Elmo mentions using the $500 left to the church to buy a pool table to put in the basement for when the men's club meets. Emmett agrees and suggests they have tournaments. Losers buy the beer. Yet again, more evidence that Mayberry is no longer a dry county like in the earlier episodes.
The $500 the church receives in this 1968 episode is equivalent to $4,256.84 in September 2022, adjusted for inflation.
Arnold Bailey (Sheldon Collins) makes his last appearance in this episode. ******** UPDATE******** The original poster is WRONG! Sheldon Collins does not appear in this episode despite being uncredited. Perhaps his scenes in this episode were cut from the finial edit.
Over the years some speculation has been made about why the church choir only has women in it, when Andy, Barney, and even Otis either appeared in, or mentioned that they had choir practice to go to. This is because there were two choirs in Mayberry, the church choir, and the town choir with John Masters as director.
The $500.00 in this 1968 episode is equilivant to $4,111.00 in 2022 dollars.