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

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Ted Hunt BHK George Nelson 1 d Al' tc u SF rn, 'e Q e fr r L eport Conrec lcd 1D retru rv bout all e of ed' l l r y r lu Ll V r F a c ur L J o Lucxy bo, fdVt Ted v lted rt I el elore ecldln to rl an cr 10 of a sport11g oods store n rld eoort ullt t e Isabel Courts 1 Ort ISWLEL here e 28 e 3 tre F 1UTIlCJHE In 1336 ed becale avor of Wort Isabel and Feld the offlce u1t1l Januery, l9A3, wnen be re igned to becore County 'om is lD16T, an o 'ICE ke stlll holds Ted the nG8H1Bl on w H Q o 'or the do t clty e p ctule of Geor e 15 t 1CBl is a questl , however, vhether the D1CtlT9 be lde hlm 1S of beef bull Geor e has done wany other th1HfS, bit aslde fron h b 0 1S G1 a skllled plasterer, he says everythlne else 19 a sldellne Geor e 8dm1tS that a great deal of h1s history 1S a b1t cloudy, but at an early age he put on a cook's apron and hi h too hat and bevan TOll1H7 the dough For two years he was cook on a pleasure boat that plled the muddy waters of the Vlssissinpi, and for 5 years more he vas chef 1n the Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans George was happy over his work and sang himself to the top in the negro minstrels 'Blue Moon' and 'Chocolate Soldier' While 1D Dayton, Ohio Geor e met Geor e Hhife and played 1n the Georre White Scandals Kirk Stymus I. Guy L. carpenter Dan Marohan Fred Cantu Wiley Mahurin Heading ShTilP 69 'ed idr t -ll 'S wh-. he was bo but M an om ' B i': , 1 z 'n ' ' -0 U, 1933, A W 1' - M s ea ' Quant A 'dfe is the unor th't he c' ted 'mlly over the teleQh ne. 'f W! is' Po sat b ' d 'a' g cast .'s lot . TI f v uh '. l'fe5- sL'1 '.f G ' i E ' 3 L and ht' L 'L R Q' ', Unluckily, Ted had these congleted in time for the 1933 o - M P V , ' L A. Ar. V A A 4 . 4 X p I A S 4 J ' m S. . fl- A . . , A . C ,- Lis.,H i- ell ut l a L r ' . x Th ' .T ' ' , ' on l Y .' ' S' ' ' or . F A - V ' 4 I ' H 1 . .P ' . , - . . UD M O A O 5 l , . Q - 'J' A .J 45 v A-. ' A X . sl xl o , .' 1 A. Q I ' N 0 P t J G I 7 D I 1 L' tl 1 'x n 1 X 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 . .

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