Miss USA ~ 1971

Michele McDonald

Our Butler Beauty

Photo: Miss Universe Organization

†23 January 2020
Obituary

Winter in the 60's ~

Keeping Main Street clear . . .

Thanks: Brian Crouch

Made in Butler ~

Pick Up 1938

Photo: Bantam Club

Fr. Simon Conrad O.F.M. Cap.~

† 2013

Before entering the St. Fidelis Seminary in nearby Herman, Fr. Conrad lived on Polk Street in Butler. He was ordained a priest in 1946. Fr. Simon is widely remembered as a teacher, communicator and confessor. And till the end he was best known as a consummate gentleman and professional. Through all of his years of ministry, Father was known for his well-crafted and thoughtful preaching. On two occasions his audience was a national one. In 1954, he and fellow Capuchin Fr. Bertin Roll conducted the nation’s first televised youth mission, which was broadcast live for eight weeks on CBS network television’s “Look Up and Live.” In 1958, he also preached on CBS network radio’s “Church of the Air.” Father wrote two books: Master and Model, a life of Christ, and Brothers of the Sun, a brief history of the Capuchins, which had press runs totaling 40,000.

Glenn Crytzer ~ BHS '99 ~ Butler Musician

Glenn is a prominent guitarist, bandleader, arranger and composer. His music features in several films and documentaries. 
Some of his recordings:
Chasin' The Blues (2009)
Harlem Mad (2011)
Skinny Minne (2012)
Focus Pocus (2013)
A Little Love This Christmas (2013)
Uptown Jump (2015)
Aint' It Grand? (2018)

BHS Golden Tornado Band ~ 2019

Photo: Butler Eagle

BHS Football Scores ~ 2019

                             
                        23/08 BHS 21 [L] - North Hills - 46
                        30/08 BHS 21 [L] - Baldwin - 42
                        06/09 BHS 07 [L] - Mount Lebanon - 63
                        13/09 BHS 07 [L] - Pine-Richland - 56
                        20/09 BHS 00 [L] - Seneca Valley - 55
                        27/09 BHS 21 [L] - Norwin - 49
                        04/10 BHS 14 [L] - North Allegheny - 49
                        11/10 BHS 06 [L] - Pgh. Central Catholic - 55
                        28/10 BHS 28 [L] - Hempfield Area - 55
                        25/10 BHS 07 [L] - Canon-McMillan - 35

Nicole Luttrell ~ BHS '

"I was telling stories as soon as I had words to tell them with. But I started writing when I was thirteen when I came to the dawning realization that this was something that could be done for a living. That people could make their lives all about telling stories."

The Berg House ~

Photo: Joe Randig

The Berg House located on North Main Street on the right hand side

going up the hill. Joe wonders if anyone remembers or has any information on the Berg house.

May's Music Shoppe ~

Photo: Brian Loch

Looking Down Walnut Street ~

Photo: Brian Loch

Made in Butler ~

Hollywood 1940

Photo: Bantam Club

Butler County National Bank ~

Beautiful Butler Architecture

Butler Artist ~ Claus Leland ~ BSHS 2009

"A painting I did of Butler (I wish I had a better quality, but the painting is no longer in my possession), it was an acrylic 3 by 5 foot and was displayed at the Art Center and the Brick House restaurant."
Claus Leland

Springdale School House ~ Built 1890

Photo: Pat Gallagher

The Swinging Bridge ~

Photo: Chris Solari

Favorite Stop-off ~

Thanks: Laura Kosht

Graduates ~ St. Paul's School

1940
Photo: Mitchell

Click on picture to enlarge

South Side Fire Department ~

Photo: Brian Loch

Made in Butler ~

American Austin

Photo: Bantam Club

The perfect  Christmas present.

Armco Veterans ~

Thanks: Dick Gamble

View of Butler ~

Photo: DeWayne Johnston

Building the first Wayne Street Viaduct ~

Thanks: Barbara Bloom

Hot Dog Sandwich Shop ~

Matchcover

Thanks: Butler County Historical Society

Butler Train Station ~

Thanks: Barbara Bloom

Under the Wayne Street Bridge. 

It was a busy place.

Autumn in Butler ~

Photo: DeWayne Johnston

BHS ~ Friday Night Games ~ 2018

                                 18/08 BHS 00 [L] - Kiski Area - 00
                                 24/08 BHS 07 [L] - North Hills - 42
                                 31/08 BHS 58 [W] - Baldwin - 13
                                 07/09 BHS 21 [L] - Mount Lebanon 44
                                 14/09 BHS 00 [L] - Pine-Richland - 63
                                 21/09 BHS 00 [L] - Seneca Valley - 37
                                 28/09 BHS 00 [L] - Norwin - 42
                                 05/10 BHS 03 [L] - North Allegheny - 55
                                 12/10 BHS 10 [L] - Pittsburgh Catholic - 45
                                 19/10 BHS 14 [L] - Hempfield Area - 31
                                 26/10 BHS 13 [L] - Canon-McMillan - 44

Ray Andre ~

Photo: Charles Bashline

Butler Authors ~ C.F. Bellis ~ BHS '71

"I wrote Remember Reeny to memorialize my mom. The book takes place from 1937 to 1947 and encompasses her life during this turbulent time in American history."

