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

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BAKER ROCKET Page 5 People who participated in the Declamation are pictured L. to R. Front row, Brucie Cavett, Charlotte Griffith, Emily Ann Ford. Back row, Frieda Robers, Bill Preece, Priscilla Scharfe, Freddie Rogers, Becky Hatherly. Guess WIIO? Do you know a boy who fits this description-brown hair, flat top, brown eyes, 5 ft. 6 in., 141 pounds? If you haven't guessed, here are a few more clues to help clear his identity. He'd choose to have a big piece of steak sitting before him and likes the color blue. He is going steady with a cute little brown- eyed girl.. He has gone to Baker for one or two years and selects Mrs. Hart and Mr. Pine his favorite teachers. Please sign your guess and put it in the press box. ll r 25 ROY cox SERVICE QQ QC PHONE 5-9421 QI :E YOUR FRIENDLY SINCLAIR DEALER 3: 43rd - DUVAL 5: gf L. C. White China Co. 55 fr 4ooo AVE. B. Qt 1: Dinnerware-Planters-Figurines :V I: Gifts for All Occasions :E l 1'.::::::-.:v.::::::::: 5 +L Ax:xxx: 'i 'i 'Tx T 1: Nelson Davis 81 Son :I 1: Esfablished I884 13 :E Wholesale Grocers ll Ig AUSTIN, TEXAS 'L 5J:x::::::::'i::::::::::::l l if RAlN8ow BEAUTY sHoP Q: 408 East 43rd S+. - Ph. 5-89l0 1: 1, 4 1, AIR CONDITIONED If r I, l 5 I FOODS AND FASHIONS RATE TOP LOOK It looks like the winter clothes have been put back in the old trunk with lots of darling spring-like skirts and blouses taking their places. Flowers, spring plaids and just oodles of other prints for skirts along with pretty blouses from helio to avocado in color have blossomed out everywhere. Gobs of full frilly petticoats are still the rage with all the girls. Flats, too, have started to take the place of loafers and socks. With all the light, bright, beautiful colors in shoes and other ac- cessories as well as clothes, it's just im- possible to be dull. The girls have discovered a gold bobbi- pin that is just a little larger than usual, it has proved to be a favorite of quite a few. Short hair still seems to be the leading hair style. The gals aren't the only one with cute clothes! The fellows are running a close race with their blue, black, pink, brown, and green denim slacks and shirts. Helio fa lavender colorl is becoming a favorite of the guys along with the still popular pink and black. On the soles of their catty shoes are huge horseshoe taps, a very essential part of their daily attire, it seems. Dora Flores, Mike McCutcheon, and Gladys Cox are the correct answers to the mystery picture. Those who guessed correctly were: Birdie Burns, Clysta Stone, Margaret A. James, Barbara Rush, Bonnie Hansen, Lucy Ann Schreiber, Lillie Mae Clopton, June Hill, M a ry Metz, J a m e s McCutcheon, Marilyn Henderson, Billy Boyd, Joan Keeling, Carolyn Cantwell, Nelma Fennimore, and Gerene Martin. 'I - - jevevfllgflfllflflll ' ' ' ' W ,.,.,..,.,:.-,-::,:.-.-:eesex.-ef-1, 'l SECOND AT LAVACA J It mmmeswosmvvol' 3 SIXTH AT COLORADO .i I1 I E U 67TH AT NORTH LAMAR 3: 6 - 3 305 l ll 1, i A i::::::::::::::::::::::::: - -::::::-::::::::::: ll A recent survey shows the average weight and height of Baker students is as follows: Seventh grade pounds-height, 5 ft. 1 in. boy: weight, 101 girl: weight, 100 Seventh grade ' pounds-height, 5 ft. 1 in. Eighth grade girl: weight, 103 pounds -height, 5 ft. Eighth grade boy: weight, 104 pounds -height, 5 ft. 3 in. Ninth grade girl: weight, 101 pounds -height, 5 ft. 2 in. Ninth grade boy: weight, 121 pounds -height, 5 ft. 5 in. Spring has sprung and with it comes spring fever, new fashions, and thoughts of love. Student admitted free when accompanied by One paid admission and this ad. Every Wednesday Night, Baker Junior High Night! Special Rafes for School Parties Capital Roll Arena ln North Austin

