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

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Bernice Rose Stefani-Bernie . . . Steffie . . . typical high school girl with personality plus . . . was thrilled when chosen can- didate for homecoming queen . . . editor of Senior Rail , . . news editor of regular Rai1splitter . . . easily embarrassed but doesn't mention most reddening moment . . . lots of ambitions . . . main one is to settle down with the right guy . . . when the right time comes . . . Girl Reserve . . . a M.O.M. member . . . tops . . . Bette Iean Thompson-blonde . . . blue eyes true blue .gal with scores of friends . . . Bet was an exquisite homecoming queen attendant . . . class day chairman . . . make-up editor of Senior Rail . . . pub- licity manager for regular Rail . . . Mes- senger-News column . . . ninth grade chorus member . . . biggest thrill yet to come . . . wants to settle down and raise a foot- ball team when the right man comes along ... jeepers . .. Harold Alfred Van Ginkel-ambition is to join ,the navy . . . hunting and fishing occupy his spare time . . . Van can always be found at the Soda-Grill . . . eating . . . owns a beat-up V-8 . . . Greenhorn Railsplitter editor . . . class treasurer . . . skipped 2A . . . never thrilled . . . was only boy with ll girls in journalism 2 . . . ice skates . . . blond hair . . . blue gray eyes . . . D.S. boys' slave . . . favorite expression . , . hubba hubba hubba . . . Ida Corrine Wetherton-a fine example of beauty and brains . . . dancing and Bill are main interests . . . the latter being the most important . . . chairman of informal and formal committees . . . also on office staff . . . lots of fun in anyone's language . . . intelligent lady who is graduating ahead of time . . . biggest thrill . . . Bill . . . main ambition . . . why, Bill, of course . . . dances divinely . . . and so friendly Naomi Elizabeth Woods-personality plus . . . ever so quiet . . . but just wait . . . Lizzie's ambition is the cadet nurse corps . . . Chuck . . . won't disclose most embar- rassing moment . . . must be awful . . . loves to neck . . . Chuck . . . super-seam- stress . . . enjoys eating . . . is graduating a semester early . . . sharp looking get-to- gether outfit . . . Chuck proves to be big- gest thrill . . . along with various others . . . a sweet girl and a swell friend . . . Eugene Gerald Lipovac-wants to learn a good trade . . . will too . one embarrassing moment is as bad as another so Gene won't tell any . . . Lippy enjoys softball, football, track, basketball . . . playing with league baseball, league softball champs for two consecutive years proved most exciting . . . Lippo never attends senior meetings . . 1 even when on time , . . true pal, anyhow . . . has already received draft papers . . . Knot picturedl Loraine Frances Steven-blonde . : . cute girl with plenty of pep and personality . , . junior and senior council member . . . Girl Reserve officer . . . a date with a certain lad at Waveland proved most thrill- ,ing . . . Lola Randall's conspirator who kissed a boy and sat in the corner . . . a M.O.M. member . . . Frenchie . . . Steve . . . Blondie spends most of her time keep- ing up the boys' morale . . . Stevie is always gay . . . always light hearted . . . Edith Ann Tomkinson--tall . . . charming . . . when in 11B Edee won Scholastic artist award . . . also Register'Tribune honorable mention . . . artist for Younkers on High School Day . . . ambitions . . . to be a nurse . . . would make a good one . . . then dress designing . . , hobbies consist of dress designing and drawing . . . is looking forward to graduation for biggest thrill . . . proud of four brothers in marines . . . true blue friend . . . Velma Iean Walker-to obtain driver's license . . . then travel the world is Iean's ambition . . . hobbies are roller skating, tennis, bik- ing, life guarding, dancing, swimming, um- piring . . . skipped ZA . . . regular Rail- splitter editor . . . Walk's favorite numbers are 22 . . . ll . . , youngest in class . . . happy possessor of 3 G.A.A. monograms . . . tennis letter . . . ever so thrilled when '42 football team went undefeated . . . Shorty has beautiful blue eyes . . . always smiling . . . Helen Gertrude Williams-shortish . . . red- headed . . . nice to know . , . no skeletons in grade school closet . . . she was a good . girl then . . . gobs of personality . . . has the ambition all girls are interested in . . . biggest thrill was receiving diamond from Bob . . . thumps the piano in spare time , . . excellent at it, too . . . divides extra, time between 'uncle's grocery store and Betty Gale . . . a true friend and one swell little lady . . Bill Frank Shaw-served on banquet and get- to-gether committees . . . entered Lincoln from Hartford . . . plays guard in basket- ball . . . excellent third baseman in baseball . . . shy . . . but ever so kind-hearted . . . claims no embarrassing moments . . . but could that be? , . . denies he's ever thrilled . . . answers to Bill . . . drives a ford . . . art student . . . super swell . . . admits no ambitions . . . but we know better . . . J n

