A man was born in 1925 in Shelbyville Texas. He lived on a cotton farm through his elementary school years. He was 15 the day they bombed Pearl Harbor. Not to long afterwards his family moved to Evadale Texas because cotton farming was becoming unproductive and families could not survive on the profits anylonger as a sharecropper. His father took a job in the shipyards in Beaumont. As soon as he graduated he was immediately drafted into the navy. Once at the medical center in Houston they told him he was going into the Marines. He was sent to San Antonio were he failed his physical. He was sent back to the navy were he failed there physical. He was shipped back home were he went into radio communication school in Beaumont Texas. While in the school he saw a flier for a job posting at the Union Oil refinery. Remember that not many abled body men were left here due to WWII. He went and interviewed for the job and was hired. The next morning he was to report to the refinery. He asked someone at the place he was renting a room were the refinery was. The lady told him it was in a town called Port Neches, Texas. This man had to hitchhike to the refinery and started working the next morning. As the next year commenced he would hear stories about this awesome football team the Port Neches Indians. The year was 1949 when he bought some land in Port Neches and built his home. he beagan going to Indians games that season and like most people in Port Neches he fell in love with the spirit, the community, and the pride of being an Indian. He saw the Indians win the SC in the 1950's. He saw them win state in the 1970's. His children went to school at PNG as well. This man followed PNG until he passed away yesterday afternoon. PNG lost one of its biggest fans yesterday. My grandfather. He had so many PNG stories I will miss hearing them every season we had a big historical discussion about PNG football as the season beagn. It always made it way into out campfire stories at deer camp. His favorites were about LaBaove and LoBoarde(sp). The Indians has another fan watching down over them.
