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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: May 5, 1950
Frequency: weekly
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Spatial Coverage: United States -- Florida -- Gulf -- Port Saint Joe
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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


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


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


VOLUME XIII PORT ST. JOE, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1950 NUMBER 32


Oystermen BowB Hospital Will Be Open
For Inspection May 12

To Saints 18-6 The Port St. Joe municipal Hos-
In 0 e n Tit M illbe open to the public for
In Opening Tilt inspection from 4 until 7 p. il. on
National Hospital Day, Friday, May
12. Members of the Hospital Auxili-
Big Crowd Sees Locals Chalk ary will serve as hostesses and
Up Win In First Game guides during the afternoon. A sil-
of Season ver offering will be taken.
of Everyone is urged to show their
Paced by Leonard Belin and Ed- interest in their hospital and plan
die Meharg with perfect batting av- to visit it next Friday.
erages for the day, and Bert Cox
running a close third, the St. Joe Demonstration
Saints defeated the Apalachicola
Oystermen 18S to 6 in the opening lle O A serJ
game of the Gulf Coast Baseball W eek Observed
League held at St. Joe's new ball
park Sunday afternoon before a By Co0nty Clubs
record crowd that filled to capacity B 3
the modern new grandstand just
completed by the D. K. Brodnax Women of Overstreet Are
Construction Company. Enthusiastic About
While the locals were socking out Work
22 safe-hits off the hurling of three
Apalachicola moundsmen, Ed Me- Gulf county Home Demonstration
harg on the mound for the Saints, Club women are joining with other
held the visitors to five safe hits. club members of counties through-
Every Saint got at least one hit, out the nation in celebrating Na-
with Belin topping the list with 5 tional Home Demonstration Week
for 5, Meharg with 4 for 4, and Bert from April 30 to May 6.
Cox with four safe bingles out of Various forms of recognition are
five trips to the plate. Two of Be- being held throughout the county,
lin's clouts were homers, the first and the women especially call the
coming in the opening canto with public's attention to the exhibits
two men on base. Two more run- which may be viewed in the win-
ners crossed the plate in this inn- dow of the Florida Power Corpora-
ing when Cox singled through short tion in Port St. Joe and in C. W.
to drive in Tommy Mitchell and Norton's store window in Wewa-
Fish Herring. i hitchka.
The second inning saw the visi- Plans for the week. are being
tors score two on two walks, a sponsored by the Gulf county home
single and an error. St. Joe can- demonstration council, with all club
-celed these with two to make the members co-operating.
score 7-2. The following are sincere expres-
The third found the Apalachicola sions of several of the women from
:fans come out of the dumps when the Overstreet Home Demonstra-
four runners came home to make tion Club:
it 7-6, but that was the last scoring As a club group, we would like to
(Continued on page 8) familiarize you with the excellent
_________ work the people in our community
are doing in our Home Demonstra-
Two Service Teams tion Club.
There are wonderful advantages
Drop Out of League in belonging to a home demonstra-
tion organization. With the help of
our county home demonstration
Withdrawal of Navy and Tyndall agent and the co-operation of the
Causes Revision of Gulf Coast (Continued on page 5)
League Schedule
League Schedule Guidance Program
Just prior to opening of the Gulf
Coast Baseball League season, the For School Students
two service teams, Navy and Tyn- Is Now Underway
dall withdrew, cutting the number
of teams in the league down to six Special Tests Will Help In Determi-
Special Tests Will Help In Determi-
and causing an entire revision of
e s l st nation of Type Work Most
the schedule as set up. Suitable To Individual
League President Tom Owens an-
nounces that this will mean an ex- A guidance program for high
panded schedule, with each team school students in Gulf county got
meeting each other five times in- under way this week, with Mel Mag-
stead of four, making the season idson, director of the local veter-
extend to 30 games instead of the an's institute, in charge.
28 originally planned. According to Magidson, this work
The complete new schedule was for the present will be confined to
not available yesterday, but four seniors, but it is hoped that the pro-
setups were given us, as follows: gram and facilities will be ex-
May 7-Panama City at Port St. panded later.
Joe; Tallahassee at Apalachicola; A series of specially designed
Blountstown at Wewahitchka. tests were given this week, and the
May 10-Wewahitchka at Port students taking them will be given
St. Joe; Apalachicola at Blounts- personal interviews soon. This will
town; Tallahassee at Panama City. help in the determination of the
May 14-Port St. Joe at Blounts- particular type of work for which
town; Panama City at Apalachi- the student is probably most cap-
cola; Tallahassee at Wewahitchka. able.
May 17-Port St. Joe at Apalachi- This will help to make the stu-
cola; Tallahassee at Blountstown; dent more aware of the job oppor-
Wewahitchka at Panama City. tunities and prevent indecision and
All games withTallahassee sched- unwise choices of careers. Records
uled here for Wednesday afternoon of this guidance work and' follow-
will be played later in the season, ups of the seniors will be kept.
since the' Tallahassee team is not _____ _____
able to get away on Wednesday af- i Visiting In B'ham
ternoons. Should lights be secured Mrs. E. H. Vanlandingham left
for the new St. Joe park, the Wed- Wednesday for Birmingham, where
nesday games with Tallahassee will she will visit for a week with rela-
then be played at night. tives and friends.


Tapper Returned

As Representative

In Legislature

Kenney Retains Commission
Seat; Sutton Beats Man-
asco for School Board

George G. Tapper, incumbent, re-
tained his seat in the legislative
halls for another two years when
he dfeated b a two n-to-one. n ma ior-


Young Boy Dies After

Being Struck By Auto

Southport Lad Dies In Apalachicola
Hospital After Being Run Over
By Car Driven By Local Man


............. ...,.......... William O'Neal Purswell, 3-year-
ity C. C. Wilson in Tuesday's pri- illiam O'Neal Purswell, 3-year-
aity eC. o. Wilson inTuesdaydsePr old Southport boy, died Sunday at-
mary election. Wilson had served
ternoon in the Franklin county hos-
as Gulf representative during the pital at Apalachicola shortly after
pital at Apalachicola shortly after
1945 session. P being struck by a car driven by
While the Pepper-Smathers camn- Charlie Mahon of Port St. Joe.
paign overshadowed the represen- No blame is attached to Mr. Ma-
tative race to a great extent, con- hon for the accident, as the young-
siderable interest developed in the ster was playing on the highway at
last week before the election with s w l o t h a
last week before the election with East Point and ran directly in front
Tapper standing on his record dur- o t veil, a t if-
the 1947 and 1949 sessions f the of the vehicle, according to infor-
the 1947 and 1949 sessions cf the nt r hee
mation received here.
legislature and Wilson favoring The boy is survived by his par-
legislation designed to reduce gov- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Tolliver Purs-
ernmental expenses of the state M
and make officials more directlywell; one sister, Patricia Ann, and
responsible to the neonple rather


than to the governor.
Tapper stated he was in favor of
creating a revenue commission to
handle collection of all state taxes,
thereby abolishing the motor ve-
hicle commission, beverage depart-
ment and some functions of the
comptroller's office. He also pro-
posed to create a utility commis-
sion in Port St. Joe to regulate the
rates of the Florida-Power Corpora-.
tion within the city. -He also went
on record as being in favor of
amending the sales tax in order to
make it more workable.
Wilson's main campaign planks
were repeal of the limited sales tax
(Continued on page 2)

Garraway Is Appointed
As Oldsmobile Dealer

Charlie Garraway is proudly'an-
nouncing that he has been named
as a direct franchised dealer for
Oldsmobile cars in Gulf and Frank-
lin counties, and states that he has
a carload of the new Rocket 88's
on the way and will show them on
May 20 when he moves into his
new building on the corner of Wil-
Hams Avenue and Fourth Street.
"Make a date now with a 'Rocket
8'," says Charlie.


dents of Southport.

