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

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1. PAGE' FOUR :TH-E' B K K E R R O CLK--EIT - Perronalitier - Personalities for this month are: 9th grade, Barbara Grice, 8th grade Walter Wyman, and 7th grade Sonny Sanders. Splash! What was that? It was Barbara Grice, diving into the re- freshing water of a swimming pool. During the summer you will no doubt, find this brown-haired and hazel-eyed girl, on the hot summer days, the swimming pool, which is right across the street from her house at 4410 Avenue F. Did you mention Delbert Mo- berg? Well, you can bet your last dime, Barbara will blush at the very mention of his name. lf you have any platters of Kay Star or the record, Secret Love , Bar- bara would gladly spend the day with you. This fifteen year old- teen-ager takes part in many things: cheerleader, drama club, journalism, and being F.H.A. sweet heart candidate. ,i... .i--T. Yum! There goes another ham- burger and a plate of french fries eaten by this month's cute freckled face personality, Walter Wyman. Walter has auburn hair and green eyes. This, combined with his height, 5'3 , and Weight 153 lbs., adds up to, a real cute boy. His pastime is eating and his hob- by is girls. His pick of movie stars is Marilyn Monroe, song, Stran- ger in Paradise , T. V. Program, Dragnet , subject, Social Studies, teacher, Mr. McKenzie, and sport, football. Off we go into the wild blue yonder, and speaking of blue that is Sonny Sanders, our 7th grade personality's favorite color. Sonny was born in Austin, 12 years ago. He has blue eyes and brown hair, weighs l2U lbs., and is 5' 3 tall. Here are a list of his favorites: T. V. program is Top- per , food is Meiican, Sports is baseball, teacher is Mr. McLe- more, subject is Social Studies, movie star is lane Russell, and last but not least, his girl friend is Marjorie Mclntyre CLucky Girll. WHAT IF- Tommy Flowers was Tommy Weed. Carol Wyckoff was Carol Wy- sneeze. lerry Scarborough was Terry Levine. Ioyce Berry was loyce Grape. Irving Cutter was Irving Tearer. Emily Ann Ford was Emily Ann Cadillac. Walter Dollar was Walter Pen- HY- Newell King was Newell Queen. Timmy Finger was I i m m y Thumb. Earl Dean was Earl Superinten- dent. Daryl Lamb was Daryl Goat. Darlene Dailey was Darlene Weekly. Betty Green was Betty Red. Carol Moore was Carol Less. Helen West was Helen South. Cherry S t r o n g was Cherry Weak. Barbara Rush was Barbara Po- kalong. 5.4.3 TELEPHONE 6-5l I0 FEMININE FASHIONS 2904 Guadalupe Austin, Texas SALES. D SERVICE . V Maytag Peterson Appliance Center 3915 GUADALUPB ST. sus. PH. 5-9olo RES. PH. 5-loss IN LIKE A LION, OUT LIKE A LAMB Yes, the windy month of March is nearly over and the rainy month of April is approaching. Stop and Think! Did March come in like a lion or a lamb? Even if it did or did not this saying has stuck with March like a train has to its tracks. When March is present there are two things you think of: spring and spring fever. Spring fever is the time when every- body goes looney over school or his girl friend and, of course, spring begins March 20. The Staff of the Baker Rocket hopes every- one will have a good '54 Spring. LIVE OFF THE FAT OF THE LAND I think l'll retire and live off the fast of the land. Perhaps people who say this don't always mean what l'm going to show you, but it amounts to the same thing. You can get a good variety of foods almost anywhere in. the United States. For instance, if you go in for fruits there's Orange CTeXasJ, Berry CAlabamaJ, Hack- berry CArizonal, Mulberry lArk- ansasl, Strawberry CArkansasl, Lime tConn.J, Fruitland lConn.J, and Apple tlllinoisl. Considering the high cost of the article, you might save money by going to Coffeeville CAlabamal, and to top it off, there's Cream Hill CConn.J, to go with it. ' Some other things that might go into the menu are Sugarland Texas, Torilla Flat, Arizona, Pie- town, Arizona, Tomato, Arkansas, Weiner, Arkansas, Wheately, Ark- -ansas, Carmel, California, Cor- nish, Colorado, Tomales, Califor- nia, Bean Hill, Conn., Turkey Point, Conn., Oyster, Florida, Ba- contown, Georgia, and Salmon Idaho. Do you see now why l say you could live off the fat of the land? L The Hitchin' Post Where the cuisine of the South meets that of the West 1 Austin, Texas IOII Lamar Blvd. PI1. B-8827 ,FUNERAL HUME

