From: Victor Friskey <[email protected]> o: [email protected] c: [email protected] ubject: Mayberry in the 21st century essage-ID: <[email protected]> ontent-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Has the subject ever been brought up as to what folks might think Mayberry would e like today.. Vic, I've thought about this too once in a while. A lot of the Mayberry-sized towns in these parts have had different fates. Some have faded away to near ghost towns; some have thrived, growing well; others have somehow stayed nearly the same as they were back in the fifties and sixties. Here's what I would like to think happened to Mayberry. An interstate highway was built close by; not close enough to pull businesses away from downtown, but close enough to make it attractive to industry location. The pickle factory was bought up by a family in Raleigh that owned a chain of grocery stores, and they moved some of their other pickle plants to Mayberry. That drew some other industries and businesses to the outskirts of town close to the new highway, Downtown still bustles. A relative of Floyd's still operates the barber shop, and Foley's brother kept the grocery store going. The department store and other businesses have survived the same way. Ange and Barn are retired and still living in town. Opie made a success of the newspaper and bought up several weekly papers in the area and is thinking of running for the state senate. Gomer retired from the Marines and came back to town and he and Goober opened a bigger station on the interstate but kept Wally's open and like to hang around there with the grandkids as much as they can. Aunt Bee and Clara went on to their just rewards and are still remembered fondly, especially on Sundays after church. Bee's roses are grown all over the state, and Clara's pickle recipe was picked up by a niece and her pickles are now sold around the South. Foley's sells a lot of them every summer and fall. Amazingly, Otis and his wife are still alive, and while Otis has given up cow riding and the wild life some say he occasionally still lingers to near nightfall at the back of their vegetable garden. Well, there's a start. Now everybody join in. I bet we've all thought about this....... _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list [email protected] http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
