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

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Chester Morlan . . . a Park Avenue man . . . devotes free time to women and eating . . . also likes golfing, hunting, and fishing . . . Chet got a big thrill out of being patrol boy at Park Avenue . . . remembers walking the beat many times at the same place . . . was athletic manager for the D. S. boys . . . Sweettooth is one of the gang . , . longs for the simple life . . . Ray Mount . 4 . possesses football, track, and golf monograms . . . Punchy spends free time with lanice . . , ambition is Ianice . . . biggest thrill is fanice , . . played a hot trumpet in band . . , Blind Man is one of the boys . . . monikers are Roger Able Yogell . . . lvfaggot . . . Don Mueller . . . tall . . . likes cars . , . spends all spare time with cars 4 . . even gives reports in salesmanship about cars , . . seldom seen in school . . . always seen with Sam . . . likes women but women rank . 4 . . friendly smile . . . to hunt and fish . . . very friendly4 . . prefers food before high in Don's life , . . spends many hours on f'he gridiron lean Neff . . 4 brain was appearing with directing the house Y.W.C.A .... likes Helen ent fun the child , . . placed third on the honor roll . , . biggest mom- Governor Stassen. . . quiet . . . most of the time . . . had of ghosts at get-together . . , hobby is the youth forum at to confound people . , . wants to travel around the world . go to college 4 . . get married when I'm 26 if I can find a man . . . Evelyn Nelson , . . smile of beauty 4 . . and so nice to know . . . has been a member of the chorus since way back when 4 . . also a member of the girls' sextet , . . likes horseback riding and roller skating . . . has had too many dithering moments to tell . . . wants to be a good private secretary . . . will be a big success . . . biggest thrill is yet to come . . , Nellie . . , Ev , . . Catherine Nicolina . , 4 smallest , member of the class . . . ' beautiful black tresses . . . Q the kind that poet's write about . . . neat as a pin , .. demurely quiet . . . was charming homecoming queen attendant . . , claims scads of memories to blush about , . 4 will never forget being sent home by grade school teacher . . . another aspirant for a secretarial position . . . Nickie . . . Shorty . . Milo Oliver . . . onery . . . seen canning around in his car f?l . . . had to walk the beat for three months once . . . how come, Milo? . . . go- ing to enlist in the navy .4A. as an admiral, no less . . . eating oc- never has . waits for . . Tudy the teach- loafing, sleeping, cupy his time . . . off moments . . his big moment. ...cute kid... ers lo-o-ve him . . my's got him now . . . bell bottom trousers . . . dynamite . smile , . . knows it . . 4 smiles all the time . . , we wish his leisure time . . . oh those embarrassing moments which tion here . . . biggest thrill graduating . . . like most, he business man . . . natural moniker of Red . . . swell kid Dale Pieart . . . comes from Washington . . . wants to becom cal engineer . . . Pierre turned reddest when his father likes baseball, fishing, and hunting . . , stood in corner for ington . . . Pirate looks forward to graduation . . . pals thrilled when he went to Texas at the age ot two . . . rassed when: the lights went on accidentally VPD . . . why, .. . and Vonnie . . . nicknamed Mike . . . Bellela . . . Iames Pigneri . . . secretary B.T.O ..,. circulation manager kissing a girl behind gym in grade school . . . punished. B.T.O. motto which can't appear here . . . once had to ho for talking to her . . . dynamic guy . . . Iane C. Pigneri . . . small 4 . . dark member of home ec lecting Frank Sinatra records and pictures keep Shortie hap ion designer and own a white convertible is lane's idea large charge when she met Dick Haynes . . . biggest thrill Opal A. Reynolds . . . tall, dark, and ever so nice to know member of the girls' sextette since ninth grade . . , an incide embarrassing to relate . . . Chub spends her spare tim Iames Parisi . . . the answer to a maiden's prayer . . . lithe . . . little . . . Uncle Sam- . . the band departments , big headache . . . likes women . , . especially brunelttes . . . comes running to Parisky . . . the Hail's pride and joy as advertising manager . . . has a magnetic him luck . , . lack Parmenter , . . hair as red as a prairie fire . . . fishing and hunting fill much of are too numerous to men- wants to be a successful who is nice to know . . . e an electrical or mechani- caught him smoking . . . sassing teachers at Wash- with lack Parmenter . . . Zorah Pieart . . . brown hair, sparkling eyes . . . swims and plays tennis . . . embar- Zorah? . . . hopes to be a good secretary to a good-looking man . . . works at Des Moines steel company 4 . . member of the senior chorus . . . can be seen with Peggy . . . Nellie . . . Chub of Senior Rail . . . wants to eat spaghetti with two meat balls . . . chief hobby . . . teasing Mary . . . caught . . ambition to live up to ld hands with a classmate staff . . . dancing . . . col- py 4 . . to become a fash- of heaven . . . lane got a will come when she meets Frankie . . , teacher once slappd lane for being i mean in fourth grade . . 4 . . . Queenie has been a nt at the Cottage Inn is too e wisely on church work and music . . . worked on senior banquet committee . . , secretary of senior chorus,

