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Show J j t f 8 Through the Files of t&CfZtCU'ClSlGC The Times-Independent And the Grand Valley Time 10 YEARS AGO Grace Lutheran Church was planning to break ground for a new chapel which was to be built near Evans sub-division. Two major rain storms tlhat blanketed southeast-. southeast-. ern Utah pushed the area's precipitation to near normal nor-mal by more than doubling the total precipitation for the first three months of the year. 20 YEARS AGO The state mobile X-ray unit was to be brought to Moab for a three day stay and everyone over 15 years of age was asked to sub-. .. mit to a chest X-ray to promote better health. Members of the senior class of Grand County High School were to take over the jobs of City officials of-ficials for a three ay period. with being present where drugs are being illegally used. This arrest was in connection with a party held last week where some thirty five people were arrested. ar-rested. On April 7 an unddenti-fied unddenti-fied person backed into a 1969 Pontiac belonging to Wayne Jensen as it was parked on McCormick Drive. Dri-ve. About $100 damage-was damage-was done and investigation is continuing. On April 9, Dr. Paul Mayberry was charged with failure to yield the night of way after he ran into a 1969 Toyota driven by Richard Bagley as May-berry May-berry attempted to make a left turn on Third South. Damage in the incident was listed at $500. A spring rodeo was to be staged at Moab by the Lions Club and all arrangements arrang-ements for stock had been made. 40 YEARS AGO The Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad company had filed a petition peti-tion ito abandon the rail- road station at Westwater. 60 YEARS AGO A shipment of channel cat fish and of quail for the Grand County area were to be sent tc Moab soon by the State -Fish and Game Commissioners. Brigham Young University Univer-sity was offering to send copies of its quarterly horticultural .bulletin to any person who wished to make application for one. |