The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 38, Ed. 1 Monday, August 8, 1960 Page: 2 of 12
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THE WINKLER COUNTY NEWS, Kermit, Texas
Page 2—Sec. I Monday, August 8, 1960
BEAUTY COSTS $20 MORE
CHICAGO, 111. — The $620
alimony Mrs. Anne Coon, of
Chicago, will receive includes
$20 for beauty care. Judge
Frank R. Leonard ordered the
extra money, since he wouldn’t
“argue with women #hen it
concerns going to a beauty par-
lor.”
HEART ATTACK RECORD
LEXINGTON, Mass.—Before
surgery corrected her condi-
tion, Mrs. Louise C. Lerner, of
Lexington, survived 243 heart
attacks. Before the operation
she suffered heart attacks re-
peatedly for 20 years.
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WASHINGTON, D. C. — The
laws of 19 states permit em-
ployees to take , time off to
vote during working hours, ac-
cording to a report released by
the U. S. Department of Labor.
In most of the 29 states, the
laws apply to any employee en-
titled to vote, regardless of the
occupation or industry in which
he is engaged.
Generally, the law permits
the employee to be absent
from his work from 1 to 4
hours; but some states allow
this only if there is insufficient
time to vote outside of work-
ing hours. The laws of 13
states specify that the employee
must apply for time off prior
to election day and also that
the employer may designate
the hours the employee may
be absent. Seventeen of the
states laws expressly prohibit
the employer from making de-
ductions from the employee’s
wages.
State requirements are sum-
marized in Bulletin 138, “Time
Off For Voting Under State
Laws,” issued by the Depart-
ment’s Bureau of Labor Stan-
dards in response to frequent
requests for current informa-
tion on this subject. Single
copies, as long as the supply
lasts, are available from: Bu-
reau of Labor Standards, U. S.
Department of Labor, Washing-
ton 25, D. C. For those wno
need quantities, permission to
reprint in whole or in part is
authorized.
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Longer Life
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new look longer if you take pro-
per care of it. Here are some
washing tips which will help
your suit look lovely and last
longer.
Make suds by adding a capful
of cold-water liquid soap to a
basin of cold water and soak
your suit in this solution 3 to
10 minutes. Judge the length of
the soaking time by the amount
of soil in the suit.
Squeeze the suds gently
through the garment. Remove
spots or deep-set dirt by using
an undiluted application of the
soap. With a soft brush, care-
fully rub the soap into the spots.
Rinse the suit several times in
cold v/ater and allow it to dry.
Texas AAA Club
Tells Member Gain
All sales records for the AAA
Texas Division have been shat-
tered.
Mr. Wm. M. Coffey, Gen-
eral Manager of the AAA Texas
Division said that over 6,208
new memberships ha've been
sold in 5 months of 1960 com-
pared to 2,778 through May
1959. The approximate 100 per
cent growth in membership for
this five-month period is very
encouraging, Mr. Coffey said.
He predicted that the AAA Tex-
as Division, which takes in 132
counties in Texas, would boost
its present membership of 24,-
992 to over 100,000 by 1970.
AAA is the largest motor
club organization in the world
with over 6% million members
who join to receive specific
direct benefits and support the
civic program of the AAA. Mr.
Coffey said that such civic in-
terests as the schools afety
patrols, high school driver ed-
ucation and general traffic safe-
ty will be supported further as
the AAA membership grows.
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The Winkler County News
(Continued From page D
Kenny polio treatment while in
the hospital, but for the most
part, carried on his own pro-
gram for rebuilding damaged
muscles.
He began weight lifting while
still a pre-schooler, and has
continued the program ever
since. He first lifted only
light dumb bells, then finally
graduated to heavier bar bells,
and can now press (lift and
hold above his head) a 230 lb.
bar bell.
“Weightlifting is the best
form of physical rehabilitation
I know of,” he says. Marlett
firmly recommends weight lift-
ing for rebuilding muscles dam-
aged by polio, or other such
illnesses.
He is also an avid sports en-
thusiast and a believer in all
forms of healthful outdoor ac-
tivities.
