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The region’s ONLY comprehen-sive guide to entertainment, fun, and all things Mayberry, reaching more than 40,000 local residents AND tourists with each edition!

Published by The Mount Airy News. 319 N. Renfro Street, Mount Airy, NC 27030

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COVER STORY — REMEMBERING GOMERThe Mayberry family lost one of its most lovable

characters, and one of the friendliest actors, when Jim Nabors passed away at the end of November. Here, we look at his career and talk with some of the folks who knew him from his work on “The Andy Griffith Show” or on his “Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.” show. Page 12

SWEETEST SHOP AROUNDFor more than a dozen years, Opie’s Candy Store has

been serving sweet tooth cravings for Mayberry tourists and local residents. Now the comfy, old-time candy shop is attracting recognition from across the state — and beyond. See what all the fuss is about. Page 5

PINK FLOYD?Everyone who’s even heard the name Mayberry knows

Floyd the Barber, and many fans know of the real-life Floyd, the late Russell Hiatt, who maintained his shop in Main Street for decades. But did you know his niece is continuing the tradition, cutting hair in Mayberry just like her famous uncle? Well, now you can learn all about it. Page 9

IN THE COUNTRY KITCHENTime for some piping hot, winter comfort food. While

Aunt Bee’s cooking was mainly roast beef, potted roast, fried chicken and kerosene pickles, Mayberry has plenty to offer in terms of winter food. Page 16

WHAT TO DO, WHAT TO DO…The weather outside might be frightful, but there’s still

plenty to do for those brave enough to take on the winter cold. From concerts to live theater productions, from movies to music festivals, there’s something for everyone. Page 18

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A local candy shop has been recognized as one of the best in the state by a website, something Mount Airy resi-dents and visitors have known for years.

The Best Things North Carolina website (from Ameri-canTowns Media based in Connecticut) named eight shops that are head and shoul-ders above the crowd in the Tar Heel State.

“We all have a bit of a crav-ing for something sugary every now and then—may it be for chocolate, licorice,

hard candies, gummy worms, or old-time favorites,” said the article on the website. “Whether you have the occa-sional need for candy or you are downright obsessed, these North Carolina candy stores are a must-see!”

Opie’s Candy Store made the cut. The confectioner’s delicatessen will reach its 13th anniversary in February, according to Cathy Quesin-berry, who along with husband Freddie own the business on Main Street.

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Jeff Linville | The NewsEmployee Becky Hunter scoops up some jelly beans for a customer at Opie’s Candy Store on Main Street.

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City Barber Shop, directly across the street from the Historic Earle Theatre. For the old-timers around town, the location years ago was home to a shoe repair business for decades.

“The candy store oozes Southern hospitality and stocks more than 400 fresh candy options,” stated the article. “Whether you are in search of a candy to satisfy a craving or just looking for a friendly face, stop by Opie’s Candy Store for ‘sweet treats and warm hearts.’”

“We’re different than other candy stores,” said Freddie, and that’s on purpose.

The 65-year-old wanted to fix the place up with a nostal-gic feel like some 1950s store he knew as a small child. The interior doesn’t look new, but gives ambiance; drinks come in glass bottles, not plastic – even though plastic would be cheaper and would make the store more profit.

“When people come in, it’s like stepping back in time. … I wanted to create that atmo-sphere,” he said.

If people just want a bag of chocolates, they could go to Walmart for that, he noted.

Rather than pre-packaged bags or boxes of candy, most every-thing in the store is available in one piece at a time so that folks can sample dozens if not hundreds of varieties.

While some candy comes from national companies like Jelly Belly jelly beans, Cathy noted that the apple butter and honey are from this region, coming from across the state line in Southern Virginia.

Most of the time, Freddie and Cathy man the store. Becky Hunter, who retired from the Department of Social Services, helps out a couple of days during the work week. Abigail Embry, a North Surry student, works part-time on the weekend.

A lot of tourists come to Mount Airy, said Freddie, and he’s met people from far and wide. He named foreign countries Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Switzerland off the top of his head. Other than North Carolina residents, the biggest state represented is probably Ohio.

The customers have been really great over the years, he said.

Once he opened a letter to find $3 inside. The accompa-

Jeff Linville | The NewsRather than just the typical cherry and lemon flavors, Opie’s Candy Store has jelly beans like ice cream, bubble gum, buttered popcorn and toasted marshmallows.

Jeff Linville | The NewsCustomer Seth Young checks out an Opie’s Candy Store T-shirt that Cathy Quesinberry holds up.

nying letter said that while she was browsing the store, the woman sampled some candy and didn’t pay for it. She felt guilty because of what a great store it was and how nice the people were so she sent money to cover any grazing costs.

It is basically a cash store. The Quesinberrys don’t bother with credit card machines and keep an ATM in the back so folks can withdraw funds.

The store does accept per-sonal checks. In almost 13 years of business, Freddie said he has had only one check for which he didn’t get funds.

