 Harry Scholl. As Honest Harold, the homemaker. Let's look in on that little town of Melrose Springs, home of that popular radio entertainer, Honest Harold, the homemaker. It's early morning now, and we find our hero just about to leave home for his day's labors. And just bursting with energy and puffed rice. Well, mother, I'm off to work. Now you're going early this morning, Harold. Yeah, I want to get a flying start. I'm going to do a lot of thinking today. You are. You bet. Mother, I've made up my mind I'm going to win this year's Civic Achievement Award. Achievement Award. It's given to the person who thinks of the best idea for improving Melrose Springs. The winner gets a statuette, just like that Hollywood Oscar mother. Only we call ours an Oswald. Oh. It was named after our first mayor, Oswald Boomer. Oh, yes. Well, I'm sure you'll think of something, son. You bet I will. Of course, my boss, Stanley Peabody, thinks he's going to win it. I've just got to beat old prissy pants. No, Harold. When are they going to make the award? Oh, tomorrow night, I think. Lieutenant Governor's coming down to present it. They're going to have a swanky banquet at the Antler Hotel. Very classy. You get a demi-tassie. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, Harold. I'd be so proud if you brought home the Oswald. We could put it on the mantle, right between grandpa and the stuffed owl. Just think, mother, an Oswald on our mantle. I'll feel just like Betty Davis. Peter, Peter, Peter. Give me the letter, Peter. What's that, son? Or Mr. Christian, there's another mutiny on the bounty. I'll have you hanging from the highest yard arm in His Majesty's Navy. Oh, I just love James Cagney. Oh, I'd love to be an actor. Farewell, mother. I go to smell the calla-lillies. Farewell. Sometimes I wonder about Harold. Honest boy, though. Oh, 36 Essex is really perking along this morning. Sure lucky I bought it when I did. You can't get him anymore. Yes, sir. You're going to have those new cars. Just give me a beef car. What's the matter now? I wonder if that rubber band slipped off the carburetor again. Oh, Nessie. Sounds like it got influenza of the fan belt. You've done it. Just want to get to work early, too. That's old docky-acky-ack and his horse and buggy. Oh, children, remember, Oh, your old horse doctor? Having car trouble, Harold? No, doc. Just parked here to watch a Rose Bowl parade. Oh, really? I didn't know it came up this street. Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha. Have you lived here? No, thanks, doc. Doc, tell me, why do you go to town every morning? You closed your veterinarian office years ago. Oh, I know, Harold. It's just that Silvermoon enjoys the trips a much. I've got the heart teller. I've retired. Oh, don't you tell her? Oh, I won't say a word. Thank you What's that Silvermoon oh All right, dear She's impatient to get started Harold. She likes to go down to the depot and see the nine o'clock express come in She loves to wave at the engineer. Oh my goodness. Well goodbye Harold. Get up Silvermoon So how's your knee action? Look at those knees. Haven't seen knobs like that since I worked at the doorknob factory Come on, Essy. Where's your pride? Are you gonna let a horse get the best of you? I knew that would get her Good old Essy plowing through the snow just like a snow plow Oop, what's that contraption blocking the street up there? Oh Oh my goodness, it's old man Walker driving his practice through the town again He's certainly got a nerve driving right in the middle of the street five miles an hour I bet a good mind to ram him right in his old spreader Hey, mr. Walker out of my way, I'm in a hurry I Said would you please move over I said would you please kindly he gots now he stopped I can't get around them want to get out and give him a piece of my mind Look at that sign. He's got on the back. Keep your distance. This tractor is jet propelled Mr. Walker hi, honey You know that you're a menace to traffic driving that tractor down the street. No, well, I guess I was speeding a little speed You're blocking traffic with that hot rod harvester. Oh, and certainly now Why don't you drive your automobile to town? Well, this beats an automobile any day never have any blowouts and I can shock a little corn as I go Walker, why don't you give up that tractor everybody else drives an automobile like mine back there like yours? I'll stick to my tractor Where'd you get that heap army surplus Hey, look mr. Walker. I've got to get to work. I'm in a bit of a hurry. What do you stand here talking to me for? It's kind of silly Will you please get moving and speed it up a little bit, okay? I'll river up to six miles an hour Well, I put on my Barney O'field cap and my goggles. He's got him Have I got a clear track ahead? Yes, okay? Stand back. I'm off. You sure are Darn the torpedoes full speed ahead Hello Pete. Hey, you're just a man. I want to see you're supposed to be the town Marshall. That's right, boy Then why don't you enforce the regulations? Walker's tractor goes so slow it holds up traffic Now there must be some kind