Oneonta High School - Tomahawk Yearbook (Oneonta, AL)

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CQJS yTjI'OP5QCy The members of the class of '63 have been very much interested in psychologyg and almost all of them today are taking profound interest in such an awe inspiring phase of the subject as psychoanalysis and psychiatry. Naturally they get all worked up about their repressions, complexes, and rationaliza- tions. When the world renowned psychiatrist, Professor Abdullah Freeling Brillings came to Oneonta and opened up his office, all the seniors rushed to see him. No one ever found out what the professor told them, but it was reported that they were most anxious to learn in what field of endeavor they would be most successful. And now comes the most exciting part of the prophecy. Last night I, too, had occasion to go to Professor Brillings' office. The professor wasn't in, and to kill timel looked for something to read. All I could find was a black notebook, and to my surprise and amazement the names of my classmates appeared in the notes. I read the notebook and herein is exactly what the professor wrote about the members of the Senior Class. The first page started off with a peom. Cry, cry, and shed a tear, I hope I'm not here another year. These were the words of JAMES LeCROY. It seems that James is a famous poet. Mrs. Lybrand's English class finally paid off for him, MARTHA EDWARDS has a silent disposition and wishes for a life of solitude. But how can she obtain serenity by raising small turkeys? Well, well, what do we have here? It seems that Oneonta's loss is Hollywood's gain. BILLY KEMP is now a movie star for the Walt Disney Studios. But the only role he'll star in is - you guessed it - Alice in Wonderland. It looks like BUTCH FOSTER finally made it big in life. Butch is an inventor and his latest invention is the Rest Well Mattress for oyster beds. GARY CORNELIUS, AMOS SHEA, and BOBBY HYDE are now working for the B. F. Goodrich Company testing tires. Every Saturday night they test the tires from Oneonta to the Green Valley line, Wonder why? I see that MIKE PATTON has settled down to a quiet life as a baker. Mike owns the local bakery next door to Tommy Thomas Chevrolet, but the only thing that he can bake is Gingerbread. Have you ever sat down by a brook, especially a MARY BROOK fSy, without hearing a Byrd chirp- ing? This Byrd - not a canary - but DON MCDANIEL. CHERYL WHITE and MARILYN HUDSON seem to have something in common. Wonder what it is? As I turn the page, I see that Blount County has a new lawyer. IADIE TOLBERT has been going back and forth to Snead College in order to take a course in law. I've always wondered why she didn't go to some other college. Everyone has always told HOWARD TIDWELL not to worry about his size, that he had a purpose in life just as he was. Well, sure enough, Howard has found his purpose: He is now testing tubes for Horsley T. V. from the inside of the television set. NEIL VICK has always liked to sing. Neil is now a crooner over NBC. BECKY HOLCOMBE is now a missionary in South Africa. But she dances at the Hotsie Totsie Club on Saturday nights to amuse the natives. Oneonta has been blessed with an orchestra leader and a composer of great distinction. His hobby is raising monkeys, for they remind him of his musicians. The teachers always told CHARLES HARRIS that smoking wouldn't get him anywhere. They were all wrong because Charles is now the owner of Weed Tobacco Company, Well, well, I always knew that SUSAN BUCKNER would do wonders in the future, Susan has just received her Ph. D. in cow-milking from Auburn. I see that MARGARET BROOKS loves companionship, for she has been married four times already, Her last husband was GLENN WOODARD, the famous poet. Glenn's first poem was Lover Come Back. RONNIE ALLRED wanted to be an astronomer. Every night he's out with a girl - studying the stars!

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N v C! if A PSALM OF LIFE ! Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream! - 4' 5 For the soul is dead that slurnbers, And things are not what they seem. :IQ Life is real! Life is earnest! J And the grave is not its goalg Dust thou art, to dust returnest, v ci Was not spoken of the soul. Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, ol Is our destined end or wayg LJ But to act, that each tomorrow 5 Find us farther than today. lx Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still, like muffled drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave. In the world's broad field of battle, In the bivouac of Life, ff' , Be not like dumb, driven cattle! rj! Be a hero in the strife! B Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant! Let the dead Past bury its dead! X Act - act in the living Present! Heart within, and God o'erhead! Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sand of tirneg Footprints, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again. 8 Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fateg Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait, G Henry Wadsworth Longfellow f X 'Po C27-' ' V QD

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GAYANNE NORRIS has a great love for her dogg she continues to carry him to school for the chapel programs. I see that CONRAD NIX has finally married PATSY WHITED. Conrad plays football and Patsy heals his wounds. JOHNNY EVANS has always wanted to own something close to nature. He is now half owner of the Cheney Lime Company. I don't know what to think about TRUDY EVANS. She keeps waiting for her Boat to come in. Well, SIBYL PATTERSON now lives on a farm, but she still has trouble with Spyders. HARRIETT GRAMLING was always a lover of boys, she is now the photographer for Playboy Magazine. JERRY LOWE wanted to be an engineer. Well, he is now working for the L8rN Railroad, carrying senior classes to Washington. CAROLYN JONES has been named the Tennessee Twist champion of Alabama, but MICKEY HAZEL RIG, otherwise known as Hip Hurdling Hazelrig, was a close runner-up. IANIS BELLEW has written her latest book - I-low To Win Friends and Influence People. It promises to be a best seller. ELIZABETH LOYD is still listening to WCRL. Wonder why? JANET BRICE is now a great singer. She sings Scotch and Soda while playing her ukulele. OPAL HATHCOCK and REBA GIBBS are now running the local Lonely Hearts Club in Oneonta. Don't give up yet, girls! ANGELO BRAND just can't seem to hold down a job. Every time he gets fired for sleeping on the job. SANDRA WEEMS was always a grumbler. She is now a missionary in Africa, and all she can grumble about now is the integration problem. BETTY BLAKELY used to be a quiet girl, but lately she has been working in the Boom Boom Room at the local nite club. Oneonta is now well protected by its police department. BENNY BODIFORD, BIRT HATHCOCK, and HARMON REID are three fine officers. But guess whom they are looking at on the Wanted posters. You guessed it - VERNON BRADLEY, BAILEY TIDMORE, and WAYNE WAGGONER! It seems that while they were in high school, they threw a stink bomb in Mr. Street's office. Now that your anxieties as to your futures are all at rest, it is only fair that I tell you that I learned this morning that Abdulah Freeling Brillings is not a psychiatrist, but an escaped lunatic from a state asylum. Of course this will not affect the accuracy of his notes at all, but I thought you might like to know. RONALD COPPOCK CLASS PROPHET Easf anof jesfamenf We, the Class of 1963, in the town of Oneonta, Blount County, and State of Alabama, being in as good mental condition as usual and in much better temper, make this our last will and testament. We have no specific direction to leave concerning our funerals, but we hope you will come to praise us as well as bury us. We feel that our brilliant record will live after us, but taking no chances, we suggest that a table with our names be placed here on the stage where we will live on and on in your memory. You will listen now to the last will and testament of the Class of 1963 as directed by her, immediately prior to her passing from your presence.