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

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Cheryl Gruetzmacher entertains students at Byrd Elementary during council Hallo- ween party.

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Staying late for practice, Patty Hartman concen- trates intently on her dive to perfect it. Kim Hanson strokes her way to a sixth place finish in the State 100 yard freestyle. Breast stroker Colette Kern relaxes while await- ing her event. Suddenly increasing her speed, Carol Van- dervelde leaves ripples of water trailing behind her. Relief and good-heartedness easily come to Mrs. Wilcox and her swimmers after a big win. LINCOLN GIRLS SWIM RECORD Lincoln 80 Lincoln 53 Lincoln 75 Lincoln 37 Lincoln 44 Lincoln 53 Lincoln 75 Lincoln 61 District Meet State Meet North 15 S. E. Polk 42 East 20 Hoover 58 Valley 51 Roosevelt 42 Tech 20 Marshalltown 34 3rd 4th Theresa Blaisdell pours on the extra energy in the final lap of the 200 yard freestyle event. — 17—

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Senior Tim Anderson prepares notes for District Student Council as Peggy Mason, Liane Lipsey, and Cindy Lavorato look on. Tuesday morning meetings . . The what?. Oh the treasurers report . . . roll count . . . mixed-up seating chart . . . T. J. taking over?!? . . . Do wo have a quorum yet? . . . Mr. Talarico, advisor . . . Mr. Wilson as a reference . . . Exchange Day . . . point of reference . . . hooking up the microphone . . . Skip the pledge, someone ran off with the flag . . . Welfare Com- mittee ' s Halloween Party . . . canned food drive . . . student apathy . . . meetings continued at 3:00 . . . parking lot hassle . . . PACE . . . All-City Meeting on Thurs- day . . . rainy night balloon sale . . . ribbon sales . . . committee meetings in library . . . tutoring programs . . . Rock-a-thon . . . Open Bulletin Board . . . mixer with Roose- velt ... no Christmas dance . . . student count . . . OSMOSIS always needing arti- cles . . . Hunger Hike . . . tape player in cafeteria . . . meeting in the auditorium . . . You are out of order! ... I move the previous question! . . . Ken Spratt, President . . . T. J. Kramer, vice-president . . . Slave Day . . . Volunteers use various skills to raise money for council. Seniors Bill Wylie, Janet Bird, and Char- lie Hamilton promote the student council car wash. Charly Hamil- ton and Trudy Mills fill balloons with helium for council ' s party at Byrd Elementary. Chief Justice Gary Garnett, questions President Ken Spratt and Vice-President T. J. Kramer. —19—