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Title: The star
Uniform Title: Star (Port Saint Joe, Fla.)
Physical Description: Newspaper
Language: English
Publisher: W.S. Smith
Place of Publication: Port St. Joe Fla
Creation Date: December 25, 1942
Frequency: weekly
regular
 Subjects
Subjects / Keywords: Newspapers -- Port Saint Joe (Fla.)   ( lcsh )
Newspapers -- Gulf County (Fla.)   ( lcsh )
Genre: newspaper   ( marcgt )
newspaper   ( sobekcm )
Spatial Coverage: United States -- Florida -- Gulf -- Port Saint Joe
Coordinates: 29.814722 x -85.297222 ( Place of Publication )
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Additional Physical Form: Also available on microfilm from the University of Florida.
Dates or Sequential Designation: Began in 1937.
General Note: Editor: Wesley R. Ramsey, <1970>.
General Note: Publisher: The Star Pub. Co., <1970>.
General Note: Description based on: Vol. 2, no. 7 (Dec. 2, 1938).
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VOLUME VI PORT ST. JOE, GULF COUNTY FLOi.DA, CHRISTMAS DAY, 1942 NUMBER 12


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Contributions of Stopping of Gas Rental Control
$15,000 Are Made Pe Sales Causes Run Registering Will
Toward Hospital "GilVe the People On Stations Here Close January 14

