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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: April 30, 1943
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 )
 Notes
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, FLORtDA, FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1943 NUMBER 30


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There is a definite trend in this
legislature to cut non-essential ex-
penditures and discontinue serv-
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To Hold Hearing

On County Canal


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William Coody, brother of Miss
Myrtice Coody of .Port St. Joe,
who is with the armed forces in
North Africa, recently was pro.
moted to the rank of technical
sergeant. Will he be surprised,
when he gets this copy of The
Star and finds his mug in it!
A
Star Goes to Another Serviceman
S.gt. A. L. Williams, presumably,
in North Africa, since his mail is
sent "Care of Postmaster, New
York," writes that he would like
to have The. Star come to 'him.
Anid obligingly, Bo'b ,Shaw kicked
in the necessary dollar bill so that
the sergeant could get all the home
news. .Sgt. Williams was an em-
ploye of the. St. Joe Paper com-
pany before joining the army.

Three Are Transferred
Cadet Carl Soderberg, who has.
been attending the presflight in-
(,Continued on page 5)

ST. JOE BANK AWARDED
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT

H. A. Barke, cashier of the Flor-
ida Bank at- Port St. Joe, this


week has been proudly displaying
Rivers and Harbors Committee To a "Certificate of Merit" awarded
Rivers and Harbors Committee To h bn b th U. S T
Consider Measure To Take Overthe bank by the U. S. Treasury
er ay r Go e e Department in recognition of hte
Waterway For Government
outstanding service which the
According to word from Wash- bank has rendered in behalf of the
ington this week, Representative War Savings program.
Mansfield of Texas, chairman of "It doesn't really 'belong to tie
the house rivers, and harlbors corn- bank," said Mr. Barke, "but to all
mittee, has agreed to hold a hear- the people of this section who
ing May 5 on a bill which would have aided' in fulfilling our part
.authorize the acquisition, improve- of the, war effort. This was the
meant and maintenance of the Gulf only way the treasury department
county canal by the federal gov- had of showing its appreciation,
ernment, making it part of the and I know the people here ap-
government-ownedi and maintained preciate this honor as much as we
intracoastal waterway. in the 'bank do."
The people of Gulf county voted (
$200,000 in bonds for construction OWNERS MUST HtAVE
of the fiyg-eTmile waterway with the DOGS INOCULATED
undepstanding that upon its com- All dog owners in Port St. Joe
-pitlffon the government would take must' have their dogs inoculated
it off their hands for rabies and secure a dog license
The bill proposes that the gov- between May 3 and May 7, ac-
ernment acquire the canal and its cording too Chief of Police M. 0.
right-of-way at a cost not to ex- Freeman, who will be at the city
ceed $200,000. hall from 3 to 5 p. m. from May
3 to 7 for the purpose of inocu-
THEATRES RAISE $15,000 lating dogs and issuing licenses.
Manager Ben Rivers of the Port All dogs found on the streets of
theatre reports that the Martin the city after May 7 without a 11I
chain of theatres raised $15,000 in cense tag will be taken up ana
the recently-conducted moving pic- disposed of according to city or-
ture theatres' Red Cross drive. dinance.


Junior Class Play Will Ask Special Legislative

ToBeThisEvening Bill for Election to Redistrict


Two
men of
were ta
Gulf Co
Legion,,
last, Frid
of elect
ensuing
Nichols
Port St.
Two i
World 'V
the post
of this c
of Wew


LOST AT SEA


Will Be An Uproarious Farce In
Three Acts, "Hobgob-
lin House"

The Ozark Mountains provide
tfre setting fora "Aobgoiblin House,"
an uproarious: i:L- in three acts,
to be presentedl3B the junior class
of Port St. Joe high school this
evening at 8:30 o'clock in the high
school auditorium. The play is
packed with laughs, murder, ex-
citement, love-interest and ghosts.
It is under the direction of Mrs.
Alton Dendy, assisted, by Amelia
Gibson and Florence Hall.
iThe story opens with Miss Pris-
cilla Carter taking, her two nieces
to a haunted house to spend the
summer, to get them away from
two attentive suitors, whom sh#,
believes to be fortune hunters.
Ghosts emerge out of thin air,
lunatics are on the loose, head-
less phantoms appear and hanging
heads scream.
The, cast of characters is as fol-
lows:
Darius Krupp, caretaker of Hofb-
goblin House ....:. Ralph Silvia
Miss Priscilla Carter, the pres-
ent owner .... Onnie LeHardy
Marian Carter, her niece, ......
............. Virginia Pridgeon
Jill Carter, Marian's younger
sister ........... Marian Pippin
Frank Harlow, Marian's, fiance
.................. Tomhmy Kelly
.Jack Lovin'g,-- J-if's fiance .......
.............. Carlton Philyaw
Susan Parkins, the "Henglish
housekeeper .. Carolyn Baggett
Henry Goober, the darkey gar-
dener ....... Robert Snodgrass
Delialh Worts, the darky cook
........... Willa Dean Lowery
Bluebeard Bronson, an escaped
maniac ........ Alfred Rhames
Bill Wilkins, his keeper .......
............... George Wimberly
The Headless Phantom, ? ? ? !
.......... . Florence Hall.
Don't miss this scintillating
comedy, filled with suspense and
laughs from beginning to end.

