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Volume 75 ? Number 42 Murphy, North Carolina May 13, lb 6 5
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Riddles are fun, but if we
hadn't Known a fellow with
extra toes we'd never have
come up with the answer to
last weeks tliftit. There were
many correct answers but
there were only three early
birds who got their entries
post marked Thursday a.m.
A free one year subscription
? the SOOUT goes out with
our compliments to Mrs. Blain
Sttlcup, Mrs. C. C. Crain, and
Mr . Ben L. Beaver. Last
weeks question was: If a
farmer had (100 and wanted
to buy 100 animals, how many
of each could he buy if pigs
cost 50* each, sheep J3.00
each and cattle >10.00 each.
Here is the correct answer:
M pigs. $47.00; 1 sheep,
?3.00; and 5 cattle, J60.00.
Total 100 animals for $100.
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Spring fever overcame Mrs.
Nellie Taylor last week. Mrs.
Taylor has been confined to
her own hospital, Murphy Gen
eral, for 4 1/2 months foll
owing a coronary. Mrs. T
just couldn't stand the spring
sunshine peeping through her
window any longer, so she
asked. lab technician Larry
Faulk if he would take her
for a ride. He said he would
and she told him to meet her
outside. Mrs. T didn't want
the doctor to know she was
leaving so she skooted down
the fire escape from the
second floor. Just goes to
prove that you can't keep a
good man, ah, woman down.
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Jaycee Bud Penland was
working the wrestling match
Saturday night and was doing
a fine job until a Japanese
wrestler began twisting the leg
of his opponent Len Rossi.
In fact they had to carry
Rossi from the ring and the
match was over. All of a
sudden. Bud, who was selline
cokes at the time began
limping all over the place. We
asked him why he was limp
ing when it was the wrestler
who got his leg turned and
he said, "My wife kicked me".
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Ole Joe "66" Fowler has
a new gadget down at his
service station these days.
It s one of them new fangled
5 minute car washes. Joe
invited us to try it out so
we told him if he would put
in the quarter we would supply
the man power. Sho 'nuff, we
washed our old beat up station
wagon in a flat 5 minutes.
So the advertisment is true
they could do it and we could
too.
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Bill Hembree, owner of the
Double H Drag Strip at Blue
Ridge, Ga., brought a gosh
awful looking four wheel mon
ster by the office yesterday
and offered us a ride. It was
a 22 1/2 foot long, jet pow
ered dragster that Bill will
have running on his drag strip
Saturday night. The car will
turn better than 200 miles per
hour in a quarter mile. Kinda
makes a fellow think some
one is trying to get rid of
him by offering him a ride
in something like that.
-J
Hiwassee Dam Girls
Attend Convention
Hiwassee Dam High School
was represented for the first
time at the North Carolina
Association of Future Home
makers of America Conven
tion. The Convention was held
recently In Memorial Audit
orium at Raleigh.
The guest speaker was Dr.
Walter Kerr of Tyler, Texas,
Director of the National Youth
Foundation. He spoke on the
theme, We Are America's
Future, to the 3,500 delegates
from throughout North Carol
ina.
While there, the delegates
visited such places as the
House of Legislature, the Uni
versity of North Carolina, and
Catawba College, Mrs.
Connor's Alma Mater.
SportSMM Urged
To Afltad M??t
Area Sportsmen are urged
to attend the N. C. Wildlife
Resources Commission meet
ing to be held at the Court
house in Sylva May 18 at 7t30
p.m.
This meeting is to discuss
the regulations for the 1966
66 hunting season.
| $150 - Total Of This
I Weeks Prizeword Award
If you play prlzewords, you
know how much fun you can
have with the word game. If
you don't , join the gangl Meet
us on page 3. Right now.
A perfect solution will put
you in the chips. This weeks
Puzzle is worth $150 in cash.
Don't forget, you may enter
as many times as you wish.
A complete set of rules is
on page 3.
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1. Women who are SHREWD are sometimes harshly critized
by other women. (Shrews). -Sometimes understates with Shrews
used to complete the clue. Only sometimes do other women
harshly criticize women who are SHREWD, keen-witted. They
usually admire them.
3. Few self-made men believe the struggle facing ambitions
youth is NOT sterner then it was a generation ago (Now).
