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Pennysaver "Remember When" ca 1915 Willing School District 5 with names photo submitted by Carolyn Feldbauer of Belmont,NY; Also, a copy submitted by Gary Goodridge of Henrietta, NY	Eliza York	"STANNARDS CORNERS" c.1900 Buildings: Far Left, Parker's General Store (now Fire Hall); 2nd from Left, Stannards Hotel (former home of Gabby Hayes) now owned by Maxwell family; 3rd from Left, former Fred Bierman House. On right, old MP Church behind telephone pole. From "History of York's Corners M.E. Church" by Hazel Shear: "Among the M.E. churches of Willing township only one was built to be a Methodist Episcopal Church, the M.E. Church in Stannards."	"DISTRICT 4 SCHOOL" (A Kellogg Studio Photo - Cuba, NY) Owned by Jane (Mrs. Don) Aiken of Wellsville, NY. per Jane, "This school was located on Ludden Road, Town of Willing in early 1900s. My Aunt, Helen Flanagan Russell, is the tallest girl in the circle of students, facing the camera in the center." All other information is unknown and is solicited.

May 27, 1915 - "FIELD DAY - RURAL SCHOOLS - TOWNS OF INDEPENDENCE & WILLING, NY" (A Kellogg Studio Photo - Cuba, NY) Owned by Jane (Mrs. Don) Aiken of Wellsville, NY. No Names known.

Shongo General Store c.1910 In Ford, Wm. J. Clark (store owner) Mrs. Clark & daughter; Dennis Wiley at right. from Collection of Jane Pinney	Sep 18, 1884 Tornado/Cyclone Wellsville Daily Reporter Story from Collection of Jane Pinney	Tom O'Donnell Saw Mill - Shongo,NY c.1888 L-R:Front-Arch Stephens, Lute Graves, John Graves; Extreme right-Tom O'Donnell, Owner; at his right, Lewis Graves & Will Berry, rest unknown. from Collection of Jane Pinney	One Man's Impression of a Good Old Cowboy (Sep 17, 1966-Wellsville Daily Reporter) from Collection of Jane Pinney See more below of Gabby Hayes........

c.1903 Intersection of Route 19 and Hallsport Road looking toward Hallsport. At left is location of former Graves Auto Dealership from Collection of Jane Pinney	(I believe a 1939 International) Emerald Hook & Ladder-Wellsville,NY, Ready for Delivery from Harry Graves Dealership in Stannards January 23, 1940. When this truck was replaced it was acquired by Andover Fire Department for many years and back to Wellsville. (Webmaster drove the "hard steering" old girl as an Andover Fireman!) from Collection of Jane Pinney	Town of Willing; Riverview Hgts, c.1970 from Collection of Jane Pinney	Ending a Tradition of 130 years....The Yorks Corners General Store reprint from Wellsville Daily Reporter; 8/19/1977 The Lorings... from Collection of Jane Pinney
Gabby Hayes, who died in 1969 was born in Stannards in a house called Hayes Hotel. The house, a local landmark at the intersection of the Hallsport Road & Route 19 South, has been the victim of at least 2 vehicular accidents since 2000. As a young man Gabby became "enamored" with acting after seeing vaudeville in Wellsville and joined a troupe that was leaving town. During the 1930s he arrived in Hollywood where he appeared in movies with Hopalong Cassidy and John Wayne as George "Gabby" Hayes. Eventually he became known as just "Gabby" when he starred with Dale Evans & Roy Rogers in their television shows of the 1950s. Wellsville celebrated the persona of Gabby Hayes with their annual "Gabby Hayes Days" for several years during the late 1980s and 1990s. A street is named for him in Wellsville running parallel to the Genessee Parkway in front of the Giant Food Mart, Gabby Hayes Lane.
George "Gabby" Hayes Pictures (below) Published by Wellsville Pennysaver (unknown date) submitted from Collection of Jane Pinney

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