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

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746 2645 ew: of 0:02 -46064 Y 1 66444 77 ewonae Stnce starrtng tn thetr own ortgtnal productton of The Best Year of Our Ltves the class of 56 has gone on to play many varted roles tn ltfe Some as stars and featured players others as understudtes btt players and walk ons Whatever role they portray on thts btg stage we call the world they ll always be remembered for thetr gatety warmth genutne talent and wholesomeness Now meet the players Ronald Hartgraves ts prospertng as a tenant farmer Hal Warren successful producer dtrector, and stage and screen tdol, ts now productng dtrecttng and starrtng tn a revtval of Abtgatl s Second Debut Hts leadtng lady ts Joan Albrttton A150 featured are Elste Fay Day Joan Flynn, and Dtcky Parten Another member of the class on the payroll ts George Grenn who s a whtz at pulltng those curtatns World s champton brtcklayer ts Mtke Becker Mtxtng cement for htm ts Jackte Jackson hrs helpmate Dr Margte Bloodworth ts dtrector of the state mental tnstttutton at Whttfteld On the staff are nurses Juantta Myers and Mary Eltzabeth Stster Smtth They all tell me they feel very much at home Tommy Butler the Bantam Bombshell has Just won the U S Open for the stxth stratght ttme by maktn.g the ftrst second, thtrd fourth, ftfth, stxth seventh etghth and ntnth holes tn one Caddytng for htm ts Patty Leggett Several from our group have entered the fteld of mustc Netl Bow man who has Just completed a trtumphant tour of Europe ts now gtvtng a sertes of concerts tn Carnegte Hall Accompanytng htm ts Frances Querns on her red hot vtoltn Down on Bourbon Street Mary Carolyn Hart ts whooptng tt up wtth her verston of Petrtfted Cardtac or as tt ts better known Hearts of Stone The Flattops our own Alvtn Smtth Ray Cohen and Whtt McCall are now breaktng all sales records wtth thetr tear Jerktn rendttton of Love s a Many Spltntered Thtng The mustc and lyrtcs of whtch were wrttten by John Pace and Elste Taylor Smokey Pttts tsn t dotng anythtng yet He s sttll looktng for a Job wtth a good rettrement pla'h Wrestltng regularly on TV ts Ann Pearl Cameron tratned and managed by Ronny Trndall Her bouts are broadcast by that well known sports commentator, Jtmmy Ktng Maye Grtfftn ts now edttor tn chtef of the New York Ttmes Her ace crtme reporter ts Btlly Freeman who attended the Untverstty of Stng Stng for ftve years on a scholarshtp awarded htm by Judge Joyce Mtller Patty Moran, tn tractng her famtly tree found that she, not Eltzabeth, was the rtghrful hetr to the throne of England Represented by that very capable and well known attorney Bobby Smtth she ts now sutng the Brtttsh Emptre for the throne A thrtvtng bustness ts betng done by Cap n Elmo Rushtng who runs a ferry across Clabber Creek wtth the able asstsrence of hts ftrst mate Carolyn Smtth Cathy Cummtngs, world famous for her beauttful POSIUIC and dlgnl fred walk models Robert Burnaman s exqutstte creattons at hts fashton house tn Parts Her secret she says, ts that she keeps the center of alertness tn her chest Very much tn the news these past few weeks has been Mary Jo O Qutnn who recently over threw the government of Venezuela and set herself up as dtctator In her atr force ts Jet ace Bettye McGeehee and Kathryn Orme who fly as tatl gunners The Blossomtn Ptne a notortous ntght spot on the Gulf Coast ts run by Marshall Rarhbun Hts shtfty eyed blackjack dealer ts Tommy Burns Buzzy Cummtngs works part ttme as bouncer and the rest of the ttme he spends tn the back room marktng decks Featured tn the floor show are those well known bubble dancers Shtrley Pecker Lyt e Patrtcta Nettles, Judy Walker, and Ann Frenchte Smtth Qutte frequently seen tn the audtence ts Phtltp Brewer, wtth a devtl tsh grtn on hrs face and a susptctous looktng pea shooter tn hts hand If you are wondertng why Frenchte ts the only one wtth fur ltned ttghts we mtght mentton the fact that Ray Thames owns a chtnchtlla farm Peddltng ctgarettes are Dtane Ltttle and Frances Summers It only took Gwen Hughes and Patsy Pullen one year