Christmas Card & Stamps

As usual another great Mayberry Christmas card from Allan! Thanks & Merry Christmas to you & yours. Out here in the west ( Oregon), we can buy stamps at the check out stands at local grocery stores. Those include Safeway stores & Albertsons, which are chain stores,& independent stores as well. I

Pickles in Oregon

I heard tell some fella brought his wife in Oregon back some pickles he said he got in N. Carolina. She said she didn't much care for them & made him throw them away & said they tasted real awful, almost like kerosene. Aunt Bee 2 (Ruth in Or) ___ WBMUT

Saying Hey to another Orgonian

Just wanted to say Hey to fellow Orgonian Kent White in Eugene. It is always nice to run across another Orgonian, & I used to live in Eugene years ago. Aunt Bee 2 Ruth in Keizer, Or. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://wbmutbb.com/mailman

Safety in a small town

I lived in the town of Freemont Ohio in the 1930s, which at that time was fairly small & Mayberry like & was a safe place for kids. Mama had grown up in the big city of Cleveland, so she gave my sister & I what she thought of as safety rules, one of which was never to get into a car with strange

Show name?

Was the name of the show that had Mr French in it called Family Affair? Brian Keith was the star & the 2 nieces & nephew were Cissy, the oldest, & twins Buffy & Jody. My daughter & I loved that one too. Aunt Bee 2 (Ruth in Or.) ___ WBMUTBB mailing list

Old shows

A family show called "Apple's Way", the Donnie & Marie show, Mr Rogers Neighborhood, (with my daughter) & I'm not sure if someone already mentioned the Sid Caesar show. My favorite was the Waltons.There are so many shows that I have watched over the years that I would get plumb tuckered out try

Children's manners

The use of yes sir, & yes mam seems most prevelant in the south. It was one of the things I noticed back in the 50s when I attended a Christian College in Dayton Tenn. I think it is time for a revival of good manners being taught in the home. I just received a Thankyou e-mail from my turning 8,

Waitress

I have a wonderful friend who takes me to see movies on occasion. She called me the other day & asked if I would like to see Waitress which of course I did. Andy Griffith was so good as the crotchity old man who owned the diner & I loved him in it. Not one for the kiddies because of the plot lin

Another Fine Character actor

Though he was never on the TAGS show, Tom Postin, with his dead pan humor, would have fit right in on the show. He passed away yesterday at the age of 85 & had appeared on both Bob Newhart shows as well as some earlier comedy shows. He married the beautiful Suzanne Pleshette 5 years ago. ( she w

The 2 Floyds

Allan, I liked your version the best about why the first Floyd left. Aunt Bee 2 (Ruth in Or) ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/

Changes in Andy

I don't think anyone has mentioned a possible obvious reason for Andy changing during the color years. People change. Sometimes it is because of circumstances, but mostly I think it comes as one matures & grows up. In the color episodes, I think we see a more serious Andy. In the Black & white

Front porches

I lived in a small Ohio town in the 1930s & lived in several houses with front porches, some small & others larger, but the porch I dearly loved belonged to my grandmother. It extended across the front & partway up the side on the right hand side. On the front part, grandma had a glider swing w

Fw: Welcome

Dear Allen, I received this from Mary Dotson. Evidently she is not receiving the Digest. I had sent her a welcome letter Ruth in Or - Original Message - From: Mary L Dotson To: Ruth Stanley Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 5:54 AM Subject: RE: Welcome Mornin Ruth, I was wondering if

Family show

Amy, there is a good family show that I'm not sure if anyone has mentioned that has been on for 10 years & that is Seventh Heaven. This show supposedly was going to end this year & the final show was aired, (so we thought) Evidently the Network received so much mail about folks bein unhappy that

Rain

Rain in Mayberry has often been the subject on here, so I hope y'all don't mind me telling that today a 114 year record of no measurable rain on July 12th, in Salem Oregon just was broken. Just like an article one would expect in a Mayberry news paper, it appeared on the front page. Salem was al

Ken's Postings

I would like to ad a big Amen to those who wrote in saying how much they enjoy your postings Ken. Your account about your dad was beutifully written & like all of those who read it, was very touched by it. Aunt Bee 2 (Ruth in Or) ___ WBMUTBB mailing lis

