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

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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

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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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B .E6l1 J'0f.B6lk6p VOL. V ISSUE VII BAKER IUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL APRIL '54 Easter, The Holy Time By Ann Baldwin A heavy cross, a crown of thorns, a home spun robe, a new lite, and the individual named Iesus, all are a part of the Sacred Easter. Bunnies, eggs, baskets, and a new bonnet are what many people think of when they're re- minded of Easter. Surely the first Easter was a happy one. The Master's friends had come to his grave to pay homage to what they thought was a dead prophet. Instead of finding a body wrapped in soft cloth, there was an angel awaiting them. Christ had risen and had become, to humans, a Risen Sav- iour instead of a dead prophet. Perhaps the youth are prone to forget the real reason for Easter. Daniel Webster says this about Easter: A Sunday between March Z1 and April 26 set apart in the ecclesiastical calendar for com- memorating the resurrection of Christ. In that definition there is nothing said about bunnies and eggs. The only time some people even see What's on the other side ot the church door is on Easter morning. Then all they go for, it seems, is to show off their new Spring frocks. TICKET SALES HALTED Ticket sales for the Baker Tunior High Spring Festival halted at ten o'clock February 19, 1954. Selling the most tickets was Miss Cole's advisory for the Iunior High, and for the elementary Miss Rumme-l's room sold the most. Leading in the individual con- test was Allan Rogers selling 153 tickets from Miss Cole's advisory. 2nd place went to Terry Owen from Miss Gough's 6-l class who sold 143 tickets. Allan received S500 for being top seller and Terry got 32.50 for being second. Not bad, huh? xl 5791 Gm? S Q, 1 41 f if E I 1423? 9 I l Q I, '7' I 4 . I Q 8 I ' ' ltxl 57 A. LX7 r fl T J J, ' - MARYQQIYH Is the real Sacred Easter to re- turn? Supposedly the only way to get back the true meaning of Easter is to leave some of these minor things out. A child that is brought up to think only of Easter eggs, new shoes, and such will probably never receive the mean- ing of Easter, the Holy time. A CHlLD'S EASTER For a long time people have celebrated Easter. The children celebrate Easter by hunting Eas- ter Eggs that the Easter Bunny has left. Small children believe that the Easter Rabbit comes during the night when they are asleep and hides eggs in the grass. Sunday morning they get up and have an Easter Egg Hunt. It's wonderful to see the joy they get out of hunting eggs. After the hunt comes services at church which gives the child the true meaning of Easter. All this has long been a part of Easter and will be for years to come. HERE COME THE GALS Fort Worth, here we come!! This is the cry of two happy, excited girls. The girls are representing Baker's F.H.A. Chapter at Fort Worth. There were quite a few gals nominated and each one had to be working on a l:'.H.A. degree and had to have a B average in all her subjects. After the list of girls was made, a check sheet for each girl was given to all her teachers. On the sheet the teacher was to check whether the student was excellent, good or fair in meeting the qualifications. Listed on this check sheet were: general attitude in class, dependability, citizenship, and ability to repre- sent Baker School well. The ninth and the eighth grade representa- tives were chosen who had the highest averages on the check sheets. Representing the ninth grade is Laneta Stefka and for the eighth grade Ianice Kuhn. HOW DID THE APRIL FOOLERS GET YOU? The April Foolers did an effi- cient job. Here are some things that happened. Toyce Berry- Someone told me I had bubble gum on the back of my skirt. Of course I had to look. Martha Sherrill- Some of the girls hid my gym suit. What a predicament to be in. Charlotte Currier - Someone told me that my petticoat was showing. I hope most of you were as lucky as these were. Lucky? Well, nothing really horrible happened. RUSSELL SPEAKS AT TEA David Russell, Poet Laureate of Texas, spoke at a tea held at the home of Mrs. Norma Lynn Scott CPresident of the English Club and teacher of English at McC'al1urnl, 3001 Beverly Road, at 7:30 P. M., March 26. The tea was sponsored jointly by the Poetry Society of Austin and the English Club of Austin.