Mayberry Days

2012-07-09 Thread CTMIDWAY58
Anyone wishing to go to Mayberry Days this year may find it hard to find accommodations close by at this late date, but it is worth a try. If you can't get a room in Mt. Airy, you can always get one in Winston Salem or Hillsville VA, both about a half hour away. As far as crowds, none will

Phone

2012-07-11 Thread CTMIDWAY58
For 74.95+ shipping you can get a dial type candlestick phone from: _www.Shoppickerswarehouse.com_ (http://www.Shoppickerswarehouse.com) which is the site for American Pickers. Right now it is listed on the first page, scroll down to it. Have seen these go for anywhere from $50 to over $300 in

40 acres

2012-07-25 Thread CTMIDWAY58
Just a thoughtbut why doesn't someone come up with a Mayberry Subdivision somewhere? Design it on the basis of the town of Mayberry, identical stores and homes, and you know something? There would be a total sellout in the first week!! And what a place to visit!! Why, the hotel may have

Parades

2012-08-06 Thread CTMIDWAY58
I hope all parades this year can have a Mayberry Squad Car in it!! Especially in NC's Capitol City the Raleigh Christmas Parade aka the Merchant's Parade, and the Veteran's Day Parade. What better tribute to the veterans could there be than to have a car represent Andy and Barney, both veter

Hurricane Floyd

2012-08-09 Thread CTMIDWAY58
Hurricane Floyd came along in the late 1990s, and eastern NC was flooded big time. Many homes lost, water over the rooftops and the whole town of Princeville had to be rebuilt or repaired. During that time we ran a charity fundraiser here on the digest and after it was over I carried somewhe

Andy Article

2012-08-27 Thread CTMIDWAY58
The Raleigh News and Observer had a great write-up of Mt. Airy and Andy in the Sunday paper, so go to this site and check it out!! One month from today starts another Mayberry Days, for us this will be number 15 in a row!! Looking forward to seeing all the friends from years past and getting

RIP

2012-09-04 Thread CTMIDWAY58
Rest in Peace, Charles Dowell, owner of Snappy Lunch and the best Pork Chop Sandwich in the world!! Welford TheCameraNut. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/

Barney;s Lighter

2012-09-06 Thread CTMIDWAY58
Why was Barney carrying a lighter when he hardly ever smoked?? That's the way the script was writ Welford TheCameraNut!!! ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/

Forecast

2012-09-24 Thread CTMIDWAY58
Weather forecast for Mayberry Days: Thursday, High 84, low 59 Friday, High 79, Low 58, 30% Isolated Thunderstorms. Saturday, High 77, low 56, 30% Isolated Thunderstorms. Sunday, High 72, Cloudy. You can check the forecast later in the week by googling Mt. Airy, NC weather. Be sure to pu

Mayberry Days

2012-10-01 Thread CTMIDWAY58
What a wonderful weekend!! Many old friends and some new ones along the way as well!! And the paradeGod's tears shed upon us in remembrance of Andy were so much more meaningful and no one was mad over a little rain! The Trivia contest...WOW!! What tough questions this time! I thought last

Just me

2012-10-07 Thread CTMIDWAY58
Just me statiing how much I enjoy being a fan of Mayberry!! I read messages from my friends on a daily basis and don't have to worry about the negativity prevalent in today's TV 'mess.' How can you be negative about a father loving his son, a son loving his father, and everyone loving the lo

sighting

2012-10-26 Thread CTMIDWAY58
Ben sure gets around!! Before Mayberry he was in the movie All The King's Men with Broderick Crawford, John Ireland, just to name a couple. Great old movie from 1949. Don't make them like that any more. This one had no cuss words in it!!! Bet Ol' Ben kept them straight...while he smoked his

picnics

2012-10-31 Thread CTMIDWAY58
Sure, I know what a picnic isit is a ham!! And cooked to perfection with some cabbage, cornbread, mashed 'taters and green peas, you got yourself a meal! ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/

Timelines....

