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

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T.H.E BAKER ROCKET yy PA6Eg.FIYE BASKETBALL BOYS BAT BASKETS Away goes Baker into the bas- ketball season again. Twenty boys Went out for bas- ketball, and fourteen made it. First-stringers are Delbert Mo- berg, Don Benner, David Melloer, Roger Wilkinson, and Sam Ol- guin. Other players are Victor Mokry, Ierry Marx, Iimmy Kanet- zky, Don Fincher, Clarence Pruitt, W. E. Taylor, Ierrel Archie, Frankie Bloomquist, and Al Shaf- fer. The team has lots of hustle but not much heighty what little there is being in Wilkinson, Ren- ner, and Olguin. 1954 Baker Basketball Schedule First Round Ian. 7-Baker at O. Henry 0. Henry Quintet Stops Baker The O. Henry basketball squad came from behind to beat the Baker Bucks 30-27. Baker started off with a boom and at the end of the first quarter they led lU-8. During the second period things settled down as both teams were hitting Well. At the half time the Baker five led l8-l5. The third period was in the hands of the Mustangs as they put six points through the hoop to Baker's three. The fourth and final quarter was close all the way, but O. Henry took advantage of some breaks and took a 30 to 27 lead. They started a freeze as the Whistle sounded. SCORING Points . . 9 Wilkinson ...........,...... ....,,., Melber ,.i.,,, ..,,.,,, GIRLS' SPORTS The girls gym classes have just finished a unit in tumbling and are now starting to play soccer. lt sometimes gets pretty cold 'out on that field but the girls go right ahead playing. lt also happens sometimes that Miss Thigpen plays on the side that is losing. Don't Worry, they lose some- times, too. SPRING TRAINING K Spring training at McCallum and probably at the other High Schools Will start about the rnid- dle of February, so all you boys who might Want 'to try out for the football team nextryear should be thinking about it. ' History of Basketball . Complete Beauty Service -ul T. ff with Butter Krust Bread! 3 fThufS-7 I Olguln .......... ,.,,.... 2 The modern game of Basketball l?lSg2-U'l-H- ef Baker Moberg .......,...............,..,.....,. 8 was invented in l89l by Iames EI?-D 15-Baker at Mccguum A Benner ........................,........... 5 lgvlglrlsrigitlhegxrg Acggoctilie Tl- A . . ' . ' U 19-3 k F tion College in Spr1ngf1eld,,Mass. fgwflesj G er Open A1'S?le?KETBAu' LINEUI5 5 He wanted to develop an indoor Ian, 21-School for Deaf at Baker G er ---'-'---- - '-'-'-- '--' O' sport for the winter months when CThur.t Df31bertMOberg A ' NO-10 football, soccer, and other out- lCiI'1. 28-BC1lCGI' Gi Allflfl ggcriolggglggy -'-'- Ig 2' door games could not be played. Irhuo ---H----e ---'--eeA - - hb 14 II 'tht' Feb? 2-Travis at Baker Ierry Marx .............. ......... N o. 13 3215122139 Cggriigsiuglsvfheli hi? Guest ' Roger Wilkinson ---- - ------ N Q14 physical education classes were SGCOIICI ROl1I'1d ' Frank Blggmquigt .----,--,.,----, NQ15 held Then he divided his Class Feb. Henry at BCilC91 D011 Fincher -,-A---'..-'-- ----,,--, N O. into 'two Sections or fecms and gftfh-Baker at U51-1, gfm Olgulgn 1 '4 ' ' N O' Q7 started a contest' between itheni'-f fTueS', B D Gini? ugultf ------ -------- N O' 13 The object of the game was te See, Feb, ll-Mccqlluim C1tBqker ISV1 Ke irk -'----'----' --------- ISI O' 20 which side could toss a soccer gl'hgr.J16 B k TGC-iggrz Y 's 4-s--'- N 2' 21 ball 'into the peach basket most 9 - -- C1 GF-013911 ' ' o '4 ' ' ' often. CT .P ' Feld? l8-Baker at School for Deaf gl M,,, 5 if - CTh .n I , I, - Febll 23-Allan at Baker ll! Varslliy Drug ' KTUSS-9 , ll y l I.. v. BLOMQUIST Feb. 25TBGkeI' at TFUVIS W gt ACI-Q55 from Greggry Gym fThuf'l III E +2I I -ll? 805 Congress as 5 SALES SERVICE ' Maytag There'se good eating ahead . N., Peterson Applicance Center 3915 GUADALUPE ST. .W Quin! if Iaus. PI-I. s-vom nes. PH. s-Ioaa PHONE 55-3221 GM fnfgwhf I-I .I P If Ia I Sh e im-'ff , y e ar eal-I Y OP fIIf2.'n'j?',Q 1 1 QLIN J .. , 12. -1l41ie,9'w-Q11 41 .sg-e,,.LA--rE 1-Lf,LfI.X, TLZXIKS

