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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 21, 1952)
Vies for Queen One of the lovely young ladies of Oregon who will vie lor the honor being named "Faireft of the Fairs" at the 87th Oregon Slate Fair In Salem, is Miss Sandra Clay, queen of the Sher idan Days Rodeo of 19S2. - A lovely brunette, 16-year-old Sandra is just a inch short of that often-sung-about "5 feet two," etc. Her family raises turkeys principally. She her self has been Interested in many 4-H projects. Learning to ride while still but a toddler prac tically, Sandra keeps up her interests in horses and riding with her membership In the Sheridan Canter club. Sandra will be on hand at the State exposition on Thurs day, September 4 to participate in the contests to be used to select the "Fairest of the Fairs," feature of this year's fair, open ing In Salem on Saturday, Au gust 30. Woman Gets Home Quickly In Emergency Prineville (U.R) A young Prine ville woman returned home in almost record time Wednesday to assist her critically Injured brother, thanks to the fast action of the Air Force. First Sgt. Erma L. Roberts was in two-weeks' summer training at the Portland airport with other Civil Air Patrol cadets when she received word her brother, Millard Roberts, 27, had been critically hurt in a traffic accident in California. A big C-46 "Commando" troop carrier plane of the 2343d Air J Force Reserve Training Center, t,L rj...:- r ima........ Willi bnh fJUWIU V. JMUHlgUIU- ery as first pilot, and Ma). Clar ence A. Roisch as co-pilot, was immediately prepared for the one-hour flight to Redmond air port, nearest field to Prineville on which the C-46 could land. Sgt. Roberts was met at the Redmond airport and taken post haste to the home of her mother, Mrs. Cora Roberts, at Prineville. gSSt Al J An r-.J:i! Keizer Keizer Mr. and Mrs. Gor don Gettis and family of S040 Newberg Dr. returned home Fri day from a months motor trip through the east. They took Mrs. Gettis' mother, Mrs. Maude Zim merman, who has been visiting here several months to her home In Forest City, Iowa. They also visited Mrs. Gettis' brother, Owen Zimmerman at Decatur, 111. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Quade and two sons from Rule, Texas, are visiting at the home of the Earl Rldpaths on Janet Ave. Mrs. Ted Sittser, Chemawa Rd., left by train Friday for California where she will meet her father and motor back to Salem with him. Miss Elaine A. Murphy of San Francisco, Calif., and her father, Reber W. Murphy of St. Helens, Ore., made a surprise visit to Salem over the week-end taying Saturday night with her sunt and uncle, the Onas S. Ol sons, on Chemawa Rd. Miss Mur phy formerly lived in Salem and was owner of the Merlain Danc ing School. Newcomers to the Keizer dis trict are Mr. and Mrs. J. Y. Bur nett 485 Brooks Ave., they formerly lived in Salem. Crushed to Death by Logs Eugene WV Elijah Dunn, 52, of Springfield was crushed to death Tuesday afternoon when logs tell from a truck while the load was being replaced. UaiK. XtkheS'fJull was his Eugene to Vote On Kindergarten Voters in the Eugene school district will have to mark their ballots three times in November when they vote on the establish ment of a kindergarten in the city. Attorney General George Neuner said Tuesday the Eugene ballot would have to include three separate measures for: Es tablishing the kindergarten, is suing bonds for construction, im- -3 provement or equipment of 1 1 1 Jl J 1 I J .I r. on a tax levy to exceed the six njl. Mnt ninatjtuHftnal limit ZJi tion. . 7v iane coumy uisirici Attorney J?r1 C. E. Luckev had asked Neuner whether it would be possible to lump all three questions into one ballot question. Neuner said the school board l TT, , .1 .. . j .1. uuBcuv nam cu win . j ried lest the voters would ap H prove establishment of a kinder- garten In the school system and, A at the same time, turn down the , , means for raising any money to i support the expansion. But he '.' quoted past cases in the courts j. A" precedents against combining '2 ine tnree measures ana said it opinion inai mil wree Capital Journal, Salem. Ore., Thursday, Aug. 81, 1952 9 Sheridan Queen to Be at Fair Miss Sandra Clay, queen of Sheridan Days rodeo of 1952, will be on hand Saturday as a contestant in "Fairest of Fair" feature at Oregon State fair. Livestock Dominates State Fair Buildings Time changes everything. The I types was dominant, requiring 87th Oregon State Fair, opening at least two more barns than in Salem for its annual eight- any other variety of livestock day run on Saturday, August being shown. Today, the situa 30 demonstrates this. Notably I tion is the reverse with cattle, change is evident in the matter! sheep and swine dominating the questions would have to stand or fall on their own merits as separate ballot issues. Pedestrian Killed Portland (ff) Joseph M. Bren- nan, 65, died Wednesday short ly after being hit by a car. The police report said he was jay walking. His was Portland's 29th traffic death this year. Las year at their time the toll was 24. of livestock exhibition. Proof of this is contained in the yellowed picture which stretches across the wall as you enter the administration office. Presenting a panorama of an early fair (the exact year is lost in the haze of the past) an un sung photographer patiently pointed his revolving camera at groups of on-lookers standing in front of the various barns, looming large In the background. In the foreground, you see a number of men and ladies watching a fat hog grub the earth. Over to the right, sharp eyed appraisers of horse-flesh study proud equlnes, some the sturdy work-variety, others the arch-necked thoroughbreds ' for saddle or show. To the left, sheep busily crop at the stubbly grass while watchers check them. Far to the left, some cows are being scrutinized by men In overalls and women in the over-clothedness of the era, probably the late 1890's or early 1900's. What's changed about the State Fair, you ask? True, at this year's exposition, even as then, people will be watching the breed descendants of some of those earlier-day meat and work animals? So, what's changed? Well, If you look at the huge barns, lined up In a long row, and located approximately where the present livestock and stadium buildings are, you'll see that each Is labeled for the type of stock housed In it. If you count the bams, you'll see that six are devoted to horses, four to sheep, four to swine ana three to cattle. And, there is your change ta the Oregon State Fair of 1952 as contrasted with that earlier exposition, it's year now forgot ten. Yes, then, horseflesh of all fair scene. Of course, the change began gradually back in 1904 when the first automobile was shown at the Fair. At that time, going to the Fair was like a Moslem's trek to Mecca. The whole fam ily, and all the bedding and pots and pans the old buggy of wa gon would hold, trundled to Salem for a week at the fair. There amidst the then-young oaks of the parking area along Silverton road, they'd set-up housekeeping, the merry laugh' ter of children, the clatter of rattled pots and pans, and the gay singing of folks having fun at eventide, filling this little forest at the fair. By 1911, the amazing number of eight people actually rode to the Fair in automobiles. And, as the years rolled along, you saw more and more cars rolling out to the fairgrounds and gra dually, you saw less and less horses about. Though losing out as a domi nant attraction on the livestock side of the fair, horses, the roy alty of horses, that is, made their comeback when in 1933 pari-mutuel betting was legaliz ed with funds derived there from set aside for the promo tion of agricultural fairs throughout the state. Thus, while Old Dobbin's clop-clop no longer thuds in the show rings as the top attraction, his various Arabian - descent cousins flash along the Lone Oak track as though running on tip-toe. Yes, times have changed . at the fair. Even changes since last year will be evident. But one thing has not changed. The 87th Oregon State Fair, as in all its long-history since 1861, is dedicated to the family, Every entertainment and educa tional attraction is keyed to this thought: provide something to see and do for everyone from junior to Grandpa. How well this goal has been reached may be judged starting Saturday, August 30. WHY NOT? 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