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J«tf toll, president. Portland State Bank, seems to be |ust about surrounded by Girl Scout
cookie salesmen as he makes the traditional "first purchase." Shown from left are Rachael
Perry, Troop 407; Lisa Lowry, Troop 440; Michelle Brunkenhoefer, Troop 4*0; and Audrey
Dieringer, Troop 440. (News Photo)
Annual Girl Scout Event
Cookie Salesmen
Coming Friday
POR TLAND
Dedicated To The Beat Intereata
Of Portland - The Faateat
Growing City In Texaa
Portland. Toas 78374, Thursday. January 26, 1978
Volume XIII - Fourteen Pages - No. 4
NEWS
Burglars, Vandals Hit
The annual Girl Scout cookie
sale will get under way at 4
p m Friday. Jan 27
Cookies w ill sell for $1.25 per
package They are made by the
. Burry Division of the Quaker
Oats Co and come in the
following flavors: Cheddarette
.crackers, chocolate chip,
chocolate and vanilla creme.
scot tea, mint und savannahs
Funds derived from the sale
help provide the Girl Scout
program, support individual
troop activities, and help send
girls and adults to Scouting
events on the regional, national
and international level
Some funds also go to the
maintenance of Girl Scout
properties and to assist with
the operation of Camp Green
Hill at Lake Mathis
Each troop will receive 15
cents from each package of
cookies the girls in the troop
sell A prize of a one-to-two-
week campship at Camp Green
Hill for salesmanship is given
The sale will continue
t hrough Feb 11.
Residences, businesses
schools, public buildings and
vehicles all were the subject of
vandals, thieves and gurglars
this week in an outbreak of
incidents, accoring to Port-
land police
Four business houses--
Cashion's Texaco. Mexican
Fiesta Drive in, Carr’s
Uiundry and One Hour Mar
tinizing -and the T M. Clark
Band Members
Named All-State
Two members of the
Gregory Portland High School
Band were selected for the 15)78
Texas All-State Band Satur
day. Jan 21, in Alice at Area
auditions
John Waldron, son of Mr and
Mrs John W Waldron, was
selected to the trombone
section and Elizabeth Barbee,
daughter of Mr and Mrs Jack
Barbee was selected to the
French horn section
This ranks these students
among the top high school
musicians in the state
Waldron in the top 15 trom
bones and Miss Barbee in the
top 20 French horns
Some 210 of the finest South
Texas high school musicians
from 30 high schools in an area
between Keerville and
Brownsville competed in the
auditions
The All-State Band is
sponsored by the Texas Music
Educators Association
Waldron and Miss Barbee
now will meet with other
students who were selected
from across the state and will
perform in concert at the
T K M A convention in
Houston next month
Also representing Gregory-
Portland and placing in the
tryouts, but not sufficiently
See ALL-STATE, Page 14
Elementary School were all hit
by burglars early Tuesday
morning, police said
In each case, only small
amounts of money, mostly
change that had been left in the
establishments over night, was
taken At the Clark school, the
principal's office was hit and
approximately $1 in change
taken
Police noted that most of the
thefts and burglaries occurring
take place between 3 and 6 a m.
In all instances Tuesday
entry was made by breaking
through a window Some of the
passageways were extremely
small, only large enough for a
child, police said
Seven residence burglaries
were reported during the week
A residence on Dolphin lost a
number of items shotgun,
record player, binoculars,
clock radio and rings No dollar
amount was given by police
At a residence on Terlingua.
a sewing machine, toys and
clothes were taken
Thirteen dollars in change
was taken from a home on
Southcliff Bills and change
were taken from a home on
Polaris
Handguns and rifles valued
at more than $1,300 were taken
from a residence on Crestview
At a residence on Barcelona
an intruder was surprised by
the owner and at another
Barcelona address items
valued at $650 were taken
Wheel covers were taken off
a vehicle on Shore Cliff, value
was set at $190
A skateboard valued at $87
was taken from an address on
Poesta
Vandals damaged equipment
at a construction site on
Cheyenne and two tires were
slashed with value set at $80
and an attempt was made to
remove the carburator of a
vehicle 'location not given).
