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

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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 , . .

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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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1 Dan Haniien . . . vice-president of senior council . . . worked hard on basketball, foot- ball, and track teams . . . Hans likes sports, music, eating, and Nancy . . . among many ambitions, Dan hopes to be a lawyer . . . big thrill has been and still is Nancy . . . . remembers a spanking at Park Avenue . . . one happy guy to know . , . Mary Harden . . . pert . . . pretty . . . efficient secretary of senior class , . . imbibing a coke with a certain someone gave Candy an extra large charge . . . fell flat down- town and huddled there in her embarrassment as a fleet of sailors walked by . . . homecoming attendant . . . craves an everlasting tan , . . Miami here she comes . . . one gal who has helped build Lincoln higher . . . Ralph Hayner . . . Frog , a great all around athlete . , . one of Lincoln's stars , . . guards lives at San Tan . . . once pulled out a lush blond , . . wants to make all the girls happy . . . could probably do it . . , there's one in particular though . , . biggest thrill came playing regular on the basketball team . . . often goes out nights to air- port . . . to watch the planes come in? . . . ambition to be a great lawyer , . . Ulugust graduatel . . . June Helton . . . short . . . ever so long blond hair . . . quiet member of student Coun- cil . . , GAA . . , Christian Fellowship club . . . makes model airplanes . . . ambition is to become a doctor . . . speaking at Women's club provided Iune biggest thrill . . . . pals with Helen Iean . . , was Cinderella in grade school play . . . won't re- veal her most embarrassing moment . . . Colleen Hillard . . . very guiet . . . shy . . . pride of typing and shorthand classes . . . leaves school after second hour . . . plays the squeezbox ambitiously , . , usually seen with her sidekick Dorothy . . . to become an instrumental music teacher and re- reive an M.A. degree is her ambition , . . upright citizen in homeroom ll6 . . . very dependable . . . nothing is impossible for Coco. Dick Hollingsworth . . . A-1 sports editor on regular and senior Rail . . . the Deacon claims wine, sports, women, and song take up his free time . . . ambition to play college football . . . holds two football monograms . . . Gunner pals with Ralph, George, and Bob . . . biggest thrill came when Dick was a starter on the Lynx eleven . . .did a good job in Tin 5 Hero .. . one of the gang . . . one perfect guy . . . Soda Grill gang . . . Blaine Hopkins . . , spectacular red hair . . . member of the Carrot Top Club . . . big- est thrill, graduation . . . what about the femmes, Blaine . . . writes faithfully to buddy Glen Thomas . . . in- dustrious reporter for regular Rail . . . stuck by his stories and got them in . . , wants to be a lst class upholsterer , . . recreationsi baseball, basketball, football . . . blots out his most embarrassing moment . . . must have been Clike his hairl spectacularly red . , . Robert Hull . . . Freddie regular on basketball team . . . big time member of the Soda Grill gang . . . looks as if he stepped from pages of Esquire . . . a red head through the aid of peroxide . . . life guarded at country club before big fire . . . has many ambitions which will probably be realized. . .twin of Tommy . . .a right guy . . . Tom Hull . . . senior class president . . . captain of basketball team . . . well worthy of both honors . . . has three monograms . . . T-Bone likes eating, women, basket- ball, and pinball machines. . . longs to weigh ZOO pounds and join the coast guard as a mere commander . . . Tom's biggest thrill was being brakeman on the Rock Island R. R .... member of the D, S. boys . . . one swell guy to know . . . Marjorie Keller . . . 5' Z , eyes of blue . . . personality plus . . . pepsodent smile . . . beautiful homecoming queen . . . ambition, to be a secretary, own a convertible and to make someone a good wife . , . Mari , loves swimming, dancing, driving a car, MEN . . . biggest thrills . . . homecoming queen and graduation . . . secretary of the girls' Hi-Y . , . monogrammed cheerleader . . . feature page make-up editor on Rail . . . formal committee . . . gym staff . . . Margie. Martha Keul . . . Martins only ambition is to travel . . , looking forward to her trip to Kentucky. . . Bombardier claims Martha as one of its own.. . for some un- known reason, she likes,East high . . . cheerleader for two years . . . likes dancing . . . . ice skating . . . feature page make-up editor on Rail . . . Spirit Lake holds secrets she won't reveal . . . f Bessie Kissel . . . the typical high school girl . . . likes to swim . . . ice skate . . . cook . . . sew . . . fond of men and dogs . . . wants to be a housewife . . . or a seamstress. . .says to ask the gang about embarrassing moment .... the gang won't tell . , . graduating is Bess's biggest thrill . . . remembers way back when she hit a teacher on the head with her pocketbook . . . home ec staff . . . D,M.O.P. club . . . comes running to Besa-may-mucho . . . Beverly Knotts . . . a classy gal . . . proud owner of a cheerleading monogram . , . wants to be the secretary to a handsome boss . . . and someday be a sweet little wife . . . skating . . . swimming . . . horseback riding and MEN occupy her spare time . . . face was an odd shade of red when two Romeos met at the front door . . . Bev claims to have been a good girl in grade school . . . we know better . . . Clementine Lamberti . . . shy until you find out she isn't . . . hails from Maple Grove . . . Clem's biggest thrill is graduation and Don . . . sews most of her own clothes . . . cried when her kindergarten teacher left the room, so' teacher took Clemmy with her . . . those were the grade school days . . . on student council . . . home ec staff . . . publicity manager of the regular Rail . . . Hi-Y. . . '