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Show Dear Sam'- One of the finest summer recreation programs for youthanywhere can befounri right here in Moab. I refer to the baseball and Softball program now going on at the Jr. High School Recreation field. Over 250 kids ages 8 -16 are participating partici-pating in the baseball program pro-gram in addition to the men and women Softball program": My congratulations to Glen Riclieson on his fine work in heading up this outstanding summer program. And abig bouquet of roses to those men who give so much of their time, without pay, coaching and teaching our youth the meaning of sportsman. sports-man. Without these dedicated dedicat-ed men this program wouid not be possible. So to all of you, wf give so freely to so many, many heartfelt thanks from all of us who appreciate your tireless efforts in helping to make our town a better place to live. Norman G. Boyd. ED LETTEER The publisher's slot of the Times Independent looked different last week without the name of Loren L. Taylor, for 61 years. The history of Moab as a pioneer town established es-tablished by colonizers of Brigham Young as "Moab, the Land of Milk and Honey" spanned the entire life time of L. L. (Bish) Taylor. And one might say he dedicated his entire life to serving the people of Utah and ; Grand . County, in particular. It is .therefore, fitting that' as we celebrate he 24th ef July we take note to remember remem-ber our pioneers and the struggle they faced to make our. state what it is today. Last week we paid our last respects to our neighbor, Sinda Jackson and L. L. Bish Taylor, two old timers of our area. I remember stopping at the Jackson ranch, formerly form-erly owned by pioneers Bert and Annie Allied, located where the sibdivision in Sin-da Sin-da Heights now stands. There were trees of luscious bing cherries and" other fruits and vegetable gardens. Mrs. Jackson served a dinner for one and all and she made everyone feel at home. Home made butter, cream topped cakes and plenty of fresh vegetables and milk were on the menu-tho' she would say, "we don't serve a fancy table." ta-ble." Going back over the years when my husband, A. M. (Lon) Robertson ond L. L. (Bish) Taylor were both serving serv-ing as County Commissioners an invitation came from Washington, D. C. for them to attend meetings in connection con-nection with the formation of the Taylor Grazing Act. My husband urged Bish to o since he knew more about such matters while we were busy with ranching duties and sheep shearing. Bish argued that he also had a paper to publish, with little help and a slim budget. Where-upon Lon told him to pack his siutcase and go to Washington and that I would help gather news items while he was gone. About that time Bish attended at-tended an auction of the Tom Mix estate and was able to secure a Remington typewriter type-writer for me and so I was on my way writing news items for the Moab paper. The typewriter finally conked out after the death of Bev. Spencer who used to make parts for it and kept it re-" . paired. Sam mentioned the many hours Bish spent at public meetings for the benefit of our county! I can verify the many times we drove clear from Wilson Mesa to commissioners' commis-sioners' meetings and in those days there was no expense ex-pense accounts for any pub. lie officers. Thus we need to . appreciate the time spent by our teachers, . and all public' ! servants in our behalf. A hearty thanks and grateful grate-ful honor to our Pioneers on this 24th day of July. To those who made the desert blossom as the rose so that we who are now living can enjoy this great land of ours. In our-neck of the woods to those who made Moab the greatest fruit growing country coun-try in the west - but who finally fin-ally had a change with the times with the discovery of uranium, gas and oil, exploration ex-ploration and with the movie and tourism brought on by our dedication of a new Can-yonlands Can-yonlands National Park for which our - pioneer citizens ' tried so hard to make this dream possible. Rosalie Robertson |