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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (March 13, 1957)
Salem, Oregon', Wednesday, March' 13, 1957 THE CAPITAU JOURNAJJ Section 2 Page 5 This Is Scio9s Main Street and Industrial Section stores, three blacksmiths, three physicians, a livery stable and a cooper. Come 1880 and the town had ac quired two hotels, a saloon, t d? store and a carpet weaver. Polk's directory for 1903 gives bcio a population of 500. Scio never really had a practical railroad. The old narrow guagc line passed close to the town's limits. Scio's municipal government consists of K. J. Purdy, mayor: Virgil Crow, municipal judge and recorder; G. W. Shrunk, treas urer: Arvol Bates, Charles Bates, Frank Bruce, Keith Miller, Vrania Shelton and Vardie Shelton, alder men. Don't Neglect Slipping FALSE TEETH Do (Rise teeth drop, slip or wobbia when you talk, eat, laugh or sneeze? Don't be annoyed and embarrassed by such handicaps. FABTEETH, an alkaline (non-acid) powder to sprin kle on your plates, keeps false teeta more firmly set. Gives confident feel, tng of security and added comfort. No gummy, gooey, pasty taste or feel Inn. Get FASTEETH today at any drug counter. 'Main street in Scio, Linn County, is pictured above. It shows stores and enterprises consistent with the prosper Ity of the city. Scio was incorporated in 1866 and is among the older towns in the county. It has a population of 455 at the present time. (Capital Journal Photo) West Scio on the Woodburn-Springficld branch of the Southern Pacific Railroad is Scio's industrial area. In this section are lo cated the sawmills and a re-milling plant employing more than 100 persons. (Cap ital Journal Photo) 1 , By BEN MAXWELL Capital Journal Writer Agriculture, lumbering and tradition sustain Scio, an older Linn County town with a pop ulation of 455. Scio was first incorporated in 1866 and under an amended charter in 1891 In the forks of the Santiam, and extending eastward to the foot hills of the Cascades, thou sands of productive acres yield a diversity of agricultural crops that contribute either directly or indirectly to Scio's prosperity. Most likely the farmers' visit to town will include business with Scio Mill Elevator Co.. an enter prise with a tradition extending bad: to the community's founding more than 100 years ago. This is the oldest of Scio's businesses and has seven regular employes and genial W. Z. Sims in the front office to meet the trade. This mo dern warehouse and mixing plant has been in operation since 1923, Built Grist Mill About 1856 H. I. Turner and Wil liam McKinncy built a grist mill on Thomas Creek in a hamlet that came to be called Scio. The enter prise flourished until 1891, when fire 6truck and reduced the mill to ashes. It was immediately rebuilt, how ever, on an expanded scale and as a flour milll continued to oper ate until fire struck again in 1925. The Scio Mill & Elevator Co. con trolled the business then. It was again rebuilt as a modern feed mill and warehouse. Scio's industrial center is West Scio on SP's Woodburn-Springfield branch. Three sizable sawmills and woodworking plants are lo cated here. Lulay Bros, have been in oper ation for the last 30 years and their West Scio plant is the larg est of all in production. Their average daily cut is around 90.000 board tcet and employes number IV. Ken Purdy, Scio's mayor, is pro prietor of West Scio Re-milling Co. Ken employs about 20 hands in a mill operation that cuts 40,000 feet a day to keep his two planers running. Ed Kcech, Salem, also has a sawmill at Scio that is now temporarily shut down. Town Has Qualnfncss Quaintncss and friendliness arc attributes that Scio enjoys but does not exploit. Persons, casually in terviewed on Main street, speak of grandfathers who came to the forks of the Santiam in the 1840s, before Scio was founded. Scio is an old town and not ashamed of Its traditions and heritage. In and around the town if a Czech community of thrifty and Industrious farmers. Mrs. Sylvia Crenshaw, who lives near pictur esque Shimanek covered bridge, Is a descendant ot an early Czech ' Scio Specializes in Agriculture, Lumbering Linn County Town Proud Of Tradition Visit Sender Optical and SEE FOK YOURSELF how