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1950s:

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1953.

Springfield

• Hamlin Middle School is built.

• Springfield holds the first Christmas Parade.

• In 1953, an aluminum reduction plant opened, run by National Metallurgical Corporation of Delaware, a subsidiary of Apex (Springfield News 1945, 1949, 1952, 1953).

• Nalley’s potato chip plant expands in 1953.

• Traffic on the South A by-pass would head east and Main Street would become one-way, heading west. Work on the project, however, did not begin until early 1953; South A officially opened in November that year. At that time, a decision was made that a second vehicle bridge across the Willamette River would coincide with the South A by-pass route (Springfield News 1946, 1950, 1953)

• Communication systems also experienced some change during this period. The Springfield News was the community’s primary newspaper, continuing its weekly format until it changed to a twice-a-week format in 1953.

• The women's organization, the Altrusa Club, starts a local chapter in 1953