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Show hohing Daelamd Through (he Fites of The Times -Independent And the Grand. Valley Times 60 Years Ago - Grand County was the first in the state to put into effect the plun of providing a library book suited to his level for each school child. C. F. Emery, deputy state sanitary inspector announced that Moab women's clubs had done some splendid work in cleaning up the town and that both Monticello and Moab made excellent showings. Tom Trout was awarded the contract to furnish 80 tons of Neslen coat to the school at S8.25 per ton. Every county official was now working without pay until the first of the year as the county had reached its debt limit. 40 Years Ago The superintendent of the Grand Canyon national park was looking over the possibility possibil-ity of a road to link the Natural Bridges national monument with the Wayne Wonderlands and Fish Lake, Bryce Canyon, Zion national park and the Grand Canyon of the Colorado. An additional contingent of 100 men had arrived at Dalton Well CCC camp and the company was now at its full strength of 200 men. There was to be a boxing contest with many Boy Scouts and CCC enrollees taking part. The boxing card was to raise funds' for the Moab Boy Scout troup. A very light vote was cast in the municipal election with only one ticket in the field. 20 Years Ago The week of Nov. 25 - Dec. 1 had been set aside as Civil Air Patrol week, celebrating the fourteenth anniversary of the organization. Bids were to be opened on the construction of the new Grand County hospital. It was hoped construction could begin be-gin in early Dccedmbcr. Delhi Taylor Company announced that five test cores had been drilled and they were building location for a sixth ir the Seven Mile district potasr property. All had showr pleasing results. The apple crop in the Moat valley netted about 8,00( bushels. 10 Years Ago The Green River Sky Diver; Club was putting on i demonstration at the draj races at the old airport. The Red Devils ended thi season with 4 wins, 4 losses. A group of 100 Moal uranium ore miners were b undergo tests to determine th effects of atomic radiation o the human body. They were t be compared with 50 miner from metal and soft coa mines. Bidding was postponed unt November for an estimate $500,000 State Road cor struction project south c Moab. |