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Bond Eection
Propositions Pass With Good Margin
Voters overwhelmingly gave their approval Saturday to
all four propositions o( a city liond issue which will bring
$851,000 in improvements to the city.
With a margin of about 2'» to 1 they approve two
propositions for storm drainage and street improvements,
and with a margin of about 2 to 1 they gave approval for the
construction of a new police station and jail facility and for
an addition to the Mary and Jeff Bell Public Library
There were 575 votes cast There are approximately 5,100
registered voters in the two Portland precincts
Proposition 1. $100,000 for storm drainage along Moore
Avenue in preparation for street reconstruction received 400
votes for, 166 against (Precinct 8 - 204-61. Precinct 19 - 205
105)
Proposition 2. $322.non for storm drainage and street
reconstruction of Austin. Crosby, Daniel Moore and
Reynolds. 407 for. 166 against (8-200-60, 19 - 207-106* 1
Proposition 3, $357,000 for construction of a new police
station and jail facility . 373 for. 204 agaiMtft 1IMI io 200
114
Proposition 4. $72,000 for construction of a library ad
dition with the remainder of the $240,000 project coming from
other sources, 375 for. 202 against (8 -177 85, 19 198-117).
A canvass of the votes was made at a special meeting
Monday night of the city council and the first reading of an
ordinance to declare the results of the election was held
Before the canvass of the votes was made, Garland
Dieringer was administered the oath of office as a coun
ciiman by City Attorney Bryant Ficken
Dieringer was appointed by the council to fill the position
vacated by the resignation of Charlotte Griffin
A certified public accountant for a firm in Corpus Christi,
Diennger and his family have lived here eight years
Dieringer is an associate member of the Portland
Jaycees and is a member of the Texas Society of CPAs and
the American Institute of CPAs
Me has served on the city's buard of adjustments and has
been an election judge for Precinct 8 He has been active in
the G-P Little League
Diennger and his wife, Gerrie, have two daughters,
Connie, 7, and Audrey, 10 They live at 144 Catalina Circle
POR TLAND
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Dedicated To The Best Interests
Of Portland - The Fastest
Grouting City In Texas
Portland, Inis 78374, Thursday, February 16, 1978
Voline XIII — Foarteen Pages - No. 7
NEWS
New Elementary School
Garland Dieringer (left) is administered the oath of office by City Attorney Bryant
Ficken. (NEWS Photo)
Construction Date Lags Some
“It is becoming more ap-
parent that the new elemen-
tary school will not be ready
for tbe beginning of the next
school year," Superintendent
of Schools W C Andrews told
the G-P Independent School
District board of trustees at
their meeting Tuesday night
In late Novemeber the ar-
chitect firm of Ixwenz and
McCord, Corpus Chnsti, which
is designing the school to be
built on Lang Road just past
the Municipal J’ark. estimated
that their design work would
take another two months
Horace McCord told the
board Tuesday night that still
another two to three weeks
would be required before the
final plans could be presented
for approval and go to con-
struction bidders
The bidding period is
estimated to take about three
weeks, he indicated In
November the firm estimated
that the building phase could
take as little as six months but
that a more realistic figure
would be eight months
These figures indicate that
the new school jxwsibly might
not be ready until December or
beyond, depending on weather
and availability of certain
construction materials
Andrews said that T M
Clark Elementary School is
“completely full” and that
additional students arrive
almost daily He put the school
population at Wi and pointed
out that the normal student
J. M EDMONDSON JR
Edmondson
Files For
County Judge
J M Edmondson, Jr has
filed as a candidate for San
Patricio County Judge in the
May 6th Democratic primary
Edmondson, age 40, is
currently serving as Mayor of
the City of Mathis He is a
native of Mathis and was
educated in the public schools
there He has earned the
following educational degrees
Associate of Arts from Del Mar
College. Bachelor of Business
Administration from South
west Texas State University.
