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

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ITQHLE' 'B'A K 'EIRPLV R O C 1.' KrE T X PAGE 'THREE l Miss' Cole holds new curtains in auditorium... T ' '- Sixth Grade Happenings by Roger 'Wilkinson Telephone directory: Which one! What, you 'haven't heard about c the ltelephone 'directory Miss Rummelfs Sth grade class is making, well they have and it' contains their names, addresses, and phone numbers. They also have an ' aquarium' with two gold fish and some guppies. They have in 'a separate container a turtle which hasn't been named yetj One of 'Miss JGough's sixth grade A' pupils was talking to an- other 'student and was telling him about theirelectrical shop. Their electrical shop consists of some telephone bells running on 'dry Mustangs Trim Baker 13-0 T it 'by.1?Qteifi11Hef1.t11 .Cfnd. 'Y f,Fightin'g Vthrouhghrain and ijnud during thetffsecdind-yhalt otirplay the .IE iM'ustangs fro1ri:jO. . SchjQ5.Ql'1- slipped Vlpast 'thetifbiiiker Bucliaroosi- theylfirst quare ter' the MLtstangsgb1o:ksd3 Baker PUNT' ' 5395 f5Wi'1b1QYsELi.-lets:-t.TOM Fainter-f' Qjfff . ' Bobblf -',l',NUI1lS for the'iscoret.gQQFQ1ii1ter thenegl-led Ove? sfO1 'fhe siitfiif 'l Pdnfifr QE During the ju 't-hirdfg 1 guarter ith ball :-t changedffg-hands!gfrequentfy, and finally inthe last quarter.-the Mustangs rolled overitor another tally to cinch the game..The.try for extra point failed and fthe game ended the O. Henry Mus- tangs l3 'andlour Bakerteam U. Starring for Bakerwere ,Bill l-lame ilton, Don. Fincher, 'and ,Timmy Kanetzky. Also playing 'the .whole game on offense. were Tohn 'Giles and Victor Mokry. Helping- to keep the score down were Ernest McCarver' and Allan Rogers, but as' a whole the ,Baker team was just notstrongenough to hold tho powerful lltflustangs. Int the 'other game,U.T.H. cinched a, tie for the championship by defeating, the Travis Rebels.26,to 7. Y' y ' ' ' 4' r ' STATISTICS 3 . ' Baker O.Henry. Passes attempted 8- 5 Passes completed .... l I 2 y Passes intercepted .... 4, . l ' Yds. gained passing'l5 . 24. Yds. gained rushing 59 485- cell batteries. ' E ' Penalties --------- --5 ---- I 1- .1 , . 5 Fl T 5 'I Yds. lost on penalties 5 Q, 35 Ch-Gln Feed-S , Fumbles. ..,......- ...,....... - V2 Q 2 ...ru-is supnuoarezns l First downs ..... Q3 - f I4 - . Clayson Fuller, Mgr. S b ' ' ' A ' ' H 2 ' 'Red ,Chain Feed Company 1 Y quQrt?rS'V 0-0-OAG? U c 40' Weil 3't' Sf' l'Q Ef'ff'fi y o. il-lenry ........ g...7-0-Q-Gets Pauline's Beauty '--'ts rrShop-ef .5 ,45l7Ave.F ,- V . T Ph.,5?-OS25, 4 . AVE. B GROCERY T n A Where NljNeighbors Traded I A 4403 Ave. B ' -' Til-ioNE 5313921 -- M '- . Cgtripliments of fi up in HOME 'STEAM 311 T. .LAUNDRY- l4th and Red River Phone 8-2586 1 ' H. Mgy We Be- bruggisl' :- ' DRUG, if zaov ASAN JACTNTUE' Phone 8-4644 i -1- ' THE PURPOSE OF THANKSGIVING by 'Barbara Grice What is the purpose of Thanks- giving? No! Not to go and see the Texas-A. and M. game, but to be especially thankful to God for being so gracious to us. With 'Indians as guests, seated about -tables loaded with food, our Pilgrim Fathers celebrated their first Thanksgiving in Octo- ber l62l. . . -ln. l864 President Lincoln set aside the fourth Thursday in No- vember to be 'nationally known Cis. 'Thanksgiving Day. So when Thanksgiving comes around, stop awhile -and thank God for being so -goodqto usi Back Up? Our ,School- Aqtivities T A ' by'Char1otte Currier Y ' Say kids, what's wrong? Have you forgotten our school activities such as dances,-A football games, pep -rallies, band, the football team, and F.H,A.' lt's hightimev we back' these up. Find out what's going on behind the clubs and activities. Help plan the schbol idances and attend them. Go' to' our football games and help cheer our team on to VIC- TORY. 'l..et's back up our school activities. - T - ' t THE LONG STRETCH by Martha Io Sherrill 1 . The 'hunterf slowly stalks - his prey., He .draws a bead, takes careful' aim-twanngl. A bullseye as another .rubber band hits its markf P Yessir, the more they practise the better? they get around hereg' But, alas, of asudden the rubberubarids are banned. Yoi' wanna- 'know the 'whys and wherefores. O.K. Here they are. I-low do you think it feels to be Sitting in class concentrating very hard on nothing in particular, when you are suddenly hit from behind with a rubber band. Pleasant? Not at all. As a matter of fact, it just ,plain hurts and someone might get an eye put out. ' Chances are you'll live over the world-shaking loss of this little article so cheer up and look ahead to brighter days when rubber bands go out of fashion.

