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

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Page 6 ' BAKER ROCKET Picture from the play, Portrait of Nelson Holiday Jr., one of the two plays given by the Footlight Players. R The Greatest Story Lives The Footlight Players, together with the Music Department, presented to the P.T.A. a Christmas Pageant. The story of Christmas worked into a stirring play. The Drama Club's plays on November 19 and 20 were a success. The attendance was fair for both nights Of the per- formance. The next meeting of the Drama Club will be held the second Tuesday after th ' ' . NEW YEAR IS CELEBRATED IN MANY COUNTRIES New Year's Day, the first day of our calendar year, is celebrated in almost every country. New Year's is a time of gaiety in the Orient. Homes are deco- rated and friends give each other gifts, In Europe the day is celebrated by fam- ily parties, giving of gifts, and visiting of friends. In the United States people attend church, go to the movies, or go to other Student Council fcont'd.j- tee to talk to Mr. Darnell about having a student store. Those students on the committee are: Carol Moore, Sue King, Donnie Tew, and Billy Carter. The Student Council is setting up a student bank. This bank will be located in the corner of the little gym. This 'bank will loan the students money. Not over fifty cents will be loaned to a per- son at a time. After three days there will be a one cent interest charge for each day until the money is repaid. Stu- dents will not receive their report cards until all loans are paid back. The people who will be running the bank are Glenn Noble, Peggy Parrish, Patsy Sherrill, and Vernon King. Basketball Schedule January '7-Allan at Allan January 11-McCallum at Baker January 14-Travis at Travis January 18-U.J.H. at Baker January January January 28 February 1-Travis at 21--O. Henry at O. Henry 25-Allan at Baker at McCallum Baker -McCallum Ch t h ld :iff-is:Tf,:gi5133,-.Jg:-.,,v.,,, places for entertainment. Parties are february 4-U'J'H' at U'J'H' I: given on New Year's Eve to watch the jbff13ff'A3jf3lA13PH1'YAat Baker Ii H.E.B. FOOD STORE :Q Old year ent- , , O ' ' ' ' ' ' ' , 4, The Chinese, Egyptian, Jewish, Roman 1, ,I II NO, 7 If and Mohammedan years began at dif- . . :I :I :I ferent times, but the first day of each :I ' 0 e II 'I 3 9 0 I G U A D A L U P E 'I year was celebrated with a festival. Long II I' l,,,-.-:.-.-ff.-O-.-ff.-.-:.-.ev-.-.-:.-.-:Q ago the Egyptians celebrated the New lv ,T:.-f.-:: v-:::-ff:f-::-:----1 7 Year about the middle of June when the fL::: A: -:::::::::::AA A II 2+ The J-'P Cockfeu 90- 71 ':f3.?:',.g?55fi2.Ws.'t... 21 .I 'I P Inl'In9 Omce SUPPIIM ' ll Iran. The date of the Hindu's New Year 11 Nelson Davis 81 S071 ,I :I I6I6 Lavaca Street II depends on his religion. The Hindu's be- 'I E51-ablisl-,ed 1334. II II I' long to many different religious groups, In .I if P H O N E 7 ' 4 4 6 1 and each group has a different date for II Wholesale Grocers fff-'J-'J-'-'f-'f-'ff-'-'ff- 5 the beginning Of the year. New Year's AUSTIN, TEXAS :I 1, J:ff:: ff: : :: :'Tf Day is celebrated many different ways. Lv -,-,,,.,,.,.,,.,,,,,.v :,,,f 'I ' Y -AA-AA-A--g-AA-A- - AAA- A A lg KING BEE HAMBURGERS I. ,.... ,,., ,. .,,,, ..,, I , 'T ' +, Ig 472I AIRPORT BLVD. I D D 1' P H o N E - .- - - - 5 9 2 4 I I: 1: , 11 'L 1: nfl 'T gf I It p :+ FUNERAL HOME 1' 'Aiififiif'1'ffi'fQ'Qif'1ff'ff I tIl..ir t.ic I' II -I ' ' ' ' ' ' O ' ' O ' ' ' O ' ' ' O ' O ng ssvr'e . ' ff:-: A ef' gl HYDE PARK GARAGE ., .... gg ., , II C. R. 1Samb KELLY, Owner ig , M ga :I :I COMPLETE AUTOMOBILE REPAIRING 'I I ,... I K' I , ,.,., I lrschner Cafe ' Ig Any M ake - Any M Odel I- 7' I I I ?L 5'3 W- 43rd 5+fPe'f Ph- 53-3323 :I -I 5437 BURNET ROAD 3- Le:x.e.