 When neighbor Curtis meets a woman in Richmond named Ann, he is smitten, and asks John-Boy to help him write letters to her. The letters convince Ann to move from New York to Walton s Mountain, to marry Curtis. Meanwhile, Olivia is particularly exasperated by her mounting duties and sees a second hand bicycle as a ticket out of the home a few times a week for choir practice. When Ann meets Curtis she discovers he is not as articulate as "his" letters, and has second thoughts about marrying him. And when Olivia gets a taste of the gossipy nature of her choir meetings, she has second thoughts about the worth of her homely tasks.