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

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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 em- barrassing moments are not for publication and greatest thrill is in the Marines.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.

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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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Your Namp Will Ever Stfindr Faculty — Front Row, leit to right: Sutter, Heaps, Hufchens, Betz, RuH, Plemone, Hall, Mapel, Dunkelberg. Second Row; McEniry, Hurd, Linquist, Amlie, Ebers, Smith, Hamilton, Roberts, Meffert. Third Row: Barton, Tomhnson, Talarico, Scholfield, Selby, Holmes, Scanian, Morgan, Coventry, Lewis. Fourth Row: McFarland, Mitchell, Farley, Sanders, Baskerville, Gerharl, Grabau, Snyder, Dewey. Filth Row: Morganthaler, Nieweg, Cripe, G. Harris, Fox, C. Harris, Cox, lohnson, Robbins