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

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Raymond Clark—his arnbitition. hobby, and biggest thrills are a pair of skates: he collects roller skating awards and won an all-city contest some time ago . . . shows side burns and intelligence . . . behove ho went shopping all day . . . Eleanor Comito wears pretty little cork screws in her hair . . . dances gracefully . . . chews gum and drives everybody crazy ... in the cast of ‘ Ladies Go Legal . . . once went to exchange a sweater and when the saleslady opened the box it was empty, the sweater was at home . . . didn't want to start to school . . . now doesn't want to quit . . . Virginia Cook—eyes twinkle with merriment . . . has frionds galore ... is kind. neat, and graceful . . . member of student council . . . was elected curtain puller for a play in grade school and when her time arrived she was so short she couldn't reach it . . . Leslie Copic- -homo room president . . . member of student council . . . vice president of senior class . . . keeps the whole class in stitchos with his circumstantial witicisms . . has a grin from ear to ear is quite the amateur photographer . . . and last but not loast is treasurer of the screwball club . . . Lester Copic—the one who isn't Leslie when you look again . . . dances like a professional . . . felt pretty silly when he took the works at a barber shop and then discovered that his monoy was at homo . . . secretary of scrowballs and home room president ... Holon Davis—thin . .. decisive . . . ico skatos and enjoys good mystery books . . . rooks with generosity . . . whammed a snowball at her friend and horrors! It kissed loachor . . . received all l's and 2's in bygone days at McKinley school . . . Rose DoFrancisco—very kind Italian lass . . . wishes to visit Italy and meet Mussolini . . . wouldn't even think of doing anything off key ... is naturally shy and unassuming but can becomo ohl so enthusedl . . . Lewis De Marco -is an intellectual and just can't oscape the fact . . . president of senior council . .. broke a record in Railsplitter advertising sales . . . has performed a page full of feats . . . collects names of beautiful girls ... has more line than the Bell telephone company and we love it . . . what finesse! . . . George Dixon—hails from McKinley school whoro he was quito the athlete . . . loons toward science . . . served on public address system . . . throws erasers in waste paper basket from away back . . . raises pigeons, likes to roller skate . . . ping pong artist . . . don't know why he retains the Goorgo whon everybody calls him 'Dixon'’ . . . Dorothy Duckworth—that protty blond you always see at Kresge's hosiery counter . . . left Lincoln to attend the North high co-op course but returned for graduation . . . was vice president of home room at North . . . felt like a simp whon Mr. Hasty sat on her lap in the movie by accident . . .

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Harry Boo.sch—good natured in every sense of the word . . . doesn't apply himself to study . . . most thoughtful and generous to everyone . . . spiJfy dresser . . . does things on the sly . . . and when he looks at you it is impossible to reproach . . . probably goes to bed in the morning . . . Betty Bohannan -belonged to science club, international club, art club, leaders club, and French club . . . lovely to look at . . . nice to know . . . master of sophistication . . . appeared in Pink and Patches and Ladies Go Legal . . . drives a car and has two or three shares of gumption . . . met with a tragedy on her thirteenth birthday . . . there wore only twelve candlos on her cake . . . Yvonne Bourdon--goodness knows sho's always been Bonnie to us . . . has four G.A.A. monograms . . . was member of leaders club, art club and girl reserves . . . possesses cute dimples and laughing eyes . . . with all her heart she wants to be a nurse and with her habit of work she's a cinch to be one . . . Edith Bradish—easy on the eyes and busy as a boo . . . very intelligent and capablo . . . active in art club, science club, and camera club . . . can always be depended upon . . . definite likes and dislikes . . . knows how to have a good time . . . would like to attend art school . , . keeps the boys in suspense . . . Albert Buhrer—dashes madly about in his merry automobile . . . played football . . . head usher at Lincoln theatre . . . doesn't commit himself too often ... keeps a monkey . . . Florence Buhrer—houses a magnetism that you can't put your finger on . . . folks just like to be around her and feast on what she says . . . received two athletic monograms . . . council, science, and international club member . . . gave throe years to the nurse's office . . . didn't mind for nursing claims fifty per cent of her ambition . . . tho othor half is lost in a department store . . . Mildred Cardamon—slim, stylish, likes to be an independent soul . . . rated all oyes the time she got the hiccups during a prayer in church . . . smooth dancer and good sport . . . knows her way about . . . Samuel Cardamon—works hard but takes time out to tease . . . laughs frequently ... is a champion hop scotch player and expects to be a business man . . . member of student council and circulation manager of senior Railsplitter . . . roller skates, plays tennis and attends two or three movies per week . . . Marcella Chorry—a perfect lady most of the timo yet more fun than a barrel of monkeys . . . sings soprano and does a good job of it . . . appeared in Mikado and Naughty Marietta . . . was one of the Park Ave. high brows who participated in horrible gang fights, in fact sho instigated some of them . . . lovos to dance . . . wants to make gravy without lumps . . . Donald Chrisinger—one of Lincoln's old faithfuls ... is always helping out at some school function . . . loves to travel . . . made quite a night of it on an L in Chicago . . . treasurer of senior class . . . can't somehow convince others about his ideas in economics . . . has been chairman of tho movie ushers for five years . . . lent his services to tho football team ... is subject to reddening of the face . . . a

