MAGAZINE Mayberryjuly 2017 ISSUE 2

MAGAZINE MayberryJULY 2017 ISSUE 2

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336-786-6151 GAVL4TF 2 JULY 2017 MAYBERRY MAGAZINE 00891760 MAYBERRY MAGAZINE JULY 2017 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS COVER STORY — THE ALL NEW ANDY GRIFFITH MUSEUM Although the museum has been open in Mount Airy for nearly a decade, a recent facelift and technology upgrade has made the Andy Griffith Museum look brand new, with interactive displays, archive-quality artifacts, and more to tell you the life story of Mayberry’s favorite son. Page 14 ADVERTISERS INDEX Page 5 AN AMERICAN CELEBRATION — RIGHT HERE IN AMERICA’S HOMETOWN Ever since the days of Jefferson and Adams, America’s Independence has been celebrated with fireworks, parades and more. Check out how America’s Hometown celebrates July 4th, complete with pie-eating contests, a public reading of the Declaration of Independence, and so much more. Page 6 AMERICANA ON MAIN STREET Fans of The Andy Griffith Show will remember from those times of old when soda fountains and ice cream shops were a special treat. Think those days are gone? Then think again, because they’re alive and well at Walker’s Soda Fountain on Main Street, 14 Mount Airy. Page 9 BIRTHPLACE OF AMERICAN MUSIC? Mount Airy and the nearby Blue Ridge Mountains are known the world-over as playing key roles in the development and preservation of old time and blue grass music. But did you know jazz, the blues, and other music may have their roots here as well? The Blue Ridge Music Center has the complete story, daily concerts, and so much more. Page 12 IN THE COUNTRY KITCHEN No visit to Mayberry is complete without seeing 6 what some of the local cooks are coming up with. Check out our monthly recipe and cooking feature, so you can take Mayberry Cooking back to your home! Page 17 WHAT TO DO, WHAT TO DO… After you visit the Andy Griffith Museum, take in a concert at The Blue Ridge Music Center, and spend some walking back to the soda fountains and malt shops of yesteryear, what else is there to do in Mount Airy and the surrounding country- side? Plenty — from concerts and movies to live theater and festivals, our events calendar will keep you busy and enter- tained. Page 21 SO, YOU THINK YOU KNOW THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW Well, let’s see just how deep your knowledge runs. Check 21 out our Mayberry Trivia Quiz! Page 27 The region’s ONLY comprehensive guide to entertainment, fun, SANDRA HURLEY 12 and all things Mayberry, reaching Publisher more than 40,000 local residents SHERRY STANLEY AND tourists each edition! Advertising Manager Published monthly, May through September, by The JOHN PETERS Mount Airy News and Champion Editor Media. 319 N. Renfro Street, Mount Airy, NC 27030

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MAYBERRY MAGAZINE JULY 2017 5 Celebrating the Fourth in Hometown America

By Andy Winemiller museum courtyard for a num- [email protected] ber of years. It’s likely Osborne will be The streets of Mayberry joined by Gail Norman, who bustle throughout the sum- has portrayed Betsy Ross on mer months, and the nation’s the holiday for more than a birthday is no exception. decade. Just like in the ﬁ ctional The reading is set to kick town of Mayberry, there are off at 10 a.m. in the museum plenty of events on tap in courtyard, which is located at Mount Airy to help tourists 301 North Main St. and local residents, alike, cel- Norman’s Betsy Ross duties won’t end at the ebrate Independence Day. Andy Winemiller | Mayberry Magazine In 1776 literacy in the Members of the Mount Airy Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion museum courtyard. In years American colonies was not posts ride in last year’s Independence Day parade. past she has led the way universal. Thus, on July 4, down Main Street as part of when people needed to know On July 4, Major Gen- colonies free from the British the city’s Independence Day what statement colonial lead- eral Nathanael Greene will Crown. Parade. ers had sent to King George emerge from the Mount The reading of the docu- The procession, which III, many communities Airy Museum of Regional ment has become a tradi- includes participation from ensured the Declaration of History on Main Street to tion in Mount Airy, though city departments, local busi- Independence was read aloud summon all bystanders to Osborne’s portrayal of nesses and veterans groups, in town squares throughout the courtyard. Greene, por- Greene is a new twist. Mike is set to kick off at 11 a.m. the colonies, where would be trayed by Taylor Osborne, Lowe, portraying a states- Thousands will line the the eventual United States of will read aloud the document man of the time, has read streets along the parade America. which ofﬁ cially declared the the Declaration aloud in the route, which stretches from