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PAGETWO THE BAKER ROCKET A RJ? UTTERLY IMPOSSIBLE I :rust qo-In REPORT I by Martha IO Sherrill Ierry Scarborough-with a crew cut. Bonnie Platt-quiet and shy. Dee Dee Williams-with a poodle. Our cheerleaders-not hoarse after a game. Algebra I--without Ierry Scar- borough, Roger Wilkinson, and Carol Wyckoff. Martha Smith-without those 0 0 dimples. 0 0 0 David Kennedy-without his 4 0 0 0 0 ninth-grade girl friends. 1 0 bb 0 . Vera Carter-without her friendly ,E Q, smile. 6 B I' Ap ' I Lamar Anderson-being courte- 6 S I 0 7 . ous to the cheerleaders. B 5 6 6 0 Emily Ann Ford-looking bored. ?4+ ii v-,y ...-....-.....,.. This is a familiar scene in the Igalls of Bakery his head was in the THE NIGHT BEFORE clouds until he got his report car s. -I-HANKSGIVING F. H. A. TRIP by Charlotte Currier Did you hear someone saying, Did I forget anything? Oh, l'm cold! I can't wait until we get started, or anything of that type? It you did that was the F. H. A. girls getting ready to start for Dallas. The trip turned out to be sensa- tional with the two wonderful bus drivers, Smitty and Dizzy, and our wonderful chaperones. We did everything under the sun from making up yells to sleeping and from eating to rid- ing the roller coaster. X 23512166 0179 eos Congress Charles Lee Music Co. 2406 San Antonio St. Holton Band Instruments THE CELEBRATION OF THANKSGIVING by Nancy Ramm and Dee Dee Williams In the years past on Thanksgiv- ing everyone in the family piled into the sleigh and drove off to Grandma's house for a day of feasting and fun and, most im- portant, giving thanks to God. Now, most families still get together and eat and give thanks and have fun. Usually there is turkey and dressing, cranberry sauce, potatoes, giblet gravy, 'hot rolls with butter, pumpkin pies and all other kinds of things. Doesn't that sound good? People celebrate Thanksgiving in other lands too. In Norway, when the harvest has been taken in for the year, they have a feast called Host Gilde. Thanksgiving Day is celebrated annually on the last Thursday of November in Canada. When the harvest is taken in, the Scotch celebrate the Kern. In Russia, the harvest festival was one of the most important in the whole year. aol 'TIM 3l 'l'iigl . North side W H CALCASIEU by Arthur Chester 'Twas Thanksgiving eve, and all through the room, The turkeys were chewing their toenails in gloomy The axe was hung in the kitchen with care, Lest it murder the turkeys ere morning was there. The children were snuggled all safe in their beds, While turkey and cranberries danced in their heads. With Mama in bed, I was in the kitchen, And just settled myself for a mid- night snitchin' When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter, I sprang from the ice box to see what was the matter. To the window I ran, a fast- moving shapep Tore open the shutters: Cnow they're fixed with Scotch tape? The moon on the city park's white snow Was shining away at spooners below, When what did my wondering eyes behold, But a '54 Plymouthg it must've been stoledy With a tough-looking driver, a gun at his side- I knew in a flash it was sneak- thief McRide. I got out my shotgun and gave him a leer- Mclitide got no turkeys from my house this year!