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Maryella Ellenwood -lino and sensitive . . . releases expression in her art work . . . hasn't much to say and would rather agroe than take time out to argue an issue . . . Marjorie Emory—leads a trail ol mirth and gaiety . . . adv manager senior Railsplitter . . . member of pep squad ... on production staff . . . wears sports clothes and a warm heart . . . gave the street car conductor her last penny ... he gave it back and let her ride free . . . wore a gorgeous dress the first day of school . . . removed her coat and discovered it was wrong sido out . . . Myrna Ernst—neat little trick . . . sews and sews and sews and still wants to be a dressmaker . . . went crunching through the snow in June and thought it was quite the sport ... for convenience told a boy she was going out of town and he came out later and she went to the door and oh! my! . . . put on high heels way ahead of the rest of us . . . Paul Estes—quite a tall. dark, handsome individual . . in the habit of thinking and bursting out pellmell with his thoughts . . . delights in working others up into a frenzy . . . vividly recalls the hiking expedition in which he was depantsed . . . served on student council .. . this fellow is wise enough to play the fool . . . Rose Fazio small and happy . . . hkos roller skating baseball movies . . . became so-o-o flustered and forgot all her lines in a Christmas play . . . can retire from situations very nicely . . . would like to be a beauty operator . . . answers to Fudge . . . Bill Fenzke—a good artist, a swell sport . . . does everything on his own hook . . . very seldom talks . . . bloomed out in journalism . . . spilled water down a girl's neck while waiting tables in a drug store—could barely finish the day . . . hated so badly to be teased when he had to sit on teacher's lap for talking . . . staff artist for Railsplitter . . . member of art club and student council . . . Norma Forrari—never a dull moment . . . either studies laboriously or is naturally quick on the trigger . . . served on council . . . first of all the appendectomies this fall . . . class day chairman ... in three operas . . . tickles the ivories very beautifully ... is a charitable soul . . . her hobby is buying gifts . . . ought to be most successful in anything she attempts . . - June Fickes prominent parts in ' The Patsy. ' The Acid Test, and “Ladies Go Legal . . . dresses in the most selective modes ... a treasured voice box and dominating personality . . . home room president throe semesters . . . would like to be a radio actress . . . romind her of the time a girl spilled ice cream down the front of her new dress . . . Joseph Flatt another one of the fitties in our itty bitty pool . . won himself a monogram a swimmin' fer the school . . . momber of science club . . . tall staturo . . . tall talker . . . Miss Schofield recommends insurance selling for him . . . Sam Formaro—has oh the darkest hair and eyes that peer right through you . . . homo room president . . . ambition is to become a movie star or an actor . . . enjoys baseball and dancing . . . what a night it was when ho and Billy Fenzke had their first dotes . . . they call him handsome . . .