Baker Junior High School - Rocket Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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HE AKER ROCKE The Eyer and Em of Baker VOL. IV ISSUE II BAKER IUNIOB HIGH SCHOOL NOV. l952 BHBEFHUSIEYS Student llnunnil Elactinns Did you see that girl? You didn't! I don't know how you could help but notice her. I guess she was half asleep this morning. Somebody should tell her that she has her dress on wrong side out. It would be very embarrassing to her if you did, though. She would feel like crawling in a hole and I don't blame her. I would love to see the bright red her face puts out when she does find out. See how everyone is look- ing at her? Poor girl. If I could only tell her how silly she looked. But I guess it's none of my business. Did you hear a silly conversation like this a month ago? No doubt you did. It really wasn't that bad though, for it was only initiation day for the eighth grade F.l-LA. girls and what an amusing day it was. lt seems that Mrs. Walden and Miss Patterson, our two pep-squad leaders, were thrilled to death when the cheerleaders gave them two flowers to wear to one of Baker's football games. Politics seem to be a popular sub- ject in Baker, these last months, with having cheerleaders election, student council, and all. lf you heard two little girls, by the name of Linda Willoughby and ludy Ty- son, sitting in a drugstore booth, arguing over lke and Adlai, you would know that a presidential elec- tion was held, too. lf ever you are walking through the hall, and you hear an S.O.S. call, you will know it is limmy Woody in Miss Acklin's second pe- riod class, dinging the bell on his typewriter. Many Ohs, ahs, sobs, and slang words could be heard around Baker all day, Wednesday, October 22nd, as the students received their report cards. Guess Who? By Peggy St. Martin Do you know a girl named Mutt who goes around with a boy named left? No, there're not those fictional characters from the comic books but one of the cutest couples in Baker. The reason for their nicknames is very obvious for left is number 61 on the football team and is quite tall. But cute little Mutt is only five feet tall and has blonde hair and twinkling blue eyes. Her favorite school colors are green and white. She was born in Waco on October 20, l939 which means she just turned thirteen last month. Mutt seems to thrive on hillbilly music, Mexican food, basketball and skat- ing. She is on the pep squad and is a member of the F.H.A. I-Ier fa- vorites include Amateur in Love, gym, Miss Thigpen and, of course, leff. The answer to last month's Guess Who was lack Secord. You will find this month's answer in next month's issue in the Guess Who column. By Carolyn Peterson The student body elected the offi- cers of the student council in the assemblies October IU, 1952, after the nominations and campaign speeches were given. lames Frey was elected President. He was nominated by Lester Kitchen. The other candidate was Liz Barron nominated by Suzanne Bowling. lay Arnette now takes over the Vice-president's office. I-lis competi- tor was Emily Flachmeier. lay was nominated by Greg Martin and Emily was nominated by Bobetta Clayton. Voted into the position of Secre- tary was Frances Fisk. The other candidates were Barbara Norwood, Martha Smith, lo Eickman, and Martha Ann Peaugh. Frances was nominated by Mary Ann Goeke, Barbara by Donna Peck, Martha by Sandy Wade and Martha Ann by Melba Allman. Two of the officers are in Mr. Posey's advisory. Two student council representa- tives were elected by each seventh, eighth, and ninth grade social studies class. B HER SLANG By Suzanne Bowling Have you ever been given e, esyay, yay tango, onay or nay tango as an answer to a question? Well, that person doesn't belong across the street, it's just Baker slang. I'll interpret for you. E, esyay and yay tango sim- ply mean yes. Onay and nay tango mean no. I traced the origin of some of these words and it seems that Mary McGuire originated e while lane Ottmann made up yay and nay tango. Esyay and onay are plain pig Latin. u

