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Newspaper

Panama City Pilot

Location

Panama City, Florida, United States of America

Date

Aug 09, 1940

Page

3

Pi ctot Club Holds Mimi Monthly Meeting at Cove Hotel

Miss Minnie Witherspoon presided as vice-president in the president’s absence at the Pi ctot club meeting in Cove hotel. Routine business was conducted and reports from committee chairs were heard. Letters from the international president were read and approval granted to furnish a quart of milk daily to the WPA Nursery school in Millville pending committee review. One new member, Mrs. Hubert Davis, was welcomed as the meeting adjourned with the group singing Sail On International.

Minnie Witherspoon Pictot Club Cove Hotel Eurich Robinson WPA Millville Hubert Davis Sail On, International

Admissions and discharges at regional hospitals

Miss Cletis Atkinson admitted yesterday to Lisenby hospital. Miss Elizabeth Grady of Apalachicola admitted yesterday afternoon to Lisenby. Mrs Malachi Murphy and infant son dismissed home from Lisenby. Mrs Ralph C Williams and small daughter Rebecca dismissed from Lisenby. Eules Owens of Mount Pleasant Tennessee dismissed this morning from Lisenby. Miss Reba Cumbie dismissed to Bay Harbor from Panama City hospital. H L Fewhand of Millville admitted to Kee City hospital as a patient.

Cletis Atkinson Lisenby Hospital Elizabeth Grady Apalachicola Malachi Murphy Ralph C. Williams Rebecca Eules Owens Mount Pleasant, Tenn Reba Cumbie Bay Harbor Panama City Hospital H. L. Fewhand Millville Kee City Hospital

Personal notices of Panama City residents and visitors

Mr and Mrs R A Penton and daughters Mildred and Ruby Nell return to Panama City after touring western states including Carlsbad Cavern. Mr and Mrs Bill Mouton and son Speedy of Houston travel home via Eufaula Alabama after visiting the Powells, guests at the Dixie Sherman hotel. Dr and Mrs A A Conway and children Leia Dee and Tommie Ellen vacation at Long Beach from Jemison Alabama. The Garrison and Logue families of Eufaula Alabama vacation at Florida Beach cottages. Eunice Robinson called to Tallahassee for her sister Bills illness, joined by Mrs Bill Guy. R E Brown returns from Tampa after Mrs Brown’s operation. she improves. Katherine Camp of Chipley arrives to visit Missauarties Sherman. Del Wood and Mrs Frank Wood return from Ocala after attending Betty Zuber wedding. George W Smith and wife to spend weekend in Tallahassee with his father.

R. A. Penton Mildred Ruby Nell Panama City Carlsbad New Mexico Bill Mouton Speedy Houston Texas W. V. Powell Eufaula Ala Dixie- Sherman Hotel Eunice Robinson Tallahassee Bill Williams Bill Guy McCall Williams Ruth Coleman Mildred Morris Miss Coleman Ottie Faye Cook Thea Torgerson Sibyl Thompson Coleman Judy Rigell Laddie Joanna Williams Miss Torgerson Pat Williams Margaret Nixon Geraldine Hollis Eloise Ellis Vivian Lott Jerry Sutherland Mary Nell Wallace Marjorie Fisher Jean Thompson Betty Jean Davenport Ellen Coleman Ruth Ellen McCorquodale Nell Smith Judy Rigell Kathleen Everett Nan Pope Claire Sudduth Rudolph Lewis B. J. Mathis Jack Gainer Edith Hunter Jean Bennett Lewis Jenkins Miriam Prows Eloise Leek Sidney Riley Perry Hutchison Hewitt Penton Margaret Morris Dave Brown Clyde Brown Ben Oliver Catherine Barnhart John Amick Annie Laurie Mozeley Terrell Smitherman Ralph Prows Evelyn Russ

Wallace Memorial and First Methodist Circles Schedule Events

Coming events list for Wallace Memorial Presbyterian and First Methodist churches. Circles meet Monday at 3 30 p m with multiple leaders named. Business Women's Circle at 7 30 p m. First Methodist missionary circles gather 3 30 p m with eight group locations. Tuesday Young Mations Circle meets 3 30 p m with Mrs Louis Carmichael.

