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

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Darlene Ellenwood-collector of odd things . . . what-nots and junk . . . long brown hair and frank blue eyes . . . Darsy aims to be a receptionist . . . or go to Balti- more . . . big moment is Dick . . . smaller moment . . . graduating . . . caught cheat- ing in grade school . . . a most humiliating experience . . . Girl Reserve . . . all round swell gal, Betty lean Fuger-co-editor of Senior Rail . . . Tri-Deb . thrilled over a thrill . . . still remembers knock-down, drag-out with a lit- tle girl in grade school , . . embarrassed upon discovering Mrs. Mitchell could read her shorthand . . . why, Betty!!! , . . dreams of a good commercial job . . . an- other campirig trip . . . a sincere pal . . . ambitious and always on the go. Dorothy Gasperi- Gaspipe . . . a Tri-Deb who has traveled far . . , ambition f?J to attend a certain wedding on a certain date . . . bathing beauty and We're not kidding . . . captain of tennis team . . . sports three monograms . . . dolefully remembers her daily spats with Dorothy Mitchell at Maple Grove . . . Art is her biggest thrill. Frank Hoffman-lean, lanky hunk of Romeo . . . thrilled to death over Frank H. . . . Olaf . . . secretly professes a desire to work on WPA . , . works on make-up for -Rail in order to be near Mary Kay . . . automobiles and eating occupy second place in hobbies . . . first? women!!! , . . has many a skeleton in his grade school closet . . . dedicated his life to the Tri-Debs. Rose Izzolena-a petite little eyeful , . . hers being a snapping black , . . just too, too embarrassed when she fell flat in front of a crowd when playing with Younkers' base- ball team . . , Curly is her biggest thrill . . . idle moments taken up by baseball, singing, bowling, movies, and Lionel . . . yearns for a position as stenographer or telephone operator. Everett Dean Iones-- Emmett . . . master mechanic . , . can sling a car together as fast as he can eat a sundae-strawberry marshmallow, please , . , always in a hurry . . . loves to hunt . . . can usually be seen wearing a hunting cap and carrying a paper sack . . . thrilled over Winning his R. G T. red necktie. Lurena Free- Rena . . . a cute little trick . . . but oh, so shy . . . roller skates , . . equestrienne extraordinaire . f . yearns for ' California . . . super if she could fly there . . . would make darling aviatrix . . . long ago went to school with dress Wrong side out . . . embarrassed but never too, too utterly . . . Girl Reserve . , . exchange editor of regular Rail. lean Garrison- Gary . . . musical gal with magical fingers . . . co-editor of regular Rail . , . proud possessor of GAA mono- gram . . . Tri-Deb . . , stoutly avows her biggest thrill hasn't happened . . . as yet . . . beauteous brown hair , . . snapping brown eyes betray Ieanie's quiet mischiev- ousness . . . a loyal friend who claims in- numerable embarrassing moments but re- fuses to disclose even one . . . What about Dolbeer? ffl ? Marilyn Hoegh-giggling gal of the Rail staff . . , always has a snappy comeback on hand . . . has a lot in common with Lana Turner . . . secretary of the senior class . , . columnist for regular Railsplitter . . . collects elephants lminiatures, we assume! . , . Daisy admits no big thrills but Where would you classify Bob, Blondie? . . , lean and Mary are her other two-thirds. Betty Hougham-corneteer of the class . . . becoming more attractive day by day . . . big ambitition is to Work for the government and travel , . . goes to church every Sun- day . . . Bett fills out her clothes in a satis- factory way . . . has a keen sense of humor and never misses a chance to display it. Art Iohnson-Nicknamed Iohn . . . likes sports, hates work , . . good golfer . . , played on basketball and golf teams . , . starting first basketball game was his big- gest thrill . . . has fun getting into trouble . , . hopes to be a success in something, sometime . . . sounds deperate , , . on sports staff of Railsplitter . . . gets a kick out of hunting fall kinds of gamej . . . some peo- ple call him Ole, Pauline lose- Polly dotes on keeping busy . . . befriends struggling journalists . . . witty . . . blushed upon entering a class room minus a pink slip. plus a stiff lecture , . . thrilled on becoming an aunt . . . literary editor of Iune '41 Senior Rail . . . bound to be successful at all tasks she un- dertakes . . . chairman of class day commit- tee . . . and a Rock of Gibraltar in home room ll8 since 'Way back when!

