Show june marsing Mar sings s business 0 blooms in the desert A glance at the picture at right shows that pioneering days have not completely vanished furthermore this desert scene is proof that even modern business is doing its share of old style pioneering april 7 1955 june marsing opened his temple junction service which includes a gas station towing service lunch counter soft drinks and beer tavern it is planted in the center of the green river desert on a graveled road between the towns of green river and hanksville Hanks ville utah it is also at the cross roads one branch of which goes off toward the temple mountain mining area and the other towards the mountains and the famous robbers roost region the nearest point of civilization is Ls hanksville Hanks ville about 22 miles away with a population of about green river 38 miles from temple junction is the nearest supply center all their water I 1 however is hauled in by truck from hanksville Hanks ville mr marsing started his lus busi ness enterprise here knowing that the increasing mcrea traffic of prospectors miners ore carriers and tourists would converge at this point he figured that their combined traffic would provide enough volume to support a busi ness his deductions have been right so far he lie says and busi i ness has been excellent the Mar sings also have a I 1 II 11 1 7 j I 1 f 4 t v ft 4 A V 01 ak 0 1 I 1 11 cense for a general store beans bacon clothing kerosene hard ware aspirins etc building this however will have to wait until they can get themselves into more permanent quarters than the tent in which they are still living on june 1st their future plans in elude clude a modem air conditioned motel providing that business continues as brisk as it is now some of our customers have come from quite a distance said mrs edith marsing so far we ve had two ladies from south africa one man from switzer land several people from eng land and quite a few from ca cana ana da and mexico temple junction customers are also asked to sign a guest iguest book and through its pages several old school friends have i relocated each other said mrs marsing |