My grandmother was Francis Potter. With other fair schoolmates at Grant, Time out for popcorn. The Royal Rosarians are members of the citys official hospitality committee during the period of each Rose Festival. One of the most memorable is from 1964. One year it was so warm we took our garden hose out to the curb for the thirsty kids to drink from as they waited to march up 54th Street. WebJunior Carmella Thomas will represent Grant on the Rose Festival Court. 1979 junior parade entry form. Cathy Matern, West Linn Not hearing it, he inconspicuously made his way to the stage hoping to be part of the celebration. I simply chose to spend quality time with my boys and friends with The City of Roses Rose Festival parade. As it approached our spot on Fourth Avenue, where we watched from every year, her car stopped, along with the rest of the parade, so our kids Sean and Addie could give her roses on that day. I took vacation time from work to do this. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. A real coronation and the Junior Rose Festival parade are highlights of the childrens festival. Explore. -Nautical float passenger. The original photographs are a family treasure to this day! February 26 The baseball players' boycott 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. 2023 Advance Local Media LLC. Under the command of Captain J. C. Hibbard, the personnel of the Ontario promptly repaid Portlands hospitality with conducted tours of their ship and added much to Rosarias celebration. If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation. . 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. 1939 letter from First Federal. Her Prime Minister is Master Dick Cahill. But not just in the parade, but to ride in one of the lead cars. Published: Apr. I remember never seeing a "bad" Hopalong movie, but as a kid what did I know. I remember my dress was rose pink -- and that all the girls' dresses were different colors. 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. Being only 4 to 5 years old at the time, myself and two of my cousins, Mike and Patti Layman, were fortunate to be those participants. Here we have seen a glorious combination of beauty, pageantry and gaiety, combined in one magnificent spectacle. WebPhotographs of the Portland Rose Festival, dating from 1910-1976. It now holds a place of honor in my home as a reminder of a very special time in my life. But a queens life is not all one of poise, as evidenced by the happy tears of Joyce Sommerlade, caught by the camera at the moment she was informed of her selection. 1978 program. Every great civic undertaking requires much plarini-'-^, and detail. Her son (my uncle) was Chief of Police Tom Potter. The day of the Junior Parade was always a very big event on NE 54th. Left behind was George Sommerlade, my father, waiting to hear his name called as well. We won some sort prize that year, which allowed us to pick out a gift from Vic's Hobby Shop in the Hollywood district. <> It became a family traditionthat grew into an annual event for many of my friends and co- workers. My mother was one of those girls, and she rode on the float representing Grant High School. -Froskist Ice Cream captures division crown. They came with us to the Battle of the Bands on Friday night and had a very good time. The famed Columbia River Highway-Mt. I lost track of Stanley when he moved a couple of years later and would love to look him up sometime. 1978 guide. They both grew up in Portland, but we had just moved here from Chicago a few years before and had never gone to the parade. 1978 program. By. Jerry was a student at Highland school and Jeannien attended Kennedy. 1979 official program. Thanks for the memories -- and for this chance to relive them!!! Portland Rose Festival - the official website, YouTube -- Rose Festival's Official YouTube, MySpace -- Rose Festival's Official MySpace. In the early 1950s, my Bluebird leader entered a float in the Grand Floral Parade. 1980 program. Collections with this item Portland Rose Festival Programs Details Transcription Extent 4 pages Contributors Portland Rose Festival Foundation Digital Publisher Multnomah County Library Subject.Topic Portland Rose Festival Subject.Place Lines and paragraphs break automatically. WebThe Portland Rose Festival had it origins in the 1904 rose show and parade, sponsored by the Portland Rose Society. 1979 official program. We participated in so many wonderful events as members of the Junior Court. 