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1950
- American Legion Post 431 moves to the log cabin on S. Buffalo Street from their previous meeting site over Walters Pharmacy.
- A Baltimore and Ohio freight train is wrecked north of the Buffalo Street crossing.
- Ground breaking for the new school on Buffalo takes place on April 20th.
- Lutherans begin construction of a new church on the corner of Main Street and Central Avenue.
- Chaffee Hospital is enlarged with the first addition being made to the original Chaffee homestead.
- Albany approves a new sewer system and treatment plant for Springville on December 28th.
- Don Blakely and his father George form a partnership in running Wells News Stand.
1951
- Springville Historical Society reorganized as the Concord Historical Society.
- Karl (Tom) Kluckhohn of Springville represents Colgate University in the East-West Football Game in San Francisco.
- Bob Johnson purchases the Luss Bros. Garage on West Main Street.
- G.I. Concert Band is judged the finest in the state at the Music Contest held on May 18th and 19th in Hamburg.
1952
- Springville Sports Boosters is organized.
- First Annual Sports Night is held on January 17 at the Lutheran Church.
- Springville Moose is dedicating their new building on Buffalo Street on April 27th.
- Springville acclaimed as the smallest community in the U.S. to be operating an educational broadcasting station by the Educational Broadcasters meeting in Columbus, Ohio in April.
- On May 2, Harry S. Gray of the Springville Roller Mills celebrates his 50th year in the retail feed business.
- John J. Ellis and Curtis S. Bates form a law partnership.
- Four Springville golfers see a 'wolf' near the course on July 13th.
- Citizen's Bank celebrates its 50th anniversary on July 19th.
- James Wolf becomes the first local casualty of the Korean War on October 12th.
1953
- Springville Rough Riders assist in rounding up stray cattle in Zoar Valley for owner Mr. Conklin.
- Weismantel Brothers sell their furniture business to Witter-Davis.
- Concord Historical Society purchases the Bianca Bemet Homestead at the corner of Main and Franklin Streets utilizing funds provided by Mr. And Mrs. Glenn 'Pop' Warner.
- George Dell opens the Red and White Super Market on Main Street.
1954
- Dr. Donald J. Meechan, Dr. Richard A. Loomis and Dr. Edmund S. Rothchild join in the formation of the Concord Medical Group.
- Will Davis retire after 65 years of banking service, first with the Farmers Bank and in later years with the Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company.
- Warner Museum and Historical Building is officially dedicated on May 27th.
- The Frontier Glove Company opens its plant on North Street on July 8th.
- Funeral services are held for Glenn 'Pop' Warner at the Weismantel Funeral Home. Burial follows in Maplewood Cemetery.
- Community Park is developed on Buffalo Road near Route 219.
- $100,000 fire occurs at Robinson Knife works.
- $46,565 addition is authorized at Bertrand Chaffee Hospital.
- Frank Pitillo bowls a 300 game at the Springville Lanes – the first perfect game ever recorded in the village.
1955
- St. Aloysius Roman Catholic Church dedicates its new building on Sunday October 9th.
- Springville Masons celebrates their Centennial year.
- World War I veterans organize as the 'Springville Barracks'( branch of the National Work War I organization)
- Cascade Rebekah Lodge celebrates its 50th birthday.
- The American Red Cross for exceptional service honors two Springville men, Leon J. Oyer and Webster M. Krise.
- Warren Smerczak wins the senior men's tennis championship for the third consecutive time by defeating George Gundlach.
- Evangelist Clarence Shrier holds a tent meeting at the Springville airport.
- Veterinarian David D Dygert opens an office on Vaughn Street.
1956
- Allen Folts sells Walter Pharmacy to George Welch in January.
- Anthony Frelock catches a 7 lb. Brown trout measuring 27' in Cattaraugus Creek on April 23.
- Alan Manchester wins first place in the Western New York FFA Speaking contest held in the high school on April 11th.
- G.I. varsity baseball team clinches the league championship with its 8 – 7 victory over Holland.
- Mike Parco, Springville Country Club Professional, is the only Buffalo District golfer to earn a berth in the National Open.
- Charles Feldman opens Charlie's Delicatessen in July.
- Snowstorm strands numerous motorists on Thanksgiving Day – School bus is used to help in the rescue operation.
- Edwin Kuhn opens his new Rexall Drug Store.
- Ron Farner assumes management of the Mobil Gas Station on Franklin Street.
1957
- David F. Carlstrom is the first from the Springville area to attend the Air Force Academy.
- Lions Club brings the Mills Brothers Circus to Springville on July 23rd.
- Guy K. Protector, owned and driven by Dewitt Dygert of Springville, sets a world record of 2:01 for aged trotting stallions on a one half mile track at Saratogo on July 17th.
- John Hunchar purchases Wells News from the Blakelys on August 1st.
- A Lucy Bensley Day is held in September to honor her for 54 years of service to the community.
- Henry Joslin, G.I. senior, is chosen as a High School All-American in football by the Wigwam Wisemen of America,
- The new elementary school is dedicated on North and Newman Streets on November 10th.
1958
- Winsmith Inc. produces speed reducers to be used in construction of Atlas and Titan missiles.
- Bill an Marge Little purchase the Winship Pharmacy from Robert Winship in November.
- Youth Incorporated begins operating out of their new Youth Center at the Smith House on Buffalo Street.
- Sprigville Jaycess are officially chartered on May 8th. Stanley Krezmien is elected as the first president.
- Dash Dairy opens their new dairy bar in the old M&M building on Main Street.
- Telephone Company erects a new building on West Main Street.
- Nu-Way Market commences operations in its new building on Mechanic Street.
- John Graff completes 50 years as a businessman in Springville.
- Jay Bicknell wins his second straight Springville Junior Tennis Championship.
- Methodists perform a Consecration Service for their new building on November 9th.
1959
- 'Grampa' Harold Olmsted, Springville artist exhibits at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in April.
- New York Telephone completes change over pf Springville to dial service on January 18th.
- Jay Ingerson of Springville is selected to attend the 3rd annual 'National Pop Warner Scholars Pilgrimage to Independence Hall' from June 20-27. This honor is presented to those considered to be the best young athletes in the United States.
- Thomas John Gentner is the 5000th baby to be born at Chaffee Hospital.
- Roswell Park Memorial Institute conducts an open house at its Springville facility to show its new Biological Research Laboratory.
- Springville Manufacturing moves into a larger building located on North Street.
1960
- 200 people stranded in the village by a snowstorm on February 25th.
- Lanny Brown of Springville appears in the first live concert ever televised directly from the stage of the famous Eastman Theater in Rochester.
- Springville Jaycees sponsor their first Children's Easter Egg Hunt at Fiddler's Green and the Wading Pool Parks.
- Springville Jayncees receive their charter and Mrs. Dyar Haddad is elected first president.
- New phone extension LY 2 is established in the village.
- Community Pool operated by Youth Inc. is opened on August 20th.
- The League for the Handicapped is organized under the leadership of Betty Cooke on August 11th.
- Chaffee Hospital holds Open House on November 27th to exhibit the new maternity, kitchen, dining, lab, x-ray and EKG facilities.
1961
- Springville area ministers organize a Ministerium with Rev. S. Berney as president.
- The Springville Harness Horsemen hosted the Western New York organizations meeting in March.
- Harvey Cole becomes the new manager of the Speedimat Laundry of Buffalo Street.
- Springville Municipal Electric Department begins receiving New York State Power Authority electrical energy on May 24th.
- William Bensley is elected president of the New York State Farm Bureau Federation on November 15th.
1962
- The Town of Concord celebrates its Sesquicentennial.
- Fiddler's Green Manor Nursing Home begins operations in its new Main Street facility.
- Springville Manufacturing completes an addition of 1500 sq. feet to its North Street plant.
- Martin Peterson sells his machine shop to a corporation formed by Arthur A. Reed on March 3rd.
- June 23rd marks the beginning of nationwide direct dialing in Springville.
- J. Wilson Bement commemorates his 53rd year in business on Main Street.
- Don Champ, a member of the Springville Rough Riders, was acclaimed Grand Champion at both the Little Valley and West Valley Horse Show Competitions.
- Lucy Bensley retires in October as head librarian of the Springville Library after nearly 60 years of service.
1963
- Dr. Sheridan C. Waite opens a dental office in the Waite Building in January.
- January 16th marks the selection of Thomas Krezmien as Manzano Air Force Base Athlete of the year 1962.
- The Springville Masons honors Ira Williams and Omar Georgia for 60 years of service.
- Chaffee Hospital records the birth of triplets to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sullivan of Springville.
- Universal Match Corporation acquires Winsmith Inc..