Anticipate Balance of City's Part Light and T hey W ill Average Motorist Relieved That A Director Says All Must Register;
of $3000 Will Be Raised By Tickets Remain Same; B and Severe Penalties For
individual Donations Find Their W a J C Tickets Are Cut Wilful Violators
I Do n i ,Cars were lined up five and six B. B. Morrow of Apalachicola is
The people. of Port St. Joe and deep at service stations in Port in charge of the federal rent coln-
Gulf county received, a Christmas 4 In thousands of American homes at this St. Joe last Friday after radio an- trol office in that city which will
present of no mean size this week tine of the year there are candles in the I nouncements were heard stating have charge of registering all per-
y men three large concerns of this windows. They light up the darkness of that sale of gasoline in 17 east- sons in. Gulf and Franklin coun-
ty mad contributio of th 5,night and to the passer-by they carry a me- ern states, includ-ing Florida, was ties who have rental property or
nY ngtpse-yte!ar eto be halted and that there; was a who rent out living quarters. HIts
pal hospital here, work on which sage of good cheer. For the candle is a possibility that "A" book owners office is located in the old court
has been held up for some time symbol of Christmas, of peace and good will would not be able to get gas at all house building.
due to lack of funds, material and to men. IWin future. "It is a federal law," said Mr.
abor. ted t for completion of thousands of American comm ities It sounded like the good old Morrow, "that everyone who iS
Estimated cost for completion of In thousands of American communities days to station operators as car renting dwelling houses, apart-
the hospital has been set at '$37,- there is 'an institution which throughout the owner after car owner pulled up to ments or rooms, must register:
500, and of this amount the Fed- year sheds its beam of light. It is the the pumps and said "Fill 'er up!" their rent with this office on or'
e ral Works Agency a short time Home Town Paper. Apparently they were going to before January 14, 1943, since that
ago made an outright grant of $19,- have at least a tank full-and let 'is the deadline for this registra-
500,. leaving $18,000 to be raised .4E "Give the people light and they will find the A coupons fall where they tion. Should you fail to comply
as the sponsor's (the city) part.
The $15,000 contributed leaves their way." Thus spoke a great philosopher, would. with this notice by that time, you
$3000 yet to be raised and t So the Home Tow Newspaper gives its peoWith service stations alreadywill be subject to a $5000 fine o
$3000 yet to be raised and it is So the Home Town Newspaper gives its po- cut on the amount of gasoline: to one year imprisonment.
anticipated that this will be forth- ple light-light on the news of the corn- be sold. in a given period, it wasn't "This law applies to everybody,
coming in the form of individual munity, light on those affairs which affect long before all pumps were, dry white and colored, who rent one
contributions. Already four citizens the health, the happiness and the welfare of and late-hearers of the news were room or more-including hotels
have stepped forward with $150 all its people, light which dispels the. dark- scurrying from station to station and boarding houses."
each toward raising the amount, effort to locate a few gal-
andotherst arxe expected to do like- ness of ignorance, of prejudice and of mis- in an eort to locate aew Rent must be no higher than
Sons of the precious. fluid. was charged, March 1, 1942, "Ten-
wise. In appreciation of these $150 understanding, e of th ro l a a Marh ,
Hwise. In appreciation of these $150 un rstaning.owever, everyone breathed a ants may reduce their own rent,
contributions, which ursh aproxi- w And so, on this Christmas Day, in ex- igh of relief with theannounce and need not get approval from,
lately, the cost of, furnishing one men-t Saturday by Leon Hender- the rent director.
hospital room, the committee in tending. to the people of', Port St. Joe and son that gasoline sales would be ords ay not evit a tea
Si son that .gasoline sales wou e, Landrds may not evict a tea
charge of raising the city's part of Gulf county a holiday greeting, we pledge to resumed at 12:01 a. m. Monday, ant for refusing to pay a highel'-
,the money has voted- to place a you that in the future, as in the past, we will 'with the coupons of all A, B and rent than the legal rent on the
.1 placard .bearing the contributor's keep the light of that community institution, C ration books good for.three gal- quarters he occupies. Tenants.
*namr.osn the door of each room,9.p ,tie'e Homne Town Newspaper, still siniwing ,. loAs. In. thes-e 'of the and- C threatened, with,, eviction should
furnished.. clear. boks,--thi is a redultionof o ne notify the rental office.: -
hMyor J. L. Sharnf t states that n clear gallon. Landlords must register, and
he feels, confident the balance o Reduction in the value of B nd tenants will receive a copy of the,
$2400 will be raised In short or- C books wa. made, Henderson registration statement, which will
der and that already the FWA Is said, "because of the acute exist- give information as to the rent
making to necure harto-getrreanquipge- Victory Tax Is T irt-O e Men ing petroleum supply and. in con- charged as. of March 1, 1942.
ments to secure hardtoials n eessary for ry I e entemplation of a further reduction Landlords who. have. overcharged
completion of materials nprojecssary f is Effective Jan. 1 Leave for Cam1 in daily consumption to 331,A00 tenants after December 1 will be
completion of the project. It is e Jabarrels daily in january as co.m- required 'to return the excess
expected that the contract will be pared, to 365,000 barrels per day amount to the tenant or face suit
let about January 10 and that Wage Earners Will Have Exemp- One of Largest Contingents Given at present." for three times the amount of the
work will be resumed shortly af- tion of $624 Yearly, or Send-off By Committee ----- ----- overcharge, or $50, whichever is
ter that date. $12 Per Week From Woman's Club Induction of Some th greater amount.
n ny of S m Mr. Morrow states that he plans
.Kenney Mercantile Will The new 5 per cent Victory Tax Thirty-one men, one of the larg- 1*- -, lS c ol- P *l i to be in Port St. Joe and Wewao
Be Closed Until Monday goes into effect January 1, 1943, est' contingents of selectees to go illgh cO .upllu S hitchka in the near future to take
and applies to all payments for from Gulf county, boarded buses C a care of landlords in this section.
Last week in publishing names services except to members of the in this city last Friday morning en Can Be Postponed
of those business houses observ- military services, agricultural la- route to Camp Blanding for ijduc- iMEN MAY VOLUNTEER
ing a three-day closing period, borers and domestic servants. tion into the armed forces. Request May Be Made to LocalM THROUGH ACTION OF
from today until Monday morning, The tax is to be withheld, by Prior to leaving, the. young men Board to Postpone Induction LOCAL T BOARD
the name of the Kenney Mercan- employers on all wage payments were: served coffee and doughnuts Until End of School Year LOCAL DRAFT BOARD
tile Co. was inadvertently omitted on and after January 1. An ex- at the Masonic hall by, a commit-
from the list. emption from this tax 'of $624 per tee of ladies from the Port St. Joe Selective service registrants be- IMen can no longer enlist in the
Such things will happen, and we year is provided, which is $12 per Woman's club. tween the ages of 18 and 20 who armed forces. But those
-don't believe Alex Young will be week. Those leaving were Wesley H. are pursuing a course of instruc- who want to get into the army,
piqued over the matter, for we're The act requires a receipt be Jones, Stokes A. Domengeaux, tion in a high school or similar navy, marines or coast guard may
willing to bet that even he chalks given to each employee, disclosing Cary Thomas, John P. Duren, Wil- institution of learning, in the las, ask the Gulf county draft board
up a boner occasional the yearly tax which has been liam F. Britt, Louran S. Kelley, half of the academic school year, jfor "voluntary induction" if they
withheld within the month follow- Tom Levis, DeLamar Sansom, Ed- may under certain conditions, have are in 1-A or 3-A. The navy is full-
Marines' Hymn Revised to ing the close of the: year, and un- ward F Guilford, Medie W.Rog their induction postponed uutil up right now, but there may be
Honor Leatherneck Airmen der regulations a receipt shall be Frank M. Moran, R. Alton Dendy, the end of the school year. some openings in January.
given within 30 days after the Thomas H. McDaniel, Daniel D. The Gulf county local board Is This arrangement is only tern
'The famous Marines' hymn, last pay of a person whose em- Arnold, John W. Ward, Mathie F. now classifying these registrants porary, and will be in force only
song of America's battling soldiers ployment terminates. This receipt Wood, John W. Wright, George Y. andi those found available for mill- until February 1, 1943, when the
of the .sea and known around the shall be issued in triplicate, the Core, Edgar Hagens, William C. tary service are being placed in new plan will go into effect, which
world as the fighting song of fight- original for the employee and the Williams, Aldeen Williams, John class 1-A and will be ordered to is aimed at the selection from the
worldfasntheffightingtsongofCfight-registrantforfthenewpthryomand tae
ing men for nearly a hundred duplicate to accompany the last C. Woodn James R. Boyett, Henry report for induction in accordance registrants of men with quallfica-
years, has officially been changed quarterly tax return for the year, T K Jr., John E. Hudson, J with their order numbers within s or the positions to be filled.
ito honor the corps' gallant airmen, accompanied by a reconciliation D. Rhames, Louis E. Adams, Boyd their category in which their status
'The fourth line of the song's statement. Borders, Thomas B. Duncan, Deweyplaces them. BOUNDS TO BE IN CHARGE
first stanza has been altered to Employers are required to fil Ce,ovington and Cleatous C. Carter. ;Regulations provide that a regis- OF BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
"In the air, on land. and sea." The quarterly returns reporting and trant in high school who has been
stanza now reads: paying this tax during the month CARRABELLE GETS $750,000 ordered to report for induction The state-wide organization for
"From the halls of Montezuma following 'the last month in these ARMY HOUSING PROJECT shall be. Inducted unless he shall the tenth celebration of the presi-
To the shores of Tripoli; quarter. A penalty for delinquency The war department has ap- request in writing that his indue-! dent's birthday on January 30 for
We fight our country's battles attaches to all returns filed' after proved a $750,000 housing project tion be. postponed. Upon such re- I the National Foundation for Infan-
Iln the air, on land and sea." the due, date. There is also. a se- for Carrabelle, which calls for the quest the local board shall, before tile Paralysis is now well under
vere criminal penalty for fraud or construction of 256 barracks-type inducting the registrant, deter- way, and Jim Bounds has been
Leaves To Join C. B.'s wilful failure to file the required apartments and 250 temporary mine:: named as Gulf county campaign
Kenneth Creech left Sunday for return, dwellings for married men who do (1) If he has reached the 18th chairman.
Birmingham, Ala., oQ Join up with All returns and, payments for not have children. anniversary of his birth but has
the C. B.'s. From that city he will Florida shall be addressed to the i Plans call for the project to be not reached the 20th anniversary. STAR, OFFICE CLOSED
go to a navy construction school Collector of Internal Revenue, completed within 75 days after it (2) If he is pursuing a course The Star office, will be closed
in Virginia. Jacksonville, Fla. ''is started. (Continued on Page 6) from today until Monday morning.









