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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: March 21, 1974
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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TuHITYV-SECVENTH YEAR. NUMBER,2.


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Industry Deep Water Port Fine People Safest Beaches in Florida
PORT ST. JOE, FLORIDA THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1974


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Shown above is a Japanese oyster knife and packages
of sausage and ham manufactured from fish, brought by
Gene Raffield from Japan on his recent marketing trip for
Raffield's Fisheries. (Star Photo)


Osteopath



Hospital F


The City Commission,
Tuesday night, agreed to give
hospital privileges to Dr.
Dareld Morris, an Osteopath,
to operate in the Municipal
Hospital.
Dr. Morris, formerly of
Carrabelle, is moving his of-
fices to Port St. Joe if he
could be ganted the hospital
privileges. His use of the
hospital has been approved
by the medical staff and the
City Commission.
Dr. Morris formerly op-
erated from the Carrabelle
Hospital which was closed
recently due to an inability to
hire enough registered nur-
ses...
The Commission also set up
a special meeting for Mon-
day, March 25 at 6:00 p.m. to
discuss management of the
Municipal Hospital in the in-
terim while the Board se-
cures a new manager for the
institution.
Miss Minerva McLane,
Hospital Administrator for
the past several years is
retiring April
MOTORCYCLE PROBLEM
Motorcycles and under age
riders were a concern of the
Commission Tuesday night.
The Board had complaints
of noisy cycles in the vicinity
of Municipal Hospital disturb-
ing patients. Commissioner
George Wimberly reported
the young cyclists had made
a regular obstacle course in
the vacant woods near the
hospital and rode it regular-
ly, creating a noise problem
at the hospital.
The biggest concern of the
board is the increasing num-
ber of under age riders being
allowed to ride the cycles
throughout the City. None of
the Board members seemed
to want to keep the kids from
having fun, but they were
concerned with the danger


from the young riders getting
out on the streets.
. Assistant Police Chief Roy
Robinson told the Commis-
sion a child must be at least
15 years old and have at least
a driver learner's.permit to
ride the cycles on the street.
In view of the complaints
and the danger involved, the
Commission instructed Rob-
inson to enforce the law in
the matter.
Other traffic concerns was
the dangerous intersection at
Highway 98 and Industrial
Road. The Board instructed
attorney William J. Rish to
contact the Department of
Transportation. in regards to
a traffic signal at the inter-
section.
PURCHASE EQUIPMENT
The Commission purchased
-and agreed to seek bids on
two pieces of equipment for
use in the streets and to clean
out sewer mains. Both ma-
chines are designed to give
faster service with less man-
ual labor.
A hydraulic sewer main
cleaning machine was pur-
chased from Nay!or Supply
Co., of Baton. Rouge, La., for
$18,362.82. Other bids for the
machine went as high as
$21,000. The machine will al-
low the City to keep its mains
cleaner and do a better job of
cleaning in trouble spots.'
The Board agreed to call
for bids for a chipper and
vacuum to clean limbs, trash,
debris from yard cleaning,
etc., from the side of the City
streets. Current practice is to
use manpower to load the
debris on an open truck and
haul it to the dump. The new
machine will chip up limbs,
reducing the number of trips
to the dump and vacuum up


How does a six foot, five,
270 pound fisherman from
Highland View get along in
Japan where the entire na-
tion is designed for little
people? "Not very well", said
Gene Raffield, of Raffield
Fisheries who made a trip to
the Land of the Rising Sun
recently with 30 other seafood
producers and processors
from the United States, Can-
ada and Mexico.
Raffield and his wife spent
two weeks in Japan with
seafood producers from Flor-
*ida, Mexico, Canada, Alaska,
Prince Edward Island and
England as the guests of the
Japanese government and
Japanese Air Lines.
Raffield said the trip was
engineered to acquaint the
producers with Japan's need
for sea food and encourage
more trade with the nation.
"The Japanese eat an aver-
age of 467 pounds of seafood
per person per year," Raf-
field said. "That figures to
over a pound a day per
person."
Raffield said the Japanese
use fish for many of their
foods. "They make 'ham' and
*sausage' out of fish and
disguise it in many ways."
He pointed out that where
Americans use about 40 per-
cent of a fish, the Japanese
use it all. "They clean the
fish much as we do, then
make a fish cake out of some
of the residue, then grind the
remainder in a food pellet for
animals. Nothing is wasted."
Raffield said the party vis-
ited the Tokyo seafood mar-
ket where 10 to 12 million
pounds bf,. af" iis sold
daily. "This is more than our
entire production for two
years," he said. "And it isn't
cheap, either. Most of the fish


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Gene


Revival services will begin
at the Church of the Naza-
rene Tuesday, March 26 and
continue through Sunday,
March 31, according to the
pastor, Rev. Roy Smith. Ser-
vices will be held each night
at 7:30 p.m., with nursery
facilities provided.
" Guest speaker for the _pec-
ial series of meetings will be
Rev. Clark Langford, pastor
of the Panama City First
Church of the Nazarene. Rev.
Langford attended school at


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other debris, reducing the
need for manpower.
Purchase of this machine
will eliminate the need for
one new dump truck and
allow better cleaning service
with the present labor force.
DELAY CHANGE
A proposed change in the
zoning of Broad Street in Unit
3 of Millville Subdivision was
delayed until all property


owners affected could be
notified.
The change would require
R-1A construction on the
street which calls for 15 foot
setback lines and at least
1,200 square feet in each
dwelling. Commissioner Tom
Coldewey noted the lots in
this area. are only 75 feet and
the new ruling would leave
only 45 feet in which to build.


Students from Port St. Joe Elementary and Highland
View Elementary schools enjoyed an unusual experience
last Thursday as they toured a U.S. Army helicopter. The
helicopter, based in Ft. Rucker, Ala. conducted the tour as
a part of their public relations program.
These young "Green Berets" are shown swarming over
the chopper as they inspect every nook and cranny. The


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.Kentucky Mountain Bible In-
stitute, Vancleve, Ky., and
Asbury College in Wilmore,
Ky.
Before coming to Panama
City, he pastored in Jackson-
ville, Gainesville and Hia-
leah. He has served for seven
years on the District NYPS
..Coqnial s Junior Director.
Everyone is invited to at-
tend, these evangelistic ser-
vices.,


REV. CLARK LANGFORD
Revival Speaker


tour was arranged by Frank Barnes, Elementary Career
Program specialist, as part of a continuing program of
acquainting children with job opportunities and specialities
available in today's world.
This year marks the inception of this career program
into the elementary schools and has thus far met with
great success. (Star Photo)


(Star Photo)


Raffield displays packages of dried fish in Japan.
roe. The delicacy sells for $41.00 per pound


Clearing Sheriff Says We

CriJme In ..

Gulf Co. Got Our Man


Gulf County Sheriff Ray-
mond Lawrence says, "We're
clearing crime in Gulf Coun-
ty." Recently the breaking
and entering of Butler's
Restaurant and Lounge,
Scheffer's Grocery and the
St. Joe Bay Country Club
have been cleared and most
all of the property taken has
been recovered by Sheriff's
Deputies.
Sheriff Lawrence stated the
clearance rate of crimes in
Gulf County is very good, and
contributes this to a well
trained staff and the concern-
ed citizens of the county.
Lawrence further stated
that the good citizens of this
county are usually our best
source of information to com-
bat the criminal element, and
requested that citizens con-
tinue to be concerned and
report unlawful activity.


Dixie Youth
Must Register

This year all boys who wish
to play Little League baseball
will have to register. This
includes those who have play-
ed on teams before as well as
those who would like to play
for the first time.
Registration for old ball
players as well as tryouts for
new ballplayers will be held
at the Little League field on
Tenth St. at 5:30 on March 25,
26 and 27 for eight and nine
year olds.
Four points must be car-
ried out, by. those, wishing to
play. 1) Regfster on ti~ ay:.
of tryouts; 2) be present two
of the three days of tryouts;
3) bring his birth certificate;
and 4) bring $2.00 for umpire
fees.


Friday, March 8, 1974, at
10:00 p.m., Gulf County Sher-
iff Raymond Lawrence
stated: "We got our man" as
deputies recaptured William
Eugene Whitehurst, escaped
prisoner, at Mexico Beach
near the county line.
Whitehurst escaped from
the Gulf County Jail March 4,
1974, while serving time for
breaking and entering. He
was a trustee prisoner at the
time of the escape and sur-
prised jail personnel when he
failed to return after routine
chores around the jail.
Sheriff Lawrence added
that he had received assist-
ance from the Mexico Beach
Police Department and the
Bay County Sheriff's Dept.,
in apprehending the escaped
prisoner.


Week End Laymen

Revival at Long Ave.


The Long Avenue Baptist
Church is having a layman-
led revival meeting this week
end. A group of Baptist lay-
men from various churches
will be here to assist the local
lay members in a program of
outreach.
The visiting laymen will
conduct services in the
church on Friday, Saturday
and Sunday at 7:30 p.m. They
will also be in charge of the
Sunday morning worship ser-
vice. The services will consist
of gospel music, testimonies
and an evangelistic message.
Joe Wilkie of Wakulla
Springs is the coordinator of
this group of laymen.
The church extends a cor-
dial invitation to everyone to
attend the series of revival
services and hear the testi-
monies of the visiting lay-
men. The church nursery will
be open each evening at 7:15
for babies and pre-school
children.
The brotherhood of the
local church, under the lead-
ership of Neil Arnold and


Wendell Whitaker, will host a
prayer breakfast at the
church on Saturday morning
at 7:30 a.m. One of the
visiting laymen will speak
after the meal. An all male
choir will provide special
music at the Sunday night
worship.

Cancer Society
Plans Mailing

The Gulf County Unit of the
American Cancer Society
announced this week that
letters and literature have
been prepared to be mailed
to Gulf County businessmen
asking their support in the
fight against the nation's
number two killer. The busi-
ness crusade will be held
March 25 March 29.

Billy Versiga, president of
the Gulf County Unit, urges
support from the business
leaders of our community in
the American Cancer Soci-
ety's fight to wipe out cancer
in your lifetime.


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Big

we eat sells for $5.00
pound and up; oysters,,
the Japanese cultivate
$2.30 per pound and sh:
live, with heads on, are
a pound."
One seafood delicac
Japan is dried fish roe,
sells for $41.00 per poun
The party flew over, v
short stop in Hawaii and
took the famous "Bi
train in their tour of J.
"That train goes 125
per hour and runs on t
Raffield said.
Raffield said he wag
impressed with the cou
and use of natural reso
of the nation. "They
polite to everyone, even
own people." He told c
average household of
living in 600 to 700 si
feet; every single patch
land cultivated and no
open fields as we are far
with. "You have 100 m
people living in an
slightly larger than Fl


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Revival Services


Real, Live "Chopper One"


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Japan



Men

I per with three fourths of the land
which mountains."
are "The man is king in Ja-
rimp, pan" he said. Cleanliness is
$9.10 almost a fetish, with baths
everywhere. "The cleanliness
y in and courtesy of the people
which struck me most about the
d. nation". Raffield also.pointed
vith a out the discomfort of a 270
1 then pound man dressed in the
bullet" traditional kimono, sitting
apan. spraddle-legged on the floor
miles trying to act like he's com-
ime" fortable.
Raffield said every inch of
most the country is utilized for
irtesy something productive.
urces "There are no animals in
are pastures. What few cattle I
their saw were in pens. Very few
)f the animals were roaming
seven around like they do in the
square U.S."-
ch of "I thoroughly enjoyed my
large trip", Raffield said, "But I
niliar was sure glad to get home to
million the good old USA. We just
area don't know how good we have
lorida it."












1- TH E' STAR-
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/ .By The Star Publislhing Company


nees ;d-Clas P Ige &T *
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THESTA, oriSt.Jo, Fa.THURSDAY, MARCH 21,19744


EDITORIALS ...


What Has Happened


To Honesty?


S. Whatever happened to good old
common honesty. One thing for
sure, it has now become uncommon
.to find.,
Watching "The Waltons" on TV
the other night, the family was
appalled and at the same time
dismayed that a man should fail his
end of a bargain with.John-Boy. It
was unthinkable in that day for a
Season to go back on his word. It's
an indictment to our morals and
,honesty that we no longer enter
into an agreement without the
services of an attorney to make an
agreement binding so that it will be
a breach of law if one person fails
to meet his agreement.
Too, we are plagued with theft.
Almost every week we hear of
cases of theft even around small,
sedate and quiet Port St. Joe. True
most of the thefts are small and
termed petty. They add. up, ;howl-
ever.
-*"Tl er was-ai-tnfirrio too long
ago when The Star rarely had a
theft which prompted an arrest to
report. Now hardly a month goes
by that several aren't reported.
When we first began this en-
deavor, several years ago, we
never locked the back door of our
establishment. We didn't have a
way to lock- the -door. Money was
left lying around to use for change
the next day, and nothing ever
went missing.


