RB071 A Dog's Worst Enemy

 Our Ranger Bill to end the year,12/31/24 is RB071

A Dog's Worst Enemy

Several dogs around Knotty Pine get sick and die suddenly. The dogs were POISONED!!! Their owners and most people in Knotty Pine are furious about it. They want the man who did this caught - NOW. Mailman Abe is accused of killing dogs.

https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Ranger_Bill_Singles/Ranger_Bill_57-07-10_ep017_A_Dogs_Worst_Enemy.mp3

OTRR #58

RB045 The Road Ghost

 Saturday afternoon's very scary RANGER BILL for 12/28/24 is

RB045 The Road Ghost

Buses heading for Knotty Pine are crashing. It's not poor weather or icy roads that are causing these accidents. Bus drivers on the night route from Junction City to Knotty Pine are seeing animals, ghost animals, crossing the road in front of them causing the drivers to swerve and wreck. Gus McDougal will go out of business unless the road ghosts and the wrecks stop. Gus asks Bill and the boys to look into the problem. Are the animals real? Are the road ghosts real? And what can Bill do about ghosts anyway?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUWQfTZ8DBc

RB165 Full Sails aka The Sail Sled

  RANGER BILL for late Saturday morning, 12/28/24, is an exciting tale with a good gospel message:

RB165 The Sail Sled aka Full Sails

Bill is flying to San Francisco. He meets a heart doctor on his way to operate on a critically ill patient. The plane is forced to crash land in a snowy mountain pass. Bill must come up with a way to find help and deliver the doctor to San Francisco. Could a gentleman who races sailboats help Bill rescue everyone?

https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Ranger_Bill_Singles/Ranger_Bill_61-04-05_ep095_The_Sail_Sled_aka_Full_Sails.mp3

OTRR#120

Nature Corner/Storybook Room - Seagull

 Nature Corner/Storybook Room for Dec. 28,2024

Uncle Bob Devine welcomes Sandy Seagull. Sandy lives happily and comfortably in the winter temperatures of North America. Learn how Sandy is designed to handle the cold. Then learn how she is different from other kinds of seagulls.

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https://moodyaudio.com/products/herring-seagulls

https://moodyaudio.com/products/black-headed-seagullsmp3

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RB070 Houseboat Charlie

  Our Ranger Bill story

for early Saturday morning, Dec. 28, 2024, is RB070

Houseboat Charlie

Houseboat Charlie has been ferrying folks back and forth across the Shady River longer than anyone can remember. He’s survived outlaws and Indian attacks, heat, fires and more. Bill wants him to dock the ferry until the heavy rains and flooding stops, but Charlie isn't about to let a little rain scare him.

https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Ranger_Bill_Singles/Ranger_Bill_57-06-19_ep001_Houseboat_Charlie.mp3

RB069 Earthquake

  Our Ranger Bill adventure

for Friday afternoon, Dec. 27, 2024, is RB069

Earthquake

Bill and Ralph enjoy watching the construction of a new office building. Then an earthquake strikes Knotty Pine causing fairly minor damage. More quakes are forecast. Bill thinks the town’s disaster teams need more training. 

Key Phrase - "Don't lose your head or you may lose your life."

Bernie Holcman - Civil Defense Coordinator

Mr. Hansen - Construction Foreman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZK4IBs-39o

One of my favorite episodes!

RB068 Hot Fire

  Our Thursday afternoon Ranger Bill  is a massive, out of control fire

for Dec. 26, 2024, is RB068

Hot Fire

Stan Woods’ procrastination causes big problems for Bill. Stan won’t take the time to clear brush from in front of his company’s caves. The caves are used to store explosives. Wildfires threaten the caves as well as Bill’s firefighters.

https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Ranger_Bill_Singles/Ranger_Bill_57-05-22_ep193_Hot_Fire.mp3

RB202 Christmas Pageant with Bill Pearce

 Our Ranger Bill

for Christmas Day, Dec. 25, 2024, is
Christmas Pageant with Bill Pearce

Henry and his boys club are putting on a Christmas pageant in the high school auditorium. It will close with a short performance by Christian recording artist Bill Pearce. There are rehearsals and many problems to iron out. Henry learns that one of the boys, Johnny, doesn't believe the Christmas story. Henry takes the time to witness to Johnny, and Johnny begins to believe. Johnny asks Henry, "If the Bible is true, why everyone doesn't believe?" Wally, a key boy in the show, is hit by a car and must stay in the hospital. How will the pageant go on with Wally in the hospital? What will happen to Johnny? And what of Bill Pearce?

https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Ranger_Bill_Singles/Ranger_Bill_xx-xx-xx_ep030_Christmas_Program_with_Bill_Pearce.mp3

OTRR #151

Blessings for Christmas

 Please take time to attend worship at your local church, especially now, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, and welcome the newborn Savior.

God bless you this Christmas and all your days!!!

