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

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Page 6 BAKER ROCKET Rocl ear's yearbook. They are front row-L. tfo R. Mauritz Soderlund, 'Bobby Boyd, Virgil Weiss, and Bob Young. Back row L. to R. Joyce Shannon, Sandy Hitchcock, Don Tew, Janice Kuhn, and Beulah Fritsche. The staff -are Aas, busy as .bees and heed you to help them make the yearbook a greater success. CLUB C!-JATTER In F-7 the Chess Club is in the middle of their highly competitive Spring Tournament. Oh yes, the club sought and found someone to have an inter- school chess contest with. U.J.H. is to be their opponent! On the afternoon of March 2 the Chess Club of Baker went to U.J.H. to play against the newly or- ganized club at U.J.H., in hopes of creating interest in the club at U.J.H. Baker's experience enabled them to win 7 of the 8 matches played. , Back stage Miss Cole has the Dramat- ics Club members' noses to the grind- stone working on the contest play, The Heritage of Wimpole Street, to be given on March 25 at U.J.H. In case you haven't heard, the contest play concerns Elizabeth Barrett Browning, a famous English poet who wrote such well known WATCH OUT, COWBOYS! Baker Went West A common expression was carried out by Bakeriteg March 4, 1955- Let's Go Western . The Student Council voted to have an official western day. Girls were dressed in brightly colored shirts, blue jeans or skirts, and scarfs, The boys wore colorful shirts and jeans. Even some of the teachers came western. . . ..,- . A..-is . , . 595' i 7 . g .-53-gzyg 5 aff' . if jiixg 5 -1 fe e n? HBE ,, Charlotte Greenlees shows how to get snapshots of your friends and yourself in the yearbook. The little green box that she is placing the picture in is the Press Box, which is set out in front of the office. If you have a picture, please put it in the Press Box as soon as pos- sible. Be sure to order your yearbook. ROCKET ANNOUNCES YEARBOOK STAFF Baker journalists were in for a sur- prise as they found out who would be on the yearbook staff. This staff was named by their sponsor, Mrs. Letha Conradt, on March 3, 1955. The staff hopes to make the yearbook the most successful Baker has had. Overseeing the Whole matter as editor is Virgil Weiss. Helping him will be Class Picture Edi- tor-Bobby Boyd, Group Picture Editor -Joyce Shannon, Art Editor-Janice Kuhn, Snapshot Editor-Bob Young, Ad- vertising Manager-Don Tew, 'Sales Manager-Sandy Hitchcock, and Busi- ness Managers-Mauritz Soderlund and Beulah Fritsche. If you have any sug- gestions for the yearbook, please let your editor or one of his helpers know. BAND COUNTS 370 LISTINGS AND I40 CALENDARS 9, 4, 3, 7, 6, . . . That makes 199 listings. How many calendars were sold? l, 3, 14, 21 . . . That's not so good, let's go push this thing, said Mr. Fred L. Long about the Band Birthday Calen- dar. The band has' taken in S233.00. This doesn't mean the band has profited by that much, as expenses are yet to be sub- tracted. If feffeeeeeexeefeff fee: TT ff E 1: Cl H EE FUNERAL HUMEO :E 1, 4, 51 A,,, 9 15555 9ffLEFY'PF .....r ii :E EE I, . O - 1, 15 gf If my Q I: 805 CONGRESS 1 poems as: The Cry of Childrenf' S0n- Jr' ' ' ' ' ' ' b nets from the Portuguese , and Casa 8 I S Gunn Windows. . own Aa 1 The Officials' Club is truly 3 bunch of gf 4 4' owed F' industrious girls, who want to learn :. Flowers f0'r' all Occasions :T . . . A . A , I BOW ee Offlclat? d1ffe1eHe-nlnde of Spofis fl Telephone 53-2387 Austin, Texas 430I Avenue A 1' in hopes of being better able to P21I't1C1' ,fA A A A A AA A A A A AA A A A A A A A A A AAA Af Pete in SPONS themselves- At the nnnnent 1 v ff.'.'.'.'.'.'.1'fiiiiiiiiEEEEEEEESifiiiiifiiTfff.'f.'.'.'.'.'.'.f the girls are majoring in basketball of- :L ' ' -v ' 'ELEVEN' mg ficiation. 1' 1' This is the latest club chatter from I: the clubs of Baker Junior High. So :T go' 5 ?gi7RI?Srgi:1Vgr ' t'e ' 101189 be Speaking at 'Yen' in the nent 'f Ngf 3 2815 Frurh ...... ........ ff' QETTCO7-0323 ll - l 4 ISSUE. ' NO. 4 4215 Duval . . . 53-9124 ,' .xxx,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,...,..,, 11 ,,,, No. 5 5101 Burnet Rd. ..... . . 53-9115 12 1: EL go. 6 915 Langr . .,,.. .,..... 2 -0486 jf , 0. 7 3 06 e erson ., .. ,,..,,, 53-9157 f 31 A No. 8 1912 i'Congress ...... .... 7-0218 31 4121 AIRPORT BLVD- :E FOOD eww 53: Ig 1251 E.?ff ff..?'Yf'i..iiee .iig...53I353S :E P H O N E 5 9 2 4 I In il' No. 11 808 Koenig Lane .,,,.... 1 ..,. 53-9135 3, -'-'T---' nf Managers Office, 409 W. 29 ...,......,......,...,, ,... . .. . . ,..,.,, 8-8777 1: A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A AA '+A A A A A A A A A A A AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQ

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BAKER ROCKET 1' . The Joe Cockrell Co. Printing-Office Supplies l6l6 Lavaca Street P H O N E 7 -446 7 DERDEN'S PET SHOP 5237 N. LAMAR Everything for the Pets Phone 53-90l5 Roy George and Wells Hurt Service Station TEXACO PRODUCTS 43rcl' at Guadalupe Community Beauty Salon MRS. MAE CASSEL, Owner and Manager Bus. Ph. 2-7348 - Home Ph. 8-2034 22I7 E. AVENUE The Hitchin' Post Where the cuisine of the South meets that of the West Austin, Texas 1011 Lamar Blvdt PHONE 8-8827 Cuneo's Quality Baking Co. Founded 1925 by Mr. and Mrs. V. A. Cuneo 4225 GUADALUPE PHONE 53-3425 l GET YOUR NAME IN THE PAPER! GUESS WHO THEY ARE AND PUT ANSWERS IN PRESS BOX WITH YOUR NAME. '54 BIOGRAPHY HAS ARRIVED! I Hey, kids, listen to this! The 1954 Current Biography, with portraits and informal life stories of 345 celebrities who hit the headlines in 1954, has just been added to the reference collection of the Baker Library. Nikita S. Khruschev, perhaps the strongest bidder for Stalin's political legacy, General William F. Dean, most famous war prisonerg Pierre Mendes France, the almost strong man of Franceg Attorney General Herbert Brownell, Jr., Exposer of Communist in- filtrationg and Viacheslav Molotov, most persistent Survivor of purges, are among the famous public figures included in the 1954 Current Biography Yearbook. ' If you are a movie fan, you will be de- lighted with the straight-from-the shoulder-biographies of stars like Leslie Caron, Montgomery Clift, Cyd Charisse, Doris Day, and Oscar Winners Audrey Hepburn, and William Holden. Sport fans will find new statistics for their next bull session in the life stories of Ralph Kiner, Al Rosen, Wal- ter Alston, and others. In addition, those who followed the ascent of Mount Everest will want to read the fascinating stories of Sir Ed- mund Hillary, Sir John Hunt, and their Nepalese guide, Tenzing Norkey. Current Biography has the story of 1954's most successful men and women. They come from every field of busi- ness, science, and the arts, represent- ing a total of 34 occupations. Page 5 I LOVE LUCY RATED TOP TV PROGRAM The results to a recent survey of the favorite T.V. programs of Bakerites showed: Judy Berry-'tLone Wolf, because it re- minds me of Mr, Pine. Richard Flores- Jackie Gleason, be- cause he is funny like me. Lillian Kunkel- Lux Video Theatre. good storiesn. Janice Kohrs- I Love Lucy, because she is always getting into some kind of mess. Mary Metz- I Love Lucy, because it is so funny. Jesse Freeman- Lone Wolfg I like the background music? Mr. Jeffrey- Life With Father, I find it very interesting and very true to life. Terry Spencer- Dragnet, because I like Jack Webb and I like the mysterious. Nita B a r r i n g t o n- Bob Cumming's Show: It's funny. Billy Boyd-'tDragnet, because it is so good. Lynette Durbin-t'ClimaX, I like the endings. Mrs. Hart- Philco Playhouseg You can depend on it to be good each week. Patsy Martinez- I Love Lucyg I think it is real funny. Beverly Daum- I Love Lucy, because it is so funny. Toni Conditt- Father Knows Best: I like Bud. Linda Pate- Climaxg I like the dramatic storiesf' Tom Sherrill- Jackie Gleason, he is a good comedian. ' , Ted Snitko- Dragnet, true stories. Betty Snowden- Lux Video Theatre, because I like the stories. .-- Roger Campbell-f'Liberace, because he has a flat topf' Nelma Fennimore- I Love Lucy. be- cause it is so funny. Venita Sue Gaddy- Saturday Night Theatre, because I like shows. Hugo Raven- Dragnet, it's exciting. Mr. Cowan- Groucho Marxg I like Groucho's quick wit. David Bryant-'ilackie Gleasong I like Art Carney. Martha Talley- I Love Lucy, because it is so funny. I Love Lucy was rated number one among Bakerites because of its humor. Dragnet was rated second. HYDE PARK l 4017 GUADALUPE u5LuXri'i212Lc'v'm SCHOOL SUPPLIES Let Us Fill Your Prescription PHONE 5-7511

