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

 - Class of 1955

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Larry Don Griffin . . . Cars . . . Anne . . . math and Anne take up most of Larry's time . . . Claims his talents are unlimited but undiscovered . . . Baby face comes to Lincoln from Army Post and has brown hair and hazel eyes , . . Says his favorite teacher is Miss Mitchell Can be seen with Lar . . . Dave . . . Fritz and Roger . . , That's what she said and Just one cotton pic- ken minute are his favorite quota- tions while Let Me Go Lover tops his song list . . . He has been on Student Council and has received l letter in swimming . . . He is a faithful member of the S.P.P.P.F.G. . . . K.K .... S.J .,.. M.S. and D.M.F.C .... Larry claims his big- gest thrill is yet to come, Ambition: To graduate and be happy with someone. David Allan Guessford . . . Dave pals with Kent . . . Henry . . . Jack . . . Lar . . . Griff and Chas . . . He has blond hair and hazel eyes and comes to us from Army Past . . . Dave claims he gets along with all the teachers while band and math are his favorite subjects . . . He has been an Junior Student Coun- cil and in band ll semesters . . . A faithful member of the S.P.P.P.F. G.N.S,A. and M.Y,E .,.. Claims his talent is supposedly being able to play the trombone and his hobbies include sports . . . music . . . and fishing . . . Mister Sandman and Sh Boom rate tops on his list of songs . . . He says his biggest thrill is yet to come. Ambition: To stay single so my pockets will jingle. Deanna Marie Hamling . . . Black hair and brown eyes describes Dee who came to us from Elm Grove . . . She claims Miss Moroney and Mr. Williams are her favorite teachers and homemaklng and book- keeping her favorite subjects . . . Can usually be seen with Dot . . . Marilyn and Pat . . . Favorite quo- tation is Oh, that's nasty! and Earth AngeI and Because of You come first on her list of songs . . . Long Sam has served on home- making Staff for 5 semesters . . . while Dwayne . . . talking . . . eat- ing . . . and D.W. take up most of her time . . . A faithful member of F.C.O.A. and her biggest thrills will be graduating and marrying Dwayne. Ambition: To marry Dwayne, gradu- ate from Cornptometer School with Dot, and always be happy, Glenn E. Hammond . . . Jack can be seen with Kent . . . Nick . . . Jim . . . Carl and Ted . . . He has brown hair and blue eyes and comes to us from Park Avenue . . . Says his talents are talking and watching T.V .... His hobbies include sleeping . . . eating ....andbeinggay...Heisa faithful member of F.F.A .... B.LJ. and B.0.0.Z.E .... He has lettered in golf and has been a member of service homeroom l20 . . . Jack claims his favorite Quotations are Sure you will and So there you are . . . Tops on his list of songs is l'm In the Jailhouse Now and his most embarrassing moment is being seen with Jim and says he has never been thrilled, Ambition: To graduate from Iowa U. Larry Eugene Hart . . . Valentine was our faithful drum major for 5 semesters . . . He has been in the band for ll semesters and also served on Student Council and pit band . . . Larry came to us from Park Avenue and has blond hair and gray eyes . . . Pals with Griff . . . Fritz . . . Dave and Roger . . . Claims Miss Holmes is his fav- orite teacher and band his favorite subject . . . Tops on his list of songs are Keb-Lah and l Understand . , . while his favorite quotation is That's what she said! . . . A tal- ented trumpet player, Sam's hob- bies are eating . . . girls . . . sleep- ing and girls . . . A member of Y.W.C.A. . . . He has one letter