- Kiwanis Club Sponsors Springville's first Pageant of Bands on May 25th.
- Violent winds on May 10th topple trees, down power lines and damage roofs and auto.
- Governor Rockfeller participates in groundbreaking ceremonies at the Nuclear Service Center on June 13th.
- Mr. And Mrs. Delotus Babcock celebrate their 75th wedding anniversary on May 30th.
1964
- Dr. Leonell Strong leaves the Roswell Park Labs in springville for a new position with the Salk Research Center in California in April.
- Thomas J. Kenney retires as Village Clerk after nearly 30 years of service.
- Drs. Roland Whitehead and Richard Boese open their Springville Animal Hospital on Waverly Street.
- Jeff Kearns of Springville hitchhikes to California in less than three days.
- The Springville Masons presents Dr. Ralph B. Waite the 70-Year Pin in July.
- Jack Yellen, Springville songwriter, appears on Channel 7's 'Dialogue' program on July 18th.
- Dyar Haddad purchases Miller-Frank Insurance Agency on August ist.
- Golf professional Ange Alberico of Springville and his partner win the George McLean Memorial Pro-Pro Invitational at Endicott.
- Richard White bowls the first 700 series ever recorded in the village when he rolled games of 198, 245 and 269 for a total of 712 while at Concord Lanes.
- George Schuster is called to Reno, Nevada on March 5th to supervise reconstruction of the Thomas Flyer he helped drive in the 1908 Round the World Race.
- Smith & Smith Inc. on Franklin Street, manufacturers of amusement rides for forty years, is sold to the Acme Diamond Casting Corporation.
- Walter G. Mason buts the Endicott-Johnson Shoe Store at 25 East Main.
- Art Benson purchases Lindstrom-Schrader Ford Agency on October 5.
- St. Paul's Episcopal Church on East Main Street is completed and dedicated on September 20th.
1965
- With the completion of the new addition, the high school is officially dedicated on March 7th.
- Carol Faye Goodson of G.I. earns second place in the New York State Betty Crocker 'Homemaker of Tomorrow' contest.
- G.I. graduates depart for Peace Corps Volunteer service: James Brucker to Columbia and Ronald Neureuther to Nigeria.
- First annual 'Pop' Warner Day held on October 16th.
- Monday Club commemorates its 75 anniversary.
- Springville has the first telecommunication system to send radioactivity data directly to Albany.
- Official opening of the Springville Country Club's 18 hole golf course and new clubhouse occurs on August 12th.
1966
- Nuclear Fuel Service begins processing nuclear wastes at its West Valley facility.
- Presbyterian Church celebrates its Sesquicentennial.
- January 31 marks the worst snowstorm to hit Springville in many years – 6 to 9 feet drifts in the village.
- The Buffalo Harvard Club honors artist Harold L. Olmstead of Main Street, Springville as their 'Man of the Year'
- Winsmith completes $1,000,000 expansion in April.
- Maurice Simon, Springville's oldest businessman, sells his interest to his son, Robert and retires from Simon Bros, after 62 years of service.
- Louis J. Reed sells his insurance agency to Ellis Brothers in August.
- Miss Eleanor Gale of G.I. is nominated for the National Teacher of the Year Award.
- Clem Heim wins the Class C State Trap Championship at the tournament held in Bridgeport, N.Y.
1967
- G.I. attracts 2,500 for the first night football game on September 16th.
- William E. Bensley of Springville is elected to the New York State Constitutional Convention.
- The Lowe Family marks its Centennial Year of publishing the Springville Journal.
- Ground breaking is held for the new addition to Chaffee Hospital.
- Karl Godart is honored for more than 20 years of service to our community.
- Robinson Knife Company knives are displayed in Moscow as part of an Industrial Design U.S.A. Exhibit coordinated by the U.S. Information Service.
- Mayor Paul Frank is elected President of the Erie County Village Officials Association in April.
- David Gray of Springville receives the Air Medal for heroism in combat while serving in Vietnam.
- Clifford E. Hughes is elected Chairman of the New York State Teachers Association Council in June.
- Rev. Norman Douglas, of the Methodist Church, has his mystery story ' The Washing Machine' published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine in September.
- Mr. And Mrs. Lee Edwards establishes the first annual Springville Treasure Hunt.
1968
- The electric scoreboard is erected at Pop Warner Field.
- Buffalo Evening News Athlete of the Year Award for 1967-1968 is presented to Bruce and Brian Huckle.
- Bob Johnson participates in the Bob Hope Desert Classic as a guest of the Chrysler Corporation.
- Lucy Bensley passes away on January 15th.
- G.I. wins another Division II basketball championship.
- Bomb hoax closes the high school on April 1st.
- G.I. High School establishes a state record when all three of its music organizations (band, orchestra and chorus) achieved an A VI rating at the New York State Music Association Contest Festival held on May 10-11th
- Marine Midland Bank dedicates its new bank on North Buffalo Street and donates the old bank building to the village.
- Benjamin Minowitz retires after 37 years in the retail business.
1969
- Eric Gnannm G.I. senior, wins first place in the quarterfinals of the American Legion Oratorical Contest held at John F Kennedy High School on January 9th.
- Gerry Knapp ties for first place in his decision of the Turkey Slalom Skiing Races at Vail, Colorado.
- The Jan-Feb. issue of Steelways magazine refers to one of the inventors of barbed wire, Isaac Elwood, who was born in Springville.
- The Erie County Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs chooses Webb Coons of Springville 'Sportman of the Year'.
- Marine John M. Ellis becomes Springville's first fatality of the Vietnam War.
- James F. Murray retires as President of Winsmith Inc.
- 'Old' G.I. is closed – double sessions to start in 1970.
- Toll free dialing for the Buffalo Metropolitan area commences in Springville on September 21st.
1970
- Governor Rockefeller appoints William E. Bensley Executive Director of the New York State Agriculture Resources Commission.
- G.I. ‘s High School Orchestra performs at the National Music Educator's Conference in Chicago on March 8th.
- Dennis Heinz is Springville's second causality of the Vietnam War.
- Japanese representatives of the Seiki-Kogyosho Ltd., a gear-motor and speed reducer manufacturer, observe operations at Winsmith.
- Members of the Rotary Foundation Group Exchange from District 104, England visits the Springville Rotary Club in May.
- Ron Hess of the G.I. track team sets a new ECIC record in the 880 with a time of 1:58:1.
- Springville archers Bob Fiedler, son Paul Fiedler, and Pete Kader captures 8 medals at the National Field Archery Association Tournament in Illinois.
- Springville Girl Scouts celebrate their 50th anniversary.
- The Springville Athletic Scholarship Committee is founded.
1971
- George Schuster Sr. celebrates his 98th birthday on February 4th.
- The Enser family acquires the ownership of the Leland House.
- The village erects Newman Street water tower.
- Erie County celebrates its sesquicentennial.
- Lutheran Church celebrates its 100th anniversary.
- Conrad Meinecke, ex-scout official, dies at 87.
- E. Richard Lowe receives the New York Press Golden Plaque Award for half century of service.
- League for the Handicapped moves to larger facilities at the Methodist Church.
- Tornado hits the village on August 22nd.
1972
- Dance marathon is held at the town hall – winner goes 3,237 minutes.
- Artist Harold Olmstead passes away on March 19 at age 85.
- Ames Plaza opens on October 12th.
- G.I. wins the Section VI, Division 8 football championship.
- The Lavender Lantern on Mechanic Street opens for business in November.
- Gordon J. Salzler is elected a Director of the Retail Lumbermens Association in January.
- Charles Whitmer and Robert Schlageter win the Inter-State Teachers Double Bowling Championship at the tournament held in June.
- William J. Weismantel of the Springville Kiwanis is chosen Lt. Governor of the Niagara Frontier East Division of Kiwanis International for 1972-1973.
- Rick Rudolph of G.I. wins the Billy Kelly Award for Division IV as the outstanding athlete.
- Jud Strunk is featured in the Andy Williams Road Show on its current tour through the southern states.
1973
- Dyar 'Pat' Haddad is named to the Insurance Salesmen Magazine's 51st All-Star National Life Insurance Honor Roll. Pat was sponsored by the Thomas Jefferson Insurance Company after two years of personal production ocer the million dollar figure.
- Mahl Brothers complete their new Auto Care Center on Rt 219.
- Acme Market opens at Ames Plaza
- G.I. football teams are ranked 2nd in the state after completing its second straight unbeaten season.
- St. Aloysius Church buys 'Old G.I.' in March and the building is razed in April.
- Zoar Motel Park Begins operations on May 6th.
