My Little Margie #15

When Margie's father needs to find out whether the Governor plans to run for reelection, she arranges for him to reconnect with an old schoolmate—Mrs. Odetts—at the Governor's Ball, hoping their shared history will loosen his tongue. As Mrs. Odetts regales the Governor with embarrassing memories from their grammar school days, chaos and comedy ensue on the dance floor, and the answer everyone's been waiting for emerges in the most unexpected way.

Margie Albright gets a wake-up call from her father Vern on Friday the 13th, and she spends the day going to great lengths to avoid bad luck—only to discover at evening's end that she's made a dating mix-up that lands *him* in the middle of a street brawl. A classic case of superstition backfiring in the most humorous way possible.

When Margie finds her father Vern's business estimate on his desk, she decides to "help" by revising the figures to secure a lucrative contract—with a new coat as her reward. Her well-intentioned meddling sets off a chain of mishaps that threatens to cost Vern his job, but a twist of fate and Margie's quick thinking may just turn the whole mess into an unexpected win.

Margie helps out at a charity bazaar for Mrs. Swank, but when an oversized oyster order threatens to spoil the event, she comes up with a clever scheme: plant pearl necklaces inside the oysters to make guests actually want to eat them. When Mrs. Swank's real pearl necklace breaks and its pearls accidentally end up in the serving bowl, a chaotic mix-up unfolds that forces Vern Albright to step in and smooth things over—though not quite the way anyone expected.