Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, June 29, 1958, Image 8

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Newspaper Page Text0G 1 o 0 8 AAfrVfcllUNE, Medfrf, Oregon, Sunday, June 29, 1958 Gning Date for Centennial Exposition Yaar Away; Plans Reported Progressing Portland Oregon is mo bilizing for the greatest in vasion in its history! Opening day of the Oregon Centennial Exposition and In ternational Trade Fair is about one year away. On June 10, 1959, the 65-acre, 100 day exposition will open its gates to an expected attendance of 8 million persons, largest at tendance ever anticipated at any event held west of the Mississippi river with the ex ception of the 1939 San Fran cisco World's Fair. What is more, the 100th an niversary of Oregon's ' birth, Feb. 14, 1959, is just eight months off. Report en Preparations Here is a report on what Oregon is doing to prepare for the greatest tourist year in its lifetime. Nerve center of centennial planning is the office of the Oregon Centennial commis sion and staff in downtown Portland's Jackson Tower. This is the headquarters for the nine member, non - paid centennial commission ap pointed by the governor. Here' also, the rapidly incres ing responsibilities of plan ning the biggest celebration in the united States during 1959 ha necessitated expansion of th paid staff to a present to 1 of It persons. Th commission has divided responsibilities into two major phases: planning and directing the centennial expo tritt SUDDEN'S Ttu Can mo m tefih Confidence! m All ' Why! o -O tWirfJe Is TOP QUALITY Q toautifies and Prefects! jQ 8sy t use! iO Tevgb, durable Long Usting! (f Cevers mere surface! g Pries quickly! (Q Cepletely washable! t$ UIDEM PAINT fer your o Hxt Jeb! . &H GREEN STAMPS Tee With yeur purchases! , FRAKE & SMITH luqppiie Custom Picture Framing 1 1 f AIT MAIN - rMjUP i, joyiwmr v ,r- - - ( "" " " " - THAT'S RIGHT. Only 1 patient out of 3 is a subscriber. The other two must pay. t Any resident living within 150 miles of Medford, Ore gon, can and should be a subscriber to Mercy Flights. At $4 a year per family, it is the only way that a wage earner can afford air ambulance service for his family. Accidents don't just happen to "someone else' The most common comment by Mercy Flights patients is: "I never thought that WE would need Mercy Flights." If the time ever arises when your family is saying this, wouldn'f it be better to be a subscriber? For a non-subscriber, the fee is $70 for every 100 miles the patient Is flown. Published sition and international trade fair; and assisting local com munities throughout Oregon in planning special events and tie-in efforts. In High Gear Exposition planning is in high gear, report Commission Chairman Anthony Branden thaler and Exposition Man aging Director Floyd Max well. To date 42 firms have indi cated their intention to exhib it either in the 11-acre main exposition building or in the adjoining 54 acres of exposi tion grounds. Sale of space to the 42 firms represents ap proximately $105,000 of in come. Total exhibit space is now about 10 per cent com mitted. Exhibits Director Ray Smith expressed satisfaction with progress of space sales, and especially with elaborate plans of exhibitors for anima ted and extensive displays within their space. Smith said exhibits at the exposition would far exceed in quantity and expense anything ever seen in the Pacific Northwest. Exhibitors Contacted Smith said all major poten tial exhibitors are being con tacted as soon as possible, but urged those interested to con tact the centennial offices im mediately for space reserva tions. Several large exhibitors have revealed planning for complete new buildings to be PHONE SP 2-4564 V Jllii FLY for FR as a public service built on exposition grounds. Portland Gas and Coke com- any will build a $35,000 building and an 80-foot etern al flame tower. The lumber industry has had several com mittee meetings and even an architectural plan for a dra matic, permanent 2 2,0 0 0 square foot building. Other firms and associations are con templating special buildings but do not wish publicity un til plans are firm. Probably the most dramatic of exposition attractions will be the international trade fair, which opens at the heart of the exposition grounds June 10, 1959, as over-all exposi tion. Here already 23 nations have reserved space in what has been termed by the U. S. department of commerce as the second most important in tenational trade fair ever held in the U. S. (First was in Chi cago in 1950.) Centennial officials 'predict this feature alone will result in putting Oregon in the inter national spotlight more than has ever been accomplished in all of the past 100 years. A total of 35 ,nations is