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Fred Karnes-Linco1n's mighty mite . . . divides his time among football, fighting, and Maude Ruth . . . two-letter man in football . . . picked on all-city team . . . likes to eat, sleep, hunt, and play football . . . was thrilled most when he was elected captain of the football team . . . sports editor of Rail- splitter . . . ambition is to live and let live . . . and Maude Ruth . . . rough and ready, known to all as Freddie Frances Kennedy-bashful dark eyed beauty . . . loves to sew . . , read books , . . and collect teddy bears . . , Frankie wants to see the sights of the U. S. upon her gradua- tion , . . which will be her biggest thrill . , . sadly remembers being sent to the office for ringing teachers' bells in grade school . . . home room secretary in ll8. Paul Konrad-quiet but clever . . . with the gals never , . . member of student council . . , veteran of projectors league . . . played football in lllth grade . . . news editor of regular Railsplitter . , . co-editor of Senior Rail . . . special honors-member of HR. 120 , . . lockers by himself . . . hobbies eating, sleeping . . . jokingly states only ambitions are to be a chemical engineer or ditch dig- ger for W.P.A .... biggest thrill-still wait- ing. Helen Martin-St, loseph's Academy's gift to Lincoln . . . won first place in essay contest . . . served on the get-together committee . . . wistful Mona Lisa smile . . . is o-o-ol so shy but we love her just the same .... smoothie at dancing, Helen McCoy-tall, willowy redhead . , . likes to take boat rides at midnight . . . speed demon . . . called Chicken by her inti- mate friends . , . roller skating is her hobby, ambition, and pastime , . , watches her step and never gets into embarrassing moments . . . wants to own a hundred thousand pairs of silk hose . . . graduating is immaterial- to McCoy. Dorothy Mitchell-thrills galore in Dottie's life . . . biggest one upon receiving lead in operetta . . . cans a Ford all over town . , . interested in lndianola . . . and Ahquabi . . . Tri-Deb charter member . , . delighted at prospect of attending college . . . doletully fl?l?l remembers when Honey planted a kiss on her cheek and ran . . . tunhappy 'cuz he ran, Midgieftl . . . loads of fun . . . Betty's other half. Mary Kaup- Kaupie . . . cheerful gal chuck- ful of laughs . . . member of leaders' club and GAA . . . hobby . . . philatelist . . . no thrills . , . no embarrassing moments . . . fsounds like she's just not talkin'l . . . friendly , . . cute dimples . . . council mem- ber . . . interested in science. Ray King-vice-president of senior class . . . quiet, unassuming sort of chap . . . on swimming team . . . likes swimming, hunt- ing, basketball . , . other sports , . . Ray, an Army brat, has traveled widely . . . biggest thrill is being able to graduate with the class he originally started with after being gone for different periods . . . was greatly embar- rassed when running down a hall he tramped on a teacher's foot . . . hates to leave school. Iohn Madison-known to many as Fort . . , member of P. A. gang . . . played football . . . proud of being a columnist on the Rail- splitter for one issue . . . hobbies lean to- ward women, soda jerking, and women . . . as for grade school skeletons, Iohn lost half a finger in a locker at Maple Grove . . . will help anyone out if said person has an extra girl . . . doesn't know what future holds in store. Russell Matson- Huck , the pride of l2U's electricians . . . thinks he's on the Decker- tion committee . . . airplane enthusiast. . . to become a first-class machinist would fulfill Russ's ambition . . . North River is his favorite spot to relax . . . helped to put the basketball scoreboard in tip-top condition . . . can fix anything from a Mickey Mouse watch to a Lincoln Zephyr. Kenneth Miller-nicknames Ton - Keri . . . proofreader and member of circulation staff of Senior Railsplitter . . . fullback of foot- ball team . . . Ken's ambition is to see Southern California, play football in Rose Bowl . . . biggest thrill will be when he sees Southern California play . . , flunked in third grade . . . once tore a boy's shirt and . . . gets continual ribbing from Mr. Gerhart for betting on Brooklyn for the World's Series. Phyllis Moline-blonde hair, blue eyes, and oomph to spare . . . few embarrassing mo- ments-but thrills!!-ask Tommy . . . thinks I.S. has a bee-e-a-u-tiful physique . . . wears a diamond AND a fur coat . . . only ambition is to be Tommy's secretary and . . . Tri-Deb . . . pals with Gussy . . . no whims about graduating.

