OBSERVATIONS
From T h e Sidelines
By Kathryn H. Bogle
munity. For 72 years Black people
have been a tte n d in g the public-
events scheduled a ro un d the
celebration o f the Rose. Back in
“ We have recently returned from
C anada where Queen R obin
represented Portland at the Calgary
Stampede. Mrs. Hanna and 1 were
the queen’ s o ffic ia l chaperones for
the trip and we were pleased to hear
the nice things everyone had to say
about Queen Robin. They felt that
Robin is an outstanding girl doing
an excellent job o f representing her
com m unity.”
Queen Robin w ill attend the Pen
dleton Round-Up, Hanna said. She
1912. Black people had their first
flower decorated float entry when
Bethel A .M .E . Church entered their
Sunday School clases. C h ild re n
were seated around a rose-covered
replica o f an early day schoolhouse.
The float was entitled "Booker T.
Washington's First Schoolhouse. ”
A fter that first Boat, there were
single entries o f rose-covered
automobile, d rill teams and march
ing bands. A ls o in e arly years,
Robert Krohn, director o f physical
education fo r the p u b lic schools,
formed reviews o f calisthentics in
the sta diu m and a few Black
children found themselves involved
w ith the festival through their at
tendance at public school.
Festival queens in those early days
were always chosen from among the
C ity ’s socialites, but eventually the
practice o f choosing the queen and
her princesses was altered. G irls
from public schools became eligible
candidates fo r the honor. It took
many years before a Black girl was
chosen to be princess. In recent
years several schools have elected
m inority as their princesses.
This year o f 1980 found a court
made up o f representatives o f many
races gathered around Queen Robin
Marks, a lovely Afro-Am erican girl.
Queen R obin w ore her ro y a l
robes w ith pleasing d ig n ity and
poise, yet she retained her girlish en
thusiasm lo r the coveted position o f
honor and civic d istin ctio n as the
reigning monarch o f Rosaria.
“ Queen Robin is a super young
la d y ," says C la yto n H anna, the
executive director o f the Portland
Rose Festival Associaiton.
The P o rtla n d Rose Festival
A s s o cia tio n fo rm e d in 1907,
beckoned to Edward (Eddie) Cald
well in 1975 and invited hint to join
their 70-member board o f directors,
all businessmen and women ot tl|v
P o rtla n d c o m m u n ity
w ith
a
re p re sen ta tive
s p rin k lin g
of
housewives fo r good balance.
These people are the wheels, or
w heel-horses a cco rd in g to the
viewpoint, that find the money, the
people, and the place fo r a ll the
fe s tiv itie s and fu n c tio n s fo r the
entire Rose Festival. Sounds like a
lot o f work? It is.
C aldw ell consulted Paul C ook,
manager o f the Portland main o f
fice o l First State Bank. Cook, the
" f i r s t ” Black to belong to the
associatio n as a m em ber o l the
executive board joined in 1971 and
encouraged C a ld w e ll to sign on.
Cook and Caldwell served together
until Cook resigned in 1977 due to a
lack o f time to continue.
There is p le n ty o f w o rk fo r
everyone, accordin g to C la y to n ,
H anna, executive d ire cto r o f the
board o f d ire c to rs . " W e seldom
meet as an e n tire b o a r d ," says
Hanna. ‘ ‘ We conduct our business
th ro u g h sm aller co m m ittees and
meet in va rio u s business o ffic e s
where we are welcome, in schools,
or in hotels, wherever it is con
venient.
“ Our first need is to raise funds,”
Hanna continued. "W e have ab
solutely no public funds to finance
tfie business end o f the Rose
F estiva l. We m ust fin a n ce three
parades, 14 scholarships o f 1,000
each fo r each girl o f the court, find
money fo r all the court activities,
the m ilk carton races - all o f it. Our
members solicit funds from other
business people or donations and
gifts to offset the cost o f purchase
price.
“ Our budget o f $600,(KM) was met
th is year o f 1980 by what the
business people o f the com m unity
raised, helped by our ticket sales o f
parade seats, and the festival fun
center.
“ I he C ity does help by providing
street cleaning, the use o f parks we
need, fire bureau p ro tectio n and
first aid, and, o f course, necessary
police protection.
“ Tourist prom otion is the incen
tive fo r much that the Assocation
docs and we do accom pany our
behind-the-scenes activities with the
publishing o f brochures and pam
phlets concerning the com m un ity
involvement with the Rose,” Hanna
concluded.
Caldwell continues to devote his
tim e and energy to his volunteer
p ro je c t
as
a
c iv ic -m in d e d
businessman A was C ook, C ald
well, in the course o f his duties, may
lake on the csponsibility o f sending
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Youth G roup has announced that
the I6th annual Miss Tan Portland
Pageant w ill be staged at the H ilton
Hotel Friday, August 15, 1980, at
7:30.
The 1980 event was w ritte n by
M iss Freda W a lk e r and K G W ’ s
John Davis w ill be host with Cora
Smith o f Cora Smth H air Designs.
The o u ts ta n d in g m usical g ro up
"S h o c k ” w ill provide entertainment
and dance at the celebration dance
fo llo w in g the pageant. This year’ s
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This year’ s Rose Festival was a
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w ill also preside as P ortland Rose
Festival Queen on the Boat Portland
w ill be sending to Pasadena’ s Rose
Parade on New Year’s Day in 1981
Miss M arks intends to enter the
U n iv e rs ity o f A riz o n a to study
aeronautical engineering. She has
four years to use the $1,000 scholar
ship she won to an Oregon college.
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