MAGAZINE Mayberryjuly 2017 ISSUE 2
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MAGAZINE MayberryJULY 2017 ISSUE 2 PRESERVING THE MEMORY OF MAYBERRY’S FAVORITE SON CELEBRATING THE FOURTH MAYBERRY STYLE! WALKER’S SODA FOUNTAIN – A STEP BACK TO A SIMPLER TIME BIRTHPLACE OF AMERICAN MUSIC? TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF MAYBERRY TRIVIA THE ALL NEW ANDY GRIFFITH MUSEUM! $2.99 41st Annual AnniversaryCanned Food Drive Sale! 3rd Annual Helping Hands Sale Kick-Off! Sat. August 5th For every 50 NO limit on cans donated, amount of your name is cans donated entered to and eligibility 25 + cans: 20% OFF win $1,000 or entries. TOTAL PURCHASE THAT DAY Gift Certificate! 20% OFF 50 + cans: TOTAL PURCHASE THAT DAY + ENTERED TO WIN A Mon. - Sat. $1000 GIFT CERTIFICATE. For every 35 Come and August 7th - 12th cans donated, enjoy free your name is entered to hotdogs, TOTAL PURCHASE win $500 15% OFF THAT DAY 20 + cans: Gift Certificate! chips and 15% OFF drinks 11-2 TOTAL PURCHASE THAT DAY 35 + cans: + ENTERED TO WIN A $500 GIFT CERTIFICATE. Mon. - Sat. For every 25 cans donated, August 14th - 19th your name is entered to TOTAL PURCHASE win $250 15 + cans: 15% OFF THAT DAY Gift Certificate! 25 + cans: 15% OFF * SOME EXCLUSIONS MAY APPLY TOTAL PURCHASE THAT DAY * DO NOT HAVE TO BE PRESENT TO WIN + ENTERED TO WIN A * NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO WIN CERTIFICATES $250 GIFT CERTIFICATE. 121 West Lebanon St. Mt. Airy, N.C. 27030 00890613 www.homewayfurniture.com 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 interac- tive 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 play- ing key roles in the development and preserva- tion 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 con- certs, 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 comprehen- sive 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 4 JULY 2017 MAYBERRY MAGAZINE Our advertisers make Mayberry Magazine MayberryMAGAZINE successful! 319 North Renfro Street Mount Airy, North Carolina 27030 Homeway Furniture ..............................................................2 336.786.4141 Northern Hospital of Surry County .................................3 Publisher Golden Corral ..........................................................................6 Sandra Hurley Dairy Center ............................................................................6 Happy Tails Grooming & Boarding ..................................6 Editor Gentiva Home .........................................................................7 John Peters The Groovy Goose .................................................................7 The Mount Airy News .........................................................8 Advertising Manager Spotted Moon.........................................................................9 Sherry Stanley The Dapper Hound ...............................................................9 Eagle Carports .....................................................................10 Distribution Wyatts Trading Post ...........................................................11 Ferris Simpson Derby Restaurant ................................................................11 Chili’s Bar & Grill ..................................................................13 Content Producers 13 Bones ................................................................................13 Tom Joyce Donna’s Barbershop ..........................................................13 Bill Colvard Welcome Home Decor .....................................................13 Andy Winemiller Rustic Trails Tear Drop Campers ....................................16 Je Linville Roger’s Realty & Auction Co. .........................................16 Veteran’s Park Events .........................................................17 Sales Consultants Tlaquepaque ........................................................................18 Samantha Turner Twisted Fork .........................................................................18 Lindsay Compton Putters Patio & Grill ............................................................19 Bob Ward Mount Airy Museum of Regional History ..................21 Shannon Fenner Creative Design ...................................................................22 Lynette Poe Salon 222 ...............................................................................23 Tech 109 .................................................................................23 Cover Designer Atlantic Coast Sports .........................................................23 Benjamin Haskins Floyd’s Barber Shop ...........................................................23 Leisure Designs ...................................................................24 Cover photo courtesy Surry Arts Council. The Nest & Hive Shoppe ..................................................24 For advertising information, Anderson Audiology .........................................................25 Call 336.415.4684 Blue Ridge Music Center .................................................26 [email protected] Miss Angels Heavenly Pies ..............................................27 Scenic Motors ......................................................................28 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 407 W. Lebanon St. Mount Airy, NC 27030 (336) 786-2349 HOURS MONDAY 7:00 am - 2:00 pm TUESDAY SUNDAY YOUR CHOICE RULES 00891679 7:00