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THE STAR Official Newspaper of Gulf County The Home Newspaper of Northwest Florida's Future Industrial Center VOLUME Vill PORT ST. JOE, FLORIDA FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1945 NUMBER 42 I I lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllll flllllllllllllllll ll llllll lll! JESSE STONE AND QUINCY HARDY MEET IN S. PACIFIC Somewhere In S. Pacific July 10, 1940 Dear Editor Bill-I am now in my second tour of overseas duty. lMIy address is as listed below. Be sure to start The Star in this l1- rection, as I miss it a great deal. Quincy L. Hard'y, RM 1/c, is on this base. We are both in the same department; in, fact, we both slee( Aboard the Battleship USS New in the same dormitory. I had not York. in the Pacific (Special to seen him since high school days The Star) James W Sealy Jr Florida Is Land Of Opportunity For Politicians Especially Those Born Outside Borders; Most Governors Were 'Foreigners' %AY Gulf County Fails To Make Quota In Seventh War Loan Total of $85,935 In 'E' Bonds Are Bought; State As Whole Ex- ceeds Quota By 6.4% Figures released Monday .by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta indicate that Gulf county failed to .. ... .. .. .. .. ... ... .... t.. : ..... By R. W PATRICK until I got here. S 2/c. son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Member of (toverni'n Biird. I. K. Y on reach its quota of $110,000 in the This is my first shore duty as- ealey; and Ste-phen D. Garrett, Library of Florida History, Univ. of Florida Seventh War Loan Drive just signmenit since enlisting, and ot S 2/c, who enlisted, in the navy on In her 100 years as a state, F'or- ended. Sales in the county came all the bases I have seen overseas the some daiy and have been serv- ida has been a land of political op- to $85,935, or 78.1 per cent of the this is far superior to any, and 1 ing together ever since, came thru opportunity for those who were bornassigned( quota. have seen quite a few. the battle for Okinawa aboard this Total sale of E bonds in the en- In seven months, I traveled, via battleship without a scratch, help- outside her boundaries. tire state came to $53,264,000, or ship, train and plane, over 20,000 ing fire more.than 5.000.000 pounds From June 25. 1815, when TerrI- 6.4 per cent over the goal of $50,- miles. That's traveling some, con- ,. shells at enemy targets.. This trial Governor John Branch, a na- 000,000. Brevard county, led in to- sidering that I spent three and a tonnage exceeds that fired by a:T tive and former governor of Nort tal sales with 163 per cent of its [half months of the seven at one ships combined dui'ing the In-, 'arolina, turned. over the execu- quota, with Lee county in second place. The navy sure doesn't mmnun vision hombardments of Tarawa tive office of Florida to William D. pace with 153 per cent. moving a man about. or Makin. Roi-Namur or Eniwetok. Mosele:.-, a native and former gu- Franklin county, our neighbor to Please start Tire Star en routeI One of the grand old ladies of bernatorial candidate of North the east exceeded its quota or to the new address as soon as po,- the fleet, the New York celebrated Carolina. until today, the people of, $219.000 by $12,,13. while Bay sible. h r 31st birthday during the battle. Fo'rida have rewarded capable county to the west raised 84.7 per Yours for Victory, The only capital ship to stay on non-natives of Florida by electing cent of its $2.469,000 quota. Jesse V. Stone, RT 1/c the job without relief, she kept her Lhem to the highest office in the Overall bond sales throughout Comm. Radio Lab. 14-inch and. 5-inch guns firing state. the state came to $215,597,000, om N. 0. B. Navy No. 151 salvos at island targets steadily. Almost two-thirds of the elected 175.8 per cent of the quota ao- c/o Fleet Postofice equivalent governors of Florida claimed; som. sliced for the drive. San Francisco, Calif. Thewo solid weeks at the equivale Oother state as their birthplace. Ten Quota for the entire nation was it fense stations during more thai of them were natives of southern set at $14,000,000,000 and the total JIMMY. BURNS PROMOTED st200 air raid alerts. One Jap an states. Of these, three came from amount of bonds sold came to $2u,- James W. B200 air rarns, aaid aerts. One ap prmamentan South Carolina. two from Alabama 313.00,0,000. The E bond, quota for technician in a widely known P-47 made an unsuccessful suicide rat and one each from Virginia, Ken- the nation was set at $4,000,000,00 Thunderbolt group of the 9th Ail' through "a hail of antiaraft fi tucky, North Carolina, Tennessee and this fell a bit short, $3,97b,- Force stationed at Biblis, Ger sut. Not one Jap bomb. torpedo and Georgia. Three native sons or 000,000 worth being purchased. many, has been promoted to the sea. Not one Iap )0omb. torpedo New Englandi won political honor rank of sergeant. He has serveG or artillery shell found its, mare in Florida, and three others were CITY REGISTRATION overseas more than 30 months ion the ship, although oall were -natives of New York, New Jersey BOOKS CLOSE TODAY North Africa, Sicily, Italy. Corsica, and Illinois. _. , France and Germany. His group fectiveness of the ship's firing No man of northern birth at- If you' want to cast a -ballot in has been cited five times by the oes to the ship's spotting planes tained the governorship until the the forthcoming city election to war department and, .has partici- which flew estimated d0000 era of Reconstruction, and it was vote on whether or not the board pated in eight major campaigns. miles on ,mn'ssions over the island, in this period that the first native of city commissioners, shall 'i:. searching out targets. iloridi.n became the chief execu- made up of five or three member.,, ENLISTS IN NAVY ,Prvic-.s to being assigned to ti-e. In. 1S73 the native Floridian, and your name is not on the city-7 Jack Vonell Forehand, 17, has. the Pacific. the New York partlic- OsPin P, H-rt. suceepled the first re'gistr.ation books, you'd better enlisted in the navy through the pated in the invasion of Nortih At- elected governor or northern*birth, hurry down to the city hall rigan Marianna recruiting station. Young rica. saw convoy duty in the A'- Harrison Reed. Because of illness now and sign up, for today is the Forehand was sworn into the navy lantic, and took part in the Iwo Hart exercised power for only S last day the books will be open. at Jacksonville on July 12 as an Jima campaign. few months, and Marcel'us L. City Clerk Mark Tomlinson wil' apprentice seaman and is spending Stearns of Maine, replaced him. be on hand today from 9 to 12 in a short period of inactive duty at Write a letter today to that boy In 1876 George F. Drew. a na- the morning and from 2 to 5 in the I home before reporting to one of of yours in the service. (Continued on page 6) afternoon. the naval training stations. SENDS HOME JAP FLAGS I S./Sg't. George L. Cooper, who is at present on southern Okinawa, has sent home to Mr. and Mrs. G. (Continued on page 6) -is CHECK SOON WILL BE MADE ON USE STAMPS We understand that a check is soon to be made on motorists idriv- ing without the federal use stamp .on the wiin!d'hield of their car. So if you are driving today without one of these stamps., better hustle, d..