WTA Hires Cotten and Jones as Oak Creek Engineers
West Texas Utilities Co. employee shifts to Oak Creek Station Cotten, a Rio Pecos alum born in Higgins, lives in Blackwell with wife Irma Ditmore. Both Cotten and Jones, a 1951 hire born in Quanah, belong to local churches and have children.
WTA Shifts Engineers Dunnam and Couch Details
Dunnam began with WTA in 1953 at Paint Creek Station, later moving to Oak Creek. He is married to Eva Adkins with son James Wayne. they live in Bronte and attend Church of Christ. Couch started at Abilene Plant, transferred to Rio Pecos in 1958 and Oak Creek in 1961. he and Lois McNeal have three children and are Baptists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yne Dunnam
WTA
Paint Creek
Oak Creek
Dunnam
Weinert
Charles A. Dunnam
Eva Yvonne Adkins
James Wayne
Dunnams
Bronte
Church of Christ
Billy E. Couch
Abilene
Rio Pecos
Black
Couch
Haskell
E. J. Couch
Lois Trudy McNeal
Billy Steven
Joseph Randall
Judy Dianne
WTA Provides Power for 168 West Texas Communities
West Texas Utilities announces supply of electricity by WTA to 168 communities across the region. The program extends coverage to small towns and rural districts, improving reliability and service availability for residents and local businesses.
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WTA
West Texas
James O Pitts Promoted to Shift Engineer at Texas Utility Plant
James O Pitts began with West Texas Utilities in 1953 at the Abilene power plant and later transferred to Oak Creek Station as an operator. He has been promoted to shift engineer. Pitts, a Black Alabama native, is married to Alba B Barnett. The couple, members of the Baptist Church, reside in Bronte with Pitts’s parents Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Pitts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Texas Utilities Co
McClelland F. Cotten
Oak Creek Station
Rio Pecos
James O. Pitts
West Texas Utilities
Abilene
Pitts
Black, Ala
W. J. Pitts
Alba B. Barnett
Baptist Church
Bronte
Pipe Supply Bid At Oak Creek Station
National Valve and Manufacturing Co of Pittsburgh submitted a bid of 453 880 for piping work at Oak Creek Station. Over 300 tons of pipe were installed, ranging from fractional inch copper tubing to steel pipe up to 20 inches in diameter. Some pipe rated for 1450 psi was used, with twelve freight cars needed to transport the material.
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Oak Creek Station
National Valve and Manufacturing Co
Pittsburgh
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Cotten
Higgins
M. T. Cotten
Irma Marie Ditmore
Blackwell
Cottens
The
Presbyterian Church
Norman Jones
Jones
Quanah
N. L. Jones Sr
Charlotte Jean Collier
Lee Ann
Norman le Jones Jr
Harold W. Dunnam
Billy
Best
WTU
WLU
W. W
Bud
Thetford County
Home Lumber
WIU
Bronte, Texas