Wallace Memorial Presbyterian Church Roy Morris E. H. Wilkerson Msc. M. A. Coleman Jessie Hodges Robert Caswell Business Women’s Circle Lois Rigell First Methodist Women’s Missionary The First Methodist Church Louis Carmichael

Sanderses announce Panama City birth of daughter

Mr and Mrs Bill Sanders of Panama City announce the birth of a daughter this morning at Lisenby hospital.

Wake Up Your Liver Bile Tone and Digestive Boost

A vintage health ad urges readers to stimulate bile production with Carter's Little Liver Pills. It promises daily bile flow to aid digestion and prevent sour, bloated feelings, claiming increased energy from a cleaner bowels system.

Old Carter

Mind Your Manners Quiz Answers on Etiquette Practices

A reader quiz on table manners covers bread use for gravy, removing seeds, finger feeding asparagus, buttering potatoes with a fork, and refusals to servant offerings. It also weighs coaster etiquette by choosing options: use the bread plate if available, otherwise hold the ice-tea spoon between sips.

Law of the Pampas Opens At Panama Theatre

Hopalong Cassidy star William Boyd leads the western epic Law of the Pampas set in Argentina. Cowboys bring prize cattle to aid a leading Argentine family against pampas lawbreakers. Supporting cast includes Russell Hayden and Sydney Blackmer. Opened today at Panama Theatre.

Hopalong Cassidy Montana Rio Grande Panama Theatre Russell Hayden Steff Dunn The King’s Men Sidney Toler Sydney Blackmer Boyd

Third Hand News Seeps Into France

In Grenoble the provincial paper led by Lee Petit Daupainois had unusual access to foreign dispatches after the resistance collapsed. Reports reach readers via a roundabout channel from Bern Budapest Rome Belgrade and influence Swiss radio and Teleagrpahic Agency lines as Yugoslavia views the Soviet Bessarabian move watching Romania.

Grenoble France Lee Petit Daupainois French Alps Switzerland Bern Budapest Berlin Swiss Telegraphic Agency Rome Belgrade Yugoslavia Romania

Youth Work Emphasized by Florida Kiwanis Leader

Edwin Baker district governor of Florida Kiwanis told a Panama City club and guests that building citizenship is the top civic task. He cited helping the crippled, improving sight and hearing, and aiding the underprivileged as ways to forge better citizens, and praised youth groups like Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts. He warned against unfairly persecuting dissidents while serving the country.

Edwin Baker Florida Kiwanis Panama City

Radio Schedule Snapshot for WDLP August 8 1940

A detailed daily and Saturday evening lineup lists program titles and times from 6:00 p.m. to 6:165 a.m. on WDLP. Entries include Regal Beer News, Gaslight Harmonies, Hits and Encores, Musical Internationale, Maagic Islands, Wester Galloway, Aussie Lee White, Ellis Twins, AP News Time, Woodham String Band, Curtis Ensemble, Sentimental Melodies, Whirl of the Town, Coleman Sachs and His Orchestra, Last Minute News, and Sign off for Friday. Saturday schedule adds Rise and Shine, AP News Time Local, Tangos, Devotional, Lee Forrest's Orchestra, Cowboy Songs, Hawaiian Novelties, Leo Erdody's Salon Orchestra, Weather, and numerous orchestras and regional acts through 1:00 Musical Grab Bag and 5:55 Regal Beer News Local.

Regal Beer News WBS Maagic Islands Trans Wester Galloway Lee White Ellis Twins Woodham String Band Curtis Coleman Sachs Long Beach Casino Lee Forrest Leo Erdody Salon Weather Report Dick Carroll Kiddie Treasure Chest Herb Brown Harry Milton Ross Norman the Arcadians EE Halsey Sethe Mikado Ts Prarkie Masters Orchestra SSCO Fred Rabell Lawrence Quintette Reed Murray Arkansas Travelers Brill Dodge’s Eddie Casey Child's Cut Rate Drug Co Cosmopolitan Bilbillys Rodrigo Pappi

One Robin Ruins A Summer's Fishing

In Denver AP E F Ellis raises a young robin with a broken leg and feeds it with worms. His daughter Mary Lou age 12 helps apply makeshift splints and the family digs for worms until the bird recovers. The yard resembled a miniature bombing attack with all fish worms eaten.

