Port Isabel High School - Tarpon Yearbook (Port Isabel, TX)

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6 egafazfora arewoe To the tudent of Port Isabel High School, the taff of 'The Tarponn hope that thl year book w1ll br1ng back pleasant memor1es for many year to come ve hope that thi book will keep al1ve your love for and your loyalty to your Alma hater we expre our appreclatlon to the following for thelr L Harrel, our photographer, for his fine work and untiring effort Gonzalo Gonzales for his excellent work on our ads Ne now turn thi 1947 Tarpon over to you, tudents hope you enjoy it as much a we did in preparing it ,PAAZZ OMXJLZZ, 54? if 84 e ' ' s . s . s .S . . ' S 0 I- ' S . , . ' SS 1 . . . assistance in giving you this annual. lr. s. O l ' s s . We s . v -S . 45-.hx , t ,

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QP 6 980464 lt doesn't take a big town to have interesting people, and good people, in fact, it doesn't take a town at all But we have a town that is a town but not a big town, and we have Miss Maggie Valent NN Frank M La Roche al lnteresting people, and good people, too Miss Maggie's father who lived to be lOO years old was born in Palma Mayorce, Spaln, ln 1822 He came to Port Isabel in 1884 where he later started in the fishing bus iness with three salling vessels, La Linda, El Mar, and El Mundo Ferdinand VII was King of Spain at the time M Valent left Spaln Mr Valent was a member of the Con federate Army Miss Maggle was born in Port Isabel November 22, 1888 As a child, she was wide awake, and now remembers many interest ing things 1D Port lsabel's history Mlss Maggie was Chair man of the Red Cross for this section durlng the first World War She is public spirlted and does a great deal of Charity work She 1s an accomplished seamstress and artist in waxing flowers and creating designs on textile materials His father, Daniel Constance LaRoche, was brought to Brazos Santiago Pass a prisoner of war in 1860 H stole a yawl boat from the captain's ship, a barrel of water, some hard tack and a compass, and escaped by sailing up the Rio Grande River After the war, he settled at Point Isabel and brought his family here where Frances was born, November 25, 1889 and has raised and helped en people, one of wifen, accord ing to Mr LaRoche, was a better fisherman than he was be cause she caught a 7 ft tarpon Mr LaRoche is the father of eleven children two more He had to keep busy He has seen tertain on fishing parties some illustrious whom was President Warren G Harding, nwhose Mr LaRoche operated the Casino Boat line from Port Isabel to Padre Island for two and one half years, has been and still is a boat builder, has served as Master and Engineer for the United States Army and worked with the first dredge ever to work in the Pass Mr LaRoche knows the history of Port Isabel and he likes Port Isabel, tool as ' 0 .. I 0 f 1 ' . . . it ibg U - Yi? ' 0 I'. 1 9' ' . . - ,,: . . . - . . . ' an . . . . e . .. D . O I 1 . - Q n , - f n 2 . . -. .l r-i A-- xx W Q ' L D O I