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AS CHAIRMAN, I FIRST WANT TO EXTEND THE THANKS

OF THIS COMMITTEE TO SHERIFF TAYLOR

FOR ALLOWING US TO USE HIS OFFICE

FOR OUR MEETING TODAY.

THAT'S NOTHING.

AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW

THE TOWN HALL IS ALMOST COMPLETELY OCCUPIED

BY THE WOMEN'S BRIDGE CLUB TODAY

AND, WELL, WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANT

TO CROSS SWORDS WITH THEM.

SO WE'RE BETTER OFF HERE.

YEAH, LIVE AND LET LIVE.

FOLKS, IN MY OPINION TODAY'S MEETING

OF OUR CIVIC IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE

IS LIKELY TO PROVE THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE WE'VE EVER HAD.

THE DECISION OF WHAT TO DO WITH THE $1,200

IN OUR TREASURY IS STRICTLY UP TO US.

I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS THAT MUCH.

WHATEVER WE DECIDE TO DO

IT MUST APPEAL TO THE TAXPAYERS.

TRUE. TRUE.

NOW, I'M SURE WE'VE ALL HAD OUR THINKING CAPS ON.

THE FLOOR IS OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS.

MISS EDWARDS.

WELL, I'VE BEEN THINKING.

THE BRIDGE OVER PARKER CREEK--

IT'S ON THE MAIN ROAD FROM RALEIGH

AND IT'S THE FIRST THING THAT PEOPLE SEE WHEN THEY

APPROACH MAYBERRY.

NOW, MY SUGGESTION IS

THAT WE PUT FLOWER BOXES

ON THE RAILINGS OF THE BRIDGE

PLANTED WITH LOVELY FLOWERS.

GOOD IDEA, CLARA.

YES.

WELL, I WAS THINKING

THAT WE MIGHT REZONE THAT PROPERTY

AT THE END OF MAIN STREET

FOR COMMERCIAL STORES AND DEVELOP IT.

OPPOSED.

OPPOSED.

THE MINUTE YOU START INCREASING

THE COMMERCIAL ZONING IN MAYBERRY

IT'LL BE THE BEGINNING OF THE END.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND, FLOYD.

WOULD YOU MIND GIVING US THE WHOLE BALL OF WAX?

YEAH, MORE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY MEANS MORE STORES

AND MORE CONFUSION AND MORE TRAFFIC.

HE HAS A POINT THERE.

MM.

FOLKS, I'VE BEEN

MULLING SOMETHING OVER

THAT I SINCERELY FEEL HAS SOME REAL MERIT.

NOW, WE ALL KNOW

THAT MAYBERRY IS THE GARDEN SPOT OF THE STATE.

OH, YEAH, IT'S A GARDEN SPOT.

BUT IT SUDDENLY OCCURRED TO ME THE OTHER DAY

THAT WE DON'T HAVE A STATUE

HERE IN TOWN.

Aunt Bee: NO, WE DON'T.

NOW, WE MAY BE SMALL POPULATION-WISE

BUT WE'RE A FINE, PROGRESSIVE COMMUNITY

AND I THINK IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO COMMEMORATE

THE PERSON MOST RESPONSIBLE FOR IT

BY ERECTING A LIFESIZED STATUE

TO HIM OUTSIDE OUR TOWN HALL.

MAYBERRY'S GREATEST BENEFACTOR--

WHOEVER WE DECIDE THAT IS.

I THINK THAT'S A WONDERFUL IDEA.

YES, IT WOULD BE AN INSPIRATION

FOR THE CHILDREN

AND ALL THE FUTURE GENERATIONS.

HOWARD, YOU'RE A GENIUS.

OH, WELL, IT CERTAINLY IS GRATIFYING

TO GET THIS RESPONSE.

NOW, NOW, THE ONLY QUESTION TO DECIDE NOW

IS WHOSE STATUE WILL IT BE.

WELL, IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PERSON

WHO DID THE MOST FOR THIS TOWN

I THINK THERE'S ONE NAME THAT SHINES ABOVE ALL.

ABSOLUTELY.

THE MOST ILLUSTRIOUS NAME IN ALL MAYBERRY HISTORY--

SETH TAYLOR.

WELL, YEAH.

IT COULDN'T BE ANYBODY ELSE.

