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William H. Humphreys, Salem resident for many Tears and
now of Portland, pictured here with his wife, the former
Hattie Ashby, will be attending hi 84th Orejdn State Fair on
Labor Day. Humphreys attended hii first Fair at the age of
fix weeks and has not missed one since. The only years he did
not attend a State Fair were the years from 1942 throueh 1945
when no Fair was held, but those years he fook in the 4-H
snows. i
Humphreys Hasn't
Missed Show Yet
In His 88 Years
When he was six weeks old ' phreys. They qame to the fair-
William H. Humphreys attended
his first Oregon State Fair. Since
then he has-never missed a one.
The 1955 event will be no ex
ception. Humphreys, now 88 years
of age, plans to be on hand on
Labor Day.
A resident of the area near Salem
most of his lif-, Humphreys will
come from Portland to attend
the Fair. He and his wife, the
former Hattie Ashby. to whom
he was married October 7, 1891,
grounds from ! their 400 acre
ranch in the jWando Hills. 14
miles east of Slem on the Stay
ton and SilyerJton road, where
Humphreys was born.
Until his marriage Humphreys
resided on that farm and annually
came to the Fai- from there. The
Humphreys f a?m i 1 y exhibited
stock at the faie for a number of
years, including: sheep and single
and double driving horses.
Of those day? of camping at
have resided in Portland since th stat Fair mumnhrcv. mm--
October 1. 1943, with a son-in- j mented, "1 wa very much at
laT ini.duger,'?ILAntM.l2' ihom "roping M the State Fair
Ralph Westering of 2336 North-
cast 40th avenue.
Humphreys attenaed his first
State Fair in company with his
parents. William - L. Humphreys
nd Penelope Jane Wilson, Hum-
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Judging to Go
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Most of Week
with my milk cow (they took the
cow for milk during their stay)
and bird dog." j
After his marriage Humphreys
and his wife resided on. a smaller
farm in the Rjckey community,
about tour miles east of Salem.
lln the years Jhat followed he
woraea tor a nnmoer ox years at
the State Fair.;
His first job was that of selling
tickets for the traces, in the first
old grandstand! and he recalls it
was a mad scramble with every
one wanting tifkets at the same
time. I
When another grandstand was
built with 50 hx seats Humph
reys had charge of them for 10
or 12 years udder the superin
tendent. Frank Merideth. "I had
no assistant," We comcnted," and
it was a full-grown job."
Later he wasfassistant marshal
at the race traqk. calling out the
running and trptting horses. Of
his he remarked, "what a time
we had with tlje people on the
track. I can herd stock, but peo
ple l give up.
Telling of these times Humnh-
reys said, "TheJ had big wooden
Darns ana cut; me nay ott tne
ground, putting it in the barn to
feed the stock, iwhile we were at
the Fair. The exhibitors of stock
were given a card to have check
ed when we gojt hay. We would
take our card jknd rope and we
would get 15 or20 pounds of hay
and carry it onjour back."
During his years of working on
the. fairgroundsj Humphreys also
served as marsjiall at the race
track and a jnarshall on the
grounds. i
Though he ha? resided in Port
land for almost 12 years now
Humphreys interest in the State
Fair has not diminished. He still
looks forward to the annual out
ing here, though it is usually for
a day instead f for the entire
ir. spending almost all of his
e . until moving to Portland.
ther in the Rickey community
or the Waldo Hills ten vears of
Sanitarv Engineer Has ; h's ,ma"f Jifj.was .a's0 in th
m , aiuu lima aiiib iiirn mrw imivrii
' 'Johnny Graber, sanitary en
gineer at the Oregon State
Fairgrounds, whose days at the
. Oregon State Fair date back to
when a watering trough was
the only water system.
Graber Takes
Care of Pipes
Pages will be turned back
years for the 1955 Oregon'
Fair, opening for its eight-day
run Saturday, September
"Gay Nineties" is the theme for
the annual event, which this year
is being held for the 90th; year.