to complete thetr college courses and get a M R S degree Johnny Rtce of course, as you all know, ts Prestdent of the Untted States However he Just never could get rtd of that engtneertng bug, so wtth the erector set the Ftrst Lady gave htm for Chrtstmas he ts butldtng a scale model of the Brook lyn Brtdge across the dratnage dttch tn the back yard Now managtng Rtngltng Bros , Barnum and Batley Ctrcus ts Anne Boone Always wtlltng to gtve a helptng hand, she s gtven qutte a few of her old classmates Jobs Betty Justtce after eattng tn the Brookhaven Publtc School s cafetertas for twelve years ftgured she could dtgest almost anythtng She s now a sword swallower Mary Ann Rtchardson Ltnda Smtth and Peggy Davts are flytng through the atr wtth the greatest of ease those dartng young women on the flytng trapeze The peanut man ts James Hugh Jacks In the stde show ts Charles Ray Stockftsch the two headed man He dtdn t have enough room tn one head for all of hts bratns so another one sprouted Shelby Watts wrttes Sunday School quarterltes Wtll Ann Smtth has just achteved world wtde fame by gtvtng btrth to octuplets Daree Nevels runs an abat totr or to put tt more stmply a slaughter house She saves all her left over hoofs for Jewel Lea who manufactures glue After spendtng many torturous years tn the hot and steamtng jungles of the Belgtan Congo searchtng for the prectous mtneral XPDQ Jack Wtlltams dectded to gtve up and come on home Heck, who wants to be rtch and famous anyway' Btlly Kavanaugh set satl several years ago for Australta and ts now a sheep rancher Mary Ann Stewart has become qutte a movte magnate wtth nearly one hundred movte theatres tn her chatn Charles Marttn ts mtntng copper tn Boltvta Btlly Murray, our Vtce Prestdent ts about to begtn a trtp around the world to help further our Good Netghbor poltcy Barbara Lofton ts planntng to make the trtp too only she s planntng to swtm Dentse Callendar has become the fourth Old Gold danctng pack Along wtth regular ktng stze and ftlter ttp they now have pmt S126 Now Joe Brueck can play pool all day long tf he wants to he s the proud owner of the Twentteth Century pool room Roygene Malta ts bustly engaged tn trytng to beat some algebra II through the thtck skulls of the B H S math students Arnold Grenn ts drtlltng otl wells for the Shah of Iran The Shah took a fancy to Jean Underwood who went along wtth Arnold as hts secretary and she s now wtfe no 23 Because of my success tn prophesytng the future of my classmates, I dectded to take up fortune telltng as a career and I must admtt I m dotng rather well ln fact I have my owm tent Just outstde of tovm Drop tn and see me somettme Glenda Barley Class Prophet 23 0 N 0 I N , X A D ' . . 0 . 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'Me Zed 2eczzo6!0m .lwec Y 1 WGQIOGQ' The twelve years we of 56 have spent together as a class are brought to a perfect cltmax by the Best Year of Our Ltves our sentor year at B ll S These past years were ftlled wtth many happy memortes some of whtch we now take ttme our durtng tntermtsston to relate to you And now we proudly present for your tnspectton the synopsts of our play The Best Year of Our Ltves ACT I Grammar School Scene I As the curtatn parts we are dtscovered assemoled for the ftrst ttme as a class the ftrst grade of the Brookhaven Elementary School the future class of 56' Mrs Davts Mtss Stuart and Mtss Magee crammed the Three R s down our throats That was our ftrst formal tntroductton to Mother Father Dtck Jane Baby Puff and Spot those unforgetable story book characters who were portrayed tn our ftrst requtred book Of course tr wasn t all work We spent more ttme colortng and cutttng up thtngs than we dtd studytng Netther must we forget that thts was the ftrst ttme the oppostte sexes were thrown together tn one btg group We couldn t help but be attracted to each other Scene Il Mtss Blue s class enjoyed thetr teacher s arttsttc talents through the medtum of patnted comtc and nursery rhyme characters That room also collected hollow egg shells and patnted them up ltke ltttle heads to be sold for Easter Our phtlanthroptc