New Legionnaires

Join County Post

All Present Officers Re-elected to
Serve During Ensuing
Year


-a formal dedication of the Honor
newly'discharged service- Roll on Memorial Day, May 30, it
World War II (new crop) it is completed.
iken into membership in ]t is estimated that there are
iunty Post 116, American approximatelyy 700 men from this
at a special meeting held county now in the armed forces.
day night for the purpose The greater portion of. the names
ling post officers for the are available from the files of the
year. They were Perry A. local selective, service office, bmut
and M. Freeman, both of there are a great many who en-
Joe. listed and wh-se flames are not
new members, veterans of known. Anyone having a brother,
Var I, were also taken into husband, father or sweetheart whli
t, being A. J. Wakefield enlisted in any branch of the serv-
city and John R. Campbell ice is asked, to bring or phone the
ahitchka. name to The Star office or to T.


Measure Would Split Up County
According to Area and
Population

The Star in this issue carries
a notice of intention to apply for
special legislation in the present
session of the state legislature
for authorization to have the board
of county commissioners of Gulf
county to call and hold an election
for the purpose of redistricting
Gulf county according to area and
population as near as possible,
'The notice for redistricting Is
signed by Ben Dickens, Dr. J. R.
Norton, C. R. Mahon Jr., C. J. Sul-
livan and M. K. Hurlbut.
Ever since the St. Joe Paper
company mill was established in
Port St. Joe this section has had
more than two-thirds of the popu-
lation of the county, yet has had
but one representative on the
board' of county commissioners.
Other districts, Wetappo with
22 voters, Dalkeflh with 82 voters
and Overstreet with 115 voters,
each have a member on the board
of county commissioners, yet Port
St. Joe, with approximately, 1800
voters, has. only one representa-
tive on the )board. Wewahitchka,
with one member on the board,
has .about-400-voterS
As the, way things. stand at pres-
ent the northern end of the county
has a preponderance of power on
the board, of commissioners, yet
the greater part of the population
of the county is situated in the
vicinity of Port St. Joe.
By redistricting according to
population and area, this section
would be given a greater voice in
matters pertaining to county-wide
affairs, which would be no more
than just, since the greater portion
of the county's population resides
here.
The petition to redistrict Gulf
county according to area and popu-
lation will soon be circulated, and
it behooves. every resident of this
section to. sign it if we are to have
equal representation on our board
of county commissioners.

Rotarians Take

$10,000 In Bonds

One Pound of Coffee Brings $525
At Auction Held By Organi-
zation Saturday Night

Gulf county's War Bond quota
of $120,000 for the Second, War
Bondi Drive was swelled by $10,000
Saturday night when the Port St.
Joe Rotary club, at its ladies' night
meeting held at the Port Inn sub-
scribed that amount at an auction.
Five one-pound jars of coffee
and other items were placed on
the block andi sold to the highest


All present officers of the post M. Schneider, as the Legion does 'bidders, in bonds by Harry Mc-
were unanimously returned' to of- not want to ha-ve one, name that Knight, guest of the club, who
fice, as follows: T. M. Schneider, should be on the roll committed acted as auctioneer. Highest 'bid
commander; Wc- H. Wellington, ----- --- for one of the pound, jars was
first vice-commander; P. J. Lovett. N O T I C E made by W. 0. Anderson, who had
second vice-commander; Clarence Turn right now to the Port the- the java knocked down to him for
Prid'ge6n. finance officer, and Le- water advertisement and see if $525 in bonds.
roy Goforth, adjutant. ]your name is in it. If so, you can While the total amount sub-
Albert Lupton was reappointed call at The Star office and get a scribed at the auction amounted
as sergeant-at-irms and W. S. free pass to the Port. to $4,025, the total was swelled to
Smith as historian. Mr. Wakefield $10,000 by members who were un-
was named as chaplain, at Friday night's meeting, being able to be present at the auction
'Delegates to the, state conven- Commanedr Schneider and Sheriff but who were desirous of having
tion to be held in Jacksonville Byrd Parker; alternates, W. S. their bond purchases go to swelh
May 12, 13 and 14, were named Smith and Gadi White. the credit of the club.


