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rinNUwwgimwI~llluiltU ImMUUIUhIIIwI u THET STAR The Home Newspper of. orthwett Florida's FuntWre Indutrial Center VOLUME VIII PORT ST. JOE, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1945 NUMBER 15 Tom Kelly Home On Leave Thomas Kelly, S 2/c, who is sta- tioned at Palatka, is home on leave visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nick Kelly. Sgt. Rowan Home On Furlough S/Sgt. F. M. Rowan is home from California on furlough and is vis- iting his parents and friends. Pervis Howell Home On Visit Pervis Howell, with the mer- chant marine, connected with the Waterman Line at Mobile, arrived home Monday from New York, where his ship made port. Bill Tapper Home On Visit Capt. William Tapper arrived Monday for a visit with his: par-. ents, Capt. and Mrs. R. Tapper. J. C. Evans In India Mrs. J. C.. Evans -has received word from her son, J. C. Evans Jr., that he is now somewhere in India and that it is real summer time there. Home After 'Boot' Training State's Progress In Past Hundred Years Reviewed Old St. Joseph Took An Active Part In Development; Was Almost State's Capital ,At the end of a century of state- hood Florida looks back with sat- isfaction on anr amazing degree of progress and ,expansion, the re- search division of the Florida State Chamber of Commerce declared in a Recent review. When Florida was purchased from Spain in 1821 at an average price of 14 cents an acre. there were only an estimated. 4,560 white persons in the territory. The short 24-year territorial period saw many adversities: the enormous task of building roads, homes and towns and of clearing the land, the In- dian menace, yellow fever, a rui.n- Burley E. Parker, S2/c, and ous freeze, and the competition of James E. Black, S 2/c, of Wewn- [ the newer western, lands. bhitchka, were visitors in this city It was during this period, in Monday. They are stationed for 1838, that the constitutional con- the present at Great Lakes, III., vention was held .in old St. Joseph where they have, just completed i and the state's first organic law the-ir. "boot" training. drawn up. The monument in front of the Centennial Building marks ADDRESSES the location of this convention. At James C. Evans, S 1/c, 557-10-66, that time, too, there was, a strong Armed'Guard, S.S Edward Richard- movement on foot to make St. san. c/o Fleet Postoffice, New movement on foot to make St. York, N. Y. Joseph the capital of the state. Ens. Carl A. Soderberg Jr. 414327 In 184,2 the seven-year $40,000,- V T 97, c/oFleet Postoffice, New 000 Seminole War was declared at Pvt. F E. Childers, 34783096, an end. Subsequently Florida ex- OCC 132, Fort Sill, Okla. perienced the boom. which had Pfc. R: L. Creamer, 34784466, swept the whole nation, accom- Pftry, D. 566th AAA-AW Bn., AJPO 205. c/o Postmaster, New York. panied by land. schemes and elab- H. L.. Trawick, MoMM?,/c 837-28- orate plans for 'canals, railroads- 31. NTS Group 125, Gen. Del., and banks. In fact, the second Bldg. 4102, Newport, R. I. Bldg. 4102, Nwport, railroad in the nation and the first P.-T. A TO MEET JANUARY. 18 in Florida was. built by residents of The regular meeting of the Par- St. Joseph and extended from this ent-Teachers Association will be city to lola, a distance of eight held Thursday, January 18, in the miles. To complete the cycle, hard school auditorium at 3:45 p. m. times followed and, the territory The program promises to be very sought to improve its condition by interesting. Miss Enid Matheson admission into the Union. will be guest speaker, taking as (Continued on Page 4) her subject "Sound Health In ----- ----- Building for Tomorrow's World." Sharks In 20-11 Mrs. Robert Tapper will conduct the devotional. Why not W inO er W ewa start the new year off right by l coming to, P.-T. A."? -- ---- Local Cage Team To Play Tyndall Return Here To Make Home Emergency Rescue Boat Squad- Mrs. J. F. Pitts and daughterr, ron Outfit Here Tonight who have been living in Tampa for ,several months past, have returned The. St. Joe Sharks opened the to make this city their home again basketball season Tuesday night with Mrs. Pitts' parents, Mr. and at the Centennial Auditorium by Mrs. Anderson Davis. defeating Wewahitchka high 20 to '- 11 in a slow but hard-fought game. Return To Savannah The St. Joe boys showed need of Mr. and, Mrs. Frank Hi'l and much practice, as their shooting daughter left Saturday for their and passing, was often inaccurate. 