Show Looking Backward Through the files of The Timos Timos And The Grand Valley Tim Times s t L I i i t b n 5 8 YEARS AGO Mr and Mrs J J. J W. W Corbin entertained en their 75 5 employees at atthe atthe atthe the Midland Telephone Cos dinner at the Community Baptist Bap Bap- Church h. h In anticipation of continued growth the City of Moab budgeted budgeted bud bud- for expenditure expendi expendI- ture ure In 1957 The state of Utah would open bids for the construction of tulles miles of road in n Moab Canyon I which would cost about The bids would be opened in January The Grand County Board of Education awarded to Boardman the contract ct for erecting the Southeast school 20 YEARS AGO The The County Commissioners budgeted the sum of for Cor expenditure in 1942 some 15 less than was budgeted in 1941 The Red Devil basketball squad under Coach Willard Devitt Devitt Dev Dev- itt left this ails week for an Jn- Jn n of Emery Enier County i iThe The Negro Ghosts Ghosts' played a picked team of Moab players playe on Christmas night In the high school gym Mr and Mrs Welton E E. E Wear left for their home at I j 4 c I t t i I j Colo after spending a few days few days with Mrs Wears Wear's parents Mr and Mrs Arthur A. A Taylor Miss Leora Curtis English teacher In the Moab high school was married In n Salt Lake City during the Christmas holidays Mrs Myrle Maxfield of Salt Lake City had been employed as asher asher asher her successor Mitchell l and daughter Miss Tannie returned from Salt Lake City Mrs and young son remained there for a afew afew afew few days Dr F. F R R. R King ing and Horace Ekker of Green River were Moab Moab Mo Mo- ab cb visitors on b bt business Harry Barry H. H Jackson of Chicago Ch representing Lions International was in Moab conferring with officials of the Moab Lions Club The largest roundup of anyone any anyone anyone one brand of cattle in the Uintah Uintah Uin Uin- tah Basin was held recently on the Hill Creek range when N. N A A. Jick Taylor veteran stockman of that area decided to retire white whitefaces whitefaces whitefaces He ne marketed head of or faces Maurice Tanner returned to Phoenix Mrs Tanner and children chile chil dren remaining here for a more extended visit with her parents Bishop and Mrs W. W I R. R McCon McCon- kle kie Sheriff J J. J B and I Chairman 1 L. D D. Heywood of the council of defense went tp Green River where Sheriff deputized deputized de de- deI I four tour guards who had it been een employed to guard the railroad bridge there i II t 1 I 1 i I I I 40 YEARS AGO The Moab Hospital Co Ca held Its ts annual meeting and voted to close the institution in April unless the county would agree to lease Jease or buy it J. J E. E Snyder and O. O V. V Riordan had started cattle feeding operations operations oper oper- on their large ran ranch at 1 Moab 1 oab Judge F F. E E. Woods rendered a decision holding that state funds in the Moab State Bank defunct defunct de de- were not preferred claims The county commissioners Heber Murphy Mel Stewart and J. J G G. McBride served notice that unless the present opera tors of the Thompsons hotel and pool hall haU were ousted within 15 days day the licenses license of those Institutions In n would be cancelled W. W R R. Wheat was appointed cooperative weather at Moab A son On was born bom to Dir Mr fr aud and Mrs Urs Jack O Corbin at Monticello this thU week Mr and Mrs loIn Lester Walker were also the parents parent of a new son IOn born bom at the hospital The Tho town board held beld its Ita first tint meeting of the year eu J President W. W R. R McConkle D. D E. E Baldwin and R R. J J. J Fletcher were reelected reelected reelected re- re elected while H. H S S. S Rutledge and George A. A Newell were new members A violin recital by Rue Ruel Pete Taylor was announced for next Wednesday He lie was home from Reno Nev for a visit Excessive rains the past week had converted the road from Moab to Bluff Into a quagmire and the stage operators were forced to resort to horse power to get mail maU and passengers through Funeral services for tor John Carl young son of of-Mr of Mr and Mrs Emer were largely at at- tended The Eastern Utah Stock Growers Growers' Growers Growers' Growers Growers' Grow Grow- ers' ers formed this week weck at Green River published an announcement announcement announcement an an- offering a cash reward reward re re- reward ward of for information leading to the arrest and an and conviction conviction tion of anyone stealing killing or misbranding livestock A son was born at the Moab hospital to Mr and Mrs Dale DaIe I I 1 60 Years Ago Tom Hillard alias aUas Tod Carver who had been held in the Grand county Jail for six months charged with the murder of Sheriff Jesse Tyler In n the Book Mountains was released release this week by order of Judge Jacob Johnson for want of sufficient evidence to convict A state appropriation of 1700 to be expended on roads in Grand county was to be handled by Representative Lester Taylor Most of it was to be expended on the Moab Thompsons road The Woodmen of the World held a social party over people being present During the past year 1632 mining location notices were filed with the county recorder record r most of them being for oil oU claims Horse racing was the leading attraction on New Years Year's Day Every horse that appeared on the streets was matched and I run Mild l weather was being enjoyed enJoyed en en- Joyed the minimum temperature tempera ture tore to date having been 14 degrees degrees degrees de de- i grees above zero I School was scheduled to reopen re reopen re re- I open next Monday after an extended extended extended ex ex- ex- ex tended vacation due to scarlet I fever The Utah California Oil on Company Com Corn pany had resumed work on 01 a awell awell well near Green River the depth being feet Prof and his company were rehearsing for tor another play |