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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: February 25, 1944
Frequency: weekly
regular
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Subjects / Keywords: Newspapers -- Port Saint Joe (Fla.)   ( lcsh )
Newspapers -- Gulf County (Fla.)   ( lcsh )
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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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WITH THl

(The Star wants photos of Gulf county men
serving in the armed forces. Pictures, which
should be in uniform, will be returned.)
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JESSE STONE WRITES EDITOR
Somewhere on the Pacific
February 14, 1944.
Dear Editor Bill-A few days
ago I received a copy of The
Star's "Pearl Harbor Edition," and
I have been wanting to tell you
I think it the best issue yet. Let's
see some more of the same stuff.
I did write you shortly after, but
my letter got no farther than the
censor's wastepaper basket. Yoo
see, there is, very little we can
write aboard ship, and when writ-
'ing' a newspaper we really have to
"toe the mark."
Today I received four copies or
The Star for late December and
early( January. I cannot express
how much I enjoyed them.
I regret very much to learn ot
what befell two of my friends,
Willis Rowa Landc Paul Farmer-
they were both "regular fellows."
I desire to' express my deepest
sympathy to their parents,.
Printing the addresses of all the
servicemen available is the best
idea you have had yet. I'm sure
that all the -boys appreciate it as
much as I do. I am filing the ad-
dresses away.
Some very interesting letters
are coming from England an a
elsewhere. Keep them coming. I
wish I could do the, same, but I'm
not in the Army, 'but in the Navy,
nor am I at a `base, but on the
brinyi deep, and that makes a dir-
ferenice.
You may change my rate on my
Smiling address- to Sonrman.FirstI
Class (SioiM/c), that -becoming ei-
fective on February 1.
Keep up the good work and
keep The Star coming.
Your., for Victory,
Jestse V. Stone.


Methodists To

Observe Week

Of Dedication

To Pledge Selves to the Wartime
Tasks and Opportunities
Of Christians

At the altar of the Port St. Joe
Methodist church next week, mem-
bers will pledge rededication of
"self, service and substance" to
the wartime tasks and opportuni-
ties of Christians', as the culmi-
nating feature of the denomina-
tion's nation-wide, second annual
Week of Dedication, February 27
to March 5, it was announced yes-
terday by Rev. 0. D. Langston,
pastor of the church.
Nearly 8,000,000 Methodists will
take part in the observance in
42,000 churches, there they wil*.
"renew their covenant with Gou
and give of their substance to
building His kingdom in the
hearts of men," states Bishop Paul
B. Kern of Nashville, Tenn., ohair-


U. S.' rurse Like Ril 'Soldiers


INDIA-BURMA BORDER-In photo Lt. Jennie Tinkoviez, right, of
Fostoria, Ohio gets a helping hand (or rather foot) from 'Lt. Olive'
Creiner of Evansville, Ind., who tightens Jennie's pack in real soldier
fashion. 'before an eight-mile hike.'A detachment of U. S. nurses is in'j
training here to replace Lt. Col. Gordon Seagrave and his Burmesel
nurses on the Burma front. The girls, being schooled in every aspect'
etf.iungle warfare. both natural and manmade, have to carry heavy
packs on long hikes, must know how to care foi themselves and their
pat lnts under trying circumstances..'


man of the national committe-.
"A World at Its Worst Calls for Old-Time Resident
a Church at Its Beat" is the gen-
eral theme for the week. Daily Is Taken By Death
services will emphasize the place
of the church in the present worlb
emergency as related to the homr, Mrs. Ada R. Jones Dies At Home
the' community, "the world task" Here; Services Are Held
and "its source of power." Thursday
Methodlism's "mobilization of its
spiritual resources" will culminate Mrs. Ada Rogers Jones, 73, long-
on Sunday, March 5, when, me.-, time resident of Port St. Joe, died
women and children will ma-e at her home on Fourth street last
personal commitments' of dedica- Tuesday might after as long illness.
tion and contribute to a sacrificia 1\ Mrs. Jones, wife of the late Dr.
voluntary offering, which will be A. W. Jones, was born in Gadsden

used to carry on war emergency county on February 6, 1871, colm-
projects. ing to this city in 1911 with her
"The church stands in the midst 'husband and family, and had bee>-
of a world surrounded by perils a continuous resident up until the
. .- ,, ... time of her death.


