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Title: The star
Uniform Title: Star (Port Saint Joe, Fla.)
Physical Description: Newspaper
Language: English
Publisher: W.S. Smith
Place of Publication: Port St. Joe Fla
Creation Date: January 20, 1950
Frequency: weekly
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Subjects / Keywords: Newspapers -- Port Saint Joe (Fla.)   ( lcsh )
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Spatial Coverage: United States -- Florida -- Gulf -- Port Saint Joe
Coordinates: 29.814722 x -85.297222 ( Place of Publication )
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Additional Physical Form: Also available on microfilm from the University of Florida.
Dates or Sequential Designation: Began in 1937.
General Note: Editor: Wesley R. Ramsey, <1970>.
General Note: Publisher: The Star Pub. Co., <1970>.
General Note: Description based on: Vol. 2, no. 7 (Dec. 2, 1938).
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PORT ST. JOE
A Progressive
Community With a
Modern, Progressive
Weekly Newspaper


THE


STAR


THE STAR
Is Devoted To the Con-
tinued Development of
Port St. Joe and Gulf
County


"Port St. Joe -The Outlet Port for the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee Valley"


VOLUME XIII PORT ST. JOE, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1950 NUMBER 17


Tapper Asks Re-election

As Gulf Representative

Speaks of Benefits Brought To Gulf
County and Port St. Joe During
His Two Terms In Office

George Tapper this week stated
that he will be a candidate for re-I
election as representative in the
legislature from Gulf county in the
forthcoming May primaries.
Tapper said that his aim would
be, if returned to office, to serve
the entire citizenry of Gulf county
to the very best of his ability.
"During the 1947 and 1949 ses-
sions of the legislature I served on
numerous committees which played
important parts in the passing of
legislation which benefited the peo-
ple of this county and of the state,"
said Tapper.
"During the last regular session
I served on the finance and taxa-
tion committee which helped main-
tain an adequate old age assistance
program; served on the powerful
rules committee, and was chairman
of the agriculture, livestock and
forestry committee.
"I secured an appropriation from
the legislature for $10,000 to help
in the reconstruction and improve-
ment of Constitution Park here,"
concluded Tapper," and I would
like to pointout that road expendi-
tures in the county had totaled ap-
proximately $3,000,000 during the
time that J have served in the legis-
lature."
At the present time George is on
the newly-created legislative refer-
ence council, which. is,. making.. a
.complete study of the ehtire school
program of the state.

Return To Arkansas
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Boyer and
son Dick left Sunday to return to
their home in Beebee, Ark., after a
visit of several weeks here with
their son and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Peck Boyer, and their daughter and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Ramsey.

Guests From Georgia
Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Walker of


SEEKS RE-ELECTION


George G. Tapper, representative
from Gulf county, who is seeking
r-election at the May primaries.


City Dads Are Told of

Natural Gas Service

Otto Anderson Buys In Old City
Hall; Contract for Fire Truck
To Be Awarded Tonight

At the regular meeting of the city
commissioners Tuesday night, the
matter of natural gas service for
Port St. Joe was brought up by rep-
resentatives of the engineering firm
of Porter, Barry & Switzer and the
Welch, Davis ,& Company bonding
company of Chicago and Lakeland.
No action was taken on the matter
at this time, even though these men
were; of the: belt if that the matter
of establishing a gas line through
this territory will soon be settled.
Other business coming before the
board was the opening of bids on
sale of the old city hall building,
which was bought in by Otto An-
derson for $379, and the opening of
bids for the city's new fire truck.
Final decision on the purchase of
the fire truck will be made at a
special meeting of the commission
to be held tonight at 8 o'clock.
___ -_-__


Sylvester, Ga., are the guests this REV. BILLY TO PREACH AT
week of their son and family, Mr. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
and Mrs. W. W. Walker, also Mr. Rev. W. A. "Billy" Daniel will
and Mrs. E. R. DuBose. deliver the sermon at the Sunday
morning services at the Presby-
Ben Ferrell 65 Years Young terian Church.
W. B. (Ben) Ferrell celebrated The evening service will be in
his 65th birthday Sunday, January charge of Rev. C. McCoy Franklin.
15. Friends calling wished him a L E
happy birthday, and enjoyed cake GIRL CAGERS WIN TWO
and coffee while chatting with him. The St. Joe Kiwanis-sponsored
--- girls' basketball team defeated the
Visits Family Carrabelle girls 54-31 here Thurs-
Raymond Minus, who is working day night of last week. The young
in Savannah, Ga., spent the week-, ladies trekked to Apalachicola Wed-
end here with his family. He was nesday night of this week and took
accompanied here by Mack "Red" the Apalach lassies by a 52-44 score.
Higdon, also of Savannah, who vis- --
ited friends. Visitors From Canal Zone
Mrs. F. M. Su'rgton and children
S V WS of the Panama Canal Zone are the
OAK GROVE NEWS guests of Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Single-
By MRS. PEARL McFARLAND tary, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Purtell
0 and Mrs. W. T. Thames.
Dr. B. F. Roche of Waco, Texas, --
has been visiting here with his Visiting Father In B'ham
parents. Mrs. W. C. Pridgeon left Wednes-
L. W. Cox is a patient at the mu- day for several days' visit in Birm-
nicipal hospital. ingham, Ala., with her father, W.
Mr. and Mrs. Josh Miller visited M. Upshaw, who is ill.
in Apalachicola Sunday with Mrs. -- ---
H. Marks. Goes Back To School
Richard Lewis, who is visiting W. W. Barrier left Sunday for At-
with Mr. and Mrs. Joel Lovett, is lanta, Ga., where he will attend a
conducting a revival at the Assem- Pontiac school for a week. He is
bly of God Church. expected to return home Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Perry McFarland ----- -----
and son of Frink visited here Sun- Visitors Here
day with Everett McFarland and Mrs. T. V. Mizner and children
family. of Panama City are visiting here
Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Dickey are this week with her sister and fam-
visiting in Tuscaloosa, Ala. ily, Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Davis.


Revival To Open Sunday

At Presbyterian Church

Will Be Conducted by Rev. McCoy
Franklin, Evangelist and
Bible Teacher

The Rev. C. McCoy Franklin of
Madisonville, Tenn., evangelist and
Bible teacher, is to conduct ser-
vices from Sunday, January 22,
through Sunday, January 29, at 7:30
o'clock each evening at the Presby-
terian Church.
Dr. Franklin is a man whose life
reads like romantic fiction. At the
age of 21, working on his father's
small farm far back in the moun-
tains of Tennessee, he had never
learned to read. His father did not
believe in education and thought
children should work instead of try-
ing to learn from books.
The day he was 21-his own man
-he shouldered his few material
belongings and walked all the way
to Berea College, Kentucky. With-
out funds, .but armed with a bound-
less ambition to get an education
and do something for the people of
his mountain region, McCoy Frank-
lin spent the next 11 years getting
through high school and college.
Then he came back to his home
section to teach and preach and en-
deavor to do something for his fel-
.lows in that backwoods region. A
natural-born orator and gifted with
powers of imitation, he received al-
most fabulous offers in the secular
world, but 'he stuck to the work
to which the Lord' had called him
-preaching and teaching the Word
of God. He has preacttd in all but
two of the 48 iatf?. in tihe Union,'
and also in several foreign coun-
tries. He is also one of the leading
Youth for Christ speakers in the
southland, and comes to Port St.
Joe from youth rallies in Tampa
and St. Petersburg.
In addition to the lectures by Dr.
Franklin, there will be congrega-
tional singing of the good old gos-
pel hymns. Everyone is cordially
invited to these services.