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Veterans Memorial Park the store of the Mount Airy on West Lebanon Street to Fire Department and sur- downtown Mount Airy. rounding departments, using Once all of the fi re trucks, artifacts ranging from the police cruisers and fl oats days of horse-powered car- have passed, the museum has riages to the modern depart- something else planned for ments. visitors. A truck on display as In the basement of the part of the exhibit also has museum is a fi refi ghters a birthday to celebrate, and exhibit, a long-running dis- according to museum direc- Bill and Juanita Allman dance to the Mike Lowe reads the Declaration play which has been closed in tor Matt Edwards, local busi- music of the Soulshine band before the of Independence to a gathering fireworks display at Veterans Memorial of people at the Mount Airy recent months. It will reopen Park in 2016. Museum of Regional History. on July 4. The exhibit tells See HOMETOWN| 8

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HOMETOWN | From page 7 Shur noted there will be your home more than just pies to eat, as ness owner Angela Shur has food vendors will be at the baked a cake to help celebrate site. The event also will offer Only the truck’s 100th birthday. kid-friendly games and activi- Subscribe Free hot dogs and sodas ties, and a DJ will entertain $ 00 donated by Sonic will also be the crowd. Now! 24. served at the event. It wouldn’t be the Fourth of Edwards said it should be July without fi reworks, and both fun and informative, two local civic groups team and it will take place in the to ensure Mount Airy doesn’t time between the parade and go without its own display. Shur’s contest. Veterans Park, which is Those who stop by the located on the north end of MAGAZINE museum and take a gander town at 691 West Lebanon MayberryJUNE 2017 ISSUE 1 at the fi re exhibit will learn St., plays host to the display. that when they arrive at the However, the fi reworks dis- OLD TIME MUSIC TRADITION day’s next event, they will be play can also be viewed from THRIVING IN MOUNT AIRY standing at the site of one of THOUSANDS FLOCK TO Mount Airy High School, ANNUAL FIDDLERS CONVENTION Mount Airy’s great tragedies AMERICANA which is located at 1011 ON MAIN STREET — The Blue Ridge Hotel fi re. EARLE THEATRE North South Street. A STEP INTO THE PAST Five years ago, Shur, who The event includes a live owns Miss Angel’s Heavenly music performance, and Pies on Main Street, set out many visitors use the hours on a mission to raise money preceding the fi reworks for the Shepherd’s House, a THELMA LOU display as an opportunity to ON HER ICONIC ROLE AND HER local homeless shelter. She throw a football around or CAREER planned an event revolving play with sparklers. around what she knows best America’sSweetheart The fi reworks display is $2.99 — pies. funded by the city’s two The 2017 pie-eating con- Rotary Clubs, which, in years test for charity is set to kick past, have shelled out about For faster service or to give off at about noon, when the $10,000 to make the display a gift, call (336) 786-4141. parade is expected to con- possible. clude. Competitors, ranging While the fi reworks, which Delivery and contact information: from infants to adults, will begin shortly after nightfall, Name: ______square off to see who can make for a spectacular end to devour a delicious treat the the day’s fun, they too are for Address: ______fastest. a cause. Monetary donations City: ______State: ____ Zip: ______Children ages 1 through 4 are collected by Rotary mem- Phone: ______will eat a “tiny turnover” in bers and dispersed to local Email: ______the competition. Older kids food pantries and a veterans will eat a full-size turnover or in distress fund, a fund used Pay by credit card: a 5-inch pie, and teens and by the veterans groups who adults will have a nine-inch run the park to provide fi nan- pie of their fl avor of choice cial assistance to veterans in Card #: ____-____-____-____ Expiration date: __ / __ placed before them. some sort of immediate fi nan- Fees to enter the contest cial crisis. Signature:______are $10 for adults and 13- Mail Your Check to through 17-year-olds and $5 Andy is a sta writer and may be Mayberry Magazine, 319 N. Renfro Street, Mount Airy, NC 27030 for children. Those who enter reached at 415-4698. 00891728 8 JULY 2017 MAYBERRY MAGAZINE Champion Media photos Jeff Linville | Champion Media David and Lora Jones brought back Much of the old fountain equipment from 1945 was able to be Walker’s Soda Fountain on Main Street Walker’s Soda Fountain in June 2006. restored, along with $5,800 in electrical upgrades to make the diner offers “a taste of the past” to those They are open six days a week, taking a up to modern codes. visiting downtown. break on Tuesdays. Walker’s off ers a ‘taste of the past’ By Je Linville Tourists who come to worked at the drug store for to the drug revolution of the Mount Airy like that Walker’s years before retiring. 1850s, when people would If you’re looking for that Soda Fountain is real, said After 20 years, the drug visit their local drugstore for a old-fashioned handmade soda David. Plenty of places try store went through a renova- remedy to cure whatever was reminiscent of the 1950s and to recreate a retro feel with tion in 1945. Tables and bar ailing them. At that time, there ’60s, Walker’s Soda Fountain brand-new fi xtures, but much stools from that renovation were no laws governing the in downtown Mount Airy is of what fi lls this place has his- still remain, as does the soda use of drugs and medication keeping the tradition alive. tory. fountain itself. The antique in beverages, so ingredients Owners and operators David People will ask, “Is that the scale at the back of the room such as caffeine and even opi- and Lora Jones can mix and original fountain?” David says, was put in back on March 11, ates were regularly included match hundreds of different “Oh no, this one has only been 1942, he learned from Bill in these drinks, along with soft drink fl avor combinations around since 1945.” Lamm. various herbs and fl avorings to like a mad scientist in his labo- Originally, Walker’s Soda make the drink taste better. ratory. Or they can keep it tra- Fountain was Lamm Drug Co., Fountain History Carbonation came along ditional with a simple burger opened by Lewis M. Lamm in The history of the soda in the late 1880s, then a law and milkshake. 1925. His son, Bill Lamm, also fountain can be traced back See WALKER’S | 11

