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

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Dclorei Rich — cute as can be . . . swell per- sonality . . . swell clothes ... not terribly ambitious . . . plans to scrub floors for her occupation . . . was head usherette at local theater . . . belongs to Triple C ' s . . . problem child . . . grade school pictures are skeletons in closet . . . has Gobs of Love for the Navy — namely Rich . . . loves to loaf . . . does . . . known to all as DeDe or Rosie . . . chums with Dora Ann, Evelyn, Marie. Irene Sheraden — medium height . . . green eyes . . . cute - . . dresses in simple but eye catching way . . . council member . . . splendid make-up editor on the Rail . . . loves Danny, ice skating and sports . . . ambition is to marry Danny . . . wants to make him the best wife possible . . . lovely attendant to homecoming queen ... in grade school crawled by tea cher ' s door . . . cause she wanted to play in the forbidden gym. Lueiezia Serra — oh so tiny . . oh so cute left Lincoln to go to West . . . comes to Lincoln to graduate . . . movies and danc- ing are her hobbies . . . hopes to hold im- portant position in commercial world . . . biggest thrill is Leland . . . remembers be- ing teacher ' s pet in grade school . has already entered the business world wears high heels effectively . . . Lu Jean Shreiller — enthusiastic b4nd member Shrefl can generally be seen carrying her oboe to some unknown destination . . . beautiful hair and styles it accordingly . . . generally seen with Gin and Phil . . . ambition is to attend Iowa State College . . . embarrassing moments have been had but are not revealed . . . been council member for many semesters . . laborious secretary of band . . . that ' s Shrefl. Sara Sirianni — nice to look at . . . swell to know . . . one of the onery crowd . . . good-looking clothes . . . sews her own . . . hobbies are dancing and taking pictures of friends . . . biggest thrill and ambition is loe . . . her latest flame . . . sold candy after school for ages . . . been in several April showers , , . Sara Lou. Robert Snook — indispensable person . . . left Lincoln but came back to graduate . . . has bossed the stage for many years . . . play- ing guitar is his biggest hobby . . . Bob ' s biggest thrill either hasn ' t happened or isn ' t revealed . . . Snook says there ' s no em- barrassing moment . . . but we wonder . . . ambition is to be a good glass bender like his brother . . . council member but doesn ' t believe in attending the meetings. Chis Stanley— tall . . . chubby . . had big- gest thrill first time he drove a car . . . ambition ... to be a good pilot in the air corps . . . sang in Robin Hood . . . cir- culation manager on regular Rail . . . Stan loves to drive a car . . . always seen at sister ' s side ... is proud to be a member of De Molay . . . sons of America . . . legion . . . and screwball club . . . usually seen eating candy bar. Marilyn Mae St. John— short and immaculately groomed . . . looks younger than her 17 years . . . called Johnny , . . wants to be a private secretary and sit on the boss ' s knee . . . has had too many embarrassing moments . . . came from Fort Des Moines . . . heart belongs to Soupe ... on the parent party committee . . . home room secretary for two years . . . swell girl Mary Smith— G A A and leaders club . . . won 300, 500, and 1,000 point monograms . . hobby is sports of all kinds . . ambi- tion is to be a nurse . . . biggest thrill will be when she receives a nurse ' s diploma . . . went to West high, returned to Lincoln to graduate . . . another girl who works at Kresge ' s . . . hair blonde . . . nicknamed Blondie. Jennie Sovich — the only one in the class who can tell the high lights of her life in seven words . . . dancing is her hobby . . . Jen wants to be a success at whatever she un- dertakes . . . but won ' t tell embarrassing moments . . . Jennie ' s biggest thrill was her first date . . . has large brown eyes . . . raven black hair . . . very tall . . . chums with Verna Ulrich. Mary Jean Stanley — answers to nickname Stanley . . . hobbies are swimming and Jack . . . dancing and cooking . . . ambitious to be a certain red-headed louey ' s wife . remembers well the time she and bosom pals stayed after school lor writing love notes in grade school . . . biggest thrill ■ Jack . . . member of home ec staff . . . belongs to Rainbow Girls ... in first band ever so long. Mary Ellen Thomas — holds a mutual friendship with everyone ... is tall, attractive . . . has a charming voice and personality plus . , - was homecoming queen . . . the second girl to be student council president . . . sang in three operettas ... is prexy of senior chorus and Double D ' s . . . Tommy, who collects autographs on her bedroom wall, wants to work ... go to college . . . after that . well-1-1-1 maybe Max knows . . . Sadie got her biggest thrill when chosen queen