As for showing up in the web article, Cathy said the website didn’t inform the store that anyone was coming to check it out. The first they knew was when someone contacted the store to let the owners know when the article came out.

“It’s a really nice honor,” she said.

———Opie’s Candy Store isn’t the

only area store to be honored this year.

A few months ago, Southern Living magazine compiled a list of “The South’s Most Charming General Stores.”

Named in that article was Rockford General Store, which

has been in operation for 127 years.

The local landmark nestled in the historic village of Rock-ford in southern Surry is one of only 17 stores included, and one of just three in North Carolina. The others are Fred’s General Mercantile in Beech Mountain and Mast General Store in Valle Crucis. Floyd General Store in Floyd, Vir-ginia, also made the list.

In listing Rockford General Store, Southern Living cites its distinction as an outlet for blackberry and sweet potato sonkers: the deep-dish fruit pies that are unique to this region. Also mentioned were its other products such as RC Colas, moon pies and fried bologna sandwiches.

Aside from those tangible treats, Carolyn Carter, a co-owner of Rockford General Store, says she believes one of the reasons for its widespread appeal is the age of the build-ing itself.

“I think the thing about our store is it is truly authentic – it was built in 1890 and it’s still standing,” she said.

Carter pointed out that some businesses, including chain operations, operate out

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“You can’t build this today,” she said. “You can’t build the feeling you get when you walk through the front door.”

When customers come in, they “know they’re on old floors,” Carter added, point-ing out that the same goes for some of the store’s furnishings

“There is an old stool that has been here since the

1920s,” she said of one exam-ple. “There are little treasures in this store that have been here who knows how long.”

“It has always been known as the candy store,” Carter said of its appeal in offering an array of old-time treats, among other products.

“We have generation after generation bringing their kids here,” she said. “We call this a destination for generations.“

Jeff is the news editor of The Mount Airy News and can be reached at [email protected].

Jeff Linville | The NewsYoung Amelia Hudson sorts through the sucker selection while shop-ping with her parents, Ricky and Melissa.

Jeff Linville | The NewsIn addition to the standard caramel chews, the store has strawberry car-amel, caramel apple, licorice and chocolate caramel chews on display.

Jeff Linville | The NewsThe store features some old-fashioned favorites like hard candy and stick candy. Horehound is a popular variety forgotten by the main-stream.

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“I was meeting people who came in for Mayberry before Mayberry became Mayber-ry,” Donna Hiatt says with a laugh. She is speaking of her early years as a barber, work-ing beside “The Real Floyd,” as her late uncle Russell Hiatt was known.

Until his death on May 3, 2016, Russell Hiatt was the last living barber to have cut Andy Griffith’s hair in Mount Airy, and had been for many years, earning him the title of “The Real Floyd.”

Long before there was a Mayberry Days festival in Mount Airy and before the city began using Mayberry as a marketing tool, fans of “The Andy Griffith Show” sought out the real place that was the inspiration for May-berry. A visit to “The Real Floyd” was one of their first stops on that journey.

Donna Hiatt, working alongside her famous uncle, saw the Mayberry pilgrims from the start, and she still keeps up with some of those early visitors. Some of them still return to town occasion-ally, and she cuts their hair when they do.

“My father died early,” said Hiatt. “He was a father figure to me,” she says of her uncle. It was his inspiration that led her to become a barber, and they worked together for 18 years.

Hiatt enjoyed the May-berry tourists who came into the shop to meet “The Real Floyd” though the feeling was not always mutual. Some customers, especially early on, did not think it appropri-ate for a woman to work at Floyd’s Barber Shop.

“I worked the chair near the front window, and one day I saw four little old ladies with their faces pressed against the glass watching me cut a customer’s hair.”

One of the indignant women said, “How dare they put a woman in there!” It was a very Mayberry scene.

Hiatt smiled and said, “I was the first woman to work in that barber shop.” Hiatt is not just a “lady barber” as she would surely have been called on “The Andy Griffith Show,” but she is a lady bar-ber who likes pink.

“Everything on my smock is pink,” she said, pointing to her black smock liberally piped in shocking pink. Long ago, a customer, noticing her pink-centric wardrobe nod-ded toward her uncle and said, “If he’s Floyd, you must be Pink Floyd.”

The name stuck.There is a poster on the

front door of her shop with an image of Howard McNear, the actor who played Floyd the Barber on “The Andy Griffith Show” silk-screened in shocking-pink on a black

Mount Airy barber inspired by ‘Real Floyd’

Bill Colvard | The NewsDonna Hiatt holds up one of her signature “Pink Floyd” shirts that she sells in her shop.

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background above the words “Pink Floyd.” She sells tee shirts emblazoned with the image in her barber shop.

Fifteen years ago Hiatt made the dif-ficult decision to strike out on her own. Her uncle owned the business Floyd’s City Barber Shop but he did not own the building, and Donna Hiatt was con-cerned about what would happen to her after her uncle was gone. “I would never have left if it hadn’t been for worrying about my job,” she said.