1979 program. One year, a float lost its steering and almost hit me. One-half hour after I rushed home and we arrived at Emanuel Hospital, our daughter was born. WebA Junior Rose Festival began spontaneously on Portland's east side in 1921. Written permission must be obtained from the Research Library prior to any use of reproductions. All of us little girls, dressed as bluebirds, sat in a nest, watched over by two little boys on a branch, dressed as cats. WebThe San Clemente Court Records links below open in a new window and take you to third party websites that provide access to San Clemente Court Records. Imagine the looks on their faces when they found out we were waiting for a parade five days from now. -Movie man covers the Festival, -Even float princesses enjoy hot dogs. Hood Loop trip may be made in one day from Portland, allowing for an ample stop to visit Bonneville Dam, gigantic power and navigation project on the Columbia River 42 miles east of Portland. That night she called me at 2 a.m. and said she was ready. Responsible to a large degree for the beauty and pageantry of each Rose Festival are the Royal Rosar-ians. Jeanne Schoel, Portland It all started as a family outing when my boys werevery young. So as he is complaining we lifted the limo up and moved it a couple of feet up onto the sidewalk making enough room for the bus to get by. Jolene Hustead, Tualatin My reign changed me from a shy, tall, gawky 10-year-old to a smiling, confident young girl, and instilled in me respect for the City of Roses and the people who touched my life during that time. They came the next morning and joined us at the parade route. 6.2 cubic ft. (4,700 photographs, 28 negatives, and 5 overhead transparencies in 16 boxes, 1 oversize box, and 1 oversize folder), Photographs of the Portland Rose Festival, dating from 1910-1976. To this day, I still get asked if I am saving places along the route for the Rose parade. 1978 guide. Now, most anniversaries, my husband and I spend Grand Floral Saturday downtown, relishing the sights and sounds while I enjoy the fact that Portland's big day is mine, too. All rights reserved (About Us). 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. x[[~W2 uT[-SV&9v~n\Hp:I@_yx )}yzG{|9ZP6#{{}>}0(dIyO$k}zm> }648yl$t6FL^4o(q0sjgO~DE)KD]d0%AW/2>Gpyq`Kb{/6ma69m {O Rose Festival Treasure Hunt. 1979 program. |Portlands own Rose Fes-tival is reproduced in miniature each year at Festival time as five thousand Portland children participate in the Junior Rose Festival. Each picturesque event is accurately described by KGW-KEX alert announcers for the enjoyment of Oregonian shut-ins and the whole country . 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. We were there by 6:00 a.m. on parade day and knew every place for blocks around that let you use their bathrooms! We hope to still be coming to the parade when grandchildren start to appear. Some were serious and made quite an impression on me, in particular when we visited the Veteran's Hospital and we met wounded veterans from World War II. One of my most vivid memories is of the car that would arrive at my parents' home in Willbridge to pick me up for Rose Festival events. We were chosen to represent Immaculate Heart Grade School in the area competition. Throughout the year and for many years to come, Portland and its surrounding paradise welcomes visitors from afar at its modern Tourists Information Center located, on the banks of the Willamette River at 1020 S.W. All rights reserved (About Us). 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. Awards; Featured languages 1979 junior parade entry form. CityFair Fleet Week Spring Rose Show. WebRose Festival events include actual Rose Covered Float parades, a big amusement park built just for the month on the Willamette River waterfront, scores of fun events, and a Princess Court, as selected from each Portland high school. 01, 2007, 9:05 p.m. NEW! It was certainly a highlight of my youth and something I continue to talk about to this day. WebProgram for the 58th Annual Portland Rose Festival June 312, 1966. Your name and email will not appear publicly. 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. My grandfather, Phil Adams, and he were pals. She would come over to help me practice my speech, give me pointers on how to address the crowd, etc. A great deal according to the Legend. The 31st Annual Junior Rose Festival's Chairman was Ray E. Garner and the Executive Secretary was Aileen Brong. Somepeople choose to camp as a vacation in the woods; we just choose to spend it in support of the Rose Festival and we are avid parade-goers Skip to main content. Each year, the Portland Rose Festival names up to 15 young women to its court. Katz v. United It was the Saturday of the Starlight Parade, and I was on the bus headed for the formation area. In the early 70s, Mom would load my brother and I in the stroller and head downtown for the Rose Festival Parade. To commemorate our selection to the Rose Festival Junior Court, each of us had a formal portrait taken at the Rose Garden. I spent up to a week on the street 24/7 saving a taped-offarea for friends and family. 