-wn to tihe postoffice right now and plank down five bucks, for you are a tax delinquent in the eyvs of Un'cle Sam and so eligible for prosecution. Sure, it's a nuisance tax. and never should have been enacted in the first place. But its here, and probably will remain for the dura-_ tion of the war. So, brother, you might as well accept the fact Athat you're stuck tor a sticker. TWO NEW MEMBERS ARE NAMED TO RATION BOARD H. C. Brown has replaced R. i. Carver, resigned, as a member of the gasoline panel of the local ra- tion board, and H. S. Lilius, has been named on the price and food panel. Resigned from the price and food panel are W. 0. Anderson and Ben Rivers. IBombs Over Tokyo -511 . II ~ cmi' *.tr~. ~ ~'l, ~'~* A Oiffcial U. S. Navy Photo Navy bombing planes have just scored direct hits in an attack on an aircraft engine plant during a strike on the Tokyo area. Help keep the bombs falling with greater purchases of War Bonds Two St. Joe Boys Aboard New York In Okinawa Battle Helped Fire Five Million Pounds .of Shells From Battleship At Enemy Targets ="--- a---===- - Jnlllllllll~lllnllUI111IIIUlllllilllllll Reapportionment of Florida May Go To High Tribunal Legislature Apparently Is No Nearer Solution After Six Weeks of Debate T'he deadlock over senatorial re- apportionment in Florida continues at Tallahassee after six weeks of battle in the legislative halls, and two Tampa, lawyers believe that major legal questions of the dis- pute could be taken to court un- der the speedy 1943 declaratory judgment act, and a supreme court ruling could be obtained by No- vember. They suggested a recess of the legislaturee pending the final court decision if the South Florida block decides to litigate. North Florida senators express belief that compromise is closer than any time np to now, but' Sen- ator Beacham of West Palm Beach 'old his southern colleagues that "we seem to be just as far from reapportionment as we were the first day." It is the belief of the two Tampa lawyers that the declaratory judg- ment statute could be used to get an opinion from the Leon county circuit court, and, later, the su- preme ceurt. on these points: 1. Whether the constitutional provision calling f.i' ar vF.-.j. ion- ment every 10_year ru'..-.. .:y 2. Whether the reapportionment must be by legislative act, as South Florida contends, or can be by the North Florida method of constitu- tional amendment. 3. Whether a constitutional ae., which merely rewrote into the law the boundaries set up in 1925, is -good for more 'than 10 years. '4. If the 1935 act expires this year. whether the district boun- daries will stand. 5. If the boundaries are wiped out, whether seats of senators sub- ;ect io election next year will have to be filled by election from the state at large. One compromise plan to effect i'fs own_ reapportionment was still before the senate yesterday, being nm'ewhai like he 67-senator pro- posal p'cepTt that it would increase (Continued from Page 1) LOCAL SOLDIER WITH OUTFIT FINDING HUGE ART TREASURE CACHE With the Fifth Army, Italy (Spe- L:ial tf The Star)-Pfc.. Robert G. i.ne, son of Mrs. Lunie Ganier of Port St. Joe. Fla., is a member of the 3rd 'Battalion of thle 339th l:ar Bear" Regimen' which dis- (ovei-td a vast collection of price- 1.ss art treasures that had been iaken by the Germans from all :,ver Italy and hidden in a 15th century castle in Italy. The 339th, pa:t of the 85th "Custer" Division, fought as a unit of the Fift't Army. Tank-mounted troops of the bat- talion entered the castle and found a number of large, sealed crates with Gertman lettering on them. Inspection of the crates revealed that they- contained 350 pieces of art paintings, sculptures, carv- ings, antiq:ues-all properly tagged and in good condition. There were works by Rubens, Rembrandt, Raphael, Holibein, Vel- asquez. Michaelangelo and Botti- celli, PAGE ~WO THE STAR, PORT ST. JOE, GULF COUNTY, FLORIDA FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1945- GULF COUNTY AIDS IN CLOTHING COLLECTION With 3,383 pounds of clothing collected, Gulf county aided min- terially in the recently completed national clothing collection for tne aid of people in the war-torn Eu- ropean countries. ,On June 14 the national quota ol 150,000,000 pounds was exceeded by 366,000 pounds, and clothing is still corning in. One large ship- ment is already in the hands or the needy of Greece and Yugo- slavia, being delivered to their shores by the Gripsholm. Blounts Return To City Mr. and Mrs. John Blount and family have returned here from Panama City to make tneir home. John has been employed in the shipyard; for the past 18 months. Reports Back for Duty Wilson W. Ferrell, 0CM1/c, af- ter a leave spent here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs, W. J. Fer- rell, .eSt last Friday for Jackson- ville, where he repckrted for a new assignment to duty. Sgt. Roy Stanley Is Visitor !Sgt. Roy Stanley, who just re- cently returned to the States after being released from a German -prison camp, was a visitor here last Frid.ay. Undergoes Tonsilectomy Miss Lillie Pear l Watkins un- derwent a tonsilectomy Monday morning at the local hospital. Her many friends wish for her a speedy recovery. Advertising doesn't cost-it PAYS! SUSPEND TRAINING AT APALACHICOLA The Apalachicola Army Air Field, subsidiary base for Tyndall Field, has suspended gunnery training operations temporarily, and during the temporary suspen- sion will br- used as an auxiliary field by Maxwell Fipld, Ala. It has been used in one phase of training Tyndall Field gunnery students, who spent their last week there re- ceiving instruction in splash shoot- ing. Tyndlall will continue to main- tain and supply Apalachicola AA1 and a group of between 40 and 50 enlisted men and officers will be stationed there. The remainder of the personnel have been trans- ferred to Tyndall Field. Home From Vacation Mrs. Edith Hewitt returned, last Friday from a two weeks' vaca- tion trip during which she visited friends and relatives in Knoxville, Tenn., her aunt, Mrs. Irvine Hill, at Okolona, Miss., and her mother, Mrs. G. W. Campbell, In Mont- gomery, Ala. Mrs. Bartee's Sons Visit Lt. and Mrs. Frank Childers anG son Ronald of Ft. Knox, Ky., and Lt. Ronald:; Childers of New Yort left yesterday after a visit here with their mother, Mrs. L. H. Bar- tee. Mrs. Ronald Childers and son accompanied Lt. Childers back to New York to make their home. Visiting In Georgia Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Watts and Marian and, Tom Martin are visit- ing relatives in Atlanta and Rome, Ga., this week. State No. 411 REPORT OF CONDITION OiF FLORIDA BANK AT PORT ST. JOE of Port St. Joe, in the State of Florida, at the close of business on June 30, 1945 A S S E TS Loans and discounts ..................................... $ 52,780.02 U. S. Government obligations, direct and guaranteed,..... 