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Newspaper
Panama City Pilot
Location
Panama City, Florida, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1939
Page
4
The Pensacola Creosoting Co a longtime firm supplying creosoted piling lumber and timber for over twenty years supplied piling for the Bay Line fertilizer warehouse at Panama City. The new structure rests on creosoted pilings from the Pensacola company which has contributed to Panama City’s seaport growth.
St Pete, Fla, reports the wettest month on record with 19.83 inches of rain to date, exceeding the six month average of 19.04 inches over 24 years. Rain falls mainly in late afternoons and evenings, yet daily sunshine remains abundant, as August rainfall typically averages 7.90 inches.
A new public warehouse at Panama City municipal docks, operated by a Florida-based lessor, is expected to handle over 100000 tons of fertilizer materials annually. Built for 200000 dollars, financed by Bay Line railroad, and constructed by Dou lut t Erwin of New Orleans, it features a mixing plant and modern handling equipment. It lies west of Dock No 2 at Bay Harbor, with access by highway or Bay Line tracks.
Lynn Haven community page reports on the W M A at the Baptist church led by Mrs Jessie Lesler with Christmas gifts for foreign missionaries. The B Y T U unions held socials with refreshments. a Junior B T U event at Mrs Wages home included games and a guest list. Betty Bet is reported recovering. Also covered are Ladies Aid meeting plans, storm damage repairs, visitors from Georgia, a Boy Scout Council meeting, and family updates including Burden family travel to New York after Adelaide Burden and Thomas Simmons injury, plus local moving of residents Trails End and Ced ar Creek farming noted.
A deacon will be ordained Sunday morning August 27 at the regular 10 45 a m service W D Ward chosen for the role A visiting minister will assist the pastor in the service Mrs A L Barber and daughter Olga Lee Barber and Noreene Van Horn left Monday for West Palm Beach to visit Mrs Barber's aunt Mrs Danea Mayo They will spend the week there Veteran Robert P Jacobs ill for some time is receiving treatment at the U S Veterans Hospital Gulfport
Panama City unveils a waterfront warehouse by Doul lut-Ewin of New Orleans, a Gulf coast contracting firm that has helped develop ports along the Gulf. The facility, among the finest of its type on the Gulf coast, aims to attract fertilizer shipments from South America for inland distribution over the Bay Line and related railroads serving Northwest Florida, South Alabama and Georgia.
A mother considers if her 14 year old daughter should wear makeup for high school. The piece urges local custom guideposts and suggests surveying classmates, consulting teachers, and choosing shades and application carefully. It advises subtle powders and light rouge to suit face shape and sparing use.
The 600 year old coronation chair used for King George VI was removed from Westminster Abbey today. It was carefully crated and transported to an undisclosed hiding place. The precaution mirrors wartime measures.
Local residents and visitors list weekly movements and visits, with families like Porter Leitch Hunnikin Hartman and Dunscomb among those noted. Sports report covers a 4 to 3 baseball win for the home team over Panama City, plus softball plans and a growing sanitarium guest list under Mrs Lulu Jones.
Ruth Millett presents a social quiz for women to assess glamour in dating and social settings. A series of twelve questions probes confidence, poise, and how one handles attention, competition, and perceived appeal in public.
Lloyd Watson a 32-year-old bakery worker admitted tearing a tinted Adolf Hitler portrait from a friend's wall and faced a malicious trespass charge in city court. Edward Lueken testified Watson visited his home, ripped down the picture, and said they do not want such images around. Watson claimed temper sparked his action. Judge John L. McNelis found him not guilty.
In the Fourteenth Judicial Circuit Bay County J D Sellars and Willie Sellars sue St Andrews Bay Railroad Land and Mining Company and others to determine title and remove clouds on land described in Blocks 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 and Lots 1 to 11 in Block 44 First Addition to College Point Florida Properties Inc and other named parties are defendants The court orders all defendants to appeal to the plaintiffs bill of complaint filed September 4 1939 with publication in the Panama City News Herald once weekly for four weeks.
Miami August 25. Immigration officials ordered 47 year old Russian born Jew Maim Flakman deported again aboard the Florida for Havana. He has shuffled between Cuba and the United States since 1923 with prior rejections at every port. Cuba declined readmission and no solution is in sight as a ship strike paused travels.
American steamer Point Bonita en route from West Coast ports to discharge cargo and load for return voyage via Mobile and New Orleans. Waterman S. S. Co. agents Swayne and Hoyt managing owners. Iberville from Sluiskill via Tampa to load for Havre London Rotterdam Antwerp. Waterman S. Co. owners and agents. Hastings sailed for...
Philadelphia and New York interests through Tampa Waterman 8 8 Company listed as owners and agents in the record.
Patrick H. Walsh aged 24 died in Quincy Florida yesterday after slipping beneath the wheels of a log truck he had approached for a ride. The incident occurred when Walsh slowed the truck so he could board, the driver reported.
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