YE ED WRITES 'THE BOYS' an full o1 pOsIUilLIs," uculcu
Mr. Langston. "Christian people
Dear Fellows-You 'like to reaL are backing the boys and, girls on
what the rest of the gang from the fighting fronts, pro-nising to
Port St. Joe and Gulf county ars wok, pray and plan for a peace-
doing, where they are and how ful and nedghlborly world in whichli
they are, faring. Don't you think all peoples may live as brothers.
they want to read about you, too? Methodism's Week of Dedication
Sure they do-and so do us folks gives our people their opportunity
here at. home. You're right out n to rededicate themselves to this
the middle of things, making his- cause, spiritually and financa.'Ily."
tory, while us poor dopes plod Special services will ,be held, In
along in there same old rut, listen- the loca' church each evening be-
ing to the radio and reading the ginning at 8 o'clock, as follows:
papers to foid out how you're Sunday, Feb. 27, regular service.
doing. Monday night, Church Officials'
I want to hear from all of you Night.
-nbt just once, but contin-ually Tuesday night, Family Night.
I'd like to receive enough letters Wednesday night, Church School
every week to fill up a page or Night.
more in this rag. Aad I know that Thursday nighl. Misfionas Night.
the folks here at home would like Friday night, Young People's
to see that much news' about youu Night.I
fellows. Sunday, March 5, the Day of
Inciden.tlly, you might inform Consecration.
your home folks, the next time you _______
write them, bhat you'd lil* to see FORMER SCOUTMASTER
more personals in The Star. You
know, little items about Aunt Jane HERE IS NOW A MAJOR
coming down for a visit from Ala- We learned yesterday that Sam-
bama, or Sister Sustie spending mie McCall, former scoutmaster
the week-end in Tallahassee with here agd an employee of the St.
Uncle Jim and family, or that Joe Paper company, now holds the
little birthday party for your kid rank of major. The news Game
brother or sister-you get what from his wife. who stoned over


I ,mean-little 'homey things. Per-
sonally, I'd like to go out and get
these small items myself, (but as
I am the whole force here on The
Star, all the way from the editor
down to the printer's devil', and as
I'm snowed under with job print-
ing, by the time I put in 12 hours
in the shop and an hour or two
hoeing my bean and potato, there
isn't' much time left to go around
pilchng up :news.
Some oft year 'folks, like. Julia
Creech, Mrs. B. W. Eella, Mrs.
(Continued on page. 4), .


in the city for a brief visit. She
stated that her husband, who Is
in the Field Artillery, right now
is someweher on the high seals.
Major McOall, a reserve officer,
was called to active duty in 1941.
He, is 28 years old.

Transferred.
Cpl. W. Roberts, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Rolberts of Bea-


-She is survived by five sons, A.
R. and Henry R. Jones of Mobile,
Ala., Clyde W., George W, and M.
M. Jones of this. oity; Done daugh-
ter, Mrs. Sara Johnson of this
city; one sister, Mrs. Kate Rogers
of Jacksonville, and a brother,
William Rogers of Kendall, Fla.


Funeral services, in charge of
Rev. H. F. Beaty of Tallahassee,
were. held yesterday afternoon at
2 o'clock at the, Presbyterian
church, with interment in the Ap-
alachicola cemetery.
Pall bearers' were Robert Tap-
per, L. W. Owens, C. G. Costin, B.
H. Dickens, B. E. Parker and Edd
C. Pridgeon.

CARL GRAY ENTERS
I STATE SENATOR RACE

'Tha Star this. week carridez tho
announcement of Carl R. Gray of
Panama City as a candidate to..
state senator from the 25th Dis-
trict. -
lGray, who has already serveQ
two terms in the Floridaa legisla-
ture, since, September 1941, has
-been a member of the armea
forces, volunteering. as a a Seaee
in the U. S. Navy, and at present
is chief in charge of military train-
ing at Camp Peary, Willialmsburg,
Virginia.

WAVE RECRUITER TO
BE HERE WEDNESDAY
Wave Recruiter Hilda Minton,
petty officer second class, will
visit Port St. Joe, next Wednes-
day, it was stated yesterday by
Mrs. Lovie Coburr, volunteer re-
critter. Miss Minton, who has al-


con Hill, has, been transferred ready met severall young womet
from Tinker Field, Oklahoma, to of this community, will make her
the Walker Anmy Air Fieild at headquarters at the; Red Cross


Woman's Club Will

I Beautify 5th Street

Plan To Plant Shrubs and Flowers
In Parkways; Contributions
Being Solicited

Several years ago some of our
civic organizations noticed the
glaring bareness- .,4 ,'iY,{, -
that mark the center of Fifth
street and began making plans to
improve the condition. The plots
were landscaped and plans were
made, but interrupted. The idea,