'home in Savannah, Ga., after a Alfred Rha.mes, a veteran of two 'week's visit here with Mr. and i years, was high point man for the Mrs. S. B. Shuford. Sharks with eight points. He will ----------- leave next Wednesday to join the Cpl. Ethridge Visits j navy and his game tonight will be Cpl. William Ethridge of' Colum-, his last, .on the local floor. High bus, Ga., visited over the week-end! point man for Wewahitchka was with his cousin, Youal Wages, and Barfield with five .points. Mrs. Wages.. I The local boys showed, up well ------ on defense, as they held Wewa to Local Postal PROCLAMATION Receipts Reach bercleois The Receipts lReach Whereas, The Gulf County Tu- ... lberculois and, Health Association, I through the co-operation of the U. All -Tine Hl fh S. PublicHealth Service and the '.11' 1 UlLC1111 Florida State Board of Health, has made available for the citizens of Port St. Joe the services of a port- Business of Port St. Joe Post- 'able X-ray unit for finding tuber- culosis among industrial workers office Alnost Doubled In and citizens of this community, and Past Five Years Whereas, Within' the past year ast v ears there have been two deaths in Gulf _I county from tuberculosis out of S42 in the state of Florida; and Postal receipts (stamp sales) of t whereas, During time of war the Port St. Joe postoffice reached there is an increase in tuberculosis an all-time high in 1944, according thereby causing loss. of effort in to figures, released by Postmaster promotion of the war, it is the pa- to figures release triotic duty of every citizen to b- H. A. Drake yesterday. X-rayed, Receipts for 1944 were $20,014.90, j Now therefore, I, J. L. Sharit, an increase of $2,737.26 over the mayor of the city of Port St. Joe, do urge every citizen to make avail- year 1943, and practically double able to himself the services of said the business of five. years ago X-ray unit which will be in Port when sales amounted to $11,995.41. St. Joe January 15 to 24. Receipts for the December qiual- J. L. SHABRIT, Mayor. ter just ended were $5,956.31, as IIII IIIIIIllIIIllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIll IIII IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII compared to $4,859,52 in the same! period of 1943. Chest X-Ravs for 'Ches X-Rys for Growth of postal receipts is one of the surest indications of the growth of any community, and / while figures of the local office are not exactly, phenoanienal, they indicate that Port St. Joe is re- alizing a steady growth, not of the overnight mushroom variety, but a growth that augurs, well for the future of the community. In starting the new year, and in order to give better and quicker' service, Postmaster Drake has this to say: "On account of the large volume of mail being- received, and to avoid delay in delivery, patrons should request their correspon- dents to include in the postofficee address the box number, general delivery or other information help- 'ful in delivery." Let's all co-oper- ate with Mr. Drake in this matter in order that our mail service may be speeded, up. This year the postoffice depart- ment is issuing a potager stamp to commemorate the 100th anniver- sary of Florida as a state. It is an interesting fact that the postoffico at old' St. Jos.eph was established in 1835, in the territorial days of Florida, before postage stampo came into general use. Although adopted by the government in 1847 the postage stamp was not required until 1&55. Prior to its adoption some postmasters were allowed to, issue stamps on their own account as an experiment. The test was so0 successful the work was taken over and made strictly a function of the federal government. How- ever, the use of stamps was op- tional and t h e prepayment of postage was not made compulsory until 18,55, ten years after Florida had been admitted to the Union a-I a state. Attend Church Dedication Mr. and Mrs. Charles McClellan, Miss Erline McClellan, C. ,G. Cow.- tin and R. F. Hallford attended the dedication service of the First Baptist Church in Blountstown last Sunday'. -X- Working In Mill At St. Marys. PmfvVfn hs fn to SL Spends Week-end Here .no score in the first half. TheIr 'fUI. I"P. ~~~~~ 2 09, ,~.,.-.-.. s.i..i,. Mrs a.wee.ehsacpe ri~tttsu EUnWIL M~' C.--~.-~ .~I.~e~nv, Uwt~i, I nut c.ta,.e Ph' ' TB To Be Given Large Portable Unit Will Be Here Next Week for Benefit of Our Citizens At No Cost Dr. A. H. Ruesakoff, assistant surgeon', division of tuberculosis ,control, U. S. Public Health Serv- ice. will arrive in Port St. Joe. next Monday to begin a chest X-ray sur- vey of the men in inlduitri .n here. Primarily this is to re nd Indus- trial survey, but the*servfces of the unit will be available to all who wish to take advantage of them. Tuberculosis is no respecter of age, andi the older people of toe community are urged to attend the clinic as well as to bring or send their children. Mass, X-raying of adult groups is the order of the day. The army and navy set the example and we are following. In 1943 two of the 842 deaths from tuberculosis in Florida were in Gulf county. This means there are approximately 20 cases, known and unknown, in this county. Of the 1,690 men rejected by, the armed forces in Florida since