She bought a building on North Ren-fro Street, one block east of her beloved Main Street where she could still feel part of downtown. “It was an old run-down building,” she says of the build-ing that has been lovingly renovated to house Donna’s Barber Shop. There’s a “Pink Floyd” poster on the front door, and the interior walls are covered with memorabilia and mementos.

She has made the shop family-friendly

with a stash of toys and games with which children can amuse themselves while waiting for the whole family to get their hair cut. Patrons can play checkers, and there are turtles and fish to enjoy.

“There have been turtles from the beginning,” she said. “Kids tell their parents,’There’s Donna’s. I want to see the turtles’ when they drive by.”

Two other barbers work with Hiatt, Duane Joyce from Pinnacle, who has been with her since 2003, and Chris Moorefield from Sauertown Mountain, who has been with her since 2007.

Hiatt cuts men’s and women’s hair and works by appointment unless she has an opening to take a walk-in. Joyce and Moorefield cut only men’s hair and do not take appointments. The three of them average 75 customers a day, most of them ordinary Mount Airy residents, some Mayberry tourists who come in to see “Pink Floyd” and the occasional celebrity.

“I cut Thelma Lou’s hair,” said Hiatt, referring to Betty Lynn, the actress who played Barney Fife’s girlfriend Thelma Lou on “The Andy Griffith Show,” and has since retired from Hollywood to live in Mount Airy. “She’s the sweetest lady I’ve ever met,” said Hiatt. She comes in and speaks to everybody in the shop, even the young kids who don’t have any idea who she is.

When not being a barber to celebri-ties, tourists and townspeople alike, Donna Hiatt finds time to give back to the community that she loves so much.

Early on, Hiatt got involved with fundraising through her friendship with the late Griggs Hampton, a Mount Airy resident who Hiatt says was a natural-born fundraiser. “Griggs had a disability,” said Hiatt,”but through his disability, he did more for this town than anyone I know.”

“I learned from him about giving back and making a difference and changing people’s lives,” Hiatt said.

“We worked together on March of Dimes and Relay for Life for 33 years,” Hiatt said, until Hampton died of cancer five years ago.

“He was a real ‘hometown hero,’” Hiatt said of her friend. “We would

raise $10,000,” she remembers. “With-out him, it’s hard to raise a thousand. “All he had to do was walk in and put his hand out.”

“He could fill 60 Salvation Army stockings in no time. Nobody turned him down.”

“We were just like this,” Hiatt says, with her fingers crossed. She said los-ing him was the saddest day of her life.

“If I hadn’t gone to work down-town for Russell, I wouldn’t have met Griggs Hampton,” said Hiatt, citing another reason to be happy about her Mayberry career choices.

Hiatt’s life in the real Mayberry never veers far from the TV Mayberry, but sometimes the connections are surprising. Never more so than when she announces that she is going on the Mayberry Cruise Ship next year. “I have been asked to be Barbara Eden,” she says.

Perhaps it should come as less of a surprise since Donna Hiatt was the first woman to work in Floyd’s Barber Shop in the real Mayberry, and Barbara Eden was the first woman to work in Floyd’s

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Bill Colvard | The NewsA portrait of Donna Hiatt’s great friend and “hometown hero” Griggs Hampton painted by Gail Spane Jr. in 2010, hangs in Donna’s Bar-ber Shop. Griggs was one of her best friends and the person she credits with instilling in her the desire to find ways to give back to community causes.

Bill Colvard | The NewsAmong the mementos on the walls of Donna’s Barber shop is a photo of Donna Hiatt with her uncle, Russell Hiatt at Floyd’s Barber Shop where Donna Hiatt worked with him as a barber for 18 years. Below are autographed photos of country singer Donna Fargo, another Mount Airy native.


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Bill Colvard | The NewsDonna Hiatt cuts Jimmy Crotts’ hair at Donna’s Barber Shop.

Barber Shop in the TV May-berry when she came to town seeking work as a manicurist in an early episode of “The Andy Griffith Show.”

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Mayberry bids a fond farewell to GomerBy Jeff Linville

On the last day of November, the Mayberry family lost one of its dear members when Jim Nabors passed away.

Nabors played the role of Gomer Pyle in 23 episodes of “The Andy Griffith Show” and then in 150 episodes of his own spin-off show, “Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.”

According to published reports, Nabors wasn’t originally intended to be a regular on “The Andy Griffith Show.” He was hired to play a one-shot role of Gomer, a simple-minded gas station attendant (season 3, episode 13 – “The Bank Job”).

Instead, he won people over and became a regular. He filled some of the void created when Howard McNear, who played Floyd the barber, left the show for two years after suffering a stroke.

One of Nabors’ dear friends was his former Gomer Pyle sidekick, Ronnie Schell.

Schell is credited for appearing in 92 of the 150 episodes that were filmed from 1964-69 as Gomer’s pal Duke Slater. During that time he also popped up in a couple of episodes of “The Andy Griffith Show.”

