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

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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.

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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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Harold Golliday— tall . . . dark . . hand- some . . . built like Hercules . . . ambition is 1o take life easy . . . does . . . really cans a car around . . - generally with P. J. and Mitch . . . plus lots of gals . . . has only one embarrassing moment . . . being beat- up by a certain girl , . . (Marie) kinda likes Wanda . . . kinda likes girls . . . likes to hunt, fish . . . plays with electric train . . . better known as Buck.. Josephine Marilyn Gray — petite librarian . . . long hair . . . expressive voice . - . second youngest in class . . . likes reading and creative writing . . . her mental maturity belies her youthful appearance ... to go to college is lo ' s desire . . . then . . . become a great author . . . was most embarrassed when slip slipped on a downtown street . . . greatest thrill was graduating a year ahead of her class . . . Joie . . . Shorty. Beatrice GrMn«— saucy little green-eyed minx , . meticulous seamstress . . . makes many oi her own clothes ... on class day com- mittee . . . Bse eagerly pursues ice skat- ing, swimming . . . and . . . youthful males ... to be a mortician is her burning de- sire ■ . ■ was a duration girl friend until a new convertible Chevie drove in . . . still has scar where she stopped a brick . . . tossed by Bergie. Betty Hinaa — seems kind of quiet . . . but oh) when you know her . . . awful nice . . . swell personality . . . makes ideal friend . . . has lots . . . wears a pair of wings . . . lucky girl . . . has man in air corps . . . seen with Marilyn for years and years . . . works in office . . . Mr. Betz ' s little helper . . . blushes kinda easy so embarrassing moments are many . . . Pickle. Phyllis Knotti Phil ' s ambit! training ' s jai sing moi ' sides - ing Pe hail man in white is tfiVg d duate from nurse ' s of it ; VJ- her most embarras- to orf ' —censored-- . . . be- to satfors, Phil likes bowl- e skfltina . . chums with Mildred rticiDatff(| in junior operetta and and tlfe Pirate . . . boy friend the e ItP - Frances Leo — better known among her friends as Frankie or Fran . . . ambitious to receive good position in retail store . . . will say yeS to any invitation to dance, travel, or skate . . . very embarrassed when she gave a street car conductor a penny . . . liked milk in grade school . . . biggest thrill was traveling to Chicago where she met a certain guy. Tony Marturello — hails from St. Anthony ' s . . . hobbies are drawing comic pictures and woodworking . . . says he can ' t be embar- rassed (is he kiddin?) ... his big ambition is to be a success in the marines . . . big- gest thrill hasn ' t come yet ... he was the little man who was always there at make-up night in grade school . . . really a swell guy . . . nicknames are Pig-Fuzz, Mad Russian. Marie Harmon — big, snapping brown eyes . . . rather saucy . . . chums with Dora Ann . . has a beautiful voice . . . sang in the hilari- ties, talent shows, senior choir . . . council member for two years . . . thrilled when requested to sing with the all-city choir . . . biggest ambition is to sit around and let someone else support her . . . (Gene?) . . . wants to get to Missouri . . . two guesses why . . . hobby is dancing with Dora Ann . . . attractive. James Johansen — blond . . . ruddy cheeked . . . has an eye to the future . . . hobby is guns . . . guns . . . and more guns . . . wants to be a bombardier . . . likes his- tory discussions ... no embarrassing mo- ments on record . . . but blushes very easi- ly .. . his biggest thrill will be when he meets the Jerries and the sons of Nippon with a F air of twin .50 calibers under his arm . . . engaging grin . . . nice fellow to know. Phyllis Knouf — beautiful hair . . . Leonard siys lis red . . . nice clothes . . ■ makes remarks at the the oddest times . . . blushes easily . . . usually could be seen with Tommy . . . the army got Tommy, — darn — . . . so . . . Phil keeps feminine com- pany . . . first name Myrna , . . wonder why she ' s known as Phyllis . . . , ' ne of Park Avenue mob . . . pals with ary Ellen . . . arnbrfrop- . . . to bgjible lo hunt and ly as t3 i s Tomfhy. Irene Marjorie Md nuson — a tall nurse-elect ... a happy individual . , . beautiful teeth . . . rather shy . . . organizations editor for year book . . . piano playing and biking are pet diversions . . . eager to become an R.N. . . . wants to see the world . . . Irene blushed reddest when her beads got away and fled to all corners of the history class . , , biggest thrill was seeing the west behind and Iowa ahead. George Mason — tall, dark, and handsome . . . describes George . . . been out for track and football . . . did well in both . . . one of the best-liked boys in the class . . . ideal friend . . . leading hobby is photography . . . ambition is to be a missionary in French West Africa . . . will succeed in whatever he attempts . . . remembers vividly when Ruie Farson ' s mother used to find her by the library licking candy pa- pers . . . Georgie.