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EDITORIAL
Here’s That Telephone
Again*—and Again
■ Sure. I agree.. Something oughta’ be done. Yeah.
Yes-sir! The county is full of agreement on the telephone problem in (Rappahannock. No one denies that toll charges for calls Within the county ar ea bad influence on the county’s business and unit. At one-cent-per-word for att the head-nodding and agreement that the situation Is * bad one, every telephone bill in the county could be paid for the next generation, but—
Suggestions (printable) are ’' few and far between..-^Here’s one " however, offered by a citizen;keep each section of the county on the telephone line he now is, but have a phrase like, “This is m county call,” be an “Open, Sesame” for any calls within the bounty boundary line. t • The Amissvillc, Castleton, and Slate Mills communities will still bh on the Culpeper exchange (or Whatever they call it), but if they dial the operator* and “This is a county call,” they should be able /to talk, tolj exempt* anywhere in their own county. The same should apply in the Huntly community; they still call Front Royal as usual, but if they have business in their own county (where they have to pay taxes), they can etill call, toll free, anywhere within the county borders. Perhaps that suggestion isn’t
practical. Maybe it won’t work. Maybe it will. Anyway, you haven’t heard the last of it yet. We’ll keep ' on - plugging and one day the right answer will tome along, and Rappahannock — will be a county where you can , talk to your "i^eighbor anytime you want to l
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