Total of 2,347 Turn Out
For County Mass X-Ray

The mass X-ray survey made pos-
sible by the Florida State Board of
Health and the Gulf County Tuber-
I culosis and Health Association has
been completed, with a total of
2,347 X-rays taken. This is an in-
drease of 146 over the last mass
X-ray survey made in the county.
The Gulf County Tuberculosis As-
sociation wishes to thank everyone
for the grand response, and also
the volunteers who worked with
the units.

All-Time Record Vote
Cast In First Primary

The greatest vote in the history
of Florida was recorded Tuesday as
more than 702,000 citizens cast bal-
lots in the Democratic primary.
The all-time record vote bettered
by more than 125,000 the previous
high of 576,066 cast in the runoff
election between Fuller Warren and
Dan McCarty in 1948 for the gov-
ernorship.
The total vote represented about
70 per cent of the 1,006,560 eligible
Democratic voters.


HOW GULF COUNTY VOTED

Following are the complete returns for Tuesday's primary election
in Gulf county. The Star is indebted to Jack Lanier of W'ewa-
hitchka for these complete unofficial figures:

M --


Candidates -
X c r- 0

S> .- 0

Railroad and Public Utilities Commission, Group 1:
Grady Albritton .... 41 58 14 23 76 41 21 85 205 564
Wilbur C. King- -..10S 131 14 4 83 15 102 103 287 847
N. Wainwright -.- 31 73 2 0 16 3 8 19 76 228
Railroad and Public Utilities Commission, Group 2:
Ancil Boyette ------- 26 25 3 16 38 7 18 39 140 312
Jerry Carter --.........181 261 33 11 142 56 123 177 452 1436
United States Senate:
Claude Pepper ......252 181 36 7 152 51 81 164 367 1291
George Smathers-- 76 56 11 21 48 24 80 108 325 749
Representative In Legislature:
George Tapper --.....220 163 32 23 112 59 129 59 452 1369
C. C. Wilson ---... 113 79 15 5 90 17 33 17 234 682
County Commissioner, District 4:
D. C. Arnett --........ 95 73 21 16 122 29 5 29 254 644
B. E. Kenney Jr....-220 150 24 12 75 43 158 43 424 1150
Member Board Public Instruction, District 3:
Grady Manasco -125 65 14 2 81 24 142 24 202 679
L. P. Sutton ----.139 105 19 25 105 40 18 40 444 949


Gulf County Goes 'Red' By
Giving Claude Pepper
Big Majority

That old saying of "As Maine
goes so goes the nation" may be
changed now to "As Florida goes
so goes the nation," since political
experts were of the opinion that a
defeat of Pepper would mean an
eventual defeat of President Tru-
man's administration.
Anyway, to the great satisfaction
of a majority of Florida's residents,
Senator Claude Pepper was ousted
from his senate seat by George
Smathers by a majority of close to
70,000 votes. Returns available up
to yesterday noon gave Smathers
384,162 and Pepper 319,860.
Gulf county, always a stronghold
for the veteran senator, gave him
1,291 votes, against Smathers' 749.
Defeat of Pepper probably will
have considerably effect on Florida
politics, since he was allied politic-
ally with Governor Warren's adm-
inistration, and Smathers support-
ers claimed state workers had been
instructed to get out and plug for
Pepper.
Newman C. Brackin, state sen-
ate president, also stuck his neck
out when he took the stump for
Pepper in Northwest Florida with
Pepper responding by predicting
better things in future for Brackin,
namely, the governorship two years
hence.
In other state-wide races, Jerry
Carter, 62-year-old inveterate office
(Continued on page 8)


Fine Blossoms To Be

Flower Show Feature

Call Sent Out for the Best Single
Blooms Available In
Various Classes

Mrs. George Patton, chairman of
the horticulture section, is eager to
have the best single blooms this
area has to offer entered in the
Spring Flower Show to be held
May 27 and' 28.
Anyone having a fine rose, day-
lily, gladiolus, petunia, zinnia, mari-
gold or anything else in bloom the
latter part of May, should plan to
enter it in the flower show.
There will be three classes in the
horticulture section. Class I will
feature specimen blossoms (single
blooms). House plants, including
African violets, begonias, gerani-
ums, fern, colored foliage plants,
dish gardens, vines and hanging
baskets, will be featured in Class
II. Class III will include specimens,
collections and artistic arrange-
mnients.
Mrs. Franklin Jones is serving as
chairman of the open class of the
flower show. This class will include
the following arrangements: Con-
ventional, modern, line, monochro-
matic (color or white-no foliage
allowed), miniatures (not over
three inches in height or width),
small (not over six inches in height
or width), patriotic (red, white and
blue), twin (two exactly alike), Cin-
derella (in glass or pottery slipper,
boot or shoe), pitcher, teapot, pods,
weeds or seeds, dry materials in
arrangement or ming trees.
If you have no flowers, plan tG
enter your weeds.


