From the September 18, 20111, Mayberry Confidential.
Last month, I drove through Mt. Airy, North Carolina, on my way to a visit with family in the state. I was all set to enjoy one of those fantastic pork chop sandwiches from Snappy Lunch on Main Street, but was greatly disappoined to find the place closed for the week.
I was interested in seeing how the town was treating Andy Griffith's recent death. There wasn't much. One store had a giant card for people to sign and the TV Land stuatue by the Andy griffith Playhouse had flowers, but that was all I could find.
I did pick up this pamphlet thinking it would have something about his death until I saw the date.
However, it did have a chronology of his life so will pick out some dates and write about them:
JUNE 1, 1926-- Born in Mt. Airy. Named Andy Samuel Griffith.
MAY 30, 1944-- Graduated from Mount Airy High School.
JUNE 1949-- Graduated from the University of North Carolina with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music.
1949-1952-- Worked as a music and drama teacher at Goldsboro (NC) High School. (Hey, I was living in Goldsboro at the time, but don't remember him as I was born in 1951.)
More to Come. --Cooter
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