Ranger Bill for early Saturday morning, Dec.30, 2023, is RB060
Decision for DeathOn Nature Corner/Storybook Room for Dec. 30, 2023, Uncle Bob Devine chats with Stella Snowflake:
Our RANGER BILL for Friday afternoon, 12/29/23, is
RB200 Hunt's Place
Mr. Hunt won’t let Bill use any of his property for overnight camp outs with the Knotty Pine Boys Club. Soon Mr. Hunt has several problems with his house. He suspects that Bill’s boys club is responsible. Who is causing all the trouble at Hunt’s place and why?
RANGER BILL for Thursday, Dec. 28, 2023, is
RB199 Raging Rapids
Henry helps Pete Flory at a Christian camp canoe trip. Two of the boys, Ed and Paul, constantly get into trouble. The boys decide to sneak away and ride the rapids. They get trapped on the rocks in the middle of the river. The river is rising and getting swifter. They can't escape and no one can get to them. Can Bill and Stumpy save the boys before they drown?
RANGER BILL for
Wednesday afternoon Dec. 27,2023:
Bill Gets Lost in a Cavern aka Transistor Walkie-Talkies
Bill asks Henry and his boys group to test out the rangers’ new walkie-talkies. The boys’ test takes them deep into the forest where they discover wreckage from a recent plane crash. But the plane’s occupants are missing. The search is on for the missing pilot and passengers.
RANGER BILL for Tueday, Dec. 26 ,2023, is:
Our Ranger Bill
for Christmas Day, Dec. 25, 2023 isFor those who don't know, there are three RANGER BILL Christmas stories.
The first is RB096 Jimmy's Christmas Miracle.
This is about little Jimmy Bensen. He was injured in a fall and must use a wheelchair. Surgery may repair his legs but it is very expensive.
The second Christmas sory is RB201 Christmas Bells.
This story is about Officer Pat O'Roark. Pat suffers a life-threatening heart attack. He gains hope and strength from the church bells, but they are broken. Herman Schmidt is the only one who can fix the bells, but he is down with severe arthritis.
Number three is RB202 Christmas Pageant with Bill Pearce.
Henry and friends witness at the boys club pageant.
Uncle Bob Devine's Nature Corner/StorybookRoom guest for this last Saturday befire Christmas, 2023, is Connie the Bactrian Camel:
Our Ranger Bill
for early Saturday morning andRANGER BILL to end the work week, 12/22/23, is
RB194 Rattlesnake Sam aka 50 or 60 Snakes
Sam and Danny Smith hunt poisonous snakes for the Florida Reptile Institute. They take Henry’s friend Jack Harris on a snake hunt. Sam loses a bag of snakes, and Jack must protect a school of children from the deadly reptiles.
Our Thursday RANGER BILL adventure story for Dec. 21, 2023, is:
Abner Benson is Bill’s friend from the service. Abner is a pilot with a new way to fight fires by dropping pink clouds of calcium borate on grass. His plane crashes while demonstrating his idea and nearly kills him. Abner’s wife Marge wants him to quit flying. Can Abner stay out of the cockpit to please Marge and still lead Bill’s new fire bombers?
RANGER BILL for midweek, 12/20/2023, is:
RB192 Fire Bug aka The Fishermen and the Fire Bug
Several campfires are left unattended along the river. Rangers Bill and Ralph suspect two out-of-town fishermen are to blame. Mike Demory discovered a fire on the edge of his farm. He suspects that “Old” Buck Sawyer is a fire bug. Mike insists that Bill arrest Old Buck. Bill must find the fire bug before fire destroys the farms and woods.
I believe this is one of the last of the RANGER BILL episodes. Gray wolf and Henry are missing from this story. Also the opening is from the later half of Bill's adventures.
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RANGER BILL has a story for Tuesday, 12/19/23, that might make you do a little thinking about life:
RB191 Freddy's Fallout Shelter
Freddy gets permission from his parents to build a fallout shelter in their basement. He enlists Henry's help in his grand project. The boys find themselves trapped in the shelter with water coming in and no way out for the water or the boys. The shelter prompts Freddy and his dad to think about death and eternity.
