Abraham Lincoln High School - Railsplitter Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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Mrs. Ruth Jacobsen attended Area 11 and received her BS from Drake. She has been here one year. Mrs. Jacobsen enjoys sewing, politics, literature, and athletic participation. Mr. Richard McMahon received his BA and MA from Drake. He has been here since 1973. Mr. and has a miniature dachsund. and has a miniature dachsand. Mr. Gene Rodgers attended Lin- coln and received his BA and MS at Drake University. He has been r here five years. Mr. Roger ' s hob- NT bies are gardening and stamp col- lecting. Miss Kathryn Kirkhoff attended Longwood High School in Chicago and received her MA from Creigh- ton in Omaha, Nebraska. She has been here 25 years. Miss Kirkhoff enjoys collecting antiques, sewing, traveling, and following the stock market. Mr. Dan Murray is the sponsor of DECA, and has been here seven years. He received his BS and MS from Drake. Mr. Murray is learn- ing to play golf and enjoys vaca- tioning in California. Wendy Jones and Diane Heggen (far above) experiment with a calcu- lator in accounting. Students in typ- ing (above) await orders to begin. Some students (below) just aren ' t interested in the day ' s activities.

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Mrs. Clara Day attended Tech High School and is a graduate of Drake University. She has been here since 1972. Mrs. Day enjoys camping, fishing, tobogganing, ice skating and needlepoint. Students learn to live in business world DECA students receive advice from Sponsor Dan Murray. Mr. Jerry Atkinson received his MA from Drake. He has been here seven years and is the Girls ' Soph- omore Basketball Coach and the Girls ' Softball Assistant Coach. Mr. Atkinson enjoys golfing and working around the house. Miss Janyce Abarr (above) attended Parsons College and is a graduate of the U of Indiana. She has been here for ten years. Miss Abarr enjoys traveling and collecting antiques. Mrs. Sally Fisher (above) is co- sponsor of Flags and Young Office Workers. She attended Roosevelt High School, Parsons College and has been here 12 years. Mrs. Fisher ' s hobbies are golf, cooking and fishing. An accounting class (above) follows instructions diligently. Mrs. Alice Else (below) attended Iowa State, the U of Colorado, and received her BS from Drake. She has been here ten years. Mrs. Else enjoys writing poetry, and owns a Welch Corgi. Miss Joan Hall (below) has done undergraduate work at the U of Iowa and received her MA from UNI. She has been here nine years. Miss Hall enjoys bicycling and needlepoint. 26

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Fine Arts develops talents 7 Trumpet players Dane Spencer, Ted Heggen, Fiore Montanaro, and Bob True (above) are right on cue in concert band. Art class (below) heats pan to prepare for batiking. Mrs. Donna Whiteaker attended Stephens College in Columbia, Mis- souri and received her MA from Drake. She has been here five years. Mrs. Whiteaker enjoys fiberworking and jewelry making. Mr. Dale McLean received his MA at the U. of Missouri and has been here for ten years. He enjoys painting and playing Keno and is an avid sports fan of his alma mater. Mr. McLean is the head of the art department. Mrs. Donna Yeast received her BA from Drake and has been here for ten years. She is the sponsor of Equestrian Club, has a unique car collection, and enjoys arts and crafts. Mrs. Carol Stewart received her BME in music education at Drake and MM in choral conducting at Southern Methodist U. in Dallas, Texas. She has been here since 1972. Mrs. Stewart enjoys skiing, bicycling, canoeing, playing tennis, and participating in music clinics. Mr. Dennis Dowell (above) re- ceived his BA from the University of Iowa, and has been here three years. He enjoys camping and swimming, and hopes someday to conduct a large symphony. Mr. Richard Baber (below) has been here two years and is working towards his MA at Drake. In his spare time he water skis, plays tennis, and is a member of the Des Moines Concert Singers.