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

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Patncla Darlene Harmon enthusiastic rn d nite boatcr anothe engaged gal blushes when she thinks of the time he un rrientionables fell off in front of Penney s oo 'tobert William is her hobby Sub Deb president co editor of the regu lar Rail pals with Mary Lou lives for Iu y Z3 then she must learn to cook Peggy Knotts smile of beauty another short stuff pals with Lou Lou but spends most of her time with hay vants to be a telephone operator t n hitch Hay sa s shes the o tter half of the gruesome twosome the brains a member of Abe s glee club an l chorus will never forget the night she cceife he diamond what a thrill Peg eg Darlene Alxce McMurray once wore e three initials of her name on her hat a slim and very pretty spends most of her time writing to Art in the air corps looked awfully cute in her get together cos turne embarrassing moment concerns a trio to the ledges r and falling through a picnic table has a date with Art in fune to receive the other hall of he ring set Dar one grand girl lean Morris a classy gal has locks of a gorgeous hue another midnight boater yearns to be a nurse in the Army cadet nurse corps she should know as slaved on the nurses staff for years possessor of a monogram didnt earn it taking showers . either another sub deb. . , Blondie . ,. Gene Edward Pearson . . . army air corps man , . . spends spare moments building model airplanes . . , quiet . . . conservative 4 . . but progressive . . . to make good in the air corps is his goal . . . finds no embarrass- ing moments among memories of his school ie . . , thrills come frequently . . . says he . . . but the biggest one was passing his air corps test . . . Richard Proper . . . Dick yearns to win his wings in the army air corps . . . leaves after graduation to make his dream come true , . . it really was a thrill to win a medal in the city golf meet , . . building model airplanes occupies his spare time . . this monogram possessor is a nice guy to know . . . 'ig' :1'v' 'go he -'fm Margaret Eloise Iolmson embarrassing mo ments too numerous to mention doe nt say much but thinks plenty still blushes when she thinks of the tennis shoe spanking she received in grade schoo for chasing boys Marge has stopped chasm men now cause e heart belongs to Hich pals with Lores wants to be a stenographer elma Arlene Knouf very pretty blonde typical co ed we think she s tops made a beautiful homecoming queer as been known as Sis for umpteer years logical choice for class secretarv Sub Deb rrember blushes every time anyone mentions a Certain midnight boa ride at Ahquabi likes to bowl re quently rrissed pre first very popula with the girls and the opposite sex Lrllah Ieanette Moore short dark and cu.e loves to watch the Rails play has never missed a game biggest thrill was seeing Lincoln score on East in the 43 game one of the nightingales in Abe s chorus leanie wants to live a long life with a short man Bert Payne Bert lives to be another gob wants to Join the navy after graduation went out for basketball likes football oo thinks it s absolutely miraculous to have gotten through English failed in grade school cause he cheated in spelling .. Red lack Laurence Pedersen , . . admits taking a swing at a man in the dark . , . only to dis- over it was a calf . . still scared . . . large sign marked private hangs above his thrill room door . . . remembers time in grade school when he received the height of all punishment . A . a spanking in front of the entire class . . . Pete is working toward his goal of becoming a Marine , , . and marrying a certain feminine classmate . . , Richard W. Reyes . . , Rich . . , a Marine now . . . has girl friend called loanne , , , good golfer . . . full of bright ideas , , . snappy character , . . awfully witty . , . thrilled when his program of records was given in front of entire school . . has few embarrassing moments . . . proud of five brothers in service . , , last in family to leave . . . a real guy , . . possesses a beautiful whistle not for females either . . .

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Mary Colacmo has locks of the most beautlful color has a lovely personalrty oo thxnks that graduatxng IS enough thrtll to hod her tn check for some ttme cant forget her emba rassmg moment but netther can she tell xt ts an all around gtrl ltkes to read dance and wrlte l tters Eugene Coy co captatn of the football team rough and ready basketball player momckers mclude lay Comache Gene or even Homer Growler was shy and bashful tn grade school but look at htm now has a sensxble ambttton happy when he cant fmd time for sports he makes the women happy Edward Gul Davolt got taken to office for playzng Texas Rangers 1n grade school presxcles as presndent of the senror class mathematlcal mmd actually claxms Btll and Fllp as pals Pmky pos sesses no spectal heart throb therefore he ts lookmg for hrs btggest thrlll feels ashamed when asked about sneakmg out of Park Avenue school when he was suppose to be making up ttme one good guy lean Furrow Her ambrsh IS to attend college then to travel the world over another sub deb Furlough reads lots and lots Lake Ahquabt con sntutes her btggest embarrassment was the unhappy reclptent of a free hatr cut nas qutte a vocabulary uses pedantrc synonyms qutte the gal would do any thmg for a frxend Wanda Glllaspy everybody knows Datsy she s the gtrl wtth the cute glggle thmks Iohnny IS sxmply supe gradua tton ts a thnll too her sole ambxtron IS to get through 12A how about the candy ounte Wanda? has ganged wtth the tmns smce the begmnmg of ttme has a llttle stster that could pass for Wan Patty Ann Guys sparklxng whxte teeth lovely smtle always seen wtth lune rxdtng the second largest rolle coaster tn the U S and a date wtth Rudy Srmon bo h ve h r a th rl was such a naughty gtrl tn grade school tnat they almost ex elled her embar assmg moments v or tell cn herself attends pre AIYS . , , Pa . . , Budd1e' '... wants to be a Iong dxstance opera or . . , 157 ii' Qs. .IT lv I an Robert S Comiskey op to flnd ts woman rn about ten years wearmg maroon and gold grtdtron sur' was found to be hrs bxggest thrtll wants to be a sports vsrlter was sports edltor on the egular Hall lettered rn tenms oot ba also a good basketball player hard to understand but easy to get along wmth Iames Harold Cross curly hatr blue eyes and personaltty plus remrnds us of Henry Aldrlch IC 1l'1dUlQGS In various pastlmes eattng photog raphy and WOMEN a regular thesptan has been rn every play slnce he htt Lxncoln has too many embarrass mg moments to ltst them all we can belreve that was colummst on the regu lar Rall co feature edttor of the year book known to all as ltmmy Isa Belle DEAPPOIODIA gutte pettte seems awfully qutet another possessor of a warm smtle cant ltst all of the em barrassments she has suffered her thrrll ts tn the Marmes Izz1e ts Ieavmg for Callforma as soon as she graduates Beth Gemmxll IZ seems to be dommated by the ltttle red man wrth horns Cork s slde klck wants to be a woman 1n whtte once got ornery and was promptly locked tn the closet by Dons and Mary Ann her mother found her thus after thetr departure str blushes when she thtnks of the street car rtde that she took tn her get together cos tume co advertxsxng manager of the re gular Rall got the same posttlon on the Semor Rall another Sub Deb Patsy Ruth Green has gone with Exll smce way back a frtend to everyone beauttful blue eyes the song Savtng Myself For Brll sutts her frne embarrass mg moments were Tooooo embarrasstng to relate to become Mrs Blll Wallace ts her futu e Pat has an ortgtnal pepsodent srrule lockers wtth lune Bug lune Arlene Hallonquxst attends student councll regularly blonde hatr ltkes to cuddle up m a blg chatr wtth a good book works tn a downtown store can usually be seen wtth Patty held down rosttton of home room secretary for two yea s tagged lune bug Blondte thmks Mtss Helps and Mtss butter are super . . awfully nice to know , . .

