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

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IIIASS PIIIIPHIIIY FATHER GOOSE LOOKS INTO THE FUTURE One dark and dreary night as I lay upon my little trundle bed reading Mother Goose rhymes, I grew drowsy and nodded Over the book. Just as it closed and was about to drop from my hand, I heard a voice shouting from within the pages. Let me out! Let me out! I snapped awake and opened the book to the page from which the voice seemed to be coming. To my great amazement, there stood a little man not six inches high with a long white beard, which trailed out all over the page. Hi, Son, said he. You don't know me, do you? l'm Father Goose, Old Mother Goose's husband. She keeps me shut up in the book because I can tell fortunes and see into the future. She knows that I'll be more popular than she if I ever get out. But you've let me free at last, and because you have, I'll do something for you. What do you want to know? I can answer any- thing because I can see into the future. I sat there with my mouth open in amazement, but finally having collected my wits, I said, Thank you, Old Father Goose. Yes, there is something I would like to know. I have a group of friends who are finishing high school this year, and l'd like to know what they will be doing ten years from now. Hand me the list, son, and lend me your ears, and you'II find out, said Father Goose. He pulled some brown-rimmed spectacles from under his beard, adjusted them on his thin little nose, gazed at the list and in a thin squeeky voice began to speak. Let me see, said my bearded friend, as I look into the future of these proud Seniors I see many great names and distin- guished looking people. First of all, I see that your fine class president, Bradley POPG, has achieved the limelight as the nation's number one orchestra leader. John Earl Bobbit is leading Brad's saxophone section. Don Sutton has recently been appointed head of the Speech Department at Ole Miss. Joan Phillips has achieved great fame in her current best seller, Mint-Juleps Under the Magnolias. Harol Lofton and Salena Smith, a happily married couple, are keeping house at Loftonville. Harol has recently been chosen all- American halfback for the fourth straight year. Clifton Hemphill, Ernie Blaise, and Richard Smith are assist- ant coaches at Zetus University after completing brilliant careers as professional football players, on the renowned Hog Chain team. Dave Swalm, a successful architect, has just completed a new Empire State Building. Margie Becker is conducting a nursery school for future cheer- leaders and her brightest prospects are her own little Triplets, Siss, Boomy and Rahy. Jearrie Carroll Kennedy has made millions on her new song, Baby Talk Blues. Hilda Beck and Billy Watkins have opened a very successful business. The name of it is Brains Incorporated. Donald Foster is still pitching baseball for the New York Yankees, and the catcher who has meant so much to his success is Bean-ball Ben Jones. Jimmy Casanova Becker has the lead role in a Broadway Musical entitled That Whitworth Kid. Dolores Kern has settled down on a farm with Denver Gene and they are now raising champion-ship milk cows. Bobbie Jean Allen, Jan Alford and Betty Jean Panzica have taken over the Andrew Sisters' place, and their current hit is Why Don't You Haul Off- and Love Me. Mitzi Brown and Jan Ratliff are professional photographers and specialize in pictures for high school annuals. Boyce Netherland and Terrell Smith made a fortune in the ice business, but they say their money just melts away. Lucy Magee has recently designed a new Studebaker and lt's a beauty. Claudie White, Dorothy Watts, Billie Jones, Doris Coker and Asa Hoggatt are starring in the academy award winner The Strawberry Blondes. Elm Maymo Hoskins has been appointed good-will ambassador to Hawaii by President of the U. S.