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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: June 23, 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 THE

(The Star wants photos of Gulf county mten
serving in the armed forces. Pictures, which
should b, in uniforn, will be returned.)

SOUTH PACIFIC MOSTLY MUD
REPORTS PFC. LEO KENNEDY
Writing from somewhere in the
Southwest 'Pacific, Pfc. Leo Ken-
nedy .says: "This place is surely
hell. There may 'be some place
worse, but damn if 'I believe 'it.
There's more mud in an acre of
this place than there is in the
whole, of Willis Swamp. A few
'days ago we were issued knee
boots, and then hip boots (the
knee boots are worthless here-"
they aren't high enough) I
know it would be a thrill to get
back in the UJiA, and I long for
the day when there will be no
more war and no more army' (for
me), no more getting up before
six."

Major Dickens With Fourth
Major Gaston L. Dickens of this
city is with the Fourth )Division
on the Cherbourg peninsula, and
from all indications that outfit is
,doing a good job.

Paul Johnson Changes Again!
Pvt. Paul K. Johnson, recently
stationed at Wendover Field, Utah,
is now stationed, at the Kearnsm
,Utah, -Overseas Replacement De-
pot. Says Paul: "Sorry to cause
you so much trouble with changing
my address, 'but I can't seem to,
help it. 'Maybe one of these days I;
will stop moving so much. I shall;
.be looking forward to getting The
Star, for it is always good to get
the news from home."


Tbrn.Morrison fri- uba "' ',
We received a postal card from
.Tom Morrison who, at the time,
was in Matanzas, Cuba. "It sure
is hot here," sez he.

Promoted
We received' word the other day
that W. T. Mosley has been pro-
moted from ensign to lieutenant
(j. g.).

ADDRESSES
Cpl. Wm.. C. Roberts, 34538964,
Hq. and Base Service Sqd., 303rd
Service Group, Tinker Field, Okla-
homa 'City, Okla.
'Roy B. Evans, ,SF 2/c, U ,S Naval
ABD, Bks. 154, 'Camp Thomas, Da-
visville, R. I.
Pfc. Claude 'Gautreaux, 34057-'
239 USA, Troop A, 102nd Cavalry,
(Mech.), APO 464, c/o Postmaster
New York, N. Y.
/S/8gt. L. J. Herring, 34056782,
347th ,Service tSqd., APO 639, c/o
Postmaster, New York, N. Y.
Cpl. Gordon W. Ferris, 14105528,
Det. 5, ASO USS 'TAF, APO 798,
c/o 'Postmaster, New York, N. Y.
.S/Sgt. Gebrgie L. Cooper, 13405-
4103, Co. D, 711th Tank Bn., APO
960, c/o Postmaster,. San Fran-
cisco, Calif.
Pfc. Leo Kennedy, ASN34248804,
3437th Ord. MM Co. (Q), APO 709
c/o Postmaster, San Francisco.
A/C John M. Lane, 44G, Bks. 131
AAFO.S (Adv. 2 Eng.),. Moody
Field, Valdosta, Ga.
Pvt. Paul K. Johnson, 14153910,
3703 Base Unit, Sest. K, KAA1P,
Kearns, Utah.

Write a letter today to that boy
of yours in the service.

Uncle Edd Is Visitor
Uncle Ed'd Pridgeon, county tax
collector, was in town Monday on
business. As usual he had a wide
grin and a vigorous handshake for
everybody, even though it is four
years before he comes up for re-
election, .:


THE


STAR


The Home Newspaper of Northwest Florida's Future Industrial Center


VOLUME VII PORT ST. JOE- FLORIDA, FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 1944 NUMBER 38
-"


