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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: July 4, 1952
Frequency: weekly
regular
 Subjects
Subjects / Keywords: Newspapers -- Port Saint Joe (Fla.)   ( lcsh )
Newspapers -- Gulf County (Fla.)   ( lcsh )
Genre: newspaper   ( marcgt )
newspaper   ( sobekcm )
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
Published In Port St. Joe
But Devoted To the Con-
- tiruedu Dev e opment of
Gulf County


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


VOLUME XV Single Copy Sc PORT ST. JOE, FLORIDA FRIDAY, JULY 4, 1952 $3.00 Per Year NUMBER 41
i i I '-


Efort Is Made


To Turn City Into


Watering Place


Handicaps of Nature Prove
Too Great for, Commer-
cial Development

(Eighth of a series of articles on the rise
and decline of the old city of St Joseph.)
The population of old St. Joseph
seems to have been increasing at a
fairly rapid rate at this time. The
number of voters who expressed
their preference at the constitu-
tional election held in May, 1839,
amounted to 283, twenty-three more
than were enumerated in the cen-
sus of the preceding year and about
70 more than went to the polls in
the same election in Apalachicola.
Lose Much of Cotton Shipping
During the fourth season of com-
petition, the winter of 1839-40, a
new locomotive was put into opera-
tion on the Iola railroad. This was
the last big investment made by the
Saints, so far as we know. The
lion's share of the bumper cotton
crop of the' season was shipped
from Apalachieola. Of the almost
105,000 bales exported from this re-
gion, 72,232 bales were sent from
the wharves of the older city-
The results of this year's ri-
valry were the death blow to St.
Joseph'd aspirations for commer-
cial supremacy. Much wealth had
,,bee a. lavshly 'spent- it41yThe- pro-
moters in laying out the city, in
erecting warehouses and wharves
on the 'bay, on Lake Wimico and on
the river at Iola; in constructing
36 miles of railroad. in purchasing
at least rtree l,.:oinotives, and in
dredging the bay and the lake. A
long-continued and able campaign
(Continued on page 6)
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City Employes Covered By
Social Security Insurance

The city commission at its meet-
ing Tuesday night gave final pass-
age to an ordinance which covers
all city employes with social secur-
ity insurance, retroactive to Janu-
ary 1 of this year.
A special meeting was held yes-
terday noon to consider an amend-
inent to the present city zoning law
which was enacted in 1938 and
which is grossly inadequate today,
considering present building costs.
It is proposed to raise the minimum
cost of construction higher than
the present $2000 provided in the
law.
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House Guests
Mrs. Tom Thompson has had as
her house guests her sister and
husband, Mr. and Mrs. Ira Bowden,
and her mother, Mrs. W. L. Belin,
all of Smackover, Ark. The Bow-
dens have returned home, but Mrs.
Belin is remaining for the. summer
and will visit with her other daugh-
ter and family, Mr. and Mrs. J. L.
Temple.
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Don Linton Promoted
'Capt. Donald P. Linton of this
city, an army ordnance student ca-
det at Florida State University, Tal-
lahassee, has been promoted to ca-
det major.
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Visitors From Mobile
Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Haygood of
Mobile, Ala., are visitors this week
of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Belin.
----
Visitor From Macon
Mrs. Bill Ebersole of Macon, Ga.,
has been visiting here with her par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Belin.


PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS, In the month of July
1951, there were more than 10,000
accidents with 75 persons killed and
nearly 2500 persons injured in Flor-
ida; and,
WHEREAS, This is a period
when everyone is thinking of the
brotherhood of man and the true
spirit of independence and what it
means, and the joy of living; and,
WHEREAS, The Lord did not in-
tend that this should be a period of
bloodshed and t he unnecessary
waste of life thru reckless, careless
and drunken drivers, and careless
and drunken pedestrians; and,
WHEREAS, The Florida Safety
Council is calling on all citizens,
American Legion posts, veterans
organizations, civic clubs, enforce-
ment officers and others, and is
trying to make this month an oc-
ioin o\f sor\lemnit and di initv in


casion e y an --9I-- ---III
memory of those who have, and
who are today paying the supreme Here are the two mobile units of the state board of health which will
sacrifice to reckless and careless be in Gulf county from July 8 to 24 for the purpose of checking residents
driving, for tuberculosis, diabetes, anemia and syphilis. Schedule is as follows:
NOW, THEREFORE, I, J. C. Be- INDIAN PASS (Gulf Station) Tuesday, July 8-1 to 3 p. m. 4 to 6 p. m.
lin, mayor of the city of Port St. WEWAHITOHKA (Triapgle) Wednesday and Thursday, July 9 and 10.
Joe, Florida, designate the month 10 a. m. to 12 a. m. and 1 p. m. to 4 p. m.
of July as a safe and careful month, PORT ST. JOE (Band Stand) Friday and Saturday, July 11 and 12.
urging that drivers and pedestrians 10 a. m. to 12 noon and 1 p. m. to 4 p. m.
be careful and co-operate. BEACON HILL (Costin Service Station) Tuesday, July 15. 10 a. m.
J. C. BELIN, Mayor. to 12 noon and 1 p. m. to 4 p. m.
HIGHLAND VIEW (Postoffice) Wednesday, July 16. 10 a. m. to 12
"noon and 1 ,p, m. to 4 p. m.
KENNEY'S MILL (Company Store) Thursday, July 17. 10 a. m. to
Chances of Dying of 12 noon and 2 p. m. to 5 p. m.
Chances o D in o OAK GROVE (Stripling's Store) Friday, July 18. 10 a. m. to 12 noon
Heat In Florida Are and1 p. m. to 4 p. m.
Heat In F ri a Are COLORED SECTION, Port St. Joe (Damon's Store) Saturday, July 19.
About One I n 10 a. m. to 12 noon and 1 p. m. to 4 p. m.
About Onel I Million WHITE CITY (Wimico Lodge Trailer Park) Tuesday, July 22. 10 a.
m to 12 noon and 1 p. m. to 4 p. m.
ST. JOE PAPER COMIPANY, Wednesday, July 23 and Thursday, July
National Average Is 3.4 Per 10,000 24. Hours (both days) 6:30 to 9 a m.. 11 a. m. to 1 p. m., 2.to 4 p. m.
Deaths; Florida Ratio Is The tests, which are free, are for everyone over 15 years of age and
.8 Per 10,000 any or all of the tests mayor be taken. ,If tests are normal there will be,
..-> v- no repior.L iuade,,bu if tests are not normal, a S ... ... ... "t- be ni:iled to the indi,'idual or to'the physician of-his- cheiaie--These-
It gets undeniably .wa.rm in Flor- tests are approved by the Gulf County Medical Society and are being
ida during the summer months- ,sponsored by the Gulf County Tuberculosis & Health Association, the
just like almost anywhere else in Gulf County Health Department and the Florida State Board of Health.


these United States but your
chances of dying of heat are sub-
stantially less than in some other
parts of the country. So says Dr.
Wilson T. Sowder, state health of-
ficer, whose duties take him all
over the state, from the "Georgia-
like" climate of the state's north-
ern border to Key West's subtropi-
cal atmosphere.
"Every summer you can pick up
any newspaper and see big head-
lines like '15 Die As Heat Wave
Sweeps Northern States.' When-
ever it goes past 90 degrees, you
read where plants, shops and of-
fices are forced to close because of
the 'unbearable' temperatures," he
said.
"But in Florida it can-and does
-get hotter than that at times, but
it doesn't kill nearly as often. For
instance, in 1949, the most recent
year for which comliarable figures
are available, 488 deaths were
credited to excessive heat and ex-
posure to the sun's rays throughout
the nation. The national average
was 3.4 deaths per 10,000 deaths.
For Florida, during the same year,
the ratio was .8 per 10,000 deaths."
So, according to figures compiled
by the state health agency's bu-
reau of vital statistics, your chance
of dying of heat prostration in Flor-
ida are only about one in a million.
For the past six years an average
of about three people have suc-
cumbed annually to excessive heat
and exposure to the sun's rays.

Return To St. Joe
Mrs. Ronald Childers and chil-
dren of Macon, Ga., have recently
returned to' St. Joe to make their
home. They are at the beach at
present. We welcome them back to
our fair city.

Spend Vacation Here
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Namynanik
left last Friday to return to their
home in Panama City after spend-
ing a three weeks vacation here
with Mrs. Dessie Lee Parker and
children.


