(Posted at YouTube by Ron
Fulham. Published on Oct 7, 2012)
Excellent video running just
over three minutes of Super 8 film posted at YouTube of aftermath of Oct.
12, 1962, Columbus Day storm in
McMinnville, including on Linfield campus.
(The Old Oak survived the Columbus
Day storm, but crashed to its death without wind on Jan. 8, 2008.)
Video runs 3:14. Look for:
+ Linfield campus with 15
miles per hour speed limit sign - :54
+ Melrose - 1:03
+ Pioneer and Old Oak - 1:07
+ President’s House (in the
distance) - 1:08
+ Old Oak and Pioneer - 1:18
+ Pop's Shop and nearby
residences (and Delta Psi Delta house?)
- 1:21
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In the "typhoon" article above, "CSU" is the Christian Student Union.
COLUMBUS DAY STORM 1962
COVERAGE IN McMINNVILLE, AT LINFIELD
The Columbus Day Storm happened
Friday, Oct. 12, 1962. Coverage of the storm in McMinnville included what was
broadcast on KMCM-AM radio station and in print in the McMinnville News-Register.
On Linfield campus coverage
included news release from the Linfield News Bureau, the Linfield Review student newspaper and the Oak Leaves student yearbook.
Linfield Review issued a newspaper on the day of the storm, but
it was produced prior to the story. Thus, the newspaper's Friday, Oct. 19,
1962, issue had its most immediate coverage.
Oak Leaves had minimal coverage in its 1963 edition (covering the
1962-1963 academic year) and the 1964 edition (covering the 1963-1964 academic
year).
Thanks to Rich Schmidt of
Linfield Archives for scanning the Review coverage posted here from its Oct.
19, 2019, edition.
Also see at YouTube, Super 8 film from Oct. 13, 1962, which
shows storm damage in McMinnville, at Linfield and elsewhere:
https://youtu.be/CQa2ypOwFSw
Text with Oak Leaves photos included:
1963 Oak Leaves -- This total "Wildcat Spirit" was vividly exemplified in the camps reactions to the Columbus Day Storm of 1962. Wind storm damage as seen by President Dillin. King Ko-Ed Doug Brown.
1964 Oak Leaves -- Old Oak Still Grows Strong After Storm.
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Storm Blitz Raised Toll of Accidents (edited)
Lumber from a Haney truck
dumped on the curbing in front of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity house on Baker
street Thursday afternoon when the trailer binder snapped. Partially covering a
parked car owned by Stan Hart, 327 College Way, the lumber forced the vehicle
into a power pole crushing the left rear fender and door. Another parked
vehicle belonging to Alan Hay was also damaged by the fallen lumber.
Windstorm Rips Across Farmland (edited)
Photo cutline: LOGGER’S HOLIDAY
–Thursday on Baker Street, McMinnville, a truckload of lumber toppled onto two
parked cars. The binder apparently snapped, releasing the trailer from the cab,
and depositing the woody debris in front of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity
house, and partially squashing one of the vehicles.
Source for both: Oct. 14, 1962, McMinnville News-Register
…
(Presumably, the fraternity house
in photo is that of Delta Psi Delta.)
Headline for two pages of photos: The Big Wind … Blow By
Blow
Photo cutline: COLLEGE AVENUE –
The massive roots of this tree took up several slabs of concrete side walk on
its way down. The fraternity house in the background, located near Linfield
college, was slightly damaged. (N-R Photo 1575A)
Source: Oct. 17, 1962, McMinnville News-Register
….
Headline for editorial: We’re Proud (edited)
Human beings have no greater
opportunity to display strength of character, the determination and resolve
with which they build their day-to-day society, than during those hours in
which they face, either as individuals or as a community, massive adversity. For our money the people of Oregon came
through with flying colors during and after the impact of Friday’s tremendous
storm.
Source: Oct. 17, 1962, McMinnville News-Register
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‘Civil Disaster:’ Claims Adjusters Flow In; Star Assessing
Damage (edited)
Oregon and Yamhill County have
been designated as “catastrophic areas” by the insurance industry and more than
200 claims adjusters are being flown into the state by the General Adjustment
Bureau to assess and settle claims for insured homeowners, according to
officers of the Oregon Association of Insurance Agents.