expected to exhibit when all space has been contracted. A special 18-acre area has been set aside for "adventure land" adjacent to the main ex position building. Here will be a frontier town, Indian Vil lage, Lewis and Clark Village, and boom town where special buildings will be . erected and actual stores and services will operate, in the tradition of Disneyland. A mile long rail road, a pony express ride, stagecoach ride and actual op erating lumber mill will be featured. Remodeling Underway Work on remodeling the ex isting Pacific International Exposition building for use as the main centennial ibuild ing is already underway. The new 11-acre roof is 90 per cent complete, the new electrical wiring to provide load centers for exhibitors' use is started, and new floors are being laid in the west end of the build ing. By July Multnomah county crews are slated to begin the $110,000 job of providing two new, wide roads through the old Vanport area to exposi tion grounds. By fall work will be completed on grading for "adventureland" and the gayway. Then, prior to the fair opening next June side walks will be paved in the outside area and a new fence built completely around expo sition grounds. Most of the interior work on the main building will be done by November, report Centennial Production direc tor Mel Melvyn and Grounds Director Walter Holt. All New Buildings In "adventureland" all new buildings will be built in he spring of 1959. Total exposition and inter national trade fair budget is $5 million, of which $3 million NO OTHER AREA ... in the United States has a service like Mercy Flights. The three twin-engine planes are operated for only one rea son, and that is to.save your life. t Don't wait until it's too late! If you are not a subscriber, send your $4 today to: MERCY FLIGHTS, INC Box 522 Medford, Oregon by the Medford Mail is expected from admissions, $1,100,000 from the sale of ex. hibit space, and the balance from concessions. Phase two of the centennial celebrations is proceeding well throughout Oregon, Jack Lively, commissioner member from Springfield and liaison for state-wide activities, ad vises. State Coordinator Ted Hallock reports organizational meetings have been held in all of Oregon's 36 counties result ing in 27 county chairmen ap pointed to date and 120 city chairmen out of a total of 214 Oregon cities. It is expected that all city and county chair men will be appointed by the end of June. Financing Events The centennial commission announces that to finance community centennial events, fully half of pregon's counties have already received appro priations from county courts, chambers of commerce pri vate firms and other sources. It is estimated that total local community pledges for cen tennial participation has now reached the $250,000 mark, with a total goal of some where between $1 million and $3 million by the end of this year. The commission said local funds will be spent by the lo cal communities in two ways: To finance special local events and activities as commemor ative activities or 'as tourist attractions; .and to build- and operate exhibits for the indi vidual counties at the centen nial exposition in Portland in space being provided with out charge by the centennial commission. Centennial committee work ers throughout Oregon al ready number in the thous ands and will reach the tens of thousands soon. Activities planned in the cities and coun ties range from special school emphasis on Oregon history and geography to construction of roadside visitor information booths. Activities Planned Here are some of the local activities in various stages of planning by local committees, many of which were reported at a meeting in June of the centennial state-wide advis ory committee held in the of fice of Gov. Robert Holmes in Salem: Construction of a mon ument to Oregon's first school teacher, Solomon Selias Smith, in Clatsop county; presentation of special citations to ocean going ships as they enter the Columbia river; charter boats for tourists; reconstruction of Oregon's first post office in Astoria and issuance of Ore gon's centennial stamp; bus tours from the exposition through Clackamas, Washing ton and Yamhill counties; pamphlets on . local history for distribution to schools, or ganizations and merchants; sale of wooden nickles as sou venirs by merchants of Wash ington county. At recent local meetings of the area committees through- Tribune out the state these further suggestions were made: Paint up, clean-up campaigns; huge hillside picture in growing flowers and shrubs depicting historical scene; reconstruc tion d"f a store and a home of 100 years ago; planting vacant lots in flowers by women's clubs in La Grande; special Indian pageants in Wasco, Hood