Candidates' Filing

Fees Set By Board

Commissioners Also Select Circuit
Court Jury List for
Ensuing Year

At a special session of the board
of county commissioners held Tues-
day of last week, the filing fee for
candidates for the various county
offices to be voted on at the May
primaries were set.
Fees set were as follows: Candi-
date, for board of, county commis-
sioners, $18.00; board of public in-
struction, $14.40; representative in
legislature, $10.80.
Assessment fees of the Demo-
cratic- executive committee are:
Board public instruction, $9.60; rep-
resentative in legislature, $12.00;
county commissioner, $12.00.
At this meeting the board also
selected a jury list for the circuit
court for the year 1950.

Railroad Hearing
Again Postponed


EVANGELIST



Rev. C. McCoy Franklin of Mad-
isonville, Tenn., who will conduct
a week's revival at the Presby-
terian Church beginning Sunday,
January 22.


Sharks Drop Cage

Games To Chapman

Both Boys and Girls Lose To Ap-
alachicola Quintet; Meet We-
wahitchka Tomorrow Night

The St. Joe Sharks lost two bas-
ketball games Tuesday night at the
Centennial Auditorium to the boys
and girls teams of Chapman high,
Apalachicola. Score in the girls'
contest was 43-36, while the visit-
ing boys won by a much greater
margin, 59-20.
The: St. Joe girls, played their
best game.of the season to'hold-a
,fast Chapman team, and the tilt
was closer than the 'score would in-
dicate. Kervin scored 28 points for
Chapman and Williams scored 13
for the locals to lead the scoring.
The fast-breaking Chapman boys
were led by Sipperell and Bouing-
ton, scoring 17 and 16 points re-
spectively. Lawrence scored 6 for
St. Joe.
The Shark teams play in Wewa-
hitchka tomorrow night. The Wewa
teams have outstanding records so
far this year.


~--e --


Garden Club Circles Study Rose and Gladioli

Culture As Aid To Beautification of Port St. Joe


GLADIOLUS CIRCLE
Plant your gladioli bulbs in
clumps so the stalks will have each
other for support. Plant them every
few weeks rather than all at once
if you want blossoms over a long
period of time.
This and much more information
on gladioli was gleaned from Mrs.
B. E. Kenney Jr.'s interesting re-
port to the Gladiolus Circle of the
Port St. Joe Garden Club at its
January meeting held at the home
of Mrs. I. C. Nedley.
Mrs. Kenney's talk was followed
by a quiz on which Mrs. G. A. Pat-
ton, Mrs. J. C. Belin and Mrs. G.
E. Camp made perfect scores. They
were awarded gladioli bulbs.
Voting on flower arrangements,
a regular feature of each meeting,
concluded the program. Mrs. Frank-
lin Jones received the blue ribbon


A. Patton, J. L. Sharit, L. P. Sut-
ton, Robert Tapper, J. C. Belih, G.
E. Camp and Evelyn Holley. Mrs.
Marie Taylor attended as a visitor.

AZALEA CIRCLE
The Azalea Circle of the Port St.
Joe Garden club met Thursday of
last week at the parish house for
its regular monthly meeting. The
program was a discussion on roses,
which was led by Mrs. Roy Hall-
man, who is considered to be one
of the best authorities on flower ar-
rangements in this part of the state.
The miniature arrangements were
very attractive and indicated that
the members had taken advantage
of their recent training in proper
arrangement of flowers. Mrs. J. C.
Arbogast won first place, while
Mrs. Roy Gaskin was awarded both
second and third places in the judg-


The Star, along with other inter- in this event, Mrs. Robert Tapper ing. Mrs. Hallman and Mrs. Ken-
ested parties in Port St. Joe, was placed second, while Mrs. Robert neth Broadnax were the judges.
notified last Friday that the hearing Bellows and Mrs. J. L. Sharit tied Mrs. S. B. Shuford and :.Its. B. W.
before the railroad commission on for third place. Eells were co-hostesses for the
discontinuance of the "Doodlebug" Hostesses at the delightful social meeting, which was attended by
by the Apalachicola Northern Rail- hour which followed were Mrs. I. Mesdames, J. C. Arbogast, Don Bir-
road Company had again been post- C. Nedley and Mrs. G. A. Patton. ath, Otto Anderson, Paul Blount,
poned. Attending the meeting were Mes- Kenneth Brodnax, W. N. Chafin, B.
New time set for the hearing is dames Robert Bellows, James Bob- W. Eells, Roy Gaskin, S. B. Shu-
10 a. m. Tuesday, February 14, in bitt, Lee Graham, Franklin Jones, ford G. F. .Lawrence and Gordon
the court house at Apalachicola. B. E. Kenney Jr., I. C. Nedley, G. Thomas.


Junior Class Play To

Be Presented Tonight

Curtain Will Rise At 8:00 o'Clock
On Hilarious Comedy, "Dam-
sels In Distress"

The annual junior class play will'
be presented at the high school au-
ditorium tonight at 8 o'clock, the
class having selected "Damsels In
Distress," a hilarious comedy.
The play is centered around two
girls, Pam and Gerry, who are stay-
ing in Mrs. Guppy's rooming house,
Pam is studying art and' Gerry is
attending dramatic school. Pam
has written her Aunt Eustace that
she is studying music, and Gerry
has led her Uncle Braymer to be-
lieve that. .l- is taking a business
course, on the trencEt of which
false statements the girls are be-
ing liberally financed .by their re-
spective relatives.
So when Aunt Eustacia suddenly
decides, to visit Pam, and Uncle
Braymer wires of his intended visit
.to see Gerry, the girls find them-
selves deep in trouble.
Complications arise, and by the
time of the final curtain, you will
have seen a really fine play.
Betty Wilder plays the part of
Pam, and Minnie Ola Ray is cast
as Gerry. The part of Uncle Bray-
mer is portrayed by Earl McCor-
mick, while Sara Bray takes the
part of Aunt Eustacia.
Others in the cast are. Raymond
Lawrence, Alden Farris, Barbara
Boyles, Eleanor Lemieux, Martha
Wilson, Ted Beard, Donald Parker
and Billy Qifarles.

LIBRARY HOURS CHANGED
The Memorial Library will be
open in future on Tuesdays and
Friday, beginning January 20. The
hours will be from 3 to 5:30 p., m.
Please keep this change in mind

Returns Home After Visit Here
William Griffin returned Tuesday
to his home in Sneads after a short
visit here with Mr. and Mrs. W. J.
Daughtry and Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Plair. Mr. Griffin is a brother of
Mrs. Daughtry and Mrs. Plair.










THE STR OTS.JEU~CUT.FOIAFIAAUR 0 90


Social Activities

Personals Clubs Churches
MYR'ICE 0. SMITH, Editor PHONE 51


STORK SHOWER HONORS
MRS. W. 0. NICHOLS
Mrs. C. E. Musselwhite and Mrs.
F. W. Chandler entertained at a
stork shower in honor of Mrs. W.
0. Nichols at the Chandler home
on McClellan Avenue Wednesday
of last week between the hours of
4 and 6 p. m.
The home was beautifully decor-
ated in pink and white, and the
gift table, decorated in white with
a pink rosette border, was centered
with a stork surrounded with fern.
In the dining room the guests
were served from a lace-covered
table bordered with fern and cac-
tues and centered with the punch
bowl surrounded by christmas cac-
tus and fern. The guests were
served pink punch and cakes with
pink and blue frosting.
Mrs. George Miller, Mrs. Milton
Chafin and Mrs. R. M. Spillers as-
sisted with the decorations and
served refreshments. *
Calling during the afternoon were
Mesdames Tom Watts, Milton Cha-
fin, Martha McLean, Edith Fairley,
Leslie Spillers, Lola Costin, George
Cooper, Marguerite Scheffer, Hazel
Jones, L. E. Voss, Lota Palmer,
Emmet Daniell, James Lindsay,
Otis Pyle, Paul Bass, Clyde Gentry,
Tom Thompson and W. J. Herring.
. Sending gifts but not calling were
Mesdames J. 0. Baggett, Joe Fer-
rell, B. E. Rawls, Curtis Evans, L.
J. Keels, WX. I. Cardin, Ralph Jack-
son, C. A. McClellan, Vera Davis,
John Clemons, Tom Parker, Harry
McKnight, E. R. DuBose, Clarence
Pridgeon, Christelle Bowen. R. H.
Bartee, Joe Johnson, E. H. Van-,
landingham and Doris Jordan.'