Chdres Guilford Receives
Second Looey Commission

Charles E. Guilford, son of Mr.,
and Mrs. James R. Guilford of
Overstreet and husband of Mrs.
Dorothy Ann Guilford of this city,
was graduated June 23 from the
Fort Knox, Ky., Officer Candidate
School and commissioned a second
lieutenant in the armor branch of
the U. S. army.
The course consists--of 22 weeks
of field and classroom work in com-
mand 'and staff procedure, com-
munications, armored weapons and
armored vehicles.
The Star was inadvertently in-
formed about five months ago that
Lt. Guilford had 'been graduated,
even though he had .been in OCS
but two or three weeks. Seems the
error was traced back to a poor
little Pfc. (as usual), who had got-
ten ahold of an advance release
list.


Hot Weather-Fourth of
July Edition of Star

This rather thin edition of The
Star can be blamed onto the hot
weather and the fact that Boyles
Department Store, Danley's Fur-
niture Store and Roche's have
decided that they can get better
results by advertising in the Pan-
ama City paper, plus.us taking
the Fourth of July week-end
off. . As you read this,
we will have been long gone to
the quiet and solitude of Star-
dust Lodge on the Dead Lakes.
However, we anticipate a fair
edition next week. especially so,
when we know it will have the
beaming countenances of most of
the candidates seeking the office
of county tax collector.
The Star office will be open for
business again next Monday at
8:00 p. m.


Rotary Club Installs.
.6Officers for New Year

The Port St. Joe Rotary Club
held its final meeting of the Rotary
year Thursday noon of last week at
Hotel St. Joe, when Joe Mira, out-
going president, turned the gavel
over to Franklin Jones, incoming
president.
New officers who will serve with
President Jones for the coming year
are: Joe Mira, vice-president; Sid-
ney Jammes, secretary; Otto An-
derson, treasurer; Wayne Buttram,
sergeant-at-arms; Jimmy Greer, J.
B. Harris, Percy Fleishel, Floyd
Roberts-and Cecil Costin, directors.
Committee chairmen are Franklin
Jones, aims and objects; Joe Mira,
club service; B. B. Conklin, inter-
national service; Cecil Costin, com-
munity service; Paul Fensom, vo-
cational service.
Following the installation cere-
mony, Rotarian Mira gave a brief
resume of the club's activities dur-
ing the past year, and President
Jones gave a report on the district
assembly which he recently at-
tended at Lake City, after which
Cecil G. Costin Jr., gave a talk on
the subject of juvenile delinquency.
$-K-
Home From Vacation
*Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Temple and
Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Godfrey and
children returned home during the
week-end from a two weeks' vaca-
tion spent in Washington, D. C.,
and the Tennessee mountains.

Returns From St. Augustine
Mrs. Gordon Thomas and son
Charles returned Tuesday from St.
Augustine after a three weeks va-
cation spent with Mr. and Mrs. B.
B. Dancey.
Sr-- -
Week-end Guests
'Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Upshaw of
New Orleans, La., were guests last
week-end of Mr. and Mrs. W. C.
Pridgeon.


Mill Construction

Go Out On Strike


Others Workers On Job Re-.
fuse To Cross Picket Line;
500 Men Affected

Iron workers employed by the
Tidewater Construction Company of
Norfolk, Va., which has the contract
for the expansion program under-
way at the St. Joe Paper Company
mill, went on strike last Friday and
Monday threw a picket line around
the mill which other construction
workers have refused to cross.
P. D. Whetsone of Tidewater jn-
for'med The Star that the workers
were demanding travel pay to and
from the job, and arbitrarily se-
lected Apalachicola, 30 miles from
Port St. Joe, as the point. We have
.been informed that, so far as is
known, there are none of the iron
workers residing in Apalachicola,
the majority living at the local city
frailer park and in Panama City.
Negotiations to settle the matter
are Ibeing handled through the Nor-
folk office of Tidewater, -it is un-
derstood. This is the second strike
by iron workers on the mill project.
It is understood that quite'a num-
ber of carpenters, who have been
forced off the job by the picket
line, have alreadyleft to work at .
Perry. whnf e alnL ,pipulp mill is
under const ruction. --.
Harry 'Saunders, production man-
ager of the paper mill,, states that--
the mill is continuing in operation-
Employes of the mill are also memn-
hers of the American Federation of
Labor, the same organization that
the iron workers are affiliated with.
It-is estimated that about 500
workers are affected by the strike.
-----+<-----

Model Homes Gets Contract
For Local School Construction

At a special meeting of the Gulf
county board of public instruction
held Thursday of last week in We-
wahitchka, the contracts for alter-
ations to the Port St. Joe elemen-
tary school and the addition of two
classrooms to the Port St. Joe
high school were awarded to Model
Homes, Inc., a local concern.
Bid of Model Homes on the two
projects was $48,360.66. Only other
bidder was Revell, Revell, Cross &
Hawkins of Bristol, who offered to
do the two jobs for $56,614.
Work was started this week by
the local concern.

GULF COUNTY GETS RECORD
SUM FROM RACE TRACK TAX
George Core, clerk of the circuit
court, last Friday received a $3000
check from Comptroller C. M. Gay
as Gulf county's final cut of the
1952 race track tax which is dis-
tiibuted evenly between the sixty-
seven counties of the state.
This makes a total of $112,000 re-
ceived this year by Gulf county, a
considerable jump over the $92,500
received last year from this source.
Race track funds won't be avail-
able again until January of 1953
when the new racing season gets
underway.
--K
Home On Furlough
George Harper Jr., who has just
completed his navy boot training
at San Diego, Calif., has been en-
joying a furlough at White City
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
George Harper. He will leave Sun-
day for Norman, Okla., where he
will train as an air mechanic.


STATE BOARD OF HEALTH MOBILE UNITS COMING Iron WrkersOn


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


SSocial Activities

Personals Clubs Churches
MYRTICE O. SMITH, Editor PHONE 51

COUNTY WOMEN TO ATTEND BAPTIST CHURCH IN ANNUAL
DEMONSTRATION MEETING STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM
Galf county's official delegation The annual stewardship program
to the annual senior council meet- of the First Baptist Church was
ing for all Florida Home Demon- held Monday evening at 8 o'clock
station Clubs will include Miss at the church with Mrs. Richard
Ruth Milton, home demonstration Saunders, stewardship chairman, in
agent; Mrs. P. G. Hart of Beacon charge.
Hill,'county council president; Mrs. The meeting was opened with
Edna Hardy of Overstreet, county song, "Give of Your Best To the
dress revue winner; Mrs. John Grif- Master," followed with the devo-
fin of Wewahitchka, who will rep- tional from Psalms 106, "Why We
resent the Hdmemaker's Clu'b, and Should .Tithe," by Mrs. Saunders,
Mrs. Charles Whitfield, representa- and prayer -by Rev. L. J. Keels.
tive of the Honeyville club. The W. M. U. watchword, "Ye
The meeting, to be held at the Are the Light of the World,". and
University of Florida, Gainesville, the Sunbeam song was given by
July 7 to 12, will include council Sunbeams Kathy Birath, Leodelia
sessions Monday through Wednes- Roberts, David Nance and Peggy
day, and short courses will be held Pyle.
Thursday and Friday to train lead- "Tithe of Possessions" was pre-
ers in food and nutrition, food con- sented by members of, the Junior
servation and production, market- Girls' Auxiliary, Rose Mary Tom-
ing, housing, horticulture, and use linson, Celia Tomlinson, Mary Sue
of electricity. Cox, Elaine Musselwhite and Di-
Theme for this 28th annual meet- anne McKnight, led by the coun-
ing of the Florida Home Demon- selor. Miss Sadie Arnette.
station Council will be "The Am- Questions and answers on tith-
erican Home-The Strength of the ing, from Genesis to Revelations,
Nation." was given by the Junior Royal Am-
1 If KI tbassadors, David Rich. Jack Shef-
LITTLE DIANN LEWIS IS field and Donald Keels, led by Mrs.
HONORED ON BIRTHDAY L. J. Keels.
Mrs. Jean Lewis honored her little Miss Jane Keels represented the
daughter Diann on her third birth- Intermediate. Girls' Auxiliary and
day Tuesday with a party in the presented "Why Tithe?" from Mal-
home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. ich 3-10. Miss Betty J. Tharpe rep-
Dewey Davis on 7th Street. resented the Young Woman's Aux-
The small tots who gathered to iliary with scripture from Psalms
help Diann enjoy this affair partici- 96-8.
pated in a number of games, and Following a solo, "I'll Go Where
'balloons and bubble gum, given You Want Me To Go," by Miss Ar-
each guest afforded much merri- nette, a very interesting and in-