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Page 4 BAKER ROCKET First Impressions Are Important Have you ever noticed two dogs get- ting acquainted. It's either a snarl or a fight or a friendly whine and they're off romping and playing together as if they had known each other all their lives. All animals are the same in getting acquainted. Their first impression is the deciding factor. Even the timid rabbit will sometimes attack another that he doesn't like. Man is not unlike an animal in the fact that he has an instinct deep inside of him that tells him whether he likes a person or not. Even though neatness and personal appearance have a lot to do with a first impression, there is one other item of great importance. That is your attitude and the way you accept a new acquaintance. The next time you are introduced to someone new your attitude may win or lose friendship! Reserve Your Space Who said that our halls are crowded? Don't let them fool you, kids! That's an understatement! Everyone in school should know that by now. If you don't, wake up to the facts. It's more or less like Grand Central Station on a national holiday than school. However, there are a few things we con do to help the situation. Remember that the halls are crowed and everyone has to get to class in one piece. Take it easyg you have plenty ofltime to get where you're going without knocking everyone down. If a poor soul puts his foot outside the classroom door, it is Can You Pay? FRIENDSHIPS ARE EXPENSIVE Did you speak to that girl back there? You didn't? Why didn't you? The way to have friends is to be a friend. A friendship can do more for most people than the finest and richest gifts in the world. A friendship holds dear the warmth of love and security, for with- out a friend there is a lost feeling of being unwanted. - As a friend one must be willing to give and share, accept the differences between himself and friends, and offer the love and help his friend needs. Rambler said, There can be no friend- ship without confidence and no con- fidence without integrity. If we have no friends it is our fault, no one else's.. H Friendship is an education. It draws the friend out of himself and all that is selfish and ignoble in him and leads him to life's higher levels of altrui.sm and sacrifce. Many a man has been saved from a life of frivolity and empti- ness to a career of noble service by find- ing at a critical hour the right kind of friend. -Unknown Writer The Baker Rocket Staff Co Editor-in-chief ,.,,,t, Dee Dee Williams and Mary Sue Schwartz News Editor .....,.......,,......... Peggy Moore Customs, Stories And Symbols Accompany Easter Many Easter customs are quaint and full of meaning. Just as the earth is dressed in a new cloak of greenery, peo- ple too are expected to wear bright new clothes. Wonderful customs and stories complete the enchantment of the season. Older than Christianity is the Greek story of the earth's awakening-the myth of Demeter and Persephone. Eggs were considered pious gifts because they were emblems of the resurrection. Long ago a noblewoman dyed the first Easter eggs. Children finding them in the woods, believed they were left by a rabbit they had seen run by. Another symbol of Easter is the cross present to remind us of the day's reli- gious meaning. The white lilies decorate every church altar as a symbol of purity and light. In many of our churches Easter is pre- ceded by a season of prayers and fasting called Lent which is observed in memory of the forty days Christ spent in the desert. U ' 1 41 'b 'r lb 1 I 1: ' 41 IEXAS 'r 'P 1 4 ig STATE BANK if gf 1904 GUADALUPE .g immediately stomped by heavy shoes. , , Whose Shoe-S? Think a minute . . . 1:hat'S Feature Edltor Charlotte Curmer AuStin'S only convenient . . . . ., , right, yours. D0n,t forget, because next Club and Social Editor .... 