-Clifford Porter. Dub Sproles and June Nalty now have three little Dubs and have been on Television broadcasts for the past two years as the perfect family. S Aaron Gillis now owns a chain of filling stations throughout the out . Wayne Wood has a very fine grocery store out at Hog Chain, Mississippi. Jo Ann Brueck and Jerelene Smith are in a curvey business. They are top fifth-avenue models. Laddie Coker has been dubbed another Einstein, Ann Freeman says that her success as an artist is due to the start she got in drawing pictures for l95O Ole Brook. Lucy Magee, Elaine Schlesinger and Joan Hart have finally caught up with the rest of the Bells and are happy to be back with them. Wild Willie Wooley and Kenneth Troubadore Butler are touring Europe with their famous hillbillie band and are notorious for their version of That Good Old Mountain Dew. Carl Lady-Killer Grenn has decided to be a bachelor and has settled down in his beautiful hacienda on the Gulf Coast. Patty Watts and Wanda Lee Crow have risen to great heights. They have both grown one inch since their days at B. H. S. Dorothy Case Lewis is still a stay-at-home girl. Jane Woods has written another book, How to Win Men and Influence Males. Dale Linton is a captain at dear old Chamberlain Hunt and has the situation well in hand. Victor Day and Bill Williams have broken all records as fast talkers, both hold fine positions as tobacco auctioneers. The Super-Drive In out on new Sl is due to the hard work of its proprietor, Nancy Williams. Boys, Lucas Boykin is now making wallets big enough to put your pin-up pictures in. Donald Wall still thinks that an early start in domestic life is the best bet. Bonita Herrington is the now librarian at B. H. S. and has read every book on the shelves. Carolyn Mathis is still following the New York Yankees around. She especially likes the catcher. Joe Nations has taken over all the pressing shops in Brook. haven and is cIeaning up. Katie Nell White and Bobby have finally set the date for their marriage after long years of arguing. Billy Green has put out a new brand of cigarettes for students that smoke during recess. They're shorter, John Richardson has gone into the elevated shoes business. PGQQY Hughes is now Dixieland's champion roller skater. Pauline Day has been appointed Miss Jenkins' assistant in the commercial department at B. H. S. u Barbara Foster and Mary E. Anding are co-owners of a reduc- mg agency. Fred. Morris is the new Scoutmaster for Troop II8. Annie Marie Rutledge has written an article in a current mag- azine on How to Have Blonde Hair Without Peroxide. Joy Mohon is now a famous woman evangelist. H Dorothy Richardson is now an outstanding dress designer for Nieman-Marcus in Dallas. All at once Old Father Goose looked up over his spectacles and glared at me- And as for you Walter Watts, he said, I see you as sole owner of New bTork's hottest night spot, Windy's Rendezvous, si ting at a ta e surrounded b beautif wo Wonderful Woo Walter. Y ul men who can you With that, the old man gave me a sharp smack across the fore- head: I waked up to find my head butting the edge of the table and Father Goose merely a dream. BY WALTER WATTS, JR., Class Prophet.

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lZlASS Wlll THE LEGACY OF A MODERN MOTHER GOOSE We, the Seniors of BHS of the Class of 1950, being in sound mind and good health and being about to leave this Dear Ole Hang- out, do bequeath these valuable traits to a few of you lucky kiddies who might be Seniors some day-you hope. First, we leave our love for all the teachers llove to leave 'emi and our dislike of the Detention Room, which most of our out- standing class never knew existed-to the entire student body. Our Spoken English Class leaves its outstanding stage dramas to the whole school. We Senior boys leave our wine, women and song to any of you boys that want them, and our love of good times to everybody Not least and not last, we leave you dear Juniors our ever- faithful and untiring sponsors, Miss Ab and Miss Mathison. Now here are a few individual bequests for some of you strug- gling characters from our own learned Seniors: h Jane Woods leave her success in getting boys to Lynda Hedge- pet . Lucy Magee leaves her cigarette holder to Gretchen Oberschmidt. Richard Smith and Ernie Blaise leave their loriginali corny jokes to Philip Price and Paul Wilson. Ben Jones leaves his basketball ability to Fred Otte. Elayne Schlesinger leaves her out-of-town boy friends and her sweaters to Sara Jane Craig. Jo Ann Phillips leaves her wonderful writing ability to Melvin Flowers. Donald Wall leaves his wavy black hair to Bobby Covington. Jan Alford leaves her beautiful eyes to Dianne Decell. Bradley Pope leaves his class political machine to Tommy