Attempt Made

Last Week To

Burn Theater

Arsonist Frightened Away; Pic-
ture Film and Kerosene Strewn
Throughout Building

An attempt to burn the Port
theater which, if successful, might
have resulted in one of the Worft
fires ever to occur in this city,
was frustrated Thursday night of
last week when the projectionist
returned to the theater after it
had been closed and scared off
the fire-bug.
About ,midnight Thursday, Billy
Howell, projectionist at the thea-
ter, accompanied by Hoot Rowan,
returned to the theater after' a
"date" with the intention of sleep-
ing in the projection booth, which
Howell was in the habit of doing
occasionally. As they opened: the
main lobby, door they heard a
noise at the opposite end) of the
lobby, which has. a slanting ramp
to an emergency exit, as if some-
one had slipped and fallen on the
ramp.
The boys rushed upstairs to the
apartment of Ben Rivers,, manager
of the theater, and the three of
them returned to the lobby and'
turned on the lights.
They discovered that old mov-
ing picture film, which had been
stored away in the sign painting
room of the theater, hadi been
*-ft (r.m the; slg .i'..' down
the gallery stairway into the lobby
and down both aisles of the audi-
torium, with a bunch of the film
on the slanting ramp near the exit.:
In addition, kerosene had been
sloshed around the sign room, over..


however, as not been dropped, the aisle seats in the auditorium:
and despite the tempestuous times and on the aisle, carpets.
the plan has not only been revive, The lobby emergency exit door.
but work has already been started. was open, where the arsonist had
The Port St. Joe Woman's clung left when surprised! by Howell and
is sponsoring the project, and the Rbwan, and apparently he had
city government has. begun its beern about to touch a match to'
co-operative work by placing wa- the film "fuse."
,ter in the various plots and has Manager Rivers immediately got
made other plans. for very neces- in tou'rh with local police officers
sary phases of the work. and a search was started by Offt-
The Woman's club began its cers C. C. Long, John Rowan and
drive for funds for shrubbery this Gus Casey. During their Tnvestiga.
week, and the fact that business tion they found that Colon and J.
men of the city are public spirited R. Chestnut, who were patching a
and eager for beautification pro'j- tire at the bus service station at
ects was shown by their response the rear of the theater, had seen
to this opening drive. Each firm a man dash down the alley back
contacted made a contribution, of the theater and head toward
and, about one-third of the city has the Port Inn. They said that he
been canvassed to diate.. Various was running like a scared kanga,
civia organizations have also be- roo.
gan making their contributions. The officers found the imprint
The Woman's club hopes that of a heel in some oil in the slig
this co-operative spirit will con- room showing "U. S. Army," and
tinue; that you can soon be tola later, in going down the alley in
that the shrubbery is here, ana hack of the Gulf Hardware store
that this approach to Port St. Joe found' identical prints. The tracks
will be one that is. worthy of the made by the running man were
citizens and an invitation to fuly six feet apart, indicating he.
travelers to investigate our city. was running vey fast and prob-
ably was fairly ta'l. Discovery of
SHARIT CONTINUES the heel print, in the opinion of
AS MAYOR OF CITY (Continued on Page 4)

The board, of city commissioners HOODLUMS BURN PEN
met Wednesday night for the pur- FULL OF WASTE PAPER
pose of selecting a mayor from Gome person or persons with a
among their number. Upon motion vicious turn of mind, early Friday
of Commissioner B. B. Conklin, morning set fire to a large pile of
seconded: by Commissioner L. corrugated container's in the pen
Sullivan, Commissioner J. L. Shar- on Reid avenue where they are
it was re-elected as mayor, deposited by business concerns of
This meeting had been sched- the' cy.,
uled for last Friday night, but due The discarded containers are
to the fact that Sharit, the newly- purchased by the St. Jo Paper
elected commissioner, was called company 6 ..be. remade into ,kraft
out of the city on business and paper, and the preceedg from tlhef
could not be present to be sworn gale go s Into, the school library


sewing room at the- d.


fund.


