{"id":8789,"date":"2026-11-09T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/WeaversDepartmentStore.com\/newsletter\/?p=8789"},"modified":"2026-11-08T19:56:39","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T01:56:39","slug":"weavers-newsletter-nov-dec-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/WeaversDepartmentStore.com\/newsletter\/2026\/11\/weavers-newsletter-nov-dec-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Weaver\u2019s Newsletter Nov\/Dec 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

An Online newsletter of<\/strong>
\u201cThe Andy Griffith Show<\/em>\u201d Rerun Watchers Club (TAGS<\/em>RWC)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Mr. Weaver getting ready for Christmas.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

(If you received the Newsletter by email and are unable to see all the images & videos, or if it seems like thing are missing, please<\/em> <\/a>go to this link<\/em><\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>to make sure you aren’t missing anything.<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s almost Christmas<\/em><\/strong> time as we’re into the month of November and Thanksgiving is just around the corner. That got me thinking about how thankful I am for all of you who read this newsletter, listen to or watch my Two Chairs No Waiting<\/a> podcast, or are just fans of The Andy Griffith Show<\/em> and enjoy all the things around Mayberry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weaver’s has been working hard to show our thanks to all of you for supporting our business by adding new products for you to choose from as gifts or for yourself. This issue may feel a bit more like a sales brochure than normal but there is still a lot of Mayberry information scattered throughout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There’s plenty of Mayberry information within the confines of this issue, but I am showcasing as many of the new products as possible. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So stick around for all the Mayberry fun in the form of trivia, stories and reports. Enjoy the newsletter and please take note of the shipping schedule for your order to arrive in time for Christmas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

== Holiday Shipping Schedule ==<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

For orders received as late as Wednesday, December 16<\/strong>, Weaver’s will be shipping for Christmas delivery with our standard flat-rate of $5.00 for shipping & handling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weaver’s will still be shipping orders through Christmas week, but unless you live really near our shipping HQ in Huntsville, Ala., any orders we receive after December 16th, will require *Express\/Overnight USPS or 3 day\/2 day select UPS Delivery<\/em> for them to arrive by Christmas.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Avoid the rush and order now\/soon. Do not push your luck in getting your order in time for Christmas. Don’t worry about not being Mayberry-like. You won’t get a “rude” like Ernest T., because this is one time it’s perfectly O.K. to hurry up a little bit in Mayberry.<\/em> More shipping information can be found on the store website.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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== Remshaw Family ==<\/h2>\n\n\n
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The Remshaw House circa 1897<\/strong> – Exterior view of the family home in the late 19th century, before it fell into the abandoned state later seen in Mayberry.<\/em>
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Now that Halloween has come and gone, folks have been doing plenty of talking about Old Man Remshaw and that spooky old Remshaw place. Below, we’ve got a wonderful little tale to share that Floyd himself picked up right here in Mayberry. People are always dropping by the shop asking about that house after driving into town, just curious because of how run-down it looks. So, Floyd went ahead and dug up the history of the Remshaw family to pass along to everybody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So go ahead and settle into the barber chair for a quick trim, and listen to what Floyd found out about the Remshaws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Remshaw Family History <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