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BAKER ROCKET Page 7 . SPORTS SPOTLIGHT FOCUSES R DAVID BRYANT AND' VIRGIL WEISS This month, The Baker Rocket has turned a spotlight on two boys who have contributed much to the sports' world at Baker: Virgil Weiss and David Bryant. David, in his second year here at Baker is very much interested in sports. His favorites are track and baseball. Having earned two letters here, he is aiming at a third with the track season which is underway. Not far away, next September, in fact, David will begin to enter into harder competition classed as .senior high school. McCallum will become the Alma Mater and basketball and track success is his aim. Higher aims are attending AXLM Col- lege and earning a degree for which his study will emphasize conservation. Virgil, the Jack of All Sports, has r shown his ability to the people of Baker and aims to keep trying when next year he begins high school at Stephen F. Austin High. With three letters earned already, Virgil, too, will be aiming for another when he enters high jumping at the Aus- tin Junior High School Track Meet in March. The three letters he has were earned beginning with the 1953 Track Season when Virgil placed 4th in the high- jump and 4th in the relay. No. 2 was earned this year when the pigskin be- came the most obvious object in a rough-and-ready-game known as football. The 3rd letter was earned rather re- cently in the season just now disappear- ing, when Weiss and Bryant teamed up to guard for the Buckaroo basketball team. Both boys have wonderful ability in Bakerite Member ot University ot Texas String Proiect The fellow who is frequently seen carrying a violin case around Baker is Benny Thurman. He is a member of the Baker Orchestra, which is under the di- rection of Mr. Sayers. Benny also is a member of the Uni- versity String Projectg his director is Mrs. Lovell. Benny has been in the String Project for about two years. He attends practice every Tuesday and Friday. In practice sessions the students learn how to tune their violins and read music. Football Prospects Work at lVI.I-LS., A.H.S. Baker has contributed its quota of hopefuls to senior high football drills. Charles Dodson, Ted Snitko, Walter Wyman, Bob Young, Billy Linder, Del Martinez, Walter Dollar and Virgil Weiss are some of the McCallum and Austin High prospects for next year's football teams. They started Spring training February 12 and brought it to a close around March 4. Coach Hickerson picked the 'boys because he thought they were Baker's best prospects who will be go- ing to the high schools next year. Pleased To Meat You Lunch Wagon Man: I have stewed kidneys, boiled tongue, fried liver, and pigs' feet. Customer: Don't tell me your troubles, mister. Just give me a cheese sandwich. lnY--'Y--I-'vw'-'nn-W-YMlil spot-and seem to owealot to Coach E:-vvvvv'Huw'nvv:-!:::::-:li it S 1' Hiclvcesrson under whom they have trained li 50 to 1: in li d . 4, 1, -5 5005AiipQf+Bouiwfd ie 221'zisoissfxifagfeuiszieCzisra ag STORE ,i ii Phone 5-570l Austin, Texas tjllvilgi talrielicegeqcllyus a lot. We were at 4 I 0 1 G U A D A L U P E 1 -::::::::: :::--:::::'l ' A:::::::::::::::::::::::: P 1: :-A-Tv-:WA::::::::-'AI-::: Rule Baker! ti :::::::::::::.:::::::::::- if I: Kings rule Baker! says the evi- ii H-E-B- ' 'i d nce. They do, but in a different way i' ,: Ei Shoes' Bags' and Hose tlian it sounds! The most common name NO' 7 .L 7 0 6 C O N G R E S S fi is King, for six people having this In i 1, 1, lastname. 1: 390l GUADALUPE :E 1 'ffor x:x'o: :: i SECOND-DAVIS, MOORE-c5 wha iioiiiiifoiiiiiiiiiiiiiiixf 1, xx' T THIRD-BROWN, JONES-K4 eachp 5' ' ' ' , 1 11 11 FOURTH-HERRING, B A K E R, AN- il Kirschner Cafe . ' DERSON H E N D E R S O N MAR- I' ii 1, 4, 7 7 I, I 5, C m yments of . TINEZ, ROGERS, THOMPSON, WU, gi i .5 O p 1 I1 LIAMS, AND W I L L 1 A M s o N. qs fi 5437 BURNET ROAD if ,E -:eEi1lJ:::::::::::::::::-A :: Lunches - Steaks - Fried Chicken if if Home-Made Pies 41 il 'i I 1' 11 ICE CREAM , 3: WA'-TER A-A TEW 15 we PREPARE Foon Ig 12 if Phone 5-l762 .1 TO TAKE HOME 11 yi :E Electrical Contractor 1: P H 0 N E 5 3 - 5 0 1 0 if 'V 'n A--fAA--AAAAA-A.A-- AAAA A ii -AAA--------A A - A AAAAAA A il