in cross country and his biggest thrill was being chosen Drum Major of the band. Ambition: To become a successful C.P.A. Margaret Anne Hiatt . . . Peg came to us from Army Post and can usually be seen with Anna . . . Nancy . . . Virginia . . . Shirley, and Karolyn . . . Peg's favorite teacher is Mr. Sanders, while her favorite subject is Homemaking . . , Hearts of Stone and Hey There rate top on her list of songs . . . Peggy has served on Gym Staff and is a member of E.H,C. and I.O.U. . . . Her talents ore writing letters to Ed and talking , . . her hobbies include swimming . . . Ed . . . sleep- ing . . .reading . . . and Ed! . . . Says her biggest thrill is yet to come. Ambition: To have a successful fu- ture and be happy. Larry Horton . . . Hart hails from Howe . . . He is a member of Homeroom ll7 . . . Can always be seen with Berry . . . Claims his biggest thrill is making Honorable-Mention on All-State Foot- ball selection of i953 . . . Larry claims Crafts is his favorite subject while Mr. Cox ranks as a teacher . . . Hobbies include Rose and punch- ing holes in tin cans . . . Larry is a faithful member of L.U.S.H. and B.E.A.'s . . . Favorite song is Beer Barrel Polka while Get Lost is h.s quotation . . . He has lettered in football 3 times and basketball once. Ambition: To remain happy and stay alive. Beverly Ann Howlett . . . Brown hair and big brown eyes de- scribe this cute gal who hais from Park Avenue . . . Bev is a member of homeroom 39 . . . sextette . . . . . . Secretarial Staff . . . was sec- retary of Junior Student Council . . . Senior Chorus . . . Circulation man- ager of Greenhorn and sketch editor of the Rail . . . Can be seen with El...Sher...Miriam...Jud'y . . . . Marilyn and the rest of the girls , . . Mr. Sanders and Miss Sutter rate tops on her list of teachers and Journalism is her favorite subject . . . Golf . . . music and Ralph are her hobbies and she is a member of Tick Tock . . . P.H.G .... E.B,M,S. . . . L.A.Z.Y .... Bev received a letter in golf and her biggest thrill was being elected Class Secretary. Ambition: To be a success in every- thing l do and a friend to all. Anna Marie Johnson . . . Eating . . . sleeping . . . skating and her one and only seem to take up most of this 4' ll little gal's time Shortie can always be seen with Peggy . . . Barbara . . . Karolyn . . . Dinie and Shirley . . .and claims her talents are talking and arguing with a certain someone . . . Anna's favorite quotation is Would You and her favorite songs are Slowly . . . l'Il Always Take Care of You . . . She has served on home econom- ics staff for 2 semesters and has lettered in jacks and Old Maid . . . A member of T.B.H.A.l.M.H .... D.E.M .... l.O.W .... and A.C.B.N. T.S .... Claims her biggest thrill is yet to come. Ambition: To live, love, laugh and to be happy and someday marry a cer- tain someone and make him happy, Karolyn Mae Johnson . . . 1 Blonde hair and hazel eyes describe Karolyn who comes to us from Army Post . . . She claims she likes all of her teachers while bookkeeping is her favorite subject . . . Can be seen with Dinie . . . Barb . . .Ann . . . Clara . . . Arlene . . . Shirley and Anna . . . Her favorite saying is Bless your little pointed head . . . Claims her talent is saying the wrong thing at the wrong time and her hobbies include eating . . .sleeping . . . square dancing . . . Karolyn's favorite songs are Smoke Gets. ln Your Eyes and Wild Side of Life . . . She is a member of F.T.A, . . . D.D.J. and S.P.B.K.H . . . She has lettered in jacks and claims her big- gest thrill is yet to come. Ambition: To become a forest ranger with Barbara.