the Lateir StylM hi Fashionable and Flattering Glasses can help you look Your Best While Seeing Belter! Gay, Colorful Frames for Women Sturdy, Masculine Designs for Men. Arrange to Pay LATER, em your own reasonable credit term. For as Little as 'ay Weakly , or I Monthly No fxtrw quick sciviei Vr m Um fodf te I Dart At Wl U GJsmm Mde I tk - irl srwlania m Named for Czech Family i "' ft ' a ofesT' "ess -1 II tell W Scio is in the covered bridge region of Linn County. Here is pictured the Shimanek bridge which was named for a Czech family which lived in the community some , time ago. The bridge is 35 years old. family in the region. it is her understanding that Ru dolph and John Wesley were among the first of the Czechs to settle in the Scio locality in the late 1890s. They were attracted to the region by its close resem blance to their homeland in re spect to typography and climate. Scio's fat lamb show is an an nual event attracting state-wide at tention. It is a spring event with a big parade and many prizes for best livestock exhibits. Chrislcnscn Mnnagcs Bank Scio's branch of the First Na tional Bank of Portland now serves the community with C. V. Christensen as manager. Deposits amount to $1,500,000 and there arc three employes. Scio bank was founded by Thos. about 1890. History of the Scio post office Munkcrs J. reaches back to Oct. 13, 1860 when the office was opened with E. E. Wheclre as first postmaster. Now the office is second class with 170 office and 645 rural boxes. Jack Bailey, postmaster for the last three years, is assisted by two clerks and three rural carriers.. Scio Union High School, a mo dern plant built in 1950, has .15 classrooms and is occupied by 161 upper grade and 91 seventh and eighth grade pupils. Stan Whipple is principal and there arc 15 teach ers. Scio's elementary school with the first six grades has 264 pupils and 11 teachers. Here Albert Grubbs is principal. Nile Williams superintendent for ail Scio schools. Prill Esteemed Dr. A. G. Prill, 87, and among the more esteemed of Scio's older residents, has been a general prac tioner here for 50 years. Although he has been retired for a num ber of years, he continues his resi dence at Oakrest, a home built in 1900 among aged oaks. Dr. frill came to Scio after 10 years of practice at Sodaville. Scio has a municipal water sys tem drawing from two wells, a sewage disposal plant and Scio Mutual Telephone Association, Inc. with about 400 subscribers. The town's volunteer fire department consist of 19 members with two trucks at their disposal. Mrs. Glen Thurston, Capital Journal's Scio correspondent, has supplied this writer with a resume of the town's business activity. Within Scio's half mile wide city limits, and mostly along Main- street, are two hardware stores, two groceries, two barber shops, service stations, real estate of fices, variety, yardage, clothing and shoe stores, a shoe repair shop, bank, post office and other stores and offices supplying goods and service to the communtiy. Scio Has 4 Cliurchos Scio has four churches Chris tian, Baptist, Assembly of God and Catholic. Locales a lew miles southwest of Scio is Providence Baptist Church. Scio Tribune, a weekly news paper with E. H. Hayward as pub lisher for the last 15 years, was founded in 1896. The News, Scio's first newspaper, was founded by Dr. H. 11. King and issued off a job press Feb. 3, 1870. When the News folded less than one year later. Publisher and Dr. King asked those in arrears to please remit as pur financial affairs are very precarious just now." Most likely Scio derived its name from Scio, Ohio, but the original name is classical. The is land of Chios in the Aegean Sea was anciently celebrated for its wine and marble. It was also con sidered to possess the best claim as the birthplace of Homer. McDonald's precinct where votes were cast in 1848. Scio precinct was created out ot McDonald. Some say that William McKinney started the first store here. Others Originally Scio was known as maintain the honor should go to E. Woods who sold a steer for $75 and used iho proceeds to start a store. In 1867 McKinncy and Tur ner were operating a -16cal flour mill and bmith and Curl the saw mill. 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