What happens
Ranger Bill investigates after a boy named Ronnie Edwards brings a bear cub to his school nature club meeting. Henry Scott leads the club, which meets in a dark classroom after hours. Sam Barnworthy, the school janitor, calls Bill at three in the morning to report a full-sized black bear walking through his yard. Bill learns that someone or something tried to break into the Edwards garage, where Ronnie had hidden the cub overnight. As the club gathers, Bill must work out what the cub means for the boys and for the town. The series is Ranger Bill, first aired on September 28, 1960.
A small town and the school where a boys' club meets, with the nearby woods
Characters: Ranger Bill, Henry Scott, Ronnie Edwards, Sam Barnworthy, Cal
Listen for: Sam Barnworthy's call to Bill about the bear in his yard
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.