THE


STAR


The Home Newspaper of Northwest Florida's Future Industrial Center


VOLUME IX PORT ST. JOE, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1946 NUMBER 21





SOuLE I OP MAN IN Ci 1TY COMMiSSiON RACE


Pepper Opposes

Paper Company

Acquiring FEC

Asks Interstate Commerce Com-
mission To Authorize Merger
With Atlantic Coast Line

Senator Claude Pepper aSppar-
ently bitterly resents the fact that
the 'Florida East Coast Railway
may be acquired' by the St. Joe
Paper Company instead' of the In-
terests he-is pulling for-northern
bankers who control the destiny of
the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad--
and so he has asked, the interstate
commerce commission to authorized
merger of the FEC with the AOL.
Pepper's brief'was filed in Wash-,
ington last Friday simultaneously
with one by the St. Joe Paper Com-
pany urging the commission to
approve independent operation of
the carrier under its control.
The commission on January 8,
1945, approved a plan authorizing
independent operation of the reor-
ganized- Florida East Coast under
control of the St. Joe Paper Corn-'
pany, which owns, a controlling in-
terest in the road. On July 20, 1945,
-the commission reopened the case
and, permitted the AiOL to file a re-
organization plan.providsing for the
merger of the Florida,,East Coast
with the, ACL. Hearings on thA
two plans were held in Washing-
ton and in this state.
Pepper said the Atlantic Coast
Line "has been a, successful rail-
road company and' it knows how
to operate a railroad. .. Th -
S,t. Joe Paper Company has nevei
operated' any railroad except the
(Continued on Page Five)


St. Joe Cagers In Win
Over DeFuniak 13-11

The St. Joe high Sharks came
out on the long end of a 13 to 11
score here Wednesday night in a
'basketball tilt with Walton high of
DeFuniak Springs.
The game was fast, furious and
thrilling from start to finish, and
was anybody's game up to the
final whistle, for.with but a few
seconds to go the score stood 12
to 11 in favor of the local cagers.
They tossed a final free throw to
boost their points to 13.
Lineups were: Port St. Joe-
Williams and Brady, forwards;
Shealey, center; Owens and' Gib-
son, guards. Walton Drake and
Rutherford, forward's; Crook, cen-
ter; W'hitehead, Johnson, Leach
and Moore, forwards'.
In the girls' game the local fil-
lies lost to the visitors bp a score
of 32 to 18. Lineup for the girls
was as follows: Port St. Joe-Trax-
ler, Tharpe and Wilder, forwards;
Cason. Edwards, 'Brown and Por-
ter. guards. DeFuniak Collings-
worth, Bishop, Laire and Jones,
forwards; Henderson, Bishop and
Respress, guard's'.
Tonight at the Centennial Audi-
torium the Sharks will play a town
team made up of alumni of the St.
Joe high school, and Saturday eve-
ning they will meet Bay high of
Panama City on the local court.
Next Tuesday and Wednesday
the teams will go to Graceville to
participate in a district tourna-
ment.


B. Williams Is

Charged With

Manslaughter

In Death of Son of Sheriff Parker;
Negroes On Trial for Slaying
Of 14-Year-Old Youth

At the regular session of the cir-
cuit court at Wewahitchka the jury
Wednesday returned a verdict of
manslaughter against B. Williams,
of Port St. Joe, who was on trial
for the death of George. Parker, 11,
son of Sheriff and Mrs. B. E.
Parker.
The youth met death on Sunday,
August 12, 1945, when he was hit
by Williams' truck near the court
house in Wewahitchka. He was re-
turning home on his bicycle after
attending Baptist Training Union


Some Voters Are

Ignorant of Gulf

Re-Registration

Many Apparently' Do Not Realize
They Will Be UnAble To Vote
Unless They Re-register

George Tapper droTppd in at The
Star office the other day with the
request that we print him up an
order of handbills calling upon the
liualified electors of this part of
the county to be sure and register
with the county registrar if they
had any desire to vote in the forth-
coming May primaries.,.
We asked George, why he needed
the handbills, and his reply was
really astounding.
.Sez he: "I've been going about
over the county in the interest of


and' was well off the highway- iln my campaign for .representative in


a. wide, grassy ditch when he was
run down by the truck, ,dying al-
most instantly.
As- we. went to press yesterday
the jury was considering the case
of five negroes, Homer Sapp, Ell
Blount, John Sibley, Archie Har-
rall and Ida Corbett, changed with
the knife murder of Dan Conley,
14, sand the, serious cutting of Bev-
erly Conley, 35, brothers, of this
city, the nigit of December 15,
1945.

Rev Langs.ton Doing Nicely
News was received here yester-
day from Mrs. Langston that her
husband, Rev. 0. D. Langston, had
had his foot amputated and that
the doctors, says he will be well
andi about again in a few months.

AI Schneider Expected Home
Lt. Al Schneider is expected to
return home next week, having re-


Sthe legislature and I was amazed
at the number 'of people who have
not yet re-registered and who were
ignorant of the fact that they had
to re-register in order to vote in
the May primaries. And the ma-
jority were well-educated, too."
Knowing that The Star covers
*the greater portion of Gulf county,
and that we had been carrying C.
G. Rish's notice of re-registration
as a paid advertisement, as well as
page one news. stories, ",we- ehid'-
ingly asked George if any of the
ignorant voters (ignorant in that
they did, not know they were re-
quired to re-register) were. readers
of The Star.
"Most of 'em were," said our
next representative, "and they told
me of all the news you had been
carrying for two or three weeks
past, but very few of them appar-
ently had read the stories on the
re-registration.'"


ceived his discharge from the So. with this startling informal.
service. (Continued on page 8)



WhatYou Give ForWhenYou Give


By THOSE. R. L. CARTER
Executive Secretary, American Red
Cross, Gulf County Chapter
Very. soon Americans in general
and citizens of Port St. Joe, We-
wahitchka, and Gulf county in
general will be asked to finance
another year of Red Cross. Your
local secretary is' not of his own
personal knowledge familiar with
Red' Cross work. across the waters
but, after almost four years of
service would like to point out a
few problems that have been han-
died iby the Red, Cross and, will try
to point out the future problems,
aggravated as they are by indus-
trial and housing conditions."
Home service of Red Cross looks


the, family of an ex-service man
meets the stone wall of no funds to
pay for doctors, hospitalization or
operation, Red Cross helps it over
the barrier or does the whole job
of financing. If there is, prospect
for improved financial returns in
thle future, a loan is made. If the
future is black or hopeless, an. un-
qualified grant is made, and the
worry of how to pay is lifted from
hearts already too 'heavy.
There are those, unfortunately,
whose children or husbands have
made the supreme sacrifice. The
matter of insurance, pension and
other !benefits it not merely the
correct drawing up of papers. It is
'not that simple. How does the vet-


after veterans' families and their erans administration know whom
multifold problems and these prob- to pay? Is the claimant a bonafide


lems have many angles. Even if
you are satisfied that you begin
to understand these and& have been
through them all, there will always
come up new questions and new
puzzles that must be answered
and solved.
Quite simple is the problem of
sickness, doctor's care and hos-
opitalization. The doctors of the
county, the local municipal hos-
pital, hospitals in nearby cities,
the druggists, the members of the
various. church and civic societies
have been uniformly helpful. When


parent, wife or child? It must have
the records. All of us are, realizing
now how lax we have been in the
past In the registering of births
and deaths. If there is no record of
these, there are affidavits to by
made, old ,neighbors to find who
years ago knew facts, they must
testify to as to dates of entering
this world and going out.
Red' Cross must listen patiently
to and work diplomatically with
indignant bereaved ones who can-
not unider'stand 'why they have to
(Continued on Pigs g.