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facebook vimeo 00891597 10 JULY 2017 MAYBERRY MAGAZINE WALKER’S | From page 9 name for their shop when they opened 13 years ago. passed in 1914 limited what Lora had been working for could be added to food and Nancy’s Homemade Fudge in beverages (banning things like Virginia, while David spent trace amounts of real coke in 16 years making upholstered Coke), thus creating “soft” furniture in the local Henredon drinks. Furniture plant. During the days of Prohibi- When the couple decided to tion (1928-33) when alcoholic make the bold move to starting beverages were banned, soda Champion Media photos their own business, the Lamm This framed photo from 2011 shows James fountains thrived and spread family was supportive. and Dorothy Best enjoying shakes at across the nation. Businesses Jeff Linville | Champion Media “The Lamms are as good as Walker’s Soda Fountain. James Best played David Jones said the Lamm grew with the addition of gold to me,” said David. For Jim Lindsey in three episodes of “The Andy family brought in this scale lunch foods like sandwiches as Bill, “it tickled him to death” Griffith Show.” brand new on March 11, 1942. well as prescription medicines. to see someone want to bring a bite to eat and maybe a hotel Soda fountains were a fi x- back the old style of soda foun- for the night. They fi nd Mount ture of the 1940s to the early tain and diner. Airy such a wonderful stop 1960s, whether in real life, TV The old equipment was that they remember to drop shows or movies. restored and refurbished. by again on the trip home, he In “Back to the Future,” About $5,800 was spent to said. when Marty McFly traveled make sure all the electrical Once people sit down to eat, from 1985 to 1955, it’s no sur- work was modernized to cur- the menu doesn’t offer a whole prise that the happening place rent code standards. lot of food items, David admit- to fi nd teenagers was the local Bill died last December, but ted, but the idea is to do those soda fountain. he shared so much history foods really well. He said the A mural painted on the back wall R.J. Berrier, who worked with David over the years. And depicts longtime pharmacist Bill ground beef comes fresh every as a Mount Airy newsman for for the tourists stopping in, he Lamm on the right and TV character day from Mount Airy Meat 52 years, went to school with is willing to share some of that Ellie Walker from “The Andy Griffith Andy Griffi th. He once wrote history. See WALKER’S | 27 Show” on the left. that back in their day, Mount David said the best part Airy High School didn’t have of his job is that he gets to its own cafeteria, so when the meet people from all over the noon bell rang, kids raced to a ing Our 80 world every day. He social- lebrat th Ye local soda fountain or diner to izes so much that his wife has Ce ar eat lunch. R.J. said there were to remind him to get back to four soda fountains in Mount work sometimes. Airy back then and three in Walker’s is a family affair. the downtown area near the Not only does the couple own school. the business, but two of their children work there, and two Show Connection other kids help out some. David Jones said that Bill What do some of the guests Lamm told him that not only have to say when they stop in? 1901 South Main St Mt. Airy, NC 27030 did Andy frequent the drug “Most people think we Take Outs: 336-786-7082 store as a customer, but he have one of the prettiest town www.thederbyrestaurant.com 00890775 worked in the shop one sum- they’ve ever seen,” he said. mer as a delivery boy. David As for the Mayberry angle, fi gures this place was an inspi- he added, “They all grew up Jim Shore • Willow Tree ration for the drug store on the watching the show.” • Trail of Painted Ponies TV show. For the folks who didn’t • Keepers of the Light candles On “The Andy Griffi th come to Mount Airy for the • Western • Lodge • Flags Show,” before schoolteacher Mayberry experience, David • Mats • Ladies Clothing Helen Crump won his heart, said he often hears that travel- • Jewelry Sheriff Andy Taylor’s fi rst ers discovered the I-74 exit • Home Decor romantic interest was a new when they wanted a place to & lots more! pharmacist in town. Ellie Walk- stop and rest. er worked for her Uncle Fred Folks traveling from Ohio We carry the areas most unique assortment at the family drug store. and other places north of here of gifts, collectibles, & home decor. The connection was too are headed to Myrtle Beach good to pass up, so David and other coastal destinations. 235 North Main Street • Mount Airy, NC and Lora chose the Walker They get tired and want to get 00890612 [email protected] 336-789-7700 wyattstradingpost.com MAYBERRY MAGAZINE JULY 2017 11 E.V. and Hattie Stonemen, two Carroll The past and present County, Virginia, musicians, are among the many musicians whose history is of American music told at the Blue Ridge Music Music Center oers unique look at music of America Center museum.

