Groveville Reunion, August 2010

These are just a few of the people that attended the reunion of kids growing up in Groveville, from what I understand a good time as had by all. I missed it, we were visiting with other former Groveille resident, Charlie & Marlene Donnell in Oyster, VA, for a week.
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If any one else has photos, email them to me and I will post them, several more were in attendance that I do not have photos for.

Bill Paradiso and Paul Matlack

Ed Beideman and Barry Parks

Chuck Beideman and Wayne Wright

Marilyn Wright McLean - Lisa Smith Wurpel - Tim Smith

Jack Britton

Sandi & Chuck Beideman - Linda Hanusckick Paradiso

Tom and Linda Weiss

Mike Engi and Linda Hanusckick Paradiso

This is a list of the attendees as best as they know.

Where did the Groveville Bell go?

I had heard the stories of the ringing of the bell, one story, the story in the article was told to me by Wilbur Reynolds, on Halloween they would climb to the belfry, tie a light line or fishing line to the bell, run it across the street to my Grandmother Rollings House, where there was a large pine tree wrapped in wisteria, making it easy to climb. from up in the tree and hidden, they would ring the bell, when Constable Jack Coffey would come to see who was on the school roof they would stop, seeing no one there he would walk away, they would give him a chance to get down Church Street and they would ring it again.

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When the fire house was still in Groveville, I heard stories as to where the bell went. Since I started doing this research I heard stories about the bell, both the same, as to where it went.

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One is that the bell was removed to make repairs on the belfry, one prominent local person volunteered to store the bell. Once the belfry was repaired the bell was not replaced in the belfry and that the bell may still be in the hands of a person in Groveville. I don't know if this person was a School Board Member or not, guess I should check that out.

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Too bad the bell is not there, as kids we would have loved to pull this prank.

Borden Cut Glass - 1926

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Borden Cut Glass, Church Street, Groveville, Just another of the several manufacturing companies that made Groveville such a popular place. For such a little town of three streets, there was so much opportunity to earn a living, provide for a family, and have a safe place to raise our children.

The above adds appeared in the Trenton Evening Times from 1915 to 1926.

I have several pieces of Borden Cut Glass, as do many older Groveville residents. The Groveville United Methodist Church, has several serving dishes and cream pitchers Manufactured by Borden Cut Glass.