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'Y and saved the school play at f 1 Rose Mary Lamberti . , . possesses an infectious happiness . . . where there's Rose, there's fun . . . president of home ec staff two semesters . . . Lincolnite committee member. . . wants to be a good housewife for her diamond giver . . .exchange editor on regular Rail . , . half the 12A class testify for her cooking ability . . . she's one-half of a set of unbeatable twins . . . Ro made the dress she was married in . . . Antonia Lara , . . Toni gets a trip to Mexico for a graduation present . . . next to this, her big thrill is Ralph . . . bicycling, dancing and gathering snapshots are her favorite diversions . . . Larri hopes to be a good housewife or a good beauty op- erator . . . confuses her Spanish teacher . . . must be that Spanish accent . . .always neat and well-groomed . . . Dorothy Ellen Larson . . . Dottie is a good student . . . quiet too . . . sometimes . . . has a prize collection of records . . . everything from Caledonia to Strauss waltzes . . . likes to swim too . . . Wants to go to college . . . work a while . . . then settle down . . . is always blushing . . . member of the get-together committee . , . pretty blond hair . . . blue eyes . . . easy going . . . Wanda Lear . . . tall . . . beautiful smile . . , white teeth . . , likes basketball . , . danc- ing , . . roller skating . . . movies . . . had to stand in the corner for talking in grade school . . , Toots . . . can be seen at the Tromar . . . Slim . . . wants to be a beauty operator . . . wants to . . , graduate . . . lirnmie. Mary Leonett-i . . . pretty . . . flashing eyes . . . slugged it out with a boy in grade school . . . fresh boy, that is . . . likes Gene , . . sports . . . Gene . . . Shorty wants to make everyone happy . . . be a good dancer . . . Claims to be president ot the B.T.O. , . , always seen with her gang . . . likes people . . . came to Lincoln from St. Anthony . , . Kenneth MacRae . . . good-look- ing lad . . . president of pro- jectors' league . . . vice- president of a 4-H club . . . member of H. R. 120. .. plans on being a veterinarian fthe non-drinking varietyl . . . was thrilled when he spoke with Stassen on the town meeting forum . . . Ken was embarrassed when the prin- cipal caught him jumping through a window in grade school . . . horses . . . col- lies . . . and hunting occupy his spare time . . . Iohn Mann . . , considers him- self a very dull and boring person . . . that's not the way we hear it . . , stepped in the last minute . . , selling candy in mechanical drawing and talking are some of Genius' hobbies . . . teacher held his head under a faucet and combed his hair . . . JM ...Iohnal... Glenn Martin . . . senior council member for two semesters . . . chairman of public relations committee . . . politics, international relations, and public speaking take up Glenn's spare time . . . gave Lincoln and himself an excellent reputation when he spoke on the junior town meeting three times . . . twice on the air. . . is always thrilled when he balances his ledgers on the first attempt. . . stalwart member of home room ll9 . . . Ray Martin . . . Hogan . . . short but mighty . . . whiles away the hours by teasing everyone . . . came to us from Park Avenue . . . more quality than quantity to Ray . . . built for endurance, not speed , . . played basketball . . . admits plenty of em- barrassing moments . . . wears an out-of-this-world clip . . . always out for fun and usually finds it . . . LaVonne McClelland . . . small . . . brown hair with a gloss . . . seems to be quiet and retiring . . . but there's dynamite behind that serenity . . . collects articles about Lincoln . . . doesn't say what kind, though' . . . yearns to be a stenographer . . . and then to get married . . . pals with Nellie, Opal, Peg, Mike . . . known to all as Vonnie , . . lack McCoy . . . hails from Iefferson . . . pals with Iohn Mann . . . Mort's chief hob- bies are horses, eating, and hunting . . . does well in all three . . . wants to become a good printer . . , graduating promises to be biggest thrill . . . Mac had troubles when he hit the principal with a paper wad . . . travels on a speedy motor scooter ...aswellguy... Mary Ann McElwee . . . Slugger . . , wants to be a good stenograpl-ier or go to college , . . graduation will provide biggest thrill . . . what about St. Mary's, Mary? . . . member of the home ec staff . . . roller skates . . . plays excellent basketball and baseball . . . most embarrassed when called funny face because she wouldn't tell her name to a certain some-one . . Howard Moon . . . H thrills the East girls by spending an hour every day studying f?l chemistry . . . likes to have a good time and has just that . , . loves parties, . . . has two golf monograms so spends all spare moments playing golf . . . member of the Grill gang . . . has car trouble at the most inconvenient times . . . liked by all . . . wonderful to know . . . Phyllis Morgan . . . petite . . . rather shy .. . . possesses a mischievous smile . . . Phyl won a monogram for cheerleading . . . did a swell job . . , a must ardent member of the office staff . . . yearns to be an efficient stenographer . , , will be, too . . . refuses to disclose any ilustering moments . . . enjoys roller skating and dancing , . . specially . . . graduation will be a big thrill, although not the biggest . . . everyone likes Phyl . . .

