Show r of or From the Files Fales of The Times In Times Independent Turning Back the thep p Pages g s' s 10 YEARS AGO From From The Times Times Independent files fUel o of April 19 19 1945 The Dewey dam darn on the Cola Colo Colorado rado river near Meat l f b was tag g ged as one of bf the big war postwar war projects of of- the reclamation Jt b bureau at bureau bureau- at at an expected ted cost Ost of he h it predicted the oe start of the hy hydro electric p protect pro protect In 11 wIth an estl mated mated J 17 months t to buil build Ralph Miller manager of the Moab Coop op store here announced an noun pounced d the purchase pf gf Pel Petit t. t son company groc grocery gro grot c cery store In in a deal fil made with Golden Golden Peterson Peterson recently re reo obtained the store from his father John Pett Peterson Word was received here that thai James T. T Harbison Haa who had been reported missing in inaction inaction action In the fighting during the Bel Belgian Bulge campaign was safe i In a hospital In Europe Eur Eur- Europe I Eur-I ope after being held prisoner of the Nazis for three months month He lie was freed by the advance of or American troops troop Grand county county raised Its quota for the Cancer ancer Crusade drive 1 In n one big event Monday nl night ht The county quota of 10 was wa s topped by five dollars dollar In an entertainment program given give n at the school auditorium It wa was announced by Mrs J W W. CorbIn Corbin Corbin Cor Cor- bin chairman of the cancer cance r control committee i The senior class was enter tamed at the home of Mr and 1111 c Mrs C C. C E. E Bal iY on Saturday I April 7 The following Saturday Satur day ay they were guests of th the e American Legion and d Auxiliary y at a banquet In the basement basemen t of f the Baptist church and Wednesday Wednesday Wed Wed- n left for a trip io o Fort For t Lewis kewis Colo from where the they will return Saturday evening Memorial services were hel helin held d In Moab loab for for two local youths youth s who whir lost Jost their dives alwS for their country on fax far flung fronts of World W W r r II n. T They ey were Flight Officer Loys toys T. T Duncan who was killed In action In ht Germany March 24 and MM c 2 Neldon Arthur Day ht Moab b Seabee Seabee Sea Sea- bee who was attached to the Marines and was killed In the the- Iwo Two Jima A 30 39 YEARS YEARS' AGO ACO Taken Token form The Times Times Times-Inde- Inde Independent pendent files of Apr 23 U. U 1925 Rev Roy D. D King of Berkeley Calif has been called to tape take ta e VET oyer VEl the pastorate of tie the Moab Baptist church He Ile will wilt assume his duties here May lQ Ia He lie Is ig unmarried and lives with hi his aged mother who come to do Moab with him This is his fI first t church assignment but he heIs heis heis is reputed to be a pr preacher acher of great ability The stage of the the- Ides theatre was being cleared for the one night stand of the dark Clark Old field vaudeville scheduled sched ached In Moab May 1 Featured Feature d with the sh show w will be the cast of native Hawaiian dancing girls and m musicians The group will furnish the music for a dance at the Wo hall haH following fallowing the show The senior class and faculty of the Moab schools made a trip down clown wn the river Apr 18 IS and an enjoyable time was had The trip was made in the Moab Garage boat operating on the river an and i want t to the Midwest Oil all camp The picnic dinner was served by the class af of the high schoolA school A A group of Mo Moab b cattlemen have contracted the sale sal of head of yearling steers rs at 30 per head with the delivery to tobe tobe be made at Bedrock Colo May 25 Those figuring in the transaction transaction transaction tran tran- are Lester Walker Vall Albert Al AI bert Maxwell Fr Frank Graham I II H. D. D Holyoak J J. J H. H Holyoak and Will Beeson and A. A T. T Tay Tay- lor bor |