Portland News (Portland, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 1, 1980 Page: 1 of 21
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Voters in the Democratic
primary election to be held
Saturday. May 3, will vote at
two locations here
Those casting their votes in
Precinct 8 will vote at city hall,
Primary Elections Saturday
and voters of Precinct 18 will
cast their ballots at the fire
station.
Polls will be open from 7am
to 7 p m
Precinct 18 chairman Mike
Flinn said that the precinct
convention will be held at 7:45
p.m at the fire station Bryan
Powers is the election judge for
the precinct
Pete Lackey, Precinct 8
chairman, said that the
convention for that precinct
will be held at 7:15 p m in the
cafeteria of T. M Clark
Elementary School Lackey
also is the precinct judge with
Hilly Haakinson as assistant
Precinct 4 I Gregory) voters
will vote at the fire station in
Gregory The election judge is
Brigida Sabedra
Locally, two persons have
filed for the position of justice
of the peace, Precinct 4 They
are Charlotte Griffin and
Corkey Tedder
In the race for constable,
Jerry Kiker, incumbent, is
?“eking re-election and Felipe
Turruviate and Joe Hinojosa
also are on the ballot
Locally, on the Republican
side, Ken Flournoy and
Marsha Darlington are seeking
the seat of county chairman,
and Nathan East is running
unopposed for the justice of the
peace, Precinct 4. post
Local county races should
.see PRIMARY, Page 7
School District
Trial Postponed
The trial involving the
Gregory-Portland ISD for
alleged segregation, which was
to have started April 28 before
the U.S. District Court at Tyler,
has been postponed until May
27, according to Superintendent
of Schools Jack Darnell
Darnell and school district
attorney Richard Hall recently
were in Tyler at a pretrial hear-
ing at which time the court an-
nounced the postponement
Two court experts had been
appointed in the case by Judge
William Justice, and which
were objected to by the school
district's attorney
The two experts visited the
school district last week,
meeting with the ad-
ministrative staff, pnncipaL'i of
the schools and toured the cun-
muni ties
The pretrial hearing in the
case will be May 23, Darnell
said. He estimated that the
trial should take about three
days.
The G-P case goes back
several years to when the
Texas Education Agency in
survey of all Texas schools
found that the enrollment at
Stephen F. Austin Elementary
School was more than two-
thirds Mexican-Ainerican
enrollment. The district was
cut off from accreditation and
funds.
The school district filed an in-
junction against the action until
a law suit could attempt to
solve the problem.
The U.S. District Court at
Corpus Christ! found the school
district not guilty of intentional
segregation
The case then went twice to
the 5th Court of Appeals at New
Orleans on procedural incon-
sistencies.
That court decided that the
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Dedicated To The Best Interests
Of Portland...
"Gem Citv Of The Gulf'”
Portland, Texas 78374, Thursday. May 1, 1980
Volume XV - 22 Pages, 2 Sections - Ho. 18
Intramural One-Act
Play Con test Is Tuesday
Since May is the last month
of school, many seniors m the
Gregory-Portland High School
Drama Department can look
back on eventful high school ac-
ting careers
May also means that many
other students can look forward
to starting their own acting
careers because Tuesday. May
6, they will be in front of the
spotlights for the first time
when they act in the Gregory-
Portland High School in-
tramural one-act play contest
The competition will begin at
4 30p m. Tuesday
Admission is$l.
The first play is "J.B.”,
directed by Susan Dilmore. The
cast is: Brock Gates as Mr.
Niekles; Kent Harris as Mr.
Zuss, Steve Brown as JB.
Dania Dennison as Sarah,
Folk Mass Group Set
For Episcopel Church
The Folk Mass Group from
the Church of the Good
Shepherd at Corpus Christi will
present a Folk Eucharist (Rite
One) at the 11 a m service
Sunday, May 4, at St
Christopher By the Sea
Episcopal Church. Seventh and
Wildcat
Anyone wishing to share in
the event is cordially invited to
attend, a church spokesman
said.
Cheryl Halpin as Ruth, Dale
Sanders as David, Lisa Hennis
as Rebecca, Trey Ficken as
Johathan. Carolyn Pierce as
Mary, John Miller as first
soldier, Dale Sanders as second
soldier. Lisa Curlee as the girl,
Duane Cates as first reporter,
Carolyn Pierce as second
reporter, Duane Cates also
plays the first police officer and
the first C.D.O., and John
Miller will also appear as the
second police officer and the se-
cond C.D.O.
