What happens
Gildersleeve, the Water Commissioner of Summerfield, has begun courting Grace Tuttle, but her freeloading brother Sidney keeps borrowing money and cigars from him. When Leila Ransom, Gildersleeve's former fiancée, returns to town, he finds his loyalties tested. Gildersleeve tries to end things with Grace, while his household and friends offer amused and pointed comments. The Great Gildersleeve is a long-running NBC radio comedy, and this episode aired on January 7, 1953. Harold Peary plays Gildersleeve, with Lillian Randolph, Lurene Tuttle and Willard Waterman in the cast.
Summerfield, a small town, in January
Characters: Gildersleeve, Grace Tuttle, Sidney Tuttle, Leila Ransom, Birdie, Leroy, Bertie, Peabody
Listen for: Gildersleeve's attempts to break things off with Grace and his increasingly awkward encounters with Leila Ransom
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.