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

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---rvwr... ...Y V.,-..V.Y W-.-V .... THE B'.2'lS.E.B.B.9CKET VOL. IV ISSUE III BAKER IUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEC. 1952 hrurtmas Spirit by Peggy St. Martin When holly leaf and mistletoe decorate the windows, when mother hides mysterious little packages, when little brother writes a letter to Santa, when there is a touch of gaiety and good spirits in the air, then everyone knows that Christmas is on the way. In just a few days Old Saint Nick will come tumbling down the chimney to spread happiness and good cheer .... What was that? You say you don't believe in Santa Claus? Well, Santa isn't really a roly-poly bearded little man in a red suit. Santa is the man who contributed to the fund for underprivileged children or the little boy who bought Christmas seals with his allowance or the little girl who shared her Christmas toys with an orphan or the family who visited the Veterans' hos- pital on Christmas Day. Yes, Santa Claus is simply any person who believes that it is better to give than to receive. There is a little bit of Santa in all of us . . . you, and you and even you hardboiled. What gives folks the Christmas spirit is knowing that they have made someone's Christmas a little bit happier. So get your Christmas spirit out of the mothballs, dust it off, and put it to work. iiiiiiiiiiiiiiii?-iiiiiiiiiiii we ma earring of Gkriafmaa Soon it will be Christmas. In mil- lions of homes across the country families and kinsmen will sit down and eat a little more than is good for them and make merry. There will be a slight, temporary, yet perceptible rise in the temperature of human kindliness. What does it all mean? For a mi- nority, Christmas is a religious com- memoration, the highlight of the Christian year. For a majority it is merely a feast and a holiday, and is kept by them because their fathers kept it, because their earliest mem- ories of celebration and family re- union go back to Christmas Day. Some of us would do well to re- member certain historical facts. The first is that on Christmas Day there was born in a manger of a poor inn in Iudea a child called jesus. He was not a prince or a statesman or a warrior. I-Ie was not a member of a conquering raceg He wrote no book, raised no artistic monument. His years on earth were few and spent out in an abscure province. He was considered by cultivated, educated, contemporaries as a man of no con- .. r- ' fr-'-1:41-:.. 'Q -I er.-1-'-ff :.:.it-ti.--:3.,1g1..f'gg' .:..-1, 1- 41.zg':--.-.--.g',.,.g:.:-1 ': '-.---'f.1'i2..f..Jw-. 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Mr. Posey is going to keep on being his own sweet self. Larry Fitzgerald resolves to make Mr. Posey and Mr. Norton realize that making one stay in, stifles his talents. Sandy Wade can't think of any- thing she needs to improve. Linda Willoughby resolves to am- putate her head if she gets another freckle. CWon't she look cute?J We have excluded our Guess Who personality from this issue but it will be continued next month. :Wai .95 CLI-idfmadfv What is Christmas? You mean you don't know? Christmas is the cold and beautiful night, When all of the Christmas trees are in full light, When jolly old Santa comes to see, If the children are in bed, happy with glee, If they have been good all through the year, I-Ie will then leave presents to make them happy and cheer. Christmas is Iesus' birthday, Which we should set aside, Because Iesus is the son of the heavenly Father, our Guide. Harris Moreland. Santa has problems we know Roofs make landing rougher, But won't television aerials Make landing even tougher?

