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

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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

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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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THE BAKER ROCKET PAGE 3 The Editor Speaks jjmmhnp lmih VVZMI. L, It? By Larry Fitzgerald During F. H. A. Week, the girls had a swell time giving parties, and plays,-the boys had a swell time enjoying them. Football season is over now, and we are proud of our team for their season. Fulmore and University Iunior are tied for first place, and Baker and Allan are tied for third. All our boys played good games, and we are proud of all of them. We are sorry that our first issue of the paper was not out on time. Our lack of experience slowed us down considerably, but I think that our next issues will be on time. Theater Talk IvanhowMyles Brandon The World in His Arms-Mr. Norton Because You're Mine-Donna Peck and Irvin Rawls Call Me Mister-Mister Posey Monkey Business-Royce Stewart Scarlet Angel- Iinx Williams Flesh and Fury-Gayle Sullivan Battleground-House Park The Merry Widow-Peggy Laudan Sorry, Wrong Number-Bill Rice Lovely To Look At-Mary Ann Goeke Has Anybody Seen My Gal?-Eddie Kincaid Aaron Slick from Punkin Crik-Leon Campbell Band lfieldllay Homecoming By Laneta Stefka Those lucky band students, was heard a lot around Baker the twenty-ninth and thirtieth of Octo- ber. Why?? Because they were go- ing to have a chili supper which they had and really enjoyed. They had it the thirtieth of Octo- ber in celebration of band field day homecoming. The chili supper took place in the Baker cafeteria at 6:00 P.M. after the Baker-Fulmore game. There were about three hundred students and band members pres- ent. There were also about twenty- five Austin High School band stu- dents present that were former Bakerites. , By Frances Fisk What a month this has been! A month filled with football games and dances, and best of all-an out- standing novel tops off everything. Yes, as everyone knows, it is the novel, Ivanhoe. lt is one of the greatest story favorites of all times, and is now being brought to the screen, starring Robert Taylor in the role of Ivanhoe, Elizabeth Taylor as Rebecca. Ivanhoe was Written by Sir Walter Scott, but when he wrote it, he had no idea that it would someday become a thrilling movie. It has been showing throughout Texas, and came to Austin, at the Queen Theater, the Week of October 24th - 30th. The publicity for this picture was tremendous. In Houston there were men dressed as knights riding down the avenue. Police were called to arrest them. The reason? There is a law saying that you cannot ride horses down the street, for publicity, or ride them in the lobby of a movie. In the downtown Windows in Aus- tin, there Were clothes fashioned and inspired by this movie. There was also a new color called Ivan- hoe Red. It has been said that the movie industry is bringing back Cecille B. DeMille's great film epic Cleo- patra. We wonder what they will do for this show. Wayne likes girls, Wayne leaves girls, WAYNE FICKEL Barbara not Fir, Barbara not Pine, BARBARA NORWOOD Suzanne not playing tennis, Suzanne not playing ball, SUZANNE BOWLING What would you say it someone were to tell you, you resembled a Bos Taurus? This is what a few of our Bakerites say: The clashing Romeo of the 8th grade, Wiley Wyman said, I fell over dead when I said the word. Our darling drum major, and Miss Personality Plus Iinx Williams says l'd feel flattered. Handsome Don Renner said, I'd feel awful. I'cl tell them they were crazy, was Carol Wyckoff's astonished reply. A what??? shouted Raymond Henry. Oh, do you really think so? ex- claimed Melba Allman. That's the truth, was Peggy Laudan's honest answer. I guess some people resemble Bos Taurus, but I'm terribly sur- prised that any of our proud Baker- ites admit it. A Bos Taurus is an- other term meaning an OX. Rocket Staff Editor-in-Chief .......... Larry Fitzgerald Feature Editor ........ Suzanne Bowling Asst. .......,.................. Wanda Foreman Business Manager ,... Bobetta Clayton Asst. ...................... Katherine McCann News Editor ................ Gayle Sullivan Asst. .............................. Carol Wyckoff Society Editor .............. Peggy Laudan Asst ........................... Mary Ann Goeke Sports Editor ................ jimmy Woody Asst. .......,...................... Mary McGuire Art Editor ...................... Sandra Wade Proofreader ............ Mary Ann Goeke Exchange Editor .......... Melba Allman Asst ..................................... Ianice Stark Bellotte Humble Service won euxmuure Phone 2-0978 Austin 'Zum Wane nf Wana' - '-54E.',E.U UJMBTR - lU1lDlNGMlIfllAll - HOMf DKOPAIION - APPUINCU - All KONDIYIONING