Needing an avenue to advertise real estate, Jeffries looked to a soldier who once saved his life, G.H.

The equipment would be covered each night while staff members would stand guard until the roof and walls were completed.

He, in turn, sold the paper to a group of Zephyrhills businessmen in 1930 led by Dr. Bernard A. Thomas, a dentist.

Following Thomas' death, the paper was purchased by Walter Gall who sold the newspaper to Howard Berg in 1948.

However, Johnson himself died soon after the purchase was complete, and his widow sold the publication back to the Gibson family, with Floyd Gibson—G.H.

After Floyd became mayor of Zephyrhills, he sold the paper to a Rock Island, Ill. journalist named George Wickstrom in 1955.