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VOL. XX; NO. 33 CHARLOTTE, N. C„ THURSDAY. DECEMBER 21, 1950 Subscription Price, $2.00 Per Year Greensboro Greensboro, the county seat, it located in the exact geographic center of Guilford county. Named for General Nathanael Greene, here of the Battle of Guilford Court House, it was settled between 1750 and 1770. It is administered by a non-partisan council of seven, elect ed at large. The council employs a full-time experienced city manager. For many years the council has been composed of successful busi ness and professional men of dem onstrated capacity in their private undertakings. The council has di rected municipal affairs upon well established business principles, un influenced by partisan political considerations. Good management is reflected in nationally recognis ed superiority in public health ad ministration; reduction of fire losses and low insurance rates; the salability of municipal bonds; low tax rate; efficient police protec tion; 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 atmosphere of enterprise and well-being which causes it to be enthusiastically pointed out as “a good town.”, Greensboro has four institutions of higher learning. The Woman’s College of the University of North Carolina ranks high among liberal arts colleges in America. Founded in 1891, it has advanced schools of music, art, dramatics, home eco nomics, physical education and sec retarial science. It grants bachelor of arts and science degrees and offers graduate work. Greensboro College for over 100 years has been highly regarded as a liberal arts school for' young women. Music, dramatics, and cul tural courses are among those lead ing to bachelor degrees. AERIAL VIEW OF GREENSBORO BUSINESS DISTRICT colleges are located in Greensboro; Agricultural and Technical College, founded in 1891 by the state, of fers advanced training and bache lor degrees. Bennett College, found ed in 1873 award? bachelor degrees, in the liberal arts. Greensboro’s industrial structure is well diversified: there are cot ton, silk and synthetic textile mills; women’s full-fashioned nylon stock ing and men’s hosiery mills; wood working, laundry, sawmill, farm tool, machine tool and sheet metal iMustrws: general foundry and Two of the South’s leading Netfrosso*e works; ornament*! iron ana SERVICE DISTRIBUTING CO., NC. J. R. HELDERMAN, MM Distributors of Gosoline - Kerosene - Fuel Oil • Motor Oil TtbpboM 1180 ALBEMARLE, N. C. One of the Lorgest Independent Petroleum Distributors in North Carolina Mooresville, N. C Asheboro, N. C. Concord, N. C. Lexington, N. C. High Point, N. C. * Forest City, N. C. Hickory, N. C. Greensboro, N. C. » , Randlemon, N. C. Salisbury, N. C. Troy, N. C. Wadesboro, N. C. Charlotte, N. C. China Grove, N. C. Fayetteville, N. C. StatesviHe, N. C. 1 steel fabricators; sewer pipe and building tile manufacturers; over alls, work pants and sleeping gar ment plants; fertilizer plants, belt ing and textile specialty factories; lumber and milhrork plants; chem ical and pharmaceutical manufac turers; coffee-roasting, flour and food products plants; auto body builders; railway repair shops; ice cream and dairy products plants; printers and bookbinders; and a va riety of specialty manufacturers. The Cone Sills are the largest producers of cotton denim in the world. The Blue Bell Overall Com pany is the largest in America, and the Mock-Johnson-Voehringer. Hos iery Mill and Pomona Terra Cotta Company are the largest in the South. Vicks Vapo-Rub is known around the world. Greensboro is also the home of fice of the Burlington Mills Cor poration, and located here are the Carter Fabrics Division of the J. P. Stevens A Company; a multi-mil lion dollar Sears, Roebuck A Com pany mail-order plant; and a fold ing carton plant of the Container Corporation of America. The principal industrial advan tages are climate, good living and working conditions, availability of intelligent native labor, harmon ious industrial relations, strict maintenance of law and order, ef ficient public utilities, adequate power, Water and sewage disposal; competitive transportation facili ties, accessibility to raw materials and profitable markets, low taxes and insurance, and good govern ment. Operating under these con ditions and certain intangible fac tors, manufacturers have demon strated that goods can be produced and sold in Greensboro for the larger net profit than in compara ble establishments elsewhere, giv ing local plants a decided competi tive advantage. Greensboro is easily accessible! to a 50-mile trade area, having a population of approximately 1,200, 000, and is the principal market of the northern Piedmont. There are approximately 14)00 retail, service and professional outlets, handling goods, wares and merchandise lines available in metropolitan centers. Wholesale and agency establish ments travel between 1,800 and 2, 000 salesmen and agents, and dis tribute a wide variety of merchan dise over a much larger territory. The area served has a greater pur chasing