Pryor Scrapbook Clippings, 1955-1980

More than a hobby- Open microphones and.lots of conflic– ting buttons are the natural enemies of announcers with D)les being no different. Especially during losing games, several off-the-air comments have become on– the-air to amuse many on the field listeners. . Besides his announcing duties, he is the official statistian· for the Wildcats and writes the weekly game story for the Citizen that appears Sunday morning. As principal of the institution, he is also responsible for team and crowd conduct at all home and away games; Diles believes very strongly in the importance of athletics in the educational system. ''Athletes is the rallying point of a school and can affect spirit more than any other One of his varied duties was driving the .team through the Ozarks with no brake lights, or heat, broken windows and snow · on more than one occasion. 'Ibis may be where some of that dedication developed. Since he became the announcer for the Academy and Bison games, he has not missed more than three home games. In addition to football, he kept score for years at basketball games and still occa– sionally announces track mee_ts. After joking about his wife becoming a - "football widow on weekend nights, he said that she attends most of the home games and is quite patient regarding his varied duties. He is married to the former Billie LaFerney of Griffithville . and has two daughters, Melita and Vanesa, whoattendtheAcademy. Diles commented, ''Football gives a ·· ·boy the very important value to"" do his best under all circumstances, perform in positions that may not be his preference and use the values of team effort and carry these over into all areas. The most important thing is for the player to keep his priorities straight and do well in all areas of temporary ·and lasting impor– tance." With .the many hats Bill Diles wears; principal, educator, football an– nouncer, etc., he bas carried that advice into this own life. Three original artworks by RussellL. Simmons are presented to Librarian Winnie Bell by his widow, Mrs. Myrtle Simmons, and their children Ernie, Ruth and Ken (pictured). The . / drawings depict well-known campus landmarks: the Harding archway, the Bell Tower and , the Beaumont Memorial Library. The late Mr. Simmons served as director of public relations at Harding from 1955 until . 1 1970. An accomplished writer and artist, Simmons illustrated many of the campus \ publications and was the recipient ofnumerous graphic and photographic awards. f t""lo Man.nen, ·Henderson · . b _t·1qr, betrothal told [: Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Man- · 1 nen of Stuttgart announce t the engagement and. a~ ~ proaching marriage of their ,-. daughter Andrea to Cam~ t bell Andrew Henderson of Portland, Oregon. I .. Parents of the prospective groom are Dr. and Mrs. : obert Henderson of : LaGrande, Oregon, formerly of Searcy. ,.. Miss Mannen is the grand– daughter of Mrs. A. S. Lack of Mountain View, ·,Oklahoma, and the late Mr. ·t.ack, and the late Mr. and .Mrs.· Thomas Mannen of .Mountain View. Mr. Hender– ·son's grandparents are Mrs. ,:Campbell F. McGuire of ;Prescott and the late Mr. _.McGuire, and Mrs; Clarence tA. Henderson of Pueblo .West, Colorado, and the late ·Mr. Henderson. : The bride-elect is a 1973 ~raduate .of Stuttgart Hig~ · :_and a 1976 graduate of Har– :ding University with a :bachelor of arts degree in JJeneral science. She is cur– :rently director of informa– :tion in the Harding Pu,blic :Relations Office. 1 • Mr. Henderson graduated :from Harding in 1975 and :received the bachelor of :science degree magna cum ~aude in management. He :;~arned the master's degree ,.m business administration ~ith honors from the Univer– ~ity of Texas at Austin in 976. ; He is a systems consultant !with the accounting firm of 1: Arthur Andersen· and Com– pany in Portland. For the past year he has been on leave, teaching in the Har– ding ·University School of Business as an assistant pro– fessor. · · The couple plans a June 14 ceremony in the Downtown Church of Christ. • • •