http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/the_mayberry_inauguration Comments for "The Mayberry inauguration" en http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/the_mayberry_inauguration <!-- Begin check for Blog Icon --> <!-- End check for Blog Icon --> <!-- Begin check for Teaser Toggle --> <div class="field-item"><p>An interesting tidbit from a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/James-B-Hunt-Carolina-Progressive/dp/0786416076/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1198865539&amp;sr=8-1">biography</a> of <a href="/under_the_dome/profiles/jim_hunt">Jim Hunt</a>:</p><blockquote><p>On January 8, 1977, Jim Hunt&#39;s family watched as he took the oath as governor of North Carolina for the first of four times. The previous evening, he had attended an inauguration festival hosted by <a href="/under_the_dome/profiles/andy_griffith">Andy Griffith</a>, the Tar Heel-born actor whose 1960s television show pictured community values that Hunt wanted the state to emulate in real life.</p></blockquote><p>Dome had not realized Griffith&#39;s role in state politics went back that far. </p></div> <div class="node-blog-teaser-footer"> <div class="node-blog-teaser-comments"><a href="http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/the_mayberry_inauguration#comment"><img src="http://www.newsobserver.com/images/front_new/icon_discussion.gif" width="11" height="7" border="0" /> Comments (0)</a> <!-- If permissions, display edit link at end of teaser --> <!-- End edit link code --> </div> </div> <!-- End check for Teaser Toggle --> <!-- BEGIN AUDIO ATTACHMENT CODE --> http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/the_mayberry_inauguration#comment Andy Griffith Jim Hunt Under the Dome Fri, 28 Dec 2007 13:12:36 -0500 ryanteaguebeckwith 3855 at http://projects.newsobserver.com