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Kay Andersen-Kay is the blonde bombshell of the january '42 class . . . but definitely works industriously at her job of being make-up editor of the Yearbook . . . knows everything before it happens , . . just ask Gary . . . can do wonders with oil paints . . . has various interests . . . oh, yes! . . . possesses a mania for shoes . . . biggest thrill took place during the 9A party Uerryj . . . one swell gal . . . loves to tease the boss fMiss McF.J . . . Metilda june. Mary Mae Burris-St. Monica gal . . . a quiet nature hides a lot of mischievousness . . . loves to cook and does a lot of it . . . with help of Mabel Ellis she cooks for about 25 girls every night . . . her hobby is collecting, filing recipes . . . doesn't tell ambition but she probably would like to be a cook . . . everything seems to be cook, cook, and cook. Doris Campbell-resembles lean Arthur . . . called Dody Lou for short . . . may be seen most anywhere in town during school. sessions . . . appeared in April Showers . . . turned 99 handsprings when Lincoln beat Roosevelt in football . . . Wants to be the best of beauty operators . . . can hardly wait until Ianuary 22. Wayne Christian-intelligence extraordinaire . . . the Dutch Reagan type . . . one of the oldest members and now president of the projectors league . . . considers it a spe- cial honor to locker with Bob Newberg . . . hobby is eating . . . has numerous ambi- tions . . . had his most embarrassing mo- ment in the Des Moines Theatre . . . Chris- tie is still waiting for his biggest thrill . . . has a mania for wearing vividly colored bow ties. Donald Cohron-nicknames plentiful . . . known best as Archebald . . . regular Casanova . . . was out for football . . . likes to drive, hunt . . . carry papers . . . says he can't remember any embarrassing moments but from his sensitive nature . . . ? ? ? . . . caters to girls, preferably from North . . . would like to go to Iowa State College and study civil engineering . . . very studious . . . usually wearing pine- apple clip . . . should go places. lack Curtis-veteran member of the band . . . been in four operettas . . . band manager and student director . . . hobbies consist of driving a car . . . and airplanes . . . Hippo's ambition is to fly a pursuit ship in the Army Air Corps . . . thrills, job with United Air Lines, first flight across the mountains, and a certain blonde whose initials are E. O. ' o Pearl Bowers-- Perk . . . sews and swims and is as neat as a pin . . . not easily embarrassed she claims, but in truth is a shy lass . . . thrilled by her first airplane ride . . . fmore than one-you adventur- ess?J . . . once forgot to change clothes before going to school . . . felt a little out of place on her arrival . . . likable soul with a heart-warming smile. Charles Butcher-tall, slim, lots of life . . . likes to fool around with cars . . . seen very frequently with Alice . . . enjoys hunting and playing baseball . . . is not in love with work but would like to be a first-class carpenter some day . . . has car- ried papers faithfully for an awful long time . . . lives out Ft. Des. Moines way . . . responds to calls of Butch or Char- lie. Frances Compopiano-bedimpled miss with fun-loving spirit . . . twinkling toes on a dance floor . . . twinkling eyes in class room . . . conscientious hall monitor . . . affectionately known as Compo . . . just being a senior thrills her . . . no em- barrassing moments . . . to speak of. I Helen Coburn - tall, dark, meticulously groomed . . . striking dresser . . . makes her own clothes . . . went to Kansas, Okla- homa and Missouri as a graduation present . . . won an electric sewing machine at a recent sewing contest sponsored by Youn- kers . . . has been in the H. E. dept. for three years. Mary Crawford-sweet little strawberry blonde . . . always seen with Marilyn or lean . . . Tri-Deb . . . long a member of office staff . . . answers to names of Mac and' Maisie . . . wants to teach dancing in col- lege . . . secretary of student council . . . enjoys sitting by Brooks . . . trips to a light fantastic . . . Elizabeth is her middle name . . . led last senior class in bacca- laureate, commencement, and class day ex- ercises. Ernest Dunagan-smart as a whip . . . but oh, so modest . . . member of Sluggers Legion . . . his huge vocabulary keeps one bewildered . . . played football, basketball . . . attributes biggest thrill to starting in first football contest as center . . . talks with a twang . . . mutters in his beard . . . co-editor of regular Rail and literary editor of the Senior Railsplitter . . . baby of class . . . loved by all. flat A