. With her Prime Minister (below), she joins the multitudes in admiration of the sweepstakes prize winning rose (right), grown this year by Charles F. Leon of Portland, Non-Commercial Sweepstakes Winner! endobj
Cookie Settings/Do Not Sell My Personal Information. C9H 1ZP 1000 watts nites nnp nrn UlU tlu 5000 watts days IIBlj till I. Mike Lyne, Portland 1941 pictorial | The Gallery There's a real art to preparing for a one-week street outing. 1937 Inaugural Merrykana Parade letter. A hearty salute is due the hundreds of public-spirited men and women whose unselfish devotion to Portlands Festival has made the thirty-third annual Rose Festival a reality. I felt even more important when the police stopped all the traffic to let us through! Just attach a 3c stamp and deposit this Pictorial in any mail box. <>>>
1978 program. Rose Festival By logging in to LiveJournal using a third-party service you accept LiveJournal's User agreement, Posted on April 30, 2007 (Monday) | Link | Leave a comment | Share | Flag. Gary Hagan, Vancouver, Washington About 10 or so of us big strapping brass and percussion players got off the bus and surrounded the limo. During the junior parade, she was there to cheer for our float, during the grand floral parade she was there, everywhere the court went, Grandma was there. I also particapted in the parade several times, usually decorating my bike with crepe paper and whatever flowers we could find. <>
Howard Holman, President of the Association, has gained the admiration and cooperation of thousands of citizens in Portland and surrounding communities through his courage, initiative and leadership in directing this community undertaking. Tom will be riding in the parade this year, and we will remember those years "grandma led the parade." If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation. 1980 program. Cyndi Lindquist, Ridgefield, Washington 3rd Row: Patrick Doherty and Caroline Folts; Jack OBrien and Judy OMalley; Nancy Titus and Billy McCallen. Rose Festival This was one of the thrills of a lifetime for her. Explore. Souvenir program for the 60th Annual Portland Rose Festival May 31June 9, 1968. Hundreds of thousands of visitors lined the sun-drenched streets to watch the 2-hour parade and thousands more crowded Multnomah Civic Stadium (below) to watch judging of the floats. Thursday, Jun. Highlight feature of every Portland Rose Festival is the Grand Floral Parade. Fine highways radiate in all directions and lead to magnificent ocean beaches only two hours away; to Timberline Lodge and the snowfields on Mt. But he seemed to be consistently ignored. That night she called me at 2 a.m. and said she was ready. WebCalifornia. 1979 official program. Lines and paragraphs break automatically. It was the Saturday of the Starlight Parade, and I was on the bus headed for the formation area. 1979 program. -Junior Rose Festival court rides in the Grand Parade. REMEMBER: Zoning all mail speeds delivery. Cookie Settings/Do Not Sell My Personal Information. 1979 program. seniors crowned as Metro princesses on It was a week my family will never forget. -Froskist Ice Cream captures division crown. It was the big night for Portland high school kids who turned out en masse to see their princesses introduced and one chosen to be the 1949 Rose Festival Queen. striking appearance in the Floral Parade and other occasions. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. One-half hour after I rushed home and we arrived at Emanuel Hospital, our daughter was born. The fisherman may try his luck in nearby trout streams and in a two or three hour drive reach some of the best fishing streams in the world. and climb into the backseat where a chaperone would pin a fresh rose on my lapel. No wrapper or envelope required. Souvenir program for the 61st Annual Portland Rose Festival June 615, 1969. As a fifth-grader at St. Patrick's School, I was chosen as the District 9 prince of the 1949 Junior Rose Festival Court. WebPhotographs of the Portland Rose Festival, dating from 1910-1976. 1939 letter from First Federal. Al Webster, Woodburn Here we have seen a glorious combination of beauty, pageantry and gaiety, combined in one magnificent spectacle. We were chosen to represent Immaculate Heart Grade School in the area competition. In l971 when my name was Shirley Clarke, I was thrilled when asked to participate by designing the official purses and dresses for the girls in the Junior Rose Festival Court, as I was the owner and operator of a boutique shop in Lake Oswego known as "ORIGINAL ROO Baggerie Boutique." The Junior Parade in the 1950's and 60's. She led the parade for next couple of years, and every year the car would stop so she could collect her roses. It became an official part of the Those were exciting days in the early years, Oh, yes, I marched in the Rose festival parade for four years while in high school. ), Allowed HTML tags: -
