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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1968
Page
1
The Pecos area of Culberson County is poised to gain from new sulphur development. Carlsbad and Van Horn compete with Pecos as leaders weigh future local investment and possible continued growth amid competing prospects.
Fred W. Janca thanks Pecos readers as his five year column ends in the Pecos Enterprise. He notes turmoil, praise for staff, and announces Orb Rowden becomes publisher. Carlsbad and Van Horn push to shift sulphur development toward New Mexico, with talks in Houston and a focus on U.S. Highway 235 corridor improvements.
W P Morris president of Duval Corp says the board authorized development of an elemental sulphur deposit in Culberson County Block III P S L sections 2 3 9 and 10. Sources call Culberson field the world’s largest sulphur deposit. Planned facilities to mine the deposit will have a.
The Bureau of Public Roads approved an 80 ft sign for the Interstate 20 and U S 80 interchange west of Pecos. Plans include 50 mercury vapor lights and large facilities to produce sulphur by the Frasch process, with initial construction slated for late 1969 and an estimated $65 million cost.
Funeral services for L. C. Tom Moore age 55 are set for 10 a.m. at St. Mark's Episcopal Church. Burial follows at Balmorah Cemetery. Rev. Charles Allen officiates with Pecos Funeral Home handling arrangements. Survived by widow Yvonne two sons Lee and Morris, two grandchildren, father C. L. Moore, two brothers Ardis and Dennis, and four sisters.
A Pecos High School senior Humberto Alba and Bailey Wheeless will attend the 40th Annual State FFA Convention in Lubbock July 17 to 19. The event will elect new state officers and two national delegates to Texas for Kansas City. Alba, president of the Student Council, will receive the Lonestar Farmer's Degree at a ceremony in Lubbock.
Reeves County Judge F H Ryan will call a special session of the Commissioners Court to discuss a proposed county road to the Duval sulphur site. The Carlsbad Current Argus notes Pecos faces housing shortages while Carlsbad has vacant homes.
Funeral services are planned at Carlsbad First Methodist Church for Gary Clifton Porter 24 of Carlsbad New Mexico the first fatality at the Duval sulfur field. Sheriff Capehart said Porter likely suffocated from gas fumes at the water well near Orla. Porter found 5 30 a m Saturday and autopsy pending.
Orb Rowden is named acting publisher succeeding Fred Janca at the Pecos Enterprise and Independent News. Rowden, 36, has been advertising manager for five years and assistant publisher since January 1. He served in the Air Force and previously worked in Lovington and Brownfield papers. He resides in Pecos with his wife Jody and three children.
The committee outlines plans for a Fall Fair with increased agriculture. Dates are not set. Matthews and Hubbs coordinate with carnivals for fair inclusion. Dr Hefner leads the agricultural division layout. Members engage local farms and community clubs for support.
Pecos Texas publisher Fred W Janca requested a brass ding dong bell be donated to the West of the Pecos Museum after seeing a Houston paper report on a Ding Dong Texas bell. He contacted Santa Fe Railway Amarillo office about the donation.
A steering committee meeting in Fort Stockton with representatives from Pecos Culberson Reeves and Ward counties decided to conduct an unofficial poll to gauge public attitudes toward locating a tax supported junior college in the Trans-Pecos region. Newspapers in the four counties will print the poll for citizens to express views.
Voters express support for a tax-funded junior college in the Trans-Pecos region with Pyote noted as a favored site among possible locations. The poll asks respondents to rank three choices to aid committee planning.
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