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LOCAL EDITORIAL COMMENT Oh, Those Fees Education was once described as "something a poor man, can can get, that a rich man cannot take away from him." More and more, It gets harder and harder for a poor man to get an education. Politicians will tell you the wonders of a "free" education, but parents will know differently when they make the annual trip to the school hous es this week and cough up the money to cover fees. While fees In Franklin County are certainly In line with other counties, and continue to be In line with past years, they are still too high. In our opinion any fee Is too much. Every C child should be allowed to enter school, receive an education with instructional supplies furnished by the school sys tem. A few years ago It was re liably estimated that it would cost the taxpayers of Franklin County around $15,000 to elimi nate fees in schools and it was decided at that time that this would be impossible to do under the present tax structure. To show the magnitude of this problem, take a parent with four children In school, two in elementary and two in high school. This parent roust pay $72.20 on opening day In fees alone, to say nothing of clothing, additional books, paper note books, etc. Add to this $45 per year for each child for school lunches, plus such "nonessen tial" expenses as plays, pro grams, ball games, etc. and you can see that the cost Is con cerning to the rich man and Is almost a catastrophe to the poor. The Board of Education can do nothing about these fees, oth er than to try to keep them at a minimum, which they have done. Children must have the things these fees pay for and until the Legislature does something about It, the fee system must continue. > But while we concern our selves with so called higher education, ft Is time someone became concerned about the lower education. Working folks with large families, In today's expensive society, are having a hard time meeting this cost of education. A child entering the first grade this year will have paid $104.90 In fees when he graduates, plus $495.00 In lunchroom charges, and the graduating fees are yet to be added. The money must come from somewhere, and the place Is from the taxpayer, equally distributed, so thatchll dren of parents who cannot af ford the fees will not be jeopar dized because of It. Lost Weekend Very soon now the arrival of Labor Day will signal the last big holiday weekend of the sum mer season. It Is a day tra ditionally set aside to honor America's working men and women who through the years have helped make the nation strong and great. And to paraphrase Lincoln, It Is ''fitting and proper" that we should do so. > But wait. As the holiday nears we are forced to look forward with apprehension and concern. There Is an uneasi ness in the air, vague fears surround us. Could it be the coming death toll? Like it or not we are forced to think of those pre-scheduled to die in brutal, meaningless and preventable traffic deaths! Because it has happened be fore, back through the years. Back a year ago when 26 died over the holiday weekend and the year before then when 17 perished and In 1961 when 23 died and so on. We've said that any number of Tar Heel weekends will and do exceed the Labor Day death toty. Admittedly, weekends like these are jjretty horrible ex amples. Yet,' In viewing the overall picture, we seethe gen eral pattern is the same. Last year, in North Carolina, 38 per <cent of all the traffic mishaps occurred .on two days of the Week ? Saturday and Sun day. When we review such facts as these the dangers of weekend travel can hardly be over emphasized. What to do about It? Well,^ certain things already have been done. As we approach Labor Day/ for example, you will be reminded that all available state troopers will be at their posts during this dangerous period. And that's only partof the story. Fact is, the patrol Is out In full available force on every week end of the year to protect your life and property. Troopers will be watching pri marily for speeders and drink ers, the twin villains that cause the most trouble In traffic ac cidents, especially during a holiday period. But troopers feel, like most of us, that underlying all such driving faults are the basic at titudes of impatience, aggres siveness, irresponsibility and plain thoughtlessness. Now, this is our problem. Yours and mine. It seems the least we can do in our driving over the holiday is to use reas onable caution, courtesy and patience. . .drive at sensible speeds and only when cold sober and strictly observe all traffic laws and regulations. We would like your holiday to end on the calendar ? not on the highway! The Fra^jpn Times ? Established 1870 ? Published Tuesdays A Thursdays by THE FRANKLIN TIMES. INC. Sicken BKd Louiaburg. N. C. Dial C.Y 6-3283 Clint Fuller. Managing Editor Elizabeth Johnson. Business Manager NATIONAL ?