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POR TLAND
Dedicated To Tht‘ Uest Interests
Of Portland- The Fastest
Growing C.ity In Texas
TAFT. TEXAS. 78390. THURSDAY MARCH 8. 1973
VOLUME VII - TEN PA6ES - NO. 10
NEWS
l.uminarif« \% ill hr placni in the yards of Girl Scout ho mm here Thursday night. March 15.
There Hill hr one luminary, a paper sack partially filled nith sand and containing a candle,
for each Girl Scout member in that particular home ('becking out their luminaries this
nrek Here from left. Laura Munror. daughter of Rrv and Mrs. George Munroe; Colleen
Kline, daughter of Mr and Mrs. Donald Kline Linda Turner, daughter of Mr and Mrs
Douglas H Turner , and Darla Murphy , daughter of Mr and Mrs. Donald C Murphy. Laura
is a member of ttrounie Troop too and the other three girls belong to Girl Scout Troop Lto
tNeus photo*
61 Years Of Service
Girl Scouts Join In
Birthday Celebration
Bond Issue Probable
Sewer System Nears Limits
Girl Scouts here will join in
the celebration of the 61st
birthday of Girl Scouting in the
U.S A during the week of
March 11-17
The week begins with wor
ship on Saturday or Sunday
depending on each girl's faith
Throughout the week
homemaking, citizenship,
health and safety, in-
ternational friendship, the art*
and out-of doors are em-
phasized
Several local firms will have
displays or posters made by
the girls Displays will be at
Beall's. Blair House of
Flowers. Fwald Portland
Pharmacy, Jack &. Jill Hobby
Shop and Winn's
On Thursday. International
Friendship Day. every
registered girl scout in District
8 will light a "iuminaria" in
her front yard District 8 in-
cludes Portland. Ingleside,
Aransa
Beeville
Taft
Pass.-
Mathis.
Kockpnrt.
Sinton and
The third Dad Daughter
Date Night will be held Friday.
March 16, in the junior high
school cafeteria Each Scout
will prepare the meal for her
“date" and herself and serve
from a box she has decorated
The highlight of the evening
will be w ildlife slides presented
by Alex Cox
Theeitv population rapidly is
approaching the point where
present sewage disposal
facilities will not be adequate
This was the concensus of the
council and city manager
Tuesday night They detuned it
vitally necessary to take im
mediate steps to insure a
steady progression in sanitary
facilities to keep pace with the
city's growth
Over strong objections by
fity Manager Charles Nor-
wood. the council in a 5 to I vote
approved to allow developers
of a 177-acre tract just west of
Hunt's Airport to tie-in to city
water and sewer lines at their
expense Water rate for
residents in the subdivision will
he about double those in the
city limits
Developers will bear costs of
Ihe lines from the sewage plant
and from a point close to the
water tower to the develop
ment. a distance of from one to
two miles C B Woodward w ho
represented Ihe developers at
Ihe council meeting said they
would also axsume half of Ihe
coat of oversizing Ihe lines so
Ihe city nsild Ue-in to Ihe line
along Ihe route
The tract, known as Sport-
mans View, was turned down
Iasi summer by the city as a
municipal utility district.
Under this concept, the
developers would have ad
ministered their own utilities
In casting the one dissenting
.vole. Mayor l'ro Tern Charles
Tolhill said he fell he did not
have all Ihe necessary to vote
for approval "I'm not sure
flow this is going to affect the
people within Ihe city limits."
The development is outside
Ihe city limits but within the
city's extraterritorial
jurisdiction
Norwood recommended that
ihe request lie tabled for more
extensive study lo determine
the impact the more than 425
families will have on the utility
situation
Woodward said il would take
a year lo a year and a half to
have the people start moving
into Ihe first 126 units.
Capacity of the present
sewage system is 1,250,(100
First Baptist Church
Week Of Revival Services Set
Little League
Tryouts Set Saturday
The First Baptist Church will
conduct a week. of revival
services March II 18. which
will be led by men from two of
America's fastest growing
churches
Harvey Kneisel. former
director of ministries of First
Baptist Church. Houston, will
he the guest evangelist Irving
Cook, associate pastor of the
First Southern Baptists Church
of Dell City. Okla . will direct
music and youth fellowships
for the week
Kneisel. pastor of -the
Fear land First Baptist Church,
will preach at II am and 7
p m on Sundays and at 10 a m
and 7:30 p m throughout the
week
He served as associate
pastor in Houston, when that
church grew from (too to 2.000
in Sunday School attendance
during 1970-71. They registered
more than 1,850 conversions
and baptjsms during 1971
Kneisel has served as a
Southern Baptist Missionary to
Guyana and as pastor of the
Anrtaville Baptist Church in
Corpus Christ!
