CHRISTMAS TIME WITH DONNIE, LUM AND ABNER

When Donnie Pitchford of Carthage was in college, the campus radio station played old time radio programs. Donnie became a big fan of Lum and Abner, a radio show that was on the air from 1931 to 1954. The program began with the ringing of an old timey telephone. Lum picks up the phone and says, “Jot ‘em Down Store. This is Lum and Abner.” It dealt with life in the small town of Waters, Arkansas…