Butch Dale

I quit watching TV news, including cable channels. I do scan the news headlines on the internet each morning, but seldom read the details. Same stuff, different day. Weird people…Woke…

Dear Rusty: I retired at age 58. My husband and I worked 40 years of employment each. I had a 401K only…no other benefits. We saved, we invested through our…

When I was eleven years old in 1959, I was really raking in the dough. During the summer, in between baseball practices and games, I mowed seven yards in town…

Like many of you “Baby Boomers,” I spent many hours at the movies in the 1950s. Charlie Marshall owned the Sunshine Theater in Darlington. A ticket was 25 cents and…

As I mentioned in an earlier column, as a youngster I spent quite a bit of time at my Grandpa and Grandma Dale’s house. Grandma Dale, like most of the…

It seems that in today’s world the vast majority of dining establishments are large corporate franchises, none of which are located in small towns. But in the good old days,…

Do you remember the farmers who were your neighbors when you were a youngster? Yes, there were many. There were thirty-two students in my Darlington High School 1966 graduating class,…

As I mentioned in a column that I wrote last year, I started playing golf at a very early age. When I was ten years old, I made three greens…

Recently I spoke on the phone with a former classmate of mine who I had not seen or heard from since 1959. When we were youngsters, I visited with him…