All language subtitles for The.Waltons.S07E13.The.Boosters.WEBRip.x264-ION10

-Why are you packing?
-Why do people usually pack?

-But where are you going?
-I'm not sure.

All I know I'm getting out of
here. I've had all I could take.

I don't understand.

From now on, I'm going
to be my own boss.

Aren't you ever coming back?

Maybe to visit sometime,
but not to live here.

Goodbye, Elizabeth.

Goodbye, Ben.

JOHN-BOY: Most of the time when

strangers appeared
on Walton's Mountain,

they were people who had
taken the wrong turn

from the main highway
and had gotten themselves lost.

But the coming of World War II
was to bring many strangers

who were actually looking
for the mountain.

And while we didn't exactly
have a traffic problem,

we did have traffic.

And that's what gave
my brother Ben

the idea for the boldest
venture he had ever attempted.

(ALL CLAMORING)

(CAR HONKING)

-He was safe.
-Here.

-I was safe.
-JASON: You were out!

-Starting to worry about you.
-Hi.

MARY ELLEN: Yeah, we thought
you'd be home hours ago.

Yeah, but traffic was slow
on the Richmond road.

-Did you have a good trip?
-Got more orders.

-Any four-alarm fires here?
-A few, but we put them all out.

(JASON LAUGHS)

What are you staring at,
Elizabeth?

Well, it's just, you don't look
like yourself in those clothes.

Well, I guess I better go
put on my apron then.

To the mill,
we got some talking to do.

I caught up with everything
so we can start the next order.

We're in trouble
at Murdock Lumber.

Why?

You gave Joe an order
he can't possibly fill.

Well, he's filled
bigger ones before.

Not in three days, and that's
the deadline on this one.

No one told me
about a deadline.

Didn't tell me
till I got to Richmond.

Why didn't you call me?

I didn't think you'd subcontract
on your own, Son.

I've done that
a dozen times at least.

Not without checking
with me first.

I thought I was in charge
when you weren't around.

You're supposed to
hold down the fort, Son.

How am I supposed to do that
and not make any decisions?

-You made a mistake, a bad one.
-Why don't you just fire me?

Don't give me any ideas.

I work like a man over there,
and he treats me like a kid.

Maybe, most of it's
just in your mind, Ben.

No, 'cause I'm his son.

If I was anybody who worked
for him, he'd show some respect.

Yeah. Well, you're
a little low on oil.

-I'd put a quart in next time.
-Better do it in now, Ike.

Gotta take good care. It'll
last me till the war's over.

That's for sure.

You know, now that the cost
on new cars is frozen,

the price of used ones
is gonna go way up.

There's been lot of cars going
up and down this road lately.

It's all the comings and goings
at the Pickett plant.

It's going to be a regular 42nd
Street and Broadway around here.

Zuleika says she can use
twice as many rooms

at the boarding house.

You know, I got a notion to open
up a defense plant myself.

Probably it'd only cost maybe,
oh, two, three million.

-Here, Ike.
-(CHUCKLES)

-I'll get your change.
-Thank you.

Ike, I'll tell you something you
could invest in, an auto court.

Here I am talking
about millions,

and you come up with
a penny ante idea like that.

Now think about it. The one
at Rockfish is always full.

I guess that's the only
auto court within

30 miles of the Pickett plant,
isn't it?

You'd clean up.

How about you?
A little business of your own?

It would make daddy sit up.

Think your daddy'd
come in on it?

-What about Corabeth?
-What about Corabeth?

Oh, honey, we were just talking
about opening up an auto court.

It wouldn't take much cash,
we could borrow from the bank.

An auto court? One of those
dreadful things with cabins?

There was one near Doe Hill.

It attracted the most
undesirable elements.

Well, Corabeth,
the times have changed.

The finest people stay
in auto courts nowadays.

The finest people stay in hotels
where they can live graciously.

Elegant appointments,
continental cuisine,

a string quartet playing
a Strauss waltz.

I was thinking
we could make money two ways.

People would stay
in the auto court,

and they'd buy their
groceries in the store.

I will not have that riff-raff

drifting in and out
of this store.

Two ways?

Well...

Of course, if it were
done in good taste

it might attract
the discriminating.