PROGRAM ON CONSERVATION
HEARD BY WOMAN'S CLUB
One of the most outstanding pro-
grams of the club year was enjoyed
by the Port St. Joe Woman's Club
on Tuesday evening of last week
when Mrs. George Patton, chair-
man of the department of conser-
vation, presented a well-rounded
program which included conserva-
tion in its most important phases.
Mrs. Roy Hallman spoke on con-
servation of our natural resources,
wild life and plant life. She brought
out many convincing points, em-
phasizing the necessity of such con-
servation to the continuing prosper-
ity of our country.
Rev. Loyd Tubb spoke on "The
Conservation of Youth Our Most
Important Resource." The gist of
his talk was that this conservation
has its beginning and most import-
ant cultivation in the home, and
that the churches, schools and other
organizations should contribute to
the spiritual life of our youth.
Assembly singing was 'enjoyed,
and a vocal selection, Joyce Kil-
mer's "Trees," was rendered by
Mrs. L. Culbertson of Toledo, Ohio,
with Mrs. Mark Tomlinson at the
piano.
Hostesses of the evening, Mrs. J.
L. Sharit, Mrs. Pervis Howdll and
Mrs. Joe LeHardy, served refresh-
ments to about twenty members
and four guests, Mrs. A. E. Sarvis,
Mrs. L. Culbertson, Mrs. Sara John-
son and Rev. Tubb.

ANNOUNCE ENGAGEMENT
Mrs. 0. L. Butler of Lakeland an-
nounces the engagement of her
daughter, Laurice Winne Houseman
of Port St. Joe, to Harold FLee of
Fort Walton and Apalachicola. The
wedding will be an event of Febru-
ary 12 in the Fort Walton Presby-
terian Church at 5 p. m. EST. No
invitations are being sent, but all
friends of the couple are invited.
Miss Houseman, a registered nurse,
Is at present employed at the Port
St. Joe Municipal Hospital.


BAPTIST Y. W. A. MEETS
WITH KATHERINE JONES
The Young Woman's Auxiliary of
the First Baptist Church held its
first meeting of the new year Mon-
day evening in the home of .Miss
Katherine Jones.
The president, Miss Jones, called
the meeting to order and the min-
utes of the previous meeting were
read by Miss Irefle Wilder, followed
by the treasurer's report given by
Miss Marian Watts. Both old and
new business were discussed and
the meeting was then turned over
to the program chairman, Miss
Saranell Clements, who read the
devotional. Mrs. Ralph Nance then
reviewed the YWA manual with the
group.
During the social period the hos-
tess served delicious pecan pra-
lines and cokes to Mrs. Nance, Miss
Irene Wilder, Miss Joyce Edwards,
Miss Edwina Howeli, Miss Marian
Watts, Miss Sadie Arnett and Miss
Saranell Clements, and a visitor,
Mrs. Charles Smith.
The time and place of the next
meeting will be announced later.

MRS. CHAFIN HOSTESS TO
BAPTIST CIRCLE FOUR
Baptist W. M. U. Circle Four met
Monday afternoon with Mrs. W. M.
Chafin at her home on Garrison
Avenue. In the absence of the chair-
man and co-chairman, Mrs. George
Cooper presided. The devotional
was given by Mrs. Homer Lovett
and Mrs. E. C. Cason led in prayer.
Mrs. Ralph Nance gave a talk on
the home mission board's new ven-
ture in training college students
for work in rural sections, taking
as her topic "Opening New Mines.."
Reports'Averis'recei-vd from chair-
men and the meeting was closed
with prayer by Mrs. Nance.
The hostess served snowmen,
cakes and coffee to the seven mem-
bers attending and Mrs. E. C. Ca-
son, the W. M. U. president.


BAPTIST CIRCLE THREE
MEETS WITH MRS. CARDIN
Baptist W. M. U. Circle Three
met Monday afternoon with Mrs.
W. I. Cardin at her home on Sixth
Street.
Mrs. E. R. DuBose gave the devo-
tional and an interesting talk on
"Advanced Steps for Young Peo-
ple." Mrs. Cardin gave a reading,
"First Things First," after which a
short business session was held
and the meeting closed with prayer
by Mrs. E. H. Vanlandingham.
The hostess served ham sand-
wiches, cookies and coca-colas to
the ten members present.
The February meeting of this
circle will be held with Mrs. W. H.
Howell.

MRS. PARKER HOSTESS TO
BAPTIST CIRCLE TWO
Circle Two of the Baptist W. M.
U. met Monday afternoon with Mrs.
T. E. Parker in her home on 7th
Street. In the absence of the pro-
gram chairman, Mrs. S. J. Taylor,
the devotional was given by Mrs.
Parker from the 24th Psalm, fol-
lowed with prayer by Mrs. J. 0.
Baggett.
Following reading of the minutes,
the report of the treasurer was re-
ceived, as well as reports from all
chairmen. The meeting was closed
with prayer by Mrs. E. R. Nix.
During the social hour, the hos-
tess served pineapple salad, ritz
crackers and coca-colas to the eight
members present.
The February meeting of this
circle will be held with Mrs. A. R.
Tomlinson at her home, 1608 Long
Avenue.


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Mrs. John Blount (left) receiving
her gavel of office as noble grand
of Melody Rebekah Lodge No. 22
from Mrs. Vannie Jacobs of Lynn
Haven, installing officer, at the
installation services held in the
local Masonic hall Wednesday of
last week.


Dr. Joseph B. Spear

OPTOMETRIST

Eyes Examined Glasses Fitted
Lenses Duplicated

APALACHICOLA, FLORIDA


HELLO, WORLD!
Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Jones of
Jacksonville announce the birth of
a son, Roger Dale, on Friday, Jan-
uary 13.

Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Whitchard of
Wewahitchka announce the arrival
* of a son, Ronnie Gene, on Sunday,
i January 15.

Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Whitfield of
Wewahitchka are the proud parents
of a daughter, born Sunday, Janu-
ary 15. The young lady has been
named Sherril Delores.
(All births occurred at the Port St.
Joe Municipal Hospital)

(Additional Society will be found
on pages 11 and 12)


Dr. Charles Reicherter
OPTOMETRIST
EYES EXAMINED
GLASSES FITTED

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PAGE THREE


Mayor Belin Urges

City Give Support

To Polio Campaign

Points Out In Proclamation
That Funds Are Now
Virtually Depleted

Major Jake Belin yesterday is-
sued a proclamation calling upon
all residents of Port St. Joe to join
the 1950 March of Dimes of the Na-
tional.Foundation for Infantile Par-
alysis so that the organization "may
draw renewed strength to continue
its works of mercy for all whom
infantile paralysis may menace."
The city's chief executive in ,lis
message revealed that the 1949
polio toll was upwards of 40,000
cases, and that the cost to the na-
tional foundation for care of pa-
tients in 1949 alone will approxi-
mate $31,000,000.
The two-week March of Dimes
appeal opened Monday and will
continue through January 31.
Text of the proclamation follows:
Whereas, At no time before in the history
of the United States has infantile paralysis
placed so heavy a burden on community aitex
community, striking down loved ones in fam-
ily after family; and,
Whereas, So severe were the epidemic out-
breaks that the toll for 1949 was upwards
of 40,000 cases-most widespread of all
time; and.
wjiereas, The National Foundation for In-
fantile Paralysis in performing its heroic
work of salvaging the stricken, expended
$100,000 daily at the height of the epidemic
to pay for aid needed by polio patients; and,
Whereas, The bill for polio care of those
attacked by this disease-for the year 1949
alone--will'anproximate $31,000,000; and,
Whereas, The national foundation's funds
are now virtually depleted and the organiza-
tion is dependent upon the 1950 March of
Dimes for sufficient money to carry on the
fight against this enemy of our little ones.
Be It Hereby Resolved, That each and
every one of us do all in his power to make
the 1950 March of Dimes a fountain of fi-


