Amory High School - Panorama Yearbook (Amory, MS)

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Carol Page, Linda Kaye Smith, Jone Basham, Jean Lee Cutcliff, Kay Williams, Carolyn Ann Wren (Beautiei feature i

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3acu MRS. MARY LANN B.S., MSCW MR. JERRY LEWIS B.S., M.S., Mississippi State University MRS. PAT LEWIS B.S.E., Delta State College miss ruth McAllister B.S., Blue Mountain College MR. LARRY MARETT B.S., Milsaps College MRS. CLARA NELL MOORE B.A., Florida State College MRS. HAL MOORE B.A., William Carey College MRS. HOLACE MORRIS B.S., Blue Mountain MRS. JAMES OLIVER B.M., Belhaven College M. Ed., University of Mississippi MISS ANNETTE REAGH B.S.E., Delta State College MR. HERMAN RILEY B.S., M.A., Mississippi State University MRS. A. H. RITTER B.S., Mississippi Southern College MISS MARY BELLE SPIVEY B.S., MSCW MISS VERNELLE WOODS B. S., University of Mississippi MRS. GORDON CRENSHAW Secretary MRS. JEAN JESSE Secretary MISS DOROTHY SIMMONS Secretary 4

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yiierltoriouA Achievement Award TJhe J egenii o[ Long, long ago, when this Tombigbee region still belonged to Mother Nature and her wild creatures that roamed the sloughs and ridges, maintaining their existence by their cunning and prowess in stalking and hunting on the one hand and their ability to escape becoming prey of a more formidable hunter on the other, there lived in this immediate area a den or pack of vicious and cunning panthers whose ambition it was to dominate and control all of the game areas, water holes, and salt licks within their range and put under their complete rule all of the other creatures of the forest. They organized themselves and set about toaccomplish this purpose, and since they were a strand of creatures that included many individual caj n unusual ability, they were not long in achieving their puupwre.dfwever, as is often the case when there are many powerful and talented indum!uaiy0 uch a conspiracy, the prolonged existence of their domination was at iffie opardy because of the need for one leader for the pack whtynljflj e able in some manner to reconcile i he driving amiuUuur of the big cats and It was in this n ’W raPr the fates seemed to smile on the ambitH of these creatures, for as their dominion began to spread and the plans and purposes of powerful leaders began on occasion to conflict, there came to the fore one of their number who, though not possessed necessarily with all of the outstanding qualities and strengths of all of the cats, (and indeed no two of the remarkable animals possessed identical abilities or talents in kind) nevertheless, he did seem to be able to come through with the peculiar and particular contribution necessary to reconcile these differences and unify the strengths of the pack into a force that established their domain and placed the entire area securely under their sway. This remarkable panther, though not as large and powerful as some, nor as cunning or resourceful as others, did, however, bear a mark that seemed somehow to distinguish and identify him. He possessed a coat of distinctive golden sheen, and his dealing with others was as distinctive as his coloring. Sometimes a smart spat of needle sharp claws across