William Richmond Williams, 51,,
with 24 years of service with the
Merchant Marine to his credit,
son bf Mrs. Sarah Williamis of
Port St. Joe, reported lost last
week when the tanker on which
he was head pumper was tor-
pedoed by a German submarine.
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Legion Is Erecting

Honor Roll Board

Displayed On Reid Avenue, Will
Carry Names of All County
Men In the Service

Gulf County Post 116, American
Legion, has under construction at
the corner of Reid avenue and
Fourth street a 12 by 20-foot board
to carry the names of all men from
Gulf county serving in the coun-
try's armed forces during World
War II.
Lumber for the Honor Roll was
donated by the St. Joe Lumber &
Export company and was hauled
to the site by J. A. Simmons. The
Pure. Oil company has contributed
100 feet of wire-picket fence, to
place around the board; T. H.
Stone graciously allowed erection
of the board on his land; Patty
Lovett built it, and Ben Rivers is
to do the lettering and. decorating.
To all af the above the post ex-
tends a vote of thanks.
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Army To Obtain and hearing capacity,' along with
.Arm T Ob an a description of any physical im-
Student Records pairment; subjects studied, mark
^lU"eiimade on an "above average, aver-
age or below average" 'basis, sub-
Cards Will Affect Military Rating jects liked most and liked least,


Of High School Youths; Also
For Civilian Employers

Cards which may do much to
shape the future of every student
will soon be distributed to pupils
In the, Port St. Joe high school.
The cards will be issued, by tnfc
war department and will be filled
in to show in detail the educational
and work-experience record of
every boy or girl who is graduated
or who leaves high school before
graduation.
Both the army and civilian em-
ployers will be able -to determine
from the cards the student's aca-
demic standing and achievement,
vocational training, wage-earning
experience, aptitudes and signifl-
cant hobbies.
The army will require draftees
who are in, high school after the
card system goes into effect to
present the cards at its reception
centers and will use the informa-
tion in classifying them. Civilian
employers will be able to use the
information in deciding whether
to hire job applicants and in as-
signing those hired to certain jobs.
The cards will ibe filled out and
kept at the school and a copy
given to each student upon leaving
school, whether by graduation or
otherwise.
The cards will show the stu-
dent's name, birth date and birth-
place, social security number,
home address, and the name anl.
status of citizenship of the parent
or guardian; the student's visual


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ment tests, gratles completed, rank
in class, and the number in the
class; special aptitudes, "signifi-
cant hobbies, interests and extra-
curricular activities, preferred
peacetime occupations," plus the
"principal achievement, duration of
interest and evidence of leader-
ship"; vocational preparation, ex-
perience at wage earning joib,
while, in school and any "post-
secondary-school training:"

MARINES BATTLE JAPS
AS PHONOGRAPH PLAYS

U. S. Marin-es at Guadalcanal
put a new wrinkle in their version
of a modern battle. The Leather-
necks, during a -clash with the Jap-
anese, amused themselves by play-
ing a phonograph.
Marine Gunner W. T. Smith of
Brooklyn informed a friend. by
letter that the, music was. played
to the accompaniment of rifle and
shell fire.
"When our guns were roaring,
shells and, bullets whizzed over
us," he wrote. "The phoniograpu,
equipped with an amplifier, was
playing 'Why Don't We Do This
More Often,' 'The Little Man Who
Wasn't There' andi a half-dozen
other tunes.
"Our colonel got a big kick out
of the music going on during the
battle, and said 'How in the devil
can anyone lick an outfit like, us'."
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To smash the Axis, Uncle Sam calls for ten bil-
lion EXTRA eggs this year. That's a job for chicks
and feed-for the laying hens that must shell out
these extra billions must be started this spring.
/ Load your brooder house to capacity. Then
give your chicks a head start with a feed that
contains everything chicks need to thrive and
grow Purina CHICK STARTENA. You'll
be delighted with results,
and you'll declare you never 1 ,. ,
had such good luck in .- ," ""
raising chicks.
ORDER CHICKS NOW! -71
Good chicks may be hard toget. r
Better order yours early. Before Cr ,
they come, clean and disinfect the B
brooder house thoroughly. We
have just the Sanitation Products
you need. Order them with your
Startena today!


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SAVE WITH U. S. WAR BONDS
EVERYBODY EVERY PAYDAY
. AT LEAST 10 PER CENT!
Do YOUR Bit In Raising Gulf County's
SQuota In the Drive Now Underway.


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You're doing a swell job. But look, folks, this here Second Wor Bond Drive is almost
over, and while I know most of you have bought a lot of Bonds, let's not sit back with
the smug feeling that we've dcne enough. There'll be only one "enough" 'hat means any-
thing-and that will be when the Axis hollers "'nuff!" Then we'll know that Victory
is won. Then we'll know that our job is done-anine and yours. Mine from a bank, a
plane, a ship or a foxhole-firing bombs and bullets. Yours from the pocket into whIc
you have been digging every payday to BUY MORE BONDS AND STAMPS to buy
me and my buddies more planes, more tanks, more bombs and bullets!