THE


STAR


The Home Newspaper of Northwest Florida's Future Industrial Center


VOLUME VII PORT ST. JOE, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1944 NUMBER 21


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PAETOTESAPR T OGL ONY FLRD FRDY_FEB RUIIY2, 94


THE STAR
Published Every Friday at Port St. Joe, Fla.,
by The Star Publilhing Company
W. 8. SMITH, Editor
Entered as second-class matter, December 10, 1937, at the
Postoffice, Port St. Joe, Fla., under Act of March 3, 1879.
SUBSCRIPTION INVARIABLY PAYABLE IN ADVANCE
One Year..... .$2.00 Six Months ....... $1.00
Three Months............ 65o

-- Telephone 51 >*-
TO ADVERTISERS-In case of error or omissions in adver-
tisements, the publishers do not hold themselves liable for
damages further than amount received for such advertisement.
The spoken word is given scant attention; the printed word
is thoughtfully weighed. The spoken word barely asserts;
the printed word thoroughly convinces. The spoken -word
is lost; the printed word remains.-

Our Country W Right or Wrong

OUR TAX PROPOSAL
We've heard a lot of people here in Port
St. Joe complaining of the huge amount they
are going to have to pay as income tax on
March 15, the biggest howl generally being
from those who have never paid the tax be-
fore or who got nicked for a few dollars last
year. And inevitably they say, "How does
the government expect me to buy War Bonds
and pay a heavy tax, too?"
Well, we're here to tell 'em that they ain't
seen nuthin' yet. As the war continues from
year to year (and it looks like at least three
more years from where we're sitting per-
haps longer) that tax will continue to rise.
And if they're any kind of Americans, they'll
continue to buy War Bonds in spite of the
taxes ,and in spite of their grousing.
We think perhaps this thing could be solved
to the satisfaction of everyone-but not with-
out a lot of beefing, naturally, for that is our
constitutionally-given right if everybody
were compelled by some manner of means co
put 25 per cent of their wages, or profit from
a business into non-negotiable War -Bonds


STARDUST and

MOONSHINE
By THE OTHER FELLOW

Dr. A. L. Ward, while, out in the
sticks on a call last week; on the
way back home sighted a cracked
plowing a small field. Thinking to
se:l a War Bond for the credit of


the Rotary club,


that would be cashable at stated periods, the
first issue' six months after the end of the
war, the second issue one year after the end
of the war and each succeeding issue six
months or one year apart-all, of course, to
be redeemable 'with interest ten years after
issuance.
Sure, we know, a lot of you readers will
say that's autocracy with a vengeance. But:
is it? In time of war the government is com-
pelled to do a lot of things it doesn't do in
peace time. If it is okeh to draft our young
men, a lot of whom give 100 per cent of what
they have-their lives-it should also be okeh
for the government to draft (borrow) 25 per
cent of what we at home are making. Andt
if that 25 per cent should not be enough, wre
should be willing to have the ante boosted to
whatever figure is necessary for, after all, it
would be for our own good and would. make
a lot of people save their money who are
now spending it as fast as they make it, it
not faster.
And think of the nice nestegg we would all
have tucked away with which to buy a home,
a new car, an airplane, or the thousand and
one things that will be available when indus-
try gets back to peacetime production.
How would that 25 per cent be collected'
Well, the government seems to be doing all
right in collecting the income tax. The collec-
tion could be handled in the same manner,
except that it would be, on the gross income,
with no allowance for dependents, etc.

A few weeks ago the navy flying boat Mars
landed in Hawaiian waters after a routine
flight from California. The fact that the trip
drew scant mention in newspapers was the
most spectacular aspect of the flight. World-
wide air transport has become commonplace.
Humanity has taken another step forward
without realizing it.

Keep smiling-and buy. War Bonds!


he stopped his


car and sauntered over to the
fence
"Good afternoon," he said, "I'm
Dr. Ward, president of the Rotary
club."
"Never heerd tell o' ye," was
the response.
"Heard about the war?" asked
Doc.
"Naw, ain't haeerd tell o' it."
"Ever heard of President Roose-
velt or Mr. Churchill?"


VOTE FOR


CARL R. GRAY

FOR


STATE SENATOR



25th DISTRICT




Your Vote and Support Is


Earnestly Requested



If you have any problem of any

kind, write to me

Address:
CARL R. GRAY, CBM, USN .
.PTM. T :Aa" "B" P. O.
AMIPfMARY,
CVi .jfLtiABURG, VA.
Paid --PohticaF.-Advertisetennt'--
i. | F ,,