I was thinking we could
call it Corabeth's.

Corabeth's Guest Cottages.

That does have
a nice ring to it.

I knew she'd be all for it.

I think I'm gonna mention
it to daddy. See you later.

Yeah.

(DOOR OPENING)

It'd be a gold mine.

All those people driving
through to meetings

at the Pickett defense plant.

What happens when the war ends
and Pickett closes?

Oh, we're less than
six miles from Route 29.

Heavy traffic day and night
going from Florida to New York.

We'll put up few road signs,
we'll be full-up all the time.

Son, lumber's my business.

I don't know anything
about running an auto court.

Ike and Corabeth are ready
to put in with us.

Us?

I'd like to go in on it too.
I could borrow on my land.

That land was left for you
to build a home on some day,

not to gamble away.

It's not a gamble,
it's a sure thing.

Sounds like a hare-brained
scheme to me.

Now run along,
I've got paperwork to do.

-Hey there, Ben!
-Hi, Yancy.

Hey, how're you doing, Ben?

Hey, Ben, wait a minute.
Wait a minute, Ben.

-What's the matter with Ben?
-I don't know.

I wanted to talk to him about
something, but you'll do.

I got big news.

I lined up a job at Rockfish. I
start soon as I get my diploma.

-What kind of diploma?
-I'm going to college.

Barber college.

-That's great, Yancy.
-Yeah.

It's a correspondence school.

I saw this ad
in Grit magazine.

If you buy a full set of
scissors, combs, and razors,

like I done, then you get
the course for half price.

They can teach you to be
a barber by mail?

Yeah, they send you textbooks

that teach you everything
a barber needs to know.

Haircutting, shaving, first-aid,
chair-side manner,

how to talk customers into
high-priced treatments,

the works.

Even a useful
little book of jokes.

Like, the customer
comes in and he says,

"How can I save my hair?"
And you say, "In a cigar box."

I've been getting straight
As in everything.

Well, how can they
grade you on haircutting

unless they watch you cut hair?

You send in before-and-after
pictures.

I take a picture of you,

and believe me,
you could use a haircut.

Then I cut your hair,

then I take a picture after
to show how it turned out.

You know, Jason,

you sure would look terrific
in a clipper-edge flat top.

-You want one?
-No, thanks.

No charge.

I like it long, Yancy.

I'll pay you.

How about if I let you
know when I want one?

How about a shave?

(STUTTERING) Well, I have
kind of sensitive skin,

I have to do it myself.

Mud-pack facial? Egg shampoo?

I'll wait till you
get your diploma.

Hey, how do you
avoid falling hair?

I don't know, Jason.

-You don't?
-No.

You just step out from under it.

Huh?

-You like that?
-I like that.

Why don't you
write it down then.

-It goes in the book.
-Okay.

Hi.

What's wrong, Ben?

What makes you think
anything is wrong?

You always stuff yourself when
you're sore about something.

I'm sore, alright, at my boss.

You and John-Boy had the right
ideas by going out on your own.

It was different with us,
we had other interests,

you always liked
working at the mill.

Well, I do, but I don't like
being treated like a kid.

Did you take the last piece
of pie that was left?

BEN: I'll share it with you.

You look a little tired.

Used to be fun working
at the Dew Drop.

Now it's crowded every night
with people from Pickett's plant

everybody yelling for requests.

I hardly get a chance
to take a break.

-And it's going to get worse.
-Why?

Heard that Franklin Steel plant
is gonna open a factory nearby.

You sure of that?

Few big shots came in tonight
wearing gray flannel suits.

I heard them talking.

Well, what do you know
about that?

Jason said they're just about
ready to start building.

We've kicked this around
long enough, Son,

and I'm not interested,
that's that.

You're not interested
because it's my idea!

How would a kid know a good
investment from a bad one?

Don't start twisting things
around, let's just drop it.

I'm not gonna go drop it.

I'm going to the bank
and apply for a loan.

You can't take out a loan till
you're 21, unless I sign for it.

Would you stand in my way
by not signing?

I need a foreman who
keeps his mind on the job,

not some moonlighter
thinking of other things.

Then I think the best thing
is for me to quit.