RANGER BILL for Monday, 12/18/23, is:
Our Ranger Bill for December 16,2023, is RB096
On Nature Corner/Storybook Room, Uncle Bob Devine chats with Frank Incense. When Jesus was born, the wisemen gave Him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. Fankincense has many important uses which make it as valuable as gold.
RANGER BILL for early Saturday morning 12/16/23 is:
RB187 Contentment in God's Will aka A Need for Excitement
Ranger John Bishop and his wife Jane are bored with their lonely life in an isolated ranger station. John prays that God would break up the terrible monotony of this lonely job. God answers John’s prayer in some interesting and unexpected ways. Life begins to change when an injured Moose McBain and a cougar arrive at John's north station.
OTRR #139
RB188 "Forest Fire" aka "Hot Fire and Sowing Seeds" is our
RANGER BILL for Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 13, 2023, is
RB186 Tounges of Fire
Frenchy DeSalle’s lumberjacks like to go to
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Our Ranger Bill
for Saturday evening Nov. 9, 2023, isRANGER BILL for Tuesday, 12/12/23, is RB185 "The Duck Call".
RANGER BILL and Stumpy are on vacation this late Saturday morning, 12/9/23:
RB183 - Mystery Island, Mystery Man
Bill and Stumpy take a long-needed vacation on a cruise ship. The ship makes an “unscheduled stop” at a “mystery island.” The stop gives passengers an opportunity to tour this “unexplored” island. But a real mystery develops when a reporter on the cruise winds up missing and a missing millionaire is found.
Our Ranger Bill for early Saturday morning, Dec. 9, 2023, is
RB058 Skiers in the Sky
Uncle Bob Devine's Nature Corner/Storybook Room welcomes Calvin the Caribou for 12/9/23:
RANGER BILL for Thursday, Dec. 7,2023, is
RB181 The Trouble with Gossip aka Tell Me a Story
Amelia Perdy starts a rumor that Bill is forcing Stumpy to retire. The rumor spread all over town. KP city council wants to honor Stumpy, so they throw him a retirement dinner. Bill and Stumpy decide go along and play “Tell Me a Story” at the dinner.
OTRR #118
RANGER BILL for Tuesday, 12/5/23, is
RANGER BILL for Wednesday, 12/6/22, is
RB 180 Roving Wolves
Gunter Neeves runs a rabbit farm outside Knotty Pine. He is losing those rabbits to a pack of hungry, roving wolves. He asks Bill and his men to deal with the wolves and stop the attacks on his rabbits. When Bill doesn’t get the desired results fast enough, Gunter decides to take matters into his own hands.
RANGER BILL for Saturday afternoon, 12/2/2023 is:
RB177 He Broke Through the Ice aka They Killed Ranger Bill
It’s well below zero in Knotty Pine, but Henry and Freddy decide to go ice fishing anyway. Bill and Stumpy drive out to see how the boys are doing. Some other boys are playing nearby. Bill drives down the frozen river to check on those boys. His car falls into the river, and he doesn’t come out!!! Henry is bitter, and Stumpy is perplexed. Have we come to the end of Ranger Bill and these stories?
Uncle Bob Devine's Nature Corner/Storybook Room for Dec. 2, 2023, gets a visit from Sandy Seagull. Nature Corner has several other recordings on various seagulls as well. Then we hear about Simeon who was promised that he would not die until he had seen the Christ.
RANGER BILL for late Saturday morning, 12/2/23, is :
RB176 Mike's Horse aka The Horse Test
Mike Baker is a boy in Henry’s club. He has just become a Christian. He loves horses and rides
Our Ranger Bill for early Saturday morning, Dec. 2, 2023, is RB056
RANGER BILL for this Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023, with
RB175 Water Tank Rescue
Knotty Pine’s new water tower has just been built and is ready fill with fresh water for all the thirsty townsfolk of Knotty Pine. But Henry and his buddy Alec want a closer look at this new behemoth before it begins its work. Out of curiosity, the boys decide to climb to the top of the tower. Then curiosity gets them into some real trouble, and they don’t know how to get out! This little escapade turns into a matter of life and death!
