Pryor Scrapbook Clippings, 1983-1997

And now, thebOw ties in fiOrit ofthe mcln "It' aotlmtowbae I 1'0uldn't feel rialit with– out diem. Everybody has to liaw some kind of ca:entric- ity and that' one of mine," said Dr. Joe Pryor of his trade– mark clothina item, the bow tie. Pryor bas been wearing bow ties replarly for JO years. He tried long he said, .bllt tbcy sometimes got ia the way while eatina. He did put one on for last spriq's Petit Jaa ded– icatioa at tbe request of daqhter and Ila editor Pryor. Dr. Joe' c:ollec:tioa llllllllten 52 (be countld). ties wornat _. ,._ cledicadoD are GIily simply chooses them to go with what he's wearing that day: "I try to get it to match. I wo~•t say I always succeed." Most of his ties have been gifts, he said. Another daughter, Beverly, · brought "a bunch" at Christmas. ·C1ark Roush, a former student, once sent him a boxful. When Little Rock pbotasrapber Ben Red, whose family hu taken Petit .,_ portraits for many years, died last year, Red's wife · pve several of bis to Pryor. And be , even bas one from Panama, a 1ift from nuniaa instructor Nanc, Cart, and one from China. Bow ties may not be rilht for every mu, but Dr. Joe wouldll't be Dr. ~ .. "