That's your privilege.

I'll stay on until
you replace me.

I'll find somebody today.

You're going to sign?

Alright, Son,

I guess you're old enough
to make your own mistakes.

Thanks.

(PHONE RINGING)

Hello? Oh, yes, he is. One
minute please, he's right here.

Ben, it's for you.

Thank you.

I'll be in the kitchen, you come
on in, we'll talk about it.

Okay, thank you.

-Hello?
-Ben.

The bank just phoned to say
they've approved your loan.

Well, that's great!
I'll go right on over.

-Did you get a nice room?
-Just fine, Mama.

You're know
what you're doing?

You know how your daddy
feels about this.

I'm old enough
to make up my own mind.

-Good luck, Ben.
-Thanks, Mama.

Tell me I oughta beg him to come
home, go back in the job,

-and moonlight if he wants.
-That's not what I had in mind.

I hate to see this trouble
between the two of you.

If I give him special treatment
because he's the boss's son,

he'll never shape up.

-I agree.
-What do you want me to tell?

If he believes in something
he ought to go out and do it.

I'm not going to wish him well
if I think it's a big mistake.

I'm gonna get dinner started,

but I don't think I'm going
to feel like eating it.

JIM-BOB: "The major divisions of
haircutting are: One, edging,

"two, shaping the sides,
and three..."

Topping.
Keep your head up, Jim-Bob.

How can I do that and read
the questions at the same time?

Hold the book higher.

"Slithering is the process of?"

Stripping with shears.

"Probably the most common fault
in haircutting is..."

Ouch! Cutting
the customer's ear.

I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

(COW MOOING)

Most common fault?

Taking off too much hair!

Just make sure you don't
take off too much skin.

Well, quit moving your head
around. Almost done.

(COW MOOING)

Looks good, too.

-Good.
-Oh, wait a minute.

Wait a minute.

It is important to make
the customer feel

that he's gotten everything
he's entitled to.

Hot towel, sir?

Come on, Yancy,
I haven't got all day.

Okay, almost done.

That looks great.
Looks great. I got it.

Huh?

Now we just gotta
take a picture...

Oh, I'm getting ahead of myself.

(LAUGHS)

Golly. Here, give me the book.

Take a picture right up here
in the light. Here in the light.

Jim-Bob, that is a class A
haircut if I have ever seen one.

Beautiful.

You're forgetting
the most important part.

I forgot, 25 cents.

You can make double, if you
let me give you a shampoo.

You've already washed my hair
twice, you're gonna ruin it.

Ruin it? Your hair
never looked better.

But it is getting a little
thinner on top, sir.

I'd best give you a treatment,

or the only way you'll
be able to save your hair

is in a cigar box.

That's right!

It does make
a great deal of difference,

knowing that Franklin Steel
is coming here.

I think it's gonna be
a regular boom town.

And as you say, Corabeth,

as long as we plan it
for the discriminating.

But I have a wonderful idea.

Why stop at the guest cottages?

Why not make them part
of a town square?

With a lovely lawn and boxwood
hedges and marble benches,

and a bandstand...

Oh, no. Better yet,

instead of a bandstand,
a fountain!

-Sounds great to me.
-Yeah, me, too.

Except I wish your dad
was going along with it.

There'll be plenty
of others, Ike.

I've already sold Zuleika on it.

Yeah, but it's him not liking
the idea that worries me.

I've got lot of respect
in his judgment.

Don't like going against it.

I'm sure he'll change his mind

as soon as he hears about
our town square.

Oh, I could just see it now.

Walton's Mountain will become
a great scenic attraction.

Of course, we will need
the entire community

supporting this project.

Word must go out that there will
be a town meeting here, tonight.

(PEOPLE CLAPPING)

It has been unanimously decided

to form a Boost Walton's
Mountain Club.

I'd like to get to the most
important part of our business,

the construction
of an auto court.

Mr. Chairman,
may I please have the floor?

Fellow Boosters,

what we are talking about here
is not merely an auto court,

but what we have in mind
is a magnificent town square,

with gorgeous landscaping
and a quaint souvenir shop,

and possibly a cozy tea room.

And dominating all of this,
a magnificent fountain.

