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

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Opal Abild— co-op student at West . . . little and cute . . . secretary of Victory Corps at West . . . likes music . . . wants to be a stenographer or go to college . . . got an E rating in a music contest . . called Plop . . . member of the library staff while at Linc oln . . . came from Park Avenue . . . seen with Jeanne and Katty. Eatbryn Andergen — a tall blonde . always has a ready grin . . . Kay likes dancing, sewing, baseball, tennis, and ice skating . . . doesn ' t reveal embarrassing moment . . . her greatest thrill was traveling to Colorado alone . . . desires to be a music teacher . . . sings and plays the piano . , . came from Park Avenue . . . generally seen with Opal and Auggie. class . . . proud that she doesn ' t wear make- up .. . has earned eight monograms . . . ping pong champ . . . biggest thrill of all things was when Miss McFarland told her she wasn ' t very bright . . . Bergie ' s mother agrees to same . . . longs to be a history teacher with an eye to her ideals Miss Selby and Miss Dewey . . . collects war cartoons and poems . . . co-editor of year book . . . author of Es Verdad . . . ••Brainchild . . . ' •Bergie . . . ••Moron. Virginia leanne Brandt— a tiny, blue-eyed girl . . . sang in •Robin Hood . . . can really beat the ivories . . . West high stude . . . Jeff of the combination Mutt and leff . . . takes snapshots of people in odd poses . . . wants to be a lap sitter (a good steno) most embarrassed in Idaho ... a six-foot cowboy with high heels asked minute Jeanne to dance . . . Jeannie . . . Shorty. Mary Cer li— studies very hard ... is am- bitious to graduate . . . says her most em- barrassing moment is too too embarrassing but did happen . . . claims biggest thrill is yet to come . . . chums with Norma Plem- one . . . very neat . . . dresses well . . . seen smiling all the time . . . never a dull moment with Mary or her scads of friends. Frances Comito— hails from Park Avenue . . works part time . . . won ' t tell embarras- sing moment . . . collects pictures and plays tennis . . . longs lor travel . . . ranks high in scholastic rating . . . played in ' •Peggy and the Pirates . . . sang in the junior chorus . . . character and student council member . . . friendly . . . well liked. Jacqueline Helen Andersen — responds to ••Jackie . . . rather good student . . . well dressed council student . . . wants to work at Bankers Life . . . embarrassing moment just too awful . . . ask Lois . . . Railsplitter news editor . . . circulation manager of the year book . . . befriends everyone . . . loves biking, and ice skating ... in grade school ••Blondie, Irene and ' •Bergie got caught telling stories and . . . and . . . was teacher ' s pet at Howe. Augustina Barber — a very good seamstress . . proudly makes many of her clothes . . . never has much to say . . . but still water runs deep . . . pals with Katie Anderson wants to travel . . . efficient manager of home ec staff . . . biggest thrill yet to come . . . comes from Park Avenue . . . one of 205 s most loyal patriots ... a working girl. Dorothy Berry — loyal auburn-haired miss of the library staff . . . loved French classes . . . collects toy animals . . . also has many pen pals . , . this Irish stude (and a good one too) would like to see the world . . . then bookkeeping or . . , ? . . won t di- vulge embarrassing moment . . . has grade school skeletons but she won t unlock the closet . . . Duster . . . •Dotty. Thelma Casner — loves baseball . . . that ' s where she got her nickname ' Casey . . short . . . very athletic ... is a home ec enthusiast . . . hard worker of family . . . in Leaders Club . . . G.A A. monograms 300, 500. 1000, 1500 . . . attends West high . . . but will graduate with class . . . quiet and reserved . . . but Casey ' is human . . . ask the Leaders club . . . about those missing ice cream bars ... a steady and sure friend. Angelina Colosimo — small but dynamic . . , her expressive eyes speak volumes ... if collecting photographs . . . sewing ... or selling she is completely happy . . . to be a business girl or a telephone operator is and always has been Angeline s hope . . . once, while on an icy hill, ' Angle waved at some one and slid clear down the hill . . . and was she embarrassed!! . . . ••Philley will have her greatest thrill when she graduates. Bruce Creveling— hobbies are airplanes . . . wants to join the merchant marine . . . got caught putting a time bomb on his instruct- or ' s car . . . biggest thrill was the day he went to work for consolidated aircraft . . . spends much of leisure time overhauling cars . . . roller skates . . . was on second football team . . . enrolled in course at West.

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' We re hoy at to VV ff. tJnt oln Uiffh Once, nearly 200 sirona — now . just a l)and of ()3. Once, ever so inanv girls and ever so many lioys. Now. 50 girls and 13 boys comprise the list of January IQ43 graduates. In a period of six years since the present graduating class entered Lincoln, many students liave qui t. Others left to join the ever- swelling band of young workers. Some few have transferred to olher edifices of education. But one thing above all else has had the greatest effect on the reduced percentage of boys in the class . . . WAR. Manv fell ows w ent into the arin and naw . soiiu ' joined the ( oast guards, and even more became marines. War. jobs, and adventure ha c lured many a a ' from school, bul 03 have remained — remained for the banquet, the informal, class day, graduation, and of course the diploma. From their greatly depleted ranks, graduates-elect chose four students to take o cr the leadcrsliip of the laiiuary 13 ( lass. I alph Porter was elected president. He is a tall, shy lad. w ho wouldn t be suspet ted of having lofty ideals, bul he does. . sk his Iriends. Vice-president Harold (lollidav enjoys (and probably always will) himself greatly everywhere. Buck, a great hunter, hopes to put his marksmanship lo prat tice soon. The dream of every girl in every senior class was realized by Ella Louise Oalenbeck when she was elected class secretary. She is quiet; she is reserved, and her classmates like her better for it. Robert Mitchem. ( lass treasurer, is always in a good humor. Mite h s ' ever present ( ompanion is his smile. He is the type of person who always does the easy thing the hard way. bul usually succeeds. These four leaders of the class of lanuarv ' -43 are l pi(al of their generation whose duly il will be to win the peace when war is over.

