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

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F., ,x4,. ,, livmaird r I I r E I Betty Gabriel Bee Cuddles . . . new to Lincoln . . . so easy to know . . . cute girl . . . cute shape . . . Will make a dandy airline hostess . . . says biggest thrill will be receiv- ' ing her diploma. . . has a cer- tain attraction at Iowa City . . . gee, Bet . . .could it be a University man I?J . . . wears a distinctive pair of red specs . . . class day committee . . . music is her most absorbing inter- est . . . Liz plays the piano . . . a girl with lots of ambition Walter l. Gale . . . B Cl'-Hel, Shy fellow with brown hair and friendly eyes . . . likes to work with wood . . . his great embia tion is to own an upholstery shop . had his biggest thrill when he saw San Francisco and the Oakland-Bay bridge . . . was once a student council representa- tive . . . is too steady a person to embarrass much . . . proved to be a card the morning of the decorating for the informal . . . dancing committee . . . will ans- wer to Peps . . . Babe . . . George Kenneth Hall, l! --'- B Star football, track and basketball man . . . holder of three mono- grams . . . strictly the executive type . . . President of the senior class . . . student council presi- dent, 12B . . . retired to vice- president for his last semester . , Georgie plans to marry and train his own eleven grid men . . .followed a special routine through grade school . . . beat walker . . . tall . . . handsome , . . man of high honors . . . a wonderful fellow . . . Lawrence Glenn Helton . . . Gen- eral . . . plans to be a photo- grapher if Uncle Sam doesn't catch him . . . collects photo- graphs and messes around with movie projectors . . . as hobbies . . . working on the emergency truck at the Centennial State Fair gave him his biggest thrill . . . in grade school, teacher shook him . . . naughty boy . . . loyal, hard working sports equipment manager . . . received a letter for his good work . . . one grand guy . . . Doris Hollingsworth . . . a gal who likes devilment . . . football games .. . tennis . .. MEN . . . always teasing Mr, Cox . . . plans to manage a luncheonette counter . . . until that certain someone happens along . . . par- ent party committee . . . nurse's staff, six semesters . . , Do Do untied all the jumping ropes in grade school . . . then retied them under teacher's direction . . . Dory is quite the girl . , .always seen with Geneva and Helen . . . Robert Horton. . . Albert . . . calls everyone Albert . , . giant of the footbal team . . . won five monograms . . . three in track . . . two for football . . . biggest thrill came when Hoarse was picked for all-city football team... vice-president of the Senior class . . . vice-president of Hi-Y . . . quite the boy . . . what a build . . . rough and ready guy . . . crosses his tricky eye . . . so fascinating . . . embarrassed when he kissed a girl, goodnight . . . really, Bob . . . loves to loaf . . . wants to beat Kilroy . . . sure to succeed. . . Coralie Hull , . . made a beautiful homecoming queen attendant . . . golf fiend . . . Medalist has a monogram, too . . . Y-Teen presi- dent . . . S.A.S. club . . . Lin- colnite chairman . . . nurses staff . . . wants to be a Navy Nurse . . .models an Ingrid Bergman clip, well . . . looks like Ingrid . . . remembers sliding down the grade school banister into the waiting principal's arms . . . sings Maple Grove song by heart. . . fun any time, any where . . . tall . . . well poised . . . Cork . . . Amber . . . Francis Ted Keeley . . . tall . . . blond . , . curly-haired circula- tion manager of the Senior Rail , . .nice bass voice . . . won fame when he sang Sylvia . . . no embarrassing moments . . now, Ted . . . has a soft heart for Iune . . . goes steady with Iune . . . always taking care of important business . . . rushes in and out of his Railsplitter office ...driving to Omaha to hear the editor of the Christian Science Monitor claims Ted's biggest , thrill . . . always laughing . . . one swell guy . . . Dale I-'ilmore Martin , , . quiet 'member of senior Hi-Y, whose biggest thrill is yet to come . . . served on the get-together com- mittee . . . hall monitors . . . in grade school Filmore was sent home mthumbed his nose at the principal . . , dark hair . . . nice looking . . . wants to be successful in anything he under- takes . . . will not relate certain moments . , . says they are too embarrassing . . . will always re- member swell times spent swim- ming, ice skating and going to the movies . . . Mary lean Mason . . . curly black hair . . . full of deviltry . . . en- joys teasing Munsell and Winkle- man . . . blushes wihen reminded of the spoon she kept from the QA party , . . collects souvenirs . . . home ec. staff member since way back. . . wants to be a dress designer . . . later a farm- er's wife . . . had to stay after school for slapping a boy in first grade . . . biggest thrill is having her brothers home for graduation . . . Cornflakes chums with Carol . . Susie and Shirley . . .