This story is also known as "Smart Alec's Water Tank Inspection".RANGER BILL for Wednesday, 11/29/2023, is:
RANGER BILL for this Tuesday, 11/28/23, is a fun and funny story:
RB173 Marty Patton's Piano
Stumpy recalls his younger days when he was studying to become a ranger. The Patton’s were his upstairs neighbors in the boarding house where he was living. The peace and quiet Stumpy needed to study was broken when Marty Patton began taking piano lessons and was practicing EVERY day. See how Stumpy managed to survive this terrible ordeal.
We begin our work week with a slippery problem for RANGER BILL in:
Ashby's Folly RB172
Stumpy runs into old friend Miles Ashby at the bank. Miles was just turned down for a loan. He needs the money so he can keep drilling for oil on his property. He thinks there is oil on his land even though no one has found oil anywhere else in the area. Folks call Miles' well "Ashby's Folly." Tully Philmore offers to buy Miles’ land and his oil drilling supplies. Stumpy wants desperately to help Miles but how?
RANGER BILL for late Saturday morning, 11/25/23, is:
RB171 Legal Rights
Ken has a real problem. Neighbor Conrad just shot his daughter’s dog, Mr. Prince. Conrad fears and hates dogs after some attacked his horses. Prince is barely alive. Both Ken and daughter Julie are bitter. Is there anything Bill can do to mend fences between these angry neighbors?
Uncle Bob's Nature Corner/Storybook Room for 11/25/23 talks to Fernanda the Leaf Frog.
We begin early Saturday morning with quite a big Ranger Bill adventure
for 11/25/23, RB054Our midweek RANGER BILL puts Bill and a small boy on the operating table in:
RB168 The Second Heart
8-year-old Leo Foster faints while taking a walk. Officer O’Roark sees the boy collapse and calls an ambulance. At the hospital, X-rays confirm the worst. Leo has a serious heart defect requiring major surgery. The surgery requires stopping Leo’s heart and tapping into another heart during the surgery. Leo has a rare blood type and needs someone whose blood matches his. The hunt is on for Leo’s second heart!
RANGER BILL for Saturday evening 11/18/23, is RB053
Arson at Brighton College
Bill and Henry take off for the weekend to visit Bill's alma mater Brighton College and enjoy the homecoming football game. Henry is going to Brighton to visit with the college president's son Ronnie Winters. Ronnie keeps getting into trouble and has difficult time owning up to his mistakes. An old building being used as a dorm catches fire and the building's janitor is severely hurt. Fire investigators suspect arson. Later, Bill and Henry spot Ronnie speeding and generally driving dangerously. Is the Brighton fire arson? Could Ronnnie be that arsonist? What can Bill and Henry do to find the fire's cause and the person responsible?
Our RANGER BILL for late Saturday morning, 11/18/23, deals with a man who has lost his faith:
RB170 The White Buffalo
Lloyd Adams is building tourist cabins outside of town near a rare herd of buffalo. The lead buffalo is an even rarer white buffalo! Lloyd used to be interested in God and church but now is only interested in money. The buffalo could mean even more profit for Lloyd. Can Bill and Stumpy find a way to rekindle Lloyd’s faith?
Our Ranger Bill
for early Saturday morning, Nov. 18, 2023, is RB052Our RANGER BILL adventure for Friday, 11/17/23, 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"!!!
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RANGER BILL for Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, 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?Catch Today's show on TuneIn.com almost any time today or go to our Facebook page and listen any time you'd like!
RANGER BILL for late Saturday morning, 11/11/23, is
RB151 Bridge Out!
Bill and Henry are checking fire lanes deep in the forest and pretty high up in the mountains. Henry takes a walk out on an old, unused railroad bridge for a bird’s eye view of the
Our Ranger Bill for early Saturday morning, 11/11/23, is RB050
The Log JamNature Corner/Storybook Room for Saturday morning, Veterans Day 11/11/2023 is:
Uncle Bob Devine gets a visit from a Monarch Butterfly. Bob learns about the amazing life cycle of this marvelous insect. Then we hear about John the Baptist and his message.
