Throckmorton Gildersleeve's cousin Octavia pays a visit and although she doesn't stay long she leaves her little girl, Barbara Anne to stay with Gildy, Marjorie and Leroy. However, Barbara Anne is a very naughty little girl and Gildy and his family can't wait to get rid of her!

The program is interrupted in several paces with special bulletins regarding the state of affairs following the bombing by Japan on Pearl Harbor on Sunday December 7th, 1941.