Wilbur-Ellis pulls out

The Record has never received any kind of official notice that Wilbur-Ellis had shut down its operations at the Odessa Municipal Airport, but rumors to that effect are apparently true. The Record this week received word that a new company has been established (see their 1/4-page ad on page 6) to help local farmers with their ground and aerial pesticide and fertilizer applications. The company, Odessa Air Service, is owned by Troy Kissler and Jason Conner of Odessa and Fred Meise of Ephrata.

Fred Meise and his wife Darla have been in the crop dusting business for 18 years together out of the 24...