AUNT BEE, ANDY, I KNOW THIS KIND OF EMBARRASSES YOU

BUT I SORT OF, KIND OF HAD SETH TAYLOR IN MIND, TOO--

YOUR GREAT-GREAT-GRANDFATHER.

THAT'S RIGHT.

I'M JUST SPEECHLESS.

WELL, IF WE'RE ALL IN ACCORD ON SETH TAYLOR, THEN...

I'M NOT.

DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER SUGGESTION, FLOYD?

I CERTAINLY DO AND NOT BECAUSE HE'S MY ANCESTOR

BUT HAVE WE ALL FORGOTTEN

THE CONTRIBUTION THAT DANIEL LAWSON MADE TO THIS TOWN?

WELL, NO, FLOYD, BUT...

MAYBERRY'S FIRST INDIAN AGENT.

WE'RE AWARE OF THAT, FLOYD.

HE STARTED HIS LITTLE TRADING POST RIGHT ON THIS VERY GROUND

WHICH GREW TO A TOWNSHIP OF 1,800 PEOPLE.

WELL, THAT'S TRUE

OF COURSE.

WOULD I BE MAKING IT UP?

BUT SETH TAYLOR DID MORE TO DEVELOP THE TOWN

AS WE KNOW IT TODAY.

HE BUILT THE FIRST SAWMILL

ORGANIZED THE FIRST CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

GAVE SOME OF HIS PERSONAL LAND TO THE CITY.

YES, HE EVEN LOANED THE CITY MONEY

DURING THE CRISIS OF 1874.

WHY, EVERYBODY ALWAYS LOOKED UP TO SETH TAYLOR.

WITH SETH, IT WAS MAYBERRY

FIRST, LAST, AND ALWAYS.

Howard: YOU SEEM TO BE THE ONE DISSENTING VOICE, FLOYD.

Goober: ON THIS COMMITTEE THE MAJORITY RULES, FLOYD.

ALL RIGHT THEN, IT'S DECIDED.

WE WILL ERECT A STATUE OF SETH TAYLOR

TO BE PLACED OUTSIDE THE TOWN HALL.

NOW I KNOW HOW

GEORGE WASHINGTON'S FAMILY MUST HAVE FELT.

NOW, I THINK THE NEXT STEP IS

TO DISCUSS A SCULPTOR FOR THE STATUE.

AND IN THAT REGARD, I'VE TAKEN THE LIBERTY

OF SPEAKING TO OUR OWN BRIAN JACKSON, WHO,

AS YOU ALL PROBABLY KNOW, HAS MADE OVER 90%

OF THE HEADSTONES USED IN THIS COMMUNITY.

HAS HE EVER MADE A LIFESIZED STATUE?

WELL, NO, NO, HE WAS FRANK TO SAY THAT HE HASN'T,

BUT HE HAS MADE A FEW BUSTS

AND A COUNTLESS NUMBER OF ANGELS

AND HE'LL DO THE JOB FOR THE $1,200.

PROVIDED THAT HE CAN USE THE BLOCK OF GRANITE

THAT HE HAS IN HIS YARD OVER THERE.

IS IT A NICE PIECE?

OH, YES, IT'S PERFECT.

ACTUALLY, IT'S ONLY 5'7".

FROM YOUR PICTURES OF HIM, ANDY,

WOULD YOU SAY THAT SETH WAS ON THE SHORT SIDE?

NO, NO, HE WASN'T A SHORT MAN,

BUT I THINK WE COULD KEEP HIM AT 5'7",

IF THAT'S ALL THE STONE BRIAN'S GOT TO WORK WITH.

DANIEL LAWSON WAS A SHORT MAN.

YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO FAKE IT, WITH HIM.

AUNT BEE, I THINK IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE

TO APPOINT YOU HEAD OF THE ARTISTIC COMMITTEE.

YOU PROBABLY HAVE PICTURES OF SETH, AND EVERYTHING,

AND YOU COULD WORK DIRECTLY WITH BRIAN

ON THE POSE FOR THE STATUE AND ALL OF THAT.

WELL, I'LL BE VERY HAPPY TO.

AND I'LL BE VERY GRATEFUL IF YOU'D COCHAIR

THE COMMITTEE WITH ME, CLARA.

