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frfMAKE EVERY PAY DAY SWAR JL ..AtBOND DAY STOP SP Mf S-SAVE DOUARS THE STAR The Ho~me Niewsmuer ofNortwes Fiwi. 1a.l, .t Fnf.,. L..-lw..l ironca.. Buy War Bonds Every Pay Day * Let's Double Our Quota ' JOE, GUF OiTY F LO iA '-l^ -t------ '-'l -----------l -l--- -l- - VOLUME VI PORT ST. JOE, GULF COUNTY, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1943 NUMBER 2? Government Will Ration Buying Is Not Pay to Dredge HERE'S YOUR RATION TABLE Gulf County Canal * This table shows the ration point values for processed foods E effective M onda in nonular-size containers and hv tlhep nnnd: .Army Engineers Say Facilities ar Available If County Will Stand Cost While some barges are still able to navigate 'through the Gulf county canal which connects Port St. Joe 'with the intra-coastal waterway sand' is continually working intc the 'big ditch, and unless dredging is started in the very near future it won't be long until only shallow draft boats and barges will be able to use the waterway. Efforts have been made to have the federal government take on the dredging job, and also to take over the canal as a part of the intra-coastal waterway, taking up the $200,000 bond Issue. voted by the people of the county for its construction. But U. S. Army en- gineers say that the government has no authority to olpendi funds on county-owned waterways, and the measure before congress to have the government take over the canal is still hanging fire. Our entire congressional delega- tion, consisting of Senators,. Pep- per and. Andrews and Representa- tive Sikes, has been exerting pres- surei to have the government take over the canal, pointing out that oil barges 'bringing petroleum pro- ducts to the St. Joe-Chattanooga pipeline tmlnpits ere .are heeing forced, to leave the Inland water- way at a point west of this city and go a considerable distance off shore, out of range of the Tyndall Field. aerial' gunnery area, in or- der to deliver their cargoes. The congressional delegation is also pressing for immediate aid on the ground that the transportation problem in this section is acute at the present time due to the fact that the Apalachicola Northern railroad draw span across the Ap- alachicola river has, been damaged, cutting off all .rail transportation for an indefinite period, making it extremely difficult for the St. Joe Paper company to secure pulp wood for its operation. MRS. WALTER TODD IS TAKEN BY DEATH Mrs. Walter Todd passed away at her home in Highland View last Saturady morning after a prolonged! illness'. She had re- turned' to her home Tuesday from a Thomasville hospital, where she had been receiving treatment for two weeks. Mrs. Todd is survived by her husband; one son, Staff Sergeant Clyde Yancey of Fort Benning, Ga., her mother, Mrs. Ne'llie Grlt- fith of Detroit, Mich.; a slistel, Mrs. 0. E. Jennings of Welch, W. Va., and one brother, Julian Grif- fith of Detroit. ,ast 'rites were held in Talla- "liassee Monday afternoon with in- terment in the Oakland cemetery. Pall bearers' were John Todd, Ben FRUITS AND FRUIT JUICES - Canned and Bottled- Apples (including crabapples) ............ 19 to 22 oz. 10 Applesauce 10 Apricots 16 Berries All varieties 14 Cehrries All varieties 14 Cranberries and Sauce 14 Salad and Cocktail Fruits 14 Grapefruit 10 Grapefruit Juice 10 Grape Juice 10 Peaches 14 Pears 14 Pineapple 16 Pineapple Juice 14 Other, Vegetables, Fruits, Juices 10 Dried and Dehydrated- Prunes 25 Raisins 25 All others 10 VEGETABLES AND VEGETABLE 19 to Canned and Bottled- 22 os. Asparagus 14 Beans, fresh Lima 16 Beans, green, wax 14 Beans, all canned or bottled dry ........ 10 Beets (including pickled) 10 Carrots'..... 14 -_ Corn 14 Peas 16 Sauerkraut 5 Spinach "14 Tomatoes 16 Tomato Catsup, Chili Sauce ................ 14 Tomato Juice 14 Other Tomato Products .................16 Other Vegetables and Vegetable Juices 14 Soups 10 28 to 32 oz. 15 15 24 21 21 21 21 15 15 15 21 21 24 21 15 38 58 38 58 15 23 JUICES 28 to 45 to 32 oz. 48 oz. 21 32 24 37 21 32 15 23 15 23 .2t'.:.' 32 21 32 24 37 8 12 21 32 24 37 21 32 21 32 24 37 21 32 15 23 Baby foods, canned and bottled, all types and varieties ex- cept milk and cereals-4 to 5% ounces, inclusive, 1 point; ovet 5V/2 ounces and including 9 ounces, 2 points. Effort To Be Made to Uncover All TB Cases Examinations Will Be Made Here Miami Writer Leaves Thought Next Month By Mobile That People Here Are Eking X-Ray Unit Out Bare Existence The Gulf county health depart- An article appearing in the Mi- ment wants to uncover every ac- ami Herald, written by R. M. tive case of pulmonary tuberculo- sis in Gulf county, says Dr. Jason Miller, director. As one phase of this program, the mobile X-ray unit will be brought to the "county by the state board of health, be- ing in Wewahitchka on March 15, and in Port St. Joe on March 16. All persons are urged to be X-rayed, since early tuberculosis very seldom manifests symptoms discernible either to the layman or physician. Only an X-ray of the Williams, Tobie Todd, Watson lungs can detect the disease in the Smith, George Clemons and James early stages. Persons who have Hawkins. been around active cases of