 show. As Honest Harold, the homemaker. Well, let's look in on the little town of Melrose Springs, home of that popular radio entertainer, Honest Harold. Although new years is long since past, Harold has just made a resolution. He's through with women. You said it. Especially a certain woman, Laura Belle Brackenridge. That's the one all right. She's fickle. It's morning now and the new Honest Harold is just finishing breakfast. Oh Harold, I'm sure you'll make up with Flora Belle again. No I won't mother. Not after the way she stood me up in the moose room last Saturday night and went dancing off with that skinny Texan. Well I'm sure she didn't mean anything. My mother, we hadn't even finished our dinners. I had to eat both desserts and I hate peach cobbler. Oh that's too bad. Yes sir, Flora Belle just have to learn she can't toy with my affections. She thinks I'm gonna be at her beck and call. She's got another think coming. You're going to miss her Harold. Flora Belle is such an attractive girl. Well, in a way. She looks so lovely the last time you took her out in her off-the-shoulder taffeta. Yeah. And her beautiful blonde hair. And her big blue eyes. Please mother. Suppose she phones you son, what shall I tell her? Phones me? Well just tell her I'm not in. She thinks I'm gonna jump every time. Oops, there's a telephone. Excuse me mother. Didn't mean to knock the chair over. I'll get it. Boop boop. Boop my head. I'll be right back mother. Hello Flora Belle. Huh? Who's this? A survey? What's my favorite radio program? What do you think? Goodbye. Was that Flora Belle? No mother. Harold why don't you call her? No I won't. I'm just gonna let her suffer. Good morning Glory. Good morning Harold. Have you and Flora Belle made up yet? No we haven't. And please understand this I'm not the least bit interested in that young lady. It's all over. Say for me. Say what? That's French Gloria. Oh Harold, do you mean you're not the least bit interested in Flora Belle? That's right. Well what would you say if I told you that she's been phoning you every ten minutes? Maybe I'll drop by and see her. She's really been phoning me every ten minutes? No I just wanted to see what you'd say. That was a sneaky trick Gloria. Oh I'm sorry Harold. Oh well that's all right. Oh I forgot. Mr. Peabody wants to see you in his office. Oh one blow after another. Wonder what my dear boss wants. Je ne sais papa bon amie. What? That's French Harold. That's terrible Gloria. I'll see you later. Well I as well see what Peabody wants. Probably wants to share his yogurt cocktail with me. Enter. Enter. What a prissy pants. Do you want to see me Stanley? Just a moment hemp. Can't you see I'm drying my pen wiper? Oh pardon me. And will you please stop that hissing? You're scaring my tropical fish. I hate hemp. Hemp I received a letter this morning about you. Oh is that crank and Charlieville complaining about my singing upsetting his chickens again? No. This letter's from the Red Cross. Red Cross? Didn't they like my blood? I don't know hemp. They've asked me to put you in charge of the Red Cross fund drive in Melrose Springs. Me? Yes. They've heard your public interest projects on your radio program and they feel you're just the man for the job. And I must say I agree with them. Harold. You do? Well thank you Stanley. Fine fellow. And just to start your campaign off with a bang. Here's my check for fifty dollars. Well thanks very much for an admirable character. Glad to do it Harold. And good luck. I know you'll make a fine showing. Well I'll do my best. See you later Stanley. Stanley was certainly nice today. Gosh it'd be awful if I got to like him. Oh well. I can hate him again after the Red Cross drive. This Red Cross literature certainly opens your eyes. They sure do a lot of good things. Givade and all sorts of disasters. Financial assistance to servicemen and veterans. They train twenty million first-aiders. Harold. Yes mother. Lunch is almost ready. All right. Mother I'm just trying to think of some way to show the people what the Red Cross does. Let's see. Maybe I could organize a first aid class. I could be the instructor. You have. Hmm. Well I was pretty good at bandaging when I was a boy scout. Oh yes. I remember the time you bandaged the scout master to a tree. Yeah. Well I think I will get up a first aid class mother. We can have it tonight right here in the living room. All right. I've got this Red Cross booklet to help me. For start we'll pretend we all have sprained wrists. Then we can pair off and partners and bandage each other. I think I'll invite Mr. Walker for my partner. Mother. Are you still sweet on that laughing hyena. Oh Harold you don't really know him. He has a lot of hidden charm. It's hidden all right. Probably keeps it under that beard. All right. You can invite Mr. Walker mother. But remember this is a first aid class not a romance clinic. Oh yes. It's too bad. Flora Bell isn't coming tonight. Laura Bell. She might be very interested