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

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Eva Joan Mefferd- a tisket, a taskct. she made sevoral baskets on her church team . . . sings in church choir and school chorus ... a definite personality who lets you know in a nice way just what she thinks . . . Marjori© Miller—If, anything ever happened in the music dept, sho was It or in it . . . 'gj cras, clinics, contests, bands, orchestras, 'twould make a boQk to enumerate them ... is superior in all attempts . . . one hobby1—Dick Graham . . . nows editor regular Railsplitter . . . picture editor senior Railsplitter . . . parades poise and a dry humor ,;h t makes most comodians look sick . . . » ' Harry Milton -heart of gold; noi very bold—fits very nicely into the tall and handsome class . . . minds his own businoss and looks out for Harry Milton . . . came from North high and brought with him a vertable Popeye strengh . ,. puts it behind his boxing . . . Arman Mortal© has had a finger in half a dozen pies . . . science club, camera club, international club . . member on student council, production staff . . . chairman of P.A. system and on it goes . . . very muscular . . . very tall . . . very many tears fell when ho became lost at the Chicago World's Fair . . . would like to work in a radio station or in an air port radio central room . . . John Muso active, always on the go . . . played football, basketball, and tennis . . . sings like a bird . . . three operas and four plays to his credit . . . home room president . . . got expelled from Park Ave. school for chasing the fire wagon . . . beat up on the boy who told on him ... an appreciative sense oi humor and tinge of temperament . . . Raymond Orr—pilots a ship of confidence and an airplane . . . once cut classes . . . now has an attraction in history . . . attends Drake after history . . . sponsored modol airplano club . . . sang in operas . . . played in band . . . used to be a little boy and still is . . . when he entertains, you have fun! fun! funl Gladys Martin —reversed the situation and fell up the stairs . . . said a little more than the usual thing . . . she looked up and her mother was standing there . . . short and quick . . . feels that she has found the right one . . . Newnan Martin -devotos his extra time to swimming, photography, and the radio—while in grade school had a crush on Eunice Irwin . . . home room president . . . track monogram . . . rode on a roller coaster and was sore when it stopped ... is a bit bashful, but dare3 to say things others fear to utter . . . Robert Masimoro—was once shy but seems to have snapped out of it . . . speaks with a drawl . . . went through six years of school with-’V v out being thrilled . . . always came to council . . . hopes to be a draftsman or to get a job . . . Richard Mason— Dickey'' swims and swims and divos like a swan . . . received two monograms ... is aiming at Iowa State college and their swimming records . . . disappointed in girls . . . shy among strangers and is subject to witty spells . . . naturally handsome . . . p k '

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Francos Joss evoryono's pal . . very cordial . . . despises a cheat . . . occasionally naughty but gets by with it very nicely . . . member o! international club, girl reserves . . . served on council twice . . . veteran on library stall . . . lolt very loolish when she Jell down in the middle ol a crowd in the dime store . . . marvelous gilt lor making you fee! swell with what she says . . . Robert Kames—gets too excited and talks too rapidly . . has a heart of gold . . . played on the football team . . . has live monograms for sport3 . . . knows and says quite a bit about boxing . . , ambition is to bo an oloctrical engineer . . . plays ring around the rosy with Clill Anderson ... is a father too . . . Edith Klauonburch—mind3 her own channels and smiles all over them . . . hopes to be an air stewardess and to someday visit a farm . . . fond ol movies and dancing . . . thinks being an auntie is a roal thrill . . . always game, and nice to know . . . Marion LaBrash—a boy scout who has always performed his good deed lor the day . . . tacklos his work very earnestly . . . has been seen in a football suit and making the track laps . . . senior student council member . . . red hair without much temper and the usual amount ol freckle-s . . . • v Judy Langenbuch—enjoys being ridiculous . . . never known a quiet hour . . . plays a cornet . . . twirls a baton . . . has mastered the art ol struttting . . . mado an excellent drum major . . . appearod in four operas. Ladies Go Legal, Hilarities, and April Showors . . . was too, too embarrassed when sho was trying to impress a boy friend and started to open a door which was already open and fell flat on her face . . . Kathryn Leonard—alumr.i editor for Railsplittcr . . largo, wide open oyos . . . fishes . . . has always rollor skated . . . one of the first daters who were thrilled . . . rocalls with pain her corner experience in Miss Robb's room as a result of being pencilless . . . Goraldine Lloyd -lives in a dream world and collects pictures of movie stars yot is most observing and commentative about the things around her . . . eyos that sparkle with mischief and get into it often ... is domestic . . . wants a selling position . . . once told a whalo of a lie at Brooks school and was caught . . . doesn't lie at school anymore ... it isn't ethical . . . Lady Joanne Lonergan -soft fluffy hair . . . eyes that are clear and snappy ... in fact tho answer to many a vision . . . says things that are unexpected and wonders why evoryone laughs . . . pastime is skating and dancing . . . Lady is really her first name . . . Regina Lopez—of quiet, unassuming mannors . . spends leisuro time sewing and reading . . . enormously thrilled when she attended her first dance . . . met her embarrassing moment at the foot of tho stairs . . . ambition is to become a seamstress and is quite deft at tho art . . . friends call her Tommy Lopez . . . Norma Manatt -oyos and tooth that equalizo in glitter . . . befriends every stray dog ... all sho ever thinks about is going skating . . . is a whow at it . . . possesses definite charm and winning ways . . .

