No. 274: George Parrett

The ButteCast with Bill Foley · Jul 2, 2025 · 1h 26m

Podcast No. 274: George Parrett

When I was in grade school in Butte, there were basically two kinds of kids: Those who had Mr. George Parrett as their principal and those who wished they did.

I fell into the latter. I was never lucky enough to have Mr. Parrett as a principal, but I heard so much about him from the kids who did. They loved Mr. Parrett. They all spoke about him like he was their favorite uncle. The only other principal I ever heard spoken of in that way by other kids was Mr. Oakie O’Connor.

I was not lucky enough to have Mr. O’Connor as principal, either. I just missed him at…