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The FraMtft Times " ? ? l ^ l r *11 p y- i.. Published Every Tuesday & Thursday Weather Variable cloudiness, unsea sonably mild today and Fri day. Scattered ahowerm, mainly on Friday. Low today, 56; high, 73. Serving All Of Franklin County T?l. ?Y 6-3283 Ten Cants Lomsburg. N. C . Thursday. December 8. 1966 (12 Pages Today) 07th Year-Number 84 Franklinton, County Charges About Same School Systems About Average In Fees With the legislature about to fo Into session In North Caro lina, the subject of school fees has again come up. Releases from the State Department of Public Instruction and public statements by other educators have brought public attention once again to the subject of fees. The Franklin County School system and the Frankllnton City School system charge about the same amount each year although there are some differences. The County char ges $2.00 Instructional sup piles fee In the elementary trades while Franklin ton *" charges only $1.00. Franklln ton, however, charges $1.00 In high school for Instructional supplies while the county system does not. Both systems charge $5.00 book rental fee In high school. The county charges $13. SO (or business education (typing) while Frankllnton's fee Is only $9.00. Other charges by the county system Include $2.00 for Home Economics and $2. 50 for agriculture while Frank llnton charges $4.00 for each. rhe county system also :harges $1.00 (or science The study came about h rough efforts of the State Department In an effort to standardize fees and hopeful - ,y, to have the legislature eli minate at least some of them In the upcomlnf session. Both systems are among those with uniform fee sche dules. Several North Caro lina units have no uniformity and sixteen units have no fe?s at all. Most are city units with supplemental tax aid. Some have only special fees and some charge only (or textbook rental. At least three units have "what may be termed is un usual fees. These Include Activity and Entertainment fees, grade and subject fees and one unit, 8tanly County has a $50 fee listed for "Acrobatics fee." A notation by the compiler a I the figures say* this la perhaps a fee paid to professional per formers from admission charges. The county aystem has a $2.00 optional insurance fee i? ($1.75 for elementary child ren) and a $2.00 optional fee (or National Defense Educa tion Act. The latter Is equal ly matched by the federal government and, while option al, Is voted on by many PTA (roup* before the school participates. In the matter of the high cost of typing In the county systems, It Is pointed out that many others charge as much as $15 to $18 with some as low as $1.50. Some progress has been made over the years toward the elimination of fees In North Carolina's "free" schools but tyuch remains to be done be fore Tar Heel Children have access to a truly free sys tem of education as called for In the Constitution, ac cording to the State super intendent of public Instruction. Dr. Charles F. Carroll said a recent fee survey among the State's 169 county and city school administrative units documents the many fees now being charged students and points up the lack of uni formity. "In many school systems the amount being charged for the same pur pose varies from school to school," he said. State funds provide $1.75 per pupil (or Instructional sup piles and )1 per pupil (or library books. The State also provides (re* books at the elementary level, both basal and supplementary. At the high school level the State provides $5 per student on the rental o( textbooks and State Board of Education- re See FEES Page 2 At Inauguration (SEE STORY PAGE 5) Mr. and Mr*. C. Fisher Stone of Lou Is burg with their son ind daughter-in-law, Dr. and Mrs. Raymond A. Stone, Immediately following the formal Inauguration December 3 of Dr. Stone as the first president of Sandhills Community College in Southern Pines, N. C. The inaugural ceremony Saturday morning, attended by many dignitaries from all areas of the state, was the first event at a two-day program of festivities on the Sandhills College cam pus. OnSunday the four new buildings of the College and the ISO-acre scenic campus were ded icated. Speakers who were featured on the Saturday and Sunday programs were Chancellor John Caldwell of North Carolina State University, Irving Carlyle, Winston-Salem, and form er Governor Terry Sanford. School Board Hears State Official On Long Range Plans The Franklin County Board at Education, In regular ses sion here Monday, heard Or. J. L. Pearce, Director of the Division of School Planning for the state, tell about long-range needs for the county system and requirements forspending the $558,049.90 In state bond asbney. Dr. Pearce told the Board funds could be spent on any school which figured to be continued In use over a long period of -time. An overall plan, however, must be ap proved before such funds can be obtained, be pointed out. Dr. Pearce" s appearance with his assistant, Mr. Ben Qutm, coincided with an ap pearance before the Board of their architect, Mr. Ralph Reeves of Raleigh. A thorough discussion on county building needs was