1,381,221.65 Obligations of States and political subdivisions .......... 182.843.76 Cash, balances with other banks,' including reserve ,bal- ances, and cash items in process of collection ........ 713,923.91 Furniture and fixtures .................................. 5,85&8.16 'O other assets ...................................... ....... 5,400.16 TOTAL ASiSS TS ..T......... ............. ....... .... $2,342,027.66 LIABILITY ES Demand, deposits of individuals, partnerships, corporations $1,069,983.17 Time deposits, of individuals, partnerships and corporations 193,749.57 Deposits of U. S. Government (including postal savings).. 749,591.67 Deposits of States and political subdivisions ............ 232,878.73 Other deposits (certified and officers' checks, etc.) ...... 15,762.03 TOTAL DEPOSITS .....................$2,261,965.17 Other liabilities ............................ ............... 4,203.68 TOTAL LIABILITIES (not including subordinated obligations shown below ........................$2,266,168.85 CAPITAL ACCOUNTS Capital ......................... ... $ 25,000.00 SeU plus ........ ....... ........... ...................... 17,000.00 Undivided profits ....................................... 28,693.37 Reserves (and retirement account for preferred capital).... 5,165.44 TOTAL CAPITAL ACCOUNTS ....................... 75,858.81 TOTAL LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL ACCOUNTS ..$2,342,027.66 This bank's capital consists of: Common stock with total par value of $25,000.00. MEMORANDA Pledged assets (and securities loaned) (book 'value): U. S. Government obligations, direct and guaranteed, pledged to secure deposits and other/ liabilities.... .$1,100,000.00 Other assets pledged to secure deposits and other li- abilities (including notes and bills, rediscounted, and securities sold under repurchase agreement) ....... 44,239.78 TOTAL ....................................... $1,144,239.78 Secured' andi preferred, liabilities: Deposits secured by pledged asests pursuant to re- quirements of law .......... ..................... 760,000.00 Deposits preferred under provisions of law but not se- cured by pledge of assets ......................... 199,591.61 TOTAL .................. ... ............. $ 95,9,591.67 Subordinated obligations: On' date of report the required legal reserve against de- posits of this bank was .......................... 452,393.03 Assets reported above, which were eligible as 'egal re- serve amounted to .......................... ... 1,133.749.5 I, S. L. Barke, President, of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true, and that it fully and correctly represents the true state of the several matters herein contained and set forth, to the best of my knowledge and belief. Correct-Attest: S. L. BARKE, HARRY H. SAUNDERS RO)BERT BELLOWS JOS. H. RIGGS, Directors. State of Florida, County of Gulf, se: 'Sworn to and subscribed before me this 13th day of July, 1945, and I hereby certify that I am not an officer or director of this bank. My commission expires August 10, 1947. MYRLE F. BELIN, (SEAL) Notary Public. ANOTHER SHOE STAMP VALID ON AUGUST 1 Good news for you people who have been walking around no your uppers for the past few months. Airplane stamp No. 4 in War Ra- tion Book No. 3 will become valid on August 1 as a shoe stamp. It's been a long time.! The last stamp for shoes OPA validated was on November 1, 1944. ------------ Return From Week-end Trip Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Eells anie Mrs. Ned Porter returned Monday from Ponte Vedra Beach, nea, Jacksonville, after spending the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Marc Fleishel; Jr. REAPPORTIONMENT The other would have provide' MAY GO TO TRIBUNAL the 67 counties with just one se.x- _-- lator apiece, but would have left. (Continued on Page 2) the house alignment untouched. house ie to 128, but th If and wien. (if ever) our solon3 house mebershp to 12 but th reach an agreement on this reap- truce between north and south portionment business, it should legislative factions apparently was make banner headlines in ever pa- at an end. per in F'orida, from the smallest The short-lived spirit of co-op- weekly to the largest daily. eration received rough handling , Tuesday when the upper chamber. Jimmy Greer In HospitaT failed to give two compromise The many friends of Jimmy plans the 29 votes necessary to Greer will regret to learn that he- suibmit a constitutional amendmeL is a patient at the local hospital. for ratification at the polls. I On'. proposal would have given Last year 700,000 tons of sugar South Florida three additional se,- were used, in the United) States in ators and NoFrh Florida one-the the manufacture of synthetic rubn- so-called "three for one." measure. ber. "I've been sitting around here saying that I'm going to have a new all-electric kitchen just as soon as the war is over, and doing nothing about it. When all of a sudden it struck me.. I don't have to wait until the war is over. . "I'M GOING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT'RIGHT NOW!"* . .. I'm going down to the Florida Power office and see about my wiring. You know, electricity does so many things in' the home these days that you need more wiring than you used to need. When my electrical dealer again has all those wonderful appliances, I don't want to be late getting them., And I won't be if I see to it in advance that the wiring in my home is adequate. YOUR OWN WIRING PLAN I We will be glad to prepare an e 0 Adequate Wiring plan for you that your architect and electrical con- tractor can use in that new home you're going to build, or in modernizing your present home. Just call at the Florida Power office ask to see 'the "Ade- quate Wiring Man" and free plans will be drown to your order. HELPFUL BOOKLETS 2 Be sure to ask for your free copies a of these two important booklets on electrical wiring. They contain much valuable information that you will need in planning your "Home of Tomorrow." - WIRE fLOURIDA POWlER CIRPORR TION FRIDAY, JULY 20, 194& THE STAR, PORT ST. JOE, GULF COUNTY, FLORIDA PAGE TWO FRDY JUY2,14 H TR OTS.JE UFCUTFOIAPG HE State's Forests SEA OF FIRE GUARDED ARE THERE ANY EMBRYO BRITAIN FROM NAZIS PLANE PILOTS IN ST. JOE? Hold Wide Field ;We have been intending to write For several years your editor For Expansion this story for some time, but it has been advocating an airport or had continually slipped our mind landing strip for Port St. Joe- until today. with no results. Now comes a Post-war Development and New Some time back, when Pervis qualified pilot with a plan. At hls Processes Offer Great Howell was serving with the mer- own expense he will lease ground Future chant marine, on one of his visits and. develop a landing strip, pro- home between Atlantic crossings, vidiing there are fifteen or more Florida's forest industries hold a le told us thatall a long the Eng- individuals in this vicinity who wide field for post-war expansion lish coast facing France there would like to learn to fly. through new processing of wood were pipes running out into the So if any of you folks between andi naval stores and the extension channel which were connected to the ages of 16 and 60 have a crav- of conservation practices, the, re- tanks filled with gasoline and oil. ilig to vie with the birds, drop a search division of the Florida These installations were to be line to the editor of The Star s& State Chamber of Commerce de- used in case of a German invasion stating. This flyer states that ,his cares in a business review. of England and, would have set the fee for the course will be very The demand for lumber for post- sea ablaze with burning oil, cre- moderate and will be a flat sum. war building and the resumption acting a vast wall of fire. In other words, he guarantees to f speializeand toothed industries At the time Pervis told us or solo you regardless of whether it wil' consume al o available select seeing the pipes we could not takes. 