Portland News (Portland, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 26, 1979 Page: 1 of 14
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Eddio Elizondo (loft) wii named outstanding musicvsn of the Honor* Band. Diana Oalli was
tho outstanding musician of the Symphonic Band and Ray Hinojosa > right) was namad
outstanding bay of ttn Angofo State University Band Camp at San Anpato. (NEWS photo)
Band Students
Garner Honors
Fourteen members of the
Gregory-Port land Wildcat
Rand returned home late
Saturday night from a nu*t
successful week of parti
npaUon in the fifth annua!
Angelo State linivenity Band
Camp at San Angelo
While at the camp, six
Wildcat Band members earned
first chair positions and three
of the G P students were
named as outstanding students
at the camp. Band Director
Jim Vanlandingham
announced
Earning first chair positions
in the Top Honors Band were
Cathy Comiskey. fhite Beth
Vanlandingham Bb Clarinet
Ginger Mortensen. alto
clarinet Roy Hinojosa, tenor
saxophone. and Eddie
Elizondo, tuba Diana Defc was
named first chair clarinet of
the Symphonic Band
Named as outstanding boy of
the camp was Roy Hinojosa
Eddie Elizondo was selected as
the outstanding musicain at the
Honors Band while Diana Delk
received the same award for
Season Ducats
Are On Sale
Season tickets for the Gregory Portland Wildcats 1*79
football season are on tale at the school administration
building in Gregor, for those persons who had season tickets
last vear
These tickets will he on sale until 4 p m Friday. Aug 10
Tickets held by persons who have moved away from the
district will he on sale Monday 2nd Tuesday. Aug 13 and 14.
to parents of new varsity team members who do not have
tickets These sales will he limited
Ail remaining tickets w ill go on sale to the general public
on a firet come first serve basis at 7 a iti Wednesday Aug
The price of season ticket book is fit. with five
games m he played in W ildcat Stadium
See BAND, Page 1
Police R ejHtrt
Motorcyclist Injured
A motorcyclist hit a slick
spot in the road in front of the
police station W ednesday July
18. which sent him sliding into
an oncoming vehicle causing
him severe injuries
Lewis Gene Walker 28. of
3409 Tahiti Corpus Chnsti.
was going home Imm work late
in the afternoon when the
incident occured. He broke his
pelvis and suffered back
injuries. according to police
lie was taken to Memorial
Medical Center His wife
advised lie is in good condition
A resident advised police
that obscene material was
placed in his mail box
addressed to his young
At Portland Savings
B D Berryman has been
named to the position of
president of Portland Savings
and Loan Association
Prior to commg to Portland
he was vice chairman of the
hoard for I .one Star Savings
and Loan Association at
Kobslown Berryman (oined
Berryman said that
becoming president of
ning
ind Savings and Loan
la'ion was a challenge
and noted that it is one that I
join
that firm in 1963 when it began
tius'ness under the name of
Robstown Savings and Loan
Association
He has been mayor of
Robstown for 20 years with his
current term expiring in eight
months
look forward to "
' Portland Savings and Loan
Association is owned and
operated by the same people "
he explained, "and we hope
that the people of the area
realize that we are hack here to
do some mending
‘Our objective is to build
Portland and the surrounding
area and we need the
cooperation of the residents to
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Dedicated To The Best Interests
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NEWS
ihe Symphonic Band
Additional G-P students in
the Honors Hand were Tammy
Finley fourth chair flute
l^iura Vanlandingham ninth
chair flute, l^ura Harrison,
loth chair flute. Susie Toroo.
16th chair flute Dora Cnrtinas.
second chair bass clan net and
Beverly Irving fourth chair
percussion
performing with the
Svmphomr Band were Mary
Lope/, third chair and Tracey
Mortensen fourth chair
clarinets
Alaoallending the ramp with
the G-P students were Kicky
Furley Kay High School
who was second chair Honors
Band and Mark Rk hard*on
formerly at G-P and now living
at Houston, who was second
chair trombone also in the
Honors Band
Over 57$ students from ac
roue the state participated in
the camp with some additional
Kin students who could not be
accepted due to lack of spare
on campus Their were six
performing bands, a )azz
ensemble a director s band
and several smaller
ensembles
Gregory Portland directors.