Note ambitious. Because it's so difficult nowadays to amass
anything resembling a fortune few believe it is NOT sterner
and many believe it is Now sterner.
7. How hard it often is to AMUSE a person when we're not
in the mood to do sol (Abuse).- The exclamatory how hard
indicates very hard. Whether it's often very hard to Abuse
a person depends less on mood than on need for such action
AMUSE is better; it doesn't need the same inspiration to be
amusing as it does to be abusive.
8. Probably most of us at times feel a desire to SPEND
recklessly (Speed).- Most of us includes the entire population,
many of whom have neither the opportunity nor ability to
drive (youngsters, the ill, the very old). SPEND is more
reasonable; a greater proportion of most of us have the
opportunity to SPEND money--either well or recklessly.
12. Study is FOOD for thoughtful minds (Good). - The out
right statement is better with FOOD; there can be little doubt
study makes thoughtful minds work. Whether study is always
Good for such minds is debatable; too much depends on the
subject studied.
13. As a rule, the cleverer a criminal the harder it is for
police to JAIL him (Nail).- It might be easy to Nail him,
to catch him, to have sufficient evidence of wrong doing
to JAIL him is quite another, and much more difficult matter,
as a rule.
14. Young women are apt to be self-conscious when they have
NEW clothes to wear (Few).- Few implies that their wardrobe
is limited. But if well-chosen, they neednotbe self-conscious.
They're more likely to be self-conscious with NEW clothes.
15. The cruel, hard world often soon changes the disposi
tion of a youth who is LOFTY (Softy).- Softy means weak in
character, body or mind; to change such a youth's disposition
Isn't so easy as often indicates. LOFTY is better; it's
easier to bring down a youth who is haughty, arrogant.
DOWN:
L A sensible person is usually able to laugh at SNUBS (Snobs. -
It seldom, if ever, does any good to be upset over a SNUB;
a sensible person usually regards them at face value. Snobs
is open to question; a sensible person might pity them, rather
than laugh at them.
2. We're apt to be exasperated by a vain GUEST (Quest). -
GUEST, yes; his vanity is a potential cause of exasperation.
Quest is weak. Much depends on what the Quest is for. It
might not be our Quest.
4. A novelist is apt to disappoint his readers when he ends
a book SADLY (Badly).- When he ends a book Badly he's
more than merely apt to disappoint readers. The restraint
is better with SADLY; the end might be well written, though
sad.
5. Undeserved bitterly unkind words often make a person feel
NUMB (Dumb).- NUMB is better. It indicates a more pro
found reaction than Dumbness- silence. Moreover, you can
feel NUMB but, hardly Dumb. You're either speechless or
you're not speechless.
6. Humorists often base jokes on the supposition that visiting
the dentist makes most people YELLOW! (Bellow).- YELLOW
is better here; humorists make much play on the alleged
fear that fills the dentist's patient. They are less inclined
to emphasize the Bellow---the field is too restricted for much
fun.
9. An approach that's OILY is often apt to defeat the purpose
of a request (Wily).- Wily is less fitting. If it's Wily, the
approach is unlikely to be recognized as such. An OILY
approach is by no means a Wily one. It may alienate the
sympathy of the person approached.
10. A woman is usually less reserved than a man in talking
about a FOE (Woe).- It's very hard to generalize with Woe;
men and women react about the same to great sorrow. FOE
is better. Women are more likely to speak their minds.
11. The fact that he BIT his brother is likely to get a boy into
trouble with his parents (Hit).- The fact that he BIT his brother
is much more serious than the fact that he merely Hit him.
Vandals Promised
Fast Prosecution
ATLANTA- Forest Rangers
will find It easier this season
to get quick prosecution of
vandals who cause damage to
improvements on National
Forest lands In the South.
Vandalism and littering cost
the taxpayers many thousands
of dollars each year in t'le
South and Forest Service offi
cials think a" law passed by
Congress will help cut down
on the damage.
The law, passed late last
year, allows Rangers to bring
vandals, and others who vio
late regulations set up to pro
tect the Forests, before a
U. S. Commissioner for trial.
The law, with authority from
Federal District Courts, pro
vides for immediate hearings
before a designated commiss
ioner.