2012-11-04 Thread CTMIDWAY58
I think Andy was probably in the Miltary Police, continued that line of work when he returned home. My theory is, his wife could have possibly been murdered in a revenge case where someone had a loved one put in prison because of Andy. Theory, not fact!! Darwin's theory became fact but mine

Kelsey's Woods

2012-11-08 Thread CTMIDWAY58
I just seen a strange character makin' a short cut through my woods. He be wearing some kinda vest, some clodhopper shoes, a old baseball cap and a'carryin' an old 5 gallon tin can. Ever' now and then he'd bump on that can and make a weird sound like he was in pain or sumpin'. Seems like he

Vets

2012-11-11 Thread CTMIDWAY58
To all veterans, young and old, wartime, cold war or peacetime. HAPPY VETERAN'S DAY! An old Swab Jockey, Welford TheCameraNut ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/

greatest laugh lines

2012-11-14 Thread CTMIDWAY58
My greatest laughs come from Barney and The Choir. What else could there be?? Welford theCameraNut!! ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/

Matlock

2012-11-16 Thread CTMIDWAY58
I can name 4 from TAGS and Matlock... Andy Barney Helen George Spence ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/

Alphabet

2012-12-08 Thread CTMIDWAY58
Let me put it to restback in the time of TAGS, the Military symbols for the alphabet were: Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog, Easy, Fox, George, How, Item, Jig, King, Love, Mike, Nan, Oboe, Peter, Queen, Roger, Sugar, Tare, Uncle, Victor, Willy, Xray, Yankee, Zebra. Numbers: One, Two, Three, Four

Trees

2012-12-10 Thread CTMIDWAY58
I just saw someone cutting one of my prize cedars for their Christmas tree. I normally don't allow no trespassin' in my woods, but for Christmas, I let it go. After all, Christmas ain't about me. Old Man Kelsey ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb

My Woods!

2012-12-18 Thread CTMIDWAY58
Who is that hiding in my woods?? I thought maybe someone had a still back in there as I seen old Ben Weaver eyeballing a path off the highway back into the woods. I can't get back in there and check like I oughta but I hear Ernest T is lookin' for to pick up a spare buck or 2 so mebbe I can

Down in the Woods

2012-12-23 Thread CTMIDWAY58
Look here!! My spyglass won't pick up anything 'cause the woods is too thick down yonder by the creek. But I tell you, I keep hearin' chickens down in there!! You 'spose Harriet is stealin' chickens and hidin' them down in my woods?? Tell you what, if'n I was able to get down in thar, I'd

To Nip or Not to nip...

2012-12-28 Thread CTMIDWAY58
The question of nipping it in the bud was best illustrated in the Christmas Story Old Ben Weaver took that jug and he had so many nips the problem was nipped in the bud!! No evidence, no conviction! And that jug looks just like some I saw down in the woods a while back but they was total

Movie

2012-12-29 Thread CTMIDWAY58
Last night we watched a wonderful Christmas movie A Song For The Season starring Andy Griffith, Gerald McRaney and Naomi Judd. If you can find a copy of it please watch it. It beats watching a soap opera!! And Andy looks so good in this and plays his part to perfection! Welford TheCameraN

Bee

2013-01-02 Thread CTMIDWAY58
The best proof of her name is inscribed on her stone in the Siler City cemeteryFrances Bavier...Aunt Bee. 'To Live in The Hearts Of Those You Love Is to Never Die' Welford TheCameraNut ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry

moonshiners

2013-01-07 Thread CTMIDWAY58
Regardless of unpopular opinion, I did not have a still on my property for makin' moonshine! All them bags of sugar and cartons of jars was fer makin' grape jam, and all that corn was fer feedin' my pigs. They do eat a lot when they growin' so don't be a'makin' no assumptions, now!! Old Man

Obit

2013-01-12 Thread CTMIDWAY58
Just got word of Emmett Forrest's passing. What an ace of a guy! So very nice to everyone he met, and believe me, he met thousands!! Andy and Emmett are once again reliving their childhoods and worshipping the God who gave them both such great talents!! We met him many years ago at Maybe

