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

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F1 nk T iclman Dr J A Hockaday .T,E. La Moore Lllgqgfp Q nf Fey s, thlrty year O S g x L e UH 1 tbA xx Bb h Ckg L econl thTC W t 1 off ce net bolz a officer P 211' Of' CC f pq Clkl s an 1Cc1 of e s Ira l PP' 'I' U e wit' an afalian b U6 YB ,u 5, ho kill 1 V15 W1 e have DY UI' 1 '11 t of Lrank Frank 15 retlred o and spends nost of 11S t1W8 1 Yblf , h rses and n He does ter the lawn, too 'Do Hockadev's history reveals tr T he spent the early year of hls life trflne to prow u, After praduftlfv from high chool, he became a Hedlcal student at University hedl al school in Kansas ity where he cr on ted in 1913 nHbltl0U for the professior, he swung h stethoscope e out h s 4 1 win xg team near Camden, Nc and recorded the pulse of people Later he went to estern Kansas whe Pe ofned e drug store, but before p oflfs put hxm lf a POSIUIOH to retlre, orld 'ar I took hir out and gl c d m 1U as a First Ll6Ut8H9Ht in the Lpdical Corps Doc c o tlne to Port Isabel on June 15, 1919 ju t in tra nick lthin 2h hours efter hls Prrlvel he spanked the a eeve of life into b bies Timmle L Roche nd hoe sno they have been breathing it ever ince Gonzales WDoc' hes performed an aver ve of 50 such sparklnv e ch year slnce 915 arrlval In order to have a place to l1ve, WDocN took over nfnage ment of Coastal Potel in 19 O He is the Nfather' of the Fishing Rodeo WTICH developed to a 'ational scale in 1929 Doc became yor of Port Isabel in l9L6 and is fighting hard to put his propran over Pls hobbies re many, but na ture hunting nd vll ne life f1t well into the picture Born in Michigan, April 2,5 1871, and grew up 'Just an average boy in a b1g famlly. Always interested in en- gineering, he took his studies seriously. At 19, he 'want- ed to go places and see things , so the life of the sea gripped him for 50 years. But , said he, 'the sea is for a young man, so I quit and built a marine shop in Corpus Christi just as that port was starting to develop. Later I came to Port Isabel and saw its possibilities and built a shop here, which was in 1928 . He plans to stay. Mr. La.Moore has received the higxest certificate issued by the United States Department of Cormnroe, that of Chief En- gineer cf Ocean Going Vessels. He held the record at the time for having completed his examination with 'Very Ex- cellent' rating in the mortest time possible. At, '75, his hearing is perfect am his eye is accurate. 0n one occa- sion, the author saw him with one jerk each draw tour red hot bars into perfect right angle. He dared the author test with a square, but In knew better. Mr. LaMoore's hobby is pets. He has ducks, geese pigeons, and guinea fowls that :ntch their young under his work benches. 66

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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