By John Peters [email protected] Blue Grass, Country, Blues and Jazz. All are uniquely American forms of music, that tell the story not only of the musical development of the nation, but in the words and tone tell A display telling the history of the emotional and cultural American music in the Blue Ridge history of the country. Music Center museum. No matter where one travels across America, that music, those sounds and stories, aren’t far away. Every one of those musical genres either had their birth here in the Blue Ridge The Zephyr Lightning Bolts is one of the bands appearing on the 2017 concert season schedule for The Blue Ridge Music Center. The Bolts will be Mountains, or at least passed performing there on July 1 in a concert that gets under way at 7 p.m. The this way early in their devel- concert is one of a dozen shows featuring nearly thirty different musical opment. And on a clear, acts over the concert season, June through October. warm summer evening, if Fred Cockerham and Tommy Jarrell, one listens closely enough, over the years. It had its in the Tidewater area of Vir- two old time Surry County, North one might just hear the faint beginnings in 2002, with a ginia,” he said. Carolina, musicians who were sounds of that old time music, simple amphitheatre for local That African banjo is simi- influential in the development and echos bouncing between spread of old time music, are two of and regional musicians to lar to the modern clawham- the many musicians whose history the ridges and through the play. Three years later, a visi- mer banjo, which has a deep- is told at the Blue Ridge Music hollows for more than two tor and interpretative center er, sometimes more mournful Center museum. centuries. opened, and in 2011 the Cen- sound than the modern banjo. Then again, maybe you’re ter’s museum opened, which “That led to blue grass, the practitioners of what would simply close enough to the now features the interactive blues, jazz,” Emmett said. become blue grass and old Blue Ridge Music Center Roots of American Music The role of the Blue Ridge time music have been largely to hear practitioners of that exhibit. in all of that is that once that forgotten by the world, their music, playing and singing Richard Emmett, program music began to develop in the stories and instruments are songs and telling stories that director at the Blue Ridge Tidewater region of the state, alive at the Blue Ridge Music have chronicled life in these Music Center, can give a many of those musicians Center. mountain communities over quick version of the birth of migrated west, settling the In addition to the emphasis the decades. American music, in describ- mountains of western Virginia on musical history, the Cen- The Center, located at Mile ing the center and all it has and North Carolina during ter offers modern music and Post 213 on the Blue Ridge to offer. the mid and late 1700s. activities as well. Parkway near the Virginia- The roots of American Those isolated communi- “Every day from noon to 4 North Carolina border, is an music, which grew from the ties formed their own culture, o’clock, May through October, unassuming venue, off the iconic fiddle and banjo play- and that is reflected in the local and regional perform- beaten path, but it chronicles ing that came from the Blue music. As the nation contin- ers come in and do some the roots of American music Ridge region, was born with ued growing, spreading west informal presentations in our that developed from the colo- the meeting of two very dif- and north, the music went breezeway, which opens up to nial days right on through the ferent instruments. along, changing, evolving, the mountains and the fresh 20th century. “This music can be traced morphing into various genres air,” Emmett said. “That gives Like that American music, to the meeting of the African we know today. us shelter from the rain and the Center itself has changed banjo and the European fiddle While many of the early weather, but is open to the 12 JULY 2017 MAYBERRY MAGAZINE month. The fi rst Saturday of Ramblers and The Zephyr each month is the Mountain Lightning Bolts. The Slate Breeze Band; the second Sat- Mountain Ramblers will urday is The Mountain Music be taking their sound from Makers; third Saturday is the Mount Airy to the stage while Sugarloaf Mountain Band; and the Zephyr Lightning Bolts the fourth Saturday of each will take their old time string month features Ron Ireland. sound into the concert. The This daily schedule of music show begins at 7 p.m., and Richard Smith along with Melva and Dean Felts take part in one of the Friday has been key to the Center, tickets are $10 each. afternoon jam sessions held each week at the Blue Ridge Music Center for Emmett said. July 8: The Steep Can- local musicians to gather and play. “We get quite a few visitors yon Rangers and Wildman who come up repeatedly to Family Band. Admission is outdoors.” & Willard Gayheart enjoy that opportunity,” he $25 and the concert begins The daily series began in Wednesday: Bill & Maggie said, adding it’s also a nice at 7 p.m. The Steep Canyon 2008. Emmett explained some Anderson bonus for Parkway travelers Rangers take their unique local musicians wanted to Thursday: Scott Freeman who stop in to fi nd a live, free North Carolina sound to the start performing there on a and Willard Gayheart concert going on. stage, and the Floyd, Virginia- daily basis, so the center was Friday: Bluegrass jam. This In addition to the daily based Wildmans show off certainly willing to give them is a day for the casual musi- jams, the center holds peri- their acoustic string sounds. an outlet. cian to bring his or her instru- odic concerts featuring bands July 15: The Snyder Fam- The schedule for those daily ment and sit in on some jam that play Celtic, Blues, blue ily Band, from Lexington, concerts and music sessions sessions. Everyone of all skill grass, old time, folk and other North Carolina, and Five for 2017 is: levels welcome to participate musical genres. often featur- Mile Mountain Road, from Sunday: Stu Shek & The and perform for those in the ing acts that tour the United Franklin County, Virginia. The Fisher Peak Timber Rattlers audience. States and Europe. concert begins at 7 p.m. Tick- Monday: The Buck Moun- Saturday: These are handled The remaining concert ets are $10. tain Band differently, with four music series for 2017 include: Tuesday: Bobby Patterson acts rotating Saturdays each July 1: The Slate Mountain See MUSIC | 25

