Keeping up with past and present happenings in a remarkable small town.
Saturday, October 13, 2012
Friday, October 05, 2012
Dottie Randolph ~ Protector of our Children
Dorothy Randolph
† 12.28.2005
Dottie Randolph had about 300 youngsters crossing at her intersection at First and Brady Streets. She also worked intersections on Jefferson Street and Chestnut Street. Butler children, now grown-ups, thank her still.
Photo: Butler Eagle
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Monday, September 17, 2012
Sunday, September 16, 2012
Monday, September 10, 2012
Saturday, September 08, 2012
Guy Travaglio ~ BHS '45
Guy Travaglio at Butler's Ethnic Festival
Thanks: Paul D. Johnston Jr.
How many of us danced to the strains of his music . . .
How many of us danced to the strains of his music . . .
Tuesday, September 04, 2012
Saturday, September 01, 2012
BHS Football Scores ~ 2012
BHS Football Scores
2012
BHS 09 [L ] – Seneca Valley 24
BHS 60 [W] – Shaler 26
BHS 19 [W] - Pine Richland 7
BHS 00 [L ] - North Hills 14
BHS 00 [L ] - North Allegheny 49
BHS 03 [L ] - Upper St. Clair 34
BHS 23 [W] - Hempfield 10
BHS 49 [W] - Fox Chapel 7
BHS 00 [L ] - Central Catholic 31
BHS 60 [W] – Shaler 26
BHS 19 [W] - Pine Richland 7
BHS 00 [L ] - North Hills 14
BHS 00 [L ] - North Allegheny 49
BHS 03 [L ] - Upper St. Clair 34
BHS 23 [W] - Hempfield 10
BHS 49 [W] - Fox Chapel 7
BHS 00 [L ] - Central Catholic 31
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Gone Forever ~ Hot Dog Shop
Icon to be razed
Hot Dog Shop coming down
By Sandy Pontius
Eagle Staff Writer
The Hot Dog Shop building, that icon of downtown Butler from 1912 to 2004, is to be knocked down on Wednesday.
The demolition is set to start on Aug. 29, 2012 at 8 a.m., and will include the Reiber Building next door.
The buildings, which have a 101-107 S. Main St. address, face Jefferson Street.
Ken Reilly Demolition, Mars, will do the work.
The demolition will make space for the craft beer brewers known as Butler Brew Works, which will be housed in the former Eckerd Drugs red brick building that faces Main Street. Eventually, the entrepreneurs plan to build a patio on the Hot Dog Shop site.
“That is our intention, and maybe putting in a bocci ball or cornhole court,” said Greg Deal, a Brew Works partner. “We’re getting there slowly but surely.”
Cedar Street, an alley that runs parallel to Main Street behind the Reiber Building, will be closed intermittently during the demolition, said John Evans, Butler zoning officer. Cedar Street will be used as a staging area, he said.
After the demolition is completed, work on the Main Street building will begin, including roof, plumbing, heating and air conditioning improvements, Deal said.
Although an end-of-year opening was planned, Deal said that is “optimistic.” It’s more likely the tap room will be open by spring 2013, he said.
“The earlier we can get open the better,” Deal said.
The group recently bought a 10-barrel brewing system that can produce more than 1,200 barrels of beer annually, based on a two-week production cycle.
The Brew Works then must be 90 days away from opening to apply for a liquor license, Deal said.
“Basically, you have to have everything set in stone,” he said.
The Brew Works partners are Deal and Nick Fazzoni, both of Butler, Travis Tuttle of Bridgeville and Paul Hytla of Pittsburgh.
They bought the quarter-acre parcel in January and auctioned off memorabilia from the Hot Dog Shop in the last two weeks of May to help pay for the demolition. They sold Hot Dog Shop coffee tokens, menus and signs.
from the Butler Eagle
Monday, August 27, 2012
Saturday, August 18, 2012
Tuesday, August 07, 2012
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Georgia Sawhook ~ BHS'66 ~ Butler Author
Georgia seated on the floor in red.
Mother of seven and grandmother of 21.
Her book entitled ...."Potty Training To Puberty---THE PITS!!! (with hugs along the way)" is about mothering with a lot of love, encouragement, and inspiration from the Lord.
