Nickel is one of the most widely used metals on the planet. According to the Nickel Institute, the metal is used in over 300,000 different products. Most often it is found in steels and metal alloys, but it is also used in the production of batteries and permanent magnets. About 65% of all nickel produced goes into stainless steel. Austenitic steels are non-magnetic stainless steels that contain high levels of chromium and nickel, and low levels of carbon.
1 Special guest: Grandma (Ellen Corby). 2  Notes: Rev. Bradshaw, the fourth Baptist minister to appear in The Waltons, is introduced in this episode. 3  He replaces Rev. Andrew March who replaced Rev. Buchanan, the second minister. 4  Rev. Matthew Fordwick was the original minister at the Waltons Mountain Baptist church.
Prior to being cast as John Walton, Ralph was cast in Cool Hand Luke and Five Easy Pieces. Ralph has had a number of plum parts in movies since the end of The Waltons including The Bodyguard and Cliffhanger. Since 2009 he had played the recurring role of Father Matt on the daytime soap Days of Our Lives.