Hornell High School - Maple Leaf Yearbook (Hornell, NY)

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THEN Q--,. A-. . .L Q wwf 1 K. .,,, .jzzflfh ,,,r . . ':'- A' 1761-ii. 'I iff. - 1, K V' ,':, i1w,'?gri.' -, . Mr. Hornell was the town's first postmaster. Under his pat :--vm., V . . ., ' 4. in the town was established. It was located in a village blockhous ':u ii'2fQ5 ISS1'df5':t 'wg town. The first school inside the village was built in 1813. The district pu i for a school in 1833, on the point between Canisteo and Church Streets, for 1 U - I 'fl' T, 4 the Old Red Schoolhouse was built at a cost of S200. It was 22 by 28 feet ' ': 'f ,3.L'l 8 Wu, Many farmers' sons attending boarded in the village. The year 1922 saw the bui U of the present school which we know as Hornell High School. . ,,.... The first with a single merchant in Hornellsville was Col. Ira Davenpor 'fffgaami in 1815 wagon load of goods, driving 300 miles from Harpersfield, Delaware County. He built with his own hands the first store, a frame structure 18 by 20 feet, ' building later used as a kitchen for the old Black Horse Tavern. Davenport hauled his goods by team from Catskill, New York, and later opened stores in other places. The first village library established in Western New York was provided by the Hornell Library Association, incorporated in 1868. St. James Mercy Hospital was established in Hornell in 1890 while the Bethesda Hospital was established and incorporated January 10, 1916. The churches in the city date back a century with the organization of the First Presbyterian Church in 1832. This was followed by the St. Anne's Roman Catholic Church in 1849g the First Baptist Church, October 17, 18525 and Christ Episcopal Church in 1854. Since the flood in 1935, citizens of Hornell have seen the city undergo a moderniza- tion and reconstruction of various civic projects. Bridges, destroyed by raging flood waters, were rebuilt and a flood control project has been carried out. Two thoroughly modern theaters have been added for the enjoyment of the movie fans. In July, 1940, the dream of all Hornell boys and girls came trueg a swimming pool and well equipped bath-house was dedicated to the Maple City Park. Thus the city of Hornell flourishes as Time marches on.', H R,,,,l p W ,11 1 1 -- '- ua . ,PJ-1'.-1, , ., ,- . sq, ' , ... '9?'H .. M, 44. ef sn, sa- 'V ,ugly 2 H .2-. ,ml .11f.,,.:Q i i 'V rv.. r .l , .4 ' . ,f - ., A I 1 , 'v n 5 , ,sly .Q J, K :P ' 9' 9 4 I fb 'if A , , ,- o lj , f :Us K1 ', H251 Q, I-:en nip- vi 1, 4'-. v' 45 vs fi u -,M 1 -f ,F ' , P HKQA ,,. '-cll?3' A 945 t 1 . - , f J, ,, ,. ,i wi' .. u 5 N V ' . ., 11 . 1-ly. ,i -1. awaausumwwa i w -W. ,h if W vga.. .MJ ig: 1 , . e 11 . -.Q- wg , -, -- .,g, 'V-.. . .e .. . .4 .' gm N - .vu 4, Q .gg ww ll 1 'a . - 1 . it iff 1 ' 1 r rf., 'If 3 K J ' 8' 1 0 S hs ff 3214:

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7 IVUVV ROM the days when it emerged from the forest, Hornell's growth has been largely due to railroads. The period of the city's first rapid growth began with the construction of the New York and Erie Railroad. In 1841 the road's pile driver, a steam machine combining a pile driver, locomotive and saw-mill, appeared at Hornell, then known as Hornellsville. Running out of funds, the railroad company for a time suspended operations, but finally the road was completed. The Hrst locomotive reached Hornell in September, 1850. Progress of the place rapidly followed. November 19, 1851, the Hornellsville Tribune made its bow. The village was incorporated June 28, 1852, but it was not until 1888 that it was incorporated as a city. Building boomed. There was not a vacant house in the community. In 1851 Hornellsville had about 100 houses, two churches and two schools. Cobbls Hotel, located at the corner of Main and Canisteo Streets, was then the gathering place of travelers on the new road. The first Erie shop for shedj was built in 18-19 and enlarged the next year to ac- commodate three engines and machinery for their repair. It burned in 1856. Ground was broken for new shops and an engine house and the foundation laid in 1854, as the old shops were too small. Today there are many miles of switching tracks in Hornell and hundreds of cars pass through daily. The ancient shops have given place to new ones, covering several acres. Judge George Hornell, from whom the community gets its name, made the first settlement in the town as early as 1793, purchasing 2,000 or 3,000 acres of land and erecting a grist and saw mill. At that time the nearest grist mill was at Elmira, sixty miles by later road but nearly 100 by the roads the pioneers were obliged to take. journeys to that mill occupied weeks. For seventeen years Judge Hornell was the life of the settlement and the embodiment of its history. 'va- M Xa if .. . ,aaufez ' . L , .' wifi ' - ., 351. xv Q

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A if XS fit X .gf '1 -. ' A . , ya- - i x L y ' wif' f ? Q I: ' 'J I, 2 ' UE IIEDICATIU S a tribute to her twenty-one years of service here in Hornell High School the Class of 1941 is dedicating their Maple Leaf to Miss Bennett. Noted for her Wit as well as her ability, Miss Bennett has assisted many erstwhile mathe- maticians on the road to success. In time of need Miss Bennett is always there with her rare, yet heartening smile-not the geometry teacher but a true sympathizer. '