Today, we don't even dare walk
across the street without locking
the door. We don't dare leave
money in the office at night to
attract burglars.
For years, we never took the
keys out of our car around town.
Even at night, the car stayed
parked out front of the house with
the keys in it. It makes us skittish
.now to leave the keys in the car.
We have never had anything
taken from us other than what kids
will normally pick up to plaX,..with
and forget to put back where they
found it, until just the last- few
years. Now things disappear regu-
larly. Nothing big, yet, you under-
stand, but things it costs a few
dollars to replace. We've hhad fish-
ing tackle disappear out of our
garage; tapes disappear out_ of the
car; a pocketbook stolen from the
-car-all within the'lasLfive-years-
They tell us. that overseas,..one,,
doesn't dare leave anything unat-
tended. If you do, you can kiss it
goodbye. The store keepers here in
Port St. Joe say you can kiss some
things goodbye here in our town
even while you are looking at them.
Turn your back and you're cleaned
out.
We don't know what has" hap-
pened to the urge to be honest, but
we hope it becomes fashionable
again.


Working Overtime


It seems as if the offensive to
impeach President Nixon is shifting,
into high gear. The committee
investigating the possible charges
for impeachment seem to be work-
ing overtime to come up with
something or other they can legit-
imately claim to be an illegal act
performed by the President.
Political writer James Kilpat-:
rick pointed out in one of his
columns last week that, as usual,..
the bureaucrats aren't cognizant of
what the people are thinking.
Kilpatrick says his mail is
running heavily in favor of the"
President being left alone to do the
job he was elected and is being
paid to do. Kilpatrick says his; mail
is flavored with the opinion, ex-
pressed by a gentleman from Ohio,
who wrote: "Any clear-thinking
person will recognize Watergate for



Other Editors S


The

Grit Newspaper
Profit is as American as
apple pie and much more
essential. Yet it is a "rip-off,
something that the bad guys
steal from the good guys," as
the opinion of many Ameri-
cans, as Vice President Ger-


what it. is, to wit, a liberal media
vendetta against Mr. Nixon, whom
they have always hated, because he
has -done much to frustrate their
desires."
The point is, if those wishing to
impeach the President are doing so
to gain points with their constit-
uents, and what politician doesn't
gauge every move on its,, vote
appeal, they are barking ,up the,
wrong tree.:
All us "little people" demand
that the President be left alone tQ
finish his job. Then, if he doesn't
please us-or his party doesn't
please us-we will change. As long
as the committee can charge the
President only with "crimes"
which have to do with political
expediency, they can forget that
avenue to gain popularity for them-
selves.



ay:


American


ald Ford has observed.
Americans generally need
more thorough instruction in
economics. Our citizens need
to know that profit is the lub-
ricant which keeps the mach-
inery of free enterprise in
good repair and running


smoothly.
For example, it is the profit
motive which has kept Grit in
business more than 90 years.
Each salesperson buy" a
weekly supply of papers ,'
resell to his customers at a
healthy profit. Were there no


The Florida Division of the
American Cancer Society
through the Gulf County unit
serves cancer patients and
their families. Mrs. Pauline
Sowers, located in the Gulf
County Health Clinic is Gulf
County's Service Chairman.
The American Cancer Soci-
ety provides special services
and experienced counseling
for cancer patients and their
families. Your local Society
office knows the available
community resources and
works closely with existing
local health and welfare
agencies. If a patient has a
special need, the Society
knows where.. assistaace can
be obtained.
'Loah'and- Gift Closets are
maintained by most Ameri-
can Cancer Society units in
Florida and items are pro-


Dear Wesley,
We, the Mexico Beach Vol-
unteer Fire Department and
the Ladies Auxiliary, wish to
publicly express our sincere
appreciation to the most
generous crew of men which
descended on the Mexico
Beach Firehouse Saturday
morning. March 16.
They arrived before the.sun
even had a chance to come
up. and many were still on
the job when it disappeared
into' the Gulf. They came
from all directions, some.
from as far as 200 miles
away. to donate their talents,
and their Saturday, for the
benefit of a community that
not long ago many did not
know even existed. Not only
did they donate their time
and effort,, but they came,,
equipped with all manner of
gear. from hammers to a
Petibone "cherry .picker",
with which to set the trusses
in place,..
The members of the Volun-
teer Fire Department who2
were unable to bring any
particular skill to bear tried;
earnestly to make up for
their lack of talent with en-
thusiasm and eagerness to
help in any way they could.
which in many cases was
simply to stay out of the way.
Contributions of food and'




Way

profit for them, there would
be no salespersons bring Grit
to your door.
With profit, of course,,goes
risk. When a merchant stocks
vastly more of a product than
he can sell profitably, he
ends up disposing of the


vided without charge. Avail-
able equipment includes hos-


beverage from all quarters of
the beach arrived at lunch
time and again at the evening
meal, when the ladies set up
a feast which, while it could
be appreciated by anyone,
was consumed with a gusto
found only in hard working
men. But more important
than the material contribu-
tions was the spirit of unity
:.and sense of pride, made evi-
dent by the wide variety and
source of the gifts.
We realize that no one
person should, be singled out
when so many gave so unself-
ishly of their time and talent;
however. Mike Meckley, Sup-
erintendent for Noohan Con-
struction Company was so
instrumental in organizing
the project that we would be
remiss in not acknowledging
._his contribution. There are so
many who deserve to have
their names listed for our
heartfelt thanks that we
would surely miss one. So,
more importantly than hav-
ing someone else know who
:you are:, you kno\' who you
are. and we know who you
are and we hope you also
know how sincere we are in
our gratitude.
Mexico Beach Vol. Fire Dept.
Ladies' Auxiliary

surplus at cost or less. it is
the reality of losses as well
as of profits which makes the
free-enterprise system a con-
stant adventure.
At this moment, there may
be 20,000.000 or more Ameri-
cans engaged in independent
and family businesses, each
earning a living because he is
able to sell his goods and
services at a fair profit. We
wouldn't have it any other
way, for the profit system is
an essential of our free way
of life. Ignorance of its value
can bring about its loss at
great cost to all of us.


pital beds, wheel chairs, com-
modes, walkers, crutches,
etc.
Surgical dressings are
available to all cancer pat-
ients in every county. Volun-
teers make these pads and
dressings in any suitable size
or shape.
Working with the family
physician and other members
of the health care teams, the
Society offers some limited
financial assistance and
emergency aid on a one-time
basis or for a limited period
of time. The American Can-
cer Society does not. pay
routine hospital, physician or
therapy fees.
Transportation to and from
approved treatment centers
is provided for medically in-
digent patients.
. Information concerning
these services ma.. be obtain-
ed by contacting Pauline
Sowers at 227-3141 or 227-7361.


One fine sunny day a few
years back my son Pierre,
his beautiful little wife Etta
Marie and me went on a little
cruise in his,sloop the "Big
Bazoo". We made pretty
good time across the bay to
Eagle Harbor with the daily
afternoon sou'wester.
There was only one king
size Budweiser on board and
I ate that on they way over,
counting on buying a couple
of six packs when we got
there. Lo and behold there
was none to be had. I tried to
get Little Nort on the phone
and failing in that decided
the only thing to do was sail
back home.
It was late in the evening
and the, wind died out a few
minutes after we cast off and
the kicker wouldn't start.
Well. there we were in the
doldrums becalmed with


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Beetle Bailey By Mort Walker


s09H b THIS NIC .WEATHER MAk'ES
YOU THINK OF ALl THE FOLKS WHO
ARE SICKAND CAN'T BE OUT. THAT'S \
WHY IT 5SO IMPORTANT TO SUPPORT

THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY.
ITS 1974 SLOGAN IS: "WE WANT TO
WIPE OUT CANCER IN YOUR LIFETIME.



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the nearest beer four long
miles away.
After two or three hours we
noticed three different
squalls making up. One was
to the east dead ahead, one in
the north and the other in the
south. The one in the east hit
first and it wasn't bad as
squalls go, but built up a
steady little breeze which we
of course had to tack into.
You know tacking is like
taking two steps forward and
one backward.
I sat back there at the tiller
smoking my pipe, Pierre
helped with the boom when
we came about and Little Eta
sat on her hands and, as I
found out later, prayed that I
wouldn't give out of Prince
Albert.
We beat op into the wind
for quite a while and had
made it to within a half mile
of the little dock when a big


high-bowed shrimp boat
loomed up on our port beam
and hailed us. Miss Helen
had called Otis Pyle and he
had got Dave Maddox and his
pilot boat to come rescue us.
They offered to tow us in
but me and Pierre figured we
might as well beat it on in
and we thanked them and
parted friends.
We made it in to the dock
just as the squall from the
south hit us with high winds
and rain and by the time we
got everything battened down
and made fast we were wet
and cold and thirsty.
Now the moral to this story
is don't ever set out in a sail
boat with a broke down kick-
er without laying in a supply
of king size Budweisers and
ice. 'It shore makes a lot of
difference.
-KILLER K.


King Features Syndicate,


Gulf Co. Cancer Unit

Gives Aid to Patients


LETTERS


To The Editor


Notes from
"Killer K"




Beca Ilmed
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Etaoin


Shrdlu
by WESLEY R. RAMSEY


r


After reading the newspapers for the week
end, it shouldn't be too hard for anyone to write
a newspaper column. When there is plenty
happening, there is plenty to express an opinion
about.
For instance, President Nixon made an-
other speech over the week end to an exclusive
club in Chicago. During the course of the
speech, he had the gall to say the United States
wasn't going to furnish its nuclear umbrella
any longer for nations in the European Market
if they persisted in trying to bankrupt the
United States or took unfair advantage of the
nation in their economic dealings. Nixon said,
"We are not going to be faced with the
situation where the nine European nations are
ganged up against the United States."
All I can say to that is, "Hallelujah!" The
relationship between the United States. and
Europe has been, as the President described it,
"A one way street" long enough.

The energy crisis drags on and on with the
exporting oil nations sounding more and more
like the Americans every day in their attempts
to make a decision. Before the Arabs decide
whether or not they are going to resume selling
oil to the U.S. they must first decide if they
wish to raise the price any more. Already their
price has been tripled.

Inflation is still with us, but, according to
the newspapers over the week end, it is more
severe almost anywhere else in the world than
it is here in the United States. I read where
the typical night out on the town, including
dinner out, can cost $100 per person in Japan.
Prices are predicted to go higher during
the year, but not as rapidly as in the past. That
won't be so bad if the goods we buy will just
hold together and operate until we get them
paid for.

I got my latest issue of Newsweek the other
day and found out why I had been missing
Joseph Alsop lately. I subscribed to Newsweek
to read Alsop and I have been missing him
lately
The reason, I found out, is because he has
,,.eukewia!and hasbeen intthe hspitalabout to
die. In his words;::he decidedLnot' to -and, Went
home'recently, 43 pounds lighter, and wrote his
first column in months.

Frenchie and I took a trip north over the
week end and it looks as if we will have
something to eat next winter. Every vacant
field which isn't covered with cattle and hogs is
being plowed or planted. In many places, land
was being cleared and prepared for the
planting. Farmers appear to be leaving nothing
fallow.


Now to close it out, we want to call your
attention to the latest bid by the draft dodgers
to gain amnesty and return to the country.
Amnesty has been a bone of contention
ever since youth began to cross the border to
avoid their military obligation.
About the 'oilr 'light I can shed on the
situation is to observe that nobody asked them
to leave.