Jan- uary 1, 1941, because of tubercu- losis, three were from this county. The portable unit which is be- ing brought to this city through the efforts of the state board of health, the Gulf county health unit and the Gulf County Tuberculosis and Health Association, and which is endorsed by the Gulf County Medi- cal Society and labor and manage- ment, consists of a 35 mm. X-ra'- machine and a 14 by 17-inch ma- chine. The X-ray service is offered free of charge and on a voluntary basis to the men and women in in- dustry and to all others who woulu protect themselves, and their fam- ilies from tuberculosis. All reports of the individual X- rays are kept confidential. The re- ports are made to the individual and to the doctor of his choice. Chest X-rays will' be available from the unit at the first aid room of the St. Joe Paper Company January 16, 17 and 18-from 1:30 to 6 p. m., and at the Florida Power Annual Appeal For Polio Funds Starts Monday Joe Mira Heads Campaign In Gulf County; Pirthday Ball To January 26th Joe Mira, purchasing agent for the St. Jo'e Paper Company, has been named Gulf county, campaign. director of the annual fund ap. peal and March of Dimes to be conducted January 14 to 31 in celebration of the president's birth- day 'by -the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Commenting on the need to re- inforce our lines of defense, against this insidious enemy of childhood, Mr. Mira .tated, "The 1944 epl- demic "of infantile paralysis was the second worst outbreak of the disease in its history in the United States. Fortunately, we were on the alert and well prepared to meet that attack in all ,parts of the nation. "More than a million dollars--or ten million dimes contributed by the American people were spent by the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis to provide the best of modern care and treatment for all victims of the epidemic, Since no one knows whr r (. hard I.'>i,, may stril:;.- u I '.~i, we must again be ready to meet the attack wherever it may come. Participation in the annual March of Dimes appeal, which opens next. Monday,, is our assurance that.no. victim of infantile paralysis will go uncared for, regardless of age, race, creed or color." As usual, the annual President's Birthday Ball will be sponsored by the Paper Makers local, and' will be held at the Centennial Audito- ium the night of Friday, January 26. Music for the occasion will be provided by the Harbor Crafters orchestra from Camp Gordon John- ston, one of the finest dance bands ever to play in Port St. Joe. G. Boyles Heads Kiwanis for 1945 Memebrs Trek To Panama City To Attend Installation Ceremonies Of Neighboring City Club At the regular meeting of the Port Sta Joe Kiwanis Club held December 28 at the home of im- mediate Past President Harry Mc- Knight, Lieut. Governor Merritt Brown of Panama City installed the 1945 officers of the loca' club, charging Glenn Boyles with the duties of .president, Tom Owens of vice-president, A. P. WakefIeld of secretary-treasurer, and Pat Bray, Opp Moore, Jack Frost, Welton Roche, J. C. Farnell and. Byrd Parker'with the duties of directors. Thursday evening of last week Port St. Joe Kiwanians and their wives journeyed to Panama. City knarolU rPowell, -i/c, otai(M4M; offense, however, Is yIot, ilin6 as Corporation oulfiqig on January at Mobile, Ala., spent the week-" it sho.uld. ,a position in the paper mill there. .orporaon o g o anuay to attend the Ladies' Night meet- end here with his wife. The Sharks will meet-the Tyn- -- --- g tat dall Field Emergency Rescue Boat Undergoes Tonsilectomy Merritt Brown assumed 'his du- Visit In Carrabelle Squadron team at the Centennial 'Mrs. Wilson Stevens is in the Visitor From Oio .ties as lieutenant governor of the Mrs., Roy Gaskin., Mrs. C. C. Air tori ri tonight at 8 o'clock. municipal hospital where she un- S&t. Michael D. McFarland, .of northwestern division and installed .Taunton and Mrs.' Howard' Taun- Little is known of the Tyndall derwent a tonsillectomy. Hamilton, Ohio, just back.from two 'the incoming officers of the Pan- ton sent Tuesday .in Ca'rabelle'quintet, but a good fast game la -. and a half years in North Africa, 'ama club. An amusing, itf some- "M)Evel* iTaunton.tth visiting "MissEvel Taunton. expected, and basketball enthusi- Swatts' Buy Jones Residence I Sicily and, Italy, spent a few days what r"" feature wa the in- '--- ---- asts ai:eurged to turn out an4-root Mrs. A. M. Jones recently .sold here last weekss the guest of Mrs. stalling of himself as immediate The War Bond you-'buy may be for their home team. AdmisSientli 'her'.oWioe on Eighth Street to Mr. Mary Stewaort and Mr.' and Mre. i past president 'of the i*o b before 1IS ticket home' 35 for adults, 25 cents for students .oit-. M rs.. Ralph Swatts. A. P. Wakefield. (Cont'nied on page 4) _ ., ,,,,,__ __ ,__..