Down Our Way: Old-Time Radio Drama Anthology

Down Our Way: “ep05 Bens Talking Pigeon”, first broadcast in 1950. Old-time radio drama anthology.

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Patience, a member of a local singing group, hears a prowler in her bedroom while she talks on the phone with Jenny Jenkins. Her husband, Deputy Sheriff Eli Jenkins, takes charge of the investigation and questions the group, who gather in his parlor. The group rehearses between interruptions, and Eli insists on running the inquiry by the book. The episode follows the gathering as the members try to sing while the intruder is traced and questioned.

With Patience, Jenny Jenkins, Eli Jenkins, Ben, Alice Wilson, Cliff, Bob Agnew.

Listen for: Eli's formal questioning of the group, the group's singing practice interrupted by the investigation, and the arrival of the young intruder at the parlor.

First aired in 1950.

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Ben Potts, who runs the feed store and sings bass in the local singing group, learns that Eli Jenkins has claimed he pitches horseshoes better than Ben. Offended, Ben challenges Eli to a match to defend his title as champion horseshoe pitcher down their way. Word spreads quickly through the town's party lines, and the two men's friends and wives react to the rivalry. At the group's rehearsal at Eli's parlor, the singers try to keep the peace, play a game of pretend house, and reflect on how the people they love most can hurt them the most.

With Ben Potts, Eli Jenkins, Jenny Jenkins, Bessie Haskins, Cliff, Alice, Chris.

Listen for: Ben's phone call to Eli and the news spreading through the party line, the group's rehearsal, the pretend house game, and the closing reflection on friendship.

First aired in 1950.

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Eli and Jenny Jenkins, with Cliff and Alice, gather for a weekly singing practice in a small town, but Jenny and Alice are secretly planning something for Ben. Overheard phone calls and whispered talks make Eli suspicious that a surprise is being prepared. The group keeps up its singing and its cheerful banter while the plans move forward. Cliff, who runs a gas station, shares his doubts about whether his singing is good enough to pursue more training, and Alice encourages him. The evening builds toward a birthday celebration whose purpose the characters have kept from the one it is meant for.

With Eli Jenkins, Jenny Jenkins, Cliff, Alice, Ben, Patience.

Listen for: The whispered phone conversations and the mock military planning in the kitchen, followed by the surprise birthday party for Ben.

First aired in 1950.

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Alice, a schoolteacher, comes to Eli and Jenny Jenkins' parlor early one evening for their advice. She must decide whether to stay in the town or leave on the late train to join a man she feels obligated to because he paid her mother's hospital bills. Eli and Jenny gather with their friends for a singing rehearsal, where the townsfolk gossip about Alice, Cliff and Ben. Ben and Cliff both seem attentive to her, and the group practices songs for an upcoming sociable and a wedding. The episode is the first in the Down Our Way series.

With Alice, Eli Jenkins, Jenny Jenkins, Patience, Ben, Cliff.

Listen for: Alice's dilemma about the train and the money she owes, and the townsfolk's reactions during the singing rehearsal.

First aired in 1950.

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