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Show - I yj j y , Through the Files of 10 YEARS AGO Boat races and a rodeo would highlight Moab's weekend. The first annual Marathon race was scheduled sched-uled on the Colorado river the Red Rock Riders had completed plans for their annual spring roundup. So much interest had been shown in he planned Colorado River Marathon lit was hoped to make it an annual event. The water wa-ter of the river were beginning be-ginning to- isubside which would simplify preparations. prepara-tions. Ed Jacobs had been mamed as PE instructor and basketball coach for Grand County High School He was a recent Utah State Uniersity graduate. Clyde ' Durham, Buck Durham and John Dimi-trie Dimi-trie were found safe by CAP search planes after reported missing on the Colorado river. A critical shortage cf (trained nurses at the Moab hospital was topic of discussion dis-cussion at Moab Lions Club. A passible scholarship scholar-ship plan to encourage more girls to enter the profession was discussed. 20 YEARS AGO Owner,g of miring claims were advised to file intentions inten-tions in lieu of assessment tyork if assements work had not been completed. The Moab swimming pool would open on Center ,st. Clyde Berry caretaker of the. Moab school buildings would be in charge. The school budget indicated indic-ated a sharp increase in school tax. The budget totaled $115,562. Preferential filing of 200,000 acres of land, ' much of which was in the iMoab salt basin and withdrawn with-drawn during the war as a mineral reserve, . would be accepted on July 23. Large crowds had attend ed the DUP rodeo ofver the 2 days of performance over the weekend. A display of historical items tracing Utah history was drawing much interest inter-est in Washington D. C. Gov. Herbert B. Maw-had Maw-had predicted much oil drilling activity in Grand and San Juan counties during the year. Director John Ford had announced a new filming project in Monument Valley. Val-ley. The film would be jcalled 'War Party", and released through RKO. Special services were .'scheduled- at Moab churches church-es for Father's Day. 40 YEARS AGO Three important oil tests were near in the fee Creel;, Elk Pdge, and Big Six ' areas. The Prommel well test was creating tension. A nationwide reception was awaiting Capt Charles Char-les A. Lindberg upon his Inetum to the United States iby the air mail departments de-partments of the Post Office Of-fice Department. The Con-querer Con-querer of the Atlantic was due in Washington on June 13. Th Ide;s theater was making mak-ing preparations to move into the new Woodman hall, now nearing completion. comple-tion. The closing movie in the LDS Church, pushed into use after the WOW fire, would be held "that week. A committee had been named to stage a July 4 celebration. They were J. T. Learning, W. D Hammond Ham-mond and J P. Miller. ICormrriiisaiDners Rutledge, Newell and McConkie' had named the committee. Governor George ' W. P. Hunt cf Arizona, would pass through SE Utah and Utah Governor George H. Dern had .sent . a group of road officials to meet the visitor in Moab. The State Fish ' and Game Depart, would pay from 25 to 50 cents for live channel catfish to be moved to a state hatchery, wlhere a spawning pond was prepared. 60 YEARS AGO Prof. Byron Cummings of the University of Utah, and a party of 7 men, had announced an exploration trip into San Juan county for a 6-week period. Marshall Winbourne, head of the Fourth of July comimittee, announced that plans for a good celebration, celebra-tion, were underway. A go-od literary program was planned, elaborate amusements amuse-ments for the children, fireworks. A post office was being established on Wilson Mesa. Equipment had arrived ar-rived and was delivered by Emil Boren. Swastika Circle No. 671 of the Women of Woodcraft Wood-craft had installed new officers of-ficers at the Woodman Hall. The occasion was a big event. The clock was stepped, the Marshal was cajoled into forgetting curfew. Arthur Loverage and Hc-ber Christensen were building fences and cabins cab-ins for the government on Wilson Mesa Ranger Snow was supervising; A. F. aBr-bou aBr-bou reported crops on his Pack Creek ranch looked good; A. B. Aldrich and family were traveling by wagon from Little Castle Val'iy to Oregon and Washington, a 10-week trip. Ern and William were logging at the Cunningham Cunning-ham saw mill; Francis Nielson of Bluff, had passed pass-ed through Moab with sheep to ship East; H. T. Yokey, of Elgin, had completed com-pleted a new type of boat for experimental purposes and would launch it soon. Four emigrant teams-landed teams-landed in Elgin but were forced to lay over until the river fell It was on the rise again. M. Oppenheimer and Ross Wheeler traveled to Little ValMey to get Mr. Oppenheimer's gasoline Haunch. He planned regular reg-ular trips to the cataracs, and possibly to Moab. |