“Ever since I can remember
I’ve been interested in sports, ’
he' says. “I went out for al-
most all junior high school and
senior high school sports. I
believe that sports were a great
benefit toward my recovery—
along with the weightlifting pro-
gram.”
Although Marlett is now fully
recovered (he was recently ex-
amined by a physician and pro-
nounced to be in perfect physi-
cal condition), he still has mi-
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nor after-effects of the disease.
“My left leg is still a little
stiff, especially in the morn-
ings,” he says. “It usually
takes about two or three hours
after I get to work for the leg
to fully limber up.”
He is working this summer
as a manual laborer with the
Cabot Carbon Black Co.” It’s
hard work,” he says, “but it
helps me keep in shape.”
Marlett will be competing for
a starting berth at guard this
fall for the Howard Payne var-
sity.
He can walk and run per-
fectly now, but for many years
—until he was in his second
year of grade-school—he had to
get about wearing a specially
built-up shoe. He walked with
a limp during most of his
grade-school days.
“Weightlifting and sports
have done a great deal toward
helping me overcome what
might have been a serious
handicap,” he says earnestly,
but without the Lord’s power,
I doubt that I’d have had the
will power to stick with such a
strenuous rehabilitation pro-
gram. If there is any one rea-
son for my recovery from polio,
it is surely the Power of the
Lord.”
Hospital Notes
The following persons have
been admitted to Winkler Co-
unty Memorial Hosptial since
Wednesday.
From Kermit — Gloria Jean
Bryant, Mrs. J. R. Bryson,
Mrs. C. L. Loyd, Mrs. R. B.
Burns, Mrs. R. E. Buffington,
T. J, Dean, Eva Bernice Dick,
Mrs. J. L. Matheny, Mrs. C.
L. Holtj Russell Wayne Prewit,
Mrs. Sybil Irene Kropp, Floyd
Harrell Underwood, Lloyd Dar-
rell Underwood, Mrs. E. G.
Horton, Mrs. D. M. Cofer, Mrs.
B. B. Hard, Ronald Chris Max-
well and Mrs. C. V. Penn.
From Wink — Mrs. M. J.
Haynes, Bob Martin and Glenn
Claiborne.
From Jal, N. M. — W. L.
Andrews, W. J. McLaughlin, J.
F. Howard, Mrs. C. B. Rand,
Mrs. James Hyatt, Mrs. B. R.
Caddell, Mrs. T. R. Elliott and
Johnny Lynn Armstrong.
From other towns — Mrs. G.
W. Booker, Monahans; R. T.
Lee Barnesi Monahans.
proposed CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
NUMBER THREE ON THE BALLOT
PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT TO BE VOTED
ON AT AN ELECTION TO BE
HELD ON NOVEMBER 8, I960.
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO.
3 proposing an amendment to Section
24 of Article III of the Constitution of
the State of Texas allowing an an-
nual salary of not to exceed Four
Thousand, Eight Hundred Dollars
($4,800) per year and a per diem al-
lowance of not to exceed Twelve Dol-
lars ($12) per day for the first one
hundred and twenty (120) days only
of each Regular Session and for thirty
(30) days of each Special Session of
the Legislature as the maximum com-
pensation for Members of the Legis-
lature ; limiting the Regular Session to
one hundred and forty (140) days;
and prescribing the form of ballot and
providing for the necessary proclama-
tion and publication.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEG-
ISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
TEXAS:
Section 1. That Section 24 of Article
III of the Constitution of the State of
Texas be amended bo as hereafter to
read as follows:
"Section 24. Member!! of the I legis-
lature shall receive from the Public
Treasury an annual salary of not ex-
ceeding Four Thousand, Eight Hundred
Dollars ($4,800) per year and a per
diem of not exceeding Twelve Dollars
($12) per day for the filst one
hundred and twenty (120) days only
of each Regular Session and for thirty
(30) days of each Special Session of
the Legislature. No Regular Session
shall be of longer duration than one
hundred and forty *140) days.
