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.
(She was the only adult actor from the original Homecoming pilot to carry her role over to the series.) Actor Will Geer played her husband in the series from 1972 until his death in 1978, at which time the character of Zebulon Walton was also buried. The series ran from 1972 to 1981, and resulted in six sequel films.