Portland News (Portland, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 12, 1979 Page: 4 of 16
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Delta Zeta
Judy Ridgway Again Named
National Program Chairman
Miss Cass
Feted At
Shower
Mis* Judy Cass, hride elect
of Billy Ocel was honored vith
a misce'ianeous shower
Saturday. June 30. at the home
of Mrs Jean Scales. 119 Fulton
Hostesses were Mrs Jean
Scales of Portland and Mrs
Freda Gagneo. Mrs Carolyn
Woods Mrs Jody Rcddout and
Mrs Judy RemagH all of
Alice
The refreshment table was
decorated with a white Insh
lace table cloth over blue with
a white silk flower centerpiece
Champagne punch, mints nuts
and petitfours topped with blue
roue* were served to the
guests
Blue and white carnation
corsages were given to Mrs
James M Cass, Mrs Thelma
Waychoff and hostesses and
servers
Out-of-town guests include
Thelma Waychoff of Corpus
Chnsti. mother of the groom
Mrs T B Moran of Alice,
grandmother of the groom
Mrs Mamet Williams of Alice.
Miss Kathleen ('ass of
Ingleside and Miss Shelly
Sholars of Corpus Chnsti
The wedding will he Fnday.
August 3. in First Baptist
Church
Delta Zeta Sorority has the
greatest number of collegiate
chapters of all the nationally
affiliated sororities, and a total
membership of 80.000 The
sorority provides numerous
college scholarships and
supports several organizations
aiding the deaf, including the
all deaf university Galludet
College, iorated in Washington.
I) C
the national vice president lor
alumnae affairs and Mrs
Bidgway was reappointed as
national program chairman
They also were pleased to
return with a special
commendation certificate for
ph i la n t rophy. award
certificates for programs and
yearbook, and a ribbon for
newsletter excellence for their
loral chapter
Judy Bidgway of Portland,
national alumnae program
chairman of Delta Zeta
soronty. and Mary Margaret
Fore, alumnae director for
Province 17 recentlv returned
from the Della Zeta sorority
1979 national convention held
at the Doral Country Club in
Miami. Fla
Mrs Bidgway and Mrs
Fore, members of the Corpus
Chnsti alumnae chapter
conducted a number of
workshops during the
convention
During the convention Mrs
Fore was elected to serve as
Daughter Born To Prewit*
pounds seven ounces and
measured 214 inches
Grandparent* are Mr and
Mrs K F Prewit of Winter*,
and Mrs Opal < ole man of
iajbbock
Allison Paige was welcomed
home by her brother, Carlton.
Carl and Janice Prewit
announce the arrival of their
second child, a daughter.
Allison Paige Prewit
Allison Paige arrived
Saturdav June 30, at Spohn
Hospital in i orpus Chnsti at
10 24 a m She weighed nine
MISS JOHANNA PARKS o< Refugio, former resident of
Portland, will be married to Robert Jeffrey Wright of
Refugio Friday. Auqust to Miss Parks is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs Winfield S Parks Jr and Jeff is the son of Mr and
Mrs Bobby C Wright of Refugio The wedding is planned for
7 p m at First Baptist Church of Refugio with the Rev
Robert Hogg officiating
Dini-d Dunce
Set July 11
The Gregory Portland Youth
Football league will sponsor a
disco dance Saturday July 14.
a! the Community renter from
7pm to 12 midnight
I) J s tor the dance will be
Buss and Bed from KBYS
radio Admission is S2 v> per
person
WE LEARN TO SING
Art Show Is Held
After Postponment
PORTLAND BAPTIST
CHILD CARE CENTER
Enroll Now...
206 LANG RD. 643 *521
< onf using
At the lost election, one obaer
ver noticed the ultimate in ballot
confusion A poster actually
mud. "Vote NO on Preposition
YES
The Portland Art Guilds
show and sale had a good
turnout Saturday despite the
overcast da> and after having
to postpone the 5th Avenue
Festival scheduled for the 4th
of July
J«> Tocpfer Ken Willis, Vickie
Willis Claudia Williams.
Patrick Worsham and Dinah
Bowman
On display were oil
paintings water color,
acrylics, icwelry. photography
and hand carved decoys
The celebration kept
members of the guild, who
donated their time and talent,
bus' body painting the children
of FNirtland The guild regrets
not handling the crowds as
quickly as they would have
Back From Camp
Jackie Lackey, daughter of
Mr and Mrs A J lackey, has
returned from three weeks at
Camp Loma Linda Lodge at
Mo Ranch. Hunt
She was elected queen of her
domonty at the lodge She also
received a first place award in
tennis, and a second place in
Artists and '-raftsmen, all
Portland residents displaying
art work included Dave Bird.
Harriet Cobaugh. Sue \nn
Lehman. Carolyn Moody.
Flame Slaughter. Kaye Stokes
Johnson-Kuykendall
Vows Are Spoken
“One Bonk
For All Your
Banking
Needs...!” „
canoeing
Portland Baptists Assist
In Del Rio Services
y Johnson velvet nbbon They carried
•ndall were miniature nosegays of a silk
Saturday. r0se surrounded with
at First carnations and baby's breath
’net land win) peach and white
ly was streamers
?v Floyd Best man was Scott Haulser.
nme Floyd brother in-law of the groom
laughter of Groomsmen were James
lames A Johnson and David Johnson.
