. In addition there are many attractive lots available and there is gaod healthy campetitian amang a number of gaad lacal home builders. Consequently a lavely hame can be built here far os little as $10 per square faot, and lots are equally reasonable.

Far the individual wha prefers cauntry living, Rowan Caunty affers many, many acres of ralling farm land and woaded areas. And all af the com- munities in the caunty are equally pleasant places in which ta live.

CHURCHES

Salisbury and Rawan County are in the "Bible Belt" and, especially cansidering present-day candi- tions, are praud af that distinction. Of a caunty papulatian af 82,817, abaut 44,000 are members af aur 135 churches, well abave the national average. Mast af these members are active and gaad sup- porters af their churches, and all churches maintain vigaraus yauth pragrams.

The majarity of Salisbury and Rawan Caunty resi- dents are Pratestant, with Lutherons, Presbyterians, Methadists and Baptists predaminating. Virtually all other denaminatians are represented by ane ar mare churches, including the Cathalic and Jewish segments af the papulatian.

Each year sees mare new churches established and existing anes impraved and expanded. But alang with these new churches Rawan Caunty cantains same af the aldest hauses af warship in the country.

Every visitar and newcamer is sure ta find a warm and friendly welcame awaiting him at the church of his chaice.

CITY LAKE AND PARK Gracious living at its best.

LOWER STONE CHURCH German families that settled in Rowan County in the early 1700's built this rugged church of native granite.

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CATAWBA-ROWAN AUDITORIUM Artists conception of this lovely building now under construction

CULTURAL ATMOSPHERE

The cultural atmosphere of the Salisbury area is significantly enriched by the outstanding progroms of Catawba College and the other colleges in the area.

Each yeor the Catawba College - Community Artist Series-brings a minimum of four cultural events to Salisbury including singers, musicians, choral groups, symphony orchestras, folk groups, bonds, and drama groups. Catawba's fine Drama Department, which was selected to represent the United States at the 1957 Internotional Festival of Amateur Theatre in Monte Carlo, offers a dozen professional-type drama productions each yeor ranging from the clas- sics and Shakesperian plays to contemporary drama and original plays.

Livingstone College has a cultural series that brings exceptionally talented artists to the community as do nearby Davidson College and Pfeiffer College.

The Piedmont Ployers, a community little theatre organization, is just completing its first year, and has been most succesful. Guided by a full-time paid director and supported by 270 members, they have staged four regulor productions, using the facilities at Knox Junior High School. The new community- college auditorium, when complete, will include a 400-seat Little Theatre for the use of this group and others.

Other cultural events of interest are the yearly performonces of the North Carolina Symphony, nu- merous musical recitals by college musical depart- ments, art exhibitions, musical programs of the churches, important speakers, ond meetings of the Fine Film Club ond other culturol groups.

All of these varied progroms provide o high type of enjoyment for a large number of people.

Civic and Fraternal ORGANIZATIONS

Most of the leading national organizations have one or more strong chapters in Salisbury-Rowan, and in addition there are many local organizations such as various music, book and garden clubs, Art Guild, Rowan Museum, Kennel Club, Rose Society, Retired Citizens and others.

Among the fraternal organizations ore Masons, Pythians, Shrine, Eastern Star, Knights of Columbus, American Legion, Elks, Moose and B'Nai B'Rith.

Civic Clubs-There are over 40 in Rowan County -include Rotary, Lions, Kiwanis, Civitan, Optimist, Jaycees, Toastmasters, Woman's and Junior Woman's, Altrusa, Business & Professional Woman's ond Credit Women's Breakfast Clubs.

HOSPITALS

The Rowon Memoriol Hospitol is on up-to-date 232 bed, 34 bossinet, voluntary, general short term hospitol. It wos founded in April 1933. The hospitol is governed by o Boord of Trustees consisting of nine members, two of whom hove served since the hos- pitol's founding.

