Actress Betty Lynn, best known for portraying Barney Fife’s girlfriend Thelma Lou in “The Andy Griffith Show,” left Los Angeles and moved to Mount Airy earlier this year. “It wasn’t so much that Thelma Lou was looking for Mayberry, that mythical place implanted in the minds of millions of Americans who watched the original showings […]
Entries from September 2007
‘Southern hospitality’ attracts actress to Surry County
September 3rd, 2007 · No Comments
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Mountaineers triumph over Michigan
September 2nd, 2007 · No Comments
Congratulations to Coad Westra of State Road and the rest of the Appalachian State University Mountaineers who defeated University of Michigan’s football team on Saturday. Westra, a 5-foot-11, 200-pound freshman linebacker, graduated from Elkin High School.
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John S. Clark Company ranks high
September 2nd, 2007 · No Comments
The Charlotte Business Journal has named general contractor John S. Clark Company LLC of Mount Airy as one of the Top 5 general contractors in the North Carolina Metro area. Each firm is ranked based on contracting revenue earned in 2006. (From the Winston-Salem Journal.)
Tags: Businesses · Construction
Back home again in Surry County
September 2nd, 2007 · No Comments
We’re back from an end-of-summer vacation and glad to be home again in Surry County. Somewhere we read that the temperature drops one degree with each additional 100 feet above sea level. Don’t know whether that’s true, but 82 degrees and 37 percent humidity this afternoon at the Mount Airy/Surry County Airport (elevation: 1,247 feet) […]
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