ment. structive film, "The First Disciple,"
The birthday cake with its three was shown and enjoyed by all.
lighted candles, which were blown H. G. Ha-vey closed the program
out by the honoree, was cut and with prayer.
served with ice cream to Wayne
and Jenefer Braxton, Donna and ST. JAMES' EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Larry Parker, Carol Ann Byrd, Nor- Rev. Harry B. Douglas Jr., Minister
man.Hall, Mike Repentine, Margie Friday, July 4-9 a. m. Indepen-
Hall, Kitty Jones, Rita Rasmussen, dence Day program.
Bob .Bracewell and Polly Pyle. Sunday, July 6-7:30 a. m. Morn-
W ing prayer annd sermon; 11 a. m.
HIGHLAND VIEW BAPTIST Morning prayer and sermon.
W. M. U. IN MEETING It i I
The Highland View Baptist W. Has House Guests
M. U. met Monday afternoon at the Mrs. Mary Bab had as her house
church or study of the ook"Fol-guests recently her son and family,
lowing In His Train," by Ethelene Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Brown of
Boone Cox. Mrs. Bobby Davis gave Jacksonville, and her niece and
the study, after which the meeting husband, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Petty
was closed with a word of prayer of Mobile, Ala.
by Mrs. Alice Macomber.
Members present were Mesdames
H: G. Harvey, Wallace Guillot, Lu- p. ea.
their Christmas, R. H. Sewell, D. N Dr. Joseph B. ear
Christmas, Teddy Richards, Lamar
Mims,-Homer Echols, Lee Watts, OPTOM
A. D. Roberts, Jerry Ingram, Eve Eyes Examined Glasses Fitted
Bridges, E. R. DuBose, Bobby Da-
vis, Huey Parker and Alice Ma- Broke Lenses Duplicated
oemiber. Visitors were Mesdames C. APALACHICOLA, FLORIDA
A. Phelps, Perly May Blount and
Mary Whitman.
HOMEMAKER'S CLUB WILL
SPONSOR NURSING COURSE Dr. Charles Reicherter
A home nursing class got under OPTOMETRIST
way yesterday for Home Demon- EYES EXAMINED
station Club members and others GLASSES FITTED
interested. The class will meet once
a week and the course will cover
six weeks, with Mrs. Ruby Gilbert, RITZ THEATRE BUILDING
county health nurse, as instructor. FIRST FLOOR
This fist meeting was held yes- HOURS B TO S PHONE s566
terday afternoon at the American PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA
Legion building in Wewahitchka. >
K at CLOSED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOONS
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED
Mr. and Mrs. John Greer Blount
of Geneva, Ala., announce the en- BE SAFE!
gagement of their daughter, Tom- INSURE WITH ....
nmie Sue, to John Boyce Griffith, II,
son of Mrs. Parker G. Hart of Bea- NTERSTATE
con Hill and W. W. Griffith of Ash- Hospitalization, Life Insurance,
burn, Ga. The wedding will be an Educational Plan, Mortgage
event of July 27 at the Port St. Joe Insurance, Retirement
Methodist Church. Income
S ita interstate Life & Accident
SVisitors From Blountstown Insurance Company
Mrs. Percy Corbin and son of P. O. Box 486, Port St. Joe, Fla.
Blountstow.g were guests this week c. C. ANDERSON, Agent
of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. McClellan. BILL BRITTON, Staff Manager


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-* ST. JOE



Drive-ln

Phone 424 W 2

THURSDAY

"BARON OF

ARIZONA"
with -
VINCENT PRICE
ELLEN DREW
2 SHOWS NIGHTLY-8:00 10:10

FRIDAY and SATURDAY

"WHEN REDSKINS

RODE"
with -
JON HALL
PEGGY CASTLE
2 SHOWS NIGHTLY-8:00-9:50

SUNDAY ONLY

"UNDER THE GUN"
with -
RICHARD CONTE
2 SHOWS NIGHTLY-8:00-9:55

MONDAY and TUESDAY

"WILD BLUE

YONDER"
with -
WINDELL COREY
VERA RALSTON
2 SHOWS NIGHTLY--8:00-9:45

WEDNESDAY THURSDAY

"RIO GRANDE"
with -
MARGARET O'HARA
JOHN WAYNE
2 SHOWS NIGHTLY-8:00-9:45


I


HELLO, WORLD!
Mr. and .Mrs. G. A. Vizcarrondo
are the proud parents of a son born
Thursday, June 26, at the Port St.
Joe Municipal Hospital. The young
man has been named Wayne.
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur L. Smith
are announcing the engagement of
their daughter, June Elizabeth, to
P. B. Fairley Jr., son of Mrs. P. B.
Fairley and the late Mr. Fairley,
also of this city. The wedding will
be an event of early spring.
Will Return To Texas
Mrs. Robert Stansberry and chil-
dren, Rebecca and Robert, expect
to leave shortly for their home in
Houston, Texas, after a two weeks'
visit here with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. W. B. Ferrell.
Breaks Hip In Fall
Mrs. L. C. Wise had 'the misfor-
tune to fall and break her left hip
while on vacation in Sarasota. She
is at present a patient in the Port
St. Joe Municipal Hospital. Her
many friends extend sympathy and
wish her a speedy recovery.
Business Visitors In Panama
Mrs. C. E. Boyer and son George
and Mrs. A. D. Lawson were busi-
ness visitors Monday in Panama
City.


Res. Phone 206


1Port Theatre


A Martin Theatre


Port St. Joe, Fla.


"DEDICATED TO COMMUNITY SERVICE"

THEATRE OPENS SATURDAYS SUNDAYS AT 1:00 P. M.
S CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE DAILY AT 2:45 P. M.


THURSDAY; and FRIDAY SUNDAY MONDAY





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MOVIES AkE lJB7II THAN EER!
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See Ice Follies In Mobile Mrs. Howell, T. B. and C. T. Bos-
Mrs. Ethel Westbrook, Mrs. W. well. While in Mobile they took in
M. Howell, Miss Beatrice Gibbins the ice follies at Ladd Stadium.
and little Diann Gilbert spent last Mrs. Ida Boswell, who had been vis-
week-end in Mobile. Ala., guests of iting in Mobile, returned home with
brothers of Mrs. Westhrook and them.




CLOSED


SUNDAY 0


0, On and after Sunday, July 6, Campbell's Drug
Store will be CLOSED. ALL DAY SUNDAY, but will
remain OPEN EACH WEDNESDAY all day.
These hours will make it possible for the personnel
of Campbell's to obtain needed rest and relaxa-
Stion and thus give our patrons better service.
In event of emergencies please feel free to call 0
Sme at home, and I will gladly assist you in ob-
taking any medicine you may need.



