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

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'itil I ll it Eltt The Eyes ad 1 Ears of Baker Vol. VI-Issue 8 Baker Junior High May, 1955 Nineteen ays ett tor School Activities Interstate Theaters Announce New Student Prices A revolutionary plan to make it easier financially for boys and girls in Texas, in the 12 through 17 age bracket, to at- tend the movies, by means of a special price range for these youngsters, is to intermediate price range for these young- sters, is to become operative starting Thursday, May 12. The plan, inspired by many talks be- tween R. J. O'Donnel1, general manager of Interstate, and Leonard Goldenson, president of the American Broadcasting- Paramount Theatres Corporation, is a comprehensive one, offering primarily the young patrons in this age group a savings of up to 50W on their movie admissions. Both of the men involved in the origi- nal conversations that led to the con- ception of the new plan by Interstate were in agreement that children reaching twelve and youngsters up through seventeen carried a tremendous financial burden when they graduated from the low children's admission prices to the regular adult pricey they were in thorough accord that something should be done to make it possible for these youthful movie-goers to attend the theatre at a lower price scale, the new Interstate plan is designed with just that in mind. QContinued on Page 81 FOODS AND FUN FOR 5 SC MEMBERS May 5 was a very exciting day for the Student Council members. On this day at 2:00 p.m. buses took the members to Barton's. During the afternoon they went swimming, played games and loafed. A committee was chosen to fix the food. New P.T.A. Officers Are Chosen The P.T.A. has elected new officers for next year. Mrs. W. M. Johnson, Jr., past president, has been given a life membership. The new officers are: President, Mrs. A. H. Matthews, lst Vice-president and Program Chairman, Mrs. Howard Scott, 2nd Vice-president and Hospitality Chairman, Mrs. W. M. Walkerg 3rd Vice-president and Chair- man of Budget and Finance, Mrs. John Eastong 4th Vice-president and Member- ship Chairman, Mrs. John W. Korbg Recording Secretary, Mrs. J. E. Mabry, Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. R. H. Song Treasurer, Mrs. Harry Saathoffg Historian, Mrs. Dunson King, and Par- liamentarian, Mrs. George Francisco. The Baker Rocket Statt wishes to extend their apologies tor printing a story similar to one in the McCallum Shield without acknowledgement to the Shield. Baher's TV Stars, left to right-Judy Berry, Larry Mills, Cherry Strong, and Leroy Basore. SC TO SPONSOR SPRING FORMAL On May 20, 1955, the Baker Student Council will sponsor the Spring Formal which is the last big affair of the school year. The Student Council members will plan the activities and decorate the gym. The price is the familiar one: 25c for stags and 50c for couples. The dance will begin at 8:00 o'clock. COMBINED CONCERT TO BE PRESENTED May 6 is a very important day for the Baker band and chorus, for they are giving a combined concert in the Baker auditorium. The program will have both popular and classical music. Moonlight Bay , and Stouthearted Men are just two of the many songs to be sung by the chorus. Joshua , Comet and Beau Sabreur Overture plus several other selections will be played by the band. The concert will begin at 8:00 'PM Students Appear On Television Four students representing Baker ap- peared on The World At Your Door- step television show Saturday, April 16. Students Participating were Lee Ray Basore, Judy Berry, Larry Mills, and Cherry Strong. Their topic of discussion was the Philippine Islands, and their guest was Pablo Guzman Rivas who is from the main island of the Philippine Islands. Questions asked pertained to location, climate, education, holidays, transporta- tion, recreation, and living standards. The Rocket Statt wishes to thank Howard Eads tor traming the l.L.P.C. Awardfor last year.

