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

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BAKER ROCKET V Page 7 f Pictured above are Vera Carter Ceighth gradel and Sandy Hi t c h c o c k Cninth gradej, Buckaroo's sports personalities this month. FACTS ON HEADACHES Are you bothered by headache? I have some reassuring news for you. Everyone has headaches! Here are some statistics gathered by the Montefiore Hospital. The Bronx. 70.4'Z: of educated people suffer from headaches while only 3.8011 of little- educated people suffer from them. 61'Z1 of married people have headaches while 70'Zv of spinsters and bachelors have head pains. Also headaches are more common among city people than country people. If you are bothered by frequent headaches, do the following three things, and according to these statistics you will be less apt to have headaches: 1. Become uneducated. 2. Get married. 3. Move to the country.. l P 1, ' ' In I H obbles 492 Toys 'l MODEL PLANES I' ll Lionel and American Flyer r: 1: MARSHALL'S Q: 73.2?l6f'519Eid?l Ei ....... Ehfrf-14555 lf TZ li KUHN'S PHARMACY ll I fl 5005 Airport Boulevard ll Phone 5-570I Austin, Texas lg'AA::::::::::::::::::A-FAH :E WALTER A. TEW if if Phone 5- I 762 if fl Electrical Contractor fr- - .A... ........ - - - - - - - I Basketball Reigns As Favorite Sport This month, two girls have stepped into the sports spotlight. Basketball is chosen as the favorite school sport and swimming as their favorite summer sport by both Vera.Carter and Sandy Hitchcock. Vera, who is quite an avid intramural participant, has in two years, earned a total of 14 ribbons. The majority seems to be lst place ribbons too. Beginning last year, Vera captained two teams to first place honors in volleyball and soft- ball respectively. Other honors last year were 2nd place in basketball fcaptainj and lst place in broad jumping, a tie for lst place in the 50 yd.. dash, and 3rd place in the softball throw. The last four honors were earned in the Girls' Track Meet and were won individually. This year three blue ribbons were added to Vera's collection, won in soccer, basketball, and tumbling. Next year Vera will be a member of Baker's ninth grade and the following year plans to enter McCallum High School and keep on with her sports. Becoming a member of the Intramural Club is one aim and even a higher aim is to earn a letter. Next will come a college educa- tion, with a lot of fun and sports mixed in. sTuDENTs CRAZY' Asour GAMES Here it comes-there it goes! What is it? The thirty pound dribbleball. The 50 mile court is divided into 10 round squares and 25 people play each triangle block! The 30 lb. dribbleball is kicked by each and every other player with a shoe-ball-hat. If each and every other player on a team doesn't kick the ball with the hat the game is only beginning. IF THE BALL strikes in bounds it is called frontout. Are you catching on? Each player must crawl in a semi- circle around the outside of the square and say dribbleball at every turn. When it is a player's turn to kick the ball he must lie up and shoe the dribble- ball with his head. He must then stand up and take 6 baby steps in a north southerly direction. This is a facinating game and has been very entertaining and popular with the Junior High Students in gym classes the past three weeks. Surely the reader has heard the whisper, April Fool . Now, here's the real dope. The boys and girls combined for three weeks for a Co-Rec Unit in which they played a combination of games: volleyball, aerial darts, ping-pong, deck tennis, horse shoes, and shuffle-board. The last week in March, the activities changed again-the boys to softball and the girls to a rhythm unit. Sandy seemed hard put to select any certain favorite out of all the sports she participates in, but finally settled on basketball at school and swimming, tennis and ping pong anytime. Learning to play better is one of Sandy's aims. Regarding her whole view on the subject of sports, she said, I had rather play with someone better than I because I think you can learn more that way. I think it's so much fun to participate in sports and compete with other people and try to win. Of course, you don't always win, but whether you win or lose, it feels read good to complete a game and feel that you've done your best. Quite a collection of ribbons has Sandy, as this is her third year to com- pete in intramurals. Next year, she will attend Austin High and plans to make more progress in sports activities with two specific aims in mind: to become a member of the tennis team, and to be a member of the Intramural Club and earn a letter. I either want to be a teacher of some sort or an airline hostess. Both would be loads of fun because I would get to meet so many people, says Sandy. if Saegert Bros. Furniture Co. 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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

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Page 8 BAKER ROCKET BAKERITE TAKES GRAND CHAMPION Two grand champions, two reserve champions, four blue ribbons-this is quite a record! Edgar Smith, a Baker ninth grader and a 4-H club member, holds this record. His project in 4-H work is raising Holstein cattle. He has shown cattle in Fredricksburg, New Braunfels, Buda, Pflugerville, and Austin. Last year he was presented a gold plaque for his work with cattle. T,-::::: ::::.- A :-' -'iff Ali 'I n 5 ' l ll -.flu 1+ I: sos CONGRESS if :E Austin Building Materials :E lr lu I: 4l25 Guadalupe 1: 'r lr li Ph. 5-8768 Austin 5, Texas EI I The Joe Cockrell Co. 1: I Printing--Office Supplies 1: Il l6I6 Lavaca Street 1, it PHONE 1.44-61 .3 LIII-if-T-A5555-A555-A55-A:-:JI-AJ 'l HYDE PARK GARAGE C. R. lSamy KELLY, Owner i COMPLETE AUTOMOBILE REPAIRING :I 1: Any Make - Any Model if I: 5I3 W. 43rd Street Ph. 53-3323 :E ls 1 'u I 4, 'I 1 'r 3 5 K V, i 1 '- K' , I - .,.. uw A--,--- N ' e As. ww we if f- 44 -- . . .. ,. '1 ' I.' 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Be- fore they leave the camp everyone will have a chance to climb Friday Mountain. - APRIL BIRTHDAY CALENDAR Name Date Charlotte Currier, Sue Middleton, Richard Flores .................................... 2 Johnny Williams ...................................... 3 Joyce Wendland ........................ ...... 5 June Burke, Jerry Owen ........... ...... 6 Jackson Bayless, Dora Flores ....... ...... 9 Buckaroos Compete In City Track Meet 50 yd., 75 yd., and 100 yd. dashes, 440 yd. relay, high jump, broad jump, shot put, bar chin-these are the events in which Baker will compete in the Austin Junior High Track Meet in April. Ac- cording .to Coach Hickerson, several of our Buckaroos are crowding records and are hoping to break them. David Bryant in practice has run the 75 yd dash in a time of 8.6 which is one- half second behind the record of 8.1. On the chinning bar, Johnny Williams has topped the record of 44 for the 14 year old group with 45 times in practice. Wil- liams also shines in the shotput. The record is 48' 35 for the 14 year old group, and he has hurled it 48' 3 in practice. Competition is still stiff around Baker for berths on the two relay teams. Per- manent members on the 14 year team are David Bryant, Sonny Sanders, and Virgil Weiss. Billy Linder, Donald Steussy, or Clifford Pellar will act as the fourth man. The 13 year old boys' relay team is made up of six boys. Per- manent members are Charley Brown, Glenn Noble, and Sammy Cordell. Two of the following four: Anthony Petrick, Scotty Montgomery, Bill Foelsing, or Tommy Alexander will complete the team. In the broad jump, Virgil Weiss, Pres- ton Harvey, and Ted Snitko are working hard. So far, Weiss is leading with jumps of 16' plus in practice.. Both Harvey and Snitko are jumping 15' plus. The record is 19'9 . The all time record is 20' 6 set by Don Keeling of Baker in 1953. 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