( children talking ) children? you all know mr. upchurch the publisher of our mayberry newspaper. he has something very exciting to tell you-- something i know you'll all be interested in. mr. upchurch. children, next week will be the 50th anniversary of the founding of the paper by my father. 50th? 50th! 50th? 50th year? i know 50 years must seem like ancient history to you our golden anniversary our newspaper is going to give a gold medal to one of you students. but you're going to have to work for it. that's right. the medal will go to the best essay on the famous battle of mayberry that historic battle between the early settlers and the indians that established mayberry's place in our state history. as mayberryites you already know something about that battle and about the heroism of the founders of our town but i want you to do some real work on your essays. miss crump and i will be the judges essay will be printed on the front page of our anniversary edition. now, the rest is up...