OH, THANK YOU, BEE. I'D LOVE TO.

THEN IT'S SETTLED, AND I'M SURE WE'RE ALL HONORED

TO HAVE HAD SUCH AN OUTSTANDING MAN

WHO DID SO MUCH FOR MAYBERRY.

LET'S HEAR IT FOR AUNT BEE AND ANDY.

Goober: YAY, AUNT BEE! YAY, ANDY!

YOOHOO, MR. JACKSON!

Brian: I'LL BE RIGHT THERE.

OH, HE DOES LOVELY WORK, DOESN'T HE?

OH, JUST BEAUTIFUL.

HOW DO YOU DO, MISS EDWARDS, MISS TAYLOR?

MR. JACKSON, WE'RE ON THE ARTISTIC COMMITTEE

CONCERNING THE STATUE.

AH, YES.

MR. SPRAGUE SPOKE TO ME ABOUT IT

SAID YOU'D BE DROPPING IN.

YOU AND YOUR KINFOLK MUST BE MIGHTY PROUD.

YES.

WELL, WE HAVE SOME PICTURES OF SETH HERE.

YES, A FINE-LOOKING MAN.

ISN'T HE?

I THINK ANDY'S GOT HIS CHIN.

OH, DEFINITELY.

AND OPIE CERTAINLY HAS HIS EYES.

I THINK SO.

YOU WI BE ABLE

TO CAPTURE THE CHARACTER IN HIS FACE, WON'T YOU?

IF YOU CAN CAPTURE IT WITH A CHISEL, I'LL GET IT.

BECAUSE HIS SINCERITY AND HIS PURPOSEFULNESS

MUST SHINE THROUGH.

GOT TO SHINE THROUGH.

NOW, ABOUT THE POSE.

HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE HIM?

WELL, WE HAD SOME THOUGHTS ON THAT.

PERHAPS SOMETHING LIKE THIS:

HMM, MIGHT LOOK A LITTLE UPPITY

WITH HIS NOSE IN THE AIR LIKE THAT.

MAYBE A MORE NATURAL AND SERENE LOOK.

OH, I LIKE THAT.

GIVES HIM KIND OF A HUMAN TOUCH.

GOOD.

NOW, I UNDERSTAND, MR. JACKSON

YOU'VE NEVER MADE A LIFESIZED STATUE BEFORE.

NO. I NEARLY DID, THOUGH.

I STARTED ONE OF MY WIFE ONCE.

OH?

YES, YOU MAY REMEMBER

SHE RAN OFF WITH A TRAVELING MAN.

OH, YOU HAD OUR SYMPATHY, MR. JACKSON.

I WAS CHISELING AWAY ON HER TORSO AT THE TIME

AND I JUST NATURALLY LOST INTEREST IN THE PROJECT.

OF COURSE.

DON'T WORRY.

EVERYTHING'S GOING TO TURN OUT JUST FINE.

WELL, OF COURSE, IT WILL, MR. JACKSON.

SEE

IT'S JUST A MATTER OF MAKING THIS LITTLE FELLA BIGGER.

MM-HMM.

LEAVING THE WINGS OFF...

UH-HUH.

AND PUTTING SOME CLOTHES ON HIM.

HOW'S THE SPEECH COMING?

FINE.

NOW, HOW DOES THIS SOUND?

"HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS WERE LEGION.

HIS POWER AND INFLUENCE WAS FELT THROUGHOUT THE STATE."

THAT'S A GOOD BEGINNING.

HMM. I THOUGHT THAT HAD A NICE RING TO IT.

GOSH, IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO SEE

THE COMPLETED STATUE TOMORROW.

YEAH. HOW IS IT COMING?

WELL, THE LAST TIME I LOOKED AT IT

HE WAS WORKING AROUND THE SHOULDERS, AND I MUST ADMIT

HE HAS THE SUIT FITTING BEAUTIFULLY.

OH, GOOD, GOOD.

THE COMMITTEE'S SO ANXIOUS TO SEE IT COMPLETED

AND WE INVITED CYRUS TANKERSLEY, TOO.

OH?

WELL, WE THOUGHT AS HEAD OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

HE COULD APPROVE OF IT ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE.

OH, YEAH. THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.

GOOD IDEA.