- Dr. Reza Ghaffari opens his new Springville Health Care Center.
- Dr. Gerald Daigler starts his pediatrics practice in the village in July.
- Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company erects its new bank on Mechanic Street.
1974
- The area is saddened by the death of Msgr. Herman J. Zimmerman on March 15th. He had served as pastor of St. Aloysius Roamn Catholic Church for many years.
- The old M & T Bank at the corner of Main and Mechanic Streets is demolished in late March to make way for a new mini-park.
- The Springville Field and Stream wins the Club of the Year Award for 1973 at the annual banquet of the Erie County Federation of Sportsmen Clubs in February.
- Jennie B. Richmond Chaffee Nursing Home is completed and begins admitting patients.
- Firemen dedicate a memorial marker at the Fire Hall to all former members of the department.
- G.I. varsity football team finishes 7-0-1 for a total record of 23-0-1 for three seasons.
- A windstorm in April takes the roof off of the Zoar Motel.
1950
- American Legion Post 431 moves to the log cabin on S. Buffalo Street from their previous meeting site over Walters Pharmacy.
- A Baltimore and Ohio freight train is wrecked north of the Buffalo Street crossing.
- Ground breaking for the new school on Buffalo takes place on April 20th.
- Lutherans begin construction of a new church on the corner of Main Street and Central Avenue.
- Chaffee Hospital is enlarged with the first addition being made to the original Chaffee homestead.
- Albany approves a new sewer system and treatment plant for Springville on December 28th.
- Don Blakely and his father George form a partnership in running Wells News Stand.
1951
- Springville Historical Society reorganized as the Concord Historical Society.
- Karl (Tom) Kluckhohn of Springville represents Colgate University in the East-West Football Game in San Francisco.
- Bob Johnson purchases the Luss Bros. Garage on West Main Street.
- G.I. Concert Band is judged the finest in the state at the Music Contest held on May 18th and 19th in Hamburg.
1952
- Springville Sports Boosters is organized.
- First Annual Sports Night is held on January 17 at the Lutheran Church.
- Springville Moose is dedicating their new building on Buffalo Street on April 27th.
- Springville acclaimed as the smallest community in the U.S. to be operating an educational broadcasting station by the Educational Broadcasters meeting in Columbus, Ohio in April.
- On May 2, Harry S. Gray of the Springville Roller Mills celebrates his 50th year in the retail feed business.
- John J. Ellis and Curtis S. Bates form a law partnership.
- Four Springville golfers see a 'wolf' near the course on July 13th.
- Citizen's Bank celebrates its 50th anniversary on July 19th.
- James Wolf becomes the first local casualty of the Korean War on October 12th.
1953
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- Springville Rough Riders assist in rounding up stray cattle in Zoar Valley for owner Mr. Conklin.
- Weismantel Brothers sell their furniture business to Witter-Davis.
- Concord Historical Society purchases the Bianca Bemet Homestead at the corner of Main and Franklin Streets utilizing funds provided by Mr. And Mrs. Glenn 'Pop' Warner.
- George Dell opens the Red and White Super Market on Main Street.
1954
- Dr. Donald J. Meechan, Dr. Richard A. Loomis and Dr. Edmund S. Rothchild join in the formation of the Concord Medical Group.
- Will Davis retire after 65 years of banking service, first with the Farmers Bank and in later years with the Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company.
- Warner Museum and Historical Building is officially dedicated on May 27th.
- The Frontier Glove Company opens its plant on North Street on July 8th.
- Funeral services are held for Glenn 'Pop' Warner at the Weismantel Funeral Home. Burial follows in Maplewood Cemetery.
- Community Park is developed on Buffalo Road near Route 219.
- $100,000 fire occurs at Robinson Knife works.
- $46,565 addition is authorized at Bertrand Chaffee Hospital.
- Frank Pitillo bowls a 300 game at the Springville Lanes – the first perfect game ever recorded in the village.
1955
- St. Aloysius Roman Catholic Church dedicates its new building on Sunday October 9th.
- Springville Masons celebrates their Centennial year.
- World War I veterans organize as the 'Springville Barracks'( branch of the National Work War I organization)
- Cascade Rebekah Lodge celebrates its 50th birthday.
- The American Red Cross for exceptional service honors two Springville men, Leon J. Oyer and Webster M. Krise.
- Warren Smerczak wins the senior men's tennis championship for the third consecutive time by defeating George Gundlach.
- Evangelist Clarence Shrier holds a tent meeting at the Springville airport.
- Veterinarian David D Dygert opens an office on Vaughn Street.
1956
- Allen Folts sells Walter Pharmacy to George Welch in January.
- Anthony Frelock catches a 7 lb. Brown trout measuring 27' in Cattaraugus Creek on April 23.
- Alan Manchester wins first place in the Western New York FFA Speaking contest held in the high school on April 11th.
- G.I. varsity baseball team clinches the league championship with its 8 – 7 victory over Holland.
- Mike Parco, Springville Country Club Professional, is the only Buffalo District golfer to earn a berth in the National Open.
- Charles Feldman opens Charlie's Delicatessen in July.
- Snowstorm strands numerous motorists on Thanksgiving Day – School bus is used to help in the rescue operation.
- Edwin Kuhn opens his new Rexall Drug Store.
- Ron Farner assumes management of the Mobil Gas Station on Franklin Street.
1957
- David F. Carlstrom is the first from the Springville area to attend the Air Force Academy.
- Lions Club brings the Mills Brothers Circus to Springville on July 23rd.
- Guy K. Protector, owned and driven by Dewitt Dygert of Springville, sets a world record of 2:01 for aged trotting stallions on a one half mile track at Saratogo on July 17th.
- John Hunchar purchases Wells News from the Blakelys on August 1st.
- A Lucy Bensley Day is held in September to honor her for 54 years of service to the community.
- Henry Joslin, G.I. senior, is chosen as a High School All-American in football by the Wigwam Wisemen of America,
- The new elementary school is dedicated on North and Newman Streets on November 10th.
1958
- Winsmith Inc. produces speed reducers to be used in construction of Atlas and Titan missiles.
- Bill an Marge Little purchase the Winship Pharmacy from Robert Winship in November.
- Youth Incorporated begins operating out of their new Youth Center at the Smith House on Buffalo Street.
- Sprigville Jaycess are officially chartered on May 8th. Stanley Krezmien is elected as the first president.
- Dash Dairy opens their new dairy bar in the old M&M building on Main Street.
- Telephone Company erects a new building on West Main Street.
- Nu-Way Market commences operations in its new building on Mechanic Street.
- John Graff completes 50 years as a businessman in Springville.
- Jay Bicknell wins his second straight Springville Junior Tennis Championship.
- Methodists perform a Consecration Service for their new building on November 9th.
1959
- 'Grampa' Harold Olmsted, Springville artist exhibits at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in April.
- New York Telephone completes change over pf Springville to dial service on January 18th.
- Jay Ingerson of Springville is selected to attend the 3rd annual 'National Pop Warner Scholars Pilgrimage to Independence Hall' from June 20-27. This honor is presented to those considered to be the best young athletes in the United States.
- Thomas John Gentner is the 5000th baby to be born at Chaffee Hospital.
- Roswell Park Memorial Institute conducts an open house at its Springville facility to show its new Biological Research Laboratory.
- Springville Manufacturing moves into a larger building located on North Street.
1960
- 200 people stranded in the village by a snowstorm on February 25th.
- Lanny Brown of Springville appears in the first live concert ever televised directly from the stage of the famous Eastman Theater in Rochester.
- Springville Jaycees sponsor their first Children's Easter Egg Hunt at Fiddler's Green and the Wading Pool Parks.
- Springville Jayncees receive their charter and Mrs. Dyar Haddad is elected first president.
- New phone extension LY 2 is established in the village.
- Community Pool operated by Youth Inc. is opened on August 20th.
- The League for the Handicapped is organized under the leadership of Betty Cooke on August 11th.
- Chaffee Hospital holds Open House on November 27th to exhibit the new maternity, kitchen, dining, lab, x-ray and EKG facilities.
1961
- Springville area ministers organize a Ministerium with Rev. S. Berney as president.
- The Springville Harness Horsemen hosted the Western New York organizations meeting in March.
- Harvey Cole becomes the new manager of the Speedimat Laundry of Buffalo Street.
- Springville Municipal Electric Department begins receiving New York State Power Authority electrical energy on May 24th.
- William Bensley is elected president of the New York State Farm Bureau Federation on November 15th.
1962
- The Town of Concord celebrates its Sesquicentennial.
- Fiddler's Green Manor Nursing Home begins operations in its new Main Street facility.