Smathers Is Elected



To U. S. Senate Seat


I -~--- ---lsl I -I -I I









FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1950


VA~~I- TW- TH TR OTS.JEGL ONY LRD


Port St. Joe Woman's
Club Installs Officers
The Port St. Joe Woman's Club
held its installation ceremonies in
the dining hall of the new Metho-
dist Church Tuesday at noon. The
menu consisted of a delectable
salad plate, hot buttered rolls and
home-baked pie, served by the Wo-
man's Society for Christian Service
of the Methodist Church. The din-
ing table and room were beautifully
decorated with spring flowers by
members of the W. S. C. S.
Guests present for this service
were Mrs. G. F. Lawrence, presi-
dent of the Port St. Joe Garden
Club; Mrs. Roy Gaskin, vice-presi-
dent of the P.-T. A.; Mrs. Harvey
Solomon, president of the Junior
Woman's Club, and Mrs. H. L. Oli-
ver of Apalachicola, who acted as
installing officer.
The incoming officers and guests
of the club were presented with
lovely corsages by the club.
New officers for 1950-51 are Mrs.
R. W. Smith, presidentI Mrs. J. C.
Belin, first vice-president; Mrs. Roy
Gibson, second vice-president; Mrs.
M. P. Tomlinson, treasurer; Mrs.
Henry Geddie, corresponding sec-
retary, and Mrs. Ralph Swatts, re-
cording secretary.
Mrs. Smith, the new president,
announced the chairmen of depart-
ments and committees for the new
year as follows: Mrs. H. C. Brown,
department of conservation; Mrs.
Pervis Howell, department of Am-
erican citizenship; Mrs. L. P. Sut-
tn, department of American home;
Mrs. Rush Chism, department of
fine arts; Mrs. Gus Creech, depart-
ment of education; Mrs. J. L. Sharit,
department of public welfare; Mrs.
A. L. Ward, department of youth
conservation; Mrs. G. A. Patton,
parliamentarian; Mrs. Roy Gibson,
program; Mrs. Tom Owens, mem-
bership; Mrs. J. C. Culpepper, press
and publicity; Mrs. M. P. Tomlin-
son, budget and finance, and Mrs.
George Suber, house and hospital-
ity.
Mrs. Smith also announced the
appointment of a special committee
to select a club project for the year
made up of Mrs. J. H. Geddie, chair-
man, Mrs. S. B. Shuford and Mrs.
Rush Chism.
A rising vote of appreciation was
extended Mrs. Tom Owens, the out-
going president, for her fine work
as president during 1949-50.

MONTHLY W.M.U. BUSINESS
MEETING HELD MONDAY
The monthly business meeting of
the Baptist W. M. U. was held at
the church Monday afternoon with
Mrs. E. C. Cason, president, presid-
ing. The year song, "Christ for the
World We Sing," opened the meet-
ing, followed with prayer by Mrs.
W. C. Pridgeon and the devotional,
from Psalms, by Mrs. Homer Lov-
ett, her topic being "God, Man and
Money." The minutes were read,
roll called (29 present) good reports
received from all chairmen, and the
treasurer's report received and ac-
cepted. The meeting was closed
with prayer by Mrs. L. J. Keels.

Presides At Presbytery Meet
Rev. S. J. Allen of this city pre-
sided at a meeting of the Florida
Presbytery which convened at La-
guna Beach, north of Panama City,
Wednesday of this week to receive
the Gulf Beach Chapel as a con-
stituent church of the presbytery.

Here On Vacation
Miss Sara Brinson of the Craw-
ford Long hospital, Atlanta, Ga., ar-
rived last Saturday to spend a 28-
day vacation here with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Brinson.


Stork Shower Honors
Mrs. Charlesworth
The Royal Hearts class of the
Baptist adult I Sunday school de-
partment last Monday night honored
Mrs. Louise Charlesworth with a
stork shower at the home of Mrs.
Milton Chafin. The party rooms
were decorated with lovely cut
flowers. Games were enjoyed, with
prizes going to Mrs. J. C. Horton
and Mrs. Curtis Hammond.
Mrs. W. H. Howell sang "Mighty
Lak' A Rose" as the bassinet filled
with gifts was presented to the
honoree.
Delightful refreshments of fancy
sandwiches, potato chips and punch
were served to Mesdames Charles
Gill, J. C. Culpepper, John W. Hen-
drix, Durel Brigman, W. M. Chafin,
W. T. Mosely Jr., L. Z. Henderson,
Virginia Smith, Bert Hall, George
Cooper, Joe Bracewell, Don Birath,
James Horton, Earl Rose, William
C. Byrd, Curtis Hammond, T. 0.
Poitevant, Buck Burge, G. R. Dor-
many, Buck Griffin, V. P. Turnage,
Ralph W. Jackson, A. V. Bateman,
Joe McLeod, Franklin Jones, W. H.
Howell, Homer Lovett, J. T. Simp-
son, Harry McKnight and Frank
Hannon.
Sending gifts were Mesdames C.
G. Costin, Mel Magidson, Betty Mc-
Neill, E. J. Rich, George Bateman
Jr., L. W. Cox, Lillian McNair, W.
I. Cardin, Jerome Bracewell, James
Lindsay, George Davis and Ben H.
Dickens Jr.
A business meeting of the class
followed the shower.

NEWLY-ORGANIZED HOSPITAL
AUXILIARY HOLDS MEETING
The newly-organized Hospital
Auxiliary held its second meeting
last week at the home of Mrs. Rob-
ert Tapper with Mrs. Joseph Dowd,
president, presiding.
Following reading of the min-
utes by Mrs. A. L. Ward, secretary,
the group elected Mrs. J. 'Lamar
Miller as vice-president, Mrs. C. R.
Garraway as finance chairman, and
Mrs. Robert Tapper as membership
chairman. Mrs. L. J. Trexler is
treasurer.
Mrs. Mary F. Babb, hospital su-
perintendent, stated that the two
greatest needs of the hospital were
silverware and linens. It was voted
to purchase silverware with money
received from t h e membership
starter fund.
It was also decided that meetings
would be held quarterly, and com.
mittee meetings would be called as
often as the need arises. The next
regular meeting will be held on
June 13.
Mrs. Lee Graham was appointed
chairman for the Hospital Day ac-
tivities which will be an event of
Friday, May 12.
The auxiliary feels that any wo-
man who is interested and has the
available time should offer her ser-
vices for the betterment of our
own municipal hospital.

BAPTIST BAPTIZING AT
BEACH NEXT SUNDAY
Rev. W. B. Holland, pastor of the
Kenney Mill Baptist Church, states
that a wonderful revival meeting
conducted by Rev. Portey Dayis of
Graceville has'"just closed at his
church during which eleven con-
verts for baptism were received
and four members accepted by let-
ter.
The baptismal service will take
place Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock
cn the beach near Beacon Hill, ac-
carding to Rev. Holland, and among
those to be baptized will be a 60-
year-old man. An invitation is ex-
tended everyone to be present at
this service Sunday.


Social Activities

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


CHURCH

ANNOUNCEMENTS
AND SUNDAY SERVICES
.................. _. -0e
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Rev. S. J. Allen, Pastor
Church services Sunday, May 4
10:15 a. m.-Sunday school.
11:00 a. m.-Communion service.
Subject: "Search Me, 0 God."
6:30 p. m.-Youth Fellowship.
7:30 p. m.-Evening service. Ser-
mon topic, "He That Hath Ears,
Let Him Hear."
Wednesday, May 10-Prayer meet-
ing 8 p. m. Special prayer for the
family and home, the foundation of
our civilization.

ST. JAMES' EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Rev. Lee Graham, Pastor
Fourth Sunday after Easter
7:30 a. m.-Holy communion.
9:30 a. m.-Sunday school.
11:00 a. m.-Holy communion.
Everyone is cordially invited to
all services of this church.

FIRST METHODIST CHURCH
Rev. Loyd W. Tubb, Pastor
9:45 a. m.-Church school.
11:00 a. m.-Worship service.
7:00 p. m.--All children's and
young people's meetings.
8:00 p. m.-Evening worship.