tn- berculosis should! let nothing pre- NOTICE vent their having an X-ray im- mediately. If your name appears in the Port Dr. Miller reports authorities theater ad you are entitled to a agree it is not necessary to X-ray free ticket by calling at The Star all children in the 5 though 14 age office. Read the ad now. eroup, because very few children Dr. J. C. Coe and P. A. Howell develop pulnionary tuberculosis at failed to call for their passes last this age. (Continued on Page 3) French Jr., which was sent to us by Aviation Cadet Paul K. John- son, would seem to give an er- roneous impression to readers who are not acquainted with Port St. Joe. While the writer has all of his facts straight, he points out that apparently the people here; were but eRing out a bare existence, un- til the city was made the terminus of the Southeastern Pipeline cor- poration's gasoline line supplying petroleum products to the eastern seaboard. We all know that this is not true, and that the pipeline is but one of several large industries located' here and that our people, were be- coming prosperous several years before the coming of the pipeline. Construction of the St. Joe Paper company mill is the reason for St. Joe's growth from a .mere "wide place in- the road" to a modern (Continued on Page 4) 1 Lieut. H. G. Hughes Jr., brother of Mrs. Rush Chitm of this city, who Is attending the Army Air Force Navigation School at Mon- roe, La. Popular Foodis Are Hit Hardest SBy Poinh stcm Average Citizen Isn't Particularly Bothered By 'Belt Tighten- ing' Program E .-----.. In spite of the fact that the new "point values" for canned goods fixed by OPA on 200 processed food items to bei rationed begin- ning'March 1, seem to be rather high, Mr. Average Citizen of Port St. Joe when contacted by the edi- tor of The Star didn't seem to be particularly bothered by the "belt tightening" program. A summinization of all remarks would be about this: "It seems to be necessary, and as a good Ameri- can citizen I'm for anything that will help to bring victory. Anyway, I'm getting tired of eating out of cans; maybe, my wife will learn how to cook now that she'll be practically forced to throw away, her can-opener." Looking at the ration table in the adjoining column, the severity of the rationing program is indi- cated in the point values on the 16 most popular canned foods in the, No. 2 and No. 21/-can sizes usually purchased by most house- wives in Port St. Joe. They are: Vegetables (No. 2 cans)--Peas, 16; corn, 14; tomatoes, 16; green beans, 14; asparagus, 14; spinach, 11. ,Fruits (No. 21/2 cans)-Peaches, 21; pears, 21; sliced' pineapple, 24; grapefruit (No. 2), 10; fruit cocktail (No. 1 tall), 11. Juices (46 ounces)-Tomato and pineapple juice, 32; grapefruit, 23; tomato (23 ounces), 17; grape juice (32 ounces), 15. ,Soup (101/2 ounces)-6 points. There is no fixed average on the number of cans of food that a per- son may buy, since the point values range, from 1 point for a 4-ounce tin of baby food to 78 points for a 4-pound package of dried prunes. Every man, woman and child I has 48 points to "spend" during (Continued on Page 4) s People To Get Less Than Half Of Usual Canned Goods Under Program Householders of Port St. Joe and vicinity are to be allowed less than half of the canned vegetables and fruits they have been in tlh habit of eating under the "point" rationing program starting neat Monday. The March allowance of 48 points provides, on an average, for only about three ordinary size cans per person for the monft. Registration is still continuing at the high school, and will con- tinue up until noon tomorrow. In- dications are that a number of In- dividuals will fail to get their ra- tion 'books, and: those who fall to do so, from various causes beyond their control, may secure them at the local war ration board office neat week. This week all families are living on the canned goods they' have, and next week, when sales are r& sumed, they will carry their new ration book with them when they go to the grocery store. 'Many a Port St. Joe housewife bas. ben thumbing her cookbook,,". ur- in search of new ways...f f6rebh-vegeTabTei;jafl - the. rule, rather than the excep- tion, for the duration. Everyone has 48 points to "spend"' in March, and 'families may pool! their points, just as they have been doing with the sugar and, coffee coupons. OnT~y the blue coupons are to be used now; the red ones will be used later for the rationing of meat. A, B and 0 blue coupons may ibe "spent" In March. The figures-1, 2, 5 or 8- are the point values. Thus two 8- point, or any other combination of stamps adding up to 16, will buy a 22-ounce can of peas. The ration for April will become useable on March 25 in conjunc- tion with any March stamps left, This one-week overlap will pro- (Continued on Page 3) THIRTEEN SELECTEES GO TO CAMP BLENDING Thirteen young Gulf county se- lectees left by bus last Friday morning for Camp Blanding to be Inducted into the armed forces. They were: William A. Childs Jr., Forrest A. Revell, J. R. Whitchard, Milaard J. Minchew, Charles B. Oliver, Lloyd'. L. Whitfield, George W. Parrish, James B. Jones, Braxton J. McMillen, Leroy Causey, Cecil J. Skinner, Lovelace