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

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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.

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