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F' 1 Margaret Sullivan . . . a smile that spells friendship . . Sam Rich . . . has quite the build rough and tough member of the S W S boys . . . belonged to peroxide crowd monogrammed in football full of deviltry . . . quite often seen with Chet Morlan holy terror of dear old Park Avenue his most embarrassing moment is one of those deep dark secrets Iames Riley . . . organized his own band in which he plays the trumpet Hot Lips eats, drinks, sleeps music . . . no scarlet moments but we re laughing up our sleeve . . . student director of Lincoln band two semesters played in Drake band two summers . . . has unlimited number of nick names called everything wants to be a band director in public high school Shirley Satre . . . black hair with a sheen and snapping eyes to match claims dancing as her hobby . . . desires to be a top-notch bookkeeper remembers zero hour when she was caught copying on banquet committee president of D.S.C. club . . . Lincoln's gift from St Charles writes to navy ever chummy with Pat Swennumson one swell gal to know Pauline Seid . . . Pollie possesses sparkling brown eyes wears her hair in cute bangs . . . shorthand and typing stude yearns to be a good secretary and then travel around the U. S .... can usually be seen with Shirley and Pat secretary of D.S.C .... dances. . .member of senior chorus says biggest thrill is yet to COII1e . . . Patricia Sparks . . . has pretty blue eyes and an unusual knack for getting in and out of mischief. . . likes to confuse people dance read aspires to co own a mile long red convertible with Ioy write a best selling novel before Iack Wright does . . . caught holding hands in Miss Scholfields English class with another girl . . . Pat was Lincoln's representative to Women 5 club assistant Rail photo grapher . . . on girls golf team Richard Stanley . , . this Hi-Y member served on the get-to- gether committee . . . Dead- Eye Dick wants to enlist in the coast guard as an admiral . . . Peroxide will get married when some beautiful girl asks him . . . hobbies consist of loafing . . . women . . , photo- graphy . . . women . . . sleep- ing . . . women . . . eating . , . women . . . Dick's big- gest thrill is yet to come . . . Robert St. Iohn , . . quiet . . . shy . . . yet never embar- rassed . . . graduation will be his biggest thrill . , . usually seen with Denise and Bill Baker . . . Long lohn loves bowling . . . hunting . . . ice skating . , . leaves his car parked down in the middle of Kirkwood . . . handy, Saint? served on student council from 217 . . , embarrassed about a certain nickname . . . tall . , . good looking . . . . spends her spare time ice skating . . . writing to Bob . . . biggest thrill to date was receiving her diamond . . . has a bigger thrill in store . . . aspires to make Bob a good housewife . . . D.M.O.P. club . . . Mickey . . . Marg . . . tops with everyone . . . Patricia Swennumson . . . dark hair . . . Black coffee eyes . . . seems quiet . . . but oh! when you know her . . . aspires to sing or be a personnel director . . . learned about red street lights the hard way . . . Trish was ashamed when the policeman made her go back to the curb . . . Patty once slapped a boy in front of the class , . . true and loyal friend . . . Geraldine Tarr . . . usually seen with sister Bev . . . her bad moments are just too gruesomel! . . . once saw State Fair through four times in one day . . . on cap and gown committee . . . wants to go to beauty school after graduation . . . likes basketball . . . seems quiet . . . oh, brother!! . . . is just as diabolical as she can be . . . movies are her favorite form of entertainment . . , ferry . . . Glen Thomas . . , Slim came to Lincoln from Missouri Valley . . . though he appears reserved, he claims women as his favorite form of diversion. . .has a big job now . . . in the marines . . . recalls the time he bumped his head on the river bottom . . . a dive, that was . . . once had a terrifying experience at Mondamin . . . L. William Throndson . . . tall, and oh, so good-looking . . . first in senior class . . . proud possessor of track and swimming monograms . . . draws . . . member of home room 120 . . . will enter the army soon . . . ambitious to become a millionaire . . . quite a ladies' man . . . shy and quiet sometimes, but just get him started and then run . . . just plain Bill to everyone . . . Donna Travis . . . Nicknamed Dimples . . . has 'em too . . . desires to be a good private secretary . . . collects snapshots . . . was her face red when she mistook the floor for a chair , . . graduation will be a big thrill . . . seen witth Vera and Mary . . . has a younger sister who looks very much like her , . . wears flowers in her hair most of the time . . . Mary Trento . . . Shorty is always seen with her sidekick, Donna . . . likes to take care of children . . , collects character pins . . . enjoys sports . . , ambition: to be a good housewife if l can ever find a man somewhere near my height . . . says she is always embarrassed . . . cute . . . little . . . writes letters to a certain guy . . .