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Department of Energy. James E. The scientists, those who had worked with the Project in other parts of the country, knew the reasons. One woman said it was a good way of getting rid of her husband. They waded in the red-clay mud, and some walked about barefoot for fear of losing their shoes. The clay was hard and they had to water it at night in order to dig it next morning. People knew there was no gold to be found in the Cumberlands, and therefore it is the more remarkable that they worked with such fervor and pioneering zeal.
When Oak Ridge had 15, inhabitants, there was only one grocery store in town. Businessmen, unable to find out the potential number of customers or clients, were reluctant to move in.
One five-and-ten concern asked for a contract barring competitors for a period of ten years. Slowly, warily, entrepreneurs set up shop in Oak Ridge. Roads were laid out, buses started to operate, taxi-cabs were brought in.
People started having children, many children. A symphony orchestra, composed of Project employees, is led by a prominent scientist. There are seven recreation halls into which people can wander and join a bridge game or participate in community singing. There are several movie houses and a Little Theater and a high school. But Oak Ridge still has no sidewalks. Some people point with pride. Negro children are not permitted to go to school with whites; they journey to nearby Clinton for their education.
And for that reason many Negroes did not bring their children to Oak Ridge. Plans are now being made to provide school facilities for the Negroes as soon as a sufficient number of children are enrolled to justify it.
They have one recreation hall, the Atom Club, and one movie house, which is located 12 miles from their hutments, in the K area. Doctors make private calls, but the fees go to the hospital. There is no private practice. The hospital has beds and can handle 1, in-patients monthly.
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Bill Wilcox, now the Oak Ridge city historian, reports that 90 percent of those buildings are still in use throughout the city. Though homeowners have made changes—siding, eaves, paint—to distinguish their houses from the others, some Oak Ridge neighborhoods still retain an eerie, modular quality. Located in a beautiful garden, the walk is a memorial to the individuals who came to Oak Ridge during the war.
Stroll along the figure eight—shaped path and take in the bronze plaques offering stories of wartime life. Though the work was intense, the young residents had fun, too. Many of them, like Wilcox, were just out of college; the average age in the community during the war was only Tennis courts, then the only paved surface, doubled as dance floors. Residents remember the time as one of excitement, enjoyment, and devotion to a common cause. Much of what originally brought people to Oak Ridge can still be seen: three of four plants used to produce material for the atomic bomb survive.
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