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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (June 3, 1982)
Portland Observer, June 3 ,1 9 6 2 Page 3 METROPOLITAN O th er banks stop here. W e don’t. You don’t leave First Inter state Bank when you leave the state line behind. Wherever you travel throughout the 11 western states, we’re standing by. With over 900 offices where you ■ always cash checks, / can With ith over 600 Day and Night Dances war* Important segment of celebration of Indian culture at Schrunk Plaza. (Photo: Richard J. Brown) Roses bloom on Portland festival by Harris Levon McRae The roses are in bloom, the sun is sm ilin g — a perfect setting for the 74th annual Portland Rose Festival. Through the years, the festival has grown and m atured u n til it now comprises ten fu ll days o f varied events. Festivities will begin next Friday, June 4th with more than 50 events on this year's schedule. The story o f the Rose Festival goes way back into Portland's yester years to 1889 when some rose adm irers held their first annual show in a tent. In 1902 (he Portland Rose Society was fo rm ed . 1904 brought the a d d itio n o f the Rose Society Fiesta to add more excitem ent to the show. Things progressed still further in 1905. “ Portland needs a festival o f roses,” said H a rry L an e, then mayor o f Portland, in an address at the Lewis and C la rk E xp o sitio n . Civic leaders liked the idea, and in 1907 put it into action producing the first Portland Rose Festival. W ith the exception o f the interuption o f W o rld W a r I in 1918 and other d iffic u ltie s in 1926, the Rose Festival has been held annually ever since. The 74th year w ill begin w ith fireworks lighting the way for three large parades including the Starlight Parade, the Junior Parade, which has over 10,000 children participating, making it the largest parade o f its type in the country, and the highlight o f the Rose Festival— the Grand Floral Parade. The G rand F lo ral Parade attracts visitors to Portland from all parts of the world to see the floats decorated com pletely w ith fresh n atu ral flowers. A fte r the floats have completed the parade route, they are taken to an organized display area where the public is invited to view them during the weekend. Other major activities include the Festival o f Bands, the Rose Show— A m erica's oldest and largest. Rose Festival Queen selection and visits by American and Canadian navy ships. Jasmin* Community Marching Band In Community Performance. (Photos: Richard J. Brown) Since 1930, the Rose Festival Queen has been a P o rtla n d high school senior, selected from a court o f princesses— one princess selected by the student body o f each high school. In 1932, when the present Rose Festival A ssociation was incorporated, each princess received a college scholarship contributed by the A ssociation; through September, 1981, nearly $300,000 has been distributed this way. The Rose Festival w ill end w ith the roaring motors o f the G .I. Joe’s Rose C u p Sports C a r Races. The Races, which were sponsored by the Rose Festival Association fo r the first time in 1966 is a m ajor annual a ttra c tio n of the F estival. Thousands o f spectators gather at Delta Park to watch the high-speed racers go after the thrill o f victory. Up W ith People, who performed to a sell-out crowd at Super Bowl X V I, will do two performances to add to the festivities. As the slogan that Bertha Slater Smith originated goes, “ For you a Rose in Portland grows.” “ I ’ve been dreaming about this band for 12 years. I went through elementary, junior high, high school and college being involved with bands like this - in the south these bands are a way o f life ," said Thara Memory. “ I ’ve been dreaming about this tor for the Jasmin Community Marching Band. The band was star ted last October and recently won three first place awards in the St. Johns parade. They arc current ly scheduled to march in the Rose Festival's Starlight Parade and would like to be a part o f the Grand Floral Parade. “ We plan to protest vehemently about being in the Grand Floral Parade. It has been almost 20 years since they have had participation from this community. There has been only one black queen in the Rose Festival in 30 years,’’ Memory said. “ The fight to get this community to become an integral part of this city has just started. We live here tori. The more they condense and franchise us the better they feel. It ’s time for the community to really wake up and understand that in order to solve it's problems it must expose itself to the world. Living in Portland and working here entitles you to a fair share,” he added. According to Thara Memory there are very severe tryouts to go OREGON STATE LINE o through before one becomes a mem ber o f the Jazmin Band. "T h e tryouts are not based on musical ability - they are based on attitude and commitment to hard work. Parents experienced with marching bands help out. A ll kinds o f professional musicians come through. We don't have the facil ities and equipment - some instru ments are donated, some are bor rowed, so we have to have hard w o rk," Memory said. Memory feels that the chances for the Jasmin Band to win the Sweep- stakes Award in the Starlight Parade arc very good. " W e are trying to build kids that can be counted on • not counted o u t," he concluded. ' Iffll Bank Pause with Pepsi............ .............and step into history. Dr. Dan Beason, Chiropractor, explains tha function of the spine and how to protect it while marching to music of Jasmin Band. Jazmín Band joins Rose Festival Harris Levon McRae Teller machines that let you withdraw up to $200 from your checking and savings account or take a $200 cash advance on your First Inter- f state Bank VISA card. So if you want state-of-the- art banking, come to where you can bank in more than one state. WILLIAM EDWARD BURGH ART D l'BO IS (1 8 6 8 -1 9 6 3 ) S C H O L A R , S P O K E S M A N , W R IT E R . Bom in Great Barrington, Massachusetts Won scholar ships to Fisk and Howard Universities and the University of Berlin. Headed department of history and economics at Atlanta University for 13 years. Wrote for Atlantic Monthly and other mag azines. One of the founders of the NAACP in 1908 and editor of its Crisis Magazine. In 1919. launched Pan-African Congresses in Paris. Published many outstanding books. First Negro elected to membership in National Institute of Arts & Letters. 1943. Regarded as one of the most pro found scholars of his time and generation and the 'dean' of Negro Intellectuals. Take The Pepsi Challenge. Let your taste decide.
