"Rollin' on The River Auction" Saturday

The Wellsville Revitalization Committee's "Rollin' on The River Auction" is set for this Saturday, November 6. The auction will begin at 5:30 P.M. at Sell's Auction House located at 409 Broadway. Wellsville. It's a fund raising benefit with over 150 items as of yesterday to be put on the block. Various merchants and Village dignitaries will serve as runners during the auction. There is even a possibility of a bake sale too and a 50/50.

Some of the items to be auctioned is Fiesta ware - a vase, a pitcher and dishes. There is a new dog house donated by Monte's Structures that was Amish made. There are Cabbage patch dolls and a gently used 10' fishing boat. Eric 'hootch2" Shepherd put together an original DVD video entitled "A Hard Look Back" on historical Wellsville. There will be a lottery tree with a $100 worth of lottery tickets and much, much more. There is just too much to mention here but the Revitalization Committee promises that all items to be put up for sale are good quality items.

It promises to be a fun time and it is definitely for a good cause. Proceeds from the auction will go toward finishing & maintaining the floodwall murals and the Committee's Main Street USA project. It's for the benefit of Wellsville. So come to the auction Saturday. It's likely you'll find a treasure for a very reasonable price and you'll be helping our Village in the process.

In other Committee news it was announced that painting murals is done for the year with winter approaching. The murals have been given a fresh coat of sealer and the Pete Amato boardwalk a fresh coat of stain. The Committee is looking for any pictures anyone might have of the old Safeway Cab Company Wellsville use to have. If you have something in your collection of old photos you are asked to call 330-532-9064. They are looking for pictures of the cabs, the building the office was located in or anything relating to Safeway. Pictures will be copied and returned to the owner.

Members of the Moore family have commissioned the mural. The mural was started but not having just the right picture forced artist Gina Hampson to hold off. Correct us if we're wrong but we think the office use to be in a building along Main St. where the Eagles Club have a parking lot.

A big thank you went out to John Evan of Howland Co.,LLC located on Wick Avenue in Youngstown. They are engineers, surveyors & environmental professionals. Mr. Evan was in Wellsville not long ago and was very impressed with the murals. Deciding he wanted to be part of it, he left a check for a mural on one of the remaining panels. He left it up to the Revitalization Committee to decide what the mural will be.

The first Business Pride award is ready to be presented. It is a very unique award manufactured by Todd Lynch and the folks at Stevenson foundry. The Committee is formulating plans for a presentation ceremony and more details will be announced at a later date. The Business Pride award is part of the Main Street USA project.

Since last reporting on the Revitalization Committee new members Tonda Ross, Susan & Grant Barlow and Bill Westley Bowers have been welcomed. Mrs. Ross and husband Rick have Tonda's Place in the 4th St. Square. The Barlows recently relocated to Wellsville from Cleveland and Bowers is the owner of the antique shoppe on Main St.

At last night's meeting Committee President Candy Bangor stated she is looking forward to having the Revitalization Committee work with the Potter Players Community Theatre group in their efforts to renovate the old Liberty Theater. With interest recently renewed it's an exciting project that will benefit the whole community. See our post dated 10/30/10 and the comments for more information on the subject.

See you at the "Rollin' on The River Auction'...

ole nib