Lawrence Thomas at age ninety plus is still very active. He and son Dave run the Shell Shop
That's Lawrence in 1950 (in both pictures) with crewman Pete Johnson in the left photograph
Early in his career, Lawrence had a very difficult time selling this shrimp and he and Betty Jameson eventually developed a market for cocktail shrimp. Lawrence remembers receiving eight cents a pound for his efforts
The Hornet is equipped to become a shark boat. The Department of Fish and Game said there were no Great Whites in this area, but as you can see in the photograph on the right, they were sadly mistaken.
