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She Paints What She Sees

Rosalie V. Grafe
Oregon Centennial Exposition

by Rosalie V. Grafe
Quaker Abbey Press, LLC
Portland, OR
When I was sixteen years old, I painted a three-panel mural of nature scenes at the Oregon Centennial Exposition. This was such a big honor in the eyes of my relatives that all kept a copy of the newspaper article with my picture and the caption: “She Paints [...]

Green Beards and Other Such Novelties

Warren Hartung
Damascus,Oregon

by Warren Hartung
Happy Valley, OR
I walked the streets of Damascus Oregon, watching with wide eyes the Centennial Candle, the Wild West Sherriff’s shoot-outs in the streets, and my Grandfather’s green beard. Yup, he dyed it bright green in celebration of Oregon’s “coming of age”, as he called it.
Remember this is 1959, men [...]

Mrs. Klein’s Class Celebrates Oregon’s 100th Birthday

Toni Nelson
Portland, Multnomah County

by Toni Nelson
Vancouver, WA

This photo shows the class of Mrs. Klein who taught a split grade 3-4 class at James John Elementary School in Portland Public Schools. As part of the centennial celebration, we studied Oregon’s history, made paper bonnets (see one tacked to the board), and dressed in pioneer clothing to the best [...]

Centennial Dawning

Emily Blakely
Sutherlin, OR

Margare Pepiot Moore–as told to Emily Blakely
Sutherlin, OR
Margaret Pepiot Moore I have known for over two decades, we are neighbors. All things remaining the same, June 17, 2009 she will reach that rare mark–the centennial of her life.
Most of those years have been in Douglas County, Oregon and Nonpareil community more specifically. [...]

Oregon’s 100th Birthday

Kathleen Buck Kuikahi
Salem Oregon

by Kathleen Buck Kuikahi
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
In 1959, I was in the 4th grade at Middle Grove School. Back then it was a 6 classroom school with a teaching principal.
We did a re-inactment of the Lewis & Clark expedition and planted a centenial rose in the front lawn of the school.
It does not seem like 50 years [...]

My Oregon Heritage

Georgia Mae Georg- Albany, OR “I practised so hard and concentrated so intently on getting my part right that I remember little of the rest of the Centennial celebration…”