In another act of vandalism,
a 22 caliber bullet was fired
through the front glass door of
the Community Center The
incident took place at a time
when the building was unoc-
cupied
A Sinton resident paid a
$53.50 fine for being drunk in
public and a Corpus Christi
resident paid $53 50 and $103 50
for being drunk in public and
for having no drivers license
See BURGLARS, Page 14
Public
Meeting
A public meeting on the
bond issue will be held at
7:30 p in Tuesday. Jan. 31,
at city hall in the council
chambers.
Any questions any resident
max haw on the issue can be
discussed with members of
the city council and city
staff.
the cits bond election will
he held Saturday. Feb. II,
and will contain four
propositions concerning
street iniproxcment and
drainage, new police facility
and jail, and partial funds
for library expansion.
Xbsentee balloting is now
under way. Those who will
See MEETING, Page 14
Follies Open Tonight
The fifth annual production of the Follies will open at 8
o'clock tonight for a first ever Thursday night show
There are plenty of seats available for Thursday and
Friday nights, standing room only on Saturday
All seats purchased at the door are $2 The big variety
show will feature 22 acts
On Saturday night prizes of $25 to first place, $20 to
secondplace. and $15to third place will be given
Judging the talent will be Tierany Brown of KRYS,
Connie Fanning of the La Quinta Dinner Theatre and David
Rice, drama director at Koekport-Fulton High School
Over 2()() Gregory-Portland students are involved this
year's mammoth production
Season ticket holders are advised that seats will only be
held until 7:45 p m
Contestant
Darla Cook. |unior student at
G P High School, was the FHA
representative this week in the
queen's contest at the A A H
Show at Sinton. "Even though I
didn't win, I had a good time,"
the young beauty said.
Gregory Looks At Change
l.n Form Of Government
Vandals Hit
High School
ELIZABETH BARBEE JOHN WALDRON
...All State Band members
Vandals shot out three front
doors and two windows at
Gregory Portland High School
must likely sometime after 12
midnight Sunday, according to
Principal T. M McDonald
He said that three doors and
one window required
replacing, and that another
window was flaked
McDonald said it appeared
that a shotgun was used at
close range in one blast and
that what appeared to be 10
pellet shots also were fired
Deputy Sheriff Van Elliott
said that he went by the school
at about 12 midnight Sunday
and did not notice any damage
to the doors or windows at that
time
McDonald said that in view
of this, he felt the vandalism
look place sometime later that
night
The sheriff's department is
continuing an investigation
McDonald is offering a $50
cash reward for apprehension
and conviction of person or
persons involved in the van-
See VANDALS, Page 14
A resolution will be
presented before the Gregory
city commission at a meeting
set for 7 30 p m Monday, Feb
6. at city hall to change the
current commissioner form of
government to one which
would have five alderman and
a mayor. Mayor Celestino
Zambrano announced
Currently, there is only one
commissioner on the council
inasmuch as the second
commissioner has moved out
of the city
Zambrano explained that the
alderman form of government
would bring more individuals
into the body giving broader
representation.
If the resolution is favorably
considered, an election will be
held the first Saturday in April
to fill the positions of mayor
and the five aldermen A
mayor pro tern would be
elected by the body at its first
meeting
The public is urged to attend
the Feb 6 meeting in order to
voice any comments they have
on the proposal
The city of Gregory was
incorporated June 16, 1951
Forty-eight ballots were cast
with 44 for the commissioner
type government and two
against.
