"It's purely about the art. I'm not looking for recognition. It just seemed to me a nice place to play and close to my home," Fudoli said. "People know I'm up there for a reason. They hear it in the air. It's a gift, and I'm trying to give it back." from: The Butler Eagle From the Pittsburgh Post Gazette
From the Butler Eagle:
James Clements was an English teacher who assigned students to write stories of Butler and its heroes
Sunday, August 28, 2005
By Alisha Hipwell
After nearly 30 years as an English teacher, James C. Clements grew bored with the traditional term paper assignment.
So the Butler Area High School teacher devised a more meaningful way to challenge students in his advanced placement English class: He had them write a book.
"He decided to have the students research stories he had heard about the Butler area," said his wife, Charlotte Clements.
Under his direction, Mr. Clements' students researched, wrote and published "Builders Dreamers Scandals Schemers" and "Favorite Sons and Sons of Guns," two books about historical incidents in Butler County. Mr. Clements also initiated and edited a third book written by his senior students at Butler Area High School, "Silent Heroes Among Us," which won a National Freedom Foundation Award in 1997.
Mr. Clements, of Slippery Rock Township, died of a heart attack Aug. 19 in Butler Memorial Hospital. He was 61.
The inspiration for the third book came from Mr. Clements' neighbor, World War II veteran Ralph "Hap" Nicholas.
Nicholas recalled that as he and Mr. Clements sat and chatted one afternoon, the conversation turned to Nicholas' experiences as a B-24 navigator. Nicholas flew 20 missions over Germany.
"When I finished, Jim said, 'Well, there you have it. You became 20 years old again while you talked. My students can write your story,'" Nicholas said.
And they did. Mr. Clements dispatched his students to interview local veterans of the Eighth Air Force and record their exploits. "The veterans told the students things they hadn't told their wives and children," Mr. Clements' wife recalled.
The stories became the book, "Silent Heroes Among Us."
"I think it's an extraordinary series of dissertations on what we did during World War II," Nicholas said.
Mr. Clements received a grant from the Golden Tornado Foundation to fund his students' book projects. Proceeds from the sale of the books went back into the foundation.
Mr. Clements retired from teaching shortly after "Silent Heroes Among Us" was published, but he promptly took on another book project with his father-in-law, the late William Robert Brandberg. Using Brandberg's collection of vintage postcards, Mr. Clements wrote "Lost Butler," a book that told the story of the area's vanishing past.
Mr. Clements was a graduate of Butler Area High School and received a bachelor's degree in English from Thiel College and a master's degree from the University of Pittsburgh. He taught briefly at Brentwood High School, then taught English for 32 years at Butler Area High School.
Mr. Clements was a movie buff who worked for 10 years as a projectionist and manager at the now defunct Plaza Theatre in Butler.
"If anyone wanted to know a piece of movie trivia, Jim was the one to ask," his wife said.
He also was a talented speaker and storyteller who had engagements with a number of community organizations. He particularly enjoyed telling ghost stories and was scheduled to tell Halloween tales for the city of Butler this year.
In recent years, Mr. Clements was active in Sigma Phi Epsilon Alumni Association at Thiel College. He served in numerous positions in the organization and had recently received its Outstanding Alumni Award.
Karl Probst [center] was rightly called the "Father of the Jeep" and thanks to him Butler was duly given the celebrated nickname "Home of the Jeep". Probst designed the vehicle in just 18 hours in 1940, and it took our Bantam company 49 days to make the original, which was cloned for use by the U.S. Army
† 1979 The actress Joan [Cheeseman] Chandler was born 24 August 1923 in Butler, Pennsylvania. Lived on McKean Street across from the library. She starred in such movies as Alfred Hitchcock's Rope (1948) and Humoresque (1946).
Guarding the gateways in South Coast Plaza in Orange County, California, and mounted on the entrance signs, are eight hand-carved wooden horses. These animals were made for the Alameda Park carousel in Butler, Pennsylvania, in 1855, and were procured from a couple who had purchased the carousel and brought it from Pennsylvania to California. They had refurbished and erected the carousel and original melodian for the enjoyment of the neighborhood children, for whom the carousel operated on the weekends.
The line of kids waiting to get in to see an early full length feature cartoon, "Mr. Bug Goes To Town" and "Pardon My Stripes." Then attend the Armco Steel Kid's Christmas Party held between films.
The Medal of Honor was conferred on a Butlerite, John Donaldson: Sergeant, Company L of the 4th Pennsylvania Cavalry. Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia on 9 May 1865. He captured the flag of the 4th Virginia Cavalry (C.S.A.).
From July 2006-June 2008 Brigadier General Peter J. Talleri of Butler, Pa. commanded 3d Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Okinawa, Japan. In June of 2008, General Talleri reported to the Defense Logistics Agency for duty where he presently serves as Commander, Defense Distribution Center.
Some of the children:Anna Martin, Dale Martin, Ida Benson, Mabel Cunningham, Marie Garber, Pearl Sanders, Nina Martin, Viola Sanders, William Clyde Sanders, Leo Mohan, Ted Coulter, Clyde Bayers, Tom Ford, Arthur Snow, Howard Minehart, Jim Anderson, Leo Dugan, Merle O'Brien, Merle Wise, Merv Stone, Mary Broggdhead. [Photo taken by: Walter Ammon][Photo thanks: Richard Sanders]
Mitch playing at our cemetery.
"It's purely about the art. I'm not looking for recognition. It just seemed to me a nice place to play and close to my home," Fudoli said. "People know I'm up there for a reason. They hear it in the air. It's a gift, and I'm trying to give it back."
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† 1979
On Wayne Street at the corner of Main. This photograph hangs in Natili's restaurant.
Guarding the gateways in South Coast Plaza in Orange County, California, and mounted on the entrance signs, are eight hand-carved wooden horses. These animals were made for the Alameda Park carousel in Butler, Pennsylvania, in 1855, and were procured from a couple who had purchased the carousel and brought it from Pennsylvania to California. They had refurbished and erected the carousel and original melodian for the enjoyment of the neighborhood children, for whom the carousel operated on the weekends. 
Sheriff Denny Rickard [served 30 years]
Congratulations to you
BHS Class of '89
The Medal of Honor was conferred on a Butlerite, John Donaldson: Sergeant, Company L of the 4th Pennsylvania Cavalry. Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia on 9 May 1865. 
+ May 27, 2009
From July 2006-June 2008 Brigadier General Peter J. Talleri of Butler, Pa. commanded 3d Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Okinawa, Japan. In June of 2008, General Talleri reported to the Defense Logistics Agency for duty where he presently serves as Commander, Defense Distribution Center.
Just off the Diamond facing the Court House. 
Jamie Green has been named the head men’s golf coach at Duke University..JPG)
She gave us the 
