What happens
Lum and Abner need money to furnish their new tourist cabins in Pine Ridge. Abner has answered a newspaper advertisement from Florence Beaumont, a wealthy widow seeking a husband to manage the estate left by her late husband. Lum, eager to get his hands on her fortune, decides to write to her himself and sends her his picture. Abner, meanwhile, goes out to collect overdue accounts. Lum's hasty letter about matrimony soon causes trouble, and he begins to worry about what he has committed himself to. The series is Lum and Abner, first broadcast on January 17, 1940, with Chester Lauck, Norris Goff and Lurene Tuttle in the lead roles.
Pine Ridge, a small rural community in the hill country, with the general store and the town's tourist camp project.
Characters: Lum, Abner, Cedric, Florence Beaumont, Mom
Listen for: Lum's rushed letter to Florence Beaumont and his growing worry about the breach of promise it may cause.
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.