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Newspaper
Panama City Pilot
Location
Panama City, Florida, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1939
Page
3
The Gulf Coast Council of Registered Nurses sponsors a fall tonsil clinic at Panama City hospital. Four financially needy children will receive ton silectomies today, following a prior operation last Friday as the first in the new clinic series. Surgeons provide services pro bono.
Mrs. Etta V. Mendenhall of Tampa will lead the Florida Women’s Christian Temperance Union for another year. Officers re elected yesterday include Eunice Hebb of Bartow as vice president, Ruby Kimbrough of Ocala as corresponding secretary, Nellie Loig of Gainesville as recording secretary, and Gladys Peterson of Fort Myers as recording secretary.
Harlem Beach Corp of Panama City has applied to the U S Engineer office of the War Department for a permit to build a pile and timber wharf ten feet wide extending about 220 feet into St Andrews Bay with an enlarged outer end ten by twenty feet. Location is about five miles south of Panama City.
Troop 46 met Tuesday night at the Scout Lodge in Bay Harbor. The open meeting included the Scout oath inspection patrol meetings on the compass points and a game called the poisoned towel. Mr Kain led with a story The Monkey's Paw and the meeting ended with the pledge and benediction.
Gainesville Florida article notes the Kirby-Smith chapter of United Daughters of the Confederacy placed a bronze marker at the Cottonwood plantation near Archer, an antebellum home linked to Senator David Levy Yulee. It recalls the Confederate baggage and treasure train being abandoned there on May 23, 1865.
London report says two German airmen shot down over the North Sea reached Whitby in a collapsible rubber boat. They said their two bomber crew mates were killed. The same raid damaged the Iron Duke at Scapa Flow during a clash with British forces.
Florida Red Cross leaders announce four conferences this week to plan the November Roll Call and strengthen local chapters. Delegates from Bay County include 15 to 20 members, with meetings in Deland Sarasota Fort Pierce and Tallahassee. National official William Carl Hunt will attend and discuss wartime responsibilities and expansion of membership.
Nine Bay Countians attended a district conference in Marianna called by State Superintendent Colin English. They outlined a long term plan to improve instruction, urging faculties to study real life needs of pupils and communities, with guidance from Florida department staff on local program adjustments.
In Crawfordsville Indiana on October 20 a junior high football player Bobby Heath aged 15 watching practice suffered a broken leg after a rough session. The incident occurred during a strenuous drill. Heath was the only reported injury.
A. D. Harkins 44 grain and peanut oil dealer and past Florida American Legion commander died in a car crash near Greenwood, north of Marianna. Mrs G C Hall of Malone, a passenger in the other car, was believed seriously injured. Hall had minor injuries. Sheriff says Harkins was alone in his vehicle. inquest set for Saturday.
Girl Scout Troop No. 1 met at the Woman's club Tuesday. The group reviewed the promise and laws, discussed patrol leader duties, worked on belts, played games, and closed with a goodbye circle and taps. Jo Ann Bentley.
A city financial report for September compiled by City Clerk H. N. Mizell shows receipts totaling 16,236.02 and expenditures of 21,015.59. Major receipts include paroline tax 3,925.86 and water revenue 3,391.64 with other items such as cigaret tax 496 and licenses 703.75. Disbursements cover Police 2,134.00, Fire 1,025.10, Sanitary 1,236.97, Street 1,895.13, Water 1,196.53, Administration 1,478.96, and Cemetery services.
More than 300 Armstrong Cork Co. employees in Pensacola Florida walked out seeking a 15 percent raise and a 40 cent an hour minimum. The strike was called by the Insulating board workers local of the United Mine Workers of America led by Lonnie Mil suid. Lower wages amid rising living costs were cited as the reason for the action. The plant has home offices in Lancaster Pennsylvania and offered no comment.
The Florida division of the eracy will cooperate with the Carnegie Institution in its program for historical restoration at St Augustine. A committee led by Mrs O G Husband of Jacksonville with members Mrs Max Brown of Lake City and Mrs J D Smith of St Petersburg was appointed to direct cooperation. Pensacola selected for the 1940 convention.
The Rev. W. H. Stuart of Bartow Florida was chosen moderator of the Second Presbytery Associate Reformed Presbyterian church at its annual convention ending last night at White Oak church near Moreland Georgia. He succeeds the Rev. T B Craig of Troy South Carolina as presiding officer. Fifty delegates from South Carolina Georgia and Florida attended.
The weather bureau announced a new full time forecast station at Tallahassee Florida with Jesse Smith named meteorologist in charge and four assistants. The station will be located at the Tallahassee airport and aimed to be in full operation by December.
A dated financial report lists numerous accounts including Cemetery wards, Water Revenue, Park and Street lighting, Publicity and Charity, and Docket 1521-F with totals such as 315.00 and 351.78. It notes a Bay National Bank balance deficit of 403.65 with August and September deposit and disbursement figures and Loy Jones leaving for Columbus Ga.
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