
The antics of a widow, her three daughters and the staff of their inn, The Shady Rest Hotel, in the quiet town of Hooterville.

An old friend of Kate tells the girls to dig up some eligible prospects, in order to get Kate married again.

Uncle Joe wants to cash in on the recent Beatlemania fever, by making up a girl group named The Ladybugs, starring his nieces and Sheriff Ragsdale's daughter.

Homer Bedloe returns to Hooterville with his son Homer Jr., who is a carbon copy of his dad.

A former resident of Hooterville, Mary Jane Hastings, has returned home as a business executive, impressing everyone with her administrative abilities, and her handling of men.