This Advertisement is a Contribution to the Second War Bond Drive By


ST. JOE HARDWARE COMPANY
Your Local Feed and Seed Dealer Port St. Joe, Fla


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SCHNEIDER'S DEPARTMENT STORE
ST. JOE BAR
CARVER DRUG COMPANY
BARRIER'S 5 10 AND 25c STORE
McCOY'S GROCERY and MARKET


PORT THEATRE
SHERIFF B. E. PARKER
QUALITY GROCERY and MARKET
DANLEY FURNITURE COMPANY
THE STAR "Your Home Town Paper"


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FOR BENEFIT OF HOSPITAL FUND
In Co-operation With the Following Business Firms and Individuals:


COSTING'S
Dept. Store
"St. Joe's Shopping Center"

J. LAMAR MILLER'S
STANDARD OIL
SERVICE

Griffin Grocery
AND MARKET

BARRIER'S 5 AND 10c
STORE
LeHARDY DRUG
STORE

THE LEADER SHOE,
SHOP

QUALITY GROCERY
AND MARKET

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Your Home Town
Paper

Fine Commercial
Printing


PURINA *
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ST. JOE HARDWARE
COMPANY


SCHNEIDER'S
Dept. Store


DANLEY
Furniture Co.
Complete Home Furnishings
On Easy Terms


MILLER'S
Drug Store


KENNEY MERCANTILE CO.
- General Merchandise -


PHONE 136


PORT ST. JOE, FLA.


ST. JOE LUMBER AND EXPORT CO.

MANUFACTURERS AND EXPORTERS OF
Long Leaf Yellow Pine


PORT ST. JOE


Tidewater Red Cypress
-:- FLORIDA


ST. JOE PAPER COMPANY

MANUFACTURERS OF
First Quality Kraft Sulphate Pulp,
Corrugating and Linerboard


POR ST JO LOD


McCoy Grocery
AND MARKET
Complete Line of Meats,
Groceries and Vegetables

ST. JOE
Furniture Co.
Everything for the Home


BYRD PARKER
SHERIFF
of Gulf County


Edd. C. Pridgeon
TAX COLLECTOR
of Gulf County
Compiments of
J. E. Pridgeon
COUNTY JUDGE
Compiments of
Samuel A. Patrick
COUNTY TAX ASSSSEOR


Gulf Hardware
& Supply Co.
PHONE 2
Compiments of
J. R. HUNTER
COUNTY CLERK
of Gulf County


SUNNY STATE
SERVICE STATION
W. C. Roche, Owner


MILES 5 10 25c
STORE


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

Entered as Second-class matter, December 10,
1937, at the Postoffice, Port St. Joe, Florida,
undet- Act of March 3, 1879.

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

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The spoken word is given scant attention;
the printed word is thoughtfully weighed.
The spoken word barely asserts; the printed
word thoroughly convinces. The spoiren word
Is lost; the printed word remains.

Our Country [7' Right or Wrong

THEY GIVE THEIR LIVES

"In Flanders fields the poppies grow, amid
the crosses row on row. To you from
failing hands we throw the torch-be yours
to hold it high."
Back from the battlefields of World War 1
comes that message to us of World War If.
The parade of white crosses is starting again.
Men are dying- every hour on fields of battle
-for us. We are not asked to die-but we
ARE asked to dig down deep and lend-lend
money to provide the things which will help
to win this war-and hold down the volume
of crosses.
The Second War Loan ends shortly it
calls for fighting dollars. It isn't a loan ior
defense-it's a loan for attack-renewer, re-
peated attack.
War bonds aren't pieces of paper. They
are our planes and bullets. They are our way
to help-they are our loans for Victory. Let's
over'subscribe Gulf county's quota. "Let's back
-with- Bonds-the boys who fire the bullets.
Remember-they GIVE their lives; you
LEND your money.


KITCHEN FATS
The nation's housewives, and that includes
those of Gulf county, still are falling down
on one of their most important and yet one
the easiest contributions to the war. They
were turning in-even before meat rationing
-scarcely a third of the kitchen fat needed
for making explosives and for other equally
vital military and naval.purposes.
Close to 17,000,000 pounds a month-about
two ounces a person-is needed. Housewives
have been producing less than 6,000,000
pounds-around three-fourths of an ounce a


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Sitting In With

the Lawmakers
By RUSSELL KAY
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Playing to a packed house, sen-
ate committees juggled the hot po-
tato tossed them in the form of the
Jenkins house resolution No. 13,
designed to elminate the "closed
shop" in Florida and establish
"the right to work" as a constitu-
tional guarantee. Spokesmen for
state, labor and industry all had
their say in a three-hour hearing
that rattled the rafters one minute
and the committees the next. The
A. F. of L. and, C. I. 0. joined
"clenched fists" as their respec-
tive spokesmen denounced each
other in a "united" appeal to pro-
tect the "working man."

The Lady of the House, Mary
Lou Baker, found that the term
"Gentlemen" as applied 4.o her
colleagues was little more than a
formality when one mixed with
them in open debate on a contro-
versial question. In her effort to
gain seats for women on Florida
juries, she met with stiff opposi-


person. That is not enough.
Let's step it up!