Others Making Up New Five-Man Board Are Chestnut,

Sharit, Mrs. Minus and Conklin; Voters of City

Take Great Interest and Turn Out 600 Strong


Voicing their appreciation for a job.well done, especially in
placing the municipal hospital on a paying basis, the voters of
the city Tuesday returned Horace Soule to the board of city
commissioners by an overwhelming vote, thereby expressing
their faith in his ability to carry on the affairs of the munici-
pality in a manner which they approve.
Of the 603 ballots cast, Soule's name appeared on 439 of
them. Running in second place was J. R. Chestnut, with 350;


4

New Hudson On

Display Now At M.

G. Lewis Garage
-
Has Many New Luxuries and Con-
veniences As Well As Driving
And Comfort Features

The M. G. Lewis & Sons Garage,
for several years past Hudson dis-
tributors in this vicinity, now have
on display at their garage and new
showroom one of the just-released
Hucdson cars, and' they invite all
car owners' and prospective car
owners to drop by andLlook it over.
This 1946 Hudson.has many new
luxuries' and conveniences, as well
as important driving and. comfort
features, all of which added' to the
sturdy reliability for which Hud-
son has always been famous, make,
it quite a chunk of automiboile.
The new Hudsons come in two
series, 'the Super Series and the
Commodore Series-with a choice
in all models of a six or eight-cyl-
inder engine.
Our powers of description fall
far short of painting a word pic-
ture of this new Hudson line, and
so we suggest that you drop around
to the Lewis Garage and give it
the old. once-over.
4k
Two Plans Outlined For
School Facilities Here

At an open meeting of the local
board of school trustees 'held here
Monday night to which the public
was invited, Superintendent Tom
Owens outlined two plans for -the
relief of crowded conditions in the
Port St. Joe schools.
One suggestion was for the ad-
dition of four more rooms to the
present school plant at estimated
cost of $58,000. This, it was brought
out, would be merely a makeshift
measure and would care for grow-
ing school needs for only a brief
period.
The second plan would provide
for the construction of a new .in-
nior-senior high school on property
near their Centennial Building re-
cently deeded by the duPont in-
terests for school purposes. This
would cost in the neighborhood of
$400.000.

BLAZE DOES SLIGHT DAMAGE
TO STORE IN HIGHLAND VIEW
The Port St. Joe. fire depart-
ment was called to Highland View
Wednesday afternoon to extinguish
a blaze in the roof of John Hewitt's
store building.
The local volunteers arrived in
good time and quickly extinguished
the fire. Loss was placed in the
neighborhood of $50.


*incumbent J. R. Sharit took
third position with 334; Mrs.
Agnes Minus, a sort of dark
horse since no woman had
ever previously entered the
commissioner race, came in
fourth with 243 closely followed by
B. B. Conklin with 234 votes. These
five leading contenders will make
up the five-menmber board recently
authorized by a special legislative
bill.
Vote polled, by the other eight
entries in the 13-candidate contest
was as follows: Watson Smith, 200;
Japk Fowler, 193; Roy Evans, 183;
C. H. Johnson, 176; L. W. Owens,
153; Ben Williams, 146; I. C. Ned-
ley, 145, and J. S. Shirey, 103.
These figures are unpgfici ,
SClheckiiig'bacr filesWf 'Th~ Star
we find that only one time pre-
viously has there, been more in-
terest taken in an election here,
and, that was in 1940 when 613
voters trekked to the polls to ex-
press their preference; Jim Bounds
was named to the board at that
time, replacing the incumbent, B.
A. Pridgeon.
In' 1941 there were 481 ballots
cast with J. L. Sharit winning out
over Horace Soule, 278 to 203.
The 1942 election saw the small-
est turnout of voters since the pa-
per mill put the town on the boom,
but 301 -taking time off to cast bar-
lots. B. B. Conklin .became a mem-
ber of the board at that time with
his 143 votes against 126 for B. W.
Eells and 30 for D. L. Owens.
The number of votes in the years.
following continued on the upswing
to Tuesday's, election. In 1943 C.
J. Sullivan took 180 of 349 ballots
cast, with the A-emaining 169 go-
ing to Jim Bounds. In 1944 Sharit
won over L. P. Sutton by a count
of 365 to 192,. and last year Soule
and Watson Smith were named to
the board by votes of 307 and 230,
respectively; others in the race
splitting the total of 438 ballots/
were Conklin 122. M. K.' Hurl'but
175 and H. S. Lilius 20.
The board met Wednesday to
canvass the vote, and will meet at
the city hall this evening to select
from among their number a mayor
for the ensuing term. The. munici-
pal judge will also be named and
city employes appointed.

Ronald Childers Discharged
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Childers
and 'baby arrived here from New
York last Saturday. Ronald has
received his discharge from the
service and has resumed his job
with the St. Joe Paper Company.

Pvt. Robert Gilbert Visits
Pvt. Robert Gilbert, who is sta-
tioned at Fort McPherson, visited
here last week with his brother
and family, Mr. and Mrs. John
Gilbert.










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the printed word thoroughly convinces. The spoken wore
in lost; the printed word remains.

Wr Country "" Right or Wreng


HOW ABOUT A $4,000,000,000 BONUS?
Congress is being asked by a group of Brit-I
ish-loving politicians to endorse a loan to Eng-
land of some $4,000,000,000 at 2 per cent inter-
est, payment on principal and;interest not to
begin until 1951, and payments to be strung,
out over 50 years.
If we remember correctly Britain paid only
about two billion dollars on her World.-War-,
I debt to us of about six billions.
The editor of The Star would suggest tlhatt
we "loan" this four billion dollars to England
.-on pjaper-and just keep it in the treasury,
to pay off that old debt, letting the Britons
pay us 2 per cent on it. Then we could take
the "loan" and present it to World War Ii
veterans in the form of bonuses. Thus we
would get 2 per cent on it (because Britain
probably never intends to repay the four bil-
lion anyway) and it, would take quite a drain
off the taxpayers" pocketbooks since the vets
would spend the money here at home and the
real wealth it bought, in the form of homes,
cars, clothes, furniture, etc., would stay here.
And, too., ifBritain does get this loan, Rus-
sia has already signified that it would ask for-
at least six billion, dollars. Then other coun-
, tries, seeking what a sucker Uncle Sam was,
would begin putting in their bids, and first
thing we knew we'd be burdened down with
intolerable taxes while other nations would be
laughing up their sleeves at us for being so
gullible.
W"e suggest a flood of letters to our'repre-
sentatives in congress demanding that they
oppose any foreign loans of such magnitude.


A local woman says she went down town
the other day and bought a $200 coat for her
husband to give her for a Christmas present.


Keep smiling-and buy U S Savings Bonds.


OUT OF BOUNDS
The people of Highland View should do
something to provide fire protection for them-
selves. They have 'had several disastrous
blazes out there and in each instance the Port
St. Joe fire department was called out to fight
the blaze. We are not suggesting that the
local fire department refuse to respond to
such calls, for we should always help our
neighbors in time of need, but we should con-
sider what would happen should a fire break
out in this city while the firemen were out at
Highland View.
The way we understand it, the law states
that a city fire department may go no farther
than the city limits in answer to a call, for if
they should go beyond the prescribed limits
and a fire should occur within the city in their
absence, destroying the property of a taxpayer
entitled to their protection while they were
out protecting the property of a non-taxpayer,
they would be subject to the severest criticism
, and the city probably would have a suit for
damages on its hands.


IT'S NOT OUR FAULT
It has been popular of late to compare the
wellb'eing and comfort of the American peo-
vle:.with the destitution in other lands, as it
there is something reprehensible about our
situation.
No one can deny that it is a great tragedy
.- that the peoples of other lands must undergo
inhuman suffering. But that is no reason for
criticism of this country. What we have we
have produced ourselves. Nothing has beenn
given to us on a silver platter. Countries that
are starving at this moment, were highly civil-
ized nations when we were nothing but a
wilderness. We starved and froze to make a
nation while they lived in comfort. They
could not make it easy for us then, any more
than we can make it easy for them now.
They would not be in their present plight
if they could learn to live together in peace
just as Canada, the United, States and Mexico
do on this continent.