Baptist Minister

Compares City to

Ancient Sodom

Avers Port St. Joe Is Easiest Place
For People to Backslide;
Warns of Danger

Taking for his sermon topic last;
Sunday evening "Port St. Joe, a
'Modern Sodom," R. F. Hallford, !
pastor of the First Baptist Church,
delivered a sermon on what he
termed "inside- facts about the'
shameful wickedness of this little
sity," and warned his listeners
to .mend their ways or take the
consequences.
Rev. Hallford! said that most of P
us think of Sodom as, the, most
wicked city of ancient times and,
that right now Port ,St. Joe is ad-
vancing to the forefront to take its M
place alongside Sodom.
. Drawing parallels between the
ancient Sodom and modern Port
St. Joe, Rev. Hallford stated that
this city is a place where major
emphasis is placed on material
things and little attention paid; to
spiritual matters. "Here people are r
so busy making a living, working
overtime for a few !extra dollars
and, amassing material wealth that
they have, no time to go to church. .
Christ issued a solemn warning


about such: 'Buit seek ye first the
kingdom of God -and his righteous-
ness.' And in Luke 12:'15, 'And he
I %aid unto th+.Tn TT e iih.pVr n n l


Salu .ot em, a neea ana
b ,- a.j pl COvr-tJu. aness: .iQ .ma.,
man s life cobsisteth iot in 'the
abundance. of the things which he
posses.seth'."
In Sod'om ,the 'people paid no at-
tention to God s commands, said
the minister, and in Port St. Joe
His word is either ignored, made
light of or rebelled against.
"Having a good time is the order
of the 'day here," said Hallford,
"andi that was 'no doubt true of
Sodom. Having a good time de-
scribes Port iSt. Joe. And how do
'the people'have a good time? By
smoking, drinking, gambling, danc-


ing, adultery, etc.
"Port Sit. Joe is the easiest place
I have ever seen for a person
(Continued on Page 2)


To the People
of this Community
The next time you write to
your fighting man or fighting
woman tell him or her what
you have done about the Fifth
War Loan.
oun c n
word of
Eisenhower
000 that your
woman in
uniform will
1, beedeeply
interested.
S' Your War
Bond buying is a good tip-off
to them about the state of affairs
in your home. The headlines' in
this newspaper on the progress
of the drive, the items about par-
ticipating individuals, the char-
acter of the Fifth War Loan spe-
cial events-all these things re-
'flect the morale back home.
Do you like to read a sorry
headline about the invasion
fronts. Qur fighting forces,
made up of individuals with the
same reactions to good and bad
as you, will not be heartened to
read: "Fifth War Loan Lags."
Your silence in your letter
about your part in the Fifth War
Loan will mean non-interest,
perhaps non-patticipation 'to the
recipients. It s up to you to make
your letters cheerful. Write to-
day. Write often. Write about
your war work, your war sup-
port. Double your best previous
War Bond buying record and
then shout it to the housetops-
just to that special service man.
THE EDITOR.


G I DIVING GEAR TO BE IN BOND SHOW


included in tne .a,,SFrsj mili-
tary cavalcade coming to Port
St. Joe next Friday to promote
war bond sales during the Fifth
*'? r;,r Lrin Di'.,'i will bj de. -p-'iaj
diving paraphernalia as shown
above.


Here We see T/4 Robert Cross
of the 1060th Engineer Port Con-
struction and Repair Group, at
Camp Gordon Johnston, coming
outof' -. t water. T/4 Rainimijd
Whetstine is adjusting i,: face-
piece, while T/5 William King
is. taking care of the lines.


High School Takes'M. O. Freeman Is


First League Game


Defeats Rotary Club Tuesday Eve-
ning 9 to 8 In Softball
Opener

Coming up from 'behind in a
last-inning rally, the High School
team defeated the Rotary Club 9


Shot By Ex-Wife


Former Police Officer Struck Four
Times By Bullets from Gun In
Hands of Divorced Wife

Marvin 0. Freeman, former lo-
cal police officer and now a mem-
ber of the Panama City police


Bond.Rally Next

I Friday Is Varied

And Interesting


Camp Gordon Johnston Personnel
And Vets from Overseas Will
Be In Charge of Display

