Directed by: Lee Philips
Starring: Ralph Waite,Jon Walmsley,Judy Norton
Erin Walton is considering marrying her boyfriend Paul, but her old boyfriend Ashley, who left for the war and married someone else, has become a widower and wants Erin back, but Paul will not give her up so easily. Mary Ellen's boyfriend Jonesy, a veterinarian, is trying to establish a practice but not everybody has confidence in him. Ben, who has been minding the lumber business while their father is with their ailing mother in Arizona, is having some problems and everybody's worried that he's digging himself too deep of a hole.