Show Looking Backward From the Files of The Times-Independent Times And the tho Grand Valley Times S 5 YE YEARS RS AGO Miss Zelma Fox was chosen queen of the big Lions club sponsored rodeo held this week end Aviation company was renamed Byrd Aviation company com come comepan pat pan pany y with Dennis E. E Pete Byrd as manager operator Glen PIner Finer of Montrose was employed as pilot instructor and mechanic Shooting started Thursday of this week on Universal Inter nationals national's epic w we western e s t e r n Smoke Signal starring Poper Pope Laurie William McCormick was elected vice president of Standard Standard Standard Stan Stan- dard Uranium Corp The announcement announcement an an- came from Joseph W. W Frazer New York pres dent Miss Wynona Holyoak and Neal Dalton were married atthe at atthe atthe the Salt Lake Temple Work on the mosquito control control control con con- p program gram got under way I this week Atlas Uranium Corporation of Moab and the Burgess Investment Investment Investment In In- vestment company of ot Salt Lake Lako City were preparing to spud in a well in the Cisco area i iThe The City Council approved automobile parking limitation n nto to one hour on Main street and d 12 minutes in front of the post office 20 YEARS AGO Two new camps were announced for tor Southeastern Utah to be located at Dry Valley The rhe Shafer No 1 discovery well wel on Cane Creek dome which in 1926 blew in hi as a gusher continued to produce oil it was reported The state road commission this week opened bids for on- on ing the new Klondike road rood be be- Moab and Crescent Junc Janc- tion The scenic attractions of th tt s Moab country were lavishly pictured in the scenic edition of the Salt Lake Tribune Kenneth Soffe of Provo for tor three years the outstanding athlete at Brigham Young university university uni tint was employed as coach and director of physical education education education tion at Grand county high school for tor the coming year Keith Bailey nalley son Ion of Jesse Bailey Balley of ot Monticello died at Long Beach neach California from injuries received when he was struck by a hit and run driver er er He lie was 23 years pf of age 30 JO YEARS AGO AGOA A visit to the nations nation's cap itol where she was received by President hover Hoover was described described des des- by Mrs I. I J J. J Kaar Kur formerly formerly formerly for for- merly Miss JIls Hazel Loveridge of Moab The rhe year three son of ot Mr and Mrs Airs David M. M I. I Perkins narrowly escaped death by bt drow drowning ng Tuesday having fallen fal tu len Ion into the Irrigation canal caral He lie was carried down the ditch nearly a quarter quarter mile mile where Mrs Andrew Taylor hearing the screaming of children rushed rushed rush rush- ed to the canal and saved laved the thUd thild One OUe of Utah's oldest citizens and a pioneer of 1817 Mrs Mary Wilcox 93 98 passed sway away Miss Evelyn Rutledge of Moab and Daniel paniel T. T Granell of Denver were married Judge C t. t I Chris Christensen of fida fid fid- ting Ung a Miss Edith Winbourn Moab loab and Howard Reward C. C Brewster Brews ter Kevin Kev Kev- in Montana na were marrI married at Great falls alb Montana Mortana Ray Van of the Taylor it Son store at Thomp Thomp- sons was slightly Inured injured in inan inan inan an auto collision at Castle Gate The report of Assessor O. O H. H Newell Nt showed that the assessed assessed assessed assess assess- ed valuation of Grand county had increases over the previous year The tot total valuation valuation valuation was 40 YEARS AGO The TIle federal government had approved plans for the Moab- Moab Thompsons post road and had allocated for it Charles Wo Ung Ling a Chinese cook at the Ralston cafe died this week Miss Dean Fish and Joseph Tibbetts were married tl this s week George A. A Brig Larsen veteran veteran veteran vet vet- eran of the world war returned re- re returned returned re re- turned from France where he saw extensive service at the front A son was born to Mr and Mrs Bert Dalton |