Here's something from a Hanks Ranch student about Wally Hanks and his
"Paddle of Justice":

  Every morning, we would have muster, and Wally would read the KR's
  from the previous day. Depending on the infraction he would give you
  1-3 paddles or Suzy-Q's, a Marine style pushup. If you cursed the
  previous day and a staff member heard it, you would have to do 5
  Suzy-Qs for each swear. If you said 5 swears, you got a lick with
  the "Paddle of Justice". The paddle's issued for swearing were
  really ritual, they didn't hurt. Sometimes Wally would have kids
  give paddles to eacother. Playing with fire, stealing, and other
  more severe things, would get you up to 3 seriously hard licks with
  the paddle. One memory of a kid who damaged the Juniper trees on the
  land, building a fort house (nails, wood, cutting), got 3 serious
  licks (as in, a mark was made on the side of the paddle, as a
  promiscuous man might make notches in the bedpost) could only take
  one paddle at a time and would run outside to the outdoor showers to
  spray his ass down.

  Paddling and excercize for punishment was a daily ritual.

And here is a story from a Mace-Kingsley Ranch student about a
stolen firearm:

  Around 1999 or 2000 a student of the MK Ranch was able to steal a
  handgun while on a field trip. Mrs. Kingsley had come to visit and
  took us to this Fair in Reserve, NM and [deleted] stole a revolver
  from a woman running a stand (everyone has a gun in Reserve).

  Then [deleted] brought the gun back to the Ranch and hid it for
  several months while searching for ammunition that would fit it. The
  staff found out about it only because another student ratted him
  out.

  He was planning on using the gun to escape.

  Randy and Molly didn't want the police involved in investigating this
  theft so they had the gun thrown away so that nobody would ever find it.

Come on all you Mace-Kingsley lurkers out there.  Write me and tell
me what it was like at the Ranch.

-- Dave Touretzky:  "Love and help children." (L. Ron Hubbard)
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