B—THE MILL CITY ENTERPRISE
THURSDAY. JULY 30. 1959
* BIGGEST 1959
EXPOSITION
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Matinees 2:30 Aug 1, 7, 8
1:30 Aug. 2, 9
Evening 8:15 Mon.-Sat.
5:30 Aug. 2, 9
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Mary Kelly Gives Report on
Recent Trip To East Coast Cities
I Th»- Charle Kelly? and s n. John,
'returned Tu sday, July 14, from an ng the Northwest Banquet was held,
extended trip by plane to New York with the group representing our local
and Washington. D. C., upon being ity standing in the receiving line for
notified of the sudden death of Mrs. over an hour greeting all the digni
Kelly's father, Delbert B. Hill. They taries.
had intended l< aving the Capitol on
Tuisday morning. June 30. the ses
Wednesday by plane for Kansas City sion opened at Madison Square, with
where they were to have been met by the Flag Presentation from 99 coun
j their daughter, Leia, and family for a tries as the highlight. In the after
I week's visit at their home in Man noon, the annual Lions parade was
hattan. Kansas. Instead, their daugh- held from four o’clock until about
I ter and 8-months old son. Danny, eight in the evening, it also being an
boarded a plane and were in Portland unusually hot day. Oregon and the
I several hours before her parents
Northwest were well represented in
Kelly was sent to New York the line of march, floats, and bands.
That evening, young John enjoyed
through Lions International as one
of the four District Governors in Ore the Teen-Age Party at the Astor
gon The Northwest group held their Hotel, followed by the Dixeland
j headquarters and hospitality room at Dance at the Gov. Clinton Hotel. His
the Gov. Clinton Hotel, with the gen folks had dinner midst the atmos
eral headquarters just a block away phere of the Hawaiian Room at the
Lexington Hotel.
at the Statler-Hilton.
The morning of Wednesday, July
Leaving Portland on Saturday ev
ening, June 27. the Kellys and the Lee 1, wa- the annual Fashion Show for
I Murphys of Junction City made the ladies at the Astor Hotel, after
brief stops in Chicago and Washing which some of the local group watch
ton. D. C, arriving at LaGuardia Air ed the TV show. "Top Dollar.” with
port in New York at noon on Sunday. Jack Narz. As it was "Oregon Day”
June 28. Getting settled at the Gov. in the Northwest hospitality room
Clinton, registering for the conven where a fountain of ice-cold apple
tion at Madison Square Garden, eat juice was kept running for the guests,
ing at the “Automat,” and a night everyone was very busy all afternoon
tour of the Empire State Building handling out little souvenirs and
finished off the first day in the big mementoes of our "cool, green count
ry out West”
city.
Wednesday night was "Wisconsin
Monday was a terrifically hot and
humid day Kelly went with a group Night” at Madison Square Garden,
of men over to New Jersey to meet with a wonderful stage-show arrang
the California delegation That even- ed by the home state of the Inter-
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national President, followed by the1
Governor’s Ball at, the Statler, the
Astor, and the Commodore Hotels.
On Thursday evening was the large
banquet at the Statler in honor of all
District Governors present from all
the States and Countries represent
ed. Later in the evening, the "Inter
national Show’’ was presented at Mad
ison Square with the McGuire Sisters
of TV fame
the chief attraction, I
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followed by the dance« at the three
large hotels.
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Friday morning, July 3. was the
Northwest Breakfast at the Gov. Clin
ton. Ast the convention was over, the
Kellys and the Murphys spent the
day on a personally-conducted tour of
the city by Rev. Hillis Davidson,
formerly of Harrisburg. Ore. They
visited St. Patrick’s Cathedral, spent
three hours going through the Soviet
Exposition at the New York Coli
seum, walked through Rockefeller
Plaza, and St. Thomas Church. In the
. veiling, the group enjoyed the stage
play. “The Flower Drum Song,”
starring Miyoshi Umeki, Pat Suzuki,
Juanita Hall, and Keye Luke, all fam
ous on TV and in the movies Late
that same night, everyone took a ride
I on the subway to visit Harlem.
On Saturday, July 4, a 9-hour bus
tour included the following: NBC
Studios of radio and television; St.
John’s Cathedral; Chinatown, The
Bowery, the United Nations Building,
a ferry-boat trip to the Statue of
Liberty, and a second elevator trip
to the top of the Empire State Build
ing (102 stories) for a daylight view
of the largest city in the world. That
evening, dinner was enjoyed at Jack
I Dempsey’s restaurant, with the host
snaking everyone’s hand and giving
John Kelly his autograph.