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THE STAR
Published Every Friday at Port St. Joe, Fla.,
by The Star Publishing Company
W. S. SMITH, Editor

Entered as Second-class matter, December 10,
197, at the Postoffice, Port St. Joe, Florida,
under Act of March 3, 1879.

Subscription Invariably Payable In Advance
One Year........$2.00 Six Months...... $1.00
Three Months..........65c

-4 Telephone 51 J-

The spoken word is given scant attention;
the printed word is thoughttUlly waigli&d.
The spoken word barely asserts; the printed
word thoroughly convinces. The spoKen word
is lost; the printed word remains.

Our Country ` Right or Wrong



GREETING! I SALUTE YOU!
I AM your friend and my love for you goes
deep. There is nothing I can give which
you have not got; but there is much, very
much, that, while I cannot give it, you can
take. No heaven can come to us unless our
hearts find rest in today. TAKE
HEAVEN! No peace lies in the future which
is 'not hidden in this present little instant.
: TAKE PEACE.
The gloom of the world is but a shadow.
'Behind it, yet within reach, 'is JOY. There
is radiance and glory in the darkness, could
we but see-and to See we have only to Look.
I beseech you to look.
Life is so generous a giver, but we, judg-
ing its gifts by their .covering, cast them
away as ugly or heavy or hard. Remove the
covering and you will find beneath it a living
splendor, woven of love, by wisdom, witin
power. Welcome it, grasp it, and you touch
the Angel's hand that brings it to you. Every-
thing we call a trial, a sorrow, or a duty, be-
lieve me, that Angel's hand is there; the gift
'is there, too; be not content with them an
Joys. They, too, conceal diviner gifts.
Life is so full of Meaning and Purpose, so
full of Beauty-beneath its covering-that
.you will find earth but cloaks your heaven.
Courage then to claim it: that is all! but
courage you have; and the knowledge that
we are pilgrims together, wending, through
unknown country, home.
And so, at this Christmas time, I greet you
Not quite as the world sends greetings, but
with profound esteem and with the Prayer
that for you, now and forever, the day
breaks, and the shadows flee away.
(Extracts from a letter written by Fra. Giovanni, A. D. 1513)
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CLASSIFIED ADS

