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Show kding fkckmrd THROUGH THE FILES OF THE TIMES-INDEPENDENT AND THE GRAND VALLEY TIMES 10 Years Ago The first half of November showed a marked increase in employment and production at Texas Gulf Sulphur Potash Plant. Total employment was 334. Letters in support of a permanent type sound and film set for the Moab area were being spent to John Wayne Productions. The Moab Community Concert Con-cert season was opening with the first program of its kind to be presented in Moab-the Oukhtomsky Ballet Classique. The Grand County commissioners commiss-ioners were investigating the possiblity of erecting steel bridges over two Mill Creek crossings to eliminate continual contin-ual replacement of culverts after floods. 20 Years Ago The city had installed a new traffic light at Center and Main. Moab was having cold, snowy weather, with a high temperature of 33 degrees and a low of 10. The Community Baptist Church was making plans for a new church building. Workmen were putting the finishing touches on the Pacific Northwest natural gas pipeline from the San Juan basin of New Mexico to Seattle, Washington. 40 Years Ago The state road commission was advertisine for bids for the construction of 5.664 miles of road and a concrete bridge on the Moab-Thompson road between Klondyke Wash and Seven-Mile Wash. A program of improvement and lanscaping was underway at the Moab city park two miles east of town. The high school alumni , association was holding their annua! masked ball. 60 Years Ago J. A. Elmer and J. W. McWilliams reported they had located a number of rich manganese claims in the vicinity of Court House wash. Sherriff W. J. Bliss and County Attorney Knox Patterson Patter-son went to Thompson to meet with the owners of American Fuel Company at Neslen in regard to the establishing of future order in the camp. Readers were invited to call at the Times office to view the new linotype machine in operaiion. The machine was pulled by means of chain blocks to the top floor of the Gxiper-Martin building. |