Michael Dittman ~ Butler Author

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Michael Dittman is an instructor of humanities and social sciences at Butler County Community College. His most recent book is entitled "Who Holds the Devil".

James Zambroski ~ BHS '71

James Zambroski's cancer diagnosis couldn't derail him from getting his health back on track.

His story.

Michelle Vargo ~

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Michelle is a professional dancer who has been gracing the stage of the Metropolitan Opera for 24 years!

Butler Scrap Drive ~ 1943

 Thanks: Dennis Moffitt

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Koch Hardware ~

The store that opened, mornings, before all the others.

 

Harry Greenburger BHS '88

Harry is a filmmaker in New York now and has produced his second feature film "Here After". 

Memorial Day Tribute ~ 2022

 With thanks we remember. 

Butler Catholic School ~

Originally named St. Paul's School 
Built by 
Msgr. William J. Spiegel

Circa 1950

Ticket on Main Street ~

Photo: Butler Historical Society

 

Corey Daum ~ BHS ' 87

✝ 2009

Corey played lead guitar and toured with the band Lizzy Borden.

Butler's Excellent Schools ~ St. Paul's School

A fifth grade class in Butler, 1963.

Larkin & Co. ~

Thanks: Lucille Larkin

An important Butler company that serviced the early oil wells in our area.

 

Our Midget Football League ~

 Photo: Michael Stillwagon

Penn Street Cardinals  1972

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Sisters of Mercy ~ St. Paul's School

St. Paul's Convent

Sister Mary Scholastica
Sr. Mary Salome
Sr. Mary Alban
Sr. Mary Raymond
Sr. Mary Luella
Sr. Mary Ethelreda
Sr. Mary Patrice
Sr. Mary Theodore
Sr. Mary Inez
Sr. Mary Fidelis
Sr. Mary Edmund

Shane Alexander ~ BHS '88 ~ Skyway Drive-in

 

Photo: Facebook

Shane Alexander is a contemporary American singer-songwriter and musician. 

Listen to his Butler song. 

Skyway Drive-in

 

St. Paul's School ~ 1963 ~ Fifth Grade

A List of my pupils in Class 5 

Adamsky, Barbara

Bellis, James

Birchbichler, Nancy

Birchbichler, Rosemary

Bohan, Denis

Campbell, Janet

Conerty, Paula

Davis, Phyllis

Dorcy, Suzanne

Duffy, Dennis

Ference, Nadine

Fogel, Randall

Forcht, Joanne

Fredette, Jean

Frissora, Gordon

Gallagher, Debra

Garber, Barry

Geibel, William

Green, Jane

Henricks, Kathleen

Hovis, Susan

Jewell, Timothy

Johns, Mary

Johnson, Sandra

Johnston, Kathy

Kaylor, Thomas

Koehler, Scott

Langland, Mary Theresa

Lucas, Mary Ann

McClelland, Vicky

McCloskey, Sheila

Mahler, Marianne

Nocera, James

Nolan, Dennis

Rehm, Thomas

Rhodeburgher, Gary

Schaffner, Jean

Schreffler, Kenneth

Sherman, Eleanor

Tanaka, Anne

Thoma, Patricia

Thompson, Patricia

Tiberi, Susan

Toth, Janet

Vero, Denise

Waldron, Janet

Zambroski, James

St. Paul School ~ 1963

They are now the backbone of Butler, 

or of a city of their choice.

For the Sandy Hook Grade School Pupils ~

A Tribute to Sandy Hook

We could be a happy class back in 1963 and today we are all grown up and have children of our own. We want you to know we are mourning for yours. Our hearts share your sadness.

St. Paul School,  Fifth Grade. [See comment 8 for list of pupils.]

A Sandy Hook Remembrance

Keith Vargo ~ BHS '88

Keith Vargo is a writer, researcher, martial arts instructor, and fighter based in Tokyo. He was a columnist and Japan correspondent for Black Belt magazine for nearly 20 years.

    Homepage

Oak Street ~

 

Photo: Jack McGrogan

Sledding on Oak Street

Skyway Drive-in Theater ~

Photo: American Classic Images

In the 1950s this was a hit, especially for teenagers.
Read reminiscences of Bob Osborn BHS '58. 

Back in the 1950's Butler Co. had six Drive-in Theaters, Chicora Drive-in (Rt 268), Geibel's Drive-in (Rt 68 East), Hill Top Drive-in (Rt 68 East), Skyway Drive-in (Rt 68 West), Sunset View Drive-in (Freeport Hill) and the Pioneer Drive-in (Rt 8 North).