The fagimer shook his head.
"Ever heard of Pearl Harbor?"
continued Do'c, desperately
"No, I ain't h'eerd tell o' her,
neither," said the .powman.
"Well, I'm selling War Bonds so
we can win the war for Mr. Roose-
velt and Mr. Churchill and avenge
Pearl Hanbor," explained Doe.
"Giddap," said the farmer, leav-
in Doc standing by the fence.
Doc made a return trip the fol-
lowing day to check on his patient
andl on the way back stopped at
the farmhouse. He knocked on the
door and; the, farmer's wife opened
it. "I'm Dr. Ward,," he said, "ana
I wanted to know why your hits
band walked off yesterday with-
out a word of explanation."
"Oh, so you're the feller Pa wuz
tellin' me about. He come in lags
evening' and said 'A feller stopped
by this afternoon and sed he had
a friend named Roosevelt who gt*
in a meis with a gal named, Pea.
Harbor over on Church Hill anq


axed me to sign his bond, .so I jest
plowed off'."
But in spite of Doc's failure to
sell that bond, the Roitarians beat
the Kiwanians by some $3000 in
the bond-selling contest.
If a man is as old as he feels,
by comparison with the way I felt.
Sunday morning after spading up
my Victory garden Saturday, Me-
thuselah died in infancy.
Capt. Robert Tapper, marriea
some 40 years, says he's neves
quarreled with his wife. I"'d sa5.
it takes a mighty brave man to ad-
mit being such a coward. Jim
Bounds had a touch of flu recently
and went to see Doc Norton about
it. He'd taken a short snifter be-
forehand. "Whiskey won't cure
the flu," said Doe. "Well, maybe
not," said Jim, "but it makes it
more enjoyable." N. F. Alle.
more stood on the sidewalk and
listened to a story about roaches
eight and; nine inches, long, ana
said it was preposterous. I.mnagine
his embarrassment.when he found
out the story was about fish and
not cockroaches. W. G. Mc-
Coy, 82 years young, says that 'for
th.e last 15 years he's been dodg-
ing two men, the trash man and
the undertaker, and he doesn't
know which will finally get bim.

Perhaps at the last minute the
Republicans will offer a dark
horse for changing to in the stream
we're in the middle of.


OVER THE TOP
Y.7 FOR VICTORY

S UNITED STATES WAR

BONDS'STAMPS


FOR SUPERVISOR OF
REGISTRATION
This is., to announce my. candi-
dacy for re-eledction to the' office of
Supervisor of Registration of Gulf
County, subject to the Democratic
Primaries in May.
I have been honored with this
office for the past eight years,
and have tried to be fair and im-
partial to all in administering the
duties of the office, and assure
you that if you will re-elect me I
will be just as faithful in the fu-
ture as I have been in the past.
Owing to war conditions, I may
not be able to see every voter per-
sonally, but I assure you that I
will be deeply grateful for each
voter's influecne and support,
Yours respectfully,
C. G. RISH.


C


FOR STATE SENATOR
This is to announce to the peo-
ple of the 25th Senatorial District,,
comprised of the Counties of Bay,.
Calhoun, Gulf and Washington,
that I am a candidate for the of-
fice of State Senator; subject to.
the action of the voters in the
Primary to be held in May, 1944.
Respectfully,
0. E. HOBBS,
FOR REPRESENTATIVE
I hereby announce my candidacy'
for renomination as your Repre-
sentative in the Legisalture from.
Gulf County. Should you honor
me with renomination and, elec-
tion, I promise to conduct the af-
fairs and responsibilities of the of-
fice for the benefit of all the peo-
ple. It shall be my obligation to
continue to work for the greater
progress and development of the.
entire county. Having served you
in the past, I respectfully solicit
your continued vote and, support
upon my, past record. Thanking
you, I am, .
'R1espectfully yours,
t. CLAY LEVIS, JR.





AIITES

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Every person in farm work
creates jobs for two others,
such as grocery clerks, sten-
ographers, barbers, salesmen,
etc. Thus 50,000 on farms,
which lt[- easily feasible,
means Jobs for another 100,-
000. This man has PROVEN
he knows how to CREATE
WORK.

ELECT ERNEST R.


GRAHAM
The ALL-FLORIDA


.GOVoERtNOR,
Paid Political Ad,. '


HE MAN YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT |


J. ED BAKER
BUSINESS MAN CANDIDATE FOR
G 0 V E R N 0 R
State Senator; Civic Leader; Safe,
Sound, Practical, Hard-Working Citi-
zen-FROM LAKE COUNTY IN THE
.HEART OF FLORIDA a
REMEMBER! .. REGISTER BEFORE -PRIL 15!8"


-O- OPPORTUNITY CALLS -

EleM& Join the thbdtsands of Floridians now supporting
Frank D. Upchs6ch's candidacy for governor. His
election -will. assure a united Florida, continued
progress, with new and greater opportunities for
alL

UH FRANK D. UPCHURC IS---
OR F FORIDA ARal Floridian .
A World War Veteran.
Experienced in Gover.nment
*
He is fitted by education, training"and background to
be d gre edi rnor of Florida.