M. Lunitord and Richard F. .Scheffer. --------*(------- SENSATIONAL MARCH OF TIME FILM COMING One of the most sensational "March of Time" films ever to be exhibited in Port St. Joe will be shown on the screen at the Port theater next Wednesday only. This picture, filmed on the Rus- sian front by 160 cameramen of whom 30 were killed taking the pictures, shows authentic scenes in the air, in the trenches and on the water. It is a picture everyone should iee. Article Gives Wrong Impression Of Port St. Joe weeK. CAu- TTN. THE STAR Published Every Friday at Port St. Joe, Fla., by The Star Publishing Company W. S. SMITH, Editor En-tered as Second-class matter, December 10, 1937, at the Postofice, Port St. Joe, Florida, undel- Act of .March 3, 1879. Subscription Invariably Payable in Advance One Year....... .$2.00 Six Months......$1.00 Three Months..........65c -.-< Telephone 51 3-i- The spoken word is given scatit attention; the printed word is thoughtfully weighed. The spoken word barely asserts; the printed . word thoroughly convinces. The spolven word Is lost; the printed word remains. Our Country Right or Wrong THIS 'POINT' BUSINESS Of course, we're just one small voice cry- ing in the wilderness, but in our humble opinion the government made a serious error in announcing the point values on canned goods and such so far in advance. The an- nouncement should have been delayed until tomorrow (February 27). Why? Well, for this reason:..A lot of peo- ple who had made up their minds to declare all of their canned goods over the five-cans- per-person. limit 'this week changed their minds when they discovered how, high point values were on various commodities. Conse- quently, where they,, might have declared-a surplus of perhaps ten or twelve cans in a family of say four persons, now they declare perhaps three cans, taking a chance that they will not be caught in the lie. We're not saying that a lot of people in Port St.. Joe are lying about their stock of canned- goods on hand, but we do understand nature to a certain extent. We have eIc -,ay, "Why, thh very ideal x-- pol~ys fu tor a can of peas-that's ridicu- lous! TVhy, that is only three cans per per- son per month,-- and it would take all the stamps allotted for March." They don't realize that these point values are based on the amounts of the various ar- ticles on hand, nor that the normal national consumption of canned foods has been cut from 30,000,000 cases per year to 13,000,000, due to the necessity of providing our. fighting forces and our allies with necessary food. What everyone should realize is that this rationing is necessary to insure a fair distri- bution of all our available supplies to all our people, and to assist in staving off the dis- astrous inflation that would have been bound to come if distribution had been left wine open and at the mercy of the hoarder and the speculator. What we hope for is that our government will take greater cognizance of the farm situ- ation, seeing that farmers get the necessary laborers and also get a price for their produce that is in line with the cost of other goods and materials. If this is not done, there will be less food on hand to ration in the future with a consequent raising of point values and perhaps a "starvation diet" for all of us on certain foodstuffs. We trust that all the good citizens of Port St. Joe have declared ALL of their store of canned goods over the per person limit, for that is the only thing that every loyal Ameri- can can do Without having a guilty conscience. LET'S PLANT A VICTORY GARDEN With our supply of canned vegetables now seriously curtailed by the new point ration- ing system, it behooves all of us to get busy and prepare a Victory garden to augment the family -larder. In doing so, we will be falling into line with plans of our government to boost food-growing by the addition of three million new Victory gardens this year over the fifteen million of last year. Governmental'agencies ioint out that such a garden is not any patch of- soil, but should be about thirty by fifty feet, properly fortil- ized, planted and worked. Most of us here in Port St. Joe have room for such a garden, but probably a lot of us will fall down on the jl when it c(mes to 'working the plot after it is planted. 1lo-wever, we shouldn't, for it is estimated that five or six hours a week-one ho.u a dlay--ill do it, and do it well.- Just think of the exercise we'd get in keeping up such a garden. But the best part of all would come when we began to reap the harvest. Sure, a lot of you people will say, "The little bit I'd raise wouldn't amount to muc;, and it'd cost me a darn sight more than if 1 bought my vegetabels at the store." Prob- ably it would cost you more to raise your vegetables than it would to buy 'em at the store, but there is going to be a scarcity ot fresh vegetables to a certain extent due to the fact that a lot of our farm labor is now work- ing in defense jobs at five times what they would make on the farm, which makes that many more mouths to feed for the few who stay on the farm. So, with the purchase of canned vegetables limited by point rationing and a probable scarcity of fresh vegetables, we'd all do well to start a Victory garden. We will have the money to buy the vegetables, but there won't be sufficient to buy. In our opinion, it's better to have a mess of fresh peas out of our own garden-raised by. the sweat of our brow (or our wife's ',I-;.)