BEN: Thank you, Corabeth.

It has been decided
that the ideal location

for the auto court
is right outside this hall.

That land is owned by Miss Mamie
and Miss Emily Baldwin.

I'd like to ask you ladies if
you would be willing to sell it

for those of us who would like
to share in this investment?

Sister, I like it out there
just exactly the way it is.

So do I, there are so many
reminders of the other days.

The first time I walked alone
with dear Ashley, it was there.

And dear Mr. Sims.

Do you know where he found that
Indian arrowhead he gave me?

-Right out there?
-Right out there.

Oh, I understand
how you ladies both feel.

But there's a war on,

and it is our patriotic duty
to put up an auto court

for people doing business
with defense plants.

That's right. It's going to put
Walton's Mountain on the map!

That's right, ladies.

Everybody's getting involved,
it's like the war effort.

(WHISPERING)

(MISS MAMIE CLEARING THROAT)

Mr. Chairman,

my sister and I have decided
not to sell our land...

(CROWD GROANING)

...but to give it to the
Boosters' Club.

Oh, thank you, ladies.
Thank you.

-IKE: Mr. Chairman.
-Mr. Godsey.

I understand that John Walton

has been against this project
from the beginning.

Well, I see he's here now, and I
think we should hear from him.

-Have you changed your mind?
-No, I haven't.

John, how could you possibly be
against this magnificent plan?

Tell us why
you're against it?

Would you mind standing up
please, so we can all hear you?

Most of you know, I don't meddle
in other people's business.

I wasn't going to come tonight,

but I just couldn't stand by and
see good friends and neighbors

-put their money in a bad risk.
-What do you mean by a bad risk?

Well, I looked into it a little,
checked with the bank

and the real estate people
over in Charlottesville.

I don't know
if you are all aware

how many auto courts went broke
in the last five years.

All kinds of businesses
have gone broke,

but we're in a boom now.

One thing you can be
sure about a boom

is it's gonna be
followed by a bust.

All of you remember that
big Florida boom,

where a lot of small people
lost everything they had.

All that was totally different,
that was a swindle.

It had crooked speculators
that over built,

they sold swamp land.

Maybe I oughta remind you folks
about what happened right here

in Jefferson County.

The Guthrie coal mine.

Remember how Cyrus Guthrie
built this whole town

for mining families?

The mine wore out long before
the experts thought it would.

Now that's a ghost town,
not one family living in it.

We're not talking about
a whole town,

we wanna keep up with rest of
the country, one step forward.

IKE: He's right, John.

BEN: You've expanded business
to keep up with times.

I don't know why we can't.

Yeah. Take me, for instance.

I've had this little store at
this country corner for years,

this is my chance to make it
big, I don't wanna be left out.

Nor do I.

John, as much as
I respect your opinion...

Let's take it to a vote.

I was just getting to that.

I vote that we proceed with our
plans for a town square.

I second the motion.

-All those in favor?
-ALL: Aye.

Opposed?

The ayes won.

(GAVEL BANGS)

(CROWD CHEERING)

(CROWD APPLAUDING)

I sure hope Ben knows
what he's doing.

I just wish he hadn't
gone against Daddy.

He has a right
to his own opinion.

(CROWD CHATTERING)

BEN: Think we should put most of
the guest cottages by the rocks.

I think we oughta put that
unit with the office here,

right next to the store.

BEN: Good idea,
that way we've enough room

over on the other side of the
town square for some shops.

Mr. Godsey! Ben!

Just wait until you hear
what they have to say about us

in the
Charlottesville Progress.

Oh, yeah?

"Social Notes
from Walton's Mountain

"by Corabeth Walton Godsey.

"A Boosters' Club
has been formed

"and will sponsor the
construction of a town square.

"In addition to an attractive
group of guest cottages,

"there will be a tea room
and a number of shops.

"The pièce de résistance
would be a lovely fountain.

"And in the future, it is hoped

"there will be a library,

"a music hall and other
centers of culture."

-Have you seen this paper?
-Yeah.

I think you should call Ben.

He'd think I was saying,
"I told you so."

He needs your support.

Out to prove to the world
he's independent,

he's still got you
doing his laundry.

