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

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Page' 8 BAKER ROCKET Brucie Cavett and Glen Noble, our two eighth grade representatives to Denton, Will leave from Stephen F. Austin High School March 24th. Lucky Girls Plan Trip Soon two F.H.A. girls will leave Baker for a state Future Homemakers of America meeting in Galveston. One girl from the ninth grade, one from the eighth grade, and an alternate will be chosen by the teachers. Last year our representatives to the meeting in Ft. Worth were Laneta Stefka, ninth grade, and Janice Kuhn, eighth grade. Mary Sue Schwartz was the alternate. IMAGINE I I ONLY ONE DOLLAR! For the past four years Baker has had yearbooksg the first two years they were known as The Round-Up, but the last two years have been known as The Rocket. This Year the yearbook will again be called The Rocket, although the theme of the yearbook hasn't been de- cided yet. You can help by furnishing your favorite snapshots of Bakerites for the snapshot section and reserving your book early. The price of the yearbook will, We hope, be one dollar as it was last year. It will be well worth the price since it will have ,single pictures of ninth graders and group pictures of the advisories, clubs, band, pep squad, F.H.A. chapter officers, safety patrol, football squad, track team, basketball team, cheerleaders, student council, journalism class, faculty, and choruses. Get on the band wagon and reserve your yearbook early this year for only one dollar. Former Bakerite Elected Most Beautiful at MHS Sarah Malone, a former Baker stu- dent, was presented as McCallum High School's most beautiful girl, Saturday, February 19, in the high school gym- nasium. A loving cup and a bouquet of MARCH BIRTHDAY CALENDAR . Name March Aleene Jenkins ,,,,,,.,,,,,,,,.,,,,,.,,,,,. , ,,,,, 1 Bobby Boyd, Billy Boyd ,,,,,, ,,,,, 3 Mary Sue Schwartz ,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,, 6 David Bryant ,,,..,,,,,,.,,,,,,, ,..., 9 Dennis Scharfe ,,,,,,, ,,,,, 1 0 Leona Webster ....,.,,,..,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,, 1 1 Richard Wilson .,,,,,,,,,.,,,,,,.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 15 Rita Gail Franks, Jerry Roe, Tony Santos, Larry Stanford ...... 16 Elaine Schmidt ..,.,.,,,..,,,,,,,,,,,,,.,,,,,,,,,,, 17 Beverly Perry, Mary Metz ,,,,,,,,.,.,,, 18 Carol Ann Gibson, Doinan La Velle 19 Helen Brown, Vera Carter ,........... . 21 James Atchison, Benjamin King .... 22 Sue Culp ,,,.,,,,,.,,,,,,,,,,,,,.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 23 Vernon King .,....,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 2 4 Patsy Lyda .....,..,.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,..,.,,,.,, 25 Darlene Daily, Clarence Danheim ,,,, 28 Declamaiion Competitions To Be Held Priscilla Scharfe and Becky Heatherly were chosen out of Miss Cole's ninth grade Speech classes to enter the junior high declamation competition. This com- petition will be held at Allan. The stu- dent Who wins at Allan will compete in the regional meet. The name of Prisci1la's declamation is Silence , and the name of Becky's selection is Unknown . No good man ever grew rich all at T:::::::::::::::::::::::A-A: red carnations were presented to the Once' 'I . 1: blonde senior. On the loving cup WaS f: :::::::::::::::::: :'A fi Ig Nelson Davis 31 Son I inscribed: Mosr BEAUTIFUL, M.H.s., I L, C, White China Co. I u . I I' E+ bI'I,I d I884 'I 1955. Sarah attended Baker for nine I H 'f :I Wil 1 ISI SG years before going to McCallum. Four 4 0 0 0 V E - B - I oesa e racers 1: of the top five contestants for Most DI,merwa,e.pI,nIe,s.FIg,,,I,,e, If ' AUSTIN, TEXAS 'I Beautiful, including Sarah, f o r m e r l y 1, - . 'l Y :,:,,,::-.:,,::-.:,::v -Q went to Baker. They were Judy Lawson, If, l A A- ?ni+s for All Occasions I -,:,,,,,,,,,,,,:::,:,-, 3 Bettye Sue McGee, and Sandra Wade. A l l l v v v ---v v v'-- v Y v W I ROY cox SERVICE I -T-- I 11 r 'I I P H o N E 5 . 9 4 2 I 1: Baker Band Marches Ii 6 0 Ig I 'n ' I 'I YOUR FRIENDLY SINCLAIR DEALER 'I I 'I , -I n Western Parade ' I I 43rd . DUVAL I I ' --,::::::1,::::::::::- AAA, -' On February 28 Austinites kicked off jk-- AAA- If I -,,,,.,,,,,,,,.,,,,,,,,,v , Western Week with a Western Parade. lll:::::::: AAAA A A-AA! 0 In the parade there were five bands to If v vi-I' '--' l II 'i Maylon Food Market i' Supply the music for the Cowboys' An' li Responsible Cleaning Since l9I3 il 1: A 1: derson high and U.J.H. came Western :I +I I 3 8 0 0 L A M A R Ig style, while Baker, Manor, and the Aus- .I KELLY SMITH Cleaners Inc I1 if 'I High Band Wore their regular uniforms. f' ' h 'I P H O N E 5 3 ' I 7 0 I The Baker Band played Military Escort 5ll W- l9'l'l'1 1' -:.-:.-::.-.-:.-.-.- -x xgx- :JP March. ' ,,,,,:,,,,: xxx- ' 1' 53555- 55555555355 A Afj::J:::::::::,-55:55:55 55555355j,':::j,f5::5:5555:: : I I I I E L M M O R 0 S I RAINBOW BEAUTY SHOP IC I ' 4oa Easi- 43rd S+. - Ph. 5-8910 Ig i li I: 504 EAST AVE. PHONE 7-7023 'E A I R C O N D I -I- I O N E D ' 1 , , AA,,, A A ,,,A.,YA-,,Ag -if

