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

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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 . . .

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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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t, t Betty lane Twombly . . . lust recently repeated the marriage vows . . . faithful chorus and glee club member . , . home ec enthusiast . . . quiet until you get to know her . . . Shortie claims embarrassing moments too numerous to mention . . . likes danc- ing. . . graduation runs a close second in thrills. . .ambitious to be a beauty operator . . . a friend to everyone . . . Benita Vallleio . . . neat . . . quiet . . . likes to work at Hi1l's . , . chums with Mary . . . many embarrassing moments . . . doesn't specify any outstanding ones . . . once had to sit with a boy . . . for talking . . . wasn't embarrassed though . . . Bennie wants to be a housewife . . . someday . . . dancing occupies her spare time . . . little . . . not as bashiul as she looks . . . nice to know . . . Dennis Van Dyke . . . tall . . . good looking . . , very friendly, especially with the ladies . . . spends quite a bit of time traveling to East for chemistry . . . loves every minute of it . . . member of swimming and track teams . . . says he has never had an embarrassing moment . . . are you sure about that??? . . . becoming a chemical engineer is his plan for the future . . . a super fellow . . . Kathryn Van Ginkel. . . tall . . . blond . . . and oh so much fun . . . presented an entirely different side of herself during the Can-Can dance at the get-to-gether . . . Big 4 member . . . made a creditable appearance in Smart Boy and Tin Hero . . . will always remember the night spent with Ioyann, Marilyn, and Bobbe . . . fun to be with . . . Vera Voiles . , . quiet, shy, and reserved, but really swell , . . will succeed in whatever she plans to do . . , bowls a lot and incidentally bowls a good score too . . . always seen with Bonita, Mary, and Donna . . . says no embarrassing moments, but we know better , . . claims biggest thrill will be graduation . . . Slim is another somebody nice to know . . . Mary Grace Wadell . . . long blond hair . . , thus Blondie . . . graduating a year ahead of time . , . pushed boys in mud puddles in grade school . , . quite different now' . , . flushed when the Tromar floor came up to meet her . . . made gift ot dandelion to Mr. Talarico when she was tardy . . . pals around with Delores . . . pestering Delores big hobby . . . Donna lean Warren . . . junior admits she accidentally sat on a little boy's lap in grade school . . . full of pep . . . friendly . . . pals with Laura . . . belongs to C.A.P. . . . is a cadet lieutenant . . . has a flying scholarship . . . wants to be a test pilot . . . likes to loaf . . . Walk . . . claims VJ. day really gave her a buzz . . . Marguerite Webster . . . traveling girl of the class . . . came back from Texas to graduate . . . will move to Ohio after graduation . . . Beyond Reason . . . desires to be a dancing teacher . . . and settle down in Texas . . . a certain washing machine proved very embarrassing to Peg . . . once gave David Campbell a bloody nose . . tennis . . . dancing . . . and Texas . . . are her hobbies . . . Ioann Wimer . . . Salome once drove a car into a pasture . . .cute gal with cute figger . . , co-chairman of informal committee . . . artist for regular Rail and claims commercial art as her future . . . dancing is a part time hobby . . . really a master at it, too . . . real chummy with Mary Lou, Pat . . . collects perfume bottles . , . along with various and sundry things . . . one swell personality . . . Ernest Williams . . . Ernie has had plenty of experience . . . a grad of Maple Grove . . . likes women . . . usually seen with one or two . . . its the red hair that gets the women . . . a navy man from way back . . . can be heard giving with a hoity tot . . . women and photography occupy the moments not spent in otherwise profit- able exploits . . . Gerald Gene Winkleman . . . member of the Brain Trust . . . participated in Des Moines junior town meeting . . . Slim has been in band nine semesters . . . past president and vice-president ot C.F.C .... to get safely through college would satisfy Ierry's ambition . . . claims no embarrassing moment . . . but we wonder . . . eating, sleeping, and making music claim this boy's interest . . . lack Wright . . . editor of regular Rail . . . on class day and banquet committees . . , Bloody claims biggest thrill came from being in Beyond Reason . , . did a super job ol' acting . . . embarrassed when certain notes were found and returned . , . after everyone had read them . . . Thriller aims to become a journalist and write A-l novels on the side . . . will probably do just that . . . pals with Young . . a right ' guy . . . A Robert C. Young . . . tall . . . good-looking . . . Clay always embarrassed when Cork 5 does the hula . . . in fact, red-faced most of the time . . . chairman of Lincolnite com- mittee two semesters . . . cans around in a '37 Chevrolet . . . IDW and Robin were escorted to dinner by an attractive grade school teacher . . . ambitious. to make a good lawyer . . . wants to attend Iowa U . . . or Drake . . . has a good time all the time . . . Hazel McCoy . . .hails from the Ft. Des Moines region. . . mighty proud of older sister . . . one of the courageous souls taking E-8 . . . played mother of Hamlet in English play . . . movie enthusiast . . . goes every noon Without fail . . . long, sheeny hair . . . quite innocent looking . . . they tell us . . . reads all the new novels . . . loves Minnesota . . . but don't we all . . . fAugust graduate! . . .