Granny's old friend the widow Adaline Ashley comes to Beverly Hills, and Granny sets to playing matchmaker for her and Jed. Mrs. Drysdale and her snooty friends are misled to believe Adaline is a socialite jet setter.

Jethro heads down to the Reserves HQ while wearing an ancestor's Confederate Army uniform. The Sergeant thinks he's an actor there to participate in a Civil War reenactment. Jethro runs home to tell Granny the Civil War is still on.