Haircuts in Port St. Joe are 65 cents--
plenty, if you ask the man on the street-but
in Miami they have been charging 75 cents
and last week boosted the price to a buck.
We can remember when cuts were 25 cents-
'way back when. With the price constantly
on the upgrade we should think the barbers
(or tonsorial artists, as they prefer to be re-
ferred to nowadays) would have a sliding
scale based on the bald area of a customer's
dome. For instance, there's no justice in the
fellow with a fringe around the back and sides
paying the same price for a haircut as the
younger fellow with a mop of hair that could
be used io stuff a pillow.


To Eat These All Summer

Make Sowing Schedule Nowj


Sowing Data on Short Season Crops


Beans, smap
Beets
Carrots
Cucumbers
Endive
Kohlrabi
Turnips
Spinach ,,
Sweet Corn
Onion Sets
Peas
Radish, early
summer
winter


Days
to table
size
44- 53
55- 80
60- 80
45- 75
70- 99.
60
40-75
40- 50
65-105
21
60- 75
25
45
60


Most gardeners have experienced
an overabundance of some vege-
tables early in the summer, only to
have a shortage of the ime thing
liter on. This happens often with
.the early vegetables which have a
short harvest.
For the first harvest more is sown
than can he used during the short
period the crop is at its best; so
the surplus is wasted, or given
away. By dividing the same amount
into two sowings, harvest time may
be doubled, from the same space,
with the same amount of -fertilizer
ahd, what is8-most important of,'all,
the same amount of work, for this
spring there will be plenty of other
things to do in the garden.
To plan the correct number of
swings, and determine how far
apart to make them, give a few
minute' study of the table shown
herewith. It lists thirteen of the
short- harvest crops which home
gardens are likely to grow. In the-
first column are the days for sow-
ing the seeds, until the first har-
vest. The second column shows
how long each harvest lasts, in top
condition.
The time it takes to mature a
crop depends somewhat on the va-
riety grown. Most seed catalogues
give the maturity season for each
variety. By sowing two varieties-
one quick, and one slow-at the
same time, longer harvest can be
assured or the same result can be
obtained by sowing the same vari-
ety %twice, with an interval between
sowings.
This interval should about equal
the period in Column 2-the length
of the harvest. In the spring the
second sowing will grow faster
than the first; so the interval may


program, caldwell said, will be to
make jobs and keep business go-
ing during the reconversion period.

Florida Good Investment
Continued evidence that Amer-
ica's pioneers acquired a bonanza
when thvy purchased Florida from
Spain for ST.000.000, was offered
by the state's agriculturists. who
last year turned out produce val-
ued at approximately $325,000,000.
This one industry alone gave a re-
turn on. the original investment at
the ratio if 65 to 1.


Harvest
from one
sowing lasts
4 weeks
6 weeks
8 weeks
4 weeks
6' weeks
3' weeks
2..weeks
2 weeks
10 days
4 week
2 weeks
2 'weeks
Weeks


Grow for
four-portion
serving
1 foot
1 foot
2 feet
2 feet
I ot
2 feet
1%feet
3 feet
(feet
lfoot

1 foot
1 foot


be a little longer; but warm weath-
er wil' make. a third, and fourth
sowing, grow mor slowly, so. a
short" interval befnieen p)antingq
will a116* more time for the, crop
to mature.
Column 3 gives for each crot
the space 'required to produce a
family' serving (for four.) E dch
time you serve snap heaps, for e-X
ample, you use up a 'foot of the
bean row, provideudyour garden has'
maxnm fertility. If not a heavy
yielding garden, then the space .re-
quiied may be longer than that
,given, perhaps twine'as long. Make
your best guess on this point, then
ask the cook how often each week
she will- serve snap- beans next
May., Multiply, the number of
servings each week by four-since
the harvest lasts four weeks. That
will enable you to tell how long a
row of beans .should be allowed
for the first sowing. -
It may sound complicated-a lit-
tle-but every minute you spend in
working out a schedule is likely to
save you an hour which might oth-
erwise be wasted, in producing
food which you could not use; to
say -nothing of space and materials
wasted also.
How many sowings should you
make? Of most crops, enough to
insure a sixteen weeks' harvest,
which will carry you into October.
As the fall weather may make your
final planting last twice as long as
normal, it will often pay to increase
this sowing, so you may get full'
benefit of a late fall season. -
Peas, lettuce, radishes and spin-
ach do not grow well in July and
early August, so do not sow these
crops to yield in hot weather, but
sow them for early summer and
fall crops only.


Mother Dies In Louisiana
Garland' Wright was called to
Ba-rt'op. La., last Friday) due to
the death of his mother, Mrs. J.
C. Wright.

Lamar Sales Discharged
Lamar Sales, who recently re-
ceived his discharge from the
service, is the guest of MW. and
Mrs. John Kreamer.

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


SCHOOL NEWS
By WESLEY RAMSEY
-... ............-.
The senior play is. over at last!
We were glad to give it, but we
arc, also glad that it's over. We
want. to thank everyone who made
this play possible, the teachers,
our backers, The Star and. our chs-
tomers. We especially want to
tfiank Miss Nonnie Elkins who,
though it seemed! to us that she
was a female.Simon Legree, finally
drug it out of us and made the play
a success.
The seniors had a party, or
rather a fried chicnen dinner, last
Friday night after the play. Those
present were Miss Elkins, Howard
Kelley, Margaret Elder, Frenchie
Wooden, Dan Coleman, Wesley
Ramsey, Margaret Tharpe, Mary'
Lydia Dees, Grace Hunter, Maur-
Ice Maige, Jewel Faircloth, Teresa.
Edwards, Wanda Mae Spencer, Ha-
zel Cason, Carl Guilford, Robert
Trawick, Donald Linton, Jack Ma-
bon, Gale Traxler, Bunny Martin,
Farnces Rhames and Eloise Schet-
tfer


-we have discovered that Prof.
W. A. Bigg-art can speak Spanish.
We are getting a new outdoor
basketball court behind the middle
building. It is certainly needed, as
the old one has as many holes and
pocks in it as the moon.
The physics, -biology and eco-
nomics classes were instructed in
currency and counterfeiting Mon-
day afternoon by way of moving
pictures.
The 4-H Club had a meeting
Monday at which time ribbons
were awarded for the best piece
of needlework. Wilna Wooden took
first honors, Maxine Guilford sec-
ond, and Geraldine Parker, third.

George Lunsford Dischargeo
George Lunsford has received
his discharge from the service and
is now here with his wife and
children.

Jesse Stone Leaves for School
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Stone left
yesterday for Ozark, Ala., for a
visit, with the latter's mother. They
will go on to Atlanta, where Jesse
will attend electrical engineering
Phnn lnir-- alvrnn


* scoo, majoringin television an
Every day brings a new surprise electronicsa.


State Taxes On Liquor,
Cigarets and Racing
To Provide Millions

Florida is, assured funds from
racing, cigaret andi alcohol taxes
over and above the ordinary cost
of government to enable it to
spend millions of dollars within
the next three years to improve
public buildings, highways and to
increase teachers salaries, Gover-
nor Caldwell' said in a recent talk
before the St. Augustine chamber
of commerce.
He said the complete plan calls
for the expenditure of $161,000,000
over the space of nine or ten years.
Of this amount $10,000,000 will be
spent on buildings, and $68,000,000
will 'be. spent within the nexL three
years in modernizing the 8400
miles of state maintained' high-
ways.
The chief executive said the
Florida public' school system this
year andI in succeeding years will
cost some $5,000,000 more: than
last year. Teachers will be better
paid, he said', and their qualifica-
tions will be higher.
'A secondary' consideration of the


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. WE SERVE THE BEST FRIED CHICKEN

ON THE GULF COME OUT NEXT

SUNDAY OR ANY DAY OR EVENING -

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ALL KINDS OF DRINKS





WALTER'S BAR and GRILL

On Beacon Hill Highway, 2V2 Miles from Port St. Joe


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


FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, '1946


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FRIDY, EBRARY 2, 94 HE TARPOR ST JO, GUF CUNT, FORID PAE TRE.