Think I'd be doing John-Boy's
if he weren't in London.

I'm surprised he doesn't
send it to me.

You do want Ben back
on the job, don't you?

He's anxious to prove himself,
maybe it's better this way.

And maybe it isn't. Why don't
you try it again and find out?

It's up to him if he wants it
back, he's gonna have to ask me.

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

Who is it?

Zuleika.

-Come on in.
-Last call for breakfast.

I already had coffee this
morning. That's all I want.

Hotcakes and sausages, Ben.

I'm not hungry.

Oh, come on, Ben. Perk up.

-It's not the end of the world.
-It just seems that way, huh?

-You know what you ought to do?
-What?

You ought to call your father
and ask him to make up.

Zuleika, thanks for
the vote of confidence.

Oh, no, no, no, Benjamin,
don't take it the wrong way.

Anyone with half a brain
could see

you were cut out to make
your mark in this world.

If it's not the auto court
it'll be something else.

Just play it safe, right?

Well, I always thought
you loved doing millwork, Ben.

I do, but I also like
being my own boss.

Well, what are your plans?

I haven't given up on this
idea of the town square.

But it said in the paper
there was a ban on

all new construction
unless it's essential.

I know that, Zuleika.

But that auto court and all
the buildings we build

are for people working
over at the defense plant.

And the way I see that,
that's essential construction.

Benjamin, I think you might
have a point there.

I made the call over
to War Production Board,

the man's gonna call me back
when they get the ruling.

Well, I'm certainly gonna
keep my fingers crossed.

-Thank you.
-Good luck, Ben. Good luck.

I need it.

The best shampoo for cleansing
the hair and scalp,

without losing the natural oils
or glossiness,

is the egg shampoo.

-Egg shampoo.
-Don't move your head, please.

Yancy, do you know anything
about washing a girl's hair?

Hair is hair.

Yeah, but girl's hair is longer.

I'm only gonna wash
yours down till there.

"Beat eggs thoroughly
into a mixture."

I'll tell you what,
let me give you a facial

-I'll throw in extra two bits.
-You can just forget about that.

You didn't tell me there was
going to be egg in the shampoo.

Elizabeth, you made a deal.

Okay, but hurry up.
I've got homework to do.

"Put bowl in one hand,

"with thumb and the second
finger of other hand,

"separate strands of hair."

Excuse me, sir,
is that dandruff I see?

-Stop fooling around, Yancy.
-I'm not fooling around.

I need practice in salesmanship.

Yes, I'm sorry to say, sir,
that is dandruff.

I'll give you a tonic
after your shampoo,

and then we'll put you under the
ultraviolet ray lamp for awhile.

The shop at Rockfish
gets $2 a shot for that.

-Get started, will you?
-Very well.

Okay.

-Ow! You got it in my eye!
-I got a towel. Here, here.

I've got some stuff
to wash your eye out with.

You're not washing
anything for me.

What am I gonna with this?
It's got four eggs in it.

Make an omelet.

(PHONE RINGING)

Hello? Speaking. Is this
the War Production Board?

But the man I was talking
to this morning said...

It's you?

I see.

Thank you.

That was one
of the deputy directors.

The director took my query
with great consideration,

but he said the type
of construction

I'm asking for is not essential.

So therefore it wouldn't
be permitted.

Oh, Ben, I am sorry.

But can't the ruling
be appealed?

No. They said
there's no exceptions.

It was the chance of a lifetime.

We could have turned
this wasteland

into the garden spot
of Virginia,

while the cash register
played a merry tune.

I had ideas.

They just opened a new place
in Richmond,

they call it a supermarket.

They got all the merchandise
lined up on shelves in rows,

just like a library.

The future looked so bright.

And the people take carts,

and they go up and down the
aisles and just help themselves.

And then they check out
the food as they go.

I'd give my right arm
to own a place like that.

For once it looked as if
all our dreams had come true.

We could have built
a beautiful house on the hill.

You did a good job, Ben.
You tried your best.

Yeah, I guess I swung hard
and struck out, huh?

(DOOR OPENING)

That was a tough break, Son.

Yeah, I guess I got the bust
before the boom, huh?

I'm sorry, Ben.