When such cases were carr
ied to Federal District Court,
crowded court calendars often
made it impractical to use
the courts to try these petty
cases. Heavy court dockets
also have caused long delays
in hearing many cases. Ran
gers did their best to persuade
those using the Forests not
to damage them but greatly
increased use brought grow
ing misuse by a small per
centage of visitors.
Under the new law, those
who shoot signs, damage pic
nic tables and rest-rooms,
are noiay and disorderly,
and otherwise violate regul
ations can be taken before a
U.S. commissioner for im
mediate trial.
W.N. Hughes
W.M.Hughes Named
Murphy Elementary
School Principal
MURPHY- At a meeting of
the Murphy Board of Education
April 30, W. N. "Bill" Hughes
was appointed principal of the
Murphy Elementary School.
Mr. Hughes has been teach
ing at the White Church School
for the past five years and
holds a B.S. degree and a M. A.
Degree at Western Carolina
College.
He is a member of the First
Methodist Church of Murphy,
and M.Y.F. Counselor on the
board of Commission of Ed
ucation.
He is married to the former
Barbara Jones of Murphy. Mr.
and Mrs. Hughes have one
child, Elizabeth Findley.
Old Market
Days Sale
Begins Today
MURPHY - The Retail Mer
chants of Murphy will begin
their Old Market Days Side
walk Sale Thursday (today)
May 13, through Saturday, May
15.
This is an annual event in
Murphy and merchants will be
displaying merchandise on the
sidewalk for shopping conven
ience, with all merchandise
inside the stores on Saturday.
The merchants whose ads
appear in this edition of the
Scout have slashed their
prices for this Bargain Days
Sale, and are expecting this
to be the biggest Old Market
Days promotion yet.
School Board Stands Firm
Students Demand Rehiring
.Of Murphy School Teacher
MURPHY - Some 200
students at Murphy High
School walked away from die
school grounds, Thursday,
May 6, during the noon lunch
period displaying their protest
of the Murphy School Boards
decision not to renew the
teaching contract of Miss
Maria Travis.
Miss Travis has been an
English teacher at Murphy
High School for the pastseven
teen years. In addition to
teaching English, she teaches
Journalism, sponsors thehigh
school annual and is in charge
of the school newspaper.
Apparently the student pro
test was to no avail. At a
meeting Friday, May 7, at
2:00 p.m., the school boarc
met with a delegation of par
ents, president of the studeni
council, president of senioi
class and other students. Tl*
board stood firm on its de
cision not to rehire Miss Tra
vis for the 1965-66 school
year.
The question most asked by
students at the board meet
ing was, "Why was Miss Tra
vis not rehired?"
"All teachers know that we
give them the courtesy to re
sign, however they have the
privilege to come before the
school board," H. A. Mattox
chairman of the board said.
"We feel that it would be
an injustice to the teacher to
tell 900 children or adults
why she has not been rehired.
If Miss Travis would like to
appear before the board, we
will gladly discuss the matter
with her and if she so desires,
can make public the boards
reason for not renewing her
contract," Mr. Mattox con
tinued.
In an interview with Miss
Travis, Wednesday, May 12,
she told the Scout that she
did not know the reason for
her not being rehired and that
she did not plan to go before
the school board.
"I have always felt that my
work would speak for itself
and I try to live up to my
convictions in all fairness to
my students," Miss Travis
Walter Pueft Resigns As
High School Principal
Walter Puett, principal of
Murphy High School, has sub
mitted his resignation to the
Murphy Board of Education
effective at the expiration of
this -school year.
The resignation was re
ceived by the Board of
Education at a meeting that
was held to renew contracts
for the 65-66 school year.
In an interview with Mr.
Puett, he stated that he had
enjoyed his work in the Murphy
School and especially his 8
years as Principal. Mr. Puett
has been associated with the
Murphy Schools for the past
eighteen years, having taught
Mathematics for the first 10
years.
Mr. Puett continued the in
terview by stating that under
his tenure as Principal the
school has gained acad
emically and the entire curr
iculum had been expanded by
about 10 courses.
Eight years ago, 45 of the
f reshmen enrolled dropped out
before graduation. This year
71% of the 225 freshmen who
entered Murphy High School
in 1961 will graduate. "This",
he stated , "is attributed to
the fact that the school has a
better teaching staff, more
challenging curriculum, and
closer attention to truancy and
absenteeism.