CAMPBELL'S DRUG STORE


FRIDAY, JULY 4, 1952


PARE TWO


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H. A. CAMPELL









,RIA JH S


RICH'S SUPER-MARKET WILL BE


OPEN All Day July 4

PRICES ARE BORN HERE RAISED ELSEWHERE


S f i I Summer Music Session Opens
The summer session for music
Minutes of Board of Public Instruction he summer session or music
students of the high school has be-
Wewahitchka, Florida, June 3, 1952 L. G. Balfour Co., diplomas ..... 129.33 gun, with classes meeting in the
The Board of Public Instruction, Gulf C. W. orton, supplie......... 1.30uditorium. Phone 318
County, Florida, met on the above date in H & W B Drew Co., supplies .... 8.62 high school auditorium. Phone 318
regular session with the following members AM&B H. Co,express....... 6.26 or 412W for information.
present and acting: Fennon Talley, chair- Star Pub. Co., minutes and supplies 33.20
mani James H Greer, J. A. Whitfield, Ceo. Gulf County Breeze, minutes ..... 33.00----
Gaskin Jr., and Neva H. Croxton, members. Certified Electric Corp., supplies.. 122.52
The superintendent was also present and Bond Lamp Works, supplies ..... 148.60 Visitors From North
cting.Globe Boo Co., supplies ....... 2.81 Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Namynanik
The minutes for the proceeding meeting St. Joe Hardware Co., supplies.... 1.79
The minutes for the proceeding meeting Bureau of Publications, supplies 10.95 and son Wacil of North Tonawanda,
The financial statem.dt for the month of Rutgers University Press, supplies 12.98
ey na xamine and apred. Gaskin Bros. Lumber Go., supplies 43.83 N. Y., and Mrs. L. Repentine and
Th eps examined and approved. w James Tlbo expense......... 44.0 SOn Michael of Lockport, N. Y., ar-
read, approved and ordered filed. Angeline D. Pridgeonld, expenses .... 25.00 visit
The goard accepted with regret the resig- Eula D. Pridgeon, expenses .......25rrved Monday for a week's visit
he board accepted with regret the rsigPort St. Joe High School, refund. 10.00 ith Mrs. Dessie Lee Paker.
nation 6f J. J. Veasey. Julia Patton, labor .....1000 with Mrs. Dessie Lee Parker.
Upon the request of Mrs. Jacque Price the Port St. Joe high school, lunch
trustees recommended to the board and ap- room ...... ............ 145.08 Max Kilbourn, gas ............. 1.00
proved by same the transfer from the We- Wewa High School, lunch room .. 178.43 Orkin Exterminating Company,
hithkahigh school to the Port t. Joe high George Washington High School, pest control .............. 26.00
school for the 1952-53 school year. lunch room ................. 47.53 John H. Pridgeon, hauling ....... 10.00
Upon the recommendation of the superin- Ge. W. Carver School, lunch room 22.54 Wewa Hardware Co., supplies .... 94.38
tendent and trustees, the board approved the Port St. Joe Elementary School, Standard Oil Co., fuel oil ........ 286.07
employment of B. B. Scison as full time su- lmch room ................. 392.46 Joe Thomas, labor ............ 14.50
pervisor of instruction, relieving him of all William Rasmussen, salary ...... 262.20 St. Joe Hardware Co., supplies ... 10.20
responsibility as principal of the Port St. Walter L. Oats, salary ........... 213.10 Gulf Hdw. & Supply Co., supplies 11.16
Joe high school for the 1952-53 school year. David Johnson, salary .......... 213.10 George M. Johnson, labor ....... 10.00
The superintendent was instructed to em- Wilson Holiday, salary......... 45,85 Jesse Dawson, labor ........... 55.00
ploy a principal for the Port St. Joe high Ray Kinsey, salary ............ 62.37 Mrs. West Player, salary ....... 25.00
school. James J. Veasey, salary ......... 45.05 Ellen Ray, salary. .............. 25.00
The superintendent was instructed to see Hubert'E. Richards, salary ...... 76.20 Bond Fund No. One (New)
what could be done about grading at the Eloise McGriff, expense- ........ 25.00 Capital Outlay Fund, transfer ....$3733.33
Port St. Joe high school to keep water from B. B. Scisson. expense .......... 35.00 INSTRUCTIONAL FUND EXPENDITURES
standing on the playground area.C.B. Brown, janitor ........... 50.00 FOR MAY 15, 1952
SM. L. Clothier met with the board to dis- Federal Reserve Bank, tax ...... 89.80 Janie C. Dunnr, salary ........... $ 200.20
cuss with them about material to reroof the T tat rs. Rudy GCskiu salary ....... 153.04
red building at the Port St. Joe elementary Transportation Fund Mrs. Rudy Gaskinn salary ...... 153.04
school site. Otis Davis, salary ..... .$ 22. -5 Florence H. Hridgeon, salary 163.50
The board accepted, with some changes, John Land, salary ............ 110.00 Magdalene H ubbard, salary ...... 176.33
the blueprints for alterations to the elemen- J. O. Bragdon, salary .......... 121.00 Letha H. Rester, salary ......... 129.67
tary school and the addition of two class- Roland Hardy, salary .......... 132.10 Beverly J. Smith, salary ....... 154.56
rooms at the Port St. Joe high school, and Quincy Hardy, salary .......... 20.00 Clinto F. SmithJr., salary ..... 155.49
the superintendent was instructed to adver- Leroy T. Hodges, salary ........ 27.50 Irene M. Connell, salary ...... 1915.40
tise for bids for the same. Federal Reserve Bank, tax ...... 5.40 Leroy T. Hodes, salary ..... 198.2
There being no further business to come MeGlon's Service Station, labor and Jacque Price salary ........... 18.63
before the board, same did adjourn to meet parts ................... 294.85 Jque Pic, salary........... 158.63
again in special session June 26, 1952. Wewa Hardware Co., gas and oil.. 172.10 Amy Lo ialbot, salary ........ 191.18
James A. Talbot, salary......... 191.58
Attest: FENNON TALLEY, St. Joe Motor Co., labor, parts, gas Angelin S Witfield salary ..... 172.20
THOMAS A. OWENS, Chairman. and oil 7................. 772 42 Fannic L. Brown, salary ........ 193.40
Superintendent. Gordon Alford, salary .......... 110.00 Kenne S. Brown, salary ....... 180.75
James Gautier, salary .......... 93.50 Rachel S. Camp, salary ......... 160.82
RECORD OF EXPENDITURES OF SCHOOL 'Frank Faircloth, salary ......... 110.00 Joe D. Case, salary ............ 191.65
BOARD FOR MONTH OF MAY Dan Creamer, salary ........... 110.00 Margaret E. Clark, salary ....... 139.37
General School Fund .Mozelle Wright, salary ......... 75.00 Sara B. CodC, salary s.......... 166.25
Flossie Wilson, salary ............ 75.00
Thomas A. Owens, salary........$ 313.53 Sara Jo Costin, salary .......... 152.40
Thomas A. Owens, expense ...... 315.0 Current Expense Fund Willie Mae Davis, salary ........ 153.21
Ella Chafin 1 C .Sm, salary131.10 C. Smithsalary ............ 165.00 Alma A. DeWitt, salary ......... 191.32
Mrs. R. C. Maddox, salary ....... 84.75 A. Melvin, salary ............. 137.50 Yvomnne Dykes, salary .......... 180.10
gKate Alsobrook, salary ......... 107.70 Dan Hodrick, salary .......... 88.00 Estelle Floyd, salary ............. 166.33
.Ida S. Porter, salary ........... 79.40 David Faison, salary........... 2500 Lessie J. Ford, salary .......... 158.52
iTeacher Retirement System, deduct 59.22 Ola Hodrick, salary ............. 33.00 Laura T. Geddie, salary ......127.60
'Federal Reserve Bank, tax ...... 124.10 Polly McKelvey, salary ......... 33.00 Juanita Gunn, salary ........... 198.47
Protective Life Ins. Co., insurance 6.70 Nettie Smith, salary ........... 37.50 Minnie Hoell, salary .......... 18.88
Fennon Talley, salary and expense 27.80 Mrs. A. Melvin, salary .......... 37.50 Avaryee rtin, salary ....... 198.92
James H. Greer, salary and expense 27.80 oene Anderson, salary .......... 25.00 Mary S. Phillips. salary ......... 128 59
J. A. Whitfield, salary ......... 20.00 J L. Maddox, salary ........... 137.50 Aurelia Rasmussen, salary ...... 178.03
!George asking Jr., salary ....... 20.00 Corene Hopps, salary ........... 35.00 i Helen 0. Rollins, salary ........ 194.62
,Neva H. Croxton, salary and exp... 25.40 Lucille Dudley, salary .......... 35.00 Betty Sue Smith, salary) ........ 180.10
'Transportation Fund, transfer .... 700.00 Mrs. West Player,.salary ....... 25.00 Margaret L. Smith, salary ....... 207.70
'!Current Expense Fund, transfer 1411.00 Ellen Ray, salary .............. 25.00 :Sue Stewart, salary ............ 154.43
'Teacher Salary Fund, transfer ... 4902.00 W. R. -Robinson, salary ......... 25.00 Sara W. Buttram, salary ........ 186.68
Capital Outlay Fund, transfer .... 3214.00 St. Jos. Tel. & Tel. Co., telephones 35.45 Henry D. Dandridge, salary ..... 153.03
St. Jos. Tel. & Tel. Co., telephones 15.53 City of Port St. Joe, water...... 24.99 Katherine Jeter, salary ......... 2.
Pridgeon Supply Store, supplies.. 35.24 Florida Power Corp., lights ...... 317.63 Lilian T. Kennington, salary .... 161.40
rank & Dot's Agency, insurance.. 480.69 Connell Water Works, water ..... 30.00 IMar A. Leeton, salary ......... 179.90
iDixie Chemical Co., supplies .... 225.29 West Florida Gas & Fuel Co., gas.. 45.60 Dorothy B. McDonald, salary... 156.75
Tek Manufacturing Co., supplies 227.63 Gulf Coast Electric Co-op lights 259.45 Eloise cGriff, salary ........... 105.90
Netta Niblackn, salary .......... 185.04
_D GCatherine Ni x, salary ......... 218.50
Se B B Devey P. Phillips, salary ........ 207..'39
S-W W Eula D. Pridgeon, salary ..... 1204.55
R Daniel Temnkin, salary .......... 221.39
lames J. Veasey, salary ... ..... 211.15
Slbertha Brown, salary ......... 153.54
Gwrendolyn Bryant, salary ....... 171.46
J.oshua A. Logan, salary .. .... 154.14
SJesse L. iMeuse, salary ..... ..... 207.25
Rhulna B. Young. salary.......... 169.01
Wanna Mae Anderson salary .... 132.15
Hazelle Baker, salary .......... 189.31
iEva Crawford. salary ............. 144.81
Edith Ha. Fitz. salary .. ..... .. 155.25
Emile sA. Twine, salary ......... 170.32
Beatrice W. Vioodfaulk, salary .... 152.61
WilNelsnina Wright, salary ....... 168.94
Gwendolyn Young, salary ....... 153.38
Harriet C. Carr, salary ........... 145.05
Thelma N. Harrise salary ........ 161.31
.Johnnel A. Palm, salary .......... 139.57
Bodis oo o n T e Annie L. Roberts. salary ........ 164.48
D UGRIN G BC TJulia Thompson, salary ......134 .08
Ulysses D. Twine, salary ........ 159.71
ilson Holi d as solar ......... 159.91
/ retirement System, contributions.. 874.92
Federal Reserve Bank, tax ....... 1682.00
Florida Hospital & Service Corpora-
tion, in surance .............. 71.20
Protective Life Ins. Co., insurance 36.35
Rosenia Kilbourn, substitute ..... 176 60
Mae Hedges, substitute ............7.00
Jean Dare, substitute .......... 42.00
Nell Mitchell, substitute ........ ..14.00
William Rasmussen, substitute ... 65.00
S Virginia Sheffield, substitute .... 5.00
Julia Creech, substitute ........ 187.20
Julia Patton, substitute ......... 7.00
Burke B. Scisson, salay'y ......... 378.57
uWilliam H. Lnond sala ry...... 277.05
SU A RA N T EED hRssell C. Maddox, salary ...... 286.65
William C. Martin, salary ....... 174 51
NuWW TR EA D S Robert A. Woll, salary-........... 215.98
EW TR EA D S Robert M. f- lflary ........ 26.25
Hubert E. i... salary ...... 274.54
Applied on Guaranteed Tire ^" Reiremen ysem, con-
Federal reserve Bank, tax...... 25.40
Bodies or on Your Own Tires Protective Life Ins. Co., insurance.. 11.45
NOTICE
R PRICE The Board of County Commissioner of
ou a o d Gulf County, Florida, will meet at 9 o'clock
A. Ac. (CST) on the first monday in Iully',
UO L 1OlICW P1952. the same being the 7th day of s:lid
Month, at the Court House in Wewahitchlka.
SALE PBICE Florid, as a BOARD OF EQUALIZATION
for the purpose of hearing complaints and
receiving testimony as to the value of any
property.. real or 'personal. as fixed by tlhe
County Assessor of Taxes, of perfecting, re-
S T viewing and equalizing the asspesslnents as
now listed on the 1952 Tax Roll of Gulf
SCounty.
G EORGE Y. CORE,
SIZE 6.00-16 Ex-officio Clerk,
Board County Commissioners,
S AND *YOUR' 6 20-27 Gul County, Florida.
NOTICE TO RECEIVE BIDS
!OLD TIRE NOTrcE I HEREBY GIVEN that the
Board of County Commissioners of Gulf
County, Florida, will receive sealed bids un-
7f" $ ,lrt ag- Sa'eVa.r^ f7 July, 1952, at the County Court Hfouse in
apA .PROPORTIONATELY tile City of Wewahitchka. Florida, and to be
Reg Price P 8 8 r AND R YOUR LOW opened and heard at said last mentioned
YOU OW date, for the purchase of the following de-
OLD TIRE|- scribed personal property, to-wit:
One (1) standard length machinery
DON'T DELAY --TRADE TODAY! You can't afford to drive wheel axels (Low Bo) wited capacitye ofual
wheel axels wi2tl rated capacity of te
on smooth worn tires when you can get new tire safety at these tons o 20 tons. Also to be eanuitoed
with vacuum or air brakes and auto-
UNHEARD-OF LOW PRICES! Firestone New Treads are made nmatic coupling fifth wheel.
One (1) one-half (1/) yard crawler
with the same high quality tread materials --the same tread type dragline equipped with extra wide
tracks, diesel or gasoline power, 30 or
design, the same tread depth and width as new Firestone tires! 35 foot boom, lift and drag cables and
Carry a New Tire Guarantee too. Act today and SAVE! i equivalent. endri d bucket or its
SAddress all bids to Board of County Com-
missioners, Gull Cousty. Florida, care of
George Y. Core, Clerk, Wewahitchka, Flor-
The boanl reserves the right to.reject any
E H e f 't Sand all bids.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS,
B. W. EELLS, Owner PORTi ST. JOE, FLORIIDA I At County, Florida.. DENIES,
I GEORGE Y. CORE, Chairman.


