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Butch’s Cousins Are in the Principal’s Office!

  When I wrote a book about Darlington School in 1988, I interviewed hundreds of...

Butch Wants Pat to Give Him One More Chance!

   As you all know, Montgomery County has always been a hot spot for basketball....

Butch Says Goodbye to the Outhouse!

   I think you fellow "baby-boomers" would agree that the present generation of whipper-snappers might...

Butch Remembers a Special Artist

  During my term as Sheriff in the late 1990's, I appointed a couple of...

Butch Says Don’t Use Those Old Time Remedies!

   In an earlier column, I listed a few of the "home remedies" my folks...

Butch Names Our County’s Greatest Basketball Superstar

   In 1975, I wrote a book entitled, "The Golden Era of Montgomery County Basketball--1947-1971."...

A ‘Desperation Long Shot’ Butch Will Never Forget

  My wife and I attended the North Montgomery vs. Western Boone boys basketball game...

Butch Wants to Be Reincarnated!

  I tend to be a very inquisitive person. If a question or circumstance comes...

Butch Can Remember Names….Sometimes!!!

   Does this ever happen to you? Someone greets you and starts a conversation, and...

Butch Says Bring Back McGuffey!

   How would you judge the reading skills of grade school children today compared to...