Amory High School - Panorama Yearbook (Amory, MS)

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SCHOLARSHIPS. SPECIAL AWARDS-Front row. Tommy Roy, Amory Garment Scholarship; Rusty Miller. Wayne Outlaw scholarship. Steven Salter, Amory Garment and Glenn scholarships. Dana Brown. Elizabeth Sisson scholarship, and Kirk Hill. Lee McCown scholarship. Back row. Carolyn Alsup and Bo Sizemore Amory Garment scholarships. Beth Brown. Beta Sigma Phi scholarship. Patti Francis. Americon Legion oratorical winner. Eva Walls. Sunrise Club scholarship and Rosita Brown, Masonic Lodge and Heroines of Jericho award. Not pictured. Eddie Shaddix. Phillip Parham scholarship. AMORY HIGH SCHOOL'S GOOD CITIZENS-Named good citizens and receiving awards from various organizations were Harold Walton. Lori Gilleylen. Beth Brown. Teresa Marshall. Belinda Brown. Tommy Ray. and Peggy Webster MOST OUTSTANDING BAND MEMBERS-Rosemary Saraco. most outstanding freshman. Marsha Jones. John Philip Sousa award, most outstanding senior. David Holeman. most outstanding sophomore. Kathy Cox. John Philip Sousa award. Frank Dur-rett. most outstanding junior. SPECIAL AWARDS-Receiving special awards for excelling in various categories were Mike Carroll. DeKalb Agriculture Award (kneeling); Patti Francis. Speech I award. Anita Wax. Library Club award. Kat Holman. American History award. Jimmy Fisher. FBLA. Matissa Sizemore, math and STAR Student, and Doris Whitfield. HERO Not pictured, Beth Brown, Business Education Award and Dana Brown. Electricity award. Also Not pictured. Susan Thornton. Choral Award. 22

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Every year at AHS the student body elects a senior boy and a senior girl for Mr. and Miss AHS. The candidates are nominated by their fellow students and should portray leadership, friendship, loyalty, and service. Other qualifications are that they must have had a 2.5 grade average and must have been active in 10 organizations since they have been at AHS. The candidates need 3 teachers to sign their nomination forms. Dana Brown and Gayla Bell were elected Mr. and Miss AHS with Jerry Fisher and Lora Gilleylen runners up. Dana is President of the student body, a class favorite, and a member of DECA and VICA. Gayla Bell is a cheerleader, member of Spanish club and Spanish Honor Society, Peptomist, Thespians, and FBLA. 21

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ROTARY AWARDS-Four outstanding seniors received the annual Rotary awards. Left to right seated, Jimmy Fisher and Carolyn Al-sup, who received the Arnett Awards, and Donna Raymond and Jerry Fisher, recipients of the Touchstone Awards. In background are Jack Francis, program chairman and Dr. Holace Morris, president of the club. SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS-Named winners of academic scholarships were Matissa Sizemore, University of Mississippi; Kathy Cox, Beth Brown, University of Mississippi; Patti Francis, Mississippi Southern; Not pictured, Carolyn Alsup, Itawamba Junior College. DEE MOORE SPEECH AWARD-The first annual Dee Moore Speech Award has been established at Amory High School to pay tribute to Mrs. Moore, the school's first speech teacher. The award was started by Mrs. Peggy Holmes, one of the honoree's former students. Left to right are Mrs. Moore; Eva Walls, who received the first award; and Mrs. Holmes. 23