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

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Class of 1957 ' A Hastory R ln August, l945 Japan surrendered, endmg World War Il but another battle was lust begannang The battle l speak of was the battle wath educataon, and at concerns the group of students who are now senaors at B H S For eleven years they have fought uphall, and now have reached the top Magazanes far and wade cgrraed storaes of World War ll battles Here follows, an our favorate peraodacal the story of the Class of l 57. Mass Magee, Miss Stewart, and Mrs Davas began to get us acquaanted wath the three R s an the farst grade and the faght was on We were too young to know better, so we liked school Durang our second year we became more dasclplaned and we learned more under Mass Blue, Mass Granberry and Mass Clark More was expected of us, so we began to wonder af we were wron an lakang school The thard year was ver enloyable, but sometames embarrassing for some of us w en Mass Young made us stand an the corner for yel ang out l beat you! , when doang homework and taking tests Mass Jones and Mrs Wells dad thear best, along wath Mass Young, to teach us how to wrlte Strangely enough, some of us have never developed any laterary style In the fourth grade we made bag gaans under the tutorang of Mass Smath Mrs Gantt, and Mass Tyrone We strove hard to earn a Palmer Method pan for wratang We were also turned toward musac and learned to clang cymbals, tap traangles, and beat drums, mostly lust for fun When our parents came to hear us, they were sure we were all musacal prodagaes The fafth grade was our last and best year at the grammar school Mass Hendracks Mass Namae, and Mrs McRee gave us our fanal preparataons before we went to the saxth grade and the hagh school Some us served on the Safety Patrol, and who can forget those vasual aad falms'7 Mass Nutt, Mass Wallaams, and Mrs Lambraght antroduced us to geography on a large scale, and we took our farst examanataons an the saxth grade They really were lust as bad as rumors from upper classmen had them Our seventh year rolled around, and we changed classes at the end of peraods for the farst tame Most of us s 'xyed lost for the farst sax weeks Mrs Mc Naar crammed Englash into us an more ways than one Coach Gregory gave us our daaly paddlangs an has scaence class Mass Harvey s arathmetac and Mass Lofton s Englash kept us on our toes in the eaghth grade as we prepared to enter hagh school We were able to choose some of our subjects an the nlnth grade, and how grown up we felt! We were exposed to Latan l and Spanash I The Latan l scholars were slaves that year and caught the brunt of the Latan ll masters, as usual The varsaty football team defeated McComb, and we felt some of the glory for the farst tame, and took much of the credat The next year we turned up an the tenth grade, and we were well on our way to the top Mrs Marsalas and baology were on everyone s mind We acquared ansect nets, and most of us were buggy by the end of the year The Latan play was a huge success, and at won two trophaes at the Latan conventaon Last year was a bag year all the way around We chose our class rangs, and of course they were the prettaest yet The football team won the South Bug Eaght Champaonshap, and we had a lot of classmates on the team The basketball team won the Bag Eaght Champaonshap goang away The Jumor Senaor banquet proved to be the greatest yet We moved at away from the library to the Country Club which we converted anto a Stork Club deluxe Who wall ever forget the work that convertang took and the super floor show starrang such graceful dancers as Watts Massengall, and Parkman'P Now, our battle as almost over, and we are lust about over the top ready to proclaam our vactory At last we are Senaors We have enloyed workang on the OLE BROOK and homecoming, whach was consadered by many the best The Showboat audatoraum rogram, and that showboat float wath the lovely Queen and the beautiful court wall never be forgotten Stu yang -and l use the word stud mg wath reservataons an the actavaty bualdlng has been much fun Even sellang at football games and sel ang Chrastmas cards were fun, and of course those playang on the football team have had thear glory And who, of us, wall ever forget that 25 7 score over McComb, the so called South Bag 8 Champnons, on Turkey Day 19569 We enaoyed plannang and beang In assembly programs, and entertaanang busaness men on E B Day, and none of us will ever forget our super senaor play The partaes have started, and most of us have bags under our eyes, but what s sleep to a senaor'7 Our last year an hlgh school as almost over, and we have had a wonderful tame We look forward to our future, and our memoraes of B H S wall stay wath us forever Clyde Allgood Jr Class Hastoraan 20 I U O ll I I ' ' I . . . . ,. . . . . . ' F II ll ' ' . . . . . , . . . . . . . ' I . . of . . . . . . . ,. . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . ' E ' ' II ll . . . . . . . - I 1 I 1 . . . . . , . . 0 O 9 O 1 O . . - url' -- ' J' . . - - - I D .. . . . , . . . ,. ..

