Twin girls Terry, left, and Kathleen Dunn look at a Snoopy sign placed on the door of their home in Butler, which was placed there in 1970 to signify an emergency haven for children by their mother, Mrs. Dunn, left in window, and Mrs. Fitler of the Butler Junior Women's Club. Butler Eagle File Photo

Jack Bowman Jack Neely

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 downtown Butler area in the hopes that they would become a symbol to deter “any child molester, exhibitionist or any difficulties that could arise concerning children.”

A group called the Block Parent Program teamed up with the Butler Junior Women’s Club Community Improvement Committee to place the Snoopy signs, which represented safe haven homes for children, according to the Jan. 15 edition of the Butler Eagle.

The parent-teacher organization at the school also contributed, but the Block Parent Program was led at Broad Street School by a Mrs. Dunn, of Third Avenue.

According to the Eagle, Emily Brittain School was also starting to organize a Block Parent Program that January.