Butler Authors ~

Bob Hazy 

BHS '82

Bob Hazy is a writer inspired by the works of Melville, Steinbeck, Hemingway, and Dostoevsky. He studied literature at Yale University earning a BA and also holds a MS in computer science from Stevens. Although Bob built a career in information technology leadership and is currently an independent consultant, his real love is writing and painting Click here. He lives in the foothills of the Sierra in Northern California with his son, Nathan, and their dog, Gus.

Congratulations, Bob, on your recently published book: 

McGhee in the Gloaming

Time Capsule ~ BHS '76

[Click] A newspaper article about Butler and BHS '76

by: Matt Viser

1 September 2016

Scrap-iron for Victory ~

1944

Boys collecting scrap-iron, doing their part in the War Effort. 

Photo: Butler Art Center
Project

Alhambra Hotel ~

Nov. 17, 1975

Smoke continued to billow from the Alhambra Hotel - corner of Cunningham and Pillow Streets - at dawn as fireman from the Butler City Fire Department poured thousands of gallons of water into the 65-year-old building. Sixty-year-old Robert Walker died in the fire.

from: The Butler Eagle

Butler's Howard Johnson's ~

This plush restaurant 
was at the corner of North Main and Fulton Streets.

Old Liquor Store ~

For 20 Ohio Marines ~ A Butler Tribute

+ Lance Cpl. Eric J. Bernholtz

14 Marine reservists from the Cleveland area were killed in the first week of August 2005 by a roadside bomb -- one of the heaviest blows suffered by a single unit in the war. Two days earlier, six others from the battalion were killed while on sniper duty.
A Tribute to 20 Ohio Marines from Butler.
A Picture Tribute
 

The Old Trolley Station ~

A fine example of Butler classical architecture.

Bob Hazy BHS '82 ~ View of Lyndora

Lyndora
A view from the painter's easel.
Thanks: Bob Hazy

Catholic Daughters of America ~

State Champions 1973
Thanks: Celia Snodgrass

Harmony Short Line Trolley ~

Thanks: Cappy Pucket

A Harmony Line trolley crosses the Lyndora valley. The trestle has been gone for many years, but at least one of the concrete posts used to support the trestle can still be seen from the location of the old Pullman Standard office building.

Inside the Court House ~

Thanks: Barbara Bloom

Digging Out ~

1976

Thanks: Leslie McKain

Summit Academy ~ Herman, Pa.

A tribute to 

Samuel Costanzo

Founder and Headmaster:  

Friend and Helper of The Young.
About the Academy

Butler Theater ~

Happy Days

Connoquenessing Creek ~

The postmark on the back is dated July12,1935

Thanks: Dennis Moffitt

St. Mary's Monastery at Herman ~

First generation Italians loved this Capuchin monastery. Crowds of them would make pilgrimages to Herman and spend the day there honoring St. Francis, the patron saint of the land they had left behind. 

Thanks: Mike Schuler

Loss ~

Thanks, Nick Ban, for 25 years of service.

Photo: Butler News

John Quincy Adams Kennedy Mansion ~

Hidden away beside the Court House.

Thanks: Beau Olson

Nixon Hotel 1973 ~

Thanks: Celia Snodgrass

The Worsley's Building ~

The building was so badly damaged in a fire on Friday night, March 11, 2016 that it will have to be torn down.
Photo: John Cingolani

Lyndora School ~

Third Grade 1953, 
Ms Eberhardt.

Thanks: John Pichler

Cherrie Ann Mahan ~ Dear Little Girl

February 22, 1985

After all these years, she is still gone, but not forgotten, as her family and friends still pray for her safe return.Today marks the anniversary of the disappearance of 8-year-old Cherrie Ann Mahan. The dark-haired and wide-eyed third-grade student at Winfield Elementary School was dropped off from her school bus along Cornplanter Road in Winfield Township, Cabot, Pennsylvania shortly after 4 o'clock that afternoon. Cherrie never made the 50 feet from her bus stop to her front door, and today, State Police at Butler are still collecting leads that will hopefully bring her home safely someday.