and Gilliam counties; opening old ghost towns and old mine shafts as tourist at tractions in Baker and Union counties; staging guided tours of fossil beds in Grant and Morrow counties; staging a pageant in southern Oregon's historic Jacksonville; having a Baltimore colony festival in Coos and Curry counties; building an Indian village in Lane county. Attract Tourists The centennial commission emphasizes that the purpose of most of these local attrac tions, which will be adminis tered by non-profit corpora tions being set up in most counties, will be primarily to attract each area's share of the record-breaking tourist in flux. Simultaneously special in terest committees with a total of nearly 500 volunteer mem bers have been formed to cov er all possible activities in the following fields: Fine arts, elementary and secondary ed ucation, colleges and univer sities, and churches, all coor dinated by centennial com missioner Mrs. Monroe Sweet land, Milwaukie; history, and design and decoration, coor dinated by commissioner Thomas Vaughan, Portland; television, sports activities, speaKers oureau ana promo tion, coordinated by commis sioner C. Howard Lane, Port land; agriculture, coordinated by commissioner Thomas San- doz, Astoria; labor, coordin ated' by Bruce Bishop, com EAGLE POINT Pastor Attends Meeting By LAURA A. McFALL Eagle Point The Rev. J. J. Munshaw attended the pas tor's conference at "The Firs," Bellingham, Wash., recently. The conference was sponsored by the Scripture Press pub lishers and the Sudan Interior mission. About 60 ministers attended from the Pacific northwest. Mrs. Hulda Rebers, Wood Lake, Minn., aunt of Mrs. G. D. Hannaford, and Mrs. Mar tin Ree, Sioux Falls, S.D., mother of Mrs. Hannaford, have been guests the past week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. David Hannaford and family, Butte Falls highway, Eagle Point. They left Thurs day for return trip through southern California, then to Oklahoma where they will visit other sons and daughters of Mrs. Ree. On Monday evening the Hannafords, Mrs. Ree and Mrs. Rebers were guests for dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lester McFall and fam ily. Mr. and Mrs. W. M.' How land, Rogers, Ark., are visit ing at the home of their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Herrington, and family. They arrived on Wednesday and will visit in the valley until after July 4. . Mrs. Etta Orr, Roseburg, sister of Mrs. Pomeroy, is vis iting at the William Pomeroy home on Crater Lake high way. Mrs. Orr is attending Southern Oregon college in Ashland this summer. ' The Eagle Point Commu nity Bible church missionary met at the home of Mrs. Carl Esch on Dutton rd. Thursday. Nancy Phipps, Corvallis, spent a week with her aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Otto Nagel, here recently. Mrs. C. C. Hoover attended the Roxy Garden .club at the state Oregon Federation of Garden club held at Eugene last week. Recent guests at- the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mar tin were Mrs. Martin's brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. David H. Shearer, Hood River. They recently returned home from spending 18 months in Germany. Shearer was stationed there with the Army. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Ireland, Crescent City, Calif., were guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Short last week end, i Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Cly mer and Wayne recently re turned from a trip south visit ing Mrs. Clymers' brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. James F. Lee, Menlo Park, Calif., their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Woody Wilson, Santa Barbara, Calif., and another sister, Mrs. Alice Mikesell, Los Angeles. While there, they also visit ed Disneyland and Marine land, and her father, S.. Par ker Smith, San Fernando, and brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Wentzel Cowper, Newhall. missioner, Portland. Special projects, exhibits and finance are all being coordinated by Commissioner Glenn Jack son, Medford. Special project eommittees have been formed in the fields of retail trade, tourist promo tion and international trade. Elect Chairman Most of these committees have elected a chairman, had several meetings and are pro ceeding with hundreds of spe cial projects. Special efforts to feature prominently Oregon's great outdoor and wildlife resources in centennial planning and specifically at the Centennial exposition, are being coordin ated by well known North west outdoor expert and staff member of the centennial Ma jor H. C. Tobin, rtd. D. Donald Lonie Jr., pub licity director for the centen nial, reports that already un derway is the beginning