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

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Blossom Bunny Roborlson -bowls and plays tonnis . . is a regular cutie . . . has ployed with a clarinet and played with Judy for a long time . . . always woars something different and says something bright ... as light as a feather when she dances . . . has plenty of showmanship and what it takes to make a hit with people . . . Mary Lou Romano ows her c on outdoor girl . . . appreciates swimming, qolf. horseback riding, tennis, etc. . . . can't forget the terrible predicament she was in when she slapped ihe wrong man on the back . . . William Rumbaugh -cheers vibrated the grandstand every time ho went into a football game . . . aspires toward being a brain specialist and ongineer . . . stood before whole grade school congregation and apologized for having talked on route to assembly . . . covers moro area than the rest of us . . . can dance but won't Mary Shrelflar—boautiful. popular, happy. Urn Umm . takes her cornot to orchestras, bands, clinics, festivals, operas, and they suro do their stuff . . . secretary of senior council . . . always wants to be different . . . wanted to evaporate in the air the time she got caught under tho mistletoe in front of LOTS of people . . . going to college for a pleasure trip . . . always has boon a bright girl and wore hands on her fingernails . . . incidentally Almyra fits in somewhere . . . fw ■ A Harold Silcott -considers himself tho answer to a maiden's prayer . . . four operas, member of band, pit orchestra, dance orchestra, A Ca-pella choir, senior student council . . . another drum major and self made man . . aim in life is to load tho sweetest swing band in good old U.S.A. . . . hugest thrill was brunot and not long ago! . . . Arthur Smedley—Hi-Y member . . . like.-; to swim and collect coins . . . is touchy and unsatisfied with tho modiocre . . . active band member . . . into mischiof . . . out of it . . . gypsy instinct prompts his ambition to travel and see tho world . . . Virginia Smith -dynamic . . . bubbles with vitality ... a bit saucy and means to be called “loan . . . assistant advertising manager Rail-splitter . . . chows gum . . . entangled many steady boy friends . . . Marian Stanley—smiles prettily and often . . . wants to bo able to type as fast as she can talk . . . plays football . . . home room president . . . jus! about died when she was playing baseball on a public field and lost her slip ... is the McKinley product Russel Gale doted over for so long . . . Dorothy Slovich—swings around in full skirts . . . hair turns up in curls and curls . . . wide starry eyes ... a jitterbug . . everybody calls her Annie George Strayer—whenever anything happens and you want a master of ceremonies with wit. intelligence, and tact you want Georgie Porgie . . . prominent part m four plays and operas . . . served on student council . . . draws clever cartoons ... oh boy oh boy was he mortified when ho was about to be shot in the play Sun Up and tho juniors broke into a laugh . . .

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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. . . .

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Howard Trindlo -cute and peppy . . . qutto all right ... he is just a little tike . . . but big enough to hold his own with a big Drake crowd when all the other cheerleaders fail . . . ambition is to attend Iowa State college . . . membor of international and science clubs . . . drums with the radio . . . Josephine Van Ginkol—proofread the Railsplitter . . . likes Mr. Anderson and vice versa . . . pours yokes on all the eggs and really knows how to crack them . . . has always been called Jo and hates to eat her own cooking . . . bowls and gets even with Bob Orr . . . Juanita Gray Wade -nickname is Poo- I she keeps culture extraordinaire . . . drives a car and a typewriter . . . biggest thrill came when she became a Wade . . . works toward being a successful housewife . . . Robert Ward—tho one who is so smart and makes you mad because he doesn't do anything about it . . . participated in Chimes of Normandy , Naughty Marietta , Christmas Carol” ... in band and glee club . . . member of national guard ... is afraid of no one and up to the minute . . . Donald Williams- -of the red hair and sometimes countenance . . . member of band, orchestra. Hi-Y and international club . . . served on senior council , . . in Mikado . . . vividly remembers that a teacher in first grade turned him over her knee and gave him a spanking with a rubber boot . . . his thrill of a lifetime occurred when he addressed a radio audience as president of Younkers . . once lost his bathing suit while diving into a swimming pool . . . Juanita Williams (deceased) very helpful in everything . . was always giving advice and consolation . . . collected handkerchiofs . . . she had fifty or sixty from different parts of the country . . . helped out in the cafeteria . . spent many tedious hours on her studies . . . was enthusiastic about graduating . . a great loss to the entire class ... Carroll Talley—a musician wears his hair accordingly . . . played in Naughty Marietta , A Christmas Carol , and Ladies Go Legal ... if there is any crime to be solved he can take care of it . . . Russell Thompson—jolly but finicky . . . has had his moments . . . shock was almost too strenuous when he received a 1 on report card . . . thinks he would enjoy being a truck driver . . . Betty Lou Thurow i busybody . very intelligent and pointed conversationalist . . . surprised everyone with her scholarship ranking . . . Utopia to her is having enough money to travel around the world in a luxurious manner . . . member of chorus ... in two operas . . . says a good example of embarrassment is when two fellows call for a date at the samo time . . . Robert Tomkinson—is tall and candid with a slow grin . . . appreciates good music and drums it out . . thinks he and electrical engineering would go well together . . . thinks girls and he go well togethor . . . thinks . . .