Centennial Supplement to
The Mill City Enterprise
Thursday, April 23, 1959
Exposition, Local Shows Mark Centennial
WelcomeMat
Will Be Laid
For Millions
Gala Events
Bear Oregon
Life, Color
In an effort to help readers who
may wish to attend some of the
many community events honoring
this Centennial year we have list
ltd below some of the activities
scheduled during the next three
months:
May
1-2 "100 Years of Fashion in
Oregon," Bend.
1-7 Centennial Music Festival.
Ochoco Grade School.
2
Centennial supper. "Patio
Fair," Portland Garden
Club.
34 Spring Music Festival, Lew-
is & Clark College, Port-
land.
7-9 "Music in May," Pacific
University, Forest Grove.
7-9 Pea Festival and Horse
Show, Milton-Freewater.
10-17 Centennial Armed Forcèk
celebration, Oregon City.
13
"Fashions of Long Ago."
Oregon City.
*15
Canoe Fete, University of
of Oregon. Eugene.
15-16 Oregon High School Tennis
tournament, Oregon State
College. Corvallis.
16
Rhododendron Festival.
Florence.
16
Yacht Parade, St. Helens.
22-23 Oregon Class A-l Track
Meet, Oregon State College.
Corvallis.
22-27 Art Festival, Reed College,
Portland.
24
Mid-Columbia Saddle Clubs
Riding Contest, Hood River
26
Fat Lamb Show, Junction
City.
30
Boat Races on Rogue River.
Grants Pass.
3(1-31 Azelia Festival, dance, par
ade. Brookings.
•lune
4- 6 Eastern Oregon Livestock
Show, Union.
5- 7 Miss Oregon Pageant. Sea
side.
6
World Cow Milking Contest.
Swiss Festival-Yodeling Con
test, Tillamook.
7
Teen-Age Road-e-o State Fin
als. Stayton.
7
4-H Wagon Train leaves Jack
sonville for Corvallis, returns
20th
10-Sept. 17 Oregon Centennial Ex
position and International
Trade Fair, Portland.
10-14 Portland Rose F estival.
Grande Parade June 13; Ski
Tournament. June 14.
13-14 Buckaroos’ ami Liggers' Fro
lic, Philomath.
19-20 Lincoln County Pioneer Days,
Toledo.
19- 21 Phil Sheridan Days, Sheri
dan.
20
National Rooster Crowing
Contest, Rogue River.
20
Strawberry Festival. Hills
boro.
20
Round-Up. Lebanon.
20- 21 White Water Boat Parade,
McKenzie River
20-21 Douglas County Rodeo. Rose
burg
27-28 Boat Races, Devil’s Lake,
near Deiake and Oceanlake
28
Shakespeare Festival at Ash
land opens, runs through
Sept 5
Oregon, representing the last
frontier, is fittingly, conducting its
100th birthday party on a grand
scale. Observing a century of
statehood, residents from the sunny
ocean beaches to the snow-capped
mountains of the interior are giv
ing a regional atmosphere Jo every
type of celebration.
In Portland, an attendance of six
to eight million is forecast for the
Centennial Exposition and Interna
tional Trade Fair which will start
June 10 and continue until Septem
ber 17. The Exposition site covers
65 acres, with an 11-acre pavi
lion as its heart. A 100-acre park
ing lot is being prepared for 20,-
tXM) cars, and 18 acres of the site
is being turned into Adventureland,
combining historical displays with
glimpses into the future
Atomic Energy Exhibit
An exhibit of atomic energy nev
er before seen in its entirety will
share attention with a pioneer vil
lage in operation and a re-creation
of the village in which Lewis and
Clark wintered on the Oregon
coast. A logging train salvaged
from pioneer equipment will carry
visitors around the area while a
stage coach rolls again and a saw
mill cuts timber into lumber.
Another 10 acres has been set a-
»idc for the International Garden
of tomorrow, with newly d e -
veloped flowers from all over the
world. A floral clock, 30 feet in
diameter, will tick off the minutes,
and a candle 25 feet tall will burn
throughout the 100 days of the Ex
position, symbolizing hope and
prayer for international good will
Displays in Great Variety
Exhibits and features of the Ex
position will provide variety of in
terests. Among them will be a
$250,000 Oregon Forest Products
pavilion unlike any building in
tile world. The structure will dem
onstrate new uses for wood archi
lecture. Attracting the homeown
er will be the Cameo House of To
morrow, projecting the viewer 10
years into the future with newly
developed construction, gadgets
and furnishings.
Many national firms have ar
ranged for exhibits, including Gen
eral Motors, Westinghouse. Stand
ard Oil, Carter Oil. Genera] Petro
leum. The Texas Company, Rey
nolds Metals, Coca Cola, New
York Life Insurance, and Pacific
Telephone and Telegraph
Among Portland area manufact
urers with displays will be the Hy-
ster Company. White Stag. Pendle
ton Woolen Mills. Jantzen, Inc..
