American Legion Post 70 Helps Village

Earlier in the summer representatives of American Legion Post 70 approached Village Council seeking permission to clean up Mill St. The street runs along side of Post 70 from Wells Avenue to the parking area in the rear. The home of Post 70 was originally an office building and infirmary for the old American Sheet & Tin Mill.

Mill Street was a brick street at first, as are many of our streets in Wellsville. Over the years the brick was covered over with several layers of blacktop. Lord only knows how long ago a fresh layer of blacktop was put on or how many layers there were. The last few years that street was looking like a war casualty with large patches of blacktop missing as shown above. Many spots were all the way down to the original brick surface.

The first plan was to strip off all the old blacktop and level out the bricks underneath restoring the street to its original condition. It was thought it would be an attractive compliment to that historical building. All work and equipment was being furnished by the American Legion and their members at no cost to the Village. Many of them are experienced in all kinds of construction.

When the old blacktop was stripped off it was very apparent that the old brick surface was in much worse shape than originally anticipated. It was beyond restoring. Once again they approached Village officials asking permission to again have it blacktopped at their expense. They were given the green light and this past Wednesday West Point Paving was there putting on a thick layer of blacktop that should keep that street smooth and looking good for years to come.

Being one of the first side streets that travellers coming into the Village from the east see it really made a difference in appearance. Even though it is a short street that improvement furnished by Post 70 is a big Village enhancement. It's co-operative efforts like this that make Wellsville some place special.

I can't speak for Village officials but I would like to say a big T H A N K S to the folks of Post 70 for your generous contribution.

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