Rachel Longaker

The United States Army invades Walton's Mountain to practise manoeuvres, and Olivia sells all her paintings to a mysterious gentleman.

A fierce hawk threatens peace on the Walton farm and a handsome new minister is chosen for the Walton community.

Elizabeth is badly injured in a fall from a faulty log pile and must learn to walk again.

As Mary Ellen's baby comes due, one of her friends' baby is born prematurely and stillborn. Out of grief, she torments Mary Ellen with talk of bad omens and portents about Mary Ellen's baby.

The parents who work at Picket's defence plant leave their children in the car park while the parents work. So Olivia wants to open a day care in Picket's barroom for the workers.

The youngest Walton boy, Jim-Bob, takes his first step into the world when he enters a race, riding Ike's motorcycle.