Show Looking Backward From the Files of The Times Independent And the Grand Valley Times 5 YEARS AGO Erma Wimmer was sworn in as new clerk of the board of education succeeding Mrs Emma Walker resigned Rev and Mrs Floyd Butler and children left for California after aCter putting In two years as pastor of the local Community It ity 1 Baptist church The Tiie Titus family reunion was held Joseph M. M Titus passed away two years ago but hIs ills wife Mrs Mary Titus was still living Emit Pittmon PIttman opened a Spud Spud- nut shop at Moab Jack Turner and John R. R Black purchased the Echo and Hatch claims in Bull Bun canyon from Brank Bottum and associates asso elates dates of Norwood The deal in involved involved In in- some cash The many friends of Dr II V. V Temple were that ho he would have to retire from practice Ho was in a Salt Lake hospital undergoing treatment Pictures in this issue were Marshall at the opening of his new store In the Taylor building Norman Boyd at his Esquire Barber Shop and end Mr and Mrs Stan Peck with n picture of Dead Horse Point in their dining room 20 YEARS AGO No trace had been found of Joe R. R Lewis 59 eccentric character character character char char- acter of Moab who disappeared on August 28 Failure to find any trace of the man led many to believe belleve that he had been swept to his death by a flood down mill Creek Joseph 66 66 well known Green River man died at a n Price hospital Funeral services were held at Green River A request that the Soil SoU Conservation Conservation Con Con- Service undertake a program of flood control for Moab Volley Valley was made modo by Grand county commissioners mayor and city council and the Moab Lions club A hospital benefit program was a grand success in Moab over having been cleared Henry G G. Schmidt of Visalia VIsalla California was the new custodian custodian custodian custo custo- dian of Arches National Monument Monument Mon Mon- succeeding Harry Reed who would devote his entire time to photographic work Albert J J. Turner and Don Weimer Welmer of Grand Junction were down from that place on business They planned to give an auction sale on Mr Weimer's ers er's ranch near Mack several thousand head of feeder cattle being offered for sale Mrs Helen M M. Knight underwent underwent under under- went an operation for the removal removal re re- moval of an this week at the IDS hospital In Salt Lake City She was recovering Mrs Clara D. D Patterson re returned returned returned re- re turned from a two months' months trip through the east She visited the Worlds World's Fair in Ira New York Dr and Mrs I. I W WAllen Allen returned returned re re- re turned this week from Salt Lake City where Dr Allen Alle attended attended at- at tended the tho Rocky Mountain Medical conference Treasurer Winford Bunce and Assessor Albert Maxwell returned this week from Salt Lake City wh whore where re they attended attend attend- ed a conference of taxing of of- 40 YEARS AGO The first edition of The Times Independent a consolidation consolida consolida- tion of the Grand Valley Times and the Independent was published published pub pub- this week Mrs Mn R. R 3 J. J Thomson was elected chairman and Mrs R R. R J J. J Fletcher secretary of the tha Grand County Red Cross chap chap- ter tel Another big flood swept down Mill creek doing heavy damage to farms and homes Carroll J. J Meador who recently returned from the Army of Occupation In Germany Germany Germ Germ- any was home on a furlough Stockmen of San Juan county county coun coun- ty had posted a n reward of 1000 for the capture dead or alive of Old Dig Big Foot a wolf that had done great damage among livestock in that sec sec- tion Several trappers were out after him Moab service ex-service men had applied applied ap plied for a charter for a local post of the American Legion The State Slate Road Commission was read the bids for construction of the post road from Thompson to La Sal Junction Junc June tion The Western Allies oil well at Moab was closed down at feet while waiting for a anew anew anew new cable 60 YEARS AGO Two adobe yards were at work In n Moab making adobes for the erection of several buildings this fall tall Miss Eva Taylor and Miss Mis Linda Loveridge left for Salt Lake bake City to attend school and anda a farewell dance was given at atthe atthe the he opera house in their honor Dr J. J W. W Williams went to Grand Junction to attend Peach reach day D. D A. A and J. J II- II Johnson Orris Newell and Amasa l tar ar earr arsen sea sen and families returned from Huntington where they attended attend ed a rew reunion on of the Johnson f family Sh Sheriff riff Jesse Tyler Jack Wit Wll- OX rox Herbert Day and R It D. D Westwood left for tor Loa Lea Wayne Wayn county to appear as witnesses against Ho well alias allas Silver SUver SilverTip SilverTip Tip charged with attempted murder They went ou on saddle horses hones across countr country Miners in the La Sal Sat mountains moun talus were providing a market for tor all the surplus farm products pro ducts in Grand county this year ear Buddy auddy Taylor was Vias here eN from hom Payson on n a visit Shorty McConnel and were la III Indian Creek |