RANGER BILL for Thursday 11/9/23 was:
RB157 The Mad Bison
It’s springtime in the
https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Ranger_Bill_Singles/Ranger_Bill_xx-xx-xx_ep087_The_Mad_Bison.mp3
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Our RANGER BILL
for Wednesday afternoon, Nov.8, 2023, is RB156
The No Good Dog
Skinny (Horatio Thornwall Skines) works for successful bloodhound breeder Jarvis Engell and his son Ed. Jarvis gives Skinny a runt pup Peanut. Jarvis says that Peanut should grow up to be a great show dog. Ed gets jealous and wants his own top show dog because wants to defeat Skinny at dog shows. Which dog will win, the one raised on love or the one raised with a club?
RANGER BILL
for Nov. 7, 2023 is
RB155 Henry's History Lesson aka Henry's Wagon Train Dream
Henry is having trouble memorizing dates and places for history class. Stumpy tells Henry to put himself into the history he is studying. Henry dreams he is part of a wagon train on the
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Ranger Bill for late Saturday morning, 11/4/23, is
RB158 Ceiling Zero
Air Force test pilot Gary Metzger is badly hurt when the plane he is testing crashes.
https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Ranger_Bill_Singles/Ranger_Bill_xx-xx-xx_ep088_Ceiling_Zero.mp3
Our Ranger Bill for early Saturday morning, Nov. 4, 2023, is RB048
The Man Who UnderstoodOn Nature Corner/Storybook Room for Nov. 4, 2023,
Uncle Bob Devine chats with a Mangrove Tree about his work growing in salt water creating a place for fish to live and building new shoreline soil.
RANGER BILL for our Friday entertainment, Nov. 3, 2023, is
RB148 "The Man of the House".
Our Ranger Bill adventure for Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 31, 2023, is RB150:
Cliff Rescue aka Clean-Up Work aka Timmy Climbs Mt. Evergreen
Spring cleaning at ranger headquarters is interrupted by trouble on Mt. Evergreen. Champion mountain climber Keith takes his family climbing on Mt. Evergreen. Little Tim goes wandering off from camp and gets trapped on a crumbly, narrow ledge. Bill and the fellas must find a way to rescue the young climber before he falls off the ledge.
Our Ranger Bill for late Saturday morning, 1028/23, is:
"The Handcar Race".
On Nature Corner/Storybook Room for Oct. 28, 2023,
Uncle Bob Devine talks with Patrick the Great Pyrenees Dog.
Ranger Bill for early Saturday morning, Oct. 28, 2023,
Our RANGER BILL for Friday evening, Oct. 27, 2023,
has our rangers scratching their heads in amazement and confusion:
RB147 The Monster of White Lake
Boaters and fishermen are being attacked on White Lake and White River. The monster rises out of the waters, attacks an unsuspecting fisherman, and then disappears back into the depths of the lake. Folks are terribly frightened. Ranger Bill gets called in to identify and hopefully capture the beast.
Our Thursday RANGER BILL for 10/26/23, is a story of disobedience and its consequences:
RB146 Rising Curiosity
Bill and Stumpy are in Washington, DC, learning new weather forecasting techniques. Shipping crates full of weather equipment and weather balloons arrive at ranger headquarters. Curiosity over the boxes gets the better of Henry and his friend Jack. They look in one box then another. Pretty soon they’re up to the clouds in trouble.
https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Ranger_Bill_Singles/Ranger_Bill_xx-xx-xx_ep078_Rising_Curiosity.mp3
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RANGER BILL for this Tuesday afternoon, 10/24/23, is:
RB144 Mystery Island
Bill, Stumpy, Henry and Mary Lu go camping on Lake Arthur Island. They meet fellow campers kindly Mr. Overby and grumpy Mr. Meany. Both men appear to be keeping secrets about themselves. On their very first evening there, Henry and Mary Lu hear some very strange sounds. The kids get scared and want to go home. What are Bill and Stumpy going to do to salvage their camping trip and get rid of the strange noises?
