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

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Page 6 BAKER ROCKET Santa Was Good To Baker Boys and Girls Santa was quite busy being good to Baker girls and boys this Christmas. Jocelyn Burris got a bright blue bath- robe, while Mary Lynn Metz got a blue formal. Priscilla Scharfe got six tubes of lipstick and Barbara Rush got six pairs of earrings. Santa must like bright colors because he brought Dora Flores a bright maroon dress and Lillian Kunkel a pair of flaming red pajamas. Marilyn HenderL son will not have a dull moment with her new leather hand kit. Santa left some pretty unusual gifts this year. Judy Berry fand familyj got an aqua and white 55 Ford. Cherry Strong got a transoceantic radio while Lynell Stanford got two bottles of Mavis Dierborn perfume shaped as a king and queen's heads. Charlotte Greenlees got two real pretty rickrack hair clips. Last but not least Lillie Mae Clopton got a new baby nephew. JANUARY BIRTHDAY CALENDAR Name January Tommy Alexander, Donnie Tew ...... 3 Peggy I-Iuls .........,.................,.............. 4 Edna Walenta, Venita Sue Gaddy .... 9 Barbara' Meador ................................ 10 Hazel Richardson' .................... ........ 1 1 Joyce Henderson ................................ 12 Sue Mabry, Martha Taylor ............ 14 Gene Moore .....................................,.. 17 'Gerald Schroeder, Joyce Herrin ........ 19 Alice Marie McClish, Jimmy Baker, Lillian- Kunkel ......,......,.. 21 Johnny Miller ........................,............. 23 Johnny Robinson, Betty Lawhon.. 24 Betty Snowden ............,........,.............. 25 Craig Hic-kethier .,....................,.......c, 28 Avis McFarland .................,...,............ 30 .l- M ixed-Up Students The last day of school before we got out for the Christmas holidays, Mrs. Hart's ninth grade Social Studies Classes had to unscramble words of famous men. Mrs. Hart explained it carefully, but there were a few stu- dents who did not catch on and' spent half of the period looking for the first word which was mohast reom-Thomas More. It was a good thing Mrs. Hart didn't take the grades. It goes to show that you have to listen to the teacher or they can get you mixed up terribly. ,.,l1..1i11- Science Classes Sfudy Sound The ninth grade Science Classes are now beginning to study sound. They have just finished studying heat and energy. Miss Moore has explained the parts of the ear. They will continue studying sound for six weeks. Santa seems to have been pretty nice to Baker boys, too. For instance, Jimmy Finger said he got his fourth Cadillac. Charles Dodson Cadillac, too. Mr. Atlanta, Georgia, with family. Mr. room and dining also said he got a Darnell took a trip to to spend the holidays Childers got a living room rug. Earl Dean got S15 Qlucky boyj. Have you seen those fancy pink bow ties Mr. Cowan got? Mr. Jeffrey said he got a three hump camel. Jimmy Davis got a pool table. Jimmy Carter got a burr haircut. Jesse Freeman got a belt from Allan Rogers. Santa sure was good to these boys but some of this sure sounds fishy. i..l...l - School Pictures Come Back They're good! Oh I think they're terrible! But they look just like you! Oh go on! Conversations like this could be heard all over the building on December 9. That was the day the school pictures were returned. The whole package of 24 pictures cost 51.005 6 wallet prints were 50cg and 12 wallet prints were 75c. ROCKET RECEIVES NAME In the year 1949, Baker's paper needed a name. The pupils of Baker were then requested to put a name into the press box. The Journalism class was to choose a name for the paper from the sug- gestions. From the suggestions put in the press box, the present name of the paper, THE BAKER ROCKET was chosen. This year is the seventh year this name has been in use. George Lets Us In 011 His Secrets George is a common name, but this is a special person. Let him give you some hints about himself. I was at Valley Forge and was also the first president of the United States. I'm sure you know by now who I am 3 I'm George Washington and I would like to tell you about money, on which my picture appears. You can use money for many things but I hear at Baker that there is 433 accounts in Mutual Savings. Out of this number of accounts 285 are regular bankers. I also know that Nina Jane Austin has the largest account in the school. Saving your money is a good thing to do with it. Have you tried it ? PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS I I I KQV, Q 1, Q .