ALIGN TOE-IN ANI
on any make of Car
or Truck -------

BALANCE WHEELS
WHEEL BALANCER
(plus weights)


nancial aid from which the national founda-
tion may draw renewed strength to continue
its works of mercy for all whom infantile
paralysis may menace,
So Therefore, I J. C. Belin, mayor of the
city of Port St. Joe, do proclaim and en-
dlorse January 16-31 as a time for every
citizens of Port St Joe to contribute to the
success of the 1950 March of Dimes, and
the health and welfare of our children.
J. C. BELIN, Mayor.
Record Number Deer
Killed On Reservation
A record of 1473 deer were killed
during this year's controlled hunt
on the vast Eglin Field Reservation
in West Florida, according to the
state game and fresh water fish


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County Gets School
Money From State
Distribution of more than $3,-
500,000 of state money to county
schools was made last Saturday by
the state comptroller as the first
1950 remittance under Florida's
present state-aid program.
Gulf county's total for four pur-
poses amounted to $14,747. This in-
cluded $10,292 for teacher's sal-
aries, $1,102 for transportation,
$1,437 for other current expenses,
and $1,916 for capital outlay.
The release of funds to the coun-


commission. The kill on the reser- ties is figured by state education of-
vatiion last season ran about 1200. ficials according to the formula es-
Nearly 5000 permits were issued | tablished in the 1947 school law and
for the hunt this year. The increase 'amended by the 1949 legislature.
in number of deer taken is attri- -- --
buted to the fact that 36 additional Money, for some reason, seems to
sections of forest were opened to inject ice into the blood stream of
hunting this year. generous men.

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NOTE-Editor Bill held us down on space this week, so we
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THE STAR
Published Every Friday At 306 Williams Avenue, Port St.
Joe, Florida, by The Star Publishing Company
W. S. SMITr, Editor and Publisher
Also Linotype Operator, Ad Man, Pressman, Floor Man,
Reporter, Columnist, Janitor and Printer's Devil.
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
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TO ADVERTISERS-In case of err-r or omissions in adver-
tisements, the publishers do not hold themselves liable for
damages further than amount received, for such advertisement.
The spoken word is given scant attention; the printed word
is thoughtfully weighed. The spoken word barely asserts;
the printed word thoroughly convinces. The spoken word
is lost; the printed word remains.

Our Country Right or Wrong

WILL CONGRESS SELL OUT?
The new session of congress may do much to
decide whether, we are to continue down the
road that ends in statism and dictatorial govern-
ment, or whether we are to reaffirm the prin-
ciples and the ideals that made us a great, free
and prosperous people.
A determined effort is being made by your
friend (he ain't ours) Harry Truman to fasten
the ,welfare state idea upon the country. Con-
gress will be asked to appropriate billions for
cradle-to-the-grave security measures all of
which, of course, would be compulsory. The only
logical reasoning behind propc3als of this char-
acter is that the American people are no longer
capable of taking care of themselves, that inde-
pendence, thrift, self-reliance and pride are ob-
solete virtues, and that we must follow the sorry
example of near-bankrupt England and dictator-
ridden Russia.

That gentle moaning one hears in the cool of
the evening isn't the north wind-it's the begin-
ning of the campaign blast that will soon sweep
over us all.


TEN YEARS AGO
From the Files of The Star

Railways Would Halt Pipeline
Of considerable interest to this
city is the fight being waged by a
number of railroads to prevent con-
struction by the Southeastern Pipe-
line Corporation of the $5,000,000
gasoline pipeline from Port St. Joe
to Atlanta, Ga. Suits to halt the
work 'have been filed by the South-
ern Railway Company, the Atlantic
Coast Line, the Seaboard Airline,


"IF I HAD A MILLION "
We imagine most of us, at some time or an-
other, have wished we had a million dollars, and
sat back and day-dreamed of what we would do
with all that dinero-the editor of The Star has.
But just supposing that everyone, overnight,
became the recipient of a million bucks. Maybe
you won't believe it, but we'd be worse off than
we were without it.
The farmers with their million dollars each na-
turally wouldn't stick to plowing, sowing and
reaping. The bakers and canners, with a million
dollars apiece, would probably go fishing and
wouldn't bake or can. The storekeepers wouldn't
sell, and anyway, with no food being grown or
processed, they wouldn't have anything to sell.
No sheepman with a million in pocket would
bother to shear his flock, and you couldn't find a
millionaire to weave the cloth even if the sheep
were shorn, nor a millionaire coal miner to dig
the coal to produce power for the looms.
No, with a million bucks each, we'd stay cold
and hungry-until we learned that money is use-
less unless goods that it will buy are produced
for sale.
Now, the editor of The Star, with a million
smackers in his pocket would put in one of the
jim-dandiest printing plants in Florida but
then, if there was no coal being mined to make
the steel to fabricate the equipment .

Most wars are brought about to "save face,"
as the Chinese say. The leaders of a nation go so
far that they can't back down without loss of
prestige to the nation and loss of power at home
-particularly the latter.

Men make cities, it is said-but when we look
about us here in Port St. Joe at all the new build-
ing going up or already completed, we figure it
takes a lot of brick and mortar, too.

We ought to feel safe-nobody has as yet pre-
dicted the end of the world in 1950.

Read, the ads and reap.


Central of Georgia Railway, the At-
lanta & West Point Railroad and
the Atlanta, Birmingham & Coast
Railroad.
Underwriters Test New Fire Truck
Representatives of the state board
of fire underwriters were in St. Joe
Tuesday to test out the newly-ac-
quired fire truck in' order to re-
classify the city for insurance and
perhaps give us a lower rate than
was possible with the old equip-
ment.
Wedding Announcement
Mrs. Hazel Ward Beckett, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Ward of
White City, and Walter Stafford of


Cristobal, Canal Zone, were mar- Shingles 220 Years Old
ried December 29 in Union Church, Cypress shingles on the "Old
Gatun, Canal Zone. Schoolhouse" at St. Augustine are
Birth Announcement :reported in good shape today. They
Mr. and Mrs. Dewane Nichols are were first put into use around 1730.
announcing the arrival of a 7'_-
pound son on Jan. 16. The young V
man has been named Donald Oneal. FA ST-

The first community forest was
established at Newington, N. H.,
in 1710. whenE COLD