MISCELLANEOUS
FISH BAIT Fresh, clean worms
that are guaranteed to get the
fish for you. See Eddie, Beverly
in the colored quarters. 11-13
LEGAL ADVERTISING
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT, GULF
COUNTY, FLA. IN CHANCERY.
FRED PERRY, Plaintiff, vs.
VIVIAN PERRY, Defendant.
*Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned, as attorney for the
plaintiff Fred Perry, will on the
16th day of January, 1943, at 10
o'clock A. M., make application to
the Clerk of the above named
court for commission to take the
testimony of Fred Perry, 'wvitnesb
in his own behalf. Original writ-
ten interrogatories to be pro-
pounded- to said witness are on
file with said clerk. The reason
the testimony of said witness is to
be taken upon commission is that
said witness is about to be bound
on a voyage to sea. The name of
the commissioner to be named, on
behalf of the plaintiff is Honor-
able Albert Meranda, c/o Citizens
Trust Building, Jeffersonville, In-
diana. This 22nd day of Decem-
ber, 1942.
E. CLAY LEWIS, JR.,
Attorney for plaintiff
12-25 1-15 Fred Perry.


UNTIL THE BELLS RING
We wish to call to the attention of mem-
bers of the Gulf County Civilian Defense
unit that methods of combating fires set by
incendiary bombs have undergone drastic
change. This is because incendiary bombs art
war weapons, and war weapons are con-
stantly changing. Present fire bombs usually
contain delayed explosives which detonate
long after impact. Former practices in hand-
ling these missiles are exceedingly dangerous
because they require a close approach by the
fire fighter.
Director James M. Landis of the Office ot
Civilian Defense, observes that: "Use of a
jet of water enables the operator to work at
a much greater distance than the 'short
range' methods employing s a n d, other
smothering agents, or a spray of water. Sand
in the form of bags or mats cannot be de-
pended upon, because these bombs, upon ex-
plosion, have a greater fragmentation effect
than the explosive incendiary bombs formerly
used. The public should be warned against
the use of, all such smother agents as 'bomb
extinguishing' powders; also against such de-
vices as scoops, grabs and snuffers% They
are entirely without merit, and may endanger
the lives of persons who depend upon them.
The use of spray and ;sand is no longer
recommended because the .possibility of frag-
mentation makes it too dangerous to approach
the bomb sufficiently close to apply them."
So no longer are we required to keep a
bucket of sand and a scoop under our beds.
A direct stream of water is now recom-
mended as the best means of controlling an
incendiary bomb. An ordinary garden hose is
suitable, but stay as far away as possible and
assume a crouching or prone position behind
the best available cover.
Enemy raids are a constant possibility.
Vigilance can not be permitted to fluctuate
with the war news. Remember, a raid may
come when it is least expected, and with the
gasoline emergency now prevailing on the
eastern seaboard, Port St. Joe with its vital.
gasoline storage and pumping facilities which
aid in supplying the vital fluid by pipeline
for trans-shipment to our armies in Africa,
would be as liable for a bombing as any other
eastern point. So until the bells of armistice
ring, the public, as well as auxiliary firemen
and wardens, must remain grimly alert.

A lot of men today making $100 a week,
who never made over $30 a week before, and
who are spending it faster than they make it,
are going to realize when it's too late, thai
they should have put at least $50 a week
into War Bonds.

Keep smiling!


"The Stars and iSitripes," service
newspaper published iby the Am-
erican Expeditionary Force during
World War I, had a circulation of
522,000 at th'e height of its popu-
larity. It is being published again
during this war.

"A Letter from- Home," -that's
what The Star is to the men in
service. Send it! Only $1 a year.












Season's Greetings

and Best Wishes

For a Victorious New Tear

M. P. TOMLINSON
CITY CLERK


Wasted money is wasted
lives. Don't waste precious
lives. Every dollar you can
spare should be used to buy
War Bonds. Buy your ten
percent every pay day.


The season's greetings
sent in sincere and
friendly appreciation
of an asset money can-
not buy-good will.
Merry Christmas to all
of you from all of us.

ST. JOE ICE CO.
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We'd like very much to send each
of you a gift to show our apprecia-
tion of your friendship and patron-
age during the year.

As this is impossible, we take this
opportunity to wish you all a very
Merry Christmas.


GRIFFIN GROCERY & MARKET


Trade at home-your local mer.
chants have just what you want.

FOR -

FIRE INSURANCE
SEE
BUCK ALEXANDER
PHONE 101 Costin Building


I hope you spend Christmas
with all your heart. Laughter,
kindness, simple cheer, peace
of spirit, and gifts galore!

I am grateful to you for your
co-operation in school affairs
during the past year, and
look forward to a continuance
of our pleasant relationship
during 1943.






TOM OWENS
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT


Greetings for Christmal
"ad Best Wishes fort. th
New Year,..

M. 0. FREEMAN
CHIEF OF POLICE


Best Wishes for a


Merry Christmas and at

New Year of Right

Triumphant over Might

and Liberty for allk





J. E. PRIDGEON

COUNTY JUDGE, Gulf County


May those of you in Gulf County who have loved
ones in the armed forces pf our country be proudly
happy this Christmas Day, and may you be blessed
with Good Cheer throughout the New Year.