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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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EW BAKER ROCKET Loolcing over what they will fake next year are: 'Front row L. 'Io R. Steger, JaniceKuhn, Dee Dee Williams, Jimmy Finger, Mike Drousche. Charles Dodson, Walter Dollar and Avis McFarland. Standing are L. and Ganell Burke. These students will leave Baker in hopes of going 'Io to R. Richard Flores, Walter Wyman, Dora Flores, Laura Lowery, Mary one of the high schools after nine years at BaIcer.' IT'S TIME FOR YOURS IN MEMORIES Hi ya, kids! This is Yours in Memories. Sit back in your old comfortable chair, and you will hear thirty minutes of memories. Today we are going to go back to the old school days where we find, as we go through the old scrap book, a picture of Ganell Burke, Charles Dodson, Walter Dollar, Mike Drousche, Jimmy Finger, Dora Flores, Richard Flores, Janice Kuhn, Laura Lowery, Avis McFarland, Mary Steger, Dee Dee Wil- liams, and Walter Wyman when they were in the first grade. Boy, have they changed since then! As we turn through the second to the fifth grades we find the same people, but they are beginning to look better. Then comes the exciting sixth grade when they had a chance to go to Friday Mountain Camp. They were excited the day they left for camp. For some it was the first time they had ever left mother and dad. Then as we 31 I' jg Cuneo's Quality QI ff Baking Co. 55 Founded 1925 by 1: Mr. and Mrs. V. A. Cuneo if 4225 GUADALUPE PHONE 53-3425 ,ijfffl A A A Affffffjif 1 EE 'I Compliments of if in ia AUSTIN MAID ll ' 4, ICE CREAM 'u 4, 1: :E 11 ..,,,. - ,ooi - A - , , li turn another page and year we find that all of these kids graduated into Junior High together. When they reached the seventh grade, they attended their first dances, and some of the girls were in the pep squad. The next year was even better. Some of the boys were on the football team, and some of the girls be- came alternate cheerleaders. Some were marching in the band and some seen were majorettes. During the eighth they were seen at more of the school dances. Then came the most wonderful year of all, the ninth grade. Some of the girls were very happy when they learned that they had received the honor of be- ing Cheerleader. Some of the boys were seen on the football, basketball, and track teams. Some of the kids were playing with the band for another year. A look at the clock reveals that our thirty minutes of memories has come to a close, so by-by till tomorrow, same time, same station. Journalism Conference in Progress Baker, together with other high schools in Texas, is attending the Inter- scholastic League Conference, at the University of Texas on May 5-7. An informal party was held at the Scout Hall, University Methodist Church Educational Building, 24th and Guada- lupe, at 7:30 p.m. on May 5. The con- ference ends at 12:30 p.m. Saturday with the singing of The Eyes of Texas . This meeting will be held to elect new I.L.P.C. officers and to learn more about producing newspapers and yearbooks and newspaper writing. Journalists from Baker will be excused from classes on Friday to attend these meetings, pro- vided they have their teachers' consent. In the field of Drama the intramural plays were given April 28. The plays given were The Ghost of a Freshman and Guess Again Ghost. 77 Topping the club news is that of the Footlight Players' annual banquet on the evening of April 29. The banquet was held at Lung's Chinese Kitchen, with Sandy Hitchcock as M.C. The best all-around Footlight Player was Betsy Burba and the honored person re- ceived a trophy as an award to remem- ber the occasion. On the evening of April 26, at the annual meeting the nominating committee submitted the fol- lowing people to fill the offices of the club: President, Betsy Burba, Vice- President, Don Tewg Secretary, Char- lotte Griffithg Parlimentarian, Brucie Cavett, and Historian, Emily Ann Ford. The journalism class will have their dinner on Friday, May 13, at the Hitchin' Post. Members of the class may bring one friend each. A brief program of entertainment and' a guest speaker will complete the evening's program. The All-City-Council will have its pic- nic at Barton's in the near future. Peo- ple eligible to attend from Baker are Peggy Moore, Glenn Noble, Billy Car- ter, Sarah Jane Powell, Sandy Hitchcock, and Brucie Cavett. National Y-Teens Week was from April 25-29. The Y-Teens observed this week at Baker by preparing the devo- tionals. The Band members are eagerly wait- ing to get started on their trip to New Braunfels, Texas. They will spend Satur- day, May 7 sightseeing and playing. They might even get to go swimming. ll , LJ ,sos coNoREss