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Lloyd David Cook . . . tall blond . . . handsome , . . apears quiet . . . but loads of fun when you get to know him . . . thrilled when he received his first mono- gram in swimming . . . now has two of them. . , a three year football man . . , blushes a brilli- ant pink at the slightest instance . . . Whitie likes hunting, boats, fishing, ice skating and girls . . . Cone in particularl . . . Hi-Y . . . hails from Park Avenue . . . Cookie , . . calm and col- lected , . . a swell guy . . . Wendell Owen Crist . . . to be a successful doctor and own a farm are W'endy's ambition . . . loves horses . . . breaking, train- ing, riding horses . . . colt won 4-H championship at the Iowa State Fair last summer . . . is a true lover of nature . . . likes to hunt, fish and farm . . . home- room member of 120 . . . projec- tors league . . . president of 4-H and Saddlehorse clubs . . , quiet . . . until you know him . . . scholarly type . . . will really go places , . . tall . . . nice looking. Eva Mae Davis . . . sparkling brown eyes and raven tresses, that's little Eva . . . yearns to travel to California . . . loves dancing, swimming, photography and Iack . . . Eve served as picture page editor of Senior Rail ,,.so embarrassed in early grades when a pair of unmention- ables fell to her ankles . , . the result . . . a spanking in front of the class . . , bubbles over with vitality . . . a bundle of joy . . . Moonbeam .. . a little girl with big ideas , . Donabelle Devol . . . always im- maculately dressed .. . collects handkerchiefs . . . and miniature bars of soap . . , biggest thrill is Ronny . . . ambition . . . Honny , . .in grade school had to sit in the middle of the room . . . naughty girl . . . chairman of the get-together . . . office staff . . . parent party committee . . . loyal band member for years . . toots the French horn . . . once a cheerleader . . . sagacious girl , , . big blue eyes . . . loves to laugh . . always dashing around with Smitie and Lil . . . Shirley Doane . , . tall , . . blond . . . member of chorus since way back when , . . Susie wants to be a beauty operator . . . would make a good one . . . chums with Mary, Shirley, Het, and Bet- ty . . . co-editor of picture page . . . make-up on regular Rail . . . very reserved . . . but very sweet . . . was punished for pinching a fellow classmate in kindergarten . . . we're shocked . . . Shirl . . . neat as a pin . . , will be a big success in any- thing she attempts . . . spends spare time writing to Denis . . . Marie Ann Farson . . .one of a guilty party of two in grade school, who scribbled on the walls so she could get out of class to wash it off . . . pretty slick . . . student council member , , . Y-Teen , . I.U.G. club . . . get-together . . . Annie's' big moment came while on a certain Hi-Y hayrack party loves sports of all sorts . , , especially hiking through the woods . , . Parson . . . abashful . , blond . , . blue eyed gal who rates tops . . . fun to be with . . . Rose Carmela Filippelli . . . always seen around 135 . . . and Moro- ney . . . sprouts from Brooklyn , , . speaks it too . . . loves to sew' . . . designing is Rose's ambition also, likes men, sleeping, eating and working on her hope chest . . . another grade school devil . . . Meany enjoys getting into trouble . . . receiving a corsage from Miss Moroney proved thrilling . . . member of home ec staff two years . . , Brooklyn displays dark hair, sparkling eyes . . . Nancy Ann Fosdick . . . S.A.S. girl . . . Y-Teen . , . one of the gang . . . proud possessor of drivers license , . . member of the office staff . . . A-l advertising manager on the regular and Senior Rails . . . hobbies . . , dancing, swim- ming, attempts at golf . . . trip to New York and Niagara Falls was biggest thrill . . . swallowed an eversharp in grade school. . . scared to tell teacher , . . Park Avenue kid . . , Fearless wore a stunning costume at the get- together . . . those high heels! . . . Nanny-Goat , . . cute . . . neat . . . pleasing personali- ty... Ioseph Iohn Fulitario . . . hand- some , . . sly look . . . has a way with the women . . . used to drive a speedy 1935 Plymouth before he entered service . . . looks forward to being an Admiral of both fleets . . . used to give Mr. Sanders different excuses for being absent from study hall . . . most thrilling moment was his date with Evelyn . . , stayed af- ter school for a grade school teacher to wash the blackboards Ioe Ioey Betty Lou Furnal . . . another miss who flashes a diamond around . . , proved thrilling . , . seems quiet and retiring . . . only at times . . . hard working journalist . . . get-together . . . homeroom l35 secretary for three years . . to become Mrs. Harlan Clifford is l'Bet's big ambition . . , Betsy' claims she is well known for nev er being on time , , . always neat , . , always pleasant . . . ever so chummy with Shirley, Mary, Har riett and Susie . . .

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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 . . .