Why don't you tell Mom I'll
come by sometime later today?

She'd like it
if you'd stay for dinner.

I can't, I have to go into
Rockfish sometime today.

Well, you certainly
could say I told you so.

Well, maybe I didn't
like this scheme,

but I sure didn't wish
any bad luck.

All we wanted was
to comfort the weary traveler.

A place to rest his head,

a glorious fountain
to inspire him.

It's good to dream big,
Corabeth.

Come on now,
you shouldn't give up so easy.

-Isn't it hopeless?
-I don't know.

Ben's the determined kind.

He has a way of bouncing
back from things.

Takes after his old man,
I guess.

Well, Ike, I need some
wood glue, about two quarts.

Need a ride, stranger?

If you give me a lift, lady,
I'll clean your windshield.

-Best offer I've had all day.
-Okay.

Too bad about the freeze
on construction.

Is there any openings
over at Pickett Metal?

Sure, but you'd make
more money working for Daddy.

Save your breath, Erin.
I'm not going back to that mill.

Oh, Ben, you're stupid
if you don't.

Lay off, will you?

Besides, it's not the same
at home without you.

Move over.

Ben, let's go.

You go ahead,
I'll see you later.

Where are you going?

I'm back in business!

BEN: It's just a freeze
on new construction.

Any home that's already
been built, well,

there's no law saying you can't

move it from one place
to another.

Oh, I get what
you're driving at.

You're talking about
that mining ghost town

that Cyrus Guthrie
got stuck with, right?

That's exactly what I'm saying.

The bank in Charlottesville
took it over.

I talked to them, they said
any place we want, we can buy.

I saw some one room and bath
units just about the right size.

We haul eight to ten units
up on Walton's Mountain,

and we got ourselves
an auto court!

But I've seen those houses
in Guthrieville,

I mean, they're
in terrible shape.

We can fix them up
in no time at all!

-It'll cost a ton to move them.
-I already checked into it,

it costs less than one-fourth
the price of new construction.

Of course, that doesn't include
the price of the old buildings.

-What does it all add up to?
-We could swing it, Ike.

10% down,
30-year mortgage at 6%.

Can't beat that, can you?

-There's only one thing.
-What's that?

They need someone responsible

to sign a paper guaranteeing
the payments.

Now, of course I would do it,
but I'm not old enough.

Well, Corabeth has got her heart
set on that town square.

And that fountain, too.

Alright, I'll do it.

That's great, Ike,
we'll get everything now.

Yeah.

There it is, our first one.
We moved it in at 4:00 a.m.

Ben and I supervised
the whole thing.

-But it's just so run-down.
-Oh, yeah.

After we put some landscaping
and it gets painted,

then we put a board walk
from the store to the house,

it'll look just great.

What do you think, Corabeth?

Well, I just didn't expect
it to be so shabby.

Don't you worry about that.

By the time we're ready
to bring all those others,

this one'll be all prettied up.

Know what we forgot? We got
to put a traffic signal here.

Now that's the ticket, Ike,
think big!

You betcha!
Ben, have a cup of coffee,

while Corabeth fixes us
some breakfast.

Ham and eggs for two hardworking
cooper men, Corabeth!

Mr. Godsey, this is not
a truck stop, yet.

(IKE LAUGHING)

IKE: After you.

BEN: Thank you.

I don't know, if we bit off
more than we could chew.

Ah, we've got it made, Ike.

Chances are there'll probably be
fellow Boosters all day today,

-coming by to help us.
-I don't know.

-I sure hope you're right.
-Yoo-hoo! Ben! Mr. Godsey!

You see what I mean?

(IKE LAUGHING)

Oh, Zuleika, good to see you.

-Yeah, I'm glad to see you.
-You look so pretty.

Oh, thank you very kindly.

-Oh, I just love these colors!
-Not bad, huh?

Oh, you two industrious
young men

have inspired me
to get busy myself.

That's what we like to hear.
The more the merrier.

I'm going right into
your store, Ike,

and I'm gonna buy me
a gallon of that pretty paint.

-You don't have to do that.
-Oh, yes, I do, Benjamin!

I have to keep up
with the competition.