# ?0 IT 0*1 A I A-sTocrAlfffiN *3 U / Advertising Rates I'pon Request ? SUBSCRIPTION ? Rates 83. SO per year; 86.00 (or 2 yra. 8alea Tax .11 .IS Total 83.61 86.18 84. SO per year Outsjde State Single Copy*5c Entered as second class mall matter and postage paid at the Post Office at Loulsburg, N. C. "4% Interest Paid On 12 Month Savings Certificates" j Citizens Bank and Trust Company *THE LEADING BANK IN THIS SECTION* WE INVITE YOUR BUSINESS ' MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION HENDERSON , JV. C. /W 7 - Louis burp Suffers Coin Shortage ? Call Out For Piggy Bank Help A Community Church Notices St. Paul's Episcopal Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity 10:00 a.m. Church School and Morning Prayer. Mr. Hill Yar bo rough will be Lay reader. Louisburg Methodist Sunday: 9:45 a.m. Church School 11:00 a.m. At the Mornii* Worship Service, the pastor's subject will be "Christian Morality or Christian Faith." 5:30 p.m. Junior and Senior M.Y.F. 7:30 p.m. Boy Scouts of America 8:00 p.m. The WesleyanSer vlce Guild will meet with Mrs. Earle Murphy. The M.Y.F. Sub-District Meeting has been cancelled. Tuesday: 10:00 a.m. The Maude McKln ne Circle Wednesday: 7:30 p.m. Senior Choir Prac tice 9:00 a.m. Morning Prayer Group Red Bud Sunday 10:00 a.m.SundaySchool.C. E. Nelms, Supt. 7:00 p.m. Choir rehearsal 8:00 p.m. Evening Worship Thursday 8:00 p.m. Prayer meeting 8:00 p. m. Prayer meeting and Bible study. New Hope Sunday: 10:00 a.m. Sunday School 11.-00 a.m. Worship Service 6:30 p.m. Junior and Junior High P.Y.F. Wednesday: 8:00 p.m. Choir Practice Methodist Circuit Sunday: Preaching servings will be held as follows: 10:00 a.m. Bunn Methodist 11. 00 a.m. Leah's Methodist 8:00 p.m. Shlloh Methodist 6:00 p.m. Methodist Youth Fellowship at the Hill King Methodist Church Sermon Topic: "A Charge to Keep We Have." WSCS To Meet Leah's Church W.S.C.S. will meet Friday at 8:00 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Henry Wiggins. WMU Meets Bunn--In the absence of the president, Mrs. F. G. Hlnson presided over the general meet ing of the WMU meeting Tues day night. The meeting opened with the singing of a hymn and a devotional period. The topic for study was "English Language Churches Overseas." The following par ticipated In the program: Mrs. B. C. Johnson, Iceland; Ger many, France and Spain, Mrs. Robert- Wheeless; Luxemburg, Argentina, Mrs. Hlnson; Guam and Japan, Mrs. Glenn Dlck erson. The conclusion was giv en by the leader. One verse of " Onward ChrlstlanSoldlers" was sung as a prayer to end the meeting. Louisburg Baptist Sunday: 9:45 a.ra. Church School, Frank Read, Supt. 11:00 a.m. The Church at Worship 6:00 p.m. Youth Fellowship Monday: 7:30 p.m. Woman's Mission ary Society General Meeting Wednesday: 10:00 a.m. Junior Choir ? Mrs. Joe Lane and Mrs. George West In charge. 7:30 p.m. Royal Ambassa dors (Pioneers) 7:45 p.m. Senior Choir Centerville Baptist Sunday: 10:00 a.m. Sunday School, B. M. Griffin, Supt. 11 KM a.m. Morning Worship Wednesday: 8:00 p.m. Praybr Service Wood Baptist Sunday: 10:00 a.m. Sunday School, Bennle Ray Gupton, Supt. 11:00 a.m. Morning Worship Wednesday: 8:00 p.m. Prayer Service St. Delight This Sunday we have some thing extra special in store. Two missionaries, W. E. Rowe and his wife, Daisy, will be with us throughout all of our Sunday services. Daisy will be teach ing the Sunday School lesson at 10:00 a.m. and W. E. will be bringing the Sunday morning message at 11:00. Brother W. E. will also bring the Sun day evening message at 7:00. Wednesday: 7:30 p.m. The Hour of Power You are cordially invited to worship with us. Rocky Mount MD To Speak At Cancer Meet Here Dr. Lewis S. Thorp, of the Bolce-Wlllls Clinic, Rocky Mount, will, be the featured speaker Tuesday night, Sep tember t, at the annual meet ing of the Franklin County Unit of the American Cancer Society to be held at The Murphy House at 6:30 p.m. Dr. Thorp, a doctor of In ternal Medicine, will speak on the topic, "An Ideal Service Program for County Units." He Is active in state and local medical societies and In the civic organizations as YMCA, Boy Scouts, Board of Health, and Sons of American Revolu tion. He Is a member of the Board of Directors of the North Caro lina Division of the American Cancer Society, of the Service Committee and past chairman of the Medical and Scientific Committee. Dr. Thorp Is a lay reader at the Good Shep herd Episcopal Church. ( The election of officers for the coming year will ba bald at this time. 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