-that cost us one dollar than not to have any peas at all. Take this matter under serious considera- tion. You've nothing much to do with your spare time anyway. How about it? ..Let's go down to our seed dealer today and get a nice assortment of easy-to-raise vegetables and a sack of fertilizer and start that Victory gar- den this week-end. If we wait much longer the best growing season will be past. NO ABSENTEES IN FOX HOLES An ace of World War I,-a man of unques- tioned loyalty, a man who almost lost his life recently while performing a service for his country, a man who knows what war is all about from the pilot's seat Captain Eddie Rickenacker recently made the following - comments on the war production situation which, in our humble opinion, are right to the point: "There are no absentees in the fox holes,': he said. "This is a most destructive war. We need more planes, more tanks. Our pilots and our planes are the best in the world-but we need all we can get. "If you could understand what our boys are doing in those hell holes throughout the Pacific and the burning sands of Africa, in order that your way of life may be preserved and the character that has made this nation great may be carried on, you would not worry about eight hours a day or double time foi- Saturdays and holidays. "You should not worry about whether you are producing too much per man per day. No, you would be and should be grateful for the privilege of offering everything you know how. For none of us are doing so much that we cannot do more. This is a life-and-death struggle for the welfare of this nation. "You have no conception of what your fel- lowmen are going through. You on the home front are the force that will bring victory or defeat. I beg of you to put forth every ef- fort. God knows our boys needs it." To which your editor says "Amen." We know what the boys in the fox holes are go- ing through, for we, as well as many other ex-service men in Gulf county went through the same experience; but with ground straf- ing by high-speed planes, the boys of today are going through more hell than the boys of '17 and '18 went through. Instead of knocking your competitors these days, it's better to call them in and discuss how more trade can be brought into the city. Keep smiling-and buy War Bonds! h, GEORGE S. BENSON ^ 1^ S? I ,'req*.''int '"t ,-.*'. tb.'.'c-,-;- Pay as You Go Before this year is half gone, un- less all signs fail, the United States Government will be collecting taxes on 1943 incomes as they are earned. The President, the Treasury and leaders in both the House and the Senate favor some kind of pay-as- you-go -plan for income tax collec- tion. Specific provisions have not' been worked out. The law is still in the making. But features of sug- gested plans are much alike and are being discussed freely. The main idea in taking taxes out of current income is to collect rev- enue while the people have the mon- ey, which is sound. In the case of an employee, tax payments likely will be deducted directly from sal- ary checks and pay'envelopes, and the worker will never handle the money at all. Such a method might (but not likely) get started before March 15, when payments on 1942 income taxes will be due. What About 1942 Taxes? Fully three times as many people will be paying income tax this year as ever before. New taxpayers, as well as the old ones, already are wondering about 1942 taxes. They ask three main questions. (1) Will I be expected to pay last year's taxes at the same time I am paying this year's taxes? (2) Will we skip 1942 and, if so, will the government lose a year's revenue? (3) Will the 1942 taxes be suspended now and dropped on our necks right after the war when, most likely, we will be having a spell of hard times? Matter-of-fact statements of some plain facts will answer two of those questions: The average American who earned anything last year is not able" this year to pay taxes 'at cur- rent rates on two years of incorpe. Especially is this true of a typical farmer. His last year's earnings are gone, because he had operated at a loss for several previous years, and obligations that were hanging over took his 1942 profits. Two years' taxes in one year will not leave him a living. Postponement Is Worse Suspending the 1942 taxes tempo- rarily, and perhaps spreading them. out over several future years, is a sorry suggestion. If the taxpayer, especially the farmer, is not able to pay two years' taxes in 1943 when he is earning something, certainly he can't lift such a burden in a post- war depression. Farmers were hit harder than any other group of citi- zens after the last war and they have every reason to expect the same thing to happen after World , Waf II. Question No. 2, above, is double- barrelled. The answer to the first half of it Is "Yes." If the vast ma- jority of people can't pay 1942's in- come taxes this year, nor in several post-war years, we should skip 1942 - for them. It is th e