The Woods

2013-01-16 Thread CTMIDWAY58
It wasn't very often I let folks into my woods to do any huntin' or fishin' but one man I allus let in was my ole buddy Emmett. He weren't a very good shot so most of the animals was safe. He was a better fisherman and caught some nice bream down in the old fishin' hole. Once in a while he'

Walkin' in the Woods

2013-01-24 Thread CTMIDWAY58
I went a'walkin' thru my woods t'other day and it sure did seem quiet. Guess the cold weather done scared off the revenooers a'lookin' for any stills, and evidently Harriet has give up on hidin' her chickens down there 'til warmer weather. Chickens don't do good in cold. Even Ernest T's stock

Silent Auction

2013-02-03 Thread CTMIDWAY58
While strollin' thru the woods a day or 3 ago I decided I needed to go into town fer a change, so come back to the cabin and cranked up the ol' puddle jumper and away I went. Stopped in one a'them stores what sells stuff don't nobody want but somebody else might and I found a VHS tape of the

Kelsey's Woods report

2013-02-13 Thread CTMIDWAY58
Lissen, y'all. I'as goin' out to the woodpile yestiddy and I heered some sangin' comin' from down in the woods, seems maybe to'ard the crick. I decided to take a stroll and see what I could see, so headed down the ol' path past the little house in back o' the house, and as I walked on, the s

Frances Bavier

2013-02-25 Thread CTMIDWAY58
Lets put that photo to rest...it is NOT Frances Bavier, it is Gloria DeHaven, 1949. Now you know the REST of the story!!! ws ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/

Kelsey's Woods

2013-03-01 Thread CTMIDWAY58
Looky here!! I been down in the woods a'tearin' up a beaver's dam! Them varmints done chomped down some nice trees and jes chawed 'em all to pieces to make that thing! When I found it I come back to the barn and got me my chainsaw and some other stuff and sawed that dam to pieces. Next day I

Refrigerator

2013-03-10 Thread CTMIDWAY58
Yes, those were the coils on top of the reefer. We had one of that type when I was growing up and the coils had to be replaced one time and it was so simple. They simply lifted off the old ones, unplugged them, plugged in the new ones and set them in place! The next time they went shot, Mama

Kelsey's Woods

2013-03-13 Thread CTMIDWAY58
I seed the purtiest sight t'other morning early. I had gone to the little house round back and were headin' back to the house when down in the holler I seen a big buck, a doe, and a little fawn of maybe a few days old. I pulled up a log and jest set and watched them for a while and wondered.

sightings

2013-04-13 Thread CTMIDWAY58
Last night I got hooked into watching an old movie of Polyanna my wife bought at a thrift store. It had 2 of the AGS cast members working side by side...Reta Shaw and the other one I can't recall but she played Gomer's date..."She's Nice!! Real nice!" One of the men looked like the man who

Nice greenery!

2013-04-17 Thread CTMIDWAY58
I wuz a'wantin' to get some flares and greenery to take to my cuzzin in the horspital, so walked down thru my woods a'looking fer what I could find. Got some nice Daisies, some Brown Eyed Susies, and a few I dint reck'a nize, along with some greens to go with it. Had the purtiest shaped leave

Old Tape

2013-05-12 Thread CTMIDWAY58
As I posted to Facebook, yesterday we put in a VHS - C tape and watched some of Mayberry Days 1999. There was Phil Lee doing Ernest T Bass and he was sooo good at it!! There was the stage up at the playhouse with the plywood stage where people clogged or did the soft shoe to jam sessions!! T

Fish for Breakfast

2013-06-08 Thread CTMIDWAY58
Fish for breakfast? Sure! Grew up on a farm in Virginia back in the '40s and many times we had fish for breakfast. Why not?? It is good, sweet, nourishing, easily fixed, and if you get fillets there is no leftover to contend with!! My mother was especially good at fixing Whiting and I sure