C.F.Bellis

BHS Band ~

Band practice in the street, November 1944

Thanks: Barb Bailey

Moraine State Park ~

Looking toward the West.

Photo: visitbutlercounty.com

Viaduct Market ~

Walking across the Viaduct, 2007

Photo: Lee Claus

Woolworth's ~

Thanks: Matthew Grubbs

The Maridon Museum ~

The Maridon opened on May 8th, 2004. It is the only museum in the Western Pennsylvania region with a specific focus on Asian Art and Culture coupled with German Meissen porcelain. The museum — both the objects and the buildings that house them — is the gift of Mary Hulton Phillips. Patricia Lowry, writing in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, pronounced the Maridon a "gleaming little gem of a museum."

Photo: Brian Loch

YMCA ~ Tumble Inn

Photo: DeWayne Johnston

The former YMCA now CUBS Hall was the site of Friday night "Tumble Inn" dances in the gym from the 50's to 60's +. Not sure when they ended. As a teenager, it was "Be there or be square."
DeWayne Johnston

Summit Township Elementary School ~

A proud school on Bonniebrook Road.

Our Stately Post Office ~

Photo: Barbara Bloom

State Police Barracks ~

As seen from the High School. 

Thanks: Barbara Bloom

Looking East ~

View of Jefferson Street.

Photo: Charles Bashline

G. R. Minner ~ Butler Author

Old Trolley Station ~

A beautiful example of Butler classical architecture.

Broad Street School ~

The newer Broad St. School which had been closed until sometime this school year when children from Oakland Twp. were bussed here due to water quality issues at their school. 

Thanks: Barbara Bloom

Butler High School Teachers ~

In Memory of
Butler High School Teachers

Please suggest living and past teachers I should add to the list.  Contact me.

• Barkley Roy
• Burnheart Sarah
• Butler Betty
• Capezutti Gerald A.
• Cavalero James
• Cingolani, Charles
• Clements James C.
• Corona Rudy
• Crane Thomas
• Cunningham Miss
• Doerr Dorothy
• DeFurio Anthony
• Dr. Drydan
• Elias Herb
• Ellis William
• Fusco Mr.
• Greenawalt Mr.
• Helms Ruth
• Hovis Robert E.
• Hutchison Virginia
• Ifft John T.
• Ifft Edith
• Klein Ellen
• Klein Elmer
• Kovacik, Geoffrey
• Lehnard William
• Logan Clifford R.
• Love Ellis
• McDowell James
• Miller Clarence Wray
• Miller Ray W. 
• Nitowski Mr.
• Palmer Nelson
• Palmer Walter
• Polanec Koula
• Reed Gertrude
• Reimold Mr.
• Rogner Chuck
• Rosenzweig Emil
• Schweinberg Raymond
• Shewalter Mary Ellen
• Stewart Al
• Trypinski William

Sisters of Mercy ~ Teachers

RSM Cemetery, Cresson, Pa.

Sisters of Mercy

 

We went to the graveyard to find them

The nuns from grade school days

Lying beneath their crosses,

All there except one,

The delicate nun with soft hands

She whom we took music lessons from.

Alone with her now

In the convent parlor

Bending over her piano

She plays songs they had sung together.

And hears herself humming

When standing out among the crosses,

Tearless, she confided,

For having to wait so long.

She looks away

But keeps on playing,

Not lifting her eyes

From off her soft white fingers

Trembling lightly

On yellowish ivory keys.

Photo: Albert Ladoux  

 

Butler County Tourism ~

Photo: Butler County Tourism

Connoquenessing Creek has been nominated for Pennsylvania’s River of the Year! It was 1 of 5 nominations picked out of hundreds of submissions. Over time this local waterway had been neglected and abused, leading to its rating as the 2nd most polluted waterway in America in 2000. Since then through Allegheny Aquatic Alliance and other organizations’ efforts, significant positive changes have been made to this creek and have resulted in the restoration of it. Now we have the opportunity to show our appreciation to this precious waterway by making it the River of the Year! We each have the ability to do this by simply voting for the Connie! The voting period is now until 12/22. It is such a simple yet powerful way to show your support for this vital local waterway. Help us spread the word and bring the positive attention to the Connoquenessing Creek that it deserves!
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Loyalsock Creek has been named the River of the Year

Sts. Peter and Paul Ukranian Orthodox Church ~

An impressive church looking east to Butler.

Linda Randig ~

Linda Randig researched and wrote this book this year and it just came out two weeks ago. It covers old Mom and Pop grocery stores within the city limits between 1903 and 2017. She found about 450 stores including well-known ones such as Mintz's, The Kozy Korner, Center Dairy and The Inn as well as many others in every neighborhood of the city. The book will appeal to those of us who are old enough to remember these stores as well as younger people who missed out on them but are interested in Butler's history. The cover features Earl Doria in his store on Mercer Street and there are another 16 pages of black and white photos.

The book can be ordered directly from Linda at 

joeswife803@gmail.com/

Larkin & Co. ~

Photo: Butler County Historical Society

The Inn ~

Thanks: Dewayne Johnston

Old Butler Brewery ~

Photo: ?