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Show lI"'5 Lookin9 Backward ( Through the Files of Q-1ft&fiP The Times-Independent - , and the Grand Valley Times C 10 Years Ago The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association monthly national magazine, maga-zine, the AOPA Pilot, has just published an excellent excel-lent article on the Canyon-lands Canyon-lands from the air. Don Downie, the author, auth-or, was test-flying Piper's . new Cherokee 235-C earlier earl-ier this year. His flight plan included a trip across southern Utah with a short stop at Canyonlands Field north of Moab to perform a minor repair on a door latch. After landing at Canyonlands, Can-yonlands, Royal Hotter, operator of Hub-Air, convinced con-vinced Downie to stay for a look at some spectacular scenery. Downie did stay and the result is outstanding outstand-ing coverage of the area in two recent issues of the AOPA Pilot. The September issue of the magazine contained color photos of the author's auth-or's plane flying over Delicate Arch and the plane in flight over a portion of Lake Powell. The September issue also carried a full-color cover of the Author's Cherokee dramatically banked over spectacular canyon country count-ry near Moab. This month's issue of the Pilot, however, is the one that really gets into the Canyonlands subject the best. In this article Downie featured Tex Mc-Clatchey's Mc-Clatchey's float plane and goes into detailed history of how he keeps tabs on his boats with his floatplane. float-plane. The two articles are bound to create considerable consider-able interest in the area and Tex is expecting an increased patronage from fellow pilots. 20 Years Ago Ground breaking ceremonies cere-monies for the over a quarter-million dollar new LDS chapel at Moab were held Wednesday evening on the church property located north of the Southeast elementary school sch-ool where the new building build-ing will be erected. Leland Redd, Blanding, president, San Juan LDS Stake was principal speaker speak-er during the ceremonies which were conducted by Harry E. Snow, bishop, Moab Second Ward. Bishop Bish-op Melvin Dalton of the Moab Ward and Glen M. Carlson who served as LDS bishop before the Moab Ward was divided, also were speakers. The new chapel will serve both the wards, taking the place of the present chapel which is now inadequate to take care of the needs of the two wards in Moab. Cost of the building is estimated estima-ted at $268,595. The total estimated cost including the building, architectural services, furnishing, musical mus-ical instruments and land scaping is $322,494. Supervisor during the construction will be Austin Aus-tin Anderson of Pocatello, Iduho with Slack W. and David Winbourn, Salt Lake City, the architects. One half of the cost of the new building is being met by General Church headquarters in Salt Lake City with the remaining 50 percent being raised through thro-ugh contributions and fund raising activities. Voluntary contributions have boon received by many members of the two wards and also by several persons in Moab who are not members of the LDS church, according to Hi.sh- ops Snow and Dalton. 40 Years Ago That a proclamation will sooon be issued by President Presi-dent Roosevelt, creating Escalante National Monument Mon-ument along the Colorado and Green rivers, is the information that has been received at Salt Lake City, according to a report reaching Moab this week. The monument, it is reported will be created in accordance with the revised revis-ed boundaries as recommended recom-mended by the national park service last year. The exterior limits will extend from six to twelve miles on each side of the rivers, taking in the river canyons and the scenic points adjacent. A protest on behalf of the state against the creation of the Escalante monument was sent to Secretary of the Interior ickes ihursday by Utah Governor Henry H. Blood. Fearing withdrawal of the land would endanger future development of the Colorado river and other natural resources of this area, the governor asked that the state be given an opportunity for a hearing "that we may present our case in more detail." The governor explained that the National Reclamation Recla-mation association and representatives of the upper basin states of the Colorado river have gone on record opposing federal fede-ral withdrawals without comprehensive studies as to their effect and then only if such withdrawal 1 are necessary for th 'J protection of landmark; historic sites or areas ( special interest. $ 60 Years Ago Moab, in line wit practically every other cit and town in the Unite States, celebrated th . coming of peace rathe prematurely last Thun day, when the news cam over the wire that th armistice had bee: signed. Due to the influ enza quarantine, Moab' celebration was confinei to the ringing of bells ani similar noisy manifests tions, with which the towi l gave vent to its exuberan $ feelings. The feeling of joy wa dispelled Friday, whei word came that Moab a well as the rest of thi,, country had been th victim of a huge hoax. . . . I U rnlKl. perpeiraiea oy some er too enterprising wa correspondents in France; ; However, the gloon caused by the news of thi erroneous report was sh ort-lived. for on Sunda; evening came the officia 4 information that the armi j, slice had actually beei p signed, and that peact was at hand. Because gatherings are still taboo J ed in Moab on account o R the influenza, no concert j ed peace celebration hai been conducted, but it if altogether likely tha1 when the ban is lifted I proper commemoration o: the great allied victory wil'1 be staged by the town. |