of a law against it and I just relax boy I got the municipal codebook right here in my pocket. Good Let me see here pages are falling out. It covers a little crack. So's the police force Very good Here we are Melrose Springs traffic regulations when two vehicles meet at intersection The covered wagon has the right of way Would you mind turning to the up-to-date section? Okay? Here it is Traffic regulations revise good. What does it say? Stanley steamers will reframe from blowing steam while passing the city hall what the steam keeps taking the press out of the mayor's pants ain't that it Pete only kidding boy Isn't there anything in there about tractors? Nope Don't see anything in here about slow-moving vehicles. The slowest moving vehicle. I know is a peat a peat But you had to put them out. Oh, was that the model with no headlight? No, that was the model with no head. Take a bow. Goodbye Good morning station case jp. I'll connect you. Good morning. Glory. Oh, good morning Harold. You're late Thank you for telling me. You're welcome. You know, I was late this morning too. I overslept. Oh, didn't your alarm go off? Yes, it went off while I was asleep I've got news for you. You're still asleep. Oh, well, you know the old saying early to bed early to rise But I'd rather stay up and go out with guys Please now I've got a good excuse for being late. I got stuck behind old man walker and this tractor Oh, there ought to be a law against See that's right. There ought to be a law What? Sure barring all slow-moving vehicles from the streets of melrose springs speed up traffic That would be a real civic improvement. Glory. I bet that idea will win me the oswald But mr. Peabody thinks he's going to win it just because he's mayor. Yeah, we'll see about that I think I'll go in and tell mayor Peabody about my idea right now Oh, I hope you win the award. I will and just think gloria I'll have that oswald of my mantle just like all those hollywood stars. Listen to this gloria Mr. christian if there's another mutiny on the bounty I'll have you hang from the highest yard arm in his majesty's navy. Oh, that was wonderful. Yeah, thanks nicky rooney Well, I deserve it I won't tell stanley. This is my idea first though. He just turned it down. I'll be clever about this Hope pickle faces in Come in. Yeah, he is Oh, it's you. Yes, sir stanley silence Can't you see i'm blowing up my seat cushion. Oh, he's knew he was a big wind There yeah stanley the left side sagging a little Be brief hemp, but you're sagging too. So it's all right I'm working on my acceptance speech for the banquet tomorrow night. Uh, I'll win the oswald, of course Yeah, that's what he thinks Mr. Mayor, you know what a nuisance old man walker is that tractor of his blocking traffic all the time Yes, I know hemp. Well a very smart fellow. I know had an idea He thinks you ought to pass a law barring all vehicles. It can't go 15 miles an hour hemp. That's an excellent idea. Yeah, I got him Uh Will it take long for you to pass the law mr. Mayor? Of course not as mayor I move the law be passed. I second the motion all those in favor say I I the law's passed Well, that's one way to beat a filibuster Now hemp who was the intelligent man who thought of that law me? Yeah, yeah. What you passed it stanley. I stepped on a crack. You can't take it back All right, and that's a civic improvement. I'll bet I win that oswald tomorrow night Hemp that was pretty underhanded. You ought to be shot for that. Yeah, I better get out of here before he makes that a law Well, I sure put one over in stanley this morning. I guess I'll go home and tell mother to dust off the mantle for ozzy Oh, there's doc in his horse. Hello doc. I'll race you in silver moon home Oh, hello mr. Hemp Doc, what's the matter? Nothing except I can't drive silver moon downtown anymore. Oh, why not? It's a new law bar and slow moving vehicles at a certain fathead sort of That's me. But doc can't silver moon go 15 miles an hour No, she got up to nine and a half once with a strong tail wind Oh Gee doc, I didn't her pride is hurt. Why they got her classified as a tractor I know just how you feel dear But doc silver moon, I didn't know this would happen honest silver moon. We're still friends, aren't we? And that goes for me too, hair Any man who let his friends down just to win an oz wall with fellas, I didn't know it would turn out this way Never again will silver moon prance down main street Stop at the butcher shop and nibble on mr. Keeler's ham hocks Doc, I didn't mean just look at that poor horse Tears running down her cheeks the harder shoes are resting See you later doc. I can't stand to see a horse cry We will return for the second act of our story honest herald in just a moment On cbs this evening bing crossby will play host to tony arden and the firehouse five plus two bob hope will drop in and tune up with bing for it happened in monterey The bing crossby show will come your way just a little later on most of these same cbs stations And now back to herald perry as honest herald the homemaker Well yesterday morning honest herald