Show 1 X L J Through the Files FUes of I O The Tho TimM f And Aad the Grand Valley limes J 11 I III- III 2 25 26 YEARS AGO Baccalaureate services forthe for lor forthe the 45 1944 term tenn graduates o of Grand county high school were conducted in the LD chapel Program consisted of processional music on piano plana and organ by Miss Dorothy Kirk and Leon J. J Castleton vocal trio by Miss Sally Taylor Taylor Tay Tay- lor tor Robert Turner and Baxter Baxter Baxter Bax Bax- ter Bailey piano solo by Miss Taylor address Bishop W. W R. R McConkle McConkie male quartet Robert Robert Robert Ro Ro- bert Reid Robert Turner Baxter Bailey and Jack Stewart Stewart Stewart Stew Stew- art benediction Rev William E. E Parks Class Cass Day awards were awarded awarded awarded aw aw- aw- aw as follows to the th Grand county CO high school graduates Max Day special science award gold pin with pearls Ellen Dalton Gold pin Sally Taylor silver pins Jean Evans Vera Holyoak and Betsy Ross Thomson No pins were awarded to the boys the male members of the class having voted to dispense with this custom Kenneth McDougald McDougall and anti Glen Marler larler had ad left for or Salt H le C-le x Lake City to report for tor induction in in- In- In dudl into the U U. S. S Armed forces Also reporting was William Howland Rowland Elgin The U. U S. S Employment Service Service Ser Ser- vice would open new local lo 10 cal offices one of which would be in Moab Eisenhower bonds souvenir war bonds VE day and the general of the hour would be on sale at atall atall atall all banks post offices and larger issuing agencies of the state until May 16 it was announced an flounced by the Utah war fi finance fie fl nance committee The end of the war in Europe Europe Europe Eur Eur- ope was observed with a day of Prayer in local churches 40 YEARS AGO The schools of the county closed this week Commencement Commencement Commence Commence- ment exercises of tho the high school were to be held Friday night 20 students graduate ing The commencement speaker spec ker was Dr LeRoy Cowles of the University of Utah president pre of ot the institution Members of ot the WOW Lodge and their families enJoyed enjoyed en en- Joyed joed a picnic trip down the tho I Colorado river in the Moab Garage barge Bishop W. W D P. Hammond purchased pur pure chased the old Roberson re re- lot anI and was having the old building and trees cleared from it t. t It Jt was selected select select- ed as the site ite for the new church building work on which was to start by fall faU It t was expected 1 60 0 YEARS AGO The officers of Grand and Emery co counties were on the trail of ot horse thieves who had stolen a bunch of horses u n in Grand county and were heading toward the southern part of the state The present spring was the stormiest in the history of the county It was not believed believed ed the wagon road Into Gold Basin would be open for two months Over two feet of snow now had fallen in the mountains moun mout- h this week Due to the unusual moisture the desert was blooming like a rose |