Jim Vanlandingham and Joe
Medina, have been on the camp
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It If as Just A Year Ago
What a difference a year makes In the top photo the signs
showing gasoline and diesel prices still remain at the site of a
service station lire in Gregory July 71. 1171 The bottom
picture shows the conditions and the prices that exist today,
one year la»cr "Double or nothing" seems to be the name of
the game (NEWS photo)
B'4
daughter Since the daughter
has an unusual name and
inasmuch as it was spelled
correctly, it is believed that the
act was carried out by someone
who knew the daughter quite
well An investigation
continues
Fishing equipment valued at
__See POLICE, Page 14
Berryman Named President
assist them in building their
community. " he said
Berry man s son Phil, is one
of the developers in the
Norlhshore shopping Plaza.
Northshore Estate* .mil Oak
Kidge Estates
Before inining Robstown
Savings and laian Association
Berry man was associated with
the loan department of
Guaranty Title and Trust Co of
Corpus ( hnsti
He tiegan school in Corpus
( hnsti and attended New
Mexico Military Institute lie
also spent some time in
Arkansas prior to returning to
( orpus Christ i
A meeting itf the Portland
Savings and I .nan Association
stockholders has been
scheduled lor Monday July «•
Other officers currently are
Jim Harris chairman if the
See BERRYMAN. Page 14
Soccer League
Sets Sign Up
Gregors Portland Soccer League will hold registration
Vug jo I rom - toK p in at I he Community Center
TIhim- w tio hay*- children w lu» have not registered should
make plans to attend ilns registration '■> uniforms may be
ordered and given to ttie « hildren lielore the season liegins
The first two registrations have produced over 26ft
enrollor ttn* tall season
Vnv person interested in helping in tin1 association .n any
manner -Imild «mita« * one ot the t mu rd nmmiieps
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Sherwin Plant
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Reynolds Sets
Safety Mark
u
Reynolds Metals Company's
Sherwin Alumina Plant this
week reached a safety
milestone when it* 900
employees achieved one
million safe man hours without
a Inst time iniury
converts bauxite into alumina
for shipment to the company's
aluminum reduction plants
Thus far 1979 has been one
of the safest vear* in <«ir
plant s 2f> year history »aid
Each of
nploye
■ safe
According to Plan! Manager
plant
ilunt*
lunes have occurr**d during
at the
B D BERRYMAN
the past six months
Sherwin facility which
lie sard the record resulted
from an outstanding team
effort bv Sherwin employees
and a nev. improved plant
safety program
11 Per Cent Hike
Hearing Tonight
On School Taxes
A public hearing will he held
by the G-P ISI) hoard of
trustees at 7 30 o'clock tonight
(Thursday July 261 at the
school administration building
at Gregory to discuss a
proposed 11 per cent increase
in school taxes
npating a
chool bo.
board recently
unanimously approved
proposal to make
increase
Slate law now says that if
any tax increase is in excess of
three per ren». a public hearing
must he called
The public will have an
opportunity to discuss the
increase and to ask questions
of the school board and school
staff at the meeting
Tax value of properly in the
district is 1312 million The
estimated budget for the 1979
HU school year is in excess of 16
million
Several actions which have
been hr might about by new
state laws will reduce school
tax revenue to a degree
The lax on private
automobiles has been
eliminated with a less to the
district of some $4H.67<* Other
exemptions lor homesteads
and the elderly are estimated
to take $13,650,000 from the tax
rolls (or a loss of 893 900 in
revenue of which 842.291 will
hi* returned by the state
: j“T Commissioners Court
Long Agenda Set
>unty
Commissioners lace another
long day Thursday as they
tackle a. 22 item agenda that
includes at least a couple of
issues which are expected to
as required by law Also the
court will set the effective date
year However, some kinks
still i
of a change in mileage paid by
the county from 15 to 18 ce
take up considerable time
The n
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meeting a regular
session for the commissioners,
is slated to begin at 10 a m .
