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Boosters On The Go
The Louisburg High School Boosters
met last night, elected new officers,
and mapped some plans for the future.
Several schools in the county have like
organizations and one question was
raised in the meeting which bears some
explanation.
What does the Booster organization
do? That's the question which, some
what surprisingly came up. Here in
Louisburg, there has been a Booster
organization since 1949. Actually,
prior to 1957, it worked more with com
munity athletics than directly with the
school, but with the return of football
that year, it became primarily a school
auxiliary agency. ,
The State of North Carolina nor the
County of Franklin makes any expendi
ture for coaches salaries, athletic
equipment, facilities other than the
building of gymnasiums, and in order
for a school to offer such opportunities
to its students, outside money and sup
port is necessary.
The Louisburg Boosters work gates
at games, sponsor an,vannual dinner for
all kids connected with sports, supply
an activity bus and pay the expenses
(Some help also comes from PTA and
Band Boosters here) and in general
underwrites thousands of dollars worth
of necessary equipment, such as the
expensive football gear.
Louisburg has had a satisfactory
program of sports for several years.
Many more things are needed. For one
thing, the Boosters stay in debt in the
neighborhood of tvw to three thousand
dollars each year. The take at the gate
is never enough to pay the bill.
It is good that the group is heading
into a new year, with ne^ leadership
and with new enthusiasm Every parent
of a child in the school should be in
terested in this work. Much more than
athletics are supported by this organi
zation. It is good for the children, tile
school and the community. And, it
might be very good for you. They're
looking new members.
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OPINION
LANCASTER, S. C., NEWS:
"Printing plants can borrow
from the government but news
papers are barred because the
Federal government does not
want to be In the position of
taking possession of a news
paper In the event the loan Is
not paid. That sounded like
good Constitutional reasoning
until we got a report from
Michigan this week that
$188,000 In Federal funds has
been allocated to establish a
weekly newspaper In Willow
Run, Mich. The new paper,
which will compete with four
others In the area, proclaims
that Its purpose Is to provide
'honest and "true reporting* on
matters the government feels
are of Interest. A sort of
TVA yardstick to measure the
press?"
CUSHING, OKLA., CITIZEN:
"The road to the Great Society
may be p&ved with good inten
tions but potholes are popping
up along the right of way....
It would be unfortunate, Indeed,
If strategic planning from a
bureau In Washington were al
lowed to override as a matter
of course the people who have
been In the front lines of the
war on poverty for a great
many years. Charity began at
home in America. At least
some of It ought to remain
there."
TERRE HAUTE, IND., TRI
BUNE: "One more good word
Is losing Its reputation through
misuse: 'protest'.
Viftu>pooit
By JESSE HELMS
Get The Most For The Least
There was a time, and not
at all distant In history, when
the most ridiculed citizen In
any community was he who
dared to doubt the wisdom of
turning to the federal govern
ment for handouts and con
trols. Those were gloomy
days Indeed for the fellow who
had read the Constitution,
and who had thus determined
that there Is a direct relation
ship between personal respon
sibility and Individual freedom.
Those were the days when the j
politicians chanted "New Deal" '
and "Fair Deal" and "Go For
ward" and "New Day." The
path to the ballot box suddenly
became a boulevard to the pub
lic trough. It was all a ques
tion of who could get the most
(or the least.
The days are still gloomy
for the fellow who was appre
hensive during those earlier
days. But now that the cen
Modern Paul Revere
He could be called * modern Paul Revere, with some quali
fications.
For one thing, you can keep that midnight ride. He gets up
early enough ^s It Is.
And he wouldn't trade his car tor Paul's horse. The new way
gets the messages spread out through the countryside at a clip
that puts Mr. Revere's
lightning gallop to shame.
For another thing, that
stuff about the British com
ing Is old hat now. This
modern bearer of tidings Is
probably bringing you your
light bill or a letter from
your son who's off at col
lege.
Maybe some of the
drama's missing. But, to
you, that message Is mighty
Agriculture
in
Action
By VERNE STRICKLAND
N. C. Farm Bureau Federation
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Important. And somehow you don't seem to care If your rural
mailman doesn't get such a big splash In the history books.