Record Attendance
Rev. S. J. Allen reports that the
Presbyterian Sunday school had a
record attendance of 76 last Sun-
day. Also that the men of the
church, led by William Ford, have
ceiled the basement and will begin
painting next week.

ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH
Fr. Alban O'Hara, Priest
Mass the first Sunday of each
month at 8 a. m. Other Sunday at
10:15 a. m.

KENNEY MILL BAPTIST
Rev. W. B. Holland, Pastor .
10:00 a. m.-Sunday school.
11:00 a. m.-Morning service.
6:30 p. m.-B. T. U.
7:30 p. m.-Evening worship.
Tuesday, 7:30 p. m.-Prayer ser-
vice. Everyone is cordially invited
to attend all services.

HELLO, WORLD!
Mr. and Mr. Ernest L. Lightfoot
of this city announce the birth of a
son on Saturday, April 29, at the
municipal hospital. The young man
has been named Bobby Glenn.

MRS. ELDER HOSTESS TO
PRESBYTERIAN WOMEN
Mrs. McLean Elder was hostess
Monday afternoon at her home to
the Women of the Presbyterian
Church, with Mrs. R. M. Spiller's
presiding.
Mrs. S. J. Allen read the past
year's history of the auxiliary as
submitted to the presbytery last
month. A beautiful tablecloth was
presented to the church made by
Mrs. Anna Smith's sister in Ger-
many, which she knitted of linen
thread in a most unusual pattern.
Mrs. Charles Garraway, the Bible
teacher for the new church year,
impressively introduced the book,
"Great Bible Prayers," by Mrs. As-
kew. She gave particular emphasis
to "Moses' Prayer" and" Abraham's
Prayer."
During the social hour, Mrs. El-
der served cookies and coca-colas
to Mesdames S. J. Allen, Tom Ma-
loney, 0. E. Miley, A. P. Wakefield,
R. M. Spillers, Rose, and C. R. Gar-
raway.

CATHOLIC CLUB TO MEET
The Catholic Woman's Club will
hold its regular business meeting
at the home of Mrs. George Anch.
ors on Monday, May 8, at 3:30 p.
min. All members are urged to at-
tend.

The longest Bible verse is E&ther,
the shortest, St. John.


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Miscellaneous Shower TAPPER RETURNED
Honors Bride-Elect (Continued from page 1)
and its replacement with an equit-
On Wednesday evening of last able revenue act. guaranteeing ade-
week a miscellaneous bridal shower quate funds for schools and the old
was given in honor of Miss Kath- age assistance program.
erine Jones, bride-elect, at the of- In the race for member of the
fices of the Florida Power Corpor- board of county commissioners from
action. The room was attractively District 4, Basil E. Kenney Jr., in-
decorated with arrangements of cumbent was returned to office by
sweet peas and pansies. A guessing a 506 majority over his opponent,
game was enjoyed by all, with the D. C. Arnett. Kenney received 1150
prize going to Mrs. Tom Parker Jr. votes and Arnett 644.
Serving as hostesses for the occa- In the only other county race,
sion were Miss Saranell Clements, L. P. Sutton was returned as mem-
Miss Jeritza Edwards, Mrs. Blake ber of the board of public instruc-
Thomason and Mrs. Brady Jordan. tion from District 3 over T. Grady
The hostesses served refresh- Manasco, the figures being Sutton
ments of cookies, punch, mints and 949 and Manasco 679.
nuts to the honoree and Miss Jan
Wimberly, Miss Myrtle Simpson,
Miss Irene Wilder, Miss Betty Otto Dr. Charles Reicherter
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PAGE TWO









FROY MY., ~OTH TR PR T.JE GL ONTFORD AG HE


Florida, Alabama Sites
Are Chosen for Air Epic

Key Sites for "12 o'Clock High"
Were Florida's Eglin Field and
Ozark Field In Alabama

Director Henry King,. preparing
Twentieth Century Fox's produc-
tion "12 o'Clock High." scheduled
to play at the Port Theater next
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday,
for shooting, made an 11,000-mile
location trip in his scouting plane.
The key sites he chose were Eg-
lin Field, near Fort Walton, and
Ozark Field, near Dothan, Ala.
Thus over half of "12 o'Clock
High" was made away from Holly-
wood. The company spent six weeks
at Eglin Field and two weeks at
Ozark Field. From the Air Force
point of view, everything in the pic-
ture is absolutely correct, and is
considered the truest aviation mov-
ing picture ever made. Gregory
Peck portrays Gen. Frank Savage,
a fictional representation of Gen.
Frank Armstrong of the 8th Air
Force's 918th Bomb Group.
Eglin Field was chosen for its in-
exhaustible facilities. Eglin's 800,-
000 acres contains nine satellite
fields, and one of these was turned
over to the "12 o'Clock High" pro-
ject. There was built an American
Air Force field in Great Britain,
with nissen and quonset huts, the
material flown in from Hollywood.
The Ozark Field was used in part
of the film, since shots taken from
the air and for take-off shots re-
quired a black strip (Eglin has con-
crete), as in Britain the field strips
were black, inasmuch as white con-
crete makes a perfect bombing tar-
get.

GARDEN NOTES
PORT ST. JOE GARDEN CLUB

IT'S TIME TO .
Add to our knowledge of the day-
lily (hemerocallis). According to in-
formation distributed at the recent
meeting of the Gladiolus Circle,
daylilies have their shortcomings
as well as their good points. The
main criticism is that the blossoms
last but a single day. However, a
well grown clump will 'have a half
dozen husky scapes, each of which
will produce a freshly opened bud
each morning for a month or more.
Another fault is that the flower
pigments are quickly burned out by
the intense Florida sun. The deep-
.hued varieties will fade noticeably
on a bright day. It is possible to
eliminate some of this trouble by
planting the deeper hued varieties
in shifting shade. Daylilies hold
their color better if grown with af-
ternoon shade.
Fortunately the advantages out-
weigh the disadvantages with the
daylily. Its hardiness, long bloom-
ing period, brilliant coloring and
freedom from diseases and pests
make it indispensable for this sec-
tion.
Daylilies may be transplanted at
any time, but for best results di-
vide the clumps after flowering. In
June and July the plants enjoy a
short rest, and this is an excellent
time to expand your daylily section.
The next best time to, do this work
is ..in early winter November or
DeceA ber. Plant 12 inches apart,
letting the roots assume the same
relative position they held before
digging. Try to plant at the same
depth. They must not be planted
less deeply than they grew before.
Tramp on each side of each plant
so as to firm the soil. Soak. A
mulch of leaves, compost, peat, etc.,
shortly after planting will be bene-
ficial. Further attention is not
necessary but is, of course, helpful.