5 or 50 hours. will consume all available select print it, as it was several months l .: and higher common grades of lum- rt was several months er. It is, in the realm of prefalbri- before D-Day. Details of this e- The average queen bee lays 50,- caber. Ition, utilizing lower grades of fense were released ladt month by 000 eggs every three weeks aurlng caion, utilizing lower grades of the British mifis-try of information, the laying season. lumber and former waste lumber, that new developments are indl- cated. Sixty per cent of the standing tree is not commercially fit for lumber. In former years this waste wood had little value except as fuel. Today, research in wood 'pro- T cessing can virtually eliminate STA TEM EN T L waste and presents a challenge to industry to develop this new fiela. COMBINED S With the growth of the leading pulpwoodi industry in the south- east, Florida has. made notable progress in the processing of L I N I OI wood. In addition, naval stores de- N11I rivatives and research in new substances from these forest prod- As at the Close of ucts are already under way. As at the Production of plastics, rayon, pulp, munitions, alcohol and soi- vents in Floridla is a beginning. The possibilities are amazing and cover a variety of extractives rang- ing from pharmaceuticals, cos- metics and phenol to sugars and yeasts. Plywood manufacturing, laminat- ing processes and 'i ,-: wood show the results of research in products of increased strength. firmness and freedom from the disadvantages o f natural wood, properties. In the face of a diminishing lum- ber supply, the state cannot ex- perience growth in forest indus- tries without positive application of conservation practices'. Timber Is our only reproducible natural resources and its replacement and wise utilization is one of the most critical problems of the state to- day. RESOI Loans and Discounts . Banking House & Furniture, Including Office Buildings Other Real Estate Owned . Prepaid Expenses . Other Resources . Customers' Liability a/c Letters of Credit Accrued Interest and Income Receivable U. S. Government Securities . Florida County and Municipal Bonds . Other Securities ... . Cash on Hand and Due from Banks LIABILITIES Capital Stock . Surplus . Undivided Profits . Reserves . Reserve for Income Tax . Dividends Declared Not Yet Payable Bills Payable . Other Liabilities . Interest and Income Collected, not Earned Letters of Credit . Deposits: U. S. Government All Other Deposits 1 According to the best authorities, the mini- mum daily A, D and B Complex Vitamin re- A quirements of the aver- age person are: a A 4,000 USP Units, D 400 USP Units, B1 333 USP Units, B2 2,000 Micrograms, and ap- proximately 10,000 Micrograms Nico- tinamide. The required amounts for other B Complex Vitamins have not yet been established. Many people do not get enough of these essential Vitamins. DO YOU? Why not play safe by taking ONE-A- DAY BRAND N E-DAY VITAMIN TABLETS Each ONE-A-DAY Vitamin A and D Tablet contains 25% more of the cod liver oil vitamins than the mini- mum daily recommended quantity. I Each ONE-A-DAY Vitamin B Complex Tablet contains full mini- mum daily requirements of Vitamins B1 and B2 and 10,000 Micrograms of Nicotinamide together with a sub- stantial amount of other B Vitamins. When you buy Vitamins, compare poterries and prices. Note how ONE- A- DAY Tablets conform to the 5yerage human requirements.. See .bww reasonable the cost Get them a drug !, D'.... ", ", ._ _0 . FLORIDA NATIONAL BANK OF JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA NATIONAL BANK & TRUST COMPANY AT MIAMI FLORIDA bANK & TRUST CO. AT DAYTONA BEACH FLORIDA BANK & TRUST CO. AT WEST PALM BEACH FLORIDA NATIONAL BANK AT KEY WEST FLORIDA BANK AT CHIPLEY Navy Recruiter Here Today fice of the selective service board Application for enlistment in the when Specialist Al Wilkins of the navy may be. made by interested Marianna navy; recruiting station young men and women of Port St. will be there between the hours Joe and, vicinity today at the of- of 1 and 4 p. m. $300.00 MONEY TO LOAN -- NO RED TAPE - IT ONLY TAKES ABOUT FIVE MINUTES TO GET UP TO $300.00! At Confidential Loan Co. PORT ST. JOE $300.00 FLORIDA $300.00 )F CONDITION STATEMENTS L GROUP OF BANKS Business June 30, 1945 ULRCES $ 45,448,292.33 5,134,542.44 302,104.28 38,852.63 4,695.10 485,145.45 277,248,092.65 $328,661,724.88 $ 6,825,000"00 6,721,000.00 1,122,238.02 1,353,614.24 1,079,241.40 12,187.50 1,400,000.00 240.99 104.117.59 495,283.64 309,548,801.50 $328,661,724.88 FLORIDA BANK AT ORLANDO FLORIDA NATIONAL BANK AT PENSACOLA FLORIDA NATIONAL BANK AT BARTOW FLORIDA BANK AT STARKE FLORIDA NATIONAL BANK AT BELLE GLADE FLORIDA NATIONAL BANK AT CORAL GABLES $ 879,612.32 151,370,554.01 23,095,245.16 1,652,682.46 100,249,998.70 S$ 30,728,789.25 . 278,820,012.25 FLORIDA NATIONAL GROUP of BANKS FLORIDA NATIONAL BANK AT LAKELAND FLORIDA NATIONAL BANK AT OCALA FLORIDA BANK AT PORT ST. JOE FLORIDA NATIONAL BANK AT. ST. PETERSBURG A ~;;r-----r-r-r---r I I :; : THE STAR, PO'RT ST. JOE,' GULF COUNTY, FLORIDA PAGE THREE FRI DAY-,' JU LY- 201 IM - n fl $300.00 * . .. . PAGEFOU TH STA, PRT T. JE, ULFCOUNY, LORDA FIDA1 Ji'~'20,1q4 THE STAR Ppbllshed Ivery Friday at Port St. J"e, Fla.. by The Star Publishing Company W. 8. SMIT'H, 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 -.4( Telephone 51 - TO ADVERTISERS-In case of error or omissions in adver- tisementa, the publishers do not hold themselves liable for damages turther1than amount received for such advertisement. The spoken word is given scant attention; the printed word is thoughtfully weighed. The spoken word barely as sert the printed word thoroughly convinces. The spoken word te lost; the printed word remains. O0w Country Right or Wrong IS YOUR SELF-RESPECT WORTH ANYTHING? Are you willing to help win the war against Japan? Naturally you will say "yes." But apparently there are a lot of people in Gulf county who .don't seem to give a hoot one way or the other if the failure of this county to meet its E bond quota in the Seventh War Loan Drive, can be taken as a criterion. There are two outstanding things those of us who are privileged to remain at home can do to aid our fighting forces. First, we can