Lum and Abner was an American radio comedy network program created by Chester Lauck and Norris Goff that was aired from 1931 to 1954. Modeled on life in the small town of Waters, Arkansas, near where Lauck and Goff grew up, the showed proved immensely popular. In 1936, Waters changed its name to Pine Ridge after the show's fictional town.[1]
Lum and Abner
Friday Night Sociable
Hunting the Lion
L&A Sell Oil Well to Mr Carter
Squire Skimp President of SW Oi
Squire Receives Visit from Sthrn Pipeline
Pine Ridge Oil Boom Over
Matrimonial Bureau Swamped w Mail
Operating the Pine Ridge Matrimonial Bureau
Reading Matrimonial Bureau Mail
Matrimonial Bureau tol Move into Store
Abner Rcvs Telegram from Hortense
Abner Goes to the Railroad Depot to Meet Hortense
Lizabeth Thinks Abner Having an Affair w Hortense
Abner in Bed w 2 Broken Arms
Financing the Re-opening of the Store
Horlick Agrees to Distribute the Flashlight
More Mail for Matrimonial Bureau
Election for Pres of Jot 'em Down Store
Lum Tell Listeners Abner's Arms Aren't Broke
Insurance Company Pays Abner $200
Lum Is Nervous
Lum Is Arrested & Thrown in Jail
Dick Huddleston Gets Lum out of Jail
Lum has Lead for Store Pres Huh
Abner Hires Cedric to Carry Campaign Poster
Restocking of Jot 'em Down Store Begins
Lum Wins Election by 17 Votes
Jot 'em Down Store Re-Opens to Public
Lum & Cedric Don't Like Abner as Boss
Abner Buys Ten Cases of Soap
Squire Pays Abner $10,000 for Rights to Soap
Abner Wants to Start Trading Merchandise
Lum & Abner Divide up the Store
Abner Operating Store on Swap Basis
Abner Swaps with Snake Hogan
Broken Down Circus Comes to Pine Ridge
Almost All of Abner's Merchandise is Gone
Abner Forecloses on Circus
Back in Partnership
Using Feed to Pay Admission to Circus
Lum & Abner Hire Squire Skimp
Squire Assembles Freak Sideshow
Circus Will Open Saturday
Lum Give up Trapeze Act
Lum Thinks All Circus Jobs Dangerous
Grand Opening of Circus Tomorrow
Lum & Abner Lose Money on Circus
Abner Buys a Cheap Pair of Glasses
Walt Bates Will Move Circus to Mena
Circus is Big Business in Mena
Storm Blows Circus Tent Down
Circus Moves to Belleville
Lum Borrows $20,000 from Union Bank
Dick Smashes Lum & Abner's Glasses
Lum Falls in Love with Zenora
Lum & Abner to Travel w Circus
Circus Appearing in Mnt. Ida
Squire is the Main Suspect
Lum Will Hide Money
Money Disappears Again
Newspaper Wants to Run Article on Rescue
First Day of School in Pine Ridge
Lum Gives Speech on Honesty at Schoolhouse
Abner Tries to Raise Lum's Bail Money
Story of Abner's Rescue Getting Bigger
Dick Huddleston Talks to Judge of Lum's Case
Discussing Detective Methods
Abner Helps Lum Pack for Trip to Tulsa
Evalena & Frank Foster to be Married
Lum Needs Engagement Ring for Evalena
Squire Buys Evalena's Engmnt Ring for Lum
Lum Rcvs Chain Letter from Denver
Lum Will Start his Own Chain Letter
Finding a Plac to Keep Hogs
Dick Tells Lum & Abner Chain Letters Illegal
Lum Wants to Start an Un-Chain Letter
Dick Says Hog Chain Letter Should Be OK
Squire to Take Hogs to Chicago
Lum Wants Statue Made in his Honor
Discussion of the Statue
Catalogue from Monument Company
Lum Orders Statue of himself
Squire Rtrns from Chicago w the Chq
Discussing Story of King Midas