Rinard. Pauline Day leaves her beautiful blond tresses to Sarah Aldrich. Billy Green leaves his ability to smoke on the school campus to Donald Samuels. Boyce Netherland leaves his fun in Miss Durr's classroom to Alterman Watts. John Earl Bobbitt leaves his green pants and musical ability to Lynis Leggett. Dale Linton leaves his manly build and wavy black hair to John Smylie. Carolyn Mathis leaves her naturally curly hair to Rita Woods. Joy Mohon leaves her cute figure to Doris Abrams. Harol Lofton leaves his great football ability and success with women to Caby Byrnes. Jo Ann Brueck leaves her address book and long brown hair to Tippy Sproles. Margie Becker leaves her silly questions, honors, and popu- larity to Ann Lynch. Bobby Jean Allen leaves her ability to get 'em and keep 'em to Barbara Savage. Donald Foster leaves his height and success in sports to Donny Campbell. Walter Watts and Dub Sproles leave their good looks, pop- ularity and friendship to Rodgers Brashier and Jerry Durr. Jeanne Carrol Kennedy leaves her Deep Bass to Betty Day. Mary Ellis Anding leaves her wild ways to Virginia Allen. Hilda Beck leaves her quiet intelligence to Sara Helen Wade. Mitzi Brown leaves her ability to photograph boys to Gene Brown. Dorothy Lewis leaves her rolling pin and husband-trainer to Wilma Swinney. Joan Hart leaves her curly eyebrows to Joan Stanley. Doris Coker leaves Goat Hoff to anybody unlucky enough to get him. Barbara Foster leaves her good disposition always to Janie Allgood. as Dave Swalm leaves his success with women to Eugene Burris. Salena Smith leaves her bobby pins to anyone who may need them. June Nalty leaves her good times and her cheerleader skirt to Julia Jackson. Kenneth Butler leaves his success in algebra to Talmadge Ashmore. Bill Williams gladly leaves Spoken English to Robert Grenn. Carl Grenn leaves his bashfulness and manly build to Arthur Lee Godbold. Maymo Hoskins leaves her success with most anything to Peggy Sue Case. Katie Nell White leaves her long brown hair to Olive Ann Watts. Ann Freeman leaves her artistic ability to Shirley Beck. Bonita Herrington leaves her good disposition to Mildred Smith Betty Jean Panzica leaves Glenn Dunn in Jackson as much as she hates to. Fred Morris leaves the Detention Room to any unlucky soul. Dorothy Richardson leaves her Cute smile to Dixie Bozone. Joe Nations leaves his private hair stylist to Jimmy Douglas. Terrell Smith leaves his moonshine still to Gerald Rose. Clifford Porter leaves his job at the Jot 'em Down Grocery to Clifton Reed. 5 Aaron Gillis leaves. the hopesl Don Sutton leaves his untried way with women to Buddy Watts. Asa Corporal Hoggatt leaves his corny jokes book to Aubrey Price. Claudie Ruth White leaves her Physical Ed. Baseball title of Home Run Queen to Ella Faye Johnson. Wild Willie Wooley leaves his squirrel gun to Martin Hemp- hill. Wayne Wood leaves his collection of good-looking girls to David Richardson. Victor Day leaves his photogenic profile to Frank Collins. Nancy Williams leaves her hair of gold and eyes of blue to Vera Mae Brown. Patty and Dorothy Ann Watts leave their friendliness and shy looks to Betty June Smith and Edna Floye White. Wanda Lee Crow leaves her Saturday night dates to Hazel Russell. Peggy Hughes leaves her bad luck on skates to Ann Drury. Hugh Young leaves his Hawaiian drawl to David Richardson. John Richardson leaves his short blond hair to William McAtee. Billy Watkins leaves his intelligence to the following boys to be divided equally among them: Jimmy Faulkner, A. W. Smith, Bobby Netherland and Dewitt Day. Laddie Coker leaves his private date book and telephone num- bers to Peter Swalm. Don Sutton and Clifton Hemphill leave their football shoes to David Cain and L. M. Gartman. Marvin Boykin leaves his handsomeness to Jerry Allmand. S hJerelene Smith leaves her beautiful blond hair to Tommie Lee mit . Jan Ratliff leaves her success in all sports to Gerelene Brister. Dolores Kern leaves her shyness and love lof one? to Barbara Jane Ward. Billie Jones leaves her beautiful red hair to Lillian Hollis. Annie Marie Rutledge leaves her witty sayings to Edna Floye White. LBSY, least, and so forth, l, Jimmy Becker, do leave to any- body, my love of Whitworth and my outstanding singing voice. Signed and sealed on this day of our Lord, May 27, 1950, JIMMY BECKER, Class Lawyer.