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Zephaniah Gets A Roasting
!\eic CofC Officers, Directors Installed
It wa> * "bad night" for
Zeph PeaaR, outgoing president
of the tuunber of Commerce
as he wa* roasted" at the
tbChambar of Commerce ban-
quet <<>id installation of officers
Thursday night at Our lady of
Mount Carmel Catholic Church
parish hall
With Rick Ott as master of
ceremonies and to the utter
delight of the more than 100
Fourth Of July
Events Schedule
Saturday, July 4
9:30 a.m...............Judging of baked and canned goods
12 noon.............................Opening ceremonies
12:13 to 3 p.m ......Food-International llub, Mexican food,
homemade ice cream, hot dogs, drinks.
Country Store: Baked a nd
canned goods to be judged
and sold; arts, crafts and
textiles displayed. Swimming
pool activities. Children's
art activities
12:30 to 2:30 p.m.........Caricatures by Herman Gutierrez
2 p.m.................................Pie eating contest
2:30 p.m.....................Gay "90" Bathing Suit Revue
All activities at Community Center.
members and their guests,
Doris Mircovich, Dick Barton.
K Dean Dreiling. Bill Butler,
Ed Whitney and Ken Tooley of
Austin all added their
"knowledge" gained through
long years of association to the
roasting
Taking it all in the humor in
which it was inteded. Pease
never let his "tormentors" get
ahead of turn, as he came back
after each roast with a sign he
held high to offer choice words
of “endearment" for the person
who had just let him have it.
Sam Powell, executive vice
president, Portland State
Bank, was installed as presi-
dent of tlie Chamber of Com-
merce for the 1981-42 year.
Dick Harp is the vice president
and Virginia Kippstein is
treasurer.
New directors installed are
Paul Bingenheimer, Harp,
Phyllis lee, Pease (as im-
mediate past president),
Powell, Rippstein, Roland
Wotlitz and Richard Dugat
i president. Jaycees).
Bill Webb was committee
chairman for the banquet. He
was assisted by Sandy Charnet-
skl, Chamber of Commerce
secretary: Artilla Patton and
JoleneCrow.
Outgoing directors are Ann
Allen. B D Berryman, I,. T.
Kolb. Paul leveen. Frank lov-
vorn, Artilla Patton, Daryle
Wilson and Bud Wnght.
Invocation was given by
Father Thomas P. Feeney,
associate pastor. Our lady of
Mount Carmel Catholic Chur-
ch.
See ROASTING, Page 16
t,j;
K Dean Dreiling finishes his
roasting. Pease makes his
rebuttal Seated from left Rick
Oft, MC; Sam Powell incom
ing Chamber president, and
Ann Pease. (NEWSphoto)
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» Special July Fourth
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FOR TLAND
Dedicated To The Best Interests
Of Portland
"Gem Citv Of The Golf'"
Portland. Texas 78374, Thursday, July 2. 1981
Volume XVI - 2 Sections - 28 Pages - Mo. 27
NEWS
City To Get Wetlands
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City Manager Bill Lewis and City Attorney Milton Walton
will go to Austin Monday to finalize a transaction that will br-
ing a $313,000 Coastal Energy Impact grant to the city for the
purchase of some 50acres of wetlands.
About $120,000 of the amount will be for engineering fees
and improvements of the acreage which is located on Corpus
Christi Bay between the causeway and the "road" that leads
to the site of the former Indian Point fishing pier
The area will be retained in a natural wetlands state, but
some improvements will be allowed to make it suitable as a
recreation site.
Primarily, the road will be improved, there will be a park-
ing area and possibly a few camping sites will be con-
structed
tington said when negotiations were in progress early last
year to obtain the parcel of land.
The Indian Point area for many years was a popular
fishing spot because of the pier which flourished there. The
pier was swept away by Hurricane Allen last year
Friday Holiday For Many
City offices including Bell
Public library and the Com-
munity Center, Portland facili-
ty of the county tax office and
the post office will be closed
Friday, July 3, in observance of
the Fourth of July.
Financial institutions and
utility offices will be closed.
Most business offices and a
number of retail stores also will
observe Friday as a holiday.
There will be no pick up of
garbage Friday. Normal col-
lection schedule will resume
Monday.
Kim Bridger In ST Pageant
Kim Bridger. daughter of
Mr. and Mrs Bill Bridger and
reigniri? Miss Gregory-
Piytland will participate Fri-
day and Saturday, July 3 and 4,
In the 1981 Miss South Texas
Scholarship Pageant at Seguin.
The event will be held each
day at 7:30 p.m. at Seguin s
Coliseum and will feature 33
itants from South Texas,
'articipants will compete in
ivate interview, evening
colisei
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gown, swimsuit and ‘alent divi-
sions. and will be judged by a
panel of five judges from
varied fields of interest who
will select the winner in this
34th South Texas Pageant.
