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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 5, 1958)
Sunday, January 3. 1958 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THRE3 the building is planned a 15, 00. seat aqua center where I water and aqua-sports events 1 will be staged. show business. In the few months since the staff of the centennial ex position has actually been formed in offices in the Jack son Tower in Portland more than 400 volunteer committee members have been organized into key committees from such fields as tourist promo tion, publicity, promotion, foreign trade, retail trade, de sign and decoration, church, historical, etc. In addition, a 15-member statewide advisory group. each representing specific sections of Oregon and each in charge of separate groups of 10 or more members from their own areas, has been, organized. Brandenthaler said the cen tennial celebrations give Ore gon an opportunity to focus attentions on the resources and opportunities present in the state. The centennial chairman indicated tlfat 1959 will see more people coming to Oregon than ever before jn history. Portland With the largest for about four months and isj to be done is reconstruction Outside, on an adjoining 54 acres, farm and pastureland will be converted into a fairy land of exhibits, Brandenthal er said. Area exhibits such as a recreation of the Lewis and Clark village, an actual fron tier town, Indian village, log ging camp and'teen town will be built in the area surround ing the P. I. building. A mini ature railroad is planned to circle the entire exposition grounds. Also planned are special in dustry buildings, such as lum ber and wood products, paper and paper products etc. The buildings, Brandenthaler said, could remain up after the close of the exposition for use in future fairs held in the same general area. Insiae The P. I. building, which affords 450,000 square feet of space, will be set aside special space for the first in ternational trade fair ever held on the west coast. Al ready several foreign nations have expressed interest in nar- exposition and international trade fair ever held in the Pacific northwest due to get under way in 17 months, 1958 .will see the Oregon Centen nial Exposition begin to take shape at the 65-acre exposi tion grounds adjacent to and including the Pacific Interna tional exposition building north of Portland. June 10, 1959, is the grand opening date of the centen nian exposition. It will run expected to attract 8 million people. The summer exposi tion will be the focal point of statewide celebrations in connection with the 100th an niversary of Oregon's admis sion into the union. Anthony Bran denthaler, chairman of the governors nine-member centennial com mission, said actual construc tion at the exposition grounds will get under way after the middle of 1958. Among work of portions of the existing 11 acre P. I. building, largest single level exposition build ing in the United States. The arena inside the building-will be renovated to per mit staging of nationally fam ous shows and acts through out the run of the exposition. Other portions of the build ing will be rebuilt or redeco rated to provide suitable sur roundings for one part of the fair. ticipating with major exhib its in this area. Other areas will be set aside for group exhibits from the automotive industry, the pow er industry, food and bever age industry, fishing and food processing, nome building, agriculture and food products, transportation, electronic and light metals, and county ex hibits. Along the Columbia river estuary immediately north of A great amount of addi tional parking space will be provided for the greatly in creased crowds expected to attend the exposition. Also two additional north-south ac cess roads will be built to handle the traffic. Inside the P. 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