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Why the Gazetteer has no listing for Mayberry

On this day in 1984: Andy Griffith puts the brakes on efforts to find a North Carolina town willing to rename itself Mayberry. He calls the campaign by John Meroney III, 14-year-old founder of The Andy Griffith Show Appreciation Society, “enormously embarrassing.”

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Author Lew PowellPosted on December 27, 2016Categories On This DayTags andy griffith, john meroney, mayberryLeave a comment on Why the Gazetteer has no listing for Mayberry
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