BYRD E. PARKER, Sheriff


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PAGE TWO


THE STAR, PORT ST. JOE, GULF COUNTY, FLORIDA


CHRISTMAS DAY 1942







PAGE THREE


THE STAR, PORT ST. JOE, GULF COUNTY, FLORIDA


C HRISTMAS in
"the good old
days" knew no
bounds of joyousness.
It is particularly
gratifying to us that
we number among
our steady customers


To all of these, to all
who have made our
friendship since, and
to all who read this
message, we wish that
good old-fashioned
kind of Christmas
which comes to mind


The same old greeting, but
with the added fervor of
many years' repetition.
It is our sincere wish that
each member of your family
wwill enjoy the most bountiful
and happiest Christmas ever!
And may we add a word
of thanks for your much
appreciated patronage during
the year.


FLORIDA BANK
AT PORT ST. JOE


Aon~l~tEtoG14tfU


'Tis Christmas! Our thoughts
revert from the complicated to
the simple, from the cares of
maturity to the carefree
thoughts of childhood, from the
material to the spiritual.
'Tis Christmas! time to
count our many friends and re-
call the happy relationships we
have had with them during the'
year time to express our
gratitude and to wish all our
friends the choicest blessings
the Yule season can bestow.

Sammy Patrick
County Assessor


manywho have been loyal when we think of "the
since "the good old days." good old days."


DANLEY FURNITURE COMPANY


To Everybody
We know the jolly little man
from the North has not for-
gotten you.
And neither have we, for
right here and now we are
wishing you the merriest
Christmas season ever, and
adding our thanks for your
interest and favors of the
past year.

ZIM'S Men's Wear


* star in the sky, new
hope in the heart, and
Christmas trees glowiing
from windows and out of
doors.
A most appropriate
time to thank you for
your patronage, and to
wish you a Merry Christ-
mnas and a Happy and
Prosperous New Year.

BARRIER'S
5 10 25c STORE


Bdt ha s Aa old Sd d/-

1Th mea moaa 1's dal o oad cheet,
91s CwaSM. an sd. sce'e,
So--u1t &e old

Merry 1hristmnas fsa!

PORT THEATRE
BEN RIVERS, Manager
Hattie Lou Spann Charles Stevens Edward Pitts
Mrs. Ben Rivers Mrs. Wilbur Darcey
Carrie Davis Eloise Bell


A. Ms=reI


We hope you.spend Christ-
mas with all your heart.
Laughter, kindness, sim-
ple cheer, peace'of spirit,
and gifts galore!
We are grateful to you for
your kind patronage Jur-
ing the year, and look for-
ward to a continuance of
our pleasant relationship.

LeHardy's Bar


TO ALL OUR FRIENDSS
Now when echoes of And the employees and
the angel choir are heard members of this concern
throughout the land, it is are grateful to you for the
time to pause and count happy relationship we
our blessings. They are have enjoyed during the
more numerous by far year, and pledge ourselves
than we had imagined, for to strive still more ear-
which we should be duly A nestly to deserve your
grateful. continued friendship.




MCCOY'S
GROCETERIA GROCERY erd MARKET
Two Complete Stores


TO OUR FRIENDS
AND CUSTOMERS
Christmas o:. o
stopping place .vhe"'-
weary travelers oausle
and forget the long-
miles tha' lie behind
and recall the fai-h and
loyalty of friends who
have made their way mos'
pleasant.
Permit us now to rnanr:
you for your many fa-
vors and to wish you a de-
lightful Christmas season


SCHNEIDER'S DEP'T. STORE


It may be truly said that the simple record of three short years of,
life has done more to regenerate mankind than all the disquisitions
of philosophers and exhortations of moralists. -LECKY


How true the words of historian-philosopher Lecky!
And now, on the eve of another Christmas, we wish
again for you and yours the radiant joy, the deep
inner peace which are so inseparably interwoven into
the Christmas pattern, and whiclr persist, for the indi-
widlal. even in a world at war.


ST. JOE PAPER COMPANY


HOLIDAY GREETINGS


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CHRISTMAS DAY, 1942








PAGE FOUR


THE STAR, PORT ST. JOE, GULF COUNTY, FLORIDA


CHRISTMAS DAY, 1942
I


Greetings

The season's greetings
sent in sincere and
friendly appreciation
of an asset money can-
not buy- good will.
Merry Christmas to all
of you from all of us.


St. Joe Furniture

Company


Among the most cher-
ished gifts bestowed by
the passing year is the
friendship and pleasant
relations that have ex-
isted between us. We
hope for a continuance
of this friendship during
the year to come, and, in
the spirit of the season,
we cordially greet you
and wish you the most
Merry of Merry Christ-
mases. /


J. R. Hunter

Clerk of Circuit Court


Christmas again! And
as the glad chimes
ring out we join in
the general gladness
to wish you and yours
a more joyous and
bountifri Christmas
than ever.
For your patronage
we are deeply grate-
ful, and we renew
our pledge of full
service for the future.