- Springville Manufacturing completes an addition of 1500 sq. feet to its North Street plant.
- Martin Peterson sells his machine shop to a corporation formed by Arthur A. Reed on March 3rd.
- June 23rd marks the beginning of nationwide direct dialing in Springville.
- J. Wilson Bement commemorates his 53rd year in business on Main Street.
- Don Champ, a member of the Springville Rough Riders, was acclaimed Grand Champion at both the Little Valley and West Valley Horse Show Competitions.
- Lucy Bensley retires in October as head librarian of the Springville Library after nearly 60 years of service.
1963
- Dr. Sheridan C. Waite opens a dental office in the Waite Building in January.
- January 16th marks the selection of Thomas Krezmien as Manzano Air Force Base Athlete of the year 1962.
- The Springville Masons honors Ira Williams and Omar Georgia for 60 years of service.
- Chaffee Hospital records the birth of triplets to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sullivan of Springville.
- Universal Match Corporation acquires Winsmith Inc..
- Kiwanis Club Sponsors Springville's first Pageant of Bands on May 25th.
- Violent winds on May 10th topple trees, down power lines and damage roofs and auto.
- Governor Rockfeller participates in groundbreaking ceremonies at the Nuclear Service Center on June 13th.
- Mr. And Mrs. Delotus Babcock celebrate their 75th wedding anniversary on May 30th.
1964
- Dr. Leonell Strong leaves the Roswell Park Labs in springville for a new position with the Salk Research Center in California in April.
- Thomas J. Kenney retires as Village Clerk after nearly 30 years of service.
- Drs. Roland Whitehead and Richard Boese open their Springville Animal Hospital on Waverly Street.
- Jeff Kearns of Springville hitchhikes to California in less than three days.
- The Springville Masons presents Dr. Ralph B. Waite the 70-Year Pin in July.
- Jack Yellen, Springville songwriter, appears on Channel 7's 'Dialogue' program on July 18th.
- Dyar Haddad purchases Miller-Frank Insurance Agency on August ist.
- Golf professional Ange Alberico of Springville and his partner win the George McLean Memorial Pro-Pro Invitational at Endicott.
- Richard White bowls the first 700 series ever recorded in the village when he rolled games of 198, 245 and 269 for a total of 712 while at Concord Lanes.
- George Schuster is called to Reno, Nevada on March 5th to supervise reconstruction of the Thomas Flyer he helped drive in the 1908 Round the World Race.
- Smith & Smith Inc. on Franklin Street, manufacturers of amusement rides for forty years, is sold to the Acme Diamond Casting Corporation.
- Walter G. Mason buts the Endicott-Johnson Shoe Store at 25 East Main.
- Art Benson purchases Lindstrom-Schrader Ford Agency on October 5.
- St. Paul's Episcopal Church on East Main Street is completed and dedicated on September 20th.
1965
- With the completion of the new addition, the high school is officially dedicated on March 7th.
- Carol Faye Goodson of G.I. earns second place in the New York State Betty Crocker 'Homemaker of Tomorrow' contest.
- G.I. graduates depart for Peace Corps Volunteer service: James Brucker to Columbia and Ronald Neureuther to Nigeria.
- First annual 'Pop' Warner Day held on October 16th.
- Monday Club commemorates its 75 anniversary.
- Springville has the first telecommunication system to send radioactivity data directly to Albany.
- Official opening of the Springville Country Club's 18 hole golf course and new clubhouse occurs on August 12th.
1966
- Nuclear Fuel Service begins processing nuclear wastes at its West Valley facility.
- Presbyterian Church celebrates its Sesquicentennial.
- January 31 marks the worst snowstorm to hit Springville in many years – 6 to 9 feet drifts in the village.
- The Buffalo Harvard Club honors artist Harold L. Olmstead of Main Street, Springville as their 'Man of the Year'
- Winsmith completes $1,000,000 expansion in April.
- Maurice Simon, Springville's oldest businessman, sells his interest to his son, Robert and retires from Simon Bros, after 62 years of service.
- Louis J. Reed sells his insurance agency to Ellis Brothers in August.
- Miss Eleanor Gale of G.I. is nominated for the National Teacher of the Year Award.
- Clem Heim wins the Class C State Trap Championship at the tournament held in Bridgeport, N.Y.
1967
- G.I. attracts 2,500 for the first night football game on September 16th.
- William E. Bensley of Springville is elected to the New York State Constitutional Convention.
- The Lowe Family marks its Centennial Year of publishing the Springville Journal.
- Ground breaking is held for the new addition to Chaffee Hospital.
- Karl Godart is honored for more than 20 years of service to our community.
- Robinson Knife Company knives are displayed in Moscow as part of an Industrial Design U.S.A. Exhibit coordinated by the U.S. Information Service.
- Mayor Paul Frank is elected President of the Erie County Village Officials Association in April.
- David Gray of Springville receives the Air Medal for heroism in combat while serving in Vietnam.
- Clifford E. Hughes is elected Chairman of the New York State Teachers Association Council in June.
- Rev. Norman Douglas, of the Methodist Church, has his mystery story ' The Washing Machine' published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine in September.
- Mr. And Mrs. Lee Edwards establishes the first annual Springville Treasure Hunt.
1968
- The electric scoreboard is erected at Pop Warner Field.
- Buffalo Evening News Athlete of the Year Award for 1967-1968 is presented to Bruce and Brian Huckle.
- Bob Johnson participates in the Bob Hope Desert Classic as a guest of the Chrysler Corporation.
- Lucy Bensley passes away on January 15th.
- G.I. wins another Division II basketball championship.
- Bomb hoax closes the high school on April 1st.
- G.I. High School establishes a state record when all three of its music organizations (band, orchestra and chorus) achieved an A VI rating at the New York State Music Association Contest Festival held on May 10-11th
- Marine Midland Bank dedicates its new bank on North Buffalo Street and donates the old bank building to the village.
- Benjamin Minowitz retires after 37 years in the retail business.
1969
- Eric Gnannm G.I. senior, wins first place in the quarterfinals of the American Legion Oratorical Contest held at John F Kennedy High School on January 9th.
- Gerry Knapp ties for first place in his decision of the Turkey Slalom Skiing Races at Vail, Colorado.
- The Jan-Feb. issue of Steelways magazine refers to one of the inventors of barbed wire, Isaac Elwood, who was born in Springville.
- The Erie County Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs chooses Webb Coons of Springville 'Sportman of the Year'.
- Marine John M. Ellis becomes Springville's first fatality of the Vietnam War.
- James F. Murray retires as President of Winsmith Inc.
- 'Old' G.I. is closed – double sessions to start in 1970.
- Toll free dialing for the Buffalo Metropolitan area commences in Springville on September 21st.
1970
- Governor Rockefeller appoints William E. Bensley Executive Director of the New York State Agriculture Resources Commission.
- G.I. ‘s High School Orchestra performs at the National Music Educator's Conference in Chicago on March 8th.
- Dennis Heinz is Springville's second causality of the Vietnam War.
- Japanese representatives of the Seiki-Kogyosho Ltd., a gear-motor and speed reducer manufacturer, observe operations at Winsmith.
- Members of the Rotary Foundation Group Exchange from District 104, England visits the Springville Rotary Club in May.
- Ron Hess of the G.I. track team sets a new ECIC record in the 880 with a time of 1:58:1.
- Springville archers Bob Fiedler, son Paul Fiedler, and Pete Kader captures 8 medals at the National Field Archery Association Tournament in Illinois.
- Springville Girl Scouts celebrate their 50th anniversary.
- The Springville Athletic Scholarship Committee is founded.
1971
- George Schuster Sr. celebrates his 98th birthday on February 4th.
New Springville Speed Dating Over 50 Yrs
- The Enser family acquires the ownership of the Leland House.
- The village erects Newman Street water tower.
- Erie County celebrates its sesquicentennial.
- Lutheran Church celebrates its 100th anniversary.
- Conrad Meinecke, ex-scout official, dies at 87.
- E. Richard Lowe receives the New York Press Golden Plaque Award for half century of service.
- League for the Handicapped moves to larger facilities at the Methodist Church.
- Tornado hits the village on August 22nd.
1972
- Dance marathon is held at the town hall – winner goes 3,237 minutes.
- Artist Harold Olmstead passes away on March 19 at age 85.
- Ames Plaza opens on October 12th.
- G.I. wins the Section VI, Division 8 football championship.
- The Lavender Lantern on Mechanic Street opens for business in November.
- Gordon J. Salzler is elected a Director of the Retail Lumbermens Association in January.
- Charles Whitmer and Robert Schlageter win the Inter-State Teachers Double Bowling Championship at the tournament held in June.