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PAGE 8 THE BAKER ROCKET MISS PATTEHSUN Day In The Lite Ut Uur Counselor By Bobetta Clayton BY Irmice Stark Miss Dolores Mae Patterson was born in an undisclosed year in the metropolis of Des Moines, Iowa. Cln other words we have a Yankee in our rnidst.l 'Like the rest of us she had to go through elementary and high school, dividing the chore between 'Texas and Iowa. Miss Patterson is 5 ft. 5 in. tall, has hazel eyes, and light brown hair and is by no means hard to look at. Miss Patterson got her B.A. last spring at Baylor University. While attending Baylor she was elected Most Representative Girl in the senior class. Her favorite colors are green and gold. CBaylor's colors.l Her favorite foods are any kind of sweets. She is one of our pep-squad leaders this year. Miss Patterson likes to participate in all sports and is interested in 'Iyouth work at Hyde Park Baptist Church. She is a Girl's Auxiliary sponsor there. She teaches Spanish and eighth grade English. When asked what she thought of Baker, her reply was, I like the students and faculty at Baker and enjoy teaching here very much. I have found that there is never a dull moment when you are teach- ' ll ing. Have you seen a tall, dark and handsome man strolling down the halls of Baker. Well, it probably is Mr. Ieffrey, our Counselor. He has brown eyes, black hairpihe weighs MISS PATTERSON B-etty Schwartz A-nn Baldwin S-ara Rockwell K-athryn Giddens E-lissa Hester T-ommy Yeley B-obetta Clayton A-ndrew Becker L-inda Willoughby L-ois Mayes I-ngrid Hankins S-uzanne Bowling H-erbert Billiot E-lizabeth Barron R-obert Lenzo E-mily lo Flachmeier Music - Records - Instruments RADIOS 8 TELEVISION .l. R. REED MUSIC CO. 805 Congress MUTUAL SAVINGS INSTITUTION ASSETS Sl0,500,000 IO05 Congress Phone 2-II85 about 165, and is 6 feet tall. He attended the University of Texas where he got his B.A. degree. Mr. Ieifrey was born between Round Rock and Pflugerville. lf you have seen him you will probably wonder what he does all day. He gets to school between 7:45 and 8:00 o'clock. He then regis- ters new students and sends mate- rial out of the school on the students who have moved away. The lst and Znd periods are spent giving tests to elementary and to junior high school students. The 3rd and 4th are spent scoring the tests. The time after lunch is spent reviewing the day's work. He leaves school at 4:00 or 4:30. He then goes home to his wife. If you haven't met him, l think you should because he is a wonderful person to be with. HOME LUMBER CO. 5705 Burnet Road PHONE 5-6IlI BecIc's Rosedale Drug 4704 BURNET ROAD Phone 5-6529 ' R E E S E Lumber Company Builders of Better Homes Manufacturers of Quality Millwork- 4926 N. LAMAR 0 PHONE 5-6565 AUSTIN 5, TEXAS 6'.,e4,..s TELEPHONE 6-5lI0 FEMININE FASHIONS .fa fpsfits Beauty cslafon. NORTHWEST SHOPPING CENTER Phone 5-0233 6009 Burnet Rd. SHIERLOW VISTA APT. MOTEL KITCHEN APTS. 60l0 N. Lamar 2904 Guadalupe Austin, Texas Specializing in Hair Shaping Phone 5'390'3 - lY::v v :::::::.-::::::::::: :T 'iff-A-A ---'v :::::::' :::::::'A: 5' as 1 n s 1 ' 1 1 1' CAMPBELL-FLETCHER 4 ' P 1 I P .1 Brockmcn's Gracery and Market 11 rue soun-rs UNIQUE :I TEXAC0 SERVICE ,I RESTAURANT AND em sHoP ,: 79Ol einem Raed - Phone 5-s9a4 moo euaaarupe Austin, Texas I: '5f'm:DdNE5Lga:'3Z'I PB 1: exzocemes - ICE - ents 'I - ---- ::::::::::: -:.-:Q ::.-.-::::::::::::- :.-:::::.