work to the limit of our strength and ability, without interruption; second, we can deny ourselves luxuries in order to buy the wat bonds necessary to give our fighting men every ounce of equipment and food they need. While our -sobts, brothers and husbands oT Gulf county are facing death and foregoing the pleasures of home and family life, every mother's son of us should put every dollar we can into financing this war, so that by the sheer weight of the equipment we throw into it we will bring it to a conclusion at the earlr- est possible moment, thereby saving the. lives of countless loved ones. ' 'After all, this is our 'war; our boys are the ones on the firing line ; our homes are the ones being saved. How much would your life or property be worth if the Japanese army and navy had not been held at bay, and were not' eventually demolished? Don't think that in buying war bonds you, are in some manner doing someone else a ta- vor-you're the one who is really favored by having an opportunity to buy them. Think what it means to our boys at the front to know that the necessary money is given willingly to back them up. There are going, to be more war loans in the future, and we hope to see Gulf county oversubscribe each one of them. All warloans necessary to knock out the Japs must go over the top with a bang. American bullets and American money are the most discouraging things they can face today. Why should we hesitate about buying that extra bond or whly should it be necessary to be "high pressured" into buying bonds when the boy with a rifle hits the beachheads without question, his stomach drawn up in a tight knot by fear, not knowing at what moment he may be blown to bits or blinded or crippled for life and The Low Down from Willis Swamp Editor The Star: then some of us quibble or hesitate about loaning $25 or $100 to buy more supplies for him. There's only one answer if you wish to keep your self-respect-and the editor of The Star doesn't have to write it out for you. ICE BOXES Our nephew, S/Sgt. Charles W. Sheppard, who is apparently on his way to the South Pacific, writes us that he doesn't know where he is heading, but if that we can find a book with directions on how to build an ice box, to please send it to him as he'll probably be in need of one. Which reminds us that there are many kinds of ice boxes . There is the good old-fashioned kind, con- sisting of a large chest divided into a zinc- lined compartment at the top which holds ice, and a partitioned lower section where food is preserved. Then there is the new-fangled electric or gas variety, filled with all kinds of chromium plating and enameled fixtures -. and the theory is that this kind of ice box does just as good a job as the others in keeping our meat, milk and vegetables from spoiling. There is a third kind of ice box, too. We don't see much of this latter kind, but we have it on good authority that it is more im- , portant than all the rest. It is made of pa- per-kraft fiberboard paper, to be exact. It consists of two boxes, one within the other. These boxes are covered on both sides with foil, and they are specially insulated with cot- ton. A container holding 19 pounds of ice is placed in the center box, and temperature- ranging from 39 to 54 degrees are maintained for more than 60 hours. This ice box is different in another respect, j too. It isn't made to hold food. It t doesn't stand in the kitchen of any home. It c is made to be stored in the hold of a fast- flying plane ". and it contains blood! Cool, clean, fresh blood is flown in'these s ice boxes by ofr' army and navy fliers to out- posts in the Pacific for transfusions into the t veins of wounded fighting men who are too near death-to react to ordinary plasma. The number of lives that have been saved by this ice box reaches into the thousands. It is comforting to know that our army and navy will go to these lengths to save the lives of our American boys. It is -particularly satis- fying to know that these ice boxes come from pulpwood. There must be real pride in the realization 'that top quality pulpwood, cut today in Gulf -county andmade into, kraft paper by the St. Joe. Paper Company, may be winging its way overseas in the form of an unusual ice box, bound on a mission of merGy tomorrow. . And who cain tell, perhaps this ice box we de- scribe here may be the means of saving the life 'of our nephew who would like to know how to construct one. "Oh, dear," she said, "I've ,missed you so much." Then she raised the revolver and fired again. Horse sense is what keeps horses from bet- ting on people. Bein' able to afford a bond is 100 per cent dififrunt from buyin' something' that's gonna wear out or be used! up and gone a few years hence when mebbe cash money won't be bulgin' so heavy in the old hip pocket. 'Stead of not beln" able to afford'-a extr.y: bond, it Ts Gulf county fallin' to go over the vicey versie. It aint begin' a spend- top in the 7th War Loan. Drive thrift, spending' cash. fer a bond. sure irritates me. Ennybody who Here's one place you kin spend hesitates 'bout buyin' anotherwar your dough and then turn 'round bond 'cause. they've got enuf or a few years hence and git it all think they can't afford it, they back-plus a present as interest, should put on their ol' thinkin' to boot. cap and ponder a couple minnits. All of you folks ,who read this, An' pardner, if they do so, they'll go on down and make that extry reach feer their hat and head down ilnvestmunt right now-pull in yer to the bank and contact Mr. 'Barke belt. cut out some of yer didos or Joe Grimaley, or down to the P. an' foolin' round-think about how 0. and see Hank Drake. lit might be hereabouts ifn the other side should win this war. Yours with the low down,, JO SERRA. SARGE GAVE UP "On the right-form platoon!" roared the sergeant. The recruits carried out some kind of maneuver which left the sergeant speechless. He looked, atI them for a moment. Then his. voice returned-and no words' can de- scribe 'the tone of it. "All right-now take your part- ners for the next dance." Since 1934 when Germany began armingg, the war has cost all na- tions a trillion dollars-enough to give every man, woman and chila in the world $500 each. STARDUST and MOONSHINE We were talking to a recently- discharged serviceman the other day and he says, he's having, one heck of a time becoming a civiilan again. Says it's just like, being a yardbird all over again. We sym- pathized with him, knowing how it is. Veterans' are sorta like tad- poles-neither soldiers nor civil- ians. J. Laniar Miller cast his bread, upon. the water and it came, back to him, buttered. Seems that he let a couple of servicemen from Tynd'all Field use his. service sta- tion as headquarters for a type- writer repair service they had* worked up here in St. Joe. When the station was burglarized about two weeks ago and the cash regis- ter jimmied open andQJammed up, these boys put it back into work-. ing order for J. Lamar and didn't charge him a penny. He estimated the job would have cost him In the nei-ghlborhood of $50. We notice a lot of gals