2 The News-Review, Roteburg, Ore. Tuej., Aug. 21, 1956
Activities Crowd Fair Agenda
Grandstand, Pavilion Sites
Of Four-Day Entertainment
A four-day schedule of special; judges, and their decisions will be
events is planned 10 please and iinal.
entertain fair goers at the 1956
Douglas County Fair, Aug. 23-26.
Thursday morning, will begin
with the judging of livestock, foods,
community bootns. land products,
and farm crops. The remaining
judging will be completed inuay
and Saturday mornings.
The Ott and Ricketts Talent Con
test will be run off each night of
the fair with the finals held fa unci ay
night. Red Rcfnolds, cowboy tele
vision star, will act as master of
ceremonies during the entire con
test. Every night at 6 p.m., fair
goers will witness an old-fashioned
balloon ascension act. The balloon
ascends and at a certain altitude
the rider parachutes from the bal
loon. Sheep dog trials will be held Fri
day afternoon in front of the grand
stand. A giant free barbecue will
be in front of the grandstand with
the Governor, Elmo Smith as hon
ored guest. The barbecue, sponsor
ed by the Hoscburg Lions Club,
has been a feature of the fair for
the past three years.
Fans will thrill to the horse rac
es, which will take place both Sat
urday and Sunday afternoons.
There will be special entertain
ment between races. The 4-H style
revue will be held on Saturday aft
ernoon. Following the revue is the
junior livestock auction in the
judging arena. Micro-midget rac
ing is to be held Saturday and Sun
day evenings in front of the grand
stand. The giant free barbecue will be
Saturday. Once again fairgoers
will feast on a thick slab of prime
beef cradled in a monstrous bun,
covered with a delicious barbecue
sauce. Ice cream and soft drinks
will be served.
The chef will again be Al Oliver
from Corvallis. The Hoscburg Lions
Club will begin barbecuing the
meat Friday evening so that all
will be ready to go at 12:30 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 25, in front of the
grandstand. The lady Lions will
again serve this luncheon to hun
gry fairgoers.
An added feature to the feast
will be Gov. Elmo Smith, who will
preside as honored guest. He will
speak in the pavillion on Saturday.
He will be the second governor in
the past three years to attend the
fair. In 1!54, the late Gov. Paul
Patterson was here.
Two exciting days of horse rac
ing have been planned as part of
the entertainment at the fair. On
Saturday at 2:30, horses from Se
attle to San Francisco will line up
at the starting gate for the first
race of the day, announces racing
secretary Harry Hucklcr of Olal
la. Model airplanes will compete be
tween races in a contest sponsor
ed by Lester's Toy and Hobby
Shop. Enthusiastic horse fans will
view six races run Saturday the
25.
Sunday will be another day of
top entertainment with post time
at 1:30. For added enjoyment be
tween races, the Umpqua Cutting
and Roping Club is sponsoring a
calf roping and cow cutting contest
where cowboys will compete for
cash prizes. These two days of
horse racing promise to be a fore
runner of a full scale racing meet
at the fair next year.
Alert and well-trained sheep
dogs will compete at 2 p.m. Fri
day, at tho fairgrounds in the
fourth annual Douglas County
Sheep Dog Trials.
A total of $210 in prizes will be
awarded at the trials this year. En
tries are open to any working sheep
dog. There is no entry fee. A max
imum of eight dogs will be accept
ed, with preference to dogs enter
ed in previous years.
Tb dog must fetch sheep from
corner of arena, run them through
a gate and then pen them. The
dogs will work with approximately
five sheep. All sheep used will be
similar and none used twice.
The handler or owner of the dog
may assist the dog in any way he
desires. However, this will be tak-
en into account in judging, and ex
cess assistance will count against;
the dog owner. There will be three
Judging will be based on judg
ment of the dog, obedience by the
dog of signals from the handler,
time to pen sheep, and assistance
Irom the handier.
"One of the fair's most popular
features, the Ott and Ricketts tal
ent show, will be presented again
at the 1956 Fair.
Douglas County entertainers will
compete for prizes in this fourth
annual show. The first round of
premliminaries will be held Thurs
day evening at 7:30 in the pavilion.
This year the fair brings as mas
ter of ceremonies Red Reynolds,
KVAL-TV cowboy star. He is
known to everyone as the red-headed
cowboy with his guitar.
Friday night at 7:30 winds up
the preliminaries. The semi-finals
will be staged Saturday evening.
The big night is Sunday night at
7 p.m. when the-finalists will vie
for top awards.
Facilities are even better for
the contest as the stage has been
made larger, repainted and better
lighting installed. There is no age
limit or entry fee, the only require
ment being residence in Douglas
County.
Entries can now be made by
applying in person at the Ott and
Ricketts Music Store, corner of
Jackson and Cass, Roseburg. En
tries can be made either individ
ually or by groups of four persons
or less. A total of $400 in cash
prizes, as well as over $2,000 in
merchandise awards will be made.
First prize will be $100, plus mer
chandise. Every contestant will be elven
some prize, states Contest Manag
er Chuck Ricketts. The separate
catagories wnicn will be judged
are dancing, instrumental, vocal
(two age groups) and miscellane
ous.
One of the special events at the
1956 fair will be the nightly flight
of an old-fashioned hot air bal
loon. This is an event which is
rarely seen these days and should
prove most exciting. The balloon
will take to the air each night of
the four-day fair at 6 p.m.
