Electronal Marvel in Mount Airy

2010-08-05 Thread Jeff Koontz
Link below to an article about Downtown Mount Airy as a WiFi Hotspot with free wireless internet access. Perfect for when you are visiting and want to download the Two Chairs No Waiting Podcast or catch up on the Digest! http://mtairynews.com/bookmark/9004979 Jeff

Growing Up In a Small Town

2010-08-05 Thread Ken Anderson
I will be attending a large all school reunion in a few weeks. Because of all my connections to Mayberry I have been asked to give a short talk about what it was like growing up in a small town back in the '50's and '60's. I thought I would run it past you folks as a test run. Please feel

RE: Growing up in a small town

2010-08-05 Thread Lisa Jackson
Ken - Without even mentioning Mayberry, I think you definitely shared the spirit of Mayberry in your speech. I love it! It made me think of the small town I grew up in (where I still live today) and I think you should keep it exactly as it is - don't change a word!! Hope you have a great

RE:Growing Up In a Small Town

2010-08-05 Thread Good, Don
I recall when Guy Dowd was National Teacher of the Year. I read his book shortly thereafter and think I still have it on a shelf. His work is indeed inspiring. He'd fit right in Mayberry. Ken, you couldn't pick a better model. Don Good Math ... that's my subject

Small towns

2010-08-05 Thread Harry Brewbaker
Ken,  You have written many wonderful things on this digest in the past, but none will surpass your last entry about your hometown of Dorchester and the molders of your life.  I'm a big old sentimental guy and that one made me misty eyed.  It also got me thinking about the molders of my life,

Competing Businesses

2010-08-05 Thread DAVID QUINN
Someone asked about competing businesses in Mayberry. Early in the episode about Goober's contest, Goober mentions that there is another gas station in Mayberry. I think he said that Earl Gilley worked there. Orville Hendricks - Selling Butter and Eggs. You would not believe all the

Tell Opie I saw him...

2010-08-05 Thread Debbie Glover
Hey,everybody! The other morning I was watching Fox News, which was featuring the Boy Scouts Jamboree in DC when they did a segment about things the scouts do to earn badges. One of the segments featured CPR on dummies of the upper torso of boys. All I could think was poor Horatio..

Goober's gift

2010-08-05 Thread Albert
I saw Goober over at the jewelers getting a gift he got for Lydia engraved. He told me this special gift was his way of telling Lydia how much she meant to him. Yep! You guessed right! Goob got her a gold-tone pocket tire gauge with the letter L engraved on the side. ($3.95 plus tax from

Lil Orphan Annie and Sermon For Today

2010-08-05 Thread Harriet Browder
The peepers of this here trained noticer in training spotted a notice in the paper today! A Happy 86th Anniversary to Lil Orphan Annie cartoon strip read the headline. I immediatley had to get the bucket out! Wanted to be dang sure, so it was a big bucket! Now, in episode 100, or 99

RE: Growing Up In a Small Town

2010-08-05 Thread Good, Don
I recall when Guy Dowd was National Teacher of the Year. I read his book shortly thereafter and think I still have it on a shelf. His work is indeed inspiring. He'd fit right in Mayberry. Ken, you couldn't pick a better model. Don Good Math ... that's my subject