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LOCAL EDITORIAL COMMENT ! Was School Rejection Justified? With Franklin County's aver age annual Income just slightly over $2000 and the federal gov ernment having tagged Appa . lachian, counties with over $3000 annual income per family as "poverty-stricken,", the Boardof County Commissioners can claiirh some justification for rejecting" the Boardof-Education request for building funds. They can now join those who have preached for years that -F-r-anklin- 4s apoor oounty. ? And by some standards, perhaps we are. Certainly, when state ex perts, after carefully surveying schools, point out that the coun ty needs to spend over S-3-m.il llcwi to bring the schools up to theA/'minimum state ? require ments" and a bid for orte-sixth this amountls rejected, we must .be poor lndfeed. Members of the Board of Edu cation and the. Commissioners worked long hours with this problem. The Education Board cutevery conceivable corner to anticipate the most improve ments possible for an amount which it believed' the county people could and would be will ing to spend on the future of its fihlldren.' ' 7 The rejection was ndt unex pected. The ne>ft move will be up to the Board of Education. It may or may not elect to seek a bontl issufe. If it so elects, the issue may or it may not pas's. The future is. surely uncertain in the area of improvements to our schools. Each day of delay' -puts ? -Franklin- ? County ? a ? efa-y farther behind and lessens the opportunity of its children to compete favorably With children educated in other areas. ^ We may be too poor today' to maintain school^ that meet minimum state requirements, but certainly we will be poorer, tomorrow as a result of it. The Commissioners turned down a request" of the Board of Education on Monday, but at the* same time, they did indeed, in the" name ' of the people, turn down the needs of the people's most precious' possession, their children. Why Not Louisburg The community of Pearce's one ofthe smallestln the county and the town of Franklinton, one of th-e largest in the county, have lighted Softball figlds. Louisburg, larger than either, has -none, A meeting has be^n called for MpndstjMvlght .at the locaT high school to discuss this' matter. All interested parties have been invitejl. Louisburg has two fieldsj o,ne at Fox Park and a brand new one on the high school campus. 'Both, with very little work, will 'be ready for the summer program. Costs of lighting these fields vary and no bqna fide prices have been quoted. Even- so, the cost w ill not be unsurmoun table. Matiy can, remember several years ago when a small band of int^es-ted men somehow man aged to gradually lfght Fox Park through their btilldog efforts. If this relatively small group (Jouldfind the means ancj deter minatlon to carve -an adequate playing field from a tobacco patch, and red clay hill, plus lighting the out-of-town facility, surely, a larger group can toddy put forth a like effort to lightan irr-town field which is already built. It would hapdlv seem fairfor thesaYrie men who now make up the local school booster club to carry the entire responsibility of this new venture wh^f! they are already burdened with .the school athletic program. They need help in the school pro gram. They^are more than willing to help in the summer time project. Now, Eiil^that is needed is more handp. it is hoped that there will be a re^ sponse on Monday night of such magnitude that a lighted field can be produced and added help made available for the School programs. The area needs a lighted fieldv If others can do'it, why' not Louisburg? V i&itpoint BV JESSE HELMS There is* a delightfully amus ing little flutter in the air in Washington which, if one lis? tens with care, can be -clear ly recognized as some lpng over due chickens coming home to roost. The news reporters--" believe it or not!** -are angrjt with President Johnson be cause# now that the election is over, he Is no longer coddling and courting them. We are riot particularly con cerned with the details of the feud. Whatever the President's motivations may be, we are strictly' calling the reporters "bellyachers" and "crybab ies". In any case, the lesson he is teaching them may be the most instructive journalism course to which they have ever been exposed." it will serve the public tnterest if they learn it well. Let us see what the feud is I all about: The newsmen are | upset because, 'of late, Mr Johnson has not bee<i holding I news conferences to their sat isfaction. The President has called the conferences to suit his schedule instead of the re porters. The auditorium\ has been too warm, or too cool. There hasn't always been en ough chairs; therefore, some of the reporters had to stand up. The President hasn't been leaking, enough ngws. And so on. *The nation should be forgiven if it waits at leasK until to morrow to cry for thct report* ers. ( \ , No doubt, as we hinted earlier, Mr. Johnson is suffering a bit (\f a peeve himself. There are brthind-the-scenes reports thiit MP. Johnson feels tlrat the press hasn't given White House news quite the right slant; therefore, The Franklin Times V?" .. Established 1870 ? - published Tuesdays & Thursdays by " , The Franklin Times, Inc. Blcicett Blvd. Dial GY 6-3283 LOUISBURG, N. C. CLINT FULLER, Managing Editor ELIZABETH JOHNSON, business Manager NATIONAL E_D I T O R l_A I Advertising Rates Upon Request SUBSCRIPTION RATES In North Carolina: . Out?W State : \ One Year, ?4.64; SI* Months, $2.83 Single Copy 10? one Year, *5.50, Six Months, $4 00 Three Months, ?2.06 _ Three Months, $3.50 Entered as second class mall matter and postage paid at the Post Office at Loulsburg, N.