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Show A , 0 Through the Files of And the Grand Valley Time 10 YEARS AGO Plans for Moab's Uraniul Days celebration were to include in-clude a queen contest, boothes set up by various organizations and a parade with floats from all the stores. Materials were purchased for the sprinkling system for the projected nine hole golf course to be built in Moab. Work was to begin at this time wflh the course ready for play in 19G0. Seventy five people were to be in Moab for filming of a Walt Disney Production about Major ' John Wesley Powell. The company was to be here for at least 30 Jays. 20 YEARS AGO The First National Bank of Moab had installed record re-cord - keeping equipment to eliminate the tedious recordkeeping record-keeping heretofore necessary. neces-sary. All checks cleared through the bank were photographed pho-tographed and kept on permanent per-manent file. Organization of a Chamber of Commerce was being discussed dis-cussed and a meeting to organize or-ganize such a program was held. It was believed that such an organization was an absolute necessity to develop the scenic and other resources resour-ces in .this area. The 40 hour railroad work week resulted in the Saturday Satur-day closing of freight and passenger stations. This came as a result of the recommendation rec-ommendation of an emergency emer-gency board appointed by President Truman which brought about an agreement between unions and management. manage-ment. ' " 40 YEARS AGO A photographer of the National Na-tional Park Service visited here and took a large number num-ber of pictures in the new Arches Ar-ches National Monument. The photographer said that the area around Moab was a paradise for the tourist who is in search of wonder ful scenery that could not be equaled anywhere in the country. The remodeling of tnc Moab Mo-ab Garage was to produce a new drive-in super service station. A concrete floor was extended to the street and this made ample room for several entrances to the station. sta-tion. Twenty teachers were hired hir-ed to fill teaching positions for all of Grand County. Junior High students were to be assigned to different teachers tea-chers of the High School to give each teacher the kind of work she was best suited for. A 1929 Essex with only 7000 miles was for sale at the Moab Garage for only $500. 60 YEARS AGO A mining expert from Cal- Ifornia was In town to look over the geological structure of the walls of the valley. He was to study conditions with the purpose cf deciding if there was any possibility of oil to be found in the area. A stockman's association had been formed by the cattlemen cat-tlemen on the South Elks and the construction of a system of drift fences menced ur,d,-r tC5 K if" of the Fort The army enrr-' Iws found un-vw c1 P'n to make the rV' rand Pavers from Green RjV(lr ' ::1 T,c ,p,an w to h depth of both of v -c rs a'Q"g this route'.'' : |