- William J. Weismantel of the Springville Kiwanis is chosen Lt. Governor of the Niagara Frontier East Division of Kiwanis International for 1972-1973.
- Rick Rudolph of G.I. wins the Billy Kelly Award for Division IV as the outstanding athlete.
- Jud Strunk is featured in the Andy Williams Road Show on its current tour through the southern states.
1973
- Dyar 'Pat' Haddad is named to the Insurance Salesmen Magazine's 51st All-Star National Life Insurance Honor Roll. Pat was sponsored by the Thomas Jefferson Insurance Company after two years of personal production ocer the million dollar figure.
- Mahl Brothers complete their new Auto Care Center on Rt 219.
- Acme Market opens at Ames Plaza
- G.I. football teams are ranked 2nd in the state after completing its second straight unbeaten season.
- St. Aloysius Church buys 'Old G.I.' in March and the building is razed in April.
- Zoar Motel Park Begins operations on May 6th.
- Dr. Reza Ghaffari opens his new Springville Health Care Center.
- Dr. Gerald Daigler starts his pediatrics practice in the village in July.
- Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company erects its new bank on Mechanic Street.
1974
- The area is saddened by the death of Msgr. Herman J. Zimmerman on March 15th. He had served as pastor of St. Aloysius Roamn Catholic Church for many years.
- The old M & T Bank at the corner of Main and Mechanic Streets is demolished in late March to make way for a new mini-park.
- The Springville Field and Stream wins the Club of the Year Award for 1973 at the annual banquet of the Erie County Federation of Sportsmen Clubs in February.
- Jennie B. Richmond Chaffee Nursing Home is completed and begins admitting patients.
- Firemen dedicate a memorial marker at the Fire Hall to all former members of the department.
New Springville Speed Dating Over 50
- G.I. varsity football team finishes 7-0-1 for a total record of 23-0-1 for three seasons.
- G.I. varsity baseball team clinches the league championship with its 8 – 7 victory over Holland.
- Mike Parco, Springville Country Club Professional, is the only Buffalo District golfer to earn a berth in the National Open.
- Charles Feldman opens Charlie's Delicatessen in July.
- Snowstorm strands numerous motorists on Thanksgiving Day – School bus is used to help in the rescue operation.
- Edwin Kuhn opens his new Rexall Drug Store.
- Ron Farner assumes management of the Mobil Gas Station on Franklin Street.
1957
- David F. Carlstrom is the first from the Springville area to attend the Air Force Academy.
- Lions Club brings the Mills Brothers Circus to Springville on July 23rd.
- Guy K. Protector, owned and driven by Dewitt Dygert of Springville, sets a world record of 2:01 for aged trotting stallions on a one half mile track at Saratogo on July 17th.
- John Hunchar purchases Wells News from the Blakelys on August 1st.
- A Lucy Bensley Day is held in September to honor her for 54 years of service to the community.
- Henry Joslin, G.I. senior, is chosen as a High School All-American in football by the Wigwam Wisemen of America,
- The new elementary school is dedicated on North and Newman Streets on November 10th.
1958
- Winsmith Inc. produces speed reducers to be used in construction of Atlas and Titan missiles.
- Bill an Marge Little purchase the Winship Pharmacy from Robert Winship in November.
- Youth Incorporated begins operating out of their new Youth Center at the Smith House on Buffalo Street.
- Sprigville Jaycess are officially chartered on May 8th. Stanley Krezmien is elected as the first president.
- Dash Dairy opens their new dairy bar in the old M&M building on Main Street.
- Telephone Company erects a new building on West Main Street.
- Nu-Way Market commences operations in its new building on Mechanic Street.
- John Graff completes 50 years as a businessman in Springville.
- Jay Bicknell wins his second straight Springville Junior Tennis Championship.
- Methodists perform a Consecration Service for their new building on November 9th.
1959
- 'Grampa' Harold Olmsted, Springville artist exhibits at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in April.
- New York Telephone completes change over pf Springville to dial service on January 18th.
- Jay Ingerson of Springville is selected to attend the 3rd annual 'National Pop Warner Scholars Pilgrimage to Independence Hall' from June 20-27. This honor is presented to those considered to be the best young athletes in the United States.
- Thomas John Gentner is the 5000th baby to be born at Chaffee Hospital.
- Roswell Park Memorial Institute conducts an open house at its Springville facility to show its new Biological Research Laboratory.
- Springville Manufacturing moves into a larger building located on North Street.
1960
- 200 people stranded in the village by a snowstorm on February 25th.
- Lanny Brown of Springville appears in the first live concert ever televised directly from the stage of the famous Eastman Theater in Rochester.
- Springville Jaycees sponsor their first Children's Easter Egg Hunt at Fiddler's Green and the Wading Pool Parks.
- Springville Jayncees receive their charter and Mrs. Dyar Haddad is elected first president.
- New phone extension LY 2 is established in the village.
- Community Pool operated by Youth Inc. is opened on August 20th.
- The League for the Handicapped is organized under the leadership of Betty Cooke on August 11th.
- Chaffee Hospital holds Open House on November 27th to exhibit the new maternity, kitchen, dining, lab, x-ray and EKG facilities.
1961
- Springville area ministers organize a Ministerium with Rev. S. Berney as president.
- The Springville Harness Horsemen hosted the Western New York organizations meeting in March.
- Harvey Cole becomes the new manager of the Speedimat Laundry of Buffalo Street.
- Springville Municipal Electric Department begins receiving New York State Power Authority electrical energy on May 24th.
- William Bensley is elected president of the New York State Farm Bureau Federation on November 15th.
1962
- The Town of Concord celebrates its Sesquicentennial.
- Fiddler's Green Manor Nursing Home begins operations in its new Main Street facility.
- Springville Manufacturing completes an addition of 1500 sq. feet to its North Street plant.
- Martin Peterson sells his machine shop to a corporation formed by Arthur A. Reed on March 3rd.
- June 23rd marks the beginning of nationwide direct dialing in Springville.
- J. Wilson Bement commemorates his 53rd year in business on Main Street.
- Don Champ, a member of the Springville Rough Riders, was acclaimed Grand Champion at both the Little Valley and West Valley Horse Show Competitions.
- Lucy Bensley retires in October as head librarian of the Springville Library after nearly 60 years of service.
1963
- Dr. Sheridan C. Waite opens a dental office in the Waite Building in January.
- January 16th marks the selection of Thomas Krezmien as Manzano Air Force Base Athlete of the year 1962.
- The Springville Masons honors Ira Williams and Omar Georgia for 60 years of service.
- Chaffee Hospital records the birth of triplets to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sullivan of Springville.
- Universal Match Corporation acquires Winsmith Inc..
- Kiwanis Club Sponsors Springville's first Pageant of Bands on May 25th.
- Violent winds on May 10th topple trees, down power lines and damage roofs and auto.
- Governor Rockfeller participates in groundbreaking ceremonies at the Nuclear Service Center on June 13th.
- Mr. And Mrs. Delotus Babcock celebrate their 75th wedding anniversary on May 30th.
1964
- Dr. Leonell Strong leaves the Roswell Park Labs in springville for a new position with the Salk Research Center in California in April.
- Thomas J. Kenney retires as Village Clerk after nearly 30 years of service.
- Drs. Roland Whitehead and Richard Boese open their Springville Animal Hospital on Waverly Street.
- Jeff Kearns of Springville hitchhikes to California in less than three days.
- The Springville Masons presents Dr. Ralph B. Waite the 70-Year Pin in July.
- Jack Yellen, Springville songwriter, appears on Channel 7's 'Dialogue' program on July 18th.
- Dyar Haddad purchases Miller-Frank Insurance Agency on August ist.
- Golf professional Ange Alberico of Springville and his partner win the George McLean Memorial Pro-Pro Invitational at Endicott.
- Richard White bowls the first 700 series ever recorded in the village when he rolled games of 198, 245 and 269 for a total of 712 while at Concord Lanes.
- George Schuster is called to Reno, Nevada on March 5th to supervise reconstruction of the Thomas Flyer he helped drive in the 1908 Round the World Race.
- Smith & Smith Inc. on Franklin Street, manufacturers of amusement rides for forty years, is sold to the Acme Diamond Casting Corporation.
- Walter G. Mason buts the Endicott-Johnson Shoe Store at 25 East Main.
- Art Benson purchases Lindstrom-Schrader Ford Agency on October 5.
- St. Paul's Episcopal Church on East Main Street is completed and dedicated on September 20th.
1965
- With the completion of the new addition, the high school is officially dedicated on March 7th.
- Carol Faye Goodson of G.I. earns second place in the New York State Betty Crocker 'Homemaker of Tomorrow' contest.
