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Show jf 0 0 Through the Files of And the Grand Valley Timei 10 Years Ago The Grayline Bus Sightseeing Sight-seeing Association was host to a group of newspaper news-paper editors, writers and photographers on the first week of a series of tours which were to be conducted through the area during the summer months. Mayor Norman Boyd welcomed the group to Moab at a dinner meeting meet-ing at the Desert Inn. The Moab Chamber of Commerce adopted a resolution regarding the pending legislation on the proposed Canyonlands National Park, and sent a telegram to the Senate Public Lands subcommittee. subcom-mittee. The Chamber resolution of the Salt Lake City Chamber of Commerce, and placed the Moab group firmly behind adoption ofSenate Bill 27, the Canyonlands National Park bill. Local casting for the George Stevens Production, Produc-tion, "The Greatest Story Every Told," got underway under-way in Moab under the direction of Stan lev-Brooks, lev-Brooks, casting director for the film. 20 Years Ago The Grand Education Association had elected Don Robison to serve as president of the group for the coming year. Coring operations were continuing at the MGM Cane Creek well with the penetration of several salt beds. The graduating class of 1953 at Grand County High School included 32 students. Graduation ceremonies were being planned and commencement commence-ment speaker for the ev ent was to be Dr. Carlton Carl-ton Culmsee, the Dean of Arts and Science at the Utah State Agricultural Agricul-tural College at Logan. Instructions had been received by the (hand County Committee of the production and Marketing Market-ing Administration to start preliminary work necessary for possible acreage allotments on the 19. VI wheat crop. AO Years Ago According to a dispatch dis-patch from Boise, Idaho, orders had been issued by the federal government govern-ment to enroll all available avail-able young men between the ages of IS and 2" in the emergency conservation conser-vation work, without regard re-gard to county quotas. The assessed valuation of property in Grand County had declined $32,751 during the previous pre-vious year, according to the annual report ofO.II. Newell, filed that week with the state tax commission. com-mission. Most of tlu decline de-cline was in personal property oilier than livestock, live-stock, which showed a falling off from $126,560 to $102,395. Livestock valuations showed a slight gain over the previous pre-vious year's total as did the real estate va'ues. 60 Years Ago Ninety-seven dollars and seventy-five cents was contributed by the people of Moab for the purpose of buying uniforms uni-forms for the high school band. The uniforms, which were to arrive soon, cost $124.45. The occasion of Utah Day was observed at a dance given in the Star opera house. Mayor C. A. Hammond told of the purposes pur-poses of Utah Day, and gave many reasons why it should be observed by the people of Utah. The valuation of taxable property in Grand County showed an increase of $93,574 over the previous pre-vious year's valuation, according to the assess--ment roll just completed by County Assessor Taylor. Tay-lor. A healthy increase was shown in practically every industry. The largest class that ever graduated from the Central school of Moab received their diplomas entitling them to enter high school. The class was madeiip of 14 |