Page 10 Section I PortlancKJbaerver, December 21,1983
Sport Talk
by Ron Sykes, Sports Editor
Ron's holiday wish list
Noel, Feliz Navidades, Glade Ule,
and whether you're in France, M exi
co, or Norw ay, ihe meaning is the
same— M erry Christinas. And that's
what I'm wishing to all my readers
and all mankind. It is my fervent
wish that the next year I can say,
"Peace on earth to all m ankind."
Today we can only hope for peace
because as we know many of us arc
without it. I wish peace to such
sportsmen as W illie Aiken, George
M artin and Harvey M artin. These
men are certainly without peace to
day. I wish peace to Bart Starr,
after nine seasons as head coach ol the
Green Bay Packers, and so long as a
great player, who was dismissed
earlier this week. I wish peace for
Darryl Stingley, who was severely
injured and suffered paralysis from
his neck down. Darryl will never
catch another pass for the New Eng
land Patriots. I wish him peace.
And peace to Billy Ray Bates as he
battles to overcome his many per
sonal problems. I wish peace to De
troit running back Billy Sims. After
signing contracts with two profes
sional football teams. Billy will cer
tainly need some peace. W ith our
armed forces engaged in skirmishes
throughout the w o rld . . . we're cer
tainly in dire need o f peace.
I wish peace to John Lucas, who
is trying to make a comeback in the
NBA after a long bout with drugs.
Lucas was recently signed by the
Bullets. Peace be to you John. And
to Vida Blue, who pitched so m ar
velously for the Oakland A's, only
now to be jailed on a drug charge.
Peace to you and yours Vida. And
peace also to Bobby Harris, long
time coach at Jefferson High.
Bobby, one o f the better coaches in
the state, has suffered year after
year for lack o f a big man. And Fe-
liz Navidades to D r. Jack Ramsay,
as he dances successfully through
the N B A . Noel to Sugar Ray Leon
ard as he prepares to wreak havoc
on all the fighters in the welter and
middleweight divisions. And during
this Yule season I wish to all "G ood
will towards men, women and kids.”
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Obituary
C harles A u b re y Fair
1883-1983
Charles Aubrey Fair died Decem
ber I4 , I9 8 Î, at Care West Plaza, a
Portland nursing home. "Pappa
C h arlie,” as he was affectionately
called there, had reached his 100th
birthday on November 1st of this
year. The medical diagnosis was
bronchial pneumonia. Funeral ser
vices were held Tuesday, December
19th.
Known to many Portlanders as
"U n cle C h o lly ," M r. Fair had come
to Portland first in 1893, as a child
o f ten, when he hitched rides on
freight trains going west from Knox
ville, Tennessee, where he was born.
Little was ever known about his
early life outside o f Portland, but,
while still very young, he had
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traveled to Buffalo and was there on
Sept. 6th, 1901, when President
McKinley was shot. He saw the as
sassin, Leon Czolgosz, arrested by
police.
M r. Fair returned to Portland and
Hands bainaan a I9J9 modal A raphea In o l f o r tala) I
a 1964 rhandarbod (fo r sata n o n at Lynn Kirby C otaaum Ford)
later had a part in arranging enter
tainment for the 1905 Lewis and
Clark Exposition. He worked close
ly, and successfully, with George
Baker o f the Baker Theatre and with
Charlie Webb, a musician. Marriage
to Beatrice (K itty) Watson decided
M r. Fair to leave the entertainment
business and to settle down .
When "U n cle C holly” was 86
years old he was still vital, still at
work, still possessed with a myriad
o f friends who hailed him with a
smile, a clasped hand and admira
lion of his willingness to accomo
date a friend in any way he could.
M ike O ’ Brien, a Portland writer,
said in an Oregonian article: “ The
man just won't q u it," and O ’ Brien
added words o f M r. Fair: "1 have a
horror o f bein’ old and b ro ke."
“ It seems," said O 'B rien , “ that
for an 86-year-old man to say he has
a horror o f being old is a pretty
good indication of the kind o f guy
Charlie is.”
M r. Fair entered the nursing
home several years ago and now he
joins the "1 0,000 girls and guys” he
once called friends. Surviving him is
a son, Francis T . Fair, o f Seattle;
three grandchildren, Francis T . Fair
Jr., o f Urbandale, Iowa, Charles E.
Fair o f Federal W ay, W ash., and
Carrolle Fair Perry of Riverside,
New Jersey; 10 great grandchildren
and three great-great-grandchildren;
and a brother-in-law, Edward W at
son, o f Portland.
Final services were conducted by
the Rev. Arnold Farrier for the
Caldw ell’s Colonial M ortuary. In
terment was at Riverview Cemetery.
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