EXPERIENCE YET TO COME
Jane: "Don't you love overpower-


.ing men?"
June: "1 don't know-I've never
*overpowered any.'"

Make Business Trip To Atlanta
Mrs. E. R. DuBose and Mrs. M.
K. Hurlbut. made a business trip
to Atlanta last week, returning
home Thursday night.

The African bongo are called' the
handsomest of all the antelopes.

Notice of Re-Registration
of Gulf County

-Re-registration as required un-
-der Chapter 22665, House Bill No.
467, Acts of 1945, which requires
all voters of Gulf County to re-
register to entitle you to vote in,
the coming elections.
BOUNDARY OF COMMISSIONER
DISTRICT NO. 1
All of the Northeast portion of
"Gulf Coiiuty' Wing "ast" of -State-
Highway 'No. 6, and North of
7Lower Dalkeith Road and South ot
the Calhoun County line. East We-
wahitchka and Dalkelth Precincts
Nos. 1 andl 3.
BOUNDARY OF COMMISSIONER
DISTRICT NO. 2
All of the Northwest portion of
Gult County West of Highway No.
6 and North of a line beginning
where Highway No. 6 crosses the
South line of Section 19, Twp. 5
South, Range 19 West, and thence
running due West to the Bay
County line. West Wewahitchka
.Precinct No. 2.
BOUNDARY OF' COMMISSIONER
DISTRICT. NO. 3
Beginning where Highway No. 6
crosses the. South line of Section
19, Twp. 5 South, Range 9 West,
thence running West to Gulf anu
Bay County line, thence South to
Port St. Joe Canal, thence East
following Canal to the Northwest
corner of Section 20, thence due
East to Apalachicola River. Pre-
cincts Overstreet, Highland View,
arid Beacon Hill, White City. Be-
ing Precincts 4, 5 and 6.
BOUNDARY OF COMMISSIONER
DISTRICT NO. 4
Beginning at Port St. Joe Canal,
thence run Southerly along St. Joe
Bay to Fifth Street- or. Highway
No. 6, thence run Northeasterly
along Highway No. 6 to, the North
line of Section 6, then2e East to
Canal, then :bounded by Lake Wim-
ico, Jackson. River and Apalachi-
cola River and Brothers River to
the Southeast corner of Section
16. Township 7 South. Range 3
West, thence East to' the Port St.
Joe Canal, thence down said canal
to beginning. Kenney Mill and
North Port St. Joe. Precincts Nos.
7 and 8.
BOUNDARY OF COMMISSIONER
DISTRICT NO. 5
All of the South end of County
lying South of Highway No. 6 to
the Township line of 7 arrd 8 In
Range 10 West, thence East to
Lake Wimico, through Lake Wim-
ico to Franklin County line. South
Port St. Joe. Precinct No. 9.
The Registration Books will
be open in the Precincts begin.
ning the 4th day of February
and closing on the 3rd day of
March, A. D. 1946.
Precincts Nos. 1 and 2, East
and West Wewahitchka, the
books will be open at the Su-
pervisor of Registration office
in 'the Court House. "
Dalkeith, Precinct No. 3, at
the home of Mrs. Belle G.
Cumbie, registrar.
k Overstreet, Precinct No. 4,
'at the home qf Mrs. Lillian E.
Odom, registrar.
Highland View and Beacon
Hill, Precinct No. 5, at the
store of MrsW.W. H. Weeks,
registrar.
White City, Precinct No, 6,
Mrs. George Harper, at her
store.
Kenney Mill, precinct No. 7,
Mrs. Louis Johnson, at Ken-
ney, Store..
? North Port St. Joe. Precinct
No. 8, Mrs. E. C. Pridgeon, Jr.,
at her home on Third Street.
South Port St. Joe, Precinct
No. 9, Mrs. C. C. Taunton, at
-her home.
Respectfully yours,
C. G. RISH,
Supervisor of Registration,
2-s 22 Gulf County, Florida.


What You Give For

(Continued from oage 1)
prove who they are, why they need
help, where and when they or their
children were born. This service
Red Cross has done and' .will con-
tinue to do, a task made much
easier by ready access to -the aid
of other chapters in practically
every county and every state of
the United States.
It is impossible in this short


messag,& to be informative in-.a de-
gree of even approximation to the
goal. Soon you will be asked for
a contribution; soon, if not al-
ready, you will hear criticism like
this:
"Bill Latimer had a good job last
year. He contributed to the Red
Cross and now he's had bad luck
and. needs help. His eyes seem to
be going bad and soon he'll have
to give. up 'his- job. I went to the
Red Cross and they said they
-eoufdn't. help; him .because.. there
was .no servitco connectioa-. Is that
his fault? Me. I'm not going to
give a blank cent. I'll give mine
to ...---.-- ."
I would like to attempt to clear
up such misund&erstand-ings as set
out above, since, unless the com-
plaining one I. 'properly advised or
enlightened there is, a measure or
logic in his complaint. We should
like to explain what the Red Cross
attitude is toward civilian, assist-
ance where there is no service
connection. Red Cross gives aid,
monetary or otherwise, in em'er-
gency and not for a recurring
need. If a sudden emergency
arises such as a fire, unexpected
sickness; necessity of immediate
operation or hospitalization, de-
privation of shelter or food, Red
Cross proposes to give immediate
assistance and' at the same time in-
vestigate all circumstances in con-
nection with each particular case
and, -then refer the matter to some
other agency. If it is a case of the
blind, the aged or the de.perident
mother, it will be, referred to the
state welfare department. If it In-
volves other matters or circum-
stances it will be referred to the
board of county commissioners,
and we will be glad to furnish re-
sults of investigation to tile county
or 'to any of the church, social or
civic clubs.
The foregoing is not a request
for a subscrition but merely an
outline of what you will give for
and, is submitted at the request
and suggestion of many Red Cross
members, a n d especially your
chairman, E. L. Hobaugh.
We would greatly appreciate
any reader coming into the office
in the Costin Build'ing in Port St.
Joe and asking any questions he
or she might like to be cleared up.


A V ALUABLE

DOCUMENT
ye doctor's pressriptiou is a ihslambl
dacuseat. Mor~tlia le.ofpper
'b.~r~r orw*.d qdO.deArcteve,
it rwapreate hi.yas df-t*I

by' ota r*qj* dpamcit adt
psirty nd iifomit of he reeriptioit

U. we Aleek Phew~ieCe

Smith's Pharmacy

Pb.... 6 Port St. J00
We PFill Anmy eetor'. Presesrptlea


Tyndall Field Is Now On.
Reduced Activity Status

Tyndall Field is now being put
on a reduced activity status, ac-
cord'ing to a recent announcement.
The number of personnel at the
field will b1) reduced from the pres-


fore Pearl Harbor, and its activi-
ties were -a great contribution to
the war effort. Many thousands of
aerial gunners and hundreds of
pilots were trained for combat


during its over four years
tive operation.


