Phyllis Tout introduces four presenters at a meeting with the Smithfield Historical Society and interested citizens. Tout begins by quoting Jon Steinbeck; she then introduces Joseph Timmins, A.W. Chambers, Theoda Downs, and Hazen Hillyard. Joseph Timmins and A.W. Chambers, however, were the only ones recorded and transcribed. Timmins discusses Smithfield schools and Chambers discusses church buildings and organization of wards and civic parks.