What happens
Summerfield's water commissioner, Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve, finds his job in question when the town's new civic club, the Junior Thinkers led by his nephew Bronco, backs a rival for mayor. Harold Peary-era rivalry with neighbor Rumsen Bullard heats up over water pressure and a cut-off supply, and Gildersleeve tries to win favor with both the incumbent mayor and the Junior Thinkers. Willard Waterman stars in this NBC broadcast from October 11, 1950, in the series The Great Gildersleeve. The episode follows Gildersleeve as he tries to keep his post while his family and friends take sides in the election.
Summerfield, a small town; the Gildersleeve household and neighborhood, and the town's downtown offices and shops
Characters: Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve, Leroy, Marjorie, Bronco, Rumsen Bullard, Judge Hooker, Mayor Tweedledum, Birdie
Listen for: Gildersleeve's exchanges with Rumsen Bullard over the water pressure, and Bronco's announcement that the Junior Thinkers will back Bullard for mayor
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.