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PAGE10 THE BAKER ROCKET Canal: Munson -I-Trst euclrer Personafty After Watching a certain young teacher strut around the halls of Baker a young maiden exclaimed, Wow, who is that? Hyde Park Barber Shop 402I GUADALUPE Coach Munson as he is known around Baker was born in Manor, Texas, and later moved to Round Rock. He attended Baker in the fourth and fifth grades. After going to Baker he went to another junior high located in Austin CWe won't mention the schoo1's name for fear that it may lead to the coach's down fallj. While attending Austin High he Was a three sport man playing football, basketball and baseball. He played football for the high school all-stars. He got his B. S. and M. S. from Texas University. Coach Munson is married and has two children. COACH MUNSON ,fi fx . 1 A I A AA - A A,A,A,A.,-,A,A, ,-,A.A. JCC CC-3-3-6-Cv-C'v v vv v v v v v v v v v v - OLD GUNS AND PISTOLS 6209 N. LAMAR - occccecccecceceeeeeoocccccc 0 0 0 0 0 ANTIQUES - GIFTS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 o Y 4+ Ap. v v ' R E E S E Lumber Company Builders of Better Homes Manufacturers of Quality Millwork 4926 N. LAMAR Q PHONE 5-6565 AUSTIN 5, TEXAS HI-WAY LAUNDRY 6215 NORTH LAMAR '- 'til .l 1 .-. Phone 5-357I ii . . ' ' I O ' 12 ',- f. 'f.', . ' -- , ' , .,,,, i.2-'I-:s,sf.1 ..', ' :stage Y.. z ., - ,, QQT' , V 1-I 1 .. I' - 'TT' llll l .'.,5 t ,- I 'use You should hed' .. .. .. W KUEHNER GULF SWWN E., -Q -.112 .v,.-. -..,: y, ,-'.-.l, 22:1 , I - LV ' a crash, 'hen an oh, I :QV , ' '- 420l Guadalupe . .: ,,..,. ,A -lAv, I -1 vi P U a Ja n e Phone 5-5782 -:V '-,i, zlgij 11,1 .,-'..i-' I, , ROAD SERVICE 5gg.fgfigrfgiz .V ',' y ,.,. gg- in . mann. you wIII know . '. '-' 2 f . . . I 1 -, , l I n , ' , Q I If refers Io a cerfaln In- ..... .. -' ',', at , cldenf IH the auditorium zi.,.,,g? --- if In Avu I .fa .merits Bsaufy cgafon f ','- ff f ' I -,.' . ffyri g f- 4 t, ' 2 Qfif -.,. one Tuesday Morning. ' , ' ' if 'il' , ,i,i -i', NORTHWEST SHOPPING CENTER ,..- ' V' 'ryn ff. 'iyr E , Phone 5-ozas soo-1 Burner Rd. 5 V ,, . , 'H , . '- Specializing in Hair Shaping F .T,. . .'- ' -- .','. . l'.ni'5 ' ., . - 0 eel'-e-ce ec e ec-ee-c-eeeeeceoeeciceceq, :::: v-: v-:f -:::::::::::::::: 3 NEW AND OLD BOOKS 2 Hazlewood Texaco Service W W' 5 3 DOBIE'S BOOK STORE 530g N, Lamar TELEPHONE 6-5IIO ff: 309 w. 2Ist DIAL 7-SBI3 AUSTIN TEXAS FEWNINE FASHIONS 0, 0 2904 Guadalupe Austin, Texas To Q-ee-e-e-ee v-e-e-Q-e-ec-ee:-ev-,Ace ,ee-ee -ee:::::::,:::::::::::::,: - mlb gpuilly BOOKSandSCHOOLSUPPLIES Q:w :n: lnnl: I I THE som-H'S FIRM FOUNDATION PUBLISHING I: Brggkn-Iqn'5 Grggery and Mqrkef If UNIQUE HOUSE 'I 'I RESTAURAN AN 'uh ani, Gu2dE':l1-BSHOP aim Guadalupe Sheet 790I Burenf Road - Phone 5-5984 PHONE a4a2I PhXQf5mff2E3c4fg52 3: eRocERIEs - ICE - eAs if ':::::::::::::::::::::::::: L:::::::::::::::v-::v--::::::l 'HARRY COOK ANSEL PETERSON SINCLAIR THOMPSON FOOD STORE TRUE-FIT SEAT COVERS - - RELIABLE BATTERIES 3ql7 SPEEDWAY 8 The kind of service you deserve GOODYEAR TIRES - - KELLY SPRINGFIELD TIRES OU' Pfoducfs af' 9004 - Neff time 'f'Y US- 44I3 Guadalupe - Phone 5-l202 Austin, Texas We'd like to show you what we have to offer.