sptrtts emerged espectallv that year wrth the Easter Seal Drtve and the Red Cross Wtll we ever forget the ttme Glenda Barley went wtthout lunch for a week tn order to donate that dollar whtch made one a member of the Red Cross and gave the donor a sncker to put on hts wtndow'7 Scene III In our thtrd year we were a htt rtcher than usual and consequently every day at recess one could ftnd most all of us at Ltdge s wtth Dr Peppers tn our hands We musn t leave out that tnsptrtng Thanksgtvtng program grven by Mtss Ruth s room The matn ltne of the play dramatrcally enough went somethtng ltke thts We must all be thankful for the Indtans for they taught us that we should put dead ftsh on our com to make tt grow tall and stratght Our ltttle hearts were deeply tmpressedl Scene IV Around around make your ovals oval around Such was heard echotng tn the hall where the fourth grade rooms were located Remember the Palmer handwrtttng exerctses we practtced so fatthfully under the gutdance of Mtss Tyrone Mrs Gant and Mrs Smith' bookmg at some of our handwrtttng today do you ever stop to wonder what good tt dtd us'7 It was fun though to make those crazy ltttle stde ways tornadoes Scene V Twas thts eventful year that we truly brought forth our great dramattc talents! M15 Hendrtck s room produced a spectacular double feature martonette show btlled as Cltppo s Puppet Show 'Iwo tmmortal performances were gtven tn the form of Ltttle Red Rtd g Hood and Jack and Itll Go to the Ctrcus We charged ten cents sold candy ar the door and collected a ftnal total large enough to repaint the classroom and buy educattonal books and records We were the second room tn the school to make thts much money Mrs McRee s room presented a rolltcktng mtnstrel show for the student body and also charged an admrsston We used the money collected there to purchase a radto A Btble and other educattonal properttes for the room Meanwhtle Mtss Namte s room had more homework than anybody else in the school Mrs Henntngton taught us publtc school mustc and some of the more fortunate members of the class got to play tn the rhythm band And speaking of band' Some of us took up tnstrument playtng Mr Melton was our mustcal bds and how we dtd blow those homs! The girls were thrilled to no end when they got to march on the boy s playground ACT II Iunxor Egh Scene I Now we have moved over to htgh school buxldlng qalthough the stxth grade was legally constdered sttll tn the grade school levely We were of course tntroduced to the new and numerous rules and regulattons and the detentton room Mrs Lambrtght took away our loaded dtce and kept us boys from matchtng penntes tn the comer Miss Nutr taught us the evtls of alcohol and Mtss Wrlltams spent the whole year trytng to remember all of our names The htghltght of that year was the puppet show we presented for our class chapel program Scene III In the etght grade Mrs Dantel furthered our dramattc talents by dtrecttng us tn a Thanksgtvtng program tn chapel We rectred vartous patrtotrc poems and formed tableaux representtng varrous thtngs we should be thankful for It was thls year espectally that we began to double date and to go tn patrs to those unmtssable Saturday double features That was the year of the frrst annual Homecomtng at B H S and our class entered a classtc float tn the parade ACT III High School Scene I Now we were tn the prtme of our educattonal careers Fooltsh Freshmen we were called The Lattn play that year was a btg htt We wrote and produced our own chapel play Relattves Ugh' another of our great dramattc achtevements Mr Wtckltne tntroduced us to algebra I and let the fortunate gtrls who were caught talktng tn class come tn after school and wash the dtrty test tubes left over from that day s chemtstry expertmentl Scene II That sophomore year our chapel program was constdered by all to be so enteratntng that we were successfully coaxed rnto repeattng the performance at the country club We ll always remember the ttme Mtss Smtth drtlled us tn getrtng under our desks tn case of an atomtc attack Scene III Jolly Juntors they called us that year the