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

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Earl Wayne Adamson . . . They just call me Wayne . . . can be seen working f?J at the Fort Des Moines food market . . . wants to be a draitsman or an architect . . . claims . drafting, sports, and women amuse him , . . a nice kid . . . always polite . . . wants to graduate . , . says nothing unusual ever happed to him . . . we wonder . . . Richard D. Ahlberg. . . tall . . . dark and handsome . . . possessor of track monogram . . . Ahlbergie forgot to run when the gun Went off at a track meet . . oh, so embar- rassing . . . Marilyn . . . swimming , . . Marilyn . . , dancing . . . Marilyn occupy Dick's spare time . . donates an hour a day to East . . . this draft bait is headed for the army . . . Hi-Y . , , a swell guy to know . . . Mary Lou Anderson. . . chummed with Doris all through school . . . pert blond with wist- ful eyes . . . big thrill occurred on week-end trip to Chicago . . . care to give any details, Butch ? . . A member of Soda-grill gang . . . hobbies: eating, dancing, music, sleeping . . . nice assortment . . . won't tell embarrassing moments . . . which are probably many . . . Miss Holmes quite often shocked by this lass . , , Patricia Anderson . . . 3rd grade teacher liked Grease Monkey but hated chewing gum . . . took drasticC?J measures to break Pat's chomping habit . . . has had big thrills like mad . . . nurse's staff has fatal fascination for Sugar . . . been a member since lUB . . . introduced her Ford to a streetcar the hard way . . . wrecked fenders resulted . . . has deep place in the heart of hearts of one Lincolner . . , William E. Baker , . . very blond hair . . , also very ambitious . . . yearns for a white- collar job , . . preferably that of a banker , , . a big car and plenty of time for swim- ming, bowling, and golfing . . . ground squirrel ran up Bill's pants leg . . . what then, h'm??? . . . never thrilled . . . never embarrassed, but we Wonderlll , , . shy . . . very good-natured . . . Richard Barnard . , . Capitalist . . , wants to get rich quick . . . has beautiful blond hair and devilish blue eyes to match . . . Barnyard is interested in airplanes, model and other- wise . . . very friendly and has a lot of self assurance . . . Dick is a pal to the eccen- tric Ioe . . . not only wants to get rich . , . wants to be a success, too . . . we like him. Denise Benoit . . . Deedy hopes to be a good bookkeeper . , . later a good housewife . . . Bob . . . ice skating. . . bowl- l ing , . . and Bob are her hob- bies . . . faithful member of D. M. O. P .... made a good class treasurer . . . graduation will be Denny's biggest thrill . . . spends her after- noons Working CPD for the school board . . , big blue eyes . . . likeable personaiity. Ben Bingamari . . . Benny spends most spare time eating and loafing . . , no women? . , . Wants to be a good farmer . . . will be too . . . appears to be so quiet , . . but only at times . . . never a rnortifying moment . . . it says here someplace . . . always busy and always willing to help , . . beautiful brown eyes . . . is ever so nice to know . . , claims diploma will be biggest thrill . . . Iohn Bogle . . . to be a gentleman of the road Cbuml and retire at the ripe old age of lB are Bogie's ambitions in life . . . acclaims pipes, money, loafing, eating, and sleep- ing are his hobbies . , , experimented with H202 . . . results: frightening orange colored hair . . . Bog is the last member of the Wowsers to graduate . . . Ioyann Botkin . . , tall . . . dark eyes . . , shining hair that is always in place . . . Stuff had a paper towel around her mouth for talking too much in grade school . . . ener- getic golferette . . . senior council treasurer . . . news editor of regular Rail . . . member of Big 4 . . . wowed 'em at the get-togther , . . remembers Avon Lake . . sweet . . . likeable personality . , . many friends . . . Frank Branco . . . proud winner of basketball monogram . , . spends time loafing, eating, and keeping the girls happy . , , Tojo aims to become a bigger and better bum . . . also would like to be the pinball champ at the Grill . . . Frankie claims embarrass- ment whenever seen with T-Bone or Hogan , . . member S. W. S. and D, S. boys ...oneofthegang... lack Burgess . , . one swell fellow . , . one of the gang . . . caters to many hobbies . . . favors loafingl . , . Muscles was cought by Mr. Hutchens behind the Soda Grill while on all fours . . . lose something, lack? ill . . . possesses two hard earned swimming monograms . . . also city backstroke championship . . . life's ambition is to weigh 200 pounds and be somebody's chief bouncer . . . Ice Campopiano . . . eccentric . . . quiet . . . but never too quiet to give out with the correct answers at all times . . . embarrassed when pants ripped at 7th and Walnut . . . likes to play tennis and plays it well . . . Ioe's ambition is to be an aeronautical engineer . . . recalls gang fights at Fort Des Moines School . . . hunts . . . fishes . . . builds model airplanes to perfection , . . ' George Clayton . . . serving with the navy , . . still a member in good standing ol Iune '46 class . . , has large dark eyes which make the gals swoon . . . Won a football monogram of which he is justly proud . . . was on tennis team and member of projectors' league . . . gunned a car around when he was a civie . , .

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ass Officials TOM HULL, President DAN HANIFEN, Vice-president ' MARY HARDEN, Secretary DENISE BENQIT, Treasurer geizinb file colorful and Qin, ibwaxi Behind tile colorful and gay midway, the steep roiier coaster, tire concessions where spun sugar, pop corn, and ixot dogs predominate, a delicate Ioaiance of efficiency and supervision must ine established. It is in this way that Lincoln is comparable to a great state fair. Baci: of every SIIOW, tiiere must ine careful planning and hard work. In tile very casuainess of such an exiiiiuition, tiiere is beauty-for casuainess is beauty carefully per- petuated in order that it seems natural. At Lincoln, the faculty is iiard-Working and persevering, and they seek no greater reward than for students to siiow an appreciative response by ioyaity to their aima mater. i Here students are ciiosen to supervise class activities and committees. They aspire to sucii positions, because to be eiected to a class office is proof of the esteem of one's feiiow students.