__.. ASL 2 THE STAR Published Every Friday at Port St. Je*, Fla, by The Star Publishing Company W. S. SMITH, Editor Entered as second-class matter, December 10, 1937, at the SPostoffice, Port St. Joe, Fla., under Act of March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION INVARIABLY PAYABLE IN ADVANCE One Year....... $2.00 Six Months.......$1.00 -.,( Telephone 51 1B- 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 -"V Right or Wrong WHOSE CHILD IS NEXT? Your child, my child-either of them may be next. They are two of the 32,150,000 chil- dren in the United States under 15 years of age. Each one of these children is a candidate for infantile paralysis this year. Your child and mine may be two from the thousands who will wake up twisting and turning in their beds as they burn with fever and struggle to straighten spasm-drawn limbs. Yesterday their legs raced through a routine school day and a dozen games of their own invention. Today their legs won't work. This is in- fantile paralysis. It picks its victims from this wealthy home, that tenement, from war production centers,. from farms, children of our fighting men, small towns and large cities. All children are equally defenseless against this enemy. Regardless of what each child has known before, each one stricken by the crippling virus will feel the same fear of the UNKNOWN. More children contracted infantile paralysis in 1944 than in any conm- parable period in many recent years. But, because of the efforts of the thousands of our volunteers, each tragedy-hit child will have every chance for recovery through the complete scientific aid provided by the Na- tional Foundation for Infantile. Paralysis. Re- member this when you are asked to contribute to the March of Dimes beginning next Sun- day and continuing through January 31 in celebration of the ,,president's birthday, and contribute with one hand in your pocketbook and the other on your heart. A lot of optimists are dreaming about the fine vegetables they will grow in their gar- dens come spring. But Uncle Hig Stone has something "coming on" the year 'round in his garden plot down there on Monument Avenue. Those new postwar rubber highways they are talking about ought to be able to stretch around any curve. Look out ladies! That high-up hairdo sure leaves a lot of neck sticking out. Keep smiling-and Buy Bonds! ATTENTION Home Owners! You can now secure Lumber for maintenance and repair Most Materials Are Available Loans Are Available For Repairs Soderberg Lumber Co. PHONE 69 J e4* PORT ST. JOE WE DO MILL WORK AND BUILD BOATS Miss Evelyn Taunton of Camp town Saturday. Gordon Johnston spent the week- Mr. and Mrs. James Hardy and end here with her mother, Mrs. C. Mrs. A. L. Guest of Miami are tMe C. Taunton. guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Wi'- Pvt. Georgia A. Smiley, who is liams. stationed at Warren Robins Field Mrs. John Griffin of Wewa- at Macon, Ga., was a visitor In hitchka spent Tuesday in town. REPORT OF CONDITION OF FLORIDA BANK AT. PORT ST. JOE of Port 'St. Joe, in the State, of Florida, at the close of '9 business on December 30, 1944. ASSETS Loans and discounts ...................................$ 62,686.56 U. S. Government obligations, direct and guaranteed..... 1,488,000.00 Obligations of States and political subdivisions .......... 141,656.12 Cash, balances with other banks, including reserve bal- ances, and cash items in process of collection .......... 788,004.85 4 Furniture andi fixtures ..................................... 6,166.00 Other assets ............................................. 118.50 TOTAL ASSEITS....................................$2,486,632.03 * LIABILITIES I Demand deposits of individuals, partnerships and corpora- tions ......................................... ....... $1,048,631.92 Tinie deposits of individuals, partnerships and corporations 155,982.56 Deposits of U. S. government includingg postal savings) .. 973,234.75 Deposits- of States and political subdivisions ..............224,480.51 Other deposits (certified and officers' cehcks, etc.) ...... 17,778.31 TOTAL DEPOSITS .....................$,2,420,108.05 ' TOTAL LIABILITIES (not including subordinated obligations shown below).......................$2,420,108.05 CAPITAL ACCOUNTS Capital .................................... ......... $ 25,000.00 Surplus ................................................... 15,500.00 Undivided profits ........................................ 23,523.98 Reserves (and retirement account for preferred; capital).... 2,500.00 TOTAL CAPITAL ACCOUNTS ...................... 66,523.98 TOTAL LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL ACCOUNTS ...