Smyrna times., 1963-02-28


ar Leipsic last week. Ii wa:
the third building at the camE
In a little over a year. The
site was abandoned as a CCC
camp last summer, but while
II was still occupied one fire
destroyed the mess hall and an
other burned down the officers
quarters.
The standpipe here over
flowed last week, flooding the
cellar of Thornley's factory
and necessitating the aid oi
Smyrna firemen. The low tenn
peramre at that time caused
some of the overflow to freeze,
attracting many visitors to view
the icy landscape. Because the
furnace was damaged by the
flood, work at the factory was
suspended for one day.
Members of the first sec
ton of the fourth grade at the
John Bassett Moore School pre-
sented TO the Smyrna Recrea-
tion Center for Women War
Workers, three booklets made
by the children. Two booklets
contain clippings of cartoons
and one contains puzzles. The
children decorated covers for
each. The gifts we're presen-
ted to Miss Bertha Smithers,
hostess at the Center, by De-
borah Ballard and George Bell.
Miss Barbara Gordy, teacher
of the fourth grade, supervised
the project.
During the threatened coal
shortage emergency week, Gov
ernor Walter w. Bacon inter-
vened for Smyrna, and received
from the WPB assurance of
immediate delivery of coal here.
AT this time, there was COM
bined total of 80 tons of coal
in the dealers hands in this
area.
Gas rationing may force a
boon to small merchants threa :
tened with extinction as mon
essentials" in the war program.
Families still have to buy food
and clothing, and they'll prob
ably buy 1t in their home COM
munities instead of driving off
to the "city" to shop around,
a survey by the University of
Illinois shows. Residents In
the smaller towns have made
and expect to make more chan
ges In their buying practices
than do those in the larger
city," a bulletin on consumer
buying by the niversity's COL
lege of commerce and business
administration says. "This will
give the small-town merchants
an opportunity to increase their
sales if they are able to Sc
cure the goods demanded by
their customers.
"The small-town merchant
has an opportunity to regain
much of the business he has
lost to stores In larger towns,
but he must not expect to get
this business without some eff
fort on his own part" The
survey showed that third
of the families in smaller towns
expect to do less out-of-town
buying because of gas ration
ing.
Miss Agnes Arnold of Wash
ington, DC, arrived last week
to spend some time with Miss
Eunice Anthony. Miss Anthony,
who has been Ill, has just re-
turned from the Kent General
Hospital and is convalescing at
her home near town.
DR.. and Mrs. William Kam-
mer of Baltimore, Md, we're
guests on Sunday of DR.. and
Mrs. c. ]. Prickett.
Mrs. Charles H. LeFevre,
Mrs. Ray Lank Cooper of Wash
ington, DC, Mrs. ]. Rich Hol-
land of Baltimore, Md, and
Mrs. Hester Ann Harrison of
Leesburg, Va, we're guests on
Friday of Mrs. Sarah M. Far
rell and Mrs. Alice M.Read.
Mrs. Walter Eley has been
the guest of MIR. and Mrs. Will
liam T. Bryan of Germantown
this week.
Sergt. L. Melvin Adkins of
Fort Lewis, Washington, spent
several days last week with his
mother, Mrs. l.. Nj. Adkins.
Victor D. Ennis, son of MIR.
and Mrs. S. Creadick Ennis,
has been assigned to camp at
Nashville, Tenn, as an aviation
cadet.
Pfc. Carlton Smith of Down :
ey, California, who has been
spending a furlough with his fat
her, MIR. w. Lester Smith, left
Il