In five years on the air, “Gomer Pyle” finished in the top 10 every year and finished its run ranked second among

prime time television shows.After Nabors decided to expand

beyond Gomer to host his own variety show, Schell appeared in the second epi-sode of “The Jim Nabors Hour” in 1969.

“I was very, very saddened when my friend Jim Nabors passed away,” Schell said before Christmas. “I’m the last remaining player from the ‘Gomer Pyle’ show.”

He said that he and Nabors worked together off and on for more than 50 years. Not only did they have that time on the TV show together, but after that they made many appearances together across the country.

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Submitted photo | Andy Griffith Show Rerun Watcher’s ClubA publicity shot from the from the 1967 CBS special “Friends and Nabors.” Pictured, moving clockwise fron the lower left, are Marilyn Horne, Andy Griffith, Ronnie Schell, Tennessee Ernie Ford, and Shirley Jones. Centered is Jim Nabors.


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“Jim would sing, and I would do com-edy,” said Schell.

“He was like the older brother I never had,” he said. “I knew his mother and two sisters.”

The two were only a year and a half apart in age, but Schell admits he might have been a little behind in maturity.

”I was single back then and thought every woman was in love with me.”

Seven years ago when Nabors turned 80, the entertainer held a birthday party at his Montana house for a quaint gath-ering of just, oh, his 200 closest friends.

Jim made friends everywhere he went, said Schell. There were lots of actors and actresses there, including Debbie Reynolds and Florence Hender-son.

“Someone said to him, ‘So you know Ronnie Schell?’ He said, ‘Hell, I raised the boy.’”

On the set of their TV show, Schell said the two of them had a terrible time trying not to laugh in front of the

camera. They were both naturally funny guys.

In one episode the two were climbing up a ship, he recalled. As Schell reached the top, Nabors accidentally hit him in the head with a rifle.

“We could not keep a straight face for the next 10 minutes,” he said.

In another shot, the men were sup-posed to be standing perfectly still at attention outside the barracks. Suddenly they hear this long, drawn-out squeak coming from somewhere, and everyone cracked up.

The best part, though, was that the two of them always got along, he said. The reason they remained friends for decades is because in all those years, they never held any anger toward each other.

———James Thurston Nabors was born on

June 12, 1930 and raised in Sylacauga, Alabama.

Schell said that Jim once told him that

Jim Nabors had some high-profile friends dur-ing his career. Here, he’s seen with some of the biggest stars of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Starting at left, going clockwise is Ronnie Schell (who appeared in two episodes of “The Andy Griffith Show” and had a co-starring role in the spin-off, “Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C.”), Mag-gie Peterson (who was the recurring character Charlene Darling on “The Andy Griffith Show”), Jerry Van Dyke (who appeared in an episode of each show), Ken Berry (who was the cen-tral character in the spin-off series, Mayberry RFD), Jim Nabors and Andy Griffith. In front holding the tea cup is Dick Linke, who was the manager for all of the actors.


Sylacauga in the local Native American tongue meant bat guano.

As a boy Nabors sang in school and in church.

Schell said Jim was raised Catholic, and he always felt a little safer on flights when Jim made the sign of the cross before takeoff.

As a young adult, Nabors moved to Southern California, believing it would be good for his asthma. He was discov-ered by Andy Griffith while working at a Santa Monica nightclub, The Horn, where he would alternate between a high speaking voice and a rich baritone singing voice.

Nabors was best known for his por-trayal of Gomer Pyle, but he became a popular guest on variety shows which showcased that rich, unmistakable voice in the 1960s and 1970s, including two specials of his own in 1969 and 1974. He subsequently recorded numerous albums and singles.

Nabors revealed his singing voice first on “The Andy Griffith Show” on Feb. 24, 1964, in the episode “The Song Festers.”

He hosted a variety show, The Jim Nabors Hour (1969–1971), which fea-tured his Gomer Pyle co-stars Ronnie Schell and Frank Sutton. Despite a poor critical reception, the show was popular and earned an Emmy nomination. After the cancellation of The Jim Nabors Hour, Nabors embarked on a nationwide roadshow.

From 1977 to 1978, Nabors hosted another variety show, The Jim Nabors Show. Though the show lasted only one season, Nabors was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Host or Hostess in a Talk, Service or Variety Series.

Nabors’ stage debut came as Harold Hill in “The Music Man,” a musical pro-duction at The Burt Reynolds Dinner Theatre with Florence Henderson. He recreated that role at the Birmingham Summerfest Theatre in Alabama.

It was in Birmingham that Nabors ran into George Lindsey Jr., the son of Goo-ber, who took Gomer’s place on “The Andy Griffith Show.”

Lindsey said, “I introduced myself, and he said, ‘I held you when you were a baby.’”

Lindsey’s father only shared the screen with Nabors in one episode

before Nabors left “The Andy Griffith Show,” an April 1964 episode called “Fun Girls.” Goober and Gomer would team up in one episode of “Gomer Pyle” and then again in 1986 when most of the cast came back to make the TV movie “Return to Mayberry.”

