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VOLUME 4 ISSUE 29
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L I L V E G SP RIN TIMES
The official newspaper of the Town of Concord, and the Village of Springville. Serving Springville, the surrounding communities and Springville-Griffith Institute Central Schools
By Kellen M. Quigley
Third annual Springville Vol. Fire Co. event set for Sunday
For the third year of the Springville Volunteer Fire Company’s summer fundraising event, things are continuing to grow. Of course, there will be food trucks during the event on Sunday, July 21, as well as live music, a tool raffle drawing and a car show. But this year, the event will also feature over 40 arts and crafts vendors, nearly twice as many as the event had last year. “I’d say about 10 max are commercial, and then about 30 of them are artisan crafters,” said Phil Drozd, co-chair of the event. “They’re
Photo submitted The Springville Volunteer Fire Company’s third annual summer fundraising event is set for this Sunday, July 21, and will feature many returning favorite features, including food trucks, crafters, live music and a car show.
spread out from Youngstown to Olean coming in, and it’ll be the first time coming in for a lot of them. Some of the standout vendors setting up include a couple
of woodworkers, a lawn ornament builder who uses recycled materials and a chocolatier coming from Lockport, Drozd said. “These are a lot
of the same groups that go to festivals up north,” Drozd said. “We’re just bringing the northern vendors down here.” Guests will likely notice the
improvements to the grounds at Fireman’s Park where the event is held, including upgrades to the pavilion roof, fence and gate for See Fire Co. page 2
BCH begins making way Village Board authorizes snowmobile use on Pop for new building Warner Trail
Photo by Alex Simmons
Crews have completed demolition work on the former Concord Medical Group building to prepare the site for construction. The demolition last week marks an important step in the beginning phase of the construction of Bertrand Chaffee Hospital’s new medical arts facility. Site preparation and demolition work were completed by Empire Building Diagnostics of Depew. “Many people have shared their stories of the excellent care
they received from the providers in the former Concord Medical Group Building,” said Nils Gunnersen, BCH CEO. “We acknowledge the important role CMG played in the history of our community and are pleased to be working with the Concord Historical Society to have a number of items like the painting and mosaics displayed at the Heritage Building on Franklin Street. BCH is excited to continue on this positive trajectory, grow our services, improve health care
access to our community and keep healthcare local.” Bertrand Chaffee Hospital will continue to keep patients, employees and neighbors informed about progress at each phase through its website and Facebook page. The construction of the new medical arts building is made possible through an $11.3 million grant from the New York State Health Care Facility Transformation Program.
Times file photo The village of Springville will begin allowing snowmobiles to ride on the Pop Warner Rail Trail this winter after action by the Board of Trustees Monday. A public hearing on the issue before approval provided much discussion about the concerns and benefits of allowing sleds in the village.
By Kellen M Quigley Come this winter, snowmobilers will now be able to ride their sleds through the village of Springville on the Pop Warner Rail Trail after
action from the village board this week. At its regular Monday meeting, following an hour-long public hearing on the matter, the Board of Trustees approved a local law allowing snowmobiles
on the 1.7-mile rail trail in the village. “I think it’s a good idea. The regional approach to this trail and snowmobile use is good for Springville,” said See Pop Warner page 4
A Look Back: The Art of Rug Making
Looking back to the days of handmade rug making, the terms “rug” and “carpet” are often interchangeable. However, the term “rug” usually refers to a floor covering that is not fastened to the floor and doesn’t cover the floor completely. Rugs made of wool are known for the balance of resiliency, durability, cleanability and economy. Cold floors, whether dirt or wood, takes a toll on health. A
By Jolene Hawkins steady fire was We had several ladies the only source in town that wove or our early forefathers braided rugs. Helen had and a floor with Albro, in 1937, was a rug is warner and selling them out of her insulated. house on Woodward The early settlers did Avenue. Mary Saelzler not have large looms advertised rug weaving or flocks of sheep, but in 1919. In 1915, B.L. they were thrifty and Palmer, who represented inventive. They bought the Economy Rug bolts of wool and made Company of Syracuse, their clothes from it, and was in town collecting any scraps they had left worn carpets and rugs to were used in making be made over into more braided rugs. Many rugs. Recycling is not a different cultures have new thing. found ways of recycling The first woolen old bits of cloth into factory comprised of beautiful rugs. Rags carding, spinning and were collected, cut, sewn cloth dressing was built together and then wound by a company of town’s into balls. people, consisting of
Maj. Samuel Bradley, Deacon John Russell, Silas Rushman and George Shultes. The woolen factory was located on the west side of Buffalo Street.
The building was quite large for the times and was two stories high. The lower story was divided into suites of rooms for residences, the upper story was arranged
for factory purposes, the basement was used for coloring and other purposes requiring heating apparatus. A considerable time See A Look Back page 2