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

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Q G N lo 9' November 2, 1968 U A 'nga Dear Diary P 9 Being back rn Brookhaven for the Thanksgtvmg Day 5555 football game surely made me realize that times have changed rn the last fifteen years As I drove down the block admiring the old ,- town I couldn t help Ihlflklllg what the seniors of 53 would have given to ride rn my new Smartson 4? convertible which was designed and manufactured by two schoolmates of mine Tommy Smith and Tommy Gartman respectrvely Patty lobertson invented its everlasting all wooden wheels The social chan es would have brought amazement too All the torture devices rn schools such as the detention room wrrtrng lines and no holdrng hands were done away with long ago principally because of the publicity resulting from Wylma Schlesrnger s astounding report I Was a Paper Captain for the F B I I decided to drop into the Inez in the hope of seeing some of the old gang and whom should I descover slrnging hash but Patsy Blglanel Well was she a sight for sore eyesl We got to talking about old times and I asked her whatever happened to our class Like a woman she knew the life history of all sixty and proceeded strarghtway to tell about them First she showed me a magazine I Gotta Confess put out by the Mary Katherine Furr Publishing Company which feautred the story The Pontrac Convertible Romance by Hollan Goss Turning rt over to the back cover I saw a photograph of Metropolitan Opera star Anne Beeson saying l use Roger Boyd longer length cigarettes they re not at all rrrrtatrng While such literary subjects were at hand Patsy mentioned that Glenda Pevey has just won the Nobel prize for finishing the other ninety seven Canterbury Tales much to the delight of Robert Earl Blaise senior English instructor at B H S Some of the other new teachers include Dontvan Ivy band drrector Qwho has doubled the number of maJorettesj Elaine Montgomery glee club leader fwho has the members wear short red dressesj and Anna Rue Valentine cafeteria supervisor Qwho serves fried chrcken twice a weekj Soren,Dan1el has reopened Whrtworth as a modeling school He sam many B H S boys were eager to give financial ard hrt I Want Romance written rn morse code by the famous composer Bill Summers Her announcer is Frankre Joe Kyzar Also in the entertainment field is Billy Ray Watts I m not sure what he does but the name of the act rs three throws for a quarter Marrlyn Brown rs star forward for the Beautiful Redheads basketball team which couldn t get along without rts water girl Shirley Thames who sells peanuts in her spare t1me Gloria Crow still collects cars Naturally I already knew that Vxrgrnra lo Craig has just been elected President of the U S She credits her successful campaign to her enigmatic slogan How ktn ya w1th Virginia? I also knew that the Brooklyn Dodgers won this year s pennant due to the fine form of pitcher Tex Sample Betty Brueck spends most of her time at home knrtttng and crochetrng The government recently gave a special crtatron to nurses Jams McKee and Frenchie Day for discovering twelve new ways to posion people Roy Cotton was the architect for the astoundrngly new half story building which houses Harold Alderman s Half Price Grocery Store Models Pat Nevels Geraldine Hutson and Emily Day have all dyed therr hair a deep navy blue for the Which triplet has the Sara Ann Mayfield Peroxide Treatment? advertisments Starring rn a remake of The Last of the Mohrcans is Boyce Bullock lt is the frrst motron prcture to be made in color sound and smell thrs precess was developed by L M Gartman who always liked to sniff in the movres Carolyn Drury inventor of the Super A bomb the B bomb and the C bomb has just completed her autobrography rntrtled Oh Blast It All Married life certainly seems to agree with at least three members of the old class Frances Smith Margie Watts and Carolyn Morris Wrlroy Ratlrff with some assistance from Kenneth Smith 1S repamtmg the Mona Lisa using the famed ballet dancer Lrllrace Ann Burris as his model James Nrx supplied the gladrola background to be used The Bunny Hug Dance Studio rn Memphis is being run by none other than Edna Frances Ktng and Tommy Denman Helen Mathis continues to run the Lincoln County Livestock Commisston Down Louisana way James Gaspard is known as krng of the shrimp fleet He speaks French wlth a Mrssrssrppr accent Betty Nations rs head of the revolutronary Untouched By Human Hands Laundry By a sad accident revenuers Just discovered that the large sign GIN over Mrtzr Oberschmrdt s establishment had nothing to do with cotton Bobby Montgomery is workrng hard on a time machine to take him back to the ancrent omans hedxllolted New York socralrte Barbara Woods says that every time she gets married rt s just like heaven She is now in her seventh Lxllran Watson and Elizabeth Teaster surprised everyone by going off to San Francisco and becoming polrcewomen Bob Gaskill has become soul owner of the Life Is Grim Tombstone Works Hrs chief desrgner rs Judith Entrrcan reformed night club singer Popular lectures on the Southern accent are being given all over the country by Lewis Decell Last but not least Patsy told me that Carolyn Parkman has run around the world three trmes and ts now resting up rn order to break her own record This afternoon needless to say the football team under the inspired coaching of T F Valentine beat McComb for the seventeenth consecutive time Good by for now, Dear Diary Scott Byrd 1 T' Y - A-V - , 9 V , -9 4, is . - . 