-.e.-.A.-:.-x.-.-eff.-.-:.-ee.-J ' :L-..,.,,..,,,.,,,,,,.,,,,,.-.,.. - - 52 Lunches - Steaks - Fried Chicken fl :I 1: ga .'-'-' 1 1-2 -'f1 --3- f':' :I Home Made Pies 'I I I ' 'V 1: ' WALTER A- TEW II Mr. .Harvey Hall is Baker's newest 1' 4, :I custodian. I WE PREPARE FOOD 4, I' Phone 5-1762 II Mr. Hall was born in ,Travis County. 1' TO TAKE HQME I' +I .Three weeks ago Mr. Hall was mar- 'I I: Electrical Contractor 1, fled- Mr- and MIS- Hall 11099. t0 K0 to IQ P H ON E 5 3 - 5 0 1 0 II I, jg Nashville, Tennessee, on their honey- I 4, 'J-' A '-'rf-'-'-AISI:-'Jfr-I 'ff-Af: muon In the early future. ::::::::.-::::::::::.-:ffr,-:E

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BAKER ROCKET A Letter to Santa Dear Santa, It's getting near Christmas again, and a list of toys and other things from dif- ferent boys and girls and even grown- ups will start to roll in, so we're getting our list in early. We feel sure since we have been so good and since we aren't asking for much you will bring us what We want. Here it is: Mary Burleson-a formal Newell King-a pool table Mary Steger-a 1955 red Buick Charlotte Griffith-clothes Mrs. Walden-furniture and a cadillac Frieda Rogers-tennis set Mary Tribble-wants to go with Tony Curtis Clysta Stone-a watch Allan Rogers-to be able to give Mr. Pine a lick Patsy Fleet-a real long book Frank Nelson-a girl Jerry Boyles-a trained animal Edgar Smith-passing grades Lucille Prado-a new bedroom suite Betty Rice-a trip to China and a horse Leroy Eastburn-a record player Betty Lawhon-a big brown teddy bear Mike Drousche-a bus Jesse Woolsey-a years supply of Gaines' Dog Food Jesse Freeman, Walter Had-ler, Howard Eads, and Alfred Baker-M a ri l y n Monroe Del Martinez-flast but not leastj wants Baker to win all its basketball games. 1 I An.tic,'-Dotes of Our Vice-Principal It seems that Mr. Cowan's main duty is to check on people who are absent. Maybe he decided to be a vice-principal because of an incident that happened in the early part of his life. Mr. Cowan Went to a country school which had two rooms for all eleven grades. One April Fool's day, all the boys in school Cwith the exception of onej decided to go on a picnic on the next day, which was a school day. The boys told all the teachers about it, but the teachers didn't say anything. The next morning the boys went to a place about a mile from school. They heard a noise, looked up, and saw the boy who was supposedly in school. He hold them that the teachers had planned a secret picnic for the girls who were not far from there. The boys were so mad Cincluding Mr. Cowanj that they ran back to school and turned everything upside down. That was where the trouble came in. You know what happens to mean boys, so I'll leave off there. Have you ever been in Mr. Cowan's office? You may have noticed the sign on the door as you went inside. It says, Quoth the Raven, Nevermore, Here's your hat And there's the door! Inside you see a piece of driftwood on 'I Page 5 1 I I A V 9.51. ,:.l,Q.a.e. ,yJ,,sj4ii,jl?.,4,Qf2g5Q,g,f ' . ft at 1 ,A ,' 'L ggi! J yy I f f I 22237535 Qi 7 , tgbiffiirf' Qlf,?.3S'f5 ' Can you guess who these hands belong to? Please put answers in press box. NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS WILL START YEAR December 31-one chime 'till midnight -bong! The whole town is in an uproar. The piano starts playing and everyone begins singing Auld Lang Syne in a loud clear voice. The old year will leave, and then will be the time to erase your slate and start off the new year right. In with the baby year '55 will come many new year's resolutions such as these: Mr. Pine-for all my algebra students to pass W Patsy Mokry-to get on the good side of the teachers Mr. Darnell-to make this the best year of his life QPIQ-gage, Lgve ya 10132, his desk. Written on it is, Don't be a Janice Kohrs-to do her homework Bake!