The Best Advice Butch’s Dad Ever Offered
If you are a parent, it is very tempting to offer advice to your kids.
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Make Some Popcorn … Ed Sullivan’s On!!!
If you were around in the 1950s and 60s, you may have heard a family member shout that on a Sunday evening.
Read MoreIt’s Time for School to Start Again!!!
My daughter teaches English at North Montgomery High School. Last week she mentioned that school starts up again on Aug. 7.
Read MoreStaying Cool in the Good Ol’ Days
Well, folks, summer has arrived.
Read MoreWhat Does Butch Wish for Today’s Kids ?
Those of you who are baby-boomers likely have fond memories of your childhood.
Read MoreButch Was Born in Prehistoric Times
By John ‘Butch’ Dale Guest Columnist Many times when I tell kids that I was born in 1948, they look at me in disbelief, because to them that year seems like prehistoric times. “No, kiddo, the dinosaurs had been extinct for a couple of years by then.” The … Read More
Doc Otten’s physical exam …
The Dales … at least our Dale family when I was growing up, rarely went to a doctor.
Read MoreButch Asks, ‘Who Are the Real Heroes?’
Most youngsters can list people who they consider as their “heroes:” actors, singers, sports stars, and other celebrities along with their parents and grandparents, people they look up to and admire.
Read MoreButch Goes Back In Time To 1956
Some of you may be like me, I almost hate to listen to the news nowadays.
Read MoreWere They Really ‘The Good Old Days?’
On a few occasions, after I have told a youngster a funny story about something that happened when I was a little whippersnapper, they will ask, “Mr. Dale, was it really better back in those days?”
Read MorePutt-Putting Along In The 1960s
As we Baby Boomers continue down the path of what most people refer to as “old age,” I refuse to be placed in that category.
Read MoreFrom The White House To The Outhouse
Well, I have to admit it.
Read MoreDo you have a “problem child”?
This is a story about a boy known as “an ornery little feller” — today called a “problem child” — a youngster who is mischievous, stubborn, and a little naughty, but still loved by his parents.
Read MoreThe Baby Boomer TV Personality: Who Are You?
Have you ever thought about what factors influenced your personality … what helped make you the person you are … the complex components of temperament, attitude, and character that distinguishes each individual?
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