- G.I. graduates depart for Peace Corps Volunteer service: James Brucker to Columbia and Ronald Neureuther to Nigeria.
- First annual 'Pop' Warner Day held on October 16th.
- Monday Club commemorates its 75 anniversary.
- Springville has the first telecommunication system to send radioactivity data directly to Albany.
- Official opening of the Springville Country Club's 18 hole golf course and new clubhouse occurs on August 12th.
1966
- Nuclear Fuel Service begins processing nuclear wastes at its West Valley facility.
- Presbyterian Church celebrates its Sesquicentennial.
- January 31 marks the worst snowstorm to hit Springville in many years – 6 to 9 feet drifts in the village.
- The Buffalo Harvard Club honors artist Harold L. Olmstead of Main Street, Springville as their 'Man of the Year'
- Winsmith completes $1,000,000 expansion in April.
- Maurice Simon, Springville's oldest businessman, sells his interest to his son, Robert and retires from Simon Bros, after 62 years of service.
- Louis J. Reed sells his insurance agency to Ellis Brothers in August.
- Miss Eleanor Gale of G.I. is nominated for the National Teacher of the Year Award.
- Clem Heim wins the Class C State Trap Championship at the tournament held in Bridgeport, N.Y.
1967
- G.I. attracts 2,500 for the first night football game on September 16th.
- William E. Bensley of Springville is elected to the New York State Constitutional Convention.
- The Lowe Family marks its Centennial Year of publishing the Springville Journal.
- Ground breaking is held for the new addition to Chaffee Hospital.
- Karl Godart is honored for more than 20 years of service to our community.
- Robinson Knife Company knives are displayed in Moscow as part of an Industrial Design U.S.A. Exhibit coordinated by the U.S. Information Service.
- Mayor Paul Frank is elected President of the Erie County Village Officials Association in April.
- David Gray of Springville receives the Air Medal for heroism in combat while serving in Vietnam.
- Clifford E. Hughes is elected Chairman of the New York State Teachers Association Council in June.
- Rev. Norman Douglas, of the Methodist Church, has his mystery story ' The Washing Machine' published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine in September.
- Mr. And Mrs. Lee Edwards establishes the first annual Springville Treasure Hunt.
1968
- The electric scoreboard is erected at Pop Warner Field.
- Buffalo Evening News Athlete of the Year Award for 1967-1968 is presented to Bruce and Brian Huckle.
- Bob Johnson participates in the Bob Hope Desert Classic as a guest of the Chrysler Corporation.
- Lucy Bensley passes away on January 15th.
- G.I. wins another Division II basketball championship.
- Bomb hoax closes the high school on April 1st.
- G.I. High School establishes a state record when all three of its music organizations (band, orchestra and chorus) achieved an A VI rating at the New York State Music Association Contest Festival held on May 10-11th
- Marine Midland Bank dedicates its new bank on North Buffalo Street and donates the old bank building to the village.
- Benjamin Minowitz retires after 37 years in the retail business.
1969
- Eric Gnannm G.I. senior, wins first place in the quarterfinals of the American Legion Oratorical Contest held at John F Kennedy High School on January 9th.
- Gerry Knapp ties for first place in his decision of the Turkey Slalom Skiing Races at Vail, Colorado.
- The Jan-Feb. issue of Steelways magazine refers to one of the inventors of barbed wire, Isaac Elwood, who was born in Springville.
- The Erie County Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs chooses Webb Coons of Springville 'Sportman of the Year'.
- Marine John M. Ellis becomes Springville's first fatality of the Vietnam War.
- James F. Murray retires as President of Winsmith Inc.
- 'Old' G.I. is closed – double sessions to start in 1970.
- Toll free dialing for the Buffalo Metropolitan area commences in Springville on September 21st.
1970
- Governor Rockefeller appoints William E. Bensley Executive Director of the New York State Agriculture Resources Commission.
- G.I. ‘s High School Orchestra performs at the National Music Educator's Conference in Chicago on March 8th.
- Dennis Heinz is Springville's second causality of the Vietnam War.
- Japanese representatives of the Seiki-Kogyosho Ltd., a gear-motor and speed reducer manufacturer, observe operations at Winsmith.
- Members of the Rotary Foundation Group Exchange from District 104, England visits the Springville Rotary Club in May.
- Ron Hess of the G.I. track team sets a new ECIC record in the 880 with a time of 1:58:1.
- Springville archers Bob Fiedler, son Paul Fiedler, and Pete Kader captures 8 medals at the National Field Archery Association Tournament in Illinois.
- Springville Girl Scouts celebrate their 50th anniversary.
- The Springville Athletic Scholarship Committee is founded.
1971
- George Schuster Sr. celebrates his 98th birthday on February 4th.
- The Enser family acquires the ownership of the Leland House.
- The village erects Newman Street water tower.
- Erie County celebrates its sesquicentennial.
- Lutheran Church celebrates its 100th anniversary.
- Conrad Meinecke, ex-scout official, dies at 87.
- E. Richard Lowe receives the New York Press Golden Plaque Award for half century of service.
- League for the Handicapped moves to larger facilities at the Methodist Church.
- Tornado hits the village on August 22nd.
1972
- Dance marathon is held at the town hall – winner goes 3,237 minutes.
- Artist Harold Olmstead passes away on March 19 at age 85.
- Ames Plaza opens on October 12th.
- G.I. wins the Section VI, Division 8 football championship.
- The Lavender Lantern on Mechanic Street opens for business in November.
- Gordon J. Salzler is elected a Director of the Retail Lumbermens Association in January.
- Charles Whitmer and Robert Schlageter win the Inter-State Teachers Double Bowling Championship at the tournament held in June.
- William J. Weismantel of the Springville Kiwanis is chosen Lt. Governor of the Niagara Frontier East Division of Kiwanis International for 1972-1973.
- Rick Rudolph of G.I. wins the Billy Kelly Award for Division IV as the outstanding athlete.
- Jud Strunk is featured in the Andy Williams Road Show on its current tour through the southern states.
1973
- Dyar 'Pat' Haddad is named to the Insurance Salesmen Magazine's 51st All-Star National Life Insurance Honor Roll. Pat was sponsored by the Thomas Jefferson Insurance Company after two years of personal production ocer the million dollar figure.
- Mahl Brothers complete their new Auto Care Center on Rt 219.
- Acme Market opens at Ames Plaza
- G.I. football teams are ranked 2nd in the state after completing its second straight unbeaten season.
- St. Aloysius Church buys 'Old G.I.' in March and the building is razed in April.
- Zoar Motel Park Begins operations on May 6th.
- Dr. Reza Ghaffari opens his new Springville Health Care Center.
- Dr. Gerald Daigler starts his pediatrics practice in the village in July.
- Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company erects its new bank on Mechanic Street.
1974
- The area is saddened by the death of Msgr. Herman J. Zimmerman on March 15th. He had served as pastor of St. Aloysius Roamn Catholic Church for many years.
- The old M & T Bank at the corner of Main and Mechanic Streets is demolished in late March to make way for a new mini-park.
- The Springville Field and Stream wins the Club of the Year Award for 1973 at the annual banquet of the Erie County Federation of Sportsmen Clubs in February.
- Jennie B. Richmond Chaffee Nursing Home is completed and begins admitting patients.
- Firemen dedicate a memorial marker at the Fire Hall to all former members of the department.
- G.I. varsity football team finishes 7-0-1 for a total record of 23-0-1 for three seasons.
- A windstorm in April takes the roof off of the Zoar Motel.
1950
- American Legion Post 431 moves to the log cabin on S. Buffalo Street from their previous meeting site over Walters Pharmacy.
- A Baltimore and Ohio freight train is wrecked north of the Buffalo Street crossing.
- Ground breaking for the new school on Buffalo takes place on April 20th.
- Lutherans begin construction of a new church on the corner of Main Street and Central Avenue.
- Chaffee Hospital is enlarged with the first addition being made to the original Chaffee homestead.
- Albany approves a new sewer system and treatment plant for Springville on December 28th.
- Don Blakely and his father George form a partnership in running Wells News Stand.
1951
- Springville Historical Society reorganized as the Concord Historical Society.
- Karl (Tom) Kluckhohn of Springville represents Colgate University in the East-West Football Game in San Francisco.
- Bob Johnson purchases the Luss Bros. Garage on West Main Street.
- G.I. Concert Band is judged the finest in the state at the Music Contest held on May 18th and 19th in Hamburg.
1952
- Springville Sports Boosters is organized.
- First Annual Sports Night is held on January 17 at the Lutheran Church.