RANGER BILL for Monday, 10/23/23, is:
Our late Saturday morning RANGER BILL story for 10/21/23 is:
RB044 The Old Diehard
Ranger Bill and the boys take a trip to State U. to give chemist Dr. Thaddeus Draper some soil samples to test. The fellas walk into an disagreement between Dr. Draper and his grandson Mel. Dr. Draper wants to Mel to follow in his footsteps and become a research chemist. Mel wants to be an agricultural chemist but won't buck his grandfather. Bill sees the tension building between the Drapers. Mel asks for Bill's help with his grandfather. Then Dr. Draper wants Bill to talk Mel into being a research chemist. Bill is between a rock and a diehard. What is he going to do in this situation? Can Bill make either Draper happy, or will both be mad at Bill and at each other?
Uncle Bob Devine's Nature Corner/Storybook Room welcomes Vivian the Viviparous Lizard. She can be found in Ireland, England, and western Europe.
Tim talks with his Attitude about what scripture says about a good attitude.
RANGER BILL tries to make peace between two competitors for early Saturday morning, Oct. 21, 2023:
RB034 – Piggyback – Dangerous winter weather and complex delivery problems threaten the survival of both Canyon City Truck Lines and the railroad. Leonard Grant, owner of CCTL, and Spence Neihoff, superintendent of the Knotty Pine railroad district, do not get along and refuse to work with one another. Bill must teach these men how to work together instead of against each other.
https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Ranger_Bill_Singles/Ranger_Bill_55-11-19_ep161_Piggyback.mp3
First aired Nov. 19, 1955. This is OTRR #22.
FBN returns to its usual broadcasting following a successful fall Share-A-Thon. FBN continues to accept donations through the weekend for Bibles for Myanmar.
In our RANGER BILL for late Saturday morning, Oct. 14, 2023, Bill tries to kill himself and all his men:
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?
Ranger Bill for early Saturday morning, Oct. 14, 2023, is a bit of an unusual tale:
RB140 The 25th Man aka Operation Calorie
Col. Anders notifies Bill that officials from the White House and from NATO are coming to Knotty Pine for an inspection tour of the entire district. The Colonel wants an honor guard of about 25 rangers to greet and escort the officials around to explain work in each of the many regions of the district.
Bill is in for a shock when he realizes just how out of shape his men are. Two ranger in particular are horribly overweight.
Uncle Bob Devine interviews Velma the Velvet Ant on Nature Corner/Storybook Room for Oct. 14, 2023.
https://moodyaudio.com/products/velma-velvet-ant-0
Tim talks to Moses about the "image of God".
RANGER BILL for this Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023, is
RB139 Stumpy's Harmonica aka Horrible, Sweet 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?
The Wednesday RANGER BILL for Oct. 11, 2023, is RB138:
The Last Fire Call
“Grumpy” Jenkins is tired of getting up in the middle of the night and fighting forest fires. He decides to quit the service and retire. Stumpy buys some expensive fishing gear, a car, and a luxury vacation trip to Bermuda. Can this be the end for one of the finest rangers in the forest service? Bill shares how he and the Old Timer met.
RANGER BILL for Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023, is:
RB137 Broken Bootstraps
Bob Benfelt is a struggling, young rancher and an incurable pessimist. Satan has broken his bootstraps. Ranger Bill takes Bob to see the Double Box M Ranch and its owners Myron and Hazel. Myron tells the story of his struggles as a young rancher and of his search for the courage to go on.
(aka Stumpy’s Sight) – Stumpy gets hurt while riding trail. Bill suspects that Stumpy can’t see very well. Bill makes the Old Timer go to the eye doctor. The news isn’t good – cataracts. Stumpy needs surgery before he goes blind. But fear is keeping the Old Timer from getting the operation he needs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzHT2KUbmjQ&list=PLlUoyloCGlWxz_1Q5-ziI8gPVY8-RQiFQ&index=93&t=47s
Our Ranger Bill for late Saturday morning, 10/7/23, is a fan favorite:
Stumpy Gets 30 DaysUncle Bob Devine's Nature Coroner/Storybook Room welcomes Loraine Chevrotain (mouse-deer) for October 7,2023.
Ranger Bill for
early Seturday morning, Oct. 7, 2023, is
RANGER BILL for this Thursday afternoon, 10/5/23, 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
Our RANGER BILL for Wednesday, 10/4/23, is:
RB131 One Mile Down
Bill and Gray Wolf try to find Lt. Garnet Greentree, missing for 40 years in the Andes Mountains in Peru. The only clue to the missing man's whereabouts is a gold medallion that Bill was given while working for the Peruvian government, stamped with the letters "GG". Bill and Gray Wolf passed the medallion on to the Greentree family who desperately hope to find Garnet.