aroundu town, in order to keep cool these hot days, are wearing practically transparent dresses--more so if they get in front of a strong light. They're sure revealing the, wom- inly form divine. We note in the Panama City pa- per that Basil E. Kennedy was elected president of the Port St. We Chortle With Glee Notice that ad of the Sunny State Service over there in the au- oining column.? Well, "Red!' Hor- on has been running it a couple )f months, and the first time It was published your editor went over and bought eight gallons: o1 ?as-and failed to get his wind- shield washed. Anid did we chortle! But "Red" backed up his, ad, and he gas didn't cost us a .cent. . And, we're not the only one. A couple of other lucky individuals have hooked; him also. DON'T WAIT - until your shoes are entirely worn out! Have them repaired now. We give you savings and satisfaction with quick and dependable service. The LEADER SHOE SHOP PHONE 136 W Joe Rotary Club, that Flyd Hunui is a director, and Noble Stone Is chairman of international service. John B'ount has moved back to St. Joe after a couple of strenuous years, in the shipyard- at Panama City. Well, St. Joe is sure a nice place tq spend your declining years in. Probably John will just sit around the rest of his life and clip coupons. 'Seems that our page, one story last week on the meat and fats sit- uation (which we wrote to fill up space, since we had no live news) was a feature attraction. A lot of women have told us that they ha"' never known that fish could be boiled (neither did we until we ran across it i our cook .book) and that they were goifig to try it. We hope its a.sucess, as we don't want a mob of angry housewives swarming around here and forcing us to eat portions of boiled; fish. Anyway, when we have time to .pe- ruse our cook book further we'll dig up some more of those inter- esting, point-free recipes, The internal revenue bureau re- ported 1944 liquor tax collections totaled $2,083,452,975, cQmpared to 1943 collections of $1,4'54,201,72*, an increase of $629,251,250. I F you drive in at Sunny State for gasoline and don't get your wind- shield cleaned, we'll give you your purchase! . COME IN TODAY! SUNNY STATE SERVICE ALKA SELTZER offers fast relief for Headache, SeSimple Neuralsia, "Morn- blu After", Cold Distress, Muscular Pains and Acid Indigestion. .IIir-" eAsk your Druggist- 30 Cents and 60 Cents S Dr. Miles Nervine for Sleeplessness, Ner- W RVY | Svous Irritabiht hnI u WW , I zetabillty and | Ar SNerrous Head- 1 -;M *Read dree- tions and use- onl - as directed., Get your daily quota of Vitamins Aand D and B-' Complex by taking ONE- A-DAY (brand) Vitamin E tl S > f Tablets. Economi- --.e \ "cal, convenient. At| your drug store-| Look for the lbglon boa. PORT ST. JOE, FLA.' RON HAUTEY CUBAN RUM 89 PROOF Was $4.66 NOW m HAVANA CLUB Puerto Rican Rum $3.25 86 Proof Was $4.21. NOW.......... .. RON CHIKOTO Puerto Rican Rum $3 25 86 Proof Was $4.21. NOW .......... 32 ST. JOE BAR Kenney Mercantile Company THE STORE WHERE YOUR DOLLAR HAS THE MOST CENTS A Complete Line of Groceries Meats Dry Goods I I FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1945 THE STAR, PORT ST. JOE, GULF COUNTY, f LORIDA PAGE FOUR r FRDY JL 0,14 TESA, OTST O, UFCUNY LOIAPAEFV ENGAGEMENT OF RUTH GUEST SPEAKER TELLS JONES IS ANNOUNCED ] ROTARIANS OF G. I. BILL dMr. and Mrs. H. R. Jones an- ] Dana Leitch, manager of the undergo a tonsilectomy while shb nounce the engagement of their is away. daughter Ruth to Frank LaGrangs, Over 400,000 acres in California, Oregon, Washington and Idaho are devoted to the. production of garden seeds. JOS. B.. SPEAR ,OPTOMETRIST Eyes Examined Glasses Fitted APALACHICOLA, FLA. TO SAFEGUARD YOUR HEALTH *The purity and uniformity of the drugs and chemicals we use in com- pounding your physician's prescription are -ensured by the -vigilant chemists of ' control Laboratories. ven during the manufacture pf.a simple product a score or more of exacting tets for purity are made. Thus, we compound prescriptions with full confidence in the reliability of the ingredients your physician prescribes. We use Merck Prescription Cheic1cels Smith's Pharmacy Phone 5 Port St. Joe We Fill Any Doctor's Prescription ,_. __ __ i lrii. PbM 1/c, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gus Sempler of this city. The wedding is to be an event of July 24. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Skinner an- nounce the birth of a son on Sun- day, July 15, at the municipal hos- pital. Have Visitors From Miami Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Goodson and three daughters of Miami weits guests several, days last week of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Ferrell. Mr. Goodison is Mrs. Ferrell's brother. Little Family Visits Mr. and Mrs. Guy Little and tan.r- ily of Wakulla Springs. visited rel- atives here Tuesday. .11-a .fQ Visiting From Tallahassee Miss Nan Page Hall of Tallahas- see is the guest this week of Mr. andi Mrs. W. J. Ferrell. Have Your Tires: Checked for BALANCE . Makes your car run smoother, saves wear on' your tires, makes tires wear evenly. COME IN AND LET US CHECK YOUR CAR! SUNNY STATE: SERVICE h s a a a a. an a Ann ouncing-- SChange of Office Hours As of July 1st - We will remain open all day Wednesday and -' close Saturday at 1 p. m. Monday through Fridays 9 a. m. to 6 p. 'm. Saturday 9 a. m. to 1 p. m. . DR. G. T. NEWBERRY 8-31 OPTOMETRIST 428 Harrison Ave. Phone 21 Panama City, Fla. g ________________________ FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH : "HOLDING FORTH THE WORD OF LIFE" R. F. HALLFORD, Pastor Telephone 156 SUNDAY, JULY 22, 1945 9:45-Sunday School for all. 11:00--Morning Worship. Sermon topic:' "WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO HAVE A REVIVAL?" 6:55-Baptist Training Union. 8:00--Eveniing Worship. Sermon topic: "WHO IS YOUR SAVIOUR--" EVERYBODY WELCOME! - *_ wa .. .-- GIRLS AT CAMP WEED I Mrs. Ohar:es Brown, Mrs. W. U. U. Anderson and Mrs. Ned Porter cai- S. Employment Service office at ried a group of Port St. Joe anu Panama City, was the guest speak-; Apalachicola girls to Tallahassee er at last week's meeting of the last week to catch the bus for Hi- Port St. Joe Rotary Club.. bernia, Green Cove Springs, Fla., His subject was the new G. I. where they are attending Camp Bill of Rights, and he explained in Weed: from July 9 to 21. In the - detail the main parts of the bill group were 'Lenore Brown, Betty with reference to educational, thos- Otto Anderson, Delores, Mira, Bar- piptal and financial assistanceI bara Sue Boyles and Memorie Lou- which will be available to our ise Porter of this city, and ?a,- boys who have served in the quelyn Glass and Adelaide Wig- armed forces. He stressed that gins of Apa'achicola. MesdameW monies appropriated in the bill for Brown., Anderson and Porter. will education and hospital purposes is go to Tallahassee tomorrow to not considered a direct gift to the meet the girls and bring them recipient, but a. well-earned com- home. pensation for the sacrifices of one r ft who has served. HONORED WITH SHOWER '* V *Miss Ruth Jones was honoree MRS. HINOTE HONORS SMALL with a miscellaneous shower Sat- SON ON FIFTH BIRTHDAY urday evening at the home of Miss Mrs. T. W. Hinote honored her Lenora Johnson. The guests en- little son, Terrence Wilton Jr., on joyed sandwiches and coca-colas, his fifth birthday last Monday -with after which all attended the local a ,party at the Hinote home on Six. theater. teenth Street. ,I * Upon arrival each small guest Family Reunion was given a false face as a favor Mrs. R. W. Smith and Mrs. Alleh which afforded much merry-mak- Whealton have as their guests this ing during the course of the aft- week their sisters, Mrs. D. R. Sult- ternoon. After various games were ridge of Denver, Colo., and Mr,. played, about twenty-two of Ter- C. C. Thompson of Thomasvil:e, rence's little friends were invited Ga., and three nieces, Peggy and to the dining room and served ice Jeannie Sulfridge and Michaele cream and cake. Thompson. The only absent mem- All voted it a most happy occa- bher of the family is Pfc. Walter R. sion and wished Terry many more Allen, who is in the Philippines. h alnp birthday v. MRS. COSTIN HOSTESS TO J. A. M. CLUB The J. A. M. Club .met Monday evening with Mrs. C. G. Costin at her home on Monument Avenue. An advertisement contest was en- * joyed by all,-prizes going to Mrs. D Leroy Gainous and Mrs. Harold I Powell. \ The hostess served a delicious salad course with coca-colas to 11 members and two visitors. The next meeting of th.e clu i will be with Mrs. H. A. ,'-,k. o July 30. Return From Visit To Tampa Mrs. ,A. M. Jones and Mrs. M:r P. Tomlinson returned home Mon- day from Tampa, where they vis- ited Sgt. Winston Jones and fam- ily for several weeks. Mrs. Arthur Jones of Miami accompanied them here for a visit. Home From Visit In North Mrs. Clyde Jones returned home Monday night from an extended visit wtih relatives in Pittsburgn, Pa., She was accompanied home ty her fatner, Tom Salmon, and sister, Miss Louise Salmon. Vacationing In South Florida Mr. and Mrs. Alex Young anra family, Mrs. Bob Kingry and Miss Pauline Owenq left Sunday for a two weeks' vacation to be spent In Coral Gables and Miami. Visitors From Pascagoula Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Smith have as their guests this week Miss. Zot Belle Cox and Miss Anna Louise Rigsiley of Pascagoula, Miss. Return From Vacation Mrs. Carl Zimmerman and son returned Saturday from Harris- burg, Pa., where they spent their vacation.- Visiting Mother Joe LefHardy of Knoxville, Tenn. is visiting his mother, Mrs. C. A. LeHardy, and other relatives here this week. Guests From Chattahoochee Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sheppar& and daughter of Chattahoochee are the guests this week of the Co- burns and Rowans. Home From Georgia . Mrs. Olvde Gentry and soen rA- ..-..y. --- y -T-I!- turned home Tuesday from Och-1 lochnee, Ga., where they visited' relatives for several weeks. Portr k A Martin Theatre THEATRE OPENS SATUR CONTINUOUS! PERFORM SATURDAY, JULY 21 GENE AUTREY in -- FEATURE NO. 2 -- --Also -- Chapter 8 of Serial "BRENDA STARR REPORTER" SUNDAY, JULY 22 ---Also - "PLEDGE TO BATAAN" ygaitgfei~feaa To Undergo Tonsilectomy Miss Sara Kelly left Sunday for her home in Dawson, Ga. She wis Theatre ' Port St. Joe, Fla. DAYS SUNDAYS AT 1:00 P. M. RMANCE DAILY AT 2:45 P. M. MONDAY and TUESDAY July 23 and 24 BUu LOU 4 ABBOTT COSTELLO f, 4TM [.a Alan Curtis *L--s Colnir 1 LATEST NEWS "ONE MAN NEWSPAPER" WEDNESDAY, JULY 25 Chapter 9 of Serial "JUNGLE QUEEN" "TARGET TOKYO" THURSDAY and FRIDAY July 26 and 27 De=ARLO David emce a LATEST NEWS EVENTS "HOLLYWOOD SCOUT" RATION NOTES l !ll!lilnlHlllllll ll lllllllllllllll lllllllll llllllllllllllll Processed Foods-Blue stamps: T2 to X2 now valid,, expire July 31. Y2, Z2, Al, l, Cl1 now valid, ex- pire August 31; Dl to H1 now valid, expire (September 30; Ji to N1- now vaild, expire October 31. Meats and! Fats Red stamps: K2 to P2 expire July 3l; Q2 to U2 expire August 31; V2 to Z2 expire September 30; Al to El expire Oc- tober 31. Sugar Sugar stamp 36 is now valid, expires August 31. Good for five pounds. Shoes-Airplane stamps 1, 2 and 3 now good. Next stamp (to be designated) will become valid on August 1. Gasoline-A16 coupons are, valid through September 21. M AK EI ICE CREAM At home-Any flavor- Delicious-Smooth -No ice crystals-No cooking-No re- whipping-No scorched flavor-Eosy- Inexpensive-20 recipes in each'154 pkg. Please send this ad for free full-size sam- ple offer, or buy from your grocer. Brand Homemade Ice Cream STAIILIZER LONDONDERY- 835 HOWARD, SANfUACISCO 3, CALIf. - -- ---------------- -------- --------------- 4.. I r -~----- ---- 414 FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1945 THE STAR, PORT ST. JOE, GULF COUNTY, FLORIDA PAGE FIVE I PAGE SIX THE STAR, PORT ST. JOE, GULF COUNTY, FLORIDA FRIDAY, JULY 20, l~46 NEW SCHEDULE FOR ST. JOE SOFTBALL LEAGUE At a meeting of team managers of the Port St. Joe Softball League Wednesday evening at the home of B. E. Kenney the Maintenance and Paper Makers' teams were combined, and will now be known as 'he Paper Mill team. This called for a new schedule, and the following was drawn up: July 2 --Rotary and Paper Mill. Ju'y 24-Kiwanis and Legion. July 27-High School and Rotary July 31-Paper Mil land Kiwanis Aug. 3-Legion and School. Aug. 7-Rotary and Kiwanis. Aug. 10-Legion and Paper Mill. Aug. 14-School and, Kiwanis. Aug. 17-Rotary and Legion. Aug. 21-Paper Mill andi School. After the August 21 game, the winner of the second half will p'ay the American Legion, winner of the first half, for the league cham- pion.ship. Buy MORE Bonds today! LEGAL ADVERTISING NOTICE OF REGISTRATION Notice is hereby given that the registration books of the City o( Port St. Joe, Florida, will be open- for the purpose of registration of all qualified electors who are quai- ified under Ordinance No. 35X' anu Chapter 18816 Laws of Florida, Acts df 19%7. Said books will#be opened on July 11. 1945. and will remain open for registration purposes until July 20th, 1945, between the hours of 9 o'clock A. M. and 12 o'clock A. M., and 2 o'clock P. M. until o'clock P. M. each day except Su.- days and holidays. All persons de- siring to register shall call at the City Hall for such purpose. M. P. TOMLINSON, City Auditor and ClerK. Registration Officer. 