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Harry Lee Flaugh . . . One of Park Avenue's former dar- lings . . . Har can be seen with Jim . . . Kent . . , John and Carl . Chemistry is his favorite subject while Miss Davidson rates tops ,as a teacher . . . Hobbies include pin- ning Martinez and doing nothing in service homeroom . . . Cla.ms his only talent is getting out of classes but we happen to know he made a swell Council president . . . A six letter man, Harry was captain of the football team and selected on the All-City team in '54 . . . Favorite quotation is Well, yes, and favor- ite song is Birth of the Blues . , . His biggest thrill was going to the state wrestling tournament last year. Ambition: To get in a certain club with Carl, Jim, and the rest of the guys. George Kent Folsom . . . This witty lad with the brown hair and the big blue eyes comes to us from Park Avenue . . . Kent can always be seen with Henry . . .Nick , . . Jim . . . and Dave . . .Claims his favorite teacher is Mr, Grabau and his favorite subject is Commer- cial Geography . . . Kent made an excellent class president . . , He has been a member ot serv.ce homeroom l2O for 5 semesters , . . Kent has received 3 letters in football . . . 3 in baseball , . . and 2 in basket- ball . . , Secret Love and Old Black Magic rate tops on his l.st of songs . . . His hobbies include . . . resting , , . Miriam . . , relaxing . . . and Miriam . . . Says his biggest thrill is yet to come . . . Kent is a faithful member of the L.A.Z.Y. Ambition: To be successful. Larry Fraizer . . . Larry came to us from Park Avenue . . . Butch has brown hair and blue eyes , . . His favorite classes are history and radio . . . Miss Holmes and Mr Pos rate high on his list of teachers . . . Whomper has lettered twice in football and served on Student Council 5 semes- ters . , . His hobbies are eating pizza, talking, eating plzza, and sleeping . . , Larry says that his talents are talking people into things and saying the right thing at the wrong time , . . Larry has performed in three school plays including the spring play Dracula . . . He claims his biggest thrill was interviewing Juluis LaRosa . . . He can be seen with Junior Mauro and all the south- side guys. Ambition: To became a successful lawyer. Leroy Marvin Frederick . . . Blond hair and blue eyes describe 'tRoy Boy who comes to us from Jefferson . . , He can usually be seen with Bob, Bill, Marvin, and Lonnie . . . Claims his favorite tea:h- ers are Miss Holmes and Mr. Pos while Radio is his favorite subject . . . LeRoy can usually be heard saying sure you will . . . Moon- light Serenade and No You Can't Have My Love rate tops on his list of songs , . He has served on Student Council for 2 semesters and says his hobbies are swimming . , . Tennis . . , Judy . . . and traveling . . . He has lettered 3 times in Ten- nis and claims his biggest thrill will be graduation. Ambition: To own my own Cadillac and have my own business. Richard Freeland . . . Brown eyes and brown hair describe South who came to Lincoln from Missouri . . . Mr, Ator rates tops an his list of teachers and drafting is his favorite subject . , . Dick pals with Larry and Dave . . . Has been in both the band and the pit band . . . Hearts of Stone is his favorite song . . . while Miss Holmes, l've been in Mr. Besley's office seems to be his favorite quotation . . . This talented trumpet player claims his hobby is staying up late and he is a faithful member of C.A .... He lettered in track in Missouri . . . Claims his biggest thrills are mak- ing All-State Band and graduation. Ambition: Graduate from St. Louis Mortuary College. Shirley Ann Fuller . . . Brown hair and blue eyes describe Kitten who came to Lincoln from Fort Dodge . . . Tops on her list of songs are Whatcha Gonna Do Now and I Need You Now . . . Shirley's tavorite subjects are crafts and home- making and she claims she has no favorite teacher . . . Has served on homemaking statf for 4 semesters and her favorite saying is Phiffel . . . Pals with all the girls and claims her talents are all hidden . . . Hobbies are sleeping and eating and her biggest thrill was meeting L.E.T. Ambition: To marry L.E.T. and make him happy. Amelita Madeline Ann Gentosi . . . Amy can be seen with all the glrls in F.W,l .... Her favorite auotanan is 'tMmmmmmml Boy! . . . while her favorite songs are Granada and Earth Angel . . . She is the possessor of long brown hair and brown eyes and comes to us from St. Anthonys . . . Amy claims her favorite