by: Floyd Lawson<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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Colorized family portrait (Elias, Margaret, and young Caleb Remshaw)<\/strong> – Formal portrait of the Remshaw’s from the years when the family still lived together in Mayberry.<\/em>
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The Remshaws weren’t originally from Mayberry. They came down from Virginia sometime in the 1880s \u2014 a quiet, tight-lipped family that bought a piece of land just outside of town and built the house that still stands there. Old Man Remshaw (his given name was Elias, though almost nobody used it) was already middle-aged when he arrived. He had a wife, Margaret, and one son, a boy named Caleb who was maybe twelve or thirteen at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They kept to themselves. Elias farmed a little and took on hired help when the work got heavy. He paid fair, but he expected a full day\u2019s labor and didn\u2019t care much for excuses. The house itself was solid \u2014 two stories, a wide porch, and a cellar that ran the length of the foundation. Margaret kept a garden and tried to make the place look presentable, but Elias never seemed interested in company. Visitors were rare.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Elias Remshaw<\/strong> (a.k.a. Old Man Remshaw<\/strong>) – Formal studio portrait. Likely reference for painting over mantel in the Remshaw home.<\/em>
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The trouble started with the hired man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His name was Jonah. He was a big, quiet fellow from over near Siler City who had drifted into Mayberry looking for work. Elias took him on for the fall harvest and then kept him through the winter because the boy was strong and didn\u2019t talk much. Jonah slept in a small room off the kitchen and ate with the family. For a while things were ordinary.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Remshaw hired man, Jonah.<\/strong> (Last name unknown.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Then, the winter of 1891, Jonah started disappearing for hours at a time. Elias didn\u2019t like it. He was particular about knowing where his help was. One evening he found Jonah down in the cellar with a lantern, going through an old trunk that had belonged to Margaret\u2019s people. Elias ordered him out. Words were exchanged. Some say Jonah swung at him. Others say he only raised his voice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What happened next is the part that still gets told different ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the version most people heard, Elias chained Jonah to a beam in the cellar and left him there overnight to \u201cthink on it.\u201d When he came back the next morning, Jonah was dead. Elias claimed the man had hanged himself with the chain. The sheriff at the time looked the place over, saw the marks on Jonah\u2019s wrists, and decided there wasn\u2019t enough to charge anybody. Jonah was buried in an unmarked grave at the edge of the property. The Remshaws didn\u2019t put up a stone.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Margaret Remshaw<\/strong> <\/strong>–
1890 portrait of Elias Remshaw\u2019s wife.<\/em>
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Margaret never quite recovered from it. She stopped coming into town. Within two years she was gone \u2014 some said a fever, some said she just wasted away. Elias had her buried in the family plot behind the house, next to a small stone that simply read \u201cMargaret.\u201d After that he grew even quieter. Caleb, by then nearly grown, stayed on for a while, but the two of them barely spoke. One spring Caleb left for Raleigh and never came back. Letters stopped after a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elias lived alone in the house after that. He still hired help now and then, but nobody stayed long. People said he talked to himself at night. A few claimed they saw him standing in the upstairs window after dark, just watching the road. He died in 1907. They found him in his chair in the front room, facing the portrait that had been painted of him years earlier. The portrait still hangs there.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Caleb Remshaw<\/strong> (as a young man) – Features much like his father Elias with similar bone structure, eyes, and facial features.<\/em>
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After Elias died the house sat empty. Caleb never returned to claim it. Distant relatives in Virginia were contacted, but none of them wanted the place. The property eventually passed into the county\u2019s hands for unpaid taxes, though no one ever bothered to tear the house down. Over the years the stories grew. Folks said you could still hear chains moving in the cellar on certain nights. Others swore the eyes in Elias\u2019s portrait would turn to follow you if you stood in the front room too long. A few claimed that if you stopped on the road after dark and looked up at the second-floor window, you might see a thin, gray-haired figure holding something long and thin at his side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most people in Mayberry treated it as just another old ghost story \u2014 the kind you told children to keep them from wandering out that way after sunset. But every so often a traveler or a salesman would come into Floyd\u2019s shop and mention, in a low voice, that something had happened to them near the Remshaw place. A flat tire. A light in a window that shouldn\u2019t have been there. Eyes in a painting that didn\u2019t stay still.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don’t claim to know which parts were true. I only know that the house has been empty a long time, and that empty houses have a way of collecting stories, whether anybody lives in them or not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Weaver’s hopes you enjoyed that historical information by Floyd. If you did, you can listen to it or watch Floyd tell it to the host of the Two Chairs No Waiting<\/strong> Podcast, episode number 913<\/a>. There’s an audio version and a YouTube video version there to choose from. I’ll put the YouTube video below. Of course, if you’ve already read the whole story, you may not care to watch it again, but there are some other fun stories in that video that you may have missed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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