Our Monday, 10/2/23, RANGER BILL 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?
Ranger Bill for late Saturday morning, Sept. 30, 2023, is RB038:
Set the Record Straight.Uncle Bob Devine's Nature Corner/Storybook Room welcomes Charlotte the Carpenter Bee for 9/30/23. Tim learns from the apostle Paul about the effects of bad companions.
RANGER BILL for early Saturday morning, 9/30/23, is an adventure in greed:
RB127 The Adventure of the Tarnished Gold
Ben Barkley is a mining engineer. He has been digging on an old gold mine that ran dry years ago. Ben says he has found a new vein of gold using modern mine engineering techniques. But Gray Wolf and Henry think something is funny about Mr. Barkley's find. They suspect that Ben Barkley is trying to swindle folks with a phony strike. Bill is gone and Gray Wolf and Henry must step in and learn the truth about the Barkley mine.
RANGER BILL for Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023, is:
RB0126 The Gospel Goes to Reform School
Warden Dawson rules the reform school with an iron hand. Bill wants to come in and offer the boys education, sports, and Bible study. The warden finally lets Bill come. Then a riot breaks out at the school. Will Bill or the warden be able to bring peace to the school?
Our RANGER BILL tale for this midweek is filled with great danger and even greater bravery:
RB124 Soup Truck
A truck carrying nitroglycerin blows up just outside the town of Landslide. The mayor closes Landslide to all dangerous truck traffic. Closing Landslide will put the explosives company out of business and hurt many other businesses. Bill must find a way to prove to the mayor that even nitro can be taken safely through Landslide.
Ranger Bill for Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 26, 2023, is:
RB123 - River of FireRANGER BILL for Monday 9/25/23 is RB122
A Prisoner on Ice Island
Knotty Pine's city council wastes time debating how to pay for a fence that is critically needed to keep kids off the ice flows on the Shady River. Two boys do get stuck on an ice flow, and that flow is heading for a drop into a deep gorge! Bill must find some way to safely reach and rescue the boys!
Ranger Bill for late Saturday morning:
RB036 – Sleeping Death for this Sept. 23, 2023.
– Sleeping Sickness infects the Central City area. Local manpower and equipment are not enough to control the mosquito population. The rangers are called in to help spray for mosquitoes, but one large landowner won’t allow the spraying on his land leaving many in danger of infection.
https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Ranger_Bill_Singles/Ranger_Bill_55-11-23_ep163_Sleeping_Death.mp3
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The early Saturday morning RANGER BILL for Sept. 23,2023, is RB117:
The Measure of a Man
Tough guy Muscles and his two friends terrorize Knotty Pine and beat up Henry and the school principal. Judge White sentences the three troublemakers to some hard time - on the trail with Bill and the rangers to experience what real tough men are like. Bill lets the boys "escape" into the mountains to learn that they aren't so tough roughing it in the wilderness.
OTRR #159
RANGER BILL for Friday, 9/22/23. is:
RB120 The Self-Made Man
Dutch Vanderhaven lost his son in the war and is very bitter over his loss. He doesn't want any one's help, and he won't help anyone, not orphans, not even the church. Then Dutch is gored by a huge bull. Now Dutch is the one who needs help, but his neighbors won't give him any. Can Bill and Stumpy find a way to get the work done at Dutch's ranch and change a town full of stubbornness?
Thursday's RANGER BILL for 9/21/23, is:
RB119 Mrs. Murphy's Chowder
Bill and the boys and Maggie Murphy take 50 boys from their church to camp for three weeks. Henry has some problems as lifeguard during swim times. Stumpy and Gray Wolf lead a snipe hunt. Bill deals with one boy's home sickness. But Maggie must deal with a filthy kitchen, feeding 50 hungry boys, and then a food thief. She threatens to leave if the thief isn't caught. Bill must find the guilty boy or lose the best cook west of the Mississippi! Find out what happens to Mrs. Murphy's famous chowder too!!!