MILES
5 AND 10c STORE
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Our genuine "Merry Christmas to All" ... our
friends and customers. Pleasant times like
Christmas always remind us of the pleasure we
have had in the privilege of doing business with
you. May good luck attend your every wish
this Christmas! And may holiday good cheer
brighten the hours of this glorious season!


GULF HARDWARE & SUPPLY CO.






(ristmas












IMIEAIRTY GIRIEIETINWSS !
It's Christmas ... the season of genial fellowship and
good will when men draw together in ties of common
brotherhood. In this season of good will it is time to
reckon the finer profits that cannot be posted on the
ledgers. .. the best time in the entire calendar to
express our appreciation of the many evidences of
your friendship.
To you and to those whose happiness is linked with
yours we send our heartiest wishes for the merriest
Christmas ever!

MILLER'S DRUG STORE


The same kind of a Christmas we knew when
we were boys and girls, when bob-sleds
plodded merrily over country roads and the
brooding peace of Yuletide dwelt everywhere
in the hearts of men.
that is the kind of an old-fash'
Christmas we are wishing you now.
And with our wish may we extend a word
of thanks and appreciation for your contin-
ued friendship and patronage.

WILKS JEWELRY COMPANY
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Against the background of
Christmas is the ideal of a world
at peace. This ideal has nour-
ished the Christnias joy of count-
less millions since the days when
shepherds first tended their flocks
on the plains of old Judea.
It is this peace of spirit in all
its fullness that we wish you
now, as, mindful of a whole year
of pleasant relations, we pause
to express our appreciation.
May you all enjoy a truly
Merry Christmas this season!


Edd C. Pridgeon

County Tax Collector


. -HE foundation of
I business is friend-
ship, and the basis of all
enduring
friendships
can be traced
back to an
event which
occurred some two thou-
sand years ago.
Each Christmastime it
gives us a great deal of


pleasure to extend our
best wishes and renew
our pledge of loyalty to
those whose
friendship we
cherish. We
say now, with
the utmost fer-
vor and sincerity, may
your Christmas be truly
happy and abounding in
joyousness.


ST. JOE LUMBER & EXPORT CO.


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DR. J. C. COE
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Office Hours: 9 to 12 1 to 5
Sunday By Appointment "
Costin Building Phone 88


Society
PHONE 51


SILVER TEA FOR WAR'
FUND NETS TIDY SUM


o- Personals
MRS. W. S. SMITH, Editor


- Churches
PHONE 51


Are you entitled to wear a
"target" lapel button? You
Share If you are Investing at
Least ten percent of your in-
come in War Bonds every pay
day. It's your badge of pa,
triotism.
FThI, Ls. Jui" Ihl ,IIII n ii ItwuH,,XJitliIIlIt WiU4F I im um aIi ll IH


The silver tea held last Friday
S afternoon at the Centennial buila-
ing by the American home and
fine arts. departments of the Port
St. Joe Woman's club netted $20
DR. C. L. REICHERTER for a war relief fund to be divided
REGISTERED OPTOMETRIST among Russian, Greek and Chinese
EYES EXAMINED-GLASSES FITTED wa rliefunds. chairman
Ritz Theatre Building First Floor i Mrs. John Blount was chairman
PANAMA CITY, FLA in charge of the affair, with Mrs.
... .. ... -B. E. Kenney acting as chairman
of the refreshment committee. Dec-
YOU orations were in charge of Mrs.
L CAN'T Ruslh Chism, chairman, assisted by
TELL Mrs. George Patton, Mrs. H. C.
Sv 7 Spence, Mrs. Omar Branch and
THEY'RE Mrs. John Blount.
REPAIRED Mrs. Gale Traxler and Mrs. A.
Because ur L. Ward presided over the beau-
S-\ Because our
: INVISIBLE HALF tifullyi appointed tea table, and
SOLING method leaves no "repaired Mrs. L. C. Res-ter and Mrs. Blount
look" on your shoes, were in chage of the bowl for the
The LEADER silver offering.
,Most interesting feature of the
SHOE SHOP program were the "Living Pic-
ture" Christmas tableaux presented
by a number of school children
under the direction of Mrs. Ned
Porter.
'The addre'si, of welcome was
delivered by Mrs. J. A. Whitfield
with the response by Mrs. Floyd
Hunt. This was followed with a
yt reading by Mrs. W. A. Boyd and
the invocation by Rev. 0. D. Lang-
stot.

BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS
JMr. and Mrs. Roy Evans ani-
noance the birth of a 71/2-pound
daughter on Sunday, December 20.

The same old grectieng,'ui Sealyham Is Welsh
with the added fervor of ,he ,1olvham terrier dog origi'
nated in Wales. .;
many years repetition
It is our sincere wish that ''our-fifths -of the Russian terri-
each member of your family ory is in Asia.
w ill enjoy the m ost boulittI' l .llil'!!lli I lllI! I ll !!illIil lliI1 l ll!l 1 ll illll lll il
and happiest Christmas ever!
And may we add a word .
of thanks for your mu ch ..
appreciated patronage during
the year.