As for returning to Mayberry, Schell said he plans to be back in Mount Airy

for Mayberry Days this September for his fifth appearance.

As a way to honor his longtime friend, he said he is planning to perform a trib-ute show about Jim Nabors and hopes to see lots of Jim’s fans here.

Jeff is the news editor of The Mount Airy News and can be reached at [email protected].

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Submitted photo | Andy Griffith Show Rerun Watcher’s ClubRonnie Schell and Jim Nabors on the set of “Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C.”


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Mayberry’s Southern-fried Julia ChildBy Bill [email protected]

“Mayberry’s own Southern-fried Julia Child,” as Aunt Bee was christened by AARP magazine in 2010, is an accu-rate description of classic televi-sion’s favorite grandmotherly figure.

Though comparing real-life persons to fictional characters is a questionable exercise at best, it is safe to say that both women liked to cook and enjoyed their work in the kitchen.

It is probably less safe to say that both women enjoyed “put-

ting on the dog,” an expression that would have been more familiar to Aunt Bee than Ms. Child, and a designation to which she would most likely have taken greater offense.

But the fact remains that unlike most working folks in the American South of the 1960s, Andy and Opie got a whole lot of lamb chops to eat. Pretty fancy then. Still is today.

And sometimes they got roast beef on a regular week-night. It’s pretty clear to regular viewers that Aunt Bee had Andy spoiled to her fancy cook-ing. When she bought a side of

Submitted photoA big pot of Lois Draughn’s chicken vegetable soup simmers on the

stove.

beef from the discount butcher to put in her rattly old freezer, Andy told her right away it was on the tough side.

No pots of pinto beans and cornbread for Aunt Bee. In fact, there wasn’t much in the way of wintry, comfort food. Perhaps because the fictional Mayberry, unlike the real one, enjoyed summer weather year-round. Except for the one Christmas episode in season one, it was almost always summertime.

When Andy came down with a cold and took to his bed in one of the later seasons, Aunt Bee plied him with lemonade instead of chicken soup.

So Southern-fried Julia Child that she may have been, Aunt Bee just wasn’t into the comfort foods as much as one would expect. Not even cassoulet, Julia Child’s extravaganza of lamb, sausages, preserved goose, goose fat, white beans and salt pork, that Julia admit-ted herself took a good two days to prepare.

And the beans and salt pork do give it a somewhat Southern-

fried twist. What an adventure Aunt Bee could have had getting goose fat from the Darlings, who very likely could have tried to sneak in some possum fat. The mind reels at the comic possibili-ties.

But, in lieu of the cassoulet that never was, some good solid comfort food recipes fol-low from real-life people who live in or near the real-life May-berry, where it does get cold and sometimes a little comfort is called for, for body and soul.

When Lois Draughn and Bob West were newlyweds a couple of years ago, they tried to reduce sodium in their diets to ensure that their life together is a long one. Lois says that her chicken soup with vegetables and wild rice is very low in sodium. And from a comfort food perspective, the soup freezes well so even a family of two can have a big pot of soup simmering on the stove.

Dexter Spicer makes his famous chicken casserole on the weekend and then has plen-ty left over to eat during the


coming week or to take to work for lunch. Definitely a cure for the “Sad Desk Lunch.”

No discussion of comfort food is complete without men-tioning Chicken Pot Pie. A nice basic recipe follows that uses pre-made pastry for speed and ease of preparation.

Comfort food should be affordable. Chuck roast, one of the more economical cuts of beef, is juicy and tender after braising very slowly in the oven in a bottle of red wine. It goes without saying that an expensive bottle of wine is not required. Use the cheap stuff. One can envision Aunt Bee trying to salvage the freezer full of beef she bought on sale with a slow braise, and Otis spills a bottle of vino in the pot, miraculously saving the day.

Oh, the opportunities that were missed.

Lois’s Chicken Vegetable Soup

Lois Draughn1 large onion3-4 carrots3 celery stalks3 cloves garlicolive oil2 boxes low sodium chicken

broth (+ additional broth, optional)

1 roasted chicken1 can salt-free diced tomatoes1 can Rotel tomatoes1 can black beans (rinsed)1 cup frozen corn3/4 cup wild riceDice and sauté in olive oil:

one large onion, 3-4 carrots, 3 celery stalks and 3 cloves garlic. Add one box low sodium chick-en broth. Debone one (Lowes Foods brand) roasted chicken, shred the meat with fingers.

Add one can salt free diced tomatoes, one can Rotel tomatoes, one can black beans (rinsed), one cup frozen corn, 3/4 cup wild rice, another box of chicken broth and sometimes an extra can of broth. Simmer slowly for a couple of hours.

Dexter’s Chicken Casse-role

Dexter Spicer3-med. to lg. chicken breast

cooked and diced(Anyway you want to cook it.