PAGE THREE
THE STAR, Port St. Joe, Fla. THURSDAY, MARCH 21. 1974


FLORIDA
WILDLIFE


COMMENTS ON THE OUTDOORS


Dr. 0. E. Frye. Jr.
Director
0 Dr."- G E O MS 'SO
GAME AND FRESH WATER FISH COMMISSION


TALLAHASSEE-By the
time you readers see' this
column the 1973-74 general
hunting season will be over.
Opening day, that elusive
date for which so many of us
anxiously await with great
anticipation, will have come
"and gone.
Perhaps you were one of
the lucky hunters that man-
aged to bring that trophy
buck into your sights just as
the first rays of sunlight be-
gan to burn away the early
morning fog. If so, no doubt
your season will be counted
as successful regardless of
your luck the remaining sea-
son.
But, what if you were not
one of ,the lucky ones on
opening morning and- what if
you hunted like the devil and
have not even seen a buck?
And what .if the season drew
to a close and you still didn't
get a shot?
Will you join the ranks of
that detestable minority of
hunters who take the attitude
that "well, it's almost 'over
and I'm damn sure going to
kill something even if it is a
butt-head."
Or will you adopt an op-
timistic .attitude and say
"maybe next year". We sure
hope you are among the
latter.
But, for the sake of dis-
cussion, how do you measure
the season as to good or bad?
I'd like to share a. few
thoughts with you that might
make your "non-productive"'
season,, if that's the case, a
little more enjoyable.
Maybe this was your year
for that new shotgun or rifle
you've been really wanting.
How many catalogs did you
leaf through and how many
guns did you handle and look
at in how many, sporting
goods stores? How many-dis-'


cussions with friends aboiit ;
gauges and calibers, auto-
matic or pump and so on?
And then the clincher when"a
friend of a friend was able to
pick one up for you at a
discount. Surely the thoughts
and memories" involved here
contributed to a good season.
Or maybe it was that
proud feeling you had the,
day you took that old,
secondhand pickup you've
been working on every week-
end out for .a shake down
run.! You could hardly;, tell
that hand brushed paint job
from the factory finish.: Aqd
didn't those split rims.and big.
tires you saved for so loring
really do the job in that sand
bed. Surely this was another
plus for a good season.
How about the times you
got together with your bud-
dies to go scout some new


territory, or build starids r
look for game sign. And the
weekend you all went down'
to6; clean up the camp and
patch up the dog pen and get
everything in shape. Sure, it
was work, but, what abotit
fellowship? There is no way
you; can't count that, as part
of a good season.
And what about the day-
your son graduated from the
hunter safety course? Boy,
wasn't he proud of that taqrgt
he brought home with a pef-
fect'score. And then 'the day
he was so excited he could
hardly talk when he showed
you where that "great big
doe" walked right under his
stand, and he said, "but :I
wouldn't shoot it, Daddy. II
knew it wasn't a buck."
I could go on and on buit
these are a few of the things
that make my season a real.
pleasure and maybe it will
work for you.
If hot, well,'there's always
dnext year! .. -


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Ladies' Coffee League
Pate's won four games
from Margaret's on March
12. Brenda Mathes had a 191
game and Ruby Lucas had a
511 series for Pate's. Electa
had a 135 game and Margaret
had a 362 series for Mar-
garet's..
Ralph & Henry's won four
games from A&N Railroad.
Top bowler for Ralph &
Henry'swas Faye Cox with a
178 game and 471 series. Dot
Hamm led A&N with a 154
game and 392 series.
Top Dollar won three
games from Bowen's Cow-
girls. Sherry D. had a 165
game and Marian Deeson
had a 385 series for Top Dol-
lar. Lou McDonnell had a 130
game and 349 series for the
Cowgirls.
Queen Bees won three
games from Wewa Bank.
Elaine Jackson. had a 152
game and 408 series for
Queen Beps. High bowler for
Wewa Bank was Elsie Simon
with a 185 game and 459
series.
Standings: Won Lost
Pate's Shell 74 30
A&N Railroad 68 36
Ralph & Henry's 63 41
Top Dollar 6012 4312
Wewa Bank 58 46
Margaret's 4812 5512
Queen Bees 33 71
Bowen's Cowgirls 11 93
Ladies' Winter League
The Ladies' Winter League
met March 7 with Ten Pin
Lounge taking ,three from
The Supermarket. Bowling
for Ten Pin Ann Jones had a
141 game and Maxine Smith
had a 359 series. Bowling for
The Supermarket, Bertha
Smith had a 125 game and
Sheila Taylor had a 329
series.
Peak's Pawn Shop took
four from Jimmy's Restau-
rant. Bowling for Peak's, Ann
Peak had a 154 game and 420
series. Bowling for Jimmy's
Connie Ross had a 171 game
and 389 series.,
Box Plant took four from

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and 530 series for the Box
Plant. Betty Parson had a 152
game and Diane Terry had 'a
392 series for St. Clair. i
Troy's Standard took three
from Basic, with Barbara
Beason having a '159 game
and Norma Hobbs a 419 .
series for the winners. Pam
Burch had a 136 game and
348 series for Basic. .
Standings: Won Lost
Box Plant 57 39!
St. Clair 51'2 44:.
Troy's Stand. 51 45:
Peak's Pawn 4912 50 21
The Supermarket 48 52!
Basic 45'z 50'12
Jimmy's Rest, 43'2 52'2
Ten Pin Lounge 42 54'

Gulf County Ladies' League.
Last Wednesday night, St.
Joe Furniture won three and
lost one to St. Joe Stevedores.
Dot Hamm had a 171 game
and Brenda Mathes had a 4q6
series for St. Joe Furniture.
Eleanor Williams. was high
for the Stevedores with a 201
game and 501 series.
St. Joe Kraft won three and
lost one to Florida Bank.
Ruby Lucas led Kraft with
182 game and 492 series:
Christine Lightfoot was high
for the Bank with a 148 game
and 431 series.
Shirt & Trophy won three
out of four from Campbell's.
Diane Terry led Shirt &
Trophy with a 183 game and
454 series. Lou Mork was
high for Campbell's with a
164 game and 433 series.
Dixie Seafood won three
out of four from Bill's Dollar
Store. Lois Smith led Dixie .
Seafood with a 184 game and
460 series. Marguerite Schef-
fer was high for Bill's with a
159 game and 403 series.


Standings: Won
St. Joe Kraft 70
Shirt & Trophy 61
St. Joe Stevedores 58
St. Joe Furniture 57%'
Fla. 1st National 56L'
Dixie Seafood 4712
Campbell's '31
Bill's Dollar Store 18'/?


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.another of the competition
sports among the various
schools of the area.
Port St. Joe High School
has been teaching tennis in
its physical education pro-,
gram for some time, but has
only recently began to com-
pete with other schools in the
sport.
The high school fields this
girl's tennis squad, which is
made up of:
Front row, left to right:
Patricia Lowry, Susie Gar-
rett and Peggy Kirkland.
Second row: Christie Taylor,
Renee Phillips, Beth Ely and
Janice Walton. Jackie Ard
was not present whn, the'
picture was made.
The team is coached by Miss
Barbara Eells.
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Choral Students in.a Mr. Ward

G.CCC Concert Fri. Dies In
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There's going to be a
in" 'at Gulf Coast Comi
College Friday, Marc
according to college
directoro, Norman Hair

:Mrs. D. R. Hat
Feted on Birthd

Mrs. D. R. Hatche
recently honored on the
.sion of her 79th bir
with a covered dish
*held in the home o
=daughter, Mrs. E:,;L. A
Fellowship was enjoy
,a host of -guests, inc
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Antli
family of Tallahassee.
Send guests in the H
home were her soi and
ily, Mr. and Mrs. JacI
3 cher, and Jerry and
: Hatcher of Columbus, G

ELECTED CHEERLEAD
Miss Terry Gay, da
of Mr. and Mrs. Wayn
of Dothan, Ala., forme
dents of Port St. Joe
.Velected to the Varsity:
leader Squad on Mai
S1974 at Rehobeth High
Sin Dothan.,,


"sing- Students from Port St. Joe,
munity Bay and Rutherford high
ch 22, schools will join members of
singers the two GCCC choral groups
for a varied program includ-
ing religious 'and secular,
contemporary and traditional
cher, voice compositions.
polart St.' Joe High School
ay, students participating are
Pam Collier, Sheryl Roberson
r was -and Regina Ellis.
eocca- Miss Phyllis J. Merritt,
thday, choral director at Escambia
lunch High School, Pensacola, will.
f her conduct the day-long session.
ntley, which will conclude at 5:00
yd,'hy, p.m. with a 45-minute concert
Aludiqg in the GCCC Fine Arts Audi-
ey and torium tq which all interested
Week- persons are invited, free of
catcher charge.
d fam- _
k Hat-
Pam'; CLAM CHOWDER DINNER
Ga. The United Methodist
Women of. Mexico Beach
Methodist Church will serve
ADER clam chowder at the church
ughter on Saturday, March 23, stlart-
e Gay ing at 12:00 noon.
r resi- The price for the dinner is
e, was $i.00. Homemade cakes and
Chee pies will be sold also.
rch 6, .. .
School


Robert A. (Stig) Ward, 60,
of Bristol, died early Sunday
morning in the Municioal
Hospital after an extended
illness. Mr. Ward was a
native and life long resident
of Liberty County and was a
carpenter and member of the
Lake Mystic baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Elgie B. Ward of Bris-
tol; a step-daughter, Mrs.
Ramsey of Bristol and a son,
Keith Ward of Port St. Joe;
two grand children; three
brothers, Paul Ward and Joe
Edd Ward of Tel6gia, Claude
Ward of Bristol; two sisters,
Mrs. Ora Cooper of Charles-
ton, W. Va., and Mrs. Betty
J. Roberts of Port St. Joe.
Funeral services were held
Monday March 18 at 3 p.m.
EDT from the Lake Mystic
Baptist Church with Rev.
Richard Reasoner officiating.
Interment followed in the
Lake Mystic Cemetery.
Martin Funeral Hbme was
in charge of the arrange-
ments.


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Is Mission Sunday


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toe-grip, that helps you turn mere steps into a beau-
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The First United Methodist
Church will celebrate Mission
Sunday, March 24 at 11:00
a.m. and at 7:00 p.m.. Drs.
Jerrell and Joyce Mathison,
medical missionaries sup-
*ported by this conference,
from Guinter Memorial Hos-
pital of Bambur, Nigeria will
be the guests of honor.
Dr. Joyce Mathison will
speak during the '-morning
service and at 7:00 p.m. both
doctors will show slides of
their interesting experiences


in missionary work.


During the morning service
shares .may be purchased
toward an airplane for the
Mathisons. Due to the heavy
rains in Nigeria, they are
seriously handicapped to pro-
vide medical care and sup-
plies to the Muri Christian
Training School five miles
from Bambur.
Please plan to attend and
worship, visit and enjoy the
experiences of these distin-
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Gulf Chapter No. 191, Order
of the Eastern Star, held an
Open Installation of officers
in the Masonic Hall on March
8.
The chapter room was
decorated with arrangements
of shades of yellow and whtie
S daisies.
Distinguished guests intro-
duced were: Mrs. Marion
Walsingham, Grand Instruc-
tor of District Five; Mrs.
Corene Dykes, Past Grand
Esther; Mrs. Dorothy Porter,
Past Grand Warder; Mrs.
Jackie Hogan, Credentials
Committee; Mrs. Ruby
Atherton, O.E.S. Endowment
and Investment Committee;
Mrs. Fannie David, Repre-
sentative to Arkansas in Flor-
ida; and Mrs. Maybel Swatts,
Estarl Committee.
Special guests of the incom-
ing Worthy Matron were her
husband, Earlie Weeks; her
),-:daughters, Mrs. Margie
Mason and Mrs. Sybil Cum-
baa and daughters, Gwen,
Harritt, Latrell and Janet, all
of Blountstown; Mrs. J. A.
Thompson, mother; Mr. and
Mrs. Bill Goff and Cindy of


PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, the mails have,
throughout the nearly 200
years of our nation's history,
been a vital means of com-
munication among the citi-
zens of this country, and;
WHEREAS, a better under-
standing of the complex tasks
performed daily by the hun-
dreds of thousands of dedi-
cated postal employees will
lead to a more efficient use of
the mail by all citizens, and;
WHEREAS, it is fitting that
our school children, who com-
prise our greatest single re-
source for the future, gain a
more thorough knowledge of
the rich history and functions
of our U. S. Postal Service;
now therefore,
I call upon all residents of
Port St. Joe, Florida to ob-
serve March 25 to March 30
as Student' Postal Week,
which I do hereby declare.
During this week our children
will participate, in their
classrooms, in a comprehen-
sive study of how our country
moves the mail. In this way,
they will better understand
the key roll this nation's pos-
tal system has played in the
dissemination of ideas and
information, a roll essential
to the knowledge and effec-
tive participation by a free
people in their government.
DAVID BIDWELL
Superintendent of Public
Instruction, Gulf County


Singers at
First Church

Wednesday night, March
27, at 7:30 p.m. the "One Way
Singers" of First Baptist
Church, Panama City will
present their tour concert at
First Baptist Church here in
Port St. Joe. The group under
the direction of 0. Errol Sim-
mons, will also tour Spain
this year.
The concert not only in-
cludes group vocals but is
enhanced by a hand bell
choir performance. The even-
ing will be a worshipful one
as well as an enjoyable one.
The public is invited to hear
this talented group.


