Butch Dale
Butch Proclaims That Elvis Is Still “The King”
My wife and I watched the new “Elvis” movie at the Eastside Ten theater in Lafayette a few weeks ago. The cost…thirty dollars for two tickets, one bucket of popcorn,…
Read MoreButch Meets A Candidate For U.S. President
As a high school student in the 1960s, I never took much interest in politics. Neither did any of my classmates. After all, we were too busy studying, participating in…
Read MoreButch Says Don’t Go With A Woman To Shop For Clothes
How are you feeling today, guys? Is everything going well for you? You say you have the weekend off with no projects in mind, nothing to repair, no family obligations?…
Read MoreGuess What Butch Won?
When I was a youngster growing up here in the Darlington community, the American Legion sponsored a fish fry each summer. This event included local entertainment and a drawing for…
Read MoreButch Loved His 4th Grade Teacher !
When one of my granddaughters, who is in the 5th grade, finished her first week of school, I asked her if she liked her new teacher…”Yes, I love my new…
Read MoreRandom Thoughts, Observations, And Questions….
First…on the national scene…OK, what about Donald Trump? Is he a criminal? Or was he set up AGAIN by the DOJ and deep state? I guess we’ll find out…eventually. To…
Read MoreButch Cannot Live Without His Coffee!
With inflation and the recession…(YES, WE ARE IN A RECESSION despite what Ol’ Joe says), my wife and I have been trying to cut back on a few items at…
Read MoreSchool Days in the 1950s
(Note: This was written by Sharon Hankins Lough in 1988 and it was included in the book that I wrote that year about Darlington School.) “I attended Darlington School all…
Read MorePE Class Was The Best And Worst Of Times!
Like many boys, I participated in all of the sports that Darlington offered back in the good old days. Of course, there were only three…basketball, track, and summer baseball. I…
Read MoreSchool Days In The 1930s And 40s
(Note: This was written in 1988 by my father, Bill Dale, who graduated from Darlington High School in 1942.) I had attended school at Garfield before coming to Darlington in…
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