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Thursday, June 15, 2023

Bruce Yuhas BHS '70 ~ Butler Author


 Bruce Yuhas has been writing semi-autobiographical novels based on his life while growing up in Butler.


Tuesday, May 30, 2023

Carl Yankowski BHS '66

† May 13, 2023
Butler mourns the passing of Carl Yankowski : an excellent businessman who over his thirty–year career worked for such well–known brands as Proctor & Gamble, Memorex, PepsiCo, General Electric, Cadbury Schweppes, Polaroid, and Sony. His last engagement was with Palm, Inc., the leader of the handheld computing industry.                                                                                                                                                        Photo: Wikipadia

Saturday, May 13, 2023

David Pichler ~ attended BHS ca.'86 ~ Olympic Diver


David Pichler was born in Butler, Pennsylvania. He began diving at the age of 15. At 32 he had won 12 national titles and was generally considered a threat in international competition, He was on the national team since 1989, and competed in the 1992, 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics.
                                                     Photo: Outsports


Wednesday, February 01, 2023

Deshon Hospital ~ 1942

 

Deshon VA Hospital 1942
My father (R) was a pharmacist at Deshon. He sometimes remarked of his time at Deshon General that "We fought the battle of the Airport Inn." Obviously, a reference to nights spent dancing and partying. My question is: does anyone know the exact name and location of the place my Dad referred to as the "Airport Inn"? Perhaps it was on or near Airport Rd. Does it exist any more?
Thanks,
David Meisner

Saturday, January 14, 2023

Koch Building ~

Waymarking

Butler architect F.J. Porter, who designed the home of George Troutman
(now City Hall) and the First Methodist Episcopal Church, also designed 
this 1910 neo-classical revival building.