Newspaper article

2013-06-23 Thread CTMIDWAY58
There was an article in the Raleigh paper today on how the businesses in Mt. Airy are starting to suffer because of the waning fans of TAGS. As older ones die, who remember the show, fewer and fewer young ones take the time to watch a show with morals and family values. From my observation, t

Old Man Kelsey

2013-07-19 Thread CTMIDWAY58
Old Man Kelsey herebeen out of touch for a while. Went down in the woods and found some funny lookin' plants...leaves kinda star shaped. When I walked closer to look see what they was, why the Police come a'runnin' up and slapped handcuffs on me and hauled me off to jail!! Said I was a'

Veterans?

2013-07-29 Thread CTMIDWAY58
I know we have lots of veterans who watch TAGS...so I am hoping I can contact some who served on Midway Island...or any former residents. Reunion planned for next year in Glasgow KY so if there are any interested, Contact me for info In the meantime, watch the Andy Griffith Showthey

Aunt Bee

2013-08-05 Thread CTMIDWAY58
The easiest way to settle it is to do a search for Frances Bavier's Grave and when you pull it up, you will read it for yourself on her stone. BEE is what is says, so that's what I have to go with!! TheCameraNut!!! ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wb

Gas question

2013-08-08 Thread CTMIDWAY58
School buses would not have bought gas from a service station. Back then as now, they had their own tanks and pumps, bought fuel wholesale and filled the buses daily themselves. Farmers bought their gas in bulk from a distributor, no road tax, since farm tractors seldom used the highways but

Mayberry Days Weather

2013-09-23 Thread CTMIDWAY58
Looks like it will be gorgeous weather for Mayberry this year, even for the parade!! Forecast highs for Friday and Saturday around 76-78, depending on who you believe!! For the parade, overnight lows 54 so it will be a little chilly for the start of the paradeand a high of 78 and PARTLY

Days

2013-09-30 Thread CTMIDWAY58
Wonderful time at Mayberry Days. Started with our pork chop sandwich at Snappy's, then made our way up to Mayberry on Main to visit with the fine folks there, Darrel, Debbie and Samantha Miles and bought a couple of new shirts. That is the place for shirts and caps!! And most anything else yo

trivia

2013-10-02 Thread CTMIDWAY58
Yes, Pat Bullins won the Trivia contest again with a score of 14 out of 22. Dennis Beale got 13. That is about the lowest score for a winner in many years!! The questions are so much harder than they used to be! I just knew I had one of the right but no, I got it wrong!!! If they would has w

Cracker Barrel

2013-10-11 Thread CTMIDWAY58
Maybe Floyd and Otis never left Cracker Barrel with a to go box, but today I had to!! I been sick the past ten days, and today I met my cousin from the hills of Kain-tuck at a Cracker Barrel 20 miles from home, and I just weren't able to eat 'er all!! So, I got one a' them little plastic th

Spotting

2013-10-28 Thread CTMIDWAY58
I spotted Howard Morris and Jack Albertson on an old episode of The Twilight Zone last night. Also on it was the guy who was in No Time For Sergeants who, I think, was the psychiatristthe one who was stamping the papers so fast. It was late when it came on so I didn't watch the whole t

Sightings

2013-11-09 Thread CTMIDWAY58
Was watching an old movie on my picture box called Stars In My Crown with Joel McCrea ... a wonderful movie from 1950. I recognized one voice as that of Arthur Huneycutt, but didn't recognize him at all. Also in it was a young Amanda Blake, Miss Kitty, and the eldest son of one of the men wh

Unknowed facts

2013-11-18 Thread CTMIDWAY58
Ken wanted us to share some unknowed fax about us nobody knowed, so here goze 1. Borned in central VA, had red hair! 2. Got to second grade, spent 12 days, got sent to 3rd grade! 3. Had Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever at age 9 and almost died from it. 4. Graduated at age 17 in '54, took post gr