of ac-


EVERYBODY'S DOING IT


NOTICE OF FICTITIOUS NAME
Notice is hereby given that pursuant to
Chapter 20953, Laws of Florida, Acts of
1941, the undersigned persons intend to
register with the Clerk of the Circuit Court
of Gulf County, Florida, four weeks after
the first publication of this notice, the
fictitious name or trade name under which
they will be engaged in business and in which
said business is to be carried on, to-wit:
ST. JOE ELECTRIC SHOP, Port St, Joe,
Florila.
W. H, PIERSON.
2-8 3-1 W. M. PRIEST,


ent totals of 1400 enlisted men, 200 The birds do it.
officers and 900 civilians to. 150 of- The bees do it. NOTICE OF DIPARTNERSHIP
ficers, no enlisted men, and enough The little bats do it. Notice is hereby given that Dan
civilians to maintain essential op- Mama, can I learn to fly, too? J. Brooks, Jr., is- no longer coi-
erations. ---- nected as a partner with the
This reduced activity status does Edwin McGill Discharged Creech & Brooks Laundry. Creech,
not mean closure of the field, the. Edwin McGill arrived home last Brothers assumes all ou-tstand4ng
having. dbts and liabilities in the above
report emphasized. The field will wee-k-end from California, having firm as of January 26, 1946. This
be held in readiness in order that received his discharge from the business will continue to operate
training can be resumed upon navy. as Creech Brothers Laundry, Clean-
short notice. | "_ _o ers and Tailors.
Tynd'all Field was established on A bachelor is a man who would usKenneth A. Ceeh
December 6, 1941, just a day be-: not take "Yes" for an answer. '2-8 3-1 Dan J. Brooks, Jr.
.,


DEAR TOLKS:



ITS TRUE-WITH THE NEW RATE



REDUCTION I AM WORKING


FOR LESS THAN EVER BEFORE.



YOU DOMESTIC ELECTRIC SERVICE



CUSTOMERS OF THE FLORIDA POWER


1 IN


DURING


CORPORATION WILL SHARE



A SAVING OF 360,000


THE NEXT TWELVE I4 MONTHS.


REMEMBER THE MORE I WORK THE



4 LESS MY WAGES PER"REDDY-HOUR".


FLORIDA POWER

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'FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1946


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


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County Service Officer Pepper Opposes
Is Prepared To Tackle
(Continued from Page 1)
Problems of.Veterans Apalachicola Northern. It has had
no record of railroad experience
W. H. Linton, newly-appointed which justifies it in saying that it
service officer for Gulf county, is btter qualed to operate the
blew into The Star office Mond~ay, Florida East Coast than is the At-
introduced himself and stated his lantic Coast Line."
In its brief the St. Joe Paper
services are avaialible to all vet-
Company contended that the At-
erans of the county on problems Company contededhat te At-
Srans o t Cur ih lantic Coast Line plan "is incom-
of any nature which might con-
front them. Kinda stilted phrase- patible with the public interest i!,
oogy, t eb e get that it will impair service, promote
ology, but mebbe he'll get. over
monopoly, restrain competition,
Sprety soo. am existing routes and ciinnels
He says he will have his office ,
in the selective service board f of commerce, grievously injure the
.e above the postoiecommunities served by the debtor
fice above the postoff ic andge number of the
1- 1 :as well as a large number of the


be nere on -onLlonys, vWednesdays
and Fridays from 8 a. m. until 5
p. im.
In Wewa'hitchka he'll be in Coun-
ty Superintendent Tom Owens' of-
fice on Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Saturday from 8:30 to 5.
Should it happen a veteran can't
meet this schedule, he may make
an appointment andi Bill will con-
tact him as soon as possible.
Okeh, guys, let's see that W. H.
-gets plenty of action so that his
brain won't become fossilized.

South Africa leads the world in
the production of gold.


Smokey Says:
1 .ii 5"[ SURE SHOT WORK-- '
^tk/)flJA6"T EVERYBOPY'HAi M"
O HELP PUT IOU
WOODS FIRES /


Wildfire in the woods destroys a
community asset as well as person-
al property. Good neighbors help
fight fire whenever needed. Be a
good neighbor!


employes involved'."
Ass-rting the ACL plan was un-
authorized, the company said: "The
proposal of ACL to acquire by
merger or acquisition properties of
another railroad is required' by the
statutory charter of the company
-to be authorized iby three-fourths
of the stockholders of the company
at a stockholder's meeting. This
proposal has, not been so author-
ized. The resolution of the board of
directors' 'merely authorized the
transmission of the. plan. to the
commission. It does not undertake
to bind the ACL company to ac-
cept or consummate the plan pre-
scribed by the commission."
Terming the AOL plan "imprac-
tical," the paper company said:
"Holders of 70 per cent of the FEC
refunding bonds, have stated un-
equivocally.. tat not only \vill they
reject the ACL plan if prescribed
by the commission and approved
by the court, but that they will not


agree to any merger of the prop-
erty." -
The Southern Railway Company
and the Southern Railway System,
in a separate brief, urged the com-
mission to approve continued sep-
arate, operation of the Florida East
Coast "wholly independent of dom-
initinn of control, directly or In-
directly by the ACL or any other
trunk line railroad."
The St. Johns county board of
commissioners told the ICC that
removal of the FEC's facilities
from St. Augustine would "result
in disastrous economic conditions
and a great population loss."


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PAGE FIVE


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


No '46 Exemption On
New Bought Homes
Purchasers of real estate after
January 1 of any year can not
claim the homestead exemption for
that year, the state attorney gen-
eral ruled in an opinion to James
Owens, Jr., tax assessor of West
Palm Beach county. The attorney
general said:
'The first day of January is
fixed as the tax day. As of that
day owners are to make their re-
turns and values are to be, fixed
and terms laid. The status of real
estate on the first day of January
determines the person to whom as-
sessed and value of the property
and the right to exemption."
In the same light, the attorney
general said, Murphy Act lands,
deeded 'by the state after January
1' of any year, are not subject to
exemption for that year.
Visit In Marianna
Mr. and Mrs. C. -W. 'Horton and
\t rs. Perry Clements visited, with
the ladles' 'mother, Mrs.. Ella Mc-
qook, in Marianna Sunday.

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PANCAKES 'N COFFEE
Bracing autumn days call for
energy-giving hot breakfasts. A
favorite menu might include fruit,
ho,nemnade griddle cakes and, of
-ourse, steaming hot coffee.
Miix the pancake batter first and,
,hen start the coffee brewing so
that it will be done just at serving,
Lime. The finest beverage-one to,
;end each member of the family,
ilf with a feeling of satisfaction-
's made from vacuum-packed cof-,
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'rom the coffee and thus prevents
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A fragrant cup of coffee and
delicious homemade Griddle
3akes are the basis of energy-
giving breakfast for first chilly
lays.:
Here 'are directions for making
delicious homemade pancakes:
Homemade Griddle Cakes
(Makes 9) ')
I t cups all-purpose flour '
I V2 teaspoons baking powder
teaspoon salt
I tablespoon sugar
2 eggs '
1 cup bottled milk
3 tablespoons melted shortening
Sift flour and measure. Add' bakY
ng powder, salt and sugar. Sift
gain. Combine eggs, milk and
nelted; shortening. Pour liquid
nixture slowly into dry ingredi-
:nts, stirring to make a smooth
matter Drop by. spoonfuls on hot
!riddle and bake.

Attend Style Show In Tampa,
Mr. and Mrs. T. M. :Schneider
returned Wednesday from Tampa
where they attended a style show.'
Send The-Star to a friend. -


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the three pleasing designs that are available for your
selection here today. They are genuine Simmons
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UNIQUE MUSICAL PROGRAM AT BAPTIST CHURCH


The Eppley Sisters' -Gospel Quidi-
tette of Manchester, Pa., will ap-
pear at the First Baptist Church
Sunday evening at 7:30. They ren-
der a unique and deeply spiritual
program, featuring vocal quintets,
soprano and alto solos, artistic
piano playing, and numbers on the
vilbra-harp, violin, saxophone, elec-
tric Hawaiian guitar, accordion and
cathedral chimps.
Their recentkt ncert tours have
included leading churches and ra-
dio stations in the U.nitei S(tates
and. Canada. Thousands have heard
this group, churches have been


crowded -to capacity and many
turned away.
No admission charge will be
made, but a free-will offering will
be taken for the musicians. The
public is cordially invited to at-
tend andi is urged to come early.
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Tommy .Kelly Visits Parents
Tommy Kelly, ABM 3/c, from
Cecil Field, Jacksonville, spent
last week-end here visiting hlls
parents, Mr. and, Mrs. Nick Kelly.
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Write a letter today to that boy
af yours in the service.


