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

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r,na Lucille Elizabeth Slater . . . lovely . . . natural blond hair . . .sports a beautiful diamond and a pair of bright red shoes . . . lack takes most of Cele's time . , . claims all big moments excite he: ...hopes someday to own a neat apartment . , . too many deep, dark secrets to reveal . , . likes picnics, dancing and lack ,..another journalist . . . Y- Teen . . . often seen with Simp and Fran . . . Blondie . . . neat little dresser . . . Lincoln's debutante . . . Iuanita. Anna Smith . , . loves to sing . . . classics, popular or jive . . . always singing . , . twirls a snappy baton, too . . . future plans reveal . . . college, profes- sional singing and a good house- wife . . . biggest thrill . . . Dick . . . hobbies include scrapbooks, Dick and singing with dance bands . . . Smitty served as publicity manager on the Rail class day committee . . . Sis is always happy . . . neat seen around with Pauline and Dona . . . George Thomas . . . handsome . . . looks stern . . . two timer student at East and Lincoln . . . good grades . . loves to go yachting with Nan at Spirit Lake . . , birth- day comes on Friday, the l3th ...with Les Bartlett in lapan . . . basketball fiend . . . stamp collector . . . in upper tenth of class . , , ambition to be a bil- lionaire and loaf . . . favorite teacher is Mr. Tomlinson, who rules service homeroom . . . big- gest thrill was his trips to Colo- rado and Canada . . . Gawrge . . , Tommy . . . Helen Evelyn Thompson . . . short cute swell new to Lincoln . . . to be an airplane hostess is Toots ambition . . . so embarrassed when she criti- cized her date's dancing . , . only to find out he was taking dancing lessons . . . home ec. staff , . . dance commiltee . . , hobbies are waiting for Skip . . . Shortie is Moroney's right hand man . . . a nice little gal to know . , . Roberta Van Ginkle . . . known to all as Bobbie . . . classy gal . , . really gets around . . . al- ways in the middle of some big time business . . . circulation manager. regular Rail . . . organ- ization, Senior Rail . . . loves to swim . . dance . . . go to par- ties . . . Y-Teen and S,A.S. club member . , . hopes to be a good nurse like older sister . . . ans- wers to Bobbie, it not try, B.V.G. . . . pals with her bud- dies Cork and lan . . , brown eyes .,.. light brown hair . . . curling bangs , , . typical high school girl . . . Ioan M. Warrick . . . sports a beau- tiful diamond from Bill . . . at- tendant to Miss lowa at the Cen- tennial program . . . just how did that picnic bench get on top of you lo . . . when you were sitting on it? ? ? . . . another Maple Grove kid . . . was shaken in early grades for talking . . . wants to work at the telephone company after graduation . . , get-together committee . . . loves ice skating, dancing, and Bill . . . bums around with Bet, Nel and Evelyn . . . nicknames . . . loannie . . . lo . . . Robert Arthur Wittkowski , . . tall . . . dark and oh, so handsome . . . has the wierd hobby of col- lecting bones and eye balls of all animals . . . likes the study of animals . . . plans to be a veter- inarian . . . dream man of all the girls . . . claims he has eaten every kind of animal in Iowa . . . biggest thrill will be shaving a germ's whiskers . . . says he was so-o-o-o embarrassed while with Avis , . . but will not ex- plain further , . . nickname is Speed . . . masculine . . . he man type . . . Charlene Wright . . . friendly . . . swell girl , .. wants to be a singer . . . vocalizes everything from spirituals to jive . . . chorus . . , can really jitterbug . . . beats out the boogey on the piano . . . really in the groove . . . loves home ec . . . splendid designer . . . makes most of her clothes . . . was frightened once at Road- side . . . slayed everyone at the get-together with her costume . . . sent Mrs, Hall into hysterics . . . a cute gal with a merry laugh . . , Charlene has that winning way . . , super person- ality . . .