- Springville Moose is dedicating their new building on Buffalo Street on April 27th.
- Springville acclaimed as the smallest community in the U.S. to be operating an educational broadcasting station by the Educational Broadcasters meeting in Columbus, Ohio in April.
- On May 2, Harry S. Gray of the Springville Roller Mills celebrates his 50th year in the retail feed business.
- John J. Ellis and Curtis S. Bates form a law partnership.
- Four Springville golfers see a 'wolf' near the course on July 13th.
- Citizen's Bank celebrates its 50th anniversary on July 19th.
- James Wolf becomes the first local casualty of the Korean War on October 12th.
1953
New Springville Speed Dating Over 50 Days
- Springville Rough Riders assist in rounding up stray cattle in Zoar Valley for owner Mr. Conklin.
- Weismantel Brothers sell their furniture business to Witter-Davis.
- Concord Historical Society purchases the Bianca Bemet Homestead at the corner of Main and Franklin Streets utilizing funds provided by Mr. And Mrs. Glenn 'Pop' Warner.
- George Dell opens the Red and White Super Market on Main Street.
1954
- Dr. Donald J. Meechan, Dr. Richard A. Loomis and Dr. Edmund S. Rothchild join in the formation of the Concord Medical Group.
- Will Davis retire after 65 years of banking service, first with the Farmers Bank and in later years with the Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company.
- Warner Museum and Historical Building is officially dedicated on May 27th.
- The Frontier Glove Company opens its plant on North Street on July 8th.
- Funeral services are held for Glenn 'Pop' Warner at the Weismantel Funeral Home. Burial follows in Maplewood Cemetery.
- Community Park is developed on Buffalo Road near Route 219.
- $100,000 fire occurs at Robinson Knife works.
- $46,565 addition is authorized at Bertrand Chaffee Hospital.
- Frank Pitillo bowls a 300 game at the Springville Lanes – the first perfect game ever recorded in the village.
1955
- St. Aloysius Roman Catholic Church dedicates its new building on Sunday October 9th.
- Springville Masons celebrates their Centennial year.
- World War I veterans organize as the 'Springville Barracks'( branch of the National Work War I organization)
- Cascade Rebekah Lodge celebrates its 50th birthday.
- The American Red Cross for exceptional service honors two Springville men, Leon J. Oyer and Webster M. Krise.
- Warren Smerczak wins the senior men's tennis championship for the third consecutive time by defeating George Gundlach.
- Evangelist Clarence Shrier holds a tent meeting at the Springville airport.
- Veterinarian David D Dygert opens an office on Vaughn Street.
1956
- Allen Folts sells Walter Pharmacy to George Welch in January.
- Anthony Frelock catches a 7 lb. Brown trout measuring 27' in Cattaraugus Creek on April 23.
- Alan Manchester wins first place in the Western New York FFA Speaking contest held in the high school on April 11th.
- G.I. varsity baseball team clinches the league championship with its 8 – 7 victory over Holland.
- Mike Parco, Springville Country Club Professional, is the only Buffalo District golfer to earn a berth in the National Open.
- Charles Feldman opens Charlie's Delicatessen in July.
- Snowstorm strands numerous motorists on Thanksgiving Day – School bus is used to help in the rescue operation.
- Edwin Kuhn opens his new Rexall Drug Store.
- Ron Farner assumes management of the Mobil Gas Station on Franklin Street.
1957
- David F. Carlstrom is the first from the Springville area to attend the Air Force Academy.
- Lions Club brings the Mills Brothers Circus to Springville on July 23rd.
- Guy K. Protector, owned and driven by Dewitt Dygert of Springville, sets a world record of 2:01 for aged trotting stallions on a one half mile track at Saratogo on July 17th.
- John Hunchar purchases Wells News from the Blakelys on August 1st.
- A Lucy Bensley Day is held in September to honor her for 54 years of service to the community.
- Henry Joslin, G.I. senior, is chosen as a High School All-American in football by the Wigwam Wisemen of America,
- The new elementary school is dedicated on North and Newman Streets on November 10th.
1958
- Winsmith Inc. produces speed reducers to be used in construction of Atlas and Titan missiles.
- Bill an Marge Little purchase the Winship Pharmacy from Robert Winship in November.
- Youth Incorporated begins operating out of their new Youth Center at the Smith House on Buffalo Street.
- Sprigville Jaycess are officially chartered on May 8th. Stanley Krezmien is elected as the first president.
- Dash Dairy opens their new dairy bar in the old M&M building on Main Street.
- Telephone Company erects a new building on West Main Street.
- Nu-Way Market commences operations in its new building on Mechanic Street.
- John Graff completes 50 years as a businessman in Springville.
- Jay Bicknell wins his second straight Springville Junior Tennis Championship.
- Methodists perform a Consecration Service for their new building on November 9th.
1959
- 'Grampa' Harold Olmsted, Springville artist exhibits at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in April.
- New York Telephone completes change over pf Springville to dial service on January 18th.
- Jay Ingerson of Springville is selected to attend the 3rd annual 'National Pop Warner Scholars Pilgrimage to Independence Hall' from June 20-27. This honor is presented to those considered to be the best young athletes in the United States.
- Thomas John Gentner is the 5000th baby to be born at Chaffee Hospital.
- Roswell Park Memorial Institute conducts an open house at its Springville facility to show its new Biological Research Laboratory.
- Springville Manufacturing moves into a larger building located on North Street.
1960
- 200 people stranded in the village by a snowstorm on February 25th.
- Lanny Brown of Springville appears in the first live concert ever televised directly from the stage of the famous Eastman Theater in Rochester.
- Springville Jaycees sponsor their first Children's Easter Egg Hunt at Fiddler's Green and the Wading Pool Parks.
- Springville Jayncees receive their charter and Mrs. Dyar Haddad is elected first president.
- New phone extension LY 2 is established in the village.
- Community Pool operated by Youth Inc. is opened on August 20th.
- The League for the Handicapped is organized under the leadership of Betty Cooke on August 11th.
- Chaffee Hospital holds Open House on November 27th to exhibit the new maternity, kitchen, dining, lab, x-ray and EKG facilities.
1961
- Springville area ministers organize a Ministerium with Rev. S. Berney as president.
- The Springville Harness Horsemen hosted the Western New York organizations meeting in March.
- Harvey Cole becomes the new manager of the Speedimat Laundry of Buffalo Street.
- Springville Municipal Electric Department begins receiving New York State Power Authority electrical energy on May 24th.
- William Bensley is elected president of the New York State Farm Bureau Federation on November 15th.
1962
- The Town of Concord celebrates its Sesquicentennial.
- Fiddler's Green Manor Nursing Home begins operations in its new Main Street facility.
- Springville Manufacturing completes an addition of 1500 sq. feet to its North Street plant.
- Martin Peterson sells his machine shop to a corporation formed by Arthur A. Reed on March 3rd.
- June 23rd marks the beginning of nationwide direct dialing in Springville.
- J. Wilson Bement commemorates his 53rd year in business on Main Street.
- Don Champ, a member of the Springville Rough Riders, was acclaimed Grand Champion at both the Little Valley and West Valley Horse Show Competitions.
- Lucy Bensley retires in October as head librarian of the Springville Library after nearly 60 years of service.
1963
- Dr. Sheridan C. Waite opens a dental office in the Waite Building in January.
- January 16th marks the selection of Thomas Krezmien as Manzano Air Force Base Athlete of the year 1962.
- The Springville Masons honors Ira Williams and Omar Georgia for 60 years of service.
- Chaffee Hospital records the birth of triplets to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sullivan of Springville.
- Universal Match Corporation acquires Winsmith Inc..
- Kiwanis Club Sponsors Springville's first Pageant of Bands on May 25th.
- Violent winds on May 10th topple trees, down power lines and damage roofs and auto.
- Governor Rockfeller participates in groundbreaking ceremonies at the Nuclear Service Center on June 13th.
- Mr. And Mrs. Delotus Babcock celebrate their 75th wedding anniversary on May 30th.
1964
- Dr. Leonell Strong leaves the Roswell Park Labs in springville for a new position with the Salk Research Center in California in April.
- Thomas J. Kenney retires as Village Clerk after nearly 30 years of service.
- Drs. Roland Whitehead and Richard Boese open their Springville Animal Hospital on Waverly Street.
- Jeff Kearns of Springville hitchhikes to California in less than three days.
- The Springville Masons presents Dr. Ralph B. Waite the 70-Year Pin in July.
- Jack Yellen, Springville songwriter, appears on Channel 7's 'Dialogue' program on July 18th.
- Dyar Haddad purchases Miller-Frank Insurance Agency on August ist.
