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POR TLAND
Dedicated To The Heat Interests
Of Portland- The Fastest
(iroicinft City In Texas
TAFT. TEXAS. 78390. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 22. 1973
VOLUME VIII • EIGHT PAGES -NO. 8
NEWS
Council Orders City Election
An order setting a city
election for Saturday. April 7,
was approved Tuesday night
by the city council
Terms of three members are
expiring and a fourth council
seat currently is vacant due to
a recent resignation
Terms are expiring tor
Charles Tothill. mayor pro
ff \
The council held a public
meeting on a proposed ex-
penditures for revenue-sharing
funds and approved the budget
as presented by City Manager
Charles Norwood
Revenue-sharing funds for
1972 amount to $32,631 Of that
amount $15,000 will go for
construction of a storm sewer
on Reynolds Street from
Denver to Dallas and $6,720 tu
open Memorial Blvd from Oth
Street to Diomede
Construction of curbs and
gutters on Memorial will take
another $1,200 Part of the
city's share in the purchase of
the old Portland State Bank
building for a library building
will take $88,000 and $1,711 will
be spent for remodeling of the
budding
A proposed budget for 1973
revenue sharing funds includes
$17,000 for storm drainage
work in Walker-Nix Addition
with the remainder of the
monies going into an unex-
pended fund -- $7,473.
In other business, the
council:
Heard the first reading of
an ordinance pertaining to the
operating of a circus or cat
nival in the city It will allow a
permit to be issued by the city
staff for such operation if
certain requirements are met
Heard the second reading
(final passage* of an ordinance
authorizing the issuance of
$30,000 in general obligation
bonds and $50,000 m water
works and sewer system
revenue bonds
Heard the second reading
(final approval) of a rezoning
request for 15 acres in the
vicinity of Moore and Marriott
from rural residential to
multiple family
Appointed Bill Webb as
election judge for Precinct 8 in
the coming city election and
Bryan Powers as judge for
Precinct 19
In a workshop meeting prior
to the regular council meeting.
See COUNCIL, Page 8
Industrial Team
Has Final Session
DKCA STUDENTS WIN HONORS—These four G-P
Distributive Education student* won honors in a youth
leadership conference held last week in San Antonio .lean
Shadle seated, won first place in advertising Standing. I to r.
Sulema Carrisalez. ( indy Richardson and Jana Speer
DECA Students Win
Pour Gregory-Portland High
School Distributive Education
students won honors in an area
youth leadership conference
held last week in San Antonio
There were about 1,200
students from South Texas
taking part in the conference
Jean Shadle competed
against 90 students in ad-
vertising and won first place
This will qualify her for the
stale contest in Houston March
8. 9 and 10
Others competing in con-
tests. and placing in the top 20,
were Jana Speer, job in-
terviews; Cindy Richardson,
display, and Sulema
Carrisalez, sales demon-
stration Each won honorable
mention
You Can Help
. Sale Proceeds
For Float Costs
‘The white elephant sale to
help raise funds for the Por
Hand float will be held this
weekend and we need your
help." Ann Allen chairman of
the float committee said
The committee is sponsoring
a sale of "any and all types of
items" at the Community
Center Saturday and Sunday,
Feb 24 and 25.
The sale starts at 10 a m
Saturday
"We still need miscellaneous
items to offer for sale," Mrs
Allen stressed. "Anything that
anyone would like to donate is
needed will be deeply ap-
preciated and we will be more
than happy to pick them up,"
she added
"If you have anything that
you think might sell, just call
one of the following persons for
pickup
See SALE, Page 8
Library' Board
A ppo i n tin en ts
Announced
Committee assignments for
the year were announced
Tuesday at the monthly
meeting of the Portland
Library Board by Mrs W
Sparks, chairman
Named to continue in office
as treasurer of the memorial
trust fund is Mrs. Russell
McFarland. Mrs Q Davis was
named county library
representative with Mrs. G. C.
Farrier as alternate
Mrs McFarland, Mrs Sara
Posas. a new board member,
and Mrs Lupe Moreno, an ex-
officio member, were named to
the Gregory outreach program
committee
The public relations com-
mittee consists of Paul Leveen,
T. M McDonald and Rev
Willis Jones
On the children's and young
people services committee are
Mrs Davis. McDonald, Jones
and Barbara Daniels
The budget committee
consists of L. T Kolb Jr., Mrs
Posas and Mrs, Farrier.
Serving on the equipment
committee are Mrs Farrier
and Mrs McFarland
In other business the board
Heard committee reports
and a report from the librarian
and city manager
Revised the master plan for
the library for both a one year
period and a five-year period
Toured the old Portland
State Bank facility, which will
he the new home of the Por-
tland Library.
Tile industrial team of the
Chamber of Commerce held
the final meeting Tuesday of a
series of seven instructional
sessions to indoctrinate team
members in the methods of
selling the city of Portland to
prospective business
prospects.
