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

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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 . . ,

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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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Elizabeth Faizio . . . Betty . . . vivacious . . . her big interest is in the navy . . . big- gest thrill is in the navy, also . . , everyone knows Butch , . . likes dancing . . . men . . . sewing . . men . . . collecting pictures of , . . MEN! . . , Tiny . . . cute . . . pretty hair . . . never runs out of energy . . . treasurer of the home ec staff , . wants to be a good housewife , . . probably will be . . . can usually be found at the Tromar . . . Susan Fazio . . . Shortie's shiny, black eyes are, oh, so mischievous . . . has taken home ec for years . . . preparing for the future, no doubt . , . penned a note in grade school . . . only to have to read it before the class . . , Suzy Q likes to swim . , . dance . . . and collect pictures . . . a certain corsage from France gave Sue a real thrill . . . a swell girl to know , . . Beverly Foes . . . dramatic black hair . . . staff position on high class magazine would satisfy Bev's ambition . , . slid down grade school banister into arms of waiting principal . . . quietly charming , . . copy editor of regular Rail . . . president of library staff in 12B . . . Abe's representative in D. A. R. competition . . . likes tennis . . . horseback riding . . . maroon convertibles . . . Richard Foster . . . Dick's biggest thrill will be graduation . , , plans to join the navy and see the world . . . he'll have a girl in every port, too . . . hunting, fishing . . . cars . . . eating . . , loafing and girls occupy all spare moments . . . pals with Dale . . . Park Avenue gang . . . usher of the noon movies . . .friend to everyone . . . Genevieve Gifford . . . Ginny now living in Chicago . . . palled with Cookie during her school days here . . . member of the ever lovin' Soda-Grill gang . . . once modeled in style show . . . could make easy living modeling . . . future lies in going to art school . . . was Miss Lewis' pride and joy . , . placed in Scholastic art contest . . . personality sparkles like champagne . . . lean Gillaspy . . . Iean.nie's ambition is to be a fashion de- signer . . . won special awards in art contests . . . spends spare time drawing and sew- ing . . . claims to have been ever so good in grade school . . . we know better . . . be- longs to B. L, club . . . anxi- ously looking forward to grad- uation . . , pretty brown hair with eyes to match . , . fun to be near . . . Margaret Gilliam . . . biggest thrill was becoming Mrs. Dunn . . . Margo plans to be a good housewife and always to be happy . , . hope she will be, too . . . loves motorcycles so belongs to a motorcycle club . . . also likes roller skat- ing . . . once Mag occupied the hidden seat behind the piano in kindergarten for talk- ing . . . very faithful member of chorus . . . Marian Glew . . . short . . , brown hair . . . Mary acclaims biggest thrill is George . . . sports a sparkler on her third finger, left hand . . . will become Mrs. upon grad- uation . . . roller skates . , . collects records . , . nicknamed Paste , . . wonder why? . . . member of Hi-Y . . . works at Bell Telephone . . . Neva Groves , . . Nefa refuses to relate why she is called Cuddles . . . has been on nurse's staff humpteen semesters , . . favorite word, uncouth . . . laboriously earned the nickname of thriller in 12A . . . became advertising manager of regular Rail . . . on golf team but shies from saying what she goes around in . . . caters to music as ambition . . . music and certain people at East high , . . Robert Gustafson . . . tall . . . nice-looking . . . quiet . . . travels to East high every morning for chemistry , . . captain of the swimming team . , . member of service home room . . . has an intense interest in mixing up bombs . . . confesses he always has flat tires on dark roads . . . oh, so embarrassed . , . Gus' ambition is to become presi- dent of General Motors . . . Esther Haddock . . , Shorty was embarrassed when caught returning a wink to a grade school beau . . . makes many of her own clothes . . . wants to be a good housewife , . . likes to dance and sew . . . has a huge collection of glass dogs . . , also collects men . . . Small Change is Montana's gift to Iowa , . . Colleen Hagan . . . quiet, but ooh so nice . . . banquet committee . . . president of library staff . . . organization editor on Senior Rail . . . Co-Co likes to sew and sews well , . . craves to be a nurse . . . will be so happy receiving her R. N. . . . got ' into trouble once for not knowing the surn of eight times eight . . . claims she knows now . . . Iohn A. Halstead . , . lack has a sensible ambition . . . to get married and raise a football team . . . also to be 5 feet ll inches tall . . . monogrammed in swimming . . . went out for football . . . worked hard . . . pleasing personality . . . loats, sleeps, eats . . . and naturally he has time for his Women occasionally . , . typical Amer- ican boy . . . everyone's pal . . . Harrison Hammond . , . honorable discharge from navy proved very thrilling , . . Harry received monogram for track in 1941 and 1942 . . , spent 38 montths as radio operator . . . sportsman . . . likes fishing . . . hunting . . . canoeing . . . engaged to Betty , . . hails originally from Maple Grove , . .