
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.

Kate is surprised at her old school teacher's new personality.

Facing resistance to the idea of her as a doctor, Janet Craig decides to impress the folks of Hooterville another way.

In an attempt to get rid of the new lady doctor, Uncle Joe fakes an illness that becomes real.

General store clerk Herbie Bates, is name assistant general manager of the Shady Rest by Kate, making Uncle Joe feel like he is being replaced.