in first aid. Well I don't know. I was never going to see her again. Oh but this is different. As you say this is a first aid class not a romance clinic. Well it is right. Yes I ought to invite her. I shouldn't let my pride stand in the way of doing a good job. That's right. In fact I might drop over and ask her to date right now for the good of the campaign. Of course. Of course Harold. See you later mother. Flora Bell is in. You'll have to understand that this is strictly a business call. She's home. Steady Harold. What a delightful surprise. Come on. Ms. Breckenridge. But I have to say it can be said right here. All right. But if you insist I'll come in. You haven't been over to see me for a long time to zero. I want you to understand that this is not a social call. Oh strictly business. I've just been appointed director of the Red Cross Drive in Melrose Springs. Yes. I heard about that Harold. And I think it's just wonderful. Thank you. And I'm conducting a first aid class at my house tonight and I just thought maybe you'd like to attend. I'd love to come over to your house tonight. To see role. This doesn't mean that I'm making up with you Flora Bell. Ms. Breckenridge it's just that I considered my public duty to invite you. See at the first aid class my house eight o'clock bring your own McCurichrome. I've never been to a first aid class before. What are we supposed to do. Do. Well we choose partners and then bandage each other. Sounds like a lot of fun. Well better be going Harold. Couldn't you and I have a little practice in first aid before. Just pretend you're the patient and I'm the nurse and I'm going to take your pulse pulse. Well now come close to me. All right. Now let me hold your hand. I'm going to wait like the Chattanooga Choo Choo. Clear the track. I bet if I would kiss you it would even go faster than I had. Yeah. Well maybe we'll try it tonight. See you tonight Harold. Yeah. Well yes I better be going. Oh Harold I forgot something. What's that Flora Bell. Here's my check for the Red Cross. Thanks. And here's something for you. That's your receipt. Hey I like this Red Cross work. Yeah. A lot of fun tonight with Flora Bell there. Say maybe I can put a band aid around her finger. Now better not. She'll think we're engaged. Hello Doc. Howdy boy. How are you Pete. Congratulations on your Red Cross job. Thanks. By the way you're both invited to my house tonight. We're going to have a Red Cross first aid class. Oh well I'll be there boy. Since I'm a veterinarian Harold I suppose you want me to be the instructor. Well thanks Doc but I'm going to be the teacher. All right Harold. No Doc you can be my assistant. Oh good. I'll bring my destempers here. You better do that. What are we going to do with the class Harold. Well I thought we'd pair off in twos and practice bandage in things like that. Who you going to pair off with boy. I'll probably have Flora Bell for my partner. Hope I get pretty partner. Oh you will Doc. You got Pete. Oh now Doc you can just close your eyes and imagine that I'm Yvonne the carload. You have a cold Yvonne. Nope there's not a cough in a carload. You're a couple of doosies. See you tonight Yvonne. My mother got everything all laid out for our first aid class tonight. How does it look. Just fine son. And you look very professional in that white coat. Thanks bar this from the barber shop. I guess I better take these clippers out of the pocket. And you've got everything laid out so neatly on the table. I think we've got everything we need here bandages splints adhesive tape marmalade marmalade. How did that get in there. Oh I wasn't wearing my glasses Harold. I thought it was Vaseline. Oh Harold. Will you let me know when Mr. Walker gets here. I'm going to my room and print up a little. All right mother. What does mother see in that old. Bet that's Flora Bell. Come in party. Walker's walked in. God there he is. Hello Sonny. You look pretty spiffy in that white coat. Oh thank you. Didn't know you were running the barbershop on the side. What. Am I next. Now look here Walker. Just give me an egg shampoo Sonny. A little bacon on the side. Mr. Walker. No Mr. Walker. Would you like to see the ask and I'm making. Oh I'd be delighted ma'am. Stop your strap Sonny. I'll be back for a shave later. Hyena is going to give me trouble tonight. I'd like. Hey. Got a wonderful idea. I'll use him for my bandage demonstration. Put so many bandages on him you look like a mummy. That quiet. Hello Doc. Evening boy. Hello Flora Bell. You look dignified in that white coat. Just like a doctor in those cigarette ads always testing T zones and things. The class will now come to order. Mother. Mr. Walker. Coming Sonny. You start without me son. I'll make some hot cocoa for the into me. Quiet folks quiet your attention please. First I'm going to demonstrate the various types of bandaging. I like someone to be my patient anybody at all. How about you Mr. Walker. Me. You bet you. I'm your boy Sonny. I get him. First I