NOVEMBER 15 - NOVEMBER 21, 2019
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VOLUME 4 ISSUE 46
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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
Honoring veterans at Shuttleworth Park
Photos by Alex Simmons The village of Springville, town of Concord and the Concord American Legion hosted its annual Veterans Day ceremony Monday at Shuttleworth Park in the village. Along with local officials and area residents, members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars posts the Fiddler’s Green Militia were also in attendance and at attention.
SGI’s Russell, Hecht, Krezmien qualify for state XC championships
SGI inducts newest National Junior Honor Society members
Jaime Dickinson photo The Springville girls cross country team takes off from the line after the gun goes off at the Section 6 State Qualifier cross country meet on Friday at Knox Farm in East Aurora.
Brett Russell, Jared Hecht and Sonya Krezmien all earned spots in the New York State cross country championships with performances in the Section 6 state qualifier Friday at Knox Farm in East Aurora. Led by Russell and Hecht, the Springville boys team finished second among all Class C schools in the section, and first under Class C1. Russell was second overall in Class C at 16:45.81 and Hecht
took fourth (17:04.21). Also for the SGI boys, senior Zackary Peterman finished strong with a 10thplace finish (17:48.13). Mikey Evans was 33rd (18:41.85), Nathan Myers 37th (18:50.45), Austin Yetter 44th (19:05.87) and Casey Waterman 60th (19:48.75). The Springville girls team took seventh in Class C (third in C1). Krezmien finished third in the class (20:24.08) and qualified for the state championships.
Teammate Hannah Goetz was close behind in sixth at 20:38.91. Also for the SGI girls, Evelyn Smith was 41st (23:55.46), Jaime Dickinson 52nd (24:29.77), Abigail Fruehauf 95th (27:11.01) and Linnell Anderson 103rd (29:07.47). The state championships are set for Saturday in Plattsburgh. See Cross Country page 10
Photo submitted The National Junior Honor Society at Springville-Griffith Institute inducted its newest members at a ceremony Nov. 7 in the middle school cafeteria.
By Ely Schosek Student Reporter Each year a new group of Springville-Griffith Institute’s 8th graders is inducted into the National Junior Honor Society (NJHS), but not without much hard work on their part. This year, there was a
total of 31 inductees. The induction ceremony took place Thursday, Nov. 7 in the middle school cafeteria. Students were selected for NJHS in 8th grade based on their academics throughout the past two years. An application was given to all students who qualified for the honor roll at the end of each quarter
through both sixth and seventh grade. The purpose of this application is to show that they have “One leadership quality, 10 community service hours, one student activity outside of school, one community activity outside of school, four character forms and two See NHS page 4
A Look Back: The Town that Never Was By Jolene Hawkins
Looking back in the newspapers and maps that we have in our archives at the Lucy Bensley Center, and you will see towns and hamlets that no longer exist. I found one such town that was planned and never was. George M. Bailey, a former city editor for the Buffalo Express, and a
few other investors organized the Gatling Ordnance Company. The company was to manufacture heavy ordnance for coast defense and naval purposes. Guns of 6 to 12 inches caliber would be made under the patents held by Richard J. Gatling. On June 3, 1893, Gatling — the inventor of the Gatling machine gun — laid a cornerstone for the new plant that would employ a thousand men producing the heavy steel guns, using a new casting process, an invention that he, Dr. Gatling, invented.
Surrounding the plant were neatly laid out streets with electric power supplied by Niagara Falls. A town was to be named after him… Gatling, New York. The site of the proposed town was well chosen and commands a fine view of all the surrounding country. The town is cut in half by Eighteen Mile Creek, which was one of the reasons it was selected, as water was an important asset in creating the plant and guns. Coal and lumber were said to be much cheaper here than anywhere else. A natural gas well was going to be drilled for use. About 30 farms were
purchased, some of them for as little as $95 an acre. By January, 1,028 acres of land contracts were transferred to the Gatling Town Site Company. After the purchase of the land was completed, the engineering firm of Ricker & Wing moved in to survey the property. They worked daily in all kinds of weather as streets, parks and boulevards were laid out. Section 1 nearest to the railroad tracks was divided into 45 blocks of 1,861 lots, each 33 feet by 120 feet in size. These lots would sell for $250 to $750 each. The plant itself had 20 acres. Another 100 acres See A Look Back page 2