only sensible thing to do because it can be prov.: abso- lutely that skipping 1942 will not cost the government one penny in rev- enue. Let me start the proof with a homespun illustration: 1942 Is Only a- Date My first experience with income taxes came in 1931. The rules ex- empted me that year but I, had a friend who paid a small amount. Old form 1040-A called it a tax on his 1930'income but !hat was really a misnomer. My friend, like nearly everybody else, had spent all he earned in 1930 and whatever tax he paid in 1931 came right out of his 1931 earnings. He knew it was his 1931 income that was "taxed" and that 1930 was nothing but a place to start figuring. . That plan is no longer suitable. Tax rolls are larger now, people earn more, rates are higher and ex- emptions are lower. Incomes are higher even than they were a year ago, and for that reason a pay-as- you-go plan will yield the Treasury more revenue -in 1943 than could be raised by the old system. Under a pay-as-you-go plan, taxes will be paid this year just as in previous years. We will not skip a year of paying. We will only discard 1942 as a basis of figuring. Every year since 1914 when Amer- icans started paying income taxes we have pretended to pay on earn- ings of the year before. Thus ev- ery taxpayer has stayed technically in debt to the government for a year or more of taxes. Millions of peo- ple never did pay the debt, of course. Every year a certain num- ber have died or suffered from ill- ness or drouth or fires. These have quit earning incomes and failed to pay tax on the previous year. Now, to Catch Up A good pay-as-you-go plan will save the government these paper losses and lift a technical debt from the taxpayers. This is important because after the war all taxpayers and especially farmers have a de- pression to face. Depressions are calamities, like fires and sickness and drouth. They mean years when (under the present plan) we would be asked to pay taxes on a by-gone year of good income and have little or nothing to pay with. Some types of workers might es- cape back taxes if they had no mon- ey but a farmer can't escape. He has land that can be levied upon. It was wisdom that led the National Grange and the American Farm Bu- reau Federation both to go on rec- ord recently in favor of pay-as-you- go income taxes. __ ---- - Overheard At the Kiwanis Club Editor Bill: "What do you do with your old razor blades?" Doc Norton: "Well, for the last six months I've been shaving with them." -r The Star is like a letter from home to your man in the service. Send it to him for only $1 a year. THE STAR, PORT ST. JOE, GULF COUNTY, FLORIDA FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1943 PAGE "TW FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1943 THE STAR, PORT ST. JOE, GULF COUNTY, FLORIDA ~AGE THREE DR. C.. REICHERTER REGISTERED OPTOMETRIST EYES EXAMINED-GLASSES FITTED Ritz Theatre Building First Floor PANAMA CITY, FLA SHOES RATIONED But Shoes Repairs Aren't It will pay you to check over your old shoes and bring those to us that can still be repaired. The LEADER SHOE SHOP ROOM AND BOARD BY THE $. O0 WEEK PV 0 Dining Room. Open to the Public Club Breakfast, 6 to 9....2-6C Lunch, 12 to 2...........40c Dinner, 6 to 8 ...........40c MRS. M. 0. FREEMAN Coiner Reki Ave. and 3rd St. Griffin Grocery Building THRIFTY ONE-A-DAY Vitamin A and D Tablets ACH tablet contains 25% more than minimum 'daily require- ...--ments of these two essential Vi- tamins. Insufficient Vitamin A may cause night blindness, may lessen resistance to infection of the nose, throat, eyes, ears and sinuses. Vitamin D is necessary to enable the body to make use of the calcium and phosphorus in our food. Insure your minimum requirements of these two important Vitamins, by taking a ONE-A-DAY Vitamin A and D Tablet every day. Economical-500 or less per month. Convenient-you take only ozn tablet a day. Pleasant-children actually like -the taste-and so will you. IMPORTANT-when buying Vita- mins, compare potencies and prices. Get them at your drug store. r A bore is a man who takes an hour to drill a simple idea into your head. Weasted rmone"y is wast-d r :., lives. Don't wa's. prcc;:us lives. Every dear you can spare should be used to buy SWar Bonds. Buy your ten percent every pay day. FOR - FE INSURANCE, SEE BUCK ALEXANDER PHONE 101 Costin Building DR. J C. --DENTIST-- Office Hours: 9 to 12 1 to 5 Sunday By Appointment Costin Building Phone 8S I".-, * GOOD HEALTH Health is a priceless possession. Protect it always by consulting your physician and dentist regularly. You may avoid unnecessary discomfort and expense by visiting your physician before you be- come ill, and your dentist before you have a toothache. Our registered phar- macists will compound your prescrip- tions with extreme care and accuracy. We use Merck Prescription Chemicals LeHardy Pharmacy Phone 5 Port St. Joe RATION BUYING IS EFFECTIVE MONDAY (Continued From Page 1) .it pe;p!e fr-om being stuck with7 a number of small Voint sta-mps th ean't buy. anything. ('h table of point values wilt be posted in all grocery stores, and the point valitr?- will bh marked on each can or shelf in i.