The Cherokee ( Volume 75 ? Number 42 Murphy, North Carolina May 13, lb 6 5 Scout Y~ Md day County Progress 16 Passes This Heek second class postage paid iu am o rrt '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. -J 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. -J 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". -J 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. -J 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. H E W N M U N M W ACROSS: 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