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

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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.

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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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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.