well, I am back in Mayberry. Time to make a few decisions about Aunt Emma's estate.
For those who don't know my Great Uncle Warren Watson moved into Mayberry about 2-3 years ago now. He met and fell in love with Emma Brand and she left the house on the lake and moved into town to his house, using the lake house occasionally. Uncle Warren passed away shortly after the wedding leaving poor Aunt Emma a widow. She always suffered from poor health but this really brought her down. The kind people of Mayberry really rallied around her and her last years were happy ones. Now mama & I have to decide whether we want to keep one of the houses as a vacation house or sell them both. And which one do we keep? I like the lake house so I can just walk down the hill to go fishing. Mama prefers the city house as it was her uncles. Today we're in the city house with Ms. Clara Edwards, Aunt Bee, Mrs. Rev. Tucker, and Thelma Lou sorting through the stuff and deciding what to keep, what to toss, and what to donate to the church's rummage sale. I know the lady's church league has chosen to send this money to their missionaries in Africa & Asia so I hope they make a lot of money. Thelma Lou, having office experience, is a whiz at keeping us organized. She's written down lists of everything we inventory and whether it is "to keep", "throw in trash", "donate", or undecided. Mr Foley gave us empty boxes from his store so we put things in in there and the large TV Boxes from Mr. Monroe will require a strong man to life if they get filled. too bad ol' Barn is in Raleigh with his cousin Virgil, but Aunt promises she can get Andy, Goober, & Otis Campbell to assist us. While I was at Foley's store I was in line behind Bessie Conroy. I had no idea that her son Flip played football for the NY Giants. Good for him! Mayberry is some kinda proud! For lunch we had tuna sandwiches made by Aunt Bee and sweet tea made by Clara Edwards. Mrs. Tucker baked some little cakes that she says are the Rev's favorite for dessert, plus Thelma Lou's cashew fudge. yesterday while downtown I ran into a woman I could have sworn was Mrs. Lukens. you know she has the lingerie shop in town? I thanked her for the bed jacket she had Myra Koontz send over to my Aunt Emma when she had her last sickness. Turns out her name is Martha and her husband Emmett is a fix-it man. She & Mrs. Lukens are twins, tho, hence my confusion. Oh, remember my last visit, when Mr. Masters was looking for someone to be in the musicale and Rafe Hollister wasn't available? I assumed he'd been caught moonshining but found out from the ladies that it was more serious than that. Seems Mrs. Hollister took real sick and he was staying with her at the Mt. Pilot Hospital. Nurse Peggy tried as did old doc Andrews and eventually Rafe, who doesn't see a need for doctors, convinced her to go in. Some kind of female trouble. Speaking of Nurse Peggy, I saw her downtown and she had the oddest marking on her wrist. I wondered what the red x stood for but politeness forbid me from asking. I saw where Opie had one, also. Curious. Spoke to Goober who'd gotten a letter from Gomer. he's in the marines don't ya know. says he has the friendliest drill Sgt. you'd ever want to meet. He & Sgt. Carter are good buddies. Well I have family in the marines but none of them liked their Sgts. Gomer surely lucked out getting a nice one like that. Tonite mom & I will have supper over to the diner. Hope poor old Olive is working. Last time I was in town her eldest had won that scholarship to nursing school over in Chapel Hill. I wonder how she's doing? I'll bet she's doing just fine but will ask Olive when we go for dinner. if she's not working Juanita'll know or Flora, that new waitress. haven't met her yet. better go for now. More closets to sort through. Marie _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
