Brookhaven High School - Ole Brook Yearbook (Brookhaven, MS)

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. Ji 'W rx ' 'Q it Eg. add prop ec? J THEY STRUCK IT RICH We, the Forty-Niners, have struck it rich! Take a look at how we have used our Golden Opportunities to make the best of life. As we dig around into the future, this is what we discover: Marilyn Perkins is now playing on the San Diego stage in her greatest hit, Which Sailor Shall lt Be? Ruby Richardson, who has just won her third Olympic Championship, is planning to retire. Sylvia Noble and Velma Myers are now in the posi- tion of House Mother at the Kappa Alpha and Sigma Chi fraternity houses at Mississippi State. Audrey Smith is not only the wife, but also assistant nurse to her veterinarian husband, Robert Lee Durr, who is in charge of the Lincoln County Horse Hospital. Clifford Wand is still the star of B. H. S.'s football team. He says that he refuses to leave. We find Monte Bee the star clarinet player for the Pee Wee Hunt Band. He is famous for his rendition of the Twelfth Street Rag. Jimmie Lipsey and Wagner Stewart, who have been experimenting with Rocket Ships for twenty-five years, are now planning their first trip to the moon. Dr. Larkin Baggett, the promising young dentist, is setting up his office in Hog Chain, Mississippi. Our happy bachelor, James Ray Douglas, is now em- ployed in the U. S. Mint where he is perfectly con- tented to let the green stuff run through his fingers. Snookie Cannon is still running for President on the Prohibitionist Party ticket. We see Booty Jackson, the star baseball player for the New York Giants. It seems that Celyous Herring, Johnny Lipsey and Padjo have just returned from their trip around the world in their new put-put. We now have a promising, new preacher at the First Methodist Church, who is a former B. H. S. student whom we all remember as Neil Covington. As head coach at Notre Dame, we find Don Sutton, whom we all knew as a member of that great B. H. S.'s 49'ers football team. As we now flip through Fashion Magazines, we see our old classmate, Jean Miller, who has become a top- notch model. The famous concert pianist, Joyce White, will open this week in New York in Madison Square Garden. We now find Dot Drane employed as a laboratory technician at Mayo Brothers Clinic. Billy Foster has reached his highest achievement, He is now the elevator bov at the Empire State Building. The Porter Sisters, Ruth and Merlin, are now the co- Etanagers of the largest Woolworth Store in New York ity. J U Lucille Richardson, and Evelyn Newman are very suc- cessful as models. Lucille for Lash-Lure and Evelyn for Lustra-Ray Shampoo. Johnnie May has taken Dr. I. Q.'s place with Clint Reed as his left-balcony assistant, Nellie Brock, a close competitor of Sonia Heini, won the Canadian Women's Championship for figure skating. The son of Charles D. Smith has been nationally wide acclaimed a child prodigy specializing in physics. Janice Stormy Cain, and Marv Ann Cyclone Fisher, are now partners in the Ole French Opera House in New Orleans. The one and only Becky Evans just won first place in the National Cow Milking Contest at the Brookhaven A N Rodeo for the fifth consecutive year. George Decell has now opened an institution to cure the poor unfortunates who have nervous twitchesf' At Harvard, we find Kenneth Renfrow, a brilliant chemistry professor. Charlie Freeman, who has had many unsuccessful attempts at marriage, has now opened a respectable home for the Bachelors. The world has acclaimed Jere Johnson, an equal to Sally Rand in her interpretation of the Fan Dance. The well-known dance team, better known to us as Birdie and Ernest Blaise, are now the main feature at the Lincoln County Fair. Glenn Dunn is now taking Mr. Roach's place as prin- cipal of B. H. S., after years of hard study. The ill-fated job of Band Director at Brookhaven High, has now fallen to that poor, unfortunate Robert Jackson. L. C. Smith and Hugh Ward, being tired of Mississippi mud, have now moved to Texas and are engaged in the Cattle Rustling Business. Flash! We have just received news that Norman Brown has just completed the second Panama Canal. Eleanor Lowe has accepted the position to be Fashion Editor for Charm Magazine. The well-known author, Richard Smith, has now com- pleted his greatest achievement, How To Escape the Detention Room in Ten Easy Lessons. If you all have read the newspapers lately, you will note that the world's outstanding Woman Lawyer, Dorothy Boone, has just won the long-debated case between Russia and the U. S. f Clifton Hemphill has just received a ten-million dol- lar offer to be used as Cornell Wilde's stand-in. Sally Perkins. after ten years of competing, has just won the title of Miss America at Atlantic City. Ray Howell, who will henceforth be known as Sir Ray Howell, has just been knighted by the King of England for his portrayal of MacBeth. F Horace Hercules Hurst has just been chosen y' Hollywood to play the part of Tarzan in their n at motion picture. Still happily married, we see Betty Barnes and Jean f home. ' Patty Bourke and Ernestine Walker are now the co- 7 managers of the very alluring Beauty Shoppe. Loose Wig, located on Canal Street in New Orleansai And in our midst we have a famous News Photograw pher, Louis Goss, who is now in Utopia gathering search for the Smithsonian Institute. -- Two people, who have shown their ability to aid and serve our community, are Lessie Pearl Allgood and Juanita Wooten, registered nurses at the Kings Daugh- ter's Hospital. Carolyn Martin and Patty Jean Nance are really up in the clouds over something. lt couldn't be that they Ere first-rate Stewardesses for the Pan-American Air mes. And lo and behold, we have a gold-digger in our 5 midst. We see Jerry Nalty still out West, but l wouldn't say she was actually diggin' for gold. She's much more interested in San Diego than a gold mine. ' So, dear readers, take note of the Forty Nirgrs --J and follow their shining examples on the pathways of success - that you, too, may STRIKE lT RICH. 1 Hatcher. They agree that a woman's place is in the 5 5

