Portland News (Portland, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 14, 1979 Page: 1 of 14
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CofC Begins Safety Campaign
Ringenheimer. presid
Chamber of Commt
Tuesday
of the
'Two children recently have
bean struck by vehicle* oo
Portland streets," Paul
lident,
neree,
pointed out at the Tuesday
luncheon ' *
Chamber
"In view of such accidents
"Jid because Portland nor* is
double the sue it was just a
short time ago. it is proposed
that the Chamber initiate a
Sals Summer ’ program to
bring attention in the com-
mumty to the need for safe
(feiviog and safety in general
especially among the
youngsters, he said
The general membership of
the Chamber approved the
overall plan.
Members of a Chamber
safety committee will meet
anmediateiy with polka of-
ficials to determine whst
avenues might be explored to
bring interest to the summer-
tong program
A number of other factors at
this time are complkating the
safety picture here,
Bingenheimer noted He
gen I
ited attention to a number
action
der wsj
■opulxtt
in the size of the
poi
of construction projects
nder way. the sharp
population without
currently under 1
increase in |
an increase
business community. the
purchase of more motorcycles
due to the energy situation,
and the resurgence of interest
in bicycle operation also
because of energy problem.
The ct jnt interest in
jogging and walking for health
reasons is yet another factor in
adding to congestion on the
city streets, he pointed out.
Primarily. the Safe
Summer" campaign will focus
attention on the problem
through information and
education on the subject, but
other facets will be explored
with police in an effort to
alleviate any problem areas
that might exist, Bingen
heuner aaid.
Typesetting Gear Fails
computerized lypaaetter is
down for repairs and some of
Readers will notice seme
variation in the type shades in
the NEWS this week, it is
darker in some areas the type had to be aet by a dif
The reason for this is that the ferent means
DANIEL P. MOORE [rightJ peasants a chock for 91.500 to Jim Dobbs, chairman of tha
Batl Public Library board, for tha library's building fund. (NEWS photo)
Moore Gives $1>500
To Bell Public Library
raaidsat bare
Portland’s first mayor, Friday
preea sited Ball Public Library
with a check for 91.500 for the
library sbuSding fund
Chairman of the library. Jim
Dobbs, who accepted tha
check aaid. A gift such as
this will assist us tremsn
do wily toward being able to
expand library facilities for
Portland.
“Mr. Moore's generous
contribution, 1 am sure, will
bring fresh and vigorous
interest by others in con-
tributing toward expansion of
the library facilities which now
are terribly overcrowded. "
In a city bond election in
February 1978 972.000 was
Swim Lessons
To Continue
lied Cross swimming
lessons continue this week
The Oral classes for adult
swimming l»e«m wffl begin
Monday Jan 19 Both
beginner and advance
beginner daaaat w91 be held
4 there are enough students
The coat to 96 for one weak.
Lsecoos wfil be held from 7
to 8 p m. Monday through
Friday at tha community
three to five will also con-
tinue next weak at tha HEB
pool The registration fee to
94 for a one-week session
Children must be enrol tod
before the session begins on
Monday Timas available are
8:30 to 910 a.m and 9-10 to
9 60 am
for both the
• to
I at tha HEB pod office
4 hours
Registration for
pod <
during regular pool hour
In pro-registered for the da w
before Monday
a for Un weak ending
90* l en&ONS, p$g*
voted for an additnn to tha
library leaving another
8240,000 to be raised for the
project from ctlnr sources Up
to this point only a small
portion of that amount has
been obtained
Over tha years, Moore has
made many generous cun
tribu»»ons to many activities
Sara. In 1973. he gave the
proceeds of 40 acres of grain he
had raised on his farms west of
tha city to the library
Moore gave Portland its
first city hall and for many
years helped the volunteer fin*
department to stay out of
fmanewi trouble
Ha has said. I am proud of
Portland and I hope it will
continue to grow end to
prosper with the coming
generations ”
‘ Moore helped in getting tha
city incorporated in 5949. and
had a hand in aatabltohing
Portland State Bank here
more then 20 yaere ago
The Moore family came to
Gregory in 1909 bum just
northwest of San Antonio His
mother was a school teacher
and for many years taught In
FOR TLAND 2°
bedirated To 7 he Heat
Interval* Of Portland—
hem City Of The hulf
Pwtlee*. Thus 71374, IteUay Jwt 14. 1371
TiIum 313- Fwrtaw f>|K Ba 74
NEWS
School Board
Management Plan Approved
The G P ISD board of
trustees voted Tueadoy
night to permit Exertia. Inc .
