This is a letter that my daughter wrote. It was sent to the editor of the Burlington Union. Let's hope it gets noticed!
Hi! My name is Olivia and I live in Havenville! For those people who don't know where that is located, I can tell you that my school, the Francis Wyman Elementary school is located right in the middle of Havenville. The borders of Havenville are Middlesex Turnpike, Bedford Street and Terrace Hall Avenue. Many years ago there was a large family called Haven that had farms in the area. There were so many Havens that the area became know as Havenville. There was a shoemaker, a post office and the Haven Store! If you were to go onto a computer and type Havenville into the google search engine, it would show you a map of the area surrounding the Francis Wyman school. I love living in Havenville!
The Recreation Department recently voted to name the newest park in Burlington the Wildwood Fields. These fields are located on the grounds which were home to the Wildwood school for many years. While some people may remember this school, it has been closed for almost 15 years and there is a whole bunch of kids (like me) who have never heard of the Wildwood School. Also, the name Wildwood has no historical significance in the town of Burlington. I would like to suggest that the new park be named Havenville Hollow!
I reallt like the name Havenville Hollow. I think it is a really fun name and it makes me happy! Maybe we can convince the Recreation Department to change the name to Havenville Hollow. Havenville is more historic and way more interesting than Wildwood. If you would like to help get the name changed please email my mom at MTGreat3@rcn.com. Thanks for your support!
Hello
ReplyDeleteMy name is Bob Gallagher; I live in close proximity to Wildwood ( went to
grammar school there); My four daughters and I read your daughters letter
at the dinner table last week. We agree with your daughter, the name has
historical value as well as evoking the emotion of Burlington staying more
of a town despite the build out we are experiencing.
This is our offering of support - my children are 21, 20, 16 and 13 the five
of us are all in favor of this name change.
We feel that many residents would like to hear about your idea.
The new editor of The Burlington Union, Joanna Kaselis Tzouvelis, is at the
Library every Wednesday 10 - 11am looking for residents to share story ideas
- this is one of great interest both as a current events story as well as
one of historical value.
I am sure that Havenville Hollow will find support among many community
members - try reaching out to the Friends of Mary Cummings Park
http://cummingspark.org/about and other local groups. anything we can do to
help please let us know.
FYI: The email address supplied here and in the paper would not deliver our mail to you.
Thank you Olivia!
The Gallaghers
Bob, Adriana, Brittany, Dahlia and Simone
Hi Bob!
ReplyDeleteWe would love your help & input on our little endeavor! And yes, the newspaper listed my email with a hyphen (darn!) so if you would like to contact me directly the correct email is MTGreat3@rcn.com I look forward to hearing from you! Peace, Mary