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Christina Crivaro — bundle of energy . . . us- ually seen with a smile on her face , . . attends West mornings, works afternoons in a department store . . . hobbies are sleeping, movies . . . ambitious to be a success in anything attempted . . . biggest thrill is graduation . . . nicknamed Chris , Bunny Cheeks . . . has any number of real good friends. Betty Darling — reddish blonde . . . short . . . wants to be a private secretary . . . likes baseball and roller skating ... on the in- formal committee . . . girls athletic mana- ger in ninth grade . . . girls ' glee club . . . wears a pair of wings . . . rather shy . . . but knows what is right and acts according- ly. Jeanette DeYoung — True to army . he ' s in California . . . boat ride on Pacific thrilled her most ... is constantly being pursued by Donal . . . spilt hot fudge on nice white blouse . . . finally noticed it . . . giggles excessively with Irene Darnes . . . Net is so neat and such a meticulous dresser . . . helps Dad as a clerk in store . ■ . thought it terrible when Dad bought a goat . . . nicknames are Blondie and Fattie. Ruie Farson — life is ' already planned by Bob . . . has his diamond . . . pals with Bob ' s sister, Vivian . . . giossie editor of year- book . . . head of senior informal . . . Mother used to find her behind the library licking candy wrappers . . Nellie joys in biking, ice skating, and Bob . . . enthu- siastic gym student . . . summer usually finds her in shorts or swimming suit. Kenneth Foust — Kenny - . . nice looking . , swell personality . . . led cheers for many seasons . . . won two monograms . . . industrious . . . exchange editor of the regular Rail . . . hobbies are hunting and fishing and Dora Ann . . . plans to get all he can out of life, and Kenny will . . . says there are no embarrassing moments . . . we know better . . . everyone knows his big thrill . . . special pal of Dee Layton . . . affectionately called Orville. Evelyn Gale — Eve was a homecoming queen attendant . . . pals with Maxine and Marie ... is usually on the run so can ' t find time to be bored . . . Mr. Mefferet once caught her hooking up her hose . . . fashions own clothing . . . wants to own a beautiful dia- mond and she does mean beautiful ... in grade school Eve brought teacher hot rolls. Dora Ann Crookshank — one of the old Park Avenue crowd . remembers being in Mitch ' s harem , , member of Triple C ' s and leader of lots of pranks . . . big ambi- tion is to open a dance studio with Marie . . . seen with DeDe since three cornered stage , . . doesn ' t embarrass, so has no bad moments . . . thrilled when she received her diamond . . . one of Sue ' s great mo- ments will occur in February. Irene Darnel — a short, sandy haired maiden sparkling and mischievous eyes . . . enjoys life . . . feature editor on Rail . . . literary editor on year book . . . likes ice skating, dancing . . . has a desire to marry a certain Coast Guardsman . . . most em- barrassed when she fell off chair at State Finance . . . can be seen any day either reading or writing a letter . . . pals with Jeanette. Theodore Dhainin — Good-looking blond . . . curly hair . . . worked on stage for years and years . . , chummed with Snook . . . left Lincoln for West High comes back to graduate , . . Leona is biggest thrill . . . has been for ages ... is a happy individual . . . swell-friend . . . always seen around stage when in school . . . answers to the call of Ted. Catherine Foronalo . . . short . . . cute . . . South American eyes ... is always seen with Mary or Norma ... if you don ' t know where Katy is ... go to the nearest dance hall . . . loves dancing . . . cute males . . . and school ...?...?... her ambition is . . . none . . . ??? . . . often called Nonny . . . fought with Norma for years . . . now best friend . . . proud of three handsome brothers who are serving their country. Robert Fryman — almost a red-head ■ . . lots o! freckles . . . resembles Peck ' s Bad Boy . . . collects post-marks and friends . . . would like to be a marine pilot, also would like a wife . . . family too . . . here ' s your matrimonial chance, girls . . . remembers date3 with Norma as biggest thrill . . . es- pecially one in particular . . . cans a swell Kord around . . . when ho has the gas . . . Red . . . Pinky. Ella Louise Galenbeck — tiny . . . quiet . . . shy - . , oh so nice . . . secretary of class . . . lots of friends . . . and makes an ideal friend herself . . . lovely hair and beautiful eyes . . . dresses nice . . . photography is her only hobby ... is kidded a lot about Buck . . remembers Park Avenue when she was bank messenger . . generally seen with special pal Frances or Dorothy . . . Myrna.