Two spectators aj-e shown at the wreckage of William J.
Phillips' small airplane, which crashed near Hiawassee, Ga.,
Friday afternoon, injuring the Franklin pilot seriously. Be
- - Press Staff n>ot?
hind the boy at left is the tail section, part of which was
broken off when the airplane struck an electric wire from
a nearby house.
i
No. 1
canopy, fuselage, and wings
broke away and the injured
pilot was sitting in the open
with only the center section
and engine near him.
Cause Undetermined
Cause of the crash is unde- ,
termined, since Mr. Phillips has
been in no condition to talk.
A small piece of the tail sec
tion of the airplane, a Mooney
Mite, was torn off by electric
lead-in wires running from the
highway to the home of Mr.
and Mrs: Henry Garrett. The
electric wires did not break, but
a guy wire on a pole near the
house did. An R. E. A. crew
called to restore power at the ]
Garrett home retrieved the
piece of tail from the wires.
An electric clock in the Gar- j
rett home stopped at 2:22, set
I
ting the time of the crash.
Veers To Left
After striking the wires, Mr.
Pnillips' plane veered to the left
toward a small stubble field.
It was about this time Mrs.
Phillips said she saw it going
down. She said she thought for
a moment her husband had the
plane under control for a
wheels-up landing, but the right
wing suddenly dipped into the
ground and the plane started
cartwheeling. It- came to rest
about 25 feet inside a corn field
just off the stubble field.
The Phillips' daughter, Jane,
and Mrs. Phillips' mother, Mrs.
Oliver Hall, also witnessed the
crash. !
Cuts Switch
Mr. Phillips apparently cut
the ignition switch to prevent
fire.
A close search of the field
turned up the ignition key Sat
urday afternoon. It had a sharp
bend in the end, indicating it
had been or was being removed
about the time the plane nosed
into the ground.
The injured pilot was taken
to the hospital in Hiawassee,
where he remained until being
moved Saturday by ambulance
to the Atlanta hospital.
At the Hiawassee hospital,
members of the local Civil Air
Patrol sat around-the-clock
with him to assist the hospital
staff.
Mr. Phillips is executive of
ficer of the C. A. P. here and
is a veteran pilot with several
thousand hours.
He had been to Louisiana on
business for Zickgraf Lumber
Company, where he works.
Baby chicks require lots of
water. '
No. 4
tion to the jail came out of the
general fund.*
Annual salaries set by the
commissioners were: J. Harry
Thomas, sheriff, $5,000 and $1,
800 travel allowance; one $2,400
deputy; one $1,800 deputy (to
act as jailor); Lake V. Shope,
register of deeds, $3,800, and
$1,800 for an assistant.
Mrs. Kate McGee Wrinn,
clerk of Superior Court, $3,800,
and $1,800 for an assistant;
county accountant-tax collect
or-tax supervisor (all one job),
$3,600, and a deputy collector
$2,400.
By Appointment
The job of tax collector and
his assistant still is to be filled
by appointment. All other posts
I
People's Department Store ?
July Clearance Sale
DRESSES
COOL . . . COOL
COTTONS
Our Entire
Stock
Now Vz off
CHILDREN'S
WEAR
ONE TABLE
Priced to $1.98
Now $1.00
Each
Others at 1/3 off
LADIES'
I .
SWIM SUITS
BALANCE OUR
STOCK
Now V3 off
MEN'S PANAMA HATS
Regular $2.00 and $2.49
Special $1.44
STILL A FEW LEFT
Regular $29.95
Sale $19.88
ONE TABLE LADIES'
SUMMER SHOES
These are broken sizes but
a bargain if you find your
size.
Sale $1.99
And Up
ONE TABLE SUMMER
JEWELRY
Regular Price $1.00
Now V2 Price
OUR ENTIRE STOCK
MEN'S
DRESS PANTS
Famous lines and all first
quality.
Regular $6.00 to $12.00
Sale $3.88
And Up
People's Department Store
"Prompt, Courteous Service Each Time We Serve You"
I
(except secretaries) are elective.
8heriff Thomas appeared be
fore the commissioners about
his commission on taxes. (He
will be tax collector until Oct.
7.) He said when he took of
fice In December of his first
term, he served without tax
commission through the rest of
the fiscal year.
He asked the commissioners
to make some sort of an ad
justment on the 1957 tax com
mission, considering that he was
about six months behind on his
commission and that he would
leave the office the first week
in October.
The commissioners took it
under advisement.
No. 2
you have pretty solid friends."
Their winters are cold aind
their summers cool. And then
there's skiing ? a pasttime the
whole Pattillo family enjoyed.
Harry got to be a good jumper,
his father reports, and five
year-old David was something
to brag about on the downhill
runs. The only casualty was
Mrs. Pattillo, who sprained an
ankle during an outing once.
