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DECEMBER 14 - 20 , 2017 VOLUME 2 ISSUE 50
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Serving Springville, the surrounding communities and Springville-Griffith Institute Central Schools
Upcoming Events Dec. 15 Kissing Bridge Opening Day Dec. 15 Holiday Diva by Diva Springville Center for the Arts Dec. 15 Community Christmas Party Emerling CDJR Now-Jan. 1 Jozwiak’s Mill Street Light Show Dec. 29 Late Night Great Night Kissing Bridge Dec. 31 New Year’s Eve Celebration and Torchlight Parade Kissing Bridge
Jozwiak’s Light Show Continues to Shine Bright
By Rich Place
For Jim Jozwiak, his abundantly decorated front yard and house are about much more than just a collection of lights community members experience each holiday season. It’s about community. It’s about helping those in need. And it’s about his own life’s journey, most notably in the last couple years. As surely as Christmas falls on Dec. 25, area residents annually can expect to see Jozwiak’s home — deemed Jozwiak’s Mill Street Light Show — decorated with thousands of lights synced to holiday music for a spectacular show. And through this weekend, visitors can donate food items to local pantries via a collection box at the front of the display.
Photo Jozwiak’s Mill Street Light Show Facebook page
Jozwiak first started going above and beyond traditional Christmas light decorating in 2005, when a handful of light displays were synced together from
music played on a speaker. The display has grown annually in the dozen years since, most notably in 2009 by his purchase of a Light-O-Rama display with
as the Erie County Legislature’s Citizen of the Month for December 2017 in recognition of his
contributions to the greater Concord community. “Gary and I have worked very well together for many years and it is an honor to recognize him for his numerous contributions. While he will certainly be missed around Concord Town Hall, I trust he will continue to be heavily involved in improving the community,” said Mills. “Best wishes to Gary in the next chapters of his life and many thanks to him for his many years of service. Congratulations to Gary on this much-deserved
recognition.” Eppolito was honored at the Dec. 7 Legislative session, where he was presented with a proclamation recognizing him as the Citizen of the Month. He was joined by his wife, Carol. He served in public office for nearly 24 years, beginning his public service career in 1979 as a member of the Village of Springville Zoning Board of Appeals. In 1994, he took office as a Village of Springville trustee and was elected Springville
upper story over the dining room of their home. In November in Glenwood, the weekly report tells how Thomas Wiley and his wife entertained about 20 of their relatives from out of town in the honor of their 50th anniversary. In West Valley, the Ladies Aid Society and the I O O F provided flowers for a funeral that was held there.
Other areas that submitted reports were East Concord, Thomas Corner, East Otto, East Ashford, Gaylord’s Corner, Holland, Ashford, North Ashford, Wyandale, Hakes Bridge, Marshfield, Pleasant Valley and Matteson. In return, who ever submitted the article to the newspaper got the paper for free. Because of these great weekly articles, we can
follow our forefathers and see what they did and where they went—a treasure for a genealogist. The Griffith Institute even put in weekly articles of events, including basketball game scores, boys’ and girls’ game (the GI girls’ basketball team was awesome that year!), track team, debate club, plays, honor roll for the month,
Sports schedule
High School concert SES PTA shoe drive
See Light Show page 3
Legislator Mills Names Eppolito December Citizen of the Month
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16 channels and an FM transmitter. Now visitors are able to watch the show from their cars by tuning in to 90.5FM.
Erie County Legislator John J. Mills (left) presents Concord Supervisor Gary Eppolito with a certificate recognizing him as Erie County Legislature’s Citizen of the Month for 2017.
Erie County Legislator John J. Mills recently named retiring Concord Supervisor Gary Eppolito
See Eppolito page 7
A Look Back: Springville 1910 By Jolene Hawkins
In 1910, Springville was a popular place with many stores and businesses. There was C T Winner, who seemed to have it all— coats, suits, skirts, furs, dry goods, groceries, flour and he delivered as well— F H Frubus, a grocery store; H D Smith, general merchant; J S Wheeler, clothing merchant; and R B Waite, proprietor of the Antidolar Manufacturing Co. Other businesses included F Schweizer, B L Bensley , Springville Canning Factory, J S Wheeler & Son, Jones Hardware, H H Bury & Co, A L Pingrey, E F Hammond, Choice Groceries and E S Crandall variety store. Each little town would submit a report each week of what went on in their
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town, who came to visit, who had a baby, who died, and any events that happened. On March 30 in Sardinia, couples attended a dance at the Sardinia House, and Arthur Hopkins moved to a farm on Middle Road. In April in Boston, Mr. Asa Doty was a butter maker in Boston Creamery and had gone to Portland, and the Weber family built a
See A Look Back page 3
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