Happy Birthday

2013-11-20 Thread CTMIDWAY58
I would like to wish a Happy Birthday to the Jim Clark Tribute Artist, Jeff Koontz!! Jeff is a valuable asset when it comes to the silent auction. I wonder just how much in total the auction has raised for the Surry Arts Council?? Enjoy your day, Jeff!! Welford and Carol Sims

Birthday Wishes

2013-11-22 Thread CTMIDWAY58
To our friend Eric Lowry, the "Little Fat Mayor" aka Major Spike.I mean Mayor Pike Wishing you a very Happy Birthday!! Hope you enjoy your day!!! Welford and Carol Sims ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.c

Otis's tie

2013-11-25 Thread CTMIDWAY58
Back in The Day, people dressed up for everything. You go to the state fair, dress up. Go out to eat, dress up. Go to church, dress up. I worked for a business machine company back in the early/mid 60s and wore a suit, white shirt and tie every day!! Grease spots all over my white shirt but

Thanks a'givin'.....

2013-11-30 Thread CTMIDWAY58
I been givin' lotsa thanks this year. I was a'wonderin' whar I was a'gonna git me a turkey fer Thanksgiving, but then thar ain't nobody but me so I ain't really needin' no big bird like that!! So's anyway, I went a'walkin down in my woods and found a whole pen of chickens!! Well, I jes' g

gazebo?

2013-12-21 Thread CTMIDWAY58
When y'all gonna be at the gaze-bo?? Sounds like Christmas!! No date was given unless I didn't read it right!! It sure would be fun to sit out in the snow and ice, watching squirrels shiver while we roast mushmellows on a far!! Ain't done that fer a long time or so!! Old Man Kelsey with his

Chickens!~

2013-12-28 Thread CTMIDWAY58
I were a'dreamin' 'bout some a'them chickens down in the woods there, and dreamt one a'them attacked at me!! Well, I dreamt I just took my arm and pushed it away but then that there thang attacked at me agin!! I swang m'arm jest as hard as I could at that blasted chicken and whaddya know but

Gas

2014-01-01 Thread CTMIDWAY58
Gas in the 60s was not .65 a gallon, but more like 35c a gallon. I once came upon a gas war when I was in the Navy, at a Suffolk VA station it was 14.9 a gallon, so I filled up. Had been about 120 miles so it took about 6 gallons in my 1953 Pontiac Chieftan, Straight 8, Straight stick, no pow

Old Man Kelsey here

2014-01-09 Thread CTMIDWAY58
Say, nowwon't all that ice on the trees purty?? And that cold snap made it hard on the chickens as well. Went to the henhouse to gather the eggs and they was all frez up. I drapped one and it shattered into little pieces! Have Mercy!! Why I hain't even seen Otis or Ernest T cuttin' thru

To NYC

2014-01-12 Thread CTMIDWAY58
900 miles are about right!! You see, back then there won't none a'them fancy Innerstake highways so Barney had to get there the best way he could, which was to go east to rt. 17 down at the coast, then go uphill towards NYC and by going that a'way, 'tis about 900 miles, give er take a hunnert

Been outta town!

2014-01-19 Thread CTMIDWAY58
Yep, I done been gone outta town fer a while and left my woods alone. Old friend Charlie crossed over the river to rest on the other side so saddled up my mule, went up on t'other side of the state line a ways to go say So Long to Charlie. Old Charlie had knowed me since I was borned way b

Kelsey's Woods

2014-02-14 Thread CTMIDWAY58
Ain't the snow purty!! But I done been snode in fer the past while and my larders is gettin' kinda low. I need to saddle up the old mule and haul off inta town and pick up some stuff to survive, like...well, lessee... I gotta have a bag o' corn meal and some flare to make my corn breadan

Kelsey's Woods

2014-03-08 Thread CTMIDWAY58
Won't 'at 'air snow 'n ice purty on the trees? 'At is 'til they come acrashin' down makin' noises like Ernest T shootin' at possums! Was into town not fer back and seed Major Spikeor was that Mayer Pike? That sounds more righter.. anyhoo I chatted up with him a spell before pickin up some