Denver E. F. Ellis Robin Ellis Yard Mary Lou Ellis

Double Alibi at Panama Theatre Heads Tonight

Wayne Morris and Margaret Lindsay star in Universal’s Double Alibi shown today and Saturday at the Panama theatre as local patrons await the film’s latest crime caper in period cinema fashion.

Wayne Morris Margaret Lindsay Universal Panama Theatre

Local authoress's poem chosen for anthology

Mrs Susie Kelly Dean of 117 Oak Street Bunkers Cove Panama City has a poem titled Thanksgiving accepted for an anthology of American poets to be published by Ted Malone NBC Between the Bookends. The piece expresses gratitude for shelter food books radio faith and love with religious overtones.

Susie Kelly Dean Oak Street Bunkers Cove Panama City Ted Malone NBC

Yesterday's Stars shine in tight games across leagues

Dolph Camilli of the Dodgers hit a two on home run in the 12th to beat the Giants as Eddie Miller and Jim Tobin contributed in the late frame. Dominic DiMaggio of the Red Sox collected four hits in five at bats to help defeat the Yankees. Bucky Walters pitched the Reds to a shutout of the Cubs after the first inning for his 16th win. Frank Hayes and Sam Chapman of the Athletics produced key hits in a seventh inning rally, with Chapman homering and Farmer tying the game with a ninth inning double.

Associated Press Dolph Camilli Dodgers Giants Eddie Miller Jim Tobin Bees Phils Dominic DiMaggio Red Sox Yankees Bucky Walters Reds Cubs Frank Hayes Sam Chapman Athletics Farmer

Aircraft factory drive nears 18,000 annual planes

Defense Commission reports U.S. aircraft plants are producing about 10,800 war planes annually and will hit 18,000 by January. Knudsen says current output about 900 monthly, rising to 1,500 by January with steady gains after. About 56,800 workers were in aircraft factories in January. $1.792 billion in Army and Navy contracts set in the last two months.

Washington America Defense Commission William S. Knudsen Commission Knudsen Sidney Hillman

These Druggists Have Everything

In Bethany Maine a young man asked pharmacist Wilbert W. Myers for a marriage license a preacher and a taxicab. Myers replied he had none in stock yet after telephoning within 30 minutes he produced them.

Bethany, Me Wilbert W. Myers Myers

Machinery Built For Floods Powers TVA System

Knoxville reports TVA’s drought battle using flood control and navigation machinery. Norris dam on Clinch river in East Tennessee enabled navigation and steady hydro power for over 2,000,000 valley residents during the driest period in Weather Bureau records. Sherman M. Woodward led water control planning as Norris lake fell to 30 feet below normal last August, then rose again with snows and rains.

Knoxville Tenn Tennessee Valley Authority Ennessee Valley TVA Norris Dam Clinch River East Tennessee Sherman M. Woodward Woodward Norris Lake Weather Bureau

San Francisco Peak Soars as Arizona’s Highest Peak

The San Francisco peaks rise in the Coconino National Forest near Flagstaff reaching 12,611 feet above sea level, marking the highest point in Arizona.

San Francisco Coconino National Forest Flagstaff Arizona

French Academy Resumes Thursday Meetings In Paris

The French Academy held its regular Thursday meeting with most immortals absent after Paris fell. At the July 11 session only Andre Bellessort, Secretary of the Academy, Cardinal Baudrillart, Abél Bonnard, and Abel Hermant attended. The remaining members left for the provinces, reviving the roll from four to forty over time.

Paris French Academy Andre Bellessort Academy Cardinal Baudrillart Abél Bonnard Abel Hermant Paris Soir

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