held and Indications were that the Board will move Immediately toward some long-range plan In order to utilize the half mill Ion dollars In state funds. In other actions, the Board gave final approval to the re novation ot the Bunn gymna sium, which Includes a new heating plant, a boiler room, complete paint Job plus an enlargement of the present facility. A bid by Will Dtckerson tor the Loulsburg Activity bus for 9210.. was approved, but the sale of a number of used desks tor $8 was not allowed. Both had been subject to confirma tion by the Board after a pub lic auction held last week. A request by the Franklln ton City Board of Education (or use of two school busses during the summer for a Head Start program there was ap proved by the County Board, which controls transportation for both systems. Eleven busses, howler, are desig nated for Frankllnton luse and the County Board adherred to the Frankllnton request; A report was presented the Board by Superintendent War ren Smith on the progress of school lunchrooms^* which have been plagued of lafVwlth dwindling finances. The re port Indicated that some im provement 1* being made In the situation and the Board took no further action on school lunches. Mrs. Beasley Heads Dimes Drive "The March of DlmM U flfhtlnc birth dafacta bacauae aach year thaaa traflc condl - nana rob mora than a quarter - mlllion American chlldran of tkalr blrthrlfht: to enter the world hamlthund grow norm ally." Mr*. Ralph C. Beaalsy made thla statement today aa aha ac oapted the chairmanship of tfie January 1M7 Franklin County March o f Dlmea cam pel pi. Mra. Baaalay la aaaocutad with the Franklin County Wel fare Department '? I think moat of ua would consider It alarmist tfwa hoard about an epidemic la wMch a new case ? truck erery other minute, which waa the aacond (raataat deatroyer of life, and which cauaad half of all caaea at mental retarda ttn," declared Mra. Baaalay. "Tat," aha pointed out, "birth defect* are responsi ble for all thla, and for much more human damaca. Many defects are not apparent at birth. They appear later In life, causing physical or men tal disability. The March at Mfs. Nancy Beasley Dimes IS making important progress In birth defects, but we need Increased public (up port to continue and to expand these prof rams." Mrs. Beaslcy noted the Crowing number of March of Dimes-supported canters where birth defect children recelTe superior treatment from teams of trained medi cal professionals. There are now 7? of these canters In operation, Including the Birth Defects Treatment Center in Chapel Rill and a brand new E valuatlon Center at Western Carolina Center In Morganton, North Carolina. In research, scientists sup ported by March of Dimes grants have developed ways of detecting several defecta of body chemistry that can cause mental retardation, and are studying the hereditary and environmental factors which affect a baby's development before birth. li Franklinton Board Answers Charges, To Seek Hearing The Frankllnton City Board of Education voted last week to answer charges brought by the U. S. Commissioner of Educa tion and to request an official hearing on the charges. The Board also authorized attor ney W- P. Pearce, Jr. to obtain the services of Raleigh attor ney Irvln Tucker to aid In the defense at the Frankllnton system. The Frankllnton Board, pla gued for months by Increasing pressures from Washington, to Increase desegregation of the two schools wlthlnthe sys tem, has been charged by the U. S. Office of Education with failure to comply with federal guidelines on school desegre gation. Frankllnton Is one of several North Carolina units under at tack for what Commissioner Harold Howe, II, terms Inade quate Integration. Board member Joe Whltaker made the motion that Frankllnton answer the charges and ask (or. a hearing. Howard Conyers seconded the motion. Monday, eight of the nine Board members, Superinten dent Fred Rogers and attor neys Pearce, Tucker and Local Market Tops 1965 Total Poundage, Average The Loulsburg Tobacco Market topped the IMS mark tor pounds aold and averages paid, In the recent 1986 sell ing season, according to fig ures released this week by the tederal -State Market News Service. According to the report, the Lou Is burg market sold a total of 10,268,102 pounds for an av erage of $64.02. This Is com pared with the 1965 sale of 8,380,060 which brought an av erage of $61.57. Only the Fuqilay-Varlna and Sanford markets surpassed Loulsburg In average. Dur ham bested the local market by a small percentage. San ford led with an average of $66.20; Fuquay-Varlna had $66.06 and Durham had $64.18. Loulsburg sold more leaf than markets In Aberdeen, Carth age, Ellerbe and almost as much as Sanford and Warren ton. Fuquay-Varlna and Hen derson led the Middle Belt markets In poundage sold. The 1966 crop Mies of Mid dle Belt flue-cured tobacco were marked toy substantial Increases over the previous year In poundage, In value paid to growers, and length of the season. According to the Fed eral-State Market News Ser vice, most grade averages were up while the overall qual ity declined. The general ave rage also was higher than for the 1069 