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About The independent. (Vernonia, Or.) 1986-current | View Entire Issue (July 13, 1994)
Page6 The INDEPENDENT, July 13,1994 '■ . ■ ■ •' •• •••••• • , , . . : , • ; , ■ • -, sawing. The big mill property covers 200 hundred acres joining Vernonia. The hum of the saws cutting at a rate of 600,000 feet per day will soon be heard. It is expected that the first log will be stabbed about the tenth of July. That day, the day o f the first sawing, will go down in history. It will be the biggest day in the history of the Nehalem Valley. It will be the day that many people have anxiously waited for these many long years. A new era is dawning. A new industrial era. A new city; all Vernonia is glad; all the state of Oregon is benefit ed. A il© IRTO jj Aw lRRlBBk? Compiled by Robb Wilson S e ven ty ye a rs ago th is week, the firs t logs w ere milled and the Oregon -Amer ican Lumber Company start ed its operations. Following are excerpts from The Ver nonia Eagle, July of 1924: PORTLAND FINANCIAL GI ANTS AND OREGON TIM BER AND MILL MEN ARE IN SPEC TIN G BIG M ILL AND HOLDINGS OF ORE GON AM ERICAN CO . IN V ER NO NIA — TODAY IS BIG DAY FOR VERNONIA! A NEW INDUSTRIAL CENTER FOR OREGON VERNONIA, 50 MILES FROM PORTLAND The new town that is forty years old lies in the heart of the Big Timber. THE BIG MILL; The Oregon -American Co. Mill expects to begin sawing July 15, the boilers will be fired for the first time July 1. F or som e tw o years, work has been progressing every day on the large plant. From many acres of trees and brush this mill has risen. The company has 60 neat and up-to-date resi dences built for homes for a few of the employees. It is the inten tion to soon build 40 more hous es on "Spencer Hill". About 300 m en w ill be em ployed at the start up and will gradually in crease. The 40 acre pond is now full of logs as well as all the track room in the yards. The big mill is one of the show places of Oregon that is a big industrial asset to the state. BIG MILL TO START SAW ING ABOUT JULY 15TH Vemomia has largest electri cal driven saw mill in the U.S. The Oregon American Lumber Company has their large new mill about ready to start actual LUMBER COMPANY HOST AT VERNONIA Portlanders See First Logs Cut at $3,500,000 Plant Machinery is Marvel—Mill O perated A lm ost E ntirely by Electric Power Generated by Us ing Water as Fuel. M assive logs seem ed but splinters under the handling of man made machinery MOST PERFECT SAW MILL IN AMERICA STARTS OP ERATION IN VERNONIA Not a Hitch, Every Machine Perfect She Runs! Vernonia is known and is in print all over the United States today. Every Lumberman’s Jour nal and Daily papers of every state carried items of the open ing of the big, all steel, concrete, beltless, electrified sawmill. O-A LUMBER CO. GOING FULL FORCE Will Keep Pond Full of Logs as a Reserve in Case Camps Are Forced to Close Down VERNONIA MILL NOW RUNNING P lan t expected to turn out 600,000 feet of lumber in two eight hour shifts. About 400 men will be required for a single shift and the second shift will be em ployed as soon as market condi tions justify, says E.E. Hayes, superintendent of the plant. I am sure this was a festive and historic day in town and I w ould love to have been there. If you were there at that time and remember the event, please contact me; I want to talk with you about it. I can be reached at the Mu seum, 429-3713. P a c if ic w ill h o s t Concours d’Elegance Over 300 antique, classic, sport and collector automo biles will be on display on the Pacific University campus in Forest Grove during the 22nd annual Concours d* Elegance on Sunday July 24th. The classic celebration is spo nso red by th e F orest Grove Rotary Club. Advance tickets are available at G.l. Joe’s Ticket Master. Great gift idea for all occasions! For details call: Lani 429-8841 To purchase Lov'n Cookery, please mail thia coupon and J $7.96 plus $2.00 S & H to: St. Mary s Catholic Church • 960 Missouri Avenue J Vernonia, OR 97064 Address: City: State: Zip:. ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••e 24 Hour Towing Auto & Truck Gasoline Alley Auto Wrecking /Ä Closed Sun & Mon Tues-Fri 8 am-5 pm 54372 Nehalem Hwy. S., Vernonia 429-7581 324-2071 LICENSED, CLASS-II ADULT FOSTER CARE River Retirement Residence C hurch of J esus C hrist of L atter D ay S aints 16941 T im b e r Road E ast V e rn o n ia • 429-1162 G race R eformed B aptist C hurch Bob E. Holbrook, Branch President 1350 E. Knott Street Vernonia, 429-7151 D. J .Dickey, Pastor Grant & North Streets Vernonia, 429-1919 or 429-8720 Sacrament Meeting, Sunday 10 a.m. Sunday School & Primary 11:20 a.m. Sunday School, All Ages 9:45 a.m. Morning Worship 11:00 a.m. Evening Worship 6:00 p.m. Relief Society, Priesthood and Young Women, Sunday 12:10 p.m. Wed. Prayer Meeting, 7:00 p.m. A ssembly of G oo F irst B aptist C hurch Michael Jackson, Pastor 662 Jefferson Vernonia, 429-6353 John Cahill, Pastor 952 Washington Avenue Vernonia, 429-2521 Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Morning Worship 11:00 a.m. Evening Service 6:30 p.m. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Morning Worship 11:00 a.m. Bible Study 6:00 p.m. Prayer Meeting, Wed. 7:00 p.m. Visitation, Monday 7:00 p.m. Bible Study, Wednesday 7:00 p.m. S t . A ugustine (C anterbury ) E piscopal C hurch V ernonia E vangelical B ible C hurch The Rev. Robert Grafe, Vicar 700 Adams Ave. Grant Williams, Pastor 957 State Avenue Vernonia, 429-6790 Vernonia 429-1860 Sunday Services, 10:00 a.m. F oursquare C hurch Chris Brush, Pastor 850 Madison Avenue Vernonia, 429-1103 Sunday Services Morning Worship 10:30 a.m. Purchaser: Come on out and enjoy a day of fun with old friends and ac quaintances. For more information call the Columbia County Histori cal Society M useum in the old mill office, 429-3713. A 4th Edition will be Available In August With over 600 tried and proven recipes from cherished community members, Lov’n Cookery is In great demand. All form er em ployees of the Oregon-American, later Longbell Lumber Co., are in vited to the second annual Reunion Picnic held Sunday, July 17, at noon in Anderson Park, Vernonia. Nearly 150 people attend ed last year’s potluck picnic and more are expected this year. T h e re w ill be d o o r prize s, e x h ib its and p h o tographs of the mill operation. Wednesday Meeting Evening Bible Study, 6:45 p.m. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Morning Worship 11:00 a.m. Children's Church w/Nursery Evening Fellowship 6:00 p.m. Nursery Care Prayer Meeting, Wed. 7:00 p.m. Daytime Adult Bible Studies The Churches of Vernonia Welcome You F irst C hristian C hurch Ted Bjorem, Pastor 410 North Street Vernonia, 429-6522 Sunday School 9:40 a.m. Morning Worship 11:00 a.m. Children's and Junior Church Evening Service 6:00 p.m. Ladies' Bible Study, Mon. 7:30 p.m. Women's Fellowship, 2nd & 4th Wednesdays, 1:30 p.m. Every Wednesday: Ladies' Bible Study, 9:15 a.m. Evening Bible Study, 6:30 p.m. Choir Practice, 7:30 p.m. S t . M ary ’ s C atholic C hurch Pastoral Administrator Joan Dotter Ass't. Administrator Lani Vandehey 960 Missouri Avenue Vernonia, 429-8841 St. Vincent dePaul Society Irish Bruers, 429-7201 Mass Schedule 2nd & 4th Sundays Word & Communion Services 1st & 3rd Sundays at 10:00 a.m. Holy Day Services 7:00 p.m. Sacrament of Penance Schedule by Appointment Before or After Mass S eventh D ay A dventist Roger Kruger, Pastor, 397-6883 2nd Ave. and Nehalem St. Vernonia, 429-1941 Sabbath School 9:15 a.m. Morning Worship, 11:00 a.m. Tuesday Prayer, 7:00 p.m.
