What happens
Ranger Bill helps a boys' gang and its shopkeeper, Tony, after a dispute over baseball uniforms turns into vandalism. Mike refuses to join his friends in wrecking Tony's fruit and vegetable store, and he is pressured by their leader, Ed Blake. Bill works with Mike and Henry to settle the conflict, speaking with the boys, with Tony, and with Pat O'Rourke, the local policeman. The episode is part of the Ranger Bill radio series, first broadcast on April 25, 1954.
A small town, including Tony's fruit and vegetable store, a boys' gang's old barn, and Pat O'Rourke's home.
Characters: Ranger Bill, Mike, Ed Blake, Tony, Henry, Pat O'Rourke, Johnny
Listen for: Listen for how Ranger Bill brings Ed Blake and Tony together, and how the gang decides to clean up the store.
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.