Old Man Kelsey

2014-04-01 Thread CTMIDWAY58
Sorry to be on the fritz but my health issues done took first place! After heart palpitations set me up in Rex Horspital fer a couple'a nights, they turnt me loose and sent me home! My cardiologist then strapped one a'them monitors on me and that ain't showed nothin' either! Guess I'm in

Ernest T

2014-05-06 Thread CTMIDWAY58
Ernest T can read in one episode and not read in another, can write in another one. TAGS was NOT a serial program but a sit-com, or situation comedy. In a serial, the show follows a script from week to week. A sit com does a separate show each week. Alan Melville, I think is his name, playe

Missed Posts

2014-06-21 Thread CTMIDWAY58
I missed some posts June 3 - June 11 but did a little catchin' up and now I'm a caught up fan!! I attended my reunion of Veterans and Former Residents of Midway Island, where I served from July 19 1957-July 24, 1958. We all had a wonderful time and some wonderful Mayberry Moments. I carried

convertibles

2014-06-22 Thread CTMIDWAY58
Yes...Convertible!! The biggest was the Caddy George Spence drove when Frank and Gloria got back together in Guest In The House. To hear George tell it was a blast!! He had never driven a Caddy before, so the first time he ran up on the curb. The second try he almost ran over the director's

Bass

2014-07-09 Thread CTMIDWAY58
Ernestee Bass. They always said "Ernestee" instead of Ernestso it is reasonable for his name to be Ernestee instead of Ernest T. We know a guy everyone calls George L but from what I hear his name is Georgelle. fits right in!! CameraNutt responding!!! __

Sighting

2014-07-10 Thread CTMIDWAY58
while watching a VERY old movie...1930, one of the dancing stars of the movie was none other than Buddy Ebsen!!a VERY YOUNG Buddy Ebsen!! Keep on a'watchin' and you'll find another one!! ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayb

Mayberry Daze....

2014-08-31 Thread CTMIDWAY58
Time to be in a daze over Mayberry Days!! I will have to try and make this a memorable one, as it will be our last. Feet just can't take all the walking any moreplus, we just celebrated our 50th yesterday so I guess it is time to turn our hotel room over to someone else and let them en

RE. Ala King

2014-09-01 Thread CTMIDWAY58
My nephew one time said his mother's cooking was fit for a king!! "Here, King!! Here, King. good doggie!!" TheCameraNut!!! ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/

Silent Auction

2014-09-16 Thread CTMIDWAY58
One of the items I am taking for the silent auction is an LP by Doug Dillard and Gene Clark. The photo appears to show a very young Doug. Don't know how old this is, but it should bring a good amount at the auction. If you are into Doug's playing, you surely want to bid on this item. It play

The Days

2014-09-29 Thread CTMIDWAY58
What an end to Mayberry Days for us!! The old feet just won't do all the walking any more so we have had to call it quits!! In doing some research, I enjoyed the episode of the choir singing Voices Of the Woods...better known as Welcome Sweet Springtimegood old 14A. That is one of the bes

sighting

2014-10-06 Thread CTMIDWAY58
If you get the chance to watch the fantastic Shenandoah with Jimmy Stewart, you will also see our James Best doing a fantastic job in his role! And you will see a classic movie as well. Welford theCameraNut. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmu

Dicrepancy or mistake?

2014-10-27 Thread CTMIDWAY58
A friend at church said he noticed a mistake in TAGS in the episode of the 3 women escaped convicts. Big Maude was wearing shoes with heels? Did they issue shoes with heels in prison? Don't believe so!! Big Maude must have stopped by Weaver's and picked up some shoes, but should have picke

Singer!

