Some early photos 1910 - 1921 of our town

Borden's condense factory

Springville's Airport

New 1921 Firetruck

Goodemote's family reunion

downtown Main Street 1910

Post Office on Main Street 1910

Archie Warner and his brother along with his mother

He was know for his fiddle playing!

 

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

             Did you know this was written for Thanksgiving?  Here are the original lyrics to.......

                                            Over the river, and through the wood,

To grandfather’s house we go!
The horse knows the way,
To carry the sleigh,
Through the white and drifted snow.

Over the river, and through the wood,
To Grandfather’s* house away!
We would not stop for doll or top,
For this is Thanksgiving Day.

Over the river, and through the wood,
Oh, how the wind does blow!
It stings the toes,
And bites the nose,
As over the ground we go.

Over the river, and through the wood,
With a clear blue winter sky,
The dogs do bark,
And children hark,
As we go jingling by.

Over the river, and through the wood,
To have a first-rate play.
Hear the bells ring, “Ting-a-ling-ling!”
Hurray for Thanksgiving Day!

Over the river, and through the wood,
No matter for winds that blow,
Or if we get
The sleigh upset,
Into a bank of snow.

Over the river, and through the wood,
To see little John and Ann.
We will kiss them all,
And play snow-ball,
And stay as long as we can.

Over the river, and through the wood,
Trot fast, my dapple grey!
Spring over the ground,
Like a hunting hound!
For this is Thanksgiving day!

Over the river, and through the wood,
And straight through the barn-yard gate,
We seem to go
Extremely slow,
It is so hard to wait!

Over the river, and through the wood,
Old Jowler hears our bells,
He shakes his pow,
With a loud bow-wow,
And thus the news he tells.

Over the river, and through the wood,
When Grandmother sees us come,
She will say, “Oh, dear,
The children are here,
bring a pie for every one.”

Over the river, and through the wood,
Now grandmother’s cap I spy!
Hurrah for the fun!
Is the pudding done?
Hurrah for the pumpkin pie!

1910 ~ The Village Ordinances for Springville, New York.

 1910 ~ The Village Ordinances for Springville, New York. 

I had fun looking through this book and thought I would share some of the Ordinances with you ...

Ordinance 1 ( this is only part of it) No person, shall within the limits of said Village, keep or maintain any disorderly or gambling house of ill fame.  No Person shall take part in or join, aid or abet any riotous or tumultuous assemblage upon the streets on in doorways or stairways adjacent thereto or loiter about such places.  (Geez, you need a dictionary to figure out some of those don't you) No, person shall use or engage in any profane, vulgar or obscene language or conduct in upon the street or public places. (guess you have to keep all those words for your house only) No person shall, on Sunday, nor upon any other day, between the setting and rising of the sun, make or contribute to the making of any loud noises, or fires, or discharge a gun or be guilty of any loud halooing or yelling or blowing trumpets, beating on fences boards, buildings or rattling any sticks or bones, oh and no ball playing or any other games on Sunday.... HOLY MOLY.... If you violated this ordinances, you shall for each ofence forfeit and pay the sum of $10 for the use of the Village.

In 1910, you could purchase a nice coat or a suit for $10.  A dress would run anywhere from $2 to $10.  Coffee was 25 cent a pound, Bread was 10 to 15 cents, so that was a large amount of money!

Part of the ordinances for sidewalks read in part as follows.... No person shall ride, drive or leand any horse, team, cow, or other animal on sidewalk, except a dog.  No person shall slide upon any sidewalk or sleigh, sled board or other contrivance. No person shall by selling or advertising goods upon the streets, attract a crowd and obstruct the sidewalk.  No person shall construct any sidewalk, except under the supervisior, and on accordance with the direction of the street commissioner.  Again these could all be a fine if you did them....

Ordinance # 3 is the best....Every person operation a motor vehicle on any of the public streets or alleys of the Village shall drive in a careful and prudent manner and at a rate of speed not to exceed 15 miles per hour.  Now at the time the Model T could go up to 45 miles per hour, you could get 20 t0 30 miles per gallon, started with a crank.  Just to give you idea. No person shall race or run any horse or team or engage in fast driving or trail of speed in or upon any street, lane, or alley in Village. No car, engines or trains shall stand upon any street crossing longer than five minutes at one time.  No person shall cause, authorize or permit any horse, cattle, sheep, swine or other animals to run at large upon the streets or alleys or public ground.  the same fine would be applied if you did so.

Ordinance #5 read in part.... no person shall swim, or bathe in open water, exposed to the public, within the boundary's of the Village.  Now we laugh at some of these, but if you think about it... for there to be thee written ordnances, there must have been someone doing these things.   No person shall willfully or maliciously break, tear, injure, remove or deface any building, fence, awning, sign board, tree, etc in the Village, including inciting or inducing dogs to flight, anywhere on the streets or plubic places.   

How funny these sound now, but how will the rules we have in place now sound in 100 years.... who knows?