Butch’s Column

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Butch Didn’t Need Bullets!!!

   In August of 1977, I made a decision to change careers. After having been...

Butch Recalls TV Shows from 1966

  In January of 1966, I was a high school senior preparing to graduate in...

Butch Remembers the TV Repairman…

  Most of the families that I knew when I was growing up purchased their...

Butch Remembers Old High School Gyms

   Those of you who attended one of the old high schools here in the...

Butch’s List of High Paying Part-Time Jobs

   The economy is improving, but it is still sometimes a struggle to make ends...

Butch Makes His New Year’s Resolution . . .

   Many of you enjoy making New Year's resolutions after the Christmas holidays. That's great!...

Butch Recalls the Christmas Wish 81 Years Ago

   Families are preparing for another Christmas this week . . . to be with...

Butch Asks, What Was Your Favorite Christmas Toy?

   I guess all of us remember that one Christmas day during our childhood when...

Butch Finds Out – and Learns a Lesson!!!

   I remember that day 70 years ago as if it happened yesterday. In December...

Butch Has Old Method to Predict Weather

   I very seldom watch TV because there are very few entertaining shows and programs....