Show Looking Backward Through the files of The Times And The Grand Valley Times I 5 YEARS AGO Moab Uranium Days would be celebrated August 17 1718 Funeral services for Mrs Dorn Dora Homan Moab pioneer who died at the age of 89 Registration figures showed a total of elementary students students stud stud- eats were ready to attend school in Moab Preston Walker publisher of the Grand Junction Sentinel was a speaker at a meeting of ol the Moab Chamber of Com Com- merce The Moab City mill levy for 1955 1955 was 2475 mills Mary Elizabeth old month baby of Mr and Mrs DwIght Leach died Sund Sunday Y Paul Edward Peck 48 was found dead in a house on the Alvie Avle Holyoak property 20 YEARS AGO The county set tax levies this week The county levy evy was 1080 mills schools 1220 mills and Moab city 14 mills miUs Mrs Helen nelen Burnett of Albuquerque Albuquerque Albuquerque Albu Albu- querque NM 17 a bride le of ot two weeks died Sunday Her husband Roy Hoy C C. Burnett suffered suffered suffered suf suf- suf- suf a basal skull fracture A Acar Acar Acar car crash on a curve on Peters Peter's Hill was the cause L. L C. C McWhorter about 63 assistant state superintendent of schools at Minneapolis died Tuesday at a bridge about half halt halfa a mile mie west of Thompson In a acar acar acar car crash William E. E Nevins a resident of Mexican Hat lIat for many years died Wednesday He was 80 years of f age and the father fattIer of ol Norman E. E NeviUs famed Colorado Colorado Colorado Col Col- orado river boatman Mr and Mrs Francis Feltch and Mr and Mrs Nelden Christensen Christensen Chris Chris- motored to Vernal Tues Tues- day Robert W W. Crockett 33 former former former for for- mer editor of ot the Price Sun died at Salt Lake City Sunday of a heart attack lie He was editor of ot The Circuit monthly organ organ organ or or- gan of the Utah Power Light Co Mayor and Mrs D. D E. E Baldwin Baldwin Bald Bald- win and sons Bob and Dennis left the first of at the week for a Ii vacation trip to Arizona and New Mexico Kirk Reid Is In the U US U.S. S army array at Fort Ord Calif and was home on a vacation Miss Marjorie Baldwin of Moab Moab Moab Mo Mo- ab and Miss Ruth Wetzel of Hiawatha Hi m- awatha left for tor a visit at New NewYork NewYork NewYork York City aty Mr and Mrs Mss Ivan Hawks were over from Uravan Finishing touches were being made on the tha railroads railroad's revolutionary new streamlined trains trams which will wUl operate on a hour 13 schedule between Denver Denver Denver Den Den- ver and Salt Lake City 40 YEARS AGO AGOA A meeting of ot Moab businessmen business business- men was called for tor next Monday Monday Mon Mon- day night to organize a chamber chamber cham chain ber her of ot commerce In a letter to The be Times In dependent J. J N. N Corbin pioneer I booster for the community urged urged urged ed that a south north-south road as as- be formed fanned to promote what is now known as the Navajo Navajo Nav Nav- ajo Trail Valley City had been re nam renamed cd ed Moab Junction J. J A. A Elmer Emer was seriously injured In InJured Injured in- in when a hay derrick felon fell fel fellon on him Attorney Knox I lox Patterson and Dr I I. I W. W Allen went an a fishIng fishIng fish fish- fishing Ing excursion to the La Sa sat mountains and the editor opined opined ed that It would be plenty tough on the trout State Auditor Mark Tuttle was In Moab on official bust ness The annual financial statement statement statement state state- ment of at County Clerk Lee Elmer showed the county had outstanding outstanding out out- standing bonded of and other Indebtedness og An Indian named Jim Holt was drowned while attempting to ford the Green river near Ouray 60 YEARS AGO Judge Jacob Johnson had arranged arranged ar ar- ar- ar ranged to come to Moab from Dewey by boat A boat owned by Dr Williams had been taken to Dewey for use by the Judge I and party parry I ol of James year old son Mr and Mrs James Moore fell fel from a horse and sustained a compound fracture of at an elbow It was feared he would be permanently permanently permanently per per- crippled Richard Heffron was the name of the miner who was killed In an explosion at Miners Miner's Basin last week Ills Ilk home hOlM was wasat wasat wasat at Victor Colo Deeds were coming In transferring transferring trans tram ferring large tracts of ot Grand county lands to oil on companies Last month the county recorders recorder's recorders recorder's recorders recorder's record record- ers er's office did the largest volume volume volume vol vol- ume of business In the history of the county County teachers' teachers examination examination examina examina- tion was called by Supt A. A Molyneux Mol Mol- Harold Carlisle returned to his San Juan cattle ranch from Kansas City |