Show e 4 ti r I y w. w y app app- TY p LOOKING BACKWARD Through the Files of The Times Independent And the Grand Valley Valloy Ti times limes es T Y ya 20 YEARS AGO Grand County's response t to the lied Red Cross War Relic Fund reached 1311 and th the quota of 1700 would be reached by next week It was wa hoped Blanding woo wOh the roun round robin tournament at Vernal find and would participate In th the state basketball tournament A birthday honoring W W. J J. J Hawks on his birthday was staged Charles Redd and children of La Sal have been In Moab visiting Mrs Redd who is a medical patient at the local loca hospital Local miners sta staged d a balat ball bal ballat ballat at the Grand county ballroom Saturday attended by a large crowd The sum of 40 was wa cleared which was turned Into in inI into to the Red Cross I Mr and Mrs N N. B. B KnIght were the grandparents o of twins born to t Capt and Mrs David Bruce at Anchorage Alaska Teachers got neW new contracts contract in the Grand county schools Present at the meeting were Trustees C. C S S S. Thomson Em Emma ma Dalton H. H W W. Balsley Baisley Dr E. E II n. Walker and Lucile Luclle Pace Supt Helen M. M Knight anc and Clerk W. W R. R McConkle The annual stockholders stockholders' meeting of th the Som Somerville Som- Som erville Cattle Co the largest larges cattle outfit In the state o of Utah was held eld in Moab l The Th annual report of J. J A. A of Moab general manager o othe of the company company was read showing show ing the the he company had had a prosperous year Mr and Mrs P. P J J. J of Grand Junction were arrivals als in Moab for a visit with Mrs mother Mrs Bert Allred who is a patient in the local hospital 40 YEARS AGO Following a heavy 12 hour rain lain storm three inches o of snow fell at Moab The American Legion was wa revived at Moab new officers officer being elected as follows Commander Commander Com Com- mander V V. P. P Walker vIce vie commander Walter KItson treasurer E. E H. H Steiner Sterner sere ser geant arms Ed Knight historian Earl C. C Sutherland adjutant and chaplain Rev I I. I C C. Whipple Joseph L. L Taylor purchased purchaser the interests of the Utah Eastern East East- Eastern Eastern ern ern Company at Thompson The annual junior prom o othe of the high school was the biggest biggest big big- gest social event of the season sea sea- season son Mr and Mrs John E. E Brown and family who were leaving leaving leav leave ing for tor Loma Lorna Colo to make their home were tendered rendered a farewell party at the River Ranch 50 friends attending The new Columbia steel mill mil at Springville was scheduled to start operations in April A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs l James West West- wood Surprise parties were given given en by toy friends in honor of Mrs Lydia Watts and Mrs Lucy Fish A scientist predicted that tha the worlds world's known supply o. o of lead and zinc would be exhausted ex ex- exhausted hausted iri in 15 years Mike ONellI ONeill clerk of the local forest and inveterate radio fan had picked up a station at Havana Cuba on his ills crystal cryst l set This was the most distant station ever recorded re rc- corded here 60 YEARS AGO Spring ditch cleaning was under way R R. R D D. D Westwood went to Dewey ewey to take charge of the ferry terry there The barber trust had col col- collapsed lapsed Otto Empey having retired leaving D D. T. T Allison as the sole barber Elder Frank M M. Shafer returned returned re re- turned from a mission to In liana diana He was accompanied on his return trip by a brother brother bro bro- ther Joseph Shafer and and- anda a nephew Earl Vawters Rev Peter A. A Simpkin of Salt Lake was was' scheduled to deliver a lecture on at Moab March 28 A lod lodge at Moab was proposed The spring race meet was held in Moab JJck Jick Taylors Taylor's Bay nay Dan was winner of the first race and Charley Greens Green's Bill won the second The Tho present year promised to be the busiest ever experienced exper exper- experienced in the La Sal Mountain mining camps and work was wasal al already ady starting up on a large scale The Times contained two of live mining news |