made his bid to win the oz walled for the best contribution to the civic improvement of melrose springs He got mayor stanley peabody to pass a law But honest herald didn't realize that his law would ground doc's horse silver moon I certainly didn't doc will never forgive me Neither will silver moon And that friendship means more to me than an oz walled any old day I'm going right down against stanley to repeal that law. Don't worry silver moon. I won't let you down Now hemp yesterday you wanted me to pass this law now this morning. You want me to repeal it Why don't you make up your mind? Well, you see stanley, um, mr. Mayor I didn't know would keep doc's poor old horse off the street. You see she slowed down a little Well, you know what they say hemp you can't put new spark in an old plug Well, that's very clever Oh brother So you're gonna repeal the law your honor. No, I'm not. Oh, but stanley won't be any trouble All you have to do is bang your gavel again Even though you thought of it hemp that happens to be a good law and it stays on the books You know stanley this law might win me the oz walled at the banquet tonight Oh, I doubt it hemp. Do you think they'd give the award to an income poop? I don't know stanley We'll see if you can get it It'd be awfully hard to face doc and silver moon Hope you'll speak to me Doc old pal I just tried to get stanley to change that speed law, but he wouldn't do it Oh I'm really sorry about all this. You know, I wouldn't hurt you and silver moon for all the world Oh sure herald. I know you didn't mean to do it Hmm How is silver moon? She's out in the barn taking a nap. She didn't sleep a wink last night Now I was up with her all night holding her hoof She barred from the streets like a common tractor Think she was once a racehorse Yeah Silver moon was a racehorse. Oh, yes until she had to give it up. Well, I didn't know that why her mother was that famous racehorse melbotos And her father was graham cracker Both related to sea biscuit Say doc, maybe we could put silver moon in training again What we ought to be able to get her to speed up to 15 miles an hour an old cracker I mean an old racehorse like her I don't know her It's worth a try doc We can give her a workout right now in the backyard. We'll make her think she's a racehorse again You be the timer and I'll be the jockey. Well, she's never carried that much weight But it might work her. Oh, you bet it will come on doc. It's time for the big race Here comes silver moon Yeah, I I got the saddle on her Harold. Now. Are you already you bet this race will be once around the barn. All right Just look at silver moon wearing her racing colors again turquoise and shocking pink Yeah, you're pretty excited, aren't you girl? Oh She's got her confidence back already. What yeah, she just told me to bet two dollars on her To show Oh my goodness. Come on doc. Let's get started. All right, Harold. You're the jockey now you go on get on her. Okay Brother look at that sway back This looks like a Hudson when you get on you step down I Only kidding silver moon. Well, here goes Hold still there. Oops my feet are dragging Now you time us, huh doc. Yeah, okay. All right. Are you ready with the starting bell? Yeah. Yeah, I got the alarm clock all set here Now wait a minute. Hold on That's time Harold. Good bring the bell doc. Okay. The horse is at the post She's off For heaven's sake silver moon get a move on silver moon is approaching the first turn Certainly taking a time about it. Come on silver moon Silver moon. What are you stopping for? Doc, what's the matter with this horse? She's running the wrong way. Well, she always did that, Harold That's why she had to give up racing. Oh Turn back on let's turn around and go home before somebody seizes Oop, she stopped right in front of the police station. Come on. So Oh Stanley Well, hemp. I caught you didn't I? You realize that horse is breaking the law your law, but stanley as mayor I have my duty to perform. I'm going to have to put that horse in jail. Oh, no. Oh, pete come out here Stanley please. Well, hello Harold How's the weather down there? Pete I want you to put this horse in jail How's that again? She's broken the new traffic law arrest her pete. Oh chamere. I couldn't do that My goodness silver moon's a friend of mine. Yeah, that's right. Don't do it pete. Pete. You're the marshal do your duty Yes, sir Come on silver moon Don't worry silver moon. I'll get you out of jail. Look in your bail of hay tonight. There'll be a solid it Pete this is ridiculous You can't do this a horse in a police station. I'm sorry harold. It's the law. I got a booker Have a chair silver moon Good to see besides harold is nice and warm in here. Look how it's snowing outside Why she'd catch her death of cold out there. Wouldn't just silver moon Whatever you're gonna do, will you please get a move on? Not just a minute boy. I got to fill out a form Yeah, now let's see here Name of prisoner. You know her name. Pete silver moon silver moon Let me write that down. Oh for heaven's sake age of prisoner sweet 16 and never been kissed