- Narrator: [narration as John 'John Boy' Walton, Jr. reading from his journal] Time's inexorable march brought constant changes and challenges to the people on Waltons Mountain. Happily for us, the closeness of our family seemed always to temper life's harsher moments. However, a crisp, cold Sunday morning in December of 1941 was to bring an event that would sorely test our family and the entire nation.