update

2012-04-09 Thread Ctmidway57
Have updated my Email address 3 times to _CTMIDWAY58@AOL.COM_ (mailto:ctmidwa...@aol.com) but mail still goes to CTMIDWAY57. Can you correct this please?? Thanks!! ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/

photos

2012-03-02 Thread Ctmidway57
Just one place I would want to photographthe switchboard with Sarah sitting at the controls!! ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/

sighting

2012-02-17 Thread Ctmidway57
Was watching an oldreally old...episode of The Rifleman last night and it was called the Hangman. And who else was it than Denver Pyle, shoring up his gallows to hang another "guilty party." The townsfolk were all up in arms and ready to hang the guilty man without even a trial until Luca

Days

2012-02-12 Thread Ctmidway57
Just thinkjust over 7 months until Mayberry Days again!! The most fun time you can have in your life, so make plans to attend NOW. If you need hotel/motel reservations, do it NOWa month from now may be too late, but you can still get rooms in Winston Salem or Hillsville Va, each abou

date?

2012-02-04 Thread Ctmidway57
Only one answer.and I am sorry, Barney, but I would have to choose Thelma Lou!! Beautiful, witty, intelligent, has a good job, likes outdoors, nice lady, dresses nice. What more could you ask for? And where would we go? To the Bluebird of course, and stop at Snappy Lunch for a snack! With

New Year

2012-01-01 Thread Ctmidway57
I would like to wish all of you a Happy New Year, but I don't have time. Otis just called and said he had a fresh batch from an unnamed source and wanted me to come over, so I better go over to help Otis with this problem. Don't want him riding my newest cow down the street. Gotta run. Catch

Greetings!

2011-12-24 Thread Ctmidway57
Christmas greetings to the entire Mayberry community!! Sometime tomorrow, stop for just a few minutes and remember the Person whose life we celebrate! Make it a Mayberry time, which is remembering the Reason for the Season, a change of heart, sharing of bounty, and forgiveness. Also mentionin

Bee vs Bea

2011-12-21 Thread Ctmidway57
Bee may not be the way to spell Beatrice but on Frances Bavier's stone in Siler City it has 'Aunt Bee' engraved in stoneso that ends any controversy! Welford TheCameraNuttand I gots a photo of it!! ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.c

Soule

2011-11-27 Thread Ctmidway57
While watching The Outlaw Josie Wales last night I see Olan Soule with a bit part, and he was not directing the choir this time! Have never seen the move all the way thru, but have seen bits and pieces enough to know what it is! Great movie, right, Mr. Wilson? Welford the CameraNut

Praying/Preying

2011-11-25 Thread Ctmidway57
You may have Praying on your mind, but on the other hand, something is Preying on your mind. Praying is talking to God. Preying is more or less stalking or going after something stealthily. Welford theCameraNut ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.c

My Wishes

2011-11-24 Thread Ctmidway57
My wishes for the Mayberry community is to have a wonderful day, and to not forget the reason for the day. This is NOT Turkey dayit is THANKSGIVING day. A day for giving thanks to God for our many blessings, one of which is the Andy Griffith Show's lessons on living. Thank you to each o

What I would like

2011-11-17 Thread Ctmidway57
The one thing from the show I would rather have than anything is the candlestick phone!! I guess it is too late to ask for Thelma Lou??? What a lady!! And Andy's old pickupthe one Aunt Bea was about to leave in?? So many things!! Welford TheCameraNuttt!!! __

Andy's

2011-11-14 Thread Ctmidway57
We went by Crabtree Mall for lunch today, and as we started to go under the parking deck, we noticed the outside of a place called Andy's. On a pole over the restaurant was a car! A real car! Now what kind of car would be good to put over Andy's? And Edsel, of course!! And there it was, a r

Welcome!

2011-10-25 Thread Ctmidway57
Howdy and welcome to the new members of the digest. And for any who think they know the show really well, come to Mayberry Days and get in the trivia contest. THAT will test your knowledge of the show! The one this year was the toughest I have ever seen, with the past champions, who always

Ernest T

2011-10-16 Thread Ctmidway57
My post was in errorhe was born in September but died May 21. 2005sorry for the misinformation... ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/

Ernest T

2011-10-16 Thread Ctmidway57
Howard Morris died in Sept. 2005. He had been to Mayberry Days in '03 and we had looked forward to seeing him again, but he got sick and didn't make it back, then died in '05. Sad day in the neighborhood! Welford TheCameraNut ___ WBMUTBB mailing list

Photo processing

2011-10-11 Thread Ctmidway57
Head Goober Jim Clark Email me for info on photo processing!! CameraNutt ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/

Gun??