"PrefasiouoaFIpdWiioM will not pay much.ofttn.tioh to


M.


FRIDAY F'E'-B'RU'AkY' 2'5,; 1194,C


PAGE TWO


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








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


Steaks

San

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DINE


s, Chicken

dwiches

Chili
and DANCE


Have you a


hidden talent?

IF YOU'D LIKE to find out
what your special aptitude
is and put it to work to help
win this war-TAKE the op-
portunity the WAC offers you!
Join the WAC and let Army
experts help you discover the
type of work you can do best.
Let the Army train you to do
one of 239 vital jobs. Learn a
skill that will be useful to you
long after the war is over! (If
you already have a skill, the
Army can use it too.)
* Get full details at the near-
est U. S. Army Recruiting Sta-
tion (your local postoffice will
give you the address). Or
write: The Adjutant General,
Room 4415, Munitions Build-
ing. Washington, D. C.

^!r -lt ^ -Ic *ft -9c *i>


*YOUR

PHYSICIAN

PRESCRIBES
A generation ago the physician carried
a small assortment of drugs with him.
The modern physician prescribes drugs
exactly suited to your case, and regis-
tered pharmacists compound them with
care and skill. We cooperate with your
physician bymaintaining complete stocks
of modem medicines and chemicals.
We we Merck Prescripton Chnemcals

Smith's Pharmacy
Phone 5 Port St. Joe
We Fill Any Doctor's Prescription


--FRIDA-Y, FEBRUARY 25, 1944


tei C them. FirstL aid methods were
also demonstrated.
Club President Harry McKnight
reminded the membership that a
100 per cent attendance is the goal
for the month of April, and urged
every member to do his utmost to


make a -perfect record.
The "Keep America American'"
program is well under way, anu
Chairman J. R. Norton is ca'ling
upon local business houses to help
present this timely message to thne
public.
Perhaps, John, R. Smith, busi-
ness standards chairman, can de-
rive some comfort form the fact
that the vandals! who burned, the
scrap paper pen on Reid avenue
were not residents of Port St. Joe.
It is hoped that this paper will in
some way reach their hands, and
they will gain added satisfaction
in the knowledge that the paper
they burned last Thursday night
was to be so:d to the St. Joe Pa-
per company, and' all proceeds
therefrom were, to go into the
school library fund.

Are you fighting mad
about this war? Does it
mean anythi.**g
to you personal-
ly? Then dig
down and buy I
more and more
War Bonds. For Freedom's Sake

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FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
"HOLDING FORTH THE WORD OF LIFE"
R. F. HALLFORD, Pastor Telephone 156
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27
9:45-Sunday School for all.
11:00-Morning Worship. Sermon topic:
"AM I MY BROTHER'S KEEPER?"
7:00-Baptist Training Union.
8:00-Evening 'Worship. Sermon topic:
"THE THREE R's OF THE GOSPEL."
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SAILOR-TAILOR


CHATTANOOGA, TENN.-He took
this sewing machine into the USO
Club here and' asked 'how to run it.
He said he thought he would do a
Little tailoring for shipmates. Here
he 'is'shown taking his first les-
son. He said he wanted to remain
anonymous, so they called him Mr.
Sew and Sew.


with prayer by Mrs. W. L. Waller.
A social hour was enjoyed after
the meeting, during.which the hos-
tess served delicious refreshment's.
The March meeting of the circle
will be held at the home of Mrs.
C. M. Palmer.


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IF ANYBODY HAS-
Eloped.
Married
Divorced
Had a Fire
Sold a Farm
Been Arrested
Been Your Guest
Started in Business
Left You a Fortune
Bought a New Home
Swiped Your Chickens
Met With An Accident
Had a Visit From the Stork
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An inspiring worship service
was followed by an introductory or
the topic, "God's Truth Abidetlt
Stilll" and stories were tolds as
follows: "Jose from Mexico," "D:-
ana fro n Brazil," "Mary, the Jap-
anese Girl," "A'ice from Alaska,"
and "Daphne from England."
It was announced' that the
"World! Day of Prayer"' service
would be held at the Presbyterian
church on Friday, Felbruary 25.
Parts were assigned to Mrs..-Floya
Hunt, Mrs. J. L. Temple, Mrs. R.
A. Swatts and Mrns. C. W. Mat-
thews.
Circle hostesses for February 28
were announced as follows: Ruth
Lawrence Circle, Mrs. R. H. Brin-
son; Mary Vie Mauk Circle, Mrs.
J. L. Temple; Mrs. J. C. Farne:l.
The meeting was closed with
song and' prayer.

