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Butch’s Family Station Wagon Goes Airborne

By The Paper of Montgomery County | January 20, 2023

When you first received your driver’s license, did you do anything really stupid? Come on…admit it…you know you did. Like most of the boys in my class, I didn’t have…

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Fun Times At School In The Early 1960s

By The Paper of Montgomery County | January 17, 2023

(Note: The following was written by Connie Pickering Carpenter, who graduated from Darlington H.S. in 1962) “When you got past sixth grade and entered the big study hall and library,…

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Butch’s Brother Had A Crush On Trudy!

By The Paper of Montgomery County | January 17, 2023

When a school has plenty of spirit, it also has great cheerleaders, and Darlington was never lacking in either. From 1921 to the end of the high school in 1971,…

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Butch Says Sometimes You Only Get One Chance

By The Paper of Montgomery County | January 10, 2023

What will this year bring? No one knows for sure. We can’t predict the future. I always try to stay positive, even when circumstances dictate otherwise. I witnessed so many…

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OK, Get Ready…Butch’s New Year’s Resolutions

By The Paper of Montgomery County | January 10, 2023

Well, 2023 has arrived. It’s time for my New Year’s resolutions and goals for this year: 1. Finances…I hereby resolve NOT to save money. Besides, I am fairly certain that…

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High School Basketball Has Changed, But It’s Still Fun!

By The Paper of Montgomery County | January 3, 2023

WOW! High school basketball has certainly changed! My wife and I have been to quite a few North Montgomery boys and girls basketball games this season. Two of our grandkids,…

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Butch Finally Gets To Go Out To Eat In The ‘60s

By The Paper of Montgomery County | December 20, 2022

I honestly don’t ever recall my folks taking our family out to eat to an actual restaurant when I was a youngster. We went to hundreds of cookouts and family…

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Butch Says Losing A Game Can Be A Good Thing

By The Paper of Montgomery County | December 13, 2022

Ah yes, playing sports…You win some, you lose some. As they say, that’s life. If anyone should know, it’s yours truly. A few days ago I was looking through the…

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Butch Has Some Great Letters to Santa

By The Paper of Montgomery County | December 9, 2022

When you were a youngster, did you write letters to Santa? Well, I guess just about everyone scribbled out something and likely left some treats for jolly old Saint Nicholas.…

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Video Games, Cell Phone, i-Pad…Butch Didn’t Need Those!

By The Paper of Montgomery County | December 6, 2022

Let me ask you this…How do kids today entertain themselves in their spare time? The answer is obvious. They are either fixated on their cell phone or i-Pad…or playing video…

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