power than comparable areas surrounding Richmond or Atlanta. The home offices of several Urge insurance companies, together with the territorial and general agencies of numerous national Arms offer ing all forms of coverage, have created an "insurance fratemite" which characterises Greensboro as the "Hartford of the South.” Greensboro is one of the princi pal cities of Virginia and North and South Carolina conventions. Because Greensboro is the focal point of the most densely populat ed area in these three states, manj organisations register Urger at ■ at Greensboro tha. else where. Class “A” hotels offer ev ery modern facility. The King Cot ton with 250 rooms, the O. Henry with 288, and Sedgefield with 100, offer excellent banquet and con vention facilities. 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 «gut and west line of the North Carolina Railrdhd (Southern operated) and the Southern Rail way line, Greensboro to Winston Salem and points beyond. The Rail way Express Agency maintains ex press service on practically all pas senger trams, 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, pro vided 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 prin cipal cities. Atlantic Greyhound, Carolina Coach and other carriers operate under state regulations, clearing through a union terminal. Greensboro-High Point Airport (Lindley Field) serves Greensboro and High Point. On Eastern Air Lines’ main line, are routes from New York to Brownsville, Texas, and Mexico City, and Detroit to Miami. Also, Capital Air Lines and Piedmont Airlines cany pas senders, mail and express. The field has paved runways; a first order weather bureau, hangars, res taurant, modern lighting, service equipment, radio beacon, radio and telephone. Transportation facilities 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 facili ties and operating large fleets of trucks in all directions. This furth er adds to Greensboro’s transpor tation facilities, with transporta tion rates to serve all industries on a fair basis. Modern country clubs at High Point, Sedgefield, Stannount mod Greensboro have handsome club houses, where friends gather for dancing, bridge, study, musical pro grams, tax hunting, riding, tennis,! sheet, hiking, swimming and many other forms of social intercourse. Regular music and lecture courses bring outstanding attractions to the city: authors and artists, sym phonies, occasional opera and metropolitan stage productions. Three auditoriums, seating 2,700, 1,500 and 1,200 serve these attrac tions. Twelve moving-picture thea tres (the two largest seating over 8,000) offer current attractions. The famous "Playlikers,” an or ganisation of Women's College of (he University of North Carolina, and the dramatic units of Greens boro and Guilford colleges offer an outlet for amateur theatricals. Few sections offer. greater op portunity for year-round living out-of-doors, or more varied recre ational advantages. The extent to which people in all walks of life participate in out-door pursuits is remarkable, and has a distinct in fluence on community health and well-being. Greefisbero has repeat edly won national recognition in municipal health contests. The World War Memorial Stadium provides an ideal setting for major football games, day and night baseball, interstate track meets, tennis, tournaments, etc. High school games are playing in the recently completed Greensboro Senior High School Stadium. A city-county park provides three lakes for swimming, fishing and boating. A recreation center near Jamestown affords a modem swimming pool. Lake Brandt of fers boating and fishing. At Sedgefield, there are horses and foxhounds. The countryside abounds in quail and other game and several game preserves are maintained by sportsmen of na tional prominence. There are num erous private clubs and camps nearby, containing hundreds of acres of land and water areas. Championship 18-hole golf courses, municipal and public golf courses, private tennis courts and swimming pools are offered by country clubs at Starmount, Sedge field and Greensboro. A total of 270 acres are reserved for park* and playgrounds by the city of Greensboro, and a full-time recrea tional director is employed to. pro mote a well-rounded program of neighborhood activity throughout the year. Pinehurst and Roaring Gap, win ter and summer resorts, are with in two hours' drive, and Greens boro is equi-distant between fa mous mountain and seashore re sorts. GREETINGS CAVENESS PLUMBING & HEATING GO. ASHEBORO, NORTH CAROLINA SEASON'S GREETINGS The Concord Telephone Co. Exchanges At CONCORD — KANNAPOLIS — MT. PLEASANT — CHINA GROVE MAIN OFFICE: CONCORD, N. C. • The Albemarle Telephone Co. Exchanges At ALBEMARLE — BADIN — OAKBORO MAIN OFFICE: ALBEMARLE, N. C. BEST WISHES CAROL-MAY FINISHING COMPANY Telephone 5216 CONCORD, N. C. SEASON'S GREETINGS Citizens National Bank Member Federal Deposit Insurance Carp. AND Member Federal Reserve System TELEPHONE 2146 CONCORD, NORTH CAROLINA
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