What happens
Water Commissioner Gildersleeve learns from Mayor de Weeks that a young college graduate, Charles Alexander, is to take over his post. Gildersleeve takes the young man in hand, determined to show him how hard the job is, while his household wonders how to cope with the news. The mayor's wishes and Gildersleeve's pride pull him in different directions as he works through the day with his new trainee. The Great Gildersleeve is a radio comedy series, and this episode aired on NBC on January 26, 1949, starring Harold Peary in the title role, with Willard Waterman, Lillian Randolph and Lurene Tuttle.
Summerfield, a small American city, in the late 1940s
Characters: Gildersleeve, Floyd, Mayor de Weeks, Charles Alexander, Bessie, Birdie, Marjorie, Leroy
Listen for: Gildersleeve's bluster about the water department and his worry about being replaced by Charles Alexander.
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.