One day Aunt Bee was home by herself when she heard a knock at the front door.
She opened it to find a stranger holding a clipboard.
Good morning, madam, he said. I'm from the census bureau. With pen in hand,
he started to fill out a census form, asking, How old are you, Miss Taylor?
Aunt Bee
I was in the right place and accidentally was interviewed by a reporter
for the Winston Salem Journal, Sherry Wilson, at Mayberry Days in
September of 2000 - the 40th anniversary of the show. As she quoted me
an article about Mayberry I said: Maybe the mindset has as much to do
with it as
I had another Mayberry moment today at my first visit to the grocery store
in my new home area. The lady taking my purchases to the car was named Judy
so when I asked her if she ever watched Mayberry, she said yeah, I know,
Judy, Judy, Judy! copied by Goober from Cary Grant. As I am so fond of
According to my mother's recollection, census takers just came to your door
and took your word for whatever you told them. So we can't put too very much
stock in some of them before the 1950s I guess.
Also, way back when (I won't mention any age) a lot of families depended on the
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