Wible family oral history holds that the founder of the L. E. Smith Glass Co. in Mt. Pleasant, Pa. was my grandfather, Charles M. Wible, and this is a family history of him, my father Tim Wible, and my great uncles, as well as many other people whose contributions to the company should not be lost to history. Smith Glass was sold in bankruptcy in 2005. It is now subdivided and being used for various service businesses such as a martial arts school.
In February 2007, author Tom Felt published his book 
L. E. Smith Glass:
The First Hundred Years. Mr. Felt
also wrote L. E. Smith Encyclopedia of
Glass Patterns & Products, and is the author of
Heisey Glass Candlesticks, Candelabra and Lamps, two
other books on Heisey published by the Heisey Collectors of
America, and co-author of a three-volume series, Glass
Candlesticks. He is a frequent contributor to the Glass
Collectors Digest and other magazines and newsletters. We
are most grateful to him for writing such a wonderful book, and
were 
happy to assist him
in his research.
We are also pleased to support the Mt. Pleasant Glass Museum with donations of a portrait of Shorty, a copy of Tom Felt's "L. E. Smith Glass: The First Hundred Years," a Lincoln Zephyr lens (photographed upside-down in the Felt book;-) and an original 16mm print of an early '60s promotional film.
We have recently found 2 webpages about Smith's history on Glen & Stephen Thistlewood's Carnival Glass website:
- L. E. The Story of L. E. Smith Glass Co. in their Own Words archived
- Smith Glass Co. - Revival / Contemporary Carnival Glass archived