John does a good deed ... and lands in jail.
Crossing guard John has a fight with the traffic manager.
Denied a scholarship, Dave Hilliard may have to leave college.
John Beamer selects a beau for his granddaughter.
Laurie ponders her future.
Angry about a new highway's location, John runs for the city council.
John Beamer takes a juvenile delinquent under his wing.
John Beamer is disappointed when a younger man is appointed chairman of the city's centennial celebration.
John becomes a Romeo to his disagreeable neighbor, Mrs. Creavy, all because he tried to play Cupid for his granddaughter. James Drury appears as the nephew of John's archenemy Mrs. Creavy.
After lecturing about good citizenship, John gets a parking ticket.
Influenced by her sophisticated aunt, Laurie begins putting on airs.
The "New Boy in Town' scoffs his schoolmates' theatrical efforts.
John Beamer sticks his neck out and almost gets it chopped off. He's elected to get a guest speaker for his club banquet and he picks a young college instructor who doubles as a gas station attendant. Nobody is happy with the choice—until the actual speech, of course.
Midge is terrified of losing an essay contest.
Beamer travels to New York hoping to persuade factory owners not to close their plant in his home town.