What happens
Gildersleeve, the town's water commissioner, becomes entangled in a tangle of romantic misunderstandings. He is trying to win back his girlfriend, the schoolteacher Miss Tuttle, while the school principal, Miss Henshaw, keeps asking him for favors and rides. Gildersleeve's nephew Leroy and his housekeeper Birdie offer their own advice, and Grace, the schoolteacher's friend, grows suspicious after seeing him with the principal. The episode is from The Great Gildersleeve, an NBC radio series first broadcast on October 14, 1953, starring Willard Waterman in the title role. Lead actors Harold Peary, Lillian Randolph and Lurene Tuttle are credited in the series.
The small town of Summerfield, including the school, the water department, a school dance, and the Gildersleeve household.
Characters: Gildersleeve, Leroy, Miss Tuttle, Miss Henshaw, Grace, Birdie, Mr. Peavey, Miss Perry
Listen for: Gildersleeve's attempts to explain himself to Miss Tuttle and Grace, and Leroy's blunt comments about the romantic mix-up.
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.