Norway is a very democratic
country, pro-United States, the
chief explained. Income tax
bites heavily into salaries? a 30
per cent bite! However, the peo
ple spend considerably less on
food than we do in this coun
try. Their main diet is meat,
fish, and potatoes. Outdoor
minded 'people, most of the
middle class families also have
mountain "huts", where they go
on vacations or holidays.
Expands Travels
Just before returning to the
States, Chief Pattillo expanded
j his travels by some 2,200 miles,
just to satisfy his personal long
ing.
In Europe, the Mercedes
Benz, a German automobile, has
long been the last word in
motoring elegance.
Being 100 per cent American,
Chief Pattillo fell head over
heels in love with this ricy lit
tle automobile.
"I just decided I had to have
one," he declares.
Inquiry at a dealer in Oslo
revealed he could purchase a
Mercedes-Benz at the factory
at a considerable savings. So, he
flew 1,100 miles to Stftttgart,
Germany, where the factory is
located, and bought a four-door
j '57 model, black with red leath
er upholstery. He drove it back
through Germany, Denmark,
Sweden, and Norway.
Just before he and his fam
ily left Norway he shipped it to
New York.
It was waiting for them
I when they arrived.
Here in Franklin ? and just
about eve-vwhere he goes ? the
Mercedes-Benz attracts a crowd,
j as an automobile of classic
workmanship should.
He returned to it one day last
week to discover all four doors
open and people filing in and
out like it was a mystery model
fresh out of Michigan.
"It's really a honey of a car,"
says the Navy chief who has
seen a good bit of the world
the Navy promised he would.
No. 3
refund, but that he did not
have a copy of it with him at
the moment.
Mr. Baldwin and County Ac
countant Lake V. Shope said
! they had never seen the letter.
TTie company treasurer. James
Bell, accompanied Mr. Sawyer
at the meeting. He said over
payments were made to five
other counties or municipalities
in 1953 and all had made a cash
refund or applied the amount
as credit on the company's next
year's taxes.
"Although our valuation was
lowered here in 1953. the valua
tion on our entire system re
mains the same," Mr Bell ex
plained. He showed the com
missioners state board of assess
ment sheets certifying this.
Western Carolina's valuation
in Macon County was cut from
$134,000 to $95,000 in 1953 and
it is on this reduction that the
company contends it is due a
refund.
.Mr Baldwin said, "It is hard
for the public and this board to
understand how we pay more
for our telephone bills and then
have to make a tax refund."
Mr. Sawyer said it was not
his company which set its own
valuation but the state board
of assessment, that his company
was seeking something it ^as
entitled to.
"I want to say this in clos
ing," the vice-president contin
ued, "I think the county Is mor
ally obligated to make this re
fund. Just as we're obligated to
pay our 1954 taxes, the county
should do right by us for 1953."
Mr. Baldwin then made the
company the commissioners'
proposition of pay up for 1954
t $1,457.27, interest-free) and
forget the 1953 refund.
Mr. Sawyer said they would
think it over and would let the
commissioners know this week.
?Yesterday (Wednesday), a
check for $1,457.27 arrived. The j
company had accepted the com
missioners' idea.
Keep plenty of water before the
cows at all times.
Highlands School Loses
Special Education Teacher
The special education class i
for mentally retarded children 1
at Highlands School last school ]
year will not be operated next <
year. i
The State Department of Pub
lic Instruction has refused to 1
allot a teacher for the class on '
the grounds that all the condi- :
tions for operating such a class 1
were not met, according to 1
Supt. H. Bueck.
Specifically, the department
noted that five of the enroll
ment of 15 last year were above
the I. Q. (75) to which enroll
ment is restricted.
However, the department in
dicated, in a letter to the
school superintendent, it would
approve the allotment of the
Four Injured
In Burningtown
Road Accidents
Four persons were injured in
two separate highway accidents
Sunday on the Burningtown Road.
About 2 p. m.. Leslie Vaughn
Smith, 38, of Franklin. Route 3.
lost control of his 1947 Chevrolet I
pickup truck while making a lefr |
hand curve going southwest. High
way Patrolman H. T Ferguson's
report said the pickup ran off
the pavement on the right hand j
side of the road and went 12S j
feet to the left side and hit a
bank at the private driveway at
Charlie Hylton's. Mr. Smith re- |
ceived a concussion and lacera
tions of the face and hands, ar
cording to Angel Hospital, where
he was taken for treatment Pa
trolman Ferguson has charge
Mr. Smith with drunk drivint
and reckless driving. ? The 3'niti.
pickup was damaged $125.
A 1947 Ford driven by. Jamo>s
R. Swafford. 16. of Route 3. wa
demolished about 10:50 p. m . a
half a mile south of the Burning
town church, according to the pa
trolman. The driver received a
fracture of the right wrist and
Multiple brui=es. Two passengers
Martha Lou Swafford. 11. and Lee
Daniel Swafford. 14. also were
injured when the young driver
lost control in a right hand curve
and the vehicle overturned sev
eral times. Martha Lou received
? chest injuries and multiply bruise;
and abrasions, while Lee re.ceivei
multiple bruises. All three *.ve:*'
taken to Angel Hospital for trea:.
ment.