I fry mine, baked or grilled.)2 tbsp. oil½ onion, diced2 stalks of celery, diced1 stalk/bunch of broccoli, cut

up and steamed—still a little firm

¼ head of cauliflower, cut up and steamed—still a little firm

(Broccoli and cauliflower will

cook more in the oven.)1 can cream of chicken soup2 soup cans of milk1 tsp. garlic powder2 cups Colby jack cheese½ cup Parmesan cheese1/4 cup bacon bits2 slices whole wheat bread

(or any that you have is fine)Salt and pepper to tastePreheat oven to 350°F. In a

large frying pan, add oil, onions and celery and cook til tender and edges are brown. In a medium size bowl, combine the soup, 2 soup cans of milk, garlic powder, salt and pepper. Whisk til smooth. Add to frying pan and stir. After that is good and hot, add the Colby jack cheese and ¼ cup of the Parmesan cheese til melted and creamy. Add the chicken, bacon bits, broccoli and cauliflower to the frying pan and fold in. In a food processor, tear up the 2 slices of bread and add the other ¼ cup

parmesan cheese and process til medium fine bread crumbs. Pour contents of frying pan into a casserole dish and top with bread crumb mixture. Put into oven and bake til top is golden brown. 4 larges servings.

Chicken Pot Pie1 pound skinless, boneless

chicken breast halves - cubed1 cup sliced carrots1 cup frozen green peas1/2 cup sliced celery1/3 cup butter1/3 cup chopped onion1/3 cup all-purpose flour1/2 teaspoon salt1/4 teaspoon black pepper1/4 teaspoon celery seed1 3/4 cups chicken broth2/3 cup milk2 (9 inch) unbaked pie crustsPreheat oven to 425°F. In a

saucepan, combine chicken, carrots, peas, and celery. Add water to cover and boil for 15 minutes. Remove from heat,

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Dec. 30The Blue Ridge and Beyond con-

cert series presents a Breaking Up Christmas performance featuring the Buckstankle Boys at the Historic Earle Theatre. This is an opportunity to hear some old-time music and dance with Round Peak’s Buckstankle Boys, the way it was done in the old days. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. General Admission Seats $6 or a 2017 Surry Arts Council Season Pass. To purchase tickets, visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/buckstankle-boys-breaking-up-christmas-dance-tickets-38084904976 or call 336-786-7998 for more information.

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As part of the Blue Ridge Music Cen-ter’s Sound of the Mountains concert series, Chatham County Line and The Genuine will be in concert at the Willingham Theater in Yadkinville, N.C. beginning at 7:30 p.m. Chatham County Line is an American bluegrass group from Raleigh, and The Genuine is an Indie/Americana trio blending harmony heavy vocals with punchy melodies. Tickets are $20, or season tickets for the three-concert series are $45. Visit Sound of the Mountains for tickets.

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Jan. 13

Jeff Little Trio and The Piney Woods Boys will be in concert at The Willingham Theater in Yadkinville as part of the Blue Ridge Music Center’s Sound of the Mountains concert series. The Jeff Little Trio plays Appalachian and Americana music, with the piano as the centerpiece of their perfor-mances. The Piney Woods Boys bring their unique flavor of Blue Grass and Old Time country music to the stage. Tickets are $20, or season tickets for the three-concert series are $45. Visit Sound of the Mountains for tickets.

Jan. 20John Cowan with Farin & Brooke

Aldridge will take to the stage at the Historic Earle Theatre for a Beyond The Blue Ridge concert. The trio com-bines rich harmonies with impeccable musicianship to create the sound that has made them one of the hottest young acts in acoustic music, showing their talent across multiple genres, including country, bluegrass, gospel, soul, jazz, and rock-and-roll. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. Reserved seat tickets are $35

Preferred / $30 Orchestra / $20 Balcony. Visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/john-cowan-with-darin-brooke-aldridge-tickets-38080811733 to purchase tickets or call 336-786-7998 for more informa-tion. When available, tickets can be pur-chased at the Box Office one hour prior to the performance.

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N.C., and ShadowGrass, will be in concert at 7:30 p.m. at The Willingham Theater in Yadkinville as part of the Blue Ridge Music Center’s Sound of the Mountains concert series. The Snyder Family will bring to the stage their unique fusion of musical styles includ-ing bluegrass, blues, country, gospel and jazz. ShadowGrass, a group of young musicians, will be playing traditional blue grass and old time music. Tickets are $20, or season tickets for the three-concert series are $45. Visit Sound of the Mountains for tickets.

Feb. 3More than seventy years ago, a local

man with a big dream started building a simple, cinderblock building, and in

1947, exactly seven decades ago, that dream came to fruition when Ralph Epperson signed his WPAQ on the air. That station went on to become perhaps the world’s best known for preserving old time and blue grass music that was so important in American culture. This year, the station will be marking its 70th anniversary with a free concert and celebration at the Historic Earle Theatre on Main Street in Mount Airy. Watch http://www.surryarts.org/shows/blueridgebeyond.html and The Mount Airy News for more details as the date approaches.

