By Barbara Arnstein
The antiques store at 14218 South Cascade Drive in Springville that used to be “Southtowns Route 219 Antiques” is now officially “Rusty Bones Southtown Antiques”. The new sign is in place and the Grand Opening was May 11th. At the Grand Opening, which was well-attended, visitors spun a wheel to win prizes, and $150 was raised for the Unified Sports program at Springville-Griffith Institute. A guitarist, Alyn Syms, played pleasantly throughout the day.
Rusty Bones, owned by Debi and Mike Randall, was formerly in Arcade. Now it’s in the 8,000 foot store, in which fifty-five vendors offer a great variety of antique items in booths and cabinets. If a customer is looking for a specific item, Debi is happy to help them search in the store, and if they don’t find it there, to put it on a Wish List. New antique items are added all the time.
To mention only some of the items for sale now: there are many types of wooden, ceramic and metal items. The furniture includes chairs, tables, lamps, cabinets and mirrors. There are all kinds of framed prints, woven baskets, breadboxes, birdcages, cookie cutters, coins, Christmas ornaments, clothes and chainsaw carvings. You can find a variety of dishware and glassware, vases, pitchers, teapots, quilts, jewelry, and fur items. There are some kitchen containers for coffee, flour and spices, and lots of decorative teacups. There are a number of books, including a nice assortment of informative books about antiques. The toys include dolls and a Chinese Checkers board. There are wall decorations featuring suns, fish and starfish. The decorative figurines include cats and birds, including a bluejay and a cardinal. Any time you visit, you can enjoy the beauty of historic items, buy homemade items and honey. 
Rusty Bones is live on their Facebook page every other Wednesday from 6:30-8:30pm. The sessions are interesting to watch, as Debi talks about specific items. In a recent session, two of the items she talked about were a small eagle-topped metal bell and a milk pitcher shaped like a cow. Rusty Bones is open every day from 11am-5pm. For more information about it, check out their Facebook page at rustybonesmorethanjustantiques, email rustybones2018@gmail.com, or call (716) 725-8554.