55 Years Ago

Sept. 1, 1955

NO, NO, NO, NO — One hundred 50 residents, mostly from the southwest corner of Cheektowaga, were in perfect harmony at the hearing on the request for a building permit by the U.S. Rubber Reclaiming Company. They demanded that the town board deny the permit.

SHUTOUT — Lefty Dick Kusmierski pitched a four-hitter and struck out seven batters, as the Cheektowaga Travelers defeated the Alcoves, 1-0.

NO MORE — The town board would not, of its own volition, call for another vote on the ward system, Supervisor Benedict Holtz said.

GRANTED — A grant of $23,050.28 was received by the University of Buffalo School of Education from the U.S. Office of Vocational Rehabilitation. The fund was to be used for a training program for rehabilitation counselors.

50 Years Ago

Sept. 1, 1960

MERGING? — The Sloan Village Board gave an opportunity to discuss ways of having the village police department absorbed into the Town of Cheektowaga department when it met with the town board at an open meeting.

UP A TREE — Politicians took to the trees, so to speak, in the political campaigns in Cheektowaga. Reason: It was against the law to tack political posters on utility poles, a popular practice among candidates in the past.

GETTING WIDER — Contracts were scheduled to be awarded in the fall for the widening of Walden Avenue, east of Union Road, according to Harry C. Crafts, county superintendent of highways. The cost was $600,000.

INSPECTIONS — To avert a recurrence of the 1957 emergency situation created by seepage of gasoline into village sewer lines, the Sloan Village Board enacted an ordinance requiring annual inspection of service station gasoline trucks.

35 Years Ago

Aug. 28, 1975

CHANGES — Town Councilman Kenneth J. Meyers and Town Receiver of Taxes Ronald R. Norman, opponents in September’s Democratic Primary for town supervisor, both felt the time was right to change the image of Cheektowaga.

ELECTED — Richard B. Solecki of Cayuga Creek Road was elected president of the Republican Youth Council.

EXHIBIT — Ann Nowack, a member of Twin Village Art Society and Cheektowaga Art Guild, exhibited “Profiles of Revolutionary Heroes” as part of the Bicentennial Exhibit planned by the Cheektowaga Art Guild for 1976.

TRADE FAIR — Harry Smith, president of the Cheektowaga Chamber of Commerce, announced the chamber’s first annual Trade Fair would be held Sept. 10-13 at the Thruway Mall.

25 Years Ago

Aug. 29, 1985

TAXING — The Cheektowaga-Sloan Board of Education adopted tax rates for the upcoming school year, which included an increase of $3.17 for Cheektowaga residents and $1.28 for West Seneca residents.

SERVICE — Airman Harry C. Babirad Jr., son of Harry and Virginia Babirad of Hoerner Ave., Cheektowaga was assigned to Lowry Air Force Base, Colo., after completing Air Force basic training.

AWARDED — Michael Kloda, a tenor voice major at Villa Maria College in Cheektowaga, was awarded the Audrey M. Schillo Mucis Scholarship for the 1985-86 school year.

BURGLARIES — Even as police zeroed in on a suspect in one of the recent nighttime burglaries in the Pine Hill area of Cheektowaga, three more households were reported being hit. Entry was gained into homes on Victoria Boulevard and Alpine Place. However, police said they did not think these were related to the previous nighttime burglaries on Parkview Terrace and Victoria Boulevard in July.

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