2011-10-09 Thread Ctmidway57
Maybe my eyes deceived me, and I need to look again. When Opie the Birdman played, and Andy walked over to open the window so Opie could hear the orphan birds, the camera went back to Opie and the nightstand and it looked like a .45 pistol on the table??? What was it? I know my eyes aren't

stamps?

2011-09-28 Thread Ctmidway57
The Postal Service announced it was no longer requiring a waiting period of 5 years to make a stamp of a person and would make stamps for living persons, so why not ANDY??? Why not the whole cast of The Andy Griffith Show? A whole sheet of stamps to commemorate the characters on the show, an

trivia

2011-09-28 Thread Ctmidway57
Sorry, Scamp!! My brain was tired when I was posting my report and it just didn't come to me right away!! I congratulate you on a fantastical win on some really hard questions! I see my report was shortened on the latest digest...but the original version went thru with no problems, and the s

Mayberry Days!~

2011-09-26 Thread Ctmidway57
Thursday, Sept. 22: Car had been mostly loaded the evening before, so finished loading what was left and got under way about 0750. Traffic was heavy on I-540 so turned off on US-70 to I-85 and headed on to Mayberry! We made one rest stop outside Greensboro and made it the rest of the way with

Old Movies

2011-09-14 Thread Ctmidway57
I was going through my old Navy diary and listed on Sunday, January 19, 1958, I found this entry: "Off Midwatch. [Midnight to 0800] Went back over [To Sand Island] to church. Went to matinee, Scaramouche. Went at night & saw Face In The Crowd." [stars Andy Griffith] That was while I was wi

14A

2011-08-25 Thread Ctmidway57
As any good choir member knows, it is good ole FOURTEEN A ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/

Mayberry Days Silent Auction

2011-08-21 Thread Ctmidway57
Just to give you a heads up, I have two Andy Griffith records I am donating to the silent auction, unless I forget and leave them home!! First: Destry Rides Again with Andy, Delores Gray and Jack Prince Second: Andy Griffith - Just For Laughs...contains What it Was Was Football Make You

Old Days

2011-08-01 Thread Ctmidway57
Thanks for the old 1993 synopsis of Mayberry Days, Allan!! It sounded just like the first time we went in 1998 and got hooked on ithaven't missed a year since! And I miss Phil Lee as Ernest T...he was so good at it. He lives about ten miles from us but we never see him any more, so Phil

songs

2011-05-26 Thread Ctmidway57
I am amazed no one has yetor if they have I missed it...named the all time best song on TAGS Good old 14AWelcome Sweet Springtime We greet thee in song...Classic!!! Mr. Sims TheCameraNuttt!!! ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.co

top ten

2011-05-14 Thread Ctmidway57
In the top 10 list of characters for Don Knotts one was omitted: The nervous little man on the Steve Allen Show!! That was his big break into comedy as far as I am concerned, and it only went on to bigger and better from there!! Barney was just an extension of that nervous little man!! Atta boy

cookie jar

2011-05-11 Thread Ctmidway57
Mayberry On Main will get the Barney Fife cookie jar! Sorry to all the ones who missed out. Will keep my eyes peeled for any more items. I have some items for the Silent Auction in September, including 4 Jim Nabors albums and one cassette tape, double album, plus a large 11x14 photo of Barn

cookie jar

2011-05-10 Thread Ctmidway57
Went to a consignment shop today and they have a Barney Fife cookie jar...his cap is the lid...stands probably a foot high or so$45. Any takers, quickly? It may be gone soon!! If it is still there I can get it and ship it to you Mr. Sims TheCameraNuttt!!!

tornado

2011-05-02 Thread Ctmidway57
Thanks, David and Patty for such a vivid description of what you went through. I am glad the Mayberry contingent came through it by the power of God's grace! I can not imagine how it is there, even when I go to our daughter and son in laws neighborhood where one street was damaged from end t