HATS OFF TO OUR MERCHANTS
Our local merchants have become the men
in the middle-in the middle of that no man's
land-where a fighting government collides
with a fighting, consuming public. Both of
these fighting elements are allies, but like
most allies they don't get along too well
sometimes. A spoiled public which has been
in the habit of getting what it wants wlen
it wants it cannot be expected to don the hat-
ter of shortages and be led about by dicta-
torial decrees withouLt kicking the daylights
out of a few regulatory fences.
Unfortunately all merchants, including
those of Port St. Joe, upon whose shoulders
fall the responsibility of explaining and ap-
plying the restrictions, are the ones who get
kicked most often in the seat of the pants.
For that reason it is only fair to give them a
pat on the back occasionally. They deserve it.
They have shown amazing ability to In-
terpret and put into practical operation hun-
dreds of new wartime merchandising regula-
tions conceived by lawyers and experts with
little or no merchandising experience. Most
of the regulations carry heavy jail sentences
and fines for violation. Laboring in the-
shadow of stiff penalties, our merchants work
out the rules as they understand them, often
without benefit of legal advice, and put then
in force. They know it has to be done or the
distribution system will break down, bringing
disaster. They try to explain this to custom-
ers. Neither the public nor most government
experts actually comprehend the heavy re-
sponsibility which merchants bear in helping
to maintain economic stability during the
emergency.
Consumers should be slow to criticize our
merchants for inconveniences over which
they have no control. The government should
constantly seek to make burdensome restric-
tions less onerous. And both the public and
the government should be less quick to accuse
retailers of evil intent when one of ten thou-
sand rules has been inadvertently violated.
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Whale meat, dark red and tasting some-
thing like beef, will be available in west
coast markets this year, says OPA. During
coast markets this year, says OPA. Your edi-
tor, while working on the San Francisco Ex-
aminer in 1922-23, part9ok of whale meat
quite often at a small restaurant just oft
Market street that made a specialty of these
steaks. It was very good, being tenderer
than beef and having an excellent flavor. As
we all know, the whale is not a fish, but be-
longs to the mammal family.


Martin of Hillsborough, Scofield
of Citrus and Lewis of Clay. Can-
ton of Duval and Walker of Volu-
sia. their "nobler natures stirred
to life," jumped: to the defense of
the Lady Fair, bu-t their Sir Ral-
eighian gestures came too late and
Mary Lou' bill was lost.

Pouncing on an already halt-


number of measures proposed by
health and military authorities as
necessary 'to cope with the ven-
ereal disease problem. "Ladies of
the Evening" took it on their
hardened chins as eager legisla-
tors, forgetting the Master's wise
admonition, hatsened to "cast the
first stone."
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dead laundry and dry .cleaning Vivisection has long been looked
board, the senate mercifully drove upon as cruel and improper, but
its heavy harpoon for a death blow when an attempt is made to prac-
td put this regulatory board out tice this art in cutting up congres-
of its misery. Sheldon of Tampa sional districts, the fur really be-
led the attack andi Barringer ot gins to fly and the, howls of its
Sarasota clinched the deal with a victims can be heard from one end
pitiful story of a lost pair of pants. of the state to the other. Several
Just to make sure the monster was bills aimed at the creation of a
dead, Senator Matthews kept col- sixth congressTonal district have
leagues from their lunch long been tossed into the hopper and
enough to shove through a com- decpite-the sincere and earnest ef-
panion bill that would give the fort of legislators to find the an-
board until June 30 to wind up it ir, they will be damned indi-
affairs. vie-ally ncd .olltiectlvely no matter
*& what they do.


'Mother Nature chuckled glee-
fully last week as she watched the
futile antics of man to cope with
the evil within him and regulate
by laws the morals of his fellow
creatures. Prostitution, is an ugly
word that for centuries has been
spoken only in whispers, ibut iLt


The green light has gleamed
brightly on all administrative spon-
sored measures tup to this writing.
Fourteen or more of the gover-
nor's recommendations have been
approved, while others are slipping
through legislative channels on


was shouted from the housetops grease skids. More controversial


tion from Sanchez of Suawnnee, as solons spoke in defense of a suggestions, such as the three-cent


LOOK WHAT'S COMING
TO THE PORT!
0s*e ***o*eot- --


IF THIS RAT HAD HIS WAY
You Wouldn't Be Able to See
These great Coming Attractions
"Keeper of the. Flames"
"Syncopation"
"Gunga Din"
"In Which We Serve'
:'Tarzan Triumphs"
"Chetnicks"
WATCH FOR DATES!

General Arnold has set Ameri-
ca's ultimate goal at 185,000 planes
and 2,000,000 men to keep them
flying and fighting.
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It pays to advertise-try It!

tax on cigarets, are yet to be con-
sidered and present indications
are that lawmakers will "reas
oack" with a snort of defiance
when this hoop is set out for them
ro jump through. Committees in
both house and senate are, delving
into governmental operating costs.
determined to find ways arid,
means of lopping off millions now
going for noin-essential activities.
Other committees are giving care-
Lul consideration to proposals ot
less severe tax suggestions and
revenue e measures. Only wh en
completely satisfied that no other
course is possible will" legislators
accept the obnoxious and unpopu-
lar cigaret tax.


