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

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Senior Class History Startlrng wrll be the adjectrve rn hrstory books for the years 1957 1958 the lnternatronal Geophysrcal Year whrch has gtven brrth to a New Age that of space travel Startltng rs the adjectrve whlch mrght also be properly applred to the greatest and most unusual Semor Class ever to leave the portals of B H S the remarkable class of 1958 Never once rn the twelve years srnce these boys and grrls started out together tn the fxrst grade have they farled to startle everybody The f1rst grade where thrs class got 1ts start was a very memorable one The grrls thought rt much more fun to play on the boys s1de of the playground and v1ce versa In the second grade we startled our teachers wrth our beautrful drawrngs copred from lvlrss Blue s unforgetable Mother Goose character palntrngs Well we lrked our plctures anyway Multlplrcatron tables' The thrrd grade proved a lrttle more strenuous on our mrnds and we actually had to study a lrttle Our fourth year ln school was one of those years that no one w1ll ever forget The boys drscovered grrls and the g1rls drscovered boys Valentrnes and candy were grven The g1r1 who got the most valentrnes thought she was queen of the day lt seems the frfth grade was to be our last year 1n grammar school That year was wonderful too The trapezes proved a grand perch from whrch the grrls watched the boys football games Opera glasses helped also The teachers of the frfth grade mopped therr brows and srghed a l1ttle hoprng the srxth grade teachers were ready for such an altogether drfferent class They must have been for rn the grade of srx we really had to put out some effort and hard work to make those top grades We drdn t all make the best grades ever but the srxth d1d turn out a few so called genruses Who could forget the seventh grade? If It s fun you want to call rt all rrght but fun was hardly the word for the grade of seven We were ln Jumor hrgh school we had the best partres ever one homeroom of our class won a half hol1day for wrnnrng the March of Drmes sale and thrs grade was the f1rst mam step towards our goal Graduatronl The Actrvrty Butldrng was the mam gather1ng place rn the erghth grade At recess and dmner we trouped 1n to s1t around talk and catch up on the act1v1t1es of the school rn general Freshmen' Ye old green freshmen' But we loved bemg just that Don t let anyone say that bemg a freshman was play because rt was much more than just fun There was work 1n there too As nrnth graders we started gettlng rnto the swrng of thlngs The football games meant more to us our studies were taken a lrttle more serrously than before and we really started behavmg as rf we had a lrttle sense The Jump from Freshmen to Sophomores wash t too great but ll was a step forward to that long awarted goal As Sophomores we began to reallze that we were really growrng up and we started takrng on our responsrbtlrtles wrth a drfferent attrtude In the tenth grade the boys put on an all boy play whrch was really a rrot Actmg was just one of the many talents possessed by our boys and the glrls too for that matter We startled the teachers of the Jumor Class w1th our get up and go durrng the mum sale for the Thanksgrvrng game Remember gettrng up on that cold Thanksgrvmg mormng to del1ver those many chrysanthemums'P And then that afternoon whrle beggrng the fans to buy cokes and hot dogs we saw our Panthers l1ck the McComb Trgers Man' That was l1v1ng' Even though II has been eleven years rt seems as though those years have sped past wrth the rapldlty of a rocket Now we are standing on the threshold ofthe future Our Semor year has come and gone We are ready now to step out 1nto the great wtde beautrful world Sellmg at the ball games and workrng on the annual were the very serrous hrghlxghts of the year l-lomecommg was the best yet and our Semor play won t ever be topped we th1nk We ve come a long way from our wonderful partles begrnnrng rn the seventh grade to the equally wonderful partres of our Semor year Our Semor year has been the best ever and eyen though we ll go our separate ways the Semors of 1957 58 wrll never forget each other or our school Dear old B H S It s the greatest and always wrll be' Sally Lou McKee Class Hrstorran ,, . ,, . . . , . . . , 1 11 - 11 - - - f - - - - -- ' 1 ' ' . . . . 1 1 ' , . , . . . . . , 1 . , . - 1 1 , . . . , . , . 1 1 1 ' 1 - - 11 - .1 1 , . . , . . . ' 1 1 - 1 1 ' -- . 1 1 ' . . , . 1 ' 1 ' ' 1 1 . , . . , . 1 1 1 1 1 ' . . ,, - - - ,, . . I. , .1 . 1 1 ' ' . 1 ' 1 1 1 1 ' , . ' 1 ' 1 , 1 , . . ' , . - - . 1 , . . 1 - 1 .

