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.
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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,
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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.
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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
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. 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.
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