Countdown

2011-04-19 Thread Ctmidway57
I will beg to differ on the countdown to Mayberry Days not starting yet Countdown to the next Mayberry Days starts the day the present one ends!! Haven't done much lately on the groupand now Carol is down with pneumonia. Welford TheCameraNu!!! _

sightings

2011-02-22 Thread Ctmidway57
Watching the 1945 version of State Fair last night, starring Dick Haymes and Jeanne Crainethe announcer in the hog judging pavilion was John Dehner, the Colonel, and he didn't have any elixir with him! And the judge who gave Mr. Frake the Blue Ribbon? Have mercy, it was Ben Weaver!! One

sighting

2011-02-11 Thread Ctmidway57
Watching the old 1995 movie "Last of The Dogmen" with Tom Berengersaw an old guy in it who looked kind of familiar and sounded even more familiar. Found out shortly it was none other than Mayor PikeHarley Baer!! Or for the real old timers like me, "Chester" on the radio version of Gunsmo

Mayberry

2011-01-25 Thread Ctmidway57
I hope I can get better soon. I have had a bad run-in with a hamstring pull and so far therapy hasn't done much good. I can be on my feets about 30 minutes and then I have to be off for a good while. I still plan to go to Mayberry Days and have my pork chop sandwich, visit Mayberry on Main, a

new year

2011-01-01 Thread Ctmidway57
To One and All of ye Mayberry community WE WISH YE A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NU YEAR and hope to see you all at Mayberry Days again in September.only a little under 9 months to go!! WelfordTheCameraNut!!! Laff a little...or maybe a lot! ___ WBMUTB

Card

2010-12-21 Thread Ctmidway57
The Newsome card is ANewsome!! That's a new word nowcross of A. Newsome and Awesome!! Wish I had been born smart instead of so daggone good lookin'!!! Welford TheCameraNut ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.co

character?

2010-11-15 Thread Ctmidway57
I would be Mr. Schwamp!!! Man of few words, always smiling, friendly, must have had lots of friends the way he got around! And later everyone would wonder who in the world I was!! WelfordTheCameraNu!!! ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com

Happy Day

2010-11-11 Thread Ctmidway57
To Ernest T, Alan Melville, Andy and Barney, Dud Wash, and all the others who served. Happy Veterans Day!! Ernest T, Howard Morris, noticed the cap I was wearing at Mayberry Days in 2003, which is "NavComU43 Midway Is," and he asked if I was on Midway, I told him I was and he told me he

To Bea or not to Bee?

2010-10-05 Thread Ctmidway57
Well, Aunt Bea's tombstone, if I remember k'rectly, it says Aunt Bea and "To Live In The Hearts of Those You Love is To Never Die" As long as we p'rnounce it k'rectly way I look at 'er, don't make no difference how we spells it!! Call an apple pie an appul pie, it still tastes the same!! As fer

Saturday Nite/Sunday

2010-09-27 Thread Ctmidway57
The surprise guest was someone who started going to Mayberry Days at age 8 and is now 19, is confined to a wheelchair, basically, and has made a ton of friends at the Days! For everyone who has met Kyle Butler we are so proud to say he received the Key to Our Hearts award and Plaque last nig

Friday

2010-09-25 Thread ctmidway57
Hit the downtown about 7:45 and got a parking spot on Main st., ate our breakfast and got ready for the parade. It started right on time and what a parade it was! Longest so far at just over an hour! I think our first one back in '98 was about 20 minutes. After the parade we roamed in a few st

TheDays

2010-09-24 Thread ctmidway57
Surprise and no surprise!! Dennis Beale won the trivia contest again...but only got what...17 correct? they were tough!!! I mean Really tough!! Pat Bullins, champ for 6 consecutive years got only 15 of the 22 right. It has been a miserably hot and humid day today but we all had a great time. R

Arrived!!

2010-09-23 Thread ctmidway57
We arrived in time to have our pork chop sandwich and for the first time in 13 years we saw a line for Snappy Lunch on Thursday! I hope they all enjoyed theirs as much as we did! Got checked in at 1:30 and unloaded the luggage, went to hospitality room and had some hot chok-lit and read the da

Sunday Luncheon

2010-09-22 Thread Ctmidway57
Has anyone decided which place we will meet for lunch after Church services Sunday AM? Last year half went to Golden Corral and the other half went to Sagebrush. Hope we can all go to the same place this year!! Too much fun to be had and don't want to miss one sniglet or giggle, much less a

Dooley?