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PAGE FOUR -171 --'Tv ,, THE BAKER ROCKET - Perronozlitzbr - Personalities for this month are: 7th grade, Glen Noble: 8th grade, Charles Dodson: and 9th grade. Nancy Dement. Sugar, spice, and everything nice, describes our 9th grade personality perfectly this month. To let you know a little more about her . . . she is 5 feet tall, weighs 108 pounds, has brown hair, and brown eyes. Her hobby is being with her steady, lohn Thompson. Among her favorites are, color-green, song- Ebb Tide, food - Mexican, and teacher - Mr. McLemore. lust a few more clues before we tell you who she is. She is a cheerleader, an officer in F.H.A. and is in the mixed chorus. lf you haven't guessed who she is, she is none other than Nancy Dement. Where there's smoke, there's fire and where there are girls, there's Charles Dodson. Charles was born in Austin, is thirteen, and has attended Baker all his eight years of schooling. He has red hair, brown eyes, weighs 133 pounds, and is 5 feet 7 inches tall. Among his favorites are girls, dancing, blue and gray, P.E., foot- ball, and Mr. Hickerson. Charles also likes both hillbilly and popu- lar music. He has four sisters and as of now has no amibition. lf you don't know Charles, make it a point to meet him, You'll like him! Sigh Drool Yum -These are some of the sounds coming from the mouths of the girls of B.l.H. when a certain young man of the seventh grade passes by. ln case you are wondering who this is, he's Glen Noble. lust so you'll recognize him, he has blue eyes and blond hair, his birth- day is on November 27th and he's i3 years old, and 5 feet 5 inches tall. As far as favorites are con- cerned, his are: teacher-Mr. Mc- Lemorep subject-gyrnp food-veni- song colors-green, red and blueg song- That's Amore , and hobby- stamp collecting. He likes to dance, and when asked what he thought of Baker, he replied, lt's a pretty good school. lf you haven't met Glen yet, l'cl advise you to as soon as you can, it's a real pleasure! Letters To The Editor Dear Editor, Where is the gossip column? l enjoyed it last year very much. A Fellow Bakerite Dear Student, ln publishing a paper you have to set a goal as you do in any- thing else. The goal we have set is for a better paper. We feel that gossip, besides hurting peoples feelings, will lessen the popular- ity of the paper, and that could well mean the end of the Rocket. The Editor Roy Cox Service Station Phone 5-942l Your Friendly Sinclair Dealer 43rd 8: Duval May We Be Your Druggist TOWER DRUG 2807 SAN JACINTO Phone 8-4644 SMILE AWHILE Wasn't it cute? Well geepers! Ain't it still just a doll? This cute thing is a bit larger now that it is 1954, but it hasn't grown much. This picture was taken about l94O. Look at those sweet eyes! Aren't its feet just the tiniest things? We might add that it has quite a few more teeth now. This baby is wondering the halls of Baker and surely you've met up with this little thing. lt has two of the cutest dimples and blond hair. Swimming hits high on its list during the summer. Iust for an- other hint, here are some names that different Bakerites call our baby: The daring one g The little devil p little breeches g and cutie Some hints! Perhaps you think you know who our baby is for the month. lf so, write down your guess along with your name and put it into the Press Box. By the way, last month's Baby Personality was lohnny Sherrill. Marilyn Henderson and Barbara Williamson were the only ones to guess right. Better late than never, but bet- ter never late. 6-illefyn 3 TELEPHONE 6-SI I0 FEMININE FASHIONS 2904 Guadalupe Austin, Texas AVE. B GROCERY Where All Neighbors Trade 4403 Ave. B PHONE 53-392i Loolc Your Best For School Days SPEIR BEAUTY SHOP l0I WEST 5th