Spearheading Port St. Joe's and
Gulf county's 'biggest day in the
Fifth War Loan Drive, next Friday,
in an attempt to hit the entire
quota of $170,000 in a single day,
will be 60 soldiers from Camp Gor-
don Johnston, their implements of
war, a 30-piece -military band anm
a big night show at the Port thea-.
ter featuring a former Metropoli-
tan Opera singer, a magician, a
bullwhip artist, and many others.
,Speaker of the delayy in a short
talk will be Col. Thomas L. Allen,
commanding officer of an assault
regiment in the First Engineer
Amphibian Brigade during the
bloody fighting in the North Afri-
can invasion.
Stars o'f equipment exhibition
will be the two DUKWs, the fa-

mous 2/2-ton amphibious trucks
which proved' their worth so em-
phatically at Anzio. The DUKWs
will demonstrate, loading and un-
loading technique. Civilians will
not be able, to, ride in the amphib-
ians as promised', a recent War De-
partment directive forbidding such
practice.
Also at the, exhibit will be. deep-
"-'a ivin? equipment, cap.turl Jap
1r Gi'erii uniforms., Red Cross
packages destined for our men
who are prisoners of war, study
courses from the Armed Forces In-
stitute open to all service, per-
sonnel, and orientation material
handled, by wounded battle veter-
ans ,returned to Camp Gordon


Johnston to work with the morale
services branch. I i
Among these veterans, who wilt
also sell' bonds at the rally, will be
Sgt. Medfo-rd, a machine gunner ac
the bloody battle, of Kasseri-ne
Pass in North Africa; Pvt. Wat-
kins of 'the paratroop medics; Pfc.
Walker, a veteran of the Salerno
Uh.q'-I, l'o-1. qC'*-.f l '01n^. .f~ t ^ w n.


to to 8 Tuesday evening in the open- force, was shot four times by his Ueac u leau; )Sg. .'rafvit, wil.
ing game of the newly-o~r:ganizea divorced, wife, Blanche Freeman, fought against the French at the
softball league. about 5:15 last Friday morning at-ran laing and then closed
The Rotarians started ,off great ter he had broken, down the door (Continued on page 2)
guns, chalking up six runs in the of the room in which she and, Miss S
first inning, while the school lads Jeanette Sco.tt were sleeping at MRS. WEATHERINGTON
drew a goose egg. In the second the Freeman boarding house. IS CALLED BY DEATH'
canto the youngsters tightened up, Mrs. Freeman stated that Thurs-
allowing the Rotes but. one run on day Freemal had phoned her and Mrs. Martha Weatherington, 8S,
two hits while they garnered two told her that he was going "to fin- passed away last Saturday at the
counters to make the score 7 to 2. ish her off," and that she took a home of her daughter, Mrs. George
From'.then until the fatal seventh revolver to. bed with her that Parrish, in Oak Grove, after a long
both teams played good ball, the n.ight. .Shortly after 5 o'clock, she illness. Funeral services and inter-.
Rotes adding one run to their to- said, Mr. Freeman knocked on the ment were held Sundays at Su-
tal and the school boys four, mak- bedroom door and demanded that matra in Liberty county, she hav-
ing the score read 8 to 6 at the she open it. She refused, and Free-.ing been a pioneer of that county
beginning of the seventh. In that man broke the door in. and.-residing there some 75 years,.
inning the Rotarians seemed to He fired, two shots at her,. she Mrs. Weatherington is. survived
develop a mass case of the gallop- said,, one going through the pillow by one brother, R. D. Hathcock of
ing jitters, failing to make any and one through th'e mattress. She Sumatra; two daughters, Mrs. U.
runs and 'allowing their' opponents 'threatened him with her gun, but Parrish of this city and Mrs. Em-
to chalk up three and win the tilt. Freeman took it away from her ma Kirkland of Sumatra, and sev-
The. box score follows: and was beating her, when she eral grandchildren.
Team- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7-R H E (Continued on Page 2)
Rotary ...6 1 0 0 '1 0 0- 8 15 ---- -- LIVING ROOM SUITES
H.i School 0 211 1 113-9 13 9 GENE'S SANDWICH i AGAIN HAVE SPRINGS
The Kiwanis Club meets the Pa- SHOP WILL REOPEN
per'Makers tonight at 8:30 for the -...- Here's some good news for you
second game in the league series; With most 'meats off the ra- people who have been sitting on
the High ISchool tangles with the tioned list and other sandwich ma-; those springless chairs and sofas
Paper Makers Tuesday evening, trials more readily obtainan:w, of your wartime living room suites.
and next Friday, night the Rotary Mr. and Mrs. Gene Holly will re- "Springs are back again!" says
and Kiwanis teams meet. .. open their sandwich shop at the the Danley Furniture Company ad.
-------,-- .. former stand in the bus station on in this issue of The Star, and that
Visitor From Panama City' Fourth Street- next Monday. store has quite a selection of the
Henderson Spence, who is. em- If you want a sandwich and a springy suites on display.
ployed at the shipYrrd- in Panarima cold drink in a hurry, just drop They will move fast, so if you
SCity,- was a visitor' l' this',city around to the 'bus station and yell want a suite, you'd better drop'in
SMonday. ; I Hygene. hoi.w about A sandwich?' at Danley's today.