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-,..- . 1 Carmela Matalone . . . gay gal . . . imp of the senior class . . . senior student council member . . . mis- chievous in grade school... locked teacher in the closet . . , mischievous now, . . to be a good housewife is Carmel's ambition . . . biggest thrill was marching down the aisle at cous- in's wedding . . . Carm's face flashed all shades of red when she gave street car conductor a button -always cheerful . . . plenty of pep and personality . . . Shirley Matson . . . beautiful red hair. . . and a blush to match . . , doesn't say much but thinks plenty. . . visiting Washington, D. C. proved Shirl's biggest thrill , . . divides her spare time between piano and eating . . . she and Mary play many duets ...whizz at them . . . Pos- sum's ambition is to travel to every state . . . then settle down and raise four girls . . . dancing committee . . . Y-Teen . . . Bel Canto . . . a lovely person to know . . Lovila Isabel McDowell . . . pos- sessor of long RED hair . z , graduation will be a big thrill for Mac . . . say, Vi, what fell out of that overnight bag downtown that would turn your face so red? ? ? . . Lovillian likes sleeping, eating, football games and MEN . . . wants to be an airline stewardess . . . Red claims she was a good girl in her early years . . . member of the home ec. staff . . . get-to- gether . . . Carm . . . Mickey .. . Helen are fellow buddies . . a very attractive girl . . Agnes Nakamura . . . state presi- dent of the Y-Teen Conference . . .delegate to the Mid-West Conference . . . spends spare time sketching . . . arguing with Harriett . . . schocking Miss Holmes proved to be Aggies most embarrassing moment . . , class day chairman , , . will be happy the day she whistles through her teeth . . , lustrous black hair . . . sparkling eyes to match . . . so tiny . . , brilliant ...high in intelligence and friendliness . . ranks first in the class . . . Lillian M. Noe ..queen of the Midtown roller rink . . , loves to skate . . . stars in skating shows continually . . . darling girl . . . sweet smile . . . wants to be a good housewife later on... served as bridesmaid at four wed- dings . . , dresses in the latest fashions . . . comes running to the nicknames Blondie . . . Shorty Lil . .. runs around with Donabelle . . . pos- sessor of beautiful blond hair that's never out of place , , , perfect little gal. . Carol Eileen Pearce . . . pepso- dent smile . . . brownette . . . merry eyes , . . works diligently on her hopechest . . . a certain someone is so thrilling . . . wants to be a good housewife . . . re- ceived a shake-up in grade school for not preparing her lesson , . . cap and gown . . . banquet com- mittees. . . will not reveal her embarrassing moments , . . says they are too shocking . . . Tip- sey loves to dance, eat and roller skate . . . pals around with Ruby . . . Frances Emily Poison . . . tall . . . smooth looking . , . could pass as a Powers model . . . chicly dressed in the latest styles . . . Y-Teen vice-president, eleventh grade . . . S.A.S. club .... class day . . . wears Bob's diamond . . . Pam roller skates . . . skis , . . light on her feet . . . dreamy dancer . . . queen at- tendant to Miss Iowa . . , re- members grade school and the day she tore Bob Wittkowski's shirt . . . cried like mad . . . wants to make a good wife . . her heart belongs to Bob . . . Barbara Gene Porter . . . beautiful blond hair . . . cute . . . dresses with high tastes . . . ambition iS to see California . . . and Betty Grable . . . can always be seen with sister, Marilyn . . , says big- gest thrill is yet to come . .. banquet committee . . . churns with Eva, Mac and lo . . . hopes to make a good Wife to someone . . , bugeyes . . . Barb . . . a swell girl to know . . . always neat . . . charming . . Lewis Wilson Ross, Ir. ,... likes music . . . sings in the church choir . . . plays around on anY musical instrument . . . played the harmonica in the grade school orchestra . . . to make 5lO0,0D0 and live the life of Riley are his ambitions . . , graduation will be biggest thrill . . . Louie was so embarrassed when he pulled plaster off the walls of a friend's home . . . takes things apart to see how they tick . . . went out for swimming in twelfth grade . . . blond . . . swell kid to know . . . Marian Simpson . . . brainy gal . . , cute . . . longs to fly to California and back . . . own a Cadillac . . , go to college . . . loves music . . . has played the piano and organ for years. . . feature editor of the Rails . . . Y- Teen , . . Golf , . . possessor ot two monograms . , . trips to West coast claim Simp's biggest thrill . . . remembers receiving a heart- shaped box of candy from a cer- tain one in grade school . . . one of the gang . . . Mari . . . Gloria . . . Simpie . . .

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DALE CHADVVICK Editor. Senior Railsplitter IOURNALISM II-Back row, lefi to right: Simpson, Keeley, Fosdick, Polson, Chad- wick, Smith, Mr. Sanders, Cavender, Van Ginkel, Doane, Caponigro, Furnal. First row: Slater, Davis, Bergstrom. IOURNALISM I-Back row, left to right Mr. Sanders, D. Van Ginkel, Newman, Broschied, Cherry, Van Ginkel, Roland, Orr. Fourth row: Ruble, Lacey, Fletcher, Head, Gabriel, Montognese, Noe, Hull, Third row: Wineland, Carier, McConnell, Porier, Comito, Pearce, Bequeaiih, Haifa. First row: A, Carter, Easton, Giannoble, Riepe, McKinnon, Gale, Hedberg, Morise, Millstead, sis, ,,l , l