Monday Was
Pay Day . . .
j Monday was payday for the
board of county commission
ers.
The commissioners, except
for the chairman, are paid by
the meeting and draw their
checks periodically. Chairman
YV. E. (Gene) BaJdwin joshed
County Accountant Lake V.
Shope that he "could use
what's coming to me" and the
other commissioners agreed
they could, too.
Wiley Brown and John W.
Roane are paid $10 a meet
ing with Mr. Roane getting an i
extra dollar for the roundtrip
from his I'pper Ca.rtoc?echaye
home. Chairman Baldwin is
allowed $100 a month, but
takes only $50 of it, return
ing the rest to the county.
Because they are busy with
county affairs throughout the
month, the commissioners are
piia for two meetings, even
though one formal meeting
generally is all thai is held
during a month.
Franklin C Of C
Drive Less Than
Half Of Budget
In its '57 membership cam- j
paign, the Franklin Chamber of
Commerce has banked $2,214.
less than half its proposed bud
get of $4,500.
However, Mrs. Lasca E. Hors
ley, executive secretary, reports
this amount is more than the
chamber had on hand at this
time last year. Many tourist fa
cilities do not pay their mem
bership dues until August and
September, she said.
This year's budget is the larg
est in the chamber's history. It
earmarks $1,500 alone for tour
ist promotional work.
Little League Game
Dafe Is Changed
Franklin's game in Little i
League district play has been
postponed.
Instead of being held on July
18, as previously announced, it
Is now set for July 31, accord
ing to Robert C. (Bobi Carpen
ter, league president.
The game probably will be |
played In Canton or Hazelwood.
depending upon which team
wins in the first round of the
playoffs, he explained.
same teacher for a class to be
neld at Franklin where a larger
lumber of eligible .students
lould be transported to the
school.
Mr. Bueck .said plans are for
the class to operate somewhere
in District I; probably at East
Franklin or Cullasaja. There is
a. potential enrollment of 30 or
more who could be transported
there, he said.
Mrs. Gladys Kihsland, who
taught the class at Highlands,
will teach the new class if her
allotment is approved by the
state, the superintendent said.
Miss Esther Seay, special edu
cation teacher for speech de
fects. already has been allotted
to the county again for the
coming school year.
Pony Team
Is Selected
Fifteen boys have been select
ed by team managers for berths
on the Pony League Tourna
ment Team.
They are Clarence Seay. Bob
by Corbin. Jim Franklin. Ron
nie Higdon, Tex Corbin, Morris
Davis, Thomas Kaiser. Ronnie
Mason. Jimmie Williams. David
Simpson, Douglas Baird, Billie
Crawford, Dale Yeary, Kenneth
Holden, and Furman Ledford.
Five boys ,to substitute in case
any of the regular members be
come sick also hav been pick
ed. They will substitute in this
order: Ronnie Mashburn, Jim
mie Cabe. Teddy Clark, Doyle
McCracken, and Mack Bryant.
The Pony League team man
agers used a point system in
selecting the players.
The All-Stars probably will
meet Canton or Waynesville in
area elimination. The district
elimination will be August 6-7-8
in Canton.
On July 24, the tournament
team will play against Canton
at l p. m. in Canton. A double
header is scheduled. The winner
will meet the winner of the For
est City-Hazelwood game.
Two Macon Paster*
Going iiafore Church
. u:ct?ng On Tuesday
1 One Macon County Presbyter
ian minister will be received
and another ordained at the
Asheville Presbytery's meeting
at Waynesville on Tuesday.
The Rev. Carl R. McCain, of
Highlands Presbyterian Church,
will be received. Mr. McCain
has been serving as pastor at
Highlands for several months,
coming there from Florida.
The Rev. Donn Langfitt, pas
tor of Franklin -Presbyterian
Church since June, will "be ex
amined and then ordained and
installed.
Station Gets
$60,000 Grant
HIGHLANDS ? The National
Science Foundation has grant
ed Highlands Biological Station
$60,000 for improvement of fa
cilities.
The laboratory will use the
funds for expansion of research
facilities.
The request for the N. S. F.
grant is part of a three-year
development program now und
er way. The program envisions
raising a total of $200,000 for
the station's needs for expand
ed research.
Largest single item in the
plans is for SI 25.000 for a new
research laboratory.
i
HEAR
The Franklin
Press i
RADIO PROGRAMS
On Station WFSC
?
"A Thought for Today"
Every Wednesday
Morning
, At
7:15 ,
*
"Itemizing the News"
Every Wednesday
Evening
At
6:30
i
1