Monday, July 16, 2012
Saturday, July 07, 2012
Friday, June 29, 2012
Major General Robert L. Smolen ~ Knoch '70
Air Force Maj. Gen. Robert L. Smolen, who grew up in Butler, oversees the nation's arsenal of nuclear weapons. He is the deputy administrator for defense programs at the National Nuclear Security Administration. He sees to the safety and reliability of the nuclear weapons stockpile and the readiness to test and develop new warheads, if required.
† 18 May 2014
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Sunday, June 10, 2012
Friday, June 01, 2012
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Meghan Schnur BHS '03 ~ Women's Professional Soccer
Saturday, May 05, 2012
Monday, April 23, 2012
Friday, April 20, 2012
Chester Aaron BHS '41 ~ Butler Author
Prolific author of novels, stories, and memoirs, Chester Aaron was born in 1923 in a Butler. He saw combat in World War II, and was with the troops that liberated Dachau. Following publication of his first novel in 1967, he was an x-ray technician at Alta Bates Hospital in Berkeley, CA. Later he joined the faculty at Saint Mary’s College. Over the last twenty-five years, he has become known worldwide for the ninety varieties of exotic garlic he grows on his farm in Sonoma County.
Friday, April 06, 2012
Rich Saul BHS '66
Rich and his twin brother, Ron, starred on BHS football team. After playing in college they went on to play in the NFL.
Sunday, April 01, 2012
The Neighborhood Bar ~ Vero's
Nestled on E. Locust Street between Elm and Monroe Streets near Butler Catholic (St. Paul's) School, Vero's Bar was a staple on the east side of Butler for over 50 years. Fred Vero, not the one that was Mayor in the late 1970's, but his grandfather, received one of the first liquor licenses in Butler County after prohibition was repealed in 1933. A section of the front of their home was enclosed, and a local bar was born. This establishment spanned three generations of Veros. Fred's two sons, Sam (and wife Sis) and Leonard (Hank) operated it for many years, the Sam's son Fred (also not the mayor from the late 1970's) ran it until it closed in the late 1980's.
Thanks : Mark Swift
Friday, March 23, 2012
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Tuesday, March 06, 2012
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
St. Peter's Episcopal Church ~
This church located on East Jefferson Street was established in 1818 and building of the church was begun in 1895. Andrew Carnegie presented an organ, said to be the last one given by him as an outright donation.
Photo: Barbara Bloom
Sunday, February 05, 2012
Vietnam War Memorial ~ Our Gratitude
"To Those Who Died...
Honor And Eternal Rest,
To Those Still in Bondage...
Remembrance and Hope,
To Those Who Returned...
Gratitude and Peace"
Honor And Eternal Rest,
To Those Still in Bondage...
Remembrance and Hope,
To Those Who Returned...
Gratitude and Peace"
Photo: Barbara Bloom
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Doughboy Park ~
In Honor of the Boys of
Butler County
Who Served Their Country
And in Memory of Those Who
Made the Supreme Sacrifice
In The World War 1914-1918
Inscription on the monument
This park is located at the intersection of Cunningham St. and New Castle St. on a small strip of land.
Photo: Barbara Bloom
Friday, January 20, 2012
Franklin Glass Swimming Pool ~ 1938
Text under the above picture:
The Franklin Glass Beneficial association's new recreational center at the city limits on Ziegler Ave. extension road, have provided cooling touches to the brows of many a feverish youngster. Above is shown the swimming pool which has been rebuilt this year. The water is 10 feet deep at its greatest depth. A new chlorinenator keeps the water pure at all times. The above picture was snapped on a recent hot afternoon.
Thanks: Bill May
Friday, January 13, 2012
Saturday, January 07, 2012
Rick Santorum ~ Attended BHS ~ Rep. Presidential Candidate
In a 1994 Butler Eagle interview when he was running for his first Senate term Rick Santorum said he had fond memories of Butler "the greatest place in the world to grow up, for so many reasons". [Iowa Caucus speech Jan 4, 2012]
Photo: Businessinsider.com
Sunday, January 01, 2012
Saturday, December 24, 2011
Monday, December 19, 2011
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Friday, December 16, 2011
James Hollock ~ BHS '66
"Over the past dozen years I have worked on a book, one of true crime and arguably the most notorious and recalled criminal episode in Western Pennsylvania history." James Hollock.
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