BAPTIST W. M. S. TO STUDY
'CHRISTIANITY, OUR CITADEL'
The, Baptist W. M. S. Royal
Service program at the church on
Monday afternoon will be followed
by study of the book, "Christanity,
Our Citadel," taught by Mrs. B.
W. Wiggins.
Dr. Roland Q. Leavell, who was
for many years superintendent at
evangelism for the home mission
board, is the author of this book.
He tells of Baptist mission work
in the South and the book is writ-
ten. with the desire that Christian
women will be inspired to greater
effort in the evangelization of thb
homeland.
The, book is being studied Iln
preparation for the March WeeK
of Prayer and' the Annie Arm-
strong offering. The prayer sert-
ice will continue each day of tnit
coming week, Monday through Fri-
days at 3 p. m. at the church.

METHODIST CHURCH
Rev. 0. D. Langston. Pastor
9:45 a. m.-Church school
11:00 a.m.-Morning worship.
6:30 p.m.-Youth Fellowship.
7:30 p. m.-Evening worship.
Woman's Society meets Mon-
days at 3:00 p. m. Prayer meeting,
Bible study and choir, practice
Wednesday at 7:30 p. m.

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

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KIWANIS NEWS METHODIST W. S. C: S. ENJOYS BAPTIST CIRCLE MEETS
INTERESTING PROGRAM WITH MRS. S. D. FROST
Seven Boy Scouts of the local Members of the Woman's So- Circle No. 1 of the Baptist W.
troop were guests of the Kiwanis city tor Christian Service of tnt M. S. met Monday afternoon at
c:ub Thursday night of last week Method.it Church met Monday a,- the home of Mrs. S. D. Frost. The
and Scoutmaster 0. D. Langston ternoon at the church and enjoyea meeting was opened by Mrs. C. M.
had the boys .present some of their aa interesting and, unusual pro- Palmer, circle chairman. Mrs. L.
handiwork and Scout lore at the gram under the able leadership of E. Voss led in prayer, following
close of the dinner. As Rev. Lang- Mrs. R. G. Boyles, assisted by which a short business, session
ston called for various knotO, 'Mesdames C. A. Brown, J. T. Mc- was held. Mrs. B. 'W. Wiggins
many of them intricate and puzzi- Neill, C. W. Mathews, Nobie Ston, taught the book, "Christianity Our
ing to. the layman, the boys deftly and J. L. Temple. Citadel." The meeting was closed


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CLASSIFIED ADS

FOR RENT
HOUSE FOR RENT-Bed room,
living room, kitchen and shower
bath. Inquire The Star. 3-3*
FOR SALE
FOR SALE-Practically new man's
bicycle; also 75 feet brand new
pre-war garden hose. Inquire The
Star office. 2-25*


x With the Colors > Rotarians Winners ATTEMPT MAE LAST
WEEK TO BURN THEATER


(Continued; From Page 1)
Paul Fensom, Cap'n Ben Dickens,
Mrs. Getairge Cooper and a number
of others, have been turning in
occasional items, and it helps won-
derfully. But if everybody woul'c
turn in just one or two personan-
each month we'd have a heap of
really interesting smaTl item.
Now how about each of you sit-
ting dlcawn and writing me a letter


and at the.same time write one to
HOGS FOR SALE- -Mostly brood' lile
sows. See D. C. "Mike" Smith, your folks and' drop 'em a little
or phone 51. 1-2Stf hint that you'd ke 'em to graat
LOST AND FOUND the phone onceinawhile and give
a news item to The Star?


LOST-Black and tan coon hounu'
wearing new collar; all hair off
top of tai:; answers to name or
"Jack." P. H. 'Peck' Rhames, Box
95-3, Pont St. Joe. 3-31
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MISCELLANEOUS


I'd '-ike to write each one of you
individually, but just wnIere I'V
find the, time I don't know, so you
are to consider this a letter to
you personally.
Editor Bill.

TIRESOME LIFE
In reading through the National
Geographic recently we discovered
that the average life of the sea
turtle is 300 years. W'e imagine a
sea turtle must get rather tired of
being a sea turtle after, the first
hundred years.


FiSH SAIT Fresn, clean worms
.that are guaranteed to get the
fish for you. .See Eddie Beverly F DRd qw
ir. the ~heffleld colored q uaters. Curtail spending.
; ANt i Put your savings,
CAN'T Y U into war bonds every

S EE payday.