It is o member of the American Hospitol Associa- tion ond the North Corolino Hospitol Associotion. The hospitol is opproved by the Americon Hospitol As- sociotion ond is fully occredited by the Joint Com- mission on Accreditotion of Hospitals, o notianol or- gonizotion which estoblishes stondords for every oreo of the hospitol ond medicol profession octivities in the hospitol.

There ore opproximotely 325 employees, exclud- ing students, 63 physicions ond surgeons on the Med- icol Stoff (all specialists represented) ond severol groups of loyol volunteers, including Condy Stripers, the ARC Groy Lodies ond the RMH Auxiliaries.

There ore, ot present, three schools conducted by the hospitol. The School of Nursing is occredited in North Corolino ond the School of X-Roy Technology is opproved by the American Medicol Associotion. The most recent school, established ot the hospitol in 1960, is for the troining of medicol technologists.

In emergencies, on interchonge of doctors ond focilities with our 1000 bed Veterons Administrotian Hospitol is avoiloble. Ambulonce service is on tap oround the clock, olong with the services of the fully- equipped Rowon Rescue Squod.

For rore coses beyond the scope of Rowon Me- moriol Hospitol, usuolly only complicoted broin or heort surgery, Bowman Groy Hospitol in Winston- Solem is only an hour owoy ond Duke University Hospitol in Durhom obout two yeors.

Our 15 dentists seem to hove their situation well in hond. An oppointment rorely need be mode more thon two weeks oheod, ond they hondle emergencies promptly. Undoubtedly the use of fluoride in our woter supply for mony yeors hos reduced the inci- dence of dentol problems.

LIBRARIES

The Rowon Public Librory is locoted in downtown Solisbury, with bronches in severol other communi- ties in the county, o $100,000 Negro bronch ond o bookmobile to serve the rurol communities.

Since June 20, 1961, the circulotion hos been 240,936 from o totol of 75,387 volumes in the sys- tem. Through inter-librory ogreements the Rowon Librory also hos coll on o tremendous number of books in other libraries throughout the stote.

Much emphosis is ploced on odult non-fiction books ond business information. An increasing num- ber of films (over 1444 in 1961) is looned every yeor, olong with mony pictures ond records. Its his- toricol section, especially noted for its McCubbins Collection of eorly Rowon records, is regulorly fre- quented by visitors from all over the country. A spacious, comfortable meeting room is olso available for community use.

In oddition, the fine library ot Cotowbo College is avoiloble for Salisbury and Rowon citizens. Its frequent ort ond other exhibits add much to Solis- bury's culturol otmosphere ,ond its scientific ond business sections ore o greot osset to locol industries ond businesses.

U. S. VETERANS HOSPITAL

ROWAN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL A fine, madern facility-nurses' home ond school, at left, doctors' offices at right, Country Club area in background.

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ROWAN PUBLIC LIBRARY

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ROWAN COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA

HEART

Of the Plarimont Crescent Of the Industrial Inangle

MARIANLIG

Of Southern Hospitality

3,000,000 People Within a 90 Mile Radius ..

1,500, 000 People Within an Hour'e Drive ...

BENDIX-WESTINGHOUSE AUTOMOTIVE AIR BRAKE CO. One af Salisbury's newest plants, lacated an Interstate 85.

SALISBURY GRANITE INDUSTRIES Balfaur Pink Granite, hardest in the world, is unique ta Rawan Caunty.

INDUSTRY

As the above schematic map shows, Salisbury- Rowan comprises the heart of the dynamic Piedmont Crescent and the Piedmont Industrial Triangle. In this Triangle, an area bounded by Interstate Highways 1-85, 1-77 and 1-40, industrial plants produce a great variety of goods whose value added by manufac- ture is greater than that of any equal area any- where in the South.

For many years industrial employment in Salis- bury and Rowan County was concentroted in just two industries-the Southern Railway Shops and tex- tiles.

Soon after World War II, however, Southern Rail- way began to retire its steam locomotives in favor of diesels with a consequent drastic reduction in workforce. The textile mills turned to modern mo- chinery and outomation requiring fewer but more highly trained employees. Our farms became more and more mechonized, releasing many more people to swell the rolls of those seeking industrial employ- ment.