2010-09-13 Thread Ctmidway57
Are you sure Dooley wasn't his first name? Y'know in the Loretta Lynn movie her husband was nicknamed Dooley Lynn so maybe they were singing about him? But 'round about Mayberry it could have been Beasley or Bass, or maybe Brendlemightor Lesch. Take yer choice! TheCameraNuttier _

squad cars

2010-08-27 Thread Ctmidway57
Could be Mayberry Squad Cars in North Carolina get away with having red lights on them is because NC police use blue lights. Red lights are for fire engines and EMS and a Mayberry car does not resemble either of them!! That's my story and I'm a'stickin' with 'er!! Weford theCameraNu...tt.t.

sightings

2010-08-10 Thread Ctmidway57
I know this has been mentioned b4 but let's give it another go for the newcomers. Bonnie and Clyde, the movie from 1967 or 68 starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway also had several TAGS characters in it. Cousin Virgil found what he could dohe could work on cars and drive getaway car

Poor James!!

2010-08-01 Thread Ctmidway57
Was watching the old movie from 1968 called Firecreek and poor James Besthe done got shot in the back!! What an awful way to go, but evidently he survived and has done very well for hisself!! Understand he even followed in the footsteps of his friend Sheriff Andy Taylor and became a sher

Sack?

2010-07-18 Thread Ctmidway57
Does anyone know where Ernest T Bass got the sack he carried his rocks in? Simple. FROM 5TH AVENUE SACKS!!! Welford theCameraNuttt and getting nuttier!! ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/

Double

2010-06-19 Thread Ctmidway57
While on a recent trip to Alaska, we visited a Sea museum. They have a "touch tank" where you can handle the starfish, etc. One of the people there to assist and answer questionswill, I did a double take. All he needed was a 5 gallon can and start singing "Old Aunt Mariah" or heave a rock

Governor

2010-04-24 Thread Ctmidway57
Larry in Lincolntonif you're from NC you should know when you see the governor you can not shake his hand. Him is a her..didja forget Beverly Perdue? We went to Mt. Airy Thursday...took a couple from our church who had never been. He is 81 and has health issues, but did pretty good m

sighting

2010-04-18 Thread Ctmidway57
On Turner Classics last night I caught a bit of They Walk By Night and who in that old movie was driving intoxicated? Well, they actually said "Are you driving DRUNK??" Poor old Ben Weaver been sipping in his back room again! Yep, one and only Old Ben, driving drunk! The movie was from 1949.

Exchange Rate?

2010-04-12 Thread Ctmidway57
In tonight's episode of "High Noon in Mayberry" Barney received an investment check for 27 cents. Just wondered what that might be in 2010 money. Anybody know? Of coursein 2010 money it would be worth a dime!!! Welford the CameraNut!! ___ WBM

Ben

2010-03-14 Thread Ctmidway57
Was just watching the old 1949 movie All The King's Men and one of the members of the city council was a cigar chewing Ben Weaver!! Never knew he liked cigars...maybe he was too tight to buy any while on TAGS!! Welford TheCameraNut ___ WBMUTBB maili

Tick a lock

2010-03-06 Thread Ctmidway57
According to the urban dictionary, the phrase comes from the old days when a lock was a plate mounted below the doorknob. When you turned the key, it gave a definite "Click" or "Tick" when the lock closed. So, to "tick a lock" meant you had turned the key so the door (mouth) was locked. But

Andy again?

2010-02-19 Thread Ctmidway57
I have a great idea for Andy and a TV special: Andy has played a sheriff and also a lawyer, as well as the bad guys. So...now, lets have Andy play the part of a Judge, with some big name players as the lawyers and criminals. That's redundant...big name players to play the part of the crooks w

Medicine Man Killed

2010-01-17 Thread ctmidway57
John Dehner, the medicine man who got all the ladies smashed with his tonic, was killed by Gary Cooper in a movie a couple days ago. It was a western so I don't think they used real bullets since there was no blood. He could have used some of his magic elixir to fix hisself up again! Beautiful

To

2010-01-11 Thread ctmidway57
I too received and "email" from Tom K. I kinda had suspicions of it being a scam so forwarded it to the security division of AOL for their investigation. If these people who are so smart would get a job they could make a lot more money and it would be legal without jail time added on!! Wher

Snow?

