Orme School - Hoofprints Yearbook (Mayer, AZ)

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MORTON VRANG ORME

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r - • aw J y u ., y ■ jt( t i'j f'. u w Mort in his strength and love of the out- doors, in his warm-heartedness and devotion to his friends, is still very much one of us and we do not feel a real parting. Into the school, the ranch, and the members of the ranch family went far too much of his creative personality for us to ever think of him as anywhere but here. During his twenty-five years on the ranch, Mort was a tireless builder. He fashioned the river bottom black walnut into beautiful furn- iture, he develoned marginal lands into fertile, productive acres, he worked earnestly in the building of the school and helped mould boys and girls into more useful members of their commun- ity. His imprint on our lives and our surround- ings is so clear, he could not help but be one of us now. Mort represents the finest qualities of the true western citizen whose recent forebears be- gan the development of the west and whose spirit is the basic strength of our country. This type of man has a deep love for the unconfined life, yet a fundamental respect and affection for other people, a gift of seeing through and beyond triv- ialities to meanings of real significance beyond, a faculty for doing and accomplishing without much talking, and a resourcefulness to co e with any of life's problems. Through Mort we will continually renew our faith and inspiration. • !iiifi m frjf i