A 900-employee Veterons Administration Hospitol was located in Salisbury, a few new plants were brought in ond some healthy home-grown industries started, but not nearly enough to close the employ- ment gap.

Early in 1959 the Salisbury-Rowon Chamber of Commerce took bold steps to meet this chollenge. In less than two years it hos unified Rowan County as never before and doubled its membership and bud- get, thus providing the money and manpower for an intensive new industry drive and action to im- prove the business and industrial climate.

Despite o serious setback in October, 1960, when Southern Railwoy, completely closed the mechanical shops in Spencer, the results have been little short of fantastic. In approximately a two year period from early 1960 to early 1962 the scoreboard shows twelve new plants added, over twenty industrial expansions, hundreds of new jobs. And by the end of 1962 a new $500,000 Industrial Educotion Center will be in op- eration.

While 56% of Salisbury-Rowan's 10,000-plus in- dustrial jobs are still in textiles or garments, the bal- ance are broadly diversified. Some of these ore: structural steel, brick, several types of furniture, high purity aluminum foil, industrial wire cloth, mobile homes, humidifying equipment, industrial rubber rolls and rubber hose, printing and publishing, building and monumental granites, automatic curb-loying mo- chinery, flour and feeds, commercial refrigerotion equipment, proprietary medicines, beverage syrups, textile chemicals, lumber and millwork, florists sup- plies, packing plant products, headache remedies, Balfour Pink Granite, the hardest granite in the world . a totol of 121 manufacturing and service in- dustries.

Solisbury-Rowan still has, however, a lorge pool of excellent recruitoble labor and an abundance of fine industriol plant sites. With its many other od- vantages it is destined for considerable industriol growth in the immediate future.

Transporatation -- Distribution

Solisbury, neorly the geogrophic ond population center of North Corolina, is located on Interstote High- woy 85, 42 miles from Charlotte, 53 miles from Greensboro ond 38 miles from Winston Solem. It is the cross roads of 1-85, U. S. 29, 52, 70, 601 and N. C. 150. Over 3,000,000 people live within 90 miles of Solisbury, 1,500,000 within 55 miles, ond 60% of the populotion of the United Stotes within on overnight truck houl. The seoports of Wilmington, Moreheod City, Charleston ond Norfolk ore less thon o one-doy truck houl away.

The Southern Railway moin North-South line goes through Salisbury, with mojor corload ond LCL freight hondling service on the northern limits of the city ot the sprowling Spencer Yards. In addition, South- ern's Western Division carrying freight to the West vio Asheville ond Knoxville branches out of the Spencer Yards. This moinline trockage gives Rowan County shippers excellent schedules North, Sauth and West olong with lower switching costs ond unusually prompt hondling.

Six motor freight lines have terminols in Salis- bury, ond o totol of more thon 40 lines operote through Rowon County. All principol cities of the Eost ond Midwest con be reoched by motor freight in one or two doys running time.

Rowon County Airport, 3 miles from downtown Solisbury, has o 4200' x 100' poved ond lighted run- woy. Hongor spoce ond privote plone servicing ore ovoiloble. An opplicotion for commerciol service is pending.

However, the mojor commerciol oirports ot Chor- lotte, Greensboro-High Point ond Winston-Solem are less thon on hour's eosy drive from Solisbury. These oirports provide excellent service to oll ports of the United Stotes vio Eostern Airlines, United Airlines, Delto, Piedmont ond Southern. Hertz ond Avis moin- tain cor rentol ogencies ot these oirports.

Frequent bus service in oll directions is provided by Corolino Troilwoys, with neorly 100 doily orrivols ond deportures. Their service olso includes porcel shipments.