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THE BAKER ROCKET PAGE THREE FADS N' FASHIONS Take away the winter skirts, bring out the full cotton skirts. Girls are now enjoying the fash- ionable cool cotton skirts. Under the skirts are usually two or more darling ruffled crinoline or taffeta petticoats in any one of a number of colors, sometimes depending on the color of your skirt. This seems to be one of the most popu- lar fashions for B. I. l-l. girls. What's this for? Have you heard anyone say this to any of the journalism students, meaning the little silver thing around the neck? l'm sure you have, as the journal- ism class received proudly their press keys. WHY PETUNIAS IS DOUBLE A petunia is a flower and so is a begonia. A begonia is also a sausage. Sausage and battery is a crime. Monkeys crime trees. Trees a crowd. A crowd makes noise. A noise is what you have on your face like eyes. The ayes have it against the nays. A horse neighs. A horse also has a little colt. You go to bed at night with a little colt and get up with double petunia. - M 15,1 , W 805 Congress AROUND THE TOWN Dig that crazy hole! That's exactly what the McCallum stu- dents have been doing. They have been having tree planting ceremonies. Each two advisories had one dogwood tree between them. They have set these trees in a row around the school and planted flowers around them. just think how pretty McCallum will be in a few years. Friday the twelfth the McCal- lum gym was beautifully decor- ated in red and white. The oc- casion? The Ir. High Valentine Formal. l'M A FOOL l'm a Fool is the play which has been picked for contests. Try- outs for the play were held Ianu- ary 17 and 18. The following cast was picked: George ................ johnny Sherrill Bert ............................ Dicky Kemp Dude ................ Craig Hicketheir Wilbur ...................... Donnie Tew Lucy ...,... .......... B arbara Girce Elinor ...,.. ........ B ecky Hatherly Mother ................... Carol Wycoff Mildred ...................... Emily Ford Student Director .... Laneta Stefka UTTERLY FANTASTIC Charlotte Currier-with a bor- ing personality. Charles Dodson without his mil- lions of girls drooling over him. David Melber-without flirting with at least two or three girls a day. Iohnny Sherrill-w i t h o u t his laugh and smile. Miss Thigpen-without her a- dorable disposition. Baker--with a swimming pool. Ioan Beard-without her sweet- ness and neatness. Delbert Moberg-slow at typ- ing. LELEUX'S PANTRY PICNIC SUPPLIES 38th 8: Guadalupe Pho. 53-9023 Varsity Drug L. V. BLOMQUIST Across from Gregory Gym I I I East' 2Is'I Wayne Fickel, Jimmy Kanerzky, Don Fincher, John Thompson, Victor Mokry and Walter Dollar with their new iackets. LETTERS AND JACKETS RECEIVED BY TEAM All the football boys who let- tered during football season re- ceived a letter B and some bought football jackets. All the boys were looking forward to get- ting these jackets and letters but it seems like they didn't keep them on very long because of all the cold girls. In a Ianuary assembly, the boys were given their letters by Coach l-lickerson who in his short speech talked like he was very proud of the whole football team. INSIDE THE LIBRARY Most of us have been inside the library but very few students know what literature is available. For instance, BIH stamp collectors might be surprised to know that there is a Standard Postage Stamp Catalog in our library. Also the poets might be interested in The Rhyming Dictionary of the English Language or maybe Roberts Rules of Order would help them. For people who are planning to buy something and want the best, the Consumer Reports is very helpful. Now maybe you have an idea of what is in our library and may- be s o m e of these books and pamphlets can help you out. Why not take a look at them? May We Be Your Druggist TOVVER DRUG zaov sAN JACINTO B A L D W I N Pianos and Organs Capitol Piano Co. P A U L ' S Carpets - Draperies Phone 8-4644 I5I8 Guadalupe Street 'UO Congress Avenue