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Margaret Cleveland . . . tall , . . blond . . . member of sextet . . . president of senior chorus , , . reading and music occupy Peg's spare time . . . to find a man and be a good secretary are her only ambitions . . , keeps grade school skeletons under lock and key . . . pals with Mike, Nellie, Opal, and Vonnie . . . served on parent- teacher tea committee . . . Donald Conn . . . Coon . . . tall . . . good-looking . . . proud possessor of football, basketball and golf monograms . . . quite a ladies' man . . . dances . . , Sleepy acclaims hunting as his hobby . . , hunting game, no doubt , . . embarrassed when he pronounced psalm of life as p-salm of life . . , ambition is to be a profes- sional golfer . . . go to college . . . Ioy Cook , . . black hair-blue eyes . . . lrish . . . editor of Senior Rail . . . loves confusing people . . . and talking . . . what's the difference, Abbie? To own a mile-long red convertible with Pat Sparks is Ioy's dream of happiness . . . fasci- nated by Bob and lack's interest in flying . . . no grade school skeletons because she was too shy and bashful Cshe saysll Doy , . , Io . . . Ioe Constanzo . . . Dracula loves chasing girls with a bull snake . . , monogrammed in track and football . . . chairman of welfare committee . , , loe's biggest thrill is the girl he didn't kiss , . . explain, Castiron . , , in grade school, appeared in a show with his dog . . . loe was thrilled when he thought he had won a race . . . they weren't cheering you, loe . . . it was the hole in your pants , . , Marilyn Crane , . . another sextet member , , . chorus . . . singing . , . playing the piano . . , horseback riding rate high with Melon . . , to be a pianist and own a riding stable are her ambitions . . . another member of the B. L. fBig Laughl club , . . long brown hair . , , favorite accompanist for Lincoln talent . . . seen with Pat . . . Marilou . . . Shirley . . . V George Croft . . . one of the navy boys . . , thespian of class . . . appeared in every school play since he's been a senior . . . council president for two successive semesters . . . hiding in closet concerns his scarlet moment . . . best ask no questions . . . m.c.'s practically all student shows , . . always smiling and self assured . . . will go far in this N World . . . U-lugust graduatel, 5 Bobbe Dames . . . short . . . blond , . , darling of the class . . . mischievous twinkle in her blue eyes . . . nothing you could say about her is too nice . . . co-make-up editor on both Rails , . . appeared in Tin Hero and Beyond Rea- son . . . always seen with Katie . . . tiniest member of the Big 4 . . , acclaims danc- ing . . . eating . . , and telling secrets as her hobbies . . . nicknamed Given , . . thrills galore at M. D.'s slumber party . . . originates innumerable poems in spare time . . . Marilyn I. Davis . . . tall , , . blond . . . pals with Bobbe, Katy, and Ioyann . . . Hi-Y treasurer . . . Big 4 . . spends spare time playing tennis, swimming, and with Dick . . . mostly with Dick . ambition is to be a good wife . . . Lynne loved life in Cali- fornia . . , does a Can-Can dance with buddies . . . Avon Lake memories . . . nice to know . . . Mary Lou DeMay . , . pals with lo, Pat, and Shirley . . . would like to fly around the world . . . after graduation . . . chorus since 7th grade . . . sextet for two years . . . on Lincolnite committee . . . advertising manager of Senior Rail . . , always busy . . . collects shoes, charms, perfume bottles . . . in fact, just collects . . . portraying statue of Liberty in school pageant thrilled Lou 4 . . another big thrill in navy . . . Nadine Doss . . . quite, quiet . . . turns red ever so easily . . . yearns to be a stewardess . , . claims graduation as a co-thrill , , . a co-thrill with what, Blondie ??? . . , never makes any trouble, but is always in it . . . likes to go on long bike rides . . . always seen with Carm, Mary, and Suzie . . , nice to be with . . . Swede . . Lois Irene Douglas . . . Shortstuff . . . collects pennies and pictures , . . likes to rollerskate . . . wants to make others happy . . . and be a good B.T.O. member . . . was caught eating candy once . . . sent to the principal's office . , . but that was long ago . . . Doug doesn't do such things now . . . served on the get-together committee . . . pals with Susie and Carm . . . always smiling and talking at the same time . . . a friend to.everyone . . . Eldon Dulaney . . . in the short but mighty class , . . blond . . . appears calm and col- lected all the time . . . was put out in the hall in grade school for talking too much . . . can't imagine itlll . . . aiming toward being a good mechanic . . . bowling, soft- ball, and just having a good time keep him Well occupied . . . owning his first car gave him a big buzz . . . everyone's pal . . . Anna Elvin . . . a quiet, likable girl . . . loves to read mysteries . . . biggest thrill will be graduation . , . stranded in the dressing room by the swimming pool with a group of boys , . . Rosie was spanked by teacher in grade school , . . won't tell why . . . Red would like to be a good housewife . . . Eva and Anna are inseparables . . . i Carmen Fazio . . . Carmichels' only ambition is to be a success . . . biggest thrill is yet to come although Bob ranks high . . , proved to be a good cook at the get-together . , . Mink is a member of the B. T. O. club . . . collects buttons and pictures . . . pals with Mary . . . Suzie . . . and Lois , . . home ec. fiend . . ,