COMMERCE

Solisbury's centrol shopping district is unusuolly complete for o city of its size, os it is o hub of troding ond culturol octivity for o wide oreo. Audit Bureou of Circulotion figures indicote thot Solisbury serves o troding oreo populotion of 218,482 people. Consequently Solisbury's mony fine stores offer oll the odvontages of much lorger cities but with the convenience ond hospitolity of the smoll community. The compoct, pleosant shopping district offers omple porking focilities. A 20-yeor plon for further im- provement of this Central Business District hos been completed ond is olreody being put into effect. A number of new store fronts, trees, planters ond benches olong Moin Street, all occomplished through voluntory cooperotion of property owners and city government, ore obvious results of this plon.

There is one modern shopping center on the west side of Solisbury. Each of the smoller communities in Rowon County is, of course, well served by its own shopping oreo.

Ample good water-excellent highways-railroads-utilities-oll foster Rowan's industrial growth.

ROWAN COUNTY AIRPORT

DOWNTOWN SALISBURY Rapidly developing o "new look"-note trees and benches.

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UTILITIES

Power:

Salisbury is located at the center of the immense Duke Pawer system, praviding an almost unlimited source af electric power at exceptionally law rates. Anticipating increasing demands far pawer in this area, the lacal Buck Steam plant capacity has re- cently been expanded to 460,000 KW.

Natural Gas:

The metropolitan Salisbury area is served by Piedmant Natural Gas Campany fram their tap paint on the Transcontinental Gas pipeline which crasses the western partion af Rowan Caunty. Sauth Rawan is served by Public Service Carporatian.

Water:

The Yadkin River, which forms the northeast baundary af Rowan County, pravides Salisbury with an abundant supply of gaad water. The present average flow will be still further increased on cam- pletian of the Wilkesboro Dam some 75 miles up- stream.

The Salisbury water system, completely modern and closely cantralled, is currently operating well be- low its present treatment capacity af 4,000,000 gal- lans per day. Pumping capacity is 8,000,000 gallans per day, and the filter plant is designed far expan-

sion as needed ta 12,000,000 gallans per day by simply adding filter bays.

The system af distributian mains has naw been tharaughly modernized ta assure maximum fire pro- tectian ta all parts af the city. In addition, the Salis- bury water system supplements the Spencer system, supplies the Tawn af Granite Quarry, and has been extended to a number af industrial plants well be- yand the city limits. Alane with standard treatments, Calgan is added as a saftening agent and Sadium Fluoride is added ta reduce toath decay.

Sewage Treatment:

The present Salisbury sewage treatment plant is aperating clase to capacity. Hawever, it is now being up-dated and expanded, and a secand plant costing aver $1,000,000 is being built to take care af future needs. All sectians af the city as well as some autlying areas are served by this system. Telephone and Telegraph:

Salisbury is served by Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Campany and by Western Union. Southern Bell's ultra-madern equipment, housed in an attractive new building, allaws Salisbury residents ta dial directly nearly all ather dial telephanes throughaut the United States. The east portion of Rawan Caunty is served by Eastern Rawan Telephone Co. while Sauth Rawan is served by Concord Tele- phane Campany.

BUCK STEAM PLANT Duke Power Company's 460,000 KW generating plant on the Yadkin River.

AGRICULTURE

Rawan Caunty has, according ta a 1960 census, 188,436 acres af land in farms, with 13,872 people living on farms af five ar mare acres. Farming is highly mechanized, and crap diversificatian and land use shaws a madern canceptian and applicatian af best methads. One Watershed Cantral Pragram is nearly camplete, a secand is getting underway and athers are contemplated. The N. C. Department af Agriculture maintains a majar Experimental Farm in Rawan Caunty.

The cansalidated caunty high schaols have ex- cellent agriculture pragrams, and bath 4H Club and Future Farmer af America arganizations are well de- veloped and mast active.

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Nelsons' Metropolitan Salisbury, North Carolina City Directory [1962], Part 2

Author: Publication date: 1962 Publisher: Nelsons' Directory Co. Number of Pages: 876

Author:
Publication date: 1962
Publisher: Nelsons' Directory Co.
Number of Pages: 876