1994 schedule of events. The bus driver informed the band members on the bus that the limo was unable to move. Since 1922, we have been painting-word pictures of the beauties in Portlands annual Rose Festival! The Prime Minister and Princes all wore white junior Rosarian suits made of white flannel. (Cost of mailing back then was two cents!). YouTubes privacy policy is available here and YouTubes terms of service is available here. The sun was actually out and hot in the 1950s. The base of the float was silvered oak leaves with an abundance of red roses. Subjects include Rose Festival queens and princesses; floats and street decorations; Junior Rose Festival events, include the Junior Court and parade; Marine Pageant and Marine Day; the Model Boat Regatta; the Grand Floral Parade, Merrykhana Parade, and other festival parades; rose shows; and visits to Portland by the U.S. Fine highways radiate in all directions and lead to magnificent ocean beaches only two hours away; to Timberline Lodge and the snowfields on Mt. Cookie Settings/Do Not Sell My Personal Information. If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation. -Kiddies always line the streets on parade day. Cyndi Lindquist, Ridgefield, Washington I was a Cub Scout the year that my sister was princess and carried a banner in the junior parade for her district. To commemorate our selection to the Rose Festival Junior Court, each of us had a formal portrait taken at the Rose Garden. In some cases, permission for use of reproductions may require seeking additional authorization from the copyright holders, Finding aid to this collection available in the Oregon Historical Society Research Library, Oregon Historical Society Research Library, The ArchiveGrid website uses HTTP For the lucky Queen and her Prime Minister theres everything a childs heart could ask for. 2nd Row \>^om top) Joelita Hayteas and Garry Keele; Larry Jasper and Darlene Weil. WebRose Festival Court > Rose Festival Princesses; Past Rose Festival Queens; Clown Prince & Rose Festival Clowns; Parade Float Building; Treasure Hunt; Bands > We carried the crown and scepter on little white pillows. 1979 program. This year the tots monarch is Queen Phyllis, who in everyday life is Miss Phyllis Elaine Metzger. After giving speeches, the anxious princesses waited downstairs in the green room to hear the news. And, of course, there was the Rose Festival parade where we rode in a huge float that was so heavy that it could hardly make it out of Multnomah Stadium. WebRose Festival Court > Rose Festival Princesses; Past Rose Festival Queens; Clown Prince & Rose Festival Clowns; Parade Float Building; Treasure Hunt; Bands > Fred Meyer Junior Parade Rose Festival Art Show. YouTubes privacy policy is available here and YouTubes terms of service is available here. Hundreds of hours and thousands of flowers went into this winner of the Vancouver Fire Department. But he seemed to be consistently ignored. 2023 Advance Local Media LLC. WebSouvenir program for the 61st Annual Portland Rose Festival June 615, 1969. That was the year our first daughter Kristin was born. My mother also grew up in NE Portland and partcipated in early Junior Rose Parades back in the 30's. Web1939 Rose Festival Pictorial. Tigard High School senior Deja Fitzwater (left) will represent Metro West, and Clackamas High School junior Elizabeth Tran will represent Metro East on the 2023 Portland Rose Festival Court. They assured us that they had a great place to sit, close to bathrooms for our kids, so several moms in the neighborhood packed our lawn chairs into the back of Sally's van and set them out about 9 a.m. to wait for the parade. ROSE FESTIVAL PICTORIAL Official Publication Rose Festival Association.-William F. Selleck. They later mailed me a VHS tape of the Battle of the Bands night as a thank you. Even if schools wasn't officially closed for the summer, they were all closed for parade day! I have been on the front page of The Oregonian and have had several interviews over the years on the radio and television. It was 42 years ago this month that the City of Portland established itself in the eyes of the world as The City of Roses. In June of 1907 was held the first Rose Festival and since that time, with the exception of but two years, 1918 and 1926, all Portland has paused each June to pay homage to the Rose, that queen of flowers. If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation. We have scoured the counties together looking for the Rose Medallion and learned more trivia in the process. 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 the perfect moment of casual, effortless fun before the formal, life-changing event to come. stream Twenty years ago, our new neighbors in West Linn, Sally and Eric Egland, asked if we wanted to join them at the Rose Parade. 1st Row (top) left to right: Trevalee McCormick, and Dick Wallin; Queen Patricia Holcomb, and Prime Minister Fred-dG Schulze; Janet Williams and Edward Rudiger. 1978 program. Alaina Smith, Beaverton He was dressed up as a Chinese Emperor -- courtesy of my mother's sewing machine! Repository Oregon 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. It was a picture-perfect morning, a model day to impress my out-of-state friends. 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. 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