War casualty PFC Juarez buried in California church service
Funeral services for PFC Joe M. Juarez 20 of Pecos were held at Santa Rosa Catholic Church in California at 10 a.m. with burial in Fairview Cemetery. Juarez was killed in Vietnam December 10 born June 17 1948 in Alpine lived in Pecos attended Pecos schools. He entered the Army May 7 1968 and is survived by his parents and numerous relatives. Pallbearers and honorary pallbearers from Pecos served. an escort named Joe Garcia attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe M. Juarez
Sycamore
Santa Rosa Catholic Church
Fairview
Juarez
Vietnam
Alpine
Pecos
United States Army
Suvivors
Helistia R. Juarez
Jesus Lianez
Odessa
Virginia
Maple
Texas
Frances
Maria
Creselda
Emeralda
Elpidio
Robert Jesus Jr
Arturo
Pablo
Oscar
Eatavio
Candelaria Llanez
Joe Ornelas
Roy Salas
Felipe Rodriguez
Ray Flores
Albert Sanchez
Donald White
Ramon Ornelas
Enrique Jiminiz
Henry Rodriguez
Abel Duran
Erinio Duran
Vicente Estorga
Joe Garcia
Superior Ward Prospector Near Completion In Ward County
The Superior Oh Co No 1 U S National gas well in Ward County seven miles NW of Bars is at 19 380 feet, lower Ellenburger tested, dual discovery expected. Fuselman and Ellenburger produced gas commercially, 12 million cubic feet daily on 1 inch choke, with various test intervals and water sweeps. hole now in granite awaiting completion checks.
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Superior Oh Co
U. S. National
Ward County
Barstwo
Ellenburger
Fuselman
H&tc
Rhoda Walker
Cherry Canyon
Lockridge
Wolfcamp
Toyah
Worsham-Bayer
Atoka
Quito
Delaware
Wildcat
Upland Cotton Deadline Soon for Allotment Transfers
Deadline December 31 for area farmers to file Upland Cotton allotment transfers. Reeves-Loving ASCS Office notes ELS price support payments this year at .0869 per pound on ELS cotton ginned on a roller gin. Saw ginned cotton does not qualify. Only one payment application accepted. ELS allotment transfer deadline set for March 1, 1969. ACP money applications filed. none expected until next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby J. Weatherly
Reeves-Loving Ascs
ELS
Weatherly
Gospel Meeting At Pecos Church Of Christ Jan Five Ten
Pecos Church of Christ at Fourth and Bois d Arc streets announces a gospel meeting January 5 through 10. Guest evangelist is Mr Johnny Ramsey of Corsicana with Sunday services as usual and weekday services at 710 and 730. Ramsey, former Abilene Christian College trainer and public school history teacher, has done mission work across several states and Australia. He will preach clearly from the Bible. parishioners and surrounding area are invited by minister J B Hudson.
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Pecos Church of
Wisconsin
North Dakota
Colorado
Adelaide
Australia
Ramsey
Pecos
J. B. Hudson
Area Drilling At Brisk Pace In Midland Reeves Winkler
American Trading and Production Corp of Midland No 1 J W Tims and others plan a 4350 foot Delaware test in Reeves 14 miles northeast of Pecos 660 feet from section lines 38 54 T 4 T P survey Shell Oil Co plans No 1 47 Sealy Smith in Monahans north flank to a three well upper Pennsylvanian detrital pool in the northeast multipay area Winkler County 15 miles southeast of Kermit Omar Oil Ltd of Midland No 1 Weinacht and others to drill 8200 foot Delaware sand venture in Reeves five miles northeast of Balmorhea and 660 feet from section 101 block 13 H GN survey.
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American Trading and Production Corp
Midland No
J. W. Tims
Delaware
Reeves
Pecos
T&p Survey
Sand Lake
Aylesworth
Shell Oil Co
Sealy-Smith
Monahans
Winkler County
Kermit
G&mmb&a
Omar Oil Ltd
Midland
Balmorhea
H&gn
Onewell Pecos
Ambler
Delaware Gas
Texaco No. 1
Knight
Ellenburger
Texaco
Van Horn Fatalities Recast As One Vehicle Crash
Oregon residents Oliver Dixon and Alberta Hill died in a 4 30 a m crash on U S 80 east of Van Horn. Dixon died at the scene, Hill at Memorial Hospital. Police say no other vehicle was involved. The story also notes HUD plan delays for Pecos low income housing projects and possible federal approval soon.
