Smyrna times., 1953-06-11
Townsend


Townsend Consolidated School be-
gan on Sunday morning when the
Rev. Henry M. Parks delivered the
baccalaureate sermon to the class
of % graduates. He made timely
remarks and said in part: 'Be thou
an example in word, conversation,
love, faith, purity, be given to ex-
hortation and doctrine; neglect not
the gift in Thee" There was a
large attendance of relatives and
friends of the class present.
At the close of the Bible School
the Townsend Sunday School will
hold its annual picnic to Riverview
Beach on Wednesday, July 1st, a
good attendance is expected to be
on hand.
The daily vacation Bible school
will open at am, on June 18th
and continue to June 26th to be
held at Emmanuel Church. Mrs.
Arthur Dukes is chairman and di-
rector and she will have several
qualified assistants. This school is
very helpful and spreads a wide
influence for good over a wide
area. The school will furnish a
bus to cover a wide area including
the Blackbird section and other
surrounding sections.
On Sunday evening at Emmanuel
Church the Three MS Class" will
sponsor a religious firm Lord of
Alp, featuring Colleen Townsend
a converted actress.
The Good Ladies of Emmanuel
Church will serve a turkey supper
at the Fire House on Thursday
evening, June 18th. More details
later.
The fund being raised for the
benefit of Mr.. Leonard Tippitt has
gone over the 5000 mark and bids
fair to go far beyond that figure.
Contributors are showing up al
most daily and their help shows
what a big heart and sympathetic
mind the public has. Started sew
eral days ago by two or three of
the citizens the fund grew rapidly
like a huge SNOWFALL and the alert
ness of those willing to help this
deserving man has been fine ex-
ample of what liberal people can
do whenever they make up their
minds to do it. Even the sponsors
could not believe their own ears
when the announcement of the
contributions began to pour in.
And so the liberal contributors
have gone over the top with a
whoop!
1t. and Mrs. Don Steenburn and
children were visitors of Mrs.
Bernice Shahraboni and son David
on Sunday. The Steenburns are
friends of 1t. Shahraboni, having
met him in Japan.
The rainy spells have set back
the gardening to some extent, but,
till the paintings look good and the
growers stay in high hopes that
their paintings will not be injured.
One of the best gardeners here was
called by death two or three years
ago and his absence has been
greatly missed by the many who
knew him well for his real worth
and lifetime service to his fellow
men. He seemed to know just
what to plant and how to do it
and happy results were assured
because of his knowledge in this
respect. The race for the first
ripe tomato by the Fourth of July
goes merrily on and indications
are that some ripe tomatoes will
be ready by that time or perhaps
a few days before then.
Not much service from the
transportation companies accord
ing to the news of some of oul
residents. This comment is baseo
on the fact that a great demand
for better transportation service
has not reaped any good results
by way of improvement. The com
plants are that the bus companie:
do not allow their buses to come
into the town and then again the
Railroad Company does not hav'
any form of service worth plea
yune. A big demand that an ac
commodation train be run north a
8 a. M. each day, has failed of it
purpose and now second appea
is for the trains to run both way
on Saturdays only. That, the ad
vocates say would be a big hell
to relieve the great desire of man,
riders to get to the city bright AM
early.
Robert Foster, former residen
was back for a few days last week
Of course. he found things differ