- g :g li sos CONGRESS if 5f::::'Ax:'E'ix'A::::'E'EEx:xi l O l O O P il Austin Building Materlals 12 If 4l25 Guadalupe' ,E 4 4, It Ph. 5-8768 Austin 5. 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BAKERHROCKET Page 5 Seventh grade oors, wRoNe ONE!! Scramble . . . How well do you know your friends' names? This is a good time to see. Test yourself-5 names-poorg 10-fairg 18-goody 22-excellent. 1. enknteh bslaer 2. rjrye rkbea 3. lhesiyr bapemlcl 4. nege iadvs 5. dryju wesdrda 6. lcrlear mrefra 7. ylibl nrege 8. uomernt wteith 9. ulo nan naimn 10. jeo enjnsnig 11. hnjo zeynhatk 12. psjeho laslign 13. leois rmtani sloi tunare 14. 15. ieomin lerfsr 16. ymra eveplse 17. ulpa asremy epulani zarasla 18. 19. ynben nmtuhra 20. miase aenutnlie 21. ndea aetwlna 22. adsrna oyoh Answers on Page 3 -.-i Mr. Pine Makes Resolution On the first day after the Christmas vacation, Mr. Pines-walked into his Alge- bra class and said something like this. I've made my resolution for this year. I'm going to teach this algebra class some algebra or else! In view of all these hard heads , this may be a real challenge. IN THE DECEMBER ISSUE THERE WEREN'T ANY CORRECT ANSWERS TO THE HANDS WHICH BELONGED TO J O H N N Y WIL- LIAMS, B I L L FOELSING, AND IMOGENE KING. F .H.A. Sweetheart To Be Chosen There's going to be a very happy girl at Baker the night of February 11. Why just one? Lots -of girls will be happy, but this one will be especially happy. She will be the official sweet- heart of the Baker School F.H.A. Out of a group of twenty nominees and ten top nominees she will be the one. Five girls are nominated in each homemaking class, and the top ten are chosen from these twenty. Only members of the F.H.A. are allowed to vote for the Sweetheart. The girls will be escorted by their fathers. The decorations will be in the F.H.A. colors, red and white. The best of luck is wished to all who are nominated for F.H.A. Sweetheart. The Swenson's CLorene and Florene! of the eighth grade. The Boyds CBilly and Bobbyl of the ninth grade, and the Rogers CFreida and Freddieb of the seventh grade are representatives of the sets of twins in Junior High. I did not! You did so! I did not! I know you did! That was our seventh grade twins arguing with each other. They are Frieda and Freddie Rogers. The twins have dark brown hair along with blue green eyes. Frieda is 5' and Freddie is 4'11 tall. Their birthday Hi, Bobby! I'm not Bobbyg I'm Billy! Bobby and Billy Boyd are ninth grade tvsdns that are often mistaken for each other. Although Bobby is 5 minutes older, his 5'3 are topped by Billys 5'49Q . Their hobbies are girls and working on their motorcycle. They have dark brown hair and hazel eyes. is June 28, and they are 12 years old. jfvw 'M Tl Frieda is 31 minutes older than Freddie. 1+ ROY GSOTQS and Wells Hurt They both love meat loaf and like sports. if Service S1-ai-ion :I If you haven't met them yet you should 1' ' make a date to see them. TEXACO PRODUCTS 'I . - 1+ 43rd at Guadalupe 1, I want to wear the blue skirt. No, :iiiiii'iiii'iiiii:: 4 I want to wear the red one, is a usual f :I problem for the eighth grade twins, 4: If Lorene and Florene Swenson. Lorene is likely to win the fight since she was I E ,. 1, born two hours before Florene on Nov- u if ember 7 in Brackenridge Hospital. The girls are fourteen years old and are fg:::::v,::: ::::::::::: :::Q often mistaken by friends because they .,,,,,,:,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,: look so much alike. They have a few dif- T' if ferences though. Lorene's favorite pas- ': Joe Cocklell Co' 1: time is music and Florene's is doing most lv Pflhfing'-OIHCB Supplies 'I anything. They have been at Baker two 1: 'Mb Lavaca Sheei. ' yearsg Florene has come to li-ke Mrs. 1: Walden a lot while Lorene's favorite is xv P H O N E 7 - 4 4 5 7 4' Mr. Long. L- -see.-.-:effeeeeffe.-.e::::- J. ?':.e::::::A-eeeefv-eff,-::::,:::- :::::::::.-::,:,-fee: - I 1, 1, HYDE PARK PH R ,I A MACY 1, 1: SCHOOL SUPPLIES :I ji Let Us Fill Your Prescription Iv :I 4017 GUADALUPE PHONE 5-7511 if L::::::3::::::::- A-A-A 53:5 -AA'A 'A'A ffv- -3.'5.'5fJIv'5J.'l Tee: - - ::::: -:::::e:::::::::e:::,,::::.-:fees 1: Sl EL MATAMOROS ff I 1, 1, 1' :g 504 :Asr Ava. PI-rows 1-voza If lr

