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===20th century=== [[File:Leedy Grange - Cedar Mill, Oregon.JPG|thumb|Leedy Grange]] The present-day Leedy Grange #339 building, near the corner of Saltzman and Cornell Roads and near the Cedar Mill Library, was built in 1900 (according to Leedy Grange 1903). It originally housed a [[Modern Woodmen of America|Modern Woodmen]] organization; however, in 1913 (1906 according to the Grange) the building was sold to the Leedy Grange, and the second story removed.<ref name="pearsongw"/> The monthly Cedar Mill Flea Market was held at the grange the first Saturday of each month but was discontinued.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.grange.org/leedyor339/|title=Leedy Grange 339 - Your local Grange in Cedar Mill, Oregon}}</ref> The first Flea Market was held in June 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/north-of-26/index.ssf/2010/05/sell_your_stuff_at_leedy_grange_flea_market.html|title=Sell your stuff at Leedy Grange flea market|author=Hudson, Wendy|publisher=OregonLive|date=May 21, 2010|access-date=October 27, 2015}}</ref> Public transit service to Cedar Mill was operated in the 1940s by Tualatin Valley Stages,<ref name="oreg-1943mar6">{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Boulevard Busses To Resume Runs |date=March 6, 1943 |newspaper=The Oregonian |page=6}}</ref> which after 1953 became Tualatin Valley Buses, Inc.βpart of a consortium of privately owned companies known as the [[Blue Bus lines|"Blue Bus" lines]]. It continued to serve the area through the 1960s,<ref name="gloomy future">{{cite news|last=Pratt |first=Gerry |title=Bus Lines Manager Sees Gloomy Future |date=August 17, 1966 |newspaper=The Oregonian |page=21}}</ref> until [[TriMet]] took over the Blue Bus lines in 1970.<ref name="takes over operation">{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Tri-Met Takes Over Operation Of Blue Buses, Finds Rolling Stock In Bad Condition |date=September 9, 1970 |newspaper=The Oregonian |page=9}}</ref> A Cedar Mill Heritage Quilt was created in the summer of 1976 by 15 local women. It detailed various aspects of Cedar Mill history.<ref name="quilting">{{cite news|title=Handicraft, rummage sale to benefit library|newspaper=Hillsboro Argus|location=Hillsboro, Oregon|date=September 16, 1976|page=3B|url=http://washingtoncountyheritage.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p16047coll4/id/19/rec/29|access-date=October 27, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809004713/http://washingtoncountyheritage.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p16047coll4/id/19/rec/29|archive-date=August 9, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> Former U.S. Senator [[Maurine Neuberger]] declared the winner of the quilting competition in September 1976.<ref name="quilting"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://washingtoncountyheritage.org/cdm/search/collection/p16047coll4/searchterm/Quilts/field/all/mode/exact/conn/and|title=Cedar Mill Heritage Quilt photographs and articles, 1976|date=1976|website=Washington County Heritage Online|access-date=17 July 2017}}{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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