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Big Pine National Forest, Knotty Pine

Saturday, December 30, 2023

RB060 Decision for Death

  Ranger Bill for early Saturday morning, Dec.30, 2023, 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?

Nature Corner/Storybook Room

 On  Nature Corner/Storybook Room for Dec. 30, 2023, Uncle Bob Devine chats with Stella Snowflake:

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Friday, December 29, 2023

RB200 Hunt's Place

  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?


This story is also known as "Mr. Hunt's Estate".

Thursday, December 28, 2023

RB199 Raging Rapids

  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?


Wednesday, December 27, 2023

RB197 Bill Gets Lost in a Cavern aka Transistor Walkie -Talkies

   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.

https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Ranger_Bill_Singles/Ranger_Bill_61-09-20_ep127_Bill_Gets_Lost_In_A_Cavern_aka_Transistor_Walkie_Talkie.mp3

Tuesday, December 26, 2023

RB196 Cotton and Candy

 RANGER BILL for Tueday, Dec. 26 ,2023, is:

RB196 Cotton and Candy

Bill finds an injured bunny and asks Henry to nurse it back to health. Then Bill, Stumpy and Henry visit little Candy Faye who has been in and out of the hospital most of her life. Henry decides to share Cotton with sick little Candy. Cotton disappears. Can our rangers find the bunny? How will Candy react to the loss?

Monday, December 25, 2023

RB202 Christmas Pageant with Bill Pearce

 Our Ranger Bill

for Christmas Day, Dec. 25, 2023 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?


OTRR #151

Christmas Episodes

 For 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.

Saturday, December 23, 2023

Nature Corner/Storybook Room

 Uncle Bob Devine's Nature Corner/StorybookRoom guest for this last Saturday befire Christmas, 2023, is Connie the Bactrian Camel:

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RB201 Christmas Bells

  Our Ranger Bill

 for early Saturday morning and
two days before Christmas, Dec. 23, 2023, 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.

RB194 Rattlesnake Sam aka 50 or 60 Snakes

  RANGER 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. 

https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Ranger_Bill_Singles/Ranger_Bill_xx-xx-xx_ep124_Rattlesnake_Same_aka_Fifty_Or_Sixty_Snakes.mp3

Friday, December 22, 2023

RB193 The Fire Bomber's Pink Cloud

  Our Thursday RANGER BILL adventure story for Dec. 21, 2023, is:

(The Fire Bomber's) Pink Cloud


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? 

Wednesday, December 20, 2023

RB192 The Firebug aka The Fishermen and the Firebug

  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.

https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Ranger_Bill_Singles/Ranger_Bill_62-05-09_ep122_Fire_Bug_aka_The_Fisherman_And_The_Firebug.mp3

OTRR #143

Tuesday, December 19, 2023

RB191 Freddy's Fallout Shelter

 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.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TT9oKNwvoTw

RB190 Runaway aka The River Giant

  RANGER BILL for Monday, 12/18/23, is:

RB190 "Run Away" aka "The River Giant"
Tad Coates owns a barge service at Central City. His newest tow boat is called The River Giant, It weighs 350 tons; has five decks, 10 rudders, four screws, and four engines that produce 8,500 Horsepower.
Tad's other tow boat is pushing ten tanker barges that are holding one million gallons of gasoline a piece. Two of those barges catch fire and burn with intense heat. Pilot Mark is afraid and needs Bill, Stumpy and more to prevent an awful fire.

Saturday, December 16, 2023

RB096 Jimmy's Christmas Miracle aka Faith of a Mustard Seed

 Our Ranger Bill for December 16,2023, 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.

Nature Corner/Storybook Room

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. 

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RB187 Contentment in God's Will

  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.

https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Ranger_Bill_Singles/Ranger_Bill_62-03-13_ep117_Contentment_In_Gods_Will_aka_A_Need_For_Excitement.mp3

OTRR #139

Friday, December 15, 2023

RB188 Forest Fire aka Hot Fire and Sowing Seeds

    RB188 "Forest Fire" aka "Hot Fire and Sowing Seeds" is our

RANGER BILL for Friday, Dec. 15, 2023.
Tom is the ranger at Fire Tower #3. He meets wealthy New Zeeland scientist Dr. Harris and his assistant Franklin. Dangerously dry conditions in the forest force Bill to close the forest to everyone. Dr. Harris and Franklin sneek into the forest and are then trapped in a fierce forest fire. Sudden rains help fight the fire, but also threaten to flood the valley. Fast and effective seeding is needed to save the forest.
What happened to Dr. Harris and Franklin? Did they perish in the fire?
OTRR #140