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Feb. 10

Black History Month celebration fea-turing S.T.A.R. and The Allen Boys at 7 p.m. at the Andy Griffith Playhouse. Free Admission. The Allen Boys bills them-selves as North Carolina’s only sacred steel guitar group, led by Mount Airy native DaShawn Hickman. For more

information call 336-786-7998 or visit the Surry Arts Council’s Blue Ridge and Beyond website. When available, tickets can be purchased at the Box Office one hour prior to the performance.

Feb. 16Jerry Douglas presents The Earls

of Keicester in concert beginning at 7:30 p.m. at the Historic Earle Theatre in Mount Airy. Reserved seat tickets are $60 Preferred / $55 Orchestra / $40 Balcony. When available, tickets can be purchased at the Box Office one hour prior to the performance. The Earls of Leicester, with their bluegrass and roots

music, are the 2015, 2016, and 2017 IBMA Entertainers of the Year, and member Shawn Camp is the 2017 IBMA Male Vocalist of the Year.

March 1-3As part of the annual Tommy Jarrell

festival, the celebration Women! Mount Airy Old-Time will feature female art-ists well known locally as well as inter-nationally. Registration for the three-day event includes a study of women influential in the blue grass and old time field, as well as classes in fiddle, banjo, guitar, mandolin, and a chance for par-ticipants to perform together. Event reg-istration includes tickets to the Tommy Jarrell Dance on March 2 and the Becky Buller Band concert Saturday, along with lunch and dinner each day. Cost for the three-day event is $350. Visit Mount Airy Old Time/Women for details and to register.

March 2The Tommy Jarrell Birthday Dance

featuring Slate Mountain Ramblers and Whitetop Mountain Band at 7 p.m. at the Historic Earle Theatre on Main Street. General admission tickets are $6 at the Box Office.

March 3The Becky Buller Band will be in

concert beginning at 7:30 p.m. at the Historic Earle Theatre. Becky was the 2016 IBMA Female Vocalist of the Year and Fiddler of the Year — making her the only person to ever win both in the

same year. She was also the 2015 IBMA Songwriter of the Year. Reserved Seat Tickets $30 Preferred / $25 Orchestra / $15 Balcony. When available, tickets can be purchased at the Box Office one hour prior to the performance. Visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/becky-buller-band-tickets-38081768595 to purchase tickets.

March 17Mick Moloney with Niall O’Leary

takes the state at 7:30 p.m. in the His-toric Earle Theatre. Dr. Mick Moloney received America’s highest honor in the folk and traditional arts, the NEA Nation-al Heritage Fellowship. Niall O’Leary is from Dublin, Ireland, and is a former All-Ireland and World Champion Step Dancer. Reserved Seat Tickets are $35 Preferred / $30 Orchestra / $25 Balcony. When available, tickets can be purchased at the Box Office one hour prior to the performance. Visit https://www.event-brite.com/e/mick-moloney-with-niall-oleary-tickets-38082227969 to purchase tickets, or visit Mick Moloney’s website for more information on his work.

Live Theater Weekly EventsExperience the Merry-Go-Round, the second-longest continuously running live radio broadcast in the nation, with a live show every Saturday at

The Historic Earle Theatre from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. each week. Doors open at 10:30 a.m. Admission is $6 or a Merry-Go-Round Annual Pass is $20, or a current Surry Arts Council season pass.

March 24-26

In the Shadow of the Mountain, a live stage production scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on March 24 and March 26, with a 3 p.m. show on March 25, at the Andy Griffith Playhouse. Tickets are $15 each. The Civil War saw families torn apart as the nation was torn asunder. This original play by John Adams explores the fate of such a family, what it means to be free, and the cost of the Civil War to the nation. Visit Surry Arts Council for more information

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MoviesSing, rated PG. Showing set for Jan. 17, 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.

Beauty and the Beast (2017 version), rated PG. Showings set for Feb. 21 at 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. FREE admission.

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Just how much do you know about Mayberry trivia ?1. In the episode “A Deal is a Deal,” Opie and his friends

end up getting taken by a scheme to sell a worthless product called Miracle Salve, which is purported to cure nearly all ail-ments. Of course, once Opie discovers it’s worthless and the company threatens to blacklist him if he attempts to return it, Barney and Gomer get involved. What was the original cost of the salve?

***2. During production of “The Andy Griffith Show,” relatives

of cast members were often drafted into doing small parts on the show. Ron Howard’s brother, Clint Howard, become “Leon” for several episodes, and their dad, Rance Howard, was also cajoled into appearing on camera. What episode did Andy Griffith’s wife, Barbara, appear in, and as what charac-ter?

***3. Speaking of Rance Howard, how many episodes did he

appear in, and what character did he play?***

4. What is the population of the fictional town of Mayberry?***

5. One of Aunt Bee’s friends was named Clara. What was her full name?

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Show,” there was some mystery over whether Andy Griffith based the fictional town of Mayberry after his on hometown of Mount Airy. However, two clues that appeared on the show seemed to indicate he did, and both were props which had the name “Mount Airy” prominently displayed on them. What were those?