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If it happened in Mayberry, a recent ambitious upgrade of the Andy Griffi th Museum would surely bring a response of “Big, REALLY BIG!” from Barney. Even among folks in modern-day Mount Airy, it’s eliciting a Gomer-like “Go-llll-ly, Shazam!” Usually, when a museum or other facility undergoes a major facelift, it’s touted in terms such as “new and improved.” However, that description doesn’t really do justice to what has occurred at the facility housed at the Surry Arts Council complex on Rock- ford Street. One recent visitor admitted being “blown away” by the difference. Sure, the same 1,500-square-foot building is still there, yet what’s happened on the inside of the Andy Griffi th Museum can be considered a magical Tom Joyce photos | Mayberry Magazine transformation, the stuff that dreams Surry County Arts Council Executive Director Tanya Jones, left, stands outside the temporarily closed Andy Griffith Museum in June as two out-of-town visitors arrive. are made of which usually only occurs in Hollywood. opened nearly 10 years ago was more to replay scenes from Griffi th movies All the artifacts are there as before — old-school with photos lining the walls and 20 clips from TV shows, which familiar mementos of the storied show and display cases positioned here and includes close-captioning. business career of Mount Airy’s most there, the revamped museum is orga- famous native son including his voice nized into themes that focus on every Preservation motive work on comedy records, and starring aspect of Griffi th’s life. These start with While the refurbished museum is now on Broadway, in movies and on televi- his early years in Mount Airy. getting back into full swing after being sion. Of course, Griffi th’s most well- A key addition to help tell Griffi th’s closed during the spring to allow the known TV role as Sheriff Andy Taylor story and pay homage to Mayberry life design and other work to proceed, the is amply highlighted along with his later involves recreations of building fronts concept of the $600,000 project dates to work on “Matlock.” such as the Mayberry Courthouse and 2007 and the state government’s award- It’s a collection numbering in the jail, Snappy Lunch, Aunt Bee’s front ing of construction funding. hundreds of pieces. “I think in the area porch, Floyd’s Barber Shop and more. “We did not get any funds for exhib- of 800,” Surry Arts Council Executive One building facsimile is devoted to its,” Jones recalled regarding adequate Director Tanya Jones estimates, the Griffi th’s movie career. It contains a display components. bulk of which was donated by the late marquee of the local Earle Theatre list- For much of the time after the muse- Emmett Forrest, a longtime friend of ing the debut of “Face in the Crowd” um opened, the Surry Arts Council did Griffi th’s. in 1957 with the show times as they not actually own the collection largely What has changed with the makeover appeared in an actual newspaper ad populating the facility which Forrest is that photographs, posters, clothing, promoting the involvement of the local had donated. props from sets, shooting scripts, etc., man. When he died in January 2013, For- have been totally repackaged to make In each scene or setting, the museum rest’s estate awarded that ownership to the museum experience more vivid and items pertaining to it have been inte- the organization. interactive. Mayberry essentially has grated. “It took about two years for all the become high-tech. There also are all sorts of interactive paperwork,” Jones said. Whereas the previous facility that fi rst touch-screen displays allowing visitors “When the collection became ours, it 14 JULY 2017 MAYBERRY MAGAZINE Abigail Linville, director of collections and exhibitions for the Surry Arts Council, stands by one of the visual displays in the revamped museum, highlighting Andy Griffith’s appearance in the TV-movie “Murder in Coweta County,” along Some of the museum items are displayed in a recreated Mayberry Courthouse setting. with Johnny Cash.