WELL... I'LL LEAVE YOU ALONE TO DO THE SPEECHMAKING.

HI, FLOYD.

ANDY.

IT'S A NICE DAY.

IT'LL DO.

YOU MIND IF I, UH, SIT DOWN?

I DON'T CARE.

I SUPPOSE YOU HEARD

THE WHOLE COMMITTEE'S GOING OUT

TO SEE THE STATUE TOMORROW.

YES, I HEARD.

YOU'RE COMING, AREN'T YOU?

NO.

AS YOU MAY BE AWARE

THE PROJECT DOESN'T HAVE MY FULL SUPPORT.

I KNOW.

WHEN MAYBERRY'S FIRST INDIAN AGENT

HAS TO TAKE A BACK SEAT, THEN IT'S TIME FOR A CHANGE.

FLOYD, I DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS.

AT ANY RATE, TOMORROW, THEY'RE GOING TO PREVIEW

SETH TAYLOR'S STATUE.

IT'S MAGNIFICENT.

WELL, WHAT DO YOU THINK, CYRUS?

ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS.

BRIAN, AS HEAD OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

CONGRATULATIONS FROM THE PEOPLE OF MAYBERRY.

THANK YOU.

WE'RE NOT ONLY PROUD OF THE JOB YOU'VE DONE

WE'RE ALSO PROUD OF THE MAN, SETH TAYLOR.

YOU'RE MORE THAN A STONEMASON, MR. JACKSON.

YOU'RE AN ARTIST.

IT TURNED OUT REAL FINE, BRIAN.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ANDY.

I DID HAVE A LITTLE TROUBLE WITH THE SHOULDER BLADES.

I'M USED TO WINGS, YOU KNOW?

BUT I THINK IT TURNED OUT REAL FINE.

WHEN DO YOU PLAN TO TAKE HIM TO THE TOWN SQUARE?

WELL, THE TRUCK SHOULD BE HERE IN ABOUT 15 MINUTES.

OH, WELL, THEN WE'D BETTER ALL BE GOING.

WOULD YOU MIND IF ANDY AND I STAYED?

OH, NOT AT ALL.

NOT AT ALL.

YES, I THINK IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE

IF THE FAMILY HAD A FEW MOMENTS WITH HIM ALONE.

JUST LOOK AT THE WAY HE STANDS THERE--

MAJESTIC.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT THE EYES.

HE LOOKS SO RIGHTEOUS.

YEAH, IT DOES LOOK REAL GOOD.

Man: ANDY?

HMM?

OH, HI.

OH, HI, MR. SIMMONS.

HELLO, MR. SIMMONS.

WE WERE JUST LOOKING AT THE STATUE OF SETH TAYLOR.

YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT IT, OF COURSE.

YES. JUST THIS MORNING. THAT'S WHY I'M HERE.

OH?

WELL, YOU SEE, I--

YES, MR. SIMMONS?

WELL, I WASN'T GOING TO SAY ANYTHING, AT FIRST.

BUT, WELL --

WELL, WHAT IS IT, MR. SIMMONS?

WELL, IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT SETH TAYLOR

AND MY GREAT-GREAT-GRANDFATHER WERE PRETTY CLOSE FRIENDS.

UH, WINSTON SIMMONS?

HE WAS A PRETTY BIG INDUSTRIALIST.

WELL, I WASN'T GOING TO SAY ANYTHING, BUT --

WELL, IF YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING TO SAY,

I WISH YOU'D GO AHEAD AND SAY IT.

WELL, I HAVE PROOF

THAT OUR TWO ILLUSTRIOUS ANCESTORS

WERE TWO OF THE BIGGEST SWINDLERS

THAT THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY HAS EVER KNOWN.

HE WAS A SWINDLER?

THAT'S RIGHT, MISS TAYLOR.

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.

WELL, IT'S THE TRUTH.

YOU'RE PUTTING UP A STATUE

TO ONE OF THE BIGGEST SWINDLERS OF THE 19th CENTURY.

OHH...

GRANDPA SETH, SAY IT ISN'T SO.

WELL...

IT'S ALL THERE.

PROOF.

OH, THEY HAD A BEAUTIFUL SETUP.