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PAGE TWO


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

Entered as second-class matter, December 10, 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

-f Telephone 51 1.-
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 Right or Wrong

FIGHT PAY
It's a new idea, and a good one: "Fight
Pay." Extra pay for our combat troops.
"Fight pay !"
Ernie Pyle has made the suggestion. The
Record is for it 100 per cent. We'll explain
in his words:
"Give the combat soldier some little form
*of recognition more than he is getting now.
Everybody who serves overseas, no matter
where or what he's doing, gets extra pay.
"Airmen get an extra per cent above this
for flight pay and all that is fine and as
it should be, but the idea I was toying with is
why not give your genuine combat soldier
something corresponding to flight pay?
"Maybe a good phrase for it would be 'fight
pay.' As it is now there is no official distinc-
tion between the dogface lying for days and
nights under constant mortar fire and the
headquarters clerk living comfortably in a
'hotel in Rio de Janeiro."
If there is any good argument against Ernie


COMPARES CITY TO
ANCIENT SODOM

(Continued, from page 1)
backslide. Here Sunday school
,teachers, leaders and. even preach-
ers backslide. miserably. It is a
place of complete moral collapse.
Many people in Port St. Joe have
no moral standards left. To prove
this, all we have to do is look at
what goes on in some homes and
In public gathering places'."
Issuing a stern warning to his
audience, Rev. Hallford concluded
his sermon by," pointing out that
ISodom was miserably destroyed;
that old St. Joseph, famous for its
gambling houses, saloons and horse
r-aces, was wiped off the map by
storm and plague.
"Port. St. Joe is in danger,"
said Hallford. "In Galatians 6:7
it says, 'for whatsoever a man
soweth, that shall he also reap, and
'I shudder to think of what some
people here will reap, for in 2
Peter 2:6 we find: .'And turning
the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha
into. ashes condemned' them with
an overthrow, making them an ex-
ample unto those that after should
live ungodly'."
Calling on the people to mend
their ways and return to the path
of righteousness,, Rev. ,Hallford
quoted from 2 Peter 3:9 "The Lord
is long-suffering to us-ward,
not willing ,that any should, perish,
but that all should come to re-
pentance."

The War Bond you buy may be
MS ticket home!




HARTFORD
Accident and Indemnity Company

INSURANCE


FRANK & DOTS AGENCY
St. Joe Motor C,. Phone 37
1o


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


Pyle's case, we can't imagine what it might
*be. True, no leader of the soldiers is going
to go to the president and say, "Mr. Roose-
velt, we either get fight pay-or we stop
shooting nazis."
No, the boys will go on fighting, giving all
they've got, no mater whether they get an
extra dime-or if their paymaster falls off a
truck and fails to show up.
Even Ernie Pyle is not asking. He is just
suggesting. Suggesting an opportunity for
us. Not to do so much, just a little more.
Congress won't need a poll to gauge public
sentiment on "fight pay."-The Philadelphia
Record.

