Smyrna times., 1932-03-02
MOVING DAY IN SMYRNA
Took Place Yesterday With One
Business Change and a Number
of Changes Among Residents

come in either like a lion or like
a lamb" the day was clear and
blustry with the wind blowing a
gale of 40 or so miles an hour.
March therefore, entered like a
lion, but this did not deter moving
which seemed to be less in
numbers than in former years.
There was only one business
change. G. Reynolds Stevenson,
dealer in ice cream, CONNECTIONS
and soft drinks, who succeeded his
father, the late George M. Stew
enton, varying his location on
Main street between the Jones
formerly Raymond block and the
store now occupied by the Beckett
Hardware formerly his own prop
erty), vacated the property at the
Four Corners and went out of the
store business. He will be sue
ceded by Franklin Ennis, formerly
of fuckers Store, who will go in
business for himself. The proper
! ty including the apartment on the
f second floor will be taken over by
Mr.. and Mrs. Ennis as soon as
necessary improvements including
painting and papering is made,
which will be about the middle of
March Mr.. Stevenson, who also
holds the Office of Magistrate and
Notary Public for this district, has
moved his office in the Town Hall,
in what was formerly the Alder
mans office This room has been
partitioned off and made into a
front and back office and newly
painted and papered makes attrac-
tive office quarters.
Residence Changes Take Place
Among the residence changes
noted are the following: Prof. c.
w. Schantz, who has been occupy
ing the Wilds Or Cloak property on
Mt. Vernon Street, to the resi-
dence of Mrs. Bertha Bailey Cliff
ton on South Street. Mrs. Clifton
breaks up housekeeping and goes
in with Mrs. Samuel J. Reynolds
to make her home. The property
vacated by Prof. Schantz on Mt.
Vernon Street. which has been
purchased by Mr. William Norris.
proprietor of Norris Hardware
Store, is being put in a modern
state of repair including a new
hot water heating system. Mr..
Norris is building a garage on the
property for his car. Mr.. and Mrs.
Norris are still occupying their
property on Market Street until
their new home is ready. Mrs
Edwin g. Billeb vacated the Mrs.
Nellie Garner property, Commerce
Street, and moves in with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Harvey
Speakman to make her home. j
Mrs. Billeb is succeeded at the
Garner property by Mr.. George w. .
Robinson of South Street.
Moves Into the Pratt Property
w. B. Richardson, who has been
occupying the property of Mrs :
Alice Spruance Roberts, corner of ,
Mt Vernon and Union Streets,
moved in the Miss Sarah Pratt
property Commerce Street, rec
emily occupied by Frank H. Hyn-
son and family. The Pratt prop
erty is undergoing renovations in
heating plant. The prop
erty of Mrs. Roberts has been rent
ed by Mr.. and Mrs. Herman John
son and daughters. who left the
r. Davis bungalow on
Main street. The latter bungalow
has been purchased by Mr.. and Mrs
Harry @. Johnson, who had been
occupying the Hodgson property
On the Boulevard. Wilson FAIRIES
mas moved from the Dickerson,
formerly the Miss Edith Collins
corner of Commerce and :
Union Streets to the Bradley prop .
erty on Union Street, recently va
yated by w Lester Smith and {
'amily who moved into the Harris ]
few doors south on the ]
same street. Mr.. and Mrs. Walter ;
David, who having been residing in {
he apartment of Mr.. and Mrs. B. !
:. David on the second floor of his !
over the r. G.. E. Store i
IN Main Street, have moved to the I
Mckay farm near the Iron Bridge.
Charles Brown of Smyrna Landing i
las moved into the property of G
drs. Ella Wright on South Street. /
some Other Removals Are Noted E
Earl Walls and family, who have t
'een residing in the property of H. f
}. Boyer, on Mt. Vernon Street, L
ave moved into the property of L
ohm C. Still on Main Street. In Y
ddition to this, Frank Bramble, il
occupying the Stokesbury property h
n Frazier Street, have moved on I
Commerce Street to be succeeded "
Y Mrs Maude Sparks on Frazier t
treet. George Terrell, prescrip- h
ION clerk at Howard r. Jones O
rug Store, has moved into the
of Mrs. Kate c. Primrose ID