- Golf professional Ange Alberico of Springville and his partner win the George McLean Memorial Pro-Pro Invitational at Endicott.
- Richard White bowls the first 700 series ever recorded in the village when he rolled games of 198, 245 and 269 for a total of 712 while at Concord Lanes.
- George Schuster is called to Reno, Nevada on March 5th to supervise reconstruction of the Thomas Flyer he helped drive in the 1908 Round the World Race.
- Smith & Smith Inc. on Franklin Street, manufacturers of amusement rides for forty years, is sold to the Acme Diamond Casting Corporation.
- Walter G. Mason buts the Endicott-Johnson Shoe Store at 25 East Main.
- Art Benson purchases Lindstrom-Schrader Ford Agency on October 5.
- St. Paul's Episcopal Church on East Main Street is completed and dedicated on September 20th.
1965
- With the completion of the new addition, the high school is officially dedicated on March 7th.
- Carol Faye Goodson of G.I. earns second place in the New York State Betty Crocker 'Homemaker of Tomorrow' contest.
- G.I. graduates depart for Peace Corps Volunteer service: James Brucker to Columbia and Ronald Neureuther to Nigeria.
- First annual 'Pop' Warner Day held on October 16th.
- Monday Club commemorates its 75 anniversary.
- Springville has the first telecommunication system to send radioactivity data directly to Albany.
- Official opening of the Springville Country Club's 18 hole golf course and new clubhouse occurs on August 12th.
1966
- Nuclear Fuel Service begins processing nuclear wastes at its West Valley facility.
- Presbyterian Church celebrates its Sesquicentennial.
- January 31 marks the worst snowstorm to hit Springville in many years – 6 to 9 feet drifts in the village.
- The Buffalo Harvard Club honors artist Harold L. Olmstead of Main Street, Springville as their 'Man of the Year'
- Winsmith completes $1,000,000 expansion in April.
- Maurice Simon, Springville's oldest businessman, sells his interest to his son, Robert and retires from Simon Bros, after 62 years of service.
- Louis J. Reed sells his insurance agency to Ellis Brothers in August.
- Miss Eleanor Gale of G.I. is nominated for the National Teacher of the Year Award.
- Clem Heim wins the Class C State Trap Championship at the tournament held in Bridgeport, N.Y.
1967
- G.I. attracts 2,500 for the first night football game on September 16th.
- William E. Bensley of Springville is elected to the New York State Constitutional Convention.
- The Lowe Family marks its Centennial Year of publishing the Springville Journal.
- Ground breaking is held for the new addition to Chaffee Hospital.
- Karl Godart is honored for more than 20 years of service to our community.
- Robinson Knife Company knives are displayed in Moscow as part of an Industrial Design U.S.A. Exhibit coordinated by the U.S. Information Service.
- Mayor Paul Frank is elected President of the Erie County Village Officials Association in April.
- David Gray of Springville receives the Air Medal for heroism in combat while serving in Vietnam.
- Clifford E. Hughes is elected Chairman of the New York State Teachers Association Council in June.
- Rev. Norman Douglas, of the Methodist Church, has his mystery story ' The Washing Machine' published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine in September.
- Mr. And Mrs. Lee Edwards establishes the first annual Springville Treasure Hunt.
1968
- The electric scoreboard is erected at Pop Warner Field.
- Buffalo Evening News Athlete of the Year Award for 1967-1968 is presented to Bruce and Brian Huckle.
- Bob Johnson participates in the Bob Hope Desert Classic as a guest of the Chrysler Corporation.
- Lucy Bensley passes away on January 15th.
- G.I. wins another Division II basketball championship.
- Bomb hoax closes the high school on April 1st.
- G.I. High School establishes a state record when all three of its music organizations (band, orchestra and chorus) achieved an A VI rating at the New York State Music Association Contest Festival held on May 10-11th
- Marine Midland Bank dedicates its new bank on North Buffalo Street and donates the old bank building to the village.
- Benjamin Minowitz retires after 37 years in the retail business.
1969
- Eric Gnannm G.I. senior, wins first place in the quarterfinals of the American Legion Oratorical Contest held at John F Kennedy High School on January 9th.
- Gerry Knapp ties for first place in his decision of the Turkey Slalom Skiing Races at Vail, Colorado.
- The Jan-Feb. issue of Steelways magazine refers to one of the inventors of barbed wire, Isaac Elwood, who was born in Springville.
- The Erie County Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs chooses Webb Coons of Springville 'Sportman of the Year'.
- Marine John M. Ellis becomes Springville's first fatality of the Vietnam War.
- James F. Murray retires as President of Winsmith Inc.
- 'Old' G.I. is closed – double sessions to start in 1970.
- Toll free dialing for the Buffalo Metropolitan area commences in Springville on September 21st.
1970
- Governor Rockefeller appoints William E. Bensley Executive Director of the New York State Agriculture Resources Commission.
- G.I. ‘s High School Orchestra performs at the National Music Educator's Conference in Chicago on March 8th.
- Dennis Heinz is Springville's second causality of the Vietnam War.
- Japanese representatives of the Seiki-Kogyosho Ltd., a gear-motor and speed reducer manufacturer, observe operations at Winsmith.
- Members of the Rotary Foundation Group Exchange from District 104, England visits the Springville Rotary Club in May.
- Ron Hess of the G.I. track team sets a new ECIC record in the 880 with a time of 1:58:1.
- Springville archers Bob Fiedler, son Paul Fiedler, and Pete Kader captures 8 medals at the National Field Archery Association Tournament in Illinois.
- Springville Girl Scouts celebrate their 50th anniversary.
- The Springville Athletic Scholarship Committee is founded.
1971
- George Schuster Sr. celebrates his 98th birthday on February 4th.
New Springville Speed Dating Over 50 Yrs
- The Enser family acquires the ownership of the Leland House.
- The village erects Newman Street water tower.
- Erie County celebrates its sesquicentennial.
- Lutheran Church celebrates its 100th anniversary.
- Conrad Meinecke, ex-scout official, dies at 87.
- E. Richard Lowe receives the New York Press Golden Plaque Award for half century of service.
- League for the Handicapped moves to larger facilities at the Methodist Church.
- Tornado hits the village on August 22nd.
1972
- Dance marathon is held at the town hall – winner goes 3,237 minutes.
- Artist Harold Olmstead passes away on March 19 at age 85.
- Ames Plaza opens on October 12th.
- G.I. wins the Section VI, Division 8 football championship.
- The Lavender Lantern on Mechanic Street opens for business in November.
- Gordon J. Salzler is elected a Director of the Retail Lumbermens Association in January.
- Charles Whitmer and Robert Schlageter win the Inter-State Teachers Double Bowling Championship at the tournament held in June.
- William J. Weismantel of the Springville Kiwanis is chosen Lt. Governor of the Niagara Frontier East Division of Kiwanis International for 1972-1973.
- Rick Rudolph of G.I. wins the Billy Kelly Award for Division IV as the outstanding athlete.
- Jud Strunk is featured in the Andy Williams Road Show on its current tour through the southern states.
1973
- Dyar 'Pat' Haddad is named to the Insurance Salesmen Magazine's 51st All-Star National Life Insurance Honor Roll. Pat was sponsored by the Thomas Jefferson Insurance Company after two years of personal production ocer the million dollar figure.
- Mahl Brothers complete their new Auto Care Center on Rt 219.
- Acme Market opens at Ames Plaza
- G.I. football teams are ranked 2nd in the state after completing its second straight unbeaten season.
- St. Aloysius Church buys 'Old G.I.' in March and the building is razed in April.
- Zoar Motel Park Begins operations on May 6th.
- Dr. Reza Ghaffari opens his new Springville Health Care Center.
- Dr. Gerald Daigler starts his pediatrics practice in the village in July.
- Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company erects its new bank on Mechanic Street.
1974
- The area is saddened by the death of Msgr. Herman J. Zimmerman on March 15th. He had served as pastor of St. Aloysius Roamn Catholic Church for many years.
- The old M & T Bank at the corner of Main and Mechanic Streets is demolished in late March to make way for a new mini-park.
- The Springville Field and Stream wins the Club of the Year Award for 1973 at the annual banquet of the Erie County Federation of Sportsmen Clubs in February.
- Jennie B. Richmond Chaffee Nursing Home is completed and begins admitting patients.
- Firemen dedicate a memorial marker at the Fire Hall to all former members of the department.
New Springville Speed Dating Over 50
- G.I. varsity football team finishes 7-0-1 for a total record of 23-0-1 for three seasons.
New Springville Speed Dating Over 50 Years
- A windstorm in April takes the roof off of the Zoar Motel.