-ites drifter. everyday at 5:00 'aff,-:safeff,-safe.-fefea,-ff: l While standing outside his office, visi- Earl Dean-not to have more than three I If tors might hearg Splat, I got 'em. That girlfriends at one time ,P PA S makes the third one today. Then his evil Mr. J effrey-to find out what Hthermer- :1 laugh flt isn't reallyl is heard. No, he's strokimortimerv means 1' I1 not hurting anyone. He is just enjoying Mr. Sayers-to drive more carefully :E If his favorite pastime-killing flies! Betsy Burba-to go to only one party 'I 1' a week M 'xf ': :: :'A::: Tx 1 And Down He Fell With a Thudl -lyme Mathews-make better grades 1: ::f:J:: : :::: ::: ::: :I Not too long ago an awfully surprised Fred Sachett-to be kind to other people ' ' 1 1 . 1 The Hltchln, Post 1: Allan Rogers almost scared everyone in E ame Berg to make better grades 1, 1 uwh th -- f th S th t ' algebra class half to death. He was do- . 77 an tirrldlnihz Wssvim me S ing his work for talking-J when his Enferfalns B.J.H. S'l'UdeflfS 'P I - - lf Austin' Tex 1011 L HMA If Stsfn Zglapsgd Hgh? Fnqii Em! Pierre The junior high school students were QL A - i A A l -818323 A A l A A A A A L iheuxe nfl ifufjfsng xt Weaolif S 00 S' entertained on Friday night, December liiig-T 'iliiiiiiif' iii NYUAA-'AAA-AU'A-A-A-L-U-: 10,1954,byaparty sponsored by the f ' ' ' T ' T ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' jf Baker P.T.A. Refreshments were served f, ' d F h d in .the hall. Dancing in the big gym, :I ere 5 999 ea mg 5 ee ..,.- 1, active games in the little gym, table 1: liek 11. I: games in the cafeteria, and a movie in ff b- 3,492 X, :I the auditorium furnished the evening's 'I I '. N v . 4 1, entertainment. Q' Qvtwig 'io 0 In 9 41 - .i..., Y , A , , ,Q ,, x . -- .... :- ,:- ::::::: f- I o ry I -' .M 1 SAVE IN THE 'Aft' ,,,,,prI ' 1 'Hb' :I 'lf' .IW 545 ' -' MUTUAL SAVINGS ., ' :ff with Butter Krust Bread! 'I 1, 1, INSTITUTION

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BAKER ROCKET Page 7 Cage Season Back BOOM-there goes the gun! What do you know? Basketball season is here! The big gym in the afternoons after school echoes with the sounds of a group of boys working pretty hard, practicing making baskets or having a scrimmage game between themselves. Mr. Hickerson is reported to be keeping them pretty busy. Some of those hoping to make the starting line up are: Allan Rogers, Virgil Weiss, Walter Dollar, David Bryant, Ted Snitko, Johnny Williams, Preston Harvey, Jerrel Archie, Dolan Dull, and Clifford Pellar. fl J W 5 :I 1: 1 if sos CONGRESS .I 11 1. Roy George and Wells Hurt 1 Aims High, Baker Leaves Football: Looks To Basketball What were the students and football team of Baker looking for this past football season? The answer was vic- tory . What kept us from winning any victories? There are many possible answers. 1. Was it the school spirit? The spirit gained from the Beat the Eagles Week, showed the team that the students were really behind them, as did the pep gathered from the rallies, the sunrise dance, and the posters. 