CHARLES W. SMITH
SMITH, CHARLES W: Oil Dealer; b Calhoun Co, Iowa Apr 29, 1897; s of Addison J Smith-Stella Warick; ed Farnhamville HS 1914; m Alma R Johnson Apr 3, 1924 Des Moines; s Charles W Jr; 1921-24 salesman for Goldman & Velie Co of Des Moines; 1924-26 salesman Hutchinson Ice Cream Co of Des Moines, 1926-32 plant mgr, Atlantic, 1932-33 Villisca; 1933-35 bulk plant mgr, Skelly Oil Co, Atlantic; 1935- owner & mgr Smith's Super Service Station, Atlantic; during the World War enl USN, US Puritan in transport service 2 years; Amer Legion; Indep Oil Dirs Assn of Iowa; Rotary, pres; Atlantic Golf & Country Club, past dir; UCT, past sr counselor; C of C, past dir; AF&AM 271; RAM; R&SM; Meth Ch; Rep; hobby: hunting; off 6th & Chestnut; res La Vista Place, Atlantic.
Key to Abbreviations
From "Who's Who in Iowa," by Iowa Press Association, Des Moines: Iowa Press Association, 1940, pg. 202.
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