The Butler Pennsylvania Blog ~

Saturday, February 27, 2010

A True Butlerite of 78 Years ~

Gene Zarnick

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Recollections of a Childhood in Butler

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Saturday, February 20, 2010

Morgan's at Bon Aire ~

Back in the '60s before the big shopping centers opened.

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Saturday, February 06, 2010

Richard Strange ~ Butler County Symphony Conductor

†December 2009

Richard Strange was conductor for the Butler symphony from 1965 to 1974. He was our third permanent conductor.

Saturday, January 30, 2010

Near the Court House ~

They had live colored chicks in the window at Easter time.

Saturday, January 23, 2010

Built by the Cooper family around 1810, the cabin was an original county homestead. It was enlarged after the Civil War and family descendants remained in the cabin until 1963.
It is located 9 miles south of Butler on Cooper Road near Cabot off Route 356.

Auto Club of Butler County ~

Saturday, January 16, 2010

Stoughton's Beach ~ Slippery Rock

How we pestered our parents to take us to Stoughton's Beach for a day at the pool.

Monday, January 11, 2010

WISR ~ Radio Butler

WISR
In 1941 David Rosenblum founded and named it after his father,

[W] [I]saac [S]amuel [R]osenblum.

Saturday, January 02, 2010

The Diehl Baking Co ~

The Diehl Baking Co in Butler, Pa. started on May 20, 1910 and built the present building at the corner of Monroe and Center Ave in 1914. The business was sold to Mr. Chantler in 1940. The bakery continued in business till 1949. [Isaly's next door]

Photo: Dave Craig

Thursday, December 24, 2009

Richard Fudoli ~ Musician ~ BHS '54

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."

from: The Butler Eagle

From the Pittsburgh Post Gazette