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Show THROUGH THE FILES Of THE TIMES-INDEPENDENT AND THE GRAND VALLEY TIMES 10 Years Ago Sixteen new full time teachers teach-ers came to Moab to fill teaching vacancies in the school system. The majority of teachers filled positions in the elementary schools, but new teachers entered each of the schools. The rebuilding of First West and Fourth North streets was completed this week. The project to widen and repave the streets lasted nearly all summer, but widened widen-ed the streets from 24 feet to 92 feet. Nine members of the House of Representatives made a trip down the Colorado River to examine firsthand the proposed pro-posed sites for dams on the river as part of the Central Arizona Project. A cross country mixed scotch foursome was held at the Moab Golf and Country Club. Bob Curfman and Vera Taylor took first place, Chuck Mattingly and Eileen Grant took second place, and third place was tied between Dick Allen and Lil Hance, and Chauncie Taylor and Betty Curfman. The first Jeep Safari was such a success that plans were being made to make it an annual event. 20 Years Ago The Little Theater group held their first meeting this week in the county courthouse, court-house, making plans for a play production by full. Popularity of bow hunting increased dramatically, noted by the department of fish and game. Each year for the past four seasons, tag sales doubled. doub-led. During the previous year 3.196 tajes were sold. 40 Years Ago Signs were installed in Arches National Monument to direct visitors to various points of interest. Bleachers were erected in the new high school gym, providing ample seating capacity capa-city for basketball crowds. There was one birth in the United States every 14 seconds, se-conds, one death every 22 seconds, one immigrant every 15 minutes, and one emigrant every 14Vi minutes, making a net gain in population of one person every 35 seconds. A new organized Eastern Utah Bar association, having 100 percent membership of attorneys in the four counties which it included, mado plans for officer elections. Lawyers from Grand, Carbon, Emery, and San Juan counties all joined the organization. 00 Years Ago The old Stewart home was being destroyed to make way for the new First National Itank building. Utah was now "bone dry," the state prohibition act having hav-ing gone into effect. On July 31, Greenriver's saloons closed, clos-ed, cuUjng off tho source of liquor sityply for Southeastern Southeast-ern Utah. |