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

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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

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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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PAGE SIX THE BAKER ROCKET lor I took the .45 and he took the six-gun and I got to Boot Hill before himl By Martha Io Sherrill Slowly the tall Texan ambeled down the main street of Boot Hill. As he walked his hands swung close to his guns. This was the town-he had to protect it-that was his job-he was sheriff. She- riff Schmo Thursday was working the day watch out of county jail. He had heard rumors that the most vicious, desperate outlaw in Texas was in town and Schmo was a'hankerin' to meet him and maybe get his autograph. The outlaw's name was Lord Fauntle- roy Tudor. Suddenly, Schmo heard some- one calling his name. He turned. lt was Beuuulah Bell, his latest heart throb. Beuuulah Bell came running up to him crying, Schmo, Schmo, get outta town. Fauntleroy is here and he's out to get you all. Run, :run. Schmo looked at Beuu- lah Bell and said, Gal, Ah ain't going to run from nobody, not even fshudderl Fauntleroyf' From down the street came shouts and everyone began to run for cover Ceveryone except Schmo, Roy Cox Service Station Phone 5-942l Your Friendly Sinclair Dealer 43rd 8: Duval flplil Evruillr The South's Unique Restaurant and Gift Shop I6th AND GUADALUPE Phone 8-432I GROCERY - MARKET 3035 Guadalupe Ai! X. Q Cr,-Fl I I 31-ff 5 'm .f3Tif.21:.'25,'fl'E?,'f.J::':t:.'z2:5' 'Y' Jiri' and Beuuulah Bell who wanted to be with Schmo to the last.J Then, as Fauntleroy, his long curls bob- bing, came into full view on the now almost deserted main street of Boot Hill, Schino turned to Beuulah Bell and said sadly, Ah told you ah wouldn't run from no man an' Ah ain't a gonna but Ah suddenly feel in the need of that their vacation that the town prom- ised me and Ah think Ah'1l take it now . . . Goodbye. As he turned, Beuuulah Bell grabbed his arm and cried out, PLEASE PATRONIZE YOUR ADVERTISERS Ah hate to tell you now but it's too late. Fauntelroy is right be- hind you. But be brave, tell him all you want is the facts. But Ah already got the facts, ma'am, and the fact is Fauntleroy wants to kill me. But Ah'll be brave, said Schrno as he turned, ' Ah'll walk right up to him and uh ...............,,... and Ah'll ask which way out ot town, finished Schmo as he looked down the barrels of two six-shooters. Cto be continuedl Loolr Your Best For School Days SPEIR BEAUTY SHOP IOI WEST 5th The CAPITAL NATIONAL BANK in Austin Member F.D.l.C. U.S. Government Depository AVE. B GROCERY Where All Neighbors Trade 4403 Ave. B PHONE 53-392l Dlfep ' 'ffm WW 'l 7 North sta, 30' CALCASIEU I Dallas Highway 570 West 2nd ga--nf, - dm-su nn ullutilluun nmnam-.leur manual umnus' nr :alumina