Editing Lum and Abner (section)

==The National Lum and Abner Society==
The National Lum and Abner Society, formed in 1984, published a bimonthly newsletter, ''The Jot 'Em Down Journal'', until 2007.  Between 1985 and 2005 the organization held 20 annual conventions (skipping 2004) in Pine Ridge and Mena, Arkansas, playing host to numerous veterans of the ''Lum and Abner'' radio programs and motion pictures.  Since 2007, the NLAS has existed as an organization with free membership with its ''Jot 'Em Down Journal'' transferred to the NLAS website. Founding officers Sam Brown, Tim Hollis, and Donnie Pitchford have remained connected to the organization since the beginning.

NLAS Convention guest stars included radio–television–cinema veterans Roswell Rogers, Clarence Hartzell, [[Jerry Hausner]], Elmore Vincent, [[Wendell Niles]], [[Bobs Watson]], [[Les Tremayne]], [[Louise Currie]], [[Willard Waterman]], [[Parley Baer]], [[Cathy Lee Crosby]], Forrest Owen, [[Mary Lee Robb]], [[Kay Linaker]], [[Frank Bresee]], [[Fred Foy]], Barbar Fuller, [[Sam Edwards]], [[Dick Beals]], [[Rhoda Williams]], [[Robie Lester]], Ginny Tyler, Nancy Wible, and [[Dallas McKennon]]. Additionally, various family members and personal friends of Chester Lauck and Norris Goff were present.

The first NLAS "Reunion" took place in June 2011 as part of the annual Lum and Abner Festival in Mena, Arkansas to celebrate the 80th Anniversary of the ''Lum and Abner'' show as well as the 75th anniversary of the changing of the name of Waters, Arkansas to Pine Ridge. All 23 years of the NLAS publication ''The Jot 'Em Down Journal'' are now available free of charge (see External Links below for the National Lum and Abner Society) in PDF format as well as audio for the blind (or anyone who chooses to listen).

A final NLAS Convention was held in 2015 featuring guest stars John Rose (cartoonist of ''Barney Google and Snuffy Smith'') and Mike Curtis (writer of ''Dick Tracy'').

Plans are underway for a series of radio programs containing the audio contents of all 1985-2025 NLAS Conventions.