Cook will be director of
revival choirs, music and
youth fellowships He is
associate pastor of the largest
church in Oklahoma located in
Del City, a suburb of Oklahoma
City. He directs the Sunday
school there which averages
more Ilian 2.100 in attendance
This fast growing church often
has more tharvooo teen-agers in
Catholic Church
Tells Schedule
Schedule for the Ecumenical
Christian Kenewal to beheld at
the Catholic Church of Our
lidy of Mount Carmel is as
follows
Monday. March 12
Christian Morality
Tuesday, March 13 - Faschal
Mystery, deatb and
resurrection
Wednesday, March 14
Sacrament of God's Mercy
Thursday. March 15 -- The
Family, Ihe Household Church
Friday, March 1^ - Close of
Ihe mission
"No matter what your Faith,
if you believe in Christianity
and wish to renew your faith,
then join us at one or all of the
services." Father Charles
Aubry said
attendance and has beetf
recognized for Its outstanding
work throughout America
Cook is a graduate of the
License
Sales Fall
Behind
I.icense plate sales here at
city hall have fallen behind the
numhler sold by this time last
year. Feggv Denton, who is
handling sales, said.
Since Feb 1, 1,600 plates
have been sold By this time
last year, more than 2,(MX) had
been sold
Mrs Denton said there are
still about 5.400 plates lo be
sold here by April 1 deadline
and encouraged auto owners lo
come in as soon as possible to
avoid the last minute rush
when lines could become quite
long
A total of 4.392 auto tags were
sold here last year
Mrs Denton stressed lhal if
an auto owner does not have
Ihe license plate renewal notice
which is mailed out of Austin, it
is required to bring both the
title and the Texas registration
when pure ha Oo! plates
After the April I. plates must
Im- purchased al Sinton
University of Corpus Chnsti
and has served in several
Texas churches During the
Sec REVIVAL. Page 10
The secqnd of three Little
League Irvouts will he held
Saturday, March 10, starting at
9 am
Try-outs at Ihe Little league
Park are as follows:
9-year olds at 9 a m
10 year-olds al 10 a m
11-year-olds at II a m
12-year olds at 1 p.m
The senior division try-outs
(hoys 13 through 151 will tie
held al the Senior League Park
on Lang Hoad Parents are
again reminded that the
reg-stration deadline is
Satureday
The Major League and
Senior League drafts are
scheduled for Sunday. March
IB. and the Minor League Draft
will lie Thursday. March 22
gallons of waste a day, Nor
wirnd said Currently, Ihe use is
about HtNI.IMKi gallons This
leaves a 450.IMM) surplus al this
lime of some 450.(NX) gallons
which will rare for an ad
ditional 4.500 people There are
being developed, or approved
In lie developed 583 lots within
Ihe city limits a. Ibis time,
Norwood said This will ac-
count for a population increase
of about 2.300 people
There was little doubt ex-
pressed by Ihe city officials
lhal a bond issue hi increase
sewage facilities will have to
In- brought before the citizens
in the very near iulure In all
probability, this will mean
mean an increase in city utility
rales to pay for the revenue
type bonds
The council members ex-
pressed their views that this
would be a requirement soon,
whether the Sportsmans View
subdivision was tied in with the
city or not
"We need to lane a positive
step forward now," Mayor.
William B Crow commented
The council also:
Accepted a bid of $16,000
from Ed Whitney for purchase
of the library building Tothill
voted against Ihe measure
voicing his opinion lhal the city
should keep Ihe properly, that
such properly will tie needed in
Ihe future and lo purchase
other property will cost Ihe city
more lhan twice in a few years
due lo rapidly rising land costs
Approved Ihe low hid of
$3,484 from Hoover Brothers of
Corpus Chnsti for Shelving for
Ihe new library building
See SYSTEM. Page 10
7 File For
Council
Seven persons have filed for
a place on the ballot in the
April 7 city election lo fill three
expiring terms and one
vacancy, on Ihe city council.
They are Mayor Pro Tern
Charles Tothill, Carl Duncan.
Joe Neal Garrett. Wayne
Walters, Dave Hopkins, Fred
J. Slrom and W H Sherman
Councilmen James Hamilton
and G. C. Farrier did not file to
seek reflection One council
seat is vacant due to a recent
resignation
Deadline for filing was close
of business> Wednesday. March
7.
Band Invited To Cotton Bowl
The Gregory-Portland High
School Band, along with the
Calallen and Bishop High
School Bands, was invited this
week to lake part in the Cotton
Bowl musical festivities next
New Year Day,
Each year, the Cotton Bowl
selects three outstanding high
school bands from the same
area lo take part in the ac-
tivities Bands from Ihe same
area are selected in order that
they can rehearse together
during Ihe year
"We are greatly honored at
Five File For
School Hoard
Five persons have filed for a
place on the school board of
trustees election lo be held
April 7
They are Incumlients Roger
M East. Felix Guettler, l-eonel
Rios, and seeking an initial
term are David R Krebs and
Joe B Jewell
Deadline for filing was
March 7.
Portland Pioneer Pageant
Plans Fall Into Place
being selected to appear in the
Colton Bowl," Director Jim
VaMlandingham said
Plans at this stage are still
incomplete but the band will
leave Portland some time
Sunday, Dec. 30, with all three
area bands to stay at the same
motel Monday the band will
lake part in rehearsal ac-
tivities and New Year's Eve
they will have their own
private party.