Apalachicola; and Roy Grif-
fin of Quincy.
The installing staff included
Mrs. Marion Walsingham of
Panama City Beach, Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Cassel of Apa-
lachicola, Mrs. Mildred Mar-
bury of St. Andrews, and
Mrs. Marjorie Presnell of
Panama City.
The following officers were
installed for the ensuing
year: Worthy Matron, Merle
Weeks; Worthy Patron,
Ralph Swatts, Sr.; Associate
Matron, Maxine Robinson,;
Associate Patron, Joseph J.


Pippin; Secretary, Aliene, S.
Hightower; Treasurer, 'Mar-
jorie Horton; Conductress,
Wanda Brown; Associate
Conductress, Catherine Mc-
Daniel; Chaplin, Mary Jane
Trawick.
Marshal, Clara Pate;
Organist; Maybel Swatts;
Adah, Glorida Pippin; Ruth,
Bell DuBose; Esther, Evelyn
Smith; Martha, Dotis For-
rester; Electa, Eula Dickey;
Warder,.Essie Williams; and
Sentinel, Charles R. Jolley.
The retiring Worthy Ma-
tron, Mrs. Marjorie Horton


As you can see, back in July
of 1973 the price of the oil we
need to generate electricity
cost $2.86 a barrel.
In February the cost was
$9.41 and rising.
And these increases, by
law, will be reflected in your
electric bills.
We think the cost of oil
today is near criminal.
We're taking every
possible opportunity to


and retiring Worthy Patron,
Charles R. Jolley were pre-
sented jewels and plaques
from the, members and Chap-
ter.
Representatives from other
chapters were: Bethany 56,
Hobbs, New Mexico; Beaver
7, Waterloo, Quebec, Canada;
Swartz Creek 430, Michigan;
Westminister 99, Norfolk,
Va.; Panama City 102; Par-
ker 96; Lynn Haven 262; St.
Andrews 223; Wewahitchka
229; Blountstown 179; Mir-
acle 306; Panama City Beach
and Gorrie 192, Apalachicola.


implore our federal govern-
ment to do whatever is
necessary to correct this
difficult international
political situation.
There is no
question that,
sooner or later,
relief will come.
We're work-
ing to make it Florida
sooner. Porid
Power


$9.41
Feb. 11. 1974


$8.92
Jan. 11. 1974


$5.24
Nov. 20. 1973


$3.45
Oct 3. 1973


$3.17
Si 6 1973


$3.07
,AI,i 5 1973


$2.86
Ju'., 1973


SYou don't have to be an

economist to know what this

line means to your electric bill.


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TRE S'YAR, Port St. Joe, Fla.


THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 19741


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Marjorie Horton, Mrs. Maybel Swatts% Mrs. Evelyn Smith, Mrs. Eula
Dickey, Mrs. Clara Pate, Mrs. Essie Williams and Mrs. Mary Jane
Trawick.
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Queen, Princess


Are Selected


MISS MARY ELLEN COXX -


Engaged


Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Cox,
661 Fairway Avenue, Ft. Wal-
ton Beach, announce the
engagement of their daugh-
ter, Mary Ellen, to Christo-
pher D. Morris, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Dudley Morris, also
of Ft. Walton Beach. The
Coxes are former residents of
Port St. Joe.
Miss Cox, a 1972 graduate
of Choctawhatchee High
School, is currently attending


Miss Debra Gail Lollie and
little Miss Joni Watson were
named Queen and Princess,
respectively, Sunday, March
10, in the Pentecostal Holi-
ness Church on Garrison Ave-
nue.
Miss Lollie, a junior at Port
St. Joe High School, is the
daughter of Mr. arid Mrs. Roy
Lollie, Port St. Joe, and Miss
Watson, a fourth grade stu-
dent at Port St. Joe Elemen-
tary, School, is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Willard Wat-
son of White City.
March 10 was National
Woman's Auxiliary Day in
the Pentecostal Holiness
Church. The morning service
was under the direction of the

Mrs. Gosnell
Hosts Meeting
Group III of the Girl's Aux-
iliary, of the Pentecostal Holi-
ness Church met for their
monthly meeting in the home
of Miss Karen Gosnell.
St. Patrick's Day was used
as the decorative and re-
freshment theme.
A devotion on the meaning
of St. Patrick's Day was
given by Miss Gosnell. Mrs.
Bill Summers, group sponsor
met with the girls. Refresh-
ments and fellowship follow-
ed the meeting.


Okaloosa Walton Junior Col-
lege.
Her fiance is also a 1972
graduate of Choctawhatchee
High School and is now
attending Pensacola Junior
College.
Relatives and friends are
invited to the wedding which
will take place at 2 p.m. April
27 at the Shalimar Methodist
Church.


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Corner Third Street and Baltzell Avenue
REV. DeWITT T. MATHEWS, Jr., Pastor
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Sunday School 9:45 A.M.
Morning Worship Service --....-.......11:00 A.M.
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local chapter of the Woman's
Auxiliary. The members pre-
sented a program entitled,
"Perpetuating Faith, Hope
and Love in the Home".
The Girl's Auxiliary is a
branch of the Woman's Auxi-
liary and to become a Queen
or Princess, the girls must
work to earn points in a pre-
scribed program which in-
cludes church attendance,
bringing visitors to church,
scripture memorization and
raising money, which is used
directly for the girl's groups.
Miss Lollie was crowned by
last year's Queen, Miss
Karen Gosnell. Miss Watson
was crowned by last year's
Princess, Miss Patricia Rai-
ford. Each girl was presented
with an arm bouquet of yel-
low carnations and were
robed in the traditional pur-
ple and gold robes which rep-
resent the Auxiliary colors.
Others participating in the
crowning of these girls were:
Mrs. Elizabeth Raiford, Mrs.
Carolyn Watson, Mrs. Bill
Summers and Mrs. Christine
Dunlap.
The first runner up in the
Queen contest was Miss Pam
McClamma and the first run-
ner up in the Princess contest
was Miss Cindy Dunlap.
Each of these girls were pre-
sented a corsage of yellow
carnations.


Miss Kitty Core was honor-
ed with a calling shower at
the Long Avenue Baptist
Church social hall, March 10,
between the hours of three
and five p.m.
Hostesses for the event
were Mrs. Keith Ward, Mrs.
Allen Scott, Mrs. Leo Ken-
nedy, Mrs. Melissa Pridgeon;
Mrs. Joe Fortner, Mrs. Ever-
ett Owens, Mrs. M. L. Britt,


Mrs. Grady Player, Mrs. J.
E. McLeod, Miss Alma Bag-
gett, Mrs. Joe Ferrell, Mrs.
W. P. Dockery, Mrs. Cecil
Harrison and Mrs. Floyd
Grace.
Pictured above are the
honoree and her mother,
Mrs. John Core.
Miss Core will become the
bride of Jose Morales, at 7:00
p.m., April 6, 1974 in the Long
Avenue Baptist Church.


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r 0 I U I An invitation is given to all
juniors and seniors and their
There will be a welcoming dates of Port St. Joe High
covered dish dinner on Satur- School to enjoy an afternoon
day, March 23, 7:00 p.m. in cruising around the beautiful
the fellowship hall of First bay at Panaiina City, Satur-
Baptist Church honoring the day, April 6 and climax the
Rev. C. Byron Smith and afternoon pleasure trip with
family. dinner at Capt. Anderson's
Brother Smith is a former restaurant on the bay.
pastor of the church and was This cruise is sponsored by
spiritual leader of the church the First Baptist Church of
for over 16 years. The public Port St. Joe and will leave
is welcome to come by and the church at 5:00 p.m. Cost
join the church family in is $10.00 per person. Even if
greeting the former pastor. you don't care to have a date
Rev. Smith will be leading you will be very welcome.
S .!.the Adult One and Two Depts. Contact the church office,
',-,.i,(rtisthe Sunday-School Assern" 'Firt TBadpiiW'Chatfcll'hO1e"
bly Program beginning at "227-4451. Make your reserva-
9:45 a.m. the following Sun- tions now.
day morning.


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At Oak Grove
"The Road to Armaged-
don," a frightening, almost
unbelievable film narrated by
David Wilkerson, will be
shown at the Oak Grove
Rl Assembly of God Church
Monday night, March 25 at
7:15 p.m.
This is an experience you
will never forget and a very
clear interpretation of the
signs of our times. Everyone
is cordially invited to attend.


HOME FROM SERVICE
Terry Wayne Bishop was
honored Friday evening,
March 1, by a welcome home
party, made up of the family
and friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Newton Bis-
hop wish to thank all the
people who made the party
successful.


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'PAGE. SIX, THE STAR, Port St. Joe, Fla. THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1974


Of the

Although few persons know killi]
"it, Florida has its -own Poco- M
hantas story, rivaling the, play
original in the beauty of 'its heax
heroine, the courage of her ran
deed and pathos of her life.' can
In fact Florida's Indian ienc
, maiden received a Congres- his
sional medal years before the dour
Congressional Medal of ness
Honor was authorized, and ing
,.'she is the only woman ever M
."awarded a special medal by tell:
the United States. a yo
It all began in 1817 during put
Andrew Jackson's campaign to gc
into Spanish Florida. At that not
--time, Milly, the heroine, was war
S '15 and described as beautiful. Fr
She was the daughter of save
Hillis Hadjo, known as the his
, Prophet Francis. In
Francis, who was a promi- One
nent Creek chief, had been rage
driven into Florida during ters
Jackson's 1813-14 campaign man
1 against the Creeks. He esta- M
'blished a town for his large not
tribe on the Wakulla River, She
seven miles above Fort St. and
Marks. The chieftain was Th
well-to-do, owning Negro to D
slaves, cattle and other pro- life
perty. would
Since he had served on the and
2 British side during the wars not
in America, Francis decided Th
-to visit England. During his his
stay, he attracted much "Ye
attention in the press. like.
In an account of a ball held Hi
aboard a Russian frigate; in but t
honor of the emperor's birth- he w
' day, a London newspaper dres
reported: "The double sound er f
o- f the trumpet announced the conti
arrival of the patriot Francis, acts
,who fought so gloriously in Di
our cause in America; he St.
-was dressed in. a most splen- to t
'did suit of red and gold, and for
by his side. he wore a toma- of ri
Shawk, mounted in gold, pre- Jack
sented to him by the prince with
regent ...." until
Francis returned to Florida horn
in .1817 just in time for Jack- retu
son's invasion into the Span- Mill
ish territory to quell Indian Mi
outbreaks. Jackson built Fort ing
Gadsden on the strategic site life
on "the Apalachicola River U.
where a Negro fort had been Jack
blown up by a U. 'S. raiding near
party. shipE
While Jackson's army was ing
resting at the fort, a young cis a
soldier, Private Duncan Mc- one
Krimmon, decided to go fish- aboa
ing. He lost his sense of seize
direction and became hope- form
lessly lost. After wandering the
aimlessly for several days, Se
he was captured by an Indian Indi,
party. and
Duncani was taken to Fran- arri'
cis' town, where he was ving
received by the chieftain, Col.
who dressed in the elegant der
uniform, of a British briga- were
dier-general for the occasion. At
Learning all he could from ville
the young soldier about Jack- pligl
son's plans, Francis dismiss- Gad
ed him to his captors. Th
According to Indian cus- of N
tom, no chief had the right to ed:
interfere in the disposal of have
white prisoners. Their fate tion
was left entirely to the cap- his I
tors. own.
'Duncan was stripped of his to s
clothing and taken to a tree may
on the banks of the Wakulla, viate
-where he was tied. The two also
Indian warriors danced we
around him,. making blood cons
curdling cries, preparatory' to .


