While Buntingville, just south of Janesville, appears today to be a mere wide spot in the road, it was not always that way. Like so many communities the residents desired to have a public hall. On January 1, 1911 five residents—Chester Toombs, Edwin Jellison, Theo. Gross, W.E. Agee and Birt Hostetter—led the movement by incorporating as Buntingville Improvement Company. Their goal was to raise $2,000 by selling stock with a par value of $5.00 each. The men quickly learned like those in neighboring communities, there just was not enough support to make a go it and the venture faded as quickly as when it was first proposed.