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GRAPES, PLUMS AND CHERRIES


PAGE THR0IE


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


.F.RIDAY, JULV 4, 1952


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THE STAR
Published Every Friday At 306 Williams Avenue, Part 3t.
Joe, Florida, By The Star Publishing Company
W. S. SMmr, E editor and Publisher
Also Linotype Operator, Ad Man, Floor .Man, columnist,
Reporter, Proof Reader and Bookkeeper
Entered as second-class matter, December 10, 1937, at the
Postoffice, Port St. Joe, Fla., under Act of March 3, 1879.
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The spoken word is given scant attention; the printed word
is thoughtfully weighed. The spoken word barely aserts;
the printed word thoroughly convinces. The spoken word
is lost; the printed word remains.

Our Country Right or Wrong

MANY HAPPY RETURNS!
In this fateful year of 1952 it would be well to
remember that today-the Fourth of July-is of-
ficially known as "Independence Day." And it
would be well to reflect today just how far we
have traveled the easy, downhill road to de-
pendence . dependence on government
regulation, dependence on government hand-
outs, dependence on the myth that we can work
less and get more, dependence on the fallacy
,that we can keep on spending what we ain't got.
On this Independence Day, as heretofore, there
will be speakers and bands and parades. There
will be the usual patriotic gestures. But there will
be many who will present the traditional spirit
of American Independence as something unholy,
something destructive of the public welfare, and
who will argue that no one must be self-reliant,
lest through energy and initiative he achieves
more than his neighbor.
Equally is not the goal of the New Deal-Fair
Deal sophists and the wealthy hangerson, who
have had every thrill that money can buy and
now seek another. They are the heralds of medi-
ocrity-for-all;;and-of, dependency -on a .pitic'il
conspiracy to suck in the substance of all the
people and redistribute it where it will buy the
most votes and destroy the mosf individualism.
It's a long way back to the Independence Days
when Orivlle Wright and Admiral Peary were
every boy's heroes, when the intoxicating smell
of burned black powder hung in the air and it