of the intensified tourist promotion al push ever originated in the Pacific Northwest. Newspapers Releases World-wide newspaper re leases, including stories tran slated into foreign languages, will carry word on the centen nial to every nation of the world. Nation-wide publicity in newspapers, on radio and television is planned. Maga zine articles, promotion tie ins with airlines, buslines, railroads, automobile associ ations, and travel agencies, or igination of several network television shows from Oregon next year, staging of special stunts in major cities, and hundreds of publicity projects are already initiated. A special television film will be pro duced for nation-wide show ing. Also planned, says Lonie, are drop-ins for national ad vertisers, bill stuffers for na and family, Vancouver, Wash., spent a week visiting her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Jake Olsen, here recently. Also visiting for a few days were Mrs. Olsen's brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Walton, Naches, Wash Mrs. Elizabeth Ottosen Is visiting at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr and Mrs. Oscar Frei, and at the home of her . son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Harold D. Ottosen. Mrs. Otto sen was a former resident of Eagle Point. Mrs. A. R. Copley, surgery patient at Rogue Valley hospi tal for the past week, returned to her home Tuesday. Visiting at the Copley home for a month ; are their sons, Lion ana waiao. uon is a spe cialist second class stationed at Condon Air Force Base, re cently returned to his base after a 10-day leave. Waldo is a specialist first class in the department of fly ing training of the Air Force Academy, Colo. He spent a 30' day leave here with his par ents, returning to duty June 1. His wife, Vangie, and son, Timmy, remained here to care for Mrs. Copley. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hisey, Redmond, were weekend guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jake D. Brown. Sunday callers at the Brown's were Mrs. Ray Huson and son, Billy, and Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Bohl, Medford. On Saturday Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Brown and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hisey spent Saturday at the Lester McFall's to observe Mrs. Brown's birthday. Mr. and Mrs. G. David Kan naford and family, Mrs. Mar tin Ree, Mrs. Hulda Rebers were afternoon callers at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Rolland Jenks Tuesday. ANTARCTIC OILS Boston (UPI) Fifteen unique Antarctic oil paints by Boston-born artist Robert C. Haun have been on exhibition at Boston's Museum of Sci ence. Haun spent six months as staff artist for the Navy's task force 43 on operation Deepfreeze. He completed more than 75 paintings and; sketches in various media, re1 cording this historic operation in, a little-known land. Tin cans f or beer and soft drinks produced in a. year may require the use of about 700,000 tons of steel since the "tin" cans are mostly steel. HERTZ TRUCK RENTAL Available at HOPKINS RICHFIELD SERVICE McAndrews at Court SP 3-906S tional mailings by Oregon firms, and a major paid adver. tising campaign in national media. Already tens of thous ands of folders, tent cards and pocket cards have been distributed at national con ventions through the help of Oregon delegates to these conventions. State-wide Campaign A state - wide campaign through newspaper, radio, tel- : ' 6 W i? f ' HI .: '&' ' W ifeuJ- Ik 1 ' Imjl y t9 15 7 I ft ZT"'-- ri"4 at x s it 1 I Sfz?- Li I I' i Be sure to see this grand Fourth of July Fireworks Shew ... jnd help a mighty good cause. Be sure, too, to enjoy luscious ice cream in any one of our taste-tempting flav ors! So-o-o good . . . and so rich in nourishment too. WitU the PLUS GOODNESS of NUTRIMIXl It's EXCLUSIVE in - Jorgensen's FIESTA ICE CREAM! Always. Ash for "Jorgensen'n" evision and outdoor boards is underway to alert local citi zens to ways they can pre pare now for the "company" which is coming. Lastly, a special feature of the centennial exposition will be the international garden of tomorrow, a 5V-acre land scaped garden situated in the heart of the exposition grounds and consisting of plant material and rare and unusual plants, flowers and shrubs from every nation ol the world. Liaison Commissioner Mor rie Sharp reports that people all over the world have shown tremendous interest in this centennial project. He pre dicts that the attention Oregon will receive from this project alone will run into publicity value in the millions of dollars. Moss TCnos ' Hog 4th off STARTS 0 P.M. Benefit vcaeft'. Adults $1.00 -Children Only 50c and My After the Show noy- Mr. and Mrs. William Lacey o