The second play will be "The
Wizard of Ox” directed by
Sharon Beardsley. The cast is:
Mark Yokom as the Lion, Emil
Voges as the Tinman, Roy Her-
nandez as the Scarecrow,
Frank Wilson as the guard.
Karen Morgan as the Good
Witch of the North, Shari
See PLAY, Page 14
DICK LEE
First Baptist Church
Week-Long Revival Set
Dr. Rudy Hernandez will
serve as evangelist for the old-
fashioned tent revival schedul-
ed May 4-9 by First Baptist
Church.
Fritz Smith will direct the
music. Services are planned
nightly at 7:30o’clock.
The men of First Baptist
Church will participate in a
tent raising Saturday morning
The tent will be erected on the
church's property at Wildcat
Drive and Darnel Moore
Hernandez has led revival
crusades throughout the United
States and in over 40 foreign
countries. He served 15 years
on the staff of the evangelism
division of the Baptist General
Convention of Texas.
He was for a number of years
pastor of the Primera Iglesia
Bautista of Corpus Christi, the
largest Mexican-American
congregation in the Southern
Baptist Convention
His ability to preach with
equal ease in both Spanish and
English has greatly increased
Salomon’s Jewelers Now Phone Pay Center
Salomon’s Jewelers, located in the Crescent Shopping
Center, will become the telephone pay center in Portland, ac-
cording to an announcement by Bill Vick, Robstown division
manager for General Telephone Company.
Beginning May 1, General Telephone customers will be
able to pay their telephone bills at Salomon's during regular
store hours, 9 a.m. to 5 30 p.m Tuesday through Friday, and
9 a.m. to 12 noon Saturday The store is closed Monday.
“To insure proper credit, customers are urged to take
their telephone bill with them when paying at Salomon's,"
Vick stated
Salomon's is replacing the Plant Botique as a pay center
in Portland and is located next door to Plant Botique in the
shopping renter.
"The business office in Robstown will continue to handle
questions a customer may have concerning a telephone bill,
changes, or additions to service," Vick said.
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To Compete At State
These students were winners in the regional U.I.L. meet held
April it at Del Mar Top winners will compete in the state
meet to be held in Austin May 1 and ]. They are Irom left
(bottom) Denise Hollman. first, editorial writing, Angle
Martin, first, prose interpretation,- Steve Griffith, third, pro
se interpretation; Susan Dilmore. first, poetry interpreta
tion; (top) Scott Griffin, fourth, informative speaking; Steve
Williams, second, debate; Bobby Wranosky, fifth, infor
matlve speaking, James Knetach. fourth, persuasive speak
ing; and Bill Yowell. third, persuasive speaking Others plac
mg were Dana Gildon. second, debate; and Ricky Whittaker
and John Janssen, quarter finals in debate; and Oawn
Wendel, fifth, news writing
Lee Is New President
Jaycees Name Elliott
Citizen Of The Year
May 26 To
Re School Day
Gregory-Portland schools
will conduct classes Monday,
May 26. which was originally
scheduled on the school
calendar as a Memorial Day
holiday
Due to inclement weather
last fall, the school system is
short a day and will make up
the day during the previously
scheduled holiday.
Van Elliott was named the
recipient of the Portland
Jaycees 19Bc Buddy Gamen
Memorial Outstanding Citizen
of the Year Award Thursday
night at the annual installation
of officers and banquet held at
the Community Center
The award cites Elliott for
“outstanding service and
leadership to the city of
Portland”
Elliott has been resident
deputy sheriff here since
February' 1973. He has been in
law enforcement 10 years and
was resident deputy sheriff at
Aransas Pass prior to corning
here
In his position, he has been
instrumental in assisting many
civic and youth organizations
in their communtiy activities
Elliott said that on a number
of occasions he had discussed
with the late Buddy Ganem
feelings that Ganem had about
the community and community
service. “1 feel as though Bud-
dy had a part In grooming me
for this coveted award,’’ he
said.
Nominees for this year's
award were K Dean Dreiling,
Father Joseph Berger. Charles
Tothill and Elliott.
Dick l^ee was installed as
president for the 1980-81 year,
was named recipient of the
prestigious Jaycee
International Sentorship, and
received the Key Man Award
and Jaycee of the Year Award
Other officers installed were
Mark Ulrich and Steve Moser,
vice presidents, Clyde Syma,
secretary; Ken Flournoy,
treasurer; Jerry Suarez, David
Krebs. Martin Hall and Ed
Wallace, directors; Will
Tippins, program director;
and Richard Dugat, state
director
Named Projects of the Year
were the fireworks display
with Nick Garcia and Bronte
Baker, chairmen; and the
_ See ELLIOTT, Page 14
his effectiveness.
