Heyworth Mason Park Bell sounds loudly and clearly
L-R Richard Arnold the bell tower’s fabricator and Councilman Rick Barber
October 29, 2022 – Please forgive the Peru Gazette for this late report. Thank you to Ali and Eddie Webbinaro for videoing and photographing the historical event and sending it to the Gazette.
On October 9, 2022, as the Peru Town Market opened, Councilman Rick Barber rang the Heyworth Mason Park Bell. Barber, a Heyworth family descendant, donated the bell and coordinated the bell tower’s construction and placement.
The bell atop the tower recalls a time in Peru’s mid-19th century history when the Heyworth family operated a woolen mill, a starch mill, and then a sawmill in what is today Heyworth Mason Park. Someone rang the bell when it was time for the workers to take their lunch break. The bell was located at the Heyworth house at today’s Grand Union Plaza entrance.
Town Councilman Rick Barber donated the bell to the Town of Peru. He had always wanted it to be in an appropriate place. What better place than beautiful Heyworth Mason Park?
Peru Welding and Machine assembled and welded the tower and K & S Bodyworks in Peru sandblasted, primed and painted it. J. Hogan Refrigeration and Mechanical in Peru donated the majority of the steel.
Posted: October 29th, 2022 under Business News, Northern NY News, Peru News, Peru resident news/accomplishments, Peru/Regional History.