ng him.
illy and her sister were
*ing nearby when they
rd the commotion. They
to the scene. When Dun-
saw the girls in the aud-
e assembled to witness
execution, he tried to
ble up to hide his naked-
S, at the same time look-
piteously around for help.
illy ran to her father,
ng him, "It is a. pity for
>ung man like. that to be
to death. He has no head
o to war (meaning he was
old enough to engage in
on his own account)."
rancis replied, "I cannot
the prisoner. Speak to
captors."
earnest tones, Milly did.
of the warriors was en-
rd. "I have lost two sis-
in the war. The white
i must die."
illy told him this would
bring back his sisters.
kept talking in this vein,
finally persuaded him.
ie Indian girl then went
)uncan and told him his
would be spared if he
ld allow his hair to be cut
would remain with them,
trying to escape.
ie elated soldier thrust
head forward, saying,
s, yes. Cut it all of if you
s head was shaved, all
the scalp lock on top, and,
was untied and allowed to
s. While he was a prison-
for several days, Milly
inued to perform kind
for him.
uncan was taken to Fort
Marks, and was ransomed
he Spanish commander
seven and a half gallons
um. The soldier rejoined
kson's army and served
the Georiga regiment
1 it was released and sent
e several weeks later. He
rned to his hometown,
edgeville, Ga.
meanwhile, events affect-
Milly for the rest of.her
were taking place. "Two
S. schooners sent to aid
kson arrived a day early
* Fort St. Marks. The
s were disguised. Think-
they were British, Fran-
Lnd other chief paddled to
of the vessels and went
ard, where they were
ed. When Jackson was in-
ied, he ordered both of
chiefs executed.
several months later 188
ans .from Francis' town
the St. Marks area
ved at Fort Gadsden star-
They surrendered to
M. Arbuckle, comman-
of the fort. Among them
e Milly and her family.
I his home in Milledge-
Duncan heard of Milly's
ht. He set out for Fort
sden.
ie Milledgeville Journal
[ovember 3, 1818, report-
"McKrimmon appears to
e A due sense of obliga-.
to the woman who saved
life at the hazard of her
He left town last week
eek her and, as far as
be in his power, to alle-
e her misfortune. It is
his firm determination,
understand, if she will
sent, to make her his wife
"


The Fort Gadsden com-
mander wrote the Milledge-
ville editor: "Duncan Mc-
Krimmon is here'. Milly, the
Prophet Francis' daughter,
says she saved his life from
feelings of humanity alone,
that she would have done the
same for any ,.white man
similarly circumstanced. She
is, therefore, not disposed to
accept his offer 'of matri-
mony, made as an acknow-
ledgement of gratitude. The
donation presented by the
citizens of Milledgeville to
Milly has been delivered, and
she is thankful for their kind-
ness.".


Version



Pocohantas


Soon afterwards, Milly and
her family left with other
Indians for resettlement in
Arkansas.
Years later, in 1842, Lt.
Col. E. A. Hitchcock of the
U.S. Army was on an official
mission in the Indian terri-
tory and heard Milly was
living near the Arkansas
River in the vicinity of pre-
sent day Muscogee, Okla. He
sent for her.
Although now 40 years old,
Milly was described as still
being a good-looking woman
by Col. Hitchcock in his
diary. She told him of having
married one of her own race,,


but he was now dead and so,
were her mother and sister.
She was left a widow with
two sons and a daughter
living of eight children she
had borne. Her children were
too young to help her, and
they were living in poverty.
As soon as Colonel Hitch-
cock returned to Washington,
he set in motion through
Congress action to obtain aid
for Milly. After due investi-
gation, Congress passed the
following act:
". .the Secretary of War is
hereby authorized and direct-
ed to pay to Milly, an Indian
(Continued on Page 7)


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THE STAR. Port St. Joe, Fla. THURSDAY, MARCH 21,1974


1Itteicof1I'rixinoii.


Milly pleads for the life of Capt. McKrimmon, who is
about to to be burned at the stake.


woman of the Creek nation,
and daughter of the Prophet
Francis, a pension at the rate
of 96 dollars peri annum,
payable semi-annually during
her natural life, as a testi-
monial of the gratitude and
bounty of the United States,
for the humanity displayed
by her in the war of 1817 and
1818 in saving the life of an
American citizen, who was a
prisoner in the hands of her
people and about to be put to
death by them; the said pen-
sion to comnmence and take
effect from the fourth day of
September 1843."
The special medal also was
authorized, ". .the Secre-
tary of War is authorized to
procure and transmit to the
said Milly, a medal with
appropriate devices impress-
ed thereon, of the value not
exceeding 20 dollars, as an
additional testimonial of the
gratitude of the United
States."
It was three years before
the acts could be carried out.
During this period Milly
struggled for existence and
became ill with tuberculosis.
James Logan, the Creek
agent, reported: "I had the
honor to receive. .your com-
munication relating to the,
Act ofL Congress, .granting
Milly, daughter of the Pro-
phet Francis, a pension for
her generosity in saving the


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life of a white man. That
same day I received the
information that she was ly-
ing dangerously ill;! I immed-
iately visited her and found
her as I was informed, in
dying circumstances, and I
regret to say, in a most
wretched condition. I immed-
iately procured medical aid,
and done all that was possi-
ble to alleviate her suffer-
ings. I: read your letter to
her, at which she was so
highly elated, that I flattered
myself that she was recover-
ing. But my hopes were falla-
cious, her disease was con-
sumption. She died on the
19th, being about 50 years
old. She died a Christian, a
devout member of the Baptist
Church. ."
"She informed me that at
the time the act was ren-
dered which saved the life of
Capt. McKrimmon, she never
expected any pecuniary re-
ward. Her family was rich,
she did not require it. She
had, however, become very
poor, and she was very grate-
ful for the notice taken of her
by the Government."
Today, where the Prophet
Francis' town once stood on
the banks of the Wakulla
River, on1y,,ypgetatiQqr grows.
.N'othing i4eft tol indicate.1
that a properous Indian tribe
once lived, fished and hunted
beneath the Florida sun.


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THURSDAY. MARCH 21, 1974


THE STAR, Port St. Joe, Fla.


. Sharks Win Two More


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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT, FOUR.
TEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF
THE STATE OF FLORIDA, IN AND
FOR GULF COUNTY
IN RE:'The Estate-of
S WILLIE T. ROWELL, deceased.
NOTICE OF SALE
Notice is hereby given that the under.
signed, J. Ted Cannon, as personal
representative of the above-captioned
estate, under and by virtue of an. order
entered by the court on the 11th day of
March, 1974, in the above captioned
estate will offer for sale and sell at
-public outcry to the -highest and best
bidder for cash at the front steps of the
"County Courthouse, in and for Gulf
County at Port St. Joe, Florida. Said
sale will be held at 11:00 a.m. EDT on
the 11th day of April, 1974, to sell the
following described property situated in
The Southeast Quarter of the South
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West Quarter of the Southeast
Quarter and lying east of State
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No. 6, in Section 11, Township 4
South, Range 10 West as contained
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said propertyshall be sold with all the
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Allow 3


The Sharks baseball team
relaxed their scorching de-
fensive play a little last week
and allowed three runs to be
scored against them in two
games.
Last Tuesday, Quincy's
Carter Paramore scored one
' of the runs, while the Shark
batters were pounding them
for 14 runs to win 14-1 in the
fifth inning.
Mark Wimberly chalked up
his third win of the season,
giving up two hits and col-
lecting seven strike-outs.
Wimberly was backed by
eight hits; one, a three-run
homer by Steve Owens. It
was Owens' first round trip-
per of the season. Jim Moore
had a triple and single with
two RBI's.
SQUEEZE BY RICKARDS
The Sharks barely preser-
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season Saturday afternoon,
defeating Rickards of Talla-
hassee, 3-2, in the fifth in-
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Bubba Harmon started on
the mound for Port St. Joe
and picked up his fifth win of
the season. In a shaky first
inning, Harmon gave up two
of the three hits he allowed in
four innings worked and
walked two to allow Rickards
to get their two runs.
The Sharks came back in
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Denzil Weimorts reached
first on an error and scored
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fifth inning, Russell Chason
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the middle and Kenneth
Weimorts followed with a
single. Both scored when
Harmon singled to right field.
Reggie Gilbert came on in
relief in the fifth and held
Rickards scoreless the rest of
the way.
Gilbert 'gave up two hits
while fanning six batters.
Rickards threatened in the
seventh, when a single and
two Shark errors put three
men on base with only one
out. Gilbert struck out the
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REGISTRATION OF
FICTITIOUS NAME
We the undersigned, being duly
sworn, do hereby declare under oath
that, the names of all persons interested
in the business or profession carried on
under the name of SUB SHOP, at 401
Monument Avenue, P.O. Box 413, Port
St. Joe, Florida 32456, and the extent of
the interest of each, is as follows:
Frank Swain, Owner.
-s- Frank Swain
4tc 3.21
BID NO. WWP54
The City of Port St. Joe, Florida,
invites bids on the following described
Drill:
One 20" Drill press to the following
specifications.
A. Spindle speed variable belt-
less, 130 to 1300 RPM with
speed selection, 1200 RPM
motor
B. Quil Dia. 234"
C. Spindle No. 3 M.T.
D. Base working surface 13.5" x
18".
E. Stroke 6"
F. Height floor model (max.) 75"
G. Front to rear 33.5"
H. Working surface 15.5" x 18"
I. Column length 66" ,
J. Column Dia. 4" x 12" wall,
K.. Adjustable work light
L. Drill press vise, tilting not less
than 33 lb.
M. Not less than 112 HP, 230V.
460V, 1 PH, 60 CY
N. .0 to 2" Chuck with adaptor
for No. 3 M.T.
The unit shall be equal to Power.
matic Mod 1200.
Bids shall be sealed in an envelope
and plainly marked "Bid No. WWP54."
All bids must be F.O.B., Port St. Joe,
Florida, and approximate delivery date
shown. Bidders are requested to submit
bids in item sequence and totaled. The
City of Port St. Joe reserves the right
to accept or reject any or all bids,
waive any formalities and to choose the
bid deemed best to meet the City's
needs.
Bids must be submitted to the City
Clerk's Office, P.O. Box A, Port St.
Joe, Florida 32456, on or before 5:00
P.M., E.D.T., April 2, 1974. Bid opening
will be held at 8:00 P.M., E.D.T., in the
Municipal Building, Port St. Joe, Flor-
ida.
C. W. BROCK,
City Auditor and Clerk 2t 3.21

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
IN AND FOR GULF COUNTY,
FLORIDA IN PROBATE
IN RE: The Estate of
MARY M. WEEKS,
deceased.,
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
All creditors of MARY M. WEEKS,
who died on January 16, 1974 while a
resident of Gulf County, Florida, are
notified that they are required to file
any claims or demands that they may
have against her Estate in the Circuit
Court for Gulf County, Florida, in the
Courthouse at Port St. Joe, Florida,
within six calendar months for the date
of the first publication of this Notice.
Each claim or demand must be in
writing and filed in duplicate, and must
state the place of residence and post
office address of the claimant and be
sworn to by the claimant, his agent or


his attorney, or it will become void
according to law.
DATED February 27, 1974
-s-William Bruce Weeks
Co-Executors
-s.Merle Jordan MacArthur
Co Executors 4t 3-7


More


game.
Russell Chason and hen
Weimorts led the Shark hit-
ting with two each.
The Sharks will be on the
road all this coming week.
traveling to Apalachicola
Friday and to DeFuniak
Springs Saturday. The Sharks
next home game will be next
Tuesday when they entertain
Marianna at 4:00 p.m. in
Shark Stadium.



School

Loses Two


In Golf

Port st. Joe High School
has participated in two golf
meets during the past week,
placing second and third in
the two meets.
March 15, Port St. Joe met
with Quincy Monroe and
Marianna at St. Joseph Bay
Country Club. Marianna
scored in first place with a
174. Port St. Joe was a close
second with a 175. Quincy
Monroe ended with a 185.
Port St. Joe scoring was:
Jay Fleming, 42; Tim Eth-
ridge, 43; Steve LaFrance, 45
and Barry Richardson, 45.
March 18, Port St. Joe went
to Tallahassee and met Rick-
ards, Leon and Godby of
Tallahassee and North Flor-
ida Christian in a match
which saw Leon win with a 19
point margin, posting a 150.
North Florida Christian was
second with a 169; Port St.
Joe third with a 180; Rick-
ards was fourth with their 192
and Godby, fifth with a 194.
Port St. Joe golfers scored
as follows: Tim Etheridge,
42; Barry Richardson, 45;
Jay Fleming, 46 and Steve
LaFrance, 47.