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.- -11 X Samoa CLASS UJLL S 3 'J We the Senror Class of 1953 berng of sound mrnd and body do rn the presence of our able faculty make our last wrll and testament It reads as follows To the entrre Junror Class we leave our most prrceless possessrons Mrss Ab and Mrss Mathrson our sponsors We also leave you our passron for studyrng our senror prrvrleges and the fun of Senror partres Lrllrace Ann Burrrs leaves her trtle as a perfect angel to Ann Alford and Susre Lrpsey Emrlx Day lea Jes her long black skrrt to Bonnre Entrrcan and Shrrley Xllred Beulah Adams leaves Uncle Vercy to all future Senrors who need change durrng therr lrbrary perrods Pat Robertson leaves her neatness to Kelsex Clements and Helen Parten Shrrley Thames leaves her abrlrty to sell anythrng for elephants to peanuts to Joan Harveston and Carolyn Adams Helen Mathrs leaves her all over blushes to Gerry Kees Tex Sample leaves hrs darnty feet and hrs lr yalty to the Yankees to Walter Greenlee Judy Entrrcan leaves her brothers and srster to Rrchard Gaspard Wylma Schlesrnger leaves her grggle to Glenda Oberschmrdt and Ruth Otte Harold Alderman leaves hrs manly physrque to Jack Prper and Ted Rrchardson Hollan Goss leaves her abrlrty to thrnk to Harold Weeks James Nrx leaves hrs strange rnterest rn Co Lrn to Dojo Allgood Anna Rue Valentrne leaves her love for B H S to Donna Hall and Annre Merle Easley Brll Summers leaves hrs love for women to Dan Day Mary Kathrrne Furr leaves her regularrty at school to Mrchael Barnette Tommy Denman leaves hrs false tooth to Holton Alderman Sara Ann Mayfreld leaves her southern drawl to Janet Smrth and Peggy Fay Allen Frankre Joe Kyzar leaves hrs truck drrvrng to Wayne Neal Vrrgrnra Jo Crarg leaves her knowledge of any subyect of conversatron to be drstrrbuted to the whole Junror Class Brlly Ray Watts leaves hrs abrlrty t6 sleep whrle srttrng up rn class to Lee Alton Owens Kenneth Smrth leaves hrs length to Boyce Rushrng and Phrlrp West Carolyn Morrrs and Frenchre Day leave therr book on how to get a man and keep hrm to Annette Gordon Tommy Smrth leaves hrs hot rod talk to Walter Brshop Carolyn Drury leaves her soprano vorce to Annre Kathrrne Beeson Donrvan Ivy leaves hrs wavy harr to Ronnre Markette Geraldtne Hutson leaves her grown up ways to Jackre Grllrs and Betty Arnsworth Par Nevels leaves her trrps to New Orleans to Faye Beck Bobby Montgomery leaves hrs Charles Atlas book wrrtten rn Latrn to Daryl Frsher Janrs McKee leaves her rattlrng tongue to Merle Smrth and Leroy Rrchardson Wrlroy Ratlrff leaves hrs fleetfootedness to Brlly Tom Ware Betty Natrons leaves her cow call greetrng to Drane Douglas and Glorra McKee Elarne Montgomery leaves her abrlrty to get along wrth people to Katrrna Whrte and Charlottee Smrth Marrlyn Brown leaves her comb and socks to Patsy Drury and Carol Ann Nevels Boyce Bullock leaves to all the heartbroken grrls hrs forwardrng address Betty Brueck leaves her old flames to Mary Alrce Case Hrlda Rae Coon L M Gartman leaves hrs football Jersey to anyone brg enough to ftll rt Glorra Jean Crow leaves her golden srlence to Margre Crow who can use a lrttle of rt Soren Danrel leaves all hrs get up and go to Brlly Dooley Mrrzr Oberschmrdt leaves her artrstrc abrlrty to Phrl Parker and Glen Jacks Bobby Gaskrll leaves those rnnocent looks of hrs to Davrd Cam and Paul Wrllrams Roger Boyd leaves hrs hrllybrlly walk to Lours Mullen Susre Smrth leaves her yodel to Carolyn Sue Jones and Pat Rudder T F Valentrne leaves hrs Chrnaman eyes to Opre Grenn Margre Watts leaves her abrlrty to get a dramond to Betty Lou Allred Scott Byrd leaves hrs outspoken ways and the Englrsh medal to Luvenra McKensre Edna Krng leaves her mouthful of teeth always unverled rn a pleasant smrle to Wanda Sue Valentrne and Susan Massengill Roy Cotton leaves hrs brrght eyes and drgnrfred manner to Don Jackson Lewrs Decell and Bobby Gaskrll leave Mrss Ab to gather up the shattered fragments of her peace of tnrnd Lrllran Watson leaves her love for Spoken Englrsh to Carolyn Rutledge James Gaspard leaves hrs domrnatrng personalrty to Jrmmy Thompson Elrzabeth Teaster leaves her soft femrnrne ways to Jrmmre Meese Robert Earl Blarse leaves hrs love for Engltsh poetry to James Ashmore Carolyn Parkman leaves her crazy expressrons vocal and otherwxse to Ann Alworth Tommy Gartman leaves hrs well hrdden talents to anyone who can frnd them Frances Smrth leaves her studrous ways to Donrs Burnaman and Edgar Furlow Lewrs Decell leaves hrs speechmakrng to Wrllard Prrce Barbara Woods leaves her copy of How to Understand a Joke rn Ten Easy Lessons to Ann Fogo And I Glenda Pevey leave my theme song Always Late to Donald Allmand Srgned and sealed on thrs 22nd day of May rn the year of our Lord Nrneteen Hundred and Fifty three Glenda Pevey Class Lawyer Z4 4 - Q L 4, ,-Q. Q 1 Q, ,vfiif-,fs X ' -- r A ' Y 1 I ' l Q' Y J ' I -T I I I V U 1 D A V A 'Y - v ' ' ' ' I ' . Y . ., .y A ' . - V - A I . . . . 1 . D f r I 1 D I ' .