Christmas Songs
What brings Frosty the Snowman to life?
Magic hat
This man is currently the richest person on Earth. I suppose everything is bigger in Texas, especially his $269 billion net worth.
Elon Musk
In 1819, this man, the third president, founded the University of Virginia and inaugurated a bold experiment – a public university designed to advance human knowledge.
Thomas Jefferson
The third superintendent of Russell Ind Schools, Henry R. Evans, retired this year, following a 17 year tenure that brought the system very rapid expansion and the familiar buildings of McDowell, Russell Middle and Russell High.
1970
Dying just last October at the age of 95 in Mount Airy, NC, Betty Lynn played this character on the show, creating many hilarious moments with her romantic interest, Barney Fife.
Thelma Lou
What does Alvin the Chipmunk want in “The Chipmunk Song?
a hula hoop!
Currently, the 8th richest man on Earth, this man became majority stock holder of Berkshire Hathaway, a then textile company located in Omaha, NE, in 1965. The company is now valued at over half a trillion dollars and one share has a price tag of $477,000 currently.
Warren Buffet
Christopher Columbus was not the first person to propose that a person could reach Asia by sailing west from Europe. In fact, scholars argue that the idea is almost as old as the idea that the Earth is round. That is, it dates back to early _________, a city begun by Romulus and Remus, so the legend goes.
Rome
The year Russell Middle was completed.
1969
Aunt Bee was renowned for her cooking on the show, with visitors offering lavish praise to her over her biscuits and mashed potatoes, etc. Her recipe for this food item, however, must have been flawed, because Barney and Andy agreed that they were the worst they’d ever tasted. Hilarious antics ensued as Barney and Andy tried to spare Aunt Bee’s feelings over these awful tasting little things.
Pickles
In the song “Mr. Grinch,” what is his brain full of?
black spiders
The second most wealthy man ever to live, this man is mentioned in the Bible and is estimated to have possessed a net worth of $4.6 trillion.
Augustus Caesar
“It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth” is the last line of Lincoln’s speech following this major Civil War battle, where over a third of Lee’s Army lost their lives.
Battle of Gettysburg
The year Russell High School was completed.
1962
Howard McNear played this beloved character, and was a real trooper doing so in real life, having taken a year and half away from the show to recover from a stroke that left his left side partially paralyzed.
Floyd the barber
What Christmas song is known by two different names?
The Christmas Song or Chest Nuts Roasting On An Open Fire
The fourth richest man ever to live, amassing a net worth of $372 billion in 2020 dollars, this man made his fortune in 19th century America in the steel industry. He was a great philanthropist and gave 90% of his wealth away before he died in 1919.
Andrew Carnegie
In 1830, he signed the Indian Removal Act, which gave the federal government the power to exchange Native-held land in the cotton kingdom east of the Mississippi for land to the west, in the “Indian colonization zone” that the United States had acquired as part of the Louisiana Purchase. (This “Indian territory” was located in present-day Oklahoma.) No wonder natives want to change the face on the $20.00 bill.
Andrew Jackson
In this year, the first school building in the area that would become Russell Independent Schools was erected near the junction of Kenwood Drive and Route 23.
1874
The lake on the show was also used in the show, Matlock, and had the same name on both shows. It is also the name of a modern department store chain.
Myers Lake
What beverage does the singer tell the audience to have a cup of in “A Holly Jolly Christmas?”
A cup of cheer
The richest man to ever live, richer than Augustus Caesar, was King Mansa Musa, reigning over the Mali Empire from around 1312 to 1337, and owning half the world’s gold at the time. His wealth was indescribable but well over Caesar’s $4.6 trillion. The western part of this continent, stretching over 2000 miles eastward, is the location of this once golden empire
The 4th president of the United States of America, this man was the lead author of the Constitution of the United States. His wife, Dolly, was the first to serve ice cream in the White House.
James Madison
Realizing the need for a school in Russell, Miss Alice Carner opened a private school in this year. This school was first taught in a recreation house which stood in Carner's Grove.
1870
The telephone operator in Mayberry, she was never once seen on the show, but many of the show’s characters addressed her by name when they placed a phone call.
Sarah