The winner will have the op-
portunity to compete in the 1982
Miss Texas Pageant The state
pageants are conducted as a
part of the national organiza-
tion which culminates in the
Miss America Pageant finals
staged each September at
Atlantic City, N. J.
In the Miss South texas
Pageant, contestants will vie
for scholarships totaling
$15,220: Incarnate Word Col-
lege, San Antonio. $3,200;
Prane View A&M University,
$1,250; Schreiner College.
Kerrvile, $3,000; Howard Col-
lege, Big Spring, $700; Western
Texas College, Snyder, $600;
Texas Lutheran College,
Seguin. $500; South Plains Col-
lege, Levelland, $320; Hender-
son County Junior College,
Athens. $2,400; McQueeney
luons Club, $250 cash scholar-
ship; and a friend of the Miss
South Texas Pageant. $3,000.
Bridger, 17, was crowned
Miss Gregory-Portland in
March in the Jaycee-sponsored
Miss Gregory-Portland
Pageant which is held each
year in conjuntion with
Portland Pioneer Days. She is
five feet four inches, has blue
eyes and a medium complex-
ion.
Tickets for the Miss South
Texas Pageant are $4.50 each
night, will be available at the
door and all seats are reserved.
Commissioners
Study Shelters
The San Patricio County
Commissioners Court accepted
the offer of an Arlington
auditing firm to act as its agent
to recover some of the indirect
costs of federal and state pro-
grams during their Thursday
meeting.
Following the regular ses-
sion, the court met in special
session for most of the after-
noon to consider the feasibility
of instituting a countywide
animal shelter system.
In other business considered
during the five hour-long
meeting, the court adopted a
resolution that would allow
county residents who qualify to
obtain low-cost housing loans at
interest rates below the going
rate; accepted a county road
sign replacement program and
accepted resignations and ap-
pointments
On hand for the meeting were
County Judge Percy A. Hart-
man; Pet. 1 Commissioner Joe
Zapata, of Sinton; Pet. 2 Com-
missioner Carl Duncan, of
Portland; Glenn Dorris, of
Mathis (Pet. 3) and Pet. 4 Com-
missioner Hazel Edwards, of
Aransas Pass.
Also present were County
Clerk Dottie Maley. Auditor
Ray Harris and Asst Auditor
George Hernandez
On the recommendation of
Harris, the court contracted
with David M. Griffith and
Assoc to assist the auditor's of-
fice to recover some of the in-
direct cost compensation
associated with state and
federal programs
The Arlington-based firm
would charge a fee of 50 per-
cent of the recovered funds up
to $8,500 after auditing the
grants currently in effect.
The court heard a presenta-
tion of Jim Prince of Foreman
and Dyess asking the court for
permission to offer low-cost
housing loans to county
residents who are first-time
home owners.
The Corpus Christi-based
South Texas Housing Finance
Corp., which is currently get-
ting organized, offers home
loans to low and middle income
residents of San Pat, Nueces,
Jim Wells and Kleberg Coun-
ties at three to four percent less
than conventional loan interest
rates
However, the loans are
geared to persons with a
minimum annual income of
$33,000.
"None of the people sitting
around this table could qualify
for a loan!" quipped Judge
Hartman.
The court adopted the pro-
posal on Duncan's motion and
Zapata's second Duncan was
appointed to serve as a director
and to represent San Patricio
See COMMISSIONERS. Page 16
This is part ol the Indian Point area which will be obtained by the city through a federal grant (NEWS photo)
Construction Starts Soon
Oak Ridge Baptist Holds
Formal Groundbreaking
Oak Ridge Baptist Church
members, a sizable number of
visitors from First Baptist
Church and other visitors Sun-
day afternoon attended a for-
mal groundbreaking ceremony
for the church’s new facility on
Buddy Ganem Drive across
from G-P High School
The Rev. linn Self, pastor,
conducted the ceremonies.
Self said that actual con-
strution of the church would
begin sometime during die first
15 days of July.
The church now meets at W
C. Andrews Elementary
School.
Self noted that the church
hopes to be in its new building
by its first anniversary date,
the first Sunday in October.
The new building will cost some
$200,000
Oak Ridge Baptist Church is
a Mission started and spon-
sored by First Baptist Church.
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SOUTHERN BAPTIST
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Shown from led are W A Stephens Jr . building committee
member; Everett Ricks, chairman, mission committee,
First Baptist Church; the Rev Bill Frailer, associate to
metropolitan mission director, Corpus Christi Baptist
Association; Dr Billy Bob Moore, mission starter lor Baptist
Oonoral Convention of Toxas; Dr W M Colson, metropolitan
mission director. Corpus Christi Baptist Association; tho
Rev linn Sell, pastor. Oak Ridge baptist Church; Mark
Prestridge. building committee member; Herbert Severs,
chairman, building committee; and Jim Martin, chairman at
deacons (NEWS photo)
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