This theme will be carried out,
not only in the decorations for the
fair, but for some of the exhibits
and special events. i
Light post decorations featuring
a couple on a bicycje-built-for-two
will be used on the grounds,! alter
nating with circus figures.) j
Those who' attended the i first
State Fair held in 1861 (there were
four" years during World , War If
when fairs were not held) would
find the 1935 event considerably
different type of show fromj what
they attended in those days. And
certainly, it is one covering more
area and having 'a greater varietyr
Exhibits will all be in place by
Saturday morning, though I some
may have to work late into the
night to complete their booths
and visitors to most of the de
partments will find the ribbons
already in place when the i fair
opens. Judging in some of the' di
visions will last most of the week.
Four-IJ club members who ex
hibit their livestock only the first
part of the Fair, leaving by j Tues
day night to be replaced by Fu
ture Farmer exhibitors of. live
stock by Thursday morning : will
start their judging Saturday. This
will include their livestock, j dairy
and poultry. The Fair time is
divided between the 4-H club!mem
bers and the Future Farmers be
cause there is not enough space
for the large number of youthful
exhibitors competing in recent
years. i .
In the adult livestock, competi
tion judging of poultry. - rabbits,
draft and light horses will; start
on Saturday. Also judged that day
will be the bees. j ;
Among the exhibits this year at
the Fair will be one being ar
ranged by the Willamette Valley
Industry and Invention Exposition,
wnicn win teature industries in
the valley from the small to the
very large. M
The 1955 State Fair ako! finds
the annual Western Angus Breed
ers Futurity being held here in
connection with the fair,! witli
those animals in the New! Beef
Barn. Judging in the Futurity will
be heid Sunday and Monday . An
gus breeders from to western
states will be here for the event,
which rotates among the 10 states.
Two permanent new rides are
found . on the midway this ! year,
a roller coaster and the Old Mill.
i Several of the other rides i have
j been moved to new location tc
erefct the Old Mill. ;..
For the farmers there will? be a
i large implement exhibit, which
also includes some logging equip
ment. . j
Entertainment features Sched
uled in connection with the ;State
Fair are the horse races I held
daily, except Sunday, with I post
time being 1:30 o'clock; the (tircui!
produced by Bailey Bros, j and
Cristiani circus set with perfor
mances set for each afternoon and
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Color Photos
New
Division
Gay Nineties Theme
- New division added in the
State Fair art department this
year is that of colored photogra
phy. This includes color slides,
color prints from transparencies
and Dye transfer prints,
As a resu
there will be
slides in the
of this division
a showing of color
department in the
evenings: No definite time has
been set yet, as it will be on a
volunteer bas s.
As the time for closing en
tries in that! department drew
near there seamed to be a larger
number of entries than previous
ly. Judging Will all be completed
in time to have the ribbons in
place by Saturday morning .when
the fair opens.
This year the watercolors and
all prints may be entered with
out being framed and it seems
! to have resulted in larger pic
tures and more of them being
entered in that class.
Pencil drawings that have in
teresting subjects are that of Mr.
Oregon Farmer and Kush-Now-A-Gah,
chief of the Cascade In
dians. Something unusual in
sculpture is one of a woman
done in mobile sculpture, which
is wire. Another wire art piece
I exhibited is i picture with the
design done n wire on a black
cloth background.
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These silhouettes of a Gay Nineties couple peddling along on
a bicycle built for. two decorate the: light posts along the mid
way at! the Oregon State Fair, carrying out the Gay Nineties.
A light will be placed inside the double picture, which is four
feet in diameter. . . !
Behind the scenes at the State Fair you will find' a group
of men from various sections in the state, who form the Oregon
.State Fair Commission, work out policies for the annual
event and with the manager, Leo Spitzbart, plan the annual
; Oregon State Fair. Board members are (top left) Dr. Earl B.,
Stewart, chairman; (top right) Henry Ahrens, secretary; (low
er left) Harold Barnett; and (lower right) Kenneth Hall. A
fifth member, Russell F. Brown, no longer resides in Oregon,,
having been transferred to California.
