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

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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! . . .

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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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Dorothy Mintle . . . dark brown tresses . . . is ever neatly in place . . . very attractive . . . looks sharper than a razor in her numerous slack suits . . . always unconcerned . . . never tlustered . , . has quiet, pleasant voice . . , sings in chorus, as a matter of fact she has for several semesters . . . beautiful dark brown eyes which are always sparkling . . . graduation will be an everlasting thrill . . . sports a beautiful wedding ring . . . CAugust graduatel . . . Laura O'keefe . . . Peg can be seen with Donna in tow most anytime . , . demure little miss . . r member ol the home ec stait , . . wants to be a typist . . . likes sports , . . movies , . . loating . . . especially loaiing . . . always happy . . . nice way to be . . . says she's never been flustered . . . now Laura . . . tsk tsk . . . CAugust graduate! . . . Gloria Ratclilie , . . small . . . slim . . . imp ot the 12A class . . . sleek blonde hair . . . dresses neatly . . . supreme artist . . . chums with Ann and Bev . . . has a cute giggle , . . and she giggles incessantly . . . ambition to take liie easy . , . member of the Ft. Des Moines crowd . . . displays a crop ot freckles across her nose . . . fun to be near . . . fAugust graduatel . . . Lewis Ross . . . blonde, medium sized . . . the scholarly type . . . it's hard to get to know him, but lots of fun when you get acquainted . . . nice voice and uses it by singing in the church choir . . . never been caught with a scarlet face . . . when women are concerned he would rather eatll . . . wouldn't we all , . . a very quiet tellow . . . Utugust graduatej . . . PLAY CAST--Cloclcwise, Left to right: Nlann, Folson, Atkinson, Maori, Vvitter, Christensen, Dames, lvliss Heaps, Reeves, Xvright, Macy, Vvebster, Croft. SERVICE HOIVIE ROOM-First Row, left to right: Ostrem, Sparks, G. Thomas, Mr. Tomlinson, Ducde, Titus. Second Row: Cunningham, Silletto, Tursi. Vvilson, Third Row: Smith, Burns, Kessee, Mote, J. Hoffa, Tltrondson. Fourth Row: Chadwick, lVlacRae, R. Holla, Barnard, F. Thomas. Gustafson, Dclucon, Crist