Class of 2005 Ten Year Reunion Plans
Come join your fellow 2005 classmates and celebrate our ten year high school reunion at Becker Farms! Dinner & Open wine/beer bar from 6pm-10pm at Becker Farms/Vizcarra Vineyards. November 27, 2015 is the date of the reunion and the cost is $40 per person. You need to use this link to RSVP to attend the Class More Info »
moreDry Dock on the Canal in Middleport
This is a photo of the J Haines dry dock that was in Middleport. The photo is dated 1909, and was taken when the dry dock existed on the canal. What is a dry dock? A dry dock is a narrow basin or vessel that can be flooded to allow a load to be floated More Info »
moreElmer Vary, Tinkerer and Inventor
In the early 70’s when my husband and I first moved to State Street, we met Margaret and Elmer Vary, our neighbors at 55 State Street. Little did we know what a treasure of a man Elmer had been to this community for nearly 90 years. His early years were spent from the age of More Info »
moreJune 2015 RHBPA Meeting Notes
Wednesday, June 10, 2015 Attendees: Donna McCloy, Ann Busch, Janet Lyndaker, Julie Maedl, Sarah Reed, Keith Bond, Ann Fisher-Bale, Vonda Westcott, Greg Zakrzewski The meeting was called to order a t 8:12 AM by Greg Zakrewski. Treasurer’s Report – $3,022.82 Old Business Goat Chip Bingo – July 4th – Everything is all set for this. Greg More Info »
moreOn the job in Middleport
Recollected by Bill Shaw, long-time Middleport resident We worked on Saturdays too in those days. Someone realized that I didn’t have my working papers. I got sent to old Doc Wilmont. He gave them to me and I went right back to work in the machine shop. In 1925, I began working at Niagara Sprayer More Info »
moreChauncey Norman, founder of NORCO
Chauncey Norman, a long time resident of Middleport, started his own business after working at the Niagara Sprayer for 37 years. NORCO Machine and Sheet Metal Corporation was started in 1957 with four employees in a building on Kelly Avenue after Niagara Chemical Division closed out its machine shop. Mr. Norman, Harold Austin and James More Info »
moreBanking in Middleport
In today’s fast paced society, we think little about the ease with which we can deposit or withdraw our savings and do daily transactions with our money. Many people spend little time in a brick and mortar building since now most of our dealings can be done over the computer or from our car as More Info »
moreMiddleport’s Opera House
by Anna Wallace, Former Village Historian The early Opera Houses were the major activity and entertainment centers for their communities. The first one here was Compton’s Opera House on Main Street, where the old theater, as and where the dentist office is located now. It burned in 1876. I’ve not learned just when the Opera More Info »
moreCalling Middleport!
By Anna Wallace, Former Middleport Village Historian The first dial telephones in the area were installed in 1938 at Middleport and Gasport, apparently as a “trial run”. Lockport, with 10,000 customers, received their dial system in 1951. In 1950, New York Telephone Company was granted the first rate increase in 20 years. Middleport residence private More Info »
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