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The INDEPENDENT, July 13,1994
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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
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Vernonia, OR 97064
Address:
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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.