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Beautiful Brown Eyes PAGE 2 THE BAKER ROCKET Sang leehcafiona Wandering to Ianis Stubbs from Larry Fitzgerald to Baldur Arnold from Elissa Hester You Belong To Me to lrvin Rawls from Donna Peck Undecided to Iudy Tyson and Carolyn Taylor With A Song In My Heart to Iill Schutze The Wheel ot Fortune to Iim and Iohn Campbell from all the girls lust for You to Billy Brewer from Carolyn Peter- son llIfll to Mark Beaubien from Emily Io Flachmeier to Mr. Salle from Brown Eyes' That's Me Without You to Clyde Boling from Gayle Sullivan to Melba Allman from Iimmy Mabry to Peggy Laudan from Royce Ste- wart HOW WELL CAN YOU SAY IT? The shepherds harkened eagerly to the wonderful news which the Angel Gabriel brought to them. The delirious babble many inex- plicable things. The ancient woman's face be- came hideously contorted as she muttered her mysterious magic words of horror. The mortally wounded soldier staggered up the almost perpendic- ular slope trying to catch up with the retreating soldiers. The aged man clutched his torn papers with icy, bony fingers. The desperately hungry man peered wistfully into the window of the delicatessen. The arrogant gentleman saun- tered haughtily past the beautiful MUST EXPERIENCED TEACHER By Wanda Foremcm Everyone likes to hear a good story, so here's one that is very touching to me and l'm sure you'll think so too. Our Most Experienced Teacher this month is Mr. Norton. And when asked why he chose teaching as a career Mr. Norton had a very interesting answer. As you probably know Mr. Norton was in the Navy some years back and during this time he met a few fellows who couldn't read or write. He often read the letters from home to the boys and then answered them. He wanted to help these boys to read and write but he didn't have much ot a chance so he decided he would teach other boys and girls so they wouldn't be like these boys. This was Mr. Norton's reason for teaching. l think it is a pretty good one, don't you agree? Mr. Norton has been teaching for ll years. llfg years Austin High, l year Brownwood Iunior High, 3 of them in the Navy and 5112 in Baker. He teaches 8th and 9th grade Social Studies as l'm sure you know, and he enjoys his work very much. Mr. Norton arrives at school at 7:55, goes to the lounge, leaves his lunchp then he unlocks the door to his room and returns to the lounge. After a hard day's work Mr. Norton leaves school about 4:15 and goes home to his wife, who incidentally is very pretty and teaches Speech at Austin High School. Once in a While to Wayne Fickel and Wiley Wyman from Laura and Donna Trying to Ernest Smith from Linda Willough- by Because Ot You to Billy Hammer from Ianice Daven- port Because You're Mine to Ianie Ottman from Myles Brandon fand vice-versal to David Warner from Mary Mc- Guire to Doyle Fickel from Bettye Sue Mc- Gee Tell Me Why to Don Benner from Barbara Blom- quist That Heart Belongs to Me to Sam Bowman from Barbara Grice to Barbara Norwood and Iohnny Kennedy Why Don't You Believe Me? to Iinx Williams and Sidney Frost from ludy Lawson to Larry Fitzgerald from Ianis Stubbs to lack Secord from Sarah Rockwell Fool Fool Foo1 to Bobetta Clayton from Gayle Sul- ROCKET STAFF Editor-in-Chief .......... Larry Fitzgerald Feature Editor ........ Suzanne Bowling Asst ...,,...,......,.,....,,,,, Wanda Foreman Sports Editor ................ Timmy Woody Asst ...,..,,.,.,.,..,.,..,..,...... Mary McGuire Business Manager ,... Bobetta Clayton Asst ......,............,.,,,, Katherine McCann Asst ..,,,.., , .........,,.,.... Lorraine Guerrero News Editor ................ Gayle Sullivan Asst ...,...,,,.,....................... Carol Wycoft Society Editor .............. Peggy Laudan Asst ,...,...,......,..,..,..... Mary Ann Goeke Art Editor ,,.,.................. Sandra Wade Asst ................................... Frances Fisk Proofreader ............ Mary Ann Goeke Exchange Editor .......... Melba Allman Asst ..................................... Ianice Stark Picture Co-ordinator ............................ Ann Goeke Asst ............................... Iohn Campbell Public Relations Committee .........,,.,... Peggy St. Martin, Carolyn Peter- son, Kay Smith, Katherine McCann Reporter Co-ordinator .... Iudy Tyson Reporters: Rufus Burke, Iames Sing- letary, Norma Taylor, Ava Nell Wood, lohnnie Davis, Laneta Stefka, Martha Smith. Sponsor: Ietf L. Horn 9114- livan .-.im The exhausted soldiers trarnped Linda Willoughby Caro1Wy-sniffel endlessly over the barren battle by- Mm-Y McGuire Cm-01 Wy-Sneeze lelds' Frances Fisk Carol Wy-Cott I90I GUADALUPE Phono 2-0915 Augfin H Bello'H'e Humble Service ,Q Q Q ce: ee: ce ev: ceo-ec e :seo e e Q c so 0 0 3 NEW AND OLD Books DOBIES BOOK STORE 0 ' 0 0 0 0 0 jg aw w. Zlst ouu. 7-5813 jf l- A A A C A C-C 6-CC-O CC A A A G A--C A C-C4 A C A-5, HI-WAY LAUNDRY szus Norm-I LAMAR Phone 5-357l