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


PAGE FOUR


FRIDAY, JANWARY 20? 1950








m


STARDUST and
MOONSHINE

Your editor, at times, is one of
the most cussed-ou" men inll town.
. And at other times he has so
much soft soap poured on him that
he slips and slides all over The
Star office. Right now the soft
soap is coming from politicians and
would-be politicians.
Last Saturday we had 12 pages of
The Star laid out and loaded to the
gills with advertising, during which
laying-out we contacted G. Boyles
and begged him to use as little
space as possible. And look
what he does to us-puts on a Half
Dollar Sale, claiming we cut his
space in half so he couldn't put on
a Dollar Day Sale. .. Read all
about it in his Tattler on page 12.
Then George Tapper calls us up
Monday wanting a page ad. And we
screamed into the telephone. Ile
had asked, the previous week for a
small space to advertise some oys-
ter shells he was stuck with, but we
never dreamed he'd want a page.
. So we gave him what we could
-which wasn't nearly a page, much
to our regret. .. And he tells us
that he wished he had a newspaper
so that he could sit back on his be-
hind, rake in the money for adver-
tising and tell people off like 'e
do. And we immediately of-
fered to set him up in the newspa-
per business--at a price. But
the sonofagun turned us down.
And getting back to G. Boyles-
he's going to cuss us out because
Emmet Daniels has four columns
full. But Emmett reserved that
space on Wednesday of last week,
so our conscience is clear. (That
was one of the reasons we asked
Glenn to cut down on his advertis-
ing) .
Main reason we're always short
of space is those automotive ads
-we're loaded with every week .
Those babies are contracted for a
couple of months in advance-and
at higher rates than local adver-
tisers pay-so, after we find places
for them, there generally isn't so
awfully much space left in eight or
ten pages. Then we have to
add extra pages.
A lot of people don't realize it,
but with only one combination edi-
tor, publisher, ad man, pressman
and printer's devil in the shop, a
couple of extra pages means an ex-
tra day's work-and we have only
seven days a week, two hands and
one leg in which to get out those
extra pages.
It's getting so bad that we hate
to see a new automobile agency
open up here. We had a sort
,of hemorrhage when we received
the announcement ad of the Bar-
rier & Wimberly Pontiac Company,
and then, too. Charlie Garraway
seems to have the Oldsmobile fran-
chise, but as yet hasn't started to
advertise them-for which we are
duly thankful. And he's an-
other guy that hops all over us just
because we don't go next door and
sell him some advertising.
Yes, indeed, this here publishing
business is beginning to get us
down, and we're looking forward
eagerly to the day when our domi-
cile up on the Dead Lakes is com-
pleted and we 'can move in and
turn this shebang over to a young
sprout we have in mind who .can
probably take care of this grief a
lot easier than we can. And,
too, we're looking forward to all
that fishing we're going to do when
we do sit our fanny down on the
edge of the Dead Lakes and hang
our foot in the water off our own
private dock.
Rev. Hickman Visits
Rev. and Mrs. D. F. Hickman and
children, enroute Sunday from Car-
rabelle to their home in Dothan,
Ala., stopped here for a brief visit
with MIr. and Mirs. W. J. Daughtry.
There is some difference between
the appearance of fairness and the
intent to be fair. 1


We Are Moving To A New Location, and In Order To Cut Down Our Stock, We Are


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.Aaw Liv THE 8Ti~R, PORT ST. JOE, GULF COUNTY, FLORIDA FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1950


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THE LOW DOWN
----- from--

WILLIS SWAMP

Editor The Starr:
Funny as. it sounds, new stuff is
old stuff-most of it. Take that
their shepherd boy hollerin' wolf


the foney wolf, congress now They teach you their the rumba,
rushes in with the key to the U. S. the'social sciences, but they fergit


when they wuz no wolf. Then take
the Govt. Bureau Boys today who
yelp that "chaos is jist around the
corner" or disasterr lurks" iffen
congress don't ante another 100
millyun to fix sum cooked-up prob-
lem. Chaos and Desaster-brothers
and sistern-their you have 2 wurds
that agitates me, no end.
And like it wuz whdn the farmers
rushed in with pitch forks to slay


about the foundashun. Horse sense
is becoming' obsolete.
So you college presidents and
school superintendents-do us citi-
zens a good turn-put Aesop into
all kurrikulums, up to and including'
the PhD.
Yours with the low down,
JO SERRA.


Visitor From Dothan
Miss Robbie Nell Hardy of Do-
than, Ala., was the week-end guest
of Mrs. Lillian McNair and Mr. and
Mrs. W. B. Ferrell.
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Sunday Visitors
Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Allen and sons
Lucius and Laren, of Millville, vis-
ited here Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
J. 0. Baggett.


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.FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1950


P~t


PAGE SIX


Treasury.
Fer a long spell now, a topic fer
one of these learned essays, now
and then, has bin "Aesop." Iffen a
kongressmen cvn't tell a patriot
frum a confidence man-a sheep
frum a sharper-it meens that they
is sumthin' wrong in our school
houses, colleges and universities.








FRIDAY JAUR 20 190TESAPR T OGUFCUT.FOi"G EE


Pepper Denounced

By Smathers As He

Opens Senate Race

Congressman Accuses Senior
Senator of Attempting To
Assassinate Americanisn
George A. Smathers, fourth dis-
trict congressman of Miami, Thurs-
day night of last week in Orlando
launched his campaign for the U.
S. senate against Senator Claude
Pepper with a scathing attack on
those who "would assassinate Am-
ericanism.".
At that time Smathers formally
confirmed the rumor that had been
spreading for months-that he in-
-tended to take on Florida's senior
senator in a political race that gives
promise of being one of the hottest
in the state's long history.
"I want all Floridians to know
that this campaign is going to be
fought-and I use the word 'fought'
advisedly-on basic fundamental is-
sues that concern all free Ameri-
cans. In the next few months the
entire trend of national events can
be decided here, where the leader
of the radicals and extremists is
now on trial."
Continuing, Smathers said that
arrayed against the leader "will be
the loyal Americans who believe in
free enterprise, who want to pre-
serve their right to think, to work,
and worship as they please.
"Standing against us will be cer-
tain labor bosses, all the Commun-
ists, all the Socialists, all the radi-
cals and fellow travelers.
"These enemies of the American
way of life are pouring hundreds of
thousands of dollars into this, their
supreme effort."
Concluding, he said: "In this
fight there is no neutral ground. If
we are to preserve freedom and
liberty, we must now assert our-
selves. We must not bow down to
Stalin's propagandists, who would
deceive and destroy us. We must
be on the alert to every promise of'
totally unearned benefits. We must
analyze every rosy-tinted radical
'bribe' dangled before our eyes. We


Avenue Revue


dare not become so grasping that
our very greed can be twisted into
a hangman's noose. For as surely as
our senses become dulled and dead-
ened by the ether of the golden
promises of the planned state, just
as surely shall we doze into the
twilight of the jail-state."

Uncle Sam Collects Big
Sum From Floridians
Floridans paid'-$342,558,244 in in-
ternal revenue to Uncle Sam dur-
ing the last fiscal year, according
to the Florida State Chamber of
Commerce. This is almost twice
the gross value of the 1948-49 cit-
rus crop.
Total collected was made up of


State's Fisheries Are
of Great Imp


portance


Approximately 75,000 persons be-
tween Key West and Pensacola de-
pend upon some phase of commer-
cial fisheries for their meat and
bread, according to George Vathis
of Apalachicola, supervisor of the
Florida board of conservation.
He said that Florida's bluefish
and shellfish catch in 1949 was
marketed for nearly $30,000,000, but
he warns that conservation is a vi-
tal need to keep these industries
alive.
Vathis said that in 1948 Florida's
shellfish production was more than
50,000 gallons off the previous five-
vy~n qd1 dv rnoP nnu n h IA e


year average and a Dare 14 per
$194,788,026 in individual income cent of the peak production in 1939.
taxes; $70,940,057 in corporation in- He pointed out that the once im-


come and profit taxes; $20,880,700
in employment taxes, and $55,949,-
461 in other types of internal reve-
nue such as taxes on liquor, to-
bacco, l'uxuries and amusements.
How much Floridians pay, in ad-
dition to the above, in excise taxes
and so-called "hidden" taxes is not
known.
Advertising Doesn't Cost It PAYS.


portant sponge industry is a mea-
ger 20 per cent of what it was a
decade ago, and food fish yields in
1947-48 were down over 17,000,000
pounds from the previous five-year
average .

It takes only a small idea to oc-
cupy some minds to the exclusion
of everything else.


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PAGE SEVEN


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FkiIAY, JAN~UAikY 09


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Here Is Another


Anti-Trust Lawyers Were Wrong!