-C. 2754#, We Now Pay 4% Interest On ALL PASSBOOK SAVINGS;! Open ot Add to your Account Today Citizens Bank and Trust Company *THE LEADING BANK IN THIS SECTION* WE IHVlTl YOUR BUSINESS ' " MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION HENDERSON, .IS. C. Franklin Mem. Hospital Notes The following were patients in the hospital Thursday morn ing: ?WHITE PATIENTS 4 L_ William Ray Barnhill, Frank linton; Robert 'Thurston Bar nette, Franklinton; Jessie Ros coe Be^dingfield, Zebulon; Lola S. Beddingfielfl, Zebulon; Janie Faye Brantley, Zebulon; Fannie Morton Burnette, Louisburg; Rosa Burnette, Louisburg; Bet sy A Carroll, Franklinton; Claude Felton Cash, Jr. f Louis burg; Allen Clinton Daniels, ruC;tiiy Irene' Dickens, Louis burg;^ George B. Egerton, Louisburg; Julius- R, Fuller, Louisburg; William E. GtKid wi'rr, Franklinton; A'rdean W. Hagwood, Youngsville, Rufus j Harris f? Louisburg; Martha] Winston ?- Holden, Louisburg; ! Nora Howell, LOUisburg; Mi chael Ihrde, Louisburg; Char lie C. Johnson, Loulsbuje; Wiiliam Jordan, Jr.,E4??Tfl<fin-^ toS; Faye Joyne^r Kennedy, Lo,u i^u r g , S hejia Ann L atta , Loui^buhrr^nie Pearl Moore, Louisburg, Helen Mullen, Louisburg; Scarlet Glenn Mur phy," Louisburg; Paul Green Parker, Franklinton; Bobbie Ray, Franklinton; Joe Robert son, Louisburg; Lettie Dorsey Shear inr, Castalia; Annie Smith, Castalia; Peggy Spencer May, Louisburg; Earl Tharrington, Louisburg; Corine L. Thorne, Castalia; LeOna Wester, Louis burg; Mary Wheeler, Franklin ton; Thomas Wheless, fcouis^ burg; Henry White, Louisburg; Haywood .White, Louisburg; Pennie S. Wood, Louisburg; WHITE BIRTHS James and Peggy Spencer May of Rt. i, Lou IS burg announce the birth of a soi\ born March 17, 1965. Jerry W. and Helen Mullen of Louisburg, N. C. announce the birth of a daughter born March 17, 1965. ? COLORED PATIENTS Nannie B. Alston, Louisburg; John Henry Brodie, Louisburg; Raymond Evans, Louisburg; Eugene Foster, Louisburg; Forrest Harris, Spring Hope; Rachel Hunt,. Franklinton; Mag dalene Perry, Louisburg; Jonas | Lee Stall ings, Castalla; Robert ThotnaSj Louisburg; Viola' Welch, Edenton. lie i refusing to punch Jhelr^eo^kie cards. As Mae West used to say, maj* be that'll learn 'em, dern 'em. If ever the news profession tn America humiliated itself, it did "so in covering the politics^ of . 1964. Practically every re porter on the Washington scene fell all over himself portray ing Lyndon Johnson's opponent as an impulsive warmonger de dicated to the destruction of alj that is decent. The whole trouble, of course, is that the Washington reporters apparently figured they had a President bought and paid for with the slanted coverage of last Fall's campaigp in Tavor Mr. Johnson. They had vislions, apparently, of eating sugar pl\ims while cianCtng the John son Rag at the White House. Nov Mr. Johnson 'discloses that he had another Ry?fody In mind; he is showing the Simple Simons of the Washington pfess^corp s [the way to go home pu n is h i ngt he r?po f te rs by I. Events araund the. world, as well as at home? have since made it a necessity that there porters disclose at least a mea sure of the agonies which Amer ica is 'suffering. This has hid the effect of causing some Ame~ rlcans to realize, In thelrhtfarts who. was really right a few months ago A warmonger is a little harder 4o define these days. Peace and prosperity are decidedly more elusive than when the reporters so cleverly wrote on the subject last Fall. Brotherhood Is trickling at drought stage. . The reporters contend that Mr. Johnson is irritated- be-' cause they are now telling the truth. Maybe if they had tried a bit of it some months agoj' he would 'now be accustomed to it. In any case, the blame belongs to the press ?npt to President Johnson. So, In our view, the Washing ton reporters should take their medicine, acknowledge their mistakes, ind set about the business of reporting the news as It Is. They helped bury Mr. Goldwater, but at least h? still possesses his self respect The Washington reporters should now try to regain theirs and quit acting, as Mr. Johnson put l{, like "bellyachef**1 and " crybabies'*. It would be a fine development all around- -especially for the nation. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor I had a chance ta-drop In on rehearsals of the Louisburg High School p}ay, "Judy Pulls presented this svj&kend. I think folks who vtfW~~Loulsburg to have, good theatre are going to be happy about this show. It is full of fresh laughs. Besides' the entertainment, I think all of -uS are going to be extremely proud, of the way our High School Seniors demon strate their ability to take on successfully a difficult under taking in the best American tradition of teamwork. That's a tribute to our homes'and our ? school. * ~~~ I think your readers will find it a high point of the year. Sincerely, Bob Versteeg Director of Drama Louisburg College fllatiin Welt Gomfumy. WELL BORING - DEEP WELL DRILLING WARRENTON. N C ^ A Well .4 Day- The Martin IV 'ay" N. C- LICENSE NO. 2 DAY 297.3691 MANLEY S. MARTIN . NIOHT 237-3392 LUMBER and JOHNS-MANVILLE x ALUM. FOIL-BACK FIBERGLAS INSULATION ? MASONITE ? PLYWOOD SHEET ROCK j SHEATHING BOARD Clwck Our Prices First WILSON BUILDING SUPPLY RIVER ROAD _ LOUISBURG, N. C. MARCH 18th THROUGH MARCH 31st TABLE LAMPS DANISH CONTEMPORARY ASSORTED STYLES $499 ADJUSTABLE . IRONING BOARD i $381 DOOR MIRRORS $2h m PLASTIC DRAPES LARGE ASSORTMENT 2 pr $100 BED PILLOWS FOAM FILLED /L a & <" >s. 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