$2,486,632.03 This'banks capital consists of: Common stock with a par value of $25,000.00. MEMORANDA Pledged assets (and securities loaned) (.book value): (a) U. S. Government obligations, direct and( guaranteed, pledged to secure, deposits and, other liabilities .... $1,27,5,000.00 (b) Other assets pledged to secure deposits and other liabilities (including notes and bills rediscounted andi 'securities sold under repurchase agreement) ........ 39,516.08 TOTAL ...................................... ...... $1,314,516.06 Secured and preferred liabilities: -C (a) Deposits secured by pledged! assets pursuant to re- quirements of law . ............. ... ... 88.5,000.00 ,(d) Deposits preferred under provisions of la4w but not secured by pledge of assets ........................ 301,149.5b TOTAL ............................................ $1,186,149.5u (a) On date of report the. required legal reserve against deposits of this bank was .......................... 484,021.61 (b) Assets reported above which were eligible as legal re- serve amounted to ................................... $1,103,144.8 9 I, S. L. Barke, ,president, of the above-named. bank, do solemnly af- firm that the above statement is true, and that it" fully and correctly. represents the true state of the several matters herein contained an, "et forth, to the best of my knowledge and belief. Correct-Attest: S. L. BARKE M. L. FLEISHiEL, Jr. ROBERT BELLOWS SJ. L. SHARIT Directors. State of F'orida, County of Gulf, ss: tSworn to and subscribed before me this 9th day of Jan- (ISEAL) uary, 1945, and I hereby certify that I am not an officer of this bank. MYtiLE F. BELIN, My commission expires Aug. 10, 1947. ,, Notary- Public ALL AMERICA was thrilled when General Douglas MacArthur first set foot on Philippine soil. We now know from the long and des- perate enemy resistance on Leyte and Mindoro that victory is still far away. It is a long, hard road that leads to Tokyo. That is why re-conver- sion plans have been put back on the shelf and war production sched- ules speeded up. PULPWOOD SHORTAGE ACUTE One of the most needed materials right now is pulpwQod. Vast con- voys loaded with all kinds of C. supplies must go quickly to Mac- Arthur's men. All of this material calls for double packaging to pro- tect it during the long ocean voyage and under tropical jungle condi- tions. Military demands for pulp- wood are higher than ever before. BACK MacARTHUR SWhile MacArthur and his men are fighting their way foot by foot through the Philippines, you can help them by cutting every cord of pulpwood you possibly can. Don't let their task be harder because they lack ammunition, food or medical supplies. VICTORY PULPWOOD COMMITTEEflZii H. JOHNSON W. S. SMITH U i S S. ,J. B. W H ITE Almon THE STAR, PORTt- ST. 'Jbfff GULFCOUNTY, FLORIDA FRIDAY, JANUlARY 12, 1945 PAGE TWO ;** *NW R FRWAY, JANUARY 12, 1945 THE STAR, PORT ST. JOE, GULF COUNTY, FLORIDA 0A65 TNRKU MIRS. CONNELL HOSTESS TO J. A. M. CLUB MONDAY The J. A. M. Club met Monday night at the home of Mrs. J. A. Con- nell with 'the following members SHINE YOUR SHQES! We have the largest stock of Shoe Polish in Port St. Joe. ... All makes! All col- ors! Paste and Liquid. The LEADER SHOE SHOP "A =- t ~l. iAVE you tried Alka-Selt- i 3 zer for Gas on Stomach, Sour Stomach, "Morning After" and Cold Distress? If not, why not? Pleasant, prompt in action, effective. i Thirty cents and Sixty cents. N ERVINE OR relief from Functional Ner- Svous Disturbance such as Sleep- |lenn-s, Crankiness, Excitability, Nervous Headache and Nervou In- I digestion. Tablets 350 and 76. Liquid 25s and $1.00. Read direc- tions and use only as directed. ASINGLE Dr..Miles Anti- t Pain Pill often relieve es HBeadache, MKucsalr P ains Ai, \- B or Functional Monthly *' Pahm-25 for 256#, 125 A . for1t.O. Get them at your . drug store. Bead direations / and uwe only as directed & present: Mrs. Lola Costin, Mrs. .Ruby Pridgeon, Mrs. Ned' Gainous, Mrs. Callie Howell, Mrs-. Gladyn Boyer, Mrs. Verna Smith, Mrs. 'Marguerite Pridgeon and Miss Myt- tice Coody. After the regular activities of the club, the hostess served tuna fish salad, saltines, pimiento' cheese sandwiches, fruit chiffon pie and whipped cream, spiced crabapples, coffee, tea and hot chocolate. The next meeting of the club will be held with Mrs. Minnie Ola Drake at her home on Reid Ave. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS Pfc. and Mrs. Laure' T. Kay an- nounce the birth of a daughter on December 27, 1944. Mr..and Mrs. R. H. Sewell are announcing the birth of a son on December 29, 1944. Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Taylor an- nounce the birth of a son on Sat- urday, January 6, 1945. (This young man apparently takes the title of "Master Port St. Joe for 1945.") Mr. and: Mrs. W. H. Sansom are announcing the birth of a son on Sunday, January 7, 1945. The young man has been named John William. Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Whitfield are the proud parents of a son, born January 7, 1945. This makes Sher- iff. B. E. Parker a grandfather. Transfer Service WE HAUL ANYTHING! ONLY LICENSED FURNITURE MOVER IN GULF COUNTY Sub-Agent for Mayflower Van Lines C. W. "RED" HORTON PHONE 227 SUNNY STATE SERVICE --------------------------- FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH "HOLDING FORTH THE WORD OF LIFE" R. F. HALLFORD, Pastor Telephone 156 SUNDAY, JANUARY 14, 1945 9:45-Sunday School for all. 11:00-Morning Worship. Sermon Topic: "THE CHALLENGE OF THE TASK WHICH FACES US." 7:00-Baptist Training Union. 8:00-Evening Worship. Sermon topic: "CHRIST WENT TO HELL ON THE CROSS!" EV ERYBODY WELCOME! -- - Kenney Mercantile Company THE STORE WHERE Y-OUR DOLLAR HAS THE MOST CENTS I A Complete Line of Groceries Meats Dry Goods PHONE 136 W PORT ST. JOE, FLA. WOMAN'S .CLUB ENJOYS INSPIRING PROGRAM The 24 members of the Port St. Joe Woman's Club who attended the last meeting, January 3, were. delighted with the clubroom, which has recently been redecorated, the walls a delicate ,pastel green, and thefloor and ceiling in a natural finish. Lovely new rugs, drapes and matching couch gave a home- like atmosphere, and a beautiful arrangement of flowers added to the attractiveness of the room. The meeting, conducted by the president, Mrs. Nobie Stone, opened with tthe song "America," fol- lowed by the salute to the flag and the club creed. Mrs. J. C. Farnell was welcomed as a new member, and visitors welcomed were Mrs C. T. Drennela of Apalachicola, guest speaker for the afternoon, Mrs. Frank Manning and Mrs. Hendrickson of this city, and S. L. Brothers of Wewa'hitchka, the new county agent. Beautiful corsages were pre- sented by. Mrs. Pearl Whitfield to .\rs. Drennen, Mrs. Nobie Stone, Mrs. Ned Porter and Mrs. Charges Brown. A rter the regular reports were given, Mrs. J. R. Smith resigned, as chairman of the press and pub- licity department and Mrs. Ralph Swatts was elected to fill the va- cancy. The very enjoyable and inspiring program presented by Mrs. Ned Porter, chairman of the American home department, consisted of a series of shadow pictures, the theme of which was "Relating: Women of the Home; Women of the Church; Women In a Democ- racy." Music was furnished by Mrs. Nobie Stone. A social hour followed the pro- gram, and' delicious refreshments were served by the hostesses. FINAL YEARLY REPORTS GIVEN AT W. S. C. S. MEET Because of the New Year falling on Monday, the. first meeting of the Woman's Society of Christian Service of the Methodist Church was held on Thursday, January 4. As usual the president, Mrs. J. L. Sharit, presided. The meeting opened with song, followed by the "Upper Room" de- votional. Minutes were read, and final reports for the year 1944 made by all the departments and circles, members of the society, be- ing justly proud of the splendid reports given. The president asked that pledges for the year be made in the circle meetings' and reports turned in as soon as possible. She then an- nounced, the plans for 1945. Circle meetings were announced for Monday, January 8, as follows: Ruth Lawrence, with Mrs. H. C. Brown; Susie Peach Foster, with Mrs. B. E. Rawls; Mary Vic Mauk, with Mrs. Noble Stone. SUSIE PEACH FOSTER CIRCLE ELECTS OFFICERS The Susie Peach Foster Circle of the Methodist W. S. C. S. ,met Monday afternoon at the home of Mrs. B. E. Rawls. The meeting wa.s conducted by Mrs. M. K. Hurlbut. Mrs. George Patton gave an interesting talk on "A Christian In the Churobh," fol- lowing which officers of 1945 were leh!ted as follows: Mrs. B. H. Smith, secretary, and publicity; Mrs. B. E. Rawls, treasurer; Mrs. B. H. Dickbns, secretary relief and church activity; Mrs; A. M. Jones, secretary birthday fund; Mrs. H. E. Helms, bond chairman; Mrs. It. A. Costin, membership chairman; Mrs. G. A. Patton, program chair- man. The hostess served delicious re- freshments to' the 11 members present. The next meeting of the circle will be held. with Mrs. A. S. Chason. 27 guests were invited to enjoy re- freshments consisting of cookies, sandwiches, candy and coca-colas. All voted it a most enjoyable eve- ning. Photos of Port Inn fire now available at The Star office. eSS Do It Yourself-at Home S PERMANENT WAVE Kil Completewitheurlers, h ebampooandwaveset. ~ It's easwy to do and sale for every type of j. hair. For amazing results--be sure to ask or Charm-Kurl. Over 6 millionsold. Weeks Dry Goods Store. 