and iik lodes as its fir** order of
business the usual declaring of
a quorum and reading of the
minutes of the past several
meetings
cents
per mile
Several cases of new
employment to fill vacancies
will tie up for approval by the
commissioners, and several
resignations will be
onsidered There will be a
public hearing on the (imposed
use of Federal Revenue
Sharing F'unds for the 11th
entitlement period, and a
A number of requests for
right of way authorization for
buried pipe are on tap as is a
88811 of tw<
I pipe
request (or < losing of two roads
in a subdivision in Precinct 4
Representatives of the state
highway department will meet
with the county dads to discuss
ind "81 Farm
the I9B0
Market rnad program in this
county-
insurance w ill be considered,
including coverage on a county-
equipment floater policy, and
errors and commissions in
surance on the District Clerk
•ring
litlement pern
resolution will he presented
supporting the second year
application for grant funding
for an assistant district
attorney and investigator
The commissioners will
recess reconvene as a hoard of
equalization and discuss
Reynolds Metals San Patricio
Plant values An agreement
was reached recently with the
aluminum company
representatives, at which time
it was agreed the county would
use the same valuations as last
need to be straightened
out. and it is anticipated this
will tie taken care of Thursday
Also the commissioners will
meet with representatives of
the County Library Board and
possibly city library board
Some fLssera.ioc has arisen,
and at least one of the city
libraries ha* indicated it would
like to withdraw from the
county association but he
given its prorata share of
funds now allocated the county
(anization At a discussion of
iituation last week the
consensus was that the county
orgar
this
preferred to fund a county
The
organization or none at all ‘
matter is certain to evoke
considerable discussion
Thursday
CETA personnel changes
lion,
reports will he received, and
be up f<
rts will I
consideration.
year, since the plant was not in
produi
production on Jan 1 of this
continued discussion about the
development of next year’s
budget rounds out what
promises to he a full day s
work
At HER Pool
Advance Lifesaving
Classes Start Monday
Advance lilesaving classes
will tiegm Monday July to .it
the HEM *w limiting pool from 7
to 9 p m
Fee lor the course is 25 cents
for each lesson and $2 50 for the
hook Minimum age
requirement is 15
Be
w ill be held in the evening and
also in the morning from o to 10
clock at the HER pool A new
(egirming Monday
Adult I .earn to Swirn i
session w ill la* held each we<*k
See CLASSES Page M
Council \ antes Road For Ruddy (ianem
Following interest shown by
residents in honoring the late
Buddv (..mem h\ naming a
Portland street or other ta< lilt\
lor him the city council has
named KM 3239. that runs from
Wiktcat Drive to Highway INI
north o( the high school, as
Buddv (ianem Road
The selection came after
discussion liefween the
planning and zoning
commission and the council
(•anem. a 34 year Portland
resident at the time of his death
in April was the owner o!
Koval Foorituwn
Over the years he had been
an active memtsT and an
ardent supporter of the
Portland Volunteer Fire
Department, a civic leader and
a member and officer in many
civic organizations
k 1)1111 ODD
LETS E
HOURS .
OUr
contributed to this
a hievement and deserves
reoignitori tor a tine effort "
llunton said the plant's
current safety program.
e*tahlistail in 1977 played a
-igniticant role in reducing the
ntimlief .*t employee injuries
In approximatelv 7o per cent in
I97K
See REYNOLDS. Page 14
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David Hophinv (lettt avvivtant manager ot the Sherwin plant o( Reynolds Metal* Company,
receiver the Award ol Merit ot the National Safety Conned trom Bob Sasser, corporate
safety division. Reynolds Metals Co . Richmond Va t NE INS photo)
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Leveen, Paul D. Portland News (Portland, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 26, 1979, newspaper, July 26, 1979; Taft, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth871232/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.