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At first, she mistakes the Clampetts as servants until Drysdale told her who they really are (which almost costs her her job).
Eventually, everyone discovered Jennings' real motives, and she was gone, with the Clampetts getting their money back, and things were as they were before.
He often forces others, especially his secretary, to placate the Clampetts by granting their unorthodox requests.
In one episode, the Clampetts, feeling money has corrupted them, give all of their money to Virginia "Ginny" Jennings ( Sheila Kuehl ), a college student.
In the interest of keeping the Clampetts' account at all costs, Mr. Drysdale is prone to appease them, and says that anything they do is unquestionably right.
Jane is genuinely fond of the family (to the Clampetts, she is considered family; even Granny, the one most dead-set against living in California, likes her very much); Jane actually harbors something of a crush on Jethro for most of the series' run.
Nancy Kulp (center) as Jane Hathaway Jane Hathaway Jane Hathaway ( Nancy Kulp in 246 episodes), whom the Clampetts address as "Miss Jane", is Drysdale's loyal and efficient secretarial assistant.
The Clampetts are quite fond of him, and his wife occasionally visits them in California.
The Clampetts return to Petticoat Junction in a story featuring Steve Elliott, Betty Jo, Sam Drucker, and a rare Hooterville visit by Miss Hathaway and Mr. Drysdale ( Raymond Bailey ).
This arc continues in the next episode, "The Courtship of Homer Noodleman" (7:10), with the Clampetts leaving for home following Eb Dawson's (from Green Acres) falling for Elly May.
Two of Granny's phobias are "Injuns" (she actually buys wigs so the Clampetts will not be "scalped") and the "cement pond" (swimming pool–she has a fear of water).
While Drysdale moans the loss of the money, Jane immediately tells him to stop thinking about the Clampetts and start trying to get the Jennings account.