- s'ori. The table covers all canned fruits a n d vegetables, S-lcd fruit. canned soup and baby food. There will also be the point values of dried beans, peas and lentils, which were frozen without warning Saturday night, but which did not have to be declared when applying for the new ration books. In glancing over th'e list, about the only thing "cheap" in points is canned sauerkraut, but a can- vass af local stores reveals that there is little, if any, on the mar- ket. However, for those who like their sauerkraut, the bulk variety is not rationed. Canned beans are next lowest in point value, ranking along with canned soups. This. "point buying" will be a new experience for all of us, but a little study of the values before making purchases should enable all of us to have a sufficient va- riety of canned foods to satisfy our wants. CADET PAUL JOHNSON IS TRANSFERRED TO MIAMI The editor is in receipt of the following: letter from Aviation Ca- det Paul K. Johnson, who has been transferred to the Army Air Force basic training center at Mi- ami Beach: -Dear Mr.. Smith-I was going to write you sooner, but I haven't had time up until now.s- They, keep us v'cry busy all day- long here. We came dowi here on the first of this month for our basic train- ing before we become aviation ca- dets. 'Wh-eh' I'enlisted .in the Army Air Force, I was an aviation cadet. but while I am here I am called an aviation cadet candidate A/C/C. When we leave here after getting our basic training we think we will g6 to a classification center, to be classified as pilot, navigator or -bombardier. Robert Wilson, wwho worked at. the, St. Joe Lumber and Export company's office, is here and is inf the same flight I am in. We-se&e each other every day. I am enclosing an article about our fair city I found, in the Miami Herald. Sincerely yours, PAUL K. JOHNSON. The article referred to by Cadet T-,hnson is reprinted elsewhere in this issue with appropriate re- marks and corrections. LEGAL FORMS---Warranty Deeds, * Mortgage Notes, Rent or Lease Contracts, Promissory Notes, and Purchaser Agreements.. We carry a stock of these blank forms at all times. The Star, Phone 51. Invest A Dime Out of Every Dollar in ,B .-o s --^^ SWsrIid E IllI lIlllIll] lli!i I!^li il II li i!!! li II!iiilli! iII1 << SOCIETY illl!ilil!'lll il!lill!liiilifillllmii lllli t[lliniiiii!illlill DR. MlILLER TO SPEAK AT MEETING OF WOMAN'S CLUB l-r. .T-zon a Miller, director of the ranliii:-Gilf county health de- p-rtmuent, is scheduled., as guest speaker at the March mneeting- of the Port Sr. .oe Woman's club to be held in the club rooms a.t the Cencinouial building next We-dnes- day afternoon. Dr. Miller will talk on the mobile X-ray unit coming here soon, tuberculosis and health matters pertaining to this area. The regular current events quiz will be conducted by Mrs. E. Clay Lewis Jr., and Mrs. Robert Tap- per will talk on "Welfare Condi- tions In Gulf Co.unty." As the mu- sical part of the program, Mrs. Edwin Ramsey will present a num- ber of violin selections. ROTARY CLUB SUBSCRIBES FUND FOR HOSPITAL ROOM 1/ At the regular meeting of the Port St. Joe Rotary club held at the Port Inn Thursday noon of last week, members of the organiza- tion .subscribed sufficient funds to provide for the equipping of one room of the new hospital. The club has in the past spon-- sored a number of useful projects, one of which is the Boy Scout work here, and the meeting was given'over to a discussion of these projects toy the coming year. Mrs. -Monica Contier Bending, a nurse with the armed forces at Pearl Harbor, appeared before the club yesterday noon, telling of he'" experiences "during the bombing and afterward' before returning to the States. .. . EASTERN STAR'CO"NFERS DEGREE TUESDAY NIGHT At, the regular meeting of Gulf Chapter 191,. Order of Easterr Star held 'Tuesday night in the Masonic hall, the degree of the or- der was conferred upon Mrs. J. A. Christmas -in a most impressi-ve ceremony. .. Following the meeting, refresh- ments were served to .the twenty- five members .and' visitors present an.d congratulations were extended, to the new member. APPEAL MADE FOR BOOKS FOR MEN IN THE SERVICE Mrs. Sam .Britt of Wewahitchka, in charge of the Victory Book Campaign in Gulf county, was in Port St. Joe yesterday and stated that Mrs. R. A. Costin will be in charge of the drive in this area. Anyone having books to give for the use of our men in, the armed services are asked to leave them at the home of Mrs. Costin. Those who have -books to give are asked to select books you en- joy reading, as that- is the kind that the men in the service will also enjoy reading. BAPTIST CHURCH SERVICES R. F. Hallford, Pastor 9:45 a. m.-Sunday School. 11:00 a. m.-Morning worship. Topic: "Spiritual Addition." 7:00 p. m.-B. T. U. 8:00 p. m.-Evening worship Sermon topic: "The Sin of Try;ing 'o Be Good." 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 -.ITondays at 3 p. nm. First Tuesday after first Sunday, official board meeting. Wednesday, 7:30 p. m., prayer and Bible study. Choir practice. EPISCOPAL CHURCH Services every Sunday evening . it 7:30 o'clock. Send The Star to your man in the service-only $1 for a year. I PORT A Martin Theatre '--" Port St. Joe, Fla. THEATRE OPENS SATURDAY SUNDAYS AT 1:00 P. M., CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE DAILY AT 2:45 P. M. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3 WAR on the RANGE DICK POWELL and -r ,PRISCILLA LANE with SFRED WARING AND HIS S". PENNSYLVANIANS in / VARS ITY ISSUE EVER RELEASED! STN D" U, Z NIG H T Mrs. Philip Lovett STaIUN iJ O Mrs.* Philip L-ovett SUNDAY MONDAY * February 28 M~arch 1 NEWS NO. 46 Mrs. A. M. Jones TUESDAY, MARCH 2 pmM~l THURSDAY and FRIDAY March 4 and 5 author of "THE THIN MAN' DASHIELL HAMMETT'S t THE GLASS-KEY" SBRADONLEVY VERONICA LAKE .- ALAN LADD NEWS NO. 47 and HEADLINER SHORT Advertising doesn't cost-it PAYS! ONE.-i -DKYOrweBsgo's,, EFFORT TO BE MADE TO UNCOVER ALL TB CASES (Continued; From Page 1) It is suggested tiat particular effort be made to have all foo handlers and domestic help X- ' rayed, since the. nature of their work makes it possible for tIhel to spread the disease very easily. Through special arra.gemnos. . all school teachers and other school personnel will be X-raye:, as will the seniors in bhgh school; at Port St. Joe and Wewaliitch,,a. The latter group has been in- eluded as part of the war effort to make future soldiers, sailor and laborers, fit to fight and wor;.- Dr. Miller says it is important to the community to. find! activ-e cases of tuberculosis an.d place them under treatment immediately. 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JOE, GULF COUNTY, FLORIDA PAGE THREE '4- '1 ;4 L5 :, ;1 -4 PU SHOPPING TIPS ON POINT RATIONING Use your 8-point and 5-poin stamps first, whenever you can. When you buy foods that take a lot of points, or several different rationed items at the same time, us the high point stamps first. Don't use. more stamps than you need to make up the amount. For example, for a 16-point purchase use two 8-point stamps, not three 6's and a 1. Save your low point stamps for low point foods you may want to buy later in the month. Remem- ber-Your grocer won't be able to give you change for stamps. Shop early in the day-shop early in the week. Shopping will take longer 'because you will have to plan and figure your shopping in money and points. It will take your grocer longer to add up your bill because he must figure how much you owe him in money and In points. You will save time for yourself and your grocer if you shop early in the day and early in the week when stores, are not so crowded- and if you shop for several days at one time. . You can't get credit on stamps, so take your stamp book with you when shopping. You must give the grocer stamps with each purchase of point-rationed foods, even when you buy on a charge account. You must give the delivery boy the right amount of stamps when you have food delivered. You are not allowed to use loose stamps. They must be torn out of your book ind the presence of the grocer or delivery boy. -4' SHARIT CONTINUES AS MAYOR OF CITY At the special meeting of the board of city commit sioners held last Friday evening at the city . hall fori the purpose of swearing - in the newly-elected commissioner, C. J. Sullivan, select a mayor and appoint s city employees, J. L. Sharit was re-elected as mayor and all present city employees were retained. A smile creates happiness in the home, fosters good will in business and is the countersign of friends. CLASSIFIED ADS 0-- -- REAL ESTATE FOR SAL.E FOR SALE-Residence on 16th St. Six rooms and bath. Contact George L. Snowden, phone 31. 2* efiOICE CITY LOTS for sale in Bay Ridge Subdivision at less -than half original value-$90 to. $125 cash for quick sale. Buy now for future building or investment at low cost. iSee Dr. L. H. Bartee at home. 2-12 26 FOR RENT FOR RENT-5'-room and 3-room houses, both with 'bath and screen, porch. See Karl Knodel, Oak Grove. 3-5* ESTRAY NOTICE CAME TO MY PLACE, large black hog, marked smooth top and un- der square. Owner can have same by paying for feed and cost of this ad. J. N. Walker. 2-19 3-12* LEGAL ADVERTISING ARTICLE GIVES WRONG IMPRESSION OF ST. JOE t (Continued from Page 1) little city of 3200 popualtion. No mention is, made of the Si. t Joe Lumber and Export company, ated by the Southern Lumber- man's Yournal as one of the larg- :st sawmills in the South. But read the article for yourself. It follows: "What probably was Florida's first "resort" city, Port St. Joe, on the northwest Gulf coast, has visions of again becoming a pros- . perous community. "Site of the first constitutional convention to meet in the state in 1838, this community has one of the most colorful histories of any in the state. "When the constitutional con- veintion was held. in Port St. Joe, then known as St. Joseph, the city had the state's only steam rail- road, a bank, a newspaper, and .vas the. leading cotton export city in Florida, with annual shipments running to 35,000 bales. The rail- road! ran some 30 miles to lola, on the Apalachicola river, but no longer found on a Florida map. A road stretched northward into Georgia, which was filled with car- riages bringing vacationers to the coastal city, where the state's only race track was to be found. "Port St. Joe was a mighty busy place in those days, with its 25 shops and business houses, liquor, ship chandlery and clothing stores humming with activity.