Foods Department
Adds Judging Room
PengrfeeWm
Operate Cafe
Operating, the state fairgrounds
restaurant near the administration
building this year is Jerry Pengree
of Portland, who for six years op
erated the restaurant at the Paci
fic International Livestock show in
Portland.
Pengree, in the restaurant busi
ness for 25 yars, has a catering
business and 'presently is serving
from 250 to $00 daily on a Jeff
Chandler location near LaGrande
for the shooting of the picture
"Pillars of the Sky. Last Sunday
he served 1,000 at Ocean Lake for
the boat races.
The restaurant has been redeco
rated with a lattice work dividing
the main dining room, from the
other section land a planting of
green plants. The coffee shop has
a separate kitchen and will be
open from 6 a.m. until midnight
daily. It opened for business Thurs
day. !
The dining room, which will not
open until the opening day of the
janitors, guards- and watchmen, In addition to the fair em
judges, parimutuel people, car ployes there are exhibitors and
parkers and traffic r"-ectors on , those' people with concessions and
the grounds, plus others who help the help they employ. All are
at the race track nd at the j required to make this big show
shows and the us. the Success it is.
State. Fair visitors this year night, Mrs. James H. Turnbull,
will find something new has been department superintendent, says
added in the foods department, that there is every indication it : fair, will open daily at 11 a.m. and
In use for the first time will ' will be the largest ever, as many!: remain open until 8:30 or 9 p.m
be the all-electric judging and . new exhibitors have contacted f dai,v- Outside there will be barons
demonstration room, a room built j her this year.
onto the agriculture building at Judges in the food section, all
the south side of the foods de- j of whom are experienced in their
partment and opening into the field. re: canning, Mrs. P. W.
exhibit section of the foods de- Freeman. Portland: cakes. Mrs.
partment i Homa Vickers, Aloha; bread,
On Tuesday and Wednesday of : SfL?! .Wh'lark.' ith the
the Fair week all fmvd pitserva
tion judging will be done in this
i of beef under an infra-red light.
Many People Employed
In Production of Fair
Oregon Wheat Commission in
Portland; cup cakes, cookies,
evening, and the Helene Hughes Schoeni, economist for Portland
UUIl JUUX1I1K Will DC uun- III UU V j . x . ,
Tr ... . . bars, candies and nuts, Mrs. John
room. The room will be cpen to emitu j . X
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the interested public at all times Wu:,- , c,,.. , " ; j
1j; ,w ,v,.. u car " "ite of Salem; frozen foods,
during the judging the thought xhomas Onsdorff of Corvallis'
being that home makers may j ,,-1 ! a
, , , i, j . . j and pies, Mrs. Oscar W hate.
learn new methods and get
other food preservation inform
ation by asking questions of the
judges while the judging is be
ing done.
Included in the food preserva
tion "group will be fruits, veget
ables, meats, jams, jellies, pickles
and relishes.
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
of Fair week at 2 p. m. 45-min-
ute freezing demonstrations will
be given in that room by Grace
It'sa big prcducti- this Ore
gon S'tate Fair, and if -ou don't
believe it take a look at tht num
ber of people required t keep
the production rolling.
During the
sons ar? on the payroll
eludes office
ents, ticket
fair some 7C0 per-
This in-
help. a -intend-
sellers -nd takers,
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See Our Display of
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Piano and Organ Products
at the Fair
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The Instrument Display in Ihe Old
Floral Bldg.
Hear !
MR. FRANK 5IITT of Cincinnati in
daily recitals al Ihe BALDWIN ELEC
TRONIC ORGAN. In the GARDEN AND
FLORAL DISPLAY.
Doily Concerts Noon to 9 P.M.
Sot., Sun. ond Mon,
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PIANO AND ORGAN CO.