• management consulting
firm that specialuaa in
assisting school districts in
the control and reduction of
nonacadenuc costs, to im
pi*merit a proposed program
in t he diet net
The program which will
com 939.000 will save the
distort several times mat
amount. Ex trite officials
astunate
The program will begin
Monday. June 18, and will
take about 12 weeks to
romplete Superintendent of
Schools Jack Darnell aaid
that the summer vacation
months are an opportune
time to conduct the program
with everything then ready
to go in September for the
new school yeai
Exert is made an analysis
of the district * custodail.
maintenance, grounds, food
service and transportation
service* last month The
analysis report was
presented to the hoard of
trustees Tuesday night
Both the hoard and the
school administrators feel
that the report ano proposal
identify many areas where
improvements can lie made
which would prove to be cost
beneficial to the taxpayers of
the district, Darnell said
The plan also will provide tha
district a more effective and
responsive operation. he
noted
School official* explained
that the Exertia firm is a
national company that works
exclusively with educational
institutions
It has guaranteed the
district that, at a minihiutn
all costa f«-r implementation
of their programs will b*
recovered by the district in a
12-month period Also, the
officials say that savings for
in excess of the coat have
sae MANAGEMENT, pge 7
Land preparation for the
new 330.000-square foot
Northshore Shopping Plaxa at
Highway 181 and Wildcat
Drive is under way. building
construction should begin in
August end the center should
lie open far bus mass by June
f I960. Bill Moore, one of tha
partner*, told tha
of Commerce
Shopping Center Should Open In June 1980
. / Ti
c'Mf' * \
Y>'
^ It
of
developing
Chamber
Moore noted that the anchor
stores have ail been signed.
They are K Mart. 88,000
square feet. Eckerd'i Drug*.
Lack's Furniture. HEB.
46.000 square feet: and Bealis.
29.000 square feet
Other smaller businesses
will include a Kinny Shews, a
jewelry store, electronics
store, card shop, sporting
goods, ladies ready to wear,
men clothing, restaurants, font
food outlets, specialty shops,
home improvement stores, a
junior department store and
other*.
When completed the area
will represent a 99 to 9)0
million investment and
estimates ers that the
shopping center should do
about 930 million worth of
businees a year. Moore
pointed nut He noted that
this would bring in about
8300.000 a year in seise tax for
the city alone
Moore, who is a partner in
the Vaster firm of Austin, one
of the principal developers of
the site, said that the canter
should draw from a 86,000
population within a WVmito
radius of the north shore area
The other developer pertn
♦re ere Weetcliff Management
Ltd of Mont reel, Canada, and
Oak Ridge Developers
'Portland was selected for
the shopping carter because it
is s growing, viable com-
munity.' Moore said. "It will
be an extremely successful
undertaking.' he noted
Interest by several other
large firms was voiced ac-
cording to Moore, however,
there is not room for them at
the present time There is a
possibility that thry could be
See CENTER, Page 7 .
Aluminum Month
Reynolds Metals Employs 2,000 In Coastal Bend
Corpus Chriati Mayor
Luther Jones has proclaimed
June ae "America Naada
Aluminum Month" in
recognition of the metal's
importance to the nation and
the aluminum industry's
contributions to the Corpus
Chriati area economy.
Locally. Reynolds Mauls
Company employe over 2,200
men and women in its Sherwin
and San Patricio plants, and
its marine division and
aluminum recycling center
operations.
The combined economic
impact of the Reynolds Metals
Company operations locally is
estimated it more than 996
million collars annually
Nation-wide, over a quarter
of a million Americana are
employed in the aluminum
Country Store
For July 4th
The sixth annua! Fourth of July celebration is now being
planned
The popular Country Store event will be held at the
Community Center this year The following divisions will be
judged:
Division I Canned fruits and vegetables
Division II Jama, jellies and preserves
Division III Pickles and pickled anything
Division IV Breadb. yeast rolls, etc
Division V Cakes and cookies
Division VI Pies
Division VII: Candy
First and second place ribbons will be awarded in each
division Entries can be taken to the Community Center
Tuesday. July 3. between 8 a m and 5 p m and on July 4 bet
weenlG a m aod 12 noon. Unless otherwise specified, entries
will be sold with proceeds going to the Community Center
Those who wish may also seb homemade crafts in the
Country Store Call the Community Center and make
arrangements for the selling of craf)
industry
The mayor's proclamation
cites aluminum as being
essential for our way of life
because it protects our food,
transmits electricity to and
insulates and protects our
homes, and transports our
people and products in buses,
cars, trucks, ships and trains."
