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

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Charlotte Carey . . . Blonde , . . active member of Home EC staff . . . efficient chairman of Parent-Teachers Tea Comm . . . col- lects stamps and coins!! twho wouldn't?l . . . wants to be a com- mercial artist and a good wife . . . in grade school slid merrily down the banister . . . bumped right into the principal . . . was mighty embar- rassed when talking to someone only to find out , . . it was the some one she was talking about . . . will al- ways remember meeting a certain rellow . . . sigh!!! Graduation will also be thrilling . . . Char can be seen with Betty and Violet . . . a real friend . . . Robert E. Carr . . . Was slapped in grade school , . . for making a noise like a dog . . . making a noise like a dog is just one of Bob's many talents . . . was once a stamp collector . . . recently switched hobbies , . . but won't tell its nature . . . big wheel at the Strand . . . will be thrilled at get- ting out of school . . . loves to QUT! around in his auto . . . and to race with police cars . . . nice pastime!! . . . was accused of smoking when just a little boy in grade school . . . Oh! the teacher must have been wrong, Bob . . . hails from Howe . . . . a good friend to all. Michael F. Daly . . . Chairman of Banquet Com ,... wants to become a successful engineer . . , he will be . , . brilliant lad . . . Math and Physical Sciences are favorites . . . Can't remember ever being bad . , . in grade school , . . angelic . . , Mickey is college bound after graduation . . . Embarrassing mo- ments? ? Not Mikel ! . , . Another 120 inmate . . . popular boy . . , Still awaiting biggest thrill . . . Has also studied in Calif .... likes members of the opposite , . . he says! , . . wants to have a home . . . and all that goes with it . . . Mike is bound to be a success . , . One swell guy . . . Richard Delmege . . . Big gun in senior class . . . efficient class prexy . . . member of the Hi-Y . . , student council . . . 5, 6, 7 . . , sports minded . , . tops in baseball- football . . . much noted pitcher of last season . , . chosen on all-city baseball team , , . one of the main cogs on the football team . . . out- standing backfield man . , . on all- city football team of the coaches , . . Derk of Derk and lerk sports col- umn. To sell Brooklyn Bridge to Trent-for few million is D.D.'s am- bition! . . . claims receiving class key and Marianne are biggest thrill . . . embarrassed when seen in 240 . . . twho isn't!J . . . Can be seen with Hoffa, Trent, or Marianne . . . handsome. Louise Fillman . . . Blonde . . . nice looking . . . lovely complexion . . . hobbies include dancing . . . swimming . . . skat- ing . . . Spends part of the day working . . . biggest ambition is to master the art of cooking , . . claims receiving diamond quite a thrill . . . on Home Ec. staff . . . most embar- rassed when discovered writing a letter, in typing class . . . Cwhy, l.ouise?l . , . says face also turned scarlet when the effects of a horse- back ride set in . . . can usually be seen with loan . . . Betty . . . Mary . . . swell gal . . . quiet . . . nice to know. ' Ioan Fumal . . . This dark eyed little Miss served on the banquet corn ..., claims all sports take up most of her spare time . . . has big ambition to travel . . . just won't tell us about her red-faced moments . . . twhy, Io?J . . . says two car wrecks in one day . . . was big thrill-twe don't get itl , , . one of the Howe gang-won't re- late adventures that took place there . . . young member of the class - has many friends . , . usually seen with Pat . . . Mary . . . Louise . . . Betty . . .beautiful, dark hair . . . quiet. . .friendly. . . nice to know. Betty Lou Green . . . Cute . . . active little miss . . . head ot Senior Get-together com .... Make-up editor of the Regular Bail and Co-Makeup editor of Senior Rail . . . This busy girl has served on . . . Gym Staff 5, 6, 8 . . . Senior Council . . . headed Lincolnite com. 8 , . . Past Y-Teen prexy . . . Louie is best remembered as our high step- ping majorette . . . made a good one . . . Seems an lndianola basketball game! was the scene of some em- barrassing??? moment . . , was an- other of leannine? Lee's henchmen at good old PA. . , . Thrilled when majorettes were chosen to lead the Moose Band . . , B-U wants to be- come a stenographer . . , then get married . . . attractive! gal . . . Dorothy Groves . . . Der . . . active member of student council . , . Y-Teen ., . big wheel on the Rail . . . Copy editor of Regu- lar Rail . , . Circulation