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Page 6 BAKER ROCKET A Bakerite wins honors as Glenda Rutledge gets honorable mention, Betsy Burba re- ceives both honorable mentio'n and was one of three placed on the All Star Cast, Donnie Tew, Emily Ann Ford, and Craig Hickethier receives honorable mention. These are the actors and Actress who put on the contest play and are pictured above L. to R. Footlight Players To Hold Dinner Soon The yearly Footlight Players' dinner is being discussed and planned by the Footlight Players. The dinner Will be held during the last of April. The din- ner was held at the Hitching Post last year. WHY HAVE HOMEWORK?? The question has been passed down from generation to generation: Why should We have homework ? Mrs. Hart, 9th grade Social Studies teacher at Baker, gives a few reasons Why she thinks homework is important. She says, The school day is not long enough for a student to gain all the knowledge required.. Homework acts as a check on class teaching and discussion. A student learns to 'figure' things out for himself. Best creative work is done where there is no bell to disturb thoughts. More time is needed for drill. Better Late Than Never SEAMSTERS About March lst two seamsters ap- peared in Mrs. Hart's advisory. They had the tedious job of sewing a button on. Jesse Freeman operated the needle expertly on Richard Flores' shirt. It may be a shock to some of you girls, but some boys can sew. H.E.B. FOOD STORE NO.7 3901 GUADALUPE BAKER TAKES HONORS IN SPEECH CONTEST Baker contestants went to Allan Junior High on March 22 for the Junior High School Declamation Contest. Becky Hath- erly took second place in senior decla- mation while Priscilla Scharfe, who was entered in the ninth grade girls' division, was awarded first place for her recita- tion of Silence , Bill Preece who was en- tered in the eighth grade division, won second place, while Freddie Rogers took second place in the seventh grade boys' division. The Baker dramatics department gave the play Heritage of Wimpole Street at the Interscholastic Dramatics Con- test March 25. The Baker play competed against plays from four other Austin Junior Highs. F .H .A. Girls Attend San Marcos Meeting Twenty-two girls representing Baker attended an F.H.A. district meeting in San Marcos, March 26. Those attending were: Mary Sue Schwartz, Janice Kuhn, Dee Dee Williams, Charlotte Currier, Claryce Smith, Linda Pate, Charlotte Griffith, Betty Kruger, Barbara Hornsby, Peggy Hulls, Gail Reed, Margie McIn- tyre, Lynnell Stanford, Doinan Lavell, Mary Lackey, Vera Carter, Lucille Prado, Lucy Ann Schreiber, Miss Simmons, Betty Snowden, Patsy Martinez, and Pat Foreman. Furnishing transportation for the trip were Mrs. Harville, Mr. Pate, Mrs. Griffith, Mrs. Williams, Mrs. Schreiber, and Mrs. Kuhn. Dee Dee Williams and Vera Carter with Mrs. Harville will represent Baker at the F..H.A. state meeting in Galves- ton, April 21-23. Cherry Strong and Emily Ford are alternates. On April 12, the eighth and ninth grade homemaking classes will entertain the P.T.A. with a style show and talent show. They will model the clothes they have made in sewing classes. A talent show assembly will be put on April 7 by the F.H.A. Bakeriie Honored on Radio Tommy Alexander won another award. He sang on Search for Talent g his selections were The Love of God and Somebody .. He won one of the weekly contests which permitted him to sing on the first grand final show. Tommy hopes someday to sing on TV. T.-fee.-feeeee:::::::,,::::::: ....,....................... -H il 1, fi EL MATAMOROS if 1, A fr 504 EAST AVE. PHONE 7-7023 'I '1 1, MAJ- A A -:Il 55555-5-'fffffffff 55555-353555-I I l::::- -::::::::::::-:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: , 1 1, ft FRENCH PLACE FOOD STORE 1, 1 1, ff 2002 Manor Road 1' ly f' 1' PHONE 2-6615 1: 1 1, 1, il 'r 'I 'I A:sEvEifEiEvEifEXiEif'lsfaliislI' I l IE No. 1 901 Red River . ........................................... .......... 7 -0511 1, No. 2 1017 Barton Springs Rd. ....... .......... 7 -0132 1, 'I No. 3 2815 Frlltll ............................ .......... 7 -0323 1' :I No. 4 4215 Duval ............,........... ........ 5 3-9124 1: 1, ,-,H No. 5 5101 Burnet Rd. .... ........ 5 3-9115 1. :1 E No. 6 915 Lamar ............,. ........., 2 -0486 :P ,I No. 7 3406 Jefferson .,........ ........ 5 3-9157 1: :, A No. 8 1912 Congrgssd .......... ........ :1 A' N . 9 511 i port v . ....... ........ - ' .Q F000 STURQ Ng. 10 1621 E. r1 ........,............. .......... 2 -0339 Ig :1 -I No. 11 808 Koenig Lane ..,.... ........ 5 3-9135 in I Managers Office, 409 W. 29 ..... .............. ............. 8 - 8777 1: '1 Ag-,-AA A-,,,,,,,,,,,,,, A,,,g -,,,,,,,lI