Walton, who soon made a break from journalism to become one of the capital's leading semi-abstract painters, vows that he and Kennedy never once discussed art in those days.

In 1989, the first full season with night baseball at Wrigley Field, Don Zimmer's Cubs were led by a core group of veterans in Ryne Sandberg, Rick Sutcliffe and Andre Dawson, who were boosted by a crop of youngsters such as Mark Grace, Shawon Dunston, Greg Maddux, Rookie of the Year Jerome Walton, and Rookie of the Year Runner-Up Dwight Smith.

Other influential conservationists of the Progressive Era included George Bird Grinnell ( a prominent sportsmen who founded the Boone and Crockett Club ), the Izaak Walton League and John Muir, the founder of the Sierra Club in 1892.

George Lucas was born in Modesto, California, the son of Dorothy Ellinore ( née Bomberger ) and George Walton Lucas, Sr. ( 1913 – 1991 ), who owned a stationery store.

* In an episode of the 1970s TV series The Waltons, called the Changeling, ( Season 7 Episode 5 ) Elizabeth Walton, who is turning thirteen, sees a chair a banging up and down, a vase breaking itself, a rag doll changing position, and various other strange activities, which disappear immediately after she declares her fear and anger on the night of her slumber party.

Goodspeed and his pregnant bride Carla ( Vanessa Marcil ) visit Fort Walton, Kansas, recovering the microfilm with a half-century of state secrets, including who actually killed John F. Kennedy.

Errol Walton Barrow was to replace Grantley Adams as the people's advocate and it was he who would eventually lead the island into Independence.

In addition, several important composers who were not directly influenced by Rostropovich wrote cello concertos: György Ligeti, Alexander Glazunov, Paul Hindemith, Toru Takemitsu, Darius Milhaud, Arthur Honegger, Nikolai Myaskovsky, Samuel Barber, Joaquín Rodrigo, Elliot Carter, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, William Walton, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Hans Werner Henze, Bernd Alois Zimmermann and Einojuhani Rautavaara for instance.

Granville Walton who had constructed the Dufferin Bridge over the Ganges, and Granville Mills, British engineers.

One pilot was Errol Walton Barrow who became an officer in the Royal Air Force.

The 1979 – 80 season saw the Clippers begin to struggle despite adding center Bill Walton, a San Diego native who was two years removed from an NBA Championship with the Trail Blazers.

The small community named after their property is also home to folk of various income levels, ranging from the well-to-do Baldwin sisters, two elderly spinsters who distill moonshine that they call " Papa's recipe "; Ike Godsey, postmaster and owner of the general store with his somewhat snobbish wife Corabeth ( a Walton cousin ); a black couple, Verdie and Harley Foster ; Maude, a sassy octogenarian artist who paints on wood ; Flossie Brimmer, a friendly though somewhat gossipy widow who runs a nearby boarding house ; and Yancy Tucker, a good-hearted handyman with big plans but little motivation.

During the latter half of the 1976 – 77 season, Grandma Esther Walton suffers a stroke and returns home shortly before the death of her husband, Grandpa Zeb Walton ( reflecting the real life stroke suffered by Ellen Corby and the death of Will Geer, the actors who portrayed the characters ).

They thought, ' We can just tell Congress America doesn't want to see this '," Kami Cotler, who played Elizabeth Walton, said in a 2012 interview.

It is named for George Walton, one of the three men from Georgia who signed the United States Declaration of Independence.

George Walton, the Virginia-born statesman who signed the Declaration of Independence, resided in what would become Columbia County, as did William Few and Abraham Baldwin.

Some notable persons either born in or who resided in Columbia County include: Oliver Hardy ( comedian, born in Harlem ), Paul Hamilton Hayne ( poet and author ), Henry Louis Benning ( Confederate general for whom Fort Benning is named ), William Few, Abraham Baldwin, George Walton, George W. Crawford, William H. Crawford ( presidential candidate in 1824 ), Thomas Watson ( populist leader and Georgia senator born in Thomson when it was still in Columbia County ), George McDuffie ( South Carolina governor and senator in the early 19th century ), Jesse Mercer ( a long-time preacher in the county for whom Mercer University is named ).

Giamatti's maternal grandparents, from Wakefield, Massachusetts, were Helen Buffum ( Davidson ) and Bartlett Walton, who graduated from Phillips Academy Andover and Harvard College.

The earliest known Euro-American settler in what is now Carthage was William Walton ( 1760 – 1816 ), who arrived in the late 1780s.

The first Qantas A380, VH-OQA " Nancy Bird Walton ", made a historic landing at the airport on 27 September 2008, enthralling several thousand spectators who had gathered to catch a glimpse of the giant aircraft.

The band was formed when Roky Erickson left his group The Spades, and joined up with Stacy Sutherland, Benny Thurman, and John Ike Walton who had been playing Texas coastal towns as The Lingsmen.

During the war, he also served on the music committee of the British Council together with Vaughan Williams and William Walton.

George Walton ( 1749 – February 2, 1804 ) signed the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Georgia and also served as the second Chief Executive of that state.

Walton only served in that position from November 16, 1795, to February 20, 1796, until a successor, Josiah Tattnall, was officially elected.

In addition, Walton served as a trustee of Academy of Richmond County and of the University of Georgia.

Vision Airlines also briefly served Lafayette with Dornier 328 turboprop service nonstop to Ft. Walton Beach / Destin, FL before withdrawing from the market.

For three years, he served as an Air Force attorney, then returned to Paducah and joined the law firm of Reed, Scent, Reed, and Walton.

Due to his success in that office, two years later Walton was elected as the mayor of Oklahoma City, a post he served in until 1923.

Even though Walton did not win the election, he served on the Corporation Commission from 1933 to 1939.

He entered the House of Lords in 1979 as a life peer with the title Baron Perry of Walton, of Walton in the County of Buckinghamshire, later taking the SDP and Liberal Democrat whips, and served on the committee dealing with science and technology.

During his tenure, the festival served as the venue for world and American premieres of 80 major works by composers such as Igor Stravinsky, William Walton, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Dmitri Shostakovich and Arnold Schoenberg.

Rob Walton chairs the board of directors of Wal-Mart, on which John served until his death.

His daughter-in-law, Gertrude Walton Donahey served as Ohio State Treasurer.

He elected as a Republican to the 37th Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Charles W. Walton and served from December 1, 1862, to March 3, 1863, and was not a candidate for renomination in 1862.

During the Vietnam war Walton served in the Green Berets as part of the Studies and Observations Group.

Donahey's wife, Gertrude Walton Donahey ( August 4, 1908 – July 11, 2004 ) served as Ohio State Treasurer from 1971 to 1983.

Gertrude Walton Donahey ( August 4, 1908 – July 11, 2004 ) was an American politician of the Democratic party who served as Ohio State Treasurer from 1971 to 1983.

George Walton, the son of Joseph Walton, served as headmaster from 1912 to 1948, the longest term of any head of school.

Walton played eight seasons in the National Football League ( NFL ) and served as head coach of the New York Jets for seven seasons.

Walton later served as running backs coach of the Washington Redskins from 1974 – 77 and offensive coordinator from 1978-80.

Walton served as the head coach of the New York Jets from 1983 to 1989 and his teams achieved a 53-57-1 record.

The Walton Society was founded in 1975 by its late President, the writer and intellectual Ronald Segal, and entered local politics in 1980 with Gordon Chubb MBE who served until his death in 2006.

Her best-known came in 1971 as " Grandma Esther Walton " on the made-for-TV film The Homecoming: A Christmas Story, which served as the pilot for The Waltons.