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Show Lcohing fkclmtd Through the Fires, of The Times-Independent " , And the Grand. Valley Times 60 Years Ago Another garage for Moab was being established in the old May building, for Moab-Thompsons Moab-Thompsons Transportation. The building was being repaired by George Winbourn and J. T. Loveridge. The Central School showed an enrollment of 212, it was less than the year before, due to establishment of schools at Mesa and LaSal. The Grand County High School enrollment enroll-ment was 39, the largest in the history of the institution. The Kearns-Clark uranium camps at Dry Valley were preparing to ship uranium. They had a sufficient amount of high grade ore on hand. J. B. Skewes was in from Big Indian to purchase supplies sup-plies and equipment for the mining property there. 40 Years Ago On the program for Southeastern South-eastern Utah, was the approval approv-al of five CCC Camps. Three were to be located in Grand County and two in San Juan. The five camps were expected to bring a total of 1,000 enrollees to Grand and San Juan Counties. An Army recruiting party was to be in Moab, hopefully to obtain applicants for enlistment enlist-ment in the Army. A renewed search for oil in Grand County had just gotten underway, one company had started drilling and another was erecting a derrick. Intramural athletics had been started at the High School and in order that athletic training be received by every student, intramural contests con-tests were being started. 20 Years Ago School enrollment figures reached an all-time high record here. The figure reached reach-ed 1,166 pupils in the two school buildings with the high school hitting an even 40Q and elementary school numbers soared to 766 on the same day. The police department was cracking down on violators of the license plate code. Anyone gainfully employed in Southeastern South-eastern Utah with "foreign" license plates, was being issued a citation. Utah Power & Light power line crews were pushing work to meet a mid-fall deadline. Sun-blackened crewmen working work-ing near Monticello were beginning to string the last few miles of wire for the UP&L new high voltage lines that . would bring new sources of power into the uranium-rich area of Southeastern Utah. Highway work was progressing, progres-sing, with the approaches to the new $1 million bridge over the Colorado River north of Moab being underway. The bridge itself had been completed. com-pleted. 10 Years Ago The annual kickoff for the Moab Community Concert Association's fall membership drive was getting underway. The Moab Red Devils had rebounded to a 20-6 victory over Notre Dame in the season opener for both teams. Canyonlands National Park had just marked its first birthdate, with most of the park facilities still on the drawing boards. With the first tourist season drawing to a close, the prospect of future tourist business was inciting a general ripple of excitement in Moab. Atlas Minerals was anticipating antici-pating shipment of 150 tons of copper concentrate, assaying at approximately 20 per cent. Texas Gulf Sulphur Company's Com-pany's employment was at 325, with more recruiting anticipated. The company had not filled their underground complement for current operations oper-ations as yet. Two Athena Missiles were fired successfully from the Green River Missile Complex. Two more were slated for the coming week. |