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p Constance Reynolds -nice to look at. known in her circlo as Conky . . koops busy about school serving on the nurse's staff, the G.A A and attending leadors club, international club, and girl reserves - ■ -served on council and always speaks up and ‘sprosscs herself . . . keeps twinkling eyes, a steady boy friend, and a valuable diary . . . ono of Park Avenue's claims . . . Irone Richards -the other girl who is redheaded . . is delicate and has a spirited punch that puts her over with a bang . . . puts on a million dollar appearance every day . . . sensitive to humor and chews gum . . . Alice M. Rife—is a darling . . . melts your heart with her smile . . . defends her friends no matter what people say about them . . . member of porpoist. club, science club, camera club, G.A A , girl reserves, jr. and sr. council and pop squad . . . home room president . . . posed for Younkcr ad . . . saleswoman on Railsplitter . . supremely thrilled when her name was Murphy and she attended a certain fune wedding . . . wants to find out how it feels to be a parachute jumper ... P S. everyone calls her ’ Pert . . . Robert Orr is most exasperating . . . yet you can't help but laugh at the crazy and unexpected things he docs . . . spends his life finding jokes and pulling them ... in between times he has served on student council . . . went out for jr. track and in for jr. orchestra . . . ambition is to love and loaf and love and loaf and love and loaf . . . too good natured to get angry with the journalism dept, for calling him a nuisanco . . . Helen Paige wont from tenth to twelfth grade in science club . . . also on library staff . . . loses things . . . habit of smiling . . . full of fun . . . never loaves hor work undone . . . chile dinners her delight s . . nice for Walter's appetite . . . William Park—calls himself genius and has everyone believing it to J t£e extent of 75% . . . they reserve the 25% opinion for when he tells jpkas . . . has always amazed us with his ability to momorizo . . . co-editor of Railsplitter . . . news quiz champ . . . cute, clever; for him. getting good grados is a cinch . . . Harry Peterson -takes to water like a duck . . . member of swimming team . . . jr. band . . . production staff . . . witty . . . egotistical . . . has a sweet face and personality . . . appeared in Ladies Go Legal . . . was reader for international day program . . . has always been a ladies' man ... t —• Ruth Pontiou —is modest, quiet, taken to accepting everything as a matter of course . . . wants to bo a nurse . . . used to be a skeleton in grade school closet when she helped the teacher clean it . . . Inoz Porter—thrilled nigh on to death when she played the part of Mamma Boar in grade school . . . has several aims ... to bo able to waltz on roller skates ... to take up singing ... to be successful in the business world . . . loves to think up little jingles and ditties when she's supposed to be studying . . . Evelyn Quick -comes from the McKinley troupe and is a jitterbug at heart and foot . . . belonged to jr. scribblers club . . . would like to; be a success in everything . . . preforably as a secretary to an optimist . . . hobby is going to football games with little short boys such as M. F. . . .