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

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We Set Our Sails The Class of Ianuary, 1945 'Twas such a little, little boat That toddled down the bayl 'Twas such a gallant, gallant sea That beckoned it away! DON BROWN, President THOS. ROBINSON, V. Pres. MARIORIE BALLARD, Secy. H. VAN GINKEL, Treas. On a cold Ianuary morning, the year 1939, 214 little 7B's started sailing the sea of high school days in the halls of Lincoln. Now they have become weather-beaten to the duties of the good ship Lincoln only to leave it by graduation. Many changes have taken place in the school as Well as in the hearts and appearances of the 47 who will leave her to sail the sea of a different life, but who will always remain close to the school of which they have grown so fond. Some left early to become members of the armed forces, others are doing war work, a few quit, and several have transferred to other edifices of learning. Yet they'll glide along, keeping as close together as possible. , May Alma Mater always be proud of her crew of able-bodied seamen! sf 1 -S

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Captains Caurageous Mr. A. C. Hutchens, Principal Mr. Rolland Meffert, Vice-Principal Mrs. Vida Hall, Girls' Adviser , Principal Hutchens . . . all-round good friend to everyone . . . received his B.A. degree from Missouri State Teachers College, and M.A. from Colum- bia University . . . been with us since 1926 . . . never loses his patience except maybe when we get away out of line . . . has a heart of gold and is admired by all . . . main stay of the old Alma Mater' '... hails from the show me state . . . and shows everyone how to be a real gentleman . . . for which we say, Thank you, Sir! AARON C. HUTCHENS Mrs. Hall . . . cheerful guardian of the 12A class and all Lincoln's femmes . . . received her B.A. and M.A. degrees from Drake . . . busy auto- graphing admits all day long . . . dark eyes, sparkling eyes . . . extravagant about hats . . . knows her color combinations . . . also canny when certain absence slips combine on the same day . . . Tut, tutl MRS. VIDA HALL Vice-principal Meffert . . . perfect personality ' and good-looking . . . tries to keep the fellas out of trouble . . . oh, what a job . . . received his B.A. degree from Cornell College and M.A. degree from the University of Denver . . . was a good bookkeeping teacher . . . is a true friend of the football and basketball teams . . . is quiet and plenty clever. n HOLLAND MEFFERT

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Robert Elmer Ahlberg-shyest boy in IZA until you know him better . . . hails from Maple Grove . . . Bob's biggest thrill was first airplane ride . , . desires to become an airplane designer . . . hunting, fishing, and working on cars takes most of his time . . . claims always as most embarrassing moment . . . member of track team in ninth grade and 12B . . . excellent pal . . . dances divinely . . . Marjorie Iewel Ballard-brown eyes . . . beautiful dark hair . . . Bob Hope's smile . . . secretary of senior class . . . graduating provides greatest thrill . . . won't reveal embarrassing moments . . . skipped 21-X . . . usually found roller skating . . . dancing . . . sharpened erasers in pencil sharpener at Howe . . . Don Brown chased Mariie home from grade school with snowballs . . . wishes to be a secretary . . . Mari was feature editor of regular Rail . . . pretty girl . . . everyone's pal . . Don Leroy Brown-rather tall . . . oh, so handsome . . . co-captain of football team . . . popular class president . . . Stonie spends his time playing basketball . . . football . . . ambition is army or navy . . . most thrilling sensation yet to come . . . possessor of four monograms . . . member of Hi-Y . . . played third base with league softball champs for two consecutive years . . . meanie of grade school gang . . . Kierluff's drug store provides a hangout . . . swell fellow . . . Gerald Francis Daniel-appears to be so quiet . . . at times . . . wants to be a carpenter . . . will be a good one . . . hobbies are reading and wood working . . . turned red around the ears when caught cheating in a test . . . served on cap and gown com- mittee . . . always seen with Bob Small . . . jumps rope with super speed . . . hard to get to know at first . . . but later the last word in fun . . . Annabel May Eshelman-to be a math expert or scientist is Ann's ambition . . . claims not to be easily thrilled . . . but . . . shooting paper wads in grade school proved so embarrassing when teacher lound out . . . member ot G.A.A. through IDA and 11A . . . hails from Bondurant, Iowa . . . is the possessor of bewitchingly blonde hair . . . smiles with a knowing glint in her eyes . . . . Gordon L. Fergus-friendly lellow . . . being sworn into the army proved to be his big- gest thrill . . . called Little Pude by army buddies . . . desires to travel . . . live hap- pily . . . will, too . . . hobbies are cars, cars, and cars . . . sat in front of the room for one semester in grade school for misbe- having . . . black wavy hair . . . ever so nice to know . . . senior council member for two semesters . . . Patricia Ann Andersen-blonde hair . . . rather quiet at times . . . Pat would like to be a nurse . . . Andy's biggest thrill is yet to come . . . prefers to keep embarras- sing moments to herself . . . Patty once held Tom Robinson down while a girl kissed him . . . those were only grade school days . . . collects songs and movie stars pictures . . . mostly men . . . usually smil- ing . . . a swell friend . . . Patricia Ann Barquist-Swede . . . Duchess has that debutante look and is always dis- armingly charming . . . led Iune '44 class on their class day . . . secretary of Girl Reserves , . , junior council president . . . likes Ohio for some secret reason . . . dancing is favorite pastime , . . all big moments excite Pat . . . an M.O.M. gal . . . efficient otficerstaff member . . . blonde hair . . . on parent party committee . . . swell pal . . . Ruth F. Clark-desires to become a nurse . . . should make a good one . , . on office staff . . . belongs to Christian Fellowship club . . . senior council member in 12B . . . worked on parent-teachers tea committee . . . quite quiet . . .-turns red ever so easily . . . definitely not athletic but def- initely a swell girl . . . eyes that turn blue and gray . . . at times . . . has had no thrilling sensations . . . Betty Rachel Dougherty . . . Bottle Blonde . . . admits it . . . Los Angeles claims to be her biggest thrill and main ambition . . . being mistaken for someone else proved so embar- rassing . . . council member in eleventh grade . . . did not study in grade school. . . did not study in junior high . . . will not study in senior high . . . tall . . . attractive . . . pals with Midge Robbins . . . columnist ot regular Railsplitter . . . Iames Lees Featherstone-Feather is a Demo- crat and yens to vote for Roosevelt's 5th term . . . Zephyrstone wants to attend col- lege and probably will . . . definitely dili- gently studious . . . lim comes running to Featherhead, Feathertonj Featherpebbles, and Feather Brain . . . ardent member of H.R', 120 . . . projectors' league . . . using Mr. Tomlinson's precious stamps and rolling bottles around the upper hall are favorite hobbies of our never embarrassed brain child . . . Lawrence Elmer Flaherty-Bub wishes to be- come a draftsman . . . would make a good one . . . being a member of the unbeaten football team of '42 was his largest thrill . . . women, ice skating, and hunting are hobbies of Bubbles . . , favorite subject is study hall . . . Larry denies it but in grade school he used to pile the contents of girls' lockers on the floor . . .