Visitors From Fort Lauderdale
Mr. and Mrs. Richard N. Horn of
Fort Lauderdale visited here Mon-
day with Mr. and Mrs. J. 0. Bag-
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.THE STAil, PORT sT. JOE, GULF COUNTY, FLORIDA


Ffl,;)A-Y MAY, 5,1950










PAEFU H TR OT T OGL ONY LOIAFIAMY515


THE STAR
Published Every Friday At 306 Williams Avenue, Port St.
Joe, Florida, by The Star Publishing Company
W. S. SMim-, Editor and Publisher
Also Linotype Operator, Ad Man, Pressman, Floor Man,
Reporter, Columnist, Janitor and Printer's Devil.
Entered as seconl-class matter, December 10, 1937, at the
Postoffice, Port St. Joe, Fla., under Act of March 8, 1879.
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TO ADVERTISERS-In case of error or omissions in adver-
tisements, the publishers do not hold themselves liable lot
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

DANGEROUS DRIVING PRACTICE
Jimmy Greer suggested that the editor write
an editorial flaying those merchants along Reid
Avenue who insist on parking their cars in front
of their places of business for the greater portion
of the day.
We informed Jimmy that in the past we had
written several editorials anent the situation and
that some time back the merchants had gotten
together and agreed to park their cars in the al-
ley at the rear of their stores, which custom, we
believe, was followed for a time and is still prac-
ticed by some 'of the merchants.
As we have pointed out in previous editorials,
the merchants' parking problems, but to bring
by parking their cars on the main drag, since the
custom prevents prospective customers from
parking and causes them to seek a parking place
near some other store carrying the same line in
a less congested part of the street.
We did not intend to make this an editorial on
the mrechants' parking problems, but to bring
out the fact that such parking on Reid Avenue
endangers the lives of no one. However, a traffic
situation that does endanger lives seems tobe
quite prevalent, and' that is cars zooming by the-
"Stop" signs at blind intersections.
This has been particularly brought to our at-
tention with the advent of these balmy summer


TEN YEARS AGO
From the Files of The Star

Seventeen To Get Diplomas
Today marks the closing of the
Port St. Joe schools, and this eve-
ning at 8 o'clock the following 17
members of the graduating class of
the high school will receive their
diplomas: Al Schneider, Joe Lilien-
feld, Edward Hufft, Mary Guertin,
Martha Hinson, Paul Johnson, Da-
vid Maddox, Margie Kirkland, Le-
vetta Wilson,, Glenn Grimsley, Lil-
lian Chandler, Dorothy Trawick,
Florence Faciane, Earl Brown, Max
Maddox and Opal Chavers.
Wm. M. Atkinson Dies
Wm. M. Atkinson, 51, of this city,
father of Mrs. B. C. Gaillard, dropped
dead Sunday of a heart attack while
playing golf at Lynn Haven. Burial
was in the Greenwood Cemetery at
Panama City.
Duffell Hill
Miss Elnita Hill and James W.
Duffell were married April 23 at the
home of Judge T. R. L. Carter. Only
a few friends of the contracting
parties were present.
Fleming Connell.
Miss Ida Mae Connell, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Connell of
Wewahitchka, and Max Fleming of
this city were married Sunday at
the home of the bride's parents, the
Rev. Garrett of the Wewahitchka
Baptist Church officiating.
Local Teams Lose First Tilts
The Gulf ,.Coast Baseball League
season got underway Wednesday
with the two local teams losing the
first tilts. The Kenney, Exporters
met 'the Panama City Pilots here in
a hot contest and lost by a 1-0 score.
The Town Team played at Ap-


evenings which allow us to sit out in front of
our printing emporium after our day's stint is
over. The intersection of Williams Avenue and
Third Street is obstructed on one corner by the
American Legion home, and the city has placed
stop signs on Third Street at this point. During
the past week or so we have watched several
hundred cars come down Third Street at a high
rate of speed and pay no attention to the signs.
Many of them come around the corner into Wil-
liams Avenue almost on two wheels, and we'd
be willing to bet that a quarter inch of rubber
could be scraped off the pavement at that point.
Motorists on Williams Avenue theoretically have
the right of way, but we also note that the wise
ones come to a stop before turning to the left on
Third Street. We do, because we value our neck
too highly to have it broken, particularly since it
attaches our head to our body.
We believe something should be done about
this problem-not particularly at the Williams
Avenue and Third Street intersection, but at all
blind or partially blind intersections in the city.
If our police officers would pick up a number of
these violators, take 'em before the city judge and
assess a fine of two or three bucks against them,
we believe the practice would be halted to a con-
siderable extent.
Let's not wait until one of these reckless mo-
torists kills himself or someone else.

At no time since the redemption of "E" bonds
was started has the person who received $100
been able to buy as much with his money as he
could have bought ten years before with the $75
that he paid for the bond. Maybe the country
can stand this fantastic financing-if it cannot, it
will be just too bad.-Abilene (Kan.) Chronicle.

We read somewhere the other day where a
man has 'developed a bullet-proof automobile
tire. Well, that's some progress, for it seems that
efforts to develop a foof-proof automobile have
been abandoned.

The pity of it is that under our present system
of big government and big spending the a \ ei-ige
citizen seems to utterly fail to realize that he is
picking up the check.-Berlin (Md.) Eastern
Shore Times.


alachicola and lost 11 to 2.
Mrs. Millie Parker Dies
Mrs. Millie Anna Parker, aged 55,
passed away at her home here late
Saturday night of a heart attack.
Interment was in the Roberts Cem-
etery near Wewahitchka, with Rev.
J. W. Sisemore of this city And Rev.
Garrett of Wewahitchka officiating.
Mrs. Parker, a resident of this city
for 20 years, is survived by a son,
Tom Parker, of this city, and seven
grandchildren.

Beginning of Rubber
Prehistoric Indians were the first
to tap, the rubber tree. They made
rubber shoes, bottles and coated
fabrics. Columbus discovered them
playing with rubber balls. It was
not until 1770 that Dr. Joseph
Priestly gave it the name of "rub-
ber." He found that the gum re-
moved pencil marks. But Euro-
peans found rubber too sticky in
hot weather and too brittle in cold.
Charles Goodyear, Yankee inven-
tor, invented the vulcanizing pro-
cess in 1839. After that the rubber
industry boomed. Vulcanization
made possible the many. rubber
products we have today-tires,
clothing, insulation, foam rubber.

Pacific Isle Drink
In many Pacific islands a choice
native drink is the sap of the coco-
nut palm, called toddy. Some trav-
elers claim it has a clean, sweet
taste, somewhat reminiscent of
crystallized pears. However, it
must be consumed fresh, for* after
a week it will ferment into a con-
'centrated alcoholic poison.

Visitor From Arkansas
Clyde Norton of Harrison, Ark.,
brother of the late Dr. J. R. Norton,
was a visitor in our city last week
on business. From the few copies
of The Star he's seen in recent
months he liked it so well he de-
cided to subscribe.