MY GREAT-GREAT-GRANDFATHER, WITH HIS POLITICAL PULL;

AND YOURS, WITH THE COMPLETE TRUST OF ALL THE PEOPLE --

THEY MANAGED TO CONVINCE EVERYONE

THAT THE BIG RAILROAD TERMINAL

WAS GOING TO BE HERE IN MAYBERRY.

AND THEN WITH BRIBERY AND POLITICAL STRING PULLING

THEY MANAGED SOME LAST-MINUTE CHANGES

AND THE MAIN RAILROAD WAS BUILT THROUGH MT. PILOT.

WELL, THEY BOUGHT UP LAND HERE IN MAYBERRY

AND THEY SOLD IT AT INFLATED PRICES WHEN THE PEOPLE THOUGHT

THAT THE RAILROAD WAS GOING TO COME THROUGH

AND THEN THEY GRABBED UP LAND

IN MT. PILOT FOR A SONG.

YOU SEE, THEY PLAYED BOTH ENDS AGAINST THE MIDDLE

AND WOUND UP WITH A FORTUNE.

OH, IT SEEMS HARD TO BELIEVE.

IT SURE DOES.

WELL, LIKE I SAID, IT'S JUST BETWEEN US.

I WOULDN'T TELL A SOUL

BUT I THOUGHT YOU OUGHT TO KNOW.

WELL...

WELL, UH...

WELL, THANK YOU.

YOU KNOW, IT'S FUNNY.

HERE THE TOWN IS PUTTING UP A STATUE

TO A MAN THAT IT THINKS IS A HERO

WHEN ACTUALLY HE'S THE ONE

WHO SWINDLED THEM OF THEIR BIRTHRIGHT.

SO LONG, FOLKS.

YEAH, UH, GOODBYE.

WELL, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?

I DON'T KNOW.

IF WE TELL THE COMMITTEE

IT'S GOING TO BE ALL OVER TOWN.

YEAH.

WE-VE-WE'VE GOT TO TELL HOWARD.

MAYBE HE CAN THINK OF SOMETHING.

OH, IF SETH HAD KNOWN

HOW HUMILIATING THIS WAS GOING TO BE

HE NEVER WOULD HAVE DONE IT.

HEY, FLOYD.

OH, HELLO, GOOBER.

WELL, I SEE THEY'VE GOT IT UP THERE, ALL RIGHT.

YEAH, JUST FINISHED IT.

SURE GOING TO LOOK GOOD STANDING THERE, AIN'T IT?

GOOBER, I AM NOT THE LEAST BIT INTERESTED IN IT.

I'M JUST OUT HERE GETTING A LITTLE SUN.

YOU NEVER GIVE UP, DO YOU?

WELL, HOW MANY OF YOUR ANCESTORS

WERE INDIAN AGENTS

SMOKING PEACE PIPES WITH THE INDIANS

CLOGGING UP THEIR LUNGS?

COME ON, FLOYD.

GOOBER.

ANDY, AUNT BEE.

HELLO, GOOBER.

GOT YOUR SPEECH ALL READY

FOR THE UNVEILING TOMORROW?

YES, GOOBER, I HAVE.

YOU'VE GOT THE WRONG MAN UP THERE.

COME ON.

UH, AUNT BEE?

AUNT BEE, DON'T PAY NO ATTENTION

TO WHAT FLOYD SAYS.

AIN'T NEVER BEEN A BETTER MAN

THAN SETH TAYLOR, AND EVERYBODY KNOWS IT.

WE EVEN STUDIED ABOUT HIM IN SCHOOL, ANDY, REMEMBER?

YES, HE WAS REVERED, WASN'T HE?

HE WAS REVERED, WASN'T HE, GOOBER?

Goober: HE SURE WAS.

Aunt Bee: HE WAS REVERED?

LET'S GO, AUNT BEE.

EXCUSE ME.

SOMETHING FISHY GOING ON HERE.

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT, FLOYD?

SOMETHING FISHY.

SOMETHING FISHY.

Howard: ANDY, ANDY.

HEY, ANDY, WE WERE JUST ON OUR WAY OVER TO YOUR OFFICE.

YEAH, WE WERE JUST ON OUR WAY OVER TO YOURS.

BEE, ANDY, WE'VE JUST COME UP

WITH THE MOST WONDERFUL NEWS.

WE EVEN TALKED TO CYRUS ABOUT IT, AND HE'S ALL FOR IT.

