What happens
Lum Edwards, who is pretending to have a broken leg, sits in Jefferson Gordon's store in Pine Ridge with his friend Abner Peabody and complains about his predicament. He is uneasy about accepting sympathy and an insurance claim, and he is jealous of Frank Foster, who is courting the new school teacher, Miss Fredericks. Lum tries to devise a way to keep Frank from seeing her. Lum Edwards and Abner Peabody are the central figures of this Lum and Abner radio comedy, first broadcast on October 16, 1941 on NBC, Mutual, CBS and ABC, with Chester Lauck, Norris Goff and Lurene Tuttle in the lead roles.
Pine Ridge, a small community, at Jefferson Gordon's store and in the town generally
Characters: Lum Edwards, Abner Peabody, Miss Fredericks, Frank Foster, Cedric, Granny
Listen for: Lum's scheme to call a school board meeting to draw Miss Fredericks away from Frank Foster
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.