RB139 Dynamite and Music aka Stumpy's harmonica aka Horrible, Sweet Music

 RANGER BILL for late Saturday morning, Sept. 28, 2024, is 

RB139 Stumpy's Harmonica aka Horrible, Sweet Music aka Dynamite and Music

Stumpy’s harmonica playing is driving everyone at ranger headquarters crazy. Meanwhile, 20 miles away, a thunderstorm sets off blasts at Brown Brothers Quarry trapping several men. The rangers help the miners rescue the trapped men after hours of digging. Next Stumpy and Henry are buried alive by more explosions. They have no way of being located. Who can save our rangers from their rock tomb?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noEt-xSNmNg

Nature Corner/Storybook Room - Honey Bee

 Nature Corner/Storybook Room for 9/28/24

Uncle Bob Devine's guest for this Saturday morning is Buzz Honey Bee. Buzz tells Bob about his eyes. His eyes can see light we can't see. He uses the sun to guide his travels and stores that sun data in his computer brain.

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Bob has chatted with other honey bees, and they al have fascinating information about themselves they share.

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RB032 The Floating Death Trap

  RANGER BILL for early Saturday morning, Sept. 28, 2024 ,

The Floating Death Trap

Riverboats carry freight and passengers between Knotty Pine and Mirror Lake and Kings Islands. Andy Coogan and Jim Gunderson are fierce competitors for the tourists visiting the Mirror Lake region. Bill will not give Andy a passengers license because his boat is dangerous. His stacks leak. Deck planks need to be replaced. The boiler is a threat to human life.
Andy says Bill is hurting him to help Gunderson. Andy asks several of Knotty Pine's influential citizens to pressure Bill to change his decision.
Will Andy do the right thing and fix his riverboat or will Bill give in to pressure and let Andy stay on the river? Will Andy continue to run his boat or will it break down and end the debate?

https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Ranger_Bill_Singles/Ranger_Bill_xx-xx-xx_ep159_The_Floating_Death_Trap.mp3

RB010 Hit and Run

  Our RANGER BILL tale for Friday afternoon, Sept. 27,  2024, is

RB010 Hit and Run

The entire town of Big Pine is shaken and angry when a leading citizen dies in an apparent hit and run accident. Two young hot rodders involved in the accident, Rube and Smitty, fear the town’s wrath. So they run and hide and hope they are never found. Bill and Stumpy investigate the accident and intend to find both the driver and the truth behind this tragedy.

https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Ranger_Bill_Singles/Ranger_Bill_55-04-13_ep137_Hit_and_Run.mp3

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RB009 Bim, the Dog

  Today's RANGER BILL for 9/26/24,

RB009 "Bim, the Dog".

A brave dog protects his family then saves lives as he serves his country during wartime.

• Bim seemed an appropriate story when Cleveland celebrated the life of BALTO, lead sled dog on the final leg of the 600-mile trip to deliver diptheria vaccine from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska in 1925.
• Cleveland Museum Celebrating Balto’s Life-Saving Vaccine Runhttps://spectrumnews1.com/oh/cleveland/news/2021/03/17/cleveland-museum-celebrating-balto-s-life-saving-vaccine-run?fbclid=IwAR2RE-GdvACg4A2gtsoeGYJa6KNF3eZixyWPeTBvAclh-Ss2jYpSFm1gKaA

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  There are five RB dog stories that I can think of - RB009 Bim; RB226 The Dog that Didn't Forget; RB156 The No Good Dog; RB071 A Dog's worst Enemy; and RB223 The Seeing Eye Dog.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yz4OqG_nWiA#:~:text=Ranger%20Bill%20is%20a%20Christian%20radio%20program%20from%20the%201950s,

RB008 They Called It the Jinx

  RB008 is our RANGER BILL adventure for Wednesday afternoon, 9/25/2024:

 They Called It the Jinx

A new bridge is being built over 1200-foot-deep Dead Man’s Gorge. Tom Farris has been called in to be the construction foreman. The construction crew doesn’t want Tom as their foreman. They call him a jinx. He has caused many needless accidents because he pushes his men too hard. Will Tom’s job end as quickly as it has started, or will an accident or accidents jinx the whole bridge project?