OTRR #161
RANGER BILL for a Wednesday afternoon, 9/20/23, is RB118
The One-Wire Fence
Jeremiah Sykes is a rancher and preacher on Elk Mesa. Young Herb Bradshaw, son of powerful rancher Thunder Bradshaw, is starting up his own ranch using electric fences. Jeremiah is misusing the Bible to oppose electric fences. Thunder and Jeremiah may go to war over Herb and his ranch. Bill and our rangers must be strong and on constant alert to deal with this range war!
RANGER BILL for this Tuesday, 9/19/23:
RB116 The Deadly Laundry Basket
Bill gets a phone call from Sergeant Jim Donato of West Grove, IL. Jim's neighbor was bitten by a poisonous snake and is barely clinging to life. The snake was hiding in a laundry basket sitting in her garage. Bill thinks a rare plague of swamp rattlers has invaded the town. Bill and Henry fly to West Grove to try to deal with the threat. Then a child is bitten and the town begins to panic. What can the fellas do to protect West Grove from panic and this deadly menace? (A list of the RANGER BILL cast and crew is given at the end of this show.)
RANGER BILL tries to make peace between two competitors this Sunday, Sept. 17, 2023:
RB034 – Piggyback – Dangerous winter weather and complex delivery problems threaten the survival of both Canyon City Truck Lines and the railroad. Leonard Grant, owner of CCTL, and Spence Neihoff, superintendent of the Knotty Pine railroad district, do not get along and refuse to work with one another. Bill must teach these men how to work together instead of against each other.
https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Ranger_Bill_Singles/Ranger_Bill_55-11-19_ep161_Piggyback.mp3
First aired Nov. 19, 1955. This is OTRR #22.
Our Ranger Bill adventure for late Saturday morning, Sept. 16, 2023, is:
Nature Corner/Storybook Room for 9/16/23
Uncle Bob Devine's Nature Corner/Storybook Room chats with Sarah Mara (rabbit-like rodent found mostly in Argentina). Tim learns from the apostle Paul.
Our Ranger Bill hair-raising adventure for early Saturday morning, 9/15/23, is RB113
Thursday's RANGER BILL for 9/14/23, is:
RB112 The Mad Bats
Bats invade the attic of the Phipps' home, and one even bites Edna Phipps. Bill and Stumpy go to evict the bats and discover the bats are sick with rabies! The boys get help fighting off the bats from some feathered friends. One of the Phipps' neighbors causes Bill even more trouble than those pesky bats.
RANGER BILL for this Tuesday, 9/12/23, is one knock-down, drag-out fight
RB110 The Battle at Jenkins Manor
It's been many years since Stumpy's wife died; and he has finally decided that he doesn't have the time or energy to take care of himself and his house. Bill convinces him that he needs a housekeeper until Bill nominates Maggie Murphy for the job.
Maggie is a strong woman. She needs to be strong, a widow with four boys to care for. She acts much like a drill sergeant, which doesn't set well with Stumpy.
Stumpy is so desperate for a better home life that he hires Maggie, Stumpy's worst fears about allowing Maggie in his house are quickly realized and the battle begins!
RANGER BILL for midweek, Sept 13,2023, with:
RB111 The Prehistoric Monster
The circus has arrived at Junction City. A full-grown bull rhino is its main attraction. This particular rhino doesn't like being in the circus. The huge beast breaks his chains and charges off into the forest. Bill and the boys are called in to find and shoot the marauder before he hurts anyone or does any serious damage. Can our rangers safely corner this prehistoric monster? Will Stumpy's pride endanger the hunt and possibly endanger lives too?
Our RANGER BILL to begin the new work week, 9/11/23, is a strange, Old Testament style mystery:
RB109 The Man Who Lost God
Bill's rangers spot large campfires on the top of Razorback Ridge. Bill, Stumpy, and Gray Wolf go to investigate. They find what appear to be animal sacrifices like sacrifices in the Old Testament. No one is sure who is doing this and why. At the same time the wealthy Thompson family send out letters searching for their lost son. Bill has his hands full with two mysteries at once!
It appears as though RB108 The Wrong Valley and RB109 are both stories of men who have lost God, each in their own way.