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-L y SENIOR CLASS 58 JUDY TURNER Brown eyed beautiful girl Y Teensl 2 3 4 F H A 1 3 MaJorette2 4 Drum MaJor 3 Stars Club 2 Biology Club 2 Basketball 2 3 4 Track 2 Band 3 4 B E Club 4 Ole Brook Staff 4 GLORIA WALL If you are looking for a friend look no further Stars Club2 Officer3 4 F H A 1 3 4 Y Teens 1 2 3 4 Chemistry Club 3 Biology Club 2 Glee Club 1 2 3 4 Class Officer 3 Class QD um QW tlu all MARGARET wATTs ,Ww'. X 5 -.ZW Favorite 3 Ole Brook Staff 4 Her expressive eyes tell fascinating tales FHA l24YTeens12344HClubOff1 Q cer 2 Future Secretaries Club 3 B E Club 4 Lu A SHIRLEY WATTS 'II Quietly she comes and goes but her presence 11,1 lingers on X stars Club 2 3 4 Y Teens 1 2 3 4 4 H ciub j Of1cer23 FHA 124 GleeCl bl234 Future Secretaries Club 3 4 B E Club 4 PATRICIA ANN WEED DUNN Short and Sweet 4 HClub1 2 Y Teensl 2 4 F H A 2 4 FutureSecre taries Club 4 Press Club 1 ELLIS WHITE Q5 A good man like him is hard I0 flrld -I B E Club 4 Biology Club 2 -l JOANN WI-IITEHEAD A smile that always says hello. Y-Teens 1 2 4- 4-H Club 2 3 Officer 4- F H.A 1 2 4- Biology Club 3- B E Club 4- Future Secretaries Club 4- QE Brook Staff 4 Library Club 3- Basketball 2 3 4- Track 2 3 4. BARBARA WILLIAMS Her sweet smile is there for everyone Y-Teens 1 2 3 4- Latin Club 1- A 1 . ia' -4' CARY YANCY B. H. S s loss is Dan s gain. Stars Club 1 3 4- Y-Teens 1 3 4, Latin Club 1, 2, F.H.A. 2g Student Council 3, 4g Press Club 13 Class Officer 3g Glee Club 1, Officer 3, 45 B. E. Club 4g Homeroom Officer NANCY YOUNG A sweet attractive kind of grace.' Transfer from Warwick, Virginia 'G l 3 can 4g Glee Club 45 Y-Teens 43 Homeroom Officer 45 Stars Club 4g Qe.Brook staff 4.

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An Senror Class Wrll ,, By some great accrdent the entrre Senror Class of 1958 suddenly found themselves at the Pearly Gates Upon therr arrrval St Peter rnformed the class that no one mrght enter untrl all worldly possessrons were bequeathed to someone on Earth I berng elected by my classmates to do the bequeathrng do hereby make the followrng Wrll and Testament for the Class of 1958 Frrst of all we as Space Cadets regretfully leave our able rnstructors Mrss Ab and Mrss Mathrson to next year s trarnees Indrvrdually now Vrolet Allen Joan Brrtt and Jane Morgan leave therr blond harr and frrendly ways to Betty Bedford Betty Cox Carolyn Conn and Barbara Morgan Our class presrdent Ferdre Becker leaves hrs enormous collectron of prlls and remedres to Jrmmy Harrrngton Herman Bowman and Harold Natrons leave therr Esqurre looks to George Payne and Johnny Tate Jerry Butler leaves hrs golf clubs to next year s golf team Gretchen Hartman and Gene Spence leave therr quretUJ ways to the entrre Junror Class to pep up those study perrods rn the Actrvrty Burldrng Claude Krncade leaves hrs abrlrty to sleep rn any class to Buddy Jones and Claude Day Clyde Moody leaves the old meat wagon to Jack Haley Carol Covrngton Ellrs Whrte and Johnny Derryberry leave therr abrlrty to get thrngs done to Kenneth Eady and Joe Frduccra Bennre Schlesrnger leaves hrs prrze possessron Yessre Fay to any Junror wrth a wrecker Hugh T Mrtchell Glen Fallrn and Joyce Nettles leave the band to Loyd Weaver and the other Junror musrc makers Jon Phrlrp Panzrca leaves hrs unernng abrlrty to be rnto most anythrng anywhere at anytrme to Pete Smrth Charles Morgan leaves hrs Alps clrmbrng pea green sweater to any Junror wrth a strong stomach Mrtchell Smrth leaves hrs get up and go sprrrt