https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Ranger_Bill_Singles/Ranger_Bill_55-11-05_ep135_They_Called_Him_the_Jinx.mp3

RB007 Miracles aka Pray for a Miracle

 RANGER BILL for a Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, is

RB007 Miracles aka Pray for a Miracle aka Miracle Mystery

Henry and Freddy go on a hike. Freddy is not a Christian. Freddy wrestles with faith and miracles. The boys need a miracle when Freddy falls into Half-Mile Gulley and breaks his leg. Flood waters from a broken dam threaten to drown both boys. It will take a miracle to save them.

https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Ranger_Bill_Singles/Ranger_Bill_61-12-20_ep134_Miracles_aka_Pray_For_A_Miracle.mp3

RB006 The Fire Bug

   

Our exciting RANGER BILL tale for Monday afternoon, Sept. 23, 2024, is:

RB006 The Fire Bug or, in Bill's own words, The Iron Fire Bugs

The railroad engines in Randolph Thompson's Red Valley Freight Line are threatening to burn up all the trees in Giant Pine National Park. Many of Thompson's engines are old coal-fired steam engines. Randolph pushes the engines hard so that they belch out volumes of smoke and sparks, setting the nearby dry forest ablaze.
Ranger Bill tries to get Thompson to either stop using the old coal burners or put spark arresters on their stacks. Thompson will not cooperate. What can Bill do to protect the forest and save the giant pines?
How does Bill live the Christian life in this story? Is anyone affected by Bill's actions and how?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwnVatum8DQ

OTRR #52

RB134 The Cattle Rustlers of Cocanino

  Our RANGER BILL for late Saturday morning, Sept. 21,2024, is:

RB134 The Cattle Rustlers of Cocanino

The Joe and Jack Jackson, identical twins, own the Big J Ranch. They mysteriously lose part of their cattle herd. The Jacksons suspect rustlers, but modern communications stopped rustling years ago. The boys keep losing cattle a few at a time. They finally ask Ranger Bill to check into their mystery. A mystery man, Mr. Dark, may be the key to this mystery.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6gGDqkPZqY

Nature Corner/Storybook Room - Camel

 Nature Corner/Storybook Room for Saturday, Sept. 21. 2024

Uncle Bob Devine gets a visit from Charlie Camel. Charlie is called a dromedary, a one hump camel. He is the ship of the desert in Arabia. God has designed Charlie in many wonderful ways so that he and other camels can live happy, healthy, useful lives in the desert.

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You will find other links to both the dromedary camel and the Bactrian camel. Bactrian camels come from the cold Gobi Desert, while Dromedary Camels come from the regions around Saudi Arabia and northern Africa. 

RB 031 Twelve Feet of Danger

   Our Ranger Bill story for early Saturday morning, Sept. 21 ,2024,  is:

RB031 – 12 Feet of Danger – Zookeepers at the Logan City Zoological Gardens are surprised when snakes are mysteriously released from their cages. When a King Cobra gets out, Bill is called in and calls in his own snake expert. The head zookeeper’s son is suspected of the mischief.

https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Ranger_Bill_Singles/Ranger_Bill_55-05-12_ep158_Twelve_Feet_Of_Danger.mp3

RB005 Burning Sands

  Our RANGER BILL adventure to end the work week, 9/20/24, is

RB005 "Burning Sands".

Elderly prospector Joshua Webb is told by his doctor to stay in Knotty Pine for his health. The old desert rat can no longer take the 120 degree heat and the burning sunshine. But the lure of gold fever takes him back into the desert anyway. Bill, Stumpy, Gray Wolf, and Ralph must brave the scortching heat to rescue Joshua before it's too late.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkTbRDx6zqg

RB004 The Hermit

   RANGER BILL for Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024, is

RB004 "The Hermit".