HE'S WONDERFUL!
The statesman throws his shoulders back
and straightens out his tie, and says, "My
friends, unless it rains today, the weather will
be dry." And when this thought into our
brains has percolated through, we common
people nod our heads and loudly cry, "How
true !"
The statesman blows his massive nose, and
clears his august throat, and says, "The ship
will never sink so long as'it's. afloat." Where-
at we roll our solemn eyes, applaud with main
and might, and slap each other ,on the back,
while we say, "He's right !"
The statesman waxes stern and warm, his
drone becomes a roar. He yells, "I say to
you, my friends, that two and two make four."
And thereupon our doubts dissolve, our fears
are put to rout, and we agree that here's a
man who knows what he's about !-Speakers
Library. A

We have no quarrel with Roosevelt getting
himself elected as often, or as long as he
pleases, but it does seem pitiful that opur Dem-
ocratic party has only one man to offer our
country.-Jasper News.,


FREEMAN SHOT

(Continued from ,page 1)
picked up another revo.'ver she had
in the room and fired at him, the
bullet missing and penetrating a
cedar chest.
When she fired the shot,. Free-
man ran from the room, and she
followed him out in the hall where
she shot at him four times more
as he ran down the hall, all four
bullets taking effect, though none
fatally.
Freeman, with a broken arm and
a nasty wound in' the thigh, man-
aged to get to the municipal hos-
pital with the aid of a passing mo-
torist, where he was given first
aid treatment and later received
a physician's assistance.
Freeman telephoned Panama of-


TO SAFEGUARD

YOUR HEALTH
The purity and uniformity of the
drugs and chemical we use in com-
pounding your physidciai's, prescription
are ensured by the vitilant cheisits of
Control Laboratories. Even during the
manufacture of a simple product a score
or more of exacting test$ for purity are
made. Thus, we compound prescriptions
With full confidence in the reliability of
the ingredient your physician prescribe.
W*ewee Mek& Arerlpl.M ChaeucII

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


ficers, telling them that he had
been shot at by an unknown as.
sailant while sitting in his wifers
living room. Later Investigation by
Chief of Police John Rowan and
Deputy Sheriff Homer Coe brought
out the fact that Freeman had been
shot byt his divorced wife.
Local officers state that as soon
as Freeman is able to be moved he
will be taken to the county jail
at Wewahitchka.





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FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
"HOLDING FORTH THE WORD OF LIFE"
R. F. HALLFORD, Pastor Telephone 156
SUNDAY, JUNE 25, 1944
9:45-Sunday School for all.
11:00-Morning Worship. Sermon topic:
"MAKING, BREAKING AND PAYING VOWS"
7:00-Baptist Training Union.
8:00-Evening Worship. Sermon topic: "Is Your
Christian Experience Firsthand or Secondhand?"






Kenney Mercantile



Company




Groceries Meats Dry Goods


Fresh Fish Shrimp Oysters


Phone 136-W


Port St. Joe, Fla.


Railroad and Telegraph
Tax Valuations Upped

Railroad and.itelegraph tax valu-
ations in Florida for 1944 will to-
tal $117,326,611, an increase of al-
most $5,000,000 over last year.
Assessments against the four
major railroad ar'e: Seaboard' Air-
line $34,500,000, Atlantic Coast
Line $38,500,000, Louisville and
Nashville $5,500,000, Florida East
Coast $22,750,000.
The Postal Telegraph Company
has been absorbed 'by the West-
ern Union', which has been in-
creased: $250,000 to $3,250,000.
Other assessments this year in
this part of the state will 'be: St.
Joseph Telephone and, Telegraph
Company, $155,000; Atlanta & St.
Andrews Bay Line, $1,M10,000; Ap-
alachicola Northern Railroad Co.,
$725,000; Marianna & Blountstown
Railroad Co., $31,000.

BOND RALLY

(Continued from page 1)
Von Arnim's tough shock troops;
Pvt. Edgar Thomas, who still car-
r.ies 'a Jap 'Guadlcanal bullet in
his shoulder, and Sgt. Coker of
Jacksonville, who learned to speak
Maori, the language of the. Poly-
nesians. |.
At the exhibit will also be a pic-
torial history of -Camp Gordon
Johnston from the time it was ac-
-ivated ks an amphibious training
center i4' September 19421 up to the
"present.: The display will show the
training of amphibian brigades and
infantry, divisions, the last or
which, the Fourth, is now making
history as it cracks the Cherbourg
defense.
Leading the parade an.d .,paying
martial .airs intermittently thruout
the day'will be the colorful .318th
Army iServices Forces band', a fa-
vorite with Queen Wilhelmina of
Holland when she visited. this
country.
HisJilig tiicy the. big. night showu -
at the Po."t theater, will be a bona