I'm going to repaint the trim
on my boarding house,

just to make sure I keep
getting lots of business!

It just looks lovely.
Keep up the good work.

-Toodle-oo.
-Toodle-oo.

Lots of Boosters coming by
to help us, huh?

There will be.

How did we get talked
into this?

Beats me. Ike was sorting the
mail and Ben had a phone call.

That's the last I remember.

I seem to remember reading
about this somewhere.

Yeah, me too. It's all starting
to come back to me now.

Hey, here comes Yancy,
maybe we can get him roped in.

This here a wide place
in the road

is turning into a regular
big city, ain't it?

Oh, hi, Yancy.

Looks like a real tough job
you two got there.

No. We feel this is an honor,
part of our civic duty.

You don't get to do this unless
you're really good with a brush.

Oh, I can see you two are
real good at this painting.

We might let you
take over,

that is if you think
you're good enough.

That way you'd have a part
in boosting up the community.

I can see why
it would be an honor,

but, well, there's two good
reasons why I can't.

One, I came down
to see if the mail's come in.

Ike's sorting it now.
It's probably not even ready.

What's the other reason?

Well, just before I left school,

it was about the fifth grade,
as I recall,

the teacher said I had
to read a book.

That's the other reason.

JIM-BOB: What kind of
reason is that?

A darn good one.

The book I read was
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

(LAUGHING)

You two are doing
a real good job.

We've been waiting for you.
You got a surprise!

-You mean it's here?
-Just go on in and see.

Hey, guys, come here, quick!

And now as postmaster
of Walton's Mountain,

Jefferson County,
and the State of Virginia,

I am the designated official

to conduct this
graduation ceremony.

(CLEARING THROAT)

Mr. Yancy Tucker,

having successfully
completed all courses

in the tonsorial
arts and sciences

through the United States mail,
of course,

is hereby granted the degree
of B.B., Bachelor of Barbering.

-Congratulations, Yancy.
-Speech. Speech, Yancy!

Thank you.

(STUTTERING) Since I never
graduated from nowhere before,

and I never got me
any kind of diploma,

I just don't know what to say.

Yancy, you don't have
to make a speech because

Corabeth and I are going to give
you a graduation present.

Here you are.

-Ta-da! Congratulations, Yancy!
-Yeah! Yancy!

(YANCY EXCLAIMS)

(LAUGHS)

Well, who's first?

Oh, I have to get back to work,
It sure is beautiful, though.

And I've gotta finish
sorting the mail.

I guess we better go
before we get in trouble.

-See you later, Yancy.
-It's a beautiful chair.

Corabeth? Shampoo?

(LAUGHS)

-Hey, Jase!
-Taking a break?

Oh, I'm trying to decide on
what I should name this street.

Well, Main Street sounds
a little small-town.

Ben?

After I put that
row of buildings in,

I'll put a
street light in there.

Ben, there's something
you should know.

We've to keep it very convenient
for those at Franklin Steel.

That's what I've been
trying to tell you.

There isn't going to be
any Franklin Steel plant here.

What you talking about?

I just heard it from
J.D. Pickett.

See, there's this
land speculator,

he made up the rumor about
the Franklin mill being here

to try to raise the price of the
land he was trying to unload.

It's just a rumor.

Hate to be the one
to tell you,

but I didn't want you to hear it
from somebody else.

Yeah, thanks.

How about coming back
to the house with me?

Alright, I'll think about it,
I told you, Ike.

I'll talk to you later, bye.

Didn't sound too good
from this end.

Ben called Franklin Steel's
main office in New York,

they don't know nothing
about a plant down here.

Poor Ben, he was so sure
it was going to work out.

Boosters' Club called a special
meeting for this afternoon.

You going?

They'll sure tear him to pieces
for getting them into this.

I couldn't bear to watch that,

anymore than I could bear
the thought of him

standing up to that bully in
school when he was a little boy.

I made him do that, didn't I?

I explained the situation
to Mr. Gibbs at the bank.

And I tried to cancel
the contract.

But he refused, that was
the way I left him.

However he did call me back,
and told me he changed his mind.

That all he's going to hold us
to is the cost of the building,

the one that's
already been moved.