2014-11-01 Thread CTMIDWAY58
A Mayberry Days singer appeared at an event at the Richard Nixon Library in Yorba Linda CA last year to honor the men who were POWs in VietNam, some for more than 5 years. This young man [at my age, most of them ARE young men!] sang the same song he blessed us with at Mayberry DaysGod Ble

Old Man Kelsey's Woods report

2014-11-07 Thread CTMIDWAY58
Lawdy mercy!! I been outta tetch fer a spell. I tumbled down the well hole a while back and it took me a while before I clumb out of it! I drank plenty of fresh water and I et moss offen the rocks, and now and then I found a bug, but eventually come out of that hole and went to my bed and st

visit

2014-11-22 Thread CTMIDWAY58
Friday we had a wonderful visit with "Mayor Pike" Eric Lowry as he was passing thru! We met at Cracker Barrel near Raleigh Durham Airport...RDU...and had about an hour of fun, food and fellowship! We both got caught in the going to work traffic and our 20 minute trip took almost 45, and his r

Thanksgiving

2014-11-26 Thread CTMIDWAY58
Old Man Kelsey has got him a nice turkey from down in the woods, and it's been plucked and cleaned and ready to go in the pot with some Irish 'taters, collards, and butterbeans!! Yes sir, I'm a'gonna eat mighty fine this year! Hope alla'y'all do just as good!! and don't forget to thank the Al

Sighting

2014-12-10 Thread CTMIDWAY58
Gunsmoke again!! This time, James Best was the bad guy being taken in by Matt Dillon. Along with them was Ron Howard as the son of an Indian woman and a white man who had been killed and James was always saying bad things about them, but in the end he rode out and was killed as he was the one

Trees

2014-12-17 Thread CTMIDWAY58
I have a bunch a'fur trees down in my woods so any purty young thingor any ugly ol' men too, iffen y'all's not got a Christmas tree yet, come on down in the woods an' find you a purty one to chop down and haul home. All fer free!! I've got the Christmas spirit and feel like givin' all a'

My Day!!

2014-12-24 Thread CTMIDWAY58
Today is my birthday, so I am celebrating by watching my sump pump cut of every ten minutes to drain some of this water out of my crawl space! Had 2" so far and it is still coming, I think the whole eastern US is being hit by it Really, though, 11:45PM Christmas eve I was born. Old Dr. B

Old in front of name

2015-01-09 Thread CTMIDWAY58
Hey!! This is Old Man Kelsey and I resemble that remark!! Down in the woods I see where some folks cut 'em down a Christmas tree. I hope ya got a purty one and it brang some joy to yer home and fambly!! An' hope them little kiddles got lotsa presents under it from 'Ol Santy Claus!! Y'all take

Mistake?

2015-01-25 Thread CTMIDWAY58
Maybe a mistake, maybe not!! Maybe it has been discussed before, but a friend at church this AM said he noticed when the cameras panned across Wally's one time, both gasoline pumps were Standard grade or Regular gasoline, and another time one was Regular and one was Super...maybe Wally just

Sightig

2015-02-10 Thread CTMIDWAY58
While watching the great old movie from 1958 The Young Lions, I spotted a person unmistakable as Sgt. SchultzJohn Banner, then another face. Where did I see that faceoh!! That's Parley Baer! Way to go Mayor, you had work before Mayberry as Chester and as a German officer!! Great movie

Finding Floyd....

2015-03-04 Thread CTMIDWAY58
If any of you have the chance to watch the NC State Wolfpack basketball games, be sure to look at the guy on the row behind the players...behind Coach and you will seeis that FLOYD?? Sure looks like him!! So he gave up barberin' and went to assistant coachin'?? Welford TheCameraNut sti

Huntin'

2015-03-23 Thread CTMIDWAY58
Speakin' of huntin' - I been seein' lots of aminals out here in my woods. All them listed, well, most'a'them, I done seed runnin' 'round. Ever night I hear them hooty hoots and the screechers too, and deer, man there's a lot of them! Raccoons keep tryin' to get in my henhouse but the foxes

James

2015-04-08 Thread CTMIDWAY58
James BestYes, he was Best!! Fantastic Actor, great humanitarian, loved people, loved humor, loved art, loved The Andy Griffith Show and Mayberry Days! I went back and ran a clip I made last year, a 'debate' between "Barney and Rosco" and it was still funny, but so sad to realize there w

Interesting Info?