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THE BAKER ROCKET PAGE FIVE THIS IS BASKETBALL?? Surely, it couldn't bel Believe it or not, it's true. We are referring to girls' basketball, which the girls gym classes are participating in now. The boys seem to think that the way girls play basketball is quite amusing as it is very different from boys basketball. ln girls' basketball you may only dribble twice and although it is played on the whole court, you play only on one half of it. Let's say there are two teams, the red and the blue. The blue guards and the red forwards play on one end of the court, while the red guards and the blue forwards. play on the other half. The seventh, eighth, and ninth grade girls basketball teams are now having intramurals which are played after school. lf you would like to see something real excit- ing, confusing, and sometimes amusing go to the gym after school and watch the girls play. ALLAN EDGES BAKER The favored Baker Buckaroos were stunned and surprised by the outcome of the score on Thurs- day, lan. 28 as the Allan Bulldogs defeated them by an 8 point mar- gin, 43-35. jesse Hernandez led the Bulldogs with 19 points and Delbert Moberg scored 14 for the Buckaroos. Coach l-lickerson, hoping for his second victory in a row, was also surprised at the way the Bulldogs handled the Baker five. TRACK SEASON HERE Whiz! There goes ferry Marx. Zip, zip there goes Don Fincher. Yes, track season is now in ses- sion and the Baker tracksters will be getting ready for competition with the other junior high schools. WE DID IT Coach Hickerson coached his Buckaroos to a 44 to 30 victory over the Texas School for the Deaf. This was Baker's first conference win. The Buckaroos were fight- ing all the way and were never behind in the score after about the first minute. Sammy Oats was high point man for the game with 20 points. David Melber copped scoring honors for Baker with 10. Baker outscored TSD in every quarter except the last when they scored only 6 points to the 7 made by TSD. The half-time score put Baker on top 23 to 14. Second and third honors went to Roger Wilkin- son with 8 points and Don Benner with 7. y we DID IT AGAIN I The Baker team whipped the favored U.I.l-l. Eagles by a seven point margin 33 to 26. This was the team's second victory in con- ference play. Roger Wilkinson was high point man for the game with 15 points. The nervous Eagles whipped the ball around wildly losing it many times. Their shots from in close or far out were wide of the mark. Baker easily won by mak- ing a total of 24 points to the Eagles' 17 during the second half. BOYS' P.E. The boys P. E. classes are play- ing soccer now. They started the course by seeing a movie and hearing a lecture by Coach Hick- erson. He gave them two sheets of information, one with rules and the other with the positions of the players. The Coach plans on having speed-ball next. Then one of his advanced classes will try the new game of speed-away. MISS THIGPEN Sweet, young, and charming just about describes the girls' gym teacher. She has blond hair, green eyes, and is five feet six inches tall. She has two brothers and sis- ters and is originally from Naples, Texas. She got her degree in physical education at North Texas State College at Denton, Texas. She has taught in El Paso and this is her third year to teach at Baker. Miss Thigpen's favorite pastimes are sports and bridge, and she loves fried chicken. . SESSIONS AND PRACTICE FOR SPEECH AND PRESS On Saturday morning, February Sth, some of the journalism and Speech students attended a stu- dent activities conference in Georgetown. The conference was held at Southwestern University and its purpose was to study problems of speech and news- paper work. The speech clinic was compos- ed of examples of debate decla- mation, plays, and extempor- raneous speaking. These were then criticized and discussed. The journalism section of the confer- ence had many interesting talks and discussion groups on such problems as the purpose for hav- ing a school paper, replacing gos- sip columns, possibilities for a vo- cation in journalism, problems of headline writing, reporting, and copyreading. Hyde Park Hardware HARDWARE -- SPORTING GOODS Sherwin-Williams Paint 4I2I Guadalupe Phone 5-3225 Goff.-E32 TI1ere's good eating ahead what ,jlflafungfy 5501, maxi 'Tit Sh Us First or Last . 4 ' A-if game OP y --QM lr -1 3, .4 if :sob GUADALUPE :-- ,Il 1-M 1 1 g - gil S V 2 W f M I 7 y s Hyde Park Pharmacy ' t sc:-loom. suvpues I with Butter KI'U5'I' Bread! Let Us FIII Your Prescription 40I7 Guadaupe