manager of Senior Rail . . , get-together com- mittee . . . was on office staff in llth grade . . , really plays a mean piano . . . men , , . knitting . . . loaf- ing . . . take up many of D.L.G.'s spare moments . , , most embar- rassed . . . when she thought a . . . caller was a neighborhood joker . . . found out he was an important! personnel director . . . Mercy Dorth! . . . was a beat walker at Park Ave. when Ieannine Lee was gang boss . . . Success is Dorothy's amition . . . Swell girl . . . personality plus . . . friend to all . . . energetic person. Frances Halbeisen . . . Fritz . . . loyal member of nurses staff since l0th grade . . , capable treasurer of senior class . , . did a fine job . , . Intelligent member of the class . , . enjoys sewing , . , football games . . , this ambitious gal plans to own a car and travel . , , Hopes to keep out of Sing- Sing . , . Don't worry about it. Fran- cie! . . . Says the thrill of thrills is yet to come . . . had to sit in the hall in grade school! . . . Teacher said she talked too much . . . Why Frances! . . . Can usually be seen with Bergie . . . Hemming . . . won- derful girl . . . Nice to know. Ioan Malloy Hall . . . lo remembers! vividly the day she spent in the corner at Park Ave ,... Won't reveal the reasons for this punishment . . . acquired that Mrs, during the summer . . . wants to be a good wife to lim , , . Mert en- joys eating . . , loafing . , . driv- ing . . . mostly lim . . . graduation will be realization of a long time dream . . . nurse staff member since llA . . , Informal committee , . . pals with Dee , , . loan. . Shirley . . , lo's wedding claims biggest thrill title . . , Remains tight-lipped about embarrassing moments . . , they must have been rare , . . nice looking lass.

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Bob Abild . . . Faithful band member . . . Student director . . . Flashy member of track team . . . earned monogram as miler . . . says biggest thrill Was . . . solo flight . . . Now is proud posses- sor of pilot's license . . , Longtime member of Teen Toppers . . .plans on a college career . . . Then own his own business . . . Most embarrassed . . . one rainy night by his motor- cycle hummll . . . claims his hobbies include flying . . . music . . . and hunting . . , hunting what, Bob? , . . hails from Park, Avenue . . . Can usu- ally be seen on his motorcycle . . . good looking . . . quiet . . . swell fellow. Lorraine Abrahamson . . . lndustrious miss . . . on Greenhorn Staff . . . Senior Formal Committee . . . past member of the Office Staff . . . bowling and ice skating take up spare time . . , Proud of Maple Grove heritage . . . face turned scarlet . . . caught devouring a small snack in class . . . Will always remember grade school . . , spent recesses jumping into W.B.'s arms . . . and playing cupid for grade school chums. Ernbarrassed over mix-up of words, optometrist and obstetrician . . . Plans NOT to be a good wife . . . or sten- ographer . . . Lives up to the title Sweet Lorraine. Bob Armaroli . . . Sincere . . . Fun , . . Bob says he hopes to be a good physicist . , . served for a semester on student council as welfare chairman . . . on senior banquet committee . . . Big wheel in DeMolay . . . held office of treasurer for one year . . . Bob hopes to meet his biggest thrill.soon and hopes she's good looking , . , lndus- trious fellow was president of the l6mm. crew in llA . . . President of stage crew in 12A . . . Photography and coin collecting are main hobbies with cute girls listed as most enjoy- able sideline . . . nice guy. Patty Beck . . . Quiet , . . Nice . . . Pat claims fav- orite hobby is pestering people . , . but we know better! . . . served on senior banquet committee . . . Patty pines to own a new car . , , and travel around the country looking for her dream man . . . friends say she made a sweet angel in a grade school play . . . but we've seen that mis- chievous gleam in her eyes . . , proudly hails from Howe . . , P. B. enjoys all sports. lust won't tell most embarrassing moments . . , is eager- ly awaiting her biggest thrill . . . Noted for her nice clothes . . .Sweet gir . Barbara Bergstrom . . . Faithful library staff member . . . Class day committee . . . a D.G.D.er . . . was slightly embarrassed when . . . grade school teacher taped her mouth and Bergie spent the rest of the period in the corner . . , Spend- ing a week-end at l. S. T. C. proved interesting . . , Tell us more, Barb! . . , Made quite an impression fall- ing down stairs during an intermis- sion at the KBNT Radio Theatre . . . Barb likes to dance and drive