Editing 1954

==Springfield==

===Education===

*Elizabeth C Page School opened for students in March 1954, as did the new addition at Westside. Within months, new additions were planned for both Page and Westside Schools, and plans were being made for
another new grade school (Hamlin School, built in 1957). The new [[Thurston Junior High School]] opened in the fall of 1954. St. Alice School, also with growing enrollments, constructed a two-room addition ([[Springfield News]] 1954).

===Businesses===

*In 1954, the name of the [[C.W. Guerrier Lumber Company|Guerrier]] operations was changed to [[Springfield Mills]]. 

*On [[Mohawk Boulevard]] at [[K Street (Springfield)|K Street]], known as the [[Northgate Shopping Center]], opened in [[1954]] and was expanded in [[1955]], it signaled the beginning of commercial development northward from the city center.

*The [[F.W. Woolworth Store]] opened on [[Main Street (Springfield)|Main Street]] and an [[A and W Drive-In|A&W Drive-In restaurant]] opened at [[41st Street (Springfield)|41st]] and Main, both in 1954 ([[Springfield News]] 1950, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1955).

*[[Maxey, H.E.|H.E. Maxey]], the editor and publisher of the [[Springfield News]] since [[1923]] sold the paper in [[1954]] to a group of men from Coos Bay (Springfield News 1953, 1954).

===Organizations===

*In 1954, the [[First Presbyterian Church (Springfield)|First Presbyterian Church]] purchased the old Seventh Day Adventist building for their services.

*the 1954 business directory lists the Church of Christ, the Conservative Baptist Church, the Free Will Baptist Church, the Mt. Vernon Church of Christ, and the United Pentecostal Church as those in the Springfield area.

==Natron==

Mill operations at [[Natron]] expanded that year when [[Naton Mills, Incorporated|Natron Mills, Inc.]] built a new shed and drying kiln.