Butch Dale

By: John “Butch” Dale I grew up in an old two-story farmhouse southeast of Darlington. As was the custom in those days, Dad farmed the ground for the landlord, and…

By: John “Butch” Dale In a recent column, I mentioned that my wife and I had purchased a new Toyota SUV a couple of years ago…the price $42,500. We normally…

By:  John “Butch” Dale When I taught 5th grade Social Studies, each student was required to know and memorize several things. For instance, they had to know the Pledge of…

By: John “Butch” Dale Did you ever do something really stupid when you were young? Come on now, admit it. Here’s one from my youth…When I was about ten years…

By: John “Butch” Dale (written in honor of the poem “Casey at the Bat”) The outlook wasn’t looking great for the Democrats that day; The score stood 3 to 2…

By: John “Butch” Dale When a school has plenty of spirit, it will also have great cheerleaders. Crawfordsville and all of the smaller schools here in Montgomery County had cheerleaders…

By: John “Butch” Dale Some of the best memories of my childhood were those many trips to town on Saturday nights. Just about all of the stores in downtown Darlington…

By: John “Butch” Dale A friend of mine recently commented that he just could not understand why people voted for Joe Biden. I replied that Democrats wonder why people voted…

By: John “Butch” Dale It seems like in the good ol’ days the number of children in each family was much larger than today. With the cost of food, clothing,…

By: John “Butch” Dale I sure did a lot of stupid things when I was growing up. At the age of four, I decided to shave and ran a razor…