Show A L Lu J Through the Files of O The Times Independent t tAnd 7 And the Grand Valley Times 20 YEARS AGO Sale or other disposal of Noll tell l pUb lands containing l deposits posits of radioactive radio mat material ma ma- t rial substances was banned Thursday by executive order of President Truman Uranium Uran Uran- ium lum and vanadium miners In Inthe inthe inthe the area were wondering what effect the order would have on continued production of ore In this area Plans were charted for the final Victory Bond drive In InGrand inGrand Grand county A. A Reed Somerville had Started construction of an addition addition ad ad- to his building across the street from the courthouse courthouse courthouse court court- house to be used as a firehouse fire 1 house ouse 1 Don C. C Baldwin son of 01 Mr and Mrs C e. E. E Balden Baldwin Bald Bald- win en was ono one of the first Am Am- ic troopers troopers to to l land nd In Tokyo lie He was with the Airborne Division The Silver Star medal had been awarded Navy Hospital Apprentice First Class Calvin M M. Wise of Moab for his work In treating and evacuating wounded Marines on Iwo Jl- Jl ma A final drive for waste paper paper paper pa pa- per known as Victory Paper Paper Pa Pa- per was underway headed by Mrs iII's Jack Corbin and Mrs Jack Pogue AU All tin cans and rags were also wanted 40 YEARS AGO Grand county's fourth annual an nual Lair fair was scheduled for tor next week Bids were wel e to be opened next week In Salt Lake City for forthe forthe forthe the construction of the new IDS Church In Moab Many 1 Moab people were attending attending attending at at- tending the San Juan county fair lr at Monticello The Midwest well on Cane Creek dome was at a depth of 1050 feet Governor George Dern and anda a party were planning to visit visIt vis vis- It southeastern Utah during October I Salina SaUna high school was scheduled to play the Moab high school a game of football football football foot foot- ball during the county fair 60 YEARS A AGO O OThe The Rebekah lodge planned to hold an anniversary ceremony ceremony cere cere- mony at Moab Word reached relatives that Mrs Elmer F. F Taylor form form- erly of Moab was killed when she was thrown from froma I Ia a wagon at Kirtland l. J. J P. P Miller Henry Holyoak Holyoak Holy Holy- oak L. L B. B Bartlett and Andrew Andrew Andrew An An- drew Somerville purchased a threshing machine There were about bushels of grain In the valley to be threshed Charles Hamblen and Chas C. C Brown Drown of Indianapolis had reached Valley City to commence commence com com- mence operations on the res res- About boxes of apples apples apples ap ap- ples were being shipped out of Moab valley this fall most of the fruit going east of the Mississippi l river F F. F B. B Johnson manager of the Westwater Land company company company comp comp- any was a Moab Ho had been reclaiming a large lm-ge land area at Westwater and now had the biggest ranch In the county Mr Johnson was formerly mayor of Lansing Lan sing Michigan |