- Gambling was very much in evidence, with Alabamians and Georgians travel- ing many files to bet their money on the spin of a wheel or the turn of a card- at the seaport's casinos. "The city was hit during its peak by a disastrous yellow fevir epidemic, which, followed by a 'hue- ricane, left but a few hardy souls to ke4 p the town alive . "Port St. Joe's recovery has been slow; with fishing, and in more recent years a paper -mill, the principal industries. "Then came the -war and Axis submarines to sink Allied ship- ping and bring about an -oil and gasoline, shortage in the nation. Port St. Joe was chosen as the western terminus for the trans- Florida pipeline (Editor's note: IL is not trans-Florida; the line runs to Chattanooga, Tenn.), which runs, across, the state to. Jackson- ville, and which is expected to play an important part in easing the fuel requirements of the eastern seaboard. "Once again Port St. Joe's har- bor is busy. Barges bring oil to be pumped across' the state to Jack- sonville, where other barges will take it northward in inland water- ways, safe fr.m preying subs. "Once again shops are filled and the community :trTves to meet the 0 demands of the coast guard, which also is busy in that area. "And what about the race track? 'We.ll, you never can 'tell,' rest- dents reply. 'We might even have one of those again if things keep .T on going as they are today'." POPULAR FOODS ARE HIT HARDEST BY POINT SYSTEM (Continued from Page 1) March, and how they spend them is entirely their own business. For IN THE CIRCUIT COURT, GULF most of us it will probably take COUNTY, FLORIDA. In Chancery. these, first 48 points to learn to vs. use their purchasing power wisely WYLIE McINNIS, Defendant. and' well, but after we get the THE STATE OF FLORIDA: hang of it we, should be able to To: Wylie McInnis, Pascagoula, satisfy our wants without an. Mississippi. You are hereby ordered to ap- trouble. pear on the 1st day of March, 1943, We can and will take this nen before 'the above styled' court to system of distribution in our stride the bill of complaint for divorce for it is designed to distribute the I filed against you in the above en- for it is designed to distribute tle titled cause, available supply of goods over u Witness my hand and official specified period of time. seal at Wewahi-tchka, Gulf County, The point values are. based on Florida, this 4th day of February, 1943. consideration of the fact that lots (Court Seal) J. R. HUNTER, of people do not buiy canned goods Clerk Circuit Court, Gulf and will not use their coupons. If County, Florida E. CLAY LEWIS. JR., 2-5 26 everybody used their coupons the Attorney for Plaintiff. point values would be considerably higher than they are, and if every- seriously damaged the Apalachi- body uses their coupons in March, cola Railroad company's bridge the values in Apnil and May will across the Apalachicola river, on have to be boosted. So here's a i's return trip Wednesday, this warning to those people who buy time empty, again collided, with very little canned goods-do not the bridge on the opposite side. "loan"' your book to others, for it No damage resulted. you do, when you do want to buy And while passing through the canned articles the point value canal at White City this same probably will be considerably barge struck the floating bridge, higher due to the scarcity brought likewise with no serious damage. on 'by those buying with "loaned" books. If you haven't been in the habit of buying canned foods, don't start now just because you have the coupons. Save them until you actually need them. Housewives are urged to use their home-canend foods as mucn as possible, for every time a can of home-packed fruit or vegetables Is opened, that much more help is given to relieve the food shortage. 41- SAME BARGE AGAIN HITS A. N. RAILROAD BRIDGE The same barge that recently PORT Theatre WEDNESDAY, March 3 DON'T FAIL TO SEE ISSUE NO. 6 M 1 It's It's.I POR WEDN of the larch of 'ime Authentic! DYNAMIC!! ITTheatre ESDAY, March 3 Advertising doesn't cost-It PAYS! FOR - Auto Insurance CALL BUCK ALEXANDER PHONE 101 Costin Building lilllliftllll IIlll fillllll ;ll lllllltil liU t11llllI1ill!llllllllllllll ATTENTION You Can Still . BUILD - REPAIR REROOF PAINT INSULATE Your Home Up to $200 ON EASY LOANS - See Us For Estimate - We Do Millwork and Build Boats St. Joe Lumber Co. PHONE 69-J IIIIIIIIIIIIl l lIIII lli n l i m lllllllllllHIIII llll l The Undersigned Business Concerns of Port St. Joe Have Agreed to Close Wednesdays At 12 Noon for the Duration Starting March 3 QUALITY GROCERY DANLEY FURNITURE A & P FOOD STORE COMPANY BARRIER'S 5 & STORE ST. JOE FURNITURE CO. ST JOE HARDWARE CHAVERS FOWHAND ST. JOE HARDWARE FURNITURE CO. McCOY'S GROCERY and GIOCETERIA ZIM'S MEN'S WEAR GRIFFIN GROCERY COSTIN'S DEPT. STORE JEAN'S BEAUTY SHOP LILIUS JEWELRY CO. PRINCESS Beauty Shop I LEADER SHOE SHOP WILKS JEWELRY CO. -------- -- rr- '~ - am ma _- - op-opyrighted Material ' Syncated Content Available fromnCommercial News Providers" * - --w - ,.JIM .. = PAGE FOUR THE STAR, PORT ST. JOE, GULF COUNTY, FLORIDA FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 26, 1943 |