Runs


B. Roy Gibson, Jr., had his
program fail to show for the
regular meeting of Rotary
last Thursday and called on
Rotarian Ted Cannon to give
a short program on a subject
with which he was familiar.
Cannon gave a short but
informative dissertation on
the care and feeding of a
Great'Dane.
Guest of the club was Ken
Jedelle of Tonawanda, New
York.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
BID NO. WWP 53
CITY OF PORT ST. JOE, FLORIDA
Sealed bids in duplicate will be
received until 5:00 P.M., E.D.T., May
7, 1974, City of Port St. Joe, Florida,
and will be publicly opened ano reao
aloud at 8:00 P.M., E.D.T., for the
construction of:
GARAGE.
for the
City of Port St. Joe, Fla. Wastewater
Treatment Plant
The Contractor shall furnish all
labor, materials and equipment and
shall be responsible for the entire
completion of this project.
Plans, specification and contract
documents may be inspected at the
Office of the City Clerk for the City of
Port St. Joe, Florida, and may be
procurred by General Contractors upon
a deposit of $25.00 per set for plans and
specifications, of which the full amount
will be refunded to each General Con.
tractor who submits a bid and all other
deposits for other than one complete
set of plans and specifications will be
returned less deduction to cover cost of
reproduction. All documents must be
returned in good condition within ten
(10) days after date of opening of bids.
Cashier's Check, Certified Check, or
Bid Bond for not less than 5 per cent of
the amount of the bid must accompany
each proposal.
Performance, Labor and Material
Bond and Workman's Compensation
Insurance will be required of the suc.
cessful bidder.
Right is reserved to reject any or all
proposals and waive technicalities ,
No bidder may withdraw his bid for a
period of thirty (30) days after date set
for opening.
C. W. BROCK,
City Auditor and Clerk 3t 3 21


IN THE CIRCUIT COURT, FOUR
TEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF
FLORIDA, IN AND FOR GULF
COUNTY.
CIVIL ACTION.
In Re: The Marriage of
LINDA DARLENE GRANGER, Wife,
Petitioner,
and
JIMMY GRANGER, Husband,
Respondent.
NOTICE OF ACTION
TO: Jimmy Granger
RI. 1, Box 145
Orange, Texas
YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action
for dissolution of marriage has been
filed against you and you are required
to serve a copy of your written
defenses, if any, to it on Cecil G.
Costin, Jr., Plaintiff's attorney, whose
address is 221 Reid Avenue, Port St.
Joe, Florida 32456, on or before April
15, 1974, and file the original with the
Clerk of this Court either before service
on Plaintiff's attorney or immediately
thereafter; otherwise a default will Lb
entered against you for the relief
demanded in the petition.
WITNESS my hand and the se',l uf
this Court on March 12, A.D. 1974.
-s. GEORGE Y. CORE,
Clerk of Circuit Court, Gulf County
4t 3-.1.


By J. H. Fleming
Preserving the Business-
Death Notwithstanding. One
of the major problems of a
business owner in planning
his estate is how to dispose of
his interest at his death-and
still preserve the business-in
a manner that will be best for
the estate, the family and the


Craftsman, hi-wheel, self-
propelled, rotary mower.
Never been used. Original
cost $200, will take $150. Mrs.
Tom Owens, 1110 Long Ave.
4tc 3-21

1969 Coleman tent trailer,
sleeps six. Includes camp
stove and light. Best offer
$375. Call Bob or Donnie 229-
2261. ltc 3-21

For Sale: One color T.V.,
like new; 75,000 BTU central
furnace, 18,000 BTU air con-
ditioner. Call 229-2482. tfc 3-21

20 Acres, $4,975!
$60 down, $60 monthly, 6 pet.
interest. Beautiful, high
mountain valley.
Owner, STEED
911 W. 10th
Amarillo, TX 79101


229-5931
for
Black Dirt, Fill-
Sand, Builders
Sand and Gravel.
16 tp 3-7
Choice water front lot at
Mexico Beach, high and dry,
66 x 80. Contact C. M. Parker
648-3111. tfc 3-14

Pepper plants, tomato
plants, Rogers Nursery,
Wewahitchka, Fla. 639-2600.
3tp 3-14

Reduce safe and fast with
GoBese Tablets and E-Vap
"water pills". Campbell's
Drugs. 4tp 3-7

14 foot fibreglass boat and
trailer. $125.00 Call 648-5104.
2tc-3-14

DEGREASER
or any of the other Stanley
Home Products. Free deliv-
ery. Contact Betty Gilbert
648-7534. tfc 10-4

Mexico Beach, Special Sale
before the season, one lot, 75
x 100, 15th St., 697-3981. 4tp 3-7

THE SEW\IN(; CENTER,
Headquarters for all of your
sewing needs. 229 Reid Ave.
tfc 2-28


Lose
Shape
Water.
Drugs.


weight
Tablets
Pills.


business.
One way of meeting the
problem is through a bequest
of an option to purchase the
owner's stock or other busi-
ness interest at below-market
value, bargain prices. By this
technique, the business owner
can pass the enterprise along
intact to, say, an interested


SPECIAL
New large red marigolds,
pull plants, 50 cents doz.
Blooming salvia or dwarf
marigolds, $1.00 doz. Double
petunias ready to bloom 10
cents a peat cup. Single
petunias big flats $1.00 doz.
Gerber daisies or blue border
daisies 75 cents a flat. Extra
large tomato plants ready to
bloom, Big Boys, Beef Mas-
ter, Spripg Giants, Wonder
Boys or Patio 25 cents a peat
cup. Potted roses $2.25 lotsof
pretty shrub trees & box-
wood. Pretty hanging baskets
$5.00. Look for the sign at
15th & Drake.
Jackson's Nursery
1707 Drake Ave.,
Panama City It 3-21









For Sale: By owner, three
bedroom, 2 bath, living room,
den, storage house,. garage;
boat shed, double lot. If
interested call 912-768-2361
during day only. tfc 2-14








For Rent: Apartment at St.
Joe Beach, inquire at Smith's
Pharmacy. tfc 3-14


Houses-Unfurn.




For Rent: Unfurnished 3
bedroom masonry house in
.White City on large lot. Call
after 6 p.m. 229-6721. tfc 3-2
tfc 3-21

For Rent: Two bedroom
unfurnished house. 227-3261.
tfc 3-21

For Rent: Unfurnished large
two bedroom house, laundry,
car port and storage, large
screened back porch, central
heat and air. 229-6777 after 5
p.m. tfc 2-7


with New
and Hydrex
Campbell's
6tp 2-28


tFor itching. insec
chapped hands and f
Norwalk Vitamin E
C(lream.

For Sale: 2 lots of la
garage. small house
with screen porch. No
calls. 1-762-8184. Rt. 1.
Altha. 32421.

10 speed bikes in
Men's,, women's.
style. Touring style.
terms available. v
auto. Port St. Joe.


t bites,
ace use
E. ,Skin
6tp 2-28

andr car


Furnished, beach cottages
at reasonable rates. 227-3491
or 229-5641. tfc 12-27


trailer For Rent: One and two
D collect bedroom attractively fur-
Box 46. nished apartments. Cool in
tfc 1-24 summer, warm in winter.
Gas heat, window fans. They
stock, must be seen to be appre-
Racing ciated. Contact Mrs. B. C.
Credit Prince, at WIMICO LODGE
western and TRAILER PARK. White
City. Phone 229-2413 or
tfc-6-15 648-3101.


son and still be able to divide
his estate among his heirs.

With a little planning, the
son can fund the exercise of
his future option by taking
out insurance on his father's
life. The proceeds of the life
insurance will be paid by the
son to the executor and then
be available for distribution
to other legatees. But there
are the son's income taxes to
consider, too. What does a
bargain option mean to him?
Example: The controlling
owner of a company wills his
son an option to buy his stock
in the company at $100 a
share and makes cash
bequests to his three daugh-
ters. At the owner's death,
the stock has a fair market
value of $200. The son exer-
cises the option with the -po-
ceeds of insurance on his
father's life, and the proceeds
go to satisfy the bequests to


Wanted: Job to live in and
care for older person. 227-
3972. Itp 3-21

Wanted: .Boxer bull dog,
phone 229-6307. ltc 3-21





SEE OPPORTUNITY on
page 49 of March 4 issue of
Time. Call 785-2253 for appt.
2tc 3-14


1972 Datsun pickup, $1500
or $300 down, take over pay-
ments or will finance. 648-
6348 2tc 3-21


J. II. FLEMING
Accountant Tax Consultant
321 Reid Avenue
Port St. Joe, Florida
229-6400
4tp 3-21

ST. JOE MACHINE CO.
Machine Work-Welding
506 First St.
Phoen 229-6803
Machinist on duty all day
Every day

Income Tax Service
Bernard 0. Wester
813 Marvin Ave.
229-3107 after 5 p.m.
10tc 2-7

Mobile Home Owners
SKI MEADOWS PARK
Is now open for business,
across the street from Ski
Breeze Camp Sites. Beahc
privileges, game room,
washer and dryer. Gift -shop.
Located on Hiway S30, 9
miles southeast of Port St.
Joe.

VW owners-James Pad-
gett, a factory trained and
proven VW mechanic is on
duty to serve you. Call or
stop by. Complete rebuilt ser-
vice. American auto repair
service also available at
reasonable rates. Mexico
beach Service Center, Mexico
Beach, 648-3985. tfc 1-10


the daughters.
The IRS recognizes that the
testamentary bequest has a
basis. The basis of the bar-
gain, the testamentary
option, is computed by sub-
tracting the option price from
the value shown on the estate
tax return-$200 minus $100,
or $100. This amount, then,
may be added to the option
price to establish thle son's
basis.


Use the

Classified Ads
Midget Investments
With Giant Returns


Girls In

Cage Tilt

- There will be a basketball
game between the women
faculty of the Port St. Joe
High School and the senior
girls Thursday, March 28 at
8:00 p.m. in the gym.
Price will be $1.00 for
adults and 50 cents for chil-
dren. All proceeds of the
game are going to defray
graduation expenses.
Advance tickets may be
purchased at Port St. Joe
High School or can be bought
at the door.


/11L
Smit. ticpelf' stil II .- t.ltItlit Ito c arr aredtj onitonin the ler'.
ltiiij ,Iwleft pocket'l. xWardls of uliseil.,'V.


For Sale: Green 1968 Tor-
ino GT. Economical 302
motor with stand. 3 speed,
black vinyl interior (buckets)
Tight body with minor dam-
age. 97,000 miles, excellent
mechanical shape, $850, and
will consider motorcycle or
small car as trade in. If
interested contact Matt Rus-
sell, Maintenance Dept., St.
Joe High School. Itp 3-21
For Sale: Repossessed 1972'
Ford F-100 pickup. Reason-
able, easy financing avail-
able. Call Port St. Joe 227-4222
or Wewa 639-2222. Wewahitch-
ka State Bank. 4tc 3-21

1973 Yamaha Enduro, 250
cc. Six months old, assume
loan, call in Wewa 639-2880.
3tp 3-7


Professional help with
emotional problems and-or
concerns. Gulf County Guid-
ance Clinic, Port St. Joe, Fla.
227-2691 or Rev. Sidney Ellis,
229-6599.
Septic tanks pumped out.
Call Buford Griffin. Phone
229-6694 or 229-2937.


For the best in Television
and Sound come by 301 Reid
Ave., and see our line of tele-
visions, components, stereos,
radios and tapes. We have a
repairman available only. K
and D TV and SOUND, 301
Reid Ave., Phone 227-2071.
tfc 9-27


A New Service At
POLLACK'S CLEANERS

UNIFORM

RENTALS
For Information, Come by
or Call
107 Second Street
Phone 227-4401


Color & Black and White
TV Repair. Call
HEATH RADIO & TV
-REPAIR
Phone 229-2782
All Work Guaranteed
tfc 3-21


Custom Upholstery
Drapery
Fabrics & Naugahyde
Reasonable Rates
Let Us Save Xou Money
20 pet. off
on All Fabrics
Phone 229-4481 tfc 3-1
"Ithink it was something I ate."

forR
AMBULANCE Rldam B
SERVICE kills bugs for
In Wewahitchka and
r sU. p to six months,
and saves you about $ 100 yearly
CALL in costly pes) control services.
Use of Sprayer free with
COMFORTER FUNERAL purchase of Rid-A-Bug
HOME HURLBUT SUPPLY CO.
306 Reid Avenue
227-3511 ..Port St. Joe, Florida -
mm M


R.A.M.-Regular convoca-
tion on St. Joseph Chapter
No. 56. R.A.M. 1st and 3rd
Monday, 8 p.m. All visiting
companions welcome.
J. L. Sims, H.P.
E. William McFarland,
Sec.