The proclamation also
rerogmzes aluminum as an
energy efficient in a tens! which
provides many answers to
Americas energy problems
because it is lightweight and
cuts fuel consumption on
America's highways, is vital
to our airline industry and is
completely recyclable, saving
96 per cent of the energy used
to produce it originally
Reynolds Sherwin Plant
Manager B. Wallace H unton
said the ' America Needs
Aluminum' campaign is an
ongoing effort by the industry
to make the public aware of
the role aluminum fulfills in
our society
"We want everyone to
understand how essential
aluminum is today The metal
is so versatile and so widely
used that it has become an
integral part of our lives
without people fully realizing
how important is is "
Hunton said Reynolds
Metals Company employees in
the Corpus Chriati area would
be conducting a number of
activitiea during the coming
weeks to tell the public about
aluminum and the aluminum
industry.
These will include an in-
formation booth at the Padre-
See ALUMINUM, Page 11
Youth
killed In
Accident
Kevin Kaistadt. 14. son of
Mrs and Mrs Walter
Carlyon, 103 Daniel Moore,
was pronounced dead at the
scene of a one-car accident
Wednesday afternoon at the
corner of Cibolo and To yah.
The accident happened
about 12:35 pm.
Investigating officers Bill
Luther and Balde Quin-
tanilla said that Karstadt
lost control of the four-wheel
drive vehicle in a turn off of
Toyah onto Cibolo resulting
in the turning over of the
vehicle
Mike Frebarg, 14, son of
Mr and Mrs Doug Frebei
Rayi
Salcedo. 19. son of Corina
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LAND PREPARATION has starred. bunding construction w« bagm m August Comptsuon east tor Juns 1H0
County Commissioners
Traffic Survey Tabled
In a routine, but lenghty
sessior Mopday. the San
Patricio County Coni
misstoiMrs tabled a traffic
survey for further study, with
a workshop on the matter aet
for Monday afternoon They
also approved advertising for
bids for purchase of new
pun_____
iment at the Sanitary
____ill; accepted resignations
and approved a replacement
equip mi
landfill;
Salcedo. 415 Moore, were
passengers in the vehicle
They were taken to Spohn
Hospital at Corpus Chriati
with minor injuries
The car was registered to
Mr and Mrs Freberg
ig r reberg. ----»-r------
Raymond taking care of some thirty
items on two agendas
The traffic survey, which
would be paid for by the
county, and reimbursed by the
state, prompted considerable
debate with at least two of the
commissioners seeming to
non-committal
The survey plan was
presented by Terry Palmer of
the Department of Highways
and Public Transportation. It
would involve work by con-
sultants to be chosen by the
commissioners to determine
the county's traffic safety
needs The survey would only
point out the traffic needs, and
any recommended im-
provements would be up to the
county There would be no
mandated changes, but the
survey would establish
standards that would meet
minimus established by a new
minimum safety act expected
to become effective by 1982
Changes would involve
possible relocation of stop or
yield signs, standardize stop
signs, establish hazardous
intersections and point out
needs on all county roads
Following considerable
discusaion. the commissioner*
voted to study the proposal at
greater length before taking
any formal action
The court also approved
calling for bids for a new
crawler type bull dozer for the
Gregory sanitary landfill The
will
ease
! 3f
right
approximzteiy
the lease purchase
call for the purchase,
of a
pout
purchase
iztely 9102.000 while
s» pure base of a D-6
35.000 pound dozer
irehase will coat
or lease-pure base,
tyn
Outright
arrangement would run about
93,960 per month. Con-
siderable discusaion con-
cerning the need for another
vehicle at the landfill preceded
the approved of the bid-call.
During the discussion it was
pointed out tbs landfill to
ei pending constantly with
demands increasing because of
the population growth
the commie sinners, in a
landfill related matter, ac-
cepted with re greets, the
resignation of manager Robert
Vorhis. who was highly
commended for his work at tha
Gregory site Vorhia will end
his employment June 30
Also related to the landfill,
tto eaaat* bought Vorhis’s
sea SURVEY, Page U
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Leveen, Paul D. Portland News (Portland, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 14, 1979, newspaper, June 14, 1979; Taft, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth871424/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.