2010-01-07 Thread Ctmidway57
Lots of you are getting snow right now and more are expecting snow. Wonder why none of the scenes of Mayberry were filmed with snow, since it is at the foot of the mountains! Wouldn't it have been a hoot to see Ernest T Bass bust windows with snowballs instead of rocks? And to have one smack

shutdown

2009-10-28 Thread Ctmidway57
I will be shutting down in a couple days, heading to Florida to see my sister and bro in law, then from there will head down the Gulf Coast where I will meet up with a guy I was stationed on Midway Island with and have not seen since July 24, 1958! So, until we return and sign back on, wishi

Mayberry

2009-10-14 Thread Ctmidway57
Still reeling from Mayberry Days! What a great time we had! If you don't have a good time it is your own fault! We always show up on Thursday and head for Snappy Lunch first thing and that gets us in a good mood and it is on an even keel from then on! I have been relegated to my "cell" wher

auction

2009-10-08 Thread Ctmidway57
Just watching the Barrett Jackson auction from Las Vegas and they had a '63 Ford Galaxy Squad car autographed on the driver's side door inlarge handwriting by Don Knottssold for $110,000!! Save your Mayberry Money, Boys, them Squad Cars gonna rise again!! __

Knotts

2009-10-03 Thread Ctmidway57
Now since Karen Knotts has visited Mayberry Days and seen all the wonderful folks, is there a chance they may re-think their decision and allow a statue of Don at Mt. Airy? What a great tribute to one of the comedic talents the world ever knew! Hope they will allow it now!! TheCameraNuttt __

Mayberry Days

2009-09-29 Thread Ctmidway57
I am going to try to read my scribbled notes and give an account of Mayberry Days, so here goze: 9-24: I awoke at 2:15 AM and never got back to sleep! On top of that, instead of taking one of my Lyrica capsules I took 2, and that causes drowsiness but I had a full power Dr. Pepper and the c

MD

2009-09-14 Thread Ctmidway57
Mayberry Days is almost upon us! And did I tell you I will be in Col. Tim's Talent Time? OhI'm sorry I will be AT Col. Tim's Talent Time! I know it will be a fun time again and who knows what Floyd, Barney, Otis, Ernest T, Big Maude and the rest will cook up to keep us laughing! Anyo

What makes me laugh

2009-08-08 Thread Ctmidway57
The one to always make me laugh is Barney and The Choir...when he does the solo to a really "hot" mike, that getz me every time! CameraNuttt!! ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/

meeting

2009-08-03 Thread Ctmidway57
For those who wish to meet up, the internet group normally meets on the hill at the amphitheater immediately after the trivia contest on Friday, and a bunch of photos are taken!! It is always fun to see old members and to greet new ones, so any of you going to the days, meet at the amphithea

Mayberry

2009-08-01 Thread Ctmidway57
What Mayberry really needs is a Krispy Kreme Donut shop!! Can you imagine the bizness they would get!?!? Why Barn may even put on a pound or two of muscle if he ate a couple!! Tiz less than 2 months til the dayz and I can hardly wait! Now I can say it is "next month" since this be the one-th

Floyd Walking

2009-06-04 Thread Ctmidway57
After the stroke, Floyd never walks again in the series. If you watch his left arm, he never uses that again either. It is at his side, normally on a chair armrest, or resting on the back of the barber chair but never again could he use it. What a great character actor...where are the great

sighting

2009-06-03 Thread Ctmidway57
Was watching the old Western "Escape from Fort Bravo" this AM and the storekeeper was Howard McNear. And he wasn't wearing glasses, so wonder if he started wearing them between this movie, 1953, and seven years later in Mayberry, or if they were fakes.like someone else who portrays Floyd

Museum

2009-05-26 Thread Ctmidway57
Photos are NOT allowed in the museum any more. Seems someone took photos of articles, printed them into larger photos and was selling them, so no more photos! Only takes one to spoil the whole bunch! I did have photos of the signs but in keeping with the wishes of the museum I will not share