RB201 Christmas Bells

  Our Ranger Bill

for  Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, 2024, is RB201

Christmas Bells

Policeman Pat O’Roark faces death just before Christmas. He finds strength to live when he hears the church bells ring. When the bells break, only Herman Schmidt, can repair them. Herman has an attack of severe rheumatism and can’t climb the tower ladder to make the needed repairs. Bill and the boys are called on to try to fix the bells.

https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Ranger_Bill_Singles/Ranger_Bill_xx-xx-xx_ep029_Christmas_Bells_aka_Christmas_At_Knotty_Pines.mp3

RB096 Jimmy's Christmas Miracle

 Our Ranger Bill for December 21, 2024, is RB096

Jimmy's Christmas Miracle

Little crippled Jimmy Benson needs hope to heal his injured legs that have him trapped in a wheelchair. Bill gives him that hope when he locates a specialist who thinks he can fix Jimmy’s injury. Bill needs help from the church to pay for the operation, but a board member blocks using church funds for this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOBKH2V8D68

Merry Christmas everyone!

RB066 The Blessing of Snow

  Ranger Bill ends our  work week this Friday 12/20/24, is a wintry blast:

RB066 The Blessing of Snow

The Big Prairie region is suffering from a long, hard drought. The farmers there are ready give up and quit farming. The area hasn't seen a significant rain or a lasting snowfall in several years. No one can believe that a deep, lasting snowfall is coming let alone a dangerous one - with blessings. Bill gets Big Brute ready to plow in case of heavy snow.

https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Ranger_Bill_Singles/Ranger_Bill_57-05-01_ep008_The_Blessing_Of_Snow.mp3

RB164 Freddy's Story aka Old Ben's Gold

 Our RANGER BILL adventure for early Saturday morning, 12/21/24, is quite a story indeed!:

RB164 Freddy's Story aka Old Ben's Gold

Freddy Burns tries to get a job as a cub reporter at the Knotty Pine Sun. His family needs the extra income to survive. The secretary sends Freddy out to find and write a story to show his talent. Bill and Stumpy send Freddy to meet Old Ben, an old prospector who never found any gold.

The last line of today's show is quite a nifty joke: "Freddy Burns from the Sun"!!!

https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Ranger_Bill_Singles/Ranger_Bill_61-03-29_ep094_Freddies_Storuy_aka_Old_Bens_Gold_aka_Freddie_Burns_From_The_Sun.mp3

OTRR #119

RB065 The Cat in the Wall

  Our  Ranger Bill

for Thursday afternoon, 12/19/24, is RB065
The Cat in the Wall

Stumpy’s neighbor Beulah Lindstrom thinks Stumpy is trying to steal her cat Blackie. She insists that Blackie has crawled inside the walls of Stumpy’s house. She wants Blackie back at any cost – to Stumpy’s house! And we get to hear from Bill’s mom in this adventure.

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

RB064 Penny Wise and Pound Foolish

  Our story for this midweek is a construction project gone wrong on Ranger Bill

for 12/18/2024 - 

RB064 Penny Wise and Pound Foolish

It’s late winter in Knotty Pine. Winter is just beginning to loosen its grip, and the snow is starting to melt. Bill, Henry, Stumpy, and Gray Wolf take a trip upriver to see the construction of the new Silver River Dam. The construction foreman Brick Finch is as proud as a peacock of the money he saved on motors for the flood gates. But will there be other costs to these cheap motors?

https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Ranger_Bill_Singles/Ranger_Bill_57-03-06_ep190_Penny_Wise_and_Pound_Foolish.mp3

RB043 The Crusher

  Our RANGER BILL adventure for Saturday evening, Dec. 14, 2024, is:

RB043 The Crusher

A cargo plane crash lands at Knotty Pine airport. A short time later, an airport employee is found dead inside a hanger near the plane’s cargo boxes. He has been crushed to death. Who or what could do this? Ranger Bill is called in to investigate. He suspects something escaped one of the cargo boxes.

https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Ranger_Bill_Singles/Ranger_Bill_xx-xx-xx_ep170_The_Crusher.mp3

OTRR #198

RB163 The Lost Pig, aka Tangerine, the Pig

   RANGER BILL for late Saturday morning, Dec. 14, 2024, is RB163

The Lost Pig aka Tangerine the Pig

Young Jody and Jill’s family has little money. They hope their pig Tangerine will win the cash prize at the fair. But Tangerine has other ideas. She escapes from the fair and hides in a herd of pigs stranded when their delivery truck crashes. The pigs are headed for the butcher. Will Tangerine end up on some family’s dinner table instead of the winners’ circle at the fair?

