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Murder in Mayberry

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     Posted Nov-3 9:55 AM   
Suzie
 
From  Suzie  Posts 9586  Last 7:49 AM
To  All      [Msg # 15187.1 ]    

Mt. Airy, NC is the home of Andy Griffith and a likeness of him and Opie appear on the water  tower in that town of 8700 pop.

Marcos Chavez GONZALEZ, 29, and an ex-con is accused of 4 counts of murder.  He shot four men with a high powered assault rifle outside of Wood's TV.  LE does not think the shootings were random but may be the result of a love affair gone bad.  Two died at the scene and two at the hospital.  All are Hispanic.  Gonzalez was arrested at a motel in Virginia and is now back in jail in NC.

Mt. Airy claims to be the inspiration for the TV Mayberry, but most think it's really Manteo, NC. Andy now lives in Manteo.

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     Posted Nov-4 9:03 AM   
Ted C Hall (SysOp)
 
From  Ted C Hall (SysOp)  Posts 88  Last Nov-17
To  Suzie      [Msg # 15187.2 Message 15187.2 replying to 15187.1 15187.1 ]    
>>Andy now lives in Manteo.<<

When he was a schoolteacher he taught in Goldsboro...

The Seymour-Johnson Air Force Base folks assigned there thus refer to THAT town as "Mayberry"<G>

Ted C Hall
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Cowardice asks the question, 'Is it safe?' Expediency asks the question, 'Is it politic?' Vanity asks the question, 'Is it popular?' But conscience asks the question, 'Is it right?'And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular but one must take it because one's conscience tells one that it is right.-- Martin Luther King, Jr.
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     Posted Nov-4 9:56 AM   
Suzie
 
From  Suzie  Posts 9586  Last 7:49 AM
To  Ted C Hall (SysOp)      [Msg # 15187.3 Message 15187.3 replying to 15187.2 15187.2 ]    
Hey Ted,  if you have been to Manteo, especially a few years back, you would have seen the resemblence.  I have a true story about my Granddaughter when she was about 6 yrs old.  We were driving through the main drag in Manteo on our way to a family reunion.  I was going kinda slow as I was looking for the right road.  She piped up and asked me, "which house is Barney's?"  I said "Barney who?"  Her reply, "Barney and Andy.  Where does Barney live?"  The kid thought she was in Mayberry.  True story.
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     Posted Nov-4 11:16 AM   
Ted C Hall (SysOp)
 
From  Ted C Hall (SysOp)  Posts 88  Last Nov-17
To  Suzie      [Msg # 15187.4 Message 15187.4 replying to 15187.3 15187.3 ]    
>>The kid thought she was in Mayberry.  True story.<<

You should see where I moved FROM Goldsboro...

We're a wide spot in the road that fired the Mayor 80+ year ago and never needed a Police Dept.

Our Fire Department is the only municipal function other than the Sewage District Council, School Board, and Park Commission...

A Three month old fire station (replacing the 50 year old facility that was falling apart) and eight Fire Engines shows how the community supports their Fire/EMS volunteers<G>  Actually we're about the cheapest fire district for taxes in the area...  We send engines to support the forest service, work to get grants, buy and recondition used equipment, and generally try to keep from raising taxes...

OTOH, we have a Major League quality baseball diamond for the farm team that trains here... a second 90 foot diamond, two youth diamonds, a t-ball diamond, and three batting cages...

The K-12 school has two gyms, a fully equipped weight training room and some very nice classrooms.  (the kid's water at school is from a well and the only treatment it gets is UV sterilization, NO chemicals)

We do have mostly paved streets in the "downtown" area<G>  The four lane highway going through the middle makes us a great place for folks working in the "Big City" of Missoula to live away from it all...

Mayberry MIGHT be a step up<VBG>

Ted C Hall
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"Here's my strategy on the Cold War: We win, they lose." - Ronald Reagan
Cowardice asks the question, 'Is it safe?' Expediency asks the question, 'Is it politic?' Vanity asks the question, 'Is it popular?' But conscience asks the question, 'Is it right?'And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular but one must take it because one's conscience tells one that it is right.-- Martin Luther King, Jr.
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     Posted Nov-4 11:30 AM   
Suzie
 
From  Suzie  Posts 9586  Last 7:49 AM
To  Ted C Hall (SysOp)      [Msg # 15187.5 Message 15187.5 replying to 15187.4 15187.4 ]    

Living in Hampton Roads,Va all of my life made going to NC just a hop, skip and a jump.  Been all over the State at one time or another, but somehow missed Goldsboro.  Don't recall even knowing anyone from there.  They used to have a saying in Norfolk that North Carolina conquered Virginia without even firing a shot.  During WW2 about half the State came to Va for jobs and most of them stayed.

Anyway, I like NC and have spent much happy time there.

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     Posted Nov-4 12:01 PM   
Ted C Hall (SysOp)
 
From  Ted C Hall (SysOp)  Posts 88  Last Nov-17
To  Suzie      [Msg # 15187.6 Message 15187.6 replying to 15187.5 15187.5 ]    
>>I like NC and have spent much happy time<<

I enjoyed the 14 years I lived there...

THEN I found the Bitterroot Valley in Montana<G>

I'm watching the Moon set over the Bitterroot Mountain Range this morning... it was a wonderful sunrise with the full moon showing as well...

Ted C Hall
Republican/Crime/Debate This!
"Here's my strategy on the Cold War: We win, they lose." - Ronald Reagan
Cowardice asks the question, 'Is it safe?' Expediency asks the question, 'Is it politic?' Vanity asks the question, 'Is it popular?' But conscience asks the question, 'Is it right?'And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular but one must take it because one's conscience tells one that it is right.-- Martin Luther King, Jr.
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