Martin High School - La Pitahaya Yearbook (Laredo, TX)

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Alice Dougherty ambition. Central America . stamps, scrapbook roes . . . Band American Club . president of Ellen Richards. travel thru and South . . hobbies, books, and of war he- Pan R Ella Sylvia Douglas . . . 1st vice-pres. of C. S. C. . . . Pan American Club . . . Annual Staff . . . P ep Squad . . . St. Peter Gang . . . hobby, collecting letters from a certain Aggie . . . ambi- tion, to go to T. S. C. W. Gilberto Diaz . . . hob- bies, picture shows, football games, hunting, and fishing . . . ambi- tion, office worker. Priscilla Feuille . . . ex- citing event — almost kidnapped and slept right through it . . . am- bition is to see a certain Marine . . . vice-presi- dent of C. S. C. . . . Gamma Society. Concepcion Escorcega . . . bom in Torreon, Coah. . . . likes science . . . enjoys reading .. . . likes football games . . . Pan American Club . . . wants to be a bacteriol- ogist. Bessie Gallagher . pres. of Pep Squad . treasurer of C. S. C. corresponding sec. Pan-American Club . Annual Staff. of Florence Feuille . . . bom on Friday 13 . . . Thespians . . . C. S. C. . . . Gamma Society . . . Bus. Mgr. of Annual Staff . . . hobby, collect- ing phonograph records . . . wants to be a WAF . . . ambition, get mar- ried. Selma Franklin . . . Thsepion Club . . C. S. C. . . business mgr. of Annual . . . senior star . . . Gamma Society . . . hobbies, eating and sleeping . . . ambition, first woman secretary to President of U. S. Betty Lou Frank . . . born in Philadelphia, Pa. . . . hobby, collect- ing everything in gen- eral ... Jr. hostess at the USO . . . member of Pep Squad . . . ambi- tion, stenographer. Rodrigo de Llano . . . tennis star, won Texas, Kansas, Illinois Junior State Tennis Champion- ships . . . ranked 6th in the nation . . . ambition, pres. of Texas Harvest Hat Co. . . . football, basketball, tennis, vice- pres. of Lettermen ' s Association, junior star, senior star, sports editor of Journal and Annual. Brigido Flores . . . Pan American Student For- um . . . likes dancing and reading fiction . . . ambition, to join the Air Corps. Carmen Escobedo . . . hobby, collecting snap- shots.

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Louro A. Cuellar . . . had six years school in Spanish . . . studied typewriting by himseli and worked as typist in the County Clerk ' s of- fice at Zapata . . . ambi- tion, a Navy or Coast Guard aviator. Luis Cuellar, Jr. . . . buys war bonds and stamps . . . ambition, to join the Marine Air Corps . . . weakness, girls. Hortencia Chapa . . . hobby, writing letters . . . wants to be an of- fice asst. Maria Luisa de la Garza . . . bom in Monterrey . . . went to school in Mexico for five years. . . member of Thomas A. Edison Club . . . club editor of Armual. Ignacio de Leon . . . born in Victoria, Mexico . . . attended St. Joseph ' s Academy . . . ambition, agricultural engineer. . . hobby, collecting stamps. Maria Contreras . . . hobby, reading . . . am- bition, to travel around the world . . . Pettit Poetry Club. Jo Mae Coleman . . . likes shorthand . . . hopes to be a stenogra- pher at the Gunnery- School or Immigration office . . . hobby, col- lecting pennants from different cities. Marguerite Chase . . . bom in Flatbush, Brook- lyn . . . likes dancing, skating, hiking, swim- ming, and correspond- ing . . . Pep Squad and The Future Homemak- ers . . . left our school before graduation. Willa Correu . . . hob- bies, corresponding and collecting snapshots . . . ambition, nurse . . . C. S. C. . . . Choral Club for two years. Jose Raul Cruz . . . T. S. Club . . . hobby, hunt- ing . . . ambition, join the Army Air Corps. Consuelo de la Paz . . . hobby, collecting pic- tures of Laredo boys in the service . . . T. S. Club. Elia de la Garza . . . likes dancing and mov- ies . . . member of Thomas A. Edison . . . ambition, secretary.

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Maria Luisa Gallegos . . . likes swimming . . . ambition, become a WAVE . . . Ellen H. Richards Club. Ramiro Garcia . . . col- lects records and builds model airplanes . . . wants to be a pilot in the Army Air Corps . . . Typing and Stenogra- phy Qub. Imelda Garcia . . . hob- by, writing to service- men and other pen pals all over the world . . . ambition, Navy Nurse. Irma Hilda Garza . . . hobbies, reading mys- tery books and writing letters . . . ambition, to be the fastest stenogra- pher in Laredo . . . Journal typist . . . T. S. Club . . . graduated from Laredo Business College. Emma Garza . . . hob- bies are reading and writing letters . . . ambi- tion, one of the best secretaries in Laredo. . . Future Homemakers. . . Annual Staff . . . Delta Rho, treas. . . . Irene Garza . . . hobby, reading . . . ambition, join the WAVES— later to be a dress designer . . . member of Band, T. S. Club, Pan Amer- ican Student Forum, Thespian Club. Mauricio A. Garcia . . . ambition, to become an officer in the air corps . . . hobby, collecting movie stars ' pictures. . . Annual bookkeeper . . . Pan American Club . . . 1943 cheer leader. Helen Garcia . . . col- lects old mystery and detective books or mag- azines and old coins. . . reporter of Pan Ameri- can Student Forum . . . Annual Staff . . . wants to be a lieutenant in the WACs. Adelaida Gonzalez . . . ambition, nurse . . . hobbies are knitting and reading. Graciela Gobea . . . likes art and travel . . . wants to work in a busi- ness firm . . . sings in the Chorus. Velia Garza . . . hob- bies are collecting pho- tographs and writing letters . . . ambition, to be a good secretary . . . T. S. Club and Ellen H, Richards. Delia Garza . . . born in San Antonio . . . am- bition, nurse . . . hobby, reading . . . typist for the Journal ...T. S. Club . . . Upsilon Epsi- lon Kappa.