There will be a regular
communication of Port St.
Joe Lodge No. 111, F. & A.M.,
every first and third Thurs-
day at 8:00 p.m.




William McFarland, W.M.
Herbert L. Burge, Sec.


ST. JOE
ACCOUNTING


106 Monument Ave.
229-61:32
Income Taxes Bookkeeping
tfc 3-21

For Welding see James L.
Temple, 1302 Palm Blvd.
tfc 3-7

Retired carpenter and boat
builder, can fix anything.
Call 227-5611 after 5 p.m.
tfc 2-28

House moving, mobile
home moving and set up,
with or without axles. 648-
3035. tfc 3-21

LEWIS FLOOR CLEANING
All Types
229-6482 or 229-6447
tfc 9-20


MEXICO BEACH
BEAUTY SHOPPE
Phone 648-5116
15th St. N. of Hwy. 98
Complete Beauty Service
GLADYS NICHOLS 3-21
3-2


Your SHERWIN-WILLIAMS
PAINT Dealer in
Port St. Joe




EARTH




HURLBUT SUPPLY CO.,.
306 Reid Avenue
Port St Joe, Florida


Tax Planning


Cannon Gives Talk 806-376-8690
On Great Dane Care Call Walter Duren


Driveways Paved
Concrete or Asphalt

C&G Construction Co.


Phone 229-5i70


C. W. Roberts


GOL riHUNriN-I GOOD FISHING


LOTS FOR SALE
RED BULL ISLAND SUBDIVISION
WEWAHITCHKA, FLORIDA
SUITABLE FOR HOMES OR CAMP SITES
ELECTRICITY AND TELEPHONE AVAILABLE
CASH OR TERMS LOW DOWN PAYMENT
LOW INTEREST RATES
DONNA E. FUSELIER PH. 229-2941
: P-IRT ST. JOEI, FL.A. OR 229-6133


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Specials for
March 18 23


SHOP RICH'S, Port St. Joe, SAVE TIME and MONEY!-


ALThe .R..
STORE F

ALL REASON


14z. Bt. 29c


ans "No.30 29c
?a~n -Cn 29c


IGA
Apple Juice .
IGA 21/2 Lb. Jar
Peanut Butter $
IGA 25 Ft. Roll
Aluminum Foil
IGA Plain or Iodized
SALT, Round Box
Cairo Beauty 12 Oz. Jars
Salad Delites 2/


47c
1.29.
25c
9c
(69c


IGA

Tea Bags
Pkg.
of 100


89- F3R 189 ,
"iUNI ri a 1 R C .

Bama (or Jam)
Grae Jelly

18'Oz.
Jars 2


IGA

BLEACH

039c

Gallon


4 Bar Pkg.
Ivory Soap 39c
Johnson Regular or Lemon
Pledge 1Ca4$1.19


IGA

Detergent
49 Oz
Pkg.


49c


Riceland Long Grain
RICE
3 Lb.
Pkg.


$1.19


Fresh Grade "A"


Lykes VIENNA 4 Oz. Cans
Sausage
Lykes 3 Oz. Cans
Potted Meat
Kraft,
French
Dressing
Sunshine Cookies
Chip A Roos
Nabisco 1 Lb. Pkg.


Graham Crackers 49


Fla. Ga. Ala.


Hair Tonic (Save 30c)
VITALIS
Tablets (Save 21c)
Excedrin


40z.Btl. 69c
Btl. of 36 69c


Deodorant (Regular or Unscented) (Save 36c)
Ultra Ban sozcan
Penny
Dog Food "Cans8/1


12 Oz. Pkg. Lykes Pure Pork (Hot or Mild)
Pak $1.18 SAUSAGE Lb 88c
reek Tablerite Beef
RS 12 Oz. Chuck Steak Lb $1.08
RS Pkg. 78c Chuck Steak Lb. $1.08


Tablerite Lean
Ground Beef lb. 98c
Tablerite Lean 1/4 Loin Family Pak
Pork Chops lb. $1.08


IGA Deluxe

COFFEE
1 Lb.
Can


68c


I


iC



10C
Potting Soil


19c

39c
39c
s LB. 29c
is 39c


$1.19


(Whole)


Tablerite Beef
Chuck Roast
Fresh Grade "A" Fla. -
Fryer Qtrs.
IGA Tablerite Sliced
Sliced $
Bacon *


lb.
Ga. -
lb.


Morton
Cream
Pies
14 Oz.
3$1

Pillsbury
Biscuits
Tablerite Sticks 10 Oz. Pkg.
Cheddar Cheese 89c
IGA Brown & Serve
ROLLS
Sandwich
BREAD


98c
Ala.
45c

08
1 Lb. Pkg.


Oscar Mayer
Variety
Lykes Sugar Cr
WEINE


Lykes Sugar Creek Sliced
BOLOGNA P' 98c
Lykes 10 Oz. Vac Pak
Cooked Ham $1.48


IGA
Broccoli
Spears
10 Oz. Pkg.


SOz Cans 4 49c
*Breakstone 1 Lb. Pkg.
Cottage Cheese 49c


kgs. of 12 3
IGA Giant Loaf


11 Lb. Loaf


FRESH FLORIDA FRUIT


Temple Oranges 3

TANGERINES doz.

BANANAS Ib.
We have a complete line of Seed, Plants, Fertilizer, Peat Moss and
ROSE BUSHES -AZALEAS


99c

89c


.t~I. ~


1/4 Bushel
ORANGE


IGA
Straw-
berries
16 Oz. Ctn.,

59c


IGA
Whip
Topping
10 Oz. Tub

49c


SAVE CASH AT RICH'S NOT STAMPS


Florida Home Grown
Tomatoes

- lb. 39c

ES $1.59


-5 Lb. Bag
Oranges
Grapefruit


*


Round Red Bag
RADISHES
Golden, Crisp Bag
CARROTS
Green Bunch
ONIONS
Big Bag
Bell Peppers
Large Bag
Cucumbers
Sweet Onions
Large Bag
Yellow Onion
Fla. Red with $10.00 Order


S 10 PouI
Bag


69Potatoe
69C H
Completely Home Owned and Operated by E. J. Rich and Sons


Del Monte
CATSUP
IGA Cut
Green Be


3 /$1.00
6/$1.00

8 Oz. Btl. 29C
15 oz. 59c


(Cut-up)
43c


99c


$1.00


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Square Dancers In Benefit


thli Sunshiners Square
Dance Club of Port St. Joe is
hosting a benefit dance for
the Cancer Fund at the Com-
mons Area of Port St. Joe
High School, Saturday,


March 23 at 8 p.m.
Participating clubs will be
the Swinging Eights of Pan-
ama City Beach, the Swing-
ing Squares of Panama City
and the Toe Tappers of Tyn-


INSULATION

BLOWN-IN


'7 .'^' ^.N & V MW Y1' .f


FiBiEAIs


iiTV9- Prices range from $70.00
to $180.00 for total ceiling
insulation depending on the
square footage of home.


Member of Bay County
Home Builders Association
CALL OR WRITE
FOR FREE 769-3486
ESTIMATES L 3
NAM=
ADDRESS
PHONE
ELLIOTT E. DENT. JR.
DE T INSULATION
D 1It CTlMPANY
W. 11th STREET P.O. BOX 175 PANAMA CITY, FLA.


DELUXE
CHAMPION"
Sup-R-Belt0
The same long mileage
tires that come on
many new 1974 cars!
Hurry... Stocks
limited in some sizes!


4~.$
FOR11
mSize 7-4,C81.


FOR120


dall AFB. Other square dan-
cers in the area will also be
participating and everyone is
welcome. -
Cost will bei $1.50 per
couple and a small donation
from spectators,; A special
added attraction Will br the
Freedom Swingers from Pen-
sacola, a group of young
people who put on a tremen-
dous show.
Subscribe to The Star


NOTES

from the
Port St. Joe

High School

CARL GUILFORD, JR.


Pam Collier, Sheryl Rober-
son and Regina Ellis, chorus
students at PSJHS, are parti-


NOTICE
The St.. Joseph Telephone & Tele-
graph Company will receive sealed
bids until March 21, 1974, for the
following described real property:
Frame house located on Lot 1,
Block 32, at corner of Long Ave.
and Sixth Street.
The house must be removed from
the property by April 30, 1974.
Sealed bids must be marked on
the outsideias "Bid for frame house".
The St. Joseph Telephone & Tele-
graph Company reserves the right to
reject all bids.
Inspection of the house may- be


arranged
company
Joe.


by contacting the telephone
business office in Port St.
3tc 3-7


2 cord body plies of

POLYESTER

FIBERGLASS
double belt under tread-

CHARGE


4$I
FOR13


I Similar low prices for singles and pairs. If we should sell out of your size, we'll give you a
BlIckwalls in most sizes S2.50 less per tire. "rain check" assuring later delivery at the advertised price.
Priced as shown at Firestone Stores. Competitively priced at Firestone Dealers and at all service stations displaying the Firestone sign.

BE The Rrestone STEEL RADIAL 500 can give you up to
cop t.sy, __30 Extra Miles from every tankful of gas!

utletstThis gas savings is based on a car with 20-gallon fuel capacity and currently
averaging 15 miles per gallon. Naturally, your savings will depend on how much
stop and start driving you do. SEE THIS GREAT TIRE TODAY!




Pate's Service Center


Jimmy's Phillips "66"
Port SE T. JoeFlo6idaT


cipating in a combined work-
shop and choral concert to be
held in the Gulf Coast Com-
munity College auditorium at
5:30 p.m. Friday, March 22.
The girls will be taken to
Gulf Coast by Miss Ann Al-
dridge, chorus teacher at
PSJHS. The workshop and
concert will also be attended
by students from Bay and
Rutherford high schools, and
Gulf Coast Community Col-
lege. The combination work-
shop and choral concert is
under the direction of Phyllis
Merritt of Escambia High
School, Pensacola. The public
is cordially invited.
We wish the Port St. Joe
High School concert band the
best of luck as they compete
in the annual state competi-
tion at Tallahassee on Satur-
day, March 23. We are proud
of our band; they add so
much to our school.
The 1974 Monument is now
on sale. The journalism class
under Mr. Monette's direc-
tion is trying to make it the
best one ever. If you have not
bought yours, see any mem-
ber of the annual staff. For
only seven dollars you can
purchase a yearbook; that's
quite a bargain for a year's
history in pictures.
School pride can be seen
growing with each victory by
by Sharks baseball team.
Congratulations to the team
and to the coaches for such
fine efforts.
What is the topic everyone
is takling about in the corri-
dors, in the lunchroom, in the
gym, or wherever a few are
gathered together? Streaking,
of course. We suppose the
class of 1974 will always be
associated with the year that
streaking was the fad. What
year was it that gold fish
swallowing was the thing?
,Mrs Kelley's drama class
*getting a real treat. Friday
night the entire class is going
via bus to see the production
of "Bye Bye Birdie" at Chi-
pola Junior College.
Tonight at 7:30 the post-
season exhibition basketball
game will be held in the gym.
The seniors will be going up
against the varsity. Tickets
are $1.00 for adults and 50
cents for students. The junior
class would appreciate your
support, for the proceeds will
be used to finance the junior-
senior prom. It should be fun.
See you there.
Everyone is surely looking
forward to that week's vaca-
tion coming in April. School
will be out the 15th through
the 19th. This is the first time
ever that we have been given
a full week in the spring.
Teachers and students alike
are counting the hours.
Carl Guilford may have
decided to take his vacation
early because-tragedy of
tragedies-he was absent
from school Monday, the day


,.,. By.Jack Harper
Tallahassee Democrat
Col. Drake Wilson says the U. S. Army
Corps of Engineers has an economical and
"ecologically sound" plan to provide a year-
round navigational channel on the Apalach-
icola River.
Wilsornchief of the Mobile District of
the Corps, said the new plan calls for one
damn at Sutton's Lake near Blountstown with
dikes to, keep the river from flooding. He
also said' that present dredging of the river
to maintain a navigational channel does
more damage to the seafood industry at
Apalachicola than a "run-of-the-river" dam
would do.
The new. information came in a speech
Wilson made before the Chattahoochee
Rotary Club, last week.
IT FOLLOWS an apparent pattern the
corps has of slowly releasing information on
its new 'plan to control the free-flowing
Apalachicola before a full-fledged public
hearing.
Florida environmentalists, including
Atty. Gen, Robert Shevin, who once threat-
ened a suit to stop the damming of the river,
have written the corps for its new plan for
the river but so far it has not been made
public.
Col. Wilson told Chattahoochee Rotar-
ians a public meeting would be held in
Blountstown to tell the people there of the
new plan. Chattahoochee, incidentally, is
across the river from the new port of
Sneads, which is cranking up to enter the
shipping business. Many of its residents,
recognizing its economic importance,
already fayor damming of the river down-
stream. .
Wilson released the first information on
the new n' irp" plan for the river at the
annual meeting of the Tri-Rivers Waterway
Development Association at Abbeville, Ala.
in February.
That association represents the farflung
shipping interests of Georgia, Alabama and
Florida. It recently retained a fulltime pub-
licity secretary to present the association's
story to the public.