Calvin Glover is the team
chairman Meetings were held
at the Portland State Bank
Glover said the final meeting
was an exercise in which Jim
GTE Makes
Survey Of
Customers
E O Cambern, division
manager for General
Telephone Company in Rob-
stown. announced that
customer opinion surveys are
being sent to a cross-section of
the telephone customers in
Portland this month
This will be a random
sampling of customers.
Purpose of the survey is to
give General Telephone a
better indication of the overall
quality of the job it is doing and
to assist them in providing
customers with the kind and
type of service they want
Some of the questions con
cem the type of service the
customer has, class of service
the customer would like to
have (private line or party
line), and how the customer
rates the company
Cambern urges everyone
receiving the questionnaire to
fill it out and return it.
School Improvements
$1 Million Issue
Is Up To Voters
A $1 million bond issue will
lie presented to the voters of
Gregory-Portland School
District Saturday, March 31.
The is»ue will be in the form
of two propositions, namely, to
aircondition all existing
elementary buildings and,
secondly, to build a new
elementary school and expand
the vocational program at the
high school and open a
vocational program at junior
high
School Board
Calls Election
For April 7
The Gregory Portland
School Board called a trustee
election for April 7 to fill the
terms of R M East, 1-eonel
Rios and Felix Guettler
Guettler and Rios signed up
to run for re-election and East,
who was absent at the meeting
has indicated that he will also
seek re-election
Wednesday, March 7, is the
last day to file for a place on
the ballot. Candidates may file
at the business office in
Gregory
The school board took the
action in a special meeting
Tuesday night
Exact figures have not been
worked out but the proposition
for air conditioning will be for
approximately $35(i.(Xl(i with
$650,000 for the other parts of
the program Voters will have
the option of voting for one, or
both, of the propositions
separately Voting boxes will
be in Portland and Gregory
The school board has had the
projected improvements under
advisement for over two years
and plan to present each part of
the program in details to the
voters. according to
Superintendent W C. Andrews
The new elementary school
will be located at a site still to
be selected on the west side of
the city of Portland The
district has $400,000 from a
previous bond issue earmarked
lor this school that will be used
together w ith some funds from
the new issue
A vocational complex is
being planned at the high
school to lie built adjacent to
the existing vocational
See ISSUE, Page 8
Concession
Deadline
Is Monday
For those clubs or
organizations wishing to
operate a concession stand
during the Portland Pioneer
Pageant March 30. 31 and April
4 File
For Seats
On Council
Four persons have filed for a
place on the ballot in the April 7
city election
They arc Mayor Pro Tern
Charles Tothill, Carl Duncan,
Wayne Walters and Joe N
Garrett
Deadline for filing is March
7.
Terms of three members are
expiring and a fourth seat is
vacant due to a recent
resignation
Those interested in filing
should contact Bonnie Ledet,
city secretary, at city hall
To be eligible to serve, an
individual must have been a
resident of the city and the
county two years and can not
have an mdeptedness to the
city, school district or county.
Heath of the Texas Industrial
Commission played the par! of
a prospective business owner,
and team members exercised
their learned knowledge in
efforts to impress upon him the
advantages of bringing his
firm to Portland
In November, a group of
Portland businessmen, civic
leaders and Chamber of
Commerce members attended
a one-day industrial planning
seminar in Austin The
program covered every phase
of community economic
development
Glover said that monthly
meetings of the team would
continue to be held He ex-
plained that plans are now
under way to conduct a fund
raising campaign among area
businesses for purchase of land
for a site which would be at-
tractive for location of firms
interested in moving to Por
(land
Glover emphasized that the
city is interested only In " light
commercial facilities with in
See TEAM, Page 8
C? I J 1 Pageant Marcn ;to, 3t ana A|
Seal Appeal
Will Open
Park Grant
Sunt Increased
Senator John Tower Wed-
nesday notified Mayor William
B Crow that a grant increase
for $20,550 had been issued to
Portland to assist in the city
park project.
The total amount of the grant
is now $95,875 and is for use on
13-Acre Park located on l-ang
Road
The 1973 Easter Seal Appeal
will open in San Patricio
County Thursday, March 1.
according to Mrs. Janis
Foerster, who serves as Easter
Seal Representative for the
county.
Mrs Foerster said that
Easter Seal Appeal letters
would begin arriving at homes
in the county about March 1.
