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

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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.

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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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