Wednesday, December 13, 2023

RB186 Tounges of Fire

 RANGER BILL for Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 13, 2023, is

RB186 Tounges of Fire

Frenchy DeSalle’s lumberjacks like to go to Border Town to party every weekend. Frenchy goes to Bill for help controlling his men. Bill soon discovers that a church there has become The Good Times Social Club for Liquor. Then fire begins erupting out of the ground and heading toward Border Town.

https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Ranger_Bill_Singles/Ranger_Bill_62-02-01_ep116_Border_Town_aka_Tongues_Of_Fire.mp3

OTRR#138

RB059 The Man with the Limp

  Our Ranger Bill

for Saturday evening Nov. 9, 2023, 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.


OTRR #44

RB185 The Duck Call

  RANGER BILL for Tuesday, 12/12/23, is RB185 "The Duck Call".

Mr. Gillette is a traveling salesman selling a supersonic silent duck call. He gets Stumpy and several other duck hunters to buy his calls. Stumpy hopes for some great duck hunting, but Bill isn't convinced that this duck call is legitimate. He begins investigating Mr. Gillette.

Saturday, December 9, 2023

RB183 Mystery Island, Mystery Man

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.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sv3hquPjw_4

RB058 Skiers in the Sky

  Our Ranger Bill for early Saturday morning, Dec. 9, 2023, is 

RB058 Skiers in the Sky


Skiers on a cable car are trapped when the car stops in the middle of the air. Then the cable begins to break. Bill must find a way to get up to the car and get the skiers down. One selfish gentleman makes any possible rescue more dangerous for all the skiers.

Nature Corner/Storybook Room

 Uncle Bob Devine's Nature Corner/Storybook Room welcomes Calvin the Caribou for 12/9/23:

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Thursday, December 7, 2023

RB181 The Trouble with Gossip aka Tell Me a Story

 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.

https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Ranger_Bill_Singles/Ranger_Bill_61-03-22_ep111_The_Trouble_With_Gossip_aka_Tell_Me_A_Story_aka_Rumors.mp3

OTRR #118

RB179 VIPs Visit Knotty Pine aka The Disappearing Buffalo Herd

 RANGER BILL for Tuesday, 12/5/23, is

RB179 "VIPs Visit Knotty Pine" aka "The Disappearing Buffalo Herd".
Today's RANGER BILL is a real treat! This was the second RB story after "Pendleton Valley Fire". This story was originally four 15-minute episodes aired in Octorber and November of 1950. And it aired again as this 30-minute episode that aired in April, 1954.
Colonel Anders comes to Knotty Pine to inform Bill that the governor, a senator, and the Secretary of State are coming to Knotty Pine to see the buffalo herd, the lagest in this country, 48 head. Bill goes to tell Stumpy and Gray Wolf of the VIPs visit, only to find the herd had completely disappeared. Our rangers search all over, with no sign of any buffalo.
Bill thinks a little swim in the icy waters of the Shady is a good idea at this point!!!???

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rL8w_3KFYig 

Wednesday, December 6, 2023

RB180 Roving Wolves

  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.

https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?q=ranger+bill+roving+wolves&mid=72229C4910033AA261EA72229C4910033AA261EA&FORM=VIRE

Saturday, December 2, 2023

RB177 He Broke Through the Ice

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? 

https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Ranger_Bill_Singles/Ranger_Bill_61-02-01_ep107_He_Broke_Through_The_Ice_aka_They_Killed_Ranger_Bill.mp3

Nature Corner/Storybook Room

 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.

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RB176 Mike's Horse

 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 Sheriff Cal’s horses because he doesn’t have his own. Mike’s dad is strongly against this “religion stuff.” Mr. Baker dares Mike to pray for one to prove God exists. Mike prays for a horse and that his dad will find God. How will God answer Mike’s prayer?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJvgb3ccecc

RB056 The Ice Prison

  Our Ranger Bill for early Saturday morning, Dec. 2, 2023, 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.


OTRR #42