Name: Neil Smith_s Virginia-Missouri 12-14-19

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1. Title:   Humphreys, MO Telephone Service Circa 1950, Interviewer: Smith, Neil S., Informant Address: Trenton, Missouri
Source:   S-151648144
Author:   Smith, W. Elsworth
Publication:   11 Nov 1999
2. Title:   U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-2017
Page:   Newspaper: News Tribune; Publication Date: 10/ 24/ 2010; Publication Place: Jefferson City, Missouri, USA
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Ancestry.com Operations Inc
3. Title:   1940 United States Federal Census
Page:   Year: 1940; Census Place: Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri; Roll: m-t0627-02178; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 116-291
Source:   S-149470126
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
4. Title:   U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Page:   The National Archives in St. Louis, Missouri; St. Louis, Missouri; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 305
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
5. Title:   1930 United States Federal Census
Page:   Year: 1930; Census Place: Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri; Page: 18B; Enumeration District: 0191; FHL microfilm: 2340935
Source:   S-149470501
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Ancestry.com Operations Inc
6. Title:   1920 United States Federal Census
Page:   Year: 1920; Census Place: Bowman, Sullivan, Missouri; Roll: T625_964; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 159
Source:   S-149470486
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Ancestry.com Operations Inc
7. Title:   U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
8. Title:   U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
9. Title:   U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
Source:   S-151079962
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
10. Title:   U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Page:   Issue State: Missouri; Issue Date: Before 1951
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Ancestry.com Operations Inc
11. Title:   Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current
Page:   The Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune; Publication Date: 13/ Oct/ 1975; Publication Place: Chillicothe, Missouri, United States of America; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/2426860/?article=501278dd-cb83-4a29-b7d8-e6b909ec20bc&focus=0.37625775,0.040967
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Ancestry.com Operations Inc
12. Title:   Sullivan County Missouri Marriage License
Source:   S-151648615

Notes
a. Continued:   The telephone service on the farm he bought south of Humphreys, MO was a local private exchange. All farmers on the road were on a party line and all used crank phones. Each subscriber had a unique combinations of rings made by cranking the lever on the side of the phone and producing a series of short and long rings.
  Since it was a party line, everyone on the line heard all rings and were supposed to answer only their own calls. However, many people liked to hear their neighbor's conversations and would listen silently on other's calls. A neighbor, Catherine Forson, was one of the best listeners. Elsworth said if you cranked her number, she knew she had plenty of time to answer. The best way to call Catherine was to crank your own number, thus guaranteeing she would be on the line quickly to avoid missing any gossip.
  If phone service was disrupted after a big wind or storm, the farmers would drive up and down the roads looking for broken lines. They would temporarily repair them and hang the lines out of the way awaiting regular repairmen
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 Obit from FindAGrave:
 Wilber Elsworth “Smitty” Smith, aged 93, died October 17, 2010 at Audrain Medical Center in Mexico, Missouri. For the past year he has been a resident of the Missouri Veterans Home – Mexico in Mexico, Missouri. He was born January 28, 1917 in Reger, Missouri, the son of Walter Alva and Ada Elizabeth (Rogers) Smith.
  Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, October 23, 2010 at Resthaven Mortuary of Trenton. Rev. Barry Boulware will officiate. A scheduled visitation will be held one hour prior to service time. Burial will be in the Schrock Cemetery, south of Reger.
  He was married to Hethie Lee Oliver of Dillwyn, Virginia on June 17, 1943 at the Methodist Church in Reger. Hethie died February 6, 1993 just four months from their 50th anniversary. To this union were born two sons, Neil of Jefferson City, Missouri and Randy of Monterey, California.
  On December 7, 1942 he joined the U. S. Navy Seabees and trained at Camp Peary, Virginia. Two years later he joined the Naval Intelligence group SACO (Sino-American Cooperative Organization) and served in China from 1945 to 1946 working with the Chinese underground near Foochow preparing for a possible invasion of the Japanese occupied country. After his transport plane ran short of fuel and was forced down on a Japanese airstrip in China, he and twelve others were held prisoner for two days just two days before the war ended.
  After returning to civilian life in 1946, he purchased a farm near Humphreys, Missouri. He continued farming there until 1951 when he moved to Kansas City, Missouri and became head bookkeeper for Anchor Savings and Loan in Kansas City, Kansas. A few years later he opened a Phillips 66 service station in Raytown, Missouri. In 1957 he moved his family to Trenton, Missouri and purchased the Helmandollar Oil Co and operated a Conoco service station on Mabel Street. In 1962 he built a new service station on the former Conoco bulk plant on 9th Street in Trenton and operated Smitty’s Service Oil quite successfully until retiring in 1979.
  His work life was varied as he mastered a variety of occupations including farmer, carpenter, bookkeeper, photographer, auto mechanic, service station owner, welder, and surveyor, in addition to being an accomplished hunter and fisherman. He was a well-respected business man and known for his hard work and fair and honest treatment of everyone. He was always willing to assist anyone in need.
  He was a lifelong Methodist and a faithful member of the Wesley United Methodist Church in Trenton for many years.
  He was preceded in death by his parents, brother Irvin Smith, and sisters Evelyn Pittaway, and Edith Collins.
 

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