7-6 20 City of Port St. Joe. FLORIDA IS LAND story and the, state of Florida has OF OPPORTUNITY attracted thousands of men andc women from other states. Decade (Continued from page 1) after decade, people moved from . (Continued from page 1) S of New Hampshire, defeatednorth and west into the, pioneer tive of New Hampshire, defeated c o l Stearns to bring the state under country of Florida. Among. these control of the Democratic party migrating thousands were leaders and to end Reconstruction. F'orma whose abilities received a just had the unique experience of elect- recognition by the citizens of Flor- ing a Democrat from New Hamp- ida. in a Demoa .fro Nwi H As the native-born population or shiTre who restored white control in the state by winning over a Re- publican from Mainee. Although Hart was the first na- tive Floridian to be elected gover- nor of the state, William D. Blox- ham had the distinction of being the first native to serve a full term in Tallahassee. After Bioxham, seven Florida-born men Won the governorship. In, the 100 years since 1845 only nine have been so honored'. These, 25 elected governors of Florida, no matter their places of birth, are worthy of study. Most of them rose to the governorship from the profession of law, but some cane from the ranks of mer- chants. bankers, farmers, teachers and ministers. More than two- fifths of them were veterans of the Civil War, the Spanish-American War, or the World War. In political a .iliation four-fifths )f the governors were Democrats. Before the Reconstruction era only the Whig, Thomas Brown, pre- vented the Democratic party from winning every election, and since 1876 every, governor ot Florida &ex- cept Sidney J. Catts won as a Democrat. Catts, the Baptist min- ister from DeFuniak Springs, gain- ed victory as a Prohibitionist afite having almost won the nomination in the Democratic primary. The average age of these govtr- nors on the day of their inaugura- tion is approximately 48 years antd S months. The youngest governor, NOTICE OF ELECTION Park Trammel, was only 36, and The City Commission of the City the oldest, Fred P. Cone, 65. Two of Port St. Joe, Florida. by reso- governors died in office. Most 01 lution No. 134 has ordered a Spe- cial Election to be held on the the others continued as business 31st day of July 1945, in said City or professional men or office-hold- at the place where elections ara ers for years after the expiration usually held in said City, namely o, their terms as chief executive at the City Hall in said City, for the purpose of determining the fo,- af the state. lowing question: "Shall 'the Char- The explanation of the election t.er of the City of Port St. Joe t, to the governorship of so many amended? inc easing the number amnendedthiucceasing tile number hen who were born outside Flor- of Commissioners to five, changing ida is obvious. In 1821 t parish the term of office to two years and id.a is obvious. In 1821 panish electing all Commissioners each Florida had a small population. two years beginning with the elec- Since 1221 the United States terrl- tion on the third Tuesday of Feb- ruary, 1946?" as provided for by House, Bill No. 967. Laws of Flor ida, 1945,. which became a law without the Governor's approval' CLASSIFIED ADS and was filed in, office of Secre- _ tary of State. June 11. 1945. The FOR SALE polling place for said election will be opened on the daay of election BOAT-14 ft. "Olde Towne" fac- from 7:00 (seven o'clock) A. ,M. tory-made boat with trailer. In until 7:00 (seven o'clock) P. 1M. first class condition. See R. G. Eastern Standard Time, and Is Royles,. Costin's Dept. Store. Port designated and located as the City St. Joe. 7-13tt Hall of the City of Port St. Joe, Florida. All qualified electors re- MOVIE EQUIPQMENT-All types siding in said City will be allowed ol' S and 16 mm. cameras, projec- to vote. '.ors and films. See Maurice Maige 7-6 City Commission 'of the at Port Theater. 7-Ott 27 City of Port St. Joe, Fla. FOR SALE OR RENT N O T I C E HOUSES NOW AVAILABLE for Notice is hereby given that the rent or purchase. Call B. W. Board of County Commissioners of ellss. Phone 39 or 100. 5-25'f Gulf County, Florida. will receive sealed bids until 10:00 A. M. July yOR RENT SIGNS-Two for 25c 30:h. 1945. C.W.T., at the office of at The Star office. tl the Clerk of the Circuit Court, We- wahlitchka, Florida. to furnish and REAL ESTATE FOR SALE install the following equipment VACANT LOT AND COTTAGES complete or its equivalent thereof: nt Beacon Hill. Priced reason- 1 Only No. 7L 76 Kewannee ably. L. N. Smith, Port St. Joe, Steel Steam Boiler, Oil Fired. Route 3. 7-13 8-3 1 Oily No. 6420 Jennings Con- 0ensaticn Pump and Receiver, HOUSES-One I- and one 5-room Capacity 4.000 Square Feet house; complete plumbing tix- against 20-lb. Discharge Steam t-res. running water, lights. In Pressure.- Oak Grove. Write Drawer GG, 1 Only No. CR-4CL Crane Con- Port St. Joe, Fla. 7-6 27 servoil Oil Burner with Stan- dard Controls and low water cut- MISCELLANEOUS out. Contractor to remove old boiler Mortgage Notes, Rent or Lease and install new steam boiler com- Contracts, Promissory Notes, and plete with Oil Burner and Conden- Purchaser Agreements. We carry station Pump. Boiler to be covered 1 stock of these blank forms at with 11/s-inch thickness Asbestos ail times. The Star, Phone 51. Cement. Pipe and fittings in base- ment to be covered with 3-ply Air FISH BAIT Fresh, clean worms Cell Covering. that are guaranteed to get the All bidders will be required to fish for yop. See Eddie Beverly visit the' t-urt House in Weewa- in the ,Sheffield colored quarters hitchka, Florida, before submitting proposals on complete installation. LODGE NOTICES The Board reserves the right to MASONIC TEMPLE F & A M- reject any and all bids. MASONIC TEMPLE F .& A M-r This the 2nd daybofdJuly, 1945. Po-t St. Joe Lodge 111. Regular T h d, meetings 2nd and 4th Fri-- Board of County Commissioners days each month, 8:00 p. rit. Gulf County. Florida. A/ \ Members urged to attend; By W. R. CONNELL, visiting brothers welcome. J. L. 7-6 27 Chairman. Temple, W. M.; G. C. Atkins, Sec. I 6111JU W110V ItiYVL U W..... .UI....... 1 Matifn' Beach Clb On the Gulf Between Port St. Joe and Tyndall Field ^ O DANCING Every Night 8 P. M. TO 12 MIDNIGHT Feature Entertainment 4 4 COVER CHARGE ON FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHTS 50c PER PERSON FRIED CHICKEN DINNERS * SUNDAY FROM 1:00 P. M. TO 7:00 P. M. SFOR ALl YOUR POULTRY NEEDS t the state incseases and the per- centage of those born outside her boundaries decreases, more and more native Floridians will 1e elected to high office. This is al- ready taking place'. Before 1900 only three of the state's thirteen elected governors were, natives, but since the turn of the century six of the twelve were Floridia-born. The people of Florida, however, still give politi- cal opportunity to those who move Into the state' and b'ercome out- standing citizens. Governor Caldyell and half of Florida's present executive offi- cers and supreme court justices are -men who migrated to Florida and proved their worth to the people. ---- ---- x With the Colors (Continued From Page 1) W. Cooper a "Rising Sun" battle -.ag and a Jap signal flag. IN TRAINING AT NORFOLK Curtis Harper, S 2/c, has arrived at the Naval Training Station at Norfolk, Va., to train for duties aboard a new destroyer of the At- ';ntic fleet. LT. AL SCHNEIDER VISITS Lt. Al Schneider, who is sta- "ioned at Strothers Field. Winfiele. Kan.. visited for five hours here last Friday with his parents. He was with a test plane that stopped over at Tyndall Field. FOR OUR COLLECTION F,. Ti-,ymond Smithgall of Tyn- '.all Field has contributed to t'..- editor's collection the insignia or the Eastern Flying Training Comn- nandi. Thanks, Pfc. Smitahgall. 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