1950
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Springfield
- Population of Springfield is 10,087.
- New Elementary and Middle Schools were built: Walterville, Page, Thurston, Moffit, and Springfield Middle School.
- The peak year during this period was 1950, when permit values equaled $2,617,136 (Springfield News 1941, 1942, 1950, 1955). Although the growth that began during the war continued beyond this period, the pace was slower and more even, having reached a high point in 1955.
- In 1950, the First National Bank opened in Springfield, the Paramount shopping center continued to expand, and a Chevrolet dealership opened. New types of commercial ventures arrived that year, when Springfield got its first “automated” car wash, one of the first of its kind in Oregon, and two drive-in movie theaters (the Motor Vu and the Cascade) opened (a third, the Drive-In-Ette, opened in 1953).
- Nalley’s Potato Chip plant opened in 1950.