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FRIDAY, JUNE ,Z3,. 1944

fide Metropolitan Opera tenor, T/5
Elwood Gary, who sang there for
a year before he was inducted.
Gary has a warm and pleasing per-
sonality, and generally winds up
his program by singing old favor-
ites requested by the crowa.
Supporting Gary will be Corporal
Tucker, a bullwhip cracker who
can whip a cigaret from a man's
mouth; Lieut. Francis A. Malloy,
magician; Pvt. Kiefer, dizzy-fin-
gered accordionist, and S/Sgt. Lis-
sauer of the world-famous all-army
stage show, "This Is the Army."'
The show will' be master-of-cere-
monied by wisecracking T/4 Billy
Sutton ,assisted by popular ballad
singer T/Sgt. Johnny Murphy.




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BIBLE SCHOOL CERTIFICATES at 8 o'clock, and an invitation to METHODIST W. S. C.LS.
WILL BE AWARDED TONIGHT attend the ceremonies Is extended IN PROGRAM MEETING
Today marks the close of the to the public. The June program meeting Or
daily vacation Bible school which the Methodist Woman's Society of
has been. in session at the Baptist .LOCAL 4-H GIRLS WIN Christian Service was held at the
Church for the past twelve days. HONORS AT CAMP church Monday afternoon, witt
R. F. Hallford has been acting A group of 4-H Girls from Port Mrs. Charles Brown leading.
as principal of the school, with the St. Joe, made up of Peggy Hardy, Subject of the program was
following teachers: Beginners squad leader, Irene Wilder, Mar- ral Work In Mexico." Assistin. .
Mrs. W. L. Waller, Mrs. T. H. garet Mincey, Grace Waller, Sadie ork In exo Asss
Stricka'nd, Mrs. W. M. Chafin ana Wooden, Merita Sutton, Dorothy Mrs. Brown were Mrs. M. J. Doh-
Mrs. Duffy Lewis. Primaries Minus, Estelle Richards, Carolyn aldson. Mrs. Jim Williams ana
Mrs. George Cooper, Mrs. W. J. Smith, Lynette Traxler and Ger- Mrs. Ralph Swatts, who gave talks
Daughtry, Mrs. Milford-Collier ant aldine Parker, who attended the on the following: "Social Work In
Miss Betty, Jo Lane. Juniors 4-H camp near Villa Tasso, took Arizpe," "Rural Work In Guana-
Mrs. W. C. Pridgeon, Mrs. W. S. honors for the. cleanest cabin and juIto"' and "Social Work In Gen-
Quarles, Mrs. C. A. McClellan and yard and for be-ing on time for eral Teran."
Miss Sara Jo Costin. Intermediates flag-raising, meals and recreation. Mrs. Brown was also in charge
- Mrs. T. V. Morris and Mrs. J. n of the worship program, which
0. Baggett. Miss Ruth Jones has CARD OF THANKS consisted of songs, prayer and
,been acting as secretary; Miss We wish to take this means of meditation in line with the above
Dorothy Costin, treasurer, and thanking our many friends for' subject.
Miss Fay Morris, pianist. their kind deeds and words of sym-j Mrs. J. L. Sharit announced that
Rev. Hallford, announces that pathy during the illness and death 'the circles would have their last
128 pupils were enrolled in the of our mother and grandmother. meeting for the summer Monday,
school, with an average daily at- Mr. and, Mrs. Geo. Parrish and that the first all-day session
tendance of 70. and children, would be held at the home of Mrs.
Commencement exercises will Mrs. Emma Kirkland. R. A. Costin on the first Tuesday
be held at the church this evening Mr. R. D. Hathcock. in July.