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Burnie B Burnell Elizabeth Graves Capt Dewitt Emilia Q- ccnumvxrxnv ruM+w GEORGFVI wnomlmcn n.,r.u.L-u....n..a.a.a1u.-,S-- Bernie brought 515 young bride, Sallie May Eurnell, here from Galveston, Texas in Kerch, l?28. At the tlne he W25 working Cn the Dredge Beg that dug the channel here at Port Isabel. Bernie said, NI stayed with the dredge for two years and then started fishing. I had a llttle QO2i named H-g11yN made out of fourteen foot lumber. 1 flsheo cy myself for about two years and decided tc QOIIU the f1Sh business. Boy, that's when I really ect hundry- bernie doesn't tell it, but his friends who know do tell lt that he used to go to the snapper banks twenty miles out In the gulf in his fourteen foot boat and stay -for tWO QT three days until he 'made a catchn. 5 d8T1R3.Tl5H- Eernle has become a very successful fisherman, OWHIUS ? f1i?t Qf several boats. He is co-owner of the Ship Cafe wltn UlmhlE Chl, He was mayor of Port Isabel from l9h2 UHfi4 l9h5- nlinabeth d1dn't mlnd telling u he wa Lorn 1n 1904 in the State of arkansas Parent Nathaniel and Carrle Graves Elizabeth graduated from Drew Pigh school and at tended Lartha washington College for one year and L S C V at Columbus, lississippl for two years Elizabeth came to Port Isabel in June 1950 and decided, as ay that 'this wa ltn and remalned I have had var jobs and buslnesses durlng the eventeen years gro and drug store clerks, reta1l fl h market, hip chand and flnally Post L1 tress slnce December 8, 1942 ' ious cery ler, Elisabeth serve her comnunlty fa1thfu1ly and well Post i tres he 1 alway ready to help bhe ha erved a Pre 1d nt of the rireman's auxlliary for two year , and wa appolnted by layor Iockaday a Ch81Tm8U of Port I abel Clean Up Commlttee and d1d a man's slze Job of lt, too Captain Dewitt came to Port I abel on hay 0, 1960, and in his words, 'more dead than alive The doctors thought that he wa through, but says he, 'Now I feel better than I have felt in 50 years ' Captain Dewitt was born in Cooper, 'exas, December 8, 1870 At six he went with his father to mkansa where the latter died when Robert was nine Rob rt served a apprentice in a railroad shop for 4 years and then went steamboating on the Lississippi for 2 years In artr, 1886 ounr Robe1t boarded Ire ch q8lllFL sblp and went to sea wit. ore of the orl irators of the Wrench Llne I spoke botr rench a d r lish, but letter rlench, as I made a hit with the lrercb cautair Captaln Lellorde, who wanted to make a sea caotain out of re after seven years I was ade a oaotalr ard sailed a shin for seven years Pore Famine four trlps arourd Cane 'orn, revisiting all norts or the east coast, Cer a y, Scandaravla, and morsh, has 18 after fourteen years I trarsferred to pas en er srln retueer New York and Le1arve,Frarce, and re H8116d tte e for sever year Captalr De itt vlsited Lon dor nanv tlres durnng h1 'off tlnesw whlle he was sa 111s wntr the French vessels Durlr tlese VlSltS he lelped on the Loyal Pleasure Yachts Le anew the Royal ramlly f roland well, ard on ore occa ion, wher the nresent Pirg Jeorge VI of ngland, ther orly three fears of age, slinned under the rail of the rleasure yacht ard fell lrto the rv lish channel, Robert De ltt 1u ned overbo rd, cau ht the yourg Uelr to the Throne and held M11 aloft untll a life ring could be cast or this deed oaptaln Devitt recelved a Royal Invitation to the Coronation of Klrg George VI, Kay 12, 1917 Captain, Congratulations' 67 I H . . . . , ' S S S -f Q S2 o ' . v ' , ., . A A O O I , , . l 0 . e.. U ., ... . . ,, she s s s . - 'Clif S 1 ' , . . 11 S S ' 'g 1 S. .,. .. . . ,M - ,if ' .. S . 1 0 AS , , , , l 'Q - A.. E S S S 'S Q S S . , , . S S 9 S 5 -. 4 S I S ' 0 'I v l S rv -. I : ... Y I ' . Nfl :dv-..' ' ' Q Q 5, Er s , , - g 1.6, , ,H 3 e. S . -. I . its 'awe - .. 1 , ,gg xr, L' - vs' W 1: -w - - - I --1, A.. I A L' v ' - 3 ' H . -. -7 .1 I . . X ,A . 1 , ' I A . s 1 .1 - . ' s ' uv , v Q .. 1 - 1 Q 2' . I1 A4 lt, 4 J 1 ' 'T' ' T w A A . AA Q , 0 KI ' A AJ . . . A .A I ' o 1 ' ' A - 4 T A A. A r A , 0 'Q v .. , .. ld , 1 A, ,. , , rv- vw V ' I 7 J A v . A .1 . . 4. .,. ' - , .UT- f -F Q . . p ' ..- s ' S e . 1 Fl fu w . V , ,J , S rs . . 1 ' 4 . U. 4 . '- , Y K I .. - ,- . V ,, . -. . Jiakxpzlgghlk I A 4'r - ' S- I -1 - , '- v , V , a Y . . 1 , . . , . -Ye jj. 4l,'vZ,: H141 A- A A .. . S ' . . . ,, 1 . - Q73 Qi?-. iff. ' ' 1 ' -. 1 ' ' . U , 751253 j, j 1 - if I I .. .I . .5 A , 1 . -:aenfrw N. ff' - , V ' . - - , fifl- ':7 '5T--, - - -..1- ' - u 4 -. . . O d1 3fgfg - ' , s ' ' ,K L J' l I 4 S , 1 . A ' - , . A ' ' - ' ,-. . . , ,,ta.w.t P . L f . . . , ' 4 , . J -'v . ' . if 1 f , , 3, - . - -- - - - -L: 1- . 'W' ' M Q P I n V . .L L. ' an . . . . , ' 1 . .. . I. L , -1 -, . . at A . r . , . , ' ul A A. n 1 . ,-.-1 . .