"In my opinion any student
that Is permitted to be truant
or absent becomes a potential
dropout," Mr. Puett said.
Mr. Puett exhibited a file
of the records of 180 drop
outs and stated that in 98<fr
of these cases the dropout
was proceeded by repeated
truancy and absenteeism.
"For a number of years I
have had the ambition of es
tablishing and operating an
additional business enterprise
in conjunction with my jewelry
store. I have Information that
leads me to beleive that I
might realize this dream
at this' time," Mr. Puett said.
I have three children in the
Murphy City Schools and am
proud of the fact that 1 consider
they have had and are having
the opportunity of the best
Walter Puett
educational facilities. It is my
sincere desire and 1 shall do
all in my power to see that
the Murphy City Schools
become even better than they
are today", Mr. Puett contin
ued.
"1 sincerely appreciate the
loyalty of a superior faculty,
a fine superintendent and
Board of Education and most
of all the obedience and stud
ious work of the young people
of our community", Mr. Puett
concluded.
Duncans Named
Vict-Presidents
MURPHY - John H. and
Samuel W. Duncan have re
turned from attending the 1966
Management Institute for Oil
Jobbers sponsored by the
Department of Business Ad
ministration, University of
North Carolina, at Chapel Hill.
These gentlemen were
elected Vice Presidents of
Duncan Oil and Duncan
Realty Companies, with off
cies in Murphy, North Carol
ina, and Franklin, North Car
olina.
John H. Duncan has been
transferred to Franklin as
General vianager of the
F ranklin Territory.
Demonstrating In The Streets
T wo hundred Murphy High School students marched through the streets of Murphy Thursday
May 6 shouting "We want Travis". The demonstration was in protest of the school boards
decision not to renew the teaching contract of Miss Maria Travis.
said.
After the open meeting, the
board went into closed sess
ion to discuss what discip
linary action should be taken
concerning the students parti -
cipating in the demonstration.
Letters To Editor
Dear Editor:
There comes a time in every
persons tide of affairs when
he must face himself in the
mirror and ask if he is proud
of his reflection. Are we proud
of the reflection we have cast
on the public in the last few
days?
We want quality education
for our children, we say -New
buildings, new libraries, new
equipment - all of these are
fine, but they cannot give qual
ity. Only respect for the pos
ition of responsibility to the
profession of teaching young
people to the very best of
one's ability can give quality.
That means respect and trust
of one adult for another adult
which will in turn cause young
people to respect those in au
thority. Because we as parents
have failed to do our duty,
we have caused our children to
take the wrong attitude.
Talking among ourselves
cannot solve our problems,
even though that is what we
have resorted to. We need to
be able to express our sin
cere and honest opinion to the
only group of people who con
trol the quality of our school -
the school board. Our children
are helped or hurt by what
goes on in our schools. Be
cause we, the majority of
parents, are vitally interested
In our children, we should be
allowed to express our opinion
in a sincere and honest
manner. Instead of such ex
pression causing trouble, it
could make for understanding
Instead of the feeling of "What
Is the use, they don't care*.
We must care - a good ed
ucation is too necessary for
every boy and girl today.
We are neighbors and
friends; as such, we should
be able to solve our problem
for the good of all. when things
go wrong at home, we
eliminate the cause; the same
holds true of our business. It
should hold true in our
schools. We as Christians are
obligated tosee that it does.
Let us not cast a reflection
which will keep us from get
ting what we are seeking. Mass
psychology is a smeared re
flection. Ours should be a
clear one of interested par
ents having convictions strong
enough that we are willing to
stand up for what we feel is
for the best.
Mr. and Mrs.
Merle Davis
Dear Editor:
Do we, the students of Mur
phy High School, believe In
justice enough to speak our
hearts and minds for all to
hear? Are we willing to fight
for our beliefs?
This is ? matter concerning
the entire student body and
faculty of Murphy High School.
Are wt going to sit quitely
in our class rooms and allow
a 'ost and sincere teacher to
be persecuted because of the
selfish and rude motives c 4
an influential minority?