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- . By logging in to LiveJournal using a third-party service you accept LiveJournal's User agreement, Posted on April 21, 2007 (Saturday) | Link | Leave a comment | Share | Flag. Official magazine for the 73rd Annual Portland Rose Festival June 5-14, 1981. It was a dream come true for a Portland girl. 1978 guide. I once heard a reporter comment "it must be nice to have nothing else to do" when they interviewed me during the TV news. Still, it was worth it to share the experience with the people I loved. Awards 1979 junior parade entry form. I remember dance instruction and participating in the following events: the planting of ten rose buses in Grant Park (June 3), a Rose Sunday ceremony in Washington Park Test Garden (June 4), a luncheon at the East Side Commercial Club (June 7), the evening Coronation of the Queen of Rosaria, riding on the East Side Commercial Club float (June 9) and appearing in the Junior Rose Festival Parade (that ran west on Sandy Boulevard from 52nd Avenue to Broadway, north on NE 33rd Avenue and East on US Grant place to the Grant Bowl disband area). The regal beauty of the coronation ceremony, the spontaneous laughter of thousands of children, the spectacular parading of a million blooms-all these make Portlands 1949 Rose Festival a lasting memory in the hearts of all those who love the Rose. Each picturesque event is accurately described by KGW-KEX alert announcers for the enjoyment of Oregonian shut-ins and the whole country . 1980 Junior Parade entry form. Since that involved saving about 10 chairs plus the curb, some late comers weren't please to see the gang of dads and kids waltz up just before parade time to take their prime spots, but we moms had been holding the space for at least five hours, fortified by lots of hot coffee, good talk and donuts,while latecomers were still in bed. I do recall going to a Junior Court event in a dance studio over what is now Trader Joe's in the Hollywood district. 1992 schedule of events. We had many "street friends," all of whom returned to the same spots year after year and developed a bond that will provide many wonderful memories for a lifetime. WebDownload file Description Program for the 59th Annual Portland Rose Festival June 211, 1967. We had come to a complete stop due to an obstacle -- a limousine. In later years I became part of a gang that got up at the crack of dawn to stake out our position for viewing the Grand Floral Parade. endobj
By Michael Walden Joyce Sommerlade Goodman, Salt Lake City, Utah It was the big night for Portland high The sun was actually out and hot in the 1950s. u. Explore. Since 1922, we have been painting-word pictures of the beauties in Portlands annual Rose Festival! He and his wife knew no English. Many of my friends would come during the day and spend lunch and dinner with me as I sat and saved their families a space. All rights reserved (About Us). 4M[CJ>IvKCIDiAU\Q>ACk)qsM}GjZPQ.U*Z=]+kFaHV=CV`#,8* 1:00 PM. Souvenir program for the 53rd Annual Portland Rose Festival June 211, 1961. Published: Apr. Catherine Reed, Clackamas I worked at Franz Baker on the night shift. Naval Pacific Fleet. First National Bank takes honors. -Multnomah Countys float entry. I remember that our court was allowed to go through red lights at intersections with our police escorts, and how our chaperone "Aunt" Jean always whooped with delight as we dashed through. Through him I've fulfilled many of my high school dreams of travel to exotic places -- we've lived in Northern and Southern California, Guam and Australia before he retired a Navy Chief in 1988 and we moved home to Oregon to raise our three kids in Eugene. This thirty-third annual Rose Festival is the crowning achievement of three decades of homage to, The thousands who have witnessed the thirty-third annual Rose Festival need not be reminded of the color, beauty and pageantry that has made of the 1941 Rose Festival one of the great spectacles of all time. 1999 schedule of events. Employees of the Portland District Corps of Engineers win first prize for this float. 1989 sponsorship package and position paper, 1933 program for Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, 1975 Rose Cup Road Races official program, Photo-Art Commercial Studios (Portland, Or. The ceremonies were held at the Hollywood Theater in those days. For the lucky Queen and her Prime Minister theres everything a childs heart could ask for. A secret committee, members of which are unknown even to each other until the selection is complete, rates each princess on her poise, beauty and diction. Portlands Rose Festival is not unusual x. this respect. If you'd like to see more, come back to our Rose Festival page throughout the week for subsequent decades. To commemorate our selection to the Rose Festival Junior Court, each of us had a formal portrait taken at the Rose Garden. 23. Through grade school street chalk drawings, middle school feigned embarrassment, dozing on the curb the day after staying up all night for high school graduation parties, coming home from college for the parade, and introducing the serious boyfriend/girlfriend to our annual festival group, our kids have seldom missed a parade. 1937 Inaugural Merrykana Parade letter. WebIn those days there was a Junior Court and I tried out for Junior Prince from my grade school (St. Rose) -- but the nun in charge said I made too many faces, so I was (Cost of mailing back then was two cents!). Frank and I were getting married that Saturday evening, but there was no way I'd let him miss his first experience with the tradition I loved as a long-time Portlander-sitting curbside at the Grand Floral Parade. Related content. 