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PAGE 2 THE BAKER ROCKET E. ll. A. Elfficers Are Elected By Wanda Foreman In October, the Unit and Chapter officers of the Future Homemakers were elected. They first elected the Unit officers from the Home Eco- nomics classes, and from them, the Chapter officers for Baker were elected. The Chapter officers are: President - Mary Louise McGuire, Vice-Pres.-jane Ottmann, Secretary- Martha Smith, Treasurer-Lizzy Bar- ron, Parliamentarian-Sandra 'Wade, Historian-Betty Schwartz, Reporter- Bobetta Clayton, and Songleader- Gayle Sullivan. The installation services for the City Council Officers is scheduled for a later date which will be held at Austin High School. ..lm.l Yerir1g'e Aus-teens Elub Yes, here we go again, into fun and fashion with friends from St. Mary's High, Allan, Fulmore, Baker and University junior High. The Aus-teens Club is sponsored by Yaring's, where the first meeting was held, November ll, 1952. The object of this meeting was to elect new officers and plan different hap- penings. Gayle Sullivan was elected as Secretary of the club, and Emily jo Flachmeir was chosen as Presi- dent of the Advisory Council. A style show was planned and girls were to be chosen from the six schools as models. The judging of the models was held at Baker, Fri- day, November 14, 1952. There were 18 girls trying out from Baker and they wore blue jeans and shirts to skirts and sweaters as it was Round- Up day for the Band. The girls who tried out were joy Bigham, Barbara Blomquist, jean Cook, Lavada Dockens, Sharon Duncan, jo Eick- mann, joella Evans, Frances Fisk, Kathryn Giddens, Wilma Hamilton, Phyllis Hicks, Sandy Hitchcock, ja- nice Kohn, Betty Moore, Carolyn Peterson, Nancy Ramm, Gayle Sulli- van, and judy Tyson. From these came the top four models. The lucky girls were Barbara Blornquist, Kath- ryn Giddens, Betty Moore, and Gayle Sullivan. The judges were, Mrs. Conradt, and Miss Thigpen, Mr. Cowan, and Mr. Horn. Good luck to these girls. A lflay ln The Life, Ui All Experienced Teacher By Ava Nell Wood I am sure that all of you have heard of Miss Boone, she is the teacher chosen as one of the most experienced teachers of Baker. Miss Boone came to Baker when Mr. H. A. Porter was principal, she came to Baker from Mathews School. When she first came to Baker she taught Arithmetic until the home- room method came into effect. Miss Boone teaches the 4th and 5th grades combined, which is more difficult than just one grade. She says she enjoys teaching very much, as she chose this as her career be- cause she likes to work with chil- dren. Miss Boone arrives at Baker about 7:45 in the morning. When the bell rings at 8:30 she calls the roll and listens to the devotional, at 8:5U classes begin. The first subject she teaches every morning is arithmetic, I wonder if it is because it is her favorite subject to teach? Miss Boone teaches spelling, English, social studies, and reading to the 4th and 5th grades. She also teaches art and science to the fourth grade. Miss Boone never has much trouble with children, oh of course she has a little sometimes. What teacher doesn't? But on the whole she has little trouble with her classes. .Slang lechcafiona You Belong to Me to Liz Barron from james Frey to Myles Brandon from jane Ott- mann to Irvin Rawls from Donna Peck High Noon to the Football Team and Coach Munson from Wiley Wiman I'm Yours to Larry Carpenter from a secret admirer to Gayle Sullivan from Clyde Boling to jody Magness from Kenneth Ross lllllrlyihngll to Wayne Fickel from P. A. L. You're My Everything to james Frey from Liz Barron to Clyde Boling from Gayle Sullivan EHA. Ilfficers Elected By Carol Wyckoff 5 Norma Taylor Have you ever tried to teach ninety-one teen-agers? That is just what Mrs. l-larville does five days a week. It is quite a job. Last week her classes elected officers. ln her first period class the officers that were elected are: presi- dent, jodie Magness, vice-president, Shirley Mieske, secretary, Carolyn Smyers, treasurer, Barbara Grice, reporter, Kathryn Giddens, parlia- mentarion, Laneta Stefka, historian, judy Faulkenberry, and song-leader Sue Rogers. 1 Her third period class officers are: president, Sherry Bailey, secretary, Norma Taylor, treasurer, judy Law- son, reporter, Carol Wyckoff, parlia- mentarian, janice Davenport, histo- rian, Della Arnold and song leader, jinx Williams. Sixth period officers are: jo Eick- mann, president, Colleen Gravis, vice-president, Bettye McGee, secre- tary, Betty Pauls, treasurer, Kitty Doles, reporter, Peggy Henkes, par- liamentarian, Patsy Yount, historian, and Margaret Tampke, song leader. Out of these three unit officers the Chapter officers were elected. They are: president, Bettye McGee, vice-president, judy Lawson, secre- tary, jodie Magness, corresponding secretary, Laneta Stefka, treasurer, Kitty Doles, reporter, jinx Williams, parliarnentarian, Carol Wyckoff, his- torian, Patsy Yount, and recreation, Shirley Mieske. Pretty Baby to Suzy Bowling from Eddie Kincaid Cold, Cold Heart No. 2 to Mr. Posey from Clyde Boling, james Frey, and Forrest Faulkner Because to joella Evans from Charles Steger to johnny Kennedy from Barbara Norwood Somewhere Along the Way to janie Ottmann from Myles Bran- don By Linda Willoughby and jackie Patterson Ike not Baker. Ike not Butcher IKE TAYLOR