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take care of the family-you
would realize that business girls
are not the only ones who some-
times get Headache and Tired
Aching Muscles. We home girls
often work just as hard and have
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Aching Muscles and brings relief
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The family says I am a lot
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FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1943


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FRIDY, PRI 30 1 9 4 T H E STA, PRT T. JE, ULFCOUTY, LORDA AGEFIV


< SOCIETY
CHURCHES -:- PERSONALS


MISS SARA VAN HORN
WEDS IN PENSACOLA
A recent wedding of interest
locally was that of Miss Sara
Aigatha VanHorn, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Cornelius Proctor Van-
Horn of Pensacola, who became
the bridle of Don Denison Stow of
Burton, Iowa, April 19, in the First
Methodist church at Pensacola.
Miss Margaret Chapman, cousin
of the bride, and William E. Stow,
brother of .the groom, were at-
tendants.
The bride is a graduate of the
Port St. Joe high school and at-
tended Florida, State College for
Women at Tallahassee. For sev-
eral months prior to her marriage
the bride had been employed in
the war department at Washing-,
ton, D. C.
/The groom is a graduate of Coe
College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and
is at present an instructor at the
Ludwig School 'of Aviation in
Tampa.
Mr. and, Mrs. Stow are, at home
at the Casa Del Mirasal hotel in
Tampa.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OP
WOMAN'S CLUB TO MEET.
'The regular meeting of the ex-
ecutive committee of the Port St.
Joe Woman's club will (be held


BAPTIST CHURCH SERVICES
R. F. Hallford, Pastor
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.

EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Services every Sunday evening
at 7:30 o'clock.

INTERMEDIATE G. A. MEETS
The Intermediate Girls' Auxill-
ary of the Baptist church held a
business meeting at the, home of
Fay Morris last Thursday, April
22. The meeting was opened with
the singing of the G. A. Hymn,
followed 'by the devotional by
Mrs. L. E. Voss. Following a 'brief
business session the, meeting was
closed with prayer. Delicious re-
freshments were served to mem-
bers present.

BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS
,Mr. and Mrs. Frank LeHardy an-
nounce the birth of a daughter on
April 22 at a Panama City hos-


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RATION NOTES

Canned Goods Coupons D. E.
and F expire,today (April 30.) Blue
stamps G, H and J (48 points for
May) became valid April 24.
Meats andi Butter-Red coupons,
Series A. B, C, D and E, expire
today. Red E became valid April
25.
Sugar--Stamp 12 good for five
pounds through May 31.
Coffee-Stamp 23 (in the sugar
book) good for one. pound ,thru
May 30. Stamp 26 expired April 25.
Gasoline-"A" coupon 5 valid un-
til July 21 for four gallons.
Shoes-Stamp 17 (in sugar .book)
good for one pair until June 15.


<< With the Colors >>

(Continued from page 1)
struction center at Columbus S.
C., has 'been transferred to flight
school at Coral Gables, Fla. Won't
be long now before he has his
silver wings.
SIC Kenneth Creech, who was
here recently on a visit to Gus
Creech, is now stationed at Camp
Rousseau, Port Hueme, Calif. He
is with the Seabees.
Pfc J. C. Dendy, who has been
stationed at Camp Cooke, Calif.,
for some time, is now getting his


REVENUE COLLECTION
BY SINGLE AGENCY

(Continued from Page 1)
ices with the view of saving money
for the taxpayer.
The recent action in doing away
with the decennial agricultural
census is one step in that direc-.
tion and; it is estimated will result
in a saving of close to $100,000.
Leaders in both houses, are firm
in their conviction that govern-
mental costs can be cut in numer-
ous directions to the end, that no
new taxes need be imposed.

The legislature Tuesday sent to,
Governor Holland two 'bills, abol-
ishing the state laundry and dry
cleaning board June 3o. One bill
wipes out immediately the boai'd's
price-fixing and supervision pow-
ers, and the; other allows it until
June 30 to wind up its affairs.

Ending three days ot heated de-


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mail "Care Postmaster, Nashville. '
Tenu," Looks like J. C. has got