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Mary Lou Maxwell-sweet girl . . . smart little Miss who's graduating ahead of time . . . college claims her biggest ambition . . . music is her most absorbing interest . . . was chairman of banquet commit- tee . . . never yet embarrassed? . . . plays the piano with a beautiful touch . . . pals with Sara Bronco . . . works at The Utica . . . comes from Howe . . . has long been a member of the chorus . . . . Ann Peterna-just gaze around any dance floor and there is Annie . . . thrills at the thought of becoming a dependable ste- nographer . . . was so sparkle-eyed while seeing the sights of Washington . . . be- longed to G.A.A .... chorus . . . glee club . , . orchestra . . . senior council member in llth grade . . . serves as a fine conductor for a street car . . . Rooney was the hit of a grade school play. Lola Lucile Randall-short . . . cute . . . and oh, so ornery . . . president of Girl Reserves . . . to be an efficient secretary is her ambition . . . getting locked in the most peculiar places proves most embar- rassing . . . biggest thrill is yet to come . . . thinks world of brothers Bob and Warren . . . had to sit in a corner in kindergarten for kissing a boy . . . a M.O.M. girl . . . swell friend . . . nice to know . . . Mildred Marie Robbins . . . always happy . . . always in trouble . . . always getting out . . . mortified when giving the conductor a shiny penny , . , ior three consecutive days . . . Midge's biggest thrill came in '43 . . . enjoys cooking, wolfing, sewing, wolfing, making pleated skirts . . . wants to become an expert whistler . . . isn't had now . . . aspires to be a nurse . . . or good housewife . . . ever so lively . . . everyone's pal , . . Milly . . . L. A .... Midget . . . Midgie . . . Dorothy Edith Serra-black curly tresses . . . snappy brown eyes , , . ambition to take trip to New York . . , become a ste- nographer . . . embarrassed when grade school corner provided punishment for talk- ing at wrong time . . . engagement to Ice in May was biggest thrill . . . graduation, riding streamliner . . . were thrilling too . . . hobbies are sewing, skating and base- ball . . . assembly and class day commit- tees , . . answers to D . . . Dora . . . Dottie . . . Ioyann Simpson . . , hails from Texas . . . is oh so sweet . . . ambition . . . to become a nurse and return to Texas , . . so embar- rassed at falling off a chair in journalism . . . thrills at the thought of Dick . . . Simp claims her biggest thrills were talking over the radio, first paycheck, Dick . . . loves to ride bicycles . . . play tennis . . . Dick . . , news column . , . whiz at selling ads . . . Simpie . . . Ioe . . . Sally Ethel Park-blonde hair with skin to match . . . ambition is to be successful in business world . . . will too . . . biggest excitement is yet to come . . . looking for- ward to graduation expectantly . . . un- composed moments too numerous to men- tion . . . curtain opened too soon in Christ- mas world . . . favorite pastimes include roller skating . . . dancing . . . dressed as Daisy Mae Scragg at get-to-gether . . . WOWI . . . parent party chairman . . . sweet girl . . . Rollin Howard Pieart-too many mortifying moments . . . flying and Marilyn Pender are Ronniefs hobbies . , , ambitions . . , ancl biggest thrills . . . Panty-waist desires to attend Parker air college . . . enter air corps . . . member of band from 7A through 12A . . . C.A.P. band sergeant in 11A . . . orchestra . . . property manager for the band 11A through IZA . . . always busy . . . always willing to help . . . an ex- cellent cameraman . . . tops with every- one . . . Lucille Gloria Rivera-skipped gym to sit on school grounds with a certain boy . . . Miss Cripe came out, clad in shorts . . . took her to Mrs. Hall . , . Lucy likes to sing . . . sew her own clothes . . . greatest thrill is graduating . . . was leading charac- ter in grade school play . . . cap and gown chairman . . . dark-haired lass . . . chorus and council member . . , Tatie is a friend to everyone . . . Thomas Edwin 'Robinson-desires to enter Iowa state next fall . . . Tommy used to throw books out the window in SA . . . enjoys hunting and fishing . . . never uncomposed . . . vice-president of class . . . likes and looks good with a crew cut . . . quite adept at dancing . . . skipped 2A . . . served as junior council member . . . hails from Howe . . . first date was exciting . . . but Tom can't recall why . . . Lester Gilbert Sheckler-Gilberiine made a beautiful pin-up girl . . , wants to enter Iowa U .... enjoys hunting, swimming, and 'P . . . was embarrassed when his swimming suit was torn during a meet . . . Gil's biggest thrill was placing third in state swimming meet . . . member of senior council . , . projectors' league . . . captain of swimming team in 11A . . . president of H.R. 120 . . . proud possessor of 3 monograms . , . blond, butch hair cut . . . Beverly Mae Sloan-Bev aspires to be a nurse and anesthetist . . . she won't tell of uncomposed moments tho' . . . Becky collects ampulla bottles as a hobby . . . entering nurses' training will be her biggest thrill . . . strangely silent until you know her . . . but sometimes silence is sweet . . . served on the banquet committee . . . quite squearuish about the snakes in biology class . . . especially any on her desk . . .

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C3111 Qtlenwnthranre Lieutenant Cj.g.J Russell Butt, coach at Lincoln from September 1942 till Iune 1943, was killed in a mine Sweeper collision off the Atlantic coast, Iuly 1944. Although he was at Lincoln tor only a year, he will be remembered as one ot the schools finest iniluences. Quiet almost to shyness, he possessed a personal magnetism which commanded from all his acquaint- ances that great respect and high esteem of which he seemed Wholly unconscious. Symbolic of Coach Rutt's lite Was the character- istic way in which he turned aside all personal praise for his teams' athletic victories by saying in his quiet, low-pitched voice, It was the boys who Won the game. LIEUT. U.G.J RUSSELL RUFF Fellowship Club-First Row, lett to right: Berry, Myer, Gering, Veach. Second Row: Thompson, Comito, Leonard, Doave, Iaynes, Troub, Meitert. Third Row: Atkinson, Helton, Hall, Smith, Torri, Davis, Large-nt, Parks, Edwards. Fourth Row: Redmond, Arrowooci, Tavenner, Richards, Boring, Lapham, Bell, Erwin, Roth. Fifth How: Neff, Sloan, Clark, Roth, Cross, Eshelman, Mr. Nelson, Riggle, Hall.