Jack

2009-05-23 Thread Ctmidway57
Watched the episode with Jack Albertson as Aunt Bea's ...cousin? who was really a con artist. Strange thing is, I just saw him on Gunsmoke a couple days before playing the part of.a con artist! When you got it, you got it!! CameraNuttt. **A strong credit score is 700 or abov

ring tones

2009-05-12 Thread Ctmidway57
Someone once posted a site where you could go to and they would send the tone to your phone for free, but after they did it, I didn't recognize the phone number and deleted it!! On top of that, I deleted the web site as well!! Now, I have been knowed to be not quite the sharpest knife in the

Anachronisms

2009-04-08 Thread Ctmidway57
Well, the Mayberry phone system may have been a little later than some others in converting to dial, just like my hometown up in central Virginia. When I came to NC in 1963 I made a collect call to let my parents know I had made it all right, so I picked up the phone and told the operator I

Barney and Hannity

2009-02-20 Thread Ctmidway57
Don't know how many saw the bit on Fox news last night...the segment called Hate Hannity where people can make video clips to send in. One was dressed like and sounded like Barney Fife in civilian clothes! I don't know if the guy was serious or not, but it was hilarious! How much longer is it

versitis

2009-02-14 Thread Ctmidway57
Ain't no such thing as versitis, as far as I can tell. Maybe you refer to bursitis. 'Ats when a little sac of fluid called a bursa gives problemsit lubricates your joints, depending on which joints you go in...and makes you hurt! I bet if you used Otis' remedywell, it wouldn't cure

birthday

2009-02-01 Thread Ctmidway57
Although he never appeared on the Andy Griffith Show, I am sure Andy and the rest of us have listened to his songs for over fifty years. I got my first album as a gift 51 years ago and still have it and it is still played. Whose is it? George Beverly Shea turns 100 today and still sings! What

Mayberry Stamp

2008-12-30 Thread Ctmidway57
As long as the main stars of the show are still alive, no stamp can be issued. Andy would have to be gone for 10 years before that happens, so lets hope it will be a long time before a stamp comes along! If it was a fictional show with fictional characters, it could be different, but since t

Miracle salve

2008-12-29 Thread Ctmidway57
I found a good use for Miracle Salve. if your car door squeaks, put on a little Miracle Salve and the squeak is gone! It is also good for waterproofing your hunting boots. Apply to your windshield and wipe off real good and it works like the higher priced rain repellent. I use it to coat

greetings

2008-12-23 Thread Ctmidway57
TheCameraNuttt and Mrs. Nutt who puts up with me and my shenanigans wish to each and every one of our Mayberry family a very.. MERRY CHRISTMAS Welford and Carol Sims Raleigh NC **One site keeps you connected to all your email: AOL Mail, Gmail, and Yahoo Mail. Try it now

Ernest T

2008-12-11 Thread Ctmidway57
We nicknamed a chimp at the NC Zoo Ernest T because of only one thing, and here is the story. After my father died we brought my mother to Raleigh several times, and on one visit we went to the zoo. When we got to the chimp area, we had to dodge rocks as one of the chimps would pick up any he

Mayberry Daze

2008-12-04 Thread Ctmidway57
At the next Mayberry Days, weather permitting, we should all gather and have the CEO of the digest give us a pep talk! Then we could present him with the keys to a brand new Cadillac! Then it would be up to him to find the one the keys fit!! I did that to a preacher we had one time when he

bus stations

2008-11-26 Thread Ctmidway57
Many small towns did not have bus stations. My hometown of Louisa VA, about 30 miles from Charlottesville, had 4 buses daily for the early years2 went east, 2 went west. Then it cut to 2 a day, one east and one west. The station was at the Ford dealer's and you could buy your ticket at t

penny

2008-11-21 Thread Ctmidway57
Trains run over pennies every day, I am sure. I even tried it in my Mayberry once. Not only a penny but a nickel as well. Never found either one! That train must have knocked them a country mile when it hit them. I checked around for about 50 feet in every direction and they were nowhere to b

Aunt Bee's car...