will demonstrate folks how to apply a leg splint. We put the splints on the leg like this. Yes. Just a minute Junior. What. You're doing that all wrong. How do you know. How do I know. I was a farmer's mate in the Spanish American war. That's how I know. Let me show you how it's done. Lie down. Lie down Sonny. Okay. That's it. That's it. Now students here's the way the splint should be applied. I'll slap one on this side and slap the other one here. Watch where you're slapping Walker. And you take the bandaging and you wrap it around. That's where you apply a leg splint Sonny. Well that's fine. That's fine. Now would you please take this thing off my leg Walker. Hey as long as you're down there might as well bandage the other one. And the bandage goes around. All right Mr. Walker. Now you can take off the bandages. I can't move. Good. Now for your arm. What. Might as well bandage your head too. That's the weak part. From head to foot. He sure is. I declare boy you look just like that King Tut. Peekaboo hair. Are you in there? Naturally I'm in here. I can't get up when somebody get me out. Hot chocolate's ready. Oh intermission let's see. What. Take my arm Miss Flora Belle. Oh no Belle. Oh now don't you worry I'll be back after a while. Don't go away Sonny. Return for the second act of our story Honest Harold in just a moment. Two headline attractions are coming your way on CBS later this evening. Judy Garland will make one of her joyful guest appearances on the Bing Crosby show. Then CBS will bring you the world's heavyweight championship fight between defender Ezard Charles and challenger Jersey Joe Walcott. Judy Garland and Bing the Ezard Charles Joe Walcott bout. CBS cordially invite you to hear them both on most of these same stations later this evening. And now back to Harold Perry as honest Harold the homemaker. Well Harold's first aid class didn't work out so well last night but this morning he's back on the job as director of the Red Cross fund drive. Right now we find him at the radio station just finishing his daily homemakers broadcast. A woman likes to be told that she never will grow. And the more and more you tell her more and more you will discover. A woman likes to be told. And so tomorrow morning at the same time girls this is honest Harold signing off. And remember if we all do our part we can put this Red Cross drive over the top in Melrose Springs so long until tomorrow. So long boys. Doc what are you doing down here you old mule medical. Well I got something to discuss with you. I wanted to talk to you last night at the first aid class but you was all tied up. Please doc cut out the comedy and I use the word loosely. Well I got a great idea to help you Red Cross drive. What's that. Well it's Red Cross director why don't you organize a flood emergency plan. Flood emergency what for. Well to be prepared in case boomer dam breaks. Doc you know that boomer dam breaks every year. Nothing ever happens except a few chicken coops get carried away. It's not serious. Would be if you were a chicken. We could act like there's a flood you see. We could organize a Red Cross disaster team show the people how it works. That might not be a bad idea. Thank you. Well we could hold a demonstration right on Main Street pretend it's flooded then we'd come rushing to the rescue in a boat. I bet everybody in town and turn out to watch that. That sounds wonderful. Let's have the demonstration tonight. We can use that robot that's down to my cellar. I'll be the captain naturally since it's my boat and you and Pete can be the crew. All right. Say we can get the Elks band to play over the waves. Yeah. And we can put a few mackerel in the boat. Mackerel. That'd give it a sort of a sea air. Certainly would. Well here your orders mate Yancy report to my cellar for lifeboat drill at three bells. Aye aye captain. Neither wind or sleep nor stormy seas will stop us. We sail tonight. Aye aye sir. Sailing sailing over the bounding Main Street. It's getting late. I'll go over the plans once more. All right. Are you listening Pete? Oh I'm all ears boy. You sure are. Now look my cellar here is emergency station number one. Station number one. Let me write that down. Never mind Pete. And remember six o'clock is zero hour. That's when we simulate that boomer dam breaks. Now we go into action when we hear the signal. The signal is a six o'clock whistle at the mattress factory. And that's when we man our stations and rush over to Main Street with the robo. That's right doc. And we're supposed to make it down there in three minutes. Let's have a little rehearsal. Pete you're the lookout. Now when the whistle blows you run in and give us the go sign. Here we go. Toot toot. Toot to you too boy. Oh man the station's been emergency. Well okay now remember that. Now that's when we pick up the boat and rush out of the cellar with. Let me write that down. Never mind. Pete will you go up to your post. Yeah okay captain. That's almost time. Let's synchronize