Show 1 TURNING BACK THE PAGES From he Files of The Tho Timos Independent Times and the Grand Valley VaHey Times 5 S YEARS AGO Representative Representative- William A. A Dawson visited the Ute mine of ot Charles A. A Steen Lisbon Valley Valley Val Val- ley Three Step Hill and other mining areas this week fates Suzanne Taylor daughter daugh daugh- ter of ot Mr and Mrs Lester Taylor Tay lor tor registered as a new student student stu stud dent at Stephens College In Columbia Missouri Grand county teachers were to receive contracts for the 54 1953 school year soon with an annual salary Increase of ot It was announced by If tel elen el- el en M. M Knight school superintendent superintendent A picture of oC Game Warden Dan Winbourn and Pesky was shown In this weeks week's issue Pesky was the baby beaver Mr Winbourn delivered by ce- ce operation A petition to the Moab City Council and County Commissioners Commissioners Commissioners Commis Commis- was published this week asking that a mosquito abatement abatement abatement abate abate- ment district be formed Gattling Gun the movie being filmed at Moab was expected expected ex ex- ex to be completed so far faras faras faras as shooting was concerned at Moab within a few days Additional lands In Grand county has been withdrawn from public use It was reported report report- ed by the this week 20 YEARS AGO Facts about the waterworks bond election were were explained by Mitchell city attorney In ip this weeks week's issue The voters were being asked to vote upon a bond Issue to help purchase the Moab Pipe Line company's entire water system The Somerville Cattle Company was host this week to several hundred guests at their Dugout ranch on Indian Creek Marx 19 son of John met with painful in injuries injuries injuries in- in juries when a small steam boiler boil boil- er on which he was experimenting experiment experiment- ing exploded An unusually heavy vote and anda a surprising swing to Republican Republican lican candidates in the Primary election in Grand county Committees representing various various various var var- ious communities of southeastern southeast southeast- ern Utah met with a corps of U. U S S. S army engineers at Monticello Monticello Mon Mon- to present applications for flood control projects InGrand in inGrand inGrand Grand and San Juan counties The Moab Lions club at a meeting this week voted UnanImously unanimously unanimously un Un- un- un to get behind the city waterworks and county hospital projects Which will be submitted to the taxpaying voters voters voters vot vot- vot- vot ers this month for tor final deci deci- sion slon I I. I 11 11 Masters secretary of ot the state of ot Idaho accompanied by Mrs Masters was a Moab visitor this week Advice to candidates published publish publish- ed this week was It isn't necessary necessary necessary essary to fool all the people all alt the time Ume Just during the camp campaign Attention was called to the educational program offered by bythe bythe bythe the and the state board of education to the adults of Moab 30 YEARS AGO Moab Aviator Killed In Crash Of Plane headlined this weeks week's Times Independent in 1928 with columns devoted to reporting the tragic death of Lt John J. J Williams U. U S S. S Army Excerpts Ex Ex- Ex- Ex from the front page present present present pre pre- sent some of the feelings of re respect respect respect re- re for Lt Williams and the shock over his accidental death Lt John J J. J Williams daring army aviator and eldest son of Dr and Mrs J J. J W. W Williams of Moab received fatal injuries in an airplane crash at Los Angeles Angeles An An- geles Monday evening from which he died four hours later Lt Williams was competing inthe Inthe in inthe the national air races at Mines field Sept 13 1925 was assigned assigned as as- signed to Selfridge field Mt Clemens Mich where he spent nearly three years being commander commander commander com com- mander of the First Pursuit Group there He Ile and two other pilots were selected by the war department department department de de- de- de to represent the army at the Sesquicentennial exposition exposition expo expo- at Philadelphia In June 1927 he was one of the army pilots selected to escort Colonel L Lindbergh I n d b erg h through the east and Canada upon his return from his transatlantic transatlantic trans tram atlantic flight He and six other pilots from the army's fastest air service service service ser ser- vice were transferred to Rockwell Rockwell Rockwell Rock Rock- well field Coronado Calif Call to establish a new pursuit group for this field Colonel Charles A. A Lindbergh Lindbergh Lindbergh Lind Lind- bergh is back in the army This morning he appeared at army headquarters and reported to toMajor toMajor toMajor Major Henry B. B Clagett with the request that he be permitted permit permit- ted to take the the t place lace of ot a fallen comrade for the duration of ot the air races i i Williams was 25 years yeats old and had attained the reputation reputation reputation rep rep- of being one of the army's most brilliant and daring daring daring dar dar- ing aviators As a n leader of The Three Musketeers Williams Williams Wil Wil- liams had become famous for his thrilling air feats i Williams sent his plane roaring across the field from the west at an altitude of feet turned to an Inverted position position position pos pos- and was attempting to right his plane when the motor stalled He lie vainly tried to right the turned half ship but it lunged to the earth Blessed with a keen sense of humor enhanced by a pleasant pleasant plea plea- sant personality John has been one of the bt buys boys ys from the begin begin- ning All AU in all nil John is a white man of the first water a good pal and a true friend More than this cannot be said of mere mortal 40 YEARS AGO Last Thursday men InGrand InGrand in inGrand Grand county between the ages of 18 and 45 registered for military n service The following young men were called to military service H H. H A A. Quinten Wilcox Jarid A A. A Allen AUen and Roy Myers Ignacio Martinez was held to answer on a charge of murder for complicity in the slaying of Ranger R R. R E. E Trial was before Clinton Bronson justice of the peace at Monti- Monti cello A new road to Wilson mesa by way of Brumley ridge was being surveyed by the forest service |