TEN YEARS AGO
From the Files of The Star


Fire At Highland View
'Fire of undetermined origin com-
pletely destroyed Shirey's Bar, the
Fritz Christiansen grocery store
and two smaller store buildings,
one occupied by a cafe, at Highland
View early Wednesday morning. An
effort was made by the St. Joe fire
department to save the two smaller
buildings, the blaze having almost
completely engulfed the Shirey and
Christiansen buildings when it was
discovered, 'but due to a strong
breeze and the fact that the pump
on the fire truck became clogged
with sand in pumping water from
the bay, their efforts were of little
avail.
To Drill Test Wells
Six families arrived in St. Joe
this week as the advance guard of
a well drilling outfit that will sink
test wells and take core samples
for the pure Oil Company.
33 Die As Sub Sinks Ship
Residents of this section really
began to realize that a war is going
on when last Monday night a small
British cargo ship was torpedoed by
a German submarine in the Gulf
off Cape San Bias and 14 survivors
of the crew of 47 were brought in to
Apalachicola and from there thru
this city to Panama City. But one
of three lifeboats, got clear of the
vessel.
Perez Lunsford
IPvt. Angelo Debored Perez of
New York and Miss Opal Jeanette
Lunsford, daughter of Mr. and Mirs.
H. C. Lunsford of this city, were


was perfectly legal to be exuberant and make a
noise (even at daybreak) without the benefit of
a loudspeaker when our country enjoyed
the respect of the world, and we had no thought
of buying it .when we "walked softly and
carried,a big stick" instead of, bragging of our
virtue and our power while waving a fast-shrink-
ing dollar bill.
We'll never see those "good old days" again,
of course. It will never be that kind of world
again. And by the same token, our need for real
strength, not window dressing, grows alarmingly
day by day. Foreign policies form from domestic
policies. They don't spring full-blown from even
such a brain as Acheson's or Marshall's. These
policies must reflect the temper of the people, if
not their explicit will. And our present attitudes
in Asia and Europe are those of a people whose
self-relilance has been traded in for parking
space in a government bomb shelter where
we merely wait for annihilation.
But if we can remember that the Fourth of
July is Independence Day, tle 4th of November
may not be "Dependence Day."

TEMPEST IN A SAMOVAR?
A grand jury in Seattle is now investigating
the tip furnished by a local travel agent that Pro-
fessor Owen Lattimore was planning a trip to
Russia, and which caused the state department
to issue a stop order on travel outside the U. S.
for this controversial Far Eastern "expert." And
the justice department reports that the idea that
Lattimore was going anywhere was "wholly un-
founded" and has apologized to Lattimore for
possibly hurting his feelings.
Yet the report received by the state depart-
ment stated in detail that he would fly from New
York on June 21 via Air France to Paris, thence
to Berlin and on to Moscow. If it was- a fabrica-
tion, somebody went to a lot of trouble for an
obscure purpose. Perhaps the grand jury in Se-
attle can find out. But, in the meantime the state
department is reported to be in an uproar, even
though the professor could not have been incon-
venienced since he had no thought of travel.
What's even more mysterious to the editor of
The Star is why anyone bothered to issue the
stop order. We think Moscow would be an ex-
cellent place for Mr. Lattimore.

The lazy man expects tomorrow to take care
of both itself and him.


MINUTES OF COUNTY COMMISSION

SPECIAL CALLED MEETING BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GULF COUN-
Wewahitchka, Florida TY DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
June 24. 1952 IN SESSION ASSEMBLED:
The Board of County Commissioners of 1. That it. is hereby found, determined
Gulf County, Florida, met this date in spe- and declared ini, ri..,. .. a vacancy in the
cial session for the purpc :. -i;.... ... nomination I i ,. .I... nominee for the
cial election to elect a I.-. .-.r. ....... office of county tax collector of Gulf county
for the office of tax collector of Gulf county, Florida
Florida. 2. That in order to provide a nominee of
The following members were present: Jim the Democratic party for the office of tax
S. Daniels, chairman; Peter G Strange. Tobe collector of Gulf county, Florida, a Demo-
Gay, J. F. Miller and B. E. Kenney. The critic primary election is hereby called to be
clerk and attorney were also present., held on Tuesday, July 29th, 1952, and should
The meeting came to order at .2 o'clock no candidate for the aforesaid office receive
p. I. a majority of the votes cast for such office
The Hon. Samuel A. Patrick, secretary of in said primary, a second primary election
the Gulf County Democratic Executive Cin- shall be held oil August 12th, 1952, and at
mittee, presented the board the followi.lg such second primary election, the names of
resolution, to-wit: ithe two. candidates receiving the greatest
PROCEEDINGS OF THE GULF COUNTY number of votes for the said office shall be
I)MOCRA'TIC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE placed upon the ballot. The polls shall be at
MEETING OF JUNE 12. 1952. the usual places for holding primary elec-
WIIEREAS, There appears to be a vacancy tions and shall be open for said primary
in the nomination of a Democratic nominee election at 7:00 o'clock a. m. on the day
for tlie office of tax collector for ulf coun- of such primary elections and shall be kept
ty, Florida; and, open until 7:00 o'clock p. m. the same day.
WHEREAS, Upon investigation of the mat- 3. That all candidates for the nomina-
ter referred to in the paragraph next herein- tion for the office of tax collector of Gulf
above, such facts have been found to be county, Florida, shall file with tlhe secretary
true; and, cif this committee on or before July 10th.
WItEREAS, This committee is desirous of 1952, the sworn statement provided for it
providing a nominee of the Democratic.party Section 99.031, Florida Statutes, 1951, and
for the afonesaid office, and it being incum- shall also on or before the last mentioned
bent upon this. committee, as provided by date pay to the clerk of the circuit court,
law, to call a special primary election, in in and for Gulf county, Florida, the filing
order to provide a nominee of the Demo- fee required under the provisions of Section
critic party for said office and to set the 99.031, Florida Statutes, 1951.
date of qualification of candidates for such 4. The Democratic primary herein pro-
nomination for such office and to set tlie vided for shall be conducted andl carried out
dates upon which such primary election shall in all other respects as is provided by law
be holden; now; therefore, and the rules of the State Democratic Ex-
ecutive Committee providing for the conduct-
ing of Democratic primaries in Florida, but
married Monday, June 29, in Wewa- that no candidate for such office will not
hitchka, Judge J. E. Pridgeon per- be required to file or make any expense
statements.
forming the ceremony. This resolution introduced and unanimous-
ly carried at a meeting of tlie Democratic
Birth Announcement Executive Committee of Gulf county, Flor-
Born, Tuesday, June 30, to Mr. ida, at which meeting more than a quorum
was present, this the 12th day of June, 19$2.
and Mrs. W. B. Todd at the Norton /s/ SAMUEL A PATRICK.
clinic, a son, John Broward Todd. ecraetarxecuve ComntyiDem-
Personals Whereupon, after being advised by the
attorney for the board, there was a motion
Miss Gwendolyn Howell of this by Commissioner Gay, seconded by Commis-
city is now singing on Friday after- ioner Miller and upon vote was unanimously
ity now singing on ay ate- carried, that this board' concur with said
noons between 4 and 5 o'clock over resolution and declare a special election
called for the purpose of electing a Demo-
station WDLP, Panama City. cratic nominee for the office of tax collector
At Thursday's meeting of the Ro- of Gulf county, Florida, and that all pro-
visions in the resolution presented by the
tary Club, T. V. Morris took over Gulf County Democratic Executive Commit-
tr. W ee be abided by in said special election.
as president, succeedingA. L. Ward. The board did then appoint the following
Harry Johnson,' who is stationed election inspection boards for the first spe-
cial primary and for the second special pri-
at 'Fort Smith, Ark., is expected to mary, if there need be a second special pri-
arrive home during the week-end to mary, to-wit: Precinct No. 1
spend a furlough with his parents. Mrs. Tom O'Nea, clerk; Mrs, H. Rish,
IMrs. Jack Dorsey, Mr. J. 0. Hanlon.