year we became understudtes to the Sentors Our Engltsh classes were spltt up that year Some of us went to Mus Ab s class and some of us stayed on wtrh Mtss Smtth another year Those days we spent tn Mus Sr11tth s room emotrng Shakespeare wtll be rather hard to forget We prepared for our sentor year even more by taktng over the concesston stands at the Trukey Day game tn order to help pay for Juntor Sentor Banquet Those mum sales were lots of fun too Remember getttng up so early to deltver them We made more money than any other prevrous Junior class The banquet that year was stmply the best ever The trtp to Dreamland was an expertence we ll never forget The huge castle we worked so hard on and the lovely decoratron we debated over so The Blasters furntshed the mustc for the prom whtch followed the banquet Our acttve Student Counctl made sure of that Of course we should by no means leave out that wetrd production of Abtgatl s Second Debut The floatrng candle the mystertous voice and much other nonsense was another play pulled from the versattle pens of the class of 56 Most important perhaps we received our beauttful class rings We were the fmt class of B H S to have the offtcial school crest put on our rtng As the year came to an end we realtzed even more the responsibtllties we would be taktng on the followrng year We elected our annual staff our Panther Howls staff and elected major offtces for the many acttve clubs we partrctpated ln We were approachtng the ftnal goal of our publtc educarton Scene IV FINALE Sensor year that partrcular ttme arrtved That ttme when all our dreams of betng The Star Players came true The sentor actrvrtres the prtvllege of gotng to the acttvrty butlding worktng at the ball game the greatest Homecomtng ever selling Christmas cards choostng our tnvtrattons partlctpattng actively ln all clubs the band that champtonshtp football team cheer leadtng the spoken English trtps all of our parties publtshtng the school s best annual our wonderful sentor play whtch everyone enjoyed so our class day Here we now stand 01 the threshold of a new life a new expertence a new world With the help and gutdance of our parents and teachers our class has grown together in true Chrtsttan fellowshtp and understanding of each other Now the eurtatns are rapidly falling on our final year at dear ole B H S Thu has truly been a year to remember The Best Year of Our Ltvel Hal Warren Class Hrstorran 0 ' N N I

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744: Zed Zena af Om .lwea Wall D J We the Senrors of 1956 knowrng that our play rs nearrng the end of rts run do bequeath to you Junrors who wrll be the cast of next season s drama our rnvaluable frrend and crrtrc Mrss Ab and we regret that we cannot leave our wonderful sponsor Mrss Mathrson to councrl you next year We leave you both the thrrll of the actual performance and the lrghtheart edness of off stage actrvrtres such as workrng at football games and gorng to senror partres We also leave you as good troupers should our favorrte props and such star qualrtres as we mrght possess Joan Albrrtton Mary Elrzabeth Smrth, and Shrrley Lytle leave the frrendly glrnt rn therr dark eyes to Lrllran Smrth Cynthra Watts and Marrlyn Flynn Glenda Barley leaves her papers on the prrncrples of perpetual motron to Kay Case Mrke Becker leavesayard full of rvy to Jerry Pevey Tommy Summers and Ralph Rrchardson for football vrctory wreaths next year Margre Bloodworth leaves her srlvery vorce to Bea Schaperkotter Nerl Bowman leaves hrs four year frle of the Panther Howls to next year s edrtor Anne Boone and Ray Cohen leave therr top center spot on the front step to Lynn Harrrson and Joe Bryant Tommy Burns leaves the courage to speak rrght out rn class to Bobby Massengrll and Larry Allen Phrlrp Brewer leaves a catr of Egypt ran henna to John Smrth Joe Brueck and Ray Thames leave therr I don t know where I m gorng do you want to come along rrdes to Pete Watts, Wayne Wrlson and Robert Hutcheson Robert Burnaman leaves hrs huntrng tales and frsh storres to Johnny Parkman Tommy Butler and Whrt McCall leave therr golf