Juanita and Sarah

[Harry Brewbaker]

I always imagined Juanita to be a younger version of Flo from the "Alice" 
series.  Maybe with a bleach blonde (blonde right out of a bottle) boufant 
hairdo and lots of makeup.  I'm sure she called the customers "Sugar" and 
"Hun".  In the 60's there were a lot of waitresses in southern diners who 
looked and sounded like that.  
  
I always thought Sarah to be a thin woman in her 50's who liked to talk and 
wanted to keep up all the goings on in Mayberry ("Listenin' in again!).  I 
think she would look similar to the lady who talked about her sister with the 
long teeth...The Beaver.
  
My two cents for the day,
  
Harry in Salem, VA
  
"Nita, Juanita" 


  

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Juanita and Sarah

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When Sarah's name comes up, I picture the small-town operator portrayed by 
Cissy Spacek in the film "Raggedy Man." She was stationed there by the phone 
company after her hubby was killed in WWII and was also on duty nearly 24/7. 
The switchboard was in the foyer of the little house if I remember right.


As for Juanita, that name was popular for a time in non-hispanic families, I 
believe due to some flamboyant films in the 40s. I figure she was a slightly 
built young woman with a big heart, a bit naive about men and a hard worker. 
She probably thought nothing of dating Barney inbetween his relationship 
with Thelma Lou as she didn't take life too seriously.  Would that more of 
us could be like that!


Has anyone noticed how the writers changed Barney's personality in relation 
to romance?  One minute he's Mr. Bashful and then the next he often acts 
like a real lothario; I like him in the middle of these extremes, like most 
men are.


Aunt Bee of Orlando 



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Re: Juanita and Sarah

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Whewlothario?  You get one of them "learn-a-month" magazines for 
word learning?  I had to go and look that word up. :)


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