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PAGE SIX TH KE ET HOMEMAKING Have you often wondered how Mrs. Harville grades her home- making students? First of all they discuss what they are going to do and they make preparation for the activity. She grades them on the way they cooperate and the honest effort they put out in doing it. Then they set up stand- ads on how the finished product should turn out. After they have finished the project they discuss whether it was a success or a flop, lf it flopped they try to find out why. Mrs. Harville said she does not grade off if the finished product was a flop. When the class needs groceries, first of all they make out a gro- cery list and then each group sends one student to the store for the groceries. The Fl-l.A. girls in Baker are having a supper and style show this month. The ninth grade will serve and the eighth grade will model the clothes they have made. lf you were at the Christmas formal you were probably blinded by a bright light. lf you were, and you looked really close you prob- ably saw Mrs. l-larville behind the bright lights holding a camera taking pictures of some of the students dancing and walking toward her. Some of the pictures that were taken of the dance have been on display on the bulletin board in front of the office. Mrs. I-larville has also been showing the movie that she took at the dance to her homemaking classes and Mrs. Baker's 4th period 9th grade social studies class has seen it, too. E BA R Rock BAND I, II, III Directing the Baker Concert Band is Mr. Clinton A. Mathews. Mr. Mathews is a wonderful bandleader and knows what he is doing. Band lll under the direc- tion of Mr. Mathews is practicing every day for a concert for par- ents in February. They have elected officers which are as fol- lows: President-Ann Baldwing Vice- President-Arthur Chesterg Secre- tary-Roger Wilkinsong and Ser- geant of Arms-Wiley Wyman. The band has done its best for the school. We are very proud of our band and bandleader. NO. I NO. 2 4025 GUADALUPE 405V2 EAST 48TH PHONE 53-3220 PHONE 53-40I7 RAILSBACK-Flowers Flowers For A11 Occasions WIRED-PHONED-DELIVERED ANYWHERE Charles-Minnie Railsback Night Ph. 5-580l MATH Mr. Pine's ninth grades are studying units on business prob- lems and income taxes. The algebra class is learning to multiply and divide sign num- bers. The eighth grade is studying graphs and introduction to geo- metry. Mrs. Walden's seventh grade has been studying decimals and are beginning percents. The Math Club that was sup- posed to be organized will be started around the beginning of the second term. There will be a number contest put on by the lnterscholastic League. There will probably be one student from the 7th, 8th, and 9th grades to compete. TYPEWRITING NEWS ln Miss Acklin's typing classes the students are progressing in typewriting. ln the speed drills they have had Georgia Folsing is the fastest on the five minute speed drill with 61 words per minute. Carolyn Crider is the fast- est on the one minute speed drill with 63 words per minute. ln the 8th grade Barbara Booker has the most points. Craig Haydon has the most points in the 9th grade. Compliments of l HOME STEAM LAUNDRY l4'Ih and Red River Phone 8-2586 Hyde Parlc Barber Shop Deluxe Shine at 4021 Guadalupe Dlfepp r' GDR! Svnilln The Soutl1's Unique Restaurant and Gift Shop Ibth AND GUADALUPE Phono 8-432I Hyde Park Pharmacy SCHOOL SUPPLIES Let Us Fill Your Prescription 4OI7 Guaclaupe Hyde Park Hardware HARDWARE - SPORTING GOODS Sherwin-Williams Pain-I' 4I2I Guadalupe Phone 5-3225 it 30' ,f,,,,,,..,,.iw,,,,,,-' Norm me Paulinslils Beauty WM, CALCASIEU 4 W 511 5 Da as Highway Pl- 53-5355