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Show oo6itt$ Sacked 10 YEARS AGO The lull in local gas and oii activity continued with no particular break in sight. People associated associat-ed with the industry and located in Moab expressed express-ed optimism that 1963 would pick up after a. slow start. Two separate layoffs of construction personnel person-nel by Stearns-Roger Manufacturing Co. of Denver, formally ended the construction of the Texas Gulf Sulphur Company's Com-pany's potash milling facility. fac-ility. As construction on the. mill ended, the shaft contractor began driving a drift that extended ex-tended to the ore body. The U.S. Army En-The En-The U.S. Army Engineers Engin-eers had filed a condemnation condem-nation suit in the U.S. District Court for Utah, to establish a leasehold on 870 acres in Grand f 'm mtv npa r the F.l?in- Green River area, to be used as a missile testing site. Directors of the Moab Golf and Country Club had elected CO. Keller of Moab, president for the coming year. The National Heart Drive had been organized with Mrs. Bea Smith serving as Chairman of the drive. Co-chairman was Mrs. Charley Southard. South-ard. Mrs. Anthony Bisco was publicity chairman. 20 YEARS AGO Independent uranium ore producers from all over the Colorado Plateau met in Grand Junction where they mapped plans to continue the fight against ag-ainst problems confronting confront-ing the small independent producer. The continued attack of problems were financed by a voluntary assessment on ore tonnage, ton-nage, if a plan adopted at the meeting meets with approval of the Atomic Energy Commission. A comprehensive plan by which Grand County would avail itself of Atomic At-omic Energy Commission help in road building appeared ap-peared certain as the result re-sult of a trip over county and state roads. Uncle Sam was grubstaking grub-staking 326 prospectors in an 818,927,000 search for minerals needed for defense. A net donation or L-255.25 L-255.25 of the annual "March of Dimes." from Grand County was reported. re-ported. The Grand Rifle Club was beginning another year of work. 40 YEARS AGO W.W. Clyde and Company Com-pany of Springville was low bidder for the construction con-struction of 12.75 miles of gravel surfaced highway high-way No. 50 between Floy and Thompsons, it -vas announced by the State Road Commission after bids from many contractors contrac-tors w ere opened. Due to the depth of snow in the I.aSal mountains, moun-tains, which made it impossible im-possible to get out limber for piling, the project of constructing a brdige across Mill Creek on Main Street was abandoned. abandon-ed. Livestock owners of San Juan County had petitioned pet-itioned the secretary of the interior for the creation cre-ation of a grazing district dis-trict embracing most of the public domain in the " county. During the year of P.'o2 the circulation of books at the Grand County Public Pub-lic Library totalled li.-325. li.-325. according to the re- port of Mrs. Ednafe. librarian. Of this T the adult circulation''. -:o: 9.876 and the child.---circulation was 5.44' 60 YEARS AGO C The reorganization the Moab Comme." Club was effected a: meeting held in the t trict court room. N-officers N-officers were elected ; a strong determL'.a::,r keep the club in existence at all u.- was shown. The town board trustees met in rr. monthly session. A.-;- p poriani matter cors.:-ed cors.:-ed was the propo;:t of purchasing a f::e : girie. The need for s:- j sort of fire-figh;L-rL paratus had rr. a -itself several time; :. j ing the two preceri years. ' Representative F. i Hammond had intro:.:- j a bill in the legts'.a:. asking the state to i: propriate S1O.000 ':: . L suspension bridge c f the G rar.d Ri er at Dr: Fifty thujsand d:LV for the construct: the I lah li-k of the V: land trail, the trar::' t;:u-ntal automobile hx way. were approprt; by the senate. |