519 Court St.
Salem
Night Revue each night
" Sunday will find two extra en
tertainment features, folk danc
ing and a gleeman concert both
of which are free, and both sched
uled for 2 p.m.
On the lawn near the Adminis
tration building the Oregon Folk
Dance Federation will present a
two-hour show using authentic old
world costumes and doing the . tra-
jditional folk dances. It
Forest Grove Gleemen will ore-
General Electric. Plans are also
in the making for breadmaking
and canning demonstrations to
be held in this room at times to
be announced later.
A new division, pies, has been
added this year. These, however,
will not be exhibited the first
part of the Fair but are to be
brought into the department the
afternoon of Thursday, Septem
ber 8, from 1 o'clock on. They
will be judged Thursday night
sent a two hour program also, j and on display Friday and Satur-
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Been on the Job
For 40 Years
When plumbing at the Oregon
State Fairgrounds needs attention
the man they call is Jchnny Gra
ber. For 40 or more years he has
been answering those calls.
'Johnny, whose title is sanitary
engineer, before he took a steady
i job at the fair worked there as
a member of the firm of Graber
Bros.
In the days when Johnny start
ed working. at the Oregon State
Fairgrounds there was nothing
in the way of plumhine. except
an old troueh through which the
water ran. Since that time an en
tire water system that includes
all of the barns and .buildings on
the grounds has been laid. There
are also 10 rest rooms.
When water came to the fair
grounds Johnny recalls he helped
lay a two-inch pipe- running
there from the state prison. This
pipe became inadequate as the
fair grew and eventually the fair
. grounds had to have its own
water system, which was in use
for six or seven years That, too,
became too small and now one
eight-inch pine and one six inch
pipe from the city water main
sunply the fairgrounds.
In remembering back to his
ipark days at the fairgrounds
Graber mentioned that there was
once i creek running throueh
the fairgrounds and that he help
ed put-in the culbert draining the
creek. He also recalls when the
agricultural building was located
in the center area where now is
fouid the carnival
back to Rickey f- he maintains a
constant interest in this section
of the state anil activities here.
FFA Jiidging
Set Thursday
Future Farmers of America
from all over f.he state are be
ginning to arriie in Salem for
the Oregon State; Fair where they
will compete fpr several thou
sand dollars wofth of premiums.
Livestock of the FFA members
will not come until the latter
part of the week, with the judg
ing starting Thursday. This in
cludes their purfbred beef, dairy,
sheep and s wli n e. Here all
through the fajr, however, are
their farm machinery and equip
ment repaired jand constructed
in vocational agriculture classes
during the year. Other FFA
exhibits' include poultry . and
many classes pi crops, fruits,
vegetables and grains. .'
Among the Highlights of the
fair program fo't the FFA mem
bers are the Farm Mechanics
contest sponsored by the Oregon
Bankers association, the fat hog
and lamb sale starting-Thursday,
September 8, a 1 p.m. and the
dairy and livestock judging con
test beginning Saturday morning,
September 10, jat 9 a.m. It is
expected that the latter, alone,
will attract more than 300 par
ticipants.
the grandstand and having i the
Cay Nineties themei ;
Sunday afternoon there will also
be two performances of the ejr
tus. the first at 2 p.m. and the
other at 4 p.m. On other days
there will be only one matinee
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Event of Friday afternoon at
3:30 o'clock will be the announce
ment of the exhibitor in the
foods department who has won
the title "Queen of the Kitchen."
While the total number of ex
hibitors in the food department
will cot be known until Friday
Lace-Making To Be Shown
the making of real finny lace.
He plana to be there all day and
will make, the tare on a cuthioa
with bodkins.
Cluny lace made by his family
will also be exhibited in the tea
tOVi department.
Bringing art f r t m the
eoanlry" to the Stale Fair (his
year will be Jake Kristaa of Ore
gnu City, -h rame from Yugo
slavia, i
Monday he is to he in the iet
tiles department demonstrating
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