Barney and Andy live again in glorious black and white at one museum station that allows visitors to watch 20 different TV clips.

This is the chair used by actor Ken Berry, aka Sam Jones, on the set of “Mayberry R.F.D.,” a spinoff of “The Andy Griffith Show.” became our responsibility to preserve it,” she continued, or watch it deteriorate. “responsible stewards,” Jones said the the vision for the project was Jim Clark “And it was significantly deteriorat- Surry Arts Council set aside money of Tennessee, a Mayberry author who ing,” Jones said, mentioning as one over the years to complete the project. founded The Andy Griffith Show Rerun example the original suit worn by actor “We’d been appropriating funds since Watchers Club. Hal Smith when portraying Otis the Day One for display construction.” This Jones also is “hugely grateful” to her town drunk on “The Andy Griffith was boosted by a $200,000 allocation of staff for the extra work it performed Show.” city government funding in 2016. throughout the transition process. “You were afraid to touch it because When it came time to finally begin you thought it would crumble,” Jones the work to display the collection in Lasting legacy said of the clothing that now is suitably a climate-controlled environment and The final product — the artistic build- displayed with the jail-themed exhibit. other conditions aimed at preservation, ing facsimiles and high-tech gadgetry The recreated courthouse front bears the arts group enlisted local vendors as installed there — has made going to the the actual plaques actually used in the much as possible for the various facets Andy Griffith Museum more of a journey show. involved. than a visit. The arts official also cited scripts that It also assembled a team of out-of- “Each part of this is designed to were turning yellow. town technical experts, such as LKC preserve the collection,” Jones said Recognizing that conserving such Creative in Raleigh. priceless items was part of being Among consultants who helped shape See MUSEUM | 16 MAYBERRY MAGAZINE JULY 2017 15 MUSEUM | From page 15 during a recent tour of the upgraded facility. In anticipation of its reopen- ing, the artifacts were strewn all over the Surry Arts Council campus so visitors could still enjoy the items. The arts group offi cial said the intent of the project was a facility that Mount Airy itself and Andy Griffi th fans would appreciate — “something Luke Cline, left, of LKC Creative in Raleigh, Abigail Linville stands beside what looks like the doors that’s going to be a treasure.” makes some technical adjustments on new to the Mayberry Courthouse, but actually is a facsimile Jones admitted that the task wasn’t equipment in the Andy Griffith Museum along of the familiar front that is part of the museum’s easy — or expedient. with Gary Misner and Abigail Linville. redesign. “It has been an act of love that had Kimberly Clark, a many, many hurdles in the path,” she first-time Mount said of the culmination of an overall Airy visitor 30-year effort that started when the from Cedarville, idea of appropriately honoring Andy Ohio, looks at a Griffi th was hatched. temporary exhibit But now that the project has been of souvenirs before completed, “I couldn’t be prouder,” they were relocated to the refurbished Jones admitted. museum, including “I think it’s an invaluable legacy to dresses worn by Andy Griffi th and what he meant to female co-stars this town.” of Griffith such as Maggie Peterson Tom Joyce may be reached at 336-415-4693 (Charlene Darling). or on Twitter @Me_Reporter.