an auto . . . Barbara is headed for col- lege after graduation . . . School teaching is her ambition , , . Wants to rule the roost in a kindergarten . , . Can usually be seen with Todd and Tam . . . Lee Bird . . . Good looking . . , member of the Soda Grill gang . . . member of the swimming team since tenth grade . . . Sports flashy letter sweater . . . was hard working member of Rail Staff . . . advertising , . . The sand pits bring certain memories to Lee . . , This sounds interesting . . . meeting Fred's girl, Pat, is classed as a big thrill for Lee . . . Spatsie longs to own a big car and tank of gas. Lee was a bad boy in grade school tOnly in grade school?l . . . ln 2nd grade had to stand in corner . . . Swallow is everyone's friend. Betty Brockman . . . Blue eyes is an active member of the Calico Club . . . Teen Topper . . , Lou's many hobbies include ice skating . . . dancing . . . and a cer- tain brown eyed fellow . . . Betty has the urge to travel and see the forty-eight states . . . Lulu can remember Conly too welll falling flat on a slippery dance floor . . , blush!! , . . is still awaiting her biggest thrill . . . photography fiend . . . chums with Gitta and Pat . . . served on banquet com . . . too nice for dark secrets . . . comes running to nick- names . . . Chicken . . . Old Lady . . . nice gal . . . Bob Brooks . . . The Tall one . . . Safety Chairman of Student Council . . . Basketball fiend . . . Lettered in the sport , . . Big man on baseball team . . . won letter in '46 . . . claims hobbies are map collecting . . . Lizzy . . . big ambition is to get married and , . . raise a football team . . . tplanning on being a million-aire?!l . . .Won't disclose red face moments , . . CWhy Bob?l . . . Says big thrill is yet to come . . , Once decided to take un- scheduled vacation during grade school , . . lasted a week before he was forced to cancel it . . . tall . . . nice looking. Wilbur Bruce . . . Devilish . , . staunch member of Hi- Y and the 3 B's . . . spends most of his moments eating and sleeping . . . but has some time left for women and sports . . . Will looks for- ward to graduation as biggest thrill . . . the skeletons in W. B,'s grade school closet rattle when he thinks of . . . bending position he assumed . . . for principal at Maple Grove . . . Wilbur intends to someday own the Empire State Building . . . not a bad future , . . Says he doesn't embarrass easily . . . served on Get-to-Gether com ,... pals with Knouf . . . loads of fun . . . Lewis Campopiano . . . To be a millionaire playboy . . . and to be six feet tall , . . are Louie's goals . , . another member of the 3 B's . . . athletic fellow . . . earned letters in baseball and football . . , biggest thrill was playing with the baseball team . . . fills spare time building model airplanes . . . also en- joys gazing at pretty girls . , , con- stantly embarrassed when seen with Bud Knout . , . seems quiet . . . but ask his friends . . . curly hair and beautiful eyes are the envy of class- mates , . . L. C, has reputation of having been quite a fiend at Maple Grove.

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Marjorie Hampshire . . . Margie , . . remembers copying an arithmetic lesson in grade school . . . getting caught . . . staying after school for the same . . . Marg's big ambition . . . to travel far and near . . . Marjorie's hobbies are collect- ing pictures . . . movies . . . sing- ing , . . to Wear her cap and gown will be her biggest thrill . . . this active gal is a member of the gym staff . . . student council . . , served on the get-together committee . , . Had an out-and-out tangle with an unfriendly dog one dark night . . . who was the victor, Marg? . . . sweet girl. Marilyn Hemming . . . Katrink . . . longs to own an auto and gun around . . . president of Y-Teen , . . did a grand job of it . . . becoming an aunt proved to be big thrill for H.A.M .... Remembers Well teasing and tormenting Ralph . , . in dear ol' Maple Grove . . . proud to say she knows M.G,'s song by heart . . . Spends much of her spare time writing to her pen-pal, Tony . . . sounds interesting, Ma! . . . her many friends include Ber- gie . . . Todd . . . Myers . . .Hal- beisen . . . Tam , . . Trent . . . full of fun . . . Nice clothes . . . infec- tious laugh. Leah Hiatt . . . Active gal on the senior list , . . Lee was the Treas. of the student council this semester . . . G.A.A. pres. 6, 7 . . . member of tennis team . . . Lette-red in l2A , . . editor of regular and Greenhorn Rail . , . made a lovely attendant to the Homecoming Queen . . . chairman of formal com- mittee . . . served on informal com- mittee . . . Generally known as Dean's better half . . . caught mock- ing the teacher in grade school . . . goodness Leah . . . Le-Hi likes reading a good book . . , plays a mean game of tennis . . . claims her bigctest thrill was being an attendant at Homecoming . . . pretty . . . am- bitious , . , usually seen with the Trents'. Charles Houck . . . To become a composer . . . and own a Harem! ! are Curly's worthy am- bitions , . . remembers the time he was kissed by his music teacher . . , way back in grade school . . . has had a deep love for music ever since , . , Served on cap and gown com- mittee . , . Glee Club treas. in 12B . . . won a lst in state music con- test and a special in National Writing Association . , . Studying aeronautics in Calif, was thrilling for Chuck . , . swimming . . . aviation . . . travel- ing . . . all claim Chuckle's spare moments . . . talented boy . . . Everyone's pal . . . Ben F. Kissell . . . Small . , . nice , . . Glee Club in ninth grade . . . has never had a big thrill . . . wants to be the originator of famous sayings . . , also plans to be a cog in the air force? ? alleged Ku-Klux-Klan member . . . Benny is proud of lefferson heritage . . . An outdoor man . . . likes hunting . . . fishing . . . auto mechanics . , , Skip- py is usually seen with Sparks . . , and the fellows . . . Sr. Formal com- mittee . . . Quiet until you get to know him then Watch out . . . Curly brown hair . . . Benny will accom- plish one goal when he grad- uates. . . Ralph Kissell . . . Small but mighty . , . DeMolay . . . Golf team since 10th grade . . . let- tered twice . . , also co-captain of team . . , ambition? to become a professional golf player . . . of course! and to get a college education . . , receiving his first monogram . . . and co-captain's star . . , gave Ralph his biggest thrill . . , can recall being turned over a chair . . , in paddling position . . . teacher was called from the room . . . and Ralph was left in that precarious position . . . and in front of the whole 4th grade . . . my . . . Curly . . . Giant-head Nice. Virgil Knouf . . ., Swell personality . . . council mem- ber . , . Lincolnite com. head, 6 , . . chosen to lead lune 48 class . . . Originator of the 3B's . . . H.C. member . . . Noted for big birthday parties . . . t3 a weekl . . . wants to be a wheel at Meredith's . . . says Charlie and cars are thrilling . . . was given a 3 day vacation . . . by request of Mr, Besley . . . nice work, Virgil . . . driving . . . guns . . . clothes and Carla . . . fill Bud's spare moments . . . Swimming at the club with two certain compan- ions proved to be a ticklish situation . . . always fun . . . friendly . . . Lila McDowell . . . Red , . . on home ec, staff . . . served on Banquet Committee . . . Spends lots of time , . , Dancing . . . Roller Skating , . . enjoys music . . . Flame has big ambition to be a housewife! , . . was most embar- rassed when a long distance call came unexpectedly tWhat'S the deal, Lila?lJ . . . quite thrilled when she received her diamond . , . from lerry . . , Won't mention grade school days . . . tWe wonder why?l , , . beautiful red hair . . . Sweet smile . . . Nice clothes . 4 . Personality to match . . , Pals with Pat Bird . . . Nora . , . and Fenner . . . Nice to know, Ioe McLaughlin . . . Mac , . . noted member of 3B's club . . . in Hi-Y . , , Basketball B, 7 . . . Won two letters in golf . . . Chosen Co-Captain of the team . . . Lincoln's Bobby lonesl! . . . Sports editor of Regular Rail , , . Greenhorn Sports-Columnist . . , Claims hobbies are . . , Sports . . , Sleeping . . . eating . , . girls. Big ambition is to be a playboy! . . . Won't tell embar- rassing moments?? . . . Says big thrill is yet to come . . . Plans to join Navy after lan. 27th , . . Strong . , , silent type . . . Wavy hair . . , winning smile . . . Mischievous . . . Was once on display in Thrittway Win- dow!! Ierry Hoffa . . . Sylvia . . . big gun at A. L. H. S. . . , lerry has lettered in Foot- ball . . , basketball . , . baseball . . . 7 monograms in all . . . lerk land sometimes We wonderj teamed with Derk to write the sports column for the Rail . . . lerry has been a mem- ber of HR 120 since way back , . . council member 3, 4, 5 . . . Vice Pres. 5 . . . Past Pres. of Hi-Y . . , an Eagle Scout . . . eating , . . hunt- ing . . . Colleen . . , and all sports occuPY lerk's waking moments . . . To become a doctor is lerry's am- bition . . , We know he'll be a good one . . . Hoffa becomes red-faced when seen with Delmege and Trent . . . . Nice guy to know , . . typical high school boy.