"In addition to the per diem the
Members of each House shall be en-
titled to mileage in going to and re-
turning from the seat of government,
which mileage shall not exceed Two
Dollars and Fifty Cents ($2.SO) for
every twenty-five (25) miles, the dis-
tance to be computed by the nearest
and most direct route of travel, from a
table of distances prepared by tha
Comptroller to each county seat now or
hereafter to be established; no Member
to be entitled to mileage for any extra
Session that may be called within one
(1) day after the adjournment of a
Regular or Called Session.”
Sec. 2. The foregoing Constitutional
Amendment shall be submitted to a
vote of the qualified electors of this
State at an election to be held on the
8th day of November, 1960, at which
election all ballots shall have printed
thereon the following:
‘FOR tha Constitutional Amendment
allowing an annual salary of not to
exceed Four Thousand, Eight Hundred
Dollars ($4,800) per year and a per
diem allowance of not to exceed
Twelve Dollars ($12) per day for the
first one hundred and twenty (120)
days only of each Session of the Leg-
islature as the maximum compensa-
tion for Members of the Legislature
and limiting the Regular Session to
one hundred and forty (140) days."
"AGAINST the Constitutional A-
mendment allowing an annual salary
of not to exceed Four Thousand, Eight
Hundred Dollars ($4,800) per year and
a per diem allowance of not to ex-
ceed Twelve Dollars ($12) per day
for the first one hundred and twenty
(120) days only of each Session of tha
Legislature as the maximum compen-
sation for Members of the Legislature
and limiting the Regular Session to
one hundred and forty (140) days.”
Sec. 3. The Governor of Texas shall
issue the necessary proclamation for
the election and this Amendment shall
be published in the manner and for
the length of time as required by tho
Constitution and Laws of this State.
proposed CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
_. NUMBER ONE ON THE BALLOT
PARALYZED BY BEE STING,
WOMAN LIVES 12 YEARS
OROVILLE, Calif. — After al-
most 12 years of paralysis
caused by a bee sting, Mrs,
Edna B. Mann, 60, of Oroville,
is dead. Stung in 1948*, she was
in a hospital ever since, except
for a few months.
Dr. Donald Hewitt, the hos-
pital director, said she was sen-
sitive to the poison in the bee’s
sting and that it resulted in
paralysis of her central nervous
system.
LIVING COSTS AT PEAK
The cost of living has reached
the highest point ever, at 126.2
per cent of the 1947-49 average,
according to the Department of
Labor, in Washington. Experts
said higher food prices were
principally to blame for an in-
crease of four-tenths of one per
cent in April, the biggest month-
ly rise since June, 1959.
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PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT TO BE VOTED
ON AT AN ELECTION TO BE
HELD ON NOVEMBER 8, 1960.
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO.
39 proposing an amendment to Article
IX of the Constitution of the State of
Texas by adding thereto new Sections
to be known as Sections 6, 7, and 8,
to provide that the Legislature may
authorize the creation of Hospital Dis-
tricts co-extensive with Lamar County,
Hidalgo County, and County Commis-
sioners Precinct No. 4 of Comanche
County, having certain stated powers
and duties and subject to certain stated
limitations; .providing that any enab-
ling Acts shall not be invalid because
of their anticipatory character; pro-
viding for an election; prescribing
the form of ballot and providing for
the necessary proclamation and pub-
lication.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEG-
ISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
TEXAS:
Section 1. That Article IX of the
Constitution of the State of Texas be,
and the same is hereby, amended by
adding the following Sections which
shall read as follows:
“Section 6. The Legislature may by
law authorize the creation of a Hos-
pital District co-extensive with Lamar
County, having the powers and duties
and with the limitations presently
provided in Article IX, Section 5(a),
of the Constitution of Texas, as it
applies to Wichita County, except that
the maximum rate of tax that the
said Lamar County Hospital District
may be authorized to levy shall be
seventy-five cents 175c) per One Hun-
dred Dollar ($100) valuation of tax-
able property within the District, sub-
ject to district taxation.
