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

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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. . . '

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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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'Y and saved the school play at f 1 Rose Mary Lamberti . , . possesses an infectious happiness . . . where there's Rose, there's fun . . . president of home ec staff two semesters . . . Lincolnite committee member. . . wants to be a good housewife for her diamond giver . . .exchange editor on regular Rail . , . half the 12A class testify for her cooking ability . . . she's one-half of a set of unbeatable twins . . . Ro made the dress she was married in . . . Antonia Lara , . . Toni gets a trip to Mexico for a graduation present . . . next to this, her big thrill is Ralph . . . bicycling, dancing and gathering snapshots are her favorite diversions . . . Larri hopes to be a good housewife or a good beauty op- erator . . . confuses her Spanish teacher . . . must be that Spanish accent . . .always neat and well-groomed . . . Dorothy Ellen Larson . . . Dottie is a good student . . . quiet too . . . sometimes . . . has a prize collection of records . . . everything from Caledonia to Strauss waltzes . . . likes to swim too . . . Wants to go to college . . . work a while . . . then settle down . . . is always blushing . . . member of the get-together committee . , . pretty blond hair . . . blue eyes . . . easy going . . . Wanda Lear . . . tall . . . beautiful smile . . , white teeth . . , likes basketball . , . danc- ing , . . roller skating . . . movies . . . had to stand in the corner for talking in grade school . . , Toots . . . can be seen at the Tromar . . . Slim . . . wants to be a beauty operator . . . wants to . . , graduate . . . lirnmie. Mary Leonett-i . . . pretty . . . flashing eyes . . . slugged it out with a boy in grade school . . . fresh boy, that is . . . likes Gene , . . sports . . . Gene . . . Shorty wants to make everyone happy . . . be a good dancer . . . Claims to be president ot the B.T.O. , . , always seen with her gang . . . likes people . . . came to Lincoln from St. Anthony . , . Kenneth MacRae . . . good-look- ing lad . . . president of pro- jectors' league . . . vice- president of a 4-H club . . . member of H. R. 120. .. plans on being a veterinarian fthe non-drinking varietyl . . . was thrilled when he spoke with Stassen on the town meeting forum . . . Ken was embarrassed when the prin- cipal caught him jumping through a window in grade school . . . horses . . . col- lies . . . and hunting occupy his spare time . . . Iohn Mann . . , considers him- self a very dull and boring person . . . that's not the way we hear it . . , stepped in the last minute . . , selling candy in mechanical drawing and talking are some of Genius' hobbies . . . teacher held his head under a faucet and combed his hair . . . JM ...Iohnal... Glenn Martin . . . senior council member for two semesters . . . chairman of public relations committee . . . politics, international relations, and public speaking take up Glenn's spare time . . . gave Lincoln and himself an excellent reputation when he spoke on the junior town meeting three times . . . twice on the air. . . is always thrilled when he balances his ledgers on the first attempt. . . stalwart member of home room ll9 . . . Ray Martin . . . Hogan . . . short but mighty . . . whiles away the hours by teasing everyone . . . came to us from Park Avenue . . . more quality than quantity to Ray . . . built for endurance, not speed , . . played basketball . . . admits plenty of em- barrassing moments . . . wears an out-of-this-world clip . . . always out for fun and usually finds it . . . LaVonne McClelland . . . small . . . brown hair with a gloss . . . seems to be quiet and retiring . . . but there's dynamite behind that serenity . . . collects articles about Lincoln . . . doesn't say what kind, though' . . . yearns to be a stenographer . . . and then to get married . . . pals with Nellie, Opal, Peg, Mike . . . known to all as Vonnie , . . lack McCoy . . . hails from Iefferson . . . pals with Iohn Mann . . . Mort's chief hob- bies are horses, eating, and hunting . . . does well in all three . . . wants to become a good printer . . , graduating promises to be biggest thrill . . . Mac had troubles when he hit the principal with a paper wad . . . travels on a speedy motor scooter ...aswellguy... Mary Ann McElwee . . . Slugger . . , wants to be a good stenograpl-ier or go to college , . . graduation will provide biggest thrill . . . what about St. Mary's, Mary? . . . member of the home ec staff . . . roller skates . . . plays excellent basketball and baseball . . . most embarrassed when called funny face because she wouldn't tell her name to a certain some-one . . Howard Moon . . . H thrills the East girls by spending an hour every day studying f?l chemistry . . . likes to have a good time and has just that . , . loves parties, . . . has two golf monograms so spends all spare moments playing golf . . . member of the Grill gang . . . has car trouble at the most inconvenient times . . . liked by all . . . wonderful to know . . . Phyllis Morgan . . . petite . . . rather shy .. . . possesses a mischievous smile . . . Phyl won a monogram for cheerleading . . . did a swell job . . , a must ardent member of the office staff . . . yearns to be an efficient stenographer . , , will be, too . . . refuses to disclose any ilustering moments . . . enjoys roller skating and dancing , . . specially . . . graduation will be a big thrill, although not the biggest . . . everyone likes Phyl . . .