Gary Dale . . .Darlington athlete who could do it all By Butch Dale Gary Dale was a good shooter. Gary Dale exceled in track. Butch (on right) and Gary as kids. • • • • I have written articles about several Montgomery County athletes from the "good ol' days" in the past few months, and this time I am writing about someone very special to me . . . my "little brother" Gary Dale, who is four years younger than me and graduated from DHS in 1970. When we were little kids growing up on the farm, Gary and I loved all types of sports, and we followed the high school games closely. We idolized our heroes, and wanted to be like them some day. Gary told me that he would wait near the school lunch line to see if he could get autographs from Ron Threlkeld and Winston Wilson, two of the stars on the 1960 DHS basketball team. And Gary and his best friend, Stan Weliever, had a crush on Trudy Mennen, one of the high school cheerleaders. She gave Gary a signed photo, which he treasured, but he chuckled that Stan got a photo AND a kiss on the cheek from Trudy on his birthday . . . lucky guy!