2015-04-13 Thread CTMIDWAY58
I was checking some things on line and one of the persons in my searches was the absolutely great Gospel singer Vestal Goodman. She was born inFyffe, Alabama!! Yes, there is a Fyffe in Alabama! If that is not the correct spelling, I am only putting down what I found!! Welford TheCamera

Birthday Boy!!

2015-05-04 Thread CTMIDWAY58
Happy days to our Birthday Boy Jamie "Opie" Sullivan!! Can it be he has gone from a kid who couldn't write his name to a college graduate right before out eyes WOW!! Congrats, Jamie!! Have a great day!! ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.c

Gasoline

2015-06-18 Thread CTMIDWAY58
Yo, gasoline evaporates quickly!! The essence is still there so very flammable. Or inflammable - anyway, they will set on far real quick, so you still have to be careful, but you can always tell by the smell of it. I spilt some one time while trying to get the far lit under my.m

New Math

2015-06-27 Thread CTMIDWAY58
In all my calculations, I keep coming up with an answer of 2100 when I add 2015 + 85. 2011 doesn't fit and 3000 doesn't work, except I amn't too focused on this here now new math stuff!! Mebbe I gotta take off botha my shoes? TheCameraNu!!! ___ W

Sioghting

2015-07-02 Thread CTMIDWAY58
While watching the great movie, Judgment at Nurenburg, there were some of the great actors in it, Spencer Tracy and Burt Lancaster, we all knowMontgomery Clift is well known as is Werner KlempererCol. Klink, son of famous composer Otto Klempererand one looked very familiarwho

Not Schwamp!!

2015-07-03 Thread CTMIDWAY58
My Apopolopogize but that wasn't Mr. Schwamp in Judgment at Nuremburg. I looked up the movie and it showed a closeup of the actor and it definitely was not him! Phooey!! But one more I forgot was the guy who played Herr Zeller in The Sound of Music. That one I am sure of!! Happy Fourth, eve

Weekend at Mayberry

2015-07-19 Thread CTMIDWAY58
What a wonderful weekend!! Floyd...I mean Allan, Ken, Jeff, Rick, Dennis, Alma, what more could you ask for!! Yeah, I named them that way because Floyd, Otis, Howard, Henry Bennett, Mr. Schwamp and Aunt Bee were busy!! Did I miss anyone? And congrats to Collin for his graduation ceremony an

Photos

2015-07-22 Thread CTMIDWAY58
There are some photos of the Mayberry Weekend posted on the Mayberry Friends Facebook page. I will be posting more as time allows, and I hope someone else will also post some!! Check it out! TheCameraNut!! Welford ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wb

James Slate

2015-07-24 Thread CTMIDWAY58
Thanks for putting a name to "Otis." I will remember him sitting in front of his store hanging over his checker board in between posing for photos with tourists. We went in the store and I found a good collection of Louis L'Amour books, and a wonderful drawing someone had made of Mt. Airy's o

Coweta

2015-07-31 Thread CTMIDWAY58
Lissen up here now...Coweta ain't called Cow Eaterbut Ky-eta. I learnt that sittin down in my woods watchin' one a'them video film things with the movie on it. Good show. Onliest one they shoulda had but didn't, he'd'a made a good deppity shurf, was Ernest T Bass! Now he could'a done som

birthday

2015-08-06 Thread CTMIDWAY58
Today, although he wasn't a member of Mayberry but coulda/shoulda been, Tim Conway celebrates his 78th Birthday!! Happy birthday to the funniest man alive!! He has brought more laughter to this world than any other person! ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WB

Aluminums in Radiddio.

2015-08-14 Thread CTMIDWAY58
Ol' Man Kelsey here... Y'alls been talking about sightin' aluminums from Mayberry in other shows, but how abouts radiddio shows whar you ain't able to see nobody, you jest hears 'em!! Now, Here is a list I found up in the back of the attic a couple weeks back so lissen up!! Hermit Cave - radi

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