Another autograph, of which John
is very proud, is that of Mary Ann
Mobley, "Miss America,” from Miss-
i issippi, who visited the hotel one
day.
On Sunday, July 5, the Kellys were
invited to spend the day out in the
Bronx as guests of their sonjn-law’s
brother, Ted Barkley, and his wife
and 3-year-old son. They took the
subway for the 40-mile trip into "the
country." A walk through the Bronx
Zoo was followed by a visit to the Bo-
1 tannical Gardens with which Ted is
connected.
Monday was an outstanding day,
spent going through Wall Street and
th Stock Exchange, Radio City Mus
ic Hall to see “The Nun’s Story” and
the stage-show featuring the famous
“Rockettes.” In the evening, another
TV show. "The Big Pay-Off,” was
witnessed at the CBS Studios, with
Bess Myerson as the star attraction
and Bob Page as master of cere
monies.
The Murphys and the Kellys board
ed a train for Washington, D. C..
July 7, arriving there about three in
the afternoon. With reservations at
the Washington Statler, they walked
through several rooms of the White
' House which was only about two
; blocks away through a park, visited
the Shopping district, and had dinner
at the "Blue Mirror.”
An all-day tour to get the “lay of
the land’’ in Washington was taken
on Wednesday, July 8, the driver of
the private limousine taking the
group to the Lincoln Memorial, the
I Capitol, White House, Arlington
I Cemetery,Mt. Vernon (Geo. Wash
ington’s
home), where they
had
luncheon in a tea-room, and the Tomb
of the Unknown Soldier.
In the afternoon of the same day,
a visit was made to Sen. Richard
Neuberger's office where they were
cordially greeted by the Senator. The
I receptionist is Miss Mary Jane Cox,
formerly of the CBP’office force here.
Another girl in the office is June
■ Cyrus of Scio, Oregon. Sen. Neu
berger presented Jqhn with
an
autographed copy of the "Lewis &
Clark Expedition.”
As Nolan Ra nick, who used to
live in the Detroit area and even be
fore that was a school-mate of Mrs.
Kelly in the third grade at Sheridan.
I is now a door-keeper for the U. S.
Senate, the family was given an un
usually complete tour of the Capitol
buildings.
After listening to Sen. Neuberger
and Sen. Wayne Morse in an anima
ted discussion during the Senate ses
sion, the visitors were taxen through
the Bureau of Engraving where they
watched curren y being printed Be
fore the day was over, a short motor
tour through Alexandria, Va., wm
enjoyed.
Thursday morning. July 9. Lee
Murphy, who is the new State Chair
man for the Lions Clubs of Oregon.
' and his wife left by plane for their
home in Junction City and the Kellys
were “on their own," As an appoint
ment had been made for a group of
Oregonians to tour the F. B. I.
building in the Department of Justice
that morning, they arrived at 10
o’clock for the very interesting tour.
Later the same day. the Constitut-
tion. Bill of Right, and Declaration
of Independence were viewed in the
Archives Building, as were the Na
tional Gallery of Art and the Mus
eum of Natural History.
Friday morning, several from Ore
gon had a n appointment at 9 o’clock
to have their pictures taken with
Sen. Neuberger by a photographer
from the New York Tigies. Others
present included his niece. Katie
Goodsell.
On the same morning, the Kellys
were taken on a complete tour by
Mr. Rasni k including: the Supreme
Court; the first U. S. Senate; the
President’s room; the Chapel used by
the Congressmen; the new Senate Of
fice Building; the office of Justice
William O. D uglas; and the Library
of Congress. They enjoyed lunch dur
ing the tour, in one of the many
cafeterias That night, the tourists
went up to the Washington Monu
ment.
Saturday. July 11. the Ford Theat
er Museum was visited, after which
they went to the Petersen House di
rectly across the street where Presi
dent Abraham Lincoln died. The main
building of the Smithsonian Institu
tion was toured, as well as the Air
craft and Arts and Industries build
ings where thsy eaw Col. Lind
bergh's “Spirit of St. Louis" and the
Wright Brothers' plane, loiter, an
Italian d inner was enjoyed at the Na
poli Restaurant.
On Sunday, July 12. the visitors
from ttregon took m the Wax Museum
and the Washington Cathedral where
they attended the 2 o’clock service,
conclud.ng a memorable two weeks.
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the cup so the sh< rtening will not
stick to the sides.