1978 guide. I moved to San Diego, and we got married. Mom is an unofficial Royal Rosarian, always reminding us of how great Portland is. I am very proud to be part of the Portland Rose Festival History, and I have made some wonderful friends. Explore. The bus driver informed the band members on the bus that the limo was unable to move. I'm sure they took a reflection of the true spirit of our city from a basic experience of camping on the street. You are always welcome. I wish all new and old Princesses and Queen's, Rose Festival Staff, and Oregonians the best of luck, and may the happy spirit of Rose Festival be with you all year and always. It now holds a place of honor in my home as a reminder of a very special time in my life. The bus driver had gotten out and asked the limo driver if he could move the limo. 1979 official program. Fortunately, Dad Hoder was very proud of my participation in the 1939 Rose Festival and saved every newspaper, letter from the Portland Rose Festival Association and all the school correspondence. I believe our largest group that sat on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in front of Burgerville was 140 strong. To commemorate our selection to the Rose Festival Junior Court, each of us had a formal portrait taken at the Rose Garden. The Dalles division winner Engine Company No. He believed that this would get the young people of the city involved in the festival as they supported and cheered for their princesses. Her son (my uncle) was Chief of Police Tom Potter. I'm sorry that we don't have this wonderful Junior Court tradition anymore -- it was such a very special time for me. WebRose Festival Court > Rose Festival Princesses; Past Rose Festival Queens; Clown Prince & Rose Festival Clowns; Parade Float Building; Treasure Hunt; Bands > Noontime It was also my honor to take the Rose Festival Princesses and chaperones through the Freightliner Truck Assembly Plant where my father worked as Chassis Line Forman. I worked at Franz Baker on the night shift. Princess Jeannien was named from a field of six little girls. 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. Obeying superstition, some brides refuse to let their grooms see them just before the wedding ceremony, but I was forced to make an exception. An Oregonian photographer was there to capture my total shock at being told that I was queen-elect. ), Allowed HTML tags:
- . -Junior Rose Festival court rides in the Grand Parade. 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. The girls are chosen by the student bodies of each of Portlands eight high schools. Explore. I felt even more important when the police stopped all the traffic to let us through! Junior Queen Patricia Holcomb accepts her royal scepter as Prime Minister Freddie Schulze beams approval. Shown here in an official photograph, the 1949 Royal Court of Rosaria includes (from left) Princess Irene Landstrom of Roosevelt, Princess Jeanne Showalter of Girls Polytechnic, Princess Marcia Lyslo of Washington, Princess Maxine Sylvester of Cleveland, Queen Joyce Sommerlade of Grant, Princess Barbara Copley of Franklin, Princess Helen Hyche of Jefferson and Princess Joan Anderson of Lincoln. 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. Weather report for the Portland Rose Festival was always, "ROSEY RED," according to my grandparents. For the next 15 years we traveled around the country as he completed his Navy career. -Northwestern Electric wins division honors with this one. The picture may be lost but not the memories. They later mailed me a VHS tape of the Battle of the Bands night as a thank you. 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. 10:00 AM. The Junior Court also attended a picnic at Blue Lake Park and another event at Peninsula Park. The Grand Marshal for, I think the year was 1951, was Hopalong Cassidy riding Topper. In the early 70s, Mom would load my brother and I in the stroller and head downtown for the Rose Festival Parade. It was the Saturday of the Starlight Parade, and I was on the bus headed for the formation area. He protested and complained that we could not move him because his boss would be upset. Below, The Waltz of the Roses is performed for Her Majesty. She really wanted to be in the parade so much. But I recall the Junior Court all marching in two by two!). -The court at a reflecting pool. For information on Portlands many attractions call or write the Center today. (Cost of mailing back then was two cents!) -The U. S. Forest Service entry is best in its division. For a time at least these chosen youngsters are absolute rulers of a tiny make-believe kingdom of joy. Souvenir program for the 61st Annual Portland Rose Festival June 615, 1969. Come again, gentlemen! Awards; Featured languages 1979 junior parade entry form. 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. Included in this weeks shots are two pictures of Rosarias princesses visiting at the Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children (left and below) and a pair of pictures depicting childhoods part in the Queens coronation. Related content. WebDownload file Description Program for the 59th Annual Portland Rose Festival June 211, 1967. We will still have our signs, our hats and mittens and sunscreen. Drum cadences and marching-band tunes mingled with parade-goers' cheerful voices. 1978 program. I remember my dress was rose pink -- and that all the girls' dresses were different colors. 1978 guide. I remember that we were given the opportunity to ride all of the Festival Center amusement rides, then at Hollady Park. Portlands Rose Festival is not unusual x. this respect. Left behind was George Sommerlade, my father, waiting to hear his name called as well. The day of the Junior Parade was always a very big event on NE 54th. 1979 program. Explore. White hats, white horses and good guys riding into the sunset. We won some sort prize that year, which allowed us to pick out a gift from Vic's Hobby Shop in the Hollywood district. 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. We are fortunate, however, in having secured the services of business and professional leaders throughout the community. YouTubes privacy policy is available here and YouTubes terms of service is available here. 2020's. The 1949 Royal , Court of Rosaria headed the parade on this specially constructed float (right) sponsored by the Portland Chamber of Commerce. -Froskist Ice Cream captures division crown. The theme for the festival was "Doorways to Dreams." She is a walking example of the Pride of Portland. % 1979 program. We earned that spot. Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site. I would keep a list of names and phone numbers to contact families in May and confirm arrangements to share the watching of our spaces. In 1954 I tried out for the Junior Rose Court at Oakley Green Grade School in NE Portland. For the thousands who witnessed this jamboree, however, the photographs on these two pages will serve as a stirring reminder of a great spectacle. On that magic evening, before more than 5,000 spectators, she was named queen-elect of Rosaria, monarch of the 1949 Rose Festival. 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. Since our kids were 4 to 10 years old when we began this tradition, the dads brought them just before the parade started, while the moms went early to hold the fort. %PDF-1.5 Fine highways radiate in all directions and lead to magnificent ocean beaches only two hours away; to Timberline Lodge and the snowfields on Mt. Her Prime Minister is Master Dick Cahill. I do recall going to a Junior Court event in a dance studio over what is now Trader Joe's in the Hollywood district. Mike is originally from New Orleans where we love to visit his wonderful family, but he fell in love with Oregon after sitting near the downtown fountains talking about Tolkien for hours, walking down the tree-lined streets near Portland State University, enjoying the rides and carnival on the waterfront, getting free beer wherever he went in town with his uniform on, eating Longburgers at Dea's In & Out in Gresham and especially when he saw a bear beside Hwy 212, just outside of Damascus on the way to my folks' house in Boring. Annette Bolton-Canham, Portland 1933 program for Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass 1975 Rose Cup Road Races official All rights reserved (About Us). 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. The court was then escorted upstairs to the stage. Complete with its own parade and junior royal court, the Junior Rose Festival became an official They came with us to the Battle of the Bands on Friday night and had a very good time. Front Avenue. Emotions ran high. My grandmother was Francis Potter. Each picturesque event is accurately described by KGW-KEX alert announcers for the enjoyment of Oregonian shut-ins and the whole country . I also particapted in the parade several times, usually decorating my bike with crepe paper and whatever flowers we could find. The Junior Parade in the 1950's and 60's. ROSE FESTIVAL PICTORIAL Official Publication Rose Festival Association.-William F. Selleck. CityFair Fleet Week Spring Rose Show. 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. Lines and paragraphs break automatically. 1939 letter from First Federal. It was very exciting! I simply chose to spend quality time with my boys and friends with The City of Roses Rose Festival parade. 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. Inspiration for the track team. Then comes the big night when, from their number, a Queen is chosen. Behind the Grand Floral Parade and other colorful events of the Festival lie months of planning on the part of these civic leaders. LeAnn Lamarche, Hillsboro My answer: I was the one with the best mental health coverage. 1937 Inaugural Merrykana Parade letter. <> I also remember they picked this one for me because they said it would look nice with my black hair and pink cheeks! I once heard a reporter comment "it must be nice to have nothing else to do" when they interviewed me during the TV news. 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. Young women from Tyler families are presented as rose royalty and ladies-in-waiting in the queens coronation ceremony. Her Majesty, Queen Joyce I, in the tradition of Rosaria, this week graciously added new honors to distinguished visitors to her realm. Bill McCallen, Portland I remember that each Prince and Princess were on their own float made by their individual districts. I was so proud -- and so-o-o thrilled to get to hold onto Stanley Luty's arm, as I had a huge crush on him! Your name and email will not appear publicly. On, these two pages a Pictorial cameraman shows in candid studies what sort of monarch we have in Queen Joyce I. Coiffure attention from Chaperone Mrs. Albert Bullier. I read somewhere a line I live by. I took my three children to the Junior Parade every year -- and we still wouldn't miss the Grand Floral Parade! She would come over to help me practice my speech, give me pointers on how to address the crowd, etc. I still have the June 1, 1971, Oregonian article andpicture of me holding one of the girl's purses I had just completed with the name "Leza" embroidered upon it! WebProgram for the 60th Annual Portland Rose Festival May 31June 9, 1968. Rose Festival Treasure Hunt. My grandfather, Phil Adams, and he were pals. Catherine Reed, Clackamas Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement (updated 4/4/2023), Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (updated 1/26/2023). 1980 program. WebDescription. Or, show up on parade day (give yourself plenty of time, arrive at least an hour before the 1pm parade start time) 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 Awards; Featured languages; E-books & more 1979 junior parade entry form. He was a float designer who was here viewing our parade floats. 4th Row: Ronnie Erickson, crown bearer. February 26 The baseball players' boycott I met so many people who were fantastic and fun to be with and I had so many wonderful and exciting new experiences that I'll remember for my lifetime. The Junior Queen wore a jewel-studded tiara and a sweeping, lace-trimmed satin gown. 1980 Junior Parade entry form. Awards; Featured languages; E-books & more 1979 junior parade entry form. endobj We didn't win, but what a wonderful experience! 23. 0'ai:%qB3f7J. 1979 program. 1978 program. We marched all the way down to the end of the parade to the Grant Bowl where we got Dixie cups (vanilla and orange ice cream) and something to drink. Program for the 60th Annual Portland Rose Festival May 31June 9, 1968. -Division winner entered by the Knights of Pythias. She led the parade for next couple of years, and every year the car would stop so she could collect her roses. No copyright - United States (this work is believed to be free of known restrictions under copyright law in the United States). We figured out what each other was saying by gestures, signs and laughter. -Feature Festival attraction Cheyenne Mountain Dancers. 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.
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