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Audio is a little soft and mushy. I tried to boost it, but I don’t think it helped much.
With rationing on gasoline and tires, people are staying closer to home these days. For Lum and Abner, that means their first meeting on the Golden Era Discussion Club that Lum organized. Grandpap, Ulysses S Quincey, and Cedric join the group. An exercise in seeing whether Chet Lauck and Tuffy Goff can keep the voices straight.
The meeting is called to order, and so begins the effort to raise the culture level of society in Pine Ridge. The business of the meeting turns to music appreciation. How do the gents feel about Beethoven’s music?
The high tone talk soon turns to town gossip. Who’s sparking who? How long can Lum hold out before the meeting adjourns, and the checker board and hot cocoa comes out?