2. Was it over-confidence? This par- ticular problem did not seem to trouble the Buckaroos. 3. Was it the football team? The team had four lettermen from the '53 sea- son: Charles Dodson, Walter Dollar, Allan Rogers, and Walter Wyman. Ex- perience in playing makes for confi- : S r . S+ +. dence. Credit must go to the whole team I e wee a 'on :1 for making it possible for a player to ,' TEXACO PRODUCTS 1: make a gain. It takes the whole team ' 1 1: 43rd ai Guadalupe ,I from the waterboy to the best player 11A--UA-HUA-U-UA U 11 to win. .glgllli.-,ll',':lLi.i.-,!,':1llY. I Although Baker didn't win any games 1: 11 in football, the boys met lessons in 1 1: teamwork, fellowship, and responsibility. 1: I The team must now set its goal on the 1: 5005 AIFPOH' Boulevard fl city basketball championship .The stu- 11 . 1: dent body has the spirit to back the ll Phone 5570! - Aushn' Texas team. The fighting spirit of Baker Junior E::::::f:::.-::::::.-:E.-.-::.-.-JE High will not die! eff.-- ,,:.-ess.-::,::,:::fs.-:fA-:::::::,::,:::,::::::::::.-.-ia '1 lf FRENCH PLACE FOOD STORE 1: 41 2002 Mmm Road 11 1 'I 1: PHONE 2-6615 1: 1- -,-,sssfsssx,::,,,:::,,, ,:::,- l' -F, sf,-s: A.-ess:f:::,-:::.-::::,-:::::,-fe:f efff -.-.3 ft I1 ir 1: if EL MATAMOROS 1' 1, M '1 1 :g 504 EAST AVE. PHONE 7-7023 1 1 15 7 ' A A ' xx:ff:f:ff::f fx-':sf-ws -'x:f ff: 'rxff' 1 gf SEVEN ELEVEN DAIRY STORES 1: g No. 1 901 Red River . ..........................,................ ,......... 7 -0511 jg , No. 2 1017 Barton Springs Rd. ...... .,...... 7 -0132 1, '1 No. 3 2815 Fruth ....,..............,.,..... .......,.. 7 -032311 1' No. 4 4215 Duval ,..,. o......,........ .......,, 5 3 -9124 ,I nu No. 5 5101 Burnet Rd. ...... ,........ 5 3-9115 1, :I E N No. 6 915 Lamar ..,,......,.. .......... 2 -0486 fl ,Q No. 7 3406 Jefferson ......... ,........ 5 3-91571: 1. A No. 8 1912 S.-Congress .......... ..,.,.,. 7 -0218 11 1 F000 STORES SSI 13 itll il f9ff..?!lf!f..11 'ji111i53Z3l33 :E :I if No. 11 sos Koenig Lane ,........ ..,..... 5 3-913511 If Managers Office, 409 W. 29 ....... ........ 8 -8777 11 L: -A-- : ff: Af:sfffessef.-Eess,-:JL-sf, E --A-- l' Miss Elnora Noack, who teaches girls' P.E., went to The University of Texas, competed in intramurals, and was a member of the Pen Club. She has a Bachelor' of Science degree in Physical Education. Miss Noack enjoys all sports, but her favorites include watching football and playi'ng badminton or basketball. Last year she taught in a junior high school in Houston. Her second year of teaching began here at Baker in Sep- tember. Girls P.E. Soccer Socks 'Emll As I walked into the girls' locker room the other day, these are the sounds that greeted me: Boy, I thought I was a goner when she slid into me right after the second half started! Man, that second half was really rough! What is going on, I wondered. Second halves don't come in baseball anymore than sliding in football! What have these girls been doing? More sounds. I hardly knew 'where the ball was on that roll-in after she and I collided. Ah ha! I can add: sliding equals ten- nis shoes on the playgroundg second half equals half of the gameg double foul equals a roll-ing add them together and what do you get? Soccer. As if one answer equals another prob- lem, these sights greeted me. One beauty presents a bandage on her head, fin soccer you can't use your hands so you use your headlg another has no shoe on her right foot: another sports a black and blue spot on her leg. Ah ha! Another answer. Bandages plus turned ankles plus black and blue spots can equal only one thing. That'S the life of- a soccer player!