1994 schedule of events. I don't even know who the author is, but it sums it all up for me to live outside the box, and that includes camping on the street with family and friends enjoying simple times and rich memories: "Most of us die with our music inside us.". It was very exciting! Never in the history of Portlands Rose Festival have the -entries in the Grand Floral Pa-(^ide been more skillfully designed or lavishly executed than in the 1949 spectacle. Schooltime dancetime, The girls talk it over on high school steps, Princess of Rosaria! I live in New York City now, but I grew up in NE Portland on 54th Street, between Broadway and Hancock -- and my greatest memory of the Rose Festival is of the Junior Parade in the late 1950's and '60's. -Standard Oil Company winner. 1979 program. -The U. S. Forest Service entry is best in its division. Historic photos: Portland's Rose Festival in the 1960s Marilyn Clint. Subjects include Rose Festival queens and princesses; floats and street decorations; Junior Rose Festival endobj
My answer: I was the one with the best mental health coverage. To commemorate our selection to the Rose Festival Junior Court, each of us had a formal portrait taken at the Rose Garden. WebSouvenir program for the 60th Annual Portland Rose Festival May 31June 9, 1968. I still keep in contact with most of the Rose Festival Court of that year; we e-mail each other, send Christmas cards, and generally just keep in touch. More Rose Festival memories - oregonlive.com In 1973 I was again the creator of the official handbags for the Senior Court girls, but cannot find that year's news article. Well time passed and life went on until the late 1990's and grandma got her chance to be in the parade. Like most 10-year-old boys, I was enamored with cars, so I thought this car was too good to be true. 10Thirty thousand loyal subjects of Her Majesty watch her coronation. By. 1961 souvenir program | The Gallery WebOfficial souvenir program for the 63rd Annual Portland Rose Festival "Rose Fest 71" June 413, 1971. It is for those who could not be with us in the City of Roses at Festival time that this Rose Festival Pictorial haslbeen published, in the hope that it will reflectav^reS^lT. Pink and white roses combine to capture first place for this entry of the Knights of Pythias. Jerry was a student at Highland school and Jeannien attended Kennedy. 1979 junior parade entry form. William Boyd was the real-life character. (It might have been the Junior Queen Coronation -- or maybe the selction of the prince and princess from that part of Portland. Inspiration for the track team. 1978 program. In 1939 on Monday night, May 8, Prince Gerald (Jerry) Hoder was winner over five other contestants at the Alberta Theater. The 31st Annual Junior Rose Festival's Chairman was Ray E. Garner and the Executive Secretary was Aileen Brong. He protested and complained that we could not move him because his boss would be upset. There was my mother, complete in her hat and gloves (ofcourse), making her way to the stage through the commotion and excitement of the audience. Web1939 Rose Festival Pictorial. I remember being in the parades atop beautiful flower-covered floats, waving to the people leaning out windows of the downtown buildings including Meier & Frank. x[[~W2 uT[-SV&9v~n\Hp:I@_yx
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{O This was in an attempt to justify the amount of space I had saved. Each year, the Portland Rose Festival names up to 15 young women to its court. Obeying superstition, some brides refuse to let their grooms see them just before the wedding ceremony, but I was forced to make an exception. Nelson and Jesuit students are both first to represent their Katz v. United The Junior Parade in the 1950's and 60's - Rose Festival Stories High spot of the entertainment features of Rose Festival week at Multnomah Civic Stadium was the spectacle of 2,000 musicians from dozens of schools parading as individual units and playing in unison before the thrilled subjects of Rosaria. That fame has come to this western city chiefly because of^the annual Portland Rose Festival, which has been held each year since 1907, with the exception of 1918 and 1926. An Oregonian photographer was there to capture my total shock at being told that I was queen-elect. It became a family traditionthat grew into an annual event for many of my friends and co- workers. The Dalles division winner Engine Company No. We were chosen to represent Immaculate Heart Grade School in the area competition. All of us little girls, dressed as bluebirds, sat in a nest, watched over by two little boys on a branch, dressed as cats. After giving speeches, the anxious princesses waited downstairs in the green room to hear the news. The driver asked what we were going to do, and we told him we were going to move him so we could get through. Theres a queen, a Prime Minister, a Royal Court, a parade and all the joyousness and pageantry that mark the Rose Festival season as the happiest of the year. One couple was from Japan. Lights were flashing, excitement reigned, but George, the forgotten man, never made any photos with the new queen. -One of many fine drill teams. 1979 Skip to main content. YouTubes privacy policy is available here and YouTubes terms of service is available here. As the limo rose the driver's eyes got as big as saucers and had this shocked look on his face.