,Minutes of regular meeting
of the City Commission of
.of the City of Port St. Joe,
*held in, City Hall the 15th
day of January, 1946.
Regular meeting of the Commis-
sion was held at this time with
the following present: Mayor-Com-
missioner Sharit, Commissioners
Soule and Smith, Clerk Tomlinson
and Attorney Lewis.
'Minutes of previous meetings
were read and approved.
Request from Chavers-Fowhand
Furniture Company for reduction
of taxes account of excessive valu..
ation was denied'.account of their
not making' return or appeal to the
equalizing board-." '
Request from taxicab operator
for reserved parking space on Reid
Avenue was not granted due to
congested parking condition at the
present time.
The Clerk was directed to ad-
vise D. W. Smith it is not con-
sidered there is sufficient demand
at this time to lift building or zon-
ing restrictions so as to allow en-
largement of or addition to the
business district. This in response


to pe-tition for lifting same ad-
dressed to Mayor Sharit.
The Clerk was instructed' to pub-
lish call for election in accordance
with charter provision calling for
election of five cotinmissioners.
The Clerk \ ps instructed to
advise George G. Tapper and 'Basil
E. Kenney, Jr.. their application
for transit franchise ordinance is
not acceptable in its present form
and ask them to meet with the
Commission at its next regular
meeting if further consideration is
desired'.
1944 taxes .on the following prop-
erty was ordered canceled account
of homesteads: Lot 29, block 10031
lot 6, 6o.. ':.,i, .,ots 10,; 12,. block
59; lot 11, block t6, and 1945 taxes
on lots E % 26 and ,W 1/2 28, block
46.
Municipal Hospital bills for the
month of Novembelr were orderesO
paid.
The Clerk was instructed to no-
tify the Hospital Superintendent
to discontinue transporting pei-
sonnell to and from work.
There being no further business
thile Commission adjourned.


STATE SERVICE OFFICER
TO BE HERE NEXT WEEK
M. E. Pcnton, assistant state
service officer, will be in Port St.
Joe at the selective service office
Tuesday e-vening from 7 to 9 and
all day Wednesday.
Any veterans having problems
may call on him at that time.

Rowans Move To Quincy
Mr. and Mrs. John Rowan and-
daughter moved Tuesday to their
home near Quincy. Due to ill
health Mr. Rowan resigned his po-
sition as chief of police some time
ago.
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Spend Week-end Here
CPO and Mrs. C. C. Brinson of
Thomasville, Ga., spent the week-
end here as guests of the former's
brother and wife, Mr. and Mrs. R.
H. Brinson.


POLITIaI

ANNOUNCEMENTS

FOR REPRESENTATIVE
Believing myself to be In pol-
tion to be of service to' my fellow
citizens, I would like to take this
opportunity of announcing my can-
didacy for the Democratic nomina-
tion as Representative in the State
Legislature from Gulf County, sua.
jectto the primary in May. I shall
sincerely appreciate the vote and
support of all the people.
Respectfully,
GEORGE G. TAPPER

For County Commissioner
I wish to announce to the voters
of Gulf County that I am a candi-
date for re-election to the office
of County Commissioner from the
Fourth District. Your support ano
vote will be greatly appreciated.
BASIL E. KENNEY, Jr.


For Those Who Think
of Appearance
Run-down shoes' make you
look sloppy and unattractive.
Better keep yours in repair
and well polished. Let us be
your footwear valets.


THE LEADER SHOE
SHOP


Star Want Ads Bring Quick Results At Smal Cost.


4-5 QUART GOLDEN WEDDING $3.65
4-5 QUART LANSDOWNE RESERVE $4.05
4-5 QUART Sunnybrook Bourbon Blend $4.10
4-5 QUART PAUL JONES - $3.65

St. Joe Bar St. Joe Liquor Store
PHONE 114 PORT ST. JOE, FLA.

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$300.00


$300.00


MONEY TO LOAN
--NO RED TAPE--

IT ONLY TAKES ABOUT JiVE'MINMITES
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At

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$300.00


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$300.00


Electric Service and Repair

A FRIENDLY SUGGESTION
By the time material is available and every elec-
trician is busy, the weather will be hot and so
will you if you don't have your fan and refriger-
ator motors checked and cleaned. Don't wait. Call


St. Joe Electric Shop

Phone 259 Costin Bldg., Monument Ave.
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Kenney Mercantile


Company


THE STORE WHERE YOUR COLLAR HAS THE MOST CENTS



A Complete Line of

Groceries Meats Dry Goods


PHONE -13-.W


WE DELIVER


Martin's Beach Club


Now Under New Management
W. V. (BILL) PEEKE


S On the Gulf Between
Port St. Joe and
Tyndall Field

S DINE AND DANCE EVERY NIGHT
f 0) Spcwliing in
FRIED CHICKEN AND STEAK
DINNERS
Also Sandwiches and Refreshments

We Take Pleasure In Serving You On Birthdays,

Anniversaries and All Occasions


MINUTES OF CITY COMMISSION


WIDENER DAY
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Saturday, March 2

Featuring

The Running oj


THE WIDENER

For added purse of


$50,000

For Three Year Olds and Upward
One Mile and a Quarter


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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1946


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


PATE SIX







~FILJAV FRJY q6TESA.PR T.JE UFCUT.FOIAPG EE


DRAWS THE '.. -
i BROWN SKIN "fo* ETHE.?
A Special Day for a Special
Man! What greater tribute
can be paid to George Wash-
ington's memory than the fact
that he is still high in 'the es-
teem of his nation? What'
greater tribute can the L.ll- ,.;.
JEWELRY COMPANY pay its-
many customers than to con-
tinue to carry the best at fajr
prices?


