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Show LOOltlfifl BSCtft'Qfd TheTTmellndpendent And the Grand Valley Times - - 10 Years Ago Little Moonbeam Mor-tin, Mor-tin, who portrayed a 5-year 5-year old Indian child in Cheyenne Autumn, was a pet of the movie company com-pany currently in Moab. Her parents were killed in an accident, and she had been found in the Monument Mon-ument Valley area and was cared for by her 7-year-old brother. The Grand-Vu Drive-In Drive-In Theatre was to be "Tammy and the Doctor" with a companion feature. A blue-green algae known technically as Aphantizomenon flos-al-quae was positively identified iden-tified as the cause of the fish kill taking place in the Flaming Gorge reservoir. re-servoir. Presence of the algae, it was pointed out, could last temporarily. However, it could reoccur on a periodic basis. Twenty-seven sixth grade students were taken on a tour of Moab National Bank. The children were shown the vaults and other facilities of the modern installation. The tour replaced re-placed the regular Tuesday Tues-day math class tor tne students. 20 Years Ago The partners of the Big Seven Co. were rejoicing over their strike of Tuesday Tues-day in the Yellow Cat area on claims under lease. The property was roughly 10 miles north and east of the Arches National Monument. Shipments Ship-ments were to begin at once; going, it was understood, under-stood, to Grand Junction. The BYF (Baptist Youth Fellowship of Moab) hosted host-ed to the BYF organizations organ-izations of Monticello, Dolores, Dove Creek and Cortez. Members of the Mary Martha Circle and parents of the young people peo-ple furnished food. As this was the young people's first time of being be-ing host to such a rally they were eagerly 'planning 'plan-ning it to be a big success. Basketball fans of Moab saw their first game of the winter season when the local cagers took on the Fruitvale Store gang. Other members of the league included: The Ap-pleton Ap-pleton Independents, The Grand Junction North Avenue Av-enue Sinclair Five, and Maxie Carrolls Aetna Finance Fi-nance Co. Boys. 40 Years Ago Typhoid fever finally made its appearance at Moab. It was believed that the inadequate sewer system, sys-tem, plus the unsanitary conditions of the town, contributed to this dread disease. To raise funds to stage its annual Christmas cheer festival, the Moab Lions club gave a dance at the Woodmen hall. Later La-ter in the season, the club presented more entertainment, en-tertainment, a vaudeville show w ith members of the Lions club as actors. "The Newest Hotel in Salt Lake City ", the Hotel Temple Square, built just opposite the Tabernacle boasted 200 rooms, and 200 tile baths. Its rates were as low as $1.50. 60 Years Ago Jacob A. Riis declared in his lecture on "My Neighbor," that "we are all neighbors regardless of ... religion, race and wealth." Previous to the lecture, a dinner was given giv-en at the Whitney hotel in Michigan in honor of the lecturer. At the Franklin Children's Chil-dren's Home, there was a young boy who was as lazy as he could possibly pos-sibly be. When other children and he were given giv-en sticks of candy, he had one of the other children chil-dren bite off pieces for him. When asked why, he replied that he wanted to be saved the bother. For the weekend ending November 26, 1913, there was a total of .21 inches of rainfall. In addition, the lowest temperatures ranged from 19 to 44, while the highest temperatures temp-eratures ranged from 39 to 56. |