Electric Steel Foundry Company,
Gunderson Brothers. Tektronix.
Mixermobile and Sawyers. In the
non-commercia) field. 13 Oregon
state agencies are co-operating in
a $75,000 exhibit. The re will also
be atomic energy, fine arts, educa
tion, fish and wildlife displays.
Spectacular professional enter
tamment of every type is being
billed for the Exposition as well as
productions with an authentic Wes
tern flavor Among attractions will
tie the Ice Capades and the A r t
Linklater show'
Nattawi at Trade Fair
More than 20 nations are plan
ning to show and sell their products
to Centennial visitors at the Inter
national Trade Fair
Many distinguished foreign visit
<ira and members of the legation
staffs from Washington. D.C will
attend To enhance the foreign ex
hibits, there will be an internation
al theater for film showings rvlat
ed to handicrafts on display.
Significant as a ‘’first" in inter
national trade fairs is the collect
ive exhibit being arranged by West
Germany, Great Britain
Italy.
France. The Netherlands, Belgium
and Luxembourg This will i n -
ciude displays of everything from
industrial products to winter ski
equipment
Also represented in the Fair will
be India, Israel. Japan. Austria.
China, I-iominican Republic, Fin
land. Ghana. Hong Kong. Korea.
Malaya. Mexico. Morocco. Nor
July
2-4 World Championship Tim
ber Carnival, Albany
2- 4 Happy Days Celebration.
Hillsboro
3
Centennial Farmers Day,
Clatskanie
.'.-4 Tri Pass Dexter Boat Show,
Dexter.
.’1-4 Centennial 4th of July Cele
bration. Pendleton
3 5 Rodeo. St. Paul
3- 5 National Intercollegiate Ro
deo Finals. Klamath Falls
3-5 Buckerno. Molalla.
"■5 All Rockhounds Pow Wow
Prineville.
3-5 Water Pageant, Bend
i
Willamette River Days. Sa
lem.
4
McNary Aqua Capers, reser
voir near Umatilla
I
Four-Day Rodeo. Vale
1
Fireworks Display. Eugene
ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF OREGON STATEHOOD is matched by more than 100 years of Oregon
journalism—the state and the profession developing together from buckskin-shirted, bearded pioneer
and slow hand press to today's modern scene of high-speed presses and comfortable editorial offices
where if a muzzle-loading rifle (or any weapon) is seen, it is merely for decoration. The Washington
hanq press above came west “around the horn” and was used to print the first issue of the first
newspaper printed west of the Missouri—the Oregon Spectator, which began publication in 1846.
This historic press is now housed in Allen Hall, home of the School of Journalism at the University
of Oregon. One hundred Oregon weekly and semi-weekly newspapers are joining to present this
Centennial supplement to their readers this week.
Seaside, Taft. Grants Pass,
and Medford.
1
AAU Track Meet, University
of Oregon, Eugene.
I
1859 Games. Car Parade.
Hobby Show and Dance.
Clatskanie.
Marathon Boat Races, Gold
Beach to Agness and r e -
turn.
4-19 "20 Miracle Miles" Matched
Play Golf Tournament
II
Rodeo, Cottage Grove.
17- 19 State Broiler Festival.
Springfield.
18- 19 Caveman Lumber Days and
Loggers contests, Grants
Pass.
24-25 Variety Show , Log Rolling
Championship, etc.. Rainier
24-26 Chief Joseph Days. Joseph
24-26 Smileroo Celebration. Dal
las.
24- 26 Klamath Basin Roundup.
Klamath Falls
25- 26 Agate Show, Delake
27-Aug. 2 Gladiolus Festival.
Grants Pass
30- Aug 1 Santiam Bean Festival.
Stayton.
31- Aug. 2 Emerald
Empire
Roundup, Eugene
First of Its Kind
This tupplement of 16 pages
and 220,000 copies issued in hon
or of Oregon's Centennial, goes
out as a part of 100 Oregon
weekly and semi-weekly news
papers. It is the first pub
lication of the kind ever issued
in the state and th« second in
the history of the country
TO OU» VISITORS and FIIXOW OWGOMIAN»:
It is a pleasure to greet visitor and Oregonian
alike in extending a welcome to the Oregon Centennial activities.
Each community throughout the state is doing Its share to pro
vide a showcase of culture and entertainment. Indeed,
Oregon's 100 years have been marked with significant growth
and development coupled with fascinating, hl story-ma kt ng
pageantry.
Oregon, as host to the world In 1959, offers varied
and colorful attractions tn all parts of the state, climaxed with
the Exposition and Trade Fair in Fortland beginning June tenth
and continuing for 100 days.
Oregon's scenic wonders and recreational attrac
tions are the source of much delight to an ever-Increasing number
of tourists. Our potential for industrial development is Limited
only by our inventiveness and our will to do. This year of 1959
can be the beginning of a great new era of development. We
welcome friends from far and near. We hope you will stay a
while or a lifetime I
Sincerely,
Governor
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