Ever since the anti-trust lawyers filed their suit to put A&P out of business, they have been making, in the newspapers
and over the radio, various "allegations" about how they think this company does business.
Please remember that "allegations" are charges that have not been proved.
In this case they will be disproved.
There have been times in the past when the anti-trust lawyers made very damaging "allegations" about this company
that the courts eventually decided were utterly without foundation.
In our last advertisement we told you about the time the anti-trust lawyers charged that A&P, two
other food chains and two labor unions conspired to fix the price of bread in Washington, D. C.
And yet, when this case came to trial, it was revealed that the defendants were actually selling bread
cheaper than most other stores in Washington, and there was absolutely no evidence that they had
ever engaged in any such "alleged" conspiracy.
That was the time Federal Judge T. Alan Goldsborough instructed the jury to bring in a verdict
of "not guilty."
It was the time he said to the anti-trust lawyers:
"If you were to show this record to any experienced trial lawyer in the world, he
would tell you that there was not any evidence at all.
"Honestly, I have never in my over forty years' experience seen tried a case that was
as absolutely devoid of evidence as this. That is the honest truth. I have never seen
one like it."
But this was not the only time that the anti-trust lawyers made such serious "allegations" against A&P which were false.
Again, and still again, they brought cases against A&P and suffered defeat.
As we have said, we think you are entitled to know about these other cases. And now, we are going to tell you about
the second time the anti-trust lawyers were wrong.





The North Carolina Potato Case


In December, 1941, the anti-trust lawyers brought a criminal suit
in Wilson, North Carolina.
They charged that A&P's fresh fruit and vegetable buying 'sub-
sidiary, and other good American citizens, had conspired to fix and
depress prices paid farmers for potatoes in North Carolina, Virginia
and Maryland.
Can anyone imagine any charge calculated to be more damaging to a retail
grocery business that must rely on farmers, day after day, for the food we
distribute to our customers?
In this case the anti-trust lawyers gave a story to the newspapers, telling
millions of farmers that we were the kind of people who would force their
prices down, deprive them of a decent income, and lower their families'
living standard.
These charges were false.
They made these charges despite the fact that it has always been A&P's
policy to pay our farm suppliers fair market prices for all produce; to aid
agriculture through better distribution of its products; to narrow the spread
between farm and retail prices; and to help farmers build better markets
for their products.
That is why many thousands- of farmers all over the country are now coming
to our support.
When the case finally came to trial, the anti-trust lawyers put on
as their first witness a potato expert of the U. S. Department of
Agriculture.
This expert, who was the anti-trust lawyers' own witness, testi-
fied that contrary to the anti-trust lawyers' "allegations," the
defendants made every effort to help the Department of Agri-
culture in its efforts to aid the potato farmer in better marketing
of h,-' products and in getting a better price for his products.
Wh-n the anti-trust lawyers had put in their evidence and had argued their
case Federal Judge C. C. Wyche directed the jury to bring in a verdict of
"not guilty."




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Judge Wyche said to the anti-trust lawyers:
"I have studied this case from the very outset. In my opinion
there is no testimony produced from which it can reasonably
be inferred that the defendants entered into a combination to
depress or lower the price of potatoes.
"I might say that I never tried a case in my life where a greater
effort, more work, more investigation had been done, combing
almost with a fine-tooth comb to gather evidence, as was done
in this case.
"But, as was said a long time ago, you can't make brick without
straw, and you can't make a case without facts."
So, here was a case in which the anti-trust lawyers made seriously damaging
charges against A&P in which the Judge decided that there were no facts
to support those charges.
That is why we say the anti-trust lawyers can be wrong and have
been wrong.
That is why we say that they are wrong again, just as they were
wrong in the Washington bread case and the North Carolina
potato case.
We are going to show the American people that the suit to destroy A&P is
really a suit against efficiency and against real competition.
The real question involved in this suit is whether businessmen are going to
be encouraged to do a better and more efficient job; or whether we are going
to let the anti-trust lawyers in Washington blow the whistle on anybody who
gets big by giving the people more for their money.
No one can make us believe that it is a crime to try to sell the
best quality food at the lowest possible price.




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St. Joe Is Ideally

Situated for South

American Trade

Harbor Is Second Only To
Mobile In Comparison
of Mileage

When we read of the ships from
all parts of the world that used to
come in to old St. Joseph when it
was one of the largest and fastest-
growing cities in Florida, we won-
der if perhaps something could be
done to again make this port a
mecca for ocean-going vessels.
Port St. Joe, as we all know, has
one of the finest natural harbors on
the Gulf of Mexico, it has excellent
dock facilities and it is connected
with the interior by the :Apalachi-
cola Northern Raillroad and with
,coastal points by the intracoastal
waterway.
A study of comparative sea plus
rail mileages between 35 Caribbean
and Gulf ports and 17 inland cities
in the South and North shows that
the average overall mileage by way
of Port St. Joe is 1,917 sea and rail
miles to the 17 cities.
That is second only to Mobile,
with 1,850. New Orleans is third
with 1,963; Tampa fourth with 1,-
172; Miami, fifth, 2,054, and Key
West, sixth, 2,130.
The mileage statistics also reveal
.additional factors that make Port
St. Joe a favorable location for the
-Gulf and Caribbean trade.
Mobile and Port St. Joe not only
have the shortest average overall
distances, but they also have the
shortest average rail distances to
many of the interior cities.
Average railroad distance from
Mobile to the 17 selected cities is
738 miles. Next is Port St. Joe with
829. New Orleans follows with 831.
The others are Tampa, 957; Miami,
1,111; Key West, 1,269.
This should give Port St. Joe a
particular advantage, since greater
economy is obtained when a long

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sea haul is coupled to a short rail
haul over an equal distance.
This would be of particular im-
portance in the handling of perish-
able Caribbean cargoes, which have
to reach their destinations as soon
as possible.
The seventeen cities used in com-
piling figures are contained in the
area bounded by lines drawn from
New Orleans to St. Louis, Chicago,
Detroit, Philadelphia and Jackson-
ville, and naturally some of the Gulf
ports mentioned would have some
advantage over Port St. Joe in dis-
tances to particular cities in that
wide area.
Overall average sea and rail mile-
age from six West Indian ports to
the 17 inland cities shows the Mi-
ami route to be the shortest, 2,122
miles; the route through Port St.
Joe is 2,225, followed by Tampa,
2,246; Key West, 2,287; Mobile, 2,-
312, and New Orleans, 2,400.
Port St. Joe's advantage as a
focal shipping point is further
strengthened by a study of seven
South American ports on the Car-
ibbean. Miami offers the shortest
route to the interior from these
ports with an average mileage of
2,414. Port St. Joe's 2,525 is the
next shortest, followed by Tampa,
2,552; Mobile, 2,560; Key West, 2,-


583, and New Orleans, 2,666. ,
A survey of seven Central Ameri-
can ports on the Caribbean also
shows Port St. Joe to advantage in
relation to the distance between
those ports and the inland cities.
Via St. Joe the average distance is
1,850; Mobile, 1,830; 'Tampa, 2,008;
New Orleans, 2,076; Miami, 2,161;
Key West, 2,176. An added advant-
age for Port St. Joe and Mobile is
their short rail haul.
Mobile holds the edge in com-
parative distances from eight Mex-
ican Gulf coast ports to the 17 in-
land cities. From these ports thru
Mobile the distance is 1500 miles.
New Orleans follows with 1.570;
Port St. Joe, 1,571; Tampa, 1,703;
Miami, 1,909; Key West, 1,921.
Port St. Joe ranks thrid among
the six ports in the distance survey
of the west Gulf ports of Corpus
Christi, Point Isabel, Port Arthur
and Galveston. Mobile is first. The
average mileages: Mobile, 1,272;
New Orleans, 1,337; Port St. Joe,
1,462; Tampa, 1,741; Miami, 2,111,
and Key West, 2,119.
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Four Questions