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CAM 'UM we cAsi-I IN ouk cHlPs AND BEQUEATH oun ci.AlMs We, the 49'ers, being of sound mind and body, and in the presence of the Old Timers, having found our pot of gold, do hereby leave a share of our treasure to those prospectors following in our footsteps, that they might remember us. We leave to you Juniors with fond hearts our love of Dear Ole B.H.S., which we found to be our gold mine right in our own backyard. We alsotleave to you our wonderful Sponsors, Miss Ab and Miss Mathison, whose kindly understanding and assistance have led us to our goal. With very great regret we leave you our Rumpus Room. May you have as much fun in it as we have had. We leave to you the title dignified to wear when you become Seniors. Take care of it! lt is a valuable name. We hope it fits you better than it fits us. The following Seniors leave these individual bequests: Don Sutton leaves his charming bashfulness to Walter Watts. Jerry Nalty leaves her darlin' little nose to Virginia Norris. Clifford Wand leaves his popularity to Dub Sproles. Sallie Perkins and Jere Johnson leave their looks to June Nalty and Salena Smith. Ray Howell leaves a lively imagination and a few hants to Donald Foster, because he thinks he ort to. Monte Bee and Johnny Lipsey leave their ability to have fun - any time - any place - to the two Ralphs, Brock and Allgood. Ruby Richardson leaves her success in sports to Maymo Hoskins and Jan Ratliff. Carry on girls! George Decell leaves his good speaking voice and his ability to imitate to Bradley Pope. Sylvia Noble leaves her inimitable laugh to the entire Junior Class to brighten up dull moments. Audrey Smith and Pat1y Jean Nance leave their dainty feminine ways and soft voices to Elayne Schlesinger and Lucy Magee. Jimmy Lipsey leaves his specs to Laddie Coker, so that he may more easily see the teacher's answer sheet from the back row. Evelyn Newman and Lucille Richardson leave their lovely blond hair to Joy Mohon, Joy Patterson and Tom- mie Lee Smith. L. C. Smith and Celyous Herring leave their devilish ways to Eliot Williams and Willie Wooley. Betty West Barnes and Jean Hatcher Williams leave their ability to get their men to Joan Butler. The Senior Football boys leave their wonderful record and their rabbit's foot to Harold Lofton, Donald Wall, and Carl Grenn. Dorothy Boone leaves her precious dimples to Jan Alford. Neil Covington leaves his leadership ability to anyone lucky enough to acquire it. Juanita Wooten leaves her flashing red locks to Doris Coker. Ernestine Walker and Patty Bourk leave their jolly good humor to Barbara Foster and Peggy Hughes. Birdie Blaise and Joyce White leave their cute short statures to Carolyn Mathis. Lessie Pearl Allgood leaves her beautiful eyes to Doro- thy Richardson and Patty Watts. Marilyn Perkins leaves her stylishness to Joan Brueck. Louis Goss leaves his gift of gab to David Swalm. Merlin and Ruth leave those radiant Porter smiles to Elsie Jordan, Katie Nell White and Dorothy Miller. Jean Miller leaves her attractive neatness to Dolores Kern and Betty Jean Panzica. Charlie Freeman leaves his way with women to Jimmy Becker. Nellie Brock leaves her very sweet disposition to Jane Woods and Joan Phillips. Dorothea Drane gives her lively ways to Bobbie Jean Allen. George Cannon leaves his curling iron to Bill Williams. Larkin Baggett and Clifton Hemphill leave their shy handsomeness to Aaron Gillis and Victor Mullen. Becky Evans leaves her beautiful complexion to Jean Carol Kennedy. Wagner Stewart leaves his exceptional good sense to Billy Watkins. Velma Myers leaves her iar of freckle cream to Doro- thy Case and Bonita Harrington. Ernest Blaise and James Ray Douglas leave their talka- tiveness to Joe Nations. Mary Ann Fisher and Eleanor Lowe leave their de- pendability to Mitzi Brown and Hilda Beck. Carolyn Martin leaves her agreeable ways to Mary Ellis Anding and Grace Price. Janice Cain leaves her versatility and her poise to Margie Becker. W. H. Booty Jackson leaves his pleasing personality to some lucky soul! Horace Hurst and Richard Smith leave their inde- pendent spirits to Kenneth Butler, Asa Hoggatt, and Terrell Smith. Charles D. Smith leaves his happy-go-lucky disposi- tion to Donald Smith. To any of you Juniors whose names I may have over- looked we Seniors leave to you the best of everything and good wishes for a successful and happy Senior year. Signed and sealed this twenty-seventh day of May, in the Year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-nine. Velma Myers, Class Lawyer