The first mayor of Gregory
See GREGORY, Page 14
Residents Meet In Effort
To Reduce Home Burglaries
About 60 residents Thursday
night attended an
organizational meeting on
neighborhood crime proven
tion held at the Community
Center
At Sinton
Annual County A&H Show Begins
County as well as area
residents will be welcome to
visit the 28th Annual A&H
Show beginning Thursday at 9
a m at the county fairgrounds
in Sinton
Although participants will be
checking in Wednesday, the
show does not officially open
until Thursday
The public may wander
through the exhibits and watch
the judging at the fairgrounds
Thursday morning The San
Patricio and Aransas County 4-
II Council will sponsor their
annual harheque with all the
trimmings Saturday, from 4 to
6pm at the show grounds
Tickets are for sale from any 4-
II member at $2 50 per adult or
$1 75 for students
the week’s activities were
kicked-off Monday night in the
Sinton High School auditorium
with th“ A&H Show Queen
contest which selected Marie
l.uedkc as queen and Bethany
McCraw runner up Marie
represents the St Paul 4 H
Club and Bc hany the Mathis
FHA The gir'x were com-
peting from n I 'Id of 20 con-
testants
Everyone is invited to attend
the annual auction sale
scheduled for 7 p m Saturday
night
Homemaking entries will be
on display throughout the show
in the Homemaking Building
beginning at 9 a m Friday
morning
The number of entries this
year include market steers-37
breeding and beef cattle-20
market swine^227; pen of 3
breeding swine-6; pen of five
breedings; Duroc-5; (lamp
shire-4 and Spot 1
other entries include market
lambs 47. breeding sheep-2,
poutlry-110, rabbits 124
horses 61; farm and wood,
Sae A&H SHOW, Page 14
Police Sergeant Erick Bauch
and Police Officer Charlie
Fuqua y discussed ideas on how
the home can be made safer
and had an exhibit of hardware
on hand to show various items
which can be used to keep the
burglar from accomplishing an
entry
Disco Dance
This Friday
The Community Center will
he the scene of the teen disco
dance from 8pm to 12 mid
night Friday Jan 27
Admission is $2 per person
Refreshments will be
available
The dance is sponsored by
the Jaycees and the Com-
munity Center
Mrs Ken E'lourney, who
organized the meeting, said
she hoped that the idea of the
neighborhood watch concept
would balloon She said this is
not a vigilante operation, or
one of going out and taking the
law into hand, but rather one of
cixiperating and working with
the police to reduce burglary
and vandalism incidents
Bauch said that some of the
young amateur burglars
working in the city can open
some homes in as little as five
seconds using a pocket knife
This is where locks installed by
the contractor are still used
He said that dead holt locks
make it much more difficult for
the burglars to gain entry.
See RESIDENTS, Page 14
School Absence lip
Wieting Announces
Re-Election Filing
Representative Leroy J
Wieting officially announces
his candidacy for re-election to
the position of State
Representative of District 41
Because of his seniority,
Representative Wieting serves
on the powerful Appropriations
Committee and Chairman of
Appropriation Sub-Committee
on Federal Funds He recently
has been appointed as Ap
propriatiun Member to work
witn the Agriculture Com-
mitter* in development of the
budget for the next legislative
See WIETING, P*e 14
LEROYWIETINO
BridgesCandidate J B.
For District Atty.
Tom Bridges resigned his'
office as assistant district
attorney last week to throw in
his bid for the district at- *
torney’s slot formerly held by
John Flmn
Since his resignation and
official filing for the job, he
was appointed by the gover-
nor's office as temporary
district attorney, a capacity he
will serve in until Decemlier 31,
1978
Bridges will have to operate
the prosecution for district
court while at the same time
See BRIDGES, Page 14
TOM BRIDGES
Patton Announces
Judgeship Filing
Dean Patton has announced
his candidacy for the
Democratic nomination, and
election, for Judge of the 36th
District Court, to succeed
Judge John H Miller, who will
retire upon the expiration of his
present term of office at the
end of 1978
The Primary Election will tie
on May 6, 1978
The 36thDistrict includes the
Counties of Aransas. Bee, Live
Oak, McMullen and San
Patricio All criminal cases
and half of the civil cases in
Sac PATTON. Page 14
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DEAN PATTON
Widespread virus infection
has driven the absentee lists
considerably above the normal
at some of the G-P schools
Wednesday, the high school
reported there were 154
students out for one reason or
another, junior high school had
73 absent. East Cliff seemed
John Flinn File*
For 36th Bench
John II Flinn. resigned as
District Attorney Thursday,
Jan 19. and has announced his
candidacy for District Judge of
the :16th Judicial District
Flinn delivered his
resignation to Governor
Briscoe and immediately filed
for District Judge with the
Texas Democratic Executive
Committee in Austin
Elinn has lieen the District
Attorney in the 36th District for
more than 19 years, having
tieen elected to that post in
Novemlier 1958 Elinn staled
See FLINN, Page 14
well off with only 38 students
out. T M. Clark had 131 aty
sentees and Stephen F Austin
was about normal with 35)
Schools also reported that
the ''bug" was taking the toll
among the teacher corps as
well
JOHN H. FLINN
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Leveen, Paul D. Portland News (Portland, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 26, 1978, newspaper, January 26, 1978; Taft, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth870907/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.