Will Face Florida

Voters In 1950


Juvenile Court Constitutional
Amendment Heads
List In State

Florida voters will ballot on four
amendments to the state constitu-
tion in this year's election.
The legislature approved for sub-
mission to the voters one amend-
ment of general interest-it would
broaden the legislature's powers in
creating juvenile courts.
Three other amendments would
eliminate the necessity of a state
census every 10 years, simplify the
method of amending laws, and cre-
ate a new judicial circuit for Mon-
roe county.
The juvenile court amendment


would give the legislature authority The new judicial circuit amend- ] tinuously during the two-hour pe-
to create special juvenile courts ment would separate Monroe county riod, with someone standing be-
and their officers, give them com- from Dade county in the present hind each chair waiting for those
plete jurisdiction of all criminal 11th circuit and give Monroe a cir- occupying them to finish.
cases by minors under an age to be cuit and a state attorney of its own. Mr. Rich estimates that better
set by the legislature, determine The circuit would be known as the than 300 free dinners were served,
how such officers should be elected 16th circuit. which required, .two No. 3 tubs of
or appointed, and eliminate many The proposal eliminating'the con- chicken, one No. 3 tub of cabbage


constitutional restrictions now im-
posed on courts.
The amendment would give the
legislature authority to define crim-
inal acts by minors under a certain
age as acts of delinquency instead
of crimes.
It would also permit the legisla-
ture to grant juvenile courts au-
thority to handle. such acts of de-
linquency without the constitu-
tional requirement of a trial by
jury, an d would eliminate t h e
necessity of charges being filed
against the minor by the prosecut-
Oing attorney.
The proposal affecting changes in
present laws would permit them to
be amended simply by rewriting a
paragraph or a subsection of a law.


stitutional requirement for a state
census every ten years, would au-
thorize use of the federal census in
determining constitutional, appor-
tionments and in special population
acts issued by the legislature.


Cafe Serves Some 300
Free Chicken Dinners

Chicken-hungry people swarmed
into Gene's Cafe last Friday be-
tween the hours of 11 a: m. and 1
p. m. to partake of free chicken
dinners served by E. J. Rich, who
has taken over operation of the
cafe.
All stools at the counter and
chairs at the tables were filled con-


slaw, two No. 3 tubs of collards,
200 pounds of potatoes, 40 loaves
of bread, 18 dozen doughnuts, 50
gallons of coffee and 10 cases of
poft drinks.
The bread was furnished without
cost by the Sunbeam Bakery, and
the doughnuts by the Ideal Bakery.

We still think sugar will attract
more flies than vinegar.
NOTICE OF PROCEEDINGS FOR THE
CLOSING OF A ROAD
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
You will take notice that the Board of
County Commissioners of Gulf County, Flor-
ida, upon petition of W. C. Forehand, will
at 10 o'clock A. M., C S.T., on the 24th day
of January, 1950, at the County Courthouse
in Wewahitchka, Florida, consider and de-
termine whether or not the county will re-
nounce and disclaim any right of the county
and public in and to any land or interest
therein delineated upon any map or plat
recorded in Gulf County, Florida, which said


street is more particularly described as fol-
lows:
That portion of Second Street of High-
land View Subdivision of Gulf County,
Florida, lying west of Gulf Coastal
Highway 9S, abutting Lot Six (6) of
Block E, and Lot One (1) of Block D
of said Subdivision.
Persons interested may appear and be
heard at the time and place above men-
tioned.
BOARD OF COUNTY* COMMISSIONERS
OF GULF COUNTY,
By TOBE GAY,
12-30 1-20 Chairman.
NOTICE OF CHANGE IN TIME OF HEARING
DOCKET No. 1724o
FLORIDA RAILROAD AND PUBLIC
UTILITIES COMMISSION
to
APALACHICOLA NORTHERN RAILROAD
COMPANY, PORT ST. JOE, FLORIDA
and
ALL OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES
NOTICE is hereby given that the public
hearing heretofore set by the Florida Rail-
road and Public Utilities Commission for
10:00 A. M., Wednesday, January 18, 1950,
in the Franklin County Court House, Apa-
lachicola, Florida, on the application of the
Apalachicola Northern Railroad Company for
authority to discontinue operation of passen-
ger trains Nos 1 and 2 between Port St.
Joe and Chatahoochee, Florida, has been
postponed to 10:00 A M., Tuesday, Febru-
ary 14 190, in the Franklin Couiity Court
House, Apalachicola, Florida.
At said time and place you will be given
an opportunity to be fully heard.
WITNESS the hand of the Executive Sec-
retary of the Florida Railroad and Public-
Utilities Commission this 13th day of Jan-
uary, 1950.
BOLLING C. STANLEY,
1 Executive Secretary.


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ADDITIONAL SOCIETY
(Continued from page 2)

SOLOMONS ENTERTAIN FOR
JACKSONVILLE GUEST
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey M. Solo-
mon entertained last Saturday eve-
ning with a cocktail party and buf-
fet supper in their home on Monu-
ment Avenue honoring Miss Betty
Feigenbaum of Jacksonville, a house
guest.
The dining table was centered
with a silver bowl of red camellias,
flanked by burning white tapers in
silver candlesticks. Throughout the
other rooms of the house camellias
were used in decorating.
Invited to be with the host and
hostess were Dr. and Mrs. R. E.
King, Mr. and Mrs. George Hills Jr.,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hannon, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Wall, Mr. and
Mrs. Mel Magidson, Mr. and Mrs.
Elmore Godfrey, Mr. and Mrs. Buck
Walters, Dr. and Mrs. Wayne Hen-
drix and Al Schenider of Jackson-
ville.

DEMONSTRATION CLUB
ELECTS NEW OFFICERS
The Overstreet Home Demgnstra-
tion Club met Friday of last week
at the club room with the presi-
dent, Mrs. R. B. Hardy, presiding.
At this time officers for the new
year were elected, as follows: Mrs.
R. B. Hardy, president; Mrs. C. F.
Whitfield, vice-president; Mrs. Q.
L. Hardy, secretary and treasurer;
Mrs. A. H. Cook, reporter. Mrs. P.
G. Hart and Mrs. J. R. Guilford
were elected as delegates to the
county council, with Mrs. R. C. Col-
lier and Mrs. W. G. Hardy as al-
ternates.
Mrs. Wilma Revell, home dem-
,onstration agent, gave an interest-
ing demonstration on rug making.
"Learning by doing" was put into
practice, and all members partici-
pated in the rug making.
After the demonstration, a social
hour was enjoyed by all.

MRS. BIRATH ENTERTAINS
BAPTIST CIRCLE NO. FIVE
Baptist W. M. U. Circle Five met
Monday afternoon with Mrs. Don
Birath. The meeting was opened
with the chairman, Mrs. Al Smith,
reading from Deut. and Joshua 1:7
and Matt. 28:19-20, followed with
prayer by Mrs. Durel Brigman.
Mrs. A. V. Bateman, the program
chairman, announced the program
State No. 411
REPORT OF CONDITION OF
FLORIDA BANK AT PORT ST. JOE
of Port St. Joe in the State of Florida at the
close of business on December 31, 1949.
ASSETS
Cash, balances with other banks
including reserve balances, and
cash items in process of col-
lection ................ $ 408,889.18
U. S. Government obligations.
direct and guaranteed ..... 796,918.32
Obligations of States and pol-
litical subdivisions ....... 169,408.84
Loans and discounts (includ-
ing $5.69 overdrafts) .... 186,419.45
Furniture and fixtures ...... 5,378 65
Other assets .............. 4,386.23
TOTAL ASSETS ........ .$1,571,400.67
LIABILITIES
Demand deposits of individuals,
partnerships and corporations $1,060,190.66
Time deposits of individuals,
partnerships and corporations 187,544.97
Deposits of U. S. Government,
(including postal savings) 28,456.11
Deposits of States and politi-
hal subdivisions ......... 148,687.48
Other deposits (certified and
officers' checks, etc.) .... 3,592.89
Total Deposits $1,428,472.11
Other Liabilities ......... 9,175.19
TOTAL LIABILITIES (not in-
cluding subordinated obli-
gations shown below).. .. $1,437,647.30
CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
Capital .... ............ .$ 25,000 00
Surplus ................... 87,500 00
Undivided profits .......... 10,834.90
Reserves (and retirement ac.
count for preferred capital) 10,418.47
TOTAL CAPITAL, ACCOUNTS 133,753.37
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND
CAPITAL AQCOUNTS ..... $1,571,400.67
This bank's capital consists of: Common
stock with total par value of $25,000.00.
MEMORANDA
Assets pledged or assigned to se-
cure liabilities and for other
purposes ................ $429,000.00
I, S. L. Barke, President, of the above-
named bank, Ido 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 be-
lief. S. L. BARKE.
Correct-Attest:
.1 L. SHARIT,
ROBERT BELLOWS,
HARRY H. SAUNDERS,
Directors.
State of Florida. County of Gulf, ss:
Sworn to and subscribed before me this
10th day of January, 1950. and I hereby
certify that I am not an officer or director
of this bank. VERNA M. SMITH,
My commission expires Notary Public
April 10, 1950. State of Florida at large.