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Answersdrain and set aside. In the saucepan over medium heat, cook onions in butter until soft and translucent. Stir in flour, salt, pepper, and celery seed. Slowly stir in chicken broth and milk. Simmer over medium-low heat until thick. Remove from heat and set aside. Place the chicken mixture in bottom pie crust. Pour hot liquid mixture over. Cover with top crust, seal edges, and cut away excess dough. Make several small slits in the top to allow steam to escape. Bake in the preheated oven for 30 to 35 minutes, or until pastry is golden brown and filling is bubbly. Cool for 10 minutes before serving.

Braised Beef with Red Wine5 pounds beef chuck roast1 large onion, roughly

chopped into medium-size chunks

3 carrots, roughly chopped into medium-size chunks

2 celery stalks, roughly chopped into medium-size chunks

5 whole garlic cloves, peeled1 bottle red wine¼ cup cognacdried herbs of your choice

(bay leaf, thyme, rosemary, parsley)

2 quarts beef stock¼ cup tomato pasteSalt and pepper to tasteHorseradish crème (recipe

below)Set a large saucepan over

medium-high heat. Pat the beef dry with a paper towel, and sea-son with salt and pepper. Heat a few tablespoons of vegetable oil in the pan and, working in batches, brown the meat on all sides, about 15 minutes total. Remove the browned beef and set aside on a plate.

In the same pan over medi-um-high heat, add the onion, carrots, celery, and garlic. Cook until the vegetables start to gain color, about 2 minutes. Add the red wine, cognac, and dried herbs of your choice, scraping

the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon or spatula to incorporate the meat scraps and juices. Lower the heat to medi-um and simmer until the liquid is reduced by half, 30 minutes or more. Stir in the veal stock and tomato paste. Lower the head to medium low, and simmer again until thickened, about 1 hour.

Preheat the oven to 300°F.. Remove the pan from the heat, and place the pre-seared meat in a deep Dutch oven, and pour the wine mixture over it. Cover the pot, and place it in the heat-ed oven for 3 to 4 hours, until the meat is very tender and eas-ily comes apart with a fork.

Remove the pot from the oven and let cool, partially covered on the counter (until it’s cool to the touch if you’re storing it, or for 30 minutes or less if you’re serving it immedi-ately). Remove the meat from the braising liquid with a slot-ted spoon, and set it aside in a deep serving dish. Discard any bay leaves. Strain the remain-ing liquid through a fine-mesh sieve, and pour it over the beef.

If you’re serving the dish immediately, set it in a warm place on the stove until you’re ready to eat. If you’d like to warm it more, do so over medium heat until the liquid barely simmers (you don’t want to scorch it). Ladle a portion of beef onto each plate, and top with the sauce and a dollop of horseradish crème.

Horseradish Crème½ cup sour cream2 to 3 tbsp. grated fresh

horseradish (prepared horse-radish may be used as a substi-tution; add to taste)

Salt and pepper to tasteSplash of lemon juiceMix all the ingredients

together in a medium-size bowl until everything is well incor-porated. Adjust flavors to taste. You can make this a few days in advance and keep it in the refrigerator.

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1. 35 cents, which in today’s dollars would roughly equal $2.82.

2. She appeared as Sharon, in The Song Festers. She had a single line in the show: “I’m sorry, Mr. Masters.”

3. He appeared in four episodes, playing a different character in each. He was a bus driver in Cousin Virgil, the governor’s chauffeur in Barney and the Governor (who received a ticket courtesy of Deputy Fife), a trea-sury agent in A Black Day for Mayberry, and was a party guest in The Rumor. In addition, he wrote the episode The Ball Game, appeared as a cameraman in the episode Danny Meets Andy Griffith on the show Make Room for Daddy, and he played the minister who married Barney and Thelma Lou in the 1985 movie Return to Mayberry.

4. Well, that’s a tricky one. You’re correct if you said 5,360 or if you said 2,000. In the episode The Song Fes-ters, when an exasperated choir director John Masters is desperately looking for a singer, he remarks: “There’s got to be a decent tenor in a town of two-thousand people.”

However, in the final episode of the series, there’s a sign at the railroad station which tells travelers Mayberry has a population of 5,360. We suspect that was an over-looked detail over the production years of the show.

5. Here’s another story continuity issue. The character played by Hope Summers was named Bertha Edwards during the first season. In the second season, the charac-ter came to be known as “Clara,” and in later seasons was referred to as Clara Edwards.

Incidentally, she always referred to her late husband as “Mr. Johnson.”

6. In one episode, Barney Fife picks up a telephone book, and a glimpse of the cover reveals it is The Mount Airy telephone book. In another episode, Andy is reading a newspaper, and it’s a copy of The Mount Airy News. And just for the record, in his later years Griffith made it plain he did, in fact, base Mayberry on the real life Mount Airy.

7. He played George the television repairman once, was the radio voice from the Mount Pilot radio station announcing a convict had escaped, and he took on the role of director for a number of the episodes.


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