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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

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K gave Ht A ll Elitl Me Eyes a , Ears of Baker Vol. VI-Issue VII Baker Junior High April, 1955 Sixth Graders Prepare For Week At Camp Baker's sixth graders are planning their week's study at Friday Mountain Camp between April 18-22. Miss Gough's students are preparing for the trip by studying animal life. They have made their study more interesting by bringing live specimen to the room. Some of the things they have brought are some horned toads, frogs, minnows, cocoons and crawfish. They also have brought skulls of animals. To help them even more with their studies, Mr. Myers of the Texas Game and Fish Commission came out to talk to them about animals. Mrs. Brinkley's group is preparing by fContinued on Page 85 Charlotte Greenlees and Norma Shannon FLASHY FASHIONS FLICK FANCIES--- On the morning of March 17, Morton's Boys Shop, in cooperation with the Baker Student Council, presented the latest in boys' fashions for spring. Clothes were modeled by Billy Linder, Bob Young, Glenn Noble, James McCutcheon, Merle Moden, Jesse Free- man, Craig Hickethier, Dickie Kemp, Charles Brady, Vernon King, Billy Car- ter, Ted Snitko, David Bryant, Freddie Rogers and Virgil Weiss. Stripes and pastels seem, to hold the top spot again fund' this spring, along with the many new flashy colors. The set was made by the following members of the eighth grade art classes: Barbara Hamilton, Lillie Mae Thompson, Houston White, Patsy Wann, Newell King, Bertha Wiederhold and Wilmai Williamson, under the supervision of Miss Gunella Knudson. The background music was bop rec- ords played by Sue King and Leroy Eastburn. The narrator was Sandy Hitchcock and the announcer was Sarah Jane Powell. These were presented by Baker's Mortons' Models on the style show on March 17, 1955 Bakerite Takes First Place In Inter- Scholastic Spelling The Interscholastic League Spelling Contests were held on March 23 at Allan Junior High. First place was awarded to Charlotte Greenlees, a ninth grader at Baker, who competed in the high school class. For the seventh and the eighth grades, Norma Shannon placed third to repre- sent Baker in that district. i1 Friendship Week Begins April 13 Friendship Week will begin on April 18 with a Sunrise Dance where friend- ship books will be sold and signed. Friendship Week is sponsored by the student council. The boys will carry the girls' books on one day of the week, and the girls will carry the boys' books another day. The climax of Friendship Week will be the presentation of the friendliest boy and girl at the Aloha Dance on Fri- day, April 22. Friendship Week is a week devoted to making our school one of the friend- liest schools in' Austin for students and teachers alike. Clean Up, Paint Up, FixUp..., Baker is on a clean-up spree, The results can be plainly seen. The object of this spree, you see, Is to keep our school grounds clean. Now on this spree we splurged a little To buy some big trash cans. As places to deposit all our trash , Can easily sum this plan. A contest has been held, With a committee of five to judge, The rooms are all so spic and span Without the slightest smudge. So follow the rules And clean up well. With all this help Our school will look swell.