LeHardy Pharmacy 1
Phone 5 Port St. Joe


For your patronage and
friendly good will please, ac-

cept our sincere thanks and

best wishes for Christmas and
the New Year,

COOPER'S
RAIIA IR ? nc4U"


9:45 a. m.-Sunday School.
11:00 a. m.-Morning worship.
7:00 p. m.-B. T. .U.
8:00 p. m. Evening worship.

METHODIST CHURCH
Rev. 0. D. Langston, Pastor
9:45 a. m.-Church school.
11:00 a. m.-Morning worship.
6:30-Youth Fellowship.
7:30-Evening worship.
The Woman's society meets
Monday at 3 p. m.
First Tuesday after first Sunday,
official board meeting.
Wednesday, 7:30 p. m., prayer
and Bible study. Choir practice.


COMING SOON
TO THE PORT THEATRE
C S S *** *9000 6040
Pictures for Your "MUST" List
"Who Done It?" with Abbott
and Costello. December 27-28.
"Blondie for Victory." Decem-
ber 29.
Return engagement of "Jesse
James," plus "The Return of
Frank James." December 30.
"Apache Trail." December 31.
"Seven Sweethearts." January 1.

FAREWELL PARTY
FOR KENNETH CREECH
A farewell party was given last
Friday night by. Mr. and Mrs. Gus
B. Creech for Kenneth Creech,
who left Sunday to join the C. B.'s.
A number of friends of the hon-
oree shared with him an evening
if entertainment at the Creech
home and then all adjourned: to
the..Coast Guard dance at the Cen-
tennial building.
.Mr. Creech received farewell
gifts of items suitable for a navy
man.

EXECUTIVE BOARD TO MEET,
The executive board of the Port
St. Joe Woman's club will meet
Tuesday. December 29, at the home
of Mrs. T. V. Morris. Mrs. Morris
will be assisted in entertaining by
Mrs. L. C. Rester.. Regular meet-
ng of the club will be on Wednes-
day, January 6, 1943, at the club
rooms in the Centennial building.

Harold Smith. who is employed
in New York, arrived in this city
Saturday to spend the holidays
with his mother, Mrs. M. B. Smith.

Betty Jo Temple is home from
school to spend the holiday vaca-
tion with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. L. Temple.
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only as directed.


Christmas Happiness to You




We are grateful to you for your

friendship and for your patronage

be. during the past year. To each and

all of you, we wish the fulfilment

of that great longing of the human

heart-peace and good will.'Good

luck, and a Morry Christmas.


* PRINCESS BEAUTY SHOPPE


The departments of education
and fine arts of the Port St. Joe
Woman's club this week announced
the winners of the recent poetry
contest conducted by the club as
follows: "Old Glory Is Waving
Above Us," by Jewel McMullen,
first prize; "Fight! Fight! Fight!"
by Jewel Faircloth, second prize.
Both girls are in the ninth grade.
As there were no contestants in
the senior high school, a runner-
up prize was also awarded. Prizes
were War Stamps to the. value of
one dollar.
Col. R. Don McLeod of Apalachr-
cola juftged the entries, and he
stated that there was not a great
deal of room for choice in making
the selections, and he complih-
mented highly the interesting en-
tries submitted.
Winners in the Washington high
school (colored) were Bomore
Thomas' "Americanism," first, ano
Marjorie Jones' "Gallant Sons of
Freedom;" second.
The chairmen of the two de-
partments of the Woman's club
desire to thank those who co-
operated in the contest, and. add
their congratulations to the win-
ners.
The winning poems are printed
below. The two entries from Wash-
ington high will appear in a later
issue.
OLD GLORY IS WAVING ABOVE
By Jewel McMullen
High in the sky U. S. planes are
flying
For freedom of country we love.
On the battlefield the soldiers are
dying
And Old Glory is waving above.
We're buying bonds and stamps
To destroy tnile .IlapauLesie t lrail
We're building tanks and 'guns
To sink the Rising Sun's,
And 01b1 Gloryi is waving above.
The Star Spangled Banner is wav-
ing high;
The planes are. in the sky.
Listen to tne cannons roar!
We knew the boys would make
the score
While Old Glory. waves above.
God will watch over his own,
And what a happy day 'twill be
When the boys come marching
home.
Th.ere'll be freedom on land and
sea.
And Old "Glory will be waving
above.

FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!
By Jewel Faircloth
When this cruel tar is over
And the victory we have won,
Then Old Glory will be planted
On every land. beneath the sun.
For the precious right of freedom
We will fight! Fight! FigAt!
Then our prayers will all be an-
swered,
And the boys will all come home;
We will have the right to say:
"Old Glory is our own."
Then to keep her forever waving
We must fight! Fight! Fight!