our watches doc. See I got five minutes to six. What time do you have. One of us is wrong. I got a quarter to twelve. Why don't you wind that turnip sometime. I better make sure that Pete's up there outside the door listening for the signal. Are you up there. All right. I hope this demonstration goes all right. Now don't you worry hard with me to help you can't go wrong. Hello floor. Good evening Miss Floorbell. I'm so excited you should see the big cry downtown waiting for my big hero. Guess anybody could do it maybe. Oh captain him yeah later on tonight why don't you sail over to my house we'll take a little pleasure cruise in your salute. Okay I'll salute over about nine o'clock. Goodbye. Two one two minutes to go here. What. Oh yes. Let's make a last minute check of the boat. See if we got everything. Let's see. First aid book bandages marmalade marmalade. I got to get mother some new buy vocals. You God's old man Walker. What you doing down there in your cellar. I'm a mushroom. Like a Brussels. Very funny. There's a whistle. Yeah Pete that's a signal. Man the emergency crew. Grab a hold of the boat. Hi sir. Me me sir. Come on. Lift her. Get out of the way up there Walker. All right. Now up the steps. Oh here we go. Why we'll be downtown before you say. What's the matter fellas. What. He won't go through the door boy. You get the boat out of the cellar the last time. I didn't grandpa built it down here. Looks like you missed the boat sonny. Thank you anyway for all your help Doc. Oh that's all right. Well we finally got the boat out in the screen anyway. Yeah. It's too bad we had to take some of the bricks out of the wall. Well it doesn't matter. We always wanted an air conditioned cellar anyway. We're over an hour late. You still want to take the boat downtown. No they only laugh at us Doc. Oh man Walker is probably down there right now telling everybody what happened. See the way he lit out of here. I've just let the red cross down down. Oh no hard. You did your best. What do you want Pete. Man the station for any emergency. Pete we're all through simulating. I ain't stimulating boy. Look at that water coming down the street. Water. He's right hard. Gosh did boomer dam really break. No but that big fire hydrant over on second and main did. And they need you down there with your boat right away. Why that's wonderful. What happened Pete. Oh man Walker was so anxious to get down tell everybody about your trouble with the boat that he run into the hydrant and broke it off. He's in four foot of water and hollering for you to bring the boat and rescue him. Well he is busy. Look at the robot float. Well get in crew. Man yours man. This is going to be a real demonstration. Red cross team to the rescue. Hey Mr. Walker probably need a little first aid fellas. Wait till I get through bandaging him. Maybe I can just rub on a little this marmalade. Well folks we had a lot of fun with our simulated flood in Melrose Springs tonight. Didn't get a chance to rub on the marmalade. No but as you all know many serious floods and other disasters occur in our country every year. And your Red Cross has done a wonderful job in helping disaster victims with both emergency aid and long term assistance and rebuilding shattered lives and homes. By last year alone the Red Cross spent over five million dollars in conducting three hundred and ninety four disaster relief operations. Remember this is just one of the many Red Cross services. Others include assistance to service men and veterans the national blood program the organization of civil defense a national safety program which last year gave emergency care the thousands of American citizens reducing injuries and saving lives. Folks you need the Red Cross and the Red Cross needs your help. So won't you open your heart and give and please give generously. You have just heard the Harold Perry show Honest Harold supporting players tonight included Jane Morgan Harley Bayer Cliff Arquette Shirley Mitchell Olin Soule and featured Gloria Holiday as Gloria and Joseph Kearns as old Doc Yak Yak Norman McDonald directed and the music was composed and conducted by Jack Meakin. Yasha Meakin. Honest Harold created by Harold Perry was written by Jean Stone Jack Robinson and Dick Powell. I typed it through the years. The Red Cross has helped the victims of disaster brought comfort to service men in camps and hospitals into their families. Today with the country rising to meet the challenge of aggression the Red Cross has been asked by the government to undertake tremendous tasks. By giving generously to the Red Cross you will help mobilize for the defense of your families your community and the nation. Give as much as you can today. Now stay tuned for the Bing Crosby show which follows immediately on most of these same CBS stations. Bob LeMond speaking. Good night everybody. Good night Bob. Good night Harold. This is CBS where you're thrilled to spend some Thursday night the Columbia Broadcasting System.