Ralph, chief ranger of the souther district, stops to tell Bill that there is a hermit living in the old line shack. That hermit has a secret. He is a famous surgeon, Dr. William Warburton. He operated on a friend, but the friend died. His grief drove him to live like a hermit. A mountain climber needs brain surgery or he will die. Only Dr. Warburton can perform the delicate work.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwFx1KYNe8s

RB003 Getting with the Wrong Crowd

  RANGER BILL for Wednesday,  9/18/24, is

RB003 Getting with the Wrong Crowd

George Bruce returns to Knotty Pine after spending time in reform school. The citizens of Knotty Pine refuse to accept him or give him a hand. Bill gets George a delivery job with Frenchy DeSalle’s logging operation where he loses the payroll money.

https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Ranger_Bill_Singles/Ranger_Bill_56-03-28_ep131_Getting_Along_With_The_Wrong_Crowd.mp3

RB002 A Boy and a Bomb

  RANGER BILL stirs up plenty of excitement (9/17/24) with

RB002 A Boy and a Bomb

 Bill gets secret orders to escort bomb expert Hal Dever to the Army proving grounds to test a bomb timing device. Hal is also a single father who pays little attention to his lonely son Jim. The boy takes Hal’s timer and manages to start it ticking.

https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Ranger_Bill_Singles/Ranger_Bill_xx-xx-xx_ep208_A_Boy_and_the_Bomb.mp3

OTRR #211

RB001 Twenty Fathoms Under the Sea

RANGER BILL begins a new week and starts a new cycle of his adventures on Sept. 16, 2024:

RB001 Twenty Fathoms Under the Sea

Bill and the boys go deep sea fishing with old salvage man Ben Benson. Ben's son died in a diving accident during a salvage job, and Ben has never forgiven himself for it. An old navy sub gets stuck on the bottom not far from Ben's ship. Navy rescue ships can't arrive in time to save the crew. Ben can help but won't. Will 20 sailors die needlessly in 20 fathoms of the sea?

https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Ranger_Bill_Singles/Ranger_Bill_54-05-26_ep200_Twenty_Fathoms_Under_The_Sea.mp3

RB132 Avalanche Rescue

  RANGER BILL for late Saturday morning, 9/14/24, will leave you shivering:

RB132 Avalanche Rescue

Bill and Henry are busy knocking down avalanches on the Big Six Mountains. Novice skier Jenny Bender aims to tackle those steep hills regardless of the risk. Bill closes the Big Six to any skiers until he and Henry clear all the dangerous drifts. Jenny sneaks out to go skiing before Bill opens the slopes. A huge avalanche threatens the ski lodge and the headstrong young lady.

https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Ranger_Bill_Singles/Ranger_Bill_xx-xx-xx_ep064_Avalanche.mp3

RB025 Timid Timothy

 RANGER BILL for early Saturday morning, 9/14/24, is

RB025 Timid Tomothy 

Tim Sullivan has a long history of getting into bad business deals. When his uncle offers him a good job as logging manager, he is afraid to fail once more. Tim’s dad, Officer Mike Sullivan, asks Bill to step in and try to make Tim into a successful businessman. Bill enlists several of his rangers to help Tim. Even Frenchy DeSalle and his lumberjacks get in the act.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPPNkSAx-2g

Nature Corner/Storybook Room - Ouzel Bird

Nature Corner/Storybook Room for Sept. 14, 2024

Uncle Bob Devine welcomes a Water Ouzel (sounds like "oo-zel") Bird. An ouzel bird lives in the Rockies. He holds his breath then walks under water to find his food.

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RB213 and RB214 Spirits and the Spirit (parts 1 and 2)

 RANGER BILL for Thursday and Friday, 9/12&13/2024, is

RB213/214  The Spirits and the Spirit, parts 1and 2

Bill and Stumpy and a map maker go on vacation in South America to visit an old abandoned Portuguese fort hidden deep in the jungle along the Amazon River. The local residents are afraid to go to the fort for fear of the spirits of the dead Portuguese soldiers there. Legend says the soldiers were killed by natives who were made slaves to dig gold for the soldiers. Now the spirits of the soldiers guard their ill-gotten gold.

https://archive.org/details/ranger-bill-adventures/RB213-Spirits+and+the+Spirit+1.mp3

https://archive.org/details/ranger-bill-adventures/RB214-Spirits+and+the+Spirit+2.mp3

RB211 and RB212 Muscle and Prayer (parts 1 and 2)