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PAGE FOUR. rr-is HAKER nocxer eroonagfiea Hmmm, who is that? came from a huddle of boys in the hall one day. lt's Martha Smith, someone replied. Martha is our ninth grade fa- vorite for this month. She is 5'5 tall, weighs 118 pounds, and has brown hair and eyes. Longview, Texas, is where she was born on December 13, 1938. She has gone to Baker for three years, and hasn't taken interest in any certain boy this year. Hop to it, boys-now is your chance. Her telephone number is 5-0628, and by the way, talking on the telephone is her hobby. Martha's ambition is to be an army nurse CBoys, you can enlist now.l Be- sides taking an interest in cheer- leading, she likes swimming very much and the song, Blue Moon. lf you .haven't met our ninth grade favorite, be sure you do! 'ii' Wow! Have you ever seen a 5'Z1fz , brown haired, blue eyed doll walking down the hall? You have. lt's Willie Thurman, who was born in Austin, Texas, on Ianuary 8, 1940, and has lived in Austin all his 13 years. He has gone to Baker 7 years. fHe skipped the fourth grade, that brilliant boyll He has two sisters and a brother who attend Baker, too. Some of his favorites are hill-billy music, reading, Mexican food, gym, Mr. Hickerson, green, red, football, and some lucky girl in the seventh grade. Willie Hyde Park Hardware HARDWARE - SPORTING GOODS Sherwin-Williams Paint' Food Market 3800 LAMAR TT'l'his month's personalities are Willie, Thurman, Martha Smith, and Donnie Tew. played right half on the football team this season, and Weighs 103 lbs. Football is okay for now but for the future Willie wants to be a doctor. 7? Have you ever seen a tall dark boy walking happily along the hall and wondered who he was? lt happens to be our 7th grade personality this month, Donny Tew. ' Donny was born Ianuary 3, in Austin, Texas, and is 12. years to Ridgetop last his first year at old. He went year, and for Baker he likes it very much. To more about his let you know good looks, he is 5 feet 5 inches tall, weighs 118 pounds, and has brown hair and eyes., lt's too bad for you girls because it looks like Donny has already taken an interest in a certain someone named Emily Ann Ford. With Donny's winning smile .and per- sonality, he is the boy we are all watching to go far. .....+.L.......--..1- BOOK WEEK by Thomas Flowers Book week is going to be a big affair for the librarians this year.. They are going to have a fair, where they display books of their own choice. After this, they are going to have dinner together. You students can have a good time during book, week too. There are dozens of good books to read, among which are: The Texas Rangers, Between Planets, Pirates, Atoms At Work, and above all the Bible, which is a library within itself. Have you every. thought of books as windows? They are win- dows through which we look at the world. lncidentally, the theme for book week is Reading is Fun. i.....l.....---- FADS N' FASHIONS by Martha Smith Click, click, click! What's that noise? You guessed it. Some boy is walking down Baker's halls with his ever popular taps on the bottom of his shoes. lt seems to be quite a tad around Baker these days for the boys to wear taps or black suede shoes. As for the girls they would rather have a middy blouse any day. It seems all the girls think these blouses are iust darling. lt also is quite a fad around Baker for ct girl to let you know it she's available to date. If she has a boy's jacket or a chain and ring around her neck, Scram .... lf not, now's your chance. The Hitchin' Post Where the cuisine of fha South meets that of the WMF' with Butter Krust Bread! 4:21 euaaalupe Phone s-azzs In 1949 Federal Expenditures Amin' Tm' m..a.m1'm mm M' . were 515984 per family. V A Lool: Your Best' For School Days 1 1 d F h d ere s oo ea n a e . SPEIR BEAUTY SHOP 9 '9 a , non west sn. t ,V had ij ' A , K l - I 1 X fo, .Z 7,4 ew WG? ,....-ef t M1-wron 1 MQQLQM 55 ,rig MMM , yfjgl Phone 53-I 70l Ml'