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Show 10 Years Ago The Church of St. Francis were to officially off-icially break ground for their new A-frame building on Sunday, March 31, at 5:15 p.m. at the site on Cane Creek Boulevard. 20 years Ago American Legion Post 54,' of Moab and the Grand County School District were sponsoring sponsor-ing a project to install lights on the athletic field. Eight treated and painted poles were being set on the two fields with plans to install 42 lights as soon as the pole setting was completed. com-pleted. The project, which was being engineered engin-eered by Utah Power and Light Co., would make night football and Softball games possible. Attorney Mitchell Melich of Moab, was reappointed re-appointed by Governor Lee to the Utah Legislative Leg-islative Council, a position pos-ition which he had held two previous terms. Four members of the Grand Rifle Club traveled travel-ed to Grand Junction to attend the annual Colorado Col-orado State Pistol and Rifle tournament. Mrs. Mildred Cooley won three medals for second places in the any sight, iron sight and aggregate division of the tourney. Jack Riley won third place in the mens' sharpshooters class. Other members to attend at-tend were Ralph Star-buck Star-buck and Ed Cooley. A cooking school was held March 31 at the Arches Ballroom forall ladies of Moab. Mrs. Garnette Steinke. sponsored spon-sored by the Moab Gas and Equipmeni Co. . demonstrated smokeless smoke-less broiling and low temperature cooking, using the latest and most modern gas range. 40 Years Ago Moab Lions Club announced an-nounced that it would conduct a yard and garden gar-den contest, offering prizes f o r the homes making (he greatest improvement im-provement in their premises during the coming season. They also entered Moab in the National Yard and Garden Contest, meaning mean-ing that Moab contestants contest-ants would be competing compet-ing nationally as well as locallv. The Bur eau of Publ ic Roads notified all states of a temporary postponement post-ponement of new road construction projects involving federal aid pending completion of President Roosevelt's unemplov mem relief program. The order did not affect federal a i d projects already under contract. A crew of s." men and .")0 horses were employ em-ploy eed on a road-building project in Dry Valley. Vall-ey. II. I. Nielsen, resilient res-ilient engineer in charge of operations, reported that splendid proL'rcss was being made. 60 Years Ago The board of county commissioners we rescheduled re-scheduled to meet April 7 to consider calling a special bond election to determine the proposition propos-ition of issuing bonds to build a suspension bridge across the Grand River at Dewey. The commissioners felt that a suspension bridge was more practical than the ferry which was then in bad condition. Members of the Woodman lodge held a business meeting and decided to have the it Jur Paired. - v allv inuj'- liv?' number t 11 a Ju r; .: ie bonding of in f"r funds t0 h trie' Dewey bridge 'aS favor of " Among thr7' Siat viewed Vrh;sV Cha Love ridge' n Williams, crD: Shafer L p urid' G-P- Bryan. t erson and P T, ville. A offe H. |