Precinct No. 2
.J. McDaniel, plerk; Mrs. Betty Wilson,
Mrs. Lovie Davis, Mrs. N. B Stone.
Precinct No. 3
Mrs. Walter- Crutchfield, elei-; Mrs. Iges-
sic Smith; Mrs. Helen Whitfiell., .. Thelmii
VanHornw. '
.... Precinct No. 4
Mr. G. W. "'Hardy Sr., clerk; Mrs. Alice
Guilford, Mrs. Belle rshll, Mrsl rs. Annie
Cook.
Precinct No. 5
SMr. W. H'.Weeks, clerk; Mrs. Evelyn Wil-
liams, Mrs. Ralph Macomber, Mrs. Lee Watts.
Precinct No. 6
Mrs. Della Spotts, clerk; Mrs. Carah Atta-
way, Mrs. James Martin, Mrs. Selma Bradley.
Precinct No. 7
Louis'Johnson, clerk; David F. Mims, Roy
Tharpe, Mrs. Ruth Hance.
Precinct No. S
Mrs. Zola Maddox, clerk; Mrs. Lyda At-
kins, Mrs. B. F. Daughter. Mrs. Eliza Law-
son.
Precinct No. 9
Mrs. Terry Hinote, 'clerk; Mrs. Thomas J.
Mitchell, Mrs. Cora Lee Miller, Mrs. Charlie
Bass.
The board did then set thle qualifying fee
for all candidates-for the office of tax col--
lector to be $166.80.
The road superintendent requested the
board to pay off Thomas Hall, a road depart-


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SOTTO By Garraway Chevrolet Co.


Otto's lucky that he can get out of this jam with no more,
than a black eye or a bawling out. Accidents are no joke
and too many of them are caused by mechanical failure.
Whether you are going on a trip, or just driving around
town it pays to keep your car in the best possible
condition. So .

To help make your driving more pleasant and
safer, we are offering you for the next 7 days
BRAKE ADJUSTMENT SPECIAL $ a
Regularly $1.50, for -.. $l.V




GARRAWAY CHEVROLET COMPANY

-Phone 388 24-Hour Wrecker Service Port St. Joe


ment employee, as his job terminated on
June 23. 1952. This request ,:iir.re.l .ri
the. clerk was instructed to :.-,J. ...-iyrJ
warrant to Mr. Hall for all tine he has in
through his termination date.
The board did then adjourn.
JIM S. DANIELS
Attest: J ChairNBian.
GEORGE Y. CORE, Clerk

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601 LONG AVENUE
Port St. Joe Florida


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MORE Taxes!


The last "economy minded" Board of County Commissiners
of Gulf County adopted the following budget for the year

1948A,- 1.9 449.


General Fine & Forfeiture Road and Bridge
Fund Fund Fund
$38,428.00 $16,435.00 $25,755.00


All Other
Funds
$23,512.00


TOTAL
$104,130.00


The first year the present Board was in office they adopted
.the following budget for the year

1949-1950
General Fine & Forfeiture Road and Bridge All Other
Fund Fund Fund Funds TOTAL
$42,044.00 $20,060.00 $31,725.00 $50,295.26 $144,124.26
This was an increase of $39,994.26 over the previous year's
budget.
The Board adopted the following budget for the year

1950- 195 1


General Fine & Forfeiture Road and Bridge
Fund Fund Fund


$51,870.00


$21,045.00


$54,000.00


All Other
Funds
$44,770.00


TOTAL
$171.685.00


which was an increase of $67,555.00 over the 194849 budget.
The Board adopted the following budget for the year

1951 -1952


General Fine & Forfeiture Road and Bridge


Fund
$25,715.00


Fund
$52,500.00


All Other
Funds
$22,933.00


TOTAL
$182,685.00


an increase of $78,555.00 over the 194849 budget.

This Board is now proposing to adopt the following budget
for the year

195 2- 1 953


General Fine & Forfeiture Road and Bridge
Fund Fund Fund


$84,294.00


$29,265.00 $100,900.00


All Other
Funds


TOTAL


$72.460.00 $286,919.00


This is an increase of $182,789.00 over the 194849 budget....
This is nearly three times the amount of the 194849 budget.
To be exact, it is an increase of 175%.
It is also an increase of $104,234.00 over the 1951-52 budget.
THE INCREASE ALONE IS MORE THAN THE ENTIRE
BUDGET OF 194849!

The proposed budget will increase your taxes by 17 to 20
mills, which is double the millage of last year, in addition to
the additional school millage. Do you want to pay twice as
much:taxes this year as youdid last year?

If the Board of County Commissioners adopt their proposed
budget that is what will happen.

PROTEST THE EXTRAVAGANCE OF THIS BOARD BY
APPEARING AT THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

MEETING AT 10 A. M. JULY 8th!


Gulf County Taxpayers League


HIGHLAND VIEW NEWS
By MARJORIE ROGERS

Mrs. Tom Skilioh and family and
Mrs. J. E. Cook of Dothan, Ala.,
spent a few days here last week
with Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Rich.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. McQuaig are
spending their two weeks vacation
in .South Florida with relatives and
friends.
Neal Smith and Mr. and Mrs. Tol-
bert Morgan and sons of Slocomb,
Ala., spent last week with Mr. and
Mrs. Bethal Nix :and family.
Mrs. E. M. Williams and children
spent last week in Bonifay with
Mrs. W. H. Davidson and family.
Mr. and Mrs. P. G. Thorpe and
daughters spent the week-end in
Hosford with Mr. and Mrs. A.
Thorpe.
Miss Velma Johnson is visiting
in .Chattahoochee with her uncle
and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. John-
son and family.
Mrs. Mary Johnson is visiting in
Blountstown with relatives.
Mr. and' Mrs. J. W. Martin and
,sons of Bonifay spent a few days
last week with Mr. and Mrs. L. H.
Kelly and family.
Miss Thelma Marshall spent a
few days last week' in South Flor-
ida with friends and relatives.
Rev. and Mrs. C. T. Laws of East
Point and Rev. H. Adams of Lake
Butler, who are conducting a re-
vival at the East Point Chlurch of
God, spent Saturday with Mr. and
Mrs. M. P. Gentry.
Joyce and Joan Levins of Boni-
fay are visiting with their uncle
and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Carol Lev-
ins and family.
James Johnson of Starke is vis-
iting with friends and relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Cox and


children spent Sunday in Carra-
belle and Sopchoppy with relatives.
Mrs. Rob Fendall and children
spent the week-end in Panama City
with her mother, Mrs. Mary Car-
ter, and family.
-Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Mainer and
daughter spent the week-end in
Pensacola with his sister.
Ronnie Hardy of Graceville is
visiting with his sister and family,
Mr. and Mrs. Sonny Anderson.
Mrs. Jeff Gavins, Mrs. H. Ingram
and daughter, Mrs. M. C. Woods
and daughter and Mr. and Mrs. N.
Parish and daughter are attending
campmeeting in Shepherdville, Ky.


L LETTERS
TO THE EDITOR


San Diego, Calif.
Dear Editor Bill-I will appreci-
ate it if you will hold my Star after
the first week in July. We will be
leaving l'ere July 15 and will picl
them up in your office. Also, I will
pay up my subscription then.
Frank is going to Portsmouth,
Va., for six months of independent
duty school. Then he will be
eligible for sea duty.
It will b'e wonderful to get back
to sunny Florida after spending
three miserable years in California.
I've been allergic to the climate
ever since I set foot in this state,
and I don't think the chamber of
commerce appreciates my feelings
for it.
We are planning to visit with,
friends in Cleveland, Tenn., before
coming home, but we hope to be in
St. Joe for a week or so.
Our best regards to you and your
wife.
Ruth LaGrange.


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


PAGE FIVE


FRIDAY, JULY 4, 1952


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PAGE SI TH TR OTS.JE UFCUTFOIAFIAJL ,15


Harland O. Pridgeon Sam Husband Announces
In Tax Collector Race For County Tax Collector

Harland O. Pridgeon of Wewahit- 'Sam P. Husband was the first to
chka last week qualified as a can- announce for the office of tax col-
didate in the race for county tax lector for the election to be held
collector in the special election set Tuesday, July 29.
for July 29. Mr. Husband is well know thru-
'Harland is a son of the late Edd out the county, having served as
C. Pridgeon, tax collector for 18 chief of police and tax collector of
years, and is a young man of fine the city of Wewahitchka for the
qualities. For the past five years he past six years. The city tax collec-
has served as wildlife officer in-the tor's office, as he points out, uses
county for the state game and fresh a tax roll similar to the county tax
water fish commission, and as a roll, and he-feels this qualifies him
game warden made an excellent highly for the county office.
record. Mr. Husband is a native of Gulf
____ ___ county. and has made his home here
.. .. all his life. He is married and has


Rolls Three Fours
"Red" Walker has added another
phone to his taxi business, the call
being 444. Reason, we believe, is
that one of his competitors phone
number is 222. Incidentally, he re-
tains his other phone, 114. "Bet I'm
the only one-car taxi in the U. S.
that has two phones," said "Red."