 Ranger Bill for Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons (9/10 and 9/11/2024) is

RB211 Muscle and Prayer (part 1)

Frenchy DeSalle fears no one and nothing. But the huge, strapping French Canadian logging foreman, has gone out of his mind with fear. Frenchy and his loggers find a cougar and a bear, both crushed to death. Frenchy knows these are the calling cards of the one man he fears, "The Bear." Who is this Bear? Why does Frenchy fear this man so? And what has happened to Frenchy's faith? Frenchy's boss calls for the one man who may be able to help Frenchy - Chief Ranger Bill Jefferson.

https://archive.org/details/ranger-bill-adventures/RB211Muscle+and+Prayer+1.mp3

RB212 Muscle and Prayer (part 2)

Frenchy DeSalle and Boris the Bear want to fight to the bitter end, so Bill jails both of them until they cool off. Boris finally cools down and agrees to leave town, and Frenchy returns to work. But both men still harbor much pain and anger. Frenchy prays for an end to their feud while Boris depends on whiskey for strength. How will the Lord answer Frenchy’s prayer?

https://archive.org/details/ranger-bill-adventures/RB212-Muscle+and+Prayer+2.mp3

RB210 One Million Years Ago

 RANGER BILL for Monday, 9/9/24, should leave you guessing and scratching your head:

RB210 One Million years Ago

Huge LIVE dinosaurs are being seen in the Badlands at night and are scaring folks out of the Badlands. Conrad Vlandingum and his assistant Morgan are digging up dinosaur bones in the Badlands, but Bill doubts that they are real archaeologists. Vlandingum and his assistant are the only people who aren't afraid of these dinosaur sightings. Bill intends to find out how extinct dinosaurs have suddenly come to life.

This is another "new" Ranger Bill story that hasn't been aired in recent years. Enjoy!

https://archive.org/details/ranger-bill-adventures/RB210-One+Million+Years+Ago.mp3

Thanks for your Interest in Ranger Bill

 Thanks for your interest in RANGER BILL!!! 

Your continued interest in and use of these pages on both Blogger and Facebook makes this a truly enjoyable effort for me. Please feel free to add your thoughts, comments, questions, and insights. I will try to share and reshare the information about the actors and others involved in the production of RANGER BILL. 

I am sorry that I have only part 1 of the very first Ranger Bill story, Pendleton Valley Fire, for you to hear. All three scripts for the three parts of PVF are on our Ranger Bill Files page on Facebook. Please enjoy reading the PDFs of those scripts. 

And my special thanks to the following RB fans who have commented recently:

Cordelia            Joseph

Kaylee               Tami

Jenny                Mike

Austin                Eva

Annette            Kayle

Joyce                Joel

Jim

RB130 The Mountain that Moved

   RANGER BILL for late Saturday morning, 9/7/24, is truly one of their biggest adventures yet:

RB130 The Mountain that Moved

Stumpy and Henry go fishing on Old Thunderhead. Strange sounds start coming from the mountain. Then a seismologist, Mr. Chenowith, arrives to investigate strange readings coming from the mountain. Earthquakes trap Henry and Stumpy and threaten their lives. Then Old Thunderhead actually begins to move, leaving huge chasms and blocking all the mountain's roads. Bill must find a way to rescue his friends before it's too late.

https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Ranger_Bill_Singles/Ranger_Bill_xx-xx-xx_ep062_The_MountainThat_Moved.mp3

OTRR #171

Nature Corner/Storybook Room - Frigate Bird

 Nature Corner/Storybook Room for Sept. 7, 2024

Uncle Bob Devine gets a visit from a Frigate Bird. Frigate birds live mostly on tropical islands in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. They are agile flyers, and they use that agility to steal food from other birds.

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RB024 Ice Pack

 Our RANGER BILL for early Saturday morning, 9/7/24, takes our rangers to the dangerous ocean ice fields near Alaska - RB024:

Ice Pack 

The vessel Sea Chaser is trapped in the huge, powerful ice flows near Alaska. When they are unable to contact anyone by radio, the passengers and crew plan a mutiny. Bill and his rangers are called in to find Sea Chaser and bring everyone safely home.