Tribute to BHS athletes ~

 A gift of the NFL to BHS.

Footballs honoring Terry Hanratty and Rich Saul. Both played in Super Bowl games, Hanratty for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Saul for the Los Angeles Rams.

Photo: Insidebutlercounty.com

Wholesale Plumbing and Heating Supply~

Building razed due to viaduct construction.

Slippery Rock University ~

Founded March 26, 1889
Old Main

Katie McLafferty ~

The Herman community and the fire department pay tribute to a beloved member. 

Johnson's Restaurant ~

Not Howard Johnson's. This was the Johnson family that was part owner of Lloyd-Johnson Co. This is actually the same store, long before the Office Supply store was in it.

Thanks: Celia Snodgrass

St. Andrew's United Presbyterian Church ~

At the corner of Jefferson and McKean. 
First worship service 1804.

Lowry House ~

Photo: Helen Lowry Schalles

Pullman Standard ~

When production was great.

Photo: Cappy Pucket

Circus Town ~

Abandoned cage. 

Photo: Dennis Keyes

Joseph Sherman's Car ~ Made in Butler

Joseph Sherman established his Star Iron Works in Butler in 1890. Two automobiles were built in the Butler factory very early in the 20th Century, one owned by the J.B. Sherman family, the other by the A.E. Russell family.
From an undated clipping of an auto-club run in the Russell car from Butler to Pittsburgh:  "These cars, both 50 horse power, have run throughout the season, with little or no repairs, and without one serious breakdown. Members of the party who made the trip say that some of the miles were covered at a mile a minute clip, and even then the big machine did not seem to be anywhere near its limit of speed."

Thanks: Jeff Schalles

Our Constant Reminder ~

For those who served.

For those who died.

South Side Fire Department ~

Across the street from Diehl's Bakery

Thanks: Robert Emigh

BHS ~ Golden Tornado Football ~ 2015

BHS 17 [L] – Altoona - 19

BHS 22 [L] – Baldwin - 45 

BHS 07 [L] - North Hills - 35

BHS 20 [L] - Shaler - 30

BHS 07 [L] - Seneca Valley - 43

BHS 07 [L] - North Allegheny - 41

BHS 30 [L] - Pine Richland - 67

BHS 30 [W] - Fox Chapel - 22 

BHS 00 [L] - Central Catholic - 49

Deshon VA Hospital ~

Thanks: Dennis Moffitt

Flooding ~ 1954

Looking down Pillow Street 

towards West Cunningham Street. 

The date on the back of the photo is 9/15/1954.

Thanks: Carl Aquaviva 

St. Michael School ~

Opened 1922

Thanks: Butlerbloggers

Hindman Farm Supply ~

Thanks for taking care of our cars and trucks.

Atlas Hotel ~

Thanks: Dave Craig

Lowry House ~ 1907

Thanks: Georgia Nanni Tavira

Improvement at Pickle Gate Crossing ~

Thanks: Pat Gallagher

Station under the Viaduct ~

Our busy train station.

Thanks: Ryan Macefe

Boy Scouts ~

Boy Scouts Armco Troop 16 Lyndora PA 
Early 1960's.

Thanks: John Pichler

Bon Aire Shopping Center Opening ~

May 17, 1950

Photo: Butler Historical Society

Stoughton's Beach Entrance Off Rt. 8 ~

Happy Hours they were. . .

BHS Swimming Pool ~

Photo: Barbara Bloom

Butler Swimming Pool ~ June 1, 1952

Photo by "Hopie's" 

Click to enlarge.  

Notice the high diving board and 2 low diving boards.  Sunbathing on roof top.  There used to be a pond in the park close to here where we would ice skate.  The creek was called Sullivan Run.

Thanks: James Cooper

View from Main Street ~ 1920

Looking out from Main Street to the Wayne Street Viaduct.
Thanks: Barbara Bloom