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Remember that scene in “The Andy Grifﬁ th Show” where Andy is cooking on the grill wearing a goofy chef’s apron and Aunt Bee is carrying coleslaw and drinks out to the picnic table while Opie is playing catch with with Barney — except Barney Margie Imus of Minglewood Farm and can’t catch — and then Nature Preserve grilling baby zephyr Thelma Lou shows up squash and zucchini, eggplant, kohlrabi with some potato salad and beets. Husband Bill says beets were and Helen brings a pie? his favorite, marinated in red wine vinegar, No, you don’t olive oil, soy, pepper and garlic powder. remember that? That’s The other veggies were marinated in a fig balsamic dressing from Food Lion because it never Submitted photos Baby zephyr squash and zucchini, eggplant, kohlrabi and beets from stretched out with more oil, balsamic and Minglewood Farm and Nature Preserve cook on the grill. soy, pepper and garlic powder. Marinate 20 See GRILLING | 18 minutes to an hour.

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FREEAPPETIZER ORDESSERT WITHPURCHASEOFENTREE Expires 8/29/2015. Limit one coupon per table. 134 Twin Oaks Rd, Dobson, NC 27017 336-353-1075 GRILLING | From page 18 Briscoe Darling’s Hoot Owl Pie Darren Stout of the Mayberry after sent two big coolers full of prepared Midnight group shared the recipe for food to us while they fi lled out reports Briscoe Darling’s Hoot Owl Pie from and sent a team of two young ladies to Bert Christensen’s Weird and Different assemble another grill—-upgraded to a Recipes website. It was submitted by deluxe smoker. It was determined that cast member Denver Pyle for Aunt Bee’s the paint on the outside of the new grill Mayberry Cookbook. had not adequately cured before it was marketed and sold to us. 1 good sized cooked hoot owl, boned Very Mayberry-esque. and chopped Fast forward 50 years and grilling is 1 stalk celery, diced all the rage. Campfi re cooking not so 1 onion, chopped much anymore. 1 tbsp. oil All over the county, grills are fi red 10 oz package frozen broccoli, cooked up and producing great food. Grillers and drained start young nowadays. Wesley Nations 1 cup sour cream of Elkin was a pro at marinated chicken 10 1/2 oz can cream of hoot owl soup by the time he was nine years old. Gray Salt and pepper to taste Burchette of Elkin shares his Not-So- Warm tortillas Secret Butt Injection Recipe below. Also Gray Burchette’s Not-So-Secret Butt Injection 1 1/2 cup Hoot owl broth in Elkin, Michael Smith grills salmon. 1 cup grated rat cheese That would have been a tough trick in Mix the chopped owl, celery, onion, Boston butts in the 8 -10 pound range. Mayberry where salmon do doubt came oil, cooked broccoli, sour cream, hoot Inject the butts in every area that you in a can. Over in Westfi eld, Margie Imus owl soup, salt, and pepper together. want it to taste awesome. Put your of Minglewood Farm and Preserve grills Then you let them sit while you and favorite pork rub on generously. I use veggies on the grill and Greg and Jes- the boys play “Never beat your Mother Bad Byrons Butt Rub. sica Stone of Mount Airy grill pizza. with a Great Big Stick.” Be sure you There are a lot of ways to cook butts. If that’s all too newfangled for your don’t play more than 6 choruses. Roll I use a Kamado Joe Charcoal grill from taste, Darren Stout of the Mayberry all of this stuff into the warm tortillas G & B Energy. These are similar to a after Midnight group shared the recipe and place them in a baking dish. Then Big Green Egg. The main thing is a con- for Briscoe Darling’s Hoot Owl Pie. It’s pour the hoot owl broth over them. stant temperature. I personally cook the not grilled, but you can’t get more May- You cook all of this stuff in a 325F