;ind Mrs brothers <if the bride. Mark
I of Bryan Kzell and Mitch Ezell of Bryan
the groom t 'shers were Mark Conner of
rs (>forge Austin and David I*aughlin
■s Bonnie The mother of the bnde wore
mal bridal a floor length gown of green
wedding, floral polyester The mother of
ras played. the groom wore a floor length
ceremony gown of pink crepe Both
eded Me” mothers wore a corsage of
I." sung by sweetheart roses
ire 'The Following the ceremony, a
is sung by reception was held in the
fellowship hall of the church
orated with' The bride's cake was a three-
bride and tier white cake with peach
The spiral flowers A fountain was set
wined with under the cake Mints, nuts and
i and pot punch were also served
isideofthe The groom's cake was
chocolate, featuring a basket of
i marriage fruit on top Coffee was also
a gown of seived
ver satin Servers at the reception were
op neckline Kerri Albers. Glenda Dodson.
* lace The Benia Hnetecher. Beth Griffin
rves were and Candy Washburn
■d lace and Miss Kellie Albers attended
The skirt. the guest hook
le chiffon The bride is a graduate of
appiiqued Gregory Portland High School
rases and The groom graduated from
e formed a Gregory Portland High School
ind caught and is currently employed with
atinhow A General Telephone Company
accented )n Bryan
r finger tip Following a honeymoon to
blusher. San Marcos and New Braunfels
lace The the couple will reside in Bryan
1 he Art Guild appreciated
the support ol tlx* people of
Portland and its members who
participated in the show
Another show is fixing planned
f«ir later in the vear
For the fourth consecutive
summer a group of volunteers
from First Baptist Church.
Portland has traveled to Del
Rio to lead vacation Bible
school services at Buen Pastor
Baptist Church The 36
member group left Saturday.
July 7 and will return this
Saturday. July 14
It is anticipated that more
than 200 boys and girls will he
enrolled in the school Evening
vouth activities are also
scheduled
Th« Portland group is
lodging and eating at the Burn
Pastor Church They sleep on
rots and eat family style A
special fraternal relationship
has developed between the two
churches
Those going from Portland
include First Baptists
minister of education Truman
Parker and minister of youth.
Steve Hartman Other adults
participating are Kathy
Hamilton. Mary Terry.
Barbara W'oolsey. Jack
Berger. Elaine Griffin Bobby
Ritter. Judy Bidgway and
Path East
The majority of the Portland
group is composed of youth
These are Cary Savage. Judy
Bvman. F.athy Ricks. Jeff
Hoover. Carol Strickland. Tim
Hulsey. Carlo6 Ybarra. James
Mullins. Steve Brown. Holley
Atkinson. Patty l^aughlin. Lisa
Curlee. Wendy Mullins Mike
Burrow. Dee Ann Hardin.
Kevin Greeson Laura
Harrison Dana Gildon. Sandy
Sauls Jill Thompson I H*ll
Little. Mike P*»well Barbie
Birmingham. Tony Ybarra.
Kodnev Mitchell and Becky
Birmingham
Pharmacy. Jimmy Boy.
Portland Meat Market Brady
Dial « enlury 21 Mvers
Marilyn Webster Jenny's Hair
Fashions Bill Grow, Crow's
Jewelers Renee Peirce
Fiesta Mexican Food Windy
Mamalaga Charlie's Seafood
Restaurant and Caroline
Stevens. Dixie ( ream DrvNuls
LOBBY HOURS
MON THUR5 9 00 AM 5 00 PM
FRI UNTIL 6,00 P.M ..
DRIVE IN HOURS ;
Pilot Club
Sponsors
Beauty Revue
The Portland Pilot Club, with
the assistance of 20 local
businesses, sponsored the
annual July 4th Bathing
Beauty Revue
Contestants and their
business sponsors for the revue
were Shae Gillitte. Portland
Lumber Stephaine
Christopher Sparks and
Tucker Insurance Tom Reid.
Western Auto. Jerry Berry
San Patricio Credit t’nion.
Misty Loomis. Artistic
Flowers Michael Whitaker.
Security State Bank Jenny
Kacklev Dairy (Jueen. Justin
Witzkowsky. Aurora's Hair
Fashions Shawn Cornelius.
Bridgers Shoes Scott Cox.
Solomon's Jewelers. Sandy
Cox. Young Fashions
Robin Bulsterbaum Dugat
Construction Co. Staci
Whitaker. Portland
7 30 AM 5 00 PM
FRI UNTIL 6 00 P M
Mram Power
In a steam engine as used in
steam locomotives heat from
burning fuel 'coal or oil > boils
water in a boiler Hie pressure of
the steam pnaluced then forces a
piston backward and forward
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Religious Facts
The Roman Catholic popula-
tion of the world is larger than
that of all other ChrisUan sects
combined Christianity ha3 about
a billion followers. Islam almost
half that number
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Leveen, Paul D. Portland News (Portland, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 12, 1979, newspaper, July 12, 1979; Taft, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth871697/m1/4/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bell/Whittington Public Library.