The G-P band will take part,
with the other Iwe area bands,
in a IS minute pre game show
and then will take part in the
(inale of the halftime show with
the two college bands, service
Blood Mobile
Sets Visit
The Nueces County blood
mobile will be in Fuedo's
parking lot at Crescent
Shopping Center from 3 to 8
pm, Wednesday, March 21
Anyone wishing to donate
blood through Ihe Portland
Donor Club or otherwise should
visit Ihe Blood Mobile
organizations and the Kilgore
Rangerettes.
All of this will lie televised
nationally.
The band will march in the
Cotton Bowl parade, which i,
also on national TV.
' Directors of the G-P, Bishop
and Calallen bands have
started making arrangements
for combined shows at regular
football games this fall to get
Ihe units used to wording
together Probably other joint
sessions will be announced
later in Ihe year
The G-P School Board has
approved the invitation at a
recent meeting, thus clearing
the way for the Band Boosters
Club lo work out a method of
financing the trip between now
and the New Year game
The Wildcat Band, some
time known as the Marching
100, has achieved a number of
honors• in the past several
years Some of their notable
achievements include
Performing at halftime at
Ihe Rice University-Clemson
game as first place winner of
Rice University halftime show-
marching contest
-Invited to be the nonor band
in 1972 San Antonio Fiesta
Hand Festival
Selected in 1971 as one of
the lop five Class 3A concert
See BAND. Page 10
Andrews To I alk Al CofC Meeting
Tuesday. March 13, at Kamada
Inn
Andrews will discuss Ihe
upcoming school band issue
4Superintendent of Schools W
'(’ Andrews will ho the speaker
al Ihe Cluimber of Commerce
luncheon-meeting al 12 noon
East Cliff Elementary
Present Spring Sing
Spring Sing will be presented
at East Cliff Elementary
School at 8 pm Thursday,
March 8, (tonight) as part of an
open house being held in ob-
servance oi Texas Public
Schools Week
The open house will be from 7
lo 8 p.m., Principal Richard
llcssong said
Spring Sing is a musical
program presented by the fifth
and sixth grade students
Ukuleles and guitars will he
featured along with the vocal
group of 64
An ensemble composed of
Sharon Shultz. Rhonda Little,
Karen tjuick, Lisa Richardson,
Sterling Wynn, Robbie Miller.
Jimmy Moore and Kicky
Burchfield will sing Corpus
Christi Winds along with guitar
See SING. Page 10
Plans for the first annual
Portland Pioneer Pageant are
now rapidly beginning to fall
into place
Three event-filled days are
scheduled for March 30, 31 and
April 1
A Miss Portland Pioneer
Beauty Pageant Friday night,
March 30, at the G-P High
School will get things rolling
The event sponsored by the
Portland Jaycees will, be
followed that evening with a
dance to Ihe music of the
Sparking City Brass Firm
plav, time and place will he
announced soon
At 10 a m Saturday. March
31. one of the main attractions
of Ihe pageant - a parade will
start from the junior high
school II will make its way
down Wildcat Drive,then south
on the Highway 181 frontage
road, across the Moore Street
bridge, back up the frontage
road to the north and nut
Wildcat Drive back to the
junior high
Included will be the G-P High
School Marching loo Band, a
Portland Float. Portland
mounted riders, ARADMAC
float and color guard. Buc
caneer Commission float, Taft
float. Refugio float, Art Guild
bicycle brigade. T. M Clark
Elementary School float. South
Texas Trail Drivers riders and
covered wagons, Shriner units
including dune buggies and
motorcycles, Portland Kfltens,
Clown Inc . Kockpnrt Horse
square dancers, county of-
ficials and much more
The entries are still pouring
in and the parade grows daily
Portland Volunteer Fire
Department will sponsor an
old fashioned western bar
becuc at the junior high school
following the parade Ad
ditionally, varfbus
organizations and groups will
have concession stands al
various locations in the city
during Saturday and Sunday
There will be an art and
crafts show, a dog show, a
horse show, fishing tour
nament, a western dance
Saturday night sponsored by
the Sea Gulls and many other
events
The major attractions will be
presented Sunday at Hunt's
Airport
One is an air show to he put
on by the Confederate Air
Force Using World War II
lighters, they pul on a spec-
tacular event which has been
acclaimed by many thousands
of people
The second event is a
motorcycle race promising lo
bring many thrills to old and
young alike
Beginning next week the
News will carry a box of a
schedule of events with times
and places along with names of
sponsors This will be updated
for subsequent issues prior to
the pageant to advise readers
of the what, when’ and when of
pageant attractions as they
become known
tKfCftlft tf
■Tsl
These HI fifth mid sixth grade students of Fm( Cliff
Klpini nlarv School tonight t Thursday. March N) Hill present
a Spring Sing as part of the school* open house for Texas
Public Schools Week. (Sens photo*
Portland Pioneer Pageant --- March 30, 31, April 1
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