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

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PAGE 4 THE BAKER ROCKET Jimmy Uttmaim By Francis Fisk How many people do you know that come from St. Louis, Missouri, are 5 ft. tall and have blonde hair and blue eyes? Probably only one, an All-American boy who loves hamburgers and hill-billy music and whose name is Iimmy Ottmann. He was l2 years old as of October 20, 1952 and weighs 95 pounds. He collects pictures and statues of horses as his hobby. Yes, this is our seventh grade personality for this month. Timmy attended Rosedale School before coming to Baker for the sev- enth grade. When asked what he thought of Baker, he replied, lt's wonderful. His favorite colors are red and blue. Iimmy's favorite classes are gym and math and his favorite teacher is Miss Knudson. Timmy likes all sports, but football is his favorite. When he gets out of high school he plans to go to U.T. and play football. MARSl'IALL'S HOBBIES AND TOYS American Flyer Trains 2924 Guadalupe Phone 2-l445 iOl0ll'fl0l1Dl0lKll0lCDl1liU1l!iClQ1 Q Whities Fried Chicken i I Fon sooo Foon i Best Fried Chicken in Austin 2 Phone 5-l433 6ll4 N. Lamar !1.bi Z01zx:4rio1o1oi - gsbciefg - Margaret Tampka By Carl Wyckoff Five foot two, eyes of blue and OH! what those five feet can dol This is the exact description of Mar- garet Tampke. Margaret is 13 years old and has attended three other schools before coming to Baker. When asked which school she liked best, she immedi- ately exclaimed, Baker of course! April Stevens and You Belong To Me rate extra high on her music list. But as for school departments, Mr. Collins and his speech are her favorites. When asked who her boy friend was she blushed and replied, The dashing Romeo of the eighth grade. Fat, juicy steaks seem to agree very well with Margaret and the colors green and blue. Doesn't she sound interesting? lf you haven't met her stop her in the hall sometime and get acquainted with her. Then you can see why Margaret Tampke was chosen 8th grade personality of the month. Lean Campbell By Melbcr Allman Tall, Handsome Stranger was the name given to Leon Campbell when he first came to Baker this year. After a while Leon lost the name stranger and became only Tall and Handsome. Leon has brown eyes and brown hair, he weighs 140 lbs. and is 5'll tall. Leon is 15 years old and was born in Austin, Texas, April 3, l937. Before coming to Baker he attended Summit Iunior High School. When asked what he thought of Baker he said it was really OK. On Leon's favorite list he put hill- billy music, Forever and A1ways, Mr. Sallee and pies. Who do you like? l asked him. Leon turned a delicate pink and re- plied, I like them all. Leon plans to play a guitar in a hill-billy band and l'm sure with his friendly disposition and strong de- termination he'll make one of the best of them. gboiniuioicxicxioioioioioiniol H Hyde Park Pharmacy I DRUGS GIFTS AND SUNDAES i a Let Us Fill Your Prescriptions : B 40I7 Guadalupe . rioioioioioinio Northwest Cleaners Just Good Dry Cleaning FAMILY LAUNDRY SERVICE 6I05 Burnet Rd. Austin Phone 5-5942 l HI-WAY LAUNDRY 62:5 Norm-i LAMAR l Phone 5-357l

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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

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THE BAKER ROCKET PAGES- Ya Uuglita' Know Hello, Guys and Gals, Here I am again this month to bring more happenings around this wonderful school, Baker. So get out your reading glasses and I'll make your eyes pop out with news. As I was reading a book today in Iournalism I carrie to the word 'steady,' then I thought of some of the old steadies around Baker. Some of these are lane Ottmann and Myles Brandon, Liz Barron and Pa- looka Frey, Suzy Bowling and Eddie Kincaid, and last ibut not at all leastl Donna Peck and Irvin Rawls. Gayle Sullivan isn't doing so bad with Clyde Boling's ring around her neck. fOr with Clyde trailing after her all dayl. Three new couples that are really hitting it off swell together are lean Haynie and Don Keeling, Linda Willoughby and Ernest Smith, and Ianice Stubbs and Larry Fitzgerald. Heading the list in the seventh and eighth grades we find Carolyn Peterson and Bill Brewer, Carol Wy- ckoff and Bob McFarland, Iinx Wil- liams and a boy from Austin High, Ioella Evans and Charles Steager, and Iodie Magness and Kenneth Ross. Then there's Dee Dee Wil- liarns and Karl Bloomquist, Iudy Ellard and Iimmy Ottmann, and Mariella Meir and Henry Ramsey. It seems that one of our old couples in the eighth grade have broken up after going together for about a year. When Barbara Bloornauist discovered Kent Wilson she just forgot all about Don Ren- ner. This is a good chance for you gals to grab him while the grab- bing's good. Sharon Duncan used to be tops on Bill Pehl's list, but now I wonder since Kitty Doles is trying to win him over. Say, Bill, which one is it? Now for the benefit of the girls, we have a long stagline of boys waiting for you to get your hands on them. lay Arnette, Greg Martin, Andrew Becker, and lke Taylor are still friendless tgirl-friendless, that isj. Also there is Wayne Fickel, Wiley Wyman, and Lester Kitchen. Whoever nabs them will be some lucky girls. Put your glasses back into the case and until next month this is Yours in Gossip- The Roving Reporter HEDY HEARTHROB Helpful CPD advice to the lovesick, homesick, and seasick. Dear Miss Hearthrob, Without a doubt I am the most irresistible boy in Texas. I am so handsome that all the girls are con- stantly chasing me. The only trouble is l can't stand girls. As far as I'm concerned girls are just pests. What can I do to make all these females leave me alone? Yours truly, Winfred Prettyboy Dear Winfred Prettyboy, My only advice to you is to have your head examined. Yours truly, Hedy Hearthrob Dear Miss Hearthrob, The girl that sits in front of me during social studies insists on wearing an obnoxious perfume called Ugh. It smells like a mix- ture of coal oil, lighter fluid, and ether and makes me deathly ill every time I get a whiff of it. How can I tell her that her perfume makes me sick without hurting her feelings? Yours truly, Bob Hopeful Dear Bob Hopeful, I suggest you bring a gas mask to school and wear it during social studies. But if she doesn't take this NEW AND OLD BOOKS DOBIE'S BOOK STORE 309W.2lst DIAL7-58I3 - 'W6E?9l99 3l flwl little hint, you may have to do something more obvious like faint- ing or running to the window for air. If this doesn't work you'll just have to have your nose amputated. Yours truly, ' I ' ' Hedy Hearthrob' il. THE HISSING BUG r A blooksucking, poisonous insect, one of the assassin bugs, as the conenose, that often bites the lips causing painful sores. -ii.i..ll-l- Sanda not swim, Sandra not float, SANDRA WADE. l PICCADILLY CAFETERIAS I I Highest Quality-Liberal Portions E FAIR PRICES ' 6:30 A.M. to 8:30 P.M. ' t 808 CONGRESS 1 ' .slfgggesl lfE?t ir' I:4V Aswan! ' 09 :farm The AMEHIEAN NATIUNAL BANK muses QMUSIC COMPANY 217 West 6th ACROSS FROM THE Posr office Phone 8-8539