Many thanks to everyone who made this year's WBMUTBB Silent Auction another success, raising $3,214.50 for the Surry Arts Council. We had some new friends helping out and over 100 items again this year with Dewey Lamb donating another large batch of popular items. Dewey also donates items to other Mayberry events, so if you can't make it to Mayberry Days, be sure to look for his creations in Troy and Westminster.
We did have some items come in at the end that did not make it out this year, but will be ready for next year (if you dropped off a bag of goodies that included a pink notebook of TAGS trading cards, please email me so I know who you are). Even bigger news was the success of Pat Coleman's 25th Annual Mayberry Days Quilt that was sold in a live auction on Saturday for $6,200. It went to Betty Blackmon of Mount Airy, so the quilt will likely remain in Mount Airy and I bet be displayed for all to see years round. Congratulation and thank you to Pat, as well as Deloris Cummings, Rick Grimsley and Gary Pruitt for filling in the gaps to get shirts #20-25. If you ever need an auctioneer, I'd recommend Dustin Rogers (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=dustin+rogers+auctioneer). He is a third generation auctioneer for Rogers Realty and Auction (who did Frances Bavier's estate auction and donated his talents to auction the quilt for SAC. It was a lot of fun watching him work, even if the bidding very quickly went past my "highwater mark". I'm trying to catch up on some sleep, but will be getting thank you letters and donation forms out soon. If you donated something and don't hear from me in a couple weeks, please let me know. Jeff _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list [email protected] http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
