Piling Firm Ships to Many Areas
WORKMAN at Northwest Piling Co. in Scappoose
watches as long log is carried through the mechan-
ical debarker. Shredded bark is utilized for stock
bedding.
Fair Visitors
Spot Ribbons
TIMBER ROUTE—Mr. and Mrs.
Gene Drips and Mrs. Sine Collins
went to Salem Saturday and at
tended the state fair. Mrs. Collins
received a blue ribbon on her cro
chet b?dspread, a red ribbon on
an afghan, and a white ribbon on
a baby afghan. She was 80 years
old when she made the art.cles.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Snyder and
PICTURED here is the final shipment of a 200,-
000 lineal foot order that went to New York for
dock construction. It took three flat cars to hold
these 115-foot poles. Most of the logs for this ship
son Bert attended a surprise birth
day party Saturday evening in
Riverview in honor of their daugh-
t?r, Mrs. Donovan Reynolds. Oth
ers attending were Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Reynolds Mr. and Mrs. For
rest G. Reynolds from Reedsport,
Mrs. Ex:e Weaver, Mr. and Mrs.
Kenneth Reynolds and three chil
dren and Mr. and Mrs. Linwood
Rsynolds and four children.
Mrs. Exie Weaver visited Satur
day afternoon with her son’s fam
ily the Claud Weavers in the Kist
district.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Thacker
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THURSDAY, StPT. 6. 1962
and Mrs. Nell Thacker visited the
George L. Smith family Sunday
and also called at the Otto Stow
ell home at Buxton.
Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Todd and
family spent Labor day week end
at their cabin here on the Omar
Sheeley place.
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Reynolds
and children from Cornelius vis
ited her parents Mr. and Mrs. Les
ter Shafer and family Monday
afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Reynolds
and family from Seaside visited
Saturday with relatives on Timber
route.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Birt attend
ed a family reunion at the home of
his sister, Mrs. Eva Tooley in Es
tacada last Sunday. Mr. Birt has
recuperated nicely from his re
cent operation.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Stanley spent
the week end in Portland.
Earl Reynolds and friend Cathy
Lively from Seaside while enroute
to Portland Saturday, stopped off
in Treharne to call on friends and
relatives.
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BILL PRIBYL, shown here, is one of the three partners in the
Northwest Piling Company plant at Scappoose. Lyle McCleary and
A. J. Ahlborn, other partners, all share work load of creating thriv
ing new business.
Additional photo page 4
Operating almost within the city
limits of Scappoo.-e, the Northwest
Piling Co. is a thriving, young
business creating a sizeable pay
roll for Scappoose, and shipping its
product all over the United States
and world-wide ns well.
A corporation, the business is
owned by three St. Helens m n ;
A. J. Ahlborn, Lyle McLeary and
Hill Pribyl. Product of the young
industry is supplying pilings and
commercial poles to industrial us
ers all over the nation.
The plant was started a year ago
on an 8*4 acre site which th?
corporation leases from the Charles
T. Parker Construction Co. It lies
directly east of the gravel pit at
Scappoose.
This particular site was chosen
because of its close proximity to
rail, highway and mat'rials need
ed; in this case timber ranging
from 90 to 115 feet in height.
Many of the logs used are ob
tained from the immediate area,
local logging concerns bringing the
big sticks into th? plant. Some logs
are bought from the large com
panies; also, as Pribyl pointed out
the trees used in this operation are
not saw logs, being of smaller di
ameter than is used in saw mill
operation.
As each load is delivered to the
yard it is stacked awaiting its
turn to go through the mechanical
debarker, or debarked by hand,
then graded. A new debarker is on
order and will be put in operation
this fall. The ground bark is fed
to a choppr some distance away,
where it is currently being picked
up twice daily by Don Meier, own
er of one of the largerr dairy farms
in the Scappoose area
The yard operates principally on
an ord?r basis, but keeps about
50.000 lineal feet of various length
logs on hand to meet unexpected
orders
The bulk of sales from the yard
are made by personal contact, Pri
byl stated, using letters and phone
ment came from the Vemonia-Mist area. North
west Piling Co. supplies timbers for heavy con
struction to far-flung places on the globe.
calls to potential customers rather
than advertising in industrial or
gans.
The partners are very pleased
with the growth and location of
their business. Pribyl stated that
within a 75 mile radius of the plant
is th? only remaining timber left
for an operation of this kind.
Pribyl does not believe there is
any danger of running out of the
type of logs needed in their opera
tion due to conservation and syste
matic cutting now employed in all
the logging industry.
The corporation provides help
for the small tree farms in the
area, in providing a market for
their timber, advice in cutting and
thinning, and help in obtaining
reputable loggers to take the tim
ber out.
The company provided full time
work for seven to eight Scappoose
and Warren men.
Wright-Douglas
Vows Exchanged
RIVERVIEW — Larry Wright,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Francis
Wright, and Miss Vicki Douglas,
daughter of Mrs. Eva Douglas of
St. Helens were united in marriage
August 19 at the home of the
bride's mother. They are making
their home at St. Helens where he
is employed nt the Ford garage.
Friday visitors at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. E L. Lloyd were
Mrs. Erlene Snell of Portland, Mr.
and Mrs. Bob Atkinson of Seattle
and Mrs. Bob Rose and children,
Marvin and Pamela of Portland.
Mrs. Jim Haves of Gaston visit
ed Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Lloyd Mon
day.
Labor Day week end visitors at
the home of Mr and Mrs. Francis
Wright were his brother and fa
mily, Mr and Mrs Jack Wright
and three children of Prineville
Mrs. Grac? Peachey and son
George visited at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Glenn Ingle at Tillamook
Saturday Other visitors there were
her brother and wife, Mr and Mrs.
Louis Boeck of Phoenix, Arizona.
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