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


FRIDAY, MAY S, 1950










FRDY MA .15 H TR OTS.OGL ONY LRD AEFV


DEMONSTRATION WEEK -

(Continued from page 1)
club members, we accomplish many
things that are helpful to us as
homemakers.
Below are a few testimonials of
our club members who have pro-
fited from our club:
I wish to thank our home demon-
stration agent and the club mem-
bers for the many things I have
learned since being a member. I
learned to use a pressure cooker
and how to can meats and garden
produce for home use. I appreciate
all helpful hints on home work.
Home Demonstration Club work is
wonderful. I have been a club mem-
ber for fifteen years.-MRS. W. G.
HARDY.
I have been doing club work for
15 years. When I married I did not
have to buy a cook book or take
sewing lessons; I just put into
practice what I had learned as a
4H Club girl. Now I am a member
of the Overstreet Home Demonstra-
tion Club. Having been a 4H Club
girl and now a clubwoman, enables
me to be a better mother and house-
wife-NADINE ROBERTSON.
I have been a club member since
the first one was organized in Gulf
county. I have been helped by each
demonstration that I attended and
I have asked for the help of my.
agent many times. She was always
ready to come to my aid.-MRS.
CLARENCE WHITFIELD.
I am proud to be a member of the
Home Demonstration Club. It has
meant so very much to me. When I
was married four years ago, I knew
very little about being a home-
maker. Through the club agent I
have learned so many things that
have helped me to be more eco-
nomical in running my home. Even
my husband is pleased that I take
such interest in our club work. He
says that we have more for our sav-*
ings since I have learned to can,
sew, raise chickens and do many
other things. -It is an interesting
and wonderful club for every wo-
man to belong to.-MRS. NADINE
HARDY.
In the 15 years I have been a
member, I have learned to be more
efficient and conservative in pre-
paring nourishing meals and cloth-
ing my family. I have also learned
to make many useful things to add
beauty to my home.-MRS. J. R.
GUILFORD.
I have learned many things as a
club member. Home Demonstration
Club activities dqe.n't confine-one
to duties primarily of work. Our
club has had ihany parties that the
members and their families had a
part in-picnics, beach, Hallowe'en
and Christmas parties. This way we
develop our minds, our hearts and
health in a happy, healthful man-
ner.-MRS. W. G. HARDY, Jr.
I think that home demonstration
work is an asset to any community
or county. The co-operation of the
county agent and the club members
develop a sense of freindship and a
better neighbor policy.-MRS. P. G.
HART.
I have enjoyed the work and so-
cial activities of our club. We have
had. many 'interesting demonstra-
tions on making things that are
useful and attractive for our homes.
I appreciate the interest the club
agent has taken in the members,
and I wish every woman could be
a member of a demonstration club.
-MRS. ARTHUR KEMBROUGH.
We think that our county Home
Demonstration Club is the finest in
the state. Our county home dem-
onstration agent can't be beat.-
EDNA L. HARDY, President.
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Week-end Guests
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Roberts and
little daughter of Tallahassee were
the week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs.
W. A. Roberts at Beacon Hill.

CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our sincere
gratitude to our many friends who
were so thoughtful of us during the
past illness of my wife and the ill-
ness and passing of her mother.
The G. C. Adkins Family.

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Editor THE Starr:
You no, folks, you'd think-after
overhaulin' our Govt. frum bumper
to talelite during' the past 12 yeers
-that the ol' rig wud be perfeck.
But instead of purrin' on all 8, she
still sltatters and backfires. But
them there Fixit Boys ain't quittin'.
Jobs is nice, the sets is soft in the
big air-kooled buildings that line the
Potomac waterfront.
I don't no as I agree 100 per cent


with that there wize ol' Georgian
-the papa of the present Peach
Tree governur-that the only way
to rid Sambo's parole of its excess
gummer-uppers in Govt. is to tare
down all Bureau buildings and sell
them swivvul chairs therein. But
99 per cent mite be a fare compro-
mize-leave one building where they
wuz 10Q before, to house the wreck-
in' krew.
The patience of the USA citi-
zenry is a marvul, sez I. Well,
mebbe, sez Henry my naybor, it
ain't jist patience, mebbe sum dum-
ness is involved. Henry, I sez, tut,
tut, you're mitey petulant-where
you bin?-cud it have bin down to
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bin too menny costly gadgits at- gee whizz, you ain't the eezy mark
tached to our ol' Govt. vehikle-no I figgered. Shake, I sez.
under she backfires and sputters. Yours with the low down,
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THE STAR, PORT ST.'JOP-,:GULF COUNTY, FLORIDA


PAGE FIVE


FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1950


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Gulf County Forest Lands Protected for
Future As Valuable Natural Resource

By HAROLD BELL *reduce the incidence of such fires.


The history of fire protection in
Gulf county, with its 337,000 acres
of woodlands, goes back to 1936
when the first protective system
was organized.
In July of 1937, four landowners
in the county, holding a total of
208,663 acres, entered into an agree-
ment with the Florida Board of For-
estry and Parks for the purpose of
protecting their timberland from
woods fires. Under this agreement,
the landowners paid approximately
six cents per acre per year and the
state forest service three cents per
acre per year. That amount pro-
vided necessary funds to set up a
fire-fighting organization. This type
of control was in use until July of
1949, when a county-wide system
was approved by the voters of Gulf
county.
Fire towers were built in the
summer of 1947 at Odena, White
City and Overstreet. Telephone
communication was established be-
tween each tower and the ranger
headquarters was located at White
City.
Records of the forestry control
unit show that a total of 75 miles
of line were constructed and nine
telephones placed in use at various
strategic places in the county.
Thirty miles of serviceable roads
were also constructed to give ac-
cess to outlying ayeas of the fire
control unit.
Records show that the worst fire
in the county occurred in May of
1941, when a total of 19,390 acres
were burned over. The fire broke
out on a Sunday afternoon and
spread to various parts of an eight-
mile area from the intracoastal
canal to Port St. Joe. Firefighters
were unable to subdue the blaze
until Friday afternoon of the same
week.
From July 1941 through Decein-
ber 31, 1949, the largest number of
acres burned was 4,641 in the pe-
riod from July 1944 until June 1945.,
In contrast to this, the smallest
number was from July 1948 until
June 1949, when but 611 acres were
burned.
Causes of fires for a typical year
in Gulf county show that 53 per
cent are caused by incendiary ac-
tions. Fires caused by lightning and
lumbering operations come next
-with 19 per cent each.
An effort will be made in the*fu-
ture, through education, to acquaint
the people of the county with what
the forest service is trying to do.
Through school programs, conser-
-ation movies, radio programs,
.news releases and lectures, the for-
test service will attempt to convince
,the public of the terrific damage
(done to Gulf county woodlands by
.fire, and show methods that will



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Along with the effort to reduce
forest fires, an active program is
being carried on to encourage land-
owners to manage their woodlands
as a crop-one of the few natural
renewable crops that Gulf county
has.
There is available to landowners
the services of an experienced for-
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woodlands. He shows them how to
improve their present stands of
trees, promotes increased produc-
tivity of understocked forest lands,
and, through proper marking, indi-
cates how to maintain rapid growth
and healthy stands of trees.
To combat the loss from wood-
lands fires, records of the Florida
Forest Service show that from the
1939-40 planting season through the
1948-49 planting season, a total of
902,700 seedlings have been planted
by landowners in the county. From
1947 through 1949, plantings totaled
675,300 slash pine seedlings.
Figures show that Gulf county
ranks ninth in total lumber produc-
tion of the 67 counties in Florida,
producing 3.4 per cent of all the
lumber in the state.


