Cotton oil mills face OSSA dust rule threat to jobs
Special to The Enterprise Alfred Jenkins of Jackson Mississippi warns a new OSHA cotton dust standard could shutter many cottonseed oil mills. He cites 70 Pecos workers and 83 mills nationwide at risk, with potential plant closures and job losses totaling about 2,000 workers from a 5,500 workforce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Jenkins
Jackson
Miss
Jenkins
Delta Cotton Oil and Fertilizer Company
National Cottonseed Products Association
West Texas Cooperative Oil Mill
Pecos
United States
OSHA
Een
National Cotton Council
Development Planning and Research Associates
DPRA
Manhattan
Kan
New president Florez to head boosters Reeves County
Raul Florez is named president of the 1978 Eagle Booster, taking the lead in booster activities for Reeves County. The appointment signals renewed fundraising and support for local programs as the group pursues a active year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reeves County
Raul Florez
Eagle
Market rally pushes Dow above 894 on mixed gains
Strong gains in blue chip and gambling issues lift the market as the Dow Jones average climbs 7.53 to 894.14 in early trading. NYSE advances outpace declines 4 to 1 amid broad support for a post Labor Day rally driven by seasonal optimism and renewed activity across index components.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
Wall Street
Firestone
NYSE
American Stock Exchange
Pecos art student completes classes
Cyd Wicker daughter of La Vaughn and Mrs Wicker of Pecos visited the town after finishing a Yale University summer program in music and art. A West Texas State University senior she earned 12 college credits and was awarded a $2500 Ellen Battell Stoechel Fellowship for the Norfolk Conn program. She ranked as the sole Texan in an international pool of 30, with most peers from the east and Canada. She plans to study at Lack's Atelier in Minneapolis beginning 1979 aiming to portrait commissions and landscape painting and to mount a Pecos show next summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyd Wicker
la Vaughn Wicker
Johnson
Pecos
Sumer
Yale University
Connecticut
Miss Wicker
West Texas State University
Canyon
Ellen Battell Stoechel
Summer School of Music and Art
Norfolk
Conn
Texas
United States
Yale
New York City
Canada
Ohio
California
New Mexico
Richard Lack
Atelier
Minneapolis
Minn
Lack
Joseph P. Kennedy
Hyannisport
Mass
Lack’s Atelier
West Texas State
Four Arrested for Alleged Possession
Four people were jailed in Presidio County Marfa after last week’s arrests on federal drug violations. Kevin and Sean Doran, Leroy Brooks of Michigan, and Samuel Castillo of Lamesa faced charges for possessing peyote and marijuana, with bond set at 5000 dollars each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Texas
Presidio County
Marfa
Reeves County
Pecos
Kevin
Sean Doran
Leroy Brooks
Samuel Castillo
Lamesa
U.S
Joe
Tex Davis obituary with graveside service set
Francis Lamar Tex Davis, a Pecos resident since 1928 and World War II Merchant Marine, died September 3 in Wadley Hospital Texarkana at age 60. Graveside services will be at Fairview Cemetery at 10 a.m. Friday September 8, with Rev Bobby Peak of Elm St Baptist Church officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Lamar
Tex’’ Davis
Tex
Toyah News and Local Society Notices
The Toyah blood pressure clinic is set for tomorrow September 7 from 9 a.m. to noon at the school house. A wedding shower for Delma Machuca and a groom who served in the Armed Forces were hosted by Toyah residents at the Toyah school with refreshments for family members. Julian Orona Fuentes, 72, of Toyahvale, died September 4 and services are planned for September 7 at Santa Rosa Church with burial at Santa Rosa Cemetery. survivors include two sons, four daughters, a brother, two sisters, 24 grandchildren and 24 great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toyah
Manuel Machuca
Toyah School
Mmes
Joe Chavez
Joe Garcia
Bobby Valdez
Frank Maillie
Jose Machuca
Lupe Machuca
Midland
Larry Meadors
Sierra Blanca
Delma
Barto Sanchez
Balmorhea High School
Julian Orona Fuentes
Santa Rosa Catholic Church
Santa Rosa
Mr. Fuentes
Odessa Medical Center
Toyahvale
Julian Chute Fuentes, Jr
Balmorhea
Ruben Fuentes
Pecos
Telethon drives strong Pecos area response this Labor Day
Pecos Lions Club and TOPS Clubs thank residents for an excellent Labor Day Weekend Telethon for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Forest Cameron president of the Pecos Evening Lions Club and local drive coordinator notes the effort netted almost $5,000 for the Jerry Lewis telethon. He also thanks volunteers for their time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos
Community club and meeting calendar with Dow Jones update
Calendar items list weekly meetings for Lions Club Rotary Club TOPS and Alcoholics Anonymous at Pecos Balmorhea and Reeves centers with phone numbers. Includes a Dow Jones New York AP stock rundown showing Dow Jones industrial average at 894.66 up 8.05, Trans at 257.30 up 2.63, Utilities 107.51 up 0.07, Stocks 311.13 up 2.46.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos AA
Alnon
S. Oak
Balmorhea
TOPS
Reeves Community Council
10Th St
DOW Jones New York
Dow Jones
Also Mentioned on This Page
Florez
Chicago
New York Cotton Exchange
Pecos Eagles
Field House
O.C. Perkins
August Roming
Virginia Wood
Raul Molinar
Fran Lindsay
Betty Thorp
Joe Shoemaker
Boosters
Wood
Lindsay
Pecos Enterprise, Inc
South Cedar Street
Ken Dulaney
Lewis Barrett
Diane Osborn
Ruben Baca
Emily Galindo
Carlos Nichols
Mary Carpenter
Reeves, Ward, Loving, Culberson
Jeff Davis Counties
Pecos Enterprise
Toyah News
Ber
The
First United Methodist Church
Anna Katherine Trust
Fullerton, Calif
Huck Davis
Avery
S. Eddy
Smtwr Es
Lions Club
Pecos Inn
Amistad Lions Club
Lions den
Holiday Inn
Senior Citizens Center
Rotary Club
Artaniy Veo
Hess
OLDS
Silverado
Ole’ A.C. Bishops International
Ole’ A.C
BUICK
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!