Bachelor of Science in
Secondary Education and
Master of Science post-
graduate studies at Texas A&l
University, ""exas AAM
See EDMONDSON, Page 14
School Board
Calls Election
The Gregory Portland Independent School District board
of trustees Tuesday night called an election for Saturday,
April 1. to fill the vacancies of two trustee positions
The terms of George Cook and Ken Turner are expiring
I-ast day to file for a place on the ballot will be Wed-
nesday, March 1. (close of businessi
Anyone desiring to file may do so by obtaining an ap
plication during normal business hours at the business office,
school district administration building. Gregory
In addition to a written application, candidate must file a
loyalty oath and designate a campaign manager
Absentee balloting will begin Monday. March 13, at the
school business office and will end at the close of business
Tuesday. March 28
The election for Precincts 8 and 19 will be held at T M
Clark Elementary School with Ethel Willis as judge In
Gregory (Precinct 4) voters will vote at Stephen F. Austin
Elementary School with John Hunt as judge
The polls at both locations will tie open from 7am to 7
pm
count at the school should be in
the 650-700 range
He asked the board to ap
prove the purchase of five
portable 1 metal buildings)
classrooms for the Clark
campus which he said should
lie in place and ready for use by
the beginning of the 197879
school year
The board approved the
request
Andrews said that the
classrooms would be put to
good use even after the new
school opens Noting the
amount of home construction
now taking place here, he said
that even after the move of
part of the Clark student body
to the new school that the five
new portable classrooms would
lie completely full
He pointed out that the need
for another elementary school
was not into the too distant
future Andrews again noted to
the board tfiat the time is
rapidly approaching when
serious consideration will have
to be given to additions to the
junior high school and to the
high schobl He said that these
requirements will come "a lot
quicker than a lot of us think "
Enrollment in G-P schools
now stands at an all-time high.
Andrews noted There are 4.028
students enrolled which is an
increase of 214 pupils from a
year ago Clark accounts for
110 of these. East Cliff, 17;
junior 31; and the high school
Tit This is the largest increase
in a one-year jieriod ever, he
jiointcd out
In oilier business, the board
Approved payment of
January bills and salaries
totaling $558,980
- - Called a school trustee
election for Saturday. April 1.
- - Discussed the 1978-79
school calendar which will
begin on Sept 5 and run
through May 31, 1979
Gave the business
manager approval to advertise
for the sale of three surplus
school buses and a business
machine
noted that Public School
Week would be observed
March 6-10 with open house
Tuesday, March7,at the junior
high school and at toe high
school and at the elementary
schools Thursday. March 9.
Cancer Society
Annual Goal Set
The Gregory-Portland
chapter of the American
Cancer Soceity has set $4,500 as
its goal for the current year,
according to President Joe
Sebesta
More than 86 cents of every
dollar given to the American
Cancer Society goes directly
for research and cancer
control programs
In 1977, of every ACS dollar
spent, 33 cents went for
research, 28 cents for patient
and community services, 24
cents lor public education, and
14 cents for professional
education, fora total of 99 cents
channeled into programs
Fourteen cents were sepnt on
management and general
exj>enses
The $1.13 total reflects in
creased research allocations
Irom the National Society,
Plans are well under way for
the April door to-door drive,
accoring to Mrs Eddie
Vinson, chairman Anyone
interested in helping with the
crusade mav contact her at
643-6773
Memorial contributions to
the ACS may be sent at any
time to Mrs Jean Woodruff
_See GOAL, Page 14
National Event
Vocational Education
Week Is Observed
Citizen Group Meets Tonight
Citizens For Portland will
meet at 7:30 p m Thursday,
Feb 16 (tonight) at the city
hall
Candidates running for office
in the primaries being held in
Mav have been invited to at
tend so that the jieople of
Portland may have a chance to
meet them and get to know
them
Everyone is encouraged to
attend and visit with the
candidates
National Vocational
Education Week is being ob-
served this week throughout
the country with educational
institutions, teachers and
students taking an active part
Purpose of the observance is
to bring attention to the merits
and accomplishments of
.vocational education, M S
DeGaish. vocational ad
ministrator, Gregory Portland
Independent School District,
said
He encouragt*s residents of
the Portland and Gregory
communities to visit the school
during the week to view on-
going projects and programs
“Both young people and
adults today face a tremendous
task of selecting career
