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

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PAGE8 THE BAKER ROCKET THI ESI THE F TUBE By Ianice Stark Have you been wondering what is going to happen during the year of 1953? Well, Baker School is going to have quite a few things hap- pen in '53, Some of the things that are going to happen at Baker are dances, assemblies, basketball games, and the Student Council is going to put out a Directory tor the Bakerites. There will be quite a number of dances. One of them is The Back- ward Dance which will be in March. Another exciting dance which T think all of us will enjoy will be the Valentine Dance. It will be on either the l2th or the l3th ot February. Still another will be the Fare- well Dance. It will be at the close of school. We will have an operetta about two weeks before school is let out. The name of it is H. M. S. PINAFORE. It is expected to be as good or better than the operetta which was presented last year. Fun's all that's in store for Buckaroos this year. There are the bas- ketball games, the track meet, four more editions of the paper and a yearbook. So join in the fun which is in store for the Buckaroos. A B C' I B. I. H. By Bobjtffx Clayton ' A-thletic-Bobetta Clayton B-aby face-Peggy Laudan C-lever-Peggy St. Martin D-aring-Larry Fitzgerald E-nergetic--Baker basketball ' team F-unny-Tommy Yeley G--enerous-Baker teachers at report card time H-andsome-Eddie Kincaid I-nteresting-Buddy Furgerson I-unior-Iames Ams, Ir. K--issable-Gayle Sullivan L-ovely-Iudy Lawson M-oney bags-Clyde Boling N-eat-Frances Fisk O-rnery--Iames Singletary P4retty--Barbara Norwood Q-uiet--Tim Campbell R-omantic-Myles Brandon S-illy-Bruce Campbell T-empting-Bob McFarland U-nusual--Forrest Faulkner V-icious-Iohnnie Garcia W-onderful-Everybody X-ray eyes-Lanny Nelson Y--oung-Iay Arnette Z-any-Tim Baldwin By Katherine McCann On November 24, 1940 in Bur- net, Texas a baby girl was born. This girl has grown up Cin this cruel worldl to be 5 feet llfz inches tall and weighs 104 pounds. She has hazel eyes, brown hair and is very pleasing to the eyes. I'1l give you a couple of big tips. She's in the seventh grade and is nuts about Tay Ar- nette, Ike Taylor, Dale Robertson, and Mr. Collins as far as males go Cthat's pretty far in any fe- male's vocabularyj Her other favorites are steak, language arts, Elizabeth Taylor, green, blue, football, collecting toy dogs, and Keep it a Secret-Ckeep what a secret, huh?-Her favorite pas- time is reading funnybooks. WHO IS THIS VERY INTERESTING GIRL??? November's Guess Who was Iean Haynie-now you knew that all along, didn't you? Look for this answer in F ebruary's edition after you're over the holiday hangovers. Brockmun's Grocery and Market SHIERLOW VISTA APT. MOTEL 790l B t Road Phon 55984 KITCHEN APTS' 6010 N Lamar uren - s - G - - . ROCERIES ICE GAS Phone 5-you TRADE By Wanda Foreman E There's the whistle, off they go Here now fellows don't be slow Baker has to win this race So keep it up, hold that pace. First lap, boys we knew you'd make it Second lap, sure you can take it Iust a few more yards to go You're still ahead, you'll win we know. You won, you won, we told you so. You got your reward for not being slow Now 1et's go home and celebrate The party's at nine, so don't be late. IANUARY By Nonna Taylor We make our resolutions on Ianuary one, We know we'll never keep 'em, But to make 'em's sorta fun. 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 Wycotf 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. ........................ Tohn Campbell Public Relations Committee: Peggy St. Martin, Carolyn Pe- terson, Kay Smith, Katherine McCann Reporter Co-ordinator ................ Tyson Reporters: Rufus Burke, Iames Singletary, Norma Taylor, Ava Nell Wood, Iohnnie Davis, La- neta Stefka, Martha Smith. Panther Reporter is Iackie Patterson

