(Ref: THE DAILY CURRENT-ARGUS, Carlsbad, Eddy County, New Mexico, dated for Thursday, May 31, 1951, front page, reads as follows:
FRANK B. VAN HORN DIES
AFTER 20 YEARS SERVICE
Frank B. Van Horn, an employee of the United States Potash Company here for 20 years, died early this morning at his home, 916 North Thomas. He was 74 years old.
Funeral services will be conducted at 4 p.m. tomorrow in the West Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. W.S. Dando, pastor emeritus of the First Presbyterian Church officiating.
Burial will be at the Carlsbad Cemetery.
Ill for several months, Van Horn was born in Wyoming, Iowa, on March 20, 1877. He was a geologist at USPC and was one of the company's oldest employees. He was a member of the Carlsbad Elks Lodge and was a Mason.
Pallbearers will be J.P. Smith, Thomas F. McGivney, Karl N. Bering, Henry H. Bruhn, J.G. Blanchard and Joe Kretzinger.
Van Horn is survived by his wife, Mrs. Helen Van Horn; a sister, Mrs. Fred Hamilton, Roseburg, Oregon; and a brother, Fred M. Van Horn, Milwaukee, Wis.
Van Horn came to the Pecos Valley in the early days of oil development around Artesia and was a consultant in several successful developments. He was also with the Snowden-McSweeney Oil Company of Fort Worth, doing work in the East Texas and Mid-Continent fields.