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Lawrence McConnell — has track monogram — . . . likes traveling and reading adventure stones . . . likes Ralph ' s sister . . . wants to My a lighter or bomber plane . . . Lorry thinks Ralph is lops . . . started year out with broken ankle ... is quiet and sits back in class taking it all in . . . pinch hits for Ralph when he is too busy to take Evelvn out. Harold McMurray — pals with Joe Epps ... is engaged . . . very witty . . . arrives late in history because he stops to eat his lunch . . . works at a parking lot . . . cans a Chevie around when he has gas . . . goes to school hall day . . . Helen used to catch him with other girls and oh boyll . . . has pretty blond wavy hair. Bob Mitchem — ' ' Bobby ... Mitchie Lou ... IS smart but can ' t seem to find time to use this knowledge . . . pesters Frankie and Frank ' s Ford . . . doesn ' t like work . . . doesn ' t work . . . and doesn ' t intend to work . . . screwball member . . . wants to become a Rear Admiral in six easy lessons . . . claims to have studied in grade school • ■ ■ 9ypp®cl school to go hunting . . , then got only three pheasants. Frank Palmer — Leonard to close friends . . . likes football . . . basketball . . . has fool- ball monogram . . . co-sports editor of regu- lar Rail . . . co-editor of yearbook . . . was Crank of Spin and Crank column . . . screwball member . . . cans a Ford around with Mitchem and Golliday in rumble seat . . . wants to be as far from Jackie as possible . . . doesn ' t mean it though . . . persistent teaser. Norma Plemone — Lincoln ' s new school secre- tary . . . so . . . know all . . . and so . . . could tell . . . ??? . . . loves to dance and read . . . appeared on two radio pro- grams ... a news quiz . . . and a panel discussion on Latin America . . . stayed after school at Maple Grove for popping gum in Catherine Foronato ' s ear . . . (can she pop gum . . . wow) ... an A-1 student as well as the youngest in the class . . . everyone likes Norma. Maxine Prothero — short . . . attractive . . . has great variety of clothes . . . never seen without a smile . . . she just won ' t keep her dimples still . . . works at ordnance plant . . . makes so much of the well-known fold- ing stuff . . . she has to pay an income tax ... if she doesn ' t . . . well . . . quit schcol for two years . . . but Max is a great student. Vein Edward McCormick — blue eyes . . . short . . . has pineapple clip . . . twinkling eyes ... is a star scout . . . has a radio phobia . . . hobby? . . . radio . . . his ambition? . . . to be a radio technician , . . was so em- barrassed at having picture taken . . . his mother couldn ' t keep him still . . . Vern is the monkey type . . . loves to climb . . . Corky doesn ' t have one girl ... he woos them all. Margaret McNeeley — kinda quiet but loads of fun . . . lovely dark hair which is always well groomed . . . sparkling teeth are evi- dent when she flashes her smile . . . read- ing, writing letters, and dancing take up lots of time . . . ambition is to be a singer or to go west . . . remembers when trying to impress boy-friend her sister showed baby pictures . . . first dance and being in oper- etta are most thrilling moments for Mag- gie. Elizabeth Noack — an ardent band member, Lizzie can generally be seen around the music room . . . remembers junior operetta . . . hobbies are driving cars (anybody ' s), and drawing plans for houses . . . Liz ' s ambition is to be a second Mary Lewis . , . has played lots of instruments including the bass drum . . . loves playing in clinic bands and orchestras special friend of Jean. Imogene Perdue — sable tressed damsel very attractive . . . beautiful voice . . . me- ticulously groomed . . . mixed chorus, sex- tet .. . likes singing and dancing . . . plays cute tricks on friends . . . most embarrassed when she fainted in Wolfe ' s store . . . was out cold for two hours . . . highest aspira- tion is to be vocalist with an orchestra . . . Imy proudly displays Harold ' s diamond . . . was thrilled speechless when chosen lead for Peggy and the Pirates. Ralph Porter — president of class . . , co-sports editor of regular Rail and of yearbook . . . was Spin of Spin and Crank column . . . usually seen at Evelyn, Jeanette, or Irene ' s right hand . . . track enthusiast . . . captain of track team . . . out for football . . . screwball member . , . believes army has his future planned . . . winning state medley relay was biggest thrill . . . loves to be with Jim Johansen. Alice Reeves — pert little skirt nicknamed Al . . . went horseback riding and was most embarrassed upon descending . . , hobbies are photo collecting, dancing . . . says her biggest thrill was her first formal . . ■ council member for 232 in tenth and eleventh grade . . . was outstanding in school play Almost Eighteen . . . was one of ten best dressed girls in Lincoln ' s survey.

