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

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I l N M i Leopoldo Lerma . . . ambition, to join the armed forces . . . hob- by, reading. Joe Mike Kovy . . . bom in Mexico City . . . member of Band . . . hobby, collecting stamps . . . ambition, aeronautical engineer. Esther Kowalski . . . hobby, collecting rec- ords and letters . . . am- bition, marry a Texas Aggie, live on a ranch and raise horses . . . Thespian Club . . . An- nual Staff . . . Gamma Society, treasurer. Sophie Litman . . . hob- bies, making friends and reading novels . . . ambition. Red Cross home urse. Luis A. Martinez . . . Thomas A dison, vice- pres. . . . Cadet Corps, platoon sgt. . . . hobby, radio . . . ambition, wholesale grocer. Dora Martinez . . . am- bition, telephone oper- ator . . . likes garden- ing. Willie Martinez . . . likes to draw airplanes . . . ambition, aeronau- tical engineer T. S. Club, sgt.-at- oims . . . favorite sub- jects are stenography and aeronautics. uxu Emilio N. Jacaman . . . vice-pres. of junior class and senior class . . . member of Journal Bus- iness Staff . . . senior star . . . likes archery . . . hobby, collecting stamps and old coins . . . ambition, to study engineering at Texas U. Emma E. Martinez . . . attended Spanish and English private schools in Corpus Christi . . . hobby, collecting and identifying flower plants . . . likes to help people . . . ambition, nurse. Beatriz Elia Leal . . . ambition, nurse . . . hobby, collecting stamps . . . member of Band. Bob Leary . . . basket- ball, football, track and tennis . . . Annual and Journal . . . Radio Club . . . sec.-treas. of L Association . . . senior star . . . plans to help Uncle Sam after grad- uation . . . Gamma So- ciety. Beatriz Linares . . most thrilling event in her life was shaking hands with . Mrs. Elea- nor Roosevelt . . . hob- by, collecting soldiers ' pictures and writing to them . . . ambition, nurse.

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Enriquefa Hernandez. . . Journal typist . . . hob- by, reading . . . ambi- tion, nurse. Maria Cristina Hernan- dez . . . Journal typist . . . hobbies, collecting match folders, reading mystery books . . . am- bition. Navy nurse, to go overseas . . . would like to travel all over Mexico. Roy Hoffman . . . born in San Antonio ... in- terests: radio, music, and people in general . . . belongs to four music organizations and is vice-president of the Interdenominational Youth Fellowship and McAllen District Meth- odist Fellowship . . . ambition, Minister. Jean Hernandez . . . born in New Mexico . . . bition, read the sig- s football referees se at ga E . . hob- by, thinkuig up ays to save tiafe, sosfie will hov r ' moj e- ime to te.. Mac Irvin . . . born on Feb. 22 . . . hobbies, traveling and tennis . . . ambition, missionary . . . Band . . . Thespians . . . Theodore Roosqvejt . . . tennis leamjpf -C. Petit Poetry Club. Waydell Hunter . . . hobby, all sports . . . football, tennis . . . am- bition, play college football . . . pastime, making noise in class. Bill Haynes . . . ambi- tion, agricultural engi- neer . . . band . . . Gamma Society . . . Thespian . . . volun- teered ir. Aviation Ca- det Reserve on Nov. 11 . . . hobby, collecting arrow heads. Manuel Garcia . . . am- bition, mechanic in Air Corps. ' Hugo Gutierrez . . . President of T. I. Club . . . corporal in Military Training . . . hobby, col- lecting old coins . . . ambition, electrical en- gineer. James Haynes . . . bom in Laredo, August 26, 1928 . . , hobby, hunting . . . ambition, pilot in Marine Air Corps ... T. I. Club. Billie Jane Heath . . . hobbies: rea ding, danc- ing, writing letters, and hiking . . . ambition, news reporter, and to christen an American 9 ship . . . Reporter for the Journal. Robert Hornburg . . . Theodore Roosevelt Speaking Club ... fa- vorite teacher. Miss Mc- Kinley . . . ambition, aeronautical engineer- ing at A. M. II

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Edward Matson . . . Band . . . ambition, chemical engineer. Alicia Mendoza . . . hobby, writing letters to soldiers . . . keeps a scrapbook . . . favorite pastime, reading , . . Pettit Poetry Club, sec- retary . . . would like to work in a factory. Elia I. Montemayor . . . plays alto sax in the band . . . Thomas A. Edison . . . Annual staff, asst. editor . . . ambi- tion, U. S. Nurse Cadet Corps . . . collects snap- shots. Alicia Montemayor . . . ambition, private secre- tary . , . hobby, corres- ponding with service Estefana Mufioz . . . ambition, nurse . . . hobby, writing letters . . . T. S. Club. Betty Jane Murphy . . . Band . . . Dance Band . . . Delta Rho Club . . . Orchestra . . . Band Sweetheart . . . hobby, music . . . Annual Staff, Asst. Editor. David Fidel Morado . . . better known as Indio manager of football team, track, basketball ■ ■ . T. S I. Club, sec ' y . . . L Association . . . cheer leader . . . hob- by, collecting towels from hotels . . . ambf- tion, to manage Rich- ter ' s Shoe Department. Amelia Mena . . . mem- ber of the string orches- tra for two years . . . hobbies, collecting photographs, d u t o - graphs, keeping a scrapbook, and writing letters . . . ambition, to travel south. Armandina Mendiola . . . hobby, writing let- ters . . . ambition, avia- trix . . . favorite pastime, dancing. Sofia Miranda . . . am- bition, travel . , . hob- bies, keeping a scrap- book and reading . . . Pan American Student Forum . . . Band. Alfonso Miranda . . . hobby, collecting stamps . . . band mem- ber for three years, rank of Staf f Sgt. . . . ambition, join the army. Gloria Montemayor . . . ambition, stenography teacher . . . hobby, writing letters to boys in the service.