next Wednesday, May 5, at the pital. .. :. *,' his sailing orders.
home of Mrs. Floyd Hunt. .
The regular meeting of the club, Mr. and Mrs. Mayo Johnson an- Receives Discharge
.scheduled for May 5, has been nounce the birth of a son on April Manning Smith, who has been
postponed until May 11. Feature 27. The young man has been in a hospital at Columbia, S. C.,
of this meeting, the last of the named Donald Merritt. for some time, is now at home
club year, will be, a flower and here with his mother, having re.
vegetable exhibit. Mrs. Charles Davis of Ocala and I ceived his discharge from the
ft f fMrs. Horace Riehbuirg and Mrs. army
Mrs. R. V. Cohburn was called, Roy Wright of Marianna, all sis- _______
to Sneads Sunday morning due to terms of Mrs. Freeman, were Mrs. J. T. McNeill and Mrs. John
the serious illness of her brother, guests last week of Mr. and Mrs. Lan.e visited, their sons, Cadet,
S. R. Rowan. M. 0. Freeman. M1\rs. Ella M. Jimmy MeNeill anrl .lLhn Taoe. al
Sok ot Marianna, mother of Mrs. Kef-ler iield, iis't. ; ''r. '11l-
Mrs. Dayton R. Sulfridge anid freeman. -vas also a guest of the L n, mept noCr 01no,-6 ,',', ),.., t Jo,
children, Peggy, Jean and Day, of Freeman's. who is artenf.in(,0 -110.nol ai LvLnl-L
Tallahassee, were recent visitors !- .- 1
of Mrs. R. W. Smith. Mrs. Suit- The Star is like a letter from .... -- 1.... r Fiel!.
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bate, the house Tuesday passed, 51
to 40 the childern's code commit-
tee bill to give the .state welfare
board supervision over adoption of
children. The bill was defined; as
bad and good in the debate.



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We recently received a Certificate of Merit from the
United States Treasury Department for our services
in connection with the War Savings .Program.

The bank and it's personnel greatly appreciate this
honor and will continue it's efforts and contribute
it's services to make this Program a success.

To be quite honest, this Certificate of -Merit bel songs
to the people of this section, but this was the only
practical way that the United States "T'reasury De-'
partmnent had of showing it's appreciation for their
purchases of War Savings Bonds and Stamps.

We believe the people of this section appreciate this
honor as much as we do, and wve ea nestly hope that
their purchases of War Savings Bonds and Stamps
,will be at least double that of last year. We will
continue to do our part; we all owe it to ourselves,
to our country, and above all to our men in the
service.


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FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1943


PAGE FIVE


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


Plane production in this country HOW TO GET YOUR
has reached over 5000 a month. WAR RATION BOOK 3


CLASSIFIED ADS
TRANSFER AND STORAGE
MODERN STORAGE facilities. We
make your moves easy. Padded
vans; every load insured. VAN
HORN TRANSFER & STORAGE
CO., 28 First St., Panama City,
Fla. Day phone 92. Night phone
414-J. 5-21*
AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE
1941 2-DOOR FORD SEDAN for
sale.; $795 cash. In good, condi-
tion. Call at Creecli and Brooks
Laundry. 4-9tf
LOST AND FOUND
LOST-Ration Book No. 2 bearing
name of Emma Lee Stone. Finder
please- return to Local War Ration-
ing Board office, Port St. Joe.
FISH BAIT


FISH BAIT Fresh, clean worms
that are guaranteed to get the
fish for you. See Eddie Beverly
in the ,Sheffield colored quarters.
LEGAL ADVERTISING
In the Circuit Court, Gulf County,
Florida.
IN CHANCERY
LEE G. HUGHES, Plaintiff,
vs.
ADELINE G. HUGHES, Defendant
The State of Florida:
TO: Adeline G. Hughes, whose
residence is unknown.
You are hereby ordered to ap-
pear on the' 3rd day] of -May, 1943,
before the above styled Court to
the bill of complaint for divorce
filed against you in the above en-
titled cause.
WITNESS the Honorable Ira A.
Hutchison andl E. -C. Welch, Judges
of said Court and the seal of thiTs
Court in the City of Wewahitchka,
Gulf County, Florida, this 26th day
of March, 1943.
(Court Seal) J. R. HUNTER,
Clerk of Circuit Court,
Gulf County, Florida.
E. CLAY LEWIS, Jr., 4-9
Attorney for Plaintiff. 4-30


War Ration Book No. 3, which
provides new stamps .to replace
those running out in existing
books, will be distributed -through
the mails beginning late in June
and ending July 21.
The mailing of a simple post-
card application will bring Book
3 to everyone. The application
forms, good for one person or an
entire family, will *be dropped in
every mail box -between May 20
and June 5. The head of the houte
will fill out the cards, which are
pre-addressed to OPA mail cen-
.ters, for the entire family and
.;ost them between June 1 and. 10.
OPA mail centers will begin send-
ing the books late in June.
What a relief! No standing in
line to get a ration book.