ZULEIKA: Just the cost
of moving it here?

No, that plus the amount
that we already agreed upon.

(CROWD GROANING)

Oh, well, Mr. Godsey signed.

Now hold on, we are
all responsible.

Says who? I think we're being
sold a bill of goods!

I think we've all been sold
a bill of goods.

I'm pulling out
of the whole deal.

(ALL CLAMORING)

No, please!

(CLAMORING CONTINUES)

MAN 1: I'm pulling out of here.
MAN 2: I'm pulling out.

Under the circumstances,

perhaps sister
and I should withdraw

our offer to donate the land.

Oh, wait a minute. You can't
leave us holding the bag!

We feel certain Papa
wouldn't approve.

(ALL SIGHING)

Walton, this whole thing
was your idea.

Now please, let me finish, okay?

(MEN SHOUTING)

I brought everyone
into this situation myself,

and I'm willing to take
all the responsibilities!

Don't see how you think
you could swing that.

-You ain't got nothing.
-You're a kid, What do you know?

JOHN: Hold on!

Hold on now. Hold on!

I've been standing at the back
listening to this

and I just know that Ben
won't let this be a dead loss.

You've been looking at that
building, haven't you?

Figuring out other ways
to use it.

Sure there's other ways. You
don't have to use an auto court.

There's plenty of people
that drive by,

I'm sure we can
get them to bring...

-Roadside cafe.
-Or a drive-in!

JOHN: An antique store would
attract people from all over.

BEN: There's a lot of money
that could be made

right there in that location.

Just one question I got, Son.

Now, if you take over
the payments,

does that mean
you get all the profits

or you share it with
the Boosters' Club?

What profits? What on earth
are you talking about?

It seems that if I'm gonna
make all the payments

that I should also
get all the profits.

Well, now, I see your point.
It's a good one.

I mean, you're my son, I'd like
to see you make a profit.

But as a member
of this community,

maybe we ought to think
what's best for all.

Well, now, maybe we have been
acting just a little hasty.

(PEOPLE CHATTERING)

Well, this did start out
as a joint project.

Well, now, I suggest that the
investors make the payments,

find suitable tenants
for the buildings,

and share the profits,
as originally agreed upon.

I second the motion.

Well, you've all heard the
motion, it's been seconded.

So all those in favor?

-ALL: Aye.
-BEN: Thank you.

Anyone opposed?

Well, we're back in business!
Meeting adjourned!

BEN: Have you had any luck
finding someone to replace me?

JOHN: A couple of fellows
look promising.

BEN: Whoever it is, you check
them out on the old saw,

it could play tricks on you.

Guess you'll be spending all
your time with the Boosters?

Oh, the Boosters have a lot
of organizing to do, for sure.

Can't think of anyone
better to do it.

Of course, the Boosters
won't take all my time.

I've been thinking of hiring
a new manager.

Do you have anyone
special in mind?

No.

You got a mind to take on
some new responsibility?

Any extra money in it for me?

-Room and board and $25 a week?
-You got yourself a deal.

-Thanks, Daddy.
-Don't thank me, Son.

Not every day you can hire a man
who's just built a new town.

JOHN-BOY: The important thing
about any community

is not the grandeur
of its buildings

but the spirit of its people.

Ben and the Boosters
continued to work together

to help the little town
through its growing pains.

Ben went back to work
at our father's mill.

But he had proved
he could make good on his own.

Walton's Mountain didn't become

the largest town
in Jefferson County,

but it did prosper and expand
in the years to come.

Corabeth's dream
of a town square

with a fountain did come true.

Though, it didn't have
the splendor

that she had envisioned,

that cool spring water
gave welcome refreshment

to homefolks
and strangers alike.

JIM-BOB: Ben,
turn out the light.

BEN: Pretty soon, Jim-Bob.

Wanna finish these plans
for some more shops in town.

ERIN: Don't forget
a dress shop.

I know Mary Ellen would
like a place for baby clothes.

ELIZABETH: Got a movie theater?

JIM-BOB: You'd better have
an undertaking parlor.

BEN: That's awful, Jim-Bob. What
do you want one of those for?

You, unless you
turn out the light.

BEN: Goodnight, everybody.