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THE BAKER ROCKET PAGE 7 ELEMENTARY NEWS QM Swtr pefionafty Holiday Parties and Programs Before the Christmas holidays, the students of Miss Bummel's 6th grade class had a Christmas program and invited their par- ents. The program consisted of two skits called, A Christmas Miracle and Mrs Santa's Christ- mas. There was an all-girl choir under the direction of Betty Green. Mrs. Meech's second grade class had a Christmas program and did Why the Chimes Rang. Everyone brought their Christmas toys and a toy show was disg played after the holidays. The first grade also had a toy show. The other elementary classes had similar celebrations which the students will remember for a long time. Yours till next month, The elementary reporter Melba Allman UHIEIN UE THAEE By Ianice Stark One of the most exciting sports in America is track. The origin of track goes far back into the history of man. ln early times, man had to run, jump, throw, climb, and lift heavy objects to protect himself against wild beasts. Later he regarded these activities as sports and as a means of showing his physical powers. The first organized track meets were the Olympian games of ancient Greece. These games started out as a running contest but they soon came to include jumping, hurdling, throwing weights, and javelin. The Romans took over the Olympian games from the Greeks and continued to hold them every four years. Track meets died out and after that they didn't hold any meets. About the middle of the 1800's there was a great re- vival oi interest in foot races in England. The first track meet in the United States was held in l8ll in New York City. Since l8ll nearly every high school, college, and university of any size has taken in track along with their other sports. By Melba Allman Carolyn Peterson, eighth grade tumbling star, was chosen girl sports personality this month. Carolyn is 5'2 and weighs 'lU:U lbs., has brown eyes and light brown hair. She was born. in Austin thirteen years ago on Ian! uary l6th. ' Before coming to Baker, Carof lyn went to Trinity and Rosedale. She came to Baker last year. Carolyn's favorites include sport: tumbling and baseball, Mexican foodp subjects, gym and journalismp colors, green and blueg song, Here ln My Heart p movie star, Mario Lanzop all of her teachersp and Billy Brewer. Her hobby is collecting Story Book dolls. By the way, if you'd like to compete with Billy Brewer, Caro- lyn's phone number is 53-3861. THE SHERWIH-WILLIAMS C0- of Texas Paints, Varnishes, Lacquers, Leads, Oils, HULIDAY HANEUVEH5 By Katherine McCann Do you feel listless, all tired out and of course blue? Well take i-is This is what an announcer would say over the radio. We diagnose this case Holiday l-langoversf' We know girls, you ate too many in4 between meal snacks and gained a few in-between pounds. You fellows played a little too roughly and you wonder if your armfs okay to play basketball. These are Holiday Ha:ngovers. we know only one way to get rid of them for sure land we mean, for good!-that is become a hobo. Every day is a holiday so there won't be any hangovers. This is the only known cure for xthemt So if you don't want to become a hobo you'll just have to suffer.. SOMETHING FOR THE BIRD It By lim Campbell 1' A hawk had his eyes on some squirrels playing around on some rocks. When the smaller squirrels scampered away from the rocks, the hawk swooped down in vain to catch them. Then the mother squirrel let out a squawk and the little ones ran under the nearest rock and the hawk flew to the nearest tree. The mother made' sure that the smaller ones were safe under a rock and then she prepared a trick. She lay down on a rock pretending she was asleep and the hawk dove at hei' with terrific force and when the hawk was almost on top of her she slid down between two rocks and the hawk hit the rock and feathers flew. lt lay there a min- ute and then struggled to its feet and slowly flew away. ' VM-mmmmm. . Whities Fried Chicken ,Q . . . FOR GOOD FOOD Enamels, Brushes and Palnters' Specialties ' ' uBeSt Fried Chicken in Austinn - 2928 GUADALUPE ST. . AUSTIN' TEXAS iPhone 5-l433 6ll4 N. Lamar: 50 Dll!i iDi0'l0i0Q lfiazlewood Texaco Service 530l N. Lamar AUSTIN TEXAS l03 East' 8th Phone 8 5389 MORTON'S BOY SHOP .. Clothing For Boys of All Ages

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-'vm' W THE 51535555 oggwgclcer VOL. IV ISSUE V BAKER IUNIOB HIGH SCHOOL FEB. 1953 SL. PLA l Student Council members, lack Se- cord and Greg Martin look through the new Student Directory with ap- proval. By Melba Allman The Student Council has been planning important activities for the students of Baker. Although some of us don't realize it, the Student Council sponsors more than half our activities. lt meets every two weeks on What ls It? By Iohnnie Davis What would you say if some- one said you looked lugubrious? Some of the B.l.H. Brilliants had the following replies: Lovely Frances Greer replied, Thanks, l'll compliment you, sometime. Short limmy Woody said, No, that's my brother you're describ- ing. I didn't know it was showingl' exclaimed startled Iackie Patter- son. Larry Fitzgerald cautiously questioned, ls it dirty? I hope none of our Baker Bucka- roos ever have to look lugubrious. lt means sad or downhearted. I 5 BJH AETIVITIES Tuesday, with lames Frey, presi- dent, presiding. lay Arnette, vice- president, presides in the presi- dent's absence. Secretary, Frances Fisk, takes minutes of the meet- ing. Mr. leffery is sponsor of the Student Council. At the meetings, happenings around Baker are discussed. Often committees are appointed to improve situations around the building. The committees operat- ing now, are: l. The Bicycle Com- mittee, in charge of keeping bi- cycles on the school groundg 2. The Clean-up Committee, in charge of keeping grounds and school cleang 3. The Bottle Com- mittee, in charge of keeping soda water bottles in the little gym. The Student Council has re- cently published a Student Direc- tory. lt has the name of everyone in the 7th, 8th, and 9th grades, with their address and phone number. Another project was the faculty-basketball team game, which was held after basketball season. A Backwards Dance which will be held in March is By linx Williams Bobby Doyle gave us the pleas- ure of his presence at our assem- bly February 12. lWhich was very good incidentallyll He vis- ited us from the Texas School for the Blind and really gave us a show! How the walls did rock with applause. Encores kept com- ing, and songs kept coming. Yes sir, he was really that good!! He specializes in Western songs and they were all specialties. Every- body loves, Going Steady, 'Music Makin' Mama, Why Don't You Make Up Your Mind, Kligha, Foolish Questions, and l'rn A Ladies Manl And let me tell you he is a Ladies Man, and a uguys' guy too. We really like you, Bobby, and we'd like to have you back!! another of the Student Council's well planned activities for the future. The Student Council is for the student body of Baker. lf you have any ideas that should be discussed, tell the Student Coun- cil representative in your social studies class. You, too, can make Baker a better school. Band Attends Clinic The Baker Band attended the Band Clinic in Georgetown, Feb- ruary 7, 1953, to obtain informa- tion and to audition for the All- Star-All-State Band. There were nine skilled Baker- ites chosen from a combined 75 Baker band members. They are: Emily Flachmeir, Betty Moore, lohn Wittier, Wilbur Kilough, Iames Amis, and Gordon Houson. The alternates are Wilma Hamil- ton, Billy Kneseck and 'Penny Adams. ALL-STAR-ALL-STATE BAND - Front row, left to right: Wilma Hamilton. Betty Moore. Second row, left to right: Wilbur Kilough, Iames Amis, Gordon Houson. Third row, left to right: Emily Flach- meier, Penny Adams. Fourth row, left to right: Iohn Wittier, Billy Kneseck.