The balloon used is a big silk
bae filled with hot air and handled
by a skilled aerial artist during
the ascent. Ralph Wiggens does a
trapeze act while hanging from the
ballon. Then by releasing his hold
on the balloon, the aerial perform
er becomes a daring parachute
jumper and makes a graceful des
cent. He usually lands safely, gath
ers his balloon and is ready lor a
trip to the sky again the following
evening. This balloon event is
free there is no special admis
sion charge made.
Micro-midget racing will be an
other new and special feature of
the fair. This popular sport is play
ed by upwards of 15 go 20 local
men in their specially built racing
cars, racing on a 1-10 mile oval
in front of the fairgrounds stand.
First held indoors here in 1955
and again in the winter of 1956,
micro-midget racing has become a
popular spectator sport. Hold out
doors for the first time in Rose
burg this year at the fair, it should
become a featured attraction.
Promoter of the event is Rose
burg's Joe Cole, popular racing an
nouncer. Cole points out that the
midget features can go 70 miles
an hour down the highway. Be
cause of the turns on the track
however, viewers will see them
race at 35 and 40 miles an hour.
According to Cole, though, 40 mph,
when your seat is only two inches
off the ground, is like a 150 miles
in a normal car.
Races will be held Saturday and
Sunday evenings with a full racing
program to start at 8 p.m. each
night. Box seats are available in
the grandstand and with the in
creased lighting facilities in the
arena, this will be a first-class
show, promises Cole.
The first census on record was
made in 3.800 B. C. bv the Baby
lonians, says the National Geo
graphical Society.
Many Events Set
In Fair Schedule
Fair Schedule
THURSDAY, AUGUST M
9:00 a.m. Judging, all divisions.
2:30 p.m. Horse performance
classes, grandstand.
6:00 p.m. Balloon ascension,
erandstand.
7:30 p.m. Talent contest, first
section, pavilion.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 24
9:00 a.m. Judging, all divisions.
2:00 p.m. Sheep dog trials, grand
stand.
6:00 p.m. Balloon ascension,
grandstand.
7:30 p.m. Talent contest, second
section, pavilion.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 25
9:00 a.m. Judging.
12:30 p.m. Free barbecue, grand
stand.
2:00 p.m. Gov. Elmo Smith, pa
vilion. 2:30 p.m. Horse races, grand
stand.
The Cover
Paul Jenkins' Leica searches
through Douglas County each
year for a picture to adorn the
cover of the annual county
fair edition of The News
Review. This year, the search,
ing was easy. It ended at the
Shady Bridge south of Rose
burg one hot June day. Dff
to the side and below the
highway wos this field of
baled hay. We believe it is
port of the Happy Valley
Ranch. Part of an old or
chard frames the field. The
baled hay had been set up
right, for thundershowers had
drenched the area the 'week
the picture wos taken. Then
the hot sun broke out. Some
of the bales still were curing
in the sun only few days
ago. There hod been no ser
ious roins since the liqhtnina
quit that June week.
pavil-
auc-
2:30 p.m. 4-H style revue,
ion.
3:00 p.m. Junior Livestock
lion, judging arena.
6:00 p.m. Balloon ascension,
grandstand.
7:30 p.m. Talent contest, semifi
nals, pavilion.
8:00 p.m. Micromidget racing,
grandstand.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 26
1:30 p.m. Horse races, grand
stand. 6:00 p.m. Balloon ascension,
grandstand.
7:30 p.m. Talent contest, pavilion.
8:00 p.m. Micromidget races,
. grandstand.
4-H, FFA Program
WEDNESDAY '
4 p.m. Judging contests, pavilion.
6 p.m. Entries close.
THURSDAY
8:30 a.m. Livestock and dairy
judging contests.
9 a.m. Dollar dinner contest, pavilion.
9:30 a.m. Judging of livestock class
es.
FRIDAY
9 a.m. Swine showmanship.
9 a.m. Canning contest, pavilion.
10 a.m. sheep showmanship.
10:30 a.m. Muffin-baking contest.
pavilion.
11 a.m. Poultry showmanship.
11 a.m. Forestry identification.
11:30 a.m. Rabbit showmanship.
1 p.m. Demonstrations.
1 p.m. Cake-baking contest, pavil
ion. 1 p.m. Beef showmanship.
2 p.m. Dairy showmanship.
3 p.m. Horsemanship contest.
4 p.m. Rabbit-judging contest.
4 p.m. Poultry-judging contest.
SATURDAY
6 a.m. Weigh stock for auction.
9 a.m. Bread-baking contest, pa-
vilion.
9:30 a.m. Tractor-driving contest.
10 a.m. Style revue judging, pa
vilion.
10:30 a.m. Crops identification
contest.
10:30 a.m. Sewing contest.
2:30 D.m. Style revue modeling.
3 p.m. Fat stock auction.
SUNDAY
8 p.m. Exhibits released.
rKtt BARBECUE mokes typical fair scene. Gov Elmo
Snnth this year will be first in line at the feed, to De held
Saturday ot 12:30 in front of the grandstand. The Rose-
burg Lions Club is expecting to feed 4,000 persons. Later,
the governor will speak in the pavilion. (Paul Jenkins
photo).