Vera, (the oldest of the four sisters) and her husband Otto moved to Wenatchee after Mel and Valena had taken over PaPa's warehouse and orchard oerations. Otto managed the farm and later went to work for the Reclamation, where his youngest son Rick eventually became the superintendent of. The Smith's loved to shoot and hunt. Each year the four boys and parents would run an Elk camp up the Clockum southeast of Wenatchee.