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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1949
Page
7
The Texas Legislature seeks to amend Article XVI to add Section 63 authorizing a voluntary statewide retirement and disability pension system for appointive county officials and employees. Election in November 1949 will decide approval with For or Against ballots. $5,000 appropriated for proclamation and election costs.
Mrs. Eddie Allison and her sons will depart Monday to join her husband, Sgt. Allison, in Savannah Georgia. Sgt. Allison is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Allison of Marlow.
Miss Sallie Moncrief of Waco spent the weekend in the Jim Kemp home and attended the wedding of Miss Carol Canady to Stinson Ezell Worley Friday evening.
The resolution invites an election on November 1949 to approve Article III Section 60 authorizing the Legislature to create hospital districts funded by ad valorem taxes. Voters will see on ballots a for and against option and must mark the preferred clause. If a majority favors the amendment, it becomes part of the Texas Constitution.
Mr and Mrs O B Mackinson and their son Wallace from Baton Rouge arrived in Cameron for a brief stay with Mrs Kathryn Robbins, the bride to be Kathryn Robbins before marriage.
The weekend saw Jim Gandy home visitors including Kelly Schmidt and Thelma Gandy from San Antonio. Ed Black and Rip Woods hosted guests. Joe Lankford and Joe Hampton visited Jamail in San Antonio. Gunnels family and Gandy relatives were noted at various homes. The Nelson reunion is planned for August 14 at Wilson Ledbetter Park in Cameron with invited friends and relatives.
Three Milam county students join the second summer session at Southwest Texas State Teachers College. Martin A. Hearne Jr of Cameron, Mrs. Glen B. Lumkins, and Arthur C. Winkleman of Rockdale are listed among enrollees.
Mr and Mrs Thomas J White of Houston and three sons Jeffrey Allen Phillip Milam and Thomas Mark spent the weekend visiting relatives in Cameron and Burlington and returned home late Sunday.
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