clubs to Pope Kelly Ann Cameron leaves her prxre features and petrte srze to Betty Blarse Peggy Davrs leaves her collectron of danglrng earrrngs and the smrle that connects them to Myrtrs Hoover and Margaret Neal Arnold Grenn leaves hrs Greek physrque and hrs T shrrts to Tommy Lofton Maye Grrffrn leaves best wrshes to Robert and Harry Hannon Ronald Hartgraves leaves hrs nrce warm earmuffs to Raymond Roberts Joan Flynn and Carolyn Smrth leave therr Mona Lrsa smrles to Annre Ruth Watts Dannre Sue Adams and Vrcky Hrckman Gwen Hughes leaves her permanent romanttc glue to June London Jackre Jackson leaves her looks of surprrsed rnnocence to Patrrcra Carn Betty Justrce leaves her band trrps rn the luggage rack of a Greyhound bus to Inez Adams Brlly Kavanaugh and Brlly Freeman leave therr dark determrned eyebrows to Roy Russell and Monroe Lofton and Rrchard Prrce Jrmmy Krng leaves hrs announcer s Job at WJMB complete wrth brg bass vorce to Shrrley Wood Drane Lrttle leaves her cross classroom wrnks at a specral someone to Nell Rose Valentrne Barbara Lofton leaves her desrre for long enough harr for a bun to Lrnda Blalock Roygene Malta and Bobby Smrth leave therr grggle boxes to Barbara Natrons and Gordon Wooten Mary Carolyn Hart leaves her wrde knowledge of current events to Mrchael Wrllrams Charles Martrn leaves hrs Martrn Method for Typrsts to Brlly Wrlson Joyce Mrller leaves her alto vorce to Carolyn Fortenberry so that Carolyn can srng duets a la Mary Ford Brlly Murray leaves hrs red convertrble to Clyde Allgood Juanrta Myers and Mary Jo O Qurnn leave therr knack for mrxrng femrnrnrty and basketball to Dorrs Whrte and Betty Penn Ann Smrth leaves her foggy notrons of what rs gorng on foggy that rs unttl rt s all over to Glenda Thames Cathy Cummrngs leaves her buddres rn favor of her Bud Ronny Trndall leaves hrs daydreamrng rn chemrstry to Juan Smrth and Larry Smrth Jean Underwood and Daree Nevels leave therr peaceful presence to Shrrley Brrtt and Lors Elkrns Kathryn Orme leaves her Socrety for the Preventron of Talkrng rn Glee Club to the sole management of Claudra McMullen Drcky Parten Elmo Rushrng and Jack Wrllrams leave therr quret humor to Loure Entrrcan and Donald Harrrgrll Frances Summers Wrll Ann Smrth and Patsy Pullen leave therr blonde beauty to Marretta Boone Barbara Allgood Carol Allen and Deanna Durham Frances Querns leaves her cold cream ad complexron to all the Junror grrls for the benefrt of the Junror boys Marshall Rathbun leaves hrs Canadran paratrooper s cap to Kent Beeson Johnny Rrce leaves the dances after the football games to all Junror boys who drdn t have the pleasure thrs year Mary Ann Stewart and Pat Moran leave therr Yankee accents to Patrrcra Smrth and Ann Moncrref Alvrn Smrtn leaves all hrs club Jobs and a box of asprrrn to another great guy Charles Ray Stockfrsch leaves hrs typrcal Amerrcan boy look to Meade Mathrs and Dan Smrth. Judy Walker and Patrrcra Nettles leave therr ballet technrque to Henry Hoskrns and Major Lea Hal Warren leaves hrs learned lectures on mental telepathy to Don Phrllrps, Roffre Burt and Grlbert Trrplett Mary Ann Rrchardson leaves drrectrons not to be too hard on the Natchez Rebels next year Shelby Watts John Pace, and Elton Cummrngs leave therr genrus at frlrbusterrng before a test to Charles McGeehee, Jerry Case John D Antonr Jrmmy McKee and Kenneth Sartrn Jewel Lea and Elsre Taylor leave therr sarlor boys to Shrrley Boyd Lourse Jones Ann Smrth and Betty Cotton James Jacks George Grenn, and Jerrod Prtts leave therr scholarly understandrng of Englrsh sentence constructron to Tony Feduccta and Rudolph Grenn Lrnda Smrth leaves her grave frrendlrness to Jan Clark Betty McGeehee Patty Leggett, and Elsre Fay Day leave therr cooperatrve sprrrt to Anna Marre Day and Edna Mae Leggett And I Denrse Callendar, leave my double armload of books to Charlotte Parnell and Voncrle Smrth wrth two extra volumes for the head to guard agarnst round shoulders Srgned and sealed thrs 25th day of May rn the year of our Lord 1956 Denrse Callendar, Class Lawyer 24 9 . 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