Icebergs are an even bigger threat in 2024 than they were in the 1950s when Ice Pack first aired.

Click on Ranger Bill on Facebook to chat about "Ice Pack" this week.

https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Ranger_Bill_Singles/Ranger_Bill_57-09-25_ep151_Ice_Pack.mp3

RB208 and RB209 The (haunted) Church at Bent Creek

 We end our work week  with a 2-part RANGER BILL adventure:

RB208/209 The (Haunted) Church at Bent Creek parts 1 and 2

Much of Bent Creek is abandoned including the general store - and the church. The reason it's abandoned is because folks there believe that the Bent Creek Church is haunted. Weird things go on at night inside the church - lights go on and off, the bell rings by itself, strange noises come from the tower, and the organ plays all by itself. Young pastor Jeff and his wife Jean are even afraid to stay at the parsonage. Bill, Stumpy and Gray Wolf have no idea what to do about the strange things that go on at the church. How will the gospel ever be preached again in Bent Creek?

This is a 2-part Ranger Bill adventure. Don't miss a minute of the action and excitement!!!

https://archive.org/details/ranger-bill-adventures/RB208-The+Church+at+Bent+Creek+1.mp3

https://archive.org/details/ranger-bill-adventures/RB209-The+Church+at+Bent+Creek+2.mp3

RB207 The Town that Wouldn't Move

    We have another exciting RANGER BILL adventure for this Wednesday, Sept. 4 2024:

RB207 The Town that Wouldn't Move

The small town of Big Rock must move to make way for the construction of a badly needed hydro-electric dam. Not one person in the town is willing to move. The townspeople prefer to fight rather than move. Bill is appointed to be the mediator in this dispute. Bill must decide whether Big Rock stays or goes. No matter who wins this fight, Bill loses.

https://archive.org/details/town-wouldnt-move

Harbour Light update

Harbour Light  update 9/2/24 - Recovering and Returning Slowly

I am very happy to say that Harbour Light Radio is slowly beginning to return to the airwaves and Internet. They are transmitting in both AM and FM but at about half normal power. Their AM tower is gone and must be replaced. Most of their buildings have sustained damage - missing roofs, water damage, and more. Their generator that powers both transmitters and much of their electrical  equipment and computers need to be replaced or repaired.

Harbour Light's employees and volunteers are also busy repairing their homes and replacing belongings.

Harbour Lights needs are many and expensive. They need your financial support as well as your prayers. Donations can be made through the Aviation Radio Ministry website or by mail. But do pray for their welfare and complete recovery from Hurricane Beryl.

RB205 The Swinging Tower of Eagle's Rest

 Our Ranger Bill story for Monday, Labor Day, 9/2/2024, is:

RB205 The Swinging Tower of Eagles Rest

Fire tower 10 is one of the highest in the national forest with breathtaking views and a reputation for swaying in the high winds there. Folks from all around the Knotty Pine area like to visit tower 10 and its rangers, Tom and Joe, and to see Eagles' Rest. Young Ken Winthrop has just hiked out to Eagles' Rest when a severe snowstorm hits. Ranger Tom slips and breaks his leg, the phone line breaks, and their radio link to headquarters goes down when the antenna blows away. A severely injured ranger and no contact with the outside world - can anything else go wrong?

Enjoy this exciting adventure!!!

https://archive.org/details/the-swinging-tower-of-eagle-s-rest

RB129 The Secret of Seal Island

  A special Sunday RANGER BILL for Sept. 1, 2024, is one long search for a heartless poacher:

RB129 The Secret of Seal Island

Bill and his rangers have a poacher in the national forest. This man has been able to hunt illegally at will and still avoid even being seen. Gray Wolf names this man lupe garu, Wolverine (the glutton). Wolverine disappears then shows up in Alaska poaching fur seals. Washington asks Bill and Gray Wolf to travel to the Arctic Circle to find and capture this criminal. Can the fellas even locate Wolverine in the Arctic, let alone capture him?

https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Ranger_Bill_Singles/Ranger_Bill_xx-xx-xx_ep061_The_Secret_Of_Seal_Island.mp3

OTRR#170