EVERYBODY :
FIRST BAPT

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"HOLDING FORTH
R. F. HALLFORD, Pastor
SUNDAY, FEB
9:45-Bible School fo
10:55--Morning Worsi
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6:25-Baptist Trainin
7:30-MUSICAL PRO
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KINDERGARTEN CLASS Senior Class Mrs. J. A. McKeithen and Mr. Domeika will be remembered as
ENTERTAINED AT PARTY and Mrs. Vy Domeika of Panama Miss Marie McKeithen.
Mrs. Joseph LeHardy entertained Greatly Enjoyed City were guests Sunday of Rev. *
the pupils of her kindergarten A large and appreciative audi- and Mrs. Alton McKeithen. Mrs. Send The Star to a friend.
class, Thursday of last week with, ence packed the.high school audi-..
an enjoyable Vaelntine party. The torium last Friday night for the i llll iiII flll l lll ll l Illlll
ourth birthday of little Miss Betty presentation of the. senior cla';s
Ward was also observed. play, "Don't Be Bashful," a three-
The, following pupils were pres- act comedy.
ent to enjoy the affair: Dannette The production was directed by
Brooks, Glenna Boyles, Judy Fen- Miss Nonnie Elkins-, sponsor of the
som, Sandra Bracewell, Carol Le- class, who was presented, with a S PI __
Hardy, Patti Brooks. Ann Miller, corsage of white carnations by the
Mary E. Stokes, Betty Ward, John cast and stage comir,%tee prior to LI T QUANTITY '
Miller and E. Clay Lewis II. the curtain call. The presentation LU M ITED QUANTITY
.A ?r1 was made by Donald Linton, who
METHODIST CHURCH acted as master of ceremonies and
Rev. 0. D. Langston, Pastor introduced the, following cast: Ha-
9:45 a. m.-Church school. zel Cason, Howard Kelly, Frenchie
11:00 a. mp.-Morning worship. Wooden, Jack Mahon, Betty Sue
G:30 p. m.-Youth FElilowvnip. McPhaul, Maurice Maige, Bunny
7:30 p. m.-Evening Worship. Martin, Margaret Tharpe, Eloise D IA P E R S
Woman's Society meets Mon- Scheffer and Wesley Ramsey.
days at 3 p. m. Prayer meeting, Between acts the audience wa 21 x 40
Bible stiudy and choir practice entertained with two vocal solos,
Wednesdays at 7:30 p. m. "Whispering" and, Stardust," by
a 4 4 Norma Jean Lewis, and two piano
Visitrs From Jax solos, "Nola" and '"Rhapsody In, 1 8 :
Lt. Col. and Mrs. Nec Patton of Blue, by Merital Sutttn-
Jacksonville were recent guests of The play was presented FrMlay
Neds parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. A. afternoon at 1:0 for te benefit
Patton. The colonel spent two of students who could. not attend
years- in the Pacific. the evening',performance. St r e
Have Visitors FrmMa BAPTIST CIRCLE MEETS o M i r Dr g St
WHave Visitors From Marianna ITH MRS. W. H..HOWELL 6
Mr. and Mrs. Auht'in Kexit and
children of Marianna were- wee- Circle One of the Baptist W. M. The REXALL Store PORT ST. JOE, FLA.
nd guests'of Mr. and! Mrs. Harold U. met Monday afternoon at the .
Powell. home of. Mrs. W. H. Howell on 1 1111lilI
Eighth Street. Mrs. J. 0. Baggett,
7, --- -- .... '- -'-- program chairman, opened the. PT---
Y WELCOME n meeting with group singing. Topic
of the program wasi "The New
IST CLHURCII Year-The New World." The de-
votional theme was. "The Chris- a
tians Armor." The scripture read-
ing was by Mrs. C. W. Enfinger A Martin Theatre "' Port St. Joe, Fla. ,
from Eph. 6:11-18, followed with
prayer by Mrs. C. A. McClellan. THEATRE OPENS SATURDAYS SUNDAYS AT 1:00 P. M.
A .reading. "Only Spiritual Wea- CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE DAILY AT 2:45 P. M.
pons Can Win In the Atomic Age,"
4was given inspiringly oy Mrs. C. .
FL. ',\M.. Palmer. who then took charge SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23 MONDAY AND TUESDAY
of the business meeting.. Five dol-.' Febraary 25 and 26&
lars 'was sent to the War Relief : IFbay 5a 2
Fund, and Mrs. McClellan' asked H I- I
THE WORD OF LIFE"for new tithers to enlist. A discus- .'.. .. .l..I.Li
THE WORD OF LIFE" t sion was then held on1 contacting
Telephone 156 absentees. HIT NO. 1 Ni P 4wIT "
3RUARY 24, 1946 Mrs. C. G. Costin. community TIERNEY WILDE CRAIN
r all. missions chairman, suggested, that /
hip.- Sermon Topic: visits be made to the sick and the / LATEST NEWS EVENTS
WER THROUGH CHRIST." ten as possible. Books were sug- ,/ and SCREEN SNAPSHOTS
g Union. gested for the school of missions
)GRAM BY THE EPPERLY 4 to ,be held shortly, and Mrs. Palmer BY GANTUESDAY NITE, FEB. 26
urged everyone to help in the FUZZY KNIGH TUESDAYNTE FEB.26
S- liquor drive, giving out stickers to .-Poni Adams LATE SHOW-10: 30 P.M.
be placed on liquor ads in papers .. ---- -
and magazines and returned to the ON OUR STAGE!
publishers.
LL G O T O The meeting was dismissed, with HIT NO. 2
prayer by M. E. B. edy adsocial hour followed during which
the hostess served refreshmelvs and the
of open-face sandwiches, cookies, t
and coffee to eight members. NiEW STRING BUSTERS
I' The next meeting of this circle NNRSTARS OF RDIO,
will be, on March 19 at the home MYSTERY I STAGE and SCREEN
of Mrs. Palmer on Ninth Street.
TET
S0 p > SELECTED SCREEN
BAPTIST CIRCLE TWO IN NOVELTIES
MEETING AT CHURCH IT'_ .....
Circle Two of the. Baptist W. M.
U. met at the church Monday for J WEDNESDAY, FEB. 27
V eget bles : 8The devotional for the afternoon '- --&
Vegetables .,.,A
was given by Mrs. E. C. Cason and
the scripture was taken from Also -_ Also
Proverbs. The topic was "An Hon- Al so Love
est Man's Reward." Prayer was by Last Thrilling Chapter of tory
---- s Mrs. Edwin Ramsey. Splendid re- "SECRET AGENT X-9"
I U po:'ts were given by various: chair-. D"riRg hour,-9""i -r '
L en. T-he collection, was $2.59.
,- During the social hour, refresh-. UNDAY, FEBRUARY 24 b TITO GUIZAM
ments of sandwiches, cookies and I .A '"
coffee were s'ervedl to 13 members YMr E YOf INE AR Last Thrilling Chapter of
Lb CO8 :! and! one visitor. t\ V,'W -O t l nt n' Last Thrllng Chapter of
b m5 8 Next meeting of this circle wilIl E W"JUNGLE RAIDERS"
r lbm o 58 be the third; Monday in March withO RS
4' -Mrs. Nick Kelly. '. 0.....
LE YOU WAIT! .THURSDAY FRIDAY
S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH .' February 28 March 1
Rev. W. A. Daniel, Pastor
)UR PATRONAGE AND 0:00 a. m.-Sunday school each DU0 N N I*TSON E
HAVE A TELEPHONE: n-11:00 a. m.-Preaching service. LU H
ERY SERVICE FOR F.irst and third Sundays. A 1 s 0 -- /
'Services at Beacon Hill every SELECTED SHORT
NVENIENCE first and third Sunday nlght. SUBJECTS NEWS and CARTOON
MAvrtlingu **n't set--It PAYS!


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PAGE EIGHT THE STAR, PORT ST. JOE, GULF COUNTY, FLORIDA FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22. 1946


Some Voters Ignorant
Of Gulf Re-Registration

(Continued from age 1)


ti :n in our hands, we urge eacli
a' i every rqulified voter in Gult
county, if they have not already re-
regis.itered, to go at once to the
pr.rson in their precinct who nowv
h::s the registration books and re-
reg.ster today.
If you do not know who your lo-
cal registrar is, turn to page three .
of this issue of The Star and get
the information, for the books
close in the various precincts on0
Saturday,, March 2, and will be re-
turned to the registrar's office in
the courthouse at Wewahitchka.
Here in Port St. Joe we have
Mrs. Marguerite Pridgeon in charge
of registration of 'those who live
north of Fifth Street, and she in-
forms us that she will be at the The Flori
Lawson Hotel tomororw and. next. 25,000 K\V
Saturday afternoon for t'he con- Monroe, Vol
venience of those, who have failed 'of their ste
to register to date, and that dur- be housed' i
ing week days she will 'be at her half the. cap
home on Third Street. Mrs. C. C. process of i
mission line
Taunton, who is in charge of regis- the system.
tration for those living south or have. genera
Fifth Street to the, Franklin county doubles the
line, can be found at the St. Joe nected wirconnect
Hardware Company up until 5 p. states, all of
m. daily and at her home after communities
that hour.
At Kenney's, Mill it is, Mrs. Louis On Buyin
Johnson at the Kenney Mercantile Dan Brooks
Company, and for those In Beacon morning for
Hill and. Highland View it is Mrs. ham on a bu:
W. H. Weeks at Weeks' Store in to opening hi
Highland View. store.
So take heed. If you haven't al-
ready re-registerei, do so today ifARD
you contemplate exercising your I desire to
franchise, in the May primaries., tion to those
S----- their ballots
Charles Wise To Sail for Africa city election
Ensign Charles' Wise was the
guest Mondiay of his mother, Mrs.
L. C. Wise. Mr. and Mrs. Milton CARD
Chain accompanied him to Pen- I wish to t1
sacola. from whence he will sail missioner and
for North Africa. action for the
1 __ ability to serve
Advertising doesn't cost-It PAYS!


