1954

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Contents 1 Springfield 1.1 Education 1.2 Businesses 1.3 Organizations 2 Natron

Springfield

Education

• Elizabeth C Page School opened for students in March 1954, as did the new addition at Westside. Within months, new additions were planned for both Page and Westside Schools, and plans were being made for

another new grade school (Hamlin School, built in 1957). The new Thurston Junior High School opened in the fall of 1954. St. Alice School, also with growing enrollments, constructed a two-room addition (Springfield News 1954).

Businesses

• In 1954, the name of the Guerrier operations was changed to Springfield Mills.

• On Mohawk Boulevard at K Street, known as the Northgate Shopping Center, opened in 1954 and was expanded in 1955, it signaled the beginning of commercial development northward from the city center.

• The F.W. Woolworth Store opened on Main Street and an A&W Drive-In restaurant opened at 41st and Main, both in 1954 (Springfield News 1950, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1955).

• H.E. Maxey, the editor and publisher of the Springfield News since 1923 sold the paper in 1954 to a group of men from Coos Bay (Springfield News 1953, 1954).

Organizations

• In 1954, the First Presbyterian Church purchased the old Seventh Day Adventist building for their services.

• the 1954 business directory lists the Church of Christ, the Conservative Baptist Church, the Free Will Baptist Church, the Mt. Vernon Church of Christ, and the United Pentecostal Church as those in the Springfield area.

Natron

Mill operations at Natron expanded that year when Natron Mills, Inc. built a new shed and drying kiln.