According to Floyd E. Huffman, president of the National
Rural Letter Carrier's Association, about the only excitement
today'* country mailman has Is when some speedster crashes
Into him as he's stopping at a mall box. r
"80 carriers today would Just as soon do without the excite
ment," says Huffman. "Anyway, It doesn't happen often. Oar
rural mailmen pride themselves on a fine safety record."
Huffman, who has taken a leave of absence from his own
rural route while serving as national president of his asso
ciation, says that the country carrier's service has been
Improved by the automobile and better roads.
"Carriers across the nation today travel 400,000 more miles
dally than they did thirty years ago," he revealpd, "but with
10,000 fewer people required for the job."
The average rural mailman, he said, covers a 60-mile rural
route (lx days a week, serving 280 families. North Carolina's
1,018 carriers travel 74,261 miles per day on the Job.
We revere them as much as Revere.
tralizatlon. of power in Wash
ington has become an accom
plished fact, there is enough
gloom to darken, at long last,
the countenances of those who
were loudest In their advocacy
of turning to Washington for
cure-alls. What can be said
now that millions of Americans
have become aware of what they
have brought upon themselves?
The chickens have come home
to roost and their squawks have
a sort of cruel I-told-you-so
rasp. But there Is little con
solation for the fellow who,
through the years, tried to
sound a warning about the In
evitability of sweeping federal
controls If Americans per
sisted In clinging In their some
thlng-for-nothlng philosophy.
Downtown the other day we
chanced upon one of the top
officials of one of North Caro
lina's largest cities. In earlier
years he had not always seen
the wisdom of resisting the
temptation of "free money"
from Washington. But he was
no worse than mc
deed, If anything, he saw the
handwriting on the wall earlier
than. most.
Hev began to recite the diffi
culties he is now encountering
in his attempts to operate the
municipal government which he
serves. "We can't do any
thing," he said, "without some
federal bureaucrat looking over
our shoulder." Cities cannot,
he said, exercise their own
Judgment In choosing the pro
grams In which they wish to
participate. Either jou go all
the way* with you-know-who or
you Invite the pressures of the
federal government up and down
the line. As the gentleman
put it: "We are nothing but
puppets on a string."
Of course not. And what
the gentleman now realizes Is
that It will get worse before
it gets better? if ever It does
Indeed get better. There Is an
air of hopelessness which Is
not likely to lift until the mass
es of the people engage In a
political revolution. ( And who
will lead It?
t
*It cannot happen untfl there
terparts across
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are candidates for public office
who are willing to seek election
on a genuine pledge to stand
uncompromisingly in resist
ance to the present trend. And
where, one must ask, is even
one such candidate today?
It is no longer, we suspect,
a matter of politicians not know
ing where they are leading this
country. They know. And the
people know. The trouble is to
be found in the measurement of
the courage and moral fibre of
us all.
Even the apprehensions of the
U. S. Supreme Court occasion
ally glimmer through the mist.
For brief moments, it some
times appears that the Court
may be on the brink of confess
ing its role in the destruction
of the principles of America.
One rfotes with interest, for ex
ample, that Hugo Black, one of
the Court's oldest and foggiest
architects of the spirit of law
lessness now sweeping the
country, wrote a stinging rebuke
the other day to a pressure
group that Invaded a public li
brary some months ago, taking
the law into Its own hands.
Black did not precisely retreat
from his positions in civil rights
matters in general. He paid
tribute to what he called the
"noble Ideals" of those who
have been flouting the law for a
decade. But then he said: "I
say that the crowd moved by
noble ideals today can become
the mob ruled by hate and pas
sion and greed and violence
tomorrow."
It hardly needs noting that
tomorrow has arrived. A great
many "noble Ideals" of yester
day have today become un
masked, and exposed for what
the y are. America has been
asking for trouble for a long
time. There Is no occasion
for surprise that trouble is
now upon us. Yet we contin
ue to beg for more of the
medicine that made us sick
In the first place.
New Medical
Society
Officers
Although elections were held
some time ago, names of the
new officers of the Franklin
County Medical Society have
not been announced. Dr. a L.
Patterson was elected Presi
dent of the organization, and
Dr. T. O. Wheless was named
Secretary. Dr. J. B. Wheless
Is County Health Director.
"The American Medical As
sociation says that the level of
Immunity against smallpox In
this country has been shrilling
steadily for years as more and
more people neglect to get boos
ter*.
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