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Show Z " "7 Through thelJr? f . Acezinc 'Sac&'Maid AjySl s 10 YEARS AGO Operation Home Improvement Improve-ment Clean-UP Campaign would be sponsored in Moab by the Chamber of Commerce Com-merce throughout the month mon-th of April. The first two days of April had yielded more precipitation precipi-tation than the entire month of March or February. Febru-ary. The storms netted .47 of an inch of water, i Councilman Ellis Cook, Jr., was sworn in by Recorder Record-er Donna Nelson to replace Bob Mohler, who resigned. ;Mayor J. W. Cofbin extended extend-ed congratulations. ; Final details were being worked out for an HHFA Project totaling $190,979, to jupdate Moab':! water and .sewer facilities, i Because the amount was predicated on a 1950 survey Moab would only get $2,830 of class C . allotment funds. The population increase would not be noted in the fund distribution until 1960. The annual snow measurements measure-ments showed twice as much snow as the year before on the LaSal Mountains. Depth was 36 inches; moisture, 12.8 on the Lower LaSals. On the upper course measurements meas-urements were 60 and 23.0 Governor George D. Clyde had dedicated the new Allen Al-len Memorial Hospital, and while in Moab announced the appointment of C. S. Thomson to the State Land Board. A banquet was held honoring Dr. I. W. Allen, after whom the hospital was named. 20 YEARS AGO Snow in the LaSals was below normal, Soil Conservationist Conser-vationist C. W. Zumwalt and Forest Rangjer Owen DeSpain said after April 1st measuring trek. The snow depth was 26.8; water content, con-tent, 7.1. Ten-year average pace he prefers to live. But the pressure is on, and b.e plans to increase facilities as they are needed to handle hand-le the Canyonlands traffic. Jt doesn't leave much time for leisure in the country he came to enjoy, but its an .exciting challenge. was 32.8 depth, and 9.6 water wa-ter content. I ih. W. Balsey had return-ted return-ted after spending 3 months in Los Angeles and in the past. He appeared before the AEC in Washington to 'urge a price be fixed on 'uranium ore and that mining min-ing operations be permitted to reopen. 40 YEARS AGO ' Construction of a new 100 x 50 foot Woodman Hall had started. 1 The Moab Ice Plant had been purchased by two Green River residents, wdio jplaned to continue operation opera-tion from" the Moab power house and give the best of ice service. Operators were ;N. T. Peterson and T. J. Scharf. ! Thomas B. Pontius, of Missouri, had been named High School Principal for the Fall term Under direction of Coach E. G. Foxley, the Junior class had won the inter-class inter-class track meet staged at the local high school. , For the first issue in many oil news did not dominate dom-inate the local paper. Reports Re-ports were issued, however, on two dozen wells in process. pro-cess. 60 YEARS AGO ; The Grand County Commission Com-mission had authorized road repairs on the cut-off road to Richardson, to facilitate fac-ilitate ore hauling from the Basin; also repairs of the road around Court House 1 The Moab Garage Company Com-pany was hosting the guests of the Federated Women's club convention, held in Moab, to a boat trip on the Colorado river down the Grand canyon. Word from Bluff Qt . that there had beJS-for beJS-for six months of Bluff to the g0VeiM Some government J: '; Shiprock, N. M. had J'' to talk to leading iff if was expected the qu : u would be decided. ' |