Home From Vacation
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Johnson returned
last Friday from a two-weeks vaca-
tion in West Palm Beach where
they visited their son and family,
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Johnson, also
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Ferrell and Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Smith. They also vis-
ited relatives in Miami, Homestead
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BEGINNING SATURDAY, MAY 6

We ask all of our customers to bear this, in mind and
co-operate with us in order that the working forces
and the bosses may go home at a reasonable hour on
Saturday, the same as other human beings.


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I have the privilege of servi
of this community.


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HIGH"
"FIGHTING MEN
OF THE PLAINS"
"THREE CAME
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"WING AND A
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I'm proud .. when I see whole families
come in. together... and when parents
tell me, "I never have to worry when my
child is in your theatre."

I'm proud... when I see my patrons- with
the smile of a grand time on every face, re-
freshed by a full measure of entertainment.

I'm proud... of the contribution we make
to the well-being of our town.

I'm proud.. that my theatre is a Commu-
nity Center in every sense, at the call of
every worthy cause.

And I'm proud of Hollywood and its


serious men and women, devoting their _
ingenuity and energy to improving your
entertainment.

I'm the proudest man in town ... -i -

I am the m ;.:;: Ier of your favorite theatre.


C. J. BROWN
PORT THEATRE


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


FRIDAV, MAY 5, 10;50










FRIDAY. MAY 5, 1950 THE STAR, PORT ST. JOE, GULF COUNTY, FLORIDA PAGE SEVEN


Good Samaritans Care
For Man In Dire Need

Rev. S. J. Allen reports that a
couple came into prayer meeting
last week asking help for a sick
man aged 48. They stated that for
almost four weeks, they had pro-
vided for this man.
The unusual part of this is that I e I
the couple is elderly and have a boy
of 13; they live in two small rooms |
and are poverty-stricken-yet they
shared a room and walked miles APP
to seek help for a man who is in UR APPO INTM ENT AS .
no way tied to them, a man with-
out kin and help.
"The spirit and sacrifice of this D irect
couple is encouraging," said Rev. D r t F Dar
Allen. "Deeds like this should be _
reported, as well as news of the
more spectacular type."
Arrangements were made to send
the ill man to the veteran's hospital s L
last Saturday.

St. Joe Band Students
Attending State Festival for Gulf and Franklin Counties

Six members of the high school
band are in Miami today attending ONE CARLOAD ON THE WAY OF NEW K T ,S
the state band and music festival FOR NEW OPENING MAY 20
which will end tomorrow noon.
They are Merita Sutton, Jane Alle-
erts, Ferrell Allen Jr., and GeorgeATE N W W TH A R0 K T
Hill.
Miss Sutton, a senior, will partici-.
pate in the state contest, playing a Al
required piano solo, the first move-
mnent of Beethoven's Sonata.n

NAVY NOW HAS UNLIMITED
QUOTA FOR YOUNG MEN | YOUR CHEVROLET- OLDSMOBILE DEALER .i
The navy now has an unlimited
quota for young men between the W!LLIAMS AVENUE PHONE 388 PORT ST. JOE, FLORIDAj
ages of 17 and 31 who meet the
physical and mental qualifications. .; .. ""..." ."""...""""""'" ...."".."""""""
according to Chief MM Nelson V.
Green of the Tallahassee recruiting .- ,- -
substation. MIen enlisting now will /
be sent to Great Lakes, Ill., for re-
cruit training.
Those interested in enlisting in C -
the navy or obtaining any informa-
tion may see the recruiter at the "b -Cer' ... ...
postoffice between the hours of 9 .
a. m. and 1 p. in. each Friday. en .

Attend W. M. U. Quarterly Meeting7
Attending the quarterly meeting .
of the Northwest Coast Baptist W.
M. U. held last week at Drummond
Park were Rev. and Mrs. L.TJ.
Keels, Mrs. E. C. Cason, Mrs. W. I.
Cardin, Mrs. Joe Ferrell, Mrs. J. O.
Baggett, Mrs. Wesley Ramsey, Mrs.
Harry McKnight, Mrs. James Hotr-
ton and Mrs. George Cooper.

Brother Dies
Mr. and Mrs. John Ford and sons,
John Jr., Sam, Bill and Buddy, were
called to Albany, Ga., Sunday due
to the death of Mrs. Ford's brother,
M. A. Ramsey, hho suffer ed a hea rt
attack Saturday night. Interment
was at Shellman, Ga., Monday. AYLOAD EADERS

Spend Last Dime
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. McArthur Cost less to operate per ton per mile!
spent Tuesday in Dothan, Ala. Mir.
Me was on business for the Garra-
way Chevrolet Company, and Mrs. Right from the start, you can figure on more payloads
Me shopped and spent the family because Chevrolet trucks take less time on the job .
savings, according to Mr. Mc. cost less to keep up. They reduce total trip time with

Gets Hisself Black B'ar extra high pulling power over a wide range of usable
Homer Coe, not to be outdone by road speeds. Advance-Design construction saves you
Ed Pridgeon, this week brought in money on repairs. It all boils down to this: You can
a 150-pound black bear that had depend on Chevrolet trucks to deliver the goods at
been finagling around his beehives low cost per ton per mile. Stop in and see these new P.L
down in the Apalach swamp. trucks now on display.

DID YouSee these great FAR AHEAD WITH THESE PLUS FEATURES
LOSE A new truck buys TWO GREAT VALVE-IN-HEAD ENGINES: the New 105-h.p. Load-
buysMaster and the Improved 92-h.p. Thrift-Master THE NEW POWER-JET
In OUr showrooms CARBURETOR a DIAPHRAGM SPRING CLUTCH SYNCHRO-
MESH TRANSMISSIONS HYPOID REAR AXLES DOUBLE-
ARTICULATtD BRAKES WIDE-BASE WHEELS ADVANCE-
B0to y!DES!GN STYLING BALL-TYPE STEERING UNIT-DESIGN BODIES
Maybe it's on the floor-in your closet.,.
For every pair of worn shoes you can put
lars in wer at today'sshoe prices MfOmanCe L leaders P puIarity L leaders P riceZ leaders
tu hatan' ,'r Most Powerful Chevrolet Trucks Ever Built! Preferred By Far Over All Other Trucks! First For All-Around Savings!
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TheLeaderShoeShop GARRAWAY CHEVROLET COMPANY
Our New Location
203 Third Street Phone 363 WILLIAMS AVENUE Phone 388 PORT ST. JOE, FLORIDA


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


PAGE SEVEN


FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1950


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PAEEIH HESA, OTST O, UFCONY FOIA ~DYMY5,15


Next Year's First Graders
To Be Registered Today

Registration of children who will
enter the first grade in school next
September will take place today at
the school. Parents of all children
who expect to enter are asked to
Bring the birth certificates of their
youngsters.
The county health doctor and
-nurse will be on hand for the work
of beginning the health cards and
to give the first shots or make ar-
rangements for them.
In order to make room for this
work, the regular first graders are
being. given a holiday today.

