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Show f j f Through the Files of And the Grand Valiey iimea 10 YEARS AGO Over 1200 visitors attended attend-ed the gala opening oT the new Moab National Bank where Mayor Norman Boyd officially clipped the ribbon, heralding the opening of the institution. Grand County School District Dis-trict had been designated to receive $175,000 for construction construc-tion of additional elementary school space. The money was being made available through a grant from the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Wel-fare. Corn Construction Company, Comp-any, Grand Junction; and General Gen-eral American Transportation Company of Salt Lake City, were the successful bidders , on the first of three phases ' of Moab City's huge water and sewer expansion project. ' Mining Engineer Kenneth J. Kutz was named superintendent superin-tendent in charge of the mine department of Texas Gulf Sulphur Company's Moab operation. op-eration. 20 YEARS AGO The budget for Moab City was set at $38,903 for the coming year. At the meeting where the budget was discussed, discus-sed, Edd E. Provonsha met to apply for a natural gas franchise in the city. The matter was taken under ad- Svisement. s Mr. and Mrs. Lucian Tan-? Tan-? gren had leased Fern's Cafe and Motel as well as the ta- vera and service station to Herbert O. Aldrich, Montrose, Colo. Mr. and Mrs Tangren were planning to devote full time to ranching in Colorado and Utah. Rex Nielson of Blandinghad leased the Utah Oil Refining service station at Moab on the corner of Main and Center. Cen-ter. Prospects were very favorable fav-orable for erection of a 200-ton 200-ton Mill at Moab for treatment treat-ment of manganese ores in this area. The Mason No. 1 well on Cane Creek dome was still pumping after 20 days of continuous flow. 40 YEARS AGO The State Highway Department Depart-ment had budgeted $33,495 for maintenance of roads in Grand County. The County boasted a total of 138.8 miles of roads. In preparation for oil processing pro-cessing of Main Street, the sidewalk extending from iPet erson Store to Williams stone was being curbed. Stone curb- -ing was being used and Edgar Wilcox was in charge of the project. A warm, drizzling rain that continued for about 48 hours had put old man winter to flight and as a result most cf the snow in Moab and the surrounding rangeland was gone. '' 60 YEARS AGO The famous Book Cliff coal beds, known throughout the country for the great amount of coal contained on them, were to be developed on an extensive scale by the American Am-erican Fuel Company. A fact that was. to prove to be a great boon to those who had taken up ranches in the LaSal area was that could be procured in l! a very shallow depth January was said t, banner month County with receipt, i ' clerk and recorded ; passing any am' other month since the ' was organized. Ni ad sixteen dollars , ': cewed in recorder's J $2o for clerk's fCM ,S'; total came roV ln2 of oil iocationrsra John Otto was h construction on an ; ,gt |