OH?

WE'RE GOING TO DECLARE A SETH TAYLOR DAY

AND CELEBRATE IT EVERY YEAR.

WELL, UH...

YEAH, A SETH TAYLOR DAY

WILL SERVE AS AN INSPIRATION TO FUTURE GENERATIONS--

CHILDREN AND ADULTS ALIKE.

WELL, I CAN SEE YOU'RE BOTH STUNNED BY THE NEWS.

GUESS I WOULD BE, TOO

IF THEY WERE PUTTING UP A STATUE

TO ONE OF MY ANCESTORS.

UH...

WELL, HOWARD...

UH, YES, YES, WE ARE.

WE'RE STUNNED.

WE'RE JUST OVERCOME.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO ANDY ALONE.

WOULD YOU PARDON US?

WE'RE NOT GOING TO TELL A SOUL WHAT SETH TAYLOR DID.

WE'RE GOING THROUGH WITH THAT UNVEILING SPEECH TOMORROW.

WE'RE... WE'RE GOING TO WHAT?

FOR NO PERSONAL MOTIVE, BELIEVE ME,

BUT FOR THE GOOD OF THE TOWN.

EVERYONE HAS ALWAYS LOOKED UP TO HIM.

WHAT GOOD WOULD IT DO TO RUIN HIS IMAGE?

WELL...

SUPPOSING SOMEBODY UNEARTHED SOMETHING AWFUL

ABOUT ABRAHAM LINCOLN OR GEORGE WASHINGTON?

WOULD IT BE RIGHT TO TELL THE PEOPLE?

WHAT PURPOSE WOULD IT SERVE,

TO UNDERMINE THE IMAGE OF A GREAT MAN?

WELL, NONE, I GUESS.

NONE.

WE'RE GOING THROUGH WITH

THE UNVEILING SPEECH TOMORROW, ANDY.

IT'S THE ONLY THING WE CAN DO.

NOW, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT IS A GREAT HONOR TO INTRODUCE

THE LADY WHO IS GOING TO MAKE THE UNVEILING SPEECH --

MISS BEE TAYLOR.

BEE.

FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS, AND FELLOW CITIZENS OF MAYBERRY,

I STAND BEFORE YOU IN HUMBLE PRIDE

AS WE PAY HOMAGE TO THIS...

ILLUSTRIOUS MEMBER OF MY FAMILY.

WE'LL PROBABLY NEVER KNOW ALL THE THINGS HE DID TO...

FOR MAYBERRY.

A DEDICATED AND UNSELFISH MAN

HE WORKED LONG AND HARD HOURS

BUT ALL OF HIS THOUGHTS AND EFFORTS

WERE TO ONE PURPOSE--

THE BETTERMENT OF OUR FAIR CITY.

HIS ACHIEVEMENTS WERE LEGION.

HIS POWER WAS FELT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE STATE.

AND YET HE REMAINED A SIMPLE...

AND HONEST MAN.

LET ME TELL YOU SOME OF THE THINGS HE DID

TO MAKE MAYBERRY PROSPER.

FIRST...

I CAN'T GO ON.

I CAN'T GO ON.

THE MAN UNDER...

UM...

UH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, UH, F-FOLKS

UH... I'M AFRAID MY AUNT WON'T BE ABLE

TO CONTINUE WITH HER SPEECH.

IF CYRUS TANKERSLEY AND THE COMMITTEE

WOULD MEET IN MY OFFICE, UH... PLEASE.

SO...

WE GOT A $1,200 STATUE AND WE CAN'T USE IT.

TAXPAYER'S MONEY. MIGHTY SERIOUS.

WELL, YOU CAN'T BLAME THE COMMITTEE, CYRUS.

THEY DIDN'T KNOW

WHAT KIND OF MAN SETH WAS TILL YOU DID.

WE KNEW THE FACTS ABOUT DANIEL LAWSON

BUT I WAS RAILROADED.

COULD YOU USE A BETTER CHOICE OF WORDS, FLOYD?

SO, OLD SETH SOLD US DOWN THE RIVER.

YOU KNOW, WE COULD HAVE BEEN

A BIG TOWN LIKE MT. PILOT.

YEAH, INSTEAD OF A POPULATION OF 1,800

WE'D HAVE BEEN WAY UP THERE IN THE 30,000s.

