Good observations, Sam. The ladies do say from the beginning that they are positive that "the direct descendant of Nathan Tibbs" lives in Mayberry or a nearby town, but how they figured this out remains a mystery. Think about it: genealogists ALWAYS start with the known present, and work back into the unknown past. How did these ladies come to their conclusion anyway? What did they do, uncover an old letter that reads "Hello, my name is Nathan Tibbs, and 185 years from now, I will have exactly one living descendant, and he will live in or near the town of Mayberry"? It's a great episode, but you have to admit, the premise is ludicrous. The women also made another obvious error: Otis has at least one brother (Ralph Campbell), and they insisted all along that Tibbs had only one living descendant.
As far part 2 of your question: Winken told Blinken, Blinken told Nod, Nod told Barney, and Barney told Mayor Pike. --Paul P.S. Ima Hogg (1882-1975) was a real person, the daughter of the Texas governor James "Big Jim" Hogg, but there was never a Ura Hogg, that part of the tale is an urban legend. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ima_Hogg >>>> Was watching "A Plaque for Mayberry" and it struck me that, when Mayor Pike hands over the town records, he calls for a meeting on Wednesday to announce who the descendant of Nathan Tibbs is even though a] the ladies don't yet know for sure if he has any living descendants and 2] how could he know whether they would have the answer by Wedneday or not? Sam _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list [email protected] http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
