A Family Like the Darlings

I attended a funeral today for a friend. My friend's family has to be the closest thing to the Darling family that I have ever known. Harlan worked at our school as a janitor. I taught his four children, three boys and a girl, all of whom had a very difficult time in school with none of them fin

Alumni Sighting

Our cable provider has just picked up the Hallmark Movie Channel.My wife likes the movies, but during the day I am always watching the old Perry Mason episodes, not the movies.They show 2 episodes per day.Today I was watching the episodes, and in the first one Uncle Ollie was the sh

Premiere of Return of the Killer Shrews

I posted last week regarding the Premiere of the movie Return of the Killer Shrews starring James Best, John Schneider, Bruce Davison and Jennifer Lyons. I posted that the date would be July 28th but need to revise that to July 27th due to unforseeable needs at the venue where we are doing the

cell windows in courthouse

I agree with you David. It seems the windows were open all the time year round. I can think of three  occasions. 1. I believe Barney hung on the bars to tell Otis he would get him out of the cell when Barney's nephew messed     up the keys 2. Opie and Arnold taped the bank robber's conversation w

Air Conditioning

I don't think that the county would spring for air conditioning for the Sheriff's Office... Andy, Barney, and any prisoner, would just have to sweat and be miserable during those hot humid summers just like most folks in Mayberry. Probably only a few well-off citizens and a handful of bus