development programs,"
DeGaish noted “Careful in-
vestigation and observation
are necessary for the potential
student to choose the carter
training program which will
provide the most satisfying and
rewarding careers," he added
Programs offered for
secondary students in the G-P
schools include: Office
education. Distributive
Education, Industrial
Cooperative Training (1CT),
homemaking. auto mechanics,
building track's, cosmetology,
Cooperative Vocational
Academic Education (CVAEt
See WEEK, Page 14
County Ups Some Salaries
San Patricio County Com
missioners, at their regular
meeting Monday, approved
some raises, in spite of
previous plans to take up wage
boost only at six month in-
tervals. on July 1 and January
1
However, one raise was
granted since that depart-
ment’s budget had been sub-
mitted, with the requested
salary increase included, and
approved prior to the court's
decision on the six month wage
study Two other increases
were granted on the premise
that the state would reimburse
the county the biggest share of
the Ixiosts
Salary increases were
granted to Alice Luedkc in the
county agent's office, and to
Mildred Moreno and Irma
Chavez in the county attorney's
office
Mrs Luedkc's salary was
raised from $635 to |723 per
month The increase had been
submitted in County Agent Dan
Pawlik's Budget which the
commissioners approved in
Duncan Announces
For Commissioner
Carl Duncan. 205 San Saba,
has announced his candidacy
for the jmsition of county
commissioner Precinct 2
He will be on the democratic
primary ballot for the May 6
election The general election
will be held in November
Duncan has been a resident
of San Patricio County 47 years
and a resident of Portland 18
years
Active here in the plumbing
business and as building
contractor, Duncan served
three years in the U S Marine
Corps with 16 months in
Korea during the conflict
there
An active member of the
Portland Volunteer Fire
Department, he served four
years as the department's
chief and has tieen a member
of the organization 17 years
Duncan is a member of the
Portland VFW Post 8933 and is
serving his third term as a
director of the Chamber of-
Commerce He served as the
Chamber's jiresident in 1972 73
A director of tbe Portland
Kiwanis Club, he also is a
director of the Portland
Municipal Foundation and is
third vice president (district)
of the Firemans and Fire
Marshals Association of Texas
Duncan serves as a member of
the Portland Pioneer Days
celebration committee
He is a former president of
G-P Little league 'I969i and
served on the city's Planning
and Zoning Commission in
1971 72
He was a member of the city
council in 1973 and 1974
He was on the city charter
committee in 1967, and in 1970
See DUNCAN, Page 14
July, prior to the court's
agreement to a wage “freeze”
except on the six month study
basis Pawlik's budget was to
See COUNTY. Page 14
Gregory City
Election Called
The Gregory city council has called a city election for
Saturday, April t, to elect a mayor and five aldermen under a
new city form of government which was adopted Feb. 6
Under the aldermanic form of government, the mayor
and five aldermen will he elected every two years
I«ist day for filing for a place on the ballot will be the
close of business Wednesday, March 1 Filing can be ac
complished with the city secretary at the city hall in
Gregory
Absentee balloting will begin March 13.
School District
Ott Seeks Seat
Carl Duncan (right) files for the position of county
commissioner. Precinct 2, with Johnny Miller, county
Democratic chairman
In commenting on his can-
didacy for election to the
Gregory-Portland Independent
School District board of
trustees. Rick Ott this week
said. "In the almost two years
we have lived in Portland I've
come to appreciate the out
standing school system we
enjoy and I'd like to be part of
its contained growth "
Ott, 35, is iwarrted and the
father of three children He and
his wife. Beth, live at 218
Poesta with their daughters.
Trtcia, a fifth grader; and Lori,
a second grader, both at East
Cliff Elementary .School; and a
son, Casey, a preschooler
enrolled at the First Baptist
Church day school
OH was horn, raised and
began his education in New
Jersey Following four years
as an Air Force intelligence
analyst, he was graduated
from San Antonio Junior
College with an associate of
arts degree and attended St
Mary's University (San An
tonio) prior to moving to
Corpus Christi In 1969
He continued his education
work at Texas A&I University,
Kingsville, as a business ad
ministration evening division
student, and currently though
inactively - is registered as a
senior
His education is continuing,
however, as he is a C’LU
(Chartered Life Underwriter!
candidate attending classes at
Del Mar College The CLU
designation is the “shingt'*"
(as is CPA or MD> of the in
surance industry, which he has
See OTT, Page 14
RICK OTT
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