Butler firefighters were hard pressed for about 20 minutes as a house on Coal Street burned on Nov. 2, 1971, but they eventually got the blaze under control.
Still, the u...
A total of 270 youngsters attended a Halloween party put on by the Butler YMCA on Oct. 26, 1971.
While the annual Butler YMCA Cadet and Prep Halloween party garnered hund...
The Saxonburg Fire Hall would become a ballroom Oct. 22, 1971, but instead of traditional ballroom dancing, guests would instead partake in round and square dances.
The P...
Members of the Meridian Women’s Club were hard at work making handmade prizes for the group’s annual card party in October 1971.
Prizes at the annual card party included ...
Firefighters got some backup in promoting fire safety in early October 1971.
Smokey Bear was making his way across Butler County for Fire Prevention Month, and stopped at...
A man responsible for testing and calibrating speedometers on state police cars at the Butler barracks was set to retire after 38 years performing those duties on Sept. 2...
Charter members of the Saxonburg Volunteer Fire Company would be honored at a ceremony celebrating 40 years since the department’s founding, which included afternoon and ...
Main Street merchants in Butler displayed fall fashions and other items, and lent storefront space for booths that touted various area benefit organizations; tickets to c...
The start of a new academic year at Butler County Community College wasn’t just marked by students’ return to campus, but a candlelighting ceremony officially inducting n...
Sandra Grace Smith, Sharon Martha Smith and Susan Ann Smith entered the world in that order and just several minutes from one another, and each would go home in that orde...
The Butler Area League of Women Voters commemorated the 50th anniversary of women’s suffrage on Aug. 25, 1970.
Mrs. Robert L. Eisler, president of the league, wore 1920s ...
Three Janes and a Tom came from Biggleswade, England, to Butler County in August, 1970, on a sightseeing trip sponsored by the Pittsburgh Rotary District 730 and three Sl...
Tony Fratto set a weightlifting record in 1970 when he hoisted 560 pounds in the squat position and 1,560 pounds in total weight at a national competition in Denver.
The ...
A Union High School student narrowly won a state golf championship at Krendale Golf Course by shooting two eagles — one on the 18th hole — earning the Butler Elks its fir...
The U.S. Navy Band drew the largest crowd at the seventh annual Butler County Music and Arts Festival on July 19, 1970, when more than 15,000 people traveled to Armco Par...
Officials broke ground July 14, 1970, for what would become Butler’s first luxury high-rise apartments, which still stand at 530 N. Main St. as one of the few high-rise a...
Throughout Independence Day in 1970, a steady stream of visitors took advantage of activities and games at the 10th annual Zelienople-Harmony Community Day.
The July Four...
A fire destroyed at least $500,000 in property on Monroe Street in Butler in June 1970, and the state fire marshal was investigating the possibility that the blaze was th...
More than 20 mothers were prepared to compete in an annual baseball game approaching on June 28, 1970.
The Butler Baseball Mothers Auxiliary would play a game at 2 p.m. t...
The Butler Township Recreational Program opened for the first time in 10 years on June 15, 1970, providing entertainment and activities for children ages 5 to 12.
There w...
While the Memorial Park Pool was seeing daily attendance in the hundreds when it opened for the summer in June 1970, the pool at Alameda Park was just being constructed.
...
The Butler County Traveling Library started the summer of 1970 with a brand new bookmobile that could store about 500 more books than the previous vehicle.
While the new ...
Under a sunny sky on a Saturday afternoon, a crowd of about 200 people watched Moraine State Park’s dedication ceremony on May 23, 1970, which culminated in the release o...
Butler County took part in the Rub Out Rubella campaign in May 1970, when 10,141 children received their immunization for the “German measles.”
About 275 physicians, teac...
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The Butler Musical Theatre Guild staged a production of “Man of La Mancha” in May, 1970, for the musical’s first time outside of Broadway and its national to...
The Butler High School Class of 1951 senior prom’s queen’s court is pictured at the event at the Castle Roller Rink. From left, junior class attendant Peggy Vanderlin; se...
Former light heavyweight boxing champion Archie Moore urged officials of the Butler County United Fund to give all of themselves to their community projects at a talk on ...
The final round of the Battle of the Bands had hundreds of spectators come out to see and hear the best music Butler had to offer on April 18, 1970.
The Novas, a group of...
The “stereo tape caper” of Butler struck multiple vehicle tape decks in early 1970, with police reports indicating that the number of thefts increased with the popularity...
Three U.S. students and five from countries abroad received American Field Service scholarships at Knoch High School on April 7, 1970, when student council staged three i...
