RANGER BILL for a Thursday, 3/30/2023, deals with sincere prayer:
RB178 Honest Prayer
Bill thinks Henry may be lacking sincerity in his prayer life. He wants Henry to speak from his heart. Bill and Stumpy share the story of Al Ferguson who wanted to help others avoid empty, repetitious prayers. A storm at a church picnic and what followed helped Al make his point.
RANGER BILL for Wednesday afternoon, 3/29/2023 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?
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
RANGER BILL begins a new work week this Monday, 3/27/23, with RB175
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".Our RANGER BILL for a late Saturday morning, 3/25/23, is a classic:
RB107 Petticoat Rangers
Bill doesn't have enough men for all the work around the national forest. He and his rangers have to work 18 hours a day. Bill has a solution to the problem - women volunteers in the fire towers. The rangers refuse to allow women rangers. Will the rangers work themselves to death or will they give Bill's PETTICOAT RANGERS a chance? Can female rangers do a ranger's work if they get that chance? In my opinion, this is one of the funniest Ranger Bill stories ever! You get to hear some of Stumpy's funniest and most famous lines! And you get to see a little of what life was like back in the 1950's.
RANGER BILL and Stumpy are on vacation this early Saturday morning, 3/25/23:
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.
Today, March 25,2023, Bob Devine's Nature Corner/Storybook Room welcomes Corry Crinoid, a water animal from the Phillipines, that looks like a flower.
Ranger Bill for this Friday, March 24, 2023, is:
RB217 Ten Hours Too Much
Ed Banker, VP of the bank, is missing and can't be found. Ed is finally located, trapped inside the bank vault. The vault door works on a timer, which means the vault can't be opened for at least the next ten hours. Ed could run out of air and water before the next opening.
Our RANGER BILL for late Saturday morning, 3/18/23, is:
RB215 Typhoid Fever at Storm Point
Several cases of Typhoid Fever appear at the same time at Storm Point. Bill and a young doctor must try to control the outbreak and find the carrier of the fever.
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RANGER BILL for early Saturday morning March 18,2023 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.
Uncle Bob Devine's Nature Corner/Storybook Room guest for March 18, 2023 is Ken the Electric Knife Fish.
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Tim talks with Jesus' disciple John concerning what he says about Jesus.
We conclude 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 Thursday evening, 3/16/23, 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?
Our midweek RANGER BILL 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?
We begin a new work week with RANGER BILL 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!
Our RANGER BILL adventure for early Saturday morning, 3/11/2023, is a rare treat:
RBFC223 Seeing Eye Dog
Henry wants to fight forest fires now that he is old enough. Stumpy balks at this idea. Henry has even purchased the fire fighters' Bill has Henry watch the Hansen's little girl (who is blind) and Prince, her seeing eye dog, while a forest fire breaks out near the Hansen's home. Danger becomes disaster when the Hansen's house catches fire.
This adventure is one of a dozen or so tapes that were lost for many years then discovered not long ago.
RANGER BILL ends this work week, 3/10/23, with
RB167 – Next in Line
– Ralph is hurt and angry when he is passed over for promotion. The rest of Bill’s rangers don’t like the situation either. To top things off, the newly promoted boss ranger, Gill Zodkin, is sent to Knotty Pine for training. Will Ralph quit? Will the new boss ranger survive?
RANGER BILL for this Thursday afternoon, 3/9/23, is an exciting tale with a good gospel message:
RB165 The Sail Sled aka Full Sails
Our RANGER BILL adventure for Wednesday, 3/8/23, 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"!!!
RANGER BILL for this 6th of March, 2023, is
RB162 Rules aka The Runaway Boy
Little Norman Clark doesn’t want to listen to his mother. She is trying get
RANGER BILL for early Saturday morning, 3/4/23, 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
RANGER BILL for late Saturday morning, 3/4/2023 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 welcomes Sheila the Ammophila Wasp for March 4, 2023:
RB161 "A Little Spark" is our RB adventure to end the work week, 3/3/23.
RANGER BILL for Thursday, March 2, 2023, is RB160
The Foreman's Accident aka Trouble in Tunnel 13
Randy Williamson has just been made foreman over the work in tunnel 13 at Knotty Pine Mines. Sandy soil in tunnel 13 makes the digging slow and dangerous. Randy must also deal with two difficult miners who don’t like his Christian faith. Could anything else go wrong in tunnel 13?