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


topic, which was developed by Mrs. Suber, Loyd Tubb, Etlma Boyles,
T. 0. Poitevant, "Wings Over Sarah Herring, Elizabeth Tomlin-
Asia"; Mrs. Al Smith, "Japan", and son, Dorothy Craig, Lib Hutchin-
Mrs. Bateman, "Latin America's son, Nora Beasley, Katherine Hall-
Doors Are Opened." Reports from man, Doris Whealton, Mary Burke
the secretary, treasurer and vari- and Minnie Evans.
ous chairmen were received, and The meeting on January 26 will
old and new business was dis- be held at the Florida Power Cor-
cussed, after which the meeting portion office with Mrs. Dorothy
was dismissed by all repeating the Craig, Mrs. Mary Burke and Mrs.
Mizaph. Nora Beasley as co-hostesses.
During the social hour the hos-
tess served delicious refreshments N O T I C E
to the members present.
S at at The Mayor's office at the Munici-
pal Building will be open each
WESLEYAN SERVICE GUILD Tuesday from 11:00 a. m. until 12
IN STUDY OF MISSION BOOK noon, and from 1:00 p. m. until 2:00
The Wesleyan Service Guild of p. m. for the convenience of all per-
sons who may have business with
the Methodist Church met Thurs- the Mayor.
day of last week in the home of B. H. DICKENS, Jr.
Mrs. Doris Whealton, with Mrs. 1-20 City Auditor and Clerk,
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Hilda Maxwell as co-hiostess and
the president, Mrs. Dorothy Craig,
presiding.
The fifth and sixth chapters of
the mission book, "Women of the
Scriptures," was reviewed, the 5th
chapter, "The Text of the Bible,"
by Miss Margaret Smith, and the
6th chapter, "Prayer, Faith and
Service," by Miss Pat Laney.
After a brief business session, re-
freshments were served to Miss
Sara Kelly, Miss Margaret Smith,
and Miss Pat Laney, and Mesdames
Verna Smith, Edith Stone, Lucille


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ADDITIONAL SOCIETY
(Continued from page 11)

J. A. M. CLUB MEETS
WITH MRS. C. E. BOYER
Mrs. Gladys Boyer was hostess
Monday night to members of the J.
A. M. Club. An interesting contest
on trees was enjoyed by all, after


FOR SALE


FOR SALE-Norge 4-burner gas
range; excellent condition; rea-
sonably priced. Call 311-J. 1*


UPRIGHT PIANO in excellent con-
dition, $200; may be seen at
home of Bob Shaw. Also clarinet in
good condition, $35. See Mrs. P. D.
Farmer, phone 266-W. 12-16tf
FOR SALE-Rollaway bed with in-
nerspring mattress: good condi-
tion; priced reasonable. Mrs. A. M.
Jones, Sr. Phone 63-J. -13ltf
SPECIAL SERVICES
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Equipped to do all types cabinet
work, doors, windows, Casings
and Screen Work
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BOYLES
DEPARTMENT STORE
Pert St. Joe, Flerida


which the hostess served a con-
gealed salad plate with cake and
cokes to the ten members and one
visitor present. The meeting on
January 30 will be with Mrs. Lola
Costin.

HONORED ON BIRTHDAY
Mrs. Dewey Davis honored her
son Jackie on his 12th birthday last
Friday night with a party at their


FOR RENT
FOR RENT-Bedroom with kitchen:
privileges. Prefer couple, or tw.
ladies. See Mrs. Willie Mae Davis
phone 281-J. 1
FOR RENT-Large upstairs unfur
nished apartment in Oak Grove
Phone 266-W. 12-16t


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LEGAL ADVERTISING
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
On and after Friday, January 13,
1950. I will no longer be responsible
for an ,. debts except those con-
tracted by myself.
1-13 2-3 JEWEL WILKS.
LODGE NOTICES
R. A. MI.-Regular convocation of
St. Joseph Chapter No. 56, R. A.
M.. 2nd and 4th Mondays. All visit-
ing companions welcome. James M.
Harris, High Priest; H. R. Maige,
Secretary.


SAMARITAN LODGE NO. 40, 1. C
0. F.-Meets first and third Wed
nesdays, 7:30 p. m. in Masonic hall
All members urged'to attend; visi
ing brethren invited. Theo Bishop
N. G.; F. L. HIll, Secretary.
MELODY REBEKAH LODGE NC
22, 1. 0. 0. F.-Meets 2nd and 4tl
Wednesday at 8 p. m. in Masonic
hall. Elwyn Blount, N. G.; Mary
Weeks, Secretary.
MASONIC TEMPLE F & M-
>ort St. Joe Lodge 111. Regula
meetings 2nd and 4th Fr
days each month, 8:00 p. n
Members urged to attend
visiting brothers welcome. W. A
Roberts, W. M.; G. C. Adkins, Sec

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Featuring
"Tips From Across Our
Counter -To Wise
Shoppers"


Vol. IV Friday, January 20, 1950 No. 24



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DEAR SHOPPERS-This is a story about Boyles Department Store and Editor
Bill Smith of The Star, Port St. Joe, Florida. We had planned to have
our famous Dollar Days, and along comes Bill with a big knife and cuts our space
half in two. Sez I to Bill: "Who do you think you are?" Sez Bill to me: "Why
I'm the editor of The Star, one of the hardest-working and most cussed men in
Port St. Joe." That's as far as we got, folks, and there wuz nothing else for us to
do but have HALF DOLLAR DAYS. On page 3 you'll see our poor little ad cut
half in two. We've had to put an extra amount of TNT in it to get you to even
look that way. Why, Editor Bill even griped about putting The Tattler in this
space (and look what he dood to it-put it in the smallest type in the house). He's
really gonna be mad when I send him a dun on .the first for business undone.
Yours Half-Cocked With Half Dollar Days,
R. GLENN BOYLES.


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Brownie Scout Tropp One met
last Friday at 4 p. m. in the recrea-
tion hall with Mrs. G. L. Kenning-
ton, scout leader, in charge, who
appointed officers as follows: Mar-
garet Lois Blount, president; Anne
SMiller, secretary; Elaine Mussel-
white, treasurer. The new president
then took charge of the meeting
and it was decided to have a differ-
ent password every week. Each
Brownie will be required to spell
and pronounce the password before
entering the door. Songs were en-
joyed by all and the meeting was
then adjourned.


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home on 7th Street. Games were
enjoyed during the evening, and at
the appointed hour the guests sang
"Happy Birthday" to Jackie, and
the hostess, assisted by Mrs. Jim-
mie Kilbourn, served birthday cake.
cookies and punch to some thirty-
eight guests, all of whom wished
the honoree many more happy
birthdays.

ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED
Mr. and Mrs. Harry R. Jones of
this city are announcing the en-
gagement of their daughter, Kath-
erine Virginia, to Grady Player, son
of Mr. and Mrs. James Wesley
Player of this city. The wedding is
to take place on May 14, 1950, at
the home of the bride-elect's par-
ents.


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NAVY


FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 3950


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