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VOLUME 4 ISSUE 31
CAR. TR. MKTG MAIL US POSTAGE PAID PERMIT NO. 244 BRADFORD, PA
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
Joylan Theatre renovations set to begin Aug. 9 The Joylan Theatre is expected to undergo renovations this summer beginning Aug. 9 in preparation for its 70th anniversary to be celebrated this fall. The final movie showing for the summer will take place on Thursday, Aug. 8 with renovations beginning the next day and lasting through the end of September, with movies expected to resume in early October. The renovation project is through the partnership of building owners Watermark Wesleyan Church/ Springville Crossing and Movie Business owners Ted and Debby Adams. “Being a Springville native and knowing
Photo submitted The Joylan Theatre will temporarily close this month to undergoing renovations in preparation for the theater’s 70th anniversary this fall.
what the Joylan Theatre means to our community makes me so excited, thankful and humbled to be a part of these renovations,” said Pastor Keith Clark of Springville Crossing. Springville Crossing
Church is currently in the process of becoming a multi-site location of Watermark Wesleyan Church, which will further enhance church and community services that have already been offered by Springville
Crossing. Highlights of the building renovations include: New theater seating, offering more leg room while adhering to a traditional look fitting the history of the space.
Springville’s Warner pitching strong as end nears for 3-year Oiler run
Additional lobby/ reception space. Extension of the front stage by nine feet to accommodate future events and church services. Installation of See Theatre page 3
Playing away at Fiddle Fest
Derek Gumtow photo Olean’s Kyle Warner, a Springville native, throws a pitch during the second game of a doubleheader against Syracuse on July 7 at Bradner Stadium.
By Sam Wilson Kyle Warner wants to be able to pitch deep into games to help lead his Canisius College baseball team as a senior next spring. And by pitching late in his final few starts as an Oiler, the third-
year lefty gave Olean a reliable arm in its second-half push for the New York Collegiate Baseball League playoffs. Warner threw back-to-back seveninning efforts, both wins, in mid-July and at the end of a stretch of four wins of his last five
starts. The Springville native held Genesee without an earned run in seven innings on Saturday in Houghton, allowing just three hits. “(Saturday), I felt amazing,” Warner said after a recent See Kyle Warner page 11
Photo by Kellen M. Quigley The Creek Bend Band performs a set of good ole’ country and bluegrass songs at the Heritage Park Gazebo last weekend during the 8th annual Springville Fiddle Fest. See more photos on page 9 and online at springvilletimes.com.
A Look Back: When the Circus came to town
By Jolene Hawkins
Looking back to when the circus came to town, usually at least once a year. There would be parades of elephants, camels, giraffes, zebras and more as the circus train rolled into Springville and set up. So I started to research to see what I could find out about them and was surprised at all the different circuses that came into town and thought I would share them with you. In July of 1845, the Welch, Mann & Delevan Circus came to town,
comprising of 100 men and horses along with brass bands, wild Indians, the rubber man from India, a break dancer and, of course, clowns. In 1848, the American Circus, with G.R. Spaulding as proprietor, came to Springville with horses and bands of its own. By 1908, the Ringling Brothers Circus passed through the area. That year marked the 25th anniversary of the Ringling Brothers, and it was a circus to outdo all previous circuses. There were acrobats, bell ringers, and burlesque dancers. Mr. Wormwood had his trained bears, pigs that skipped rope,
even a contortionist. A double somersault in mid air made by a heavy automobile with Mile La Belle Roche, a young French woman at the wheel. The car would dash down a steep incline from the dome of a tent to an abrupt up-curved ramp that sailed the car high above the audience where it completed two revolutions and then lands with a crash on a narrow speedway. In 1915, the Hagenbeck & Wallace circus came into town. Unloading from the train, they formed a parade. Godard Hall was where it was to be, guaranteeing to be a
real circus. For 10 to 15 cents, you could come and see all. In 1924, we find that the Christy Brothers Circus stopped by Springville, claiming a remarkable and complete collection of trained wild animals, including leopards, elephant, lionesses, sheep and dogs, among others. Thoroughbred horses danced and did various tricks. Little Nemo came in 1928, when the Dorsey Brothers Circus were in town. Nemo was the smallest educated performing elephant in America. Nemo did tricks from playing a mouth organ to that
of a marching soldier, carrying the American flag. Trained ponies, dogs and monkeys were also
there as well as clowns, acrobats, tumblers even a chilling feat by Mr. Coriell who ascended See A Look Back page 2