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Front view of famous home on McDonough road.
Carmichael house in Jackson
in national historic register
From the Jackson Progress-Argus
To most residents of Butts
County, the J. R. Carmicha®!
house needs little introduc
tion because just about
everybody has seen the
large, rambling house on
McDonough Road across
from where 2nd Street ends.
Since it was restored by
Mr. and Mrs. Carmichael in
the early 19705, the house has
received both acclaim and
publicity arjd has become a
landmark for the city of
Jackson.
Now the house at 149
McDonough Road has been
included in the National
Register of Historic Places.
The Carmichaels received
the news earlier this month
from the Department of
Natural Resources (DNR)
that the house was entered on
the National Register as of
Major earthquake reported
on Sumba Isle in Indonesia
HONOLULU (AP) - A major
earthquake occurred Friday in
the vicinity of Sumba Island in
Indonesia, according to the In
ternational Tsunami Informa
tion Center’s Observatory here.
The earthquake registered 7.7
on the Richter scale here, an
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In order to be listed in the
national register, the resi
dence first of all had to have
its nomination approved by
the Georgia National Regis
ter Review Board. The
nomination was approved
earlier this year.
The Carmichael House was
then nominated for a listing
on the National Register.
According to DNR, this list
is one of districts, sites,
buildings, structures and
objects significant in Ameri
can history, architecture,
archaeology and culture.
In addition, if property is
listed on the National
Register, the property is
provided recognition as a
place worthy of preservation
as well as a degree of
protection from federal pro-
observatory spokesman said.
There was no evidence that a
Pacific-wide tsunami, or tidal
wave, was generated, although
there may have been a local
wave, the spokesman said.
The U.S. Geological Survey
said the earthquake struck at
jects which might destroy its
historical integrity.
“Worthy of preservation”
is a phrase which aptly
describes the Carmichael
House.
Rated in “excellent” condi
tion by the DNR, the 12-room
mansion was built in 1898 at
an incredible cost of about
$16,000.
Almost all of the sitting
rooms and bedrooms have a
fireplace each with different
tile around the opening of the
fireplaces and each with
different “classically in
spired” mantels.
Some of the fireplaces are
particularly elaborate such
as the dining room fireplace
whose opening is flanked
with pink gloss tile and the
mantel consists of double
columns and a simple arch
1:09 p.m. local time, 2:09 a.m.
EDT, near the Sumbawa and
Sumba islands in the south
eastern part of Indonesia.
It said preliminary readings
placed the center of the quake
at 10.35 degrees south latitude
and 118.54 degrees east longi
tude.
A survey spokesman said the
center of the quake was “not far
from the center of a magnitude
6.5 earthquake on July 14, 1976
near the island of Bali that
claimed 563 lives and injured
2,300 people.”
The Richter Scale is a meas
ure of ground motion as record
ed on seismographs. Every in
crease of one number means a
tenfold increase in magnitude.
An earthquake of 3.5 on the
Richter scale can cause slight
damage in the local area, 4
moderate damage, 5 consider
able damage, 6 severe damage.
A 7 reading is a “major” earth
quake, capable of widespread
heavy damage; 8 is a “great”
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which frames a plaster
molded coat of arms.
The house contains a great
deal of stained glass used as
windows or smaller windows
above larger ones or above
doors.
One of the most interesting
pieces of stained glass in the
house is a curving double
window in the second floor
foyer. This window is
situated so as to allow light to
fall into the oval opening in
the floor between the first
and second floor foyers.
No alterations of major
proportions have been made
to the house. A back porch
was enclosed with glass when
the restoration was begun,
but generally the exterior
has not been altered substan
tially.
quake, capable of tremendous
damage.
Going too well
OSLO, Norway (AP) — They
should have known it was going
too well.
When three burglars broke
into the office of the Ryfoss
concrete company’s office in
Vang last weekend, they found
the company safe right away.
They put together a small
dynamite charge to blow it
open, lit the fuse and con
fidently rushed into the next
room.
The explosion which followed
did not just open the vault, it
brought down the walls of the
factory. As it turned out, the
safe was loaded with dynamite
rather than cash.
According to the Oslo daily
newspaper Verdens Gang, one
burglar was severely injured
and was brought to a hospital by
his comrades.
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By Abigail Van Buren
© 1977 by The Chicago TribuneN.Y.News Synd. Inc.
Walkers don’t talk
to wheelchair mate
DEAR ABBY: My husband had polio as a child. He’s
been confined to a wheelchair for nearly 30 years, but can
do everything an able-bodied man can do—except walk.
Now for my pet peeve:
When we are in a restaurant, a well-meaning but
thoughtless waitress invariably turns to me .and asks,
"And what will HE have?”
This has happened to me so often that I now have a
standard reply: “He is perfectly capable of telling you.
Why don’t you ask him?”
Abby, it is amazing the number of people who assume
that because someone is in a wheelchair, he is completely
helpless and unable to communicate.
Please print my letter. It might wake up some folks who
think a physically handicapped person can neither think
nor speak for himself. Thank you!
FED UP
DEAR FED UP: Your message is an important one. And
while we’re on the subject of showing consideration for the
physically handicapped, when you are speaking to
someone in a wheelchair for more than a minute, please
draw up a chair and sit down so that you will both be on the
same eye level. Forcing him to look up at you gives him a
pain in the neck. Literally!
DEAR ABBY: I’m an orchestra director who frequently
gets requests to play a number in honor of a wedding
anniversary. I always get a laugh when on the occasion of
the first wedding anniversary I play, "Night and Day.”
For the fifth anniversary, I play, “Saturday Night.”
For the 10th anniversary, I play, “Once in a While,”
’ For the 25th anniversary, I play, "Now and Then.”
And for the 50th anniversary, I play, “Thanks For the
Memories.”
What do you suggest for anniversaries over 50:
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DEAR OPEN: How about, “We Did It Before and We
Can Do It Again?”
DEAR ABBY: The letter from HAD, who ordered and
paid $5 for “grass” and in return received lawn clippings,
was hilarious.
It reminded me of another ad, years ago, to “Send $1 for
the secret of success.” Those responding received a
fishhook with the advice, “Catch suckers like we do.”
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man. A man who won’t stay sober for his sweetheart would
never stay sober for his wife.
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Long bean
Robert Flournoy of 215 Carver road has a 26-inch string
bean and It’s still growing. A friend gave Flournoy six
seeds which came from Florida for the bean which will
attain up to 36 inches. “I believe it will get it, too,”
Flournoy said. He plans to save this year’s seeds and plant
more next year for the crop of beans which is comparable
to the Kentucky wonder in taste. The bean is called a yard
long bean.
