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Enjoy a song by Gene Autry, When You’re Smiling. He follows it with, It Happened in Monte Ray.
In the bunkhouse Johnny announces that he wants to get married, and Past Butram jokes about marrying for money. Pat tells about his own close brush with marriage. Gene has Pat help him with a song, Doodle Dee Doo.
Gene sings, I Was Just Walking Out the Door.
The story of Aunt Martha Hayes is shared. The elderly woman came to town with the dream of building a ranch where troubled boys can come, and turn their lives around. With Gene’s help, Martha finds a ranch, fixes it up, and fulfils the dream of her dead husband. Mr Hayes had been a boy who spent time on a ranch, and the experience helped him get started in life. After difficulties, the ranch is launched, but only days before Martha herself left this world. Still, the legacy of Martha and her husband lives on.
Geme closes with, Navajo Trail.