Song by Shane Alexander BHS '88 entitled: 

Skyway Drive-in

The Butler Pool ~ 2021

 Photo: Jackie Bullman

A House on Belmont Road ~

 Thanks: James Zambroski

Sisters of Mercy ~ St. Paul's School

 

Other Sisters of Mercy who served at St. Paul's School:

[List composed by Fr. John Dillon] 

Sr. M. Sebastian

Sr. M. Annette

Sr. M. Reginald

Sr. M. Priscilla

Sr. Miriam Rita

Sr. M. Jolitta

Sr. M. Ann Joachim

Sr. M. Stephanie

Sr. M. Dorothea

Sr. Norbert Marie

Sr. M. Avila

Sr. M. Giuseppe

Sr. M. Patrice

Sr. M. Stella Maris

Sr. M. Clotilde

Sr. M. Giles

Sr. M. Annrita

Sr. M. Campion

Sr. M. Wendelin

Sr. M. Cornelia

Sr. Paula Mary

Sr. M. Sophia

Sr. Marisita

Sr. M. Evangelista

Sr. M. Damian

Sr. M. David

Christmas on Main Street~

 Thanks: Fred Vero

Daniel D’Aniello BHS ' 64

Forbes

A successful Butler businessman who is one of three billionaire founders of the private equity firm 

The Carlyle Group.

A Tribute from Butler, Pa. ~ 58 Years Ago

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J.F.K.

23 November 1963

Grief came flooding in

over every hill,

down all our streets

right into the heart of town,

the day the President was shot,

insisting that he lie in state

here with us

for three days and nights,

until they came

with a caisson,

behind which

a veiled mourner

with children walked,

taking him as we watched

out across the viaduct

and on up over

our steepest hill

until we lost them

from sight.

Then silence hung long over our town

until the morning the rains ceased

when we woke to sun

breaking through dark clouds,

and looking up we saw gently rippling Vs

against the emblazoned sky

and heard flocks of wild geese

calling down to us

to rise up, to carry on.

With spirits gladdened

we set to removing flowers

and the portraits from off the streets,

candles and lamps were gathered

from curbs and fences

and then we stripped the trees

of those long black ribbons

that during those days of grief

had been fluttering in the breeze.

Source 

Butler Attorneys ~ 1947

Thanks: Jim Schaffner
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Butler Firefighters ~

A tribute to our devoted firefighters.
Our constant thanks. . .

The Hot Dog Shop ~ A Longtime Butler Favorite

Out of business 
as of July 8, 2004

This is what we miss!

BHS Football ~ 2021

 

08/27 BHS 07 [L] - Kiski 21

09/10 BHS 27 [W] - Meadville - 13

09/18 BHS 21 [L] - McDowell - 38

09/24 BHS 42 [W] - Gen. McLane 20

10/01 BHS 56 [W] - Harbor Creek - 06

10/08 BHS 34 [L] - Westinghouse - 44

10/15 BHS 07 [L] - Cathedral Prep - 58

10/22 BHS 60 [W] - Franklin - 08

10/29 BHS 27 [W] - Erie - 23

The Hot Dog Shop ~

The Men who made it.

Photo: The Butler Historical Society

Poems about Butler ~

 Poems about a small town in Western Pennsylvania

Monday Morning in Butler ~

Insight

Phillips Mansion ~

 Phillips Mansion

On Route 8 south of Butler

Anderson´s Restaurant~

 

Opened 1906

Thanks: Alyssa Hilliard 

Bantam Building ~ Home of the Jeep

They're out there getting votes to save this building where the Jeeps were made. 

Write to the Mayor

Main Street Parade ~ 1941

Many a soldier marched this street. Many never returned.

Insight

Capitol Theater ~

Spent our Saturday afternoons here. 10 cents. We loved it.
[Now the Brick House restaurant]

At the turn of the last century, the two properties that The Brick House now occupies, housed vaudeville theaters. The Lyric Theater occupied the space where the main bar and dining areas are today. The Capitol Theater is above the game room / banquet room. In the 1940's the Capitol was converted into one of Butler's five movie houses. Legend has it that Houdini performed and Herbert Hoover campaigned there sometime along it's storied history. Movie house records, found in the rafters, indicate that hundreds came to see movies on a nightly basis.

The Capitol Theater is still intact today on the second floor. In the early 1970's the Capitol side of the building was purchased and renovated into a restaurant by The Eat 'n Park Corp. where it remained until it's late 70's move to New Castle Road. Their renovation carefully protected the key elements of the Capitol Theater thus preserving this Historic site.

from: brickhousebutler.com