OYSTERMEN BOW

(Continued from page 1)
to be done by the Oystermen.
The Saints chalked up another in
the fifth when Belin homered, four
more in the fifth when Cox, Me-
hiarg, DeGumbia and Price crossed
the plate, five in the sixth and the
18th counter in the eighth.
Batteries Apalachicola: Polk,
iHowell, Hendell, p; Maxwell. Polk,
c. Port St. Joe: Meharg, p; Cox, c.



CLASSIFIED ADS


Legion and Auxiliary Sam Ford, sergeant-at-arms; T. M.
Legi a A ary Schneider, service officer; R. F.

Will Install Officers Maxwell, finance officer, and W S.
Smith, adjutant.

Joint Ceremony To Be Held In New
Legion Home Evening. SMATHERS ELECTED
of May 15
____ 1(Continued from page 1)
A joint installation service will seeker, won renomination to the
be held the evening of May 15 in state railroad and public utilities
the new Legion home by Willis V. commission by defeating Ancil Boy-
Rowan Post 116, American Legion, etee of Marianna almost two to one.
and the American Legion Auxiliary Wilbur C. King of Zolfo Springs.
Unit 116, with district Legion and seeking renomination to the rail-
Auxiliary officials acting as install- road commission in Group 1. was
ing officers. forced into a runoff with Grady Al-
A chicken supper will be served, britton of Tampa. N. D. Wain-
and all Legionnaires and ex-service- wright of Starke trailed in third
men and their wives, regardless of place.
whether they belong to the organi-
zations, are invited to be present. An ordinary man has six quarts
Auxiliary officers are Mrs. Anne of blood.


G. Hart, president; Mrs. Nadine
Hardy, first vice-president; Mrs.
Eva Lovett, second vice-president;
Mrs. Hortense Comforter, secre-
tary; Mrs. Estelle Mosely, treas-
urer: Mrs. Annie Cook, historian;
Mrs. Vera Collier, sergeant-at-arms.
Taking office for the Legion will
be W. P. Comforter, commander;
Ralph Rich, first vice-commander;
Victor Anderson, second vice-conm-
mander; Ray Webb, third vice-com-
mander; Rev. Lee Graham, chap-
lain; Ralph Rich, post historian;


TO THE VOTERS OF GULF
COUNTY

To my friends and supporters in
the late political campaign I ten-
der my grateful thanks and sincere
appreciation for your vote, your
friendship and your confidence.
To Hon. George Tapper and his
many friends, my congratulations
and sincere good wishes.

C. C WILSON


Return To City has any, will shout with glee) that
Mr. and Mrs. Terry Hinote have he had the misforunte to break his
returned to this city from Houston, right leg last Friday while on his
Texas, where they have been for run on an A. N. freight train. The
some time. Terry was employed in accident occurred at Tilton as he
the box factory of the St. Joe Pa- swung down from one of the cars.
per Company in the Texas city and He is at present in the municipal
will go into the new box plant here. hospital and is yelping for callers.

Poor 01' Pervis Breaks Leg Forests usually replace them-
Friends of Pervis Howell will re- selves if there are enough seed
gret to learn (his enemies, if he trees left to reforest the land.


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24- HOUR AMBULANCE SERVICE
601 Long Avenue Phone 326 Day or Night


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CO S BUCK ALEXANDER


FOR SALE
UPRIGHT PIANO-Oak finish, A-1
condition, bench included; $125.
cash. See Mrs. M. E. Whitaker, An-
derson Cottages. 5-5*
USED OUTBOARD MOTORS
Good, bad, indifferent. All makes,
models and prices. Brooks Sporting
Goods Store. 1-27tf
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE
'HOUSE FOR SALE-Completely
furnished; 2 bedrooms, bath, liv-
ing room, kitchen and kitchenette,
2 screen porches, new Frigidaire;
:$3000 cash. See P. G. Hart, phone
2350, Beacon Hill. 5-5tf
SALESMEN WANTED
WANTED-Man with car for Raw-
leigh business in City of Port St.
Joe. City Dealer Marsh in Polk
county has made average sales of
:4180 weekly since first of year.
eIiddle-aged man preferred. Write
at once, giving age and experience.
Rawleigh's, Dept. FAD-101-JAL, at-
tention Mr. Laws, P. 0. Box 2467,
-Memphis, Tenn. 5-26*
FOR RENT
FOR RENT-2-bedroom apartment,
furnished or unfurnished. Apply
to Mrs. R. A. Costin. 5-5*
QFOR APARTMENTS See The
Shirey Apartments. tf
SPECIAL SERVICES
ANYTHING MADE OF WOOD
iCabinet's, doors, all types moulding,
screen doors, windows, etc.
Gulf Manufacturing Company
Phone 2350 Beacon Hill
REXAIR AIR CLEANER
Cleans by washing the air. Scrubs
floors, picks up scrub water; dusts,
ihumidifies, deodorizes. Drowns dust
:and dirt in a churning water bath.
iWo bags to empty-just pour the
dirt away. Helps all allergy cases
caused by dust. Where to call: Rex-
.air (John Ford Jr.) Phone 338 -J,
Port St. Joe, Fla. 5-5*

KEYS DUPLICATED!
WHILE YOU WAIT!
.35c Each 2 for 50c
Brooks Hardware and
Sporting Goods Co.
LODGE NOTICES
R. A. M.-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.-0.
0. F.-Meets first and third Wed-
nesdays, 7:30 p. m. in Masonic hall.
All members urged to attend; visit-
ing brethren invited. W. H. Weeks,
1N. G.; Walter White, Secretary.
MELODY REBEKAH LODGE NO.
22, I. 0. 0. F.-Meets 2nd and 4th
Wednesday at 8 p. m. in Masonic
liall. Elwyn Blount, N. G.; Mary
Weeks, Secretary.
MASONIC TEMPLEaF & A M-
ort St. Joe Lodge 111. Regular
A meetings 2nd and 4th FrI-
days each month, 8:00 p. rt
*'\" Members urged to attend;
,visiting brothers welcome. W. A.
Roberts, W. M.; G. C. Adkins, Sec.


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MONUMENT AVENUE PORT ST. JOE, FLORIDA


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F-RIDAaY, MAIPY 5, 1950