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

RB162 Rules aka The Runaway Boy

   RANGER BILL for this early Saturday morning, Dec. 14, 2024, is

RB162 Rules aka The Runaway Boy

Little Norman Clark doesn’t want to listen to his mother. She is trying get Norman to obey a few simple rules such as “Clean your room”. Norman refuses to mind and runs away to teach mom a lesson. Meanwhile, Bill gets a visit from a fellow ranger from England, Hugh Fitzhughvits. What a way to spend a vacation – on the hunt of a missing child.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xt-eC_ZXQCE

RB061 The Laughing Fce aka The Wolverine Scare

  Our Ranger Bill to end our work week, Dec. 13, 2024, is 

RB061 The Laughing Face aka The Wolverine Scare

Trouble is brewing at Trappers Landing in Big North Country. Roy Westgate's trading post is busy with trappers who should be working their lines. Trappers Abe and Jeff tell of losing pelts from their trap lines.  Mac and Shorty say they followed tracks they have never seen before. Then Big Jack arrives to say he's seen wolverine tracks. The wolverine is the most feared animal in the wild. Trappers believe a wolverine killed Beaver Dan in Alaska. The news creates a panic and causes most of the trappers to quit for the year. Roy's trading post will close if the trappers quit. Roy asks Bill to help. But how can Bill fight superstition and the fear it brings?

Ranger Bill - The Laughing Face aka The Wolverine Scare

RB060 Decision for Death

  Ranger Bill for Thursday afternoon, Dec. 12, 2024, is RB060

Decision for Death

Eight climbers on the Savage Mountains (better known as the Refrigerator Mountains) fall into a crevasse. Bill and his rangers are called in to rescue the trapped climbers. Two men have fallen so far that they can’t be reached. Will Bill be able to find some way to rescue these men before they suffer the slow, maddening process of freezing to death?

https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Ranger_Bill_Singles/Ranger_Bill_57-02-05_ep186_Decision_For_Death.mp3

RB059 The Man with the Limp

 Our Ranger Bill

for Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024, is 

RB059  The Man with the Limp

The chairman of the church mission board and the chairman of the orphanage board want to remove a man who is member of both boards because he spends too much time in prayer. Meanwhile a mysterious stranger with a limp comes to Knotty Pine causing much talk.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nr6g7oAGs5s

Nature Corner/Storybook Room - Fennec Fox, Hoatzin Bird

 Nature Corner/Storybook Room for Dec. 7, 2024

Uncle Bob Devine has two special guests for us this week. First, Bob chats with Fannie the Fennec Fox. Fannie is a samll fox who lives in the Sahara Desert.

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Next, Bob meets and greets Wilma the Hoatzin Bird from South America. (by the way, "hoatzin" is pronounced just like the name "Watson". )

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RB042 Fire in the Forest aka Forest Fire Death Trap

  In our RANGER BILL for Friday evening, Dec. 6, 2024, Bill tries to kill himself and all his fire jumpers:

RB042 Forest Fire Death Trap aka Fire in the Forest

The towns of Silver Springs and Claytown are surrounded by 10 forest fires and their citizens are trapped. The southern district rangers can't fight these blazes alone. They call Bill and his men and equipment to control the fires. This is one of the biggest fires the state has ever had. And to top it off, the train bringing equipment from Knotty Pine breaks down. Can Bill help get these fires under control or will rangers and innocent citizens die?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQy3UPzqvj8

RB056 The Ice Prison

  Our Ranger Bill for early Saturday morning, Dec. 7, 2024, is RB056

The Ice Prison

Moose McBain braves the 30-degree-below-zero winter cold on foot to tell Bill that he found a man frozen in the ice on Big Pine Lake. The discovery leads the rangers on a hunt for a missing team of scientists who have been trapped in a cave by an avalanche.

https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Ranger_Bill_Singles/Ranger_Bill_56-12-12_ep182_The_Ice_Prison.mp3

OTRR #42

RB055 A Lesson In Love

  Our Ranger Bill for Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, is a very touching one: 

RB055 A Lesson in Love

10-year-old Tommy Woodruff lives with his grandfather. Tommy sells newspapers and delivers groceries to help supplement his grandpa’s small pension check. A well-meaning woman wants Tommy to have a better life-style, so she calls on a judge to take Tommy from his loving grandpa.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGmmyzI5iw0

RB054 The Marauder of Goose Lake

 We have quite a big Ranger Bill adventure

for Wednesday, 12/4/24, RB054
Marauder of Goose Lake

There's trouble at Goose Lake - BIG trouble. Homes and cabins along the lake are being broken into and wrecked. Angry homeowners want Ranger Bill and his boys to see the damage and find the culprit or culprits. Stumpy and Gray Wolf soon find something that they can't believe and don't want to believe. It looks like the biggest grizzly alive has come back, Old Joe. The Goose Lake residents are hopping mad and impatient. They aren't going to wait for Bill to get Old Joe. The men plan to hunt down Old Joe themselves. What is Bill going to do this time? How can he handle a mob of angry citizens and this enormous grizzly?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFF3Y1x_IiQ

RB052 An Old Horse Learns New Tricks

  Our first Ranger Bill for December

for Monday , Dec.2, 2024, is RB052
An Old Horse Learns New Tricks

While on the trail, Bill’s horse and faithful friend Storm, falls seriously ill. Bill flies Storm back to State U.. The vets there can’t seem to help. Bill demands the wisdom of his country vet, much to the city vets’ disapproval.

https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Ranger_Bill_Singles/Ranger_Bill_56-10-03_ep179_An_Old_Horse_Learns_New_Tricks.mp3