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About The Siuslaw news. (Florence, Lane County, Or.) 1960-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 8, 2020)
T HE W EST ❖ T HE S IUSLAW N EWS ❖ F LORENCE T IMES ❖ T HE S IUSLAW O AR ❖ T HE S IUSLAW N EWS ❖ S IUSLAW N EWS AW NE E BR RS 2020 A look back at 130 years INSIDE EACH EDITION S IUSLAW N EWS THROUGH O CTOBER OF EA CEL SN S 1890 SL W SIU SIUSLAW NEWS | SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 2020 | 7A AT I N G 1 30 Y 1938 Oregon Guest Stickers — Siuslaw Oar Vol. 38, No. 32 January 7, 1938 New guest stickers are available which non-resident motorists will carry on their windshields while trav- eling in Oregon in 1938. The stickers are attractively reproduced in two colors. The 1938 stickers show a view of Crater Lake, with the nonresident registration blank printed on the re- verse. 1939 1940 No North — No South — Siuslaw Oar Vol. 39, No. 25 November 24, 1939 Florence Gains Over 1/3 Count — Siuslaw Oar Vol. 50, No. 50 May 17, 1940 While we may become weary of changes that march down thru the corridor of time there are some changes that greet the mass of American people with sustaining comfort. Despite the smiling face and the jests of our pleasant presi- dent, we have an example of one of his own rulings that makes the Unit- ed States one union, firmly insepa- rable. This paper comes to you on the morning of Roosevelt Thanksgiving Day. All the states along our coast are willing observers. But just half of the states in the Union are not. According to a map published in some of the daily papers, it is possi- ble to start at the Canadian border in Idaho and wend your way to the uttermost tips of Florida without stepping on a foot of soil where the governors have approved the presi- dent’s proclamation. It is gratifying for us younger folks that this is so. The line — which separated the North and South — is gone forever and the smiles of all the presidents to come will never bring it back. For this, yesterday, today and to- morrow, we are thankful. The sad news comes that Flor- ence now has but 448 people when everybody expected, or at least had hopes, that within the city limits there would be more than 500 peo- ple. Ten years ago, Florence had 328, the present census show- ing an increase of 36 percent — which, after all, is not so bad. There are glowing reports coming in, not mentioning the increased valuation of improvements actually made in homes and business struc- tures, the new water system, blocks and blocks of substantial street im- provement, modernized power and light facilities, new industries and port development, and the pick-up of hundreds of tax-title lots soon to be utilized. In all, doubling the val- uation of 10 years ago. While these things are all the cor- porate limits, there is now a popu- lation along our highways leading into Florence, from no more than six miles by actual count. So far as the figures are available, a substantial building up of homes which house as many peo- ple as Flor- ence does it- self. A pretty good start for the next 10 years. 1941 While the rest of the world was fully embroiled in World War II beginning in 1939, America didn’t enter the war until December 7, 1941, with Pearl Harbor. The Siuslaw Oar regularly featured tales of the war and political cartoons, along with wartime movies playing at the Florence Theater. Happy Anniversary Florence, Oregon! Thank you for making PeaceHealth a trusted part of your family and partner in your health. Find care at peacehealth.org/florence