Oneida Dam ~

Oneida Dam
A beauty spot near town, and our local fishing haunt.

Broad Street School ~ School of Distinction

How many of us passed through these arches?

Acknowledgement

Thanks to Elizabeth and Robert Johnson BHS '53 for their help with these blog postings.

Butler, Pa. ~ Avant-garde Architecture

Playthings Etc.
New Toy Shop in Butler
Owners Todd and Nadine Shingleton BHS '75
Congratulations to both of you for your daring idea. You keep Butler forward-
looking.
Photo: Paul Johnston Jr.

Butler ~ Boy Scouts

Scouting was/is important. We started young.

Clinton Hotel ~

One of our former imposing buildings, a favorite hotel. Now sadly missed.

Melanie Buczko at Bucknell ~ Breaking Records

Our Melanie Buczko in her Senior year at Bucknell is breaking records. She set a new school record with a leap of 13'3 1/2 then shattered her own school record in a the vault at the NYU FastTimes Invitational soaring over the bar at 13'5 1/2" . Melanie has won Bucknell's first-ever ECAC indoor gold medal with a clearance of 12'9 1/2".

Melanie, we're all watching you, with fingers crossed. . . shoving, to get you up and over!

BHS '53 ~ Recent News

March 2006, Get-together

We had a lot of fun since Shirley Deal Shook brought a sheet of cheers she had found among her souvenirs:

A RICKETTY, A RICKITTY, A RICKETTYA RAH, RAH, RAH

[Who is that strange male among all those women?

Does that look like Dick Powers?]

Armco ~ Butler Steelmaker

Butler Armco pumping out steel for the war effort back in the 40s.

Our Football Gem ~ Terry Hanratty ~ BHS '64

Terry Hanratty — our Butler High School star quarterback. Terry went on to become one of Notre Dame's outstanding quarterbacks, completing 304 of 550 passes for 4,152 yards and 27 touchdowns at Notre Dame. When he left ND in 1968, he held the all-time Irish record for attempts, completions and passing yards. He still holds the Notre Dame record with 63 pass attempts in a single game.Terry's pro football career was spent with the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1969-75 and Tampa Bay in 1976.
You made us proud, Terry.

Butler Senior High School ~ A Remembrance

. . . and once inside, I mounted the stately winding staircase.

From: The Butler Pennsylvania Poems

William J. Perry ~ Secretary of Defense ~ BHS '45

A onetime resident of Butler, William Perry is now a Professor at Stanford University. He is an expert in U.S. foreign policy, national security and arms control. He was the 19th Secretary of Defense for the United States, serving under President Clinton from February 1994 to January 1997.

Around Town ~

Do you remember this intersection?

A vague memory . . .

St. Fidelis Seminary ~ Cardinal O'Malley

A onetime seminarian at St. Fidelis Seminary near Butler,Pa. Sean O'Malley, has just been elevated to the office of Clardinal by Pope Benedict XVI. Cardinal O'Malley began preparing for the priesthood at the age of 13 in 1957 at St. Fidelis Seminary. Congratulations and to Cardinal O'Malley and the Capuchin Order from well-wishing Butlerites.

Student of Butler Teacher ~ Olympic Silver Medal

Stephanie Boehler and her German teammates win Olympic Silver in the Women's Cross Country Event. Stephanie was the student of Charles Cingolani at St. Blasien College in Germany.

Nixon Hotel ~ Butler, Pa.

Does anyone remember this elegant Butler hotel?

Prizewinning Photographer ~ Dick Gamble

Nature's Best Photography magazine has selected Dick Gamble's underwater entry to be one of twelve photos for publication in their 2005 Fall Collector’s Edition. Moreover, Dick's award-winning photo is now being displayed at the prestigious Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History from November until April.
Dick Gamble is a '58 graduate of BHS. He and his wife Juli now live in San Diego.

Congratulations Dick!

Eric Namesnik~ Butler's Olympic Medalist

When Eric stepped up on the podium to receive his silver medals at the '92 and '96 Olympics everyone in Butler trembled with pride. Eric died in a car accident on his way to swim practice last Saturday. A colleague at the University of Michigan where Eric was a swim coach said: "Eric wasn't flashy, he was kind of a quiet guy, but with a deep, deep resolve. He had the heart of a champion, with all the things you think a great athlete should be. He was just the best."

That's how we feel about you Eric, and bow to you in recognition for your accomplishments.

Our condolences to Eric's wife and two children, Austin, 5, and Madison, 2 who live in Ann Arbor, Michigan and his parents who live here in Butler.

Judge Martin J. O'Brien ~ BHS '48

Judge Martin J. O'Brien is retiring after nineteen-and-a-half years of service to Butler County. He is a 1948 graduate of BHS and a 1955 graduate of Georgetown University Law School. He practiced law for 28 years in Butler before being appointed to the bench. His service has been of untold value to Butler and Butler County. We thank you wholeheartedly, Judge O'Brien.

Match cover from the 1986 campaign.