EFFORT MADE
List!, f ----.- -4
(Continued from page 1)
of publicity had been conducted. All
political wire-pulling that was hu-
manly possible had been attempted.
Inducements to settlers and busi-
nessmen had been made with un-
usual farsightedness. Churches and
schools, well-kept public houses
with ice-cold drinks, and a good
race track had been established. It
may be safely said that the found-
ers of St. Joseph had done practic-
ally everything possible to make
their venture a success, but all in
vain. The handicaps of nature
proved too great.
Funds About Exhausted
The financial resources of the
Saints were about exhausted, and
the heyday of their strongest allies,
the banks, had long since passed.
New causes of worry were begin-
ning to disturb both cities. The
west Georgia cotton .belt was about
to be connected with the Atlantic
coast by rail, and the river above
the Florida boundary was no longer
as navigable .as it had formerly
been.
'St. Joseph approached its fifth and
last commercial season in an al-
most hopeless frame of mind. There
was one little item of cheering
news. The opening of a new passen-
ger route from Charleston, S. C., to
Mobile, Ala., and New Orleans, La.,
by way of the town was announced
for October, 1840. This would bring
transient visitors to the place every
second day from the populous At-
lantic seacoast and might be the
forerunner of better things.
However, the hope was vain. Be-
fore long rumors began circulating
that the residents of the older city
were going to buy out the chief
promoters of the town. In fact, The
Apalachicolian, the only paper of
this locality of which a fairly com-
plete file for the winter of 1840-41
is preserved, definitely announced
the purchase.
Try To Make City Watering Place
What hope could the future now
hold for the settlers and pr oerty
owners of the town? Many had in-
vested in real estate, and numbers
of people had built their homes here.
The commerce of the place would
not be sufficient to support the in-
habitants. Apparently a decision
.was reached to encourage summer
visitors and thus make the city an
early Pablo Beach for Middle Flor-
ida. This seemed to be an easy
task, since the bay had always been
noted for its beauty and its cooling
sea breezes, and its climate was
reputed to be the healthiest in the
.South. Hence we find gathered here
in the summer of 1841 some of the
leading people of the territory. St.
Joseph had laid aside its role as a
commercial metroplis and emerged
as an attractive pleasure resort.
Death Angel Strikes
However, all hopes were soon to
be utterly crushed .
"For the angel of death spread
his wings on the blast;
And the eyes of the sleepers
wax'd deadly and chill."
(Final -installment next week)


two grown sons, both of whom are
serving in the armed forces.

Week-enders From Tallahassee
Mr. and Mrs. Lanelll "Hoot"' Ro-
wan of Tallahassee spent the week-
end here with Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Rowan and Mr. and Mrs. Watson
Smith.
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Return To Alabama
A. J. Whaley and daughter, Anita,
have returned to Tuscaloosa, Ala.,
to' make their home after spending
a year here with Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Whaley.

Guests From Ohio
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Grimsley have
as their guests for several weeks
Mrs. -Carlos'Love and Mrs. Jamie
Gilder of Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Off On Vacation
Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Gautreaux left
Tuesday for a two weeks' vacation
to be spent in Jacksonville and Pa-
latka with relatives and friends.
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SWeek-end Guests .
Mr. and Mrs. C. Thursday had as
their guests over the week-enid Rev.
and Mrs. K..D. Johns of Marianna.
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CLASSIED ADS

FOR SALE
FOR SALE-5-room house at 1023
,Long Avenue; already financed,
low monthly ,payments. Telephone
146-W, Port St. Joe. 7-4c
FOR SALE-House trailer. Sleeps
3; gas stove and ice box. Cheap.
See E. C. Harden, Wewahitchka,
Florida. 7-18*


HOUSE TRAILER, 25 foot; electric
refrigerator and hot water heat-
er; gas stove and heater. See it at
Stafford Grocery, White City. 4*
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
WANTED-M-an or woman seeking
financial security to sell nation-
ally advertised Watkins Products.
See or write your Watkins dealer,
W. L. Burkett, P. O. Box 482, Port
St. Joe, Florida. 6-13tfc
SPECIAL SERVICES
RECAP YOUR OLD TIRES
Rubber is getting scarce! Help the
war effort by having your old tires
recapped. We guarantee all work.
Prices reasonable.
ST. JOE MOTOR COMPANY
RECAP SHOP
Phone 37 Port St. Joe, Fla.


PHONE 50


E. C. Harden Enters Race
for County Tax Collector

E. C. Harden of Wewahitchka,
known throughout Gulf county as
"The Milk Man," has announced as
a candidate for tax collector in the
special primary on July 29.
Mr. Harden has been a resident
of Gulf county for the past eight
years and has proven a good citi-
zen, being public-spirited to a high
degree. He has many friends thru-
out the county, made by his fair
dealing and uprightness and inter-
est in the welfare of his fellowmen.
--------Sr-------
Spend Week-end In Georgia
Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Baggett and
Miss Alma taggett spent the week-
end in Valdosta, Ga., with Sgt. and
Mrs. L. L. Allen.

FOR TAX COLLECTOR
I hereby announce my candidacy
for the office of Tax Collector of
Gulf County, subject to the special
primaries to be held July 29 and
August 12, 1952. This is my first
try for a county office, and.I prom-
ise honesty, sincerity and smy best
at all times. I will be grateful for
the opportunity, to serve you. Your
vote and active support is needed
and will be greatly appreciated.
Your friend,
CLYDE BOZEMAN

FOR TAX COLLECTOR
I hereby announce my candidacy
for Tak Collector of Gulf County,
subject to the will of the voters at
Cthe special primary July 29. I am
an expert account and fully quali-
fied for this responsible position.
Your vote and support will be sin-
cerely appreciated.
B. B. CONKLIN

FOR TAX COLLECTOR
I hereby announce my candidacy
for the office" of Tax Collector of
Gulf County, fully realizing the re-
sponsibilities placed upon anyone
undertaking the duties of this im-
portant office. I sincerely so-
licit your vote and support, assur-
ing you that your trust in me will
not be misplaqed.
GEORGE GASKIN, Jr.


FOR TAX COLLECTOR
I hereby announce my candidacy
for the office of Tax Collector of
Gulf County. During the eight years
I have been in the dairy business
here I have tried to abide by the
Golden Rule. If elected to this of-
fice, this rule will be my daily
guide. Your vote and support in
this campaign will be appreciated
by "The Milk Man."
E. C. HARDEN, Sr.

FOR TAX COLLECTOR
I hereby announce my candidacy
to the voters and taxpayers of Gulf
county for the, office of Tax Collec-
tor, offering you six years of ex-
perience as license collector 'and
inspector and tax collector of the
City of Wewahitchka, the city tax
rorl being a true copy of'the county
tax roll. You are invited to come
in and examine my present tax re-
cords for your complete satisfac-
tion. I assure you that you will al-
ways be treated in a courteous
manner and rhe office will be man-
aged efficiently .. .Your vote and
active support is conscientiously
and earnestly solicited.
SAM P. HUSBAND


PORT ST. JOE, FLORIDA


'Service Officer To Be Here
Preston Nicholas, assistant state
service officer, will be at the city
hall Monday, July 14, from 8:30 to
11' a. m. fpi' tbe purpose:of ariit-
ing veterans or their dependents in
obtaining benefits due them.
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Took Himself A Bath
Tom Thompson, who has been at
Hot Springs, Ark., for the past
three weeks taking the baths at the
famous spa, is expected home this
week-end.


FOR TAX COLLECTOR
I wish to take this method to an-
nounce to the people of Gulf County
that I am a candidate for the office
ofTax Collector,-subject to the/spe-
cial primary to be held July 29th.
Before announcing for this office
I carefully considered the great re-
sponsibility this office requires of
any man or woman who fulfills its
duties. I promise, if elected,.
"TO GIVE SERVICE and STAY ON
THE JOB." Your SUPPORT is.
needed, and your VOTE is greeted.
Your friend,
HARLAND O. PRIDGEON


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week in the near future.

YOUR LOCAL DISTRIBUTOR IS .

RICH'S SUPER-MARKET
He carries this water in stock. You can pick it up there or, if you
care to wait for truck delivery, you can
phone 306 and place your order.

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THE- STAR, FPORT- ST. JOIE, GULF. COUNTY, FLORIDA


FRIDAYY, JULY 4, 1952


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