2008-11-17 Thread Ctmidway57
Her car was a Stoobedakerer Studebaker **Get the Moviefone Toolbar. Showtimes, theaters, movie news & more!(http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/10075x1212774565x1200812037/aol?redir=htt p://toolbar.aol.com/moviefone/download.html?ncid=emlcntusdown0001)

Mayberry towns

2008-11-15 Thread Ctmidway57
One thing I did not mention for my little hometown in central Virginia was the way we got together and played a ball game. Since it was a farm, we played in the cow pasture. You had to be very careful of sliding into home plate! However, if you could really hit the ball hard, it could go

photos

2008-11-08 Thread Ctmidway57
E.Tplease post the site with my photos on it again. I had a message this AM asking for the site but since I can't view it for some reason I never saved the link! Would appreciate the posting again and this time I will save it for future reference!! Welford theCameraNuttt!! *

Mayberry town

2008-11-06 Thread Ctmidway57
I would like to tell you of my own Mayberry town where I grew up. We lived on the edge of town on a small farm, 45 acres, and could walk to the middle of town in about 20 minutes. We had 5 churches, 6 service stations, yes, service stations where you got your oil, water, anti freeze and tires

git-tar playing

2008-10-31 Thread Ctmidway57
James Best was miming? NO WAY!! If Brisco could get all those sounds from a jug, I know Jim Lindsey could get sounds from his guitar others found impossible to get! Even at Mayberry Days he has come on stage with his guitar but for some reason he always gets interrupted before he can play a

photos

2008-10-29 Thread Ctmidway57
Jeff, you have outdone yourself!! Fantastic photos! I wish there was one of Mr. Schwamp's face when Miss Magruder was flirting with him during the "beauty" contest!! That was one of the most hilarious skits I have seen in a long time! But, when all is said and done, there is more said than d

photos

2008-10-27 Thread Ctmidway57
Many thanks for putting my '08 Mayberry Days photos on line, but I have a problem. When I try to view them, everything freezes. I have to use "ctrl-alt-del" and start over. I have tried with both the first group and second group with the same results. Anyone else have that problem? And a gr

Mayberry politics

2008-10-25 Thread Ctmidway57
How many saw the Mayberry Moment on TV news when the woman ran up to Karl Rove and yelled. "CITIZEN'S ARREST!! CITIZEN'S ARREST!" Now, who could watch that and not think of Gomer and Barney!! Personally, I think Mayor Pike will get my vote. Stoner has been in office long enough! And I nom

Howard

2008-10-12 Thread Ctmidway57
Floyd, Howard McNear, after the stroke never had a part where he used his left arm again. You can watch those parts and see his had is either propped on the arm of the chair where he is sitting, or on the back of the barber's chair if standing. I think a time or two he was holding a newspape

sightings

2008-10-08 Thread Ctmidway57
Wow!! Looked like a TAGS reunion last night in the 1967 movie Bonnie and Clyde! Cousin Virgil still messing up. Dub Taylor as is pa. Briscoe Darlin' as the law. If I am not mistaken, the Darlin' boys did the music for the mvie. Now if they could'a had Ernest T and Charlene as Bonnie and Clyd

MAYBERRY 2008

2008-10-02 Thread Ctmidway57
9-25..Arrived in Mayberry (Mt. Airy) about 11AM and headed to Snappy Lunch for our pork chop sandwich. Sorry for all those who couldn't have one!! Greeted Emmett Forrest and Jim Clark while there, as well as Charles Dowell who owns Snappy Lunch. After eating we went across the street to Maybe

The Days

2008-10-02 Thread Ctmidway57
One big I forgot to add in my report about the days.the National Guard vehicle was the last one in the line of march. As it approached us, I noticed silence, so my wife and I started applause for these American Heroes. As the vehicle slowly made its way down Main street, we followed along

the Days

2008-10-01 Thread Ctmidway57
I am late with my report and will be later!! We took a few extra days and went up on the Blue Ridge Parkway, Bluffs Lodge, for a few days. Yesterday we took a ride down to Grandfather Mountain for the first time in 15 years and they have done some magnificent changes! Even ran into Amy from t

inconsistences?

2008-09-24 Thread Ctmidway57
There were no inconsistencies on the show. This is a situation comedy, in which the players can play different parts under different names if the show is writ that way. Like, Howard was not always Howard. Ernest T was not always Ernest T. Mrs. Mendlebright was also Big Maude, as those situat

Sighting

2008-09-04 Thread Ctmidway57
The old movie 3:10 to Yuma was on the other day. Can't remember who was trying to get Glen Ford to Yuma, but one of the guests in the hotel lobby waiting for them to come down when the train got there was the man who was not in a hurry! He sat patiently in the hotel lobby reading his newsp