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BAKER ROCKET Page 7 J. BOY'S P.E. NEWS It looks as though Coach Hickerson is keeping his boys right with the seasons, as past is the gridiron season, present is the cage seasong and all three grades, seventh, eighth, and ninth, are playing basketball. The seventh grade started out by learning the fundamentals and skills, such as passing, shooting, and guarding. The eighth grade reviewed first, prac- ticed some, and began playing. The ninth grade brushed up a few memories and began playing. All classes have now begun inter-class competition. Next the boys will link seasons to- gether with three wee-ks of soccer and begin another season of track. i::: :::::::: : : : : :::::::: -A-:-3 fl Community Beauty Salon Il Mas. MAE CASSEL, owner and Manager 1: If Bu. Ph. z-ms - Home Ph. s-2034 1: It 22:1 E. AVENUE ft '+ ,xg::::,:x,:,::,:,:,,. -if 25 DERDEN'S PET sHoP 5: gf 5237 N. LAMAR :I il Everything for the Pets IL jr Phone 53-9015 :E 4. --A -AAA YA A--- - -4 Cagers for Baker Jr. High this year are: top row l-to-r: Johnny Williams, Walter Dollar, Allan Rogers, Clifford Pellar, Dolan Dull, Coach Hickersong bottom row l-to-r: Preston H a r v e y, Jerrel Archie, Ted Snitko, Virgil Weiss, David Bryant, Glen Noble. McCallum Eeks Out Win Over Baker A well improved Baker team staged its home debut against McCallum on January 11, 1955. Although McCallum squeezed out 2 points ahead at the final whistle, the Baker team looked entirely different than in their previous game against Allan. The game was evenly matched, the Scotties sitting one point on top at the first quarter mark, 19-18, the Buckaroos on top 20-19 at the half. The second half McCallum squad played an entirely different game. The shooting was from the outside and con- sequently one or two long buckets were sunk. But in the last quarter the Scotties did little or no shooting. Protecting a two point lead, they froze the ball every time they got their hands on it. Several times Baker broke it up and gained pos- session of the ball, but each time failed to score the needed 2 points to tie the score and possibly win. High point man for the Buckaroos was Walter Dollar with 14 points. The final score was 25 to 23 in favor of McCallum. Bulldogs Blast Bucks ln Opener On January 6, 1955, the Baker Buck- aroos opened another season of basket- ball on the Allan Bulldogs' home court. The Bulldogs came out on top of a one- sided score, 33-12. Allan led all the way, the Bucks' strengthening a little in the second quarter. Baker tried 24 field goals, making 2, and 8 points were chalked up at the ,charity line. High scorer for the Bucks was Walter Dollar with seven points. Scholarships Won By Students On December 22, 1954, Crenshaw's Athletic Club sponsored their second an- nual city-wide tumbling contest. This contest is open to boys and girls, aged 9 to 14, and is to discover new athletic ability. The winner receives a scholar- ship of one year's free training in tumbling, diving, trampoline, and danc- ing. About 17 students from several schools attended. The stunts were rated by points. There were stunts on the trampo- line, tumbling, dancing tbalancel, jump- ing, and running. It looks as though Baker held the reins, as Barbara Williamson and Brucie Cavett attended from Baker and won first and second places respectively. Bar- bara won with a total of 20355 pointsg Brucie, 201 points. Stunts included in the contest were: Kon the trampolinej seat drops, forward and backward flipsg fin the belt and on the matsj forward and backward rolls. Pictured below, Barbara Willamson and Brucie Cavett, winners of competition at Cre'nshaw's. EE ROY COX SERWCE :E KING BEE HAMBURGERS Q: P H O N E 5 ' 9 4 2 ' 472: AIRPORT BLVD. 1: YOUR FRIENDLY SINCLAIR DEALER H O N E 4 3: 43rd . DUVAL 5- P ----- 592 ' Ig s1x'rH AT co1.onADo WALTER A. TEW :E . I E U evm AT Norm-I LAMAR 5: Phone 5- I 762 'r ' an as Wana' I3 ,i :g 5 - 3 3 5 l 5- Electrical Con+rac+or