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Department of Public Safety
Oliver Wendall Dixon
Alberta Hester Hill
Portland
Oregon
van Horn
U. S. 80
Culberson County
Dixon
Tolbert Bell
Memorial Hospital
Champion Funeral Home
Pecos
Department of Housing and Urban Development
City of
HUD
Washington
Richard White
Pecos County Highway Work Bids Invited For Multiple Projects
The Texas Highway Department invites bids on ten West Texas projects including three in Pecos County. Two bids open January 24 cover U S 285 and FM Road 2886 with 220 working days, and a January 25 bid covers U S 285 segments with 60 days. HUD housing plan details follow.
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Texas Highway Department
West Texas
Pecos County
U. S. 285
Fort Stockton
Reeves County
Forrest B. Budford
U.S. 290
J.W. Valentine, Jr
U.S. 285
James R. Walker
Stockton
Pecos Cotton Classing Activity Drops as Office Closes
Cotton classification in Pecos shows weekly totals of 103100 upland samples and 4300 American-Egyptian, with the Pecos office closing December 19 and remaining work moved to Carlsbad. Upland grades show 34 percent Strict Low Middling, 18 percent Light Spotted, and 18 percent Below Grade. American-Egyptian largely Grade 4 with 15 percent in Grades 3 and 5.
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Pecos
Donald W. Bratton
Carlsbad
Urias Earns All-West Texas Football Honor
Pecos senior linebacker Felix Urias earned a berth on the San Angelo Standard-Times Class AAA All-West Texas schoolboy football team. Urias, 190 pounds, was named to the second defensive team as part of a 45 man squad dominated by 2-AAA schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felix Urias
Pecos
San Angelo
Andrews
Monahans
Texaco Disk Texaco Reeves Devonian Explorer In Reeves County
Texaco Inc reports a Devonian gas explorer in Reeves County about 11 miles NW of Pecos. The No 1 Whissell well shows a potential 16 700 feet with a daily open flow around 37 million cubic feet. It sits near several other Texaco and Pennzoil wells and lies west of Pecos North and Ambler gas areas.
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Texaco Inc
G. B. Whissell
Reeves County
Pecos
Cornell Knight
Whissell
T&p Survey
Robert B. Holt and
Pennzoil United Inc
Midland
Anderson
Atoka Gas
Tree Seedlings Available For Pecos Area Planting
Texas Forest Service nursery near Alto invites applications for about 3 million pine and windbreak seedlings for reforestation. Regular pines cost $6 per thousand, seed production pines $7, windbreaks $1.50 per hundred plus tax. Shipments run mid December to February. orders under 100 trees refused.
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Texas Forest Service Tree Nursery
Alto
Indian Mount
Texas Forest Service
Last Rites For Pecos Pioneer
Funeral services were held in Willcox Arizona for Green McCombs 94 longtime West Texas pioneer who died December 22. Born August 2 1874 he rancher at Manzanita and Guadalupe Peak for forty years. He married Lucy Owen of Pecos in 1905 and ran a Pecos grocery in the early 1900s. Survivors include his widow son Jack of Willcox two grandchildren and three great grandchildren. He was uncle to three Pecos residents.
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West Texas
Willcox
Arizona
Green McCombs
Pecos
van Horn
Wilcox
McCombs
Manzanita
Guadalupe Peak
Lucy Owen
McComb
Western Union Beef Company
Southwest
Pecos Museum
Austin
Black River
Rio Grande
Western Union
J. T. McElroy
Crane
Horse Head Crossing
Jack
R. V. Nabers
Dewey Richburg
Elmer Jones
Stockton Man Finally Recovers Elusive Mule
A reader from Fort Stockton thanks the Enterprise for a front page story about a lost mule and saddle found in Colorado. The note describes how a Pecos dentist learned of the mule, identified it by saddle, and recovered the 900 pound elk hunter’s quarry on Middle Mountain near Pagosa Springs while sharing the tale with local hunters.
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Jack Laurence
Fort Stockton
Middle Mountain
Pagosa Springs
Colorado
Robert Jamison
Cayanosa
Laurence
Jake Laurence
McGowan
Pecos
John Welch
Texas
Schneider
Las Animas
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H.B. Zachery
Zachery
Waha el Paso
Cornidas
el Paso
Arizona-California
el Paso Natural Gas
Superior Ward Prospector
Gospel Meeting For
Church of Christ
Minnow Springs, Ark
FHA
Pecos Housing Authority
Urias
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