As Easter Seal Represen-
tative. Mrs. Foerster is the
person to contact to request
services from the Easter Seal
Society for Crippled Childrren
and Adults of Texas There
services include physical end
occupational therapy, speeech
and hearing programs and
special information services to
help solve the many problems
faced by the families of han
dicappcd children and adults
Funds help support 18 cen
ters in Texas, where crippled
children and adults are
treated, regardless of their
ability to pay Providing
walkers and wheelchairs is an
example of the services
provided to those who cannot
provide for themselves and
who do not qualify for help
from any other source
"The people of Texas have
always responded generously
to helping the handicapped,
and I feel certain they will
make it possible to increase
Easter Seal services to crip-
pled Texans throughout the
coming year,” Mrs Foerster
said
Monday, Feb 26. Paul Blair,
chairman of the Chamber of
Commerce's celebration
committee, announced
The entry fee - $25 00 - must
be in the Chamber of Com
merce (behind the city hall l by
that time Blair emphasized
this is the latest anyone can
enter to participate
There is limited space for
concessions and a meeting will
be called soon of a concession
operators to finalize plans
Anyone desiring additional
information should call Peggy
Yeiter. C of C secretary at 643-
2475
San Marcos Man
Charged H(*rc
A San Marcos man was
charged with possession of
marijuana Saturday, Feb 17,
according to Police Captain
Johnnie McNeill
The marijuana was lound in
the possession of Michael
Peck. 24, a guest at a motel
here at about 12:30 a m when
Portland police entered the
room under a search warrant
A small amount of the illegal
substance was confiscated
Open To Public
Little League
Board To Meet
Another Little l-eague board
of directors meeting will be
held at 3 pm Sunday at Our
Lady of Mount Carmel
Church's old parish hall on
Denver Street
Scheduled for discussion will
be the tryouts, methods of
speeding up play for the Prep
and Minor Leagues and the
approval of this year's
managers
Reports will be given on
results of the registration
sessions, acquisition of team
sponsors, sign sales and from
the practice scheduling
committee
Many boys who played last
season have not yet registered.
Any boy who intends to play
Little lx-aguc baseball must
register, whether he played
last season or not Those who
have not registered are urged
to call and make arrangements
with the player agent, Wes
Stokes, at 643 6454, or Joe
Burke at 643-6986 within the
next two weeks
All Little la-ague meetings
are open to the public and an
active participation is sought
from all persons interested in a
successful Little League
program
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Junior High Band
G-P Places Most
On All-County Band
l i*
Folk Singer
Here Sunday
Rev William Campbell of
Saint Christopher's By The Sea
Episcopal Church extends an
invitation to the public,
especially the young people, to
hear Ed Kilbourne folk singer
and Methodist evangelist,
speak and play al the regular
9 30 a m Communion service,
Sunday. Feb 25, at the
Episcopal Church
In direct competition with
other junior high schojl band
members of the county, the
Gregory-Portland Junior High
Bands placed the largest
number of students in the San
Patricio All-County Band
This is significant in that G-P
students have a year less ex
perience than the other
students due to starting band in
the seventh grade
Assisting the students in
preparation for the tryouts
were several Wildcat Band
members
Competing in the tryouts
were students from G-P, Taft,
Sinton, Port Aransas, (Idem,
Inglcsidc and Aransas Pass
Students placing in the band
will participate in a clinic
Saturday in Sinton The clinic
will he climaxed by a concert
Saturday night under the
direction of Moddie Smith of
Karnes City
G-P students placing in the
band are
Flutes: Lynne Carswell 3,
Anna Rodriguez 13, Carol Teat
15
Oboe Kathy Munroe 1
Bassoon: I ,ori Higgle 2. Andy
McCurdy 3
Clarinet: Debbie Nevels, 2,
Joann Upton 3, Pam Page 6,
Lisa Washburn 7, Monica
Grover 8, Lisa Carswell 12,
Theresa Wynn 14, Lisa Glasson
17, Debbie Sims 23
Bass clarinet Pat Meier 1,
Donna Holloway 2. Danny
Koliaja 5.
Alto saxophone Julie
Shepherd I, Greta Strain 2,
Cheryl Chivers 4, Sally Roe 5
Tenor saxophone: Phyllis
Murphy I
Coronet: Carol McNeil 5.
Horns: Christy Cable 1,
Stephen Wolfe 2, Peter Harp 4,
Elizabeth Barbee 9
Trombones: Karen Mauch I,
John Waldron 3
Bases Scott Elliot 3, Scott
Reeves 6
Percussion Roy Schuster 2,
Kevin Frenzie 3. Scott Morris
4
Bells Jana Greene 1.
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Schuster. Keven Krenirl, Scott Morris, Jana Greene. Liaa
Carswell. (second row) lisa Glasaon. l,ina Washburn,
Debbie Nevels Monica Grover, Carol Teat. Kathy Munroe
Anna ItodriKue/ Theresa W vnn. Joann I pton. Pam Pa#e,
< third row' Crlsty Cable Peter llarp. Fltiabeth Barbee,
Ste\en Wolf. Danny Kolia ja. Scott Flllott. Donna Holloway.
Pat Meier. Scott Beeves. Phyllis Murphy. Karen Mauch.
Julianna Shepherd. Greta Strain. John Waldron. Cheryl
Chivera. Andy McCurdy. Sally line. I.orl Biggie and Carol
McNeil <News photo'
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Leveen, Paul D. Portland News (Portland, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 22, 1973, newspaper, February 22, 1973; Taft, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth864483/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bell/Whittington Public Library.