1-19' Port Theatre A Martin Theatre ' -'." Port St. Joe, Fla. THEATRE OPENS SATURDAYS SUNDAYS AT 1:00 P. M. CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE DAILY AT 2:45 P. M. SATURDAY, JAN. 13 JOHNNY MACK BROWN ------ i n --- 'Partners of the Trail Chapter 9 of Serial "Mystery of the River Boat" FEATURE NO. 2 --- INTEREST! SSbg ll MOR "V-1 THE ROBOT BOMB" "WIZARD OF AUTOS" 'MONDAY and TUESDAY January 15 16 DOROTHY LAMOUR and EDDIE BRACKEN in "RAINBOW ISLAND" LATEST NEWS EVENTS "MILLION $ CAT" WEDNESDAY, JAN. 17 Chapter 12 of Serial "Desert Hawk" THURSDAY and FRIDAy January 18 19 ANN SHERIDAN ALEXIS SMITH JACK.CARSON JANE WYMAN IRENE MANNING CHARGE RUGGLES Also - LATEST NEWS EVENTS "SCREEN SNAPSHOTS" Advertising dosant cost-4t PAYS! MRS. SINGLETARY HONORS MARY VICK MAUK CIRCLE DAUGHTER ON BIRTHDAY ELECTS OFFICERS FOR YEAR One of the, season's gayest oc- The Mary Vick Mauk Circle of casions for the very young set was the Methodist W. S. C. S. met Mon- that of December 7 when Mrs. T. day afternoon at the home of Mrs. S. Singeltary entertained, honoring Nobie Stone with seven members her little daughter, Dorothy Jean, present. Mrs. Stone is chairman of with a party on her Sth birthday, the circle and Mrs. Glenn Boyles The dining table was overlaid with co-chairman. a lace cloth centered with a two- At this time officers for the tier birthday cake. Punch and year were elected as follows: Mrs. cake were, served and, candy favors J, J. Rowan, secretary; Mrs. J. T. presented to each guest. McNeil.' treasurer and birthday Those enjoying the occasion fund, chairman; Mrs. Frank Mann- wtih Dorothy Jean were Frances ing, bond chairman; Mrs. R. H. McGill, Frances Jones, Mary Etta Br-inon, social relations chairman; Chafin, Ruby Ann and John Edgar Mrs. Tom McPhaul, program chair- Milstead, Sonny Boy Chafin, Rob- man; Mrs. Glenn Boyles, spiritual : life chairman. ert Earl Nedley, Kenneth Hurlbut, i .aim. SWilliams, Seeter Craw- During the social hour following Jimmy Williams, Skeeter Craw-the business session Mrs. Stone ford. Jimmy Stevens, J. B. Hlly, served a salad plate with hot choc- Alice Elder and Miryann Crober. late. The next meeting 'il be at z A ;the home of Mrs. Gus Creech. ENJOYABLE PARTY I ft Five small .boys, Mack McKe- IMrs. Melviin Johnson is the then, Fred Fore, Franklin Young,her sisters, Mrs, W. D. Billie Joe Jones and Tommy Bar- Dare and Mrs. Joe Gloekler. tee, were hosts at a very enjoyable party last Friday evening at the Mrs. John Allen and daughter of home .of young Master Barter. Apalachicola were visitors in town After lain various ames the Saturday. THE STAR, PORT ST. JOE, GULF COUNTY, FLORIDA FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1945 DAGE. THIC1 -I'?," kyj SCHOOL TO ISSUE ANNUAL STATE'S PROGRESS Boyles, having miscalled hinm "Hor- The senior class of the high j ace Folland" at a recent meeting school this year is issuing an an- (Continued from page 1) in this city.. We rather suspect nual which will contain all school IIn spite of wars, political differ- that Forace got s revenge activities, beginning with the first ences booms and recessions, byt seet revenge grade. It is titled "The Monument" 1845 there were 70 postoffices in when the Panama City News-Her- and will consist of 50 or more ith state and the population had ald came out a few days back with pages. It is, being dedicated to the grown to 66,500. Ten news-papers a story captioned "Voyles- New senior sponsor, Mrs. Della A. Mize. with a total circulation of some Port St. Joe Kiwanis President." Anyone desiring to purchase a 4000 served the people of the new The Kiwanis meeting last night copy of the annual are asked to state, one of them being the St. was held in the basement of the inform the senior class before 12. Joseph Times. Presbyterian Church, with ladies Friday, January 12 During the first year of state- of the church auxiliary in charge. Advertising t- PAYS hood, 223 ships entered Florida These ladies cannot be praised ports loading exports, foreign and, A IF D ADS domestic, valued at $1,51'4,745. Chief LASSIFIED A among the money crops were to- bacco. cotton, sugarcane, livestock REAL ESTATE FOR SALE and forest products. FOR SALE-My property in High- land View consisting of one 5- room house, 2 houses 2 roo,,ms and sleeping porch, e(, ,d with running water fitom electric pump, has 5 bearing pecan trees, 2 scup- ?rnong vines and other shrubbery. Ift interested see or write to A. H. Matthews, Rt. 3, c/o Long Point Service Station, Panama City, Fla. 1-18* FOR SALE-Lots 33 and 35 in Block 20, Port St. Joe. Write Ada Rich, 162 Commerce Street, Ap- alachicola, Fla. 1-19" MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS IS, YOUR BAND INSTRUMENT WORKING FOR THE ENEMY? Every musical instrument is need- ed, today to hasten VICTORY-to encourage and inspire -- on the home and on the fighting fronts. If. your instrument is collecting dust; put it into uniform. We will pay cash for it and enlist it in ac- tive ser; ice. Write Philips' Music Mart, Panama City, Fla. 1-26' AGENTS WANTED' MAN OR WOMAN WANTED. Good nearby Rawleigh Route now open. If willing to conduct Home Service business while earning good liv- ing, write immediately. Rawleigh's Dept. FAA-199-45, Memphis, Tena. APARTMENTS FOR RENT APARTMENT FOR RENT-Three rooms, furnished; lights and water included; $30 