COULD HAVE HAD BIG INDUSTRIES.

AND LOTS OF BUSINESS.

WELL...

I'M SORRY.

WAIT A MINUTE.

IF SETH TAYLOR HAD LET THE RAILROAD TERMINAL

COME TO MAYBERRY

WE'D HAVE BEEN LIKE MT. PILOT.

WITH BIG HIGHWAYS.

AND LOTS OF ACTION.

LIKE MT. PILOT,

WITH ALL THAT HUSTLE AND BUSTLE AND NOISE AND DIRTY AIR.

THAT'S RIGHT.

THAT'S SO TRUE.

WE WOULDN'T BE WHAT WE ARE TODAY, NOW WOULD WE, HUH?

NO, WE WOULDN'T.

NO.

A NICE, CLEAN COMMUNITY

TUCKED AWAY IN OUR PEACEFUL VALLEY

WHERE ALL OUR CHILDREN HAVE GOOD TEETH.

HE'S RIGHT.

AND YOU KNOW SOMETHING ELSE?

IF WE WAS THE SIZE OF MT. PILOT

WE WOULDN'T HAVE NO BIG TOWN TO GO TO ON SATURDAY NIGHT.

WE'D BE IN IT.

YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS TO ME

THAT SETH TAYLOR

WASN'T SUCH A BAD FELLA AFTER ALL.

OLD SETH MIGHT HAVE BEEN UP TO SOME HANKY-PANKY

BUT HE MADE US THE TOWN WE ARE TODAY.

RIGHT.

A GOOD TOWN, A CLEAN TOWN

THE GARDEN CITY OF THE STATE.

HEY, AND YOU KNOW SOMETHING?

ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF MAYBERRY

I SAY WE ALL GET RIGHT BACK OUT THERE

AND START THAT UNVEILING OVER AGAIN.

I SECOND THAT.

AND SO BECAUSE OF THE FARSIGHTEDNESS

OF SETH TAYLOR

IN BUYING UP PROPERTY IN MT. PILOT

AND SELLING IT TO THE RAILROAD PEOPLE,

HE KEPT THE IRON HORSE AND ITS CLAMOROUS HERD

FROM COMING THROUGH MAYBERRY

AND EVEN THOUGH HE SUFFERED THE PANGS

OF MAKING A FEW MILLION OR SO FOR HIS EFFORTS...

WE FEEL THAT HIS MOTIVES WERE VERY GOOD FOR ALL OF US.

HE WANTED THEN, AS NOW, TO KEEP MAYBERRY A LOVELY CITY

WITH GRACIOUS AND WARM-HEARTED LIVING.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I GIVE YOU SETH TAYLOR.

LET'S REALLY HEAR IT FOR GOOD OLD SETH TAYLOR.

AND WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATED THE USE

OF MISS CLARA EDMONDS'S HOME FOR OUR LAST MEETING OF

THE CIVIC IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE.

THE BROWNIES AND HOT CHOCOLATE SHE SERVED AFTER THE MEETING

GOT A ROUSING VOTE OF APPROVAL.

AND I THINK THAT CONCLUDES

THE MINUTES OF OUR LAST MEETING.

OH, OH, ONE MORE THING -- OUR FINANCE CHAIRMAN REPORTED

THAT OUR CIVIC IMPROVEMENT FUND IS BEGINNING TO GROW AGAIN

AND WE NOW HAVE $54.20.

OH, BOY!

THANK YOU, AUNT BEE.

AND NOW, WE'LL TURN TO NEW BUSINESS,

IF ANYONE HAS ANY.

FLOYD.

WHEN THE FUND BUILDS UP, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE

DECIDING WHAT TO DO WITH IT AND I'VE BEEN THINKING,

THAT STATUE OF SETH TAYLOR, HE LOOKS SO LONESOME,

STANDING THERE IN THE TOWN SQUARE ALL ALONE.

SO LET'S PUT UP ANOTHER STATUE TO SOMEONE,

RIGHT NEXT TO HIM, SOMEONE WHO, IN THE EARLY DAYS,

WAS LOVED BY THE NOBLE RED MAN,

SOMEONE WHO WORKED HARD FOR THE BETTERMENT OF MAYBERRY.