What happens
Jim Anderson learns that his cousin Joe has left him a 15,000-acre cattle ranch in Arizona, which seems to make the family rich. Meanwhile, his daughter Kathy is removed from her club, his daughter Betty quarrels with her boyfriend Stanley Lawson, and friends keep calling with cryptic news. Jim's wife Margaret and the children react to the sudden change in their fortunes as the family tries to make sense of the estate. This is an episode of the radio series Father Knows Best, which aired on February 1, 1951, starring Robert Young.
Springfield, the Anderson family home on Maple Street
Characters: Jim Anderson, Margaret Anderson, Betty Anderson, Bud Anderson, Kathy Anderson, Stanley Lawson, Mr. Ford, Hector Smith
Listen for: Mr. Ford explaining that the Arizona ranch's value depends on the unit system and the back taxes owed
Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.