month. See Paul Farmer, Oak Grove. tf FOR RENT SIGNS-Two for 25c at The Star office. tt WANTED TO BUY WANTED-Small electric heater. Call at The Star office. tf CASH! CASH! It's' the patriotic thing to cash in on your unused musical instrument. We will place. it in, active service either on the home front or in the hands of our fighting men. The more music we have-inspiring, cheering, encouraging-the sooner Victory will be won. We will pay CASH! Write, Philips' Music Mart, Panama City, Fla. 1-26* MISCELLANEOUS FISH BAIT Fresh, clean worms that are. guaranteed to get the fish fop you. See Eddie Beverly in the ,.Sheffield colored quarters The modest beginnings of indus- try were evidenced in the manu- facture of salt at Key West, starch from wild coontie on the lower east coast, and lumber, leather, na- val stores, cigars, sugar, brick, lime, carriages, wagons and ships in north and, west Florida. In 1845 value of crops approximated $7,- 000,000, merchandise $2,000,000 and manufactured goods $1,000,000. In contrast today Florida can point to the nation's greatest increase in retail trade, to millions in fruit and vege-table production, in man- ufacturing and in recreation, to $1,500,000,000 in war contracts and to more than $2,000,000,000 income to her citizens. Today, Florida's population is, in excess of two mil- lion persons, and experts predict that by 1940 it will be close to. the three million mark. Such an in- crease would make Florida the fastest growing state in the Union. BOYLES HEADS KIWANIS (Continued from page 1) a full-length mirror. The Chipley club was represented at the meet- ing by eleven of its members and their wvive-s. Past Lieut. Gov. Forace Holland, organizer of the Port St. Joe club, acted as toastmaster. He came in for a certain amount of ribbing by his clubmates because of the lo- cal club's new president, Glenn DRIVE BY SUNNY STATE SERVICE and Get Your Windshield Cleaned! enough. It was they,, along with Mr. ...and -Mrs.. Otha. Rowan and other friends and Kiwanjans' wives spns of .:Gree.nborQ visited' Thurs- who prepared the feast at the day with Mr. and Mrs. R. V. Co- Christmas party.. Jack Frost still raves about the hamp that Mrs. J. R. Norton baked, that just melted' away ,when he put it in his mouth. Mrs. Kenneth Whitfield and son returned. Monday to their home in Wewahitchka. Mrs. Whitfield will be remembered as Miss Juanita Parker. burn. Mrs. J. E. Rollins and Mrs. Gus Creech were shopping Saturday in Panama City. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hill and daughter and Mrs. S. B. Shufora and son shopped last Friday lu Tallahassee. Write a letter today to that boy at yours in the service. For better living in your post-war home LOOK TO ELECTRICITY! AIR CONDITIONING TELEVISION / FM RADIO FLUORESCENT LIGHTING FROZEN FOOD STORAGE ELECTRIC COOKING ELECTRIC WATER' HEATING t AUTOMATIC .LAUNDRY TO SAE YOUR, The purity and drugs and" chemical pounding your phys are ensured by their Control Lthboratories manufacture of a sirn or more"of exacting made. Thus, we comn with full confidence i the ingredients your p We us Merck Pres Smith's P Phone 5 We Fill Any Deat 0O OCCASIONALLY, I wake up in Sthe morning with a Headache. It sometimes wears off along the ArRlnT 1Inl middle of the forenoon, but I don't SU want to wait that long, so I drink a Glass of sparkling ALKA-SELT2ER. E ALTH In just a little while I am feeling a lot better. uniformity of the Sometimes the week's ironing tires s we use in cor- me and makes me sore and stiff. 'icilant chemists of Then it's.ALKA-SELTZER to the igilant chemnstsof rescue-a tablet or two and a little . Even,during the rest makes me feel more like finish- aple product a score ing the job. tests for purity are pound prescriptions And when I eat "not wisely but in the reliability of too well," ALKA-.ELTZER relieves hysicianprescribes, the Acid Indigestion that so often follows., cription Chesicals Yes, Alka- Seltzer brightens my day. It brings relief from so many Tiami C of may discomforts, that I alwoy Lharmacyj keep it handy. ot o Why don't you get a package "of Port St. Joe ALKA-SELTZER at your drug store Isr's Presorltlen today? - W HEN you check over the things you. want to buy with those War Bonds you're tucking away, you'll probably find that many of them are ELECTRIC. Electricity will run the machines that make 'em-and run 'em after they're made. We had plenty of electric power for, every, war need and we'll have plenty for expanding post-war pro- duction. We have reduced the price of elec- tricity in spite of war, and other rate reductions are planned for after Victory. The sooner we win the war the sooner we can all enjoy the comforts of electric living. Let's do that FIRST. lNIHE N VI 0 a I . i. 1 L I I I I. I J.l~ FpJR4!P .rY- J 1,,N4ARY : THFA-S-,KAn f!P PT ST,'CO OP4,1F i eP 0 Nt f- 1FL Rl DA PAGE FOUR" - |