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CharUs Tripe — lo be a flight engineer or bombadier is Chuckie Lou ' s ambition . . . quiet . . . nice . - . lots of freckles . . ■ and lots of fun . . . spends leisure time working at tent awning company . . . likes trapping . . . trapping what? Chuck . . . can usually be found in Bob Mitchem ' s company . . . the quiet one on all pranks . . . sleeps all the way home from work on street car. BUI Walker ... a tall blond fellow ... his manners contradict the saying that the age of chivalry is dead . . . loves ping pong . . . one of few students to complete book- keeping course . . . pals with Mitch and Ralph . . . works at National shirt shop . . . likes his neighbors ... no wonder . . . (it ' s a family of girls) . . . commonly re- ferred to as Bing. Donal Whicker — every phase of Don ' s life in- cludes airplanes . . . was expelled from grade school for water fighting . . . went to West . . . hobbies centered around air- plane models . . . participated in Peggy and the Pirate . . . was master of cere- monies of 9A party . . . president of air- plane club in junior high . . . Whick excels in history . . , pestering leanette . . . seen at numerous times with Charlene Perdue. Wanda Van Note — Easy to look at with plenty of personality . . . super piano player . . . composes her own boogie woogie . . , it ' s really hep . . . belonged to leaders club and earned monograms . . . loves to bowl and skate . . . ambition is to be a good housewife . . . whom for? Wanda? . . . mak- ing up with a certain man was biggest thrill ... no embarrassing moments for this jazz- loving gal. Evelyn Walker — tall, good-looking, that ' s Stinky . . , has lots of ambition . . . great future, she hopes . . . one of the smart ones in the class . . . tickles the ivor- ies in a satisfactory way, pleases the Triple C ' s anyway . . . has already entered the business world . . . was usherette in local theater where DeDe gave orders . . . em- barrassing moments are not for publication and greatest thrill is in the Marines. Lois Wright— biggest thrill is Ray . . . sports his diamond . . . ambition is to have Ray return from navy . . . pals with Jean . . . wonderful roller skater . . . also collects cigars . . . blushes to the ears . . . very proud of Beverly , . . found herself on floor in front of boy friend due to Dee Layton . . . drives a red Mercury. Frances Villalabos — tall, dark . . . doesn ' t say much . . . quiet . . . retiring . . . nice voice and eyes . . . likes dancing . . . also enjoys pen pals ... a patriotic miss . . . wants to hit enemy by working in a war plant . . . born deep in the heart of Texas . . . but likes it where the tall corn, grows . . . Frankie . . . Fran. (Not pictured) OI«l 21 ml o v During the past year l.iiuoln hid goodhye to four teachers wlio left lo join llic armed forces. The first to o was l,t. Frederick Engel who for many years directed Lincoln ' s hand, one of the hest in the city. His successor, Mr. Jack Dalhv. was at Lincoln only a short time until he. too, donned the uniform of the army air (orps. i)d next went Mr. Phil Siinker. commercial teacher and assistant coach. Lincoln remembers with gratihidc how Mr. Siinker worked with the football Icaiii durin ; its greatest season. He is now in Red Cross foreign ser i(e. serving in the capacity of recreatioti director. I eboiiair Mr. Cieorge Chatman, Spanish and l rent h instructor, who was the last one to leave, reports that he is enjoying life as a private in the army. . llhough loall) lo hid llie old friends goodhy. Lincoln students are enthusiastic about their suc- cessors: Mr. William .Jacobs, music instructor; Mrs. rhelma Payne, commercial; and Miss Helen Osher. language.