season tut failed by 38 cants to resch the 1(61 rec ord. Stabilization Corpora tion receipts were up froty last Masonic Notice Lou Is burg Lodge 413AF and AM will hold Its yearly elec tion of officers on Tuesday evening, December 13, at Its stated communication. Also work will be In the Fellow craft Degree. All Fellow craft and Master Masons are urged to be present. From Welfare Dept. The Children Who Never Heard Of Santa Claus As the Yuletlde Season drive near, the welfare staff never falls to remember three ?mall children left with the a gency, hungry, dirty, and frightened a* animals, one bitter cold day not so long ago. The children were placed In a licensed foeter home with a warm, motherly woman who gava them lore and tender car*. Aa It was nearlng Christmas, the faster mother began to question the children about what they wanted Santa Claus to bring them. The answer was "Who is Santa Claus?" These children had never heard of Christ's Birthday, nor had they ever seen a Christmas tree. These were Franklin County children. The agency is request I r< cash donations not only to provide for our children In (oa ter homes, child caring Institutions and schools for th? mentally and physically handicapped, but also for old ?r persons In n**d. Thar# will In a worker avail able at alt tlmas (8:00-9:00 Monday through Friday) to re ceive telephone calls with re gard to these needy bmttlea In the county for whom they might like to provide. Mra. Jane York, Welfare Director, atated, "Franklin County people always take care of their own and I am confident that the needa will be met bringing joy to the fiv er aa well as the receiver." No prepared Christmas bon es will be given to persona comlnf to the office and the agency will be unable to re ceive gins for distribution - this la an opportunity for the people to get to know the needa of their neighbors. The Welfare Office will cloae at 8:00 p. m. on December 22, and open at 8:00 a. m. on De cember 28th. year. Around one-third of to Ul sales were untied. Gross sales (resales includ ed) amounted to 1M, 5(1,062 pounds and averaged $64.00 See MARKET Page 4 Loulsburg attorney Hill Yar bo rough, an associate of Tuck er's attended a meeting In Ral eigh with State Superintendent Charles Carroll and Assistant Attorney General Ralph Moody to discuss the charges and to determine a course of defense. Representatives of several other school systems affected were also present. Mr. Moody explained that North Carolina was a pert of this latest action and that his department would defend the State and , when possible, the local units. He pointed out, however, that esch local sys tem must prepare Its own de fense. He said It was possi ble that North Carolina could be successfully defended where some local unit could not be. The State position on deseg regation has been stated often by Dr. Carroll as "committed to the freedom of choice plana". Frankllnton operates under this type plan. Hearings In the actions are expected the week of Decem ber It or December 26 In Washington. It w?a also point ed out tn the Ralel(h meeting that school systems under court orders are not neces sarily In compliance with the guidelines. Caswell County units operate under a court order but have been charged with the same noncompliance as the Frankllnton unit. The Franklin County system, which controls most of the schools In the county Is oper ating under a federal court order with a freedom of choice plan. Financially, the Frankllnton system Is threatened with stoppage of federal funds pre sently being used In certain programs and a deferment of future funds. Many observers believe the latest charges by Washington are attempts to compile some court rulings on the contro See FRANK LINTON Page 5 Mrs. Dean Artist Of The Month Shirley Catletts Dean Is the artist of th* month (or De cember In th* prof ram Ini tiated by thv Fine Arts De partment of the Louliburf Wo man's Club. Mrs. Dean will exhibit three of her pelntlncs during the month of December at the Franklin County Li brary. The first painting which la on display no*; De cember 1-10, Is a portrait at her sister, Mrs. Robert Ed wards, will be seen In the 11 wards. A portrait of her neph ew, Master Jonathan Scott Ed wards, ?U1 be mn In the li brary the week of December 12-19. A landscape li Mr*, be displayed the remainder of the month from December 21-31. Mrs. Dean la a graduate of W. R. Mills High School and attended Wake Forest College . She studied art under Mrs. M. S. Deris, of Loulsburg, for four years and for the past year has been studying por traiture under John Fogarassy Wallner, of Wake Forest. In addition to her Interest In art, Mrs. Dean U an active mem ber of the Town and Country Garden Club. Shirley Is Inar rled to J. Jackson Dean, local businessman, and they ha\e one daughter, Mary Martha* The public la Invited to come by the Franklin County Li brary on Justice Avenue and see each of these fine paint ings. A good selection at books on art, music and sculpture will continue to be grouped on the shelves maintained by the Loulsburg Woman's Club for your convenience. Artist Of Tlra Month
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