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Show Thursday, July 5, 2007 SPRINGVILLE HER A L D 17 SNIPPITTS of Springville history Helen Beardall The hot summer weather reminds oneofthegreat times had at the favorite swimming pools located in the north section sec-tion of Springville - could that be the place called Park-Ro She? Recollections are many of those who frequented the swimming pools, hot and cold ones, learning how to swim, dive, racing, etc. Many have fond memories of short-lived romances that started at the pool side, and the arrival of those awesome boys or girls from Provo or Spanish Fork. The fall weather brought about new work challenges for both young and old in town, the harvesting of the sugar beets from farms located locat-ed in the west fields. Truck, loads of the sugary hulks were hauled to the sugar beet dump located on the frontage road area north of 400 South The farming industry provided pro-vided young people opportunities oppor-tunities to earn monies for the new clothes needed for school, a car perhaps and for special dates. The hauling of hay (alfalfa), picking tomatoes toma-toes and beans, irrigation of farm crops, picking cherries on the Mapleton Bench and in Springville were all hard work, but earned money. It was satisfying work though and close relationships were formed working with the farmers of the area, helping to create good work ethics. The D Oil service station north of town was a memorable memo-rable place to purchase gasoline. There was also a great assortment of goodies to nibble on. Remember the friendliness of one young man named Bino who added spice to the visit as he proceeded pro-ceeded to fill your tank up. And don't forget the plastic handled cutlery received for purchasing so many gallons of gas. They were great for camping trips. How many tons of coal were purchased at Kolob Lumber Company? How many purchased coal from the Edward Boyer Company, with truck loads of black rocks being delivered to your home to be used in the old Stoker-matic furnaces? Aren't we thankful for natural natu-ral gas! Few people in town know of the beautiful, old train station sta-tion that graced the west end of 200 South were the road joins with 400 West. There is so much nostalgia tied into this building, and if there had been a preservation committee commit-tee organized at the time, we would still have this building and it would be listed on the National and Springville Historical His-torical Registers. If the Senior Hotel in downtown down-town Springville could tell tales, there would be many a whopping story of days gone by. A story is told of a little boy left in charge of his grandpa and taken there one day, placed on a stool and told he could have any candy he wanted, but he was to stay there until his grandpa came after him and not to tell his grandma where they had been His grandpa went into a back room with the big boys and was gone, it seemed, for hours. Unknown to the boy, the man at the counter was given a sum of money to pay for all the candy the little guy could eat. The variety of candy was great, and he did eat. When grandpa came for him, he did not feel too good, a "little stomach problem." But grandpa did not feel too good either. ; Grandma was very wise and knew where the two had been, but she never scolded, "sent me outside to sit for a spell until I felt better." The boy never ate that much candy can-dy again! Time marches on and Springville has changed immensely im-mensely in 45 years. A little sleepy farming community of 5,000 people as burgeoned to over 25,000. An overpass was built over the railroad tracks on 400 South going west, a freeway was built with many acres of ground being lost to the farmers. Stop lights were placed on Main Street and 400 East. A drain system was installed for runoff water. Service stations were built and then closed. The IPP rail car repair re-pair plant was built to inspect and repair cars carrying coal destined for the power plant in Delta. A new high school was built and the old one torn down. New grade schools have been built. A new road was built into Mapleton from Springville, and countless new homes have sprung up all over the community. Irrigation ditches have disappeared dis-appeared or been covered over. A few gardens are still seen around town, but there are few clothes lines and no over the fence chit chat on wash day. Orchards have disappeared and there are no cows to milk, no chicken coops, no pigs to f eed and the sheep are gone. Farm land west of Springville Spring-ville is disappearing rapidly. Be sure and take time to view the beauty of the great fields of corn, pumpkins, alfalfa, the baled hay and wild birds. It is an awesome site and is rapidly disappearing. All will soon be a memory. The demise of the Columbia Steel plant greatly changed the Ironton Hill area And the fields northwest of town now are filled with companies like Stouff ers, Valtek and Wing Enterprises. When Wal-Mart came to town, the west fields took on a whole new persona. Main Street will never be the same. Please share your memories memo-ries of the community, your stories and recollections. Write them down and share with the Springville Historical Histori-cal Society. 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