Things Go Wrong at Unveiling Ceremony
Lum Missing - Ab & Grandpap Fear Worst
Lum Returns
How to Operate a Picture Show
Cotton Warehouse for Theatre
Lum & Abner Hire Grandpap
Trying to Name New Theater
New Picture Show Costing Alot of Money
Squire Wants to be 3rd Partner in New Theatre
Worring About Squire Starting Rival Theater
Squire's Plans Rival Theatre
Lum & Abner Lose to Squire
Dick to Help Lum & Abner
Advertising Free Matinee for Children
Squire Spreads Rumors About Matinee
Ladies Uplift League Will Boycott Show
Squire Is Breaking the Law
Lum Won't Arrest Squire
Grandpap & Dick Demand Squire's Arrest
Squire Is Upset Over Warrent
Squire Is Tried in Lum's Court
Theater Attracting Big Crowds
Writing Letter of Apology to Squire
Squire Goes to See a Lawyer
Lum & Abner Rcv Lawsuit Notice
Letter Will Become Incriminating Evidence
Abner & Grandpap Break into Squire's Hse
Abner Arrested for Breaking & Entering
Lum Explains Whole Case to Lawyer
Lum Abner & Squire off to Court
Lum Arrives w Important Evidence
Lum Decides to Become a Lawyer
Lawyer Lum Decides It's Time to Retire
Argument Over How to Run Picture Show
Abner Hires Cedric to be Clerk in Store
Abner Believes Lum Ripped him Off
Lum's Theater Burns Down
Lum Forgot to Buy Fire Insurance
Boss Abner Makes Clerk Eddards Life Miserable
Lum Goes into Business with Squire
Lum Has New Bus. Venture w Squire
Selling Shares in Arizona Silver Mine
Everyone Interested in High Society
Discussing Rules of Proper Etiquette
High Society-1st Families of Pine Ridge
They Cut Down the Old Pine Tree
Abner Hates Being in High Society
Plot to Buy the Jot 'em Down Store
Abner Sells Jot 'em Down Store to Snake Hogan
Abner Has Not Been Seen at All
Real Reason Abner Disappeared
Abner Becomes Biggest Society Man of All
Dick Huddleston Skeptical About Silver Mine
Who Are Dixie-Belle & Mary-Jane
Lum & Abner Tired of High Society
Snake Hogan Won't Sell the Jot 'em Down Store
Preparing to Build Rolling Grocery Store
Having Contest to Name New Grocery Store
Squire Wants a Third Interest in the Store
Inspecting the New Rolling Grocery Store
Abner Gets the Rolling Store out of the Blacksmith
Cedric Loads Merchandise into the Store
Squire Goes to Arizona to Sell Silver Mine
The Store's First Day on the Road
Dick is Losing Customers to Rolling Store
Naming o the Store Contest Ends
Stockholders in Silver Mine Upset w Squire
Lum Becomes Proud Owner of Silver Mine
Lum Decides to Buy a Trailer for an Office
Sell the Mine
A Lynch Mob for Abner
Abner Hides in Barn
Stockholders Want Their Money Back
Lum Wants to be a Hero
Kidnapping Abner
Abner's Kidnapping Has the Whole Town Upset
Towns people Will Set a Trap for Kidnappers
Lum Decides to Admit the Whole Thing
Squire Rtrns for Trial w New Business Venture
Operating the Mine on Royalty Basis
Lum Sells All of his Possessions
Lum & Abner Sell Their Circus
Lum & Abner Reconcile
Town of Waters Becomes Pine Ridge
Lum in England & Abner in Chicago
L&A Christmas Story
#240 Lum Escapes from Prison
Women's Assoc. Formed
Lucky Loaf of Bread
Installing Victory Boxes
Lum the Air Raid Warden
Mousey, Airplane Watcher
Strange Happenings At Night
Cedric's License Plates Stolen
Wyer Lum Decides It's Time To Retire