Miss Cathy Torres of Houston
will serve as guest soloist for
the Sunday morning and even-
ing services. Morning services
will be held in the church's
auditorium at 9:30 and 10:50
o’clock. The first tent service
will be held Sunday evening at
See REVIVAL, Page 14
City Pools
Open Saturday
City pools will open Saturday, May 3 and be open for
weekends only during May.
HEB pool and the Community Center pool will be open
from 12 noon to 7 p.m. Saturdays, and from 1 to 7 p.m. Sun-
days.
Leam-to-swlm classes will begin Monday, May 19, at
HEB pool
Classes are available for ages 4 to 7.
Time schedules are 2:40 to 3:20 p.m. and 3:20 to 4 p.m.,
Monday through Friday.
Registration and additional information is available at
the HEB pool office Saturday and Sunday only, during May.
VAN ELLIOTT
Jail Bid
A Surprise
San Patricio County
Commissioners had their
second "pleasant surprise" in
recent dealings concerning the
new county jail, Thursday
when bids were opened for
construction of the new
facilities and the bids were
lower than expected. A few
weeks ago bonds to finance the
jail were sold for an effictive
Republican Party JNotes
< bounty Voting Places
San Patricio County
Republican Chairman Jim
Odem and Primary
Coordinator Ken Flournoy
announced that the Republican
Party will have three polling
places in the county for the
Saturday, May 3, primary
election
"Since this is a presidential
election year, we expect that
the voter turnout will be high
and that a lot of those voters
will choose to come and vote in
our biding Presidential
primary for our fine
candidates," Odem said
Location of the Republican
polling places and election
precincts which will vote at
each will be:
- Fire station, Portland,
Precincts 8 and 19 i Portland);
and Precinct 4, Gregory
■■ County courthouse, Stnton.
Precincts 1, 11, 13 and 14.
Sinton; Precinct 2, Odem;
Precinct 3, San Patricio;
Yi>uth Football League
Schedules Registration
Gregory-Portland Youth Football league will hold
registration for the 1980 season on Thursday and Friday, May
8 and 9, and Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, May 20. 21,
and 22
Registration will be from 6:30 to 9 p.m each evening at
East Cliff Elementary School
Boys between eight and 12 are eligible to play Registra-
tion fee is $30 for one child and $45 for two This includes the
coat of equipment rental.
Parents are asked to take the child's birth certificate to
registration. _
Precincts 5 and 18, Mathis;
Precinct 7, Edroy; Precincts 10
and 16, Taft; and Precinct 17,
St Paul
- Ingleside Garden Center,
Precincts 9 and 20, Ingleside;
Precincts 6 and 15, Aransas
Pass, and Precinct 12, rural
area between Taft and
Rockport
Flournoy
Seeks GOP
(Chairmanship
Ken Flournoy, 33, is seeking
election as county chairman in
the Republican primary to be
held Saturday, May 3
Flournoy has been an active
Republican 14 years and was
Hockley County chairman in
1976 He was vice chairman of
the county Republican party
for Kleberg County In 1977 and
was precinct chairman in 1978
in San Pk'ricio County
Flournoy worked in
cevrral national and state
Republican candidate
See FLOURNOY, Page 14
interest rate between 7 and 8
per cent, considerably lower
than anticipated
Construction bids were
awarded to Krueger
Construction Company of
Victoria, who submitted the
low bid of $2,199,800 The next
low bidder. Durden and Fulton
Inc., of Corpus Christi. bid
$2,219,000 The bond issue
approved by voters last year
was for $2.5 million and
architect Chris DiStefano said
he was "certainly pleased at
ihe low bids " He added that he
hopes actual construction can
get underway within the next
two or three weeks
The interest rate on the
bonds and the lowerthan-
expected bids on the jail itself
will save the taxpayers money
since both were below
estimated coats DiStefano said
the new jail will cost
approximately $64 74 per
square foot to build, which is
pretty much of a turnkey Job
_See JAIL, Page 14
KEN FLOURNOY
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Leveen, Paul D. Portland News (Portland, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 1, 1980, newspaper, May 1, 1980; Taft, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth871884/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1&rotate=270: accessed June 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bell/Whittington Public Library.