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Flora Lea Rogers a lovely oa k eyed gxr looks lusclous tn dark colors seems quxet but got her mouth taped shut tn thtrd grade for talkmg a f r get dropptng a tray full of food tn 'he rrttdule of the student unton floor at Ames othe bowler Lea yearns to 'rave Mumxe Serra another small dark hatred gtrl wtth laughter ln he eyes Jas 'nad ause 'eache slapped her face sonethmg she cltdnt do too s thrt led at the prospec of graduattng has a burnmg desxre to D9 a stenographer wt sett e or a sales 10D lo an ay d sro s loxes o dance constders thrs the best way to spend her ttme em barrassrnent yet to corne Mmnn e Sarah Rudy Fred Sxmon v1ce presxdent of the semor class rs much 'nore handsome mth a Butch dtvrdes hrs ttrrze arcong basketball tootball and messtng wtth a Ford looks forward to becomxng a sallo was thr1lled when he started hrs trst basketball game one of the gang gtves every gxrl a chance by not gomg wrth anyone rn partlcular Sparky Rude DoLores Evelyn Stanley Dee Dee sews E er own clothes very good at xt nkes to hunt but wont tell what crrculatron manager on the regular Rall amb1t1on lS to marry a certarn saxlor and be a successful wrfe o Qd llZBllOl'l manager on the semo Rall favo lte pasttfne correspondrng wtth hmmy dtsplays a cute crop of freckles across her proboscts umce Tate Spuds dances so dx Jmely IS srmply wrld about Tommy ooks forward to the day when she wtll be a secretary at the pos offlce exchange editor of the regular rtatl bowls a wrcked Cant fo get her grade chums wrt lean everyone hkes her game of 149 school romance tkes eve yone Marvm Van Gmkel and so handsome blonde qutet cans a beat up V 8 ts usually seen wlth B111 or Fhp plans o see the world ln a sallor sutt sets many a femmes heart aflutter o captatn of the track team states hls btggest thrxll xs graduatron Marv 7 Nav 5 25 an ,pw-. hm 'WS vu-.mr Angelme Serra Mtnnte s st ter ann c um o es por s anotht r s ooth dancer has as yet had no th tlls or embarrassmg ornont bu cant forget th day she at to stay n for ht talk no a 'wean wt e nov :hd as the same drean as er stste ylus yearmng to tavel to San to the Manr-es Angte Audrey Faye Sxlcott e gxrl wttn the turned up rose see Glllul 'sro sweet ho w she hccks her el le s ' to Q o 'o nn and to get ocord player robody can forget the te at 1 Co a fe ow f. F ani was ole hea d by the D055 o ag ced mth anothe Sub Deb learned her lesson tn qrade s hool lasnt haserl 4 rx stnce Lxttle Audrey Wzllxam Albert Sopher would xke to be a me namc rn etther army or navy atr force plpe collecting heads hrs hobby llst xlso ttnkers with auto was thrtlled at ktckxng extra potnt to grve Lmcoln a 76 wtn aver last htgh IH 1947 Betty pos sosses the key to Wtlhe s heart doesnt tim r ubhctre embarrassrng moments Dolores Stevens possesses a warm smrle that spells frtendshlp ts proud of her collcctton of vases has suffered too many embarrassments to name them all newer rnember of our class but a wel Co'ne frtend Polly Mary Ann Thomas small dark and mtschtevous seems qutet but not to her f tends secretary of student council a whtz of a typxst also vtce presrdent of the Sub Debs remembers well Lake Ah quabt and those mrd ntght boat rtdes btggest thrill IS yet to come so embar rassecl when some personal notes fell mtO the wrong hands teachers too Tom eb' ,nn-. an if gp... Wxlhaxn Waddell very quret very cute very small but very very mce a httle gtrl tn grade school stepped on Bllly s lunch parl Brlly stepped rxght back On hers meante has the cutest gnn wants to be a soldler tn Uncle Sams army after graduatron wtll make a swell one