. "Section 7. The Legislature may by
law authorize the creation of a Hos-
pital District co-extensive with Hidal-
go County, having the powers and
duties and with the limitations present-
ly provided in Article IX, Section 6(a),
of the Constitution of Texas, as it
applies to Hidalgo County,* except that
the maximum rate of tax that the
said Hidalgo County Hospital District
may be authorized to levy shall be
ten cents (10c) per One Hundred
Dollar ($100) valuation . of taxable
property within the District subject to
district taxation.
"Section 8. The Legislature may by
law authorize the creation of a Hos-
pital District to be co-extensive with
the limits of County Commissioners
Precinct No. 4 of Comanche County,
Texas.
“If such District is created, It may
be authorized to levy a tax not to ex-
ceed seventy-five cents (75c) on the
One Hundred Dollar ($100) valuation
of taxable property within the Dis-
trict; provided, however, no tax may
be levied until approved by a majority
vote of the participating resident quali-
fied property taxpaying voters who
have duly rendered their property for
taxation. The maximum rate of tax
may be changed at subsequent elec-
tions so long as obligations are not
impaired, and not to exceed the maxi-
mum limit of seventy-five cents (75c)
per One Hundred Dollar ($100) valua-
tion, and no election shall be required
by subsequent changes in the boun-
daries of the Commissioners Precinct
No. 4 of Comanche County.
“If such tax is authorized, no politi-
cal subdivision or municipality within
or having the same boundaries as the
District may levy a tax for medical
or hospital care for needy individuals,
nor shall they maintain or erect hos-
pital facilities, but the District shall
by resolution assume all such responsi-
bilities and shall assume all of the
liabilities and obligations (including
bonds and warrants) of such subdivi-
sions or municipalities or both. Hie
maximum tax rate submitted shall be
sufficient to discharge such obligations,
liabilities, and responsibilities, and to
maintain and operate the hospital sy-
stem, and the Legislature may au-
thorize the District to issue tax bonds
for the' purpose Of the purchase, con-
struction, acquisition, repair or reno*
vation of improvements and initially
equipping the same, and such bonds
shall be payable from said seventy-
five -ent (75c) tax. The Legislature
-shall provide for transfer of title to
properties to the District.
“(b) The Legislature may by law
permit the County of Comanche to
render financial aid to that District
by paying & part of the expenses of
operating and maintaining the system
and paying a part of the debts of the
District (whether assumed or created
by the District) and may authorize
the levy of a tax not to exceed ten
cents *10c) per One Hundred Dollar
($100) valuation (in- addition to other
taxes permitted by this Constitution)
upon all property within the County
hut without the County Commissioners
Precinct No. 4 of Comanche County at
the .time such levy is made for such pur-
poses. If such tax is authorized, the
District shall by resolution assume the
responsibilities, obligations, and lia-
bilities of the County in the manner
and to the extent hereinabove provided
for political subdivisions having boun-
daries co-extensive with the District,
and the County shall not thereafter
levy taxes (other than herein provided)
for hospital purposes nor for providing
hospital care for needy individuals of
tha County. ,
"(c) Should the Legislature enact
enabling laws in anticipation of the
adoption of this amendment, such
Acts shall not be invalid because of
their anticipatory character.”
Sec. 2. The foregoing Constitutional
Amendment shall be submitted to a
vote of the qualified electors of this
State at the general election to be
held the first Tuesday after the first
Monday in November, 1960, at which
election all ballots shall have printed
thereon:
“FOR the Constitutional Amendment
authorizing the Legislature to create
a Hospital District co-extensive With
Lamar and Hidalgo Counties, and co-
extensive with County Commissioners
Precinct No. 4 of Comanche County.*’
“AGAINST the Constitutional A-
mendment authorizing the Legislature
to create a Hospital District eo-ex-
tensive with Lamar and Hidalgo Coun-
ties, and co-extensive with County
Commissioners Precinct No. 4 of Co-
manche County.”
Sec. 3. The Governor shall issue the
necessary proclamation for said elec-
tion and have the same published as
required by the Constitution and laWa
of this State._ _
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Williams, Nev H. The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 38, Ed. 1 Monday, August 8, 1960, newspaper, August 8, 1960; Kermit, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth895467/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Winkler County Library.