
Widow Kate Bradley and her three daughters - Bobbie Jo, Billie Jo and Bettie Jo - run the Shady Rest Hotel, a small-town inn where city folks come to enjoy the quiet. Nothing much happens around Hooterville, so it's up to the girls to come up with their own schemes for fun.

Herby Bates, who is sweet on Billie Jo, won't be seeing much more of her, he has just been drafted.

Homer plans to keep the Cannonball from making its Christmas caroling tour.

Uncle Joe becomes the new town postmaster and moves the post office to the Shady Rest.

An old flame of Uncle Joe, the Widow Perkins, and he are corresponding to each other, even though she once left him standing at the alter.