when there rs a Job to be done to Glen Vaughn Jane Smrth leaves her peak of personalrty to Floy Natrons Brlly Scroggrns bestows hrs passron for prrchrng pennres to Loy Moncrref Mack Brown leaves hrs unlrmrted supply of excuses from mornrng classes to James Calhoun Ruby Taylor Eva Lee Townsend and Annette Allen leave therr serene looks to Rosemary Allen and Jean Derryberry Ralph Smrth and Ted Smrth leave therr football helmets to Don Estes and Roland Byrd Jrm Perkrns frnally leaves Glee Club much to the relref of Mr Grose Jerry Natrons leaves old farthful Jez to anybody that wants her Don Nevels leaves hrs abrlrtres as awrde awake go getter to Jrmmy Foster and Charles Calhoun Ethelene Hennrng leaves her head mayorette outfrt to next year s brg wheel Jane Clements Judy Turner and Emma Jane Day leave therr Mrss Amerrca frgures to all of next year s majorettes Lem Hewes leaves hrs book How To Pass to Robert Cooper and Brll Fortenberry Wayne Ervrn leaves school maybe' V Barbara Brueck leaves her cheerleader s megaphone to Ann Wrllrams George Durham and Nancy Young leave therr abrlrty to draw a strarght lrne to next year s mechanrcal drawrng class Lance Alworth and Norman Mrnton leave the football team much to the regret of the coaches Abbre Beeson leaves her abrlrty to read and understand Wutherrng Herghts to Joann Beetle and Sandra Arnsworth Glenn Bracy leaves hrs love for school days to J Jerry Smrth and Doyle West Anne Atkrnson and Norma Branch leave therr abrlrty to trckle the rvorres rn Glee Club to Betty Donaldson and Annre Marre Martrn Vrrgrnra Bethea and Nancy Lovell leave Brlly and Jerry as much as they hate to Clark Arrrngton hands over hrs love for physrcs class to Johnny Byrd and Alan Harrrgrll Mardre Beeson leaves her sayrng What'7'? Me worry'P' to Charlene Sullrvan Sylvra Lovell leaves her bar of Ponds Beauty Soap to Sara Warren and Sandra McCaffery Betty Brister Barbara Cannon and Drane Cotton leave therr stack of Mad comrc books to Vrctor Grrce and John Daqurlla Carroll Case leaves hrs snappy yellow convertrble to Seth Larrd Jerelene Case and Shrrley Watts leave therr must used OJ books to Betty McMullen Pat Byrne leaves her bookkeeprng profrcrency to Sue Magee and Barbara Bell Bob Cross and Roger Reeves bestow therr Englrsh IV notes on Bobby Allred Patsy Krng Nrta Thompson and Drane Smrth leave therr abrlrty to srng rn Glee Club to Margaret Grenn and Ellen Cox Dorrs O Qurnn and Joan Whrtehead leave therr wrnged shoes to Jrmmy Moncrref and Thomas Rachal Norma Smrth Patrrcra Smrth and Shrrley Smrth leave therr Lrttle Mrss Sunbeam smrles to Frances Steward and Carol Posey Kay Summers leaves her array of blue rrbbons to anyone fast enough to earn them Cary Yancey and Pat Dunn leave therr abrlrty to get a man to Twyana Cole and Judre Chambers Larry Posey leaves that sly look and manly physrque to Haywood Smrth Mary Martha Shrrley leaves her frrendly Hr to Mary Walker and Katherrne Roberts Janrce Smrth and Margaret Watts leave therr elevator shoes to anyone as small on the outsrde but as brg on the rnsrde as they Melvrn Smrth leaves hrs latest publrcatron, 1001 Ways to Have Fun to Jrmmy Brumfreld Ann Summerlrn Glorra Wall and Barbara Wrllrams leave therr vrbrant personalrtres to all the Jumor grrls for the benefrt of all the Jumor boys Sally McKee leaves her slrnk to Margaret Orme And l leave my autobrography Why Study? to all enterprrsrng Junrors Srgned and sealed thrs 25th day of May 1957 Bob Bolrrrg Class Lawyer Q . . 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