Shady Grove

Oregon has a small town named Shady Grove as well as the one in Mississippi. Back in the early 60s, my husband & I lived in the small town of Ashland,Oregon. We became friends with a couple who lived in the even samller town of Shady Grove & would drive over to visit with them. Aunt Bee 2 (Ruth

Mayberry Idol

I certainly think Aunt Bee should be included as a contestant for her stirring rendition of China Town, My China Town. Not only does she sing, but is multi talented & plays the piano as well. She did have a little help from Opie as they sang a duet on that one. Who knew that a simple housewife

Allan's entry on Betty

I'm happy to hear our "Thelma Lou" Betty has quit smoking. For all you smokers out there, I hope you follow suit. What a lot of people don't know is that even years after a person has quit, they can develope Emphysema, at least a cousin by marriage has. She had quit a number of years ago, but no

Thanks for sharing

Wow Joe that's quite a list & you are so fortunate to have received it. Thanks for sharing it with us. He certainly was a talanted & versatile writer. Aunt Bee 2 (Ruth in Or) ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/li

HARVEY BULLOCK

I read with sadness, Marsha's entry about the passing of Harvey Bullock. He was still so much a part of our TAGS family. It was always very special when he would send in entrys to the Digest & I used to look forward to reading the things he wrote. I'm so glad that he was a part of our little fami

Happy Easter

A Happy Easter to all of you in Mayberry. I had a thought about the Library. The city I live in does not have a public library, but does have a small one which was started & is run by volunteers. Though small, it carries quite a good selection of books. Salem,our capital, has a large Library, but

Little House

I usually watch Little House which is on at 5 Pacific time followed by Tags at 6. I forgot to turn it over until about 5.30, & there was our Thelma Lou, pretty as a picture playing the daughter of an Irish old lady who with the help of the Ingals family arranged her own wake. The purpose was tha

Barney & Thelma Lou

I agree with Janet's take on whether Barney & Thelma Lou had real feelings for each other. Barney's expression on his face when she introduced her husband, revealed it all, & Thelma Lou's as she told him showed she still cared for him. I think as she wrote, it was the fear of commitment that ke

Barney & the ladies

I think part of Barney's persona was that he wanted to be perceived as a "ladies man" I believe that Andy recognized Barney's bravado as being the result of an inferiority complex, & always went out of his way to build up Barney & help him feel good about himself. There were times when Andy mad

OOPS

I must have misplaced that thar bucket for my head when I sent that one saying Gomer took the car apart at the courhouse. Of course it was good old Goober who could teach his cousin a thing or two about fixing cars. Of course people liked Gomer's stories so don't know if it was his abilities as

Gomer as a mechanic

I'm surprised Paul didn't mention Gomer taking the car apart & putting it back together inside the sherrifs office. Anybody who can do that has got to be a right smart mechanic. Aunt Bee 2 (Ruth in Or) ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http:/

Great Idea

I think it is a wonderful idea to let Andy Griffith & maybe a few others know how much we admire & love them while they are still alive. I don't know whether he is a member of our wbmutbb group, but I know Harvey who was one of the great writers from the show is & there may be others who were in

Omission of names at Oscars

This is in respose to Andge in Bethlehem Ga. I think that because Don, Dennis, & Darren died so recently that there wasn't time for them to be included in the tribute. It probably was put together some time ago because they have to have all the segments put together alloted for in the given time

Don Knotts

Andy Griffith said " I have lost a good friend," when told about Don's death. I think all of us who are fans whether we have ever met him in person or not feel the same way. There was that quality about the modest & very talanted man that lent itself to that feeling as we watched his appearance

Parley Baer

I was wathing one of the later episodes of Little House which is on right before Tags in my neck of the woods & there was the former mayor Stoner as a man who oversees the schools in the local small towns. He gave Laura an oral test to get her teaching certificate so that she could go to one of

Funniest Episode

I put a bucket on my head to help me try to figure outwhich was the funiest episode. When I took it off, I had the answer, & it was an easy one at that. It was the one I was watching at the time. With so many gifted writers over the years, trying to pick a favorite would be like trying to pick w

The letter system in school.

When I moved from the smaller town of Freemont Ohio to the big city of Cleveland, they had a different type of school system back in the 30s. In Freemont we had a whole year system & you either passed or failed. The Cleveland system had the half year system with As & Bs. Because the Freemont sys