THE FIRST PLAN, presented at a
meeting in Marianna last June, invoked
widespread opposition from Florida environ-
mentalists including Gov. Reubin Askew.
The engineers were sent baqk to -the ."
drawing board to devise a plan t;o prbVide '
the nine-foot year round channel without
damaging the environment or forget it.
Those alternate plans called for from
two to four dams on the river with a series
of dikes and canals entailing the flooding of
thousands of acres of lowlying woodlands


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THE STAR, Port St. Joe,. Fla-. THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1974


along the river bank.
Col. Wilson said at Chattahoochee the
new plan to be submitted soon would elimi-
nate the need for such widespread flooding.
He said the problems created from
dredging, which the corps does now to
maintain the channel, are more serious than
those created by the proposed dam.
Two dredges are working fulltime to
keep the river channel open now, he said,
due to the 47-foot downfall of the river from
Chattahoochee to the Gulf.
"One dam at Blountstown would serve
as a breakwater," he said. "It would allow
the channel to stay open longer with about
half the dredging problems."
He said the new corps studies will show
that a dam at Blountstown would help and
not hinder the oyster industry on Apalachi-
cola Bay where more than 85 per cent of
Florida's oysters are grown.
"The dredges are much more harmful-
to the oyster beds than a dam would be," he
said.
WILSON SAID the only problem of the
environment the corps has not successfully
worked out is the spawning of the striped
bass that come up the river each year.
"We're still working on it," he said,
"but so far we have not been able to devise
a way to get. them upriver over a dam."
Although it was little noticed in the furor
of opposition to the corps damming plans at
the Marianna meeting, several representa-
tives of Florida government and commerce
qualified their opposition to the dams.
U. S. Rep. Don Fuqua, State Rep.
Wayne Mixson, and several chamber of
commerce spokesmen said they could not
approve the engineers' plans as they were
then, but they wanted them to go back and
devise one that would compromise between
economic needs and damage to the environ-
ment.
Alabama Gov. George Wallace, in a
statement, embraced that philosophy also.
THE APALACHICOLA RIVER, lying
entirely in Florida, connects the Chattahoo-
chee, Flint and Columbia Rivers of Georgia
and Alabama to the Gulf of Mexico.
The only major Florida upriver port on
the Apalachicola is the new one at Sneads,
just below Jim Woodruff Dam. Georgia and
Alabama have long had a network of major
dams on their rivers.
"'7' Ajiare'htly,a hlbthe r'fajor ilifronfation
between :"Fibrdaf envliobmealists : and
Georgia and Alabama shipping 'interests is
in the offing.
And with the noticeable relaxation of
environmental controls in the face of the
energy crisis, the outcome is no longer
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The Gulf County School School-accepted resignation
Board met in regular session of Laura Hinton as Media
at 5:30 p.m., EDT on Feb. 5, Specialist at the end of the
1974. The following members 1973-74 school year on motion
were present: J. K. Whitfield, of Roemer and seconded by
Chairman; Herman Ard, Guillot. All voted Yes.
Wallace Guillot; and William The Board agreed to hold a
Roemer, Sr. Board member special meeting February 19,
Raffield was absent. 1974 to discuss the proposed
The Superintendent was R.O.T.C. Program. The
present. Board will meet at Navy
The meeting was opened Recruiting Officers at 10:00
with the invocation by Ard, a.m., EDT.
followed by the pledge of The Board officially desig-
allegiance. nated the depositories to be
On motion by Guillot, used for the fiscal year 1973,
second by Ard, the minutes of 74 as: Florida First National
the regular meeting of Janu- Bank of Port St. Joe, Wewa-
ary 8, 1974 were approved. hitchka State Bank of Wewa-
All voted Yes. hitchka, and Commercial
The Board received one bid Bank of Panama City. Motion
on a used 1956 school bus by Ard, seconded by Guillot.
from I. W. Duren & Sons in All voted Yes.
the amount of $127.50. On The Superintendent pre-
motion by Roemer, seconded sented a proposed per diem
by Guillot, the Board unani- rate for travel reimburse-
mously accepted this bid. ment. This proposal will be
Copy of this bid is on file in discussed at the next regular
the Superintendent's office. meeting.
The Superintendent pre- The Superintendent recom-
sented correspondence re- mended that the Board esta-
ceived during January. No blish the position of bus
action was required. mechanic for the St. Joe
Letters of suspension were area. On motion by Guillot,
presented from Charles T. second by Roemer, all voted
Watson, Assistant Principal Yes to take applications for
of Port St. Joe High School this position.
regarding infraction of the The Superintendent was
rules by students. Copies of directed to notify the State
these letters are on file in the Department of Education
Superintendent's office, that Gulf County intends to
On motion by Roemer, sec- purchase five new school
onded by Guillot, all voted buses -in the next pool pur-
Yes to sign an agreement chasing plan. Motion to make
with the City of Port St. Joe this purchase was made by
regarding times the city ten. Ard, seconded by Guillot and
nis courts may be used by approved unanimously.
classes from Port St. Joe The kindergarten teachers
High School, and the Board met with the Board to pre-
assumes responsibility for sent a progress report re-
any damages to the premises garding the kindergarten pro-
during these times. A copy of gram.'
this agreement is on file in Bills in the amount of
the Superintendent's office. $63,472.88 were examined and
On recommendation of the ordered paid. Warrants for
Superintendent, motion by these bills are shown on the
Guillot, seconded by Ard, the warrant register.
Board voted unanimously to There being no further bus-
accept the following person- iness, the Board adjourned to
nel changes: meet again in special session
Port St. .Joe Elementary February 19, 1974.
School-Terminated Henry --
House and Steve Reeves from The Gulf County School
the custodial staff effective Board met in special session
December 7, 1973; appointed at 9:00 a.m. on the above
Betty Underwood, Eddie date. The following members
Summers, Clara Ev'ns to the were present, Gepe Raffield;:
custodial staff on a part time William Roemer, Sr.; Her-
basis. 'man Ard; Wallace Guillot.
Port St. Joe High School The Superintendent was pre-
Accepted resignation of Ger- sent. The meeting was open-
aldine Wilson as lunchroom ed with the invocation by
clerk effective January 7, Guillot. This was followed by
1974; appoint Nether Lee the pledge of allegiance.
Franklin to lunchroom clerk Representatives of the
effective January 9, 1974; Naval Junior R.O.T.C. met
accept resignation of Mona with the Board to discuss the
Odadzin as teacher aide proposed program for the
effective January 31, 1974; Gulf County Schools. On
appoint Christine White as motion by Raffield, seconded
teacher aide effective Feb- by Guillot, all voted Yes to
ruary 1, 1974; accepted resig- apply for this program.
nation of Deborah Campbell Members of the G.C.E.A.
as teacher effective January Professional Affairs Commit-
29, 1974; appoint Cynthia tee 'met with the Board
Wells as teacher for remain- regarding the Professional
der of the 1973-74 school year. Affairs Agreement. The Sup
: J Affairs Agreement. The Sup-
Wewahitchka High School- erintendent was requested to
granted leave of absence to write Edwin Williams and
Bernice Fortner as bus driver Billy Barlow to meet with the
effective January 29, 1974. Board at the next regular
Wewahitchka Elementary meeting on March 5. 1974. to


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THE STAR, Port St. Joe, Fla. THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1974


discuss this agreement with
the Board.
The Board reviewed appli-
cations of bus mechanic for
the Port St. Joe area. Upon
motion by Guillot, seconded
by Raffield, all voted Ye: to
appointing Clinton Brownell
to this position. The rate of
pay will be $3.85 per hour for
the first 90 days.
The Board received bids on
the roof repair at the Port St.
Joe Elementary School. On
,motion by Raffield, seconded
by Guillot, all voted Yes to
accept the lowest and"best
bid of Bill Mayo* Roofing
Company of Panama City,
Florida. Bids were "received
from:
Bill Mayo Roofing Com-
pany; L. B. Nichols, and
Panama City Roofing Com-
pany.
Copies of all bids are on file
in the Superintendent's office.
On motion by Guillot,
seconded by Raffield, the
Board voted unanimously to
adopt a resolution to incur an
obligation to purchase five
new school buses, and to
make the loan with a local
bank under Florida Statutes
237.161. A copy of this resolu-
tion is on file in the Super-
intendent's office.
A school bus driver's
license was approved for Os-
well Oliver for the Wewa-


Drs. Dickson, Smart and
Perry, nematologists with the
University of Florida, for
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Port St. Joe Is A
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Cure fc
by Shannon Smith
Home Grounds Specialist
University of Florida
Last week we covered the

hitchka area. On motion by
Raffield, seconded by A'rd,
the vote was unanimous.
On motion by Ard, second-
ed by Guillot, all voted Yes to
advertise for sale one used
1963 Van.
Students from St. Joseph's
State Park will be transport-
ed to school in private vehicle
by Shirley Lynch. This
motion was made by Guillot,
seconded by Raffield, all
voted Yes. Mileage will be
paid at the rate of 20 cents
per mile.
On motion by Raffield,
seconded by Ard, all voted
Yes to adopt a resolution re-
questing funds to be released
from the Comprehensive
School Construction Project
in the amount of $30,000.00.
Copies of this resolution are
on file in the Superintendent's
office.
There being no further bus-
iness, the Board adjourned to
meet again in regular session
on March 5, 1974 at 9:00 a.m.,
EDT.
ATTEST:
David Bidwell,
David Bidwell,
Superintendent
William Roemer, Sr.
Vice-Chairman


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diagnosis of nematode dam-
age to lawns. This week's
article will tell how home-
owners can control these
plant parasites.
Most parasitic nematodes
of lawns can be effectively
controlled through the appli-
cation of nematicidal chemi-
cals. Good lawn maintenance
will help overcome nematode
damage but eventually chem-
ical control becomes a neces-
sity in areas where nematode
infestations are severe.
Two chemicals are avail-
able to homeowners which
will effectively control lawn
nematodes. The first chemi-
cal is dibromocholorpropane
(DBCP) which is marketed
for homeowners under the
trade name Nemagon. It is
prepared as a water emulsion
and applied as a surface
drench. The second nemati-
cide is called Sarolex. This
material is a liquid nemati-
cide formulation of the in-
secticide called diazinon. It is
also applied as a surface
drench.
For effectiveness of these
materials proper application
is essential. The soil should
not be too dry or too wet. A
moist soil absorbs the chemi-
cals more readily and evenly.
The lawn should be mowed,
thatch removed' if possible
and aerified to allow better
penetration of the chemical


Nematodes


into the root zone.
The liquid nematicides
should be applied exactly as
the rate recommended on the
container label in about 50
gallons of water per thousand
square feet of lawn surface.
Another 50 gallons of water
per one thousand square feet
is next applied to wash the
chemical into the soil. This
step is necessary for proper
control and means that one-
half to one inch of irrigation
must be applied to drench the
chemical into the ground. If
the entire area cannot be
irrigated at once, treat small
sections at a time so that
water can be applied pro-
perly.
An annual treatment is
usually necessary for good
nematode control. The mater-
ials may be successfully
applied in the spring, sum-
mer or fall. Response from
fall treatment will not be
obvious until the next spring.
If nematode infested turf is
treated, it will generally
withstand stress conditions
such as drought, low fertility,
and cold weather better than
untreated turf.
A final word of caution.
When using chemicals, read
the label completely and fol-
low all directions exactly as
written, especially heeding
cautions and warnings.
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