Y


------ master.
Cafes and Hotels Must L. A. Wilson was reappointed as
principal of Washington high (col-
File Copy of Their Prices ored), with the following teachers:
Lenora Dawson, Clementine Har-
May 1 (tomorrow) is their dead-
line for institutions such as cafes Ga M-
and hotels to file a copy of the Gaent, iMar Lewis, Beatrice Woo
prices on .their menus with the fauk, Witon Swinson and Ler
ration board. The prices filed must Livingston.
-ba those in use the week of Aprii CONFIRMED
4 through 10. If menus are not Two recruits from Nw Jersey
used in the institutions ;the own- w i N J -aey
s s t i were assigned to a camp in Call-
ers must still file a copy of the
fornia. On their first leave they
prices charged for foods during were gazing out across the blue
the period. Iw, t
t waters of the Pacific.
t. S. B. Coody, with the Water- I "Just think," said. on.e of them,
Lt. S. B. Coody, with the Water- "this here Pacific Ocean is twice
man Steamship company of Mo- as big as the Atlantic."
bile, Ala., visited; here two days The second one shaded his eyes
this week with his sister, Miss andl scanned the empty waters
Myrtice Cood. diligently. After a moment b.e

Mexico now has an estimated spoke. "It sure is," he said.
30,000 juke boxes. Advertising doesn't cost-it PAYS!


ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
Sealed proposals will be received
by the City of Port St. Joe, Flor-
ida, at the City Hall, Port St. Joe,
Florida, until 11:00 A. M. o'clock,
EWT, May 18, 1943, for furnishing
equipment at Hospital Building.
designated as FWA Project No.
8-240 .(N. F.).
;Speci!ications and. contract doc-
uments are open to public inspec-
tion at the City Clerk's office, City
Hall, Port St. Joe. Florida, or may
be obtained from Smith and Gil-
lespie, P. 0. Box 1048, at Jackson-
ville, Florida, upon deposit of $3.00.
The full amount of the deposit for
one set of documents will be re-
turned to each actual Bidder upon
return of all documents in good
condition within 10 days after the
date of opening of oids.
Bids must be accompanied by a
certified check or 'bid bond in an
amount not less than five (5%)
per cent of the bid.
No bid may be withdrawn after
the scheduled closing time for the
receipt of bids for a period of 30
days.
The Owner reserves the right to
reject any or all bids and' to waive
informaltiles.
(,Signed)
City of Port St. Joe. Florida.
By J. L. SHARIT,
4-30 2t Mayor.
NOTICE TO DOG OWNERS
Notice is hereby given that I
will -be. at the city hall between the
hours of 3 p. m. and 5 p. m. from
May 3 to May 7, inclusive, for the
purpose of inoculating dogs and
issuing dog licenses as. required
by City Ordinance.
All dogs found on the streets af-
ter May 7 without proper identifi-
cation tags will be impounded and
disposed of according to law.
M. 0. FREEMAN,
2t Chief of Police.


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NOTICE OF INTENTION TO
APPLY FOR SPECIAL
LEGISLATION
Notice Is. Hereby Given, That the
undersigned will apply to the
Legislature now in session for the
passage of a special or local law
authorizing an d directing the
Board of County Commissioners of
Gulf County, Florida, to call and
hold. an election for the approval
or rejection of a plan to redistrict
the county commissioners districts
of said county upon the filing of
a petition signed, by the majority
of the qualified electors of the
county and accompanied by a pro-
posed plan for said redistricting.
BEN DICKENS.
J. R. NORTON.
C. R. MAHON, Jr.
C. J. SULLIVAN.
M. K. HURLBUT.


PORT ST. JOE


FLORIDA


TEACHERS ARE NAMED
FOR 1943-44 SCHOOL YEAR

At a meeting of the Gulf county
board of public instruction held re-
cently in Wewahitchka, W. A. Big-
gart was reappointed as principal
of the Port St. Joe schools and
H. A. Whitton was appointed aa
principal of .the Weiwahitchka high
school for the 1943-44 term.
Teachers appointed, for the com-
ing term for the local school were
Minnie Howell,- Fena M1cPhaul,
Nellie Towery, Juanita Gunn, Ha-
zel Ferrell, Margaret Gaskin, Dor-
othy McLawhon, Helen Rollins,
Calla Perri'tt, Catherine Nix, Lil-
lian Carlin,'Edith Grimsley, Ruth
Nance, Hazel Jones, Eula Prid-
geon, Audrey Biggart, Lois Milton,
Eva Dendy, Jane Pearson, Della
Mize and Mrs. Roy Evans. Frank
Lodwick was appointed as band-


We are still willing to hear of 'Shoe production this year is ex-
somebody launching a movement pected to total 300,000,000 pairs as
to ration unnecessary conversa- compared with 404,000,000 pairs
tion. last year.




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The Star is endeavoring to comply with the request
of the United States government to conserve news-
print, and in order to do so, we are holding our
present subscription list to the number of papers
distributed on January 1, 1943. This means that the
only way we can put on new subscribers is by cut-
ting off those old subscribers who have failed to re-
new their subscriptions within two weeks after
being notified.
The postoffice department has always required that
subscriptions be paid in advance, but it has been our
habit in the past to carry subscribers whom we knew
would eventually pay up. This we can no
longer 'do and still give a "break" to new subscribers.

During the past six weeks we have cut off 91 sub-
scribers who were in arrears.. Forty-iwo of these
have come in and renewed their subscriptions, and
the names of 41 new subscribers have been added to
our mailing list during that period. We can still
place 8 new subscribers (or old subscribers who de-
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