never been kissed Let me write that down. Pete sex of prisoner Let me show you write that down You aren't the most exasperated. I want to talk to you. Well, I don't want to talk to you stanley Well, perhaps I was a bit hasty having the horse arrested But we all make mistakes harold Harold the fact of the matter is harold. We're having a blizzard outside. There are piles of snow all over the street Why don't you go stick your head in one? No, you don't understand lieutenant governor is coming to give the oswald award at the banquet tonight If this snow keeps up the streets will be blocked and he won't be able to get through Well, that's too bad stanley. I just thought if silver moon would pull the snow plow She's our only chance So you want silver moon to plow up the snow for you, huh? Well, she refuses. Don't you silver moon Well She's going to if I have to take her out there myself What not not not hold on there mare My goodness that would be helping a prisoner to escape and that's pretty serious I might even have to shoot you Good old pete. Well hemp looks like you've got me in the corner What are your terms? Well, now let me think Well stanley you can have silver moon if you repeal that stupid law you passed All right It's repealed a good thing. He brought his gavel And another thing stanley silver moon has to be the guest of honor at the banquet tonight. What? Now look here. It's snowing awfully hard out there stanley All right, she can come to the banquet tonight. Come on silver moon Well stanley look at that silver moon likes you. Oh, she does. Yeah, she says you have a face just like her father's Just wonderful herald I'll tell you the truth. I don't know how to thank you for all that you've done for me in silver moon. That's all right doc Oh, look out stanley is gonna make a speech Ladies and gentlemen As mayor, I am proud to introduce our distinguished guest of the evening. Oh, Chrissy pants He is the man who will present the oswald for outstanding civic achievement in melrose springs The lieutenant governor of our fair state charles b. Crane Thank you Him what is it stanley silver moon is eating my dinner. That's what you get for putting the ala cart before the horse On arriving in melrose springs this blustery evening I was told the story of how the streets of your city Who were kept open by the prompt and decisive action of your wonderful mayor Stanley Peabody And believe me this was a real civic achievement Now you hear that hemp. He's getting ready to give me the oswald well whoopee for you And so I thought Mayor Peabody Certainly deserved the award Yes, I suppose I do deserve it. Yes, I suppose I do deserve it Then I thought of the one who was really responsible for accomplishing this task What I came to the decision that the oswald for civic achievement Should go to your friend and to my friend Silver moon. Oh dear Silver moon why you won the oswald congratulations doc Okay, how about a speech silver moon And a girl silver moon now you're talking real horse sense Harold here's a telegram that just came for you. Oh telegram. Wait, let me see that here. I'll read it to you I can read but you go ahead. That's what it says here It says it says dear mr. Perry. You can read With great anticipation We invite you to be our special guest and master of ceremonies at the annual march of dime's benefit fashion show To be held this coming saturday in salt lake city this coming saturday Well, that's february the third isn't it in as much as you have many many friends in this area Who will be delighted to see you in person? Your visit will help greatly in our fight against polio PS bring honest herald with you. He's a great guy. Let me see can I do that? Oh, yeah, I guess I'll have to And it's signed by alvin g pack campaign chairman salt lake county march of dimes Well, I'll be happy to be there bob See you later folks. It's a really a great cause so long You have just heard the herald perry show honest herald the supporting players tonight included jane morgan parley bayer Cliff or ket david light olyn selay and jack moiles and featured gloria holiday as gloria and joseph cernes as old Doc yak yak norman mcdonnell directed and the music was composed and conducted by jack meakin Honest herald created by herald perry was written by gene stone jack robinson and dick powell who? Oh, yeah Debra car and paul douglas come to cbs tomorrow evening to star in the hallmark playhouse and suspense Respectively in the playhouse miss car will be heard in a new adaptation of james hilton's celebrated novel Goodbye, mr. Chips On suspense paul douglas will star as a postmaster who receives a tip that a time bomb filled with high explosive Has been sent through the males cbs cordially invite you to hear paul douglas on suspense And debora car on the playhouse on most of these same stations tomorrow evening Stay tuned now for the bing crossby show which follows immediately on most of these same cbs station. Good night Bob laman speaking. This is cbs where edward r. Murrow and hear it now come to you on friday evening the columbia broadcasting system