METHODIST BIBLE SCHOOL Guests From Georgia
WILL OPEN MONDAY Mrs. Gladys Bolton, Mrs. Wilbur
Rev. 0. D. Langston, pastor of Schramm and the Misses Laurine
the Methodist Church, announces and Mamie Kelly of Dawson, Ga.,
that the annual vacation aKiDble G.,
that the annual vacation -3ible were the guests several days last
school will open at the church next week of Mrs. Verna iSmith and
Monday, June 26, and continue for Mrs. Marigene Taunton.
two weeks.
Classes will be held for Begin- -
ners, Primaries, Juniors and !u- Mrs. DuBose Has Visitors
termed:iatees, and will be held Mrs. G. S. Walker and two daugh-
from 9:30 to 1i 0 a. m. ters, Mrs. W. D. Chapman and,
-ar s Sara Lava'ugh of ;Sylvester, Ga.,
Those who think and sweat are' spent the week-end here as guests
the builders of a nation, of Mrs. E. R. DuBose.



REOPENING

Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Holley Cordially Invite
the Public to Come and Try Our

Toasted Sandwiches

AT NEW BUS STATION


Gene's Sandwich Shop,4
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Coming to the


PORTT
sf.v THEATRE
A Martin Theatre '7. Port St. Joe, Fla.
THEATRE OPENS SATURDAYS SUNDAYS AT 1:00 P. M.
CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE DAILY AT 2:45 P. M.

SATURDAY, JUNE 24 MONDAY a.d TUESDAY
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TEMPTRESS OR KILLER!
WEAVING A..
Veada


FIFY-V. PIT $MISSION

There he goes again--out to pour more Tojo crews are ready to "call it quits."
destruction on the Axis-once more to This is only your fifth mission-and a
face the death of enemy fighters and flak! mission which is mighty easy in compari-
He won't hesitate to go out on his fifty- son with the ones he makes every week.
sixth or his hundred and fifty- Stay in the fight by welcoming
sixth mission. He knows he theVictoryVolunteers-atleast
might not come back, but he double your Bond purchases and


keeps on going--giving more
and more until the Hitler and


then keep on.Your buying means
"bombs away" for the Axis!


ard e kdfA- BUY MORE THAN BEFORE

This Advertisement Sponsored By the Following Patriotic Concerns of Port St Joe:
ST. JOE HARDWARE COMPANY SCHNEIDER'S DEPARTMENT STORE
SUNNY STATE SERVICE STATION GULF HARDWARE & SUPPLY CO.


DANLEY FURNITURE COMPANY
CHAVER'S-FOWHAND FURNITURE CO.
D. Brigman, Manager
KENNEY MERCANTILE COMPANY
MILLER'S DRUG STORE
CHESTNUT'S GROCERY & MARKET
ST. JOE ICE COMPANY
M. G. LEWIS & SONS GARAGE
COSTIN'S DEPARTMENT STORE
MILES 5 & 10c STORE


