Joe Slaton Takes Over Mayor’s Post, Names Harry Baughn Mayor Pro-Tem

By Lorraine Bennett

Staff Writer

  • (Progress photo • Lorraine Bennett) Judge Willis Whichard, left, retired from the N.C. Supreme Court, administers the oath of office to incoming Hayesville Mayor Joe Slaton as wife Wendy holds the Bible.
    (Progress photo • Lorraine Bennett) Judge Willis Whichard, left, retired from the N.C. Supreme Court, administers the oath of office to incoming Hayesville Mayor Joe Slaton as wife Wendy holds the Bible.
The torch was passed at Town Hall Monday evening when former Councilman Joe Slaton took the oath of office as Hayesville’s new mayor. One of his first official acts was to propose former Mayor Harry…

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