butts fat side up at 275 degrees. I also berry than that. oven for 20 minutes, or 3 choruses of cross hatch the fat cap on top. This is “Dirty Me, Dirty Me, Oh How I Hate more about presentation than anything. Not-So-Secret Butt Myself.” Make sure the onions are Fat side down is fi ne also. I will cook Injection Recipe done. Then the last 5 minutes of cook- the butts until they reach an internal Gray Burchette ing, place the grated rat cheese on temp of 160 degrees. I double wrap the This works for me but I am a simple top. Dish out the warm tortillas and butts in aluminum foil and continue backyard grill guy. I don’t put together hot sauce. Now then, if the moon is in cooking until I get an internal tempera- competition plates. I just grill and eat. the “getgone” and the wind blows in ture of 205. I remove the butts and let snuffs, there ain’t goin’ to be no hoot 3/4 cup pineapple juice (Cheerwine or them rest for at least 30 minutes. When owls. In that case, you get Ernest T. other cola will work) it reaches 205 it literally falls apart. Bass to steal you a good sized chicken ½ cup of water Once it has cooled down get your hands and ya put that in instead. If you do ½ cup of sugar in there and pull it apart. This is a pure that, while the chicken is cookin’ you ¼ cup salt caveman move that is very satisfying. get the boys and play 6 choruses of 3 tbsp. Worcestershire sauce You can top with your favorite BBQ “Don’t Dance on the Table Charlene 1 tbsp. Texas Pete or Sriracha sauce like Blowin Smoke or simply eat it You Stepped in My Collard Greens.” Mix ingredients together till salt and as is. If you like you can use a bun with Serves 6. sugar are dissolved. some red slaw (please) or simply eat it This will be plenty of injection for 2 like any other fi nger food. Reach Bill Colvard at 336-415-4699.

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Nearly everyone loves was all adither when beauti- from episode to episode. 8. What was the name of “The Andy Griffi th Show,” ful manicurist Ellen Brown Over the course of the the town that wanted to hire and why not? You’d be came to Mayberry and set show’s eight-season run, Barney as sheriff? hard-pressed to fi nd a more up shop in Floyd’s Barber- Barney was given three wholesome, family-friendly shop. She fascinated the different middle names. 9. Who won the Mayberry quality television show that beauty pageant? still holds up after nearly men and made the towns- What were they? six decades. But, how much women jealous. Who was 4. What’s Barney Fife’s 10. During the series, did do you really know about the actress who played the Barney and Thelma Lou get favorite saying? the show, the actors who role? ?married? play the many famous roles in the production, or Mount 2. In the episode “Bar- 5. In the episode “Goo- 11. Who said this: “You Airy, the town Mayberry ney’s First Car,” Barney ber The Executive,” Goo- was based on? take a real good picture, Bar- mentioned his biggest pur- ber bought Wally’s Service ney. Me, I never do.” Here’s a chance to fi nd Station. Who was his fi rst out, by trying your hand chase prior to the car had at our monthly Mayberry been an anniversary pres- customer after that? 12. Who was the real life Trivia Contest. The ent for his parents. What Mount Airy resident who answers are at the bottom of did he buy them? 6. What year did “The donated his Andy Griffi th the page. Good Luck! Andy Griffi th Show” debut? memorabilia to form the base 3. Sometimes, “The 7. Who was the farmer of the original collection 1. In the episode entitled Andy Griffi th Show” had a that refused to get a tetanus featured in the Andy Griffi th “The Manicurist” the town few holes in its continuity shot? Museum?

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