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The day Sam Walton came to town As John Ford leads the Columbia-Adair County Airport into a new day, and as Don Franklin, the one man urban renewal agency, Richard Walker, et al, go after a big-time Wal-Mart store, it might be a good occasion to recall the day Sam Walton came to Columbia, as recalled by Steve Parsons, the computer sales department manager here. The detail we have is that it Mr. Sam was at another store and called the manager at the time, Ricky Rutledge. He was in another town. We're told that Rutledge nearly had a heart attack when the voice on the other end said, "This is Sam Walton, I'll be flying into the Columbia airport," and giving the time, asked, "could someone run out and pick me up"? Rutledge met him at the airport. "They had to get Luther Collins to unlock the chain so he could get in." When Rutledge met Mr. Walton, who was flying alone, except for his dogs. When he came to the store on Jamestown Street, Parsons recalls, he got the chance to meet Mr. Walton. "I shook his hand. He was just a regular guy with everybody." That was twenty some years ago, he recalls, but it is a moment Parsons says he'll never forget. Other memories or comments and/or corrections are welcome. If anyone has a photo of the event, that would be great. This story was posted on 2006-09-06 10:10:44
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