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Quick-striking spring storms have been taking out power throughout Butler County for at least 53 years, evident by a look at the April 3, 1970 edition of the Butler Eagle...

Main Street in Butler was filled with shoppers on Good Friday 1970, when parents reportedly were searching for clothing to wear as Easter garb before the weekend. Accordi...

More than 100 swimming patches were given to Butler County Boy Scouts on March 11, 1970, when more than 130 scouts completed a 10-week program at the Seneca Valley Senior...

Girl Scouts have been celebrating national Girl Scout Week for decades, and that held true for the scouts in 1970. More than 100 people attended an anniversary celebratio...

More than a dozen models got decked out in the finest fashion designs for a spring fashion show in March 1970. The Queen Elizabeth Rebekah Lodge 463 was preparing for a f...

Butler Catholic Kindergarten in 1970 educated children with multisensory materials. The Feb. 25, 1970 edition of the Butler Eagle said Sister Madeline Marie used material...

The wintry setting was perfect on Feb. 14, 1970, for 580 Boy Scouts to compete in the annual Klondike Derby at Alameda Park. The event saw 42 troops competing in “Alaskan...

The number of clients of Butler’s Meals on Wheels program nearly doubled in size only a few months after it launched in 1969. The 13 clients of the program in Nov. 17, 19...

State police busted a four-county burglary ring in 1970 that was believed to be responsible for 39 crimes in the Butler-Armstrong county area with a haul totaling more th...

The Butler Little Theatre has been staging plays and musicals for decades. It kicked off the 1970 season with a production of “The Apple Tree.” The production included th...