KIWANIS AND PILOT ULUBS
ARE SPONSORING. DANCE
The Port St. Joe Kiwanis and
Pilot clubs are sponsoring a dance
on the night of Saturday, January
2, at the Centennial auditorium
for the army emergency relief
fund.
Muisc for the affair, which is in
the nature of a New Year's dance,
will be furnished by the Tyndall
I 'ield orchestra which played here
last week and won the plaudits of
i ll1 ho heard them.
Admission will be $1 for ser-
vicemen and $1.50 for civilians.
Tickets are now on sale and may
,be obtained from member of the
Stw.o. sponsoring 'clubs.


A MARTIN THEATRE
BEN RIVERS, Manager
Opens Daily 2:45, Continuously
Saturday 1:00 Sunday 1:00


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PENNY
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"Perils of Nyoka"


WEDNESDAY, DEC. 30


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FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 1943


Mrs. Larue Horn and daughter, "SEVEN
Honorine Larue, of Dothan, Ala.,
spent the week-end here with the SW EETHEARTS"
former's daughter and son-in-law,
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BAPTIST CHURCH SERVICES WINNERS ANNOUNCED
R. F. Hallford, Pastor I IN POETRY CONTEST


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CHRISTMAV'DAY, 1942


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MAGISTRATES TO GET FLAT the litsing of 32 separate fees for
FEE OF $4 FOR EACH CASE each case and save book work.
A recent ruling of the state au- r *'
editing department permits magis- There :are approximately 2500
trates to charge a flat fee of $4 manufacturers of tailored men's
per case. This will do away with and boys' clothing In the U. S.


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. the. a& ademic year. If th,e. regis-
trant fails to fulfill any one or D
these requirements he shall be in- for
ducted in the usual manner.
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T ODAY, we celebrate again the ageless
and priceless spirit of Christmas. Not
Christmas "as usual," but a day that
brings now, more than ever, a keener appre-
ciation of its real significance of gen-
erosity and good-will and the hope of peace.

Part of our duty at home is to keep those in-
stitutions and ideals alive which are the foun-
dation of our way of life to be an
inspiration for those who are far from home
fighting on foreign shores. And today, we
have more reason than ever to observe
Christmas with a new awareness of its im-
portance as a spirit which makes life worth
living this day and every
.day. We hope that those of your family now
in the service of our country were fortunate
enough to be able to return home for Christ-
mas, and if not whoever they are,
wherever they are the hearts ot
every American are with them.

So let good fellowship run high, and let the
holly and the mistletoe permanently bind our
hearts, to hold the spirit of Clristmas thrun-
out this and ,every year.

And here's a friendly greeting from our house
to yours and our sincere best wishes
for a Merry Christmas!


Daniey Furniture Co.


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Hon. W. S. Smith, prior to the date. that they woula
'Editor The Star. enter the last half of their ac-
Dear Friend-Your kind editorial ademic school year cannot have
suggestion has just come 'to my
attention wherein you mentioned their induction postponed for the
that the Apilachicola air field purpose of completing their school
might be. named -"Gray Field" in .year. but must be inducted as or-
memory of my nephew, Captain dered.
Joe Henry Gray Jr., who was killed
in action over occupied France
last October. I appreciate, this Not everybody with a dollar
'very, much. and I think it would be to spare can shoot a gun
an entirely appropriate thing to straight-but everybody can
do since my: nephew's uncle was shoot straight to the bank and
principal of the Apalachicola high buy War Bonds. Buy your
school at on.e time and his aunt 10% every pay day.
was born and reared, in Aapalchi-
cola.
-Your suggestion may develop FOR -
into official action and you may
be sure that the family will all
appreciate it very much. Auto Insurance
:Oordially yours, CALL L
R A. GRAY, BUCK ALEXANDER
Secretary of State. I
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INDUCTION OF, SOME
HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS
'CAN BE POSTPONED
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of instruction 'at a high school or
similar institution of learning. -- -
(3) If he is pursuing such course
of instruction in the last half of f TMAS GRETINGS
the academic year at such school. ,. CrIM. ,T i
If the registrant fulfills all three
of these requirements, the local
board shall postpone the induction
of thle regjstraWtf until the end of
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A TTEN TI N loyal friends who ae fav,
You Can Still .' during the past year.
BUILD It may have been throui
REPAIR it may have been through a
REROOF menjation: on your part..
INSULATE you have favored us, we, aro
Youq Home .N It-is our sincere and arc
Up. to 200 you may. receive the full
ON 'ESY LOANS Yuletide season.
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We Do Millwork and Build Boats POPULAR BRANDS
St. Joe Lumber Co. CIGARETTES
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1 Pound' 1 c
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SI. JANE PARKER
DONUTS

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LETTUCE Large Head
RED GRAPES Per Pound
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U. S. NO. 1 POTATOES 10

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Xmas Day Until 8:"


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Reid Ave. and Third St.


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endent upon our many
ored us in many ways

Igh your patronage .
kindly word of recom-
b ut in whatever way
e grateful.
lent wish that each of
blessings of a joyois


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