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Class of 1957 WI 5 We the Senror Class of T957 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 the two Mademorselles, Mrss Ab and Mrs Mathrson who through hard work and constant gurdance have prepared us for what lres ahead Pope Kelly leaves hrs dry wrt and hrs abrlrty to make everybody happy anytrme and anywhere to Glorra Wall and Don Nevels Tony Feduccra and Robert Trrgg leave therr abrlrty to grve the grrls a thrrll b rust comrng to school to Lance Alworth and George Durham Kay Case and Nell Valentrne leave therr c eer leader outfrts to Jane Smrth and Barbara Brueck Pete Watts leaves hrs Roman nose to Larry Posey Henry Hoskrns leaves hrs center posrtron on the basketball team to Ralph Smrth Vickr Hrckman leaves her abrlrt to draw a strarght lrne to anyone rn mechanrcal drawrng Smokey Prtts leaves he hopes' ll Barbara Natrons Lourse Jones and Brlly Wrlson leave therr love for bookkeeprng to Mrldred Trllman and Pat Byrne Rrchard Prrce leaves hrs abrlrty to argue wrth a fence post to Jrmmy Perkrns and Jerry Butler Malor Lea Raymond Roberts and Ken Sartrn leave therr love for women to Jon Phillrp Panzrca, Rodger Reeves, and Glenn Bracey Patrrcra Smrth, Dannre Sue Adams and Carol Allen leave therr sweet smrles to Rona Sue West and Mardre Beeson Tommy Lofton leaves hrs manly beard and harry chest to Lloyd Walker Dan Smrth leaves hrs abrlrty to sell Chrrstmas cards to Jerelene Case, Frances Cowart, and John Derryberry Mrke Wrllrams and Don Phrllrps leave Drane and Nrta Betty Blarse leaves her malorette unrforrn to Virgrnra Bethea Roffre Burt and Ralph Rrchardson leave therr teeth out on the football freld Larry Smrth and Cynthra Watts leave therr uret manner to Ellrs Whrte Mrlton Rhodes and Jane Morgan John Smrth leaves hrs slot on the basketballl team to Ferdre Becker Buddy McGehee and Johnny Parkman leave therr abrlrty to sell at the football games to Wayne Ervrn Claude Krncade, Herman Bowman, and Mac Brown Claudra McMullen and her hard workmg staff leave the best annual ever Lynn Harrrson leaves her abrlrty to get up and go to Eva Lee Townsend Jrmmre Mc Kee and Kent Beeson leave therr long srdebums to Gene Spence and Harrrgrll leaves hrs love for those short Key Club Board meetrngs to Bobby Bolrng Rudy Grenn leaves hrs Hog Charn Bus to anyone gorng rn that drrectron Deanna Durham leaves her movre star looks to Judy Turner Clyde Allgood and Jerry Pevey leave therr love for those four hour football practrces to Alton Greenlee, Ted Smrth John Dunn, and Brlly Scroggrns John Unverzagt and Brenda Bahn leave therr Southern accents to Margre Hughes, Sally Lou Mc Kee and Ann Sumerlrn Betty Penn leaves her abrlrty to say the Prologue to the Canterbury Tales to Norman Mrnton Lrllran Smrth leaves her abrlrty to make folks laugh to Gretchen Hartman and Jane Clements Margaret Neal and Ann Moncrref leave therr round trrp trckets to Joe Joe s to Bennre Schlesrnger and Clark Arrrngton Charlotte Parnell leaves all her A s to Norma Branch Shrrley Brrtt and Carolyn Fortenberry leave therr love for the Glee Club to Carol Covrngton Carroll Case and Anne Atkrnson Robert Hutcherson leaves hrs red harr to Patsy Krng and Cary Yancey Dorrs Whrte leaves her athletrc unrforrns to Jo Ann Whrtehead Kay Summers Mary Martha Shrrley and Vrolet Allen Myrtrs Hoover leaves her basketball team to the next manager Glenda Thames leaves her sayrng that good thrngs come rn small packages to Janrce Smrth and Margaret Watts Judy Day Marretta Boone and Pat Carn leave therr quret beauty to Dorrs O Qurnn and Sylvra Lovell Virgrnra Boone leaves her abrlrty to sew to Emma Jane Day Shrrley Wood and Barbara Allgood leave therr abrlrty to wrrte artrcles to Charles Morgan and Bob Cross Monroe Lofton and Edna Mae Leggett leave therr uret attentron rn class to Clyde Moody Gordon Wooten Mrtchell Smrth and Melvrn Smrth Jan Clark an June London leave therr fashronable looks to Abbre Beeson Ethelene Hennrng, and Nancy Lovell Juan Smrth leaves hrs horn to Jrmmy Redd Joyce Nettles and Hugh T Mrtchell Shrrle Boyd, Marrlyn Flynn, and Annre Rut Watts leave therr abrlrty to prck a toprc for therr term papers to Bar ara Wrllrams Joan Brrtt, Barbara Cannon and Shrrley Smrth lnez Adams leaves the 4 H Club to Patrrcra Smrth Betty Brrster and Ruby Taylor Ro Russell and Wa ne Wrlson leave therr love for exams to Joe Bryant and Drane Cotton Loure Entrrcan and Meade Mathrs eave therr good manners and nrce ways to Lem Hewes And I Bobby Massengrll, leave the book on How Not to Wrrte a Class Wrll to the next lawyer Srgned and sealed on the 24 day of May, rn the year of our Lord, Nrneteen Hundred and Frfty-seven Bobby Massengrll Class Lawyer Tl -lli. 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