We s^y no I We cannot
shamelessly hold our heads
( Continued back page )
In a motion made by John
GUI and seconded by Harold
Wells, the Murphy City School
Board voted unanimously that
Murphy High students parti
cipating in a demonstration
Thursday, May 6, be put on
probation and their teachers
be advised to give them extra
work. If in a reasonable
length of time the extra work
is not completed or if these
students participate in any
form of disobedience and/or
disorder of a similar nature
they will be expelled from
school for the remainder of
the school year.
The students left the high
school grounds at approxi
mately 12:15 p.m. and went
directly to the office of Hol
land McSwain, Superintendent
of Murphy City Schools to
register their complaints.
Not finding Mr. McSwain in
his office, the students de
parted from the elementary
school grounds and marched
through the streets of Mur
phy, carrying hastily made
signs and shouting, "We want
Travis."
The march through the
streets ended with a demon
stration on the courthouse
steps. The rest of the after
noon was spent by most of
the students gathering signa
tures of protest to be pre
sented to the Murphy City
School Board. Over 1,200
signatures were gathered.
Several hundred students
along with a number of par
ents gathered at the Fair
grounds at 8:00 p.m., Thurs
day, to rally in further pro
test.
From the Fairgrounds, they
went to the home of H. A.
Matt ox, chairman of Murphy
City School Board, where four
members of the group were
received by Mr. Mattox.
A spokesman for the group
asked Mr. Mattox what they
could do to get the school
board to reconsider their de
cision concerning Miss Tra
vis. Mr. Mattox informed
them that he felt they were
going about the matter in the
wrong way and suggested that
they meet with the school
board to discuss it.
Picnic Fee Plan I
To Be Restudied I
WASHINGTON - Reexamin
ation of a proposed outdoor
recreation fee system was
reported here Tuesday Cong
ressman Roy A. Taylor
stated.
"I am pleased to report
that the entire- proposal is
being reexamined, with a good
chance that some of the un
desirable features, including
picnic fees, may be dropped
or substantially amended,"
Taylor said Tuesday.
The Bureau of Outdoor Re
creation, responsible for coo
rdinating plans of the National
Park Service and Forest
Service, conceded the two ag
encies are not in agreement
as to how the fee system can
be uniformly implemented.
The whole matter was tou
ched off last week when Rep.
Taylor announced his stren
uous objection to plans of both
agencies to charge 50 cents
per adult for picnicking in
federal recreation areas.
In lengthly letters to In
terior Secretary Udall and
Agriculture Secretary Free
man. Taylor warned that this
was, "Carrying fees to far,"
and predicted that charging for
picnicking would, "Raise
more trouble than money."
Taylor's action followed an
nouncements by the park and
forest services of their in
tentions to include picnicking
among items for which fees
will be imposed under the re
cently enacted Land-and
Water - Conservation - Fund
Act.
The congressman said it is
now evident that the two ag
encies are not in agreement
on the anount of the fees,
exactly where and for what
they will be charged or even
what they will be charged
For example, the Forest
Service plans to charge, "En
trance" fees for admission to
development recreational
areas. The visitor may either
pay at the gate or gain ad*
mission by $7 national car
sticker. Once inside, he may
use any of the facilities with
out additional charges.
Meanwhile the National
Park Service has revealed in
tention to charge "user" fees
for individual facilities, such
as $1 per night for a camp
site. Under their system, no
thing would be charged for
general admission to the Nat
ional Park Service recreat
ional areas In Western North
Carolina. And because the 97
sticker cc crs, "entrance"
fees only, it would not exempt I
the bearer from "user" fees. |
Before the Land-and-J
Water - Conservation - Fundi
Act was finally approved, Con-I
gressman Taylor succeeded 1
getting the Great Smoky Mou
ntains National Park and
Blue Ridge Parkway exe
from entrance fees to
parks themselves. Parts of t
act offered by Taylor pro
fees for the use of the 1
ways within the Parkwajl
forests.
However, none of the
v el oped federal recreatio
areas In WNC or else
in the nation Is exempt fr
user fees for Individual fa
llities.
Rep. Taylor discussed
fee problem at a confe
in his office Tuesday
Edward C. Crafts, Dire
of the Bureau of Outdoor I
creatin.
Crafts admitted there 1
been numerous in
tencies and widespread
fusion over I
what waa expected to
uniform program,
said.
Crafts said the
system will be re
He promised
will be given to a i
on able approach to l
on picnic fees. Ta