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...
The Butler Golden Tornado basketball team did not play well against the Ellwood City Wolverines in a home game Feb. 12, 1965, in part because of an ankle injury to center...
Signs featuring Snoopy, the dog from the “Peanuts” comic strip, started popping up in the Broad Street School area in January of 1970.
They were placed on houses in the d...
The early-season Invitational Gymnastics Show on Jan. 3, 1970 at Butler High School didn’t see any of the Golden Tornado walk away with first prize, but the team’s coach,...
The Pizer family was prepared for a baby boy as their third child, but they were somewhat surprised to meet their seven-pound daughter, Marcia Leigh Pizer, on Jan. 1, 197...
Slippery Rock High School students presented a Christmas concert on Dec. 21, 1970, which concluded a series of preholiday performances organized by the school district.
S...
Patients of Torrance State Hospital were ready to receive gifts from the community in December 1970.
According to the Dec. 16, 1970, edition of the Butler Eagle, the Ment...
The Butler County Communications Center opened in the Sunnyview Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Butler Township in December 1970, and had 33 of the 34 fire companies...