In Battle of Bonds

Top Kiwanis Club By Some $3000;
Losers Will Be Host At
Chicken Dinner

The "Battle of the Bondis" be-
tween the Rotary club and' the KI-
wanis olub ended officially Thurs-
day night of last week, with the
Rotarians declared winners by a
score of $51,000 worth of E bonds
to the Kiwanians.' $48,000, wh.icl
would indicate that the Rotarians
have pelnty of loose change lying
around, for they came from behind
at the last minute, to overcome.
what 'ookeid like a safe lead for
the Kiwanis aggregation.
Doc A. L. Ward', head mogul oi
the Rotary tribe, is jubilant at the
prospect of all the free chicken
he can eat (which is plenty), but
Kiwanians, nonetheless, are happy
over the fact that they shook the
Rotarians loose from a neat sum
that might not otherwise have
found its way into Uncle Sam's
coffers.
f'he time and'place of the bi,
chicken dinner, which the Kiwanls
club will serve to the Rotariane
will 'be announced at an early
date. Terms of the contract calt
for "a whole chicken on every
plate."

T'he Indians used to put on war
paint to scare their enemies. The
modern girl puts it on to charm
her friends.


(Continued from page 1)
the officers, seemed to indicate
that the culprit wa.s perhaps a
soldier. More credence was given
to this theory by the fact that ap-
proximately 250 soldiers were in
the city that evening from a train-
ing boat from Camp Gordon John-
ston which had tied up at the dock
overnight. The police had been
having some trouble keeping some
of the soldiers in hand earlier in
the evening.
.That the wouldi-be arsonist could
have been a pyromainiac was seen
in the burning about 3:30 Friday
morning of the large pile of cor-
rugated cartons on the vacant lot
opposite the, theater on Reid ave-
nue, and it is the belief that the
person who set this fire was the
one who made the attempt to burn
the theater.
LEGAL ADVERTISING
NOTICE UNDER FICTITIOUS
NAME LAW.
To Whom It May Concern: No-
tice is, hereby given that the un-
dersigned, pursuant to the "Fic-
titious Name Statute, House Bill
No. 1175, Chap. No. 20953, Laws of
Florida, 1941, will register witn
the Clerk of the Circuit Court, in
and for Gulf County, Florida, upon
receipt of proof of publication or
this notice, the factitious name,
to-wit: MILLER'S DRUG STORE,
under which we are engaged In
business at Port St. Joe, Florida.
That the parties interested in said
business enterprise are as follows,:
A. L. Ward and H. A. Campbel'.
Dated' at Port St. J'e, Gulf County,
Fla., Feb. 15, 1944. 2-18 3-1.7


INVITATION TO BID
Sealed, proposals will be received
by the City of Port St. Joe, Flor-
ida, at the office of the City Clerk,
Port St. Joe, Florida, until 2 p.
m. o'clock, E.'W.T., February 2-,
1944, for certain hospital equip-
ment identified as Lots "A" and
"B," at which time they will be
publicly opened and read.
Contract documents may be
viewed and obtained at the office of
the City Clerk or at the office of
Smith and Gillespie, Packard-Flor-
ida Building, Jacksonvile, Florida,
the Architect-Engineer. No deposit
is required for the use of the doc-
aments.
Proposals shall be submitted on
the 'proposal form furnished here-
with. Proposals should be, sub-
mitted in two sealed envelopes, one
within the other, and both plainly
addressed' to the City Clerk, City
Hall, Port St. Joe, Florida, and
plainly marked with the nature or
the contents on the outside of the
inner envelope. Before proposals
are sealed or delivered, bidders
should carefully check the data
furnished', fill in all blank space's,
and re-examine their bids to be
certain they are in strict accort-
annce with the requirements here-
in.
The lowest qualified] proposal
for each Lot of equipment, upon
acceptance by the City of Port St.
Joe and upon execution ,by the
City's authorized representative,
shall be thereafter a contract
agreement in full accord with all
provisions of the Contract Docu-
ments.
No bid may be withdrawn after
.the scheduled closing time for the
receipt of bids. for a period of
thirty (30) days.
The City of Port St. Joe re-
serves the right to reject any or
all bid's and to waive informalities.
(Signed)
CITY OF PORT ST. JOE,


2-18 25


FLORIDA.
J. L. SHARIT,
Mayor.


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Three Japs killed with one bullet was the score of Marine Pfc. Nicholas Sileo
while defending a small village somewhere in the South Pacific. Sileo dropped
the trio as they approached Indian file and then bagged two more before the
warming little men's rifle fire 'put him out of commission and he had to be
Shoslitalized. Our boys are niaking the best use of the ammunition which you
help buy when young Invest in War Bonds. Help pass them more of it.

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