
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.

A brochure for the Shady Rest Hotel of the future is prematurely distributed.

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 a justice of the peace with hopes of attracting honeymooners.