CREECH AND BROOKS LAUNDRY
J. LAMAR MILLER'S STANDARD SERVICE
Jimmy Greer, Manager
FLORIDA BANK AT PORT ST. JOE
ST. JOE BAR
McCOY'S GROCERY & MARKET
ST. JOE MOTOR COMPANY
ST. JOE LUMBER & EXPORT COMPANY
LeHARDY'S BAR
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Before a packer may sell cu- HOW TO WRITE A LETTER [though the Germans do restrict MORE- TOMATOES Floridla's mineral resources are
cumber pickles or pickle products TO A PRISONER OF-WAR. the number that a prisoner may The editor acknowledges with valued at $15,000,000 in annual
to anyone else, he must first con- With a lot of us desiring to write. thanks a number of choice toma- output.
,tract to deliver at least 25 percent write .a letter to Sgt. Paul James All letters, with postage affixed toes sent us 'by J. 0. Smith of Su-
of his products to the Army. Farmer, first German prisoner of to the envelope, which should be matra. Now how about 'a few of
war from Gulf county, the follow- unsealed, should be placed in, a those big bream we know you are
ing instructions, should be fol- second envelope, without postage, catching over there, Jim?
CLASSIFIED ADS lowed: addressed "Postmaster--Prisoner
Special-air mail letter sheets are of War Air Mail," andi after being EPISCOPAL CHURCH
RATES-One cent per word for one inser- ayailaible at the local postoffice for sealed, it may be deposited in the Sunday evening
tion (count initials and figures as single use in corresponding wtih Amer- postoffice. (This requirement for Services every Sunday evening
words); minimum charge 25 cents. Addi- at 730 o'clock.
tional insertions of same ad takelower can prisoners of war. Use of such an. outer envelope: is to prevent the Try Alka-Seltzer for
rate. To eliminate bookkeeping, iall ads form greatly reduces the time,letter from being postmarked with .- lef
aiust be paid for at time of first insertion, a form greatly reduces the time letter from being postmarked with Advertising doesn't cost-it PAYS! Headache, "Morning After" Aching
required for delivery of the letter, a slogan such as "Win the War," prmptl effective ston.las a nt y
FOR SALE If this form is not used, use thin "V" or "For Defense," etc.) i
FOR SALE-Two 8-foot oak wall paper to save, weight and. space. Do not attempt to send parcels, SHINE YOUR SHOES! A *
cases; one 6-foot oak wall case. To facilitate censoring, letters as these may be sent only by next We have the largest stockigh Vitamin potency at low
See Mrs. T. M. Tucker, Apalachi- should; be typewritten or printed of kin, who are provided! with one h Pl t S E-A-mA V T A a
cola, Fla. 6-23* in block letters, be brief, and- per- special label every 60 days. of Shoe olish in Port St. tablets in the yellow box-B-Com-
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE training to personal or family mat- In case of doubt as to the form Joe. .... All makes! All col- tablets in the grey box.
BEACH PROPERTY-At Beacon ters. Avoid including information of address for prisoner of war mail, ors! .. Paste and Liquid. / -MI D M
Hill. One 4-room, one 5-room cot- of a political or military nature. consult Postmaster H. A. Drake (N.E E RV IN
-tage; electric lights, water pump, There is no limitation on the or his assistants. The LEADER I For Sleeplesness, Irrita-
'p'umbing. Very reasonably price e o T LD Fo I S bilty, Headache, and
.See Hum VeDrake. 4-2ltf number of letters which may 'be SHOE SHOP etlessness, when due to Nervoda
written to a prisoner of war, al- Keep On Buying War Bonds Tension. Use only as directed. "


MISCE I LANEO I IN U U
'FISH BAIT Fresh, clean worms
that are guaranteed to get the
'fish for you. See Eddie Beverly
in the ,Sheffield colored quarters.
Paid Political Advertising
COUNTY COMMISSIONER
DISTRICT 3 BEACON HILL


I wish to announce my candidacy
'for election to the office of County
'Commissioner from the Third Dis-
trict (Beacon Hill), subject to the
will of the voters of Gulf County.
*If elected I promise, to the best of
my ability, to conduct the affairs
of the office along strictly busi-
-ness lines, fairly, impartially and
honestly. Your favorable consid-
eration of my candidacy will be
genuinely appreciated.
J. C. "Chris" MARTIN
COUNTY COMMISSIONER
DISTRICT 5 PORT ST. JOE
1 hereby announce my candidacy
"for the office of member of the
Board of County Commissioners of
'Gulf County from District 5, Port
St. Joe, subject to the will of the
-voters at the coming election, and
I will appreciate the vote and sup-
'port of all electors. The only
'promise I make is that, if elected,
'I will Work to the best of my
'ability to serve the interests not
'only of the residents of my dis-
trict, but the people of the county
:as a whole.
"T. D. "Doc" WHITFIELD
COUNTY COMMISSIONER
To the People of Gulf County:
I herewith .submit for your care-
ful consideration my announce-
rment as a candidate for County
Commissioner from the Port St.
Joe district. I promise to be guided
'solely by what I believe to be for
'the best interests of my county as
a whole-to act as my conscience
dictates and not from any. motive
of personal profit or prestige. I
respectfully seek your support and
vote and assure you your help will
'be genuinely appreciated.
GEORGE W. COOPER
'COUNTY COMMISSIONER
I herewith announce my candi-
dacy for re-election to the office of
County Commissioner from the
Fifth District (Port St. Joe). If
returned to office I promise to
continue In the future handling
the taxpayers' money as I have In
the past, with epeeili privileges to
monqg and, justice fWr all.
W. C. ROCHE


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