A hoagie sale organized by the Emily Brittain PTA in 1971 raised the money to buy this piece of streamlined playground equipment, dubbed “Stage Line” by the school community. Butler Eagle file photo

A community project turned out a happy ending for Emily Brittain School, when a hoagie sale helped afford new streamlined playground equipment in 1971.

The school’s PTA planned the sale to raise money for the school, while the students of the school took orders, collected the money and delivered the hoagies once they were prepared. The sale raised $4,700, allowing the school to buy playground equipment, which it didn’t have before.

By Oct. 1, 1971, the equipment was installed, including a stage coach vehicle that the children could climb on and “exercise their imaginations.”