teachers are Mr. Sanders and Miss Lewis . . . She says her talent is playing football with the girls while her hobbies include eating . . , sleeping , . . and R.D.C. . . . She is a member of B.C.B .... G,O,P.W .... F,W.l .... J.A,M.B. I,R.E.E.S .... She has lettered in jacks . . , juggling meatballs . . . and playing dolls . . . Amy claims her biggest thrill will be graduation. Ambition: To be loved by one and liked by all. Judith Darlene Gering . . . This cute gal can usually be heard saying Uh huh, hello! . . . Usually seen with Madeline . . . Nick . . . Miriam...Nick...Bev... Jude has dark brown hair and brown eyes . . . She came to us From Army Post and has been a member of the Senior Council, Junior and Senior Chorus . . . A member of homeroom 39 and sextette, and served on the Greenhorn and Senior Rail staffs . . . You, You, You rates tops on her list of songs and claims her talents are known only to Madeline , . . Her hobbies are eating . . . Nick . . . Ioafing . . , and saying the wrong thing at the wrong time . , . Judy is a faithful member of Tick Tock . , . N.B.T.C .... P.H G. . .. B.F.G .... L.A.Z.Y .... Has received 2 letters in cheerleading . , . Claims her biggest thrill is yet to come. Ambition: To always be happy and have many friends. Shirlee Jane Gillaspy . . . This darling gal with the black hair and brown eyes hails from Howe . . . She can be seen with Joanne, Kay Carroll, and Marilyn . . . You guys got any gum is her favorite quota- tion, while l'm Leaving You Half a Photograph 'Cause You've Got a Split Personalityl rates tops on her song list . . . Claims her talents are collecting old gum wrappers and her hobbies are Tony ping-pong , . . eating . . . Shirlee is a loyal member of S.S.S,R .,.. B.F.G. . . . M.O.T.L, . . ...golf... , P.H,G. . . . W.l. L.A.M .... Her biggest thrill will be graduation. Ambition: To be happy and make lots of friends. Marguerite Gomez . . . This cute little gal with big brown eyes and brown hair came to us from St. Anthonys . , . Eating , . . loaf- ing . . . Jim . . . sleeping and Jim take up most of her time and she is a member of J.l.M .... S.O.C ..., E.T,M .... and G.L.L.H ..,. Miss Sutter is Maggie's favorite teacher and typing her favorite subject . . . Can usually be heard saying Oh you know what l mean! and lt I Give My Heart to You and Sin- cerely rate tops on her list of songs . . . Says her talents are hidden and has lettered in hopscotch and mar- bles , . , Pals with Dee . . . Rosie ...Ernie . . . Fran . . . Mary and Barb . . , Her biggest thrill is yet to come. Ambition: To travel-especially to Oregon!



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Henry William Jones . . . Ace hails from Army Post . . . has light brown hair and flashy brown eyes . . . Mr. Stone rates tops on his list of teachers and history is his favorite subject . . . Henry can al- ways be seen with Kent. . . Nick. . . Jim . . . Dave . . . Earth Angel and September Song rate first on his song list.. .Henry has been in serv- ice homeroom 120 for 2 years.. . His hobbies are sleeping and eating . . . He claims he has no talents and is a faithful member of L.A.Z,Y ..., Henry has lettered in baseball and says his biggest thrill will be gradua- tion. Ambition: Go to college and be suc- cessful in life. Shirley Elaine Jordan . . . Half Pint comes to us from John- ston Consolidated , .. She has blonde hair and blue eyes , . . Her favorite subiect is dramatics and her favorite teachers are Miss Lewis and Miss Riggs. . . Her talent is writing letters to John . . . Can always be seen with Virginia . . . Karolyn . . . Anna . . . Haroldine . . . and Nancy . . . She can always be heard saying Thot's the way it goes . . . She likes all hillbilly songs . . . Shirley belongs to W.T.M.S.B. and l.F.O.M .... Biggest thrill will be graduation. Ambition: To be a beautician and have many friends. Priscilla Ann Jungman . . . This pretty gal came to Lincoln from De Soto . . . Has brown hair and brown eyes and has served on sec- retarial staff and Student Council , . . Miss Sutter is tops on her list of teachers and history is her fav- orite subiect . . . Usually seen with Marilyn . . . Rose . . . Marie . . . Peggy and Shirley . . . Well for cryin' out loud is her favorite say- ing and tops on her list of songs are Smoke Gets In Your Eyes and Penthouse Serenade . . . Aside from singing Pat's talents are mostly undiscovered . . . Hobbies are read- ing . . .cooking and skating . . . A member of F.T.A .... M.Y.F. and B.D.l.S .... Has lettered in Spin the bottle and Captain may l and claims her biggest thrill is yet to come. Ambition: To go to college and be- come a teacher. Ralph Keul . . . Brown hair and brown eyes describe Hungry who came to Lincoln from McKinley . . . His favorite quotation is A guy that's grinning all the time must be completely nutsl . . . Claims he has a few hidden talents and his hobbies are little of many and lots of a few . . . His biggest thrill is yet to come. Ambition: To have a Navy career. Martha Carolyn Knotts . . . Light brown hair and green eyes de- scribes this cute gal , . . She can be seen with Marilyn . , , Pat . . . Joan . . . Barbara . . . and Laura . . . She claims Miss Moroney is her fav- orite teacher and homemaking her favorite subiect . . . Mart comes to us from Elm Grove . . . You guys and Kittie are her favorite quotations while Mr, Sandman . . . Open Up Your Heart and l'm In The Jailhouse Now rate tops on her song list . . . She has been on Senior Student Council and is a member of the l.O.U .... T.T.T.W. and G.A.N.G .... Her talents are always going somewhere and never getting there while her hobbies in- clude singing . . . dancing . . . ice skating . . .writing letters and driv- ing . . . Carrie claims her biggest thrill will be graduating. Ambition: To live, love, laugh and always be happy. George Lacy, Jr .... Zeke has brown hair and gray eyes and comes to us from Park Avenue . . . Claims his favorite quo- tation is eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow we shall die while Earth Angel and Sincerely rate tops an his list of songs . . . He is a faithful member of the B.Y.O.L. and S.F.P.W.G .... George claims his biggest thrill is yet to come. Ambition: To have my own busi- ness. Virginia Lee Link . . . Ginger has brown hair and hazel eyes and can usually be seen with Shirley . . . Ann . . . Peggy . . . Karolyn . . . Nancy and . , . Harol- dine . . . Miss Lewis is her favorite teacher and Art is her favorite sub- iect . . . Gin has been on home- making Staff . . . Art Staff . . . in 2 plays . . . The Curious Savage and Dracula . . . She can always be heard saying I reckon and her favorite songs are Hearts of Stone and l'm in the Jail House Now . . . Gingers talent is talking on the phone to Chuck . . . Hobbies are drawing . . . Chuck . . . Collect- ing statues of horses and Chuck. Ambition: Marry Chuck and always be happy. Nancy Jean Loisell . . . Dancing . . . swimming . . . skating and slumber parties take up most of this cute gals time . . . She has brown hair and big blue eyes and comes to us from Windsor Day school . . . She pals with Patty . . . Sally . . . and Joan . . . Mr. Stone is her favorite teacher and Journalism her favorite subject . . . She can always be heard saying tremend- ous while Kokomo , . . That's All I Want From You and Hearts of Stone top her song list . . . Nancy claims her talent is not re- membering names . . . She has been on Library staff and Senior Student Council and is a faithful member of the rainbow . . . F.W.A .... W.W. M.A .... and W.W.S.S .... She has a letter in fortune telling and is still waiting for her biggest thrill. Ambition: To go to college and to travel. Richard Marturello . . . Brown hair and brown eyes describes this swell guy who hails from Army Post . . . Claims his favorite songs are Earth Angel and Mambo Ital- iano . . . Dick can usually be heard answering with probably so . . . Pals with John and Neil . . . Dick says he has no talents and eating and sleeping are his hobbies . . . A member of F.F.A .... B.U.M.S .... L.P.C.A. . . His biggest thrill will be to graduate and his favorite foods are Pizza . . chicken and spaghetti. Ambition: To be a success in what- ever l do. Karen Elaine May . . . Karen comes to us from Princeton, Missouri . . . She has brown hair and green eyes and claims her favorite subiect is typing while Miss Holmes rates tops on her list of teachers . . . Kay pals with Judy . . . Donna . . . Barbara . . . and Judy . . . Kay can usually be heard say- ing Dumb Mucket . and Oh you guys . . . Her favorite songs are Blue Moon and Lovesick Blues . . . Karen was a member of the Junior Student Council and has let- tered in hopscotch and ping pong . . . Her hobbies are roller skating . . . Chuck . . . Slumber parties . . . Chuck . . . Kay's clubs are J.J.J.K. and C.E.C .... Her biggest thrill will be graduation. Ambition: Become a private secre- tary and travel around the world and have lots of friends.

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