Robert Hyatt

Wally gets his father's permission to buy a car but not the one he wants.

Bud is extremely excited for the new school year to start. He is, however, shocked to find a very popular teacher has not returned but has been replaced by a Mr. Beckman. The rest of the class wants to make trouble for Beckman, but Bud stands up and shows he is willing to accept the new man and help him win the confidence of the rest of the class.

Bud is thinking of joining the army after he is out of school in two years. Margaret starts treating him with exceptional kindness because she will lose her son.

Stu Trumbull is idolized by his 11-year-old younger brother Larry. So when Stu robs and kills a man, Larry keeps Roy and Dale from catching him.

After losing one of her children in an accident, a woman is bitter with the wagon train and plans to turn back east, while her husband wishes to continue west.