Comments on: Smith’s Skating Rink https://clintonvillehistory.com/smiths-skating-rink/ Sat, 20 Jun 2026 13:12:56 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 By: Thomas Keplar https://clintonvillehistory.com/smiths-skating-rink/#comment-536 Sat, 20 Jun 2026 13:12:56 +0000 http://clintonvillehistory.com/?p=6302#comment-536 I think one of my relatives by the name of Keplar used to play that organ at Smith’s roller rink back in the day. My family was around Smith’s roller rink on and off for decades. I always put on skates there at the age of three in 1960 and was there a few weeks before its final closure in 1971. My parents met at Smith’s roller rink or later married and had me so I know that the Smith’s roller rink was a social gathering place for many many many years over 70 years actually

]]> By: Craig T. Wiley https://clintonvillehistory.com/smiths-skating-rink/#comment-297 Thu, 07 Jan 2021 15:27:34 +0000 http://clintonvillehistory.com/?p=6302#comment-297 Greetings:

I own the Wurlitzer 153 band organ that played at Smith’s Skating Rink. I bought it in 2019 from the widow of a man in Terre Haute, Indiana. He bought it in 1965. Originally it belonged to a carnival owner, Charles Brodbeck of Kinsley, Kansas until it was sold to Mr. Smith around 1925.

I’m trying to fill in the gaps in the organ’s history, and I noticed that the Indiana owner’s 1965 purchase date coincides with Adele’s death. Do you know of anyone living that’s knowledgeable about the Smiths that might be able to provide more information?

Kind regards

Craig Wiley
Ashland County, Ohio

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