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

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Mr. Edward Kern received his BS from Morningside, his MS from the U. of South Dakota and has been here 13 years. He is inter- ested in all athletics, and keeps scores for all basketball games. Mr. Herbert McCaw received his BS at Ohio State and his MS at Iowa State. He has been here since 19G7. Mr. McCaw likes to repair television sets and travels to Flori- da to spend time in his summer home. Mr. Thomas Rowley received his BA from Wayne State in Nebraska and his MA from Drake. He has been here three years and sponsors the Computer Club. His hobbies are growing plants and being a ham radio operator. Mr. Wendall Stone attended Drake, South Dakota State, Iowa State University and Simpson and has been here 27 years. He enjoys fishing, bowling, and the outdoors. Mr. Kent relates to Mr. Stone (far above) one of his witty jokes. Sopho- mores Mike Marshall and Mike Lloyd (above) dissect starfish in biology. Mrs. Sarah Williams received her BA from UNI and has been here one year. She enjoys cooking, all types of sports, traveling and read- ing. Mrs. Williams in also in charge of the school ' s audio-visual equipment. 25

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Teachers experiment for the future Mr. Alan Ewers, chairman of the science department, attended Albia High School, Denver University, and received his BS at UNI and MS at the University of Wisconsin. He has been here 26 years. Mr. Ewers enjoys photography, crafts, jogging, moun- tain hiking, and canoeing. Mrs. Judy Griffin received her BA from Augustana College in South Dakota and her MA from Drake. She has been here for eight years and sponsors cheerleading. Mrs. Griffin has two pet dogs, Chance and Fritz. Mr. Ace Hendricks is an assistant football coach and has been here for five years. He graduated from the University of New Mexico. Mr. Hend- ricks ' hobbies are hunting, fishing, taxidermy, and photography. Mr. Hugh Kent received his MA from Michigan State and has been here 15 years. He has had past experience as a coach at North and Fort Dodge and enjoys canoeing and gardening. Steve Isaacson (above right) with the help of Mr. Rowley and Mr. Ewers, types orders on the computer terminal. Mr. Stone and Senior Bill Oliver (far above right) search for accurate data. Seniors Jeremy Johnston, Bruce Wilson and Richard Stephens (right) pre- pare for a chemistry lab. 24

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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