Malcolm realizes the entire neighborhood has been throwing a block party when the family leaves town for an annual vacation; Hal and Lois participate in a kielbasa-eating contest; neighborhood kids pay money for a chance at beating up Reese; and Otto acquires a device for "extracting seed" from a bull.
John-Boy leaves home to get a job to help pay legal fees when the Waltons are in danger of losing the mountain because their forebears never filed a deed.
Andy Griffith plays a charity worker that befriends Lucy. Kim decides to check out Andy by playing a member of the wayward youth that Andy is trying to help. Lots of gospel like singing in this enjoyable story.
With Flo's (POLLY HOLLIDAY) unintentional help, Farley (JIM B. BAKER) is elected Zoning Commissioner and, much to his disappointment, it is not all it is cracked up to be.