FLORIDA POWER DOUBLES CAPACITY OF PLANTS


da Power Corporation will start construction of a new
electric generator at their Benson Springs plant on 'Lake
ousia county, in the near future. This addition will com-
ork now in progress which doubles the prewar capacity
n,-electric plants in Florida. The new $2,500,000 unit will
In the building shown above which now has a unit only
pacity of the new one. The company .now is also in the
creasing the capacity of more than 225 miles of trans-
es which will carry the increased, power to all parts of
When this latest addition is completed', the company will
ting capacity in excess of 1165,000 kilowatts, which about
capacity they had. in 1941. All the plants are intercon-
high voltage transmission lines, and the company is also.
ted' with other utilities in, Florida and the southeastern
which assures unfailing power to Port St. Joe and other
served by the Florida Power ,Corporation.

g Trip To Atlanta APPRECIATION
s, Jr., left Wednesday To My Many Friends in St. Joe.:
Atlanta and Birming- I regret very much that the state
ying trip preparatory of my health makes it necessary
s new sporting goods for me to resign my position as
Chief of Police. Since time does
not permit me to see each ,of you
personally, I wish 'to take this op-
OF THANKS portunity to thank you for your
express my apprecia- co-operation which has made it
who saw fit to cast possible for me to be successful in
in my favbr in the my work. I\ also wish to express
last Tuesday. my appreciation for the many
L. W. OWENS. -"'I nass shown me during my
--- illness. The lovely flowers', the
cheerful messages and, kind deeds
OF THANKS did much to hasten my recovery.
iank those who cast j Especially do I appreciate tis
or me for City Corn- nsid:eration shown "by the City
express my apprecm-, Commissioners. I shall always re-
ir confidence in my i mnimber the pleasant days spent
ve them. I in Port St. Joe.
JACK FOWLER. I JOHN J. ROWAN.


Visit Here With Aunt of Mrs. M. I. Lupton, will eave
Mrs. W. T. Hend'erson and Mrs. today after a three-day visit here
Charles Villar of Pensacola, nieces with their aunt and family.



* CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING *


FOR SALE
DRY CLEANING PLANT Six
presses, 1 steam spotting board,
1 30-in. wetwash wheel, 1i30x40 dry
cleaning Wheel, traps, pumps and
filter. 2 tumblers, 1 20- h. p. boiler
with oil burner. Cash register and
other items. $7000 complete. Can
be operated at present location or
moved. Write Box. 1227 or phone
971, Carrabelle, Fla. 3-8*
FC" SALE-Pre-war washing ma-
chine, good condition, without
wringer; $25 cash. See Mrs. Ralph
Rich, Ninth Street. 1*
1942 INTERNATIONAL PICKUP
Truck. Ceiling price. Sunny
State Service. 1
EGGS Guaranteed fresh by the
hens. Phone 184. P. J. Lovett.
FENCE' POSTS-Can furnish cy-
press or pine posts, any length,
at nominal cost. See I. C. Lupton,
corner of Eighth Street and Long
Avenue. 3-8-46*
GUEST CHECKS for restaurants,
in' pad's of 100; 75c per.thousand.
The Star. tf
COAL HEATER-In excellent con-
dition; ne-w grates,. See W. 'Re &
Ramsey. 1-25tf
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE
HAVE TWO HOUSES in Port St.
,Joe for quick sale. Can be handl-
ed for small cas'l payment and
may be able to arrange for time
loan for balance. Prices $2250 and
$3250. See Thos. R. L. Carter, Cos-
tin Building. 1
EQUITY in new three bedroom
FH'A home. Possession June 1.
Shown 'by appointment only. Listed
exclusiv'- with
FRANK HANNON
Registered Real Estate Broker
Phone 37 2-22 tt
28 LOTS-60 x 131 feet. Knodel
Subdivision, Oak Grove. See, Karl
Knodel. 3-8*
NICE- HOMES FOR SALE Lo-
cated in Bay View Heights and
Highland View. See J. S. Shirey.
Phone 213-J. 1-11tf


REAL ESTATE WANTED
$10 REWARD for information re-%
garding unfurnished apartment'
or home that is acceptable. Will
consider buying, if reasonable and
in good location. Telephone, 129,
Wayne. 1*
FOR RENT
TWO FURNISHED HOUSES.for
rent. See WV. C. Forehand, High-
land View. 1-15.tf;
APARTMENTS FOR RENT
FOR APARTMENTS See The
Shirey Apartments. 8-3
INCOME TAX EXPERTS
SOME INCOME TAX PAYtERS
have already received refund for
taxes paid last month. Why" wait?
See Conklin & Carter, Costin Bldg.
Phone 201. 2-8 22
MISCELLANEOUS
SEAT COVERS-We now have, a
line of Seat Covers that will fit
'most any car. St. Joe Motor Com-
pany. 1
SCRATCH PADS 4 x 7 inches,
100 sheets, to 'pad. Bluei or white
bond paper; 3 x 5-incfi, about 40
sheets to pad, white only; 15c per
pound. The Star. 10-12 tf
JUST TWO MORE WEEKS for
income tax returns andi declara-
tions of estimated ,tax, 1946. Thos.
R. L. Carter, Costin Building, Port
St. Jo1. I
Every ads carries a message-
a message that will save money.

FISH BAIT Fresh, clean worms
that are guaranteed to get the
fish for you. See Eddie Beverly
in the .Sheffield colored quarters.
LODGE NOTICES'
MASONIC TEMPLE F &'A M-
Port St. Joe Lodge 111. Regular
1. meetings 2nd and 4th Fri-
/ days each month; 8:00 p. rI.
Members urged to attend;
visiting brothers welcome. G. W
Cooper, W. M.; G. C. Adkins, Sec.


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H LILLIEF PEARL WATKINS, Owner


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MEET YOUR
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This Would Be a Good Place To Let

People Know About YOUR Business


NEW PAPER STARTED
AT FORT WALTON
We are in receipt of volume one,
number one of The Playground
News, a new paper1 just started at
Fort Walton and serving the towns
of Fort Walton, Valpariso, Nice-
ville, Destin and Shalimar.
The first issue consisted of 24
full-size pages well filled' with
news stories, advertising and pic-
tures. The. paper is owned 'by the
Pensacola News-Journal and the
St. Joe Paper Company and is be-
ing printed, at Pensacola.
Land has been bought and plans
drawn up tqr the construction or
a building and plant for the new
paper.
The St. Joe Piapjr Company for
many years has owned large tracts
of land' in Okaloosa county anO
long has been interested in the die.
velopment of that area.

Ezells Visit Here
Mr. and MXrs,. A. L. Ezell of Mo-
bile, Ala., spent the week-end here
is guests of Mr. and Mrs. Pete
Bernal. Mr. Ezell was a former em-
ploye of the paper company.

Visit In Georgia
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Parker and
children visited last week-end in
Bainbridge, Ga.. the guests of Mrs.
Parker's parents, Mr. ann Mrs. 0.'
L. Benton.


Visitor From Blountstown
[Mrs. John Gaskin of Blountstown
was the guest Monday of h'er sis-
ter, Mrs. Roy Evans.


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ci


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THE MOST COMPLETE LINE IN
THE